Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

Having adjusted to the cold air, Zhong Lingxin carefully looked around.

She was halfway up the mountain at that moment.

The snow and ice on the mountaintop are melting, and the mountain streams are filled with the sound of flowing water.

She remembered one of her purposes in visiting Beishan: the Qingxin Spring.

It is said that the spring water is exceptionally clear and sweet, and also has the effect of refreshing the mind and spirit.

Many monks would come and collect two bottles of spring water as souvenirs, and she was no exception, planning to collect two bottles to make tea for her master.

Like many cultivators, she took out a fourth-grade spirit-replenishing pill and placed it in a groove beside the spring.

The groove flashed, and her Spirit-Replenishing Pill disappeared.

This means that Black Tiger has allowed her to fetch water.

Zhong Lingxin cupped her hands in a gesture of respect to the Black Tiger, then turned and took out two jade bottles, waving them at the void.

She knew what she was doing; she had put in top-grade pills, and she figured that making two large bottles would be allowed.

Black Tiger had already been playing with Zhong Lingxin's top-grade spirit-replenishing pill in his hand. When he saw Zhong Lingxin take out the two jade bottles of the boss, he couldn't help but feel both annoyed and amused.

A single spirit-replenishing pill is hard to earn for a junior cultivator.

Forget it, this junior cultivator is much stronger than many other cultivators. Let him drink two large bottles if he wants.

Those cultivators all treated it like an idiot, trying to fool it with those low-grade pills that were full of holes, as if it couldn't count.

Zhong Lingxin filled two large bottles of water into her storage ring, then bowed to the void and politely withdrew from the Qingxin Spring.

Black Tiger was very happy; even though Zhong Lingxin had filled two large bottles, it still made a profit.

It's a top-grade pill! No cultivator has ever traded a top-grade pill for its spring water.

After leaving the Qingxin Spring, Zhong Lingxin took out a jade hoe and began searching for medicinal herbs all over the mountain.

Black Tiger's rule is that any medicinal herb below grade five that has been aged for a certain period can be freely harvested.

For seedlings of grade six or above, only one out of three seedlings may be harvested; older seedlings are not permitted to be harvested.

If anyone dares to harvest all the spiritual herbs of grade six or above, it will definitely bite that cultivator to death.

In the past, some cultivators thought of secretly digging up two trees to take away, but before they could even dig with their jade hoes, they were knocked down by Black Tiger's palm.

Gradually, all the cultivators followed the rules, with only one or two occasionally refusing to believe in the superstition and ending up inside the black tiger's belly.

Zhong Lingxin was very disciplined. She arrived early, and only a very few cultivators entered Beishan. Most of the spiritual herbs had not yet been harvested.

Soon, she arrived at the edge of a medicinal herb field, and a powerful pressure descended upon her.

Zhong Lingxin was very sensible and immediately stopped. She walked around the medicinal field and dug up the few scattered seedlings of grade six or seven on the outer edge of the field, digging up one seedling for every three, thinking that this was not against the rules.

Black Tiger laughed again. The little cultivator really knows his stuff. Those are several snow ginseng seedlings. They were the seeds it had sown when it was bored over the years and suddenly decided to cultivate a few medicinal fields.

The junior monk got a good deal.

Seeing that Zhong Lingxin was so sensible, Black Tiger felt bored again. Nowadays, cultivators are becoming less and less spirited, and there is no fun in it at all.

Zhong Lingxin didn't care whether Black Tiger was interesting or not; she just kept her head down, digging for spiritual herbs, and even broke off a fifth-grade ice spirit mushroom from a dead tree on a cliff.

The area below the cliff was extremely cold, but there was very little spiritual energy. Zhong Lingxin couldn't help but ponder the cliff for a long time.

Just as she was pondering, a long sword silently pierced through her from behind.

Zhong Lingxin dodged and, following the force of the incoming sword, slapped the person who was stabbing her into the bottom of the cliff.

The bottom of the cliff was extremely deep, and it took several breaths before the sound of a heavy object splashing against the water could be heard.

Then came a burst of intense fighting sounds.

It appeared that the cultivator who had fallen into the water was fighting with a demonic beast in the pool at the bottom of the cliff.

A muffled explosion rang out; it must have been the cultivator who fell into the water who used an explosive talisman.

Immediately afterwards, a figure darted up.

Zhong Lingxin was standing on the edge of the cliff waiting. She had ambushed her and wanted to get ashore quickly without even asking if she would agree.

With a flick of her sword, she once again sent the figure crashing into the deep pool at the bottom of the cliff.

The sounds of fierce fighting came from the bottom of the cliff again, and water splashed high, hitting the rock walls at the bottom of the cliff.

The cultivator who was slammed into the pool was filled with hatred. He hadn't expected that this young cultivator, who had stood on the edge of the cliff for so long, seemingly without any defense, would so accurately slam him into the pool.

At the bottom of the pool, a black python was extremely angry.

It hides in this deep pool to cultivate, and to avoid the black tiger's detection, it usually doesn't even dare to show its head.

Even when the young cultivator cautiously picked the Crimson Fire Spirit Mushroom, it didn't dare to show its face, but this damned cultivator barged into the pool, seriously affecting its cultivation.

Years ago, it was chased by a group of cultivators and ran into the center in a panic. It thought it was going to die, but it didn't expect that the group of cultivators would dare to provoke the black tiger. When it wandered around aimlessly, it saw the deep pool here and hid inside.

There was a huge piece of icy jade marrow in the deep pool, which not only healed its injuries but also provided it with spiritual energy for cultivation and kept its spiritual altar clear.

It knew that the Black Tiger had come looking for it, so it never showed itself, focusing instead on cultivating quietly, waiting until it reached the seventh level before challenging the Black Tiger for territory.

Just as it was preparing to break through to the seventh level, a cultivator fell from the sky and crashed into the deep pool, startling its spiritual energy into chaos and almost causing its meridians to burst.

Its presence was exposed, and the cultivators who fell from the sky spotted it, thrusting their swords at it relentlessly.

Helpless, the black python could only try to untangle its chaotic meridians while engaging in a battle of wits with the cultivator.

The cultivator had only recently established his foundation and was no match for it. After being whipped by its tail a few times, he could only throw out an explosive talisman and escape.

It wasn't planning to chase after them. The pool was very deep, and sounds from the bottom couldn't escape. It figured the black tiger was busy dealing with the cultivators and wouldn't have time to check the pool.

But that damned monk descended from the sky once again.

This time, we came prepared. Before we even landed, we gave it a few explosive talismans.

A huge explosion resounded in the confined space, and several stones in the pool also broke off.

Feeling sorry for it, it hurriedly protected the icy jade, fearing that the stone would break it.

The cultivator who was knocked down by Zhong Lingxin saw the huge piece of icy jade marrow as the water column shot into the sky, thanks to the light of the explosion talisman.

He was overjoyed.

At this moment, he no longer resented Zhong Lingxin who was guarding the cliff. He only thought that it was an opportunity given to him by the heavens, a piece of icy jade marrow.

In order not to break the Frost Jade Marrow, he dared not use the Explosion Talisman again, but instead cast a Trapping Array to trap the black python inside, and patiently fought it.

As he fought, he prayed that the aura of the Frost Jade Marrow wouldn't spread upwards and be discovered by Zhong Lingxin, who was standing on the edge of the cliff.

And don't let Black Tiger find out.

In fact, Zhong Lingxin already knew that the clear, refreshing spiritual energy brought out by the towering water column invigorated her.

In order to reap the benefits herself, she had already set up an illusionary formation.