On this journey.
Qingxuan suddenly changed from incessantly trying to gain Ye Wu's favor, becoming completely silent.
The long-awaited moment was right in front of him.
The closer he got to that moment, the more apprehensive he became.
His whole body stiffened.
What if...
What if Ye Wu changed her mind at the last minute?
What if...
What if what Ye Wu had prepared couldn't restore his meridians?
Countless thoughts tangled and spun in Qingxuan's mind.
He dared not speak.
He didn't even dare move.
He feared that speaking would expose all his tension.
He feared that a single movement would make him tremble uncontrollably.
For over a decade, he had learned to keep his emotions in check.
But at this moment.
He seemed to return to his youthful self, throwing aside all schemes and rationale.
By the time Qingxuan realized it, Ye Wu had already brought him down in front of the medicine garden!
Ye Wu's casual voice rang out, "Open the array."
The disciple guarding the medicine garden hurriedly opened the array.
Ye Wu glanced at Qingxuan, who remained stiff, and mocked him with a smile, "Spineless!"
She took Qingxuan's hand and pulled him inside.
"Rest assured. Mother has long prepared the Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng as a holy medicine for healing. With the ginseng's juice, supported by the Dual Cultivation Technique, there's a ninety percent chance of restoring your meridians."
As Ye Wu walked inside, she spoke to ease Qingxuan's nerves.
Qingxuan glanced at Ye Wu involuntarily.
Ye Wu usually came across as very domineering.
But now, saying these things... she was clearly trying to soothe him.
It inexplicably felt somewhat gentle.
For some reason, Qingxuan's heart calmed a little.
Ye Wu really was different from before, right?
He too would have a different life, right?
"Host! Qingxuan's favorability has stabilized! It's now at negative 20!" The system was almost crying with joy.
Though still negative.
But compared to before, this was quite a significant increase.
And, they haven't even truly restored Qingxuan's meridians yet.
Once Qingxuan's meridians were recovered, wouldn't the favorability turn positive in minutes!
The first treasure chest!
Right ahead!
Ye Wu was quite composed. Qingxuan's favorability couldn't be taken seriously now; everything would be clearer after tonight.
The Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng was buried near the Spiritual Spring, where the Spiritual Energy was richest.
Ye Wu had prepared professional agarwood to store the ginseng, as only in agarwood could the ginseng's medicinal properties be preserved longer.
Ye Wu, with her excellent memory, quickly locked onto the spot where the ginseng was buried and moved forward to dig it out.
Just as she approached!
Ye Wu's expression suddenly changed!
"What's wrong?" Qingxuan's voice rose up.
Then.
His pupils suddenly constricted.
In the spot Ye Wu was looking at, there was unexpectedly a hole!
How could a hole appear in this place!
Qingxuan glanced at Ye Wu nervously.
Ye Wu's face had already turned as black as coal. She took up her tools and quickly dug around the area.
Then.
She stood up, and surprisingly laughed in anger!
Fine, fine, fine!
The Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng she had planned so well on was just gone like that!
Qingxuan also fell into silence.
The Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng... was gone.
Even someone like Ye Liuyun, finding one piece of such treasure would already be lucky.
Without this plant, where would they find another?
Or perhaps.
There was never any Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng here to begin with.
Ye Wu was just... messing with him.
Maybe she thought his behavior these days was clownish.
She might just enjoy watching him first be full of hope, only to end up utterly despairing.
Who knows?
In any case, his meridians...
Ultimately were not recoverable.
Qingxuan stood on the spot, the light in his eyes completely dimmed.
He seemed like a statue, his life essence weak to the point of being almost unnoticeable.
"Host!!! Qingxuan's favorability is plummeting!!! Negative 50! Negative 60! Negative 100!" The system was going crazy: "It's locked at negative 100 now!"
If the system could detect Qingxuan's favorability towards others, it would find that it wasn't just towards Ye Wu.
At this moment, Qingxuan's favorability toward everyone was at negative 100!
He had endured all these years for a sliver of improbable hope.
Now.
Hope shattered.
He no longer had any attachment to this world.
Ye Wu glanced at Qingxuan, quickly saying, "There are guards here, and the area is protected by an array; no one can silently take away the Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng! Judging by how the soil has been disturbed, the ginseng must have been taken just recently! We can still retrieve it!"
Qingxuan had no reaction.
He didn't know if he should believe Ye Wu anymore.
Ye Wu's eyes flashed coldly as she sternly called in the two disciples guarding the medicine garden!
"Has anyone else entered here in the past few days?" Ye Wu asked coldly.
The two disciples instinctively shook their heads.
"No one has come?" Ye Wu looked at them expressionlessly: "Then it's you two who stole my Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng?!"
This area's array, not even Divinity Transformation Stage experts could easily breach!
This is in Joy Sect's territory, under the enterprise of Joy Sect's Transcendance Tribulation Stage powerhouses; who dares to break into this medicine garden?
Could it be a death wish?!
There must be an insider!
"Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng!" One disciple couldn't help but exclaim: "Senior Sister Ye, I've never seen any Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng."
"I don't know either!" Another disciple was also in a panic.
Ye Wu sneered: "When I buried the Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng here, I recorded it with a Memory Stone! Now that it's gone, there are only two possibilities. Either someone came here and took the ginseng, or you two betrayed your duty and stole it! For stealing such a valuable item, if I send you to the Sect's Law Enforcement Hall, it would be hard for you to escape death!"
Ye Wu's voice carried a hint of cruelty.
But it was indeed realistic.
In the Cultivation World.
Some treasures indeed hold more value than life.
Ye Wu's expression turned fierce.
The two disciples also became utterly frantic.
One disciple suddenly recalled something and hastened to say, "Not us! Senior Sister Ye, just an hour ago, Ling Jue was here!"
Ling Jue?
Upon hearing this name.
Qingxuan showed a slight reaction, glancing at Ye Wu, a hint of an indescribable emotion flickering in his eyes.
Indeed, too naive.
He truly thought Ye Wu had changed.
But after being infatuated with Ling Jue for so long, how could she change so easily?
Such a treasure as the Nine-grade Xuan Ginseng, if not given to Ling Jue, who else would she give it to?
Qingxuan calmly returned his gaze.
Ye Wu's expression darkened completely. She asked coldly, "A Joy Sect domain, a Joy Sect medicine garden, with top-tier array protection, you're telling me Ling Jue was here? How did he enter the medicine garden!"