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After hearing this news, a shocked expression appeared on your face. You had never expected spiritual energy to be able to suppress Sinister Worms.

At that moment, you suddenly realized that this indirectly proved there was something wrong with the spiritual energy in the Canglan Realm!

Ye Chuxue continued, "So that senior suspected that the spiritual energy of the entire Canglan Realm had developed a problem and been infected by something unknown."

"Later, that senior discovered that these ruins had been left behind from the Ancient Era, which was already a hundred thousand years ago."

"Based on subsequent discoveries in the ruins, he learned that the spiritual energy within the ruins was the Canglan Realm's original spiritual energy, while the spiritual energy we cultivate now is a product of contamination!"

"Even now, as long as we enter the ruins during a breakthrough and use its spiritual energy to suppress the Alien Insects inside our bodies, we can remain conscious!"

Hearing this, you were somewhat puzzled as to why Ye Chuxue had been so severely injured, and why she had not gone to the ruins to recover.

Ye Chuxue seemed to see through the confusion in your eyes and continued explaining.

"I know what you want to ask. You're wondering why I was still injured when I could clearly go to the ruins."

"First of all, the ruins' reserves of spiritual energy are limited. Only cultivators with high cultivation have the right to enter and use them."

"If everyone could use it, the spiritual energy inside would have dried up long ago after all these years."

At this point, you finally understood the whole chain of events and voiced the last doubt in your heart.

"Where are those ruins?"

Ye Chuxue did not hide anything and told you directly.

"The ruins are inside the Forbidden Zone between Qingzhou and Youzhou—the Sky Abyss!"

Sky Abyss! You silently committed this place to memory.

Although you had been in the Cultivation World for many years, you had never properly learned about the Canglan Realm. You only knew that the Canglan Realm was divided into the Five Continents, and that you were currently in Qingzhou.

After leaving Ye Chuxue's Cave Mansion, you were clearly in a terrible mood.

From your conversation with her just now, you had completely understood the truth of this Cultivation World.

In your eyes, what Cultivation World was this? It was simply hell, filled everywhere with monsters that devoured people.

More importantly, when you asked her how you could safely break through to Foundation Establishment, Ye Chuxue had actually advised you to give up on the idea.

She told you that your talent was too poor. During your breakthrough, you would be unable to detect the existence of the Sinister Worms. Only those with exceptionally high talent, or those born with an Innate Divine Body, could sense them.

Ye Chuxue had only been able to detect the Sinister Worm's Body Seizure because she possessed a Taiyin Body, ultimately using the Extreme Yin Power of the Full Moon Night to suppress the Sinister Worm inside her body.

For a moment, you could not accept such a reality, so you decided to begin with alchemy.

In your view, since the Sinister Worm would devour your soul, perhaps you could increase your Soul Power through alchemy. Once your Soul Power became strong enough, there might still be a sliver of hope when you attempted a breakthrough.

The next day, you arrived at the Academy as usual. You stepped forward to greet Ye Chuxue, only to find that she completely ignored you, as though the two of you were strangers.

At that moment, the man who had targeted you last time walked up to you again, looking down at you from on high as he began threatening you.

"Kid! I remember warning you last time to stay away from Ye Chuxue. You dare lay your hands on a woman Young Master Bai has set his sights on?"

Seeing that the man had come with ill intent, and that Ye Chuxue clearly did not wish to acknowledge you in such a setting, you turned and left.

Not long after you left, Liu Hao stared viciously at your departing back and beckoned to several people beside him.

That night, while cultivating, you sensed several auras approaching your Cave Mansion. You guessed that they were most likely Liu Hao and his companions.

You walked out of the Cave Mansion and calmly said, "Since you're here, stop skulking around!"

Liu Hao emerged from the darkness. "Kid, you dared lay your hands on Ye Chuxue. You have already earned yourself a death sentence. If you want someone to blame, blame yourself for provoking someone you couldn't afford to provoke."

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As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Hao raised a finger and fired a streak of Sword Qi at you.

Without hesitation, you struck back, pretending to be injured as you staggered backward. Then you turned and ran.

A Qi Refining Stage cultivator stood no chance against someone at Foundation Establishment. Even if you were proficient in all kinds of spells, the gap in realms was simply too vast!

After realizing that you had played him, Liu Hao flew into a rage and began pursuing you relentlessly with two others.

Before coming here, Liu Hao had investigated your background. You had no father or mother, and had recently been accepted as a disciple by Mo Chen, the Elder of the Alchemy Hall.

At that moment, a familiar voice sounded in your mind.

"Come to the Back Mountain!"

Upon hearing that voice, you immediately sprinted toward the Back Mountain!

When Liu Hao and the others saw you suddenly change direction and run toward the Back Mountain, they began mocking you from behind.

"Trash! Do you know you can't escape, so you're looking for your own grave now?"

Soon, you led Liu Hao and the other two to the place where you had met Ye Chuxue yesterday. Yet after arriving, you could not see where she was.

Before long, Liu Hao caught up to you and looked at you with a mocking expression.

"Trash, don't worry. I'll make this quick!"

However, the moment Liu Hao finished speaking, he heard movement behind him. When he turned around, he discovered that the two people who had followed him had somehow already fallen in pools of blood.

"Who is it?"

Only then did Liu Hao realize that he had fallen into your trap.

"Trash, you dare kill me? You should know that I'm Young Master Bai's man! Young Master Bai is a core disciple of the Qingyun Sect. If you kill me, Young Master Bai will never let you off!"

You did not care about such threats at all. Forget that so-called Young Master Bai—even the entire Qingyun Sect, you would kill them all.

In your eyes, they were no longer human. They were parasites of Sinister Worms!

You had not wanted to change this world filled with despair, but this world had blocked your path of cultivation. Then you would pierce it through completely!

Liu Hao suddenly sensed killing intent behind him. He turned to strike back, only to see a familiar figure appear before his eyes.

"Ye... Chuxue?"

At that moment, Ye Chuxue sealed Liu Hao's throat with a single sword strike. Liu Hao fell into a pool of blood, staring at Ye Chuxue's face with despair in his eyes.

Until his death, he could not understand why Ye Chuxue had appeared here, why she had come to kill him, or why she was walking with trash like you.

Soon, Liu Hao lay on the ground without a trace of life. Ye Chuxue walked over to your side and spoke coldly.

"Try not to speak to me during the day. If anything comes up, come to my Cave Mansion at night."

After saying that, Ye Chuxue turned and left without looking back.

Watching her departing figure, you suddenly felt rather awkward, unsure whether you should go to her Cave Mansion and ask the question in your heart.

After thinking it over, you decided to give up on the idea. In your view, your guess was most likely correct.

Over the next year, you continuously refined pills, and your skill in alchemy rose at a tremendous pace.

This made Elder Mo Chen see you in a new light. He even spared no expense in giving you all kinds of Spiritual Herbs that nourished spiritual power.

"Su Ming! These are treasures your master has treasured for many years. Today, I give them to you and wish for you to break through to become a Second-grade Alchemist as soon as possible!"