After the destruction of the Immortal Realm, I took in the fallen fairy.

Lin Heng's attention was entirely focused on the portraits in his hands, and he didn't even notice Yu Zhiyue pushing the door open and entering the room.

But after looking at each portrait, he would always lower his head and write something down.

Quietly, Yu Zhiyue approached and took a closer look.

The three large characters "Fairy Ranking" on the paper on the table resolved all her previous doubts.

Lin Heng also wrote the name of a fairy next to the number 7...

That's it!

Yu Zhiyue suddenly realized.

Judging from her visit to Guiyuan City today, the fame of the Five Source Immortal Venerable has spread far and wide.

Once the title of the Five Source Immortal Venerables carries sufficient weight in everyone's hearts, the establishment of the Immortal Ranking will appear more authoritative.

So just now I saw Lin Heng commenting on the fairy's portrait...

It's all Chu Lihai and He Lie's fault!

Yu Zhiyue thought to herself.

After seeing their malicious gazes, I subconsciously assumed that Young Master Lin was also such a worldly person.

I almost misunderstood...

"Alright, that's about all for the notes."

Just then, Lin Heng finished looking at all the portraits in his hand, and then placed his pen at the top of the list of immortal beauties.

Next to the number 1, he simply wrote Yu Zhiyue's name.

Eh?

Yu Zhiyue blinked twice, stunned.

If I were number one on the list of most beautiful women...

Just moments ago she felt she had misunderstood Lin Heng, but inwardly she couldn't help but think:

Young Master Lin, can't you be a little more worldly?

"You're back?"

Lin Heng raised his head and put down his pen, looking calmly at Yu Zhiyue.

"Oh, I just went out to the Earth Tempering Sect to ask for the Qi-Strengthening Pill."

Yu Zhiyue then came to her senses, nodded and said, "Before, I saw that you, Young Master Lin, hadn't been able to break through successfully, so I thought it was a problem with your spiritual root, and that's why I was thinking of asking Elder Xia for help."

But clearly, Lin Heng has not only successfully broken through, but has also broken through to the Golden Core Realm far beyond expectations!

"Actually, it's also a matter of spiritual roots."

Lin Heng stroked his chin and said.

His previous failure to break through had absolutely nothing to do with the stability of his spiritual root.

After trying to break through time and time again, he was surprised to find that his breakthroughs failed because his Chaos Spiritual Root had a huge demand for the power of rules.

Through countless failed attempts to break through, Lin Heng gradually discovered that his spiritual root had not failed to break through to the next realm, but had only absorbed the source water rules within the spiritual energy.

Only after the source earth rules emanating from Cen Yin's jade bracelet permeated the spiritual energy within his body did he finally leap from the Crystallization Realm to the Golden Core Realm.

The reason he directly reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm was that during his breakthrough, he allowed his Chaos Spiritual Root to absorb a sufficiently pure power of rules.

Lin Heng could even vaguely sense that, in addition to the original source water rules surrounding his chaotic spiritual root, there was also the rule power of a star source earth rule...

"But Elder Xia should be in seclusion by now, breaking through to a higher level, shouldn't he?"

Lin Heng remembered that when Xia Yonghe left today, he was at the peak of the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and was about to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

"Yeah, so my trip didn't go smoothly."

When talking about the time she had been away from the farmhouse, Yu Zhiyue's expression became serious.

She leaned closer and whispered to Lin Heng, "By the way, Young Master Lin, on my way back... I also ran into people from the Dark Sect."

"The Dark Sect? Chu Lihai?"

Lin Heng immediately thought of Chu Lihai.

After all, today, Chu Jiangfeng and his son Chu Lihai had come to the farmhouse with Tian Lixiu, the Grand Elder of Yunling Sect.

Although they didn't see themselves and Yu Zhiyue, as long as they weren't blind, they should be able to tell from the array in the courtyard.

However, from beginning to end, Lin Heng never intended to hide their whereabouts from them, or rather, from the Dark Sect.

After all, the Dark Sect was founded by the leaders of various sects in the Immortal Realm.

To completely avoid their sight, at least with his and Yu Zhiyue's strength, was impossible.

This is why Lin Heng used the Five Sources Immortal Venerables and the Immortal Ranking to attract attention, making it difficult for the Dark Sect to take action against them.

"Hmm... I saw Chu Lihai, but it wasn't just him."

Yu Zhiyue didn't hide anything and told Lin Heng everything that had happened along the way.

This also includes Chu Lihai's seemingly righteous statement to her, which appeared to be a way of distancing himself from the Dark Sect.

"You believed it?"

Lin Heng smiled.

"Of course I don't believe it."

Yu Zhiyue shook her head without hesitation and added, "Besides, even if he really left the Dark Sect... what does that have to do with me?"

"A person's eyes cannot hide their true feelings."

Lin Heng shrugged and said, "Back in the mountains, I could tell that if Chu Lihai wasn't just using you as a resource, he would have proposed to you that you become his Daoist partner."

"I don't want to!"

Yu Zhiyue answered almost without thinking, and Lin Heng had already seen through her thoughts. How could she, as the person involved, not see through them?

You should know that becoming Daoist partners means that you will cultivate together in the future.

Back when Chu Lihai hadn't revealed his identity as a member of the Dark Sect, Yu Zhiyue still felt indebted to him and wanted to repay the favor quickly to get rid of him.

Not to mention, as a disciple of the Dark Sect, he actually wanted to use her as a resource...

And this is merely a matter of stance.

Becoming a Daoist couple means that you will practice together day and night in the future.

Therefore, when getting along with each other, some minor disagreements are inevitable.

Therefore, before becoming Daoist partners, normal cultivators will first adapt to each other's cultivation habits and lifestyles.

Yu Zhiyue felt that she had already gone through this kind of adaptation.

However, that person was not Chu Lihai...

"I guess it's still to test whether there really is such a person as the Five Source Immortal Venerable."

When Yu Zhiyue secretly glanced at Lin Heng, Lin Heng nodded and stood up.

"Um?"

Yu Zhiyue looked at Lin Heng's retreating figure as he walked out of the house with a puzzled expression.

A moment later, he returned with several boxes.

"Take these medicinal herbs."

Lin Heng handed several spiritual herbs he had retrieved from the warehouse to Yu Zhiyue.

"For me?"

"Um."

Yu Zhiyue accepted the spiritual herb.

But when she opened the box, she was immediately shocked.

Because these spiritual herbs are all suitable for her to unleash power beyond the Crystallization Realm...

Such spiritual herbs, which enable combat against opponents of higher levels, are extremely expensive on the market!

Although she knew that the spiritual herbs Lin Heng stored in the warehouse were all cultivated using extra spiritual herbs from the cultivators of Guiyuan City through the Immortal Farmer's Spiritual Field...

However, the value of these spiritual herbs is real!

"This I..."

Subconsciously, Yu Zhiyue wanted to refuse.

This isn't just politeness; these medicinal herbs are simply far too precious.

"If even the fairies who do odd jobs around the Five Elements Immortal Venerable can obtain such spiritual herbs, would they still doubt the existence of the Five Elements Immortal Venerable?"

Suddenly, Lin Heng's words made Yu Zhiyue pause.

"That's true..."

Yu Zhiyue nodded slowly.

In other words, keeping these spiritual herbs would make the existence of the Five Source Immortal Venerable more credible.

"And you are the number one fairy on the list of fairies."

Lin Heng said meaningfully, "If even the fairy who ranks first on the Fairy Beauty Ranking has nothing to be envied, then how many people will even pay attention to this ranking?"