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Autumn Water Pavilion.

Master Li hummed a little tune as he began his busy day.

The ingredients were exotic beast meat hunted just this morning.

When in a good mood, one finds even more interest in cooking.

His talent as a chef was, perhaps, a few hundred million times greater than his talent as a swordsman.

Ginger Spicy Winged Snake, Clear-Stewed Spiny-Back Turtle, Scallion-Stir-Fried Black-Horned Sheep, Braised Ring-Patterned Wolf, plus a side of greens...

Four dishes and one soup, absolutely delicious.

"Smells so good."

Before the dishes had even settled on the table, a figure in palace robes appeared at the doorway, swiftly arriving at the table to pinch a piece of lamb and pop it into her mouth.

"Master, didn't you go to the meeting with the elders?"

Li Mo handed her a pair of chopsticks.

The Clear Abyss Sect was currently in a season of unrest.

The matter of the Ice Block receiving the inheritance had the entire sect in an uproar.

If people had previously viewed Ying Bing as a future sect leader, they now regarded her as a figure akin to the first-generation founder of the Clear Abyss Sect.

If not for the fact that the Ice Block was only sixteen, the elders would have been itching to enshrine her.

At this critical juncture, the demons of the Demon Summoning Cult had to go and stir up trouble.

The Sect Leader had immediately summoned all the high-ranking officials to the Clear Abyss Main Peak for a council.

"Those old men just keep repeating the same circular nonsense; I couldn't be bothered to listen."

Shang Wu clicked her tongue, her beautiful brows knitting together in utter disdain for the old fogies.

Li Mo: "..."

Well, one couldn't exactly expect his master to offer any constructive opinions.

"The Sect Leader did give me a task to handle, though."

"I agreed to it, albeit reluctantly."

Shang Wu propped her chin in her hand, her chopsticks flying.

Li Mo blinked: "Master, you actually listened to the Sect Leader's orders?"

"He told me to move to Autumn Water Pavilion so it would be easier for me to instruct you."

Shang Wu rested her chin on one hand and hummed lightly: "If it weren't for little Bing'er being here, I wouldn't have bothered coming."

Li Mo gave a wry smile.

He could roughly understand the Sect Leader's intent.

Rather than coming to instruct him, it was more about keeping watch over Ying Bing.

Unreliable as his master might be, she was truly formidable in a fight; if provoked, she was even capable of plucking a few handfuls of hair right off the Sect Leader's chin.

With a baleful intent like hers guarding the place, the safety rating of Autumn Water Pavilion had skyrocketed.

Once the meal was finished.

"Little Bing'er, what kind of inheritance did you receive today?"

Shang Wu asked, lowering her voice.

Ying Bing set down her bowl and chopsticks.

Toward this boisterous Jade Cluster Peak elder, she was surprisingly less cold than usual.

As she channeled her Blood-Qi, a layer of rosy light gradually began to swirl around her.

Shang Wu's eyes widened in surprise, and she casually tossed a wine cup over.

The cup was caught by a gentle force, suspended against the rosy light, and began to rotate slowly.

The wine inside the cup was also manipulated by Ying Bing, flowing out to form a sphere of liquid that orbited around her.

"To be able to project Internal Breath while still in the Blood-Qi Realm... no, this is far stronger than Internal Breath."

Shang Wu clicked her tongue in wonder.

"Mm, it is merely a trivial application."

Ying Bing nodded slightly, and the rosy light suddenly pulsed.

Crack—

The wine cup shattered into porcelain shards.

It could be used offensively, with the pulsing light wounding unseen, or defensively, using a soft force to deflect a thousand pounds with four ounces.

Shang Wu clapped her hands, finding it truly impressive.

Li Mo looked at the shattered porcelain on the floor with a heavy heart: "My green jade wine cup..."

Suddenly, a whimsical thought struck him.

"Ice Cube, how much water can you control?"

"Water?"

Ying Bing walked over to the water vat and guided it with a glimmer of Rosy Soul.

Instantly, the rushing water transformed into a water dragon, coiling and moving around her with effortless ease.

Li Mo's eyes lit up.

He placed his finished rice bowl into the water flow held by the Rosy Soul, letting it spin around with the rushing current.

Ying Bing: "?"

Li Mo: "It's washing it quite clean."

Young Master Li looked as if he had discovered a new continent.

