I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 662 Split Personality Hong Li (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Xuandu Mountain lies beyond a thousand miles of peach blossom forest, amidst a vast expanse of mountains.

"Liar! Big liar!"

Hongli swatted away the stone in front of her with one paw. The little fox demons who followed and served her all looked at each other, wondering why their fox king was angry again.

"You promised to be back quickly, no more than three years, but now it's been three hundred years and we haven't even heard a word!"

Despite her scolding, Hongli's worry grew stronger.

She swished her tail in frustration, but finally sighed resignedly and asked the patrolling demons to report on the day's events in the mountains. Finding nothing of importance, Hongli returned to her cave and dejectedly lay down on the tiger-skin rug to rest.

With her eyes closed, her consciousness quickly shifted, and she found herself in the Xuandu Temple.

The one who reigns supreme in the mountains is merely a fire spirit clone she created; the one at Xuandu Temple is her true form.

Before Jiang Yi left, she said that her Xibing clone in Xuandu Temple would be in seclusion for three years, and she would return after three years. If she did not return, Hong Li should handle the situation.

What else could Hong Li do? She knew that what happened at Xuandu Temple was very important to Jiang Yi. After cursing for a while, she resigned herself to her fate and sneaked into Xuandu Temple. She took control of the uncontrolled Xibing clone and used her illusion technique to transform into Yi Xianyu's appearance.

The cultivators with lower cultivation levels in Xuandu Temple couldn't see through her, but those with higher cultivation levels could sense that something was amiss.

At this point, Hong Li only needs to use a little bit of her charm to easily cover up this anomaly.

The days passed by in this state of mental turmoil.

In the mountains, she was the reigning queen, the 'Crimson Flame King' who beat all the demon kings, big and small, into submission, enjoying the awe-inspiring gazes of the demons and the various treasures offered by the lesser demons.

Within the temple, she is Yi Xianyu, a quiet, proud, and aloof genius alchemy disciple.

Yi Xianyu's life was also very simple, consisting of cultivation and alchemy, which was easy for Hong Li to do.

There was one thing that made Hongli both laugh and cry: sometimes Yi Xianyu would receive missions from the temple to exterminate the monsters in the mountains. It was Bai Lin, Yi Xianyu's cheap master, who was afraid that Yi Xianyu would go crazy from refining pills, so he forcibly assigned them to her.

Then Hongli went to attack herself.

Hongli thought Jiang Yi was just delayed by something on the road and would return in a few years at most. But who knew that her 'split personality' would last for three hundred years!
Three hundred years!
The Crimson Flame King became a famous demon king in the entire Qingzhou. Ten thousand demons came to her for protection. She simply gave them some pills that she had refined herself, which were not very good. The demons were grateful and even built several demon king temples for her, just like humans, so that she could absorb a lot of incense offerings from the demon race.

At first, only demons worshipped at the Crimson Flame King Temple. Later, Hong Li restrained the demons, forbidding them from stealing chickens and dogs or harming people in the surrounding villages. She also occasionally did good deeds. Eventually, the villagers also began to worship her, which allowed her to absorb a lot of incense offerings from the villagers.

In Xuandu Temple, she went from being an alchemy apprentice in the medicine garden to succeeding her cheap master Bai Lin as the Grand Elder of the Alchemy Academy of Xuandu Temple, and concurrently serving as the Grand Elder of the Medicine Garden, because she was not only an expert in alchemy, but also skilled in growing medicinal herbs.

Using the identity of Yi Xianyu, Hongli took in more than a dozen disciples, who compiled her daily alchemy techniques into "The Essentials of Yi Xianyu's Alchemy".

This book not only swept through the entire Xuandu Temple, but also spread throughout Qingzhou, and even reached Qingxu Mountain where the Pill Emperor resided. As a result, many alchemists from Qingxu Mountain came to seek her advice, saying that her book had now become an introductory work for ordinary cultivators in alchemy.

