Yunxi came before the irregular black stone and said with a smile,
"Li Chang has already been severely injured by me and kicked out of the Secret Realm by you. He probably won't meet a good end. Please fulfill your promise."
A streak of light flashed across the black stone. A moment later, Immortal Spirit transmitted,
"Master, the Realm Spirit is sending us to where the Spiritual Vein is now. This Immortal Spirit Grass will be responsible for collecting it."
Yunxi nodded and looked at the black stone before her.
"Evil cultivators have already set their sights on this Secret Realm. I hope you hide yourself well. You won't be this lucky every time."
Light flashed over the black stone once more, and Immortal Spirit transmitted,
"Master, why not merge this Secret Realm into your space? Then evil cultivators won't be able to covet it, and your space will grow stronger as well."
Yunxi rejected the suggestion without hesitation.
"This Secret Realm has already developed its own consciousness. It may not be willing to become my subordinate, while my space must certainly be under my control. If I forcibly merged the Secret Realm, wouldn't I be no different from those evil cultivators? I'd merely be draping myself in a fig leaf of protecting the Secret Realm.
"I only do what I should and what I can. It's better to stay away from this sort of troublesome matter. Besides, one cannot be too greedy. Counting the two Spiritual Veins you plucked before, I have already obtained four Spiritual Veins during this trip to the Secret Realm. That should be enough to support my cultivation all the way to the Spirit Transformation Realm. This is enough."
Yunxi took it all in stride. Everyone had desires, but how one restrained those desires was