Qi Refining, Sixth Layer

Xiao Yu grinned from ear to ear.

Watching Ye Zimei gradually lose her senses below, he raised a hand and took out the High-Grade Dharma Artifact Ghost Wolf Lock forged by Fire Monk.

He lashed it at the distracted Ye Zimei!

The Dharma Artifact on her body was instantly whipped right before him.

Ye Zimei's storage pouch was pulled over as well.

Ye Zimei reacted a beat too slowly, utterly captivated by the group of alluring women before her.

This Supreme-Grade Dharma Artifact was so overbearing—it could actually draw in her divine sense directly.

Looking at the sole offensive Dharma Artifact left in her hand, Ye Zimei still wanted to struggle.

But the next second, those fairies surrounded her.

Ye Zimei immediately flushed, as though she had recalled the time she had once been captured by a female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect.

That woman had been one of the Hehuan Seven Beauties, breathtakingly beautiful.

She had been taken away by that woman for seven days, and what happened during those seven days stayed with her for half her life.

The other woman had not killed her. Instead, she had doted on her and cared for her with the utmost tenderness...

Later, she said she wanted to go home and cried.

So the other woman let her go.

From then on... Ye Zimei seemed to have become a different person.

She had no interest whatsoever in men, but toward women...

Looking at those peerlessly beautiful fairies before her, Ye Zimei still tried to find a defensive Dharma Artifact.

No...

She couldn't hold on anymore!

When one fairy extended her jade-like hand and touched her cheek, the spear in Ye Zimei's hand fell to the ground.

Xiao Yu raised a hand and retrieved it, taking her last Dharma Artifact into his grasp with a teasing expression.

Once a cultivator lost their storage pouch and Dharma Artifacts, their combat strength plummeted in a straight line.

Xiao Yu did not waste words. He directly unleashed the Elysian Union Art and struck Ye Zimei heavily.

Ye Zimei spat out blood on the spot. "Damn it... damn it... you despicable, shameless bastard!!! I will definitely..."

Before she could finish, that group of fairies surrounded her again.

Xiao Yu laughed heartily. "Don't be afraid. Once you follow me, you won't lack women! It's fine, it's fine~ I guarantee you'll live a very comfortable life with me, I guarantee it!"

He raised his hand and controlled the Thousand Fragrances, Ten Thousand Beauties Painting, directly rolling Ye Zimei inside.

She was just like that, swept into the painting.

Xiao Yu then took out the Jade Maiden Gourd, smiling playfully as he collected the heavily injured Ye Zimei from the treasure painting into it.

First, he went to the Judgment Room to have Bai Yue's Innate Dharma Body heal his injuries and restore his spiritual power.

After that, he made a trip to the Maidservant Pavilion. Seeing Wang Mei, who had been injured while trying to protect him at the risk of her life, he scooped her into his arms. "You've worked hard, you've worked hard~"

...Half an incense stick later...

The Nine Yang Divine Body healed Wang Mei's injuries.

Xiao Yu also began inspecting his spoils in the Maidservant Pavilion.

Seeing the items in the storage pouch, Xiao Yu was even happier than when he had obtained Han Qiushui's thirty million silver notes!

"High-Grade Dharma Artifact Mysterious Maiden Spear, a full set of Mid-Grade defensive Dharma Artifacts Phoenix Feather Armor... a scouting Dharma Artifact, the Heavenly Eye Orb? What is a scouting Dharma Artifact..."

Hua Lian hurriedly explained from the side, "It's a Dharma Artifact used for reconnaissance. It can investigate places that divine sense cannot reach, and it can also detect whether the other party has concealed their aura!"

Xiao Yu continued looking through the items.

Thirty thousand spirit stones, a bottle of Marrow-Cleansing Pills, three Foundation Establishment Pills, the first half of the Five Elements Goddess Art, a Jade Maiden Sect token, a Teleportation Token, spirit herbs...

Xiao Yu could barely suppress the corners of his mouth.

Foundation Establishment Pills!

Could you believe it...

Hua Lian suddenly cried out, "Ah? A Teleportation Token? She even has a Teleportation Token. Looks like Junior Sister Ye's legs are quite long! Hehe!"

"Master, with this Teleportation Token, we can use the Jade Maiden Sect's teleportation array. I happen to know where it is!"

Xiao Yu picked up the Teleportation Token and examined it.

