Junior sister, I really need to control you

Li Yinsheng raised his hand and rubbed her head, and Mu Xiaoyu looked satisfied.

Shangguan Ling'er also came over and ruffled Mu Xiaoyu's hair.

Mu Xiaoyu was even more satisfied.

……

In the following days, Mu Xiaoyu won without any major setbacks.

With seventy years of cultivation and the absolute suppression of a quasi-magic weapon, she didn't even have to lift a finger; all she needed to do was unfold the Cloud-Soaring Rope.

The arena is only a hundred feet in circumference, but once the Cloud Rope is activated, it will transform into a cloud of mist covering an area of ​​tens of feet.

Those cultivators caught in the shroud will either faint on the spot if their cultivation level is lower, or become unable to move if their cultivation level is higher. In either case, it is an immediate defeat.

However, she kept her senior brother's instructions firmly in mind, not wanting her fellow cultivators to lose too badly, so each time she would still try to maneuver around in a proper manner before releasing the Cloud Rope.

Because of her string of victories, the "戊" on the back of her badge quickly rose to "丁", then to "丙", and then to "乙"...

By the time the battle ended on the eighth day, the character on the back of the waist tag had changed to "A".

Li Yinsheng nodded slightly as he fiddled with his junior sister's waist token.

The "甲" on the back means that as long as the junior sister maintains her current state, she will receive an A grade when the exam ends.

However... Grade A alone is not enough.

The opponents in the Taoist exam are not randomly assigned. The more victories a player has, the more likely they are to be matched together, and therefore the stronger the enemies will become over time.

In other words, as long as the junior sister keeps winning, she will naturally encounter Elder Shen and Elder Jin's disciples.

If I can defeat those two again, I should become the champion of this Dao Examination.

Chapter 152 Wei Nian

As night fell, in Li Yinsheng's room on the seventh floor of Zhengyang Palace.

Shangguan Ling'er occupied Li Yinsheng's bed, leaning against it as she flipped through a strange book with bizarre writing.

Li Yinsheng sat cross-legged on a futon in another part of the room, manipulating the Gathering Yuan Cauldron to refine a pill that was a bit higher in rank than the Returning Qi Pill.

Qi Refining Pill, a seemingly ordinary pill, but it's not cheap.

Its effect is just like its name suggests, providing some assistance to cultivators' practice.

Although its effect on aiding cultivation is generally limited, apart from a few minor impurities from the pills settling in the body, it has no obvious drawbacks or side effects, making it extremely practical.

Many favored disciples in Taoist temples would regularly receive Qi-refining pills bestowed by their elders.

Li Yinsheng had thought of preparing some for his junior sister before, but she had many opportunities, so the Qi Refining Pills were no longer of any use.

Mu Xiaoyu sat on the other side of the Gathering Yuan Cauldron, her hands supporting her chin, looking on with great anticipation.

A moment later, Li Yinsheng removed the Three Yang Spiritual Fire from the cauldron, and five or six round, dark blue pills flew out and landed in his palm.

Mu Xiaoyu immediately moved closer to Li Yinsheng and took a deep breath: "It smells so good!"

Li Yinsheng handed the pill to his junior sister and said with a smile, "Want to try some?"

Mu Xiaoyu picked up a pill and popped it into her mouth. Her eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly, "Delicious! Delicious!"

The way she was acting didn't seem like she was praising the elixir at all; it was more like she was praising the snack.

However, for her current level of cultivation, this Qi Refining Pill was indeed not much different from a candy.

After twenty years of cultivation, the effect of Qi Refining Pills will diminish; after forty or fifty years of cultivation, Qi Refining Pills are basically useless.

Li Yinsheng was refining this pill primarily to practice, but a secondary reason was really to let his junior sister try it out.

It seems he'll have to wait until he secludes himself for several hundred more years and greatly improves his alchemy skills before he can regularly give his junior sister some pills that are beneficial to her cultivation.

"Senior brother, this pill is really delicious! It feels just as good as the pastries from Five Clouds Peak!" Mu Xiaoyu's face was full of affirmation for her senior brother's cooking skills.

“How can you compare pills to pastries? The cost alone is a completely different matter.” Li Yinsheng shook his head, somewhat amused and exasperated.

In Taoist temples, elders usually bestow Qi-refining pills upon younger generations by the number of pills.

"However, with your current cultivation level, Qi Refining Pills are pretty useless except for being tasty," he chuckled. "How about I refine some pills that will benefit your cultivation for you to take daily in the future?"

"Senior brother is the best person in the world!" Mu Xiaoyu cheered.

Then she pointed to the pill in her senior brother's hand: "Senior brother, you should try it too, it's really delicious!"

Li Yinsheng picked up a Qi Refining Pill and popped it into his mouth, his brows relaxing slightly.

Perhaps because the poison further removes impurities, this Qi Refining Pill has a sweet and mellow taste after entering the mouth, but it also has a rich and elegant herbal aroma. The taste is indeed quite good.

If all future pills taste this good, then there's absolutely no need to worry about my junior sister's enthusiasm for taking them.

However, he was also somewhat worried, since the saying "good medicine tastes bitter" is common knowledge among alchemists.

If some pills have bitter medicinal properties but sweet impurities, then trying to remove the impurities and purify the medicinal properties by using poison will only make the pills even more bitter.

My junior sister is probably in for a rough time.

Of course, this is just a concern right now, and there's no need to tell my junior sister immediately, which would only add to her psychological burden.

