Chong Jiu looked at Shu Jianyue, wondering if she was unaware of the restrictions on going to the Upper God Realm.

Shu Jianyue raised an eyebrow at Yun Zhongtian, "I never said I would take you. Whether you can go or not is not my decision, but your own."

"My destination is there, but where your own destination is up to you to decide."

"How far you can go depends on how hard you work, so think about it carefully."

After Shu Jianyue finished speaking, she led Wuyan into the courtyard.

The group in the clouds looked at each other in bewilderment.

After leaving Qionglai Peak, Jie Yukong said, "I once heard my father say that there is a cultivation limit from the Holy Spirit to the Divine Continent. If the cultivation level is not high enough, I'