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

When Chen Yi found Li Changqing, Li Changqing was discussing the Qingyangfang Market shop with Liu Shen.

The Chen family now owns five shops, not just one. The four extra shops were originally owned by the Ning and Zhang families.

Strictly speaking, the Chen family now owns five shops and their medicinal herb gardens cover more than 100 acres, making them quite well-off.

Upon seeing Chen Yi arrive, Liu Shen immediately found an excuse to leave without disturbing the two.

Li Changqing looked at Chen Yi and asked, "You've been cultivating for seven days straight, and you've finally decided to give it up?"

"Now that you're out, let me remind you that you're now at the ninth level of Qi Refining. You need to be careful when cultivating. At this stage, a slight mistake could trigger a heavenly tribulation. Be careful."

Chen Yi didn't care about this at all; he had no interest in such things as heavenly tribulations.

However, he nodded seriously and said, "I understand, I won't be careless."

He then asked directly, "Ye Chen has already told me about it. What do you think Li Changle's identity and background is that has attracted so many sects to search for her whereabouts?"

Li Changqing thought for a moment and said, "The fact that so many forces are involved in investigating means that the female cultivator's identity must be extraordinary. However, no matter how big this matter is, it has nothing to do with us, so we don't need to pay too much attention to it."

Chen Yi nodded upon hearing this and continued, "Ye Chen just told me that the Zi Dan Sect will use the spiritual treasure bestowed by the upper sect to investigate the souls and spirits within its territory. In that case, if this female cultivator named Li Chang Le is in this area, she will definitely be found."

After saying this, Chen Yi kept his eyes fixed on Li Changqing. To his surprise, Li Changqing's expression did not change at all, as if what he said was just a trivial matter.

"I have heard of spiritual treasures that can probe the soul before. Only extremely powerful sects can possess such spiritual treasures. To refine one, the materials required are extremely complicated and extremely rare. However, this matter is irrelevant to us, so it is ultimately a trivial matter."

Chen Yi nodded in agreement. Indeed, if this matter had nothing to do with us, it would be a trivial matter.

But now I'm not sure if this has anything to do with us.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi pretended to be very casual and laughed, "You're right. When Ye Chen mentioned this earlier, I even said that the female cultivator's name was only one character different from yours. I was wondering if Li Changqing and Li Changle were the same person, hahaha..."

Li Changqing said seriously, "How could you have such a thought? I am just a rogue cultivator with only the Qi Refining stage strength, while that Li Changle has attracted countless sects to search for her whereabouts. There is no comparison between us."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi nodded while silently asking himself, "System, verify if what Li Changqing just said is true?"

The system panel immediately responded the next moment.

[Analysis: Lie]

Li Changqing and Li Changle are the same person.

Before meeting his master, his original name was Li Changqing. After meeting his master, the master, moved by his tragic past, changed his name to Li Changle, hoping that he would have a happy life thereafter.

Therefore, while Li Changqing was with the Eastern Divine Sect, he always used the name Li Changle, and apart from his master, no one else knew his real name, Li Changqing.

[At this moment, countless sects are doing their utmost to search for his whereabouts. It is the Eastern Divine Sect that has taken action. Several months ago, the Eastern Divine Sect had already issued an order to search for him. Due to the great distance, the news that the Eastern Divine Sect is using massive resources and spiritual treasures to search for Li Changqing has only now reached this area.]

Under the new sect leader's absolute rule, the Eastern Divine Sect has already pledged allegiance to the world's number one sect, the Tai Xuan Sect. Li Changqing's future ambitions to control the Eastern Divine Sect, leverage its resources to advance his cultivation, and exact revenge on the Tai Xuan Sect will be extremely difficult; the chances of success are now less than one in ten thousand.

However, this time, Li Changqing was not worried about being discovered. Firstly, because she had burned her divine soul during her escape, and now her divine soul was in a shattered state, so even a soul-revealing magic treasure could not detect the true aura of her divine soul.

Secondly, during Li Changqing's escape, she burned her vital energy, resulting in cracks in her vital energy, spiritual essence, physical body, bones, and internal organs. Even though the Soul-Illuminating Treasure can detect both the soul and vital energy, it couldn't reveal her true vital energy.

Having once been the Grand Elder of the Eastern Divine Sect, Li Changqing had already considered how to deal with the Eastern Divine Sect's search and investigation; the current situation was entirely within her expectations.

[Furthermore, one reason Li Changqing joined the Chen family and agreed to become your Daoist partner was to deal with the Eastern Divine Sect's investigation. No one could have imagined that a former peak Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator would willingly become the Daoist partner of a small family head, and the Eastern Divine Sect was no exception.]

To survive, to regain her former strength, and to avenge her master, Li Changqing had done everything she could.

However, she also had moments of confusion, helplessness, and extreme vulnerability. In this vast world, she sometimes felt there was no path left for her to take, but she never considered giving up.

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The amount of information displayed by the system this time was more than Chen Yi expected.

After reading it, Chen Yi finally confirmed that the person countless sects were looking for was Li Changqing. However, Chen Yi no longer felt any urgency, because Li Changqing had already prepared for this.

Even the matter of forming a Daoist partnership with him was one of Li Changqing's methods to deal with the Eastern Divine Sect's search and investigation.

Having confirmed these things, Chen Yi felt more and more that he knew far too little about this world.

He used to think that the Eastern Divine Sect and the Tai Xuan Sect were very distant things, 800,000 miles away, and that the Eastern Divine Sect couldn't possibly have found their way here.

Only now did he realize that no matter how far away the Eastern Divine Sect and the Tai Xuan Sect were, they had ultimately influenced this place.

"Is there anything else?" Li Changqing asked. Chen Yi suddenly seemed lost in thought, as if he were pondering something else entirely.

Hearing Li Changqing's words, Chen Yi waved his hand: "It's alright."

It's all over now. Since Li Changqing was already confident that he wouldn't be found out, what else could happen?

Thinking back to the image of Li Changqing he had seen on the jade slip—standing atop the clouds, with the majestic presence of an ancient goddess—Chen Yi sighed inwardly, "That must have been Li Changqing at her peak."

Li Changqing looked at Chen Yi and said seriously, "If you have nothing to do, just focus on your cultivation. I've already prepared everything you need for your tribulation. Also, our wedding is approaching, and I've prepared a gift for you. You'll find out what it is when the time comes."

Chen Yi nodded subconsciously, but was immediately stunned. Li Changqing had specifically mentioned the wedding date and said he had prepared a gift for him, which caught him off guard.

Li Changqing would never have brought these things up in the past, but now, things seem a little different.