A useless person with five spiritual roots? I sacrificed the proud daughter of heaven.

Sheng He thought of the little yellow dog she used to raise in the countryside. Whenever the little yellow dog did something wrong, it would look at her pitifully like this.

Sheng He sighed helplessly: "Alright, you can come with me, but I don't have any extra spirit stones for you."

Song Jinzhi's eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded quickly, saying, "Don't worry, Fairy Sheng, I will definitely not cause you any trouble!"

Sheng He nodded, and the two walked together toward the swamp forest.

At this moment, Zhao Yanran was waiting confidently near the Lingquan Waterfall.

……

Five months later.

Zhao Yanran was still waiting near Lingquan Waterfall.

"Junior sister, hasn't the person you're waiting for arrived yet?"

Zhao Yanran waved her hand irritably to chase away the buzzing insects that kept circling around her. She also wanted to know why Song Jinzhi hadn't come even after half a year had passed.

When asked, the system only tells her to wait a little longer, maybe a few more days.

But we've been waiting for several months already.

Zhao Yanran was extremely agitated, but she still smiled gently on her face.

"Yes, senior brother, let's wait a little longer. Maybe he was delayed by something on the way."

Chu Heng nodded, as if he wanted to say something more, but didn't know how to start.

Zhao Yanran asked considerately, "Senior brother, is there anything else?"

Chu Heng's expression was somewhat strange. He took out a piece of withered branch from his pocket, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have doubted Junior Sister Yanran.

He was ambushed by men in black and seriously injured. It was Yanran who used all her magical treasures to save him. She not only took good care of him, but also risked her life to gather antidotes for him. Yanran's affection for him was truly profound.

but……

Chu Heng scratched his head in confusion, but this green vine was indeed completely useless.

At first, Chu Heng thought that he was unable to absorb the spiritual energy in the Green Wood Vine because he was still injured and had not fully recovered.

But now his body has long since recovered, and not only is he still unable to refine the Green Wood Vine, he also feels the spiritual energy on the Green Wood Vine weakening day by day.

By this morning, the spiritual energy on the green vine had completely disappeared, turning it into a withered branch.

Zhao Yanran looked at the withered branch in Chu Heng's hand with a puzzled expression and asked, "Senior brother, what's wrong? Have you already refined the Green Wood Vine?"

Looking at the joy in Zhao Yanran's eyes, Chu Heng simply couldn't bring himself to tell her the truth.

No matter what, Junior Sister Yanran had saved his life. Besides, Junior Sister Yanran had a fire spirit root and didn't need the Green Wood Vine, so why would she deliberately lie to him?

Perhaps the man in black had secretly switched the green vines when they weren't looking.

Chu Heng forced a smile and put the Green Wood Vine away.

"Let's not talk about that now, junior sister. If that person doesn't come, are we going to keep waiting?"

"Wait, he will definitely come."

the other side.

Sheng He sheathed his sword and looked up at the azure sky.

Over the past six months, she has practiced swordsmanship day and night, and has finally mastered the eighth move of the Azure Cloud Sword Technique. The six-month agreement with Liyue Cold Mountain is also coming to an end soon.

It's time to head out and find Senior Sister Mu and Senior Sister Yun. I wonder how they've been doing these past six months.

Sheng He looked at Song Jinzhi, who was squatting to the side studying the formation, and waved to him.

"Song Jinzhi, let's go, we're going to Moonfrost Mountain."

Song Jinzhi looked up from the numerous simple array diagrams scattered on the ground, showing no displeasure at being disturbed, and said with a light smile, "Alright, Fairy Sheng, let's go then."

He casually waved his hand, and a gentle breeze stirred up the dust, instantly burying the array diagram on the ground.

Moonfrost Mountain is located in the central area of ​​the secret realm. The two flew eastward along the swamp forest on their swords and arrived at the foot of Moonfrost Mountain in just two or three days.

Having set off ten days early, Sheng He thought he would be the first to arrive, but to his surprise, two hardworking figures were already squatting at the foot of Yuehan Mountain.

Mu Yao and Yun Qianshan each had a hoe and were squatting on the ground, seemingly digging something.

"Senior Sister Mu! Senior Sister Yun! Why are you here so early!"

Mu Yao and Yun Qianshan exchanged a glance, then tacitly took out a new hoe from their storage bags and waved to Sheng He.

"Junior sister, come quick! There's something good here!"

It wasn't until Sheng He and Song Jinzhi got closer that they learned what the "good stuff" Mu Yao and Yun Qianshan were talking about was.

Before them was a large hole several feet wide, with dozens of gemstones scattered sparsely on the rock walls of the hole.

Yun Qianshan carefully pried one of the purple gems off the rock face with a small hoe, then quickly caught it with his hands.

Under the sunlight, the purple gemstone refracted a dazzling light.

"This is... a crystal?"

“Yes!” Yun Qianshan smiled and put the purple gem into his storage bag, then pointed to the several large pits that had been dug around him.

"We're rich! We're rich! There are high-quality crystals everywhere here. When we leave the secret realm, we can sell them at the pawnshop. One crystal can easily be exchanged for a mid-grade spirit stone! We'll make a fortune!"

Song Jinzhi looked admiringly at the few crystals still embedded in the rock wall and gently shook his head: "No, crystals of such good quality are worth at least ten mid-grade spirit stones."

Yun Qianshan smiled so hard his eyes crinkled, and he quickly handed the hoe in his hand to Sheng He.

"Oh, fellow Daoist, you have a good eye! Xiao He, you guys shouldn't just stand around, hurry up and dig! We're going to make a fortune this time, hahaha!"

Sheng He took the small hoe from Yun Qianshan's hand and, imitating Yun Qianshan, gently pressed the corner of the hoe against the crystal, then applied a little force.

With a "click," a green crystal fell off the rock wall.

Sheng He held the crystal in his hand and examined it carefully. The fist-sized crystal emitted a light green light and was pure and flawless inside, without a trace of impurity.

"How's it going? Pretty, isn't it?"

Yun Qianshan nudged Sheng He gently, raising his eyebrows and saying, "There are even prettier ones."

As Yun Qianshan spoke, he took out more than a dozen crystals of different colors from his storage bag.

A row of crystals lay quietly on the grass, the evening sunlight falling on them and refracting a rainbow of colors.

"I spent months digging and finally collected a whole set of crystals. Your birthday is coming up soon, so this is my birthday gift to you. Hurry up and thank your senior sister!"

Yun Qianshan held his head high, his face beaming with a desire for praise.

Upon seeing this, Sheng He quickly covered her eyes and said emotionally, "Waaah, thank you, Senior Sister Yun! This gift is so beautiful! I want to be the best friend of Senior Sister Yun in the world!"

Yun Qianshan was clearly pleased. She gently tapped Sheng He's forehead with her finger and said coquettishly, "You're not allowed to sell it!"

Sheng He hugged the crystal to his arms and laughed greedily, "Hehe, not for sale, not for sale, absolutely not for sale!"