A public notice was posted seeking a wife, and a female saint from the Immortal Sect was found.

In fact, what angered Zhao Dezhi was not that he had suppressed his inner ferocity and treated Chen Yi as a brother for four months, but that he, a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator, had not received a single useful piece of information from Chen Yi after four months of treating Chen Yi as a brother.

They thought they could easily control Chen Yi, but after spending so much effort and time, they gained nothing. Chen Yi never uttered a single useful piece of information about the origin of the pill formula.

Knowing that he could take action against the Chen family in three months, he was so excited that he was trembling.

Inside the cave, Zhao Dezhi and Liu Can discussed many things and the arrangements for the future, which lasted for three hours before they left together.

After waiting for another half hour, Chen Yi finally emerged from the recessed passage. He glanced at the spiritual milk on the cave wall and finally heard everything he needed to know, but that didn't mean he could relax.

After carefully recalling what Zhao Dezhi and Liu Can had just said, he realized that he might have underestimated Liu Can.

This deputy sect leader of the Purple Pill Sect is frighteningly deep in thought.

On the surface, he told Zhao Dezhi that he wouldn't steal his opportunity, and that if there were six earth vein spirit cocoons, they would be divided equally.

It all seemed fair and reasonable, and as someone involved, Zhao Dezhi must have been satisfied and excited to hear this.

Chen Yi, though an outsider, sensed a different meaning in Liu Can's words. Liu Can even told Zhao Dezhi that his master would definitely not compete with him, which was extremely ruthless and vicious.

If Zhao Dezhi's master wants more at that time, Zhao Dezhi will naturally feel that his master has stolen his opportunity and will never hate Liu Can.

In short, Liu Can's single sentence planted the seed that would cause Zhao Dezhi to turn against his teacher and become enemies.

Finally, there's the Chen family. Liu Canming is clearly planning to push the Zhao family to take action against the Chen family, while he himself will remain completely uninvolved. In this way, even Ye Nan'an can't entirely blame him.

Liu Can is like an extremely slippery loach; he gains benefits but gets rid of all troubles.

Thinking about all this, Chen Yi felt more and more that he really couldn't underestimate anyone in this world.

Suppressing his many thoughts, Chen Yi took a few deep breaths. He knew Zhao Dezhi would come tonight, but he didn't expect Liu Can to come so suddenly as well.

With two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators present, the slightest mishap could lead to an extremely dangerous situation.

In doing anything, it's impossible to be 100% certain; mistakes can happen sometimes.

"The location and time of the condensation of the earth vein pupa have been determined, but the biggest problem now is how to survive the calamity three months from now."

Three months later, Ye Nan'an, the sect leader of the Zidan Sect, went into seclusion. This was indeed the best time for the Zhao family to take action against the Chen family.

Chen Yi didn't dwell on it. Instead, he left the cave as quickly as possible and returned to the Chen family.

Back in his room, Chen Yi began to deduce how to get through this calamity. Even if he had to fight desperately, it would be best to postpone the process until after the earth vein pupa condensed.

Although there is only a two-month difference between three months and five months, two months is enough for him to become stronger, and for Li Changqing to make more thorough preparations.

"If we want to delay the Zhao family's move, one way is to find a way to prevent the Purple Pill Sect Master from going into seclusion in three months. It will be difficult to do this unless we come up with another pill formula that will excite Ye Nan'an."

The idea had barely formed in Chen Yi's mind when he quickly dismissed it.

Li Changqing must have even more precious pill formulas, but he absolutely cannot reveal them.

The reason Ye Nan'an chose to show goodwill to the Chen family instead of using force, such as arresting the Chen family head and torturing him to extract information about the origin of the pill formula, was because Ye Nan'an was afraid that the Chen family was prepared. If he took action against the Chen family, the Chen family might spread the pill formula.

To put it bluntly, Ye Nan'an's overtures to the Chen family were because he wanted to monopolize the pill formula and the opportunities that the Chen family might have.

