The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 593: Poor! This Cultivator is Really Poor!

Chapter 593: Poor! This Cultivator is Really Poor!

Nanli looked serious.

"I trust you; I don’t trust anyone else. I always trust you."

"You can protect me once, but that doesn’t mean you can protect me every time."

"Or to put it this way, you should have known what kind of person I am since the moment you met me. I want to become stronger on my own. Even if I can’t stand by your side in the future, I don’t want to hold you back."

Ye Siheng gazed at her for a long time.

He finally sighed and said, "A’Li, you must remember that I am your husband, always your support."

Nanli smiled brightly, her cheeks still flushed and dewy.

She tugged at Ye Siheng’s sleeve, saying, "You’re nothing like Elder Cao. Today is really interesting."

Ye Siheng sat back down, a hint of disdain on his face. "Bringing him up is a bit insulting to me."

It’s just bad luck.

Nanli waved her hand. "Let’s not mention him. Let’s see what’s in this Qiankun Bag."

She reached inside.

First, she pulled out a small wooden box with a strange mix of scents.

"Probably some pills," Nanli speculated, and upon opening it, she found several pills scattered inside, separated by dividers.

The box was crafted with care, likely because these pills were essentials for cultivators, so each compartment had a label.

After examining a few pills closely, she remarked, "These pills are indeed different from the ones I refine; they contain spiritual energy, and their effects aren’t bad. Unfortunately, I have no spiritual power right now. Even if I know the formulas and methods, I can’t refine them."

Ye Siheng’s eyes began to discern some things.

He frowned and said, "Does this cultivator look a bit poor? The spiritual energy in these pills seems low. I read in a book that pills are ranked, and these should be of low grade, right?"

Nanli then took out an even smaller wooden box.

Before opening it, the scent of herbs grew stronger.

"You might be right." Nanli opened the small box, revealing pills that were not only round and full but also exuded a purer fragrance, with a faint glow enveloping them. "If the pills in the large box are low-grade, then these should be mid-grade."

"He really is poor," Ye Siheng said. "There aren’t many low-grade pills, and only one mid-grade pill. He definitely has no high-grade or top-grade ones."

Nanli felt around and indeed found no other pills.

Next, she came across a few talismans.

Nanli looked at them with great disdain.

"These talismans seem worse than the ones I draw."

They were demon-slaying talismans, ghost-suppressing talismans, and soul-binding talismans.

"Perhaps he can’t afford good talismans," Ye Siheng said. "Do you remember that gentleman who drew talismans in your shop? His talisman skills were clearly not bad."

So they couldn’t let their guard down, thinking that cultivators from the Immortal World were mediocre.

Nanli nodded.

There weren’t many items left inside, just some dry food and clothes, along with a small bag of stones.

Nanli deduced that these were the spirit stones mentioned in books, containing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. For cultivators, these spirit stones had many uses.

However, both of them fell silent for a while as they looked at the spirit stones.

Because the spiritual energy contained in them was quite low.

Moreover—

There were only about thirty!

Nanli felt a surge of irritation and finally couldn’t help but exclaim, "How can he be this poor?! Isn’t he a disciple of Penglai Island?! Isn’t he a Golden Core cultivator?!"

Ye Siheng paused for a moment and asked, "Does he use a sword?"

"It seems so," Nanli recalled.

"Yeah, I read a book called ’Casual Talks on Cultivation.’ It said that Sword Cultivators consume the most spirit stones, and there’s a classic saying... only those with mines at home would dare to cultivate swords." Ye Siheng remarked.

"From this, it seems that the Immortal World recognizes spirit stones, not money," Nanli pondered, "So what the book mentioned must be about spiritual mines."

How infuriating! Her Second Brother only had a gold mine and no spiritual mine.

With so few items in the Qiankun Bag, Nanli felt greatly disappointed.

What a surprise—this was clearly a shock!

Ye Siheng could only comfort her, saying, "Though there isn’t much here, it’s still good to gain some experience."

Nanli hummed in response, "Alright, let’s go to sleep."

Ye Siheng’s eyes immediately brightened.

Though they couldn’t do anything else, just being able to hold her while sleeping was a happy thing.

Unexpectedly, Nanli suddenly stood up and grabbed the spirit stones.

"I wonder if the spiritual energy can be infused into talismans. I’ll give it a try!"

"..." Ye Siheng’s mouth twitched slightly. "A’Li, it’s too late. Why don’t you sleep first? You can try again tomorrow."

"No way! I’m thinking about it, and I won’t be able to sleep lying down," Nanli replied. "You sleep first."

She slipped on her shoes and headed to the study.

Ye Siheng sat there, feeling lonely.

He wanted to go keep her company, but knowing she disliked having someone around when she was focused, he held back.

He sighed softly, murmuring to himself, "Fine, I’ll practice my skills too."

She was working hard, so he couldn’t slack off either, or he would fall behind in the future.

In the study,

Since Nanli was only practicing the most basic physical techniques to strengthen her body, it wasn’t that she lacked talent for moving to the next step, but rather that she needed spiritual energy to draw it into her body.

The spiritual energy in the Human World was almost negligible.

The little spiritual power left in her Dantian from their dual cultivation last time had already dwindled, and Nanli drew it out, allowing it to flow from her hand to gather at the tip of her pen, quickly drawing talismans.

However, midway through, the spiritual power dwindled to a thread.

Nanli’s eyes dimmed slightly.

She continued to finish drawing the talisman.

Though this talisman contained her skill, it had very little spiritual power and could be said to have almost no enhancement effect.

Then, she took out a few spirit stones, hoping to draw the spiritual energy into her body.

But soon, her expression turned grim, as she realized that after reviewing so many texts, not a single one recorded how to absorb the spiritual energy from spirit stones into her body!!!

Without the incantation or mental method, even having spirit stones was useless.

An idea struck her, and she took out the Golden Hairpin from her bag. "Don’t play dead; you should know how to absorb the spiritual energy from spirit stones into your body, right?"

Seeing that the Hairpin Elf refused to show herself, Nanli made a hand gesture to force her out.

The Hairpin Elf floated in mid-air, looking aggrieved. "Master, I’m not playing dead; I’ve already died."

Nanli raised an eyebrow. "Aren’t you a magical artifact spirit?"

The Hairpin Elf paused for a moment. "Right, I’m just a spirit; I don’t know these cultivation methods."

"Are you sure you’re a thousand-year-old magical artifact?"

The Hairpin Elf didn’t hide the truth. "When I was created, I was a muddled mess; I only began to awaken after a thousand years. Not knowing those incantations and methods is quite normal, isn’t it?"

She floated around, controlling the Golden Hairpin to place it over the spirit stones, hoping to absorb the energy and then pass it on to Nanli.