Chapter 26: I can’t finish them—there’s no way I can finish eating all these spirit stones!

In the bushes, a pair of large, watery eyes blinked, full of astonishment.

‘Oh my god…’

‘There really are so many spirit stones hidden here.’

Su Li’er covered her mouth, afraid of making a sound out of shock.

In front of her, at the foot of the mountain behind the village, was a barren yellow land. A huge altar was erected there, surrounded by stone walls engraved with mysterious Dao patterns.

The altar was piled high with spirit stones, like a glittering small hill.

It was so bright it made it hard to open one’s eyes!

‘So much…’

Su Li’er admitted that she was tempted.

She couldn’t help it, there were just too many!

With so many spirit stones, if she could absorb them freely, she could definitely advance her realm and increase her lifespan by a lot, a lot, a lot!

‘I have to find a way to sneak in!’

‘There are too many people here. If I rush out, I’ll definitely be surrounded and killed. I’ll observe the situation first!’

Su Li’er calmed down, and with a whoosh, her fox ears popped out from the top of her head—’Eavesdropping Mode, activated!’

Soon, the surrounding sounds were magnified countless times.

“Have you heard? That dragon is unbelievably strong for some reason, we can barely hold her back!”

“She’s just at the end of her rope.”

“Mmm, let’s go and help too. The adults from the Heavenly Thunder Mansion are rushing us.”

“Alright, alright.”

A group of men in black left, quickly blending into the village.

Su Li’er was stunned, unable to believe her luck!

‘Dear Ms. Dragon, you are a good dragon, wuwuwu!’

The entire altar area was deserted and quiet, without a single sound.

Su Li’er fell into contemplation. ‘Should I… wait a little longer?’

‘I’ll observe the situation a little more.’

This wait lasted for twenty minutes. The altar remained unusually quiet, without a single sound to be heard. The sound of fighting in the east of the village grew louder. Dark clouds gathered there, with lightning and thunder, as if it were the end of the world.

The corner of Su Li’er’s mouth lifted. She patted her head and retracted her fox ears, unable to control the excitement in her heart. …’Spirit stones… lifespan… here I come!!!’

—Swoosh.

Su Li’er stood up from the bushes, full of vigor, with a victorious smile. She swaggered towards the altar. The heavy pile of spirit stones, like a small mountain, was already beckoning to her!

—Suddenly, a sinister voice sounded, “Ho, it’s a good thing this old man didn’t leave. There really is an accomplice of that dragon hiding here.”

Su Li’er’s smile froze.

From the bushes on the other side of the altar, an old Daoist priest with a white beard walked out. His eyes were as frightening as a hawk’s. He stroked his beard and couldn’t help but laugh. “Sending a little brat.”

Su Li’er’s smile vanished.

The old Daoist priest shook his head. “Child, this old man kills children just the same.”

Su Li’er was instantly annoyed and gave him the middle finger. “You old geezer.”

Black lines appeared on the old Daoist priest’s forehead. “Grass Mud Horse, go die!”

“Who wants to fight you, you idiot!” Su Li’er turned and ran.

‘I’m screwed, I’m screwed. This guy looks terrifyingly strong… I’ve run into a mini-boss. What’s the point of fighting?’

After gaining a cultivation base, her physical functions had improved a lot. Su Li’er ran very fast, but her hair still stood on end. A huge killing intent was locked onto her from behind, as if she were carrying a giant boulder, impossible to shake off.

—Hum.

The sound of ringing in her ears magnified.

Suddenly, she felt dizzy. A burning sensation came from her back. Su Li’er staggered and rolled on the ground several times from the impact before stopping. She struggled to prop herself up, her expression pained. “It hurts, it hurts, it hurts…”

Her palm was stained red with blood… the intense pain blurred her consciousness.

‘This is bad, I’ve been hit…’ The instinctive sense of crisis in her body kept amplifying. Su Li’er tried hard to open her eyes and forced herself to stand up. Drops of blood dripped down, staining the yellow dirt road under her feet.

