They are the women standing behind me.

Xu Xingwei's face turned grim upon hearing this, and she angrily muttered, "This kind of persistence is really annoying and disgusting!"

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Chapter 248: Looking Back

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Qin Xingyuan, Gu Yirou, Ye Yunmei and Wen Yirong went to the Wandan Xianzong.

Upon arrival, Ji Taishang, who personally came out to greet them, said with a smile, "I didn't expect that on your way here, Qin Xiaoyou would have the leisure to do something so sensational. I hope Qin Xiaoyou will be kind enough not to cause a big disturbance in my sect. My sect is too small and cannot withstand it. I'm afraid it will collapse."

Qin Xingyuan had indeed asked Xu Yuanqing to come along - he knew that Xu Yuanqing wanted to learn a craft.

But Xu Yuanqing was unwilling to go with them and left alone, and no one knew where he went.

As for the fact that Wen Yirong followed him instead of returning to Fenghuamen, Qin Xingyuan also had an idea.

She wants to practice dual cultivation.

After all, his in-depth communication with Wen Yirong for so many years was not in vain. He could tell whether she wanted it or not just by looking into her eyes.

Qin Xingyuan was about to speak when Ji Taishang asked again, "How is your alchemy ability, young friend Qin?"

"Senior Ji, I'm not too sure either."

Qin Xingyuan said truthfully: "I have studied for many years, and I can do it, but to say how good I am... after all, the years of study are not that long..."

"That's fine. Luck actually has a greater impact on whether or not one can succeed in alchemy. Besides, can a gifted person learn at the same speed as an average person? Perhaps Qin Xiaoyou's improvement in alchemy will be at the same speed as yours. I honestly don't think that a year of your alchemy training is the same as a year of mine..."

Ji Taishang smiled slightly. "Besides, as the saying goes, alchemy depends on three parts strength and seven parts luck. Some people have incredible luck, and coupled with their impressive alchemy skills, they can always succeed. There's no way to argue with this, and besides..."

He laughed and jokingly said, "Friend Qin, you exchanged the Tenth Level of the Heavenly Mystery Seal for three parts of the Creation Pill materials. Even if it fails, my sect won't lose anything. It's you, Friend Qin, who will suffer the biggest loss."

"Senior Ji, I think refining the miracle elixir like the Creation Pill, which was created by your ancestor and whose recipe was left behind, is different from refining ordinary elixirs."

Wen Yirong said casually, "Otherwise, why would you go all the way to the Wandan Xianzong?"

"Alchemy furnaces, spiritual fires, alchemy formations, etc. are all extremely important. These are only available in our sect. It is extremely troublesome to constantly change alchemy furnaces, switch to different spiritual fires, and switch to various alchemy formations."

Ji Taishang explained, "Even when a powerful elixir is finally made and appears in the world—I'm specifically referring to the level of the Creation Pill—it can cause a tremendous sensation, perhaps even causing strange phenomena in the heavens and earth, forming a spectacle that will only dissipate after a while. According to the records of our sect, our ancestor spent 49 days refining the Creation Pill, and when it was completed, purple aura descended from the east."

"It takes so long to refine a Creation Pill?!"

Qin Xingyuan was surprised. He even had to switch between various things?

"Naturally, even during these 49 days, if one step is not careful, the alchemy will fail completely. It is not easy for our sect to collect these materials for the ancestral elixir, and it is extremely difficult to refine them. Failure once will result in huge losses. Therefore, no one has been able to refine the ancestral elixir of our founder until now. There are many reasons for this."

Ji Taishang said, "My dear Qin, since you know how to make pills, the person who taught you must have told you that the success of alchemy depends not only on your strength but also on your luck. Both are indispensable. After all, if you don't have incredible luck, you can't make a successful pill even if you don't know how to make pills. If my dear Qin really wants to make the Creation Pill, you still need to study in my sect for a while. I will personally guide you. With my guidance, if you really have that talent, I believe you will reach several levels in a day. You can improve very quickly."

