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

Throughout the journey, Elder Zhu's mind was filled with the little monster's eyes staring at his crotch, and those two top-grade pills.

The flying boat landed at the gate of the Golden Crow Sect. He straightened his collar, thought about his words, and entered the main hall.

Inside the main hall, Lu Ya sat on a black jade chair, holding a teacup, listening to Elder Bai's report. He put down his teacup when he saw Elder Zhu enter.

"Was it sent?"

"Reporting to the Sect Master, it has been sent." Elder Zhu bowed.

"What is the attitude of the Tianyan Sect?"

"Shen Yifei accepted the invitation and said he would consider it."

"Consider?" Lu Ya frowned. "He said he'd consider it?"

"Yes. I waited all morning at Cangwu Mountain, but that kid was just refining pills and had a female elder deal with me."

Lu Ya snorted, "Alchemy? What kind of pill takes all morning to refine?"

"This... I don't know. But I saw something in his palace."

"What is it?"

Elder Zhu took out a recording stone from his storage bag and channeled spiritual energy into it. An image appeared in mid-air, not very clear, but it was clear that it was a small beast squatting on the ground, chewing on something.

"This is Shen Yifei's pet. Sect Master, please look, it eats top-grade pills."

Lu Ya stared at the image for a few moments. "Top-grade pill? You saw it clearly?"

"I saw it clearly. The quality of those pills is even better than those in our Golden Crow Sect's storeroom."

Elder Zhu paused for a moment, then added, "Moreover, when Shen Yifei took out the pills, he took them out of his storage ring handful by handful, like he was grabbing candy."

Lu Ya leaned back in his chair. "From what you're saying, this kid might know how to refine top-grade pills!"

"Sect Master, you are wise; this is also my opinion. And..."

"What else?" Lu Ya was starting to take an interest in Shen Yifei.

"Also, Shen Yifei's cultivation level is indeed at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. But his aura is not quite right. I sense that there is an aura in his body that does not belong to a cultivator. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's very strange."

Lu Ya narrowed his eyes.

"Is there anything else?"

"And... his pet." Elder Zhu's Adam's apple bobbed. "That thing stared at me... when it stared at me, I felt a chill run down my spine. I'm only at the early stage of the Mahayana realm, and being stared at by a beast made me feel uneasy."

Lu Ya remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Apart from the difference in size, the pet you're talking about should be the one that bit Wu Xingyun and his brother."

"But this one is much bigger." Elder Zhu had also had his doubts, but Wu Xingyun said that the other one looked like a puppy, while this one was a calf.

"Elder Zhu, Elder Bai, what do you think is the relationship between Shen Yifei and Shen Changtian?" Lu Ya suddenly asked this question.

Elder Bai said, "I have investigated. Shen Yifei comes from the Hehuan Sect, but his origins are unknown. He grew up in the Hehuan Sect. He was just a menial servant with no spiritual roots at the beginning."

Elder Bai has also been busy these past few days, having been sent out by Lu Ya to gather information about Shen Yifei.

Lu Ya always felt that Shen Yifei's sudden rebuilding of the Tianyan Sect was suspicious.

Now that we know he can refine top-grade pills, if he has no connection with Shen Changtian, bringing him to the Golden Crow Sect to refine pills and use him for our own purposes would be a good idea.

"Elder Bai, continue the investigation. Search the entire cultivation world to uncover his background."

While Lu Ya was busy with the Alliance Conference and investigating Shen Yifei, Shen Yifei was also not idle.

After Elder Zhu left, Shen Yifei slammed the Golden Crow Sect's invitation letter onto the table.

Luo Qinghe picked it up and looked at it. Su Wuwang leaned over and glanced at it. Yin Wuxie sat beside him without moving. She had a soul contract with Shen Yifei, so she had to listen to him in everything.

"The Demon Extermination Alliance Conference," Luo Qinghe read aloud. "What is the Golden Crow Sect up to?"

