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

Chapter 71 I'm waiting for the assassination, what about you? 4
Don't be fooled by our current wealth; with this space, there's just one more place where we'll need to spend spirit stones.

After planting the mystical herbs, Lin Yan snapped her fingers, causing a light drizzle to fall in the space.

……

Emerging from the spatial dimension, the rabbit's fur was covered in dirt, yet it still tried to snuggle into its owner's arms. The owner's first instinct was to refuse, placing the rabbit directly on the ground and casting a cleaning spell.

The rabbit's fur became clean again, and she cast a cleansing spell on herself, while also changing into a new robe.

Lin Yan strolled into the courtyard, calmly moved a few tables out of her storage bag, and then took out the alchemy furnace, all the materials for refining Qi-replenishing pills, and boxes for storing the pills.

The Qi-replenishing pill is the second most difficult pill to refine among basic pills, but since I can refine even the healing pill to a heaven-grade quality, I figure the Qi-replenishing pill should be no problem.

Its function is to restore physical strength; the higher the quality, the better the restoration effect. The Heavenly Grade Qi-Replenishing Pill can instantly restore physical strength to full without leaving any poison in the body.

Healing pills, Qi-replenishing pills, and spirit stones can provide a cultivator with permanent power. As long as the cultivator's body can withstand the strain without collapsing, theoretically, continuously consuming these three items will allow them to fight indefinitely…

Lin Yan bought a lot of alchemy materials this time. After a little thought, she decided to refine them in two batches first, and keep the remaining materials for later use.

She was very skilled at handling alchemical materials, quickly removing "impurities" without damaging other properties of the materials.

Before refining elixirs, the furnace must be started. I haven't started the furnace for eight consecutive days before, so I don't know if I have to start over after an interruption or if the number of days will be added back...

Well, let's just start the furnace first. If there are any problems, we can send a message to Mu Feng after we've refined two batches.

The Qi-replenishing pill also used a first-tier beast core. Now that she had become more proficient in controlling spiritual power, the fluctuations in the power within the first-tier beast core no longer affected her. The process of refining the Qi-replenishing pill went very smoothly, so smoothly that she found it somewhat unbelievable.

The two batches of pills were refined quite easily. The pills had smooth, round surfaces, no small pores, and no marks. Without needing any testing magic items, one could judge the quality of the pills to be quite high simply by looking at them.

After completing the refining of two batches of pills, she felt that less than half of the spiritual energy stored in her body had been used up. Seeing that it was getting dark, she didn't want to waste spirit stones to replenish it, so she simply packed up her things, removed the barriers and formations in the courtyard, and sat cross-legged on the futon to absorb spiritual energy.

As night falls, the North Alley becomes even more deserted.

Several dark figures silently approached the courtyard wall. Their eyes were fierce, and each of them held a sharp blade.

Someone leaped onto the courtyard wall to investigate and found hallucinogenic flower seeds displayed in the courtyard. There was only one female cultivator in a meditative state, seemingly lost in a hallucination with her eyes closed. He immediately relayed the message that he could move.

The assassins tasked with breaking through the courtyard's defensive array were pleasantly surprised to find that the courtyard had no defensive array or barrier, so they gestured for them to enter the courtyard.

The other men in black were instructed to climb over the wall; their movements were swift and efficient, clearly indicating they had received professional training.

After they all entered the courtyard, the female cultivator, who had been meditating with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes, waved her hand, and the entire courtyard was enveloped by a barrier.

The lead assassin sensed something was wrong and ordered a retreat. However, they were shocked to discover that they couldn't break the barrier!
The female cultivator waved to them, "Hey, I've been waiting for you to assassinate me. I've been waiting for quite a while, how about you?" Unable to retreat, they had no choice but to fight. The leader of the men in black gave the order to fight, and the assassins charged in the same direction with their knives drawn!
She remained calm and composed, and with a flick of her sleeve, the Cold Wind Sword lying beside her flew towards the assassin like lightning.

Before long, the cool moonlight poured into the courtyard like water, turning the ground into a silvery white, with no trace of the battle visible.

Looking around, all that could be seen was a female cultivator sitting in meditation on a futon. The surroundings were so beautiful and tranquil, as if the assassin had never been there.

After resting, Lin Yan felt her spiritual energy was abundant. She got up and stretched, then took out alchemy materials from her storage bag. Quite a few assassins had come this time, but no more would come tonight; she could finally practice her alchemy…

Pale golden sunlight streamed onto the mottled courtyard wall. Facing the rising sun, she finished refining pills. No assassins disturbed her in the latter half of the night; she refined three batches of pills—a respectable efficiency.

Lin Yan strolled to the recliner and sat down. She took out her communication jade disc and sent a message to Mu Feng, inquiring about the alchemy furnace.

The other party replied quickly, saying that once the number of days is exceeded, it will have to start all over again.

Mu Feng was also curious as to why the number of days since the furnace was opened had stopped. For alchemists, alchemy is a daily necessity, and slacking off will only hinder their progress.

Lin Yan felt awkward and didn't dare to reply that her alchemy was like fishing, working only sporadically.

Next, Mu Feng suggested purchasing a better alchemy furnace, because refining high-grade pills with a good furnace is more reliable. Low-grade furnaces are for cultivators who have just entered the realm of alchemy. This is both to train alchemists and because novice alchemists are at risk of furnace explosions; low-grade furnaces are cheap, so you won't feel bad if they explode.

Then, she asked some questions about alchemy before ending the conversation.

He waited in the town for several days, but the assassins didn't come again. He stayed in the courtyard, spending his days either refining pills and cultivating, or looking at the mid-level pill manuals and recipes he had obtained from looting Pei Huai's storage bag.

If you encounter something you don't understand, ask Mu Feng on the Jade Disc. Also, check the Jade Disc Plaza to see if any major events have happened recently.

There weren't many major events; they were mostly about couples having a heated argument and eventually parting ways, or a sect's prodigy successfully advancing to a higher level. The only post that caught my attention was about the soul lamps of Venerable Lingyun's eldest and second disciples going out, which was only discovered afterward.

The extinguishing of the cultivator's soul lamp signified his demise, and the crucial point is that no one knows exactly when it went out. It's as if these two direct disciples have fallen silently, unnoticed by anyone…

The post was made a few days ago. Those two were killed quite a while ago, and it was only a few days ago that their soul lamps were discovered to be extinguished. It seems the Lingyun Sect doesn't pay much attention to the soul lamps displayed in the Soul Lamp Hall…

Lin Yan remained unusually calm, showing no fear whatsoever of the Xuan Tian Sect members investigating. Let them investigate; not only had she thoroughly erased all traces of herself, but given the harsh environment of the far north, so much time had passed that any traces left by the two when they died would have long since vanished.

It would be a miracle if they found anything! In the end, they'll probably just claim that the two went to the far north for training, encountered an accident, and unfortunately died.

After staying in the town for a few more days and confirming that the assassin would not come to assassinate her again, Lin Yan sold all the monster corpses she had brought from the far north, as well as some items she no longer needed from the assassin's storage bag. She even took the storage bag to be recycled.

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