I create patterns, regardless of your level of expertise.

Shen Lingyan hurriedly said, "Senior should know about the master-servant contract. Once signed, the life and death of the servant are in the master's hands."

"When the master dies, the servant dies; and if a servant has any thoughts that are detrimental to his master, he will be tortured."

"We are willing to sign a master-servant contract. Would you spare our lives, senior?"

Li Hao slowly scanned the crowd and thought the suggestion was quite good.

After all, he wasn't some kind of psychopath who enjoyed killing, and besides, the feud between Qingyun Sect and him hadn't escalated to the point of a life-or-death struggle.

If they had put up a fierce resistance, then killing them would have been their own fault. But since they had been so sincerely groveling from the beginning, killing them would have made him look bad.

but.

Even so, you still hold a grudge.

"So what if you have a contract to bind you? What if one day you encounter a genius, secretly nurture him, and when he grows up, have him help you take revenge?"

"Wouldn't I be in a very passive position?"

Everyone was speechless. Was that really a rare delicacy? It was impossible to find one so easily!

Li Hao continued, "You have to give me a sufficient explanation. The master-servant contract alone is not enough."

"In fact, I find this method, which only fuels hatred, quite distasteful."

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned.

Even a master-servant contract won't work? What else can be done?

Is it truly impossible to escape this calamity today?

Only Shen Lingyan suddenly realized something, her face flushed, and she lowered her head.

Seeing this, Li Hao chuckled: "It seems Sect Leader Shen understands."

As he spoke, he took out a bottle of life-restoring potion and tossed it over.

"Drink it, it's good for healing."

Seeing this, everyone was even more confused. Healing her wounds? Was he going to kill her, or sleep with her?

Elder Yang Lu stepped forward and said, "Please enlighten me, senior."

Li Hao glanced at him and said calmly, "Does this need to be explicitly stated?"

"If you don't want to die, then merge with us and let the Song family swallow up the Qingyun Sect. I'm sure you'll have a lot of complaints then."

"If that's the case, isn't there a most common method throughout history?"

Only after these words were spoken did everyone finally understand.

"A marriage alliance?!"

Li Hao nodded and said, "Although I don't want to live like Song Yushu, I acknowledge the Song family's connections."

"I have a younger brother named Song Yuqi. He is handsome, although he is not very talented. But with me around, it will be no problem for him to form a core in this lifetime."

"That should be enough to match Grandmaster Shen."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lingyan lowered her head even further, and the other elders also had complicated expressions.

There were unexpected events, helplessness, and compromises, but the resistance was generally not high.

"But there's still one problem," Li Hao said at this point.

"Those are the two of them," Li Hao pointed to the corpses of Liu Ying and Tang Yunxuan, "What was their relationship with you?"

Yang Lu's lips twitched slightly as he explained, "Liu Ying joined halfway through, using the sect's resources to cultivate, and only does some miscellaneous tasks on weekdays. She doesn't have a deep connection with the Qingyun Sect."

"As for Tang Yunxuan, she was a spy sent by the royal family. The sect leader is reluctant to part with her phoenix rebirth body and has no feelings for her."

Li Hao raised an eyebrow: "A spy?"

Yang Lu quickly explained the key points, and Li Hao finally understood.

He then asked, "So, what exactly is this Phoenix Rebirth Body?"

Yang Lu continued to explain: "The so-called Phoenix Nirvana Body can actually be understood from the name itself."

"People with this kind of physique have exceptionally strong vitality, and they rarely suffer any aftereffects after being seriously injured. In fact, the more severe the injury, the more advanced they can become."

Upon hearing this, Li Hao immediately looked at Tang Yunxuan's corpse: "Is there still a risk that she will be resurrected?"

Yang Luqian chuckled twice and said, "There is a fundamental difference between serious injury and direct death. This head is gone... so he should be completely dead."

"Should?" Li Hao frowned, then unleashed the Six-Step Rising Fist, punching Tang Yunxuan's body from a distance, turning it into a cloud of blood mist!

"Now he's truly dead."

He calmly withdrew his hand, ignoring the astonished expressions of the crowd, and finalized the marriage arrangement.

"Alright, that's settled then."

"You all need to make preparations immediately and go to the Song family to propose marriage."

Yang Lu was momentarily taken aback: "Are we going to propose marriage?"

Li Hao was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Oh, you got it backwards."

"So, your Qingyun Sect has three Core Formation Realm cultivators, right? Who's the third one?"

Yang Lu pointed to himself.

Li Hao said, "Then it's you. You're fast. Go to the Song family right away and tell them to pack their bags and come over to propose marriage."

"This wedding is going to be a grand affair. We need as many spirit stones as we want, don't try to be stingy, understand?"

Yang Lu's lips twitched for a while, wanting to ask if this was a bit too hasty, but he couldn't say the words and could only sigh in the end.

"Understood, I'll go right away."

After saying that, he asked Shen Lingyan for the core of the great formation, removed the protective formation, and left quickly.

Shen Lingyan drank a life-restoring potion. Her injuries weren't too serious to begin with, and one bottle of the potion basically cured her.

The effectiveness and speed at which this thing takes effect are truly astonishing.

As expected of an old monster in the Earth Soul Realm, everything he casually gave her was an eye-opener.

She returned the bottle and immediately cupped her hands in greeting: "Please come inside, senior, so that the Qingyun Sect may extend a small gesture of hospitality."

Li Hao naturally did not refuse, and entered the Qingyun Sect accompanied by them.

……

What was originally a catastrophe that would destroy the sect has inexplicably turned into a joyous occasion; this change is truly baffling.

Although Shen Lingyan disagreed with this, she was a smart person and knew that this was the best possible outcome.

Moreover, it was a marriage alliance, not her becoming a concubine, so she still had a certain degree of autonomy.

And this also means she's latched onto Li Hao's coattails, so the Qingyun Sect will only get better in the future. What more could she possibly want?

After resting for a night, the next day, at Li Hao's request, Shen Lingyan personally led Li Hao to the sect's library.

For Li Hao, the Six-Step Rush Fist technique was far too little, and he also needed to focus on martial arts techniques that could improve speed.

The Qingyun Sect is a sect with a profound history, but it had declined for some time until Shen Lingyan emerged and it rose again.

The collection of martial arts techniques is quite extensive.

While making his selection, Li Hao also inquired about the pills.

Just as Song Baicheng had said, the elixirs that could improve cultivation, from the Body Tempering Realm to the Five Tribulations of Heaven and Man Realm, were quite complete.

There are no pills specifically suitable for those in the Core Formation stage.

"Actually, there used to be one, but I ate the only one."

"Please forgive me, senior. It was because the pressure from the royal family was too great. If I had not been able to advance further, I'm afraid the Qingyun Sect would be in a completely different state today."

Shen Lingyan felt quite guilty.

Li Hao wasn't angry. It was their property to begin with, so they could use it. What did it matter to him, an outsider?

"Then, Sect Leader Shen, is there anywhere else we can get it?"