Watching the wonder and admiration in the youth's eyes, Ying Bing's slightly furrowed brows relaxed, and she suddenly felt that this sensation was not unpleasant.

There was even a small sense of accomplishment in her heart...

"Can you add two more bowls?"

"Mm, naturally."

"Wow, amazing, truly amazing."

Shang Wu rested her chin on one hand, watching the youth and maiden not far away, a faint amusement flowing through her hazy, intoxicated eyes.

Ice Cube...

That nickname was actually quite fitting.

Right, did she forget something?

Never mind, it probably wasn't very important...

The moon climbed to the treetops.

Inside the room.

Ying Bing wrote in elegant, delicate script upon a bamboo slip.

"Having been soaked in the Primal Phoenix Blood Essence Pool, his physical body has been reborn, making it suitable for body tempering."

"His aptitude for the sword path is barely passable; if he works hard enough and receives guidance, it is not impossible for him to cultivate a peerless sword technique to great success."

"Possessing a heart of innocence, the Spirit Observation Method is of paramount importance; he must cultivate a method that is upright and peaceful to avoid going astray."

What she had written was, quite clearly, an assessment of Li Mo's current state.

It was also a plan for his future development.

Ying Bing had already decided.

When she left the Eastern Wasteland Domain in the future, she would take Li Mo with her.

She did not know why he had undergone such a great change in this life.

Could it be that her own rebirth had triggered a butterfly effect?

Regardless of the reason, it did not matter.

In any case, it was a fact that in the limestone cave in this life, he had yielded the inheritance to her.

Perhaps he was currently unremarkable.

But as long as he had her help, why worry about being unable to defy the heavens and change his fate in the future?

What brought Ying Bing a small sense of gratification was that although Li Mo lacked any exceptionally brilliant talents, he also had no fatal flaws that required remediation.

In short, he was a clean sheet of paper with sufficient plasticity for the future.

As long as she handled things properly, it was highly possible to bring him into the ranks of the true prodigies.

For the time being, it was enough for him to secure a place among his peers in the Eastern Wasteland Domain.

She put away the bamboo slip.

She returned to the bed and drew the curtains.

Soon, an icy chill raged, and ice crystals slowly spread outward with the bed as the center.

Although she had obtained the Rosy Soul ahead of schedule, she still could not control the Taiyin Power without forming an Inner World before the Inner Scene Realm...

Moreover, because of the Rosy Soul, her constitution had been further enhanced.

The Taiyin Power had not decreased, but increased instead.

This also meant that the speed of her cultivation growth would be even faster.

Within the Rosy Soul, there was also a divine-grade technique focused on the application of Internal Breath.

Rosy Phoenix Qi.

She had long known of this martial art, but without the Rosy Soul, knowing it had been useless.

Once the ranking settlement mentioned by the system arrived, she should be able to step into the Inner Breath Realm.

Next door.

"Speaking of which, where is the reward for taking first place in the sect trial?"

"It wouldn't have been swindled by Master, would it..."

Little Li pondered for a moment, then gave up on thinking.

It didn't matter; compared to the rewards plucked from that block of ice, everything else was just fleeting clouds, mere fleeting clouds.

As everyone knew, the rewards fed back by the system were usually better than the things invested.

Today, he could be considered to have invested the inheritance of the Nine-Colored Primal Phoenix into Ying Bing.

The feedback should, by all accounts, be something even better.

With a flick of his mind.

[Name: Li Mo]
[Age: 16]
[Root Bone: Profound Gate Immortal Physique.]
[Realm: Blood-Qi Realm, Ten Meridians.]
[Destiny: ??]
[Evaluation: Possessor of an immortal body, fate is chaotic, the future is unknowable.]
[Recent Encounters: Soaked in the Nine-Colored Primal Phoenix essence blood spring in Clear Abyss, physical talent greatly increased, body-refining talent strengthened, obtained first place in the sect trial.]
[You have an investment feedback waiting to be claimed. Claim it?]

"Claim!"

Li Mo did not hesitate.

[Investment Feedback 1: Gilded Heavenly Book Seal.]
[Investment Feedback 2: World Seed.]
[Investment Feedback 3: Formless Glazed Mask.]

Li Mo: "!"

Probably, seemingly, and as expected.

He had hit the jackpot!

And three items at once!