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Qi Refining!

Amid their astonishment, everyone guessed that someone else might still be present.

Not until a young disciple in a brand-new Elder's Robe slowly walked onto the square, with no one behind him, did they realize otherwise.

Everyone fell silent again.

Hadn't they said this disciple possessed Balanced Five Elements?

How could someone with Balanced Five Elements achieve Qi Refining?

Looking closely, Xiao Bai's spiritual pressure was even, without any distinct elemental affinity. His spirit root truly was Balanced Five Elements!

Elemental affinity referred to a spirit root's sensitivity to elements such as metal, wood, water, fire, earth...

Generally speaking, only Single Spirit Roots with obvious elemental affinity were suited for cultivation.

The more pronounced the affinity, the more easily one could absorb World Spiritual Energy and transform it into spiritual power, and the greater one's cultivation talent would be.

Spirit roots with two or three affinities had poorer talent.

Spirit roots with four affinities were basically cut off from cultivation.

And spirit roots with all five affinities were called Balanced Five Elements—Heavenly Waste Talent!

Throughout the Tian Yuan Era, there had never been a case of someone with Balanced Five Elements achieving Qi Refining.

Even in the Ancient Golden Age, when spiritual energy was abundant, it had been exceedingly rare for someone with Balanced Five Elements to achieve Qi Refining.

Everyone could not help but wonder.

Had Jade Pot's Medicinal Arts reached divine heights, forcibly helping someone with Balanced Five Elements achieve Qi Refining?

Or had she discovered a once-in-ten-thousand-years uncut jade hidden among mortals?

Princess Fei Yue, also a mortal, learned from the black stone set into her storage ring that this menial disciple had achieved Qi Refining.

Unable to contain her excitement, she covered her mouth and whispered to those around her:

"See? I told you they were in the Freezing Room every day! You didn't believe me!"

Master Chun Xiao and Qi Shan's faces immediately turned black as ink.

This made the male disciples present think of a possibility they did not wish to contemplate:

Elder Yuhu had helped someone with Balanced Five Elements achieve Qi Refining through day-and-night Dual Cultivation!

How much effort and sacrifice would that take?

Their goddess was being... every day...

How was this the pure and spotless Yuhu? This was clearly...

No one could bear to think any further. They could no longer look Master Yuhu in the eye!

Since crossing over, Xiao Bai had never seen such a grand spectacle.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.

But it wasn't enough to make him lose his nerve...

In the game, which of his Righteous Path Fairy wives hadn't been a major power in her own right? Their little harem war had pounded the server into crashing and ground even the Great Dao into dust.

Sweeping his gaze around, Xiao Bai smiled faintly and respectfully cupped his hands.

"Disciple Xiao Bai greets the Sect Leader, greets all Elders and senior brothers, the Sect Overseer, and Princess Fei Yue."

Everyone remained expressionless, like enormous Buddha statues standing in the celestial court, looking down upon the tiny human Xiao Bai.

Yet inwardly, they were green with envy...

Only Princess Fei Yue lifted her skirt and rose, excitedly running up to Xiao Bai.

"I brought you a super fun toy, but only mortals think it's fun. Now that you've achieved Qi Refining, it doesn't have much special use anymore."

Xiao Bai raised his head and looked at her.

Plain attire, a graceful figure, brows like distant dark hills, eyes like autumn waters, her entire body exuding a faint fragrance like spiritual musk.

He had to admit that after several years apart, Princess Fei Yue was still as beautiful as ever, possessing a simple beauty that treated wealth as nothing and made her feel close to billions.

The problem was...

Why were you acting so familiar?

The Sect Tour Ceremony hadn't even begun, and you hadn't greeted your sister, yet you were already giving me a gift?

Something was off!

Very off...

An auspicious premonition surfaced in Xiao Bai's mind.

Could Princess Fei Yue be a Bad Woman too?

Were all the beautiful women he encountered villains?

Besides, the princess was pitifully weak.

It was probably just an illusion.

Still, Xiao Bai politely cupped his hands before the princess.

"This commoner believes that everything has its use, just as every mortal has their duty. Whether something is fun or not, you won't know until you play with it."

"That makes sense."

Princess Fei Yue thought for a moment and muttered.