However, if a third pill formula is produced in a short period of time, Ye Nan'an may not be able to resist. If greed takes hold, Ye Nan'an will definitely choose to capture everyone in the Chen family and then slowly interrogate them about the pill formula.

The saying "things shouldn't happen more than three times" applies here. Trying to use the elixir formula to stop Ye Zongnan from going into seclusion after three months is a dead end.

Having abandoned this method, another idea immediately came to mind for Chen Yi.

"Stirring up the waters can also buy time. For example, if we can seriously injure Zhao Dezhi or even kill him within three months, Liu Can and Li Hong, who are in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, will definitely become suspicious and dare not act rashly again."

Only cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or above could kill Zhao Dezhi. If Zhao Dezhi were to die, Liu Can and Li Hong would immediately realize that other Foundation Establishment cultivators were eyeing this place.

At that time, these two will no longer be keeping an eye on the Zhao family; they will inevitably be on full alert against any potential Foundation Establishment experts lurking in the shadows.

Upon thinking of this idea, Chen Yi's eyes showed a thoughtful expression, which quickly turned into determination.

This method is feasible. The only difficulty is that his current strength, combined with the Spirit Concealing Technique and the Purple Lightning Technique, may be enough to fight against Foundation Establishment cultivators, but it is not enough.

That's not enough, so naturally one must strive to improve.

"After two more cultivation sessions, I should be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, I will spend another two months cultivating desperately. Then, my realm will not be inferior to Zhao Dezhi's. If the plan is appropriate, I may be able to kill him with one blow."

After pondering for a long time, Chen Yi finally finalized the plan, then forced himself to calm down and began cultivating.

One cultivation session takes about five hours. With twelve hours in a day, he has enough time to cultivate twice and break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

…………

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. Chen Yi had only planned to cultivate for one day, but when he opened his eyes, two whole days had already gone by.

He took a deep breath and looked at the system panel.

Name: Chen Yi

Lifespan: 22/198

[Realm: Foundation Establishment Stage (2/10000)]

[Martial Arts Skill: Triple Mountain-Splitting Saber Technique (Perfect)]

Rainmaking Spell: (Perfect)

[Spell: Purple Lightning Technique (Mastery: 322/5000)]

[Spell: Concealing Spirit Technique (Minor Success: 785/1000)]

[System Function: Authentication (Can authenticate the authenticity of anything in the world, once per day)]

[The host has advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage and can choose to conceal their cultivation level.]

After looking at the system panel, Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief. It was still a natural progression, and the breakthrough was effortless. Compared to other cultivators, this was a huge advantage for him.

Then, he looked at the extra line of text on the system panel and felt a sense of surprise and doubt.

He hadn't expected that after his cultivation level improved, he could choose to hide it.

After a moment's thought, he quickly made a mental vow to conceal his cultivation level.

The next moment, he felt that he was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, but in reality, he could easily feel the terrifying spiritual power in his body that had become much more powerful than Qi Refining after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Unless I choose to, no one can see through my cultivation level." Chen Yi was very satisfied with this.

After spending some time experiencing the differences between the Foundation Establishment stage and the Qi Refining stage, Chen Yi finally left the room.

It was getting late, and soon Li Changqing and Ye Chen returned.

"Changqing, you said before that it would take me about three months to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage..." Chen Yi said immediately upon seeing Li Changqing.

Before he could finish speaking, Li Changqing nodded and said, "Yes, three months of preparation time is actually a bit too short. When breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, one will experience the first Heavenly Tribulation for a cultivator. Without serious preparation, even with the most confidence, it will be difficult to break through smoothly. Is there any problem?"

Chen Yi immediately fell silent, his eyes fixed on Li Changqing.

Will there be a heavenly tribulation during the breakthrough?

Why didn't you say so sooner?

However, Chen Yi realized the next moment that he could hide his cultivation level and make it clear that he had not undergone tribulation. In this way, no one would think that he had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

In this way, when he chooses to take action against Zhao Dezhi more than two months later, no one will expect it to be him.

After all, even Li Changqing, who was once at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage, could never have imagined that someone could break through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment without undergoing Tribulation Transcending.