However, Hong Li didn't receive this portion of the incense offerings; it must have gone to Jiang Yi, since Yi Xianyu was using Jiang Yi's face.

Whenever she thought of this, Hongli would curse Jiang Yi a couple of times to vent her anger.

Now, Hong Li sits on the throne of the Crimson Flame King and in the grand chair of the Grand Elder of the Pill Academy, feeling that becoming a Fox Emperor in the future is as easy as breathing and drinking. During this time, Luo Qingsi and Xin Wushuang secretly came to see her several times.

From them, Hongli knew everything about the others' situations, except that she couldn't report to Jiang Yi since he wasn't coming back.

Everyone chose the same path as Jiang Yi, directly approaching the Nine Emperors for training, saving time and effort.

On this day, Luo Qingsi and Xin Wushuang came to the mountain cave to find Hongli again. When they appeared directly in front of Hongli, Hongli's clone was still in the form of a big fox, lying there sleeping.

"Hongli—"

Luo Qingsi pounced on Hong Li, burying her face in her arms and inhaling deeply, rubbing against Hong Li's soft fur with a crackling sound.

Hong Li used her hind legs to kick Luo Qingsi away and transformed into human form.

"She still hasn't come back."

Xin Wushuang nodded. "The situation has changed a bit recently. We've visited other people, and their cultivation levels are all close to the threshold of refining spirit into emptiness. We can also clearly feel the urgency of the emperors. So everyone is guessing that once they refine their Yang spirit, it will be time for the emperors to reap the rewards."

"After Yan Kongqing left, things have been very calm on Emperor Fu's side, which is quite strange. It's a pity that it's difficult for us to infiltrate Xianyou Palace. There are large formations everywhere there, and it's not good to alert them."

Luo Qingsi nodded. "Yes, it's very dangerous."

Xin Wushuang continued, "Puning said that Emperor Kun seems to be preparing a banquet. Only other emperors can be personally invited by Emperor Kun. Puning wants to ask Ayi what should be done next."

Hongli sighed, "Three hundred years have passed, and there's been no news of that person. The fact that I'm still alive means she's not dead; she must be trapped by the Qin Emperor."

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingsi immediately drew her sword, "Then I'll go rescue Senior Sister!"

Hong Li looked at Luo Qingsi with an expression as if she were an idiot, "You should just stay put. Not causing trouble is helping. The Azure Emperor's Palace has always been closed, and the Azure Emperor has never shown his face. He and the Qin Emperor's successor are both Jiang Yi. There will inevitably be a struggle between them..."

After seeing off the worried Luo Qingsi and Xin Wushuang, Hong Li's unease intensified. Her animalistic intuition told her that a catastrophic crisis was approaching.

Just as the oppressive atmosphere of impending doom was building, the gates of the Azure Emperor's Palace finally opened!

A majestic voice, like celestial music or thunder, resounded throughout Xuandu Mountain.
"I wish to select one disciple to enter the palace and personally teach him the Great Dao of Alchemy and Sword. All disciples of my Xuandu Temple who are at least at the Golden Core stage may come to the Azure Emperor Palace to participate in the assessment. The assessment will begin in three days!"

The entire Xuandu Temple was in an uproar!

Hong Li stood outside her alchemy room, gazing at the shimmering jade palace amidst the swirling clouds, her heart pounding.

The Azure Emperor has finally appeared!
To go or not to go?

She'll definitely be exposed in front of the Azure Emperor if she goes under the guise of 'Yi Xianyu'. What if the Azure Emperor just throws her into the alchemy furnace and turns her into a pill and eats her?
If she doesn't go... Jiang Yi will throw her into the alchemy furnace and take all the money she has hidden in her ear.

It seems the latter is more serious!
"What are you afraid of! Your fox grandma wants to see just how many heads and hands you, the Azure Emperor, really have!"

For her, alchemy was as simple as breathing.

(End of this chapter)