My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

"Are we just going to keep going along this mountain? When will this ever end?"

Luo Hanying extended her divine sense, merging with the divine senses of countless others. With an apologetic smile on her face, she asked Ruan Chayan beside her, "Have you seen any spiritual herbs?"

Ruan Chayan shook her head: "No. You've read books about spiritual plants before. If even you can't recognize any spiritual herbs, then I certainly won't."

Luo Hanying looked around and said, "Wasn't it said that this secret realm was full of spiritual herbs? It seems like that was all an exaggeration..."

Hey? There's one over there..."

Luo Hanying ran a few steps closer, then waved her hand in disappointment, "It looks like it's only two years old, worthless stuff. They don't want it, so let's not waste our energy digging it up."

Ruan Chayan followed behind Luo Hanying, watching her look around and sniff like a puppy, occasionally using her spirit sword to part the bushes or turn over a couple of stones.

"Do you think we were too slow?" Luo Hanying said, poking at a mud pit dug in the ground with her spirit sword. "So all the spirit herbs have been taken by others?"

A male voice came from the side: "What Fairy Xueci said is not wrong."

"Don't you two already possess the cultivation levels of the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms? Why don't you go ahead and seize the opportunity?"

Hearing this nickname that made her want to groan, Luo Hanying gave an awkward but polite smile: "Walking ahead doesn't necessarily mean you'll have the upper hand, right? Luck is a fickle thing."

The person in front of me was at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Judging from the patterns on his clothes, he should be a disciple of the Dao Inquiry Peak.

Luo Hanying didn't want to pay attention to him. She had seen too many cultivators recently, and she didn't want to see anyone except Ruan Chayan. So she pulled Ruan Chayan forward.

The male cultivator chuckled twice and followed behind the two women. His demeanor exuded a greasy masculinity: "The fairy is right. Your ability to achieve enlightenment is certainly extraordinary."

What kind of elixir are you looking for?

My name is Yu Sheng; perhaps I can be of help to you.

Ruan Chayan said warily, "We don't have any spiritual herbs we're looking for. We'll just take whatever we're destined to get. I wonder why Fellow Daoist Yu isn't seeking his own opportunities and is following us?"

Yu Sheng was completely unaware that he had been disliked by the two girls: "You two fairies are famous in our Shiren Sect. I have long admired you two fairies, so I want to spend more time with you."

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying were startled and looked at each other, their eyes filled with obvious resistance.

Ruan Chayan smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Yu is joking. We are just ordinary cultivators, how could we be celebrities?"

"But you, shouldn't you have entered the secret realm before both of us? Why are you walking behind us instead?"

Yu Sheng whispered mysteriously, "My divination tells me that I should stay here, and then I will meet my benefactor."

It seems my benefactors were two fairies.

Ruan Chayan: "Uh..."

"Tea Mama, I feel a little nauseous." Luo Hanying's expression couldn't hide her disgust. "Even if my fellow disciples think I'm amazing, none of them are as unpleasant as him."

Ruan Chayan commented frankly, "It is quite greasy."

Yu Sheng, oblivious to the awkward silence, took the initiative: "Why aren't you two fairies saying anything?"

Luo Hanying sneered: "I was just wondering what benefits I could bring you as your benefactor."

Yu Sheng took a few steps closer to Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying, and the two quickly distanced themselves. He took a few more steps forward, and the two moved away again. This happened several times. Yu Sheng smiled and said, "The two fairies don't need to feel that getting close to me is defiling my innocence."

Everyone knows how morally upright I am, so you can rest assured.

Luo Hanying rubbed her ears, wondering if she had misheard: "To tarnish your innocence?"

Luo Hanying was shocked in her mind: ["No, he's just an ordinary man? If we spend too much time with him, won't he think we're the ones clinging to him?"]

When the two women were studying and traveling abroad, they would always encounter extremely confident men, whether foreigners or compatriots. They were born with a sense of superiority over women and were quite confident in everything they did. Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying suffered a lot from the torment of such men.

Yu Sheng said smugly, "Fairy Xue Ci, you don't need to worry about those things. I have something important to tell you two."

He transmitted his voice, saying, "I wonder if anyone will hear what I'm saying."

Listen to me, I know of a cave in this nameless mountain range where a white jade magic grows.

When I first started learning, I visited the Lanxi Secret Realm once. By chance, I stumbled into that cave and saw the White Jade Art that hadn't fully grown.

There was also a demonic beast guarding the White Jade Technique in that cave. At the time, I was only at the Qi Refining Realm and couldn't see through its cultivation level, so I could only flee.

So many years have passed, and I've always felt uneasy about it. I never imagined that I would have the chance to enter the Lanxi Secret Realm again.

"My two fairies, you are both among the best in your respective realms. Why don't we join forces? I will guide you, and after we obtain the White Jade Technique, we will each receive half. What do you say?"

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying exchanged a glance. Ruan Chayan asked, "Is the White Jade Technique some kind of good elixir?"

"Good stuff." Luo Hanying's eyes lit up. "Both the Nascent Soul Pill and the Core Formation Pill contain this ingredient. Although other spiritual herbs can be used to replace the White Jade Technique, none of them are as effective as it."

The White Jade Technique can increase the success rate of Nascent Soul and Core Formation.

Yu Sheng is now at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm. No wonder he didn't go into seclusion but insisted on coming to the Lanxi Secret Realm.

Ruan Chayan pondered for a moment before speaking: "Although you're only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm now, it's only right that you plan ahead for the Nascent Soul stage. It seems we definitely have to make a trip."

Ruan Chayan put on a standard diplomatic smile: "Fellow Daoist Yu, if you had said this earlier, we might already be there by now."

However, I have some questions. Why are you seeking cooperation with us sisters? You've been with the Shiren Sect for so many years; you must have many trustworthy people, right?

Yu Sheng made a few greasy hand gestures: "Whether you can trust someone or not isn't something you can just say."

I've chosen two fairies to work together, just as I said at the beginning—

My divination tells me that you are my benefactors.

Since no spiritual energy was activated, the hand seals were not triggered; it was just a pose.

Ruan Chayan quietly asked Luo Hanying, "Do you trust him? I'm afraid he'll lie to us."

Luo Hanying rubbed her hands together and said, "It doesn't matter whether we believe him or not. If what he said is false, are we afraid of him? We'll just beat him up and that'll be the end of it."

"You're a Nascent Soul cultivator, why are you afraid of a Foundation Establishment cultivator? One wave of your pressure and he'll suffer internal injuries even if he moves."

Ruan Chayan didn't know why Luo Hanying always had a mysterious belief in her, thinking that she was omnipotent.

However, given Luo Hanying's performance just now, she stopped thinking about those things. Things will work themselves out. Anyway, the two of them hadn't gained anything yet, so it was good to go and take a look.

The three hit it off immediately, and Yu Sheng then used his magical artifact to take the two of them to the cave he had mentioned.