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

Chapter 325 The Secret of Ascension 2
The other party told her so much just to tell her that their alliance with the devil was a righteous act.

It was to fight against the heavens and seek a way for cultivators to survive.

Miaoyin couldn't help but find it somewhat ridiculous.

The Canghai Continent, being a place teeming with cultivators from the spirit realm, has likely long forgotten the lives of mortals after countless iterations.

The reason why mortals have short lifespans is because those with spiritual roots can break through the barriers and have the opportunity to extend their lifespan.

As one's cultivation level increases, their lifespan gradually increases.

As they lived longer, their greed grew ever greater.

They wanted to ascend to godhood, to rise above all others, to be the ruler, and to live as long as the heavens.

But how is it possible?
All things go from birth to decay, and new life is born and then decays again. The cycle repeats endlessly, life goes on and on.

The monk is merely completing the process of life leading to decay and death.

Even if someone were to ascend to heaven and gain the chance to live as long as the heavens, it wouldn't be someone like him.

She simply asked, "Do you think you deserve it? If the Heavenly Dao allows you to ascend, what benefit will it bring to all living things? The benefit of destruction?"

Liu Jinyuan's face darkened, revealing an embarrassed expression.

It was as if someone had casually torn away the disguise.

"Don't push your luck!" He slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

"Tsk, I have my own face, so I don't need you to give it to me."

The conversation ended unhappily, and Liu Jinyuan tried to leave, but was stopped by a sword.

A cold voice sounded from behind, "You're not getting away."

He turned around in disbelief, "How dare you kill me?"

As an elder of the First Sect, she was invited to discuss matters. Did she intend to become an enemy of the First Sect?

"I'll kill you if I want, why do I need to pick a day?" Miaoyin sneered, as if she were talking about something trivial.

This person is too confident. He thinks that others wouldn't dare to make a move against the elder of the First Sect, which is why he was so confident in going to the appointment.

"We are both at the Nascent Soul stage, how can you be so sure you can kill me!"

That's a really stupid thing to say.

Are you sure she'd actually have the heart to kill me?

Does she seem like the kind of reckless person?

Almost the instant he tried to run, golden light enveloped him, and several Nascent Soul cultivators joined forces to suppress and seal him away.

Liu Ruyan used her silk threads to embed fine silver threads into all the acupoints on his body.

"Why not kill him?" Wen Ningqing placed the seal, not wanting to let the person go.

"Kill him, extinguish the soul lamp, and then wait for those old geezers to come after us?"

"..."

"Miaoyin means to hand him over to the elders in the weapon-refining field for experiments."

Wen Ningqing still wanted to kill the person and end it all.

"If they're here with us, does that mean they won't cause us trouble after the first incident?"

She looked at the old man whose spiritual power was sealed, who could no longer maintain his appearance, and who looked old and frail, as if he was about to die. Her killing intent almost solidified into a tangible form.

Logically, after a cultivator takes a Youth Preservation Pill, their appearance should not age. If they take another pill every hundred years, their appearance will remain unchanged.

This old guy was just sealed away; he couldn't even maintain his appearance. He was probably meant to die, and he was only able to prolong his life thanks to the demon inside him.

Once the demon inside him is sealed, he reveals his true form.

As soon as Wen Ningqing sat down, she saw a message from her disciple saying that he was going out to gain experience.

She left in a hurry, having prepared a lot of high-quality talismans, pills, and life-saving items to send over.

Lin Yan accepted everything without hesitation and then bid farewell to her master. The gifts her master gave her were of excellent quality, including several teleportation talismans.

My master said it was newly developed. Even if you are in a closed secret realm, you can be teleported out by gathering all your spiritual power and inputting it into the talisman.

These kinds of talismans aren't available at the merchant guild; they'd be worth a lot of spirit stones at an auction.

She originally intended to auction the mermaid silk at the Richeng Auction House first, but after careful consideration, she went to Haicheng instead.

She returned to the Miaofa Sect and took the spirit stones she had mined from the spirit mine, plus the spirit stones she had obtained from selling items on the black market. She was carrying a large sum of money.

After verifying their funds, they went directly to the VIP seats on the second floor of the auction house.

She came to Haicheng to sell mermaid silk for no other reason than to let those who were plotting against her know that she was still alive.

From the moment she entered the auction house and went up to the second floor, she was constantly being scrutinized.

As soon as we arrived at the private room, an interpreter came in to announce that someone had come to visit.

Not wanting to put innocent people in a difficult position, she allowed them to come in.

The newcomer was a man of about a hundred years old, with good looks, at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and accompanied by several attendants.

He carried a precious fan in his hand and slowly walked in.

He started by introducing himself, saying that he was Chu He, the young master of the Chu family.

She didn't know what status the Chu family held among the major families, but she was certain that they weren't as famous as the Mo family, otherwise she would have heard of them.

After Chu He introduced herself, she assumed the other person would also introduce herself, but instead, the other person asked a question.

"What is your relationship with Elder Chu of the Xingyan Sect?"

Chu He smiled and asked, "Why does the fairy ask about this?"

"Huh? You didn't know?" Lin Yan looked surprised. "The reason why Xingyan Sect was forced to stop holding the Immortal Sect Competition was largely because of Elder Chu."

Seeing that the other person's smile froze, she continued speaking.

"On the day of the ceremony, there is a photographic record as evidence that Elder Chu colluded with the demon and even used his body to feed the demon."

"This... Fairy, please don't talk nonsense."

“I was there on the day of the ceremony, I’m not making this up,” he replied with a smile.

Chu He's smile froze completely. He had only intended to strike up a conversation, but he hadn't expected the situation to be so awkward, so he had no choice but to slink away.

Sisi sat on her head and yawned. "Master, that person was glaring at us from the doorway. Did he want to harm you?"

She shrugged. "Maybe."

Just when he thought that someone was suffering in silence here, no one would dare to come and chat with him anymore, the interpreter knocked on the door again, saying that someone was looking for him outside.

She responded, and then another young man entered.

He wasn't wearing disciple robes, but he had a very obvious sect token hanging from his waist, and he was a little younger than the previous one.

"Who are you?" She picked up a grape, put it in her mouth, glanced at him up and down, and asked casually.

"I am Liu Yi, a disciple of the First Sect. May I ask how you should address me, Fairy?"

Lin Yan didn't answer, but asked again, "What do you want with me?"

The atmosphere was a little awkward, but he still forced himself to continue.

"My junior sister thinks the elf on the fairy's head is very cute. I wonder if the fairy would be willing to move to the third floor? My junior sister would like to be friends with the fairy."

She scoffed, "Is it your junior sister who's interested in my elf, or someone else?"

A cold gaze swept over him, and an invisible pressure inadvertently descended upon him.

Feeling the pressure from the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, sweat beaded on his forehead. "It's...it was my fault!"

Who would have thought that a woman with such a young bone age was actually a Nascent Soul Venerable!
This person must have used some kind of magical artifact to conceal not only their cultivation level but also their true bone age.

"roll!"