After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Who wouldn't want to record some conflicting footage and post it in the square to generate buzz?

When the video played, Ling Yun, who had been so aggressive just moments before, looked extremely grim. Because in the video, it was indeed Gu Zhu who had spoken rudely first.

But the footage was clearly not recorded from the beginning, suggesting that a conflict had already broken out. He found something amiss and did not approve of the footage.

See? If someone is naturally prejudiced against another person, then whatever that person does will be wrong in their eyes.

The video footage was indeed cut out, and the actual situation may differ from the post's description, but it is true that his disciple started the trouble first, and it was also his disciple who took action first.

Ling Yun disagreed, and Ning Qing wouldn't tolerate it either!

"Old Deng, the facts are right in front of you, are you still going to argue? Like master, like apprentice. If you, Old Deng, are not upright, your apprentices will definitely follow suit!"

"You!" Ling Yun always maintained a refined and aloof image in public. It seemed like nothing could make him lose his temper. Now, after being humiliated time and again, he almost lost his temper and was about to start a fight.

Just as the two sides were deadlocked, the sect leader of Xuantian Sect arrived. He had already learned about the situation beforehand and had also consulted with some of the disciples present.

The conflict between the two sides stemmed from verbal disagreements, and in the end, the one who went up on the stage was not strong enough and fell off the stage, getting injured.

It was already inappropriate to have a conflict with a sect that came to participate in the Immortal Sect Competition over a trivial matter, but for the sect leader of Yifeng to personally come to demand an explanation made Xuantian Sect seem like they were acting unethically.

How will other sects view the Xuantian Sect?
The sect leader came to mediate, defining the matter as a misunderstanding, and suggesting that everyone take a step back to let the matter rest.

When he arrived, he had already ordered that no one should spread this news. In addition, the accommodations arranged for other sects were protected by barriers, so people from other sects wouldn't wander around. Not many people knew that Ling Yun had come here.

If he doesn't come, and the two sides start fighting, causing a huge commotion, even the people living in the Xuantian Sect will know about it.

The sect leader arrived just in time, stopping the fight between the two sides. Ling Yun couldn't refuse the sect leader's request, so he didn't say anything more.

Seeing the two leave, Wen Ningqing was utterly speechless. They just left like that? They knew it was a misunderstanding, and they just talked it over? They didn't even offer any compensation! The Xuantian Sect is truly stingy.

With such a leftist stance, it's no wonder that they've consistently ranked at the bottom of the top ten sects, on the edge of the rankings and at one point almost being overtaken by the sects below them.

This time it's Xuantian Sect's turn to organize the Immortal Sect Competition; otherwise, they would have been removed from the list of the Ten Sects long ago.

Lin Yan bowed apologetically to everyone. It wasn't that she thought she was wrong, but rather that her matter had taken up everyone's time, and it was only right and proper for her to stand up and apologize.

No one thought it was her fault; they all agreed that the Xuantian Sect was being too arrogant. They did not ostracize her because she was not a disciple of the Miaofa Sect.

Lin Yan's apology made everyone like her even more, and they all comforted her, telling her not to take it to heart.

Her master also told her not to take the matter to heart, but to focus on preparing for the Immortal Sect Competition and give those people a good slap in the face.

Back at her residence, she resumed her cultivation, not daring to take anything for granted. Realizing she was running low on her Heavenly Grade Basic Pills, she went to the Merchant Guild again to replenish her materials for refining pills.

When she returned, she encountered Venerable Miaoyin. Remembering that she had not handed over the evil items she had taken from that evil cultivator, she quickly bowed and handed them over.

Her explanation was quite sophisticated; she only said that it was scraped off the body of a cultivator who kept blood bats, and since it didn't look like anything good, she didn't deal with it herself.

The Venerable One accepted the gift without asking any questions, and told her to go back and prepare for the competition, and not to worry about anything else.

Lin Yan entered the courtyard and set up a smaller barrier within the barrier her master had established. Then she took out the alchemy furnace and arranged it properly. She took out the materials from her storage bag, sorted them into batches, and quickly processed any impurities in the materials.

I am already very familiar with the alchemy process, so it is proceeding in an orderly manner.

She had just finished processing the materials in batches when her master sent her a telepathic message from outside, saying that he had brought a friend over for her to meet.

Lin Yan remembered that her master had said he had found her a reliable alchemist to be her master, so she hurried to open the door.

She bowed slightly with great respect to greet them and led the two seniors into the courtyard.

Seeing the items her disciple had arranged in the courtyard, Wen Ningqing knew that her disciple was preparing to refine pills, so she said, "Master has disturbed me. Disciple, please continue refining pills. This is a good opportunity for your master to see your pill-refining skills."

"Yes."

Lin Yan didn't become restrained or awkward because of the arrival of a stranger. She calmly walked to the alchemy furnace, condensed the fire, and started the furnace.

She hadn't refined pills in a long time, and the pill furnace was gathering dust in her storage bag. She decided to start the furnace before using it herself.

She was adept at controlling spiritual energy, and therefore also very talented at controlling temperature. Once the furnace was almost fully heated and the temperature was perfect, she added the materials and began to condense her spiritual energy to decompose and refine them.

She was refining healing pills, a process that wasn't complicated. With her experience in refining pills, she quickly finished a batch.

The alchemist was quite satisfied to see that the other party had refined the pill so quickly. He had just observed the girl's alchemy technique; it was very skillful and composed, and she seemed to be refining the pill with ease. It would be impossible to do this without superb control over spiritual power and fire temperature.

Her name is Jiang He, a semi-retired alchemy master. The title of master wasn't self-proclaimed; it was given to her by others. She previously had two apprentices, both of whom are now alchemy masters.

I met Wen Ningqing in the swamp. At that time, she had not yet become a Grandmaster of Alchemy, but she was very obsessed with it.

When she was researching new elixirs, she was missing one ingredient, which was unavailable in both the merchant guild and the black market.

Later, I received a message saying that a certain ingredient I had been searching for was in the poisonous forest of the swamp.

She spent spirit stones to hire the sword cultivator who was protecting her to go with her.

Before she even reached the poisonous forest, she was ambushed by a group of evil cultivators. These cultivators used some unknown method, unleashing power far exceeding their cultivation level, causing the sword cultivators protecting her to retreat in disarray.

The sword cultivator protected her during the retreat, but abandoned her, a relatively low-level alchemist, in order to save his own life. He also claimed that the trip had resulted in heavy losses and refused to pay her spirit stones.

At this moment, Wen Ningqing descended from the sky, a man with a staff descending like a god to rescue her... a very cliché hero-saves-the-damsel story!

The two became friends afterward, but due to their cultivation, they did not interact closely, though they would occasionally contact each other through communication jade discs.

Some time ago, Wen Ningqing said that she had taken on a disciple with good talent in alchemy and asked her to come and guide him for a period of time as his "second master".

That's why she was specially invited to come and see the girl's performance at this year's Immortal Sect Competition...

As the furnace was about to be opened, Jiang He immediately focused his attention on the pills.

The furnace was opened, and pills flew into the box one by one. (End of Chapter)