The First Matter After Joining the Sect: Repaying Debts!

"Wan'er! You..."

Su Ziyun had not expected Chu Wan'er to be so resolute. Heart aching, she wanted to step forward.

Chu Wan'er's face was pale. Swearing with her Natal Blood Essence was no small burden on her body, which had yet to fully recover.

Yet the gaze she fixed on Ye Xuan remained bright and unwavering.

The instant Chu Wan'er cut her finger, Ye Xuan felt as if a heavy hammer had struck his heart, sending the strings of his heart trembling wildly.

This woman had once burned away her Imperial Blood for him and crossed the Ruins of Return with her fleshly body!

And now, she was swearing with her life for him, laying bare her heart!

If he still hesitated, could he even call himself a man!?

"Fool..."

Ye Xuan stepped forward and gently took hold of Chu Wan'er's injured finger.

His gaze was gentle yet resolute as it met her slightly uneasy eyes.

Then he turned to Su Ziyun, accepted that weighty marriage contract, and spoke with absolute finality.

"I'll sign this marriage contract!"

As soon as the words fell, Ye Xuan did not hesitate in the slightest. He cut his finger, forced out a drop of Natal Blood Essence, and signed his name beside Chu Wan'er's!

The stroke fell, and the pact was forged!

"Buzz!"

Light burst from the marriage contract. Ye Xuan's and Chu Wan'er's names merged amid a bloody glow, becoming two intertwined runes that branded themselves deeply into the document.

At that moment, an invisible bond tightly linked their destinies, with Heaven and Earth as witnesses.

Seeing this, the great stone hanging over Su Ziyun's heart finally fell completely. Looking at the perfect pair before her, the more she looked, the more delighted she became.

"Good! Good! Good!" She said "good" three times in a row, smiling brightly. "Since that's settled, I won't disturb you two lovebirds. Have a good talk."

With that, she hurried away.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became somewhat delicate.

"Wan'er, you've only just succeeded in crossing your tribulation. Your cultivation has yet to stabilize, and you've also expended Natal Blood Essence. You must immediately enter seclusion to cultivate, stabilize your cultivation, and make up for the loss!" Ye Xuan said gently.

Chu Wan'er naturally wanted to spend more time with Ye Xuan, but she also knew well that powerful enemies surrounded the sect. The sect assembly a month from now concerned the survival of the Violet Firmament Sect. This truly was not the time for romance.

She nodded obediently. "Mm, I'll listen to Brother Ye Xuan in everything."

After helping Chu Wan'er back to her room, Ye Xuan sat cross-legged on the bed in the outer room, his desire for power stronger than ever before.

He needed to raise his strength as quickly as possible, not only for himself, but also for Wan'er and the Violet Firmament Sect that had helped him!

"Kid, I've got good news for you. Though this tower lord is damaged, its inner space functions are still intact. You can now activate the lowest level of Space-Time Law. One day outside is two days inside!"

Just then, the Tower Spirit's voice suddenly rang out.

"What!? Double the Time Flow Rate!?"

Ye Xuan's mind trembled slightly upon hearing this!

What he lacked now was time. Though double the time was not much, it was still timely aid in a snowstorm!

His first thought was to bring Chu Wan'er into the tower to cultivate with him.

"Don't rush!"

The Tower Spirit seemed to see through his thoughts. "This space can only be used by you alone for now. If you want to bring outsiders in, you won't have the authority until after dual cultivation."

"Moreover, the more people you dual cultivate with, the more power this tower recovers. The Time Flow Rate multiplier can keep increasing. Tenfold or a hundredfold won't be a dream!"

Ye Xuan was stunned at first, then the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

There was no need to think about it. This was definitely the handiwork of his unscrupulous old man!

Helplessly, Ye Xuan could only suppress the thought for now.

With a thought, his consciousness sank into his dantian. His figure vanished from the spot and appeared inside the Little Pagoda.

He then took out Chu Wan'er's dowry and the accompanying gifts given by the Violet Firmament Sect Master. This was practically the entire foundation of the Violet Firmament Sect!

"I, Ye Xuan, will remember this kindness!"

He took a deep breath, his gaze turning incomparably sharp.

The next moment, he sat down cross-legged and shouted inwardly, "Nine Lightning Tribulation Heavenly Body, Swallow Heaven Devour Earth!"

Buzz!

