Li Shuang looked at Sheng Yuan's appearance, and there wasn't a ripple in her heart; she even found it a little amusing.
She hadn't noticed it before.
Her junior brother, whom she had personally guided, turned out to have such an unpleasant nature.
Li Shuang calmly looked at Sheng Yuan: "No."
Something she had worked hard to obtain.
He needed it, so she should lend it?
There was no such logic in the world.
"Li Shuang!" Sheng Yuan said with a look of indignation: "This is clearly just a small favor for you."
Li Shuang smiled and calmly said, "If it were truly a small favor, why don't you ask True Immortal Lingxu to borrow it, or why don't you ask other senior brothers and sisters in the sect? My gains from the Langya Secret Realm are far from making me wealthy. Within the sect, there are many people richer than me; why don't you ask them?"
He didn't dare to ask others, only coming to her.
Clearly, he also knew that this was far from the "small favor" he claimed.
The path of cultivation.
Wealth, companions, techniques, and land – wealth comes first!
Many times, spirit stones and resources are the foundation of cultivation.
To demand resources from someone for free, and with such a self-righteous attitude, did she look like a fool?
Sheng Yuan seemed to have never considered the possibility of Li Shuang refusing. His face turned beet red, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Aren't you afraid I'll expose what happened in the secret realm?"
Li Shuang gave him a puzzled look: "Do as you please."
Sheng Yuan's voice immediately turned cold: "Alright, alright. Originally, I wanted to save face for both of us, but now it seems there's no need."
Sheng Yuan left in a huff.
Li Shuang couldn't be bothered with him and went directly to the sect's treasury.
Within the Sword Sect, there was a resource library containing numerous treasures.
The items obtained from the Langya Secret Realm were rare, but in terms of value, they weren't top-tier.
At least, in the Sword Sect's treasury, there were several Grade 8 and Grade 9 treasures.
Guarding the treasury was a beautiful and elegant woman.
The woman looked young, but her age must have been considerable; she had been guarding the treasury entrance for a very, very long time.
This woman asked everyone to call her: Elder Ling.
When Li Shuang arrived.
The woman was meticulously embroidering a flower on a handkerchief.
Li Shuang only glanced at it, and she felt as if the flower was going to draw her whole being in.
She quickly averted her gaze and respectfully said, "Elder Ling."
The woman ignored her, earnestly embroidering the last petal.
Li Shuang waited quietly.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Elder Ling made the final stitch.
The flower actually popped out of the handkerchief and then bounced around on the ground.
Elder Ling seemed to be in a good mood. She glanced at Li Shuang, her eyebrows slightly raised: "You want to enter the treasury? Do you have enough contribution points?"
The sect had a resource list. Usually, disciples only needed to select materials from the list.
To enter the treasury, one needed at least ten thousand contribution points.
This disciple looked young; could she have accumulated so many contribution points?
Elder Ling scrutinized Li Shuang, feeling a little disbelieving.
"Enough," Li Shuang respectfully handed over her disciple token: "My Black Abyss Sword needs to be upgraded. I want to enter the treasury to select some treasures that have a high compatibility with Black Abyss."
What kind of treasures have high compatibility?
That would require the sword spirit to sense it herself.
Elder Ling took Li Shuang's token and checked it, her eyes flickering slightly.
This disciple... actually had ten thousand contribution points.
She carefully observed Li Shuang; she was so engrossed in cultivation that she hadn't known when such a person had appeared in the sect.
"Follow me," Elder Ling stood up.
The little flower she had just embroidered also twisted its body and followed behind her.
Elder Ling made several hand seals towards the treasury door.
The treasury door slowly opened, and Li Shuang curiously peered inside. This was her first time accumulating such a large sum of contribution points, and also her first time visiting the sect's treasury.
"Come in," Elder Ling walked in first.
Li Shuang followed.
As soon as she entered, the door behind her slowly closed. In the previously dim treasury, luminous pearls lit up with a soft white glow.
Upon entering the treasury, the flower darted around inside. Elder Ling grabbed it and held it in her arms.
Then, she said, "With ten thousand contribution points, you can only enter the intermediate treasury at most. The advanced treasury contains materials and magic artifacts of Grade 7 and above. To enter, you need one hundred thousand contribution points."
Li Shuang nodded: "The intermediate treasury is enough."
Elder Ling nodded: "This is the low-grade treasury. Go straight to the end, push open the door, and you can enter the intermediate treasury. You can choose treasures yourself. If the total value of the treasures exceeds the contribution points in your token, you will not be able to take any more treasures."
Li Shuang agreed.
She summoned her sword spirit.
As soon as Lili appeared, she affectionately sat on Li Shuang's shoulder.
Li Shuang dotingly looked at her: "Lili, see what kind of materials you like."
Lili's eyes curved, and she almost drooled: "This place has so many fragrant things."
She flew over like a mouse diving into a rice jar.
Li Shuang followed immediately.
Elder Ling looked at Li Shuang's retreating figure and then reacted, murmuring, "A sword spirit with purple compatibility. So, it was that disciple from that night."
Her eyes flickered slightly.
With such high compatibility, if the Black Abyss Sword were perfectly upgraded, another peerless treasure sword would appear in this world, and the Sword Sect would gain another peerless sword cultivator.
Elder Ling thought for a moment, and with a slight movement of her finger, some materials quietly appeared in the treasury.
These materials might not be of very high grade, but they were exceptionally rare and usually not displayed to the public.
She was giving Li Shuang more options because of her astonishing potential.
Lili happily wandered among the many resources.
She extended her small nose, sniffing this and that. These items seemed to have different scents in her perception. She was joyful one moment, frowning the next, her facial expressions very rich.
After wandering for a while.
Lili seemed to sense something and darted straight towards a piece of bone-chilling ore.
Just as she reached out to grab the ore, her entire body passed through it.
Li Shuang saw her looking wronged and chuckled as she rubbed her little cheek: "When you have a physical body, you can pick things up yourself. For now, I'll help you hold it."
Li Shuang took a look.
"Grade 2 Frost-Forged Stone: 500 contribution points. An ice-attribute ore, used for forging, with a chance to trigger a freezing attribute."
Li Shuang's eyes flickered.
Good stuff.
Among Grade 2 treasures, the Frost-Forged Stone was quite rare, and its forging effect was very powerful, perfectly matching her own attributes.
Li Shuang understood.
Lili had a very high compatibility with her, so the treasures Lili chose were likely the most suitable for her.
This was the advantage of a perfect compatibility between a sword cultivator and a sword spirit.
If the compatibility was too low, and the sword spirit leaned towards water attributes while the sword cultivator had fire attributes, then it would inevitably lead to conflict.
Li Shuang picked up the Frost-Forged Stone, and Lili continued her search.
Suddenly, Lili seemed to sense something and darted straight towards the door leading to the intermediate treasury.