It looked like a token carved from beautiful Hetian jade.

About half the size of a palm.

Hua Lian continued, "With this thing, we can teleport to places like Heluo Province and Donghua Province! We can leave this place!"

Excitement glimmered in Xiao Yu's eyes. Of all these things, this was the most valuable.

Once he had a chat with his master Zhang Ziling, Senior Sister Lü Ling'er, Senior Sister Lü Rui, his enemy Ye Zhirou, Li Wancai's wife Zhang Yan, Li Wancai's daughter Li Weiwei, Lin Ce's mother, Lin Ce's grandmother, Shen Mengya's disciple, daughter, and the rest, he could make a run for it!

Then he would take this group somewhere to lie low, cultivate until the Golden Core Stage, and come back out to wipe out the Jade Maiden Sect in one fell swoop...

He would have Bai Yue serve as sect master and handle matters great and small, while he stayed in the cultivation room helping those disciples cultivate.

Mm...

Life was bright as daylight!

Just then, Ye Zimei inside the Jade Maiden Gourd suddenly began cursing.

Her curses were as vile as they could be.

"Bastard!! You even dare capture so many girls? You devilish scum, if you've got the guts, let me out!"

"If you've got the guts, fight me one-on-one without Dharma Artifacts! What the hell are you, relying on a Supreme-Grade Dharma Artifact?"

Seeing Li Qingyun, Han Qiushui, and the others inside the Jade Maiden Gourd, the badly injured Ye Zimei instinctively assumed they too had been captured by Xiao Yu.

Upholding the righteous ideals of a prestigious sect and saving all living beings, she cursed at the top of her lungs.

Han Qiushui's brows and eyes darkened. Those captured by Xiao Yu had to be female cultivators from righteous sects!

At that moment, Xiao Yu walked in as well.

Looking at the women in the Jade Maiden Gourd, he softly told them, "Don't let her deceive you. This woman is Ye Zimei of the Jade Maiden Sect, and her elder sister is Ye Zhirou!"

"And she's also a mirror-polisher..."

The moment Han Qiushui heard that she was Ye Zhirou's younger sister, she clenched the corner of her skirt tightly.

Xiao Yu knew what Han Qiushui was thinking and hurriedly stepped forward. "Don't make a move on her yet. I'm keeping her for a great use!"

As he spoke, Xiao Yu rubbed his chin. Han Qiushui still had no intention of being with him.

Lingxin, the money-grubbing nun, had now joined along with her few senior nun sisters, and their mindset was still not very stable.

To be safe, he still needed to take care of the emotions of those who could not become maidservants.

After all, the more women there were, the more trouble there would be.

Three women made a play; with this many women, wouldn't that mean...

As Xiao Yu thought, he walked out.

He went straight to a cave near the Hehuan Sect Branch, then released Ye Zimei.

Ye Zimei was instantly overjoyed. "Haha! Fool! Even heavily injured, I'm still at Qi Refining, Eighth Layer. Even without Dharma Artifacts, I..."

Before she could finish, Xiao Yu grabbed her wrist.

At that moment, she had only one thought: He's so strong!

Xiao Yu chuckled softly. "You want to compare strength with me? Come on..."

Two hours later

[System Prompt: Please stop the forced judgment, Host. Ye Zimei's life is already hanging by a thread. Please convince others through virtue!]

Xiao Yu lit a pipe and smoked it with high spirits.

Looking at his cultivation, which had already risen to Qi Refining, Sixth Layer, the excitement in his eyes grew ever stronger.

The Nine Yang Divine Body and the Elysian Union Art were simply that powerful.

When cultivating with women whose cultivation was higher than his, his cultivation speed flew like the wind!

A realm that others needed years to advance, he only needed two hours!

But he also knew that he definitely could not seek out someone in the Foundation Establishment Realm to practice the Elysian Union Art with now.

The gap in cultivation was too great—he would explode...

This thing raised cultivation by absorbing others' spiritual power.

Unless... unless he did not cultivate, and merely engaged in a simple exchange of techniques!

With an arrogant expression, Xiao Yu patted the dust off his body and fed her half a Qi-Replenishing Pill.

Then he headed toward the Hehuan Sect Branch.

Southern Jiangliu City.

Jade Maiden Sect.

Standing atop towering peaks, it was wreathed in immortal aura and veiled by rolling clouds, like a heavenly palace.

