"Nothing to tell." Bai Cai's answer remained unchanged.
Ling Luochеn said coldly, "Junior, know when to stop. Don't bring this on yourself."
Three million Gold Soul Coins were already equivalent to a fine Soul Bone of excellent quality. They could even buy a beautiful young woman of exceptional talent.
A declining faction unable to cultivate its collateral disciples, a commoner genius sold into servitude, a noble scion fallen on hard times—three million Gold Soul Coins could satisfy any base desire.
"Senior, turn back before you reach the edge."
Bai Cai's face remained expressionless. "Don't say you weren't warned."
The Ten-Year Ice Marrow, sealed in Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice, disappeared into the blue bracelet. Ling Luochеn glanced at Bai Cai's plain school uniform and neatly worn white Badge.
"Then I'll wait and see."
A year's food expenses, including meals and desserts, came to around seventy thousand Gold Soul Coins. Six years' worth totaled four hundred and twenty thousand.
Of the three million Gold Soul Coins, two million would go toward purchasing precious cultivation resources.
Of the remaining million, half would be set aside for living expenses, and the other half would repay the kindness of the parents who had raised Bai Cai in this life and give back to the village.
Incense to calm the mind and focus the spirit, pills to stimulate the body, secret techniques to train the mind... Bai Cai quietly laid out a cultivation plan.
Outside the doorway, Bai Cai knocked on the dormitory door.
"Xiao Bai?"
Water trickled softly. Wang Dong sighed, wrapped herself in a cotton bath towel, turned off the tap, put on clean clothes, and went to answer the door.
Her powder-blue hair fell to her shoulders in soft curls. Its rich fragrance filled the air, and her fair skin was as white