Looking at the burlap sack that had been forcibly stuffed into her hands.

At this moment, Li Yingling wasn't truly naive.

How could she not know this was another sect's herb field?

As a well-educated noble lady, stealing was something that challenged her moral boundaries!

Li Yingling was about to ask a question.

But Chu Xingchen's gesture to keep quiet startled her, and she closed her mouth again.

Chu Xingchen quickly whispered, "Keep your voice down, don't wake up the good brothers sleeping inside! Hurry, grab whatever you see!"

The bag in her hand, the spirit herbs inside, her master's urging!

At this moment, the arrow was on the string and had to be released!

Li Yingling gritted her teeth and carefully squeezed through the large hole!

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Entering the spirit field, the nervous Li Yingling didn't care about anything, grabbing the nearest spirit herb and pulling it up by the roots.

She didn't care what effect it might have or if her technique was right, she stuffed everything into the burlap sack.

Unconsciously, she began to get excited, specifically looking for the brightest glowing ones to pull!

These things were like candles, she could use them as lamps when she got back!

Li Yingling finally filled the entire sack to the brim, reluctantly preparing to run back.

This time, it was Chu Xingchen's turn to be dumbfounded. Goodness, this spirit field wasn't large to begin with.

After all, it was just a small sect.

He didn't dare to mess with the big sects at the moment.

You were really unreserved, almost pulling out a quarter of it.

Li Yingling ran out, face full of excitement.

Perhaps too excited, she didn't control her steps, waking up the dozing disciple guarding the herb field.

The disciple opened his eyes groggily, only to find a large patch of herbs missing from the field, especially a few roots urgently needed by the Sect Master, pulled out completely, roots and all!

The guarding disciple quickly shouted loudly, simultaneously ringing the alarm bell:

"Thief! Someone come quickly, there's a thief!"

Li Yingling's heart raced.

Chu Xingchen reacted swiftly, grabbing Li Yingling's hand and immediately using the Earth Escape Technique to flee.

Li Yingling vaguely heard...

"That damned thief! Trying to steal the Immortal Herb the Sect Master painstakingly gathered! Furong! I've wronged you!"

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Chu Xingchen's Earth Escape Technique was specifically provided by the system for escaping.

He practiced diligently, making it incredibly fast.

When they emerged again, they were in some unknown place.

Chu Xingchen skillfully set up a trail to confuse their pursuers, then once again led Li Yingling in the opposite direction to escape.

Chu Xingchen repeated this process at least eight times.

Only then did he cautiously return to the abandoned temple.

Taking the sack from the still-frightened Li Yingling, Chu Xingchen began to sort the spirit herbs inside.

After identifying two spirit herbs, Chu Xingchen frowned.

This girl only brought back things that boost yang energy.

Li Yingling, still shaken, asked, "Master... Master, we won't get caught, right?"

Chu Xingchen appeared quite calm, "No, Master has already made preparations, it's all under control!"

Recalling Chu Xingchen's practiced movements and the swift Earth Escape Technique.

Looking at Chu Xingchen now, calm and without a trace of nervousness.

Clearly, he was an old hand at this!

Li Yingling asked, "Master, do you do this often?"

"Not often, it's just that when my cultivation level was low, I often got into trouble while traveling in Xuanwu Kingdom, so I practiced it."

"Then Master, your cultivation level should be quite high now, so why run?"

"What should I do? Kill anyone who comes?"

Chu Xingchen sorted the spirit herbs, then said:"Don't think too much about it, that sect and I had a small grudge before, pulling a few of their herbs today settles the score."

Li Yingling, curious, asked, "What grudge?"

Chu Xingchen sighed, "The Sect Master had a Dao companion, quite good-looking, but her character was so-so, yet the Sect Master loved her deeply.

Later, the Dao companion took a liking to my unparalleled charm and tried to seduce me multiple times, but the Sect Master found out.

I explained to the Sect Master that I wasn't the only one she tried to seduce, his chief disciple was also involved with her.

But he got even more furious after hearing that, and I was chased by that old dog for three days and nights."

Hearing this, Li Yingling couldn't help but laugh.

Chu Xingchen glanced at her but didn't say anything, just continued sorting the spirit herbs.

Then he picked out a few spirit grasses with suitable ages, removed the roots, and tossed them directly into a pot nearby.

As for the other spirit herbs that weren't needed for now, he kept them aside and stored them in the spatial ring.

He lit the fire, added water, and started boiling!

The beginner's package from the system included basic alchemy and artifact forging.

Unfortunately, one required a pill furnace, the other a fire furnace.

But after careful research, he found that artifact forging required a fire furnace, but alchemy didn't necessarily need one.

Using a pot could work too, though the effect would be slightly worse.

And the appearance certainly wouldn't be as refined as those from a proper pill furnace.

Holding his breath and focusing, he began refining!

To be fair, after reaching the Golden Core stage, controlling spiritual energy became much more effortless.

The essence within the herbs was quickly extracted.

A pot of water soon turned a lush green.

Then it was time to reduce the liquid over high heat, preserving the medicinal effects.

A pot of water was concentrated into a droplet the size of a pill.

Chu Xingchen carefully wrapped this droplet in spiritual energy, then looked at Li Yingling and said:"Open your mouth, good disciple."

Li Yingling was dumbfounded.

Weren't other people's pills solid? Why was hers liquid?

And the green liquid elixir looked like poison no matter how she looked at it.

How could she open her mouth?

Li Yingling weakly asked, "Master, are you sure this is edible?"

"If it weren't for the poor effect and side effects of directly eating the Spirit-Nurturing Grass, I wouldn't bother refining it for you," Chu Xingchen said irritably, "Hurry up and open your mouth, eat it and go cultivate."

Hearing this, Li Yingling reluctantly opened her mouth and swallowed the green liquid elixir.

As the liquid exploded in her mouth, the extremely bitter taste contorted Li Yingling's face.

She almost couldn't help but spit it out.

But the effect was indeed good, the spiritual energy within her began to surge.

Li Yingling quickly returned to her bed, immediately sitting cross-legged to begin cultivating.

Chu Xingchen carefully observed Li Yingling's condition, and seeing no issues, he also sat back on his bed.

Then he opened the system interface to check.

There were two beginner quests, one was to recruit a qualified disciple, the other was for the disciple's cultivation level to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Once Li Yingling reached Foundation Establishment, the second beginner quest would be completed.

At that time, a divine ability would be rewarded.

Then the formal quests could be unlocked.

Tears welled up, which beginner quest takes over three years to complete?

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