That night, when Yang Kai broke through to the Kaiyuan Realm, a masked woman attacked him. At first, he thought she was there to kill him, but by the end of the fight, he realized that wasn't the case. She was actually trying to help him. Otherwise, with the masked woman's strength, he wouldn't have been able to resist her at all.
At that moment, Yang Kai had some doubts, but now he finally confirmed the identity of the masked woman.
At this moment, Yang Kai felt a deep sense of gratitude towards this Senior Sister Xia.
Old Man Meng suddenly appeared at an inappropriate time, standing between Yang Kai and Xia Ningshang, protecting his precious disciple like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
Yang Kai looked at him suspiciously: "Do you know each other?"
Meng Wuyuan snorted, his face full of pride and satisfaction: "She's my disciple!"
"Your disciple?" Yang Kai's jaw almost hit the ground, his eyes darting back and forth between Xia Ningshang and Meng Wuyuan, filled with disbelief.
He never thought that someone as unreliable as Shopkeeper Meng would actually have a disciple. Wasn't he just misleading people?
"You two... know each other?" Meng Wuyuan glanced at Yang Kai.
"No!" Xia Ningshang answered decisively, hiding behind Meng Wuyuan and waving her small hands vigorously.
Yang Kai understood and chuckled: "Not really, but Senior Sister helped me a little that night."
Meng Wuyuan nodded slightly. Xia Ningshang had told him about it. It was because of that night's encounter that Xia Ningshang noticed the pure Yang Yuan energy in Yang Kai's body.
"Shopkeeper Meng, what does Senior Sister Xia want me to help with? Can you tell me?" Yang Kai straightened his expression, and since it was a matter concerning Xia Ningshang, he naturally wouldn't refuse.
Meng Wuyuan didn't answer but looked at his precious disciple, asking, "Can he do it?"
Xia Ningshang's delicate earlobes suddenly turned red. She lowered her eyelids, her long eyelashes trembling. After a long while, she nodded almost imperceptibly.
Seeing her like this, Meng Wuyuan couldn't help but sigh: "Well, well, time is running out, so it's him then."
Yang Kai was completely confused but didn't ask.
After a moment, Meng Wuyuan suddenly asked seriously: "Yang Kai, do you know that there are some people in this world who are born different? These people are born with abilities that ordinary people can't even fathom."
Yang Kai's expression turned serious, and he said softly: "Shopkeeper Meng, are you talking about those with special constitutions?"
"Exactly." Meng Wuyuan nodded. "These people are blessed by heaven and are the pride of the heavens. Some have constitutions suitable for cultivation, some recover quickly from injuries, and others are naturally suited for battle. There are all kinds of special constitutions, but no matter who they are, if they have a special constitution, they can reach heights in a certain field that others can only dream of. We ordinary people envy them, but those with special constitutions are extremely rare. In a million people, there might not even be one. Little Yang Kai, you're lucky to have the chance to meet someone with a special constitution today."
Yang Kai's expression turned solemn, and he looked at Xia Ningshang, who was standing behind Meng Wuyuan, in surprise: "Could it be that Senior Sister Xia..."
"Ha ha..." Meng Wuyuan's face was full of pride, and he smiled happily, nodding slightly: "Yes, Ningshang's constitution is different from ordinary people."
Yang Kai's emotions fluctuated. He never imagined that this shy and timid Senior Sister would be such a fortunate person.
"What kind of constitution does Senior Sister have?" Yang Kai couldn't help but ask curiously.
Meng Wuyuan didn't answer but pondered for a moment before saying: "The fruits on this tree are ripe. Disciple, go and pick them."
"Okay." Xia Ningshang walked to the last Three Yang Fruit tree and gently picked the three fruits from the tree.
Yang Kai didn't interrupt or ask questions; he felt that his doubts would soon be resolved.
"Disciple, let him see your skills," Meng Wuyuan chuckled.
Xia Ningshang nodded slightly, walked to Yang Kai, and extended her delicate hand. Her hand was fair and slender, and on her small palm were the three freshly picked Three Yang Fruits.
"Junior Brother, please watch," Xia Ningshang said softly, slightly channeling the energy within her body.
Yang Kai's expression suddenly turned astonished because he noticed that as Xia Ningshang channeled her energy, the Three Yang Fruits in her hand began to emit a red energy.
That was the Yang Yuan energy contained within the fruits. Yang Kai practiced the True Yang Technique and was extremely sensitive to Yang energy, so he naturally sensed that the energy within the Three Yang Fruits was being rapidly extracted.
But... how was she doing this?
The energy that overflowed from the Three Yang Fruits gathered in front of Xia Ningshang, remaining condensed despite the strong wind. In less than ten breaths, the three Three Yang Fruits lost their original color, and the energy they contained was completely drained. Not only that, the fruits quickly withered and turned to dust in the wind, dispersing into the air.
Xia Ningshang moved again, holding the condensed Yang Yuan energy in one hand and moving the other hand in the air.
As she moved, the Yang energy from the Dragon Trapped Valley rose like a water column, rushing toward Xia Ningshang. She casually grabbed a stream of energy and threw it into the red energy mass in front of her.
Her delicate hand moved faster, and each grab pulled more Yang energy from the Dragon Trapped Valley, merging it into the red energy mass.
As time passed, the red energy mass didn't grow much in size but became smaller and smaller.
However, the Yang Yuan energy it contained increased.
After a while, Xia Ningshang stopped drawing Yang Yuan energy from the Dragon Trapped Valley and pressed the red energy mass with both hands.
Her palms quickly came together, and when she opened them again, there were three bright red pills in her hand. The pills were smooth and inviting, with clear dan yun and dan wen.
Yang Kai was already stunned!
The scene before him could only be described as miraculous.
Only now did Yang Kai understand how Senior Sister Xia had made the bottle of pills she gave him. They were all refined this way!
But, wasn't this too simple and easy? Alchemists were already rare, and refining pills came with the risk of failure. Moreover, alchemists needed special tools, such as pill furnaces and furnace fires.
But Senior Sister Xia, with just a few movements of her hands and nothing but the Three Yang Fruits, had effortlessly refined three pills.
"Here!" Xia Ningshang extended her hand to Yang Kai.
Yang Kai took a deep breath, calming his shock, and picked up the three pills, carefully feeling the Yang Yuan energy within each one. He found that each pill contained more Yang Yuan energy than a single Three Yang Fruit, as Xia Ningshang had used the Yang energy from the Dragon Trapped Valley during the refinement process.
"If you were to refine pills, the people in the Medicine King Valley would probably be out of business," Yang Kai said with a bitter smile, having never seen anyone simplify the process of refining pills to such an extent.