In an instant, the Spirit Marrow Pills in the jade boxes and the spiritual liquid within the rings transformed into a torrent of incomparably pure spiritual energy that flooded madly into his body.

There was neither sun nor moon inside the tower.

When Ye Xuan had completely absorbed the energy of the last pill and slowly opened his eyes, two flashes of lightning flickered through his gaze, while his aura surged all around him!

"Peak Qi Control Realm!"

Feeling the endlessly flowing true qi within his body, Ye Xuan nevertheless let out a helpless sigh.

"This Nine Lightning Tribulation Heavenly Body truly is a bottomless pit..."

So many resources had merely pushed his cultivation from the peak of the Body Tempering Realm to the peak Qi Control Realm. He was still one final step short of reopening his Spirit Sea.

If he wanted to continue improving quickly, he had to find more cultivation resources.

With another thought, Ye Xuan's figure exited the Small Tower Space.

Only five days had passed in the outside world.

Just as he was considering how to obtain more resources, muffled voices drifted in from outside the door. From the sound of them, they belonged to the Violet Firmament Sect Master and a female disciple.

"Think of another way. We must gather another batch of cultivation resources. Ye Xuan and Wan'er have reached a critical point in their cultivation; they absolutely cannot lack supplies."

The female disciple's voice carried a sob. "Sect Master, the treasury was emptied long ago. This month's cultivation allowances for the disciples haven't even been issued, and several elders have suspended their daily cultivation to save spirit stones... We truly can't produce any more resources!"

The Violet Firmament Sect Master was silent for a moment, then spoke with a trace of resolve in her voice. "The sect's foundation cannot be touched... Then sell my Purple Heaven Cauldron."

"What!? Sect Master, absolutely not!" the female disciple cried out. "The Purple Heaven Cauldron is your Natal Treasure, linked to your mind and spirit. How can you sell it!?"

"I said sell it, so sell it!" Su Ziyun's voice suddenly rose. "Do as I say!"

Hearing this, Ye Xuan's heart shook violently. He could no longer sit still!

He had known that the Violet Firmament Sect was struggling, but he had never imagined it was already so impoverished that mountains and rivers had run dry!

They were even going to sell the Sect Master's Natal Treasure!

And all of this was, to a large extent, because they had given their remaining resources to him as "dowry"!

"Bang!"

Ye Xuan violently shoved open the door. Looking at the stunned Su Ziyun, he said firmly, "Sect Master, if you intend to sell your Natal Treasure to gather resources for us, then I, Ye Xuan, absolutely cannot accept them!"

Su Ziyun had not expected Ye Xuan to overhear the conversation, and a trace of embarrassment crossed her face.

"Ye Xuan, why did you come out? Go back and cultivate in peace! You and Wan'er only need to raise your strength quickly and deal with the sect assembly!"

"Sect Master, I have my own way of solving the matter of cultivation resources." Ye Xuan shook his head, his attitude unwavering.

"You have your own way?"

Su Ziyun froze. She admitted that Ye Xuan's talent was monstrous. In five days, he had leapt from the Body Tempering Triple Layer to the peak Qi Control Realm—simply shocking to the world.

But in the Northern Region, the Qi Control Realm was ultimately not considered powerful. What method could he possibly have?

Ye Xuan merely smiled confidently and offered no further explanation. Instead, he turned to the delicate female disciple beside her, whose eyes were red, and asked gently, "Junior Sister, is there a pill house in Tianyun City that does business with the Violet Firmament Sect?"

"A pill house?" Su Ziyun was even more puzzled. "Ye Xuan, why are you asking this? Could it be... you know alchemy?"

"I know a little." Ye Xuan smiled faintly. His tone was calm, yet he appeared supremely confident.

Alchemy was the quickest way he could think of to obtain a large amount of resources.

As for the Dao of alchemy?

As an Imperial Son who had endured seven cycles of reincarnation tribulations, there was no Dao among alchemy, artifact forging, formations, talismans, and more that he did not understand!

Refining Lower Realm pills was naturally as easy as turning his hand over!

The female disciple was stunned at first before saying softly, "There is a Hundred Herbs Pill House. We've always traded pills with them, but... but the Hundred Herbs Pill House is now our creditor..."

"Our creditor!?" Ye Xuan's expression stiffened upon hearing this.

Good heavens!

He could only exclaim, good heavens!

So the Violet Firmament Sect was not only at the end of its rope—it was also saddled with a mountain of foreign debt!?