Joyful Union Sect's Senior Sister

Zhao Hong's public Foundation Establishment in the marketplace quickly spread throughout Hehuan Town.

Before Yun Ao and Yun Feier had even returned to the Yun Household, their father, Yun Dingtian, received the news.

Yun Dingtian was so furious he nearly coughed up blood.

He personally led people to intercept Yun Ao and Yun Feier on the road, then hauled them to the House of Ten Thousand Beauties and brought them before Lu Chen's door.

"Senior, Feier was blind and foolish, and I believed slander. Feier truly knows her mistake. Please forgive me!"

Yun Feier pleaded.

"Yes, Senior, we truly know our mistake. We should not have doubted you... Please give us another chance!"

Yun Ao regretted it so deeply that his intestines had turned green.

"Leave. My master said he will see no one."

Zhao Hong stood before the door.

"You unfilial son and daughter! You have truly disappointed your father. Kneel there until Senior is willing to see you."

Yun Dingtian raged.

Zhao Hong was from the Zhao Household of Azure Moon City, and he had now successfully achieved Foundation Establishment.

Even Yun Dingtian did not dare offend Zhao Hong.

Inside the room.

Hmph. Since you want to kneel, then kneel.

Lu Chen once again tied a silk scarf over Bing'er's eyes, then waved a hand to extinguish the lamps in the room and removed his mask.

A single spring night was worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Those outside the door heard the faint, indistinct sounds drifting from within the room. They were so embarrassed that their toes could have dug out a three-bedroom, two-living-room house.

Yun Feier especially.

Although she had entered the Joyful Union Sect and become an inner disciple, she was still an untouched maiden.

Her face burned crimson, and her entire body grew feverish.

It was unbearable.

Meanwhile, people constantly came to the House of Ten Thousand Beauties to inquire about the masked expert.

Lu Chen wore a bronze mask whenever he entered or left the House of Ten Thousand Beauties.

Many people had personally seen him enter the House of Ten Thousand Beauties.

Madam Chun soon learned that Zhao Hong had publicly achieved Foundation Establishment in the marketplace.

She was stunned beyond measure.

That masked fellow was actually a reclusive Alchemical Master capable of refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Zhao Hong, Zhao Hong, you actually acknowledged such an extraordinary person as your master. Your future is boundless. Then I, Madam Chun, have even less reason to let you go."

Madam Chun secretly resolved that she would remarry Zhao Hong no matter what.

A night of wild indulgence.

Lu Chen rose before dawn.

The foundational technique of the Five Elements Swallowing Heaven Scripture he cultivated could truly refine the demonic energy within Bing'er's body.

This time, he had truly dual-cultivated.

He had nearly used the Five Elements Swallowing Heaven Scripture to drain all the demonic energy from Bing'er's body, nearly costing her life.

Fortunately, he stopped at the final moment.

He had Bing'er take an Essence-Restoring Pill, allowing her to recover some of her vitality.

He inspected the Yin-Yang Cauldron within his dantian again.

After working hard all night.

He had only gained seventy-two strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

Added to the original seventy-five strands of Yin-Yang Essence, he now had a total of one hundred and forty-seven strands.

He was still short one hundred and fifty-three strands of Yin-Yang Essence before he could gather enough to recreate the Nascent Soul Pill.

He could only continue tomorrow night.

Unfortunately, Huo'er and Qing'er were still unwilling to dual-cultivate with him.

He did not want to force himself upon them like a tyrant.

It seemed he had to find a cultivation technique for Bing'er.

Although Bing'er was a female Half-Demon, she possessed an Upper-Grade Ice Spirit Root and Dragon Clan bloodline. If she did not cultivate, it would be a waste of such Spiritual Root and bloodline.

There was a Cultivation Arts Pavilion in town that specialized in selling all kinds of low-level cultivation techniques.

But even the lowest-grade foundational techniques were expensive.

As for ranked techniques, their prices were even more outrageously high.

Lu Chen was not lacking spirit stones now.