Ideally, one should try to obtain some high-grade, palatable supplementary cultivation pills and formulas from Elder Yue.

This way, I can not only assist my junior sister in her cultivation, but also entice her with delicious food so that she will cultivate even harder.

He had done it this way before, but now his reserves of spiritual energy were exhausted, and with his junior sister's current spiritual awareness, the effects of spiritual energy training were not significant.

On the bed, Shangguan Ling'er looked over curiously, and with a flick of her finger, a pill fell into her palm.

"Although it's just a low-grade Qi Refining Pill, its quality looks really good."

Shangguan Ling'er popped the pill into her mouth and looked at Li Yinsheng: "When my aunt told me that you were learning alchemy from Elder Yue, I was thinking that you were already studying formations as a side project, so why are you neglecting your main studies?"

"However, it seems that your talent for alchemy is no less than that for array formation."

"They've only been learning for a few days, and they're already doing a pretty good job."

Shangguan Ling'er was filled with emotion.

If this person only had monstrous talent for cultivation, that would be one thing, but he seems to be an all-rounder as well, learning everything incredibly quickly.

Just a few days ago, Li Yinsheng had frequently discussed the secrets of the Five Elements Treasure Wheel with her, and during their discussions, he even seemed to have studied it for a long time.

But he only learned the Five Elements Treasure Wheel from his master two months ago.

She is now very aware of the crisis. Although her cultivation level is still much higher than Li Yinsheng's, with his talent, he will probably catch up sooner or later.

"I still need to find a way to improve my cultivation... The Hidden Dragon Valley is about to open, why don't we go in and explore it?"

"If we can find some good natural treasures or collect some precious spiritual herbs to exchange for pills with Elder Yue, our cultivation can be further improved."

"Since Yinsheng is going anyway, I might as well go with him."

Shangguan Ling'er was making plans in her mind.

……

Over the next two or three days, the strength of the opponents Mu Xiaoyu was matched with skyrocketed.

After all, she already has an A-level rating, so naturally, the people she can be matched with are all other A-level individuals.

Those who can enter the first rank have at least thirty or forty years of cultivation and possess a wealth of high-grade magic weapons and exquisite techniques.

Even the judge on the arena she participated in has been replaced by a real cultivator, just to avoid any accidents in this level of combat.

After all, those who can enter the first rank are all the future backbone or even pillars of the lineage, and there is no room for error.

Unlike his previous opponents, Mu Xiaoyu's first Class A opponent was completely powerless against the Cloud Rope.

When she unfurled the Cloud Rope this time, the other party seemed to have already heard about the power of this quasi-magical treasure and had made preparations.

He immediately released a high-grade magic weapon, the Luo Umbrella, to protect himself, and decisively took out a talisman to use. A gray aura with a radius of one zhang spread around him, resisting the cloud mist of the Cloud-Soaring Rope.

With the combined effect of the talisman and the high-grade magic weapon, it managed to barely withstand the mist of the Cloud-Soaring Rope and was not immediately taken down.

But Mu Xiaoyu didn't even take out another magic weapon. With a few sword flashes, she cut a small hole in the gray mist and the parasol that were already teetering on the Cloud Rope.

The Cloud Rope immediately slid into the gap and bound the cultivator inside tightly.

As the judge announced "Mu Xiaoyu of Xuanzhen Temple wins," a woman in a brocade red dress stood thoughtfully below the arena.

She looked to be nearly twenty years old. Her dress was adorned with several lively fish outlined in gold thread. Although her attire was so bright and flamboyant that it was almost ostentatious, her features were gentle and graceful, making her incredibly charming.

Looking at Mu Xiaoyu, who had won on the stage, her eyes flickered, and she muttered to herself.

"This cloud of mist is definitely formed from a quasi-magical artifact; it's truly quite troublesome..."

"Although a high-grade magic weapon can block it, the scary thing about this quasi-magic weapon is that it will constantly fill the arena, so you have to maintain protection at all times."

"Moreover, the protective magic artifacts, which withstand the pressure of these clouds and mists, are more easily broken."

"And her cultivation level... she's clearly not that old, yet her cultivation seems to be no less than mine?"

Suddenly, she turned her head sharply to look behind her.

A young man with a long sword on his back and a cold, sharp look strode over.

The young man looked to be the same age as the woman, dressed in coarse linen clothes, with disheveled hair, but his features were cold and sharp, making him look like a sword cultivator at first glance.

"Studying the enemy here?"

The young man looked at the woman and sneered, "Instead of wasting your time studying others, you should think about how to lose gracefully when you meet me."

Upon hearing the young man speak, a cold smile also appeared on the woman's gentle face as she retorted.

"You should be thinking about how to lose to me without losing face, Wu Zhaochen!"

"Hmph, Kui Nian, your lightning cultivators only have a slight advantage when dealing with evil spirits and demons. They are nothing but sword cultivators!" Wu Zhaochen narrowed his eyes, his brows brimming with sword energy.

A glint of electricity crackled in Wei Nian's eyes: "Oh? I hope you'll still be this confident when you're too shocked to control your flying sword."

The two exchanged sarcastic remarks, but they both seemed to regard each other as their biggest rivals, without mentioning Mu Xiaoyu on the stage.

Even though he was just carefully observing Mu Xiaoyu, his main concern was Wu Zhaochen.

After a round of taunts, the two men did not actually fight, but the tension between them grew increasingly intense.

The onlookers quickly dispersed to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

However, the two people in the standoff were unaware that two divine senses were constantly enveloping them.