I, a centenarian, sweep through the gates of immortality.

The young Taoist was unwilling to speak openly, and Lin Feng did not press him for details, so he had no choice but to let him leave.

He had finally gotten the chance to become an apprentice, but now it had inexplicably fallen through. Could it be that Ying Wujiu was behind this?

Does Ying Wujiu have this ability?

Caution breeds much unease.

He needs to find someone to ask him clearly.

Looking at the entire Chongyang Valley, perhaps only Yun Shu is worth asking.

Having made up his mind, Lin Feng didn't hesitate for long and quickly went down the mountain, heading straight for the women's quarters.

Yun Shu and the others were summoned by the sect leader and stayed on the mountain. Lin Feng waited until almost midnight before Yun Shu returned.

Arriving at the women's quarters at this time was indeed too abrupt, and Lin Feng's aged face was filled with embarrassment and helplessness.

"Cloud Fairy".

Yun Shu's expression was grave. When she saw Lin Feng again, she already understood his purpose. She waved her hand and said in a low voice.

"Sir, you don't need to say anything more. I understand why you've come."

"The sect leader has already made arrangements for you. You can go to Dunhua City tomorrow to stay temporarily. There are our Chongyang Valley properties there, so you can rest assured that you will not be mistreated."

Yun Shu's words made Lin Feng's expression even more somber.

According to Yun Shu, if Lin Feng goes to Dunhua City, wouldn't that be equivalent to being expelled from Chongyang Valley?

"This old man would like to ask..."

Just as Lin Feng was about to ask a question, Yun Shu interrupted him once again.

"Sir, this arrangement is for your own good."

At this point, Yun Shu let out a long sigh and slowly turned her head to look at Chongyang Valley under the bright moonlight. The serene mountain scenery made Yun Shu feel sad.

If we can win this time and avoid being swallowed up, we can still see this mountain scenery in the future.

But if we lose...

Lin Feng noticed Yun Shu's emotional change, but he didn't disturb her; he just watched silently.

After a long while, Yun Shu finally pulled herself out of her sadness and continued speaking to Lin Feng.

"Sir, there are some things it's better if you don't know them, but since you insist on asking, I won't hide them from you."

"This time, we in Chongyang Valley are probably in dire straits ourselves."

Yun Shu told them about Xuanqing Temple's plan to merge with Chongyanggu and other sects.

Lin Feng remained silent for a moment, then slowly sorted out the logic behind each point.

"Does the fairy mean to arrange for this old man to go out and avoid disaster?"

Yun Shu nodded in agreement, her expression becoming even more dejected.

"Old sir, if we fail to win this time and are annexed, the entire Chongyang Valley will be dispersed and resettled separately."

"If you want to gain a foothold in the new sect, it is essential to distance yourself from your original sect and pay a pledge of allegiance."

"And for you, the situation is even more complicated."

"If you become our disciple now, and we are defeated, you, as a member of Chongyang Valley and a person with a congenital sword embryo, will find it even more difficult to cope than we do."

"They know you have a bright future, but they can't completely trust you. If they were more malicious, they might even harm you."

"Therefore, the sect leader specially sent you away to sever ties with you on the surface."

"If we win next, you will naturally be fine, you will be able to become a disciple smoothly, and everything will be as usual."

"If we are defeated and annexed by the other side, you can use the pretext of Chongyang Valley's suppression and harassment to smoothly enter the new sect."

"In this way, the other party will be much less suspicious of you."

After saying that, Yun Shu's expression darkened even more.

As an ordinary sect, they finally discovered Lin Feng's once-in-a-lifetime top talent within their own sphere of influence, but they were already exhausted.

They were already disappointed, but Lin Feng surprised them again and again, breaking through three realms in five days.

The sect leader has even declared that all the sect's resources will be poured into Lin Feng.

Unexpectedly, before Lin Feng could even begin to grow, he encountered a sect merger.

Given this reversal, one can only imagine the complexity of their feelings.

How tragic!

It's frustrating.

What can we do?

"Ugh."

With another long sigh, Yun Shu took out a jade bottle from her bosom and handed it to Lin Feng listlessly.

"These are all Qi Refining Pills. Take them. Although the sect has changed, it won't affect your future. I hope these pills won't slow down your cultivation progress."

After saying that, Yun Shu turned around directly, her ethereal aura sometimes condensing and sometimes dissipating, just like her state of mind at that moment.

Lin Feng stared at Yun Shu's retreating figure, opened his mouth, and many words were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back in the end.

A few days ago, when Yun Shu introduced him to the sect, he had already mentally prepared himself for the arduous path to immortality.

Threatened by Ying Wujiu, he realized the cruelty he would face next.

But Yun Shu's words shattered all of that.

Yun Shu and Xu Yuanrang were actually planning for Lin Feng.

Since breaking with his parents and losing both of them, Lin Feng had never experienced such rare care again.

Suddenly, an impulse surged within Lin Feng's heart, which had been as dry as a spring.

Perhaps he shouldn't have left; he should have stood with Yun Shu and the others.

But reason kept repeating itself: the sect leader and the others' arrangements were correct.

He's too weak.

There's nothing we can do.

Standing there stunned for a long time, the sense of powerlessness that he had grown accustomed to for many years surged up again, causing Lin Feng's thin body to tremble slightly.

After some time, more and more female cultivators came and went, and only then did someone urge them on.

"Mr. Lin, this is the nunnery for women. It is inconvenient for you to stay here. Please leave."

Lin Feng nodded politely, silently turned and left, returning to his mountainside residence.

What he didn't notice was that in the dark corners where the dappled moonlight didn't reach, a pair of eyes were staring intently at him.

The owner of those eyes was none other than Ying Wujiu.

Ying Wujiu's attitude toward the impending merger of his sect was not as complicated as others'; in fact, he was not frustrated.

If he could preserve his own sect, that would be the best outcome. But even if he couldn't, switching sects would simply be a change of pace for him.

They're all just scheming, just in a different place.

He doesn't really care.

What he's most worried about now is Lin Feng.

He couldn't figure out whether Lin Feng was being patient or truly magnanimous.

This unpredictability made him uneasy.

Originally, since Lin Feng had joined the sect, the two sides were nominally fellow disciples, and it was not advisable for them to fall out for the time being.

With the merger of sects imminent, the sect leader has even arranged a way out for Lin Feng.

When he arrived at the new sect, he would need to re-certify his loyalty, but Lin Feng would not, which meant that Lin Feng would be ahead of him in the new sect.

just in case...

"call!"

He took a deep breath and soon after Lin Feng left, he also disappeared into the night, his figure drifting and arriving outside Chongyang Valley.

A burly man dressed in black had been waiting there for a long time.

"Is everything ready?"

Lin Feng is about to be sent abroad, and Ying Wujiu wants to seize this opportunity to kill him.

The burly man in black patted his chest confidently and made his assurance.

"No matter how talented he is, he's just a hundred-year-old man with only the third level of Qi Refining. His trump card is nothing more than the Spirit Escape Technique."

"I have erased his spirit escape mark. Once he leaves Chongyang Valley, he will surely die!"