They had never given blood essence to a human. This was the first time they had ever done so, and thus had no way to know how it would turn out.

“She seems to be in a lot of pain. Do you think this was the right thing to do, or not?” Shui Qing Man was rather worried as she looked at Sima You Yue writhing in pain.

“I believe that she will be able to go through this.” Wu La Mai said, “If she does, she will grow much stronger. Her body will also toughen. It will be extremely good for her. She’s a strong woman, this pain will not hinder her, but will push her towards her potential instead.”

“I hope so.” Shui Qing Man held on to his hand, saying, “She is too weak now, but has so many things he must do. It will be better for her to grow stronger now. However, I never thought that she would be in such pain.”

“You had her best interests at heart, she will understand.” Wu La Mai said.

“Yeah. Let me take you back to rest first.” Shui Qing Man said.

“Okay.”

The both of them departed, leaving behind Sima You Yue, who was in the abyss of suffering.

Wu La Mai’s blood essence began working its way through her system, and the veins were on fire as the blood essence flowed through. Simultaneously, the water crystal bed released an ice cold chill.

All her spirit energy was used to battle the blood essence, as she tried her best to control it. All her efforts were futile.

Her mental energy slowly depleted. If she could not control it any more, it would explode inside her. This would be beyond terrible for her.

It was a good thing that she was still able to suppress the blood essence right to the end, She used her spirit energy to surround the blood essence and began to absorb it.

There was just one drop of blood essence, however it felt like the power of a raging inferno. At the very least, that’s what it felt like to her.

Just before she absorbed it, she had to refine it into her own. This process took her three months.

During these three months, Shui Wu Qing and Wu La Mai had come to visit her. They saw that her situation started to stabilise, and was no longer as frightening as before.

During this time, there were seven to eight princes who had once come with Shui Man Qing. They felt rather strange when they saw the human who had now become their sister. However, they were still grateful that she had saved their mother.

Three months passed by in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Wu La Li came together with an apparently young human to visit Sima You Yue. They thought that she was still in closed door cultivation, but it was as if they had been caught red handed by the person inside.

“You Yue, you’re out?”

Sima You Yue looked at Wu La Li and joy sparked in her eyes. She grabbed onto his hand, saying, “Quick, take my to the island from before.”

Wu La Li knew that something must have happened to Sima You Yue for her to be as anxious as this. Without saying another word, he turned into his original appearance and took her towards the shore.

“Big Bro, wait for me!” The kid who came with him shouted when he saw them fly off in such a rush. He transformed into his original appearance and chased them.

The guard noticed the three people who had left in a hurry, and shouted, “The princess has emerged, quickly informed the queen!”

Wu La Li took Sima You Yue to the island that she was at before. She looked around and found a wide beach, then started setting up an array.

“Big Bro, you’re getting faster.” The male from before had caught up. He watched as Sima You Yue started throwing stones on the ground and asked with curiosity, “Lil’ Sis, what are you doing?”

Lil’ Sis. This was the way they addressed her.

“Setting up an array.” Wu La Li said.

“Isn’t she an alchemist? How does she know how to set up arrays?” Wu La Xiu asked.

“I’m guessing it’s because she’s an alchemist and an array master.” Wu La Li watched Sima You Yue and felt as if she held many secrets.

Sima You Yue finished setting up the array and walked over.

“Lil’ Sis, I am your Ninth Brother, Wu La Xiu.” Wu La Xiu introduced himself.

“Hello, Ninth Bro.” Sima You Yue smiled at him, then turned to them, saying, “You should quickly leave this place.”

“Why did you come here? You even set up an array… are you an array master?” Wu La Xiu was extremely curious about this human step sister, so he asked a whole string of questions.

“I’ll answer you once we’re back. You should leave first.” Sima You Yue said.

“Why?” Wu La Xiu asked. It seemed as if he wouldn’t leave until she gave him an answer.

“I’m going to advance in rank.” Sima You Yue said.

“It’s a good thing for you to advance in rank! However, isn’t it imperative for you not to be disturbed when you advance in rank? Now that we’re here with you, we can protect you and prevent any blind people who disturbing you.” Wu La Xiu said, “Although this is our shore, there are other clans who might secretly come here to scout for information. Second Bro also mentioned two days ago that there were a few people causing trouble, and might even send people over. You would be in trouble if you bump into them.”

“Thank you, Ninth Bro, for your kind intentions, but I advance in rank a little differently from others. I’m not afraid of being disturbed.” Sima You Yue replied.

“What’s the difference?”

Sima you Yue saw the way he just had to clarify every single thing, and wondered whether this was just a common trait of the youngest child.

“There’s always lightning when I advance in rank.” She explained, “If you were here, the lightning would recognise you as people who wanted to come and help me and would drag you in. It would also increase the difficulty of the lightning tribulations.”

“You advance with lightning tribulations? Why is yours so strange?” Wu La Xiu asked.

“I don’t know either. It’s been a lightning tribulation since I broke into the divine rank. It’s been this way ever since.” Sima You Yue replied, “That’s why I came here to advance in rank. I set up a protection array here so nobody can come close. You guys should head back first.”

“We will stand guard somewhere far away.” Wu La Li said, “We will remain outside the range of the lightning tribulation.”

Sima You Yue knew that he was still worried for her. However, since he would not remain without the vicinity, she left it up to him.

She checked the array one last time. When she was sure that it could up, she put on the lightning protection suit that Fatty Qu had given her before. Although it wasn’t that useful, it was better than nothing. Then, she took out two pill bottles and put it beside her before sitting down in the lotus position.

She had already absorbed the blood essence and refined it. Now, what she had to do was to release the energy that the blood essence gave her and direct it to her dantian.

Wu La Li observed the way Sima You Yue entered into a state of cultivation, and pulled Wu La Xiu to leave the island. They went to the water not too far away, and continued to keep an eye on her.

“Big Bro, there’s something there.” Wu La Xiu suddenly said.

Wu La Li also heard the sounds coming from the island. His eyebrows furrowed together as he wanted to go and get rid of those useless soldiers. However, he saw that dark clouds had already started to form in the sky overhead.

“We can’t go there.” He pulled on Wu La Xiu’s hand, “The lighting has already started to form. If we head over there now, we would be taken as people going through the trial with her. We’ll cause harm to her instead.”

“Then what do we do about them?” Wu La Xiu was rather worried as he cried out.