In the blink of an eye, half a month had almost passed.
Early in the morning, sunlight streamed down from above, refracting through the mist and illuminating the entire valley floor.
Ye Qiu currently had his eyes covered with a black cloth. The pain he felt before had now turned into an itch.
Ye Qiu guessed that the two forces inside had probably merged quite well.
In a few days, he would be able to check his results!
As soon as he stepped out of his room, Xiao Lan shook off Dugu Yan and ran over.
"Brother! You're up too."
The environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was indeed unique. Xiao Lan had grown quite a bit taller, already comparable to a nine-year-old child, reaching Ye Qiu's chest height.
She nestled into Ye Qiu's embrace, sniffing cautiously.
Since coming here, she hadn't rested with Ye Qiu.
She had always slept with Dugu Yan.
Because of this, Ye Qiu had been scolded by Dugu Yan as a beast many times.
"Mm!" Ye Qiu nodded, gently patting her back.
"Xiao Lan! Tell that guy to come eat!" In a wooden shed not far away, Dugu Bo and his granddaughter had already taken their seats.
"Got it, Yan Yan Jie!" Xiao Lan responded, then took Ye Qiu's hand. "Let's go, Brother!"
The two girls had slept together for so long that they had become very familiar, and their way of addressing each other had become much more intimate.
"Good morning, Grandpa Dugu!"
"Good, good! Haha." Even Dugu Bo, with his eccentric and unpredictable personality, was very fond of Xiao Lan.
After Xiao Lan's spirit tool ran out of food, he personally went to procure more.
Ye Qiu followed her to the table, and Xiao Lan obediently helped him serve rice and pick dishes.
It made Dugu Yan grit her teeth!
"Boy! How's your self-created Spirit Ability research coming along?"
"It's alright. Once my eyes recover, I should be able to master it very quickly!"
Ye Qiu chuckled. In the past half month, he hadn't cultivated his spirit power much; he had only been familiarizing himself with it, gaining more precise control over it.
He was putting his previous ideas into action.
"That's good. When the time comes, let me have a good look!" Dugu Bo stroked his long green beard.
"Don't worry, you won't be disappointed!"
"Yan Yan Jie, move that dish closer, Brother likes to eat it, and Xiao Lan can't reach!"
Xiao Lan tugged at Dugu Yan's clothes next to her, pointing to a delicious dish on the corner of the table.
"Mm! Got it!" Dugu Yan reluctantly moved the plate over.
"Thank you, Yan Yan Jie!" Xiao Lan also added some dishes to Dugu Yan's bowl.
"Hehe..." Ye Qiu instantly felt that he hadn't doted on this girl for nothing.
...
After the meal, Dugu Bo left as usual.
Ye Qiu was dragged by Xiao Lan to wander around one side of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; she was already starting to feel bored.
"Brother~ when will your eyes get better! Xiao Lan misses Sister Rongrong!"
"Don't worry, it won't be long!"
Regarding this, Ye Qiu could only try his best to comfort her.
By the wooden house in the distance, Dugu Yan stood alone, looking in their direction, wanting to go forward but hesitating.
Seeing her alone, Xiao Lan also invited her.
In her heart, this big sister, besides pinching her little face and speaking ill of her brother when sleeping, was very good in other aspects.
"Yan Yan Jie! Come play with us!"
Seeing Xiao Lan waving at her, and glancing at Ye Qiu, who still had a gentle smile, Dugu Yan slowly walked over.
"Yan Yan Jie, let's take a walk together!" Xiao Lan held Ye Qiu's hand with one hand and Dugu Yan's hand with the other.
"Miss Dugu, how is the snake venom in your body?"
"It's alright. According to Grandpa, in another half a year or so, I should be able to consider hunting for my fourth spirit ring!"
Dugu Yan's voice was calm as she kneaded Xiao Lan's small hand, her gaze occasionally sweeping over Ye Qiu and the two ice coffins in the ice spring.
"It's just that the Spirit Bone for storing venom hasn't been found yet. After obtaining the fourth spirit ring, the venom might erupt again."
"Yan Yan Jie, don't worry about that. Brother will definitely help sister! Xiao Lan is right, isn't she, Brother?" Xiao Lan looked at Ye Qiu with a grin.
"Mm! I'll do my best." Ye Qiu nodded, smiling gently.
"Then thank you!" Dugu Yan didn't take it too seriously.
In her opinion, although Ye Qiu, as a Spirit Grandmaster, had good combat power, things like Spirit Bone, especially those with matching attributes, weren't something you could just get whenever you wanted.
The three of them chatted idly, getting closer and closer to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Noticing the heat permeating the air, Ye Qiu couldn't help but remind them.
"Xiao Lan, don't get too close, Miss Dugu won't be able to stand it!"
"Mm, Xiao Lan knows." Xiao Lan responded, leading the two of them around a corner.
They then walked towards the wooden house.
After accompanying Xiao Lan for a while, Ye Qiu returned to his room to continue trying out his ideas.
Xiao Lan, meanwhile, was bathing inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, absorbing the aura emanating from it.
Her clothes were originally conjured, so she didn't have to worry about them being damaged.
Due to the venom in her body, Dugu Yan didn't need to cultivate much anymore. Instead, she sat under the eaves, propping up her chin and pondering something.
Inside the room, Ye Qiu's fingers moved in the air, spirit power condensing at his fingertips. Wherever his fingertips passed, a thin thread of spirit power would be left behind, but it couldn't exist for too long before dissipating into the air.
In Ye Qiu's view, if he could achieve externalized spirit power, then his self-created Spirit Ability would be halfway to success!
With Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Ye Qiu's mental force also being quite good, his control over spirit power was already extraordinary, so this step was relatively easy for him.
"Hmm? Has it broken through?" A sensation of alternating hot and cold suddenly came from Ye Qiu's chest.
Streams of spirit power surged from a green seed, flowing throughout Ye Qiu's entire body.
His spirit power instantly broke through to level 27.
"Something's not right!?" Ye Qiu clutched his chest. The breakthrough had happened long ago, but the seed of life in his heart seemed to be continuously vibrating.
"Brother!"
"Xiao Lan!"
Outside, Xiao Lan's and Dugu Yan's exclamations came one after another.
"What's going on!" Ye Qiu immediately reacted and quickly rushed out the door!
Slam! As the door opened, a strong wave of intense heat or severe cold assaulted him!
...
"Haha! This is great, Xiao Lan has grown a bit more!"
Realizing the changes in her body, Xiao Lan, who was bathing inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, cried out happily.
However, she didn't notice a vertical green leaf mark on her forehead, on the verge of appearing, with red and blue colors constantly flowing on it.
"Huh? What's going on!" Xiao Lan quickly realized something was wrong; her body was still absorbing the power from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Suddenly, two threads of power, one blue and one red, appeared in the water, trying to envelop her.
"Let... let go of Xiao Lan! Xiao Lan wants to get out!" Suddenly, Xiao Lan struggled like someone drowning.
"Ah! Brother!" Xiao Lan let out one last sound before being tightly enveloped by the red and blue forces, slowly floating above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
In a trance, Xiao Lan seemed to hear some ancient and沧桑 voices.
"divine force! This is the taste of divine force...!"
"Xiao Lan!"
Dugu Yan in the distance also noticed the anomaly there and quickly ran towards it.
...
Feeling the sudden violent aura of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ye Qiu immediately tore off the black cloth covering his eyes.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he could feel a slight itch, and there were tears in his eyes.
"What exactly is going on!?"
Ye Qiu's voice trembled slightly. Above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a blue and red spherical body, roughly two meters in diameter, was actually suspended.
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