After a long while, Mei Xueyan slowly awoke. Upon opening her eyes, she stared fixedly at the Heavenly and Earthly Spirit Vein without moving, extending her small, white-jade-like hand to touch the colossal 'stone' with extreme care, as if exerting too much force would shatter it…

“Relax,” Jun Moxie chuckled, offering a word of caution. “Even if you attacked it with your full power right now, you wouldn’t damage it. Not even a speck of stone dust would chip off.”

“Don’t talk!” Mei Xueyan shot him a glare, reprimanding him sharply, before immediately immersing herself again in this immense happiness. Her two beautiful eyes curved into crescents, and she murmured as if dreaming, “Moxie, how many years must it have taken to form such a massive Heavenly and Earthly Spirit Vein?”

“How many years? I’ll have to calculate,” Jun Moxie began counting on his fingers. “Generally, for Sky Azure Stone Milk to form takes tens of thousands of years… for all the Sky Azure Stone Milk to fully transform into Heavenly and Earthly Immortal Milk, it probably takes another hundred thousand years or so… As for it growing to several dozen zhang to produce the Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid, that requires at least a million years… This one before us is forty or fifty zhang tall… it must be five or six million years old, perhaps?”

“Five… five or six hundred… ten thousand years?” Mei Xueyan’s mouth dropped open, and she felt like she was suffocating.

Five or six million years… Just how long was that?

This—this was utterly unimaginable…

“Perhaps even longer, it might be,” Jun Moxie said profoundly. “My calculation is merely a rough estimate; there will naturally be some margin of error, though the error probably won’t be too large, maybe only around a hundred thousand years or so!”

“According to what you’re saying… does that mean that even scraping off a bit of powder from this large stone would be a panacea for healing injuries?” Mei Xueyan asked urgently.

“Mmm, yes. And it’s a panacea that ordinary people couldn't afford, because even a small amount of powder is equivalent to the highest grade of Sky Azure Spirit Milk—that’s the absolute minimum, the most conservative assessment,” Jun Moxie nodded honestly, making a funny face.

“Heavens… Wahaha!” At this moment, Mei Xueyan’s usual composure vanished instantly. After cheering and jumping for a while, she suddenly grabbed the collar of Jun Moxie’s robe. First, she shook him frantically, then without any pretense, she landed a solid punch on his lower abdomen, sending the bewildered Young Master Jun flying. But the beautiful Mei did not stop there; she chased after him, raining down a flurry of punches and kicks—it was thorough, it was satisfying…

Young Master Jun couldn't tend to his back while minding his front, nor guard his head while protecting his rear, issuing continuous miserable cries…

He deeply regretted it in his heart: What kind of assessment was that? He never expected that this seemingly quiet girl would become so fiery when excited to a certain degree! Even releasing her excitement involved beating someone up. Fortunately, his innate cultivation was higher than hers, otherwise, he would have been seriously injured? Those punches were completely without reservation, flesh meeting flesh… Perhaps the rumors about the women of Zhou were an understatement! Oh, my heavens…

If you’re angry and need to hit someone to vent, that’s completely understandable. But needing to hit someone when you’re overwhelmingly happy, just to discharge the joy in your heart… that’s truly bizarre, isn't it?

Young Master Jun covered his fair face and protected his groin, on the verge of tears. One was for meeting outsiders, the other for meeting his lover—everywhere else was fair game; do as you please…

Finally, Mei Xueyan’s high excitement slowly subsided following the high-intensity release. The frequency of her striking gradually slowed until she stopped, looking rather sheepish. “Uh, Moxie, that, um… are you alright?”

Young Master Jun, aching everywhere, suppressed the urge to burst into loud sobs. He lowered his hands, revealing a face that looked like half a pig’s head, pulled his lips back, and cried mournfully, “Sister, look at this state I’m in—does it look like I’m alright?”

“But you don’t look like you’re in critical condition either; at least you can still speak coherently,” Mei Xueyan said excitedly. “Quick, tell me more about that… the Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid. Its effects must be astonishing, right…?”

“I won’t, what if you hit me again…?”

“I promise I won’t hit you!”

“I don’t believe you…”

“Then how can I make you believe me?”

“Only if you let me enter the bridal chamber tonight…”

“You—you… How dare you!”

Thump, thump… Bang…

Another round of beating left Young Master Jun thoroughly turned into a pig’s head, and he finally settled down completely.

However, both of them clearly understood that Mei Xueyan’s beating was purely to vent her overwhelming joy. For the thick-skinned and superior-in-cultivation Young Master Jun, it was fundamentally just surface-level pain…

After a long time, the two finally calmed down following the high-intensity exertion.

Mei Xueyan looked somewhat embarrassed, asking in a low voice, “Moxie, are you planning to open it, and then we drink that Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid to boost our strength and deal with the current precarious situation?”

“Yes, that’s exactly my plan. But I still have some reservations,” Jun Moxie rubbed his face; the bruises on it vanished rapidly as his palms massaged the skin.

“Hesitating about what? Afraid of wasting a divine treasure?” Mei Xueyan asked. If such a divine object were truly wasted, it would be a sin for ages!