"Using the pretext of exorcising demons to co-opt all the sects in the world." Shen Yifei leaned back in his chair. "That old bastard Lu Ya has a brilliant plan. With the demons appearing in the world, people are in a panic. He's jumping out to be the leader, and anyone who dares to disobey him is considered an accomplice of the demons. Once that label is on them, they'll have no choice but to go."

Su Wuwang snorted, "What a load of bull, the demon race! Are you going or not?"

"Go! Why not go? Not going would make me look guilty."

Luo Qinghe glanced at him and asked, "Aren't you guilty?"

"Why should I feel guilty? I haven't colluded with the demons." Shen Yifei grinned. "I've only colluded with demonic cultivators."

"What if he suddenly attacks on the spot?"

"Why make things difficult? What he wants right now is to win people's hearts and minds; he won't take action at the conference. If he does, he'll deal with them one by one after the conference."

Shen Yifei stood up. "Alright, it's settled then. I'll go to the Golden Crow Sect in a month. I'll use this month to sort out the sect's affairs."

Shen Yifei left the main hall and flew towards the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Before heading to the Golden Crow Sect, he needed to invite Bai Lu and Leng Shanyue up the mountain. With these two mid-stage Mahayana demon kings in charge, plus Gu Yunyan, he would feel more at ease going out.

The Ten Thousand Mountains remained unchanged. The dark mountain range stretched as far as the eye could see, filled with demonic energy. Shen Yifei, familiar with the terrain, flew over the snake demon's territory. Before he even landed, Bai Lu's voice drifted up from below.

"Little thing, you finally know how to come back?"

Shen Yifei landed, and Bai Lu was leaning against a big tree, holding a wine pot in her hand, with a half-smile on her face.

"Did you miss me?" Shen Yifei walked over.

"I can't sleep because I miss you." Bai Lu glanced at him sideways. "And you? How many women have you seduced outside?"

"Not many, just a few."

"several?"

"Three or four."

"Three or four, or thirty-four?"

Shen Yifei touched his nose. "Pretty much."

Bai Lu grabbed his ear. "Say that again?"

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"

Leng Shanyue emerged from behind the tree, still dressed in a white dress, her face expressionless. But Shen Yifei noticed that the corner of her mouth twitched; she was suppressing a laugh.

"Alright, stop fooling around." Leng Shanyue walked up to Shen Yifei, looking him up and down. "Late-stage Nascent Soul? What did you eat?"

"They ate a female demonic cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending stage?"

"What? You actually ate it!"

Leng Shanyue sneered, "Look at him, he's gone crazy from wanting men so much. Would he really eat a woman? He's probably just sleeping with her."

Suddenly, Leng Shanyue frowned. "The energy within you is wrong. Besides spiritual energy, there's something else."

"Demonic energy." Shen Yifei didn't hide it. "I cultivated with a demonic cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage. The demonic energy entered my dantian and mixed with the spiritual energy."

Bai Lu and Leng Shanyue exchanged a glance, their expressions quite interesting.

"You're practicing dual cultivation with a demonic cultivator?" Bai Lu's voice rose eight octaves. "Are you out of your mind?"

"It's alright, he's still alive and well. In fact, his cultivation level jumped from the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the late stage."

Leng Shanyue reached out and placed her hand on his dantian, probing it with her demonic energy. After circulating within Shen Yifei's dantian, her brows furrowed even more deeply.

"This demonic energy is incredibly strong!"

Bai Lu also reached out and pressed her hand against it, probing it with her demonic power. She was also deeply worried after seeing the demonic energy in the dantian.

"Your dantian is getting increasingly cluttered with all sorts of things. Spiritual energy, demonic energy, and soon demonic power too—aren't you afraid it'll explode?"

Shen Yifei removed their hands from his stomach. "It won't explode. I'm all-encompassing and magnanimous. Your demonic power has circulated within me more than once or twice; when has it ever exploded?"

Bai Lu snorted coldly, "Since you're not afraid, then let's give it a try!"