“Hehe.” The old Daoist priest approached step by step, his expression indifferent, stroking his beard. “You are too weak, struggling like an ant. It’s very boring.”

Su Li’er closed her eyes, her expression calm.

—Sizzle, sizzle.

Her skin healed at an extremely fast rate. In the blink of an eye, it was as good as new. A large gash had been torn in the back of her long dress, but the originally bloody skin had become snow-white and smooth.

“Hmm?” The old Daoist priest’s expression changed slightly, and he stopped in his tracks. “Instant healing? A Saint Art!?”

“I didn’t want to waste it…” Su Li’er was full of regret.

“Interesting. Hand over the Saint Art, and you can leave.” A greedy look appeared on the old Daoist priest’s face, then his eyes widened in horror. “What… you have Immortal Eyes too?”

Ignoring the noise in her ear, Su Li’er narrowed her eyes slightly. An inaudible and invisible power began to spread…

“Who on earth are you? How can a dragon-kin have Immortal Eyes… my body… my consciousness is fading? Why…” The old Daoist priest fell to the ground and twitched twice, then fell completely silent.

‘Now there’s finally no one left…’

‘I have to cancel the cheat quickly…’

Su Li’er gasped for air, the feeling of relaxation after surviving a disaster making her body go limp.

‘Damn it, I almost got solo-killed… good thing I reacted quickly.’

‘How much lifespan do I have left… Su Li’er closed her eyes and carefully felt it.’

In her mind, a voice sounded: Remaining lifespan—3 hours and 21 minutes…

‘Huh?’

Su Li’er was stunned, a tuft of hair sticking up from the top of her head. ‘Wait? Does using the cheat for healing consume so much lifespan!?’

‘Wuwuwuwu, I regret it so much!!!’

More than twenty days of lifespan… gone just like that!

More than twenty days… that’s equivalent to getting close to the big ice block Sect Master ten times. Ten times, it takes a full ten times to get twenty days…

After this little episode, Su Li’er finally understood. Once she was seriously injured and wanted to use the cheat for healing, she had to pay a great price. ‘It was good news, I guess, at least she had never encountered this situation before…’

‘In other words, it was a good thing I had twenty days of lifespan… otherwise, I’m afraid I would already be…’

Su Li’er shook her head, shaking off the meaningless anxiety. She could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart. The spirit stones of an entire altar… ‘here I come!!!’

With a leap, she climbed onto the stone wall and jumped into the altar with the precision of a fish leaping over the dragon gate.

Under her feet, by her side, and even for a radius of ten meters around her… were all sparkling spirit stones!

Su Li’er’s smile was about to be brighter than the sun!

‘This is just like the principle of enjoying a delicious meal after being extremely hungry…’

“But how do I refine them?” Su Li’er rubbed her small chin, looking at the sparkling spirit stones, deep in thought.

After three seconds of thought, she decided to try the most primitive method…

Su Li’er picked up a very small spirit stone and swallowed it whole.

In an instant, her body began to refine it on its own. Her life origin became thirsty, like a drop of water falling into a desert, being absorbed extremely quickly, yearning for more and more rain to fall!

“It works! It really works this way!” Su Li’er was overjoyed. This perverted absorption speed should be related to the cheat.

‘In that case, then… let’s eat!!!’

So, Su Li’er entered combat mode. She switched from her left hand to her right, and from her right hand to her left, eating one snack after another at a speed so fast that there were afterimages!

A series of sounds kept echoing in her mind…

—Lifespan increased: thirty minutes.

—Lifespan increased: fifty minutes.

—Lifespan increased: twenty minutes.

—Lifespan increased: one hour and thirty minutes.

“Spirit stones of a higher grade add more lifespan!?” Su Li’er was surprised, and her mood became even more beautiful, joy upon joy.

‘Ahahaha, good!’

‘So satisfying, so, so satisfying!’

‘An endless supply of spirit stones, I can’t finish them, I can’t finish them at all’