I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

Ye Feiyan came for half a month in a row.

In the past two weeks, she changed her clothes fifteen times and her tone of voice changed countless times, from gentle to playful, from aggrieved to stubborn. She played almost every role that a "devoted junior sister" could play.

Li Hanshan sat by the stone platform every day, listening to her talk outside. Occasionally, he would circulate his pure yang energy through his meridians for one or two small cycles, occasionally he would go through the formula of the Fusion God Pill in his sea of ​​consciousness, and sometimes he would just sit quietly, sensing the faint probing divine sense outside the cave's restrictions. She never stopped probing.

Late at night on the fifteenth day. After Li Hanshan finished his dual spiritual cultivation with Luo Li, an extremely subtle tremor suddenly came from the foundation of his seventh-level Void Refinement realm in his sea of ​​consciousness, like a lake slowly expanding under the influence of wind. The tremor spread from the center of his sea of ​​consciousness to the edges, becoming faster and larger, until it finally exploded in a flash, like a star compressed to its limit blooming in the void.

He had reached the eighth level of the Void Refinement Realm. In that instant, the range of his divine sense expanded outwards by another circle, and the precision of his perception increased by a level. The flow of every pattern on the silver-white barrier outside the cave, the trembling of every leaf in the spirit wood forest surrounding the platform, and the spiritual energy fluctuations of every patrolling beam of light in the distant valley all became several times clearer in his perception. He opened his eyes, a flash of silver-white light disappearing within them, before he withdrew his divine sense back into the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness.

Daylight broke. Ye Feiyan arrived again. But this time, she didn't stop on the stone platform outside the cave as usual. Instead, she walked to a few feet directly in front of the cave entrance and stood still. Today, she was wearing a dark red, close-fitting outfit, her long hair tied in a high ponytail. She looked sharp and aloof, completely different from the gentle and infatuated demeanor she had displayed half a month ago.

She stood in front of the barrier membrane, remained silent for a few moments, and then spoke.

"Little brother, I'm asking you one last time." Her voice was no longer sweet; it was colder than ever before. "Are you coming out or not?"

There was no response from inside the cave.

Ye Feiyan waited for ten breaths. She tilted her head slightly, the chill in her peach blossom eyes pressing down layer by layer, and the smile that had lasted for half a month finally vanished completely. She took a step back, raised her right hand, and dark red spiritual power rapidly condensed in her palm, like a dark flame compressed to its limit.

"Then don't blame your sister for being impolite."

She struck out with her palm. The dark red spiritual energy slammed into the silver-white protective barrier, exploding into a blinding light. The entire cave trembled violently in that instant; the surface of the spirit spring pool churned with fine spray, the luminous pearl on the stone chamber ceiling flickered, and several spirit stones that had not yet been put away were shaken and rolled to the ground. A rapid ripple spread across the surface of the protective barrier, cracks spreading from the point of impact to both sides, before slowly closing as the barrier repaired itself.

Ye Feiyan didn't stop. The second palm strike, the third palm strike, the fourth palm strike. Dark red palm prints slammed into the barrier membrane one after another, each palm strike heavier and more powerful than the last.

The palm prints landed on different nodes on the surface of the light membrane, shaking the originally evenly distributed spiritual energy within the restriction layer by layer, slowing down its self-repair speed. The cracks on the surface of the light membrane became more and more numerous and deeper, like a piece of ice being repeatedly struck; although it had not yet shattered, each crack was spreading deeper into the ice.

"stop."

A deep, resonant voice came from the outer edge of the platform. Li Hanshan used his divine sense to investigate and saw Elder Xu of the Law Enforcement Hall standing in front of the spirit wood forest at the edge of the stone platform. His dark red robe fluttered slightly in the morning breeze, his face was stern, and his gaze was fixed on Ye Feiyan.

