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"Trouble?" Li Xiaoyao asked, "What trouble?" Having decided to set up the botanical garden within the city district and arrange a Spirit Gathering Array, Li Xiaoyao had prepared himself to handle any trouble. This vast botanical garden wasn't owned by him alone. It also involved the military's influence. Zhu Xiaoyue said, "I heard from my dad that recently, a lot of foreign forces have come to Ling City. It seems like they have their sights set on the botanical garden." "Foreign forces? For real?" Li Xiaoyao's concerns had always been about the domestic cultivation sects. He never expected foreign forces to take an interest in the botanical garden. "Of course, it's true," Zhu Xiaoyue asked, "Do you know about Spirit Attachers?" "Hmm, I've heard of them." Hearing her mention Spirit Attachers, Li Xiaoyao knew that this matter was very likely true. "The foreign forces detected this time are from a mercenary organization in Yun Country called Red Flame." Zhu Xiaoyue took out her phone, scrolled through her photos, and handed it to him, "Look, these are the ones." Li Xiaoyao casually flipped through several photos; there were men and women, all with the unique looks typical of Europe and America. But Li Xiaoyao found Westerners all looked similar, and after a brief glance, he returned the phone to her, saying offhandedly, "This botanical garden is mine." Yours?" Zhu Xiaoyue was startled, "Really?" "Do I look like I'm joking?" Li Xiaoyao said, "Don't worry about those foreign forces. The botanical garden isn't going anywhere. Are they going to carry it away? Besides, I'm in direct collaboration with the military. Let those foreigners try to touch the botanical garden. Beating them until their mothers don't recognize them would be getting off lightly." "Oh, right, I've had Old Cheng build a few houses inside; you guys can go there to cultivate whenever you have some free time. It'll speed things up too." Li Xiaoyao's words served as a soothing pill. Since he said there was nothing to worry about, there definitely wouldn't be. Moreover, with the military's backing behind the botanical garden, those Spirit Attachers wouldn't dare to recklessly make a move unless they no longer valued their lives. During dinner, several girls sent him surreptitious glances, causing Li Xiaoyao to feel rather bitter. He could clearly perceive the message hiding in their eyes. It was almost explicitly written on their faces: "Come to my room tonight." So many girls, but Li Xiaoyao was only one person. How to manage? "Ahem, I've finished eating. You guys take your time." Dropping his chopsticks, avoiding eye contact with the girls, Li Xiaoyao said, "Xiaoqing, come here, I need to talk to you about something." "I'm not done eating yet," Xiaoqing responded without looking up. "You can eat later." Without further explanation, Li Xiaoyao pulled her away from the dining table and headed to the room. The girls looked at each other, all having the same thought, "What's he going to do?" Inside the room, Xiaoqing's pouting lips could almost hold an oil bottle. Before she could complain, Li Xiaoyao took out a white jade porcelain bottle from his Storage Space and placed it in her hand, "When the green snake returns, give this to her." "What is this?" Xiaoqing uncorked the bottle, and a rich scent of pill medicine immediately wafted out from the opening, so mesmerizing that it captivated the senses. "Looks like something delicious." Xiaoqing's tempting tongue licked her delicate red lips, her eyes glued to the jade bottle, revealing undisguised desire. Li Xiaoyao quickly recorked the bottle, his expression grave, "Remember, you must give this pill medicine to her. It's very important." "But I really want to eat it." Xiaoqing's resistance to delicious things was nearly nonexistent. If Li Xiaoyao hadn't stopped her in time, she might have already consumed the pill medicine. "Be good, wait for her to return before you eat." Inside the bottle was a Seventh Grade Soul Fusion Pill. Li Xiaoyao had promised Xiaoqing to find a Seventh Grade Alchemist within a year. Now, it seemed this hope was hardly likely to be realized. This Soul Fusion Pill was something he had purchased from the System for a hefty price. Seventh Grade Pill Medicine, especially one with the power to heal the soul, had cost Li Xiaoyao seventy million Spirit Stones, even when purchased through the System. The relationship between Xiaoqing and Li Xiaoyao had indeed been tense at the start, but as they spent more time together, Li Xiaoyao discovered that although Xiaoqing was a demon, she was a kind-hearted demoness. Moreover, she had once helped him, so in both emotion and reason, he should help her acquire this pill. Of course, Li Xiaoyao had his own ulterior motives. Although their interaction was a fair trade, what Li Xiaoyao had originally promised her was simply to seek a Seventh Grade Alchemist. Yet now, he was giving her a finished Soul Fusion Pill. Therefore, by reason, Xiaoqing actually owed Li Xiaoyao a favor. What Li Xiaoyao wanted was that favor. Should he encounter a problem in the future that he couldn't solve, this would be his ace in the hole. ... Xi Lake's Broken Bridge, Lin City's Three Gold Peaks Pagoda. Lin City had already experienced over ten days of heavy rain, and oddly enough, the weather station couldn't detect the reason for the rainfall. Every day, the weather forecast reported, "Tomorrow will be sunny." And yet, the heavy rain hadn't stopped at all, truly an anomaly. A woman, holding an oil-paper umbrella, dressed in a long green dress with three thousand black tresses trailing over her shoulders, possessed an indescribable quality of temperament and beauty. This woman was none other than Xiaoqing, who had taken human form. Xiaoqing only had two souls and four spirits, but her cognition was unaffected. She left Ling City to come to Lin City, with only one purpose in mind, and that was her sister, Bai Suzhen. More than a thousand years had passed since that great battle, when Xiaoqing was sealed underground, Bai Suzhen was the first to be sealed in the Leifeng Pagoda. But it was unknown whether her sister was still inside after all these years. However, one thing was certain: Monk Fahai was no longer in this world. In that historic battle, Fahai had risked his life to suppress both Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen. "Fahai, you calculated everything, but did you not foresee that one day I would break the seal?" Xiaoqing stood by the edge of Xi Lake, looking across at Leifeng Pagoda on the other end of the broken bridge, sneering in her mind. This continuous deluge of rain for many days was her own doing. Outside Leifeng Pagoda, a powerful Formation was in place. Ordinary people could come and go without harm, but members of the Demon Race, once close, would be injured. But the Formation's effectiveness was limited, and under the heavy rain, the impact of the Formation would also weaken. "Stop!" A sound of sudden braking came from behind, and a BMW SUV stopped not far away. A young man in the back seat looked at Xiaoqing's figure with a flash of surprise in his eyes. "Is it her?" The young man had handsome features and looking at Xiaoqing, a hint of anger flickered in his eyes. "Young Master Liu, have you taken a liking to that girl?" The young man sitting next to him followed his gaze and his eyes also brightened, "Young Master Liu's taste is indeed exceptional; even though we can only see her from the back, I can feel that she's definitely a calamity-grade woman." [Leng Ji owed five updates which have been repaid, still owes thirteen more according to God knows. Four updates tonight, the rest will be written during the day. Sleep early, mwah~]