When he had time, he would take Bing'er to browse the town's Cultivation Arts Pavilion.

At this moment, outside the door.

Yun Ao and Yun Feier had knelt there for the entire night.

Zhao Hong had also stood guard outside the door for the entire night.

Lu Chen knew that the people of Hehuan Town had likely all heard of him, the masked alchemical expert.

Leaving this place and returning to the mountain would be somewhat troublesome.

To avoid alerting anyone, he directly climbed out the window and slipped away.

The Yun Household members were still foolishly keeping watch outside the door.

By the time they discovered that Lu Chen had already left, he had returned to the mountain.

During the day, he was merely a menial disciple guarding the Waste Pill Repository of the Joyful Union Sect.

"Senior has left?"

Yun Dingtian, the head of the Yun Household, was utterly depressed.

"You two, go back and reflect on your mistakes!"

Yun Dingtian was truly speechless.

He had repeatedly instructed his son and daughter that when the expert came again, they were to notify him at once so that he could personally welcome him.

Who would have thought that these unfilial children would actually doubt this Senior?

The Foundation Establishment Pill that had nearly been within their grasp had flown away as well.

Missing this Senior was an irreparable loss to the Yun Household.

The Yun Household members withdrew.

When Yun Dingtian returned to the Yun Household, he discovered that his eldest daughter, Yun Feiyan, had returned.

"Big Sister..."

The moment Yun Feier saw Yun Feiyan, tears of grievance immediately streamed down her face.

"Big Sister, why have you returned?"

Yun Ao was greatly surprised.

By all reason, the Joyful Union Sect's Sect Grand Tournament was approaching. As the Joyful Union Sect's senior sister, his eldest sister should have been cultivating on the mountain.

"I came back to collect the spirit herbs our Lin Household prepared for the sect!"

Yun Feiyan said.

"What exactly happened? Where did you go last night?"

Yun Feiyan had only recently returned to the Yun Household.

And she had not returned alone.

Her junior sister Jiang Xuerou had returned with her.

Yun Dingtian explained the entire chain of events.

Yet Yun Feiyan did not think much of it.

"Forget it. It is only a Foundation Establishment Pill. After the Sect Grand Tournament, I will personally ask Martial Granduncle to refine a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills for you."

Yun Feiyan said calmly.

Her Martial Granduncle was the Supreme Elder of the Joyful Union Sect, as well as the Joyful Union Sect's only Alchemical Grandmaster.

"Really? Thank you, Big Sister!"

Yun Feier was overjoyed.

"Since that person can make custom pills, I would like to meet him."

Yun Feiyan's gaze sharpened.

Her cultivation had also reached a bottleneck.

If she could not break through to the Golden Core Realm before the Sect Grand Tournament, her position as the sect's senior sister would be taken by someone else.

In the cultivation world, the weak were prey to the strong.

Even within the Joyful Union Sect, it was the same.

If one was not strong enough, one would be replaced.

"Custom pills, is that it? I want to see whether you can make a custom Realm-Breaking Pill!"

Yun Feiyan said coldly.

Meanwhile, Lu Chen was eating freshly cooked hot porridge.

Within Waste-Pill Valley, Pill Poison still hung thick in the air.

He took out a rocking chair and lay in the open space before the small building, reading the True Interpretation of Alchemy in his hand.

Although he could not refine pills, he still needed to learn something about the art of alchemy.

Otherwise, how could he pretend to be an expert?

He possessed the Yin-Yang Cauldron and could turn waste into treasure, so there was no need for him to specially delve into alchemical arts.

That woman in white would likely come looking for him tonight.

She did not seem simple.

Lu Chen needed to use this time to hastily cram some alchemical knowledge.

If he was going to pretend, he had to make it look convincing.

"Lu Chen, how dare you injure fellow disciples who came here to deliver waste pills? What crime should you be charged with?"

Just then, an angry shout rang out.

Lu Chen looked up and saw Manager Pang striding in from outside, his whip clenched in his hand.

Manager Pang had come to demand an explanation.