"Senior Ji, I think I should spread the news first. He said that he is studying alchemy in the Wandan Xianzong."

Wen Yirong reminded him, "Otherwise, if someone comes to Fenghuamen looking for him, won't they come back empty-handed?"

"Besides, everyone knows that he can make pills, and Qin Xiaoyou is such a person. In the future, many people will offer generous rewards to ask him to make pills. Wen Xiaoyou is actually thinking about his beloved."

Ji Taishang smiled and said, "Then I will arrange for you to stay here first."

The place he arranged for Qin Xingyuan and others was not small. It was an elegant and unique garden full of poetic and picturesque scenery.

If you just walk around while watching, it will take a lot of time.

After Ji Taishang left, Wen Yirong said to Qin Xingyuan and the other three, "I will be returning to Fenghua Sect tomorrow, so, little friend Gu, please give him to me today."

Ye Yunmei looked at Gu Yirou and found that she had no idea what her best friend was thinking.

In fact, Gu Yirou felt that she and Ye Yunmei, who were only in the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, would sooner or later go into seclusion again. Moreover, although Qin Xingyuan could now invite a powerful figure, could that powerful figure stay in this world forever?

As long as this person in the middle stage of Hedao Realm doesn't face the Jiejie Realm, if he stays with her Junior Brother Qin, she should be able to protect her Junior Brother Qin.

Anyway, Wen Yirong and Qin Xingyuan already have that kind of relationship...

Gu Yirou naturally understood that Wen Yirong was now clearly showing that she and Qin Xingyuan might have had a past relationship, but she would definitely not follow Qin Xingyuan.

So Gu Yirou wanted to give it a try - if she could get Wen Yirong to go with them, it would be a good thing for Junior Brother Qin.

After thinking about it for a while, she finally gave up.

Wen Yirong definitely has something she wants to do, something she wants. Since she has no such intention at all, trying to get her to go with them might actually backfire...

Then Gu Yirou and Ye Yunmei left together. Not long after they left, Gu Yirou suddenly said, "Yunmei, I have something to say to Senior Wen."

"Senior Deng Wen's voice is so hoarse that he can no longer call me good brother. Please say it again."

Ye Yunmei glanced at Gu Yirou with a charming look, "After all, if Senior Wen left the Wandan Xian Sect, he wouldn't leave without saying hello to us, right?"

She turned around and saw that Qin Xingyuan and Wen Yirong were standing not far away. Both of them were looking forward with their backs to them. They seemed to be talking about something and did not enter the house to "fight and talk".

So Ye Yunmei said, "Since they are still there, let's go over there again."

She and Gu Yirou walked back. Although they were not too close, she could still hear them talking about Hua Wanning.

This certainly doesn't seem like something that can be discussed while fighting in the house.

He seemed to be very absorbed in the conversation, and turned his back to them, not realizing that the two of them had gone and returned - after all, the affairs of the Fenghua Sect in the Spirit Realm had far-reaching consequences, and a force had many formations and numerous restrictions.

Besides, this kind of house has many unique formations, such as soundproofing, and protection against spiritual perception...

What they both never expected was that Wen Yirong said, "Actually, I've always been a little curious."

"What are you curious about?"

"Let me put it aside for now. You still have three women after all, but even as a parent, it's really hard to love and care for each of your own flesh and blood equally."

Wen Yirong asked casually, "Of your three companions, which one do you like best? Gu Yirou, Ye Yunmei, or Ji Ningyan?"

Hearing this, Qin Xingyuan suddenly turned his head to look at Wen Yirong who was standing next to him. As a result, when he turned his head, the corner of his eye seemed to notice something, and he looked over quickly. The moment he confirmed the look in her eyes, Qin Xingyuan couldn't believe it.

Suddenly looking back, Senior Sister Gu and Senior Sister Ye were not far behind me?!

Chapter 249: It's really hard for me to be with a woman like this

Wen Yirong, who was nearby, could naturally notice Qin Xingyuan's movements. She turned around and saw that Ye Yunmei and Gu Yiru were not far away.