Its halls were majestic and magnificent, resplendent in gold and jade, with carved beams and painted rafters of incomparable beauty.

Immortal cranes occasionally soared through the skies above the sect, while celestial music drifted through the air, filling one's heart with reverence.

The sect's female disciples all had fluttering robes and transcendent temperaments. Holding immortal swords, they stood suspended in the air.

The women had gathered before the martial platform, seemingly waiting for something.

On the martial platform stood a jade dais made of white jade.

A statue of the Jade Maiden was enshrined upon it, solemn in bearing as it gazed down upon all living beings.

Seven large characters were also engraved upon the jade dais: Jade Maiden Sect Master Bai Yue.

At that moment, a cold and stern female cultivator on the martial platform glanced toward the elders on either side, her bearing utterly domineering.

An elder stepped forward and said, "Elder Shen, Sect Master Bai has only recently passed away, yet you are already impatient to take the position. I'm afraid disciples from the Jade Maiden Sect's various branches will not accept this!"

"I suggest you hold off for now. At the very least, destroy the Hehuan Sect and avenge Sect Master Bai Yue before discussing it!"

Shen Mengya turned her head and shot her a sidelong glance, her eyes like sharp swords.

She stared directly at the person below the platform without saying a word.

A Foundation Establishment Realm female cultivator holding a green sword and dressed in green robes stepped forward coldly. "The war situation is pressing. Our Jade Maiden Sect is leaderless, scattered like a pack of dragons without a head and collapsing into disarray. Naturally, someone capable of shouldering great responsibility must step forward!"

"Elder Shen is my master Bai Yue's junior sister, as well as a favored daughter of heaven who studied under the Goddess Palace. She naturally has the qualifications to become sect master of the Jade Maiden Sect!"

"The elders have delayed their decision for so long. Are you trying to delay the military opportunity? Or have you accepted benefits from the devilish path?"

The person who had spoken just now was immediately left speechless, not daring to reply.

Because the woman speaking was Ye Zhirou, the only surviving personal disciple of Sect Master Bai Yue.

Her eldest disciple Hua Lian had also been captured. Of the remaining personal disciples, some were dead, while others had vanished without a trace.

Shen Mengya looked at the silent elders below the platform and spoke gently. "Rest assured, everyone. Once I take the position, I will naturally contact the seniors of the Goddess Palace and have them send fellow cultivators at the late Golden Core Stage to aid us!"

"To say nothing else, eliminating a mere Hehuan Sect will naturally be no difficult task!"

"If there is nothing else today, then disperse for now and make preparations. On the day the Ten Thousand Demons Secret Realm opens, our Jade Maiden Sect and the Profound Spirit Sect will attack along two routes and strike directly at the Wind-Riding Valley front line!"

"At that time, once the devilish path's front line suffers a crushing defeat, our Jade Maiden Sect will naturally wash away its former humiliation!"

Another person below the platform looked puzzled. "But Elder Shen... you're at the Golden Core Stage. Why don't you lead us to attack the Hehuan Sect Branch?"

"With your strength, destroying them would be as easy as turning over your hand... Our captured disciples should still be there!"

Shen Mengya coldly shouted, "Do not lose sight of the greater picture over the lives of one or two disciples. What meaning is there in destroying one branch now? Once the devilish path discovers that we have reinforced our forces, they will reinforce theirs as well!"

"How can you be so certain that their branch has no hidden experts? Everything will proceed according to my orders!"

No one said anything further, and before long, they withdrew.

After the gathering ended, Shen Mengya looked solemnly at Ye Zhirou and asked, "Have you found any news of Bai Yue and her disciples?"

Ye Zhirou clasped her fists and lowered her head. "Fourth Junior Sister Li Ke'er was slain by me yesterday. Fifth Junior Sister and Sixth Junior Sister were drowned by me in the Jiangliu River. You may rest assured!"

"It's only Hua Lian and that bitch Bai Yue whom we haven't found yet... Master, have the soul lamps of those two not gone out?"

Shen Mengya clenched her right fist. "No... and yesterday, Bai Yue's soul lamp, which was about to go out, actually brightened by thirty percent. As long as that bitch lives for another day, I will not be at peace for another day!"

"Go find them again! Search for clues at the place where Bai Yue that bitch was ambushed that day! Set off at once!"

Ye Zhirou said, "This disciple obeys...!"