Nascent Soul Experience
The moment he received those 100 affection points, the system's congratulatory announcement rang out.
[Congratulations to the host on obtaining 100 affection points from Xu Xinran. You have been awarded 3 Nascent Soul Experience Cards. Claim them?]
Nascent Soul Experience Cards?
Qin Yi froze, then hurriedly asked, "What do these experience cards mean?"
The gentle, mature female voice replied: [Each of the 3 Nascent Soul Experience Cards grants you the power of the Nascent Soul Realm for 10 minutes when used.]
Hearing the system's explanation, Qin Yi sharply drew in a breath of cold air.
"I want to claim them!"
As soon as he said that, three small yellow talismans suddenly appeared in his palm. He gripped them tightly and quickly hid them in his pocket.
Good grief, Nascent Soul Experience Cards. Even something like this existed.
And each card offered a full ten-minute experience.
From what he currently knew about this world, anyone who wielded Nascent Soul power was practically at the sect master level.
In the Famous Sword Sect, for instance, only the sect master and one mysterious elder were currently Nascent Soul experts.
Even Qin Yi's master, Gu Yanshan, the peak lord of the Seventh Peak, was only at the late Golden Core stage.
Now that Qin Yi had obtained three Nascent Soul Experience Cards, what did that mean?
It meant that once he used a Nascent Soul Experience Card, his power would let him arm-wrestle with the Famous Sword Sect's sect master.
Moreover, knowing the system's usual habits, the experience cards it provided always used the peak of a realm as their benchmark. Thus, once he used one, he would definitely gain the power of Nascent Soul great perfection.
If that were the case, his power should surpass even the Famous Sword Sect's sect master while he was using a Nascent Soul Experience Card.
Good grief, to think there was something this good.
After his excitement passed, Qin Yi could not help feeling some regret.
What he regretted was that there were only three of these wonderful experience cards.
If he had thirty right now, he could swagger sideways through the Famous Sword Sect without a problem.
Still, three isn't bad.
He immediately hugged Xu Xinran and planted several hard kisses on her.
This unexpected windfall delighted him immensely.
Xu Xinran, however, was bashful. "Senior Brother Qin... are we leaving now?"
"Not calling me husband anymore?"
"Husband... are we leaving?"
"From now on, remember to call me husband when we're alone. If anyone else is around, call me whatever you like."
"Mm."
"Let's get dressed first."
"Mm."
Because the stone platform was so cramped, neither of them had put on their clothes since they had slept together.
And because there was too little room on the stone platform for both of them to dress at once, Qin Yi helped her get dressed first, then dressed himself once she was done.
This also let him enjoy the sight of a beauty getting dressed once more.
Speaking of which, Xu Xinran truly was a very beautiful woman.
In all honesty, women with the aptitude to cultivate were never bad-looking.
Just think about it: any woman qualified to cultivate immortality was bound to have an excellent physical foundation.
An excellent physical foundation meant she was certain to have a well-proportioned figure.
A slender waist and curves were standard, and with a lovely face added to that, she was unquestionably a beauty.
"My skirt is torn..."
The Fire Salamander Beast had bitten through her skirt, leaving Xu Xinran's thighs and even her buttocks half exposed.
"It's fine. You can have my outer robe."
Qin Yi took off his outer robe and gave it to her. She took it and tied it around her waist, finally covering her exposed legs.
"Thank you, husband."
"Do we need to be so polite with each other?"
Smiling, Qin Yi led her down from the stone platform.
With the Fire Salamander Beasts still out of sight, they could leave as quickly as possible.
After all, Qin Yi had previously tricked her by saying that his spiritual power was exhausted too. So he did not reveal his strength now, merely jumping carefully down from the stone platform before having Xu Xinran jump down for him to catch.
Xu Xinran trusted him completely. She leaped and landed in his arms.
Once they were embracing, another tender, affectionate interlude was inevitable. Only after kissing her several times did Qin Yi set her on the ground.
Just then, some strange liquid appeared on the ground.
Qin Yi looked down and noticed something sticky seeping out of the sand. Kicking the sand aside, he discovered quite a few white eggs buried beneath it.
Recalling how the Fire Salamander Beasts had gathered here earlier, he suddenly understood. "So those Fire Salamander Beasts were laying eggs here."
"Husband, let's hurry and leave. We'll be in trouble if they come out."
"All right."
Holding her hand, Qin Yi hurried out of the cave, but after a few steps, he remembered something. "Right, Xinran, did you collect the [Rhinoceros Horn Stone] and [Deep Yin Water] you needed?"
Xu Xinran shook her head. She had spent tremendous effort driving away the vampire bats at the entrance, then entered the cave nearly exhausted. Fortunately, the vampire bats could not stand the cold inside and had not pursued her farther in.
She had assumed it was safe inside and that she could collect the materials without worry, never expecting to be surrounded by Fire Salamander Beasts that appeared out of nowhere.
Naturally, she had not collected either material.
Although Qin Yi had already decided to support her outside the sect rather than let her return to the Famous Sword Sect.
Their assignment this time, however, required all the materials together to count as complete.
If even one was missing, the assignment would not count as finished.
Thus, whether she returned to the Famous Sword Sect or not, Qin Yi had to collect the [Rhinoceros Horn Stone] and [Deep Yin Water] if he wanted to complete this assignment.
"Wait here a moment. I'll be right back."
As he spoke, Qin Yi used the [Ultimate Detection Technique] to scan the limestone cave for materials, and soon sensed the locations of the [Rhinoceros Horn Stone] and [Deep Yin Water].
"Husband, take this." Xu Xinran took out a waterskin and gave it to him. It was meant to hold the deep yin water.
Taking the waterskin, Qin Yi quickly headed deeper into the limestone cave to search.
Guided by the Detection Technique, he effortlessly found a large pile of [Rhinoceros Horn Stone]. As for the deep yin water, it was a silvery liquid like mercury that flowed from a crack in the rock deep inside the cave.
There was very little of it. Each hollow in the rock held no more than a bottle cap's worth.
To fill an entire waterskin by collecting it normally, he would probably have to wait patiently inside for several days.
But Qin Yi had the Detection Technique, and he detected a hollow in the rock beneath the sand and stones that held quite a large amount.
After digging away the sand and stones, he easily filled the entire waterskin.
Having gathered both materials, he began detecting the locations of the [Fire Salamander Beasts].
He thought that since he was already here, and there were Fire Salamander Beasts inside, he might as well kill them here and extract their bones. That would save some time too.
His scan revealed that the Fire Salamander Beasts were indeed still in the cave, but had hidden themselves in the flooded passage, lying dormant.
He returned to the spot from before, picked up several stones, and threw them toward the flooded passage.
As soon as the noise rang out, the water churned and splashed. Sure enough, a huge Fire Salamander Beast followed the sound, shaking its head and swishing its tail as it swiftly crawled out.