She thought the two of them had gone far away.

She immediately heard Qin Xingyuan say without hesitation or ambiguity: "Of course I like them all very much. They are all very important to me. No matter who they are, they are much more important to me than becoming an immortal."

Then he said hello and jokingly changed the subject, "Senior Sister Gu, Senior Sister Ye, do you want to go together? Is that why you went there and came back so specially?"

Ye Yunmei smiled and gave Qin Xingyuan a charming look.

This look was so alluring that it made Qin Xingyuan's heart beat wildly.

He did admit that what attracted him most about Senior Sister Ye was not her incomparable figure, but this feeling, this kind of charm that could make people's hearts flutter with every smile and every move.

Hearing this, Gu Yirou glared at him angrily, "Senior Sister had something to discuss with Senior Wen, and since she saw you didn't go into the house, she came back."

Qin Xingyuan looked at Wen Yirong again, then walked forward. Gu Yirou calmly asked for a copy of Wen Yirong's experience in cultivating to the middle stage of the Hedao realm in front of him and Ye Yunmei, and then left with Ye Yunmei.

"Yirong, don't ask questions in broad daylight in the future," Qin Xingyuan reminded.

"I didn't expect them to come back after they left."

Wen Yirong said lightly.

"So I have to teach you a lesson, Yirong."

"Well?"

Wen Yirong looked at Qin Xingyuan with some doubt, and then...

Then she finally understood how torturous it was to be stuck at that step, just a hair's breadth away, at the moment of ascension.

She was practically going crazy.

It seemed as if no matter what Qin Xingyuan proposed, she would agree to it, completely lacking any rationality or reason.

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On the other side, in a second-floor pavilion, the charming Ye Yunmei jokingly said, "Yirou, you just want to learn from Senior Wen's cultivation experience?"

"Yunmei, with Junior Brother Qin's popularity, I'm sure the women around him will sooner or later attract attention."

Gu Yirou said with a serious expression, "I have to work hard too. I can't just focus on cultivation. It wouldn't hurt to read more about the cultivation experiences of high-level cultivators and great figures. So I plan to wait for the right time to ask Senior Ji from the Wandan Xianzong for a copy. Reading more and learning more is never a bad thing. I can even compile a lot of useful experiences from great figures and give them to Junior Brother Qin."

"Yirou..."

Ye Yunmei's enchanting, watery peach blossom eyes flickered with a strange light. "You, you're also quite scary. I feel that even if Junior Brother Qin truly becomes unrivaled in the future, you'll still worry about your child like a mother does when she's thousands of miles away."

She believed that Qin Xingyuan knew what was going on.

It may be difficult for him to say who likes him the most. Maybe she will not only like him but also love him deeply in the future. But if you want to say who treats him best, it can't be anyone else except Gu Yirou.

At least it was difficult for her to be like Gu Yirou.

Gu Yirou glared at Ye Yunmei with a rosy face, and said, "Yunmei, we still have the entire Spiritual Transformation Realm to go through. After that, there are the Spiritual Division Realm, the Dao Integration Realm, and the Tribulation Realm... Every breakthrough in a small realm has the risk of getting stuck, and with every major realm, the possibility of getting stuck is even greater... Sigh, I don't think my hope of reaching the Tribulation Realm of Great Perfection is very high. Even if I can reach it... I still have to overcome the Heavenly Dao Thunder Tribulation... There are many difficult hurdles that are very likely to kill me, so being able to survive and become an immortal is already a great achievement..."

"Yes, it's thanks to Yirou that you had this idea, otherwise I'm afraid you and Ji Ningyan would have started fighting a long time ago."

Ye Yunmei joked, "But Yirou, to be honest, you really don't have to think that way. Junior Brother Qin wants to refine the Creation Pill for us, right? He will naturally do his best to help us."

"I know."

Gu Yirou nodded slightly, but looked at Ye Yunmei seriously and asked calmly, "But what can I give to Junior Brother Qin?"

"Uh……"

"I just gave my body to him, and from then on I could enjoy all the benefits that Junior Brother Qin brought me with peace of mind?"