“Not entirely. Good things are meant to be used; even if it’s all wasted, so what? I’m just not certain yet if our cultivation and attainment levels can withstand the potency of even a single drop of ‘Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid.’ After all, that thing contains the essence of heaven and earth accumulated over millions of years.”

Jun Moxie frowned. “There’s another point: the Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid is the only thing that can be consumed directly without refinement. It doesn't need to go through alchemy to boost power; direct consumption unleashes its full efficacy. But in another sense, it cannot be incorporated into medicines to disperse or harmonize its potent medicinal energy. Therefore, its overbearing nature can be called number one under heaven! Once the consumer cannot bear it, there is no second path except complete annihilation into thin air! No spiritual medicine can alleviate it even slightly!”

“If we can bear the power, can our strength improve dramatically?” Mei Xueyan asked curiously.

“More than dramatically. As long as we can handle the medicinal power and successfully refine and absorb it, we can ascend to heaven in one leap! Even with the most conservative estimate, we could leap from the Venerable Realm, bypass the four levels of the Saint Realm, and reach the Saint Sovereign tier, or perhaps even higher!”

Jun Moxie said slowly. “This substance works better the stronger the consumer’s own power is! It’s only because both of us cultivate the Creation Technique of Heaven and Earth—the number one cultivation method in the world—that I conceived this idea. If it were someone else, unless they cultivated the same as us… even a contemporary Saint Sovereign would instantly explode their body and perish upon consuming a single drop of Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid!”

“So domineering!” Mei Xueyan’s eyes widened in shock.

Seeing her excitement rising again, Young Master Jun couldn't help but flinch slightly, subtly shifting his body away. He then continued, “The above are my personal judgments, roughly accurate. Unfortunately, the biggest problem now is… the amount of Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid inside this is quite substantial, at least ten million drops or more. The two of us, at most, only need one drop each! Once we open it, how do we seal the rest? If we just let it be, it will probably all dissolve into the air, and that would be a true waste of a divine object… This is the most serious issue right now!”

“What if we find some jade bottles to store it in?” Mei Xueyan turned her eyes, actively offering suggestions.

“If it could be stored, why would I be troubled!” Jun Moxie forced a bitter smile. “Even bottles made of Innate Spirit Jade cannot contain the Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid. Don’t be fooled by how secure they look or how tightly sealed they are; after just an hour or so, they’ll become empty bottles—it all vaporizes…”

“Then… perhaps it’s better not to move it. Let it stay inside, and we can wait until we have a proper method later to advance,” Mei Xueyan said. Although she yearned to improve her strength, she could distinguish between the weight of one drop versus ten million drops. If she sacrificed ten million drops for one drop… Mei Xueyan felt she would be heartbroken even if she reached above the Saint Sovereign realm.

“Actually, there isn't absolutely no way, I just lack absolute confidence,” Jun Moxie thought of a method that involved utilizing Chaotic Fire; as long as he sealed the opening with Chaotic Fire the moment he cut open the Spirit Vein, the remaining Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid could stay inside. Even if some of the fluid was lost, as long as the majority could be preserved, it would be worth the risk.

But the problem now was that the power of the Chaotic Fire seemed too formidable; it might completely burn away the Golden Nectar and Jade Fluid. Furthermore, sealing it was only a hypothesis—no one could guarantee if the opening could truly be sealed successfully. Either of these potential failures was enough to cause Jun Moxie heartache!

However, the current situation did not allow for retreat!

Gritting his teeth, Jun Moxie still decided to try. Man proposes, but God disposes. Even if it was truly destroyed, what of it? If they couldn’t boost their strength, wouldn’t possessing such a treasure be the same as returning empty-handed from a mountain of riches?

Jun Moxie stood up, extending his palm. A longsword radiating dazzling, brilliant light suddenly appeared in his hand.

The Divine Sword, Blood of Yan Huang!

This sword could now undoubtedly be called a true Divine Weapon! In some aspects, it could even be considered a treasure unattainable even in the legendary Immortal Realm.

Jun Moxie first forged the blade from mortal iron turned into exotic metal, then tempered it again with the essence of the Five Metals, and finally, it devoured several thousand pounds of gold. Moreover, several hundred of the unique divine weapons, the Nine Nether Cold Blades, from another realm were also melted into it!

It could be said that this sword was fundamentally cast from the condensed essence of countless metals and minerals!

Things from Earth, Xuanxuan, and the Nine Nether realms… merged into this single Divine Sword!

This small longsword now weighed no less than five hundred pounds; an ordinary person would struggle even to move it! However, this sword had already developed nascent spirituality, and after being nurtured by Jun Moxie’s vital blood, it achieved perfect communion with his spirit and mind.

Only in his hands did it feel like a normal longsword’s weight; if it fell into someone else’s hands, even a strong man like Xiong Kaishan might lose his footing with a heavy stumble due to carelessness…

“Xueyan, move aside first!” With the sword in hand, resolution flashed across Jun Moxie’s face!

With this sword strike, there would be no turning back!