"Elder Xu," Ye Feiyan turned around, her tone cold, "I think Yin Yue's return this time must be part of some conspiracy. There must be something shady going on in her cave. Think about it, a spy who has been operating within the Immortal Alliance for so long, suddenly returning to the sect with a demon slave of unknown origin, and then shutting herself away. Is that normal?"

Elder Xu remained silent. His gaze swept back and forth between Ye Feiyan and the repeatedly attacked barrier, then after a moment of silence, he spoke calmly: "Your Excellency, you attacked Yin Yue's private cave dwelling. According to sect rules, forcibly breaking into the door without the master's permission is tantamount to provocation. Are you sure you want to continue?"

Ye Feiyan did not answer. She turned around, gathered all her spiritual power back into her palm, and struck the barrier light membrane with one palm after another, answering his question with her actions.

Elder Xu stood at the edge of the stone platform, silent for a few moments. He neither intervened nor left. He simply stood there, hands behind his back, like a bystander caught between two sides, unwilling to choose sides.

Inside the cave, Li Hanshan sat on the stone platform, sensing the protective light membrane that was being continuously attacked, his face as calm as still water. He had to admit that Ye Feiyan had indeed been right this time.

There were indeed unspeakable things in Yin Yue's cave. All twelve array artifacts were embedded in the ground, and the spiritual energy loop of the teleportation array had completed a full closed loop, only lacking the final step of activation. If Ye Feiyan really broke through the restrictions and rushed into the stone chamber, the matter would be exposed.

But he didn't panic. He continued to sit quietly, making no unnecessary movements. He needed Yin Yue to return. Activating the teleportation array required Yin Yue to draw the Heavenly Demon Sect's attention away from the outside; otherwise, he alone couldn't conceal the spatial fluctuations at the moment of activation.

Ye Feiyan's attacks grew increasingly fierce. Dark red palm prints pounded relentlessly against the protective light membrane, like wave after wave of tides. Cracks on the surface of the light membrane had spread to the top of the entire cave, resembling a shattered and then reassembled glass wall in the morning light. Although it still maintained its complete structure, each crack was extending deeper into the cave.

More and more people gathered around the platform. Li Hanshan sensed a massive influx of energy converging from all directions. Some stopped on distant mountain ridges, some landed in the spirit wood forest surrounding the platform, and others stood several feet from the edge of the stone platform, arms crossed, watching the one-sided attack with great interest. No one stepped forward to stop them. No one tried to mediate.

Yin Yue is the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Demon Sect, whose status is nominally second only to the Sect Master and some high-ranking elders.

Ye Feiyan's attack lasted for nearly an hour. Finally, the protective light membrane began to give way. The cracks on the membrane's surface expanded rapidly with the final, devastating blow, shattering like a glass wall smashed by a giant hammer, rapidly disintegrating in all directions from the point of impact. Fragments scattered in all directions, like stardust blown by the wind, leaving countless fine trails in the morning light.

The aftershocks of the attack seeped into the cave through the cracks in the light membrane, but before Ye Feiyan could rejoice, a heavy thud came from outside the cave, like a huge bronze hammer crashing down from a great height, causing the entire mountain to tremble violently in that instant.

That was the reaction of the Heavenly Demon Blood Array.

The restrictions on Yin Yue's cave were connected to the Heavenly Demon Blood Array. When the restrictions were broken by external forces, the shockwave traveled along the spiritual energy loop of the restrictions into the Heavenly Demon Blood Array, thus relieving some of the pressure.

Li Hanshan sensed the blood array's attention being drawn in, and a clear thought arose in his mind: This is a good opportunity.

Ye Feiyan's attack had already drawn the attention of the Heavenly Demon Blood Array to this mountain peak. If the teleportation array were activated at this moment, the spatial fluctuations generated when the teleportation channel was established would be treated by the Blood Array as aftershocks of the broken barrier and ignored entirely.

The teleportation array can be established without alerting the higher-ups of the Heavenly Demon Sect. He only needs to activate the teleportation array before the blood array's attention is diverted.