Gu Yirou lowered her eyes slightly, "Yunmei, I won't talk about others, but it's really hard for me to be a woman like this. I also hope that I can do as much as I can for Junior Brother Qin."

Ye Yunmei was a little shocked. "Yirou, since ancient times, it's natural for a woman to rely on her man. It's not shameful. So, I rely on Junior Brother Qin, so what? If I don't rely on Junior Brother Qin, he will feel useless. It makes no difference whether his woman has him or not."

"Yunmei, let's not talk about other things. We have all received many inherited treasures, magic techniques, etc. from Junior Brother Qin before. Let's not talk about how he got them. But even if it's just a Fortune Pill, if Junior Brother Qin gave it to me, a Fortune Pill is indeed simple and may not have much weight, but how much effort, energy and time must have been put into it?"

Gu Yirou gritted her teeth and said, "He still has to improve his alchemy skills, study hard, and use powerful techniques to exchange for materials for refining the Creation Pill. I know how much he paid for some of the things he gave me, but I don't know how much he paid for others. I don't dare to ask, for fear that I can't imagine it at all. But what have I done for Junior Brother Qin? I gave him my virginity, which is indeed my most precious thing, but..."

Gu Yirou paused for a moment before helplessly saying, "Yunmei, this precious treasure used to refine a Creation Pill can probably be exchanged for the virginity of ten women. It's precious to me, but it may not be worth that much. Which woman doesn't have her virginity?"

"Yiro, what do you mean?" Ye Yunmei couldn't help but ask.

"I just feel that if Junior Brother Qin really doesn't need me one day anymore—or rather, if the only role I can play with him is dual cultivation—then it's time to part ways completely. Otherwise, with me around, he'll have to spend all his energy trying to get me some kind of Fortune Pill or some rare treasure."

Gu Yirou said calmly, "I always receive things like this, but it's hard for me to give anything useful to him. From now on, he will be the only one who pays. He will definitely get tired of paying continuously, and he won't tell me. But I also know that although he is unparalleled and unprecedented, his path may not be easier than ours. The demon tribe wants to kill him, and those who want to be invincible also want him dead. It's not easy for him. I don't want to make it even harder for him because of me, or even become a burden that drags him down inadvertently in the future. If he is really better than me, he will naturally no longer need me. It will be better for him if I'm not by his side."

Ye Yunmei's eyes widened in disbelief, her red lips slightly parted, but she said nothing.

It was the first time she discovered that her thoughts on some things were completely different from Gu Yirou's. She thought it was natural for a woman to rely on her man, but Gu Yirou didn't think so.

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Chapter 250: Don’t Think the Immortal Realm is So Big

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The next afternoon.

Wen Yirong was already dressed, probably because she was going back to Fenghuamen and didn't need to dress up specially, so she put on a robe with an ancient flavor, like a fairy from heaven with a Taoist temperament.

Qin Xingyuan helped her comb her long, beautiful black hair. She then stood up and turned to stare at him with a very calm expression. "If you dare to do that again before I ascend, I won't let you off easily."

Qin Xingyuan laughed heartily, "Yirong, you still dare to threaten me?"

Wen Yirong looked at him and said, "I'll go say hello to your two Taoist companions and then leave. If you need my help in the future, please contact me and I will come."

As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared. Afterwards, Qin Xingyuan went to find Senior Sister Gu and Senior Sister Ye, explained the situation, and then contacted Ji Taishang of the Wandan Xianzong.

Before refining the Creation Pill, you really need to improve your alchemy skills.

Otherwise, if it fails, it would be a pity to waste the materials.

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Qin Xingyuan's daily life was naturally simple. He followed the extremely powerful alchemy master to improve his alchemy skills, practiced dual cultivation with Senior Sister Gu, and chatted with Senior Sister Ye...

Of course, the Wandan Xianzong did release the news.

Qin Wudi studied alchemy in the Wandan Immortal Sect.

This news did cause quite a stir in the outside world.