After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

The Hunyuan Sect is now severely weakened.

If they could seize this opportunity to acquire the territory of the One Leaf Sect, the Hunyuan Sect could recover its strength even faster.

By then, the overall strength of the sect will have improved, and even if they don't obtain the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit, they will still be able to rank among the top sects in the Central Continent.

Moreover, before Yi Ye Sect became a coward, all its disciples either left voluntarily or were dismissed.

Among them were more than a dozen dismissed disciples who were quite talented.

They're all so young, yet they've all reached the stage of mental distraction.

He was a very outstanding genius cultivator in the One Leaf Sect.

Even though they had been dismissed from their sect, they did not join any other sect.

For more than ten years, they have been wandering as independent cultivators in the Central Continent.

They even rejected the olive branch extended by their Hunyuan Sect.

Not only did they refuse, they also particularly loathed the Hunyuan Sect and frequently opposed them, both openly and secretly.

People strive for higher positions, water flows downhill, and when a tree falls, the monkeys scatter. A wise bird chooses a good tree to perch on, which is the normal choice for cultivators. The Hunyuan Sect clearly has a higher prestige and overall strength than the Yiye Sect, so he doesn't understand why they refused.

Therefore, their behavior greatly displeased Qiao Shouxuan.

Qiao Shouxuan thought that if he could seize Yiye Sect and merge it into Hunyuan Sect's territory, he would definitely be able to make these unruly monkeys, who were disobedient but had a strong sense of belonging to Yiye Sect, obediently kneel in front of his mountain gate and beg for refuge.

However, by that time, I was no longer a sect that would just take in any Tom, Dick, or Harry.

Qiao Shouxuan's lips curled slightly, and with a wave of his hand, he gave the order.

"Gather the elders and cultivators of the Nascent Soul and Mahayana stages and above, and come with me to the One Leaf Sect. This time, we must strike first and seize this lucrative opportunity before the other sects in the Central Continent can mobilize."

……

Dongzhou.

Xuantian Sect.

Duan Qianchui and several elders sat upright in a circle in the sect leader's main hall.

In the middle of them was Luo Huanzhen's advanced communication talisman.

The illusory image of the young sect leader inside was solemnly recounting his journey to the Central Continent and his upcoming instructions.

Upon hearing that a group of elite disciples would be selected to go to the secret realm of Zhongzhou for training, the elders were overjoyed.

The incident with Wen Heng was that Wen Heng used the fact that Xuan Tian Sect disciples could go to the Central Continent Secret Realm as a pretext to attack Luo Huanzhen.

When they abandoned their support for Wen Heng and firmly chose Luo Huanzhen, they thought they would never have the chance to let their sect disciples come into contact with the secret realms of Zhongzhou again.

But fate has unexpectedly delivered such a generous gift!

As soon as Luo Huanzhen's video ended, all the elders stood up.

"Quickly, start selecting talent."

"You must be daring and fearless, talented and unafraid of death—an outstanding disciple!"

"By the way, the toll is quite high... If there's no limit to the number of people, it depends on the sect's financial resources. Quickly gather spirit stones, and if you don't have enough, borrow from those friendly sects!"

"Elder, what is your opinion?"

Luo was indeed not there, and everyone was doing their own job.

However, on many important matters concerning the sect, they would seek Duan Qianchui's opinion.

Duan Qianchui stroked his beard, offering no objection. "Let's do it this way."

The elders then dispersed happily.

Those who were selecting talent went to select talent, and those who were collecting spirit stones went to collect spirit stones.

Duan Qianchui, with an air of otherworldly elegance, returned to his cave dwelling and quickly took out his writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone—

"Wow! Big news! Big news! Little Zhenzhen's travels to Central Continent have opened up a whole new world for us! We have to record this!"

Now, in addition to collecting personal experiences or gossip he's heard, he's started writing a separate biography for Luo Zhenhuan.

He didn't sit idle while Luo Zhen was away.

Every day, he inquired about everything that had happened to Luo Zhenhuan since he was picked up, down to the smallest detail, with a level of seriousness comparable to when he was forging weapons.

You could say she's extremely passionate about it.

The news that Xuantian Sect was busy selecting disciples and borrowing spirit stones from other sects quickly reached the ears of Medicine King Valley.

at that time.

Liu Ruoci was standing in front of that natural alchemy furnace that was as big as a giant mountain—it had been thirty days, and even a stone monkey should have been refined by now.

Su Mingyue leaned against him with a weak and innocent demeanor.

He looked ahead with anticipation.

"Young Master Liu, how many pills can you refine?"

With so many people, wouldn't they refine a few more pills? If there are two or three, she wants one too.

Liu Ruoci said, "If we're lucky, there might be two or three; if we're unlucky, there might only be one. We'll have to open it up and see for sure."

Under Su Mingyue's expectant gaze, Liu Ruoci waved her sleeve.

The cave halfway up Medicine Mountain opened like the lid of a pill furnace, and two pills emitting a red glow flew out.

A rich and unique medicinal fragrance instantly spread, filling the mountains and fields.

Liu Ruoci leaped and caught it, landing back beside Su Mingyue.

Su Mingyue clenched her fists, so excited she could hardly breathe.

Two.

There are two!

Liu Ruoci didn't hesitate and gave Su Mingyue one directly, saying, "Here, take this one. Taking it will improve your strength."

Su Mingyue took the pill, smoothed a strand of hair behind her ear, and smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Young Master Liu!"

Just then, an elder from Medicine King Valley rushed over from afar.

He smelled a strange fragrance filling the mountain, and his eyes immediately showed surprise when he looked at Liu Ruoci and Su Mingyue—this was…the fragrance of living medicine?

Moreover, the aroma is so strong, and there are quite a few of them.

I was somewhat horrified.

Although the atmosphere in Medicine King Valley has changed somewhat, the practice of refining pills for living people is still a forbidden area.

It is not allowed.

Su Mingyue clenched the pill in her hand and frowned.

Why is this old man staring at her and Young Master Liu?

Is he trying to steal their pills?

Liu Ruoci was also getting impatient.

In Medicine King Valley, not everyone is completely obedient to him. There are some old-fashioned people who stick to the old ways of their great-grandmothers and refuse to adapt.

For example, Elder Qian in front of me.

Liu Ruoci's expression turned indifferent, and she said coldly, "What is it?"

Elder Qian wanted to ask, but swallowed his doubts under the impatient gaze of the young sect leader.

He lowered his head and said, "Young Sect Master, there have been changes in the situation of the Xuantian Sect that you have been asking me to keep an eye on recently."

Liu Ruoci: "Speak."

Elder Qian said, "My disciples have found out that the Xuantian Sect has been borrowing spirit stones everywhere recently and has also started selecting elite disciples, saying that they are going to the Central Continent to participate in some kind of secret realm."

"Oh? The Central Continent's Secret Realm..."

Liu Ruoci's eyes flickered slightly.

He also had this scene in his dream. In the secret realm of Zhongzhou, there was a Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit. That thing was an unparalleled treasure that could help cultivators below the Tribulation Transcending stage break through any bottleneck.

In his dream, he also took Su Mingyue with him.

Finally, he took all the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit from that tree into his possession, and from then on, his cultivation progressed smoothly without any further bottlenecks.