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

Shen Yifei stepped into the pill room, where Elder Xu was squatting in front of the pill furnace, fanning the fire, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

"The sect leader has arrived." Elder Xu stood up and patted his knees.

"How many medicinal herbs are left in the storeroom?"

Elder Xu took out the account book and flipped through it. "Two thousand catties of ginseng, one thousand five hundred catties of lingzhi, eight hundred catties of he shou wu, six hundred catties of huang jing, and some other miscellaneous items, totaling about five thousand catties."

"Move everything out."

Elder Xu was taken aback. "Move everything?"

"Move them all."

Elder Xu didn't ask any more questions and instructed his disciples to move the medicinal herbs. Dozens of disciples went in and out, working for an hour, until a small mountain of herbs was piled up in the open space in front of the pill room.

Shen Yifei sent everyone away, leaving him alone in the pill room. He took out the Myriad Things Cauldron and began refining pills.

The Myriad Things Cauldron now has two alchemy rooms, capable of refining two batches at a time, with each batch producing ten to twelve top-grade pills.

Shen Yifei practiced for three days and three nights without closing his eyes. His early-stage Nascent Soul realm spiritual energy was abundant, so he didn't feel tired even without sleep. Liu Mengli kept handing him spiritual medicine until her hands were sore.

Three days later, five thousand catties of spiritual herbs were refined into twelve hundred pills, more than a thousand of them being top-grade, of all kinds.

Shen Yifei gathered everyone in the square and first fulfilled his promise, giving each person a top-grade pill.

Whatever type of pill is needed, that's what we'll give; each outer disciple will also receive one high-grade pill.

Of course, Liu Mengli would not give any pills to the lazy and slacking disciples she noted down, and would also issue a warning. If they violated the sect rules again, they would be expelled from the sect immediately!

Elder Xu was busy dispensing medicine and keeping accounts at the same time, sweating profusely. Shen Yifei was drinking tea on the side, watching the line slowly move forward.

After receiving the medicine, an outer disciple held the top-grade pill, his hands trembling.

They had hardly ever seen ordinary pills, let alone high-grade ones.

"Sect Master, this...this is really for me?"

"If you don't want it, you can give it back to me."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The outer disciple clutched the pill to his chest, turned and ran, afraid that Shen Yifei would change his mind.

Some disciples burst into tears of excitement after receiving the top-grade pills. They had been cultivating for many years but had never been able to break through their bottlenecks. A single top-grade pill could fulfill their long-cherished wish. How could they not be excited!

After distributing the pills, Shen Yifei instructed Elder Xu to lead the way in opening a pill shop in the market near the Qingyun Sect, specializing in selling top-grade pills.

Elder Xu and the others were utterly impressed by Shen Yifei's ability to keep his word and get the pills and pharmacy arrangements settled in just two days.

That night, the entire Qingyun Sect was bustling with activity.

The sounds of breakthroughs were like firecrackers going off, one exploding here and another there, rising and falling in waves. Shen Yifei stood on Tingzhu Peak and looked down; the entire sect was brightly lit, like it was celebrating the New Year.

Liu Mengli floated on his shoulder, "Master, over three hundred top-grade pills were distributed today. Didn't you calculate how many spirit stones they're worth?"

Liu Mengli counted on her fingers, "At the minimum of one thousand spirit stones per stone, that's at least three hundred thousand spirit stones."

Shen Yifei glanced at her. "I'll arrange an accountant for you tomorrow. You can even do accounting now! You can't do accounting like that. I'm calling this winning people's hearts. If people aren't united, I can't continue as the sect leader."

Just as Shen Yifei finished speaking, another loud explosion rang out from the foot of the mountain. A beam of golden light shot up from the courtyard where the inner disciples lived, illuminating half of the mountain.

"Golden Core stage." Shen Yifei nodded. "The sixteenth one."

"After tonight, the strength of the Qingyun Sect will have almost doubled."

"Doubling isn't enough. I want to surpass the Golden Crow Sect. In the future, the Azure Cloud Sect will have to change its name!"

"Master, what are you planning to change it to? You're not really going to change it to the Kidney Deficiency Sect, are you? Nobody's deficient anymore!"

"All you know is kidney deficiency? I'm going to change my name to Tianyan Sect!"

Liu Mengli didn't care what name she changed to. "Master, we've seen enough. It's time to go back and settle my wages."

"What kind of wages?"

"Tonight's wages, plus three days' worth of pill refining, make it four days' wages in total!"

"How can you calculate it like that? I didn't sleep a wink for those three days."

"Master, you're not going to back out today. I've been feeling restless all over for three days without being touched."

Looking at this alluring little vixen, Shen Yifei was also burning with desire. "Let's go, we'll settle everything tonight!"

The two entered the wooden house, and as soon as the door closed, Liu Mengli pounced on them.

She was unusually proactive today, talking about getting her wages, and seemed more anxious than anyone else about having them.

Why are you in such a hurry?

"It's been three days! Do you know how I've spent these three days?"

Liu Mengli's demonic power circulated through his meridians, drawing away some of his yang energy and bringing back some of his demonic power. In this back and forth, his spiritual energy became even purer.

Since reaching the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, his cultivation progress has slowed down. Even when cultivating with Bai Lu and Leng Shanyue, he didn't gain much stamina. And even less when cultivating with Liu Mengli.

But Liu Mengli has one advantage: her demonic power can purify spiritual energy.

Each time dual cultivation is completed, the spiritual energy in the dantian becomes one degree purer. The quantity remains the same, but the quality changes.

This will be beneficial for future breakthroughs.

Throughout the night, they didn't know how many times they had engaged in dual cultivation. Shen Yifei was becoming more and more energetic with each cultivation session, while Liu Mengli was finding it hard to take it anymore.

Liu Mengli finally collapsed on the bed, too lazy to even maintain her demonic power. Her semi-transparent body lay on the bed, appearing and disappearing.

"Master, you're amazing. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, not only has your Yang energy increased, but your stamina has also improved."

Stop flattering me. Go to sleep, you have a ton of work to do tomorrow.

"Okay, I'll go wherever you go..." After saying that, Liu Mengli fell into a deep sleep.

In the days that followed, the disciples of the Qingyun Sect were fully motivated to cultivate.

The disciples' daily greetings had become, "You've been cultivating?"

The pharmacy opened smoothly, and within a few days, the reputation of its top-grade pills spread. A single top-grade pill could sell for between one thousand and five thousand spirit stones.

Moreover, the price listed in the pharmacy is the price, because this product cannot be bought elsewhere.

Shen Yifei tasked Zhao Xuan with recruiting new people and finding disciples with cultivation talent.

Under Shen Yifei's leadership, the Qingyun Sect is thriving.

Once everything was on track, Shen Yifei decided to go to the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

If the memories provided by the demon of love are true, then that place is where one's biological parents lived.

Before leaving, Shen Yifei entrusted the sect's affairs to Xie Lichen.

Shen Yifei went to the pill shop again and gave Elder Xu a few instructions. It was nothing more than matters concerning the pill shop; top-grade pills had to be sold little by little, with a high price tag, in order to fetch a good price.

After leaving the medicine room, Shen Yifei thought for a moment and decided to go to the Hehuan Sect.

"Master, why are we returning to the Joyful Union Sect? Are we going to steal their sect leader?"

Shen Yifei chuckled, "Do I need to steal the position of sect leader of the Hehuan Sect? Su Wuwang will have to obediently hand it over to me!"

Shen Yifei was very confident. He and Su Wuwang were both at the Nascent Soul stage. Although there was a small difference in their cultivation levels, he was confident that he could completely conquer her.