Then she pulled out a black iron tube as thick as a baby's arm, fitted with mechanisms, and tossed it to Xiao Bai.

"It's nothing much, just a firelock. Take it."

Xiao Bai held the heavy iron tube.

He lowered his head and stared at it for a long time...

He was dumbfounded!

Though the design was somewhat different, he was certain this was a shotgun for self-defense!

Firelocks were rare in this era, and their designs were ancient. What the hell was with you producing a rifle outright?

Could you be a transmigrator too?

He had only heard that princesses liked to play. He had never expected you to played with high technology!

It was still a hot weapon. Xiao Bai felt that this shotgun might even break through a Qi Refining cultivator's defenses.

If he had gotten his hands on this thing earlier, he would have blown Zhao Hanwu's damned head off with one shot!

To Xiao Bai's regret, the Modifier's binding pop-up did not appear.

This meant that either the princess was not a Female Lead Candidate recognized by the Modifier, or she was one, but this gift was not given out of love.

Xiao Bai hoped it was the latter.

Though Mu Yun was also a princess, her figure and appearance were simply too loli-like. On top of that, she was nominally still an Elder's disciple and a Demoness, so he found it inconvenient to make a move and did not quite dare to either.

The approachable-by-billions Princess Fei Yue was more to his taste.

Enough fantasizing. Xiao Bai put away the firelock and politely clasped his fists.

"Thank you, Princess!"

Fei Yue tilted her head, only to see blood continuously flowing from the corner of Xiao Bai's mouth.

"Why are you bleeding?"

Xiao Bai went numb. He turned his head and glanced at the Elder.

The Elder's expression remained unchanged, cool and clear as a still lake, utterly bland. She looked broad-minded and exceedingly magnanimous.

Beside her, Mu Yun held back a smile, her proud eyes brimming with the satisfaction of settling grudges.

Xiao Bai wiped his mouth, then used the Modifier to frantically swallow Blood Spirit Pills before barely managing to stop the bleeding.

It seemed the Elder had left contingencies in the Blood Spirit Pills and the Spine Gu Worm... worthy of a villainous woman!

Fortunately, only his flesh suffered. His dantian was the absolute Forbidden Zone granted to him by the Modifier... a Bad Woman could never defeat the Modifier.

"It's nothing. This commoner overexerted himself in cultivation last night, so my body is inevitably somewhat weak. It's no matter."

Xiao Bai said it without a care.

Fei Yue smiled meaningfully, covered her mouth, and beckoned him closer as she whispered:

"You should practice moderation in cultivation too."

This scene between Xiao Bai and the princess drew even greater dissatisfaction from everyone on the square.

Their expressions gradually changed from stone Buddhas of the celestial court into Demonic Manifestations of hell.

You had not only seduced the Pill Elder, but you wouldn't even spare the Imperial Princess?

As for saying you were handsome, you weren't ugly, but that was about it.

As for your cultivation, it truly was a miracle for someone with Balanced Five Elements to achieve Qi Refining. But the first step was difficult, and every step after was difficult. For Balanced Five Elements, Qi Refining was already the limit. There would be no potential left to excavate in the future.

With that little cultivation level, how were you attracting beautiful women?

As everyone thought this, the square, which should have grown lively, gradually became silent as a graveyard, as though mourning their parents.

This made the two old masters of ceremony rather awkward. They could no longer exchange pleasantries or invite the Sect Leader and Supervisor to speak.

So they went directly into the first stage of the Sect Tour Ceremony.

"Let the newcomer undergo Heart Inquiry!"

The old master of ceremony cried out in a sonorous cadence. The Blazing Spring gurgled forth, sending rolling waves of heat into the air.

Heart Inquiry?

Xiao Bai's heart skipped a beat.

He had spent all this time preparing for Qi Refining and improving his immediate Combat Power to deal with the provocations of disciples too blind to know better, to the point that he had forgotten about Heart Inquiry.

The Elder had not reminded him either.

Now, he was about to undergo Heart Inquiry before so many Golden Core and Nascent Soul big shots...

No lie could remain hidden!

He could neither expose his ambitions nor reveal the Elder's and senior sister's demon identities, or the consequences would be unimaginable!

Xiao Bai, who had always been calm and composed, felt somewhat nervous now.