Fang Hao felt as if he had fallen into a scorching vortex; his mind was hazy, and his entire body was burning with intense heat.

It was like a fire, burning away the last shreds of his sanity.

He had already inhaled quite a bit of that cursed pink mist, and the evil fire in his lower abdomen was making him feel like he was about to explode.

Now, being teased by this woman, how could he possibly hold back?

To hell with the Nascent Soul Cultivator! To hell with the consequences! Let’s just enjoy this first!

This wild entanglement, he didn’t know how long it lasted.

Fang Hao only felt as if he had fought a grueling battle that drained every ounce of his strength, and finally, everything went black as he drifted into a deep sleep.

When he regained consciousness, he was woken up by the cold.

The cave was cold and damp; he lay naked on the ground, his bones aching as if they had fallen apart.

He sat up abruptly and looked around.

The cave was empty, with only him left.

A faint, lingering fragrance remained in the air, along with... that ambiguous scent of the aftermath.

The soft animal skin spread on the floor proved that last night’s madness was not a dream.

The woman in the palace dress was gone.

Fang Hao’s heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly checked himself.

Upon checking, he was stunned.

His Cultivation... seemed to have improved a little?

Although he was still far from the Golden Core, his Great Perfection Foundation Establishment Realm was more stable, and his Qi was much more refined.

What surprised him even more was that the restless seven-element Qi in his body seemed... much calmer?

Previously, because his Spiritual Root was too messy, the circulation of his Qi always felt sluggish, but now it flowed much more smoothly.

"This... could it be..." Fang Hao recalled some legends of the Evil Path, things like dual cultivation techniques or Yin and Yang harmonization.

Could it be that with a female Nascent Soul Cultivator... there were such benefits?

He hurriedly shook his head to cast aside this absurd thought; it was impossible, as the woman was clearly also affected by the spell and couldn’t control herself.

He put on his clothes and walked to the cave entrance.

The sky was already bright, and the valley was quiet. The massive python-dragon corpse still lay there, emitting a faint pressure.

The woman had left. That was fine, it saved him from the awkwardness.

Fang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, but there was an indescribable sense of loss in his heart.

After all, she was his first woman, even if it was under those circumstances.

He walked over to the python-dragon corpse.

A Late Stage fourth-order Great Demon, its whole body was a treasure!

The dragon skin, dragon bones, dragon tendons, and dragon blood were all top-tier Materials for refining Magic Treasure and Medicinal Pill!

Especially that single horn and its essence blood, they were priceless!

"I’m rich!" Fang Hao’s eyes lit up, and he quickly started to pack up.

He carefully used his Flying Sword to dismantle the dragon corpse, collecting all the useful Materials one by one.

Just this harvest alone was worth more than all his previous net worth!

After packing up the spoils, just as he was about to leave this place of trouble, he caught a glimpse of an unusual color where the python-dragon had been coiled.

He walked over, pushed aside the weeds, and found several strange plants growing there.

One was entirely crimson, as if condensed from flames, emitting a scorching heat; the other was semi-transparent and deep blue, its leaves like ice crystals, emitting a cold chill.

"This is... Earth Fire Ganoderma? moon shadow grass?!"

Fang Hao’s breath hitched, and he almost cried out!

Although they didn’t look very old, maybe two or three hundred years, they were indeed the two other hardest-to-find main ingredients for forming golden core—the prototype of the earth core fire ganoderma, the "Earth Fire Ganoderma," and the moon shadow grass!

"No wonder that python-dragon was coiled here! This place is a rare Spiritual Eye where Yin and Yang converge! It actually nurtured these two Spirit Medicines with opposing attributes at the same time!"

Fang Hao was ecstatic! It was truly a case of a sudden turn for the better!

Now, for the seven main ingredients for forming golden core, he was only missing the upgraded version of the sun flower, the "blazing sun flower"!

And he already had an eight-hundred-year-old one in his hands!

He carefully dug up the two Spirit Medicine along with the soil around their roots and immediately sent them into the Chaos Grotto-Heaven, planting them in the specially arranged Yin and Yang area.

After doing all this, Fang Hao stood in the valley with complex feelings.

This accidental entry into a dangerous place had almost cost him his life, but by some twist of fate, not only had his Cultivation improved, but he had also gained immense wealth and the Spirit Medicine he most urgently needed, and even... a secret, fleeting romance.

Misfortune is where happiness depends, happiness is where misfortune hides.

The path of Cultivate is indeed mysterious and unpredictable.

He dared not stay long; who knew if the woman in the palace dress would return, or attract other experts?

He identified the direction and quickly left the valley.

In the following days, Fang Hao was even more careful while operating in the inner perimeter of the Hundred Flowers Mountain Range.

With this harvest, he was more confident in finding other auxiliary medicinal Materials.

He trained, collected medicinal Materials, and processed this experience all at the same time. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

However, occasionally in the dead of night, the beautiful and hazy face of the woman in the palace dress would uncontrollably appear in his mind.

He knew that this might just be an illusion caused by the aphrodisiac mist and the special experience, but that palpitation was real.

"Forget it, it was just a chance encounter, a fleeting romance, why think of her."

Fang Hao shook his head, suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart, and refocused his attention on Cultivate and finding medicinal Materials.

The top priority was to gather the medicinal Materials as soon as possible and attempt to refine the forming golden core!

Only by condensing the Golden Core could he truly have a sliver of self-preservation power in this crisis-ridden world of Cultivate!

And that mysterious and powerful woman in the palace dress was perhaps just an erotic and ethereal interlude in his long Immortal Road.

The road ahead had to be walked by him, step by step.