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

Sun Yiran asked with a smile, "You must have learned quite a few skills from the sect leader, right?"

"The sect leader is at the Nascent Soul stage, and my senior sister is at the Golden Core stage. Your cultivation levels are different."

"How are we different?"

"This...it's hard to explain. You'll feel it for yourself later."

Sun Yiran's cultivation had been stuck at the late Golden Core stage for a long time, but when the two cultivated together, her spiritual energy began to surge.

The golden elixir spun faster and faster, and a layer of pale golden light appeared on its surface.

"Senior sister, I feel your spiritual energy is increasing very quickly. Is your cultivation about to break through?"

Sun Yiran also sensed it.

The spiritual energy surged through his meridians, propelling his cultivation from the late Golden Core stage all the way up, directly breaking through the peak of the Golden Core stage and stopping just before the threshold of the early Nascent Soul stage.

"Just a little bit more, just a tiny bit more..."

Shen Yifei took out a handful of pills from his storage ring and put them in his mouth.

When the Yuan Yang Pill and the Ju Ling Pill are taken together, their medicinal power explodes in the dantian.

The spiritual energy circulated back and forth dozens of times.

The golden core in Sun Yiran's dantian suddenly contracted and then exploded. After the golden light dissipated, a small humanoid phantom sat cross-legged in the center of her dantian.

Early stage of Nascent Soul!

Sun Yiran lay on the bed, covered in sweat.

"I have achieved Nascent Soul formation."

Congratulations, Senior Sister.

"What are you congratulating me on? You're the one who helped me get married." Sun Yiran opened her eyes, reached out and touched his face. "When you practice dual cultivation with others, your own cultivation level increases. But when you practice dual cultivation with me, you only helped me increase my level. What about yourself?"

"My money went up."

"What went up?"

Shen Yifei examined his dantian. His cultivation level remained unchanged, but his spiritual energy had become more concentrated. Reaching the late Nascent Soul stage and beyond requires a massive amount of spiritual energy, which is far from sufficient through dual cultivation.

Sun Yiran sat up and nestled against his chest. "Are you tired?"

I'm a little tired today.

"Then why did you say you'd spend the whole day with me? You're already tired after only half an hour."

Shen Yifei rolled over and pressed her down.

"Senior sister, you're already getting cocky after just forming your Nascent Soul?"

Sun Yiran smiled and said, "That's because I met you, my precious darling. Otherwise, how could I have had such an opportunity?"

"Senior sister, you rest for a while, I'll go check on them..."

"Okay, go ahead... You need to handle things with Su Yao, Qin Wan, and that junior sister from the outer sect. Let's see if you can manage!"

After saying that, Sun Yiran turned over and faced away from Shen Yifei.

"Go on, go on, don't waste my time."

Shen Yifei got out of bed and got dressed.

"Okay, wait here for me, I'll be right back."

"Don't come here anymore. I've reached the Nascent Soul stage and need to stabilize my realm. Go and cause trouble for others."

Shen Yifei smiled, pushed open the door, and went out.

He then spent seven days at the Hehuan Sect, enjoying the favor of the sect for seven nights.

On the morning of the eighth day, Shen Yifei was lying in his yard sunbathing, while Liu Mengli was dozing off on his lap. Footsteps sounded outside the gate.

Elder Shen.

Shen Yifei opened one eye and saw a disciple from the pharmacy holding a letter in his hand.

"The sect leader sent me to deliver a letter, saying that it was sent by someone from the Qingyun Sect. They sent one letter a month for the first two months, and this is the third one."

Shen Yifei took the letter and glanced at it. It was written by Luo Qinghe, with neat handwriting and polite wording. The gist was that the Qingyun Sect Master had inquired about him many times and hoped that he would return to the sect soon.

The last line of the letter was written in slightly illegible handwriting: Take care, my husband, I look forward to your return from Qinghe.

Shen Yifei knew that this was not Luo Qinghe's original intention at all. What she wanted was his yang energy, and the Qingyun Sect still needed him to refine pills for them.

Shen Yifei thought to himself, "Everyone wants to squeeze something out of me, and everyone hopes to get some benefits from me."

But! You can't get something for nothing!

When the time comes, you should collect the principal and interest!

Thinking of this, Shen Yifei folded the letter and stuffed it into his sleeve.

Where are they?

"Wait in the main hall. The sect leader wants you to come over."

Shen Yifei stood up, and Liu Mengli slid off his lap and floated back into the Cauldron of Myriad Things.

There were three people standing in the main hall.

Su Wuwang sat in the sect leader's seat, holding a teacup in his hand. Standing beside him was a middle-aged man in a blue Daoist robe, with a cultivation level of late Golden Core. Upon seeing Shen Yifei enter, he bowed respectfully.

"Junior Brother Shen, I am Zhao Xuan, an elder of the Qingyun Sect. I have come for the third time to escort you back to the sect on the orders of the sect leader."

Shen Yifei nodded.

"Okay, when are you leaving?"

Zhao Xuan was stunned for a moment. Shen Yifei hadn't even met him the previous two times he'd come. He couldn't quite believe that Shen Yifei had agreed so readily this time.

"If it's convenient for you, junior brother, you can set off tomorrow."

"Okay! See you at the ferry crossing first thing tomorrow morning."

Zhao Xuan was taken aback again and turned to look at Su Wuwang. The previous two times, Su Wuwang had made excuses and hesitated; he wondered what kind of trouble she would cause this time.

Su Wuwang put down his teacup, smiled slightly, and said, "Since you've agreed, you can leave tomorrow."

Zhao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands in greeting again, and left the main hall.

Only Su Wuwang and Shen Yifei remained in the main hall.

Su Wuwang leaned back in his chair and looked at him. "Why did you agree so readily? Are you in such a hurry to go back and see your wife in name only?"

"I've seen everyone I needed to see, and taken care of everything I needed to take care of. There's no point in staying any longer. As for Luo Qinghe, hehe, this time I'll definitely teach her a lesson!"

Su Wuwang narrowed his eyes. "Why do I have a feeling you're up to no good this time? What are you planning to do?"

Shen Yifei smiled. "Sect Master, please guess."

Su Wuwang snorted, "I don't care what you're planning. You are you. Whatever you do and whatever the consequences, just don't drag the Hehuan Sect into it."

That night, Shen Yifei didn't go to anyone's place.

He lay on his bed, planning his next move, when Liu Mengli floated out of the cauldron and sat cross-legged on his chest.

"What kind of naughty idea are you thinking of? Every time you make that face, you're about to do something bad."

"You seem to know me quite well."

Liu Mengli chuckled, her green eyes glowing in the darkness.

"What bad thing are you doing? Tell me, and I'll do it with you!"

Shen Yifei patted her head and pulled her into his arms. "This time, I'm going to take over the Qingyun Sect!"

"Subdue the Qingyun Sect? You, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, subdue a sect?"

"So what if you're in the late Nascent Soul stage?" Shen Yifei pinched her cheek. "Bai Lu and Leng Shanyue, both in the early Mahayana stage, also acknowledged me as their man, didn't they?"

"That's dual cultivation. You can't possibly cultivate with everyone in the Qingyun Sect, can you? Besides, you've pretty much ruined the Qingyun Sect!"

"They came to me willingly; I just did what any man in the world would do. Besides, who says you have to rely on dual cultivation to subdue a sect?"

Liu Mengli tilted her head to look at him, "Then what do you rely on?"

"This time, I'm counting on you!"