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

The two lay side by side, savoring the experience of their dual cultivation, neither of them speaking.

After a long while, when their breathing stabilized, Gu Yunyan turned her head to look at him, "You screamed all night, were you faking it in the second half?"

Shen Yifei grinned, "The Pavilion Master is wise; nothing can be hidden from you."

"I felt it when I broke through; the spiritual energy in your dantian was devouring my demonic energy." Gu Yunyan reached out and placed her hand on his lower abdomen, her palm pressed against his skin. "Late stage of Nascent Soul, jumping from the early stage to the late stage overnight, you really hit the jackpot."

"The Pavilion Master also profited. From the early to the middle stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, many people are stuck for their entire lives and can't get past it. My screams all night were just to entertain you. I found that the more I screamed, the more excited you became."

Gu Yunyan snorted and withdrew her hand.

"What exactly is the origin of your dantian? It's half spiritual energy and half demonic energy, coexisting peacefully, and it can even devour my demonic energy. I've never seen anything like it in my life."

"Master, how many years have you lived?"

"Is it any of your business?"

"I just feel that the Sect Master is not someone who has never practiced dual cultivation before, but rather someone who has been through countless battles."

Gu Yunyan kicked him off the bed.

"Get out of here." Gu Yunyan pulled the blanket over herself. "Don't stay on Cangwu Mountain. Go back to your Qingyun Sect."

"Master, regarding our merger..."

"I told you you can use the Cangwu Mountain territory as you like, stop talking nonsense and let me have some peace and quiet."

"Alright then, Sect Master, I'll refine the thirty-seven pills for you when I get back!"

Gu Yunyan nodded; she now trusted this man completely.

"Go take care of the merger matters first, hurry up!"

Shen Yifei realized that this woman was concerned about her reputation. Her loud shouting last night was actually meant to let everyone in the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion hear her. Even the Pavilion Master was hers to keep, so why would anyone else have any ulterior motives?

He wisely put on his clothes, glanced back at the glaring red plum blossoms on the bed, and pushed open the door to leave.

The sun atop Cangwu Mountain was so bright that he squinted.

Song Hongliao stood on the stone steps not far away, arms crossed, her eyes fixed on him, looking him up and down.

"You're still alive?"

"Thanks to you, I almost died."

Song Hongliao snorted, "My senior sister broke through?"

"Mid-stage Tribulation Transcending, can't you sense it yourself?"

"And you?"

"Late stage of Nascent Soul transformation."

Song Hongliao's brow twitched. From the initial stage to the later stage, she had jumped two small steps in one night. She bit her lip, wanting to say something but swallowing it back.

Shen Yifei walked up to her, took out the last top-grade magic pill, and handed it to Song Hongliao, saying, "From now on, you need to think about yourself. What's given to you is given to you!"

Song Hongliao clutched the top-grade demon pill, staring at it for a long time, her fingers trembling.

"You're really giving it to me?"

Shen Yifei chuckled. "If I give the pills to someone else, I'll make sure you keep me company while I refine pills tonight!"

"What business is it of yours who I give it to?"

"That's none of my business. But if you dare give it to Gu Yunyan, I'll never forgive you. That woman doesn't need one, but you do."

Song Hongliao bit her lip and didn't say anything.

Of course she needed it; which of the female disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion didn't? Over a hundred years of accumulated cold poison within her body made cultivation feel like torture. With this top-grade demonic pill, she could not only eradicate the cold poison but also see a significant boost in her cultivation.

Song Hongliao stood there, clutching the top-grade magic pill, watching Shen Yifei's back as he walked down the stone steps.

He walked a dozen steps without turning his head, then raised his hand and waved it behind him as if shooing away flies.

"Aren't you afraid I'll chase after you and gouge your eyes out?" Song Hongliao shouted at him.

"Come on, you can't beat me, and I'm pretty stingy too!"

After saying that, Shen Yifei sped up and reached the bottom of the mountain.

Song Hongliao watched his figure disappear until it vanished, and suddenly felt a void in her heart.

After Shen Yifei left the restrictions of Cangwu Mountain, he took to the air and flew towards Qingyun Sect, reminiscing about the events of the previous night as he flew.

Women in the tribulation stage are indeed different.

Just then, Liu Mengli floated out of the cauldron and rode on his shoulders.

"Master, why didn't you say a few more words to Song Hongliao when you left? That woman stood on the stone steps watching you walk away for ages, her eyes practically glued to the back of your head."

"What are you still saying? My fellow disciples have already slept with me. Now hurry back to the Qingyun Sect to take care of important matters and move! While Gu Yunyan is still getting close to me, let's make it a done deal. What if she changes her mind later?"

Liu Mengli laughed, "You call that being intimate with Gu Yunyan? You screamed all night, and she practically drained you dry. Is that what you call being intimate?"

"What do you know? That's called romance."

"Fun?" Liu Mengli laughed so hard she almost fell over. "Alright, alright, fun. If you call it fun, then it's fun. Anyway, you were screaming like a pig being slaughtered, it was quite pitiful."

"Without my two screams, could she have broken through so quickly?"

The two chatted and laughed, and before they knew it, they had flown for more than two hours.

Shen Yifei glanced down and saw a barren mountain, devoid of trees, a bare, rocky mountain.

Suddenly, several figures appeared from the clouds ahead.

Five of them, all dressed in black robes with golden crows embroidered on their chests.

The leader was an old man at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, with a white beard, triangular eyes staring at Shen Yifei, and a downturned mouth.

The four behind them were all at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, lined up in a row, completely blocking the path ahead.

Upon recognizing the Golden Crow Sect members, Shen Yifei immediately steadied himself.

"Fellow Daoists of the Golden Crow Sect, are you here to rob us on the road? Are you planning to steal our money or our virtue?"

The triangular-eyed old man sized him up. "You're Shen Yifei?"

Do you know me?

"I know you! You are the new sect leader of the Qingyun Sect. I am Han Lie, an elder of the Jinwu Sect. I have been ordered by the sect leader to invite you to visit the Jinwu Sect."

"Invite me? Your Golden Crow Sect invites someone, and five Nascent Soul cultivators block the way. Is that what you call an invitation?"

Han Lie's face darkened. "Sect Leader Shen, our sect leader is just being polite. Don't be ungrateful."

"You're ungrateful? Your sect leader came to find me just to know where Chen Yunhe is!"

"Boy, it seems the sect leader was right, it was you who did this. Tell me quickly, where did you take Elder Chen?"

Shen Yifei patted his stomach and chuckled, "Here, I refined it into a human pill and ate it!"

Since Shen Yifei dared to tell these people the truth, he had no intention of letting them get away!

He's currently in the late Nascent Soul stage, and with the little monsters around, taking down these people should be a piece of cake.

Han Lie's face instantly darkened, and the four mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators behind him also changed their expressions.

They simply couldn't believe that the Grand Elder of the Golden Crow Sect, who was at the Mahayana Realm, had been refined into a human pill and eaten. But this kid in front of them was challenging their bottom line!

"Boy, you're asking for death." Han Lie flipped his hand, and a ball of black flame condensed in his palm.

Shen Yifei looked at the ball of black flame and smiled.

After consuming Chen Yunhe's Human Pill, he also mastered the Black Flame Technique of the Golden Crow Sect.

Moreover, his black flames were mixed with demonic energy.

After spending the night cultivating with Gu Yunyan on Mount Cangwu, the demonic energy and spiritual energy in his dantian were each equal. The black flames were mixed with demonic energy, and their color changed from pure black to dark gold with black patterns. The temperature was several times higher than before.

He chuckled, and a wisp of black flame condensed on his fingertips!