The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Upon arriving in Qingmu City, Shen Yifei went straight to the herbal medicine shop.

The old man was still half-dead, dozing off on the counter.

Shen Yifei slapped Bai Lu's snake scales onto the counter. The old man opened one eye, saw the scales, and jumped up from his chair as if struck by lightning.

"The White Lady's scales." The old man's hand trembled. "Who are you to her?"

"Me? She's my woman, so who am I to her?"

The old man's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

He stared at Shen Yifei for a full ten breaths, then came out from behind the counter and knelt down with a thud.

"You blind little demon, you sent someone to steal your sword last time, you deserve to die."

Shen Yifei pulled up a chair and sat down.

"Stand up and speak."

The old man wouldn't get up; his forehead was pressed against the ground.

"Your Majesty's man is the master of the Ten Thousand Mountains. This lowly demon has offended you, and according to the rules of the mountains, I should be skinned alive."

"What use would I have for your skin?" Shen Yifei crossed his legs. "What's your name?"

"Pangolin, Armor Seventeen."

"Seventeenth Brother, was it your own idea to send those three men to kidnap me last time, or was someone else behind it?"

"It was my own idea." Jia Shiqi kowtowed even lower. "I've run a shop in Qingmu City for sixty years, specializing in gathering information on cultivators entering the mountains. That day, you inquired about the Nine Heavens Mystic Lotus, offering two mid-grade spirit stones right off the bat, and you even had a high-grade spiritual artifact hanging from your waist. I got greedy for a moment, and then..."

"Alright," Shen Yifei interrupted him. "We won't dwell on the past. But from today onwards, you'll work for me."

Jia Shiqi raised his head, a shrewd glint in his eyes.

"What do you want the little demon to do?"

"Investigate something. The Tianyan Sect, the one that was wiped out more than ten years ago. I need to know who did it, why, and which sects were involved. All the details, the more detailed the better."

Jia Shiqi's expression changed slightly.

"The matter of the Heavenly Evolution Sect is very strange. For more than ten years, people have been reluctant to mention it. The waters inside are too deep."

"That's why I'm looking for you. You've been in Qingmu City for sixty years, dealing with all sorts of people. I'll give you two months; I'll come back for the results in two months."

Jia Shiqi remained silent for a while.

"What is your relationship with the Tianyan Sect?"

"You don't need to worry about that. If I find out, I guarantee you can roam freely in the Ten Thousand Mountains. If I don't, I'll talk to Bailu..."

Shen Yifei didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear.

Jia Shiqi took a deep breath and kowtowed again.

"I will do my best."

Shen Yifei stood up.

"Relax your mind."

Jia Shiqi paused for a moment, then didn't move.

"I said, relax your mind." Shen Yifei's voice turned cold. "You sent people to kidnap me, so I can't just trust you like that. I'll plant a soul contract with you. If you do your job loyally, the contract won't activate. But if you have any other thoughts, I can make your soul disappear with a single thought."

Jia Shiqi gritted his teeth and relaxed.

Shen Yifei condensed a wisp of dark golden spiritual energy at his fingertips and placed it between Jia Shiqi's brows. The spiritual energy seeped in, planting a mark deep within his sea of ​​consciousness. Jia Shiqi groaned, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

"Alright. Get up."

Jia Shiqi stood up, his legs still trembling. A soul contract was no joke; it meant handing over one's life to someone else.

"Investigate thoroughly, you won't be treated unfairly." Shen Yifei paused at the door. "By the way, the part about the centipede demon on the map you sold me last time is correct."

Jia Shiqi revealed a smile that was more like a grimace.

"The little demon will never dare to play tricks again."

After leaving the herbal medicine shop, Shen Yifei strolled around the streets of Qingmu City. He first went to a furniture shop and ordered a large rosewood bed, as well as a dressing table, wardrobe, bronze mirror, bedding, and pillows—picking out the best of everything.

The shopkeeper's abacus was clicking away.

"Sir, the total is three hundred and twenty spirit stones."

Shen Yifei took out spirit stones to pay and put everything into his storage ring. He walked to a secluded spot outside the city, put the items into the Myriad Things Cauldron, and arranged them in front of the wooden house.

Liu Mengli floated out of the cauldron, pushed open the door of the wooden house, and was stunned when she saw the room full of furniture.

"Master, you really bought it?"

"Would I lie to you if I promised?" Shen Yifei leaned against the doorframe. "Let's go in and take a look."

Liu Mengli floated in, rolled around on the bed, opened the wardrobe door to take a look, and finally stood in front of the bronze mirror to look at herself.

"We're still missing a vanity case."

"I'll buy it next time."

Liu Mengli turned around from in front of the bronze mirror, her green eyes fixed on him, and the corners of her mouth slowly curled up.

"Master, shall we test the bed's sturdiness tonight?"

Shen Yifei turned and left.

"You're overthinking it. I'm going back to the sect. You stay put in the cauldron."

Shen Yifei bought a ticket back to his sect at the ferry. There weren't many people on the flying boat, so he leaned against the window and closed his eyes to rest.

The journey was uneventful, and they returned to the Hehuan Sect without incident.

As soon as they returned to the Hehuan Sect, Su Wuwang's voice came from the direction of the main hall, echoing throughout the entire sect.

"Shen Yifei, come to the main hall."

Su Wuwang was the only one in the main hall. She sat in the sect leader's seat and frowned slightly when she saw Shen Yifei enter.

"After just over two months, and a trip to the Ten Thousand Mountains, you've already advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage. It seems you've obtained quite a bit of good fortune on this trip!"

Su Wuwang stood up and walked around him. "What happened in the Ten Thousand Mountains?"

Shen Yifei turned around and grinned.

"Does the sect leader want to know?"

Su Wuwang stood three steps behind him, still looking languid. Her long dress trailed on the ground, her hair was casually tied in a bun, with a few stray strands falling beside her ears.

Having grown accustomed to Bai Lu and Leng Shanyue, Shen Yifei now felt that Su Wuwang was not as terrifying as he had been two months ago.

Now she appears to be a beautiful woman, and her Nascent Soul realm does not pose an absolute advantage to him.

He even thought about punishing Su Wuwang tonight to see if she would still be so arrogant towards him.

"Tell me about it." Shen Yifei's words piqued Su Wuwang's curiosity.

"I encountered two demon kings in the Hundred Thousand Mountains."

"Demon Kings? Two?"

"The snake demon Bai Lu and the fox demon Leng Shan Yue are both at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage."

Su Wuwang's brow twitched slightly.

She had heard of the Demon King of the Ten Thousand Mountains. Bai Lu and Leng Shan Yue had been famous for many years, and their cultivation was no less than hers.

"and then?"

"Then the disciple helped them break through. Now they are both in the early stage of Mahayana."

Su Wuwang remained silent for three breaths.

"You helped two demon kings at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage break through to the Mahayana stage? You didn't cultivate with them, did you?"

"Sect Master guessed correctly. After the two demon kings used the Nine Heavens Mystic Lotus to repair my dantian, they took turns cultivating with me day and night. As a result, I broke through my cultivation realm, and the two demon kings also reached the early stage of Mahayana."

"You, a Golden Core cultivator, cultivated with two demon kings at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, and not only did you not die, you even broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage? And those two didn't drain you dry?"

The idea of ​​a human and a demon cultivating together is simply unbelievable for a normal person. For the demon king to show mercy and not drain him dry is highly abnormal!

"Could it be that those two like you?"

"Sect Leader, to be honest, have they both accepted me? Have they both recognized me as their man?"

After listening to Shen Yifei's story, Su Wuwang felt a strong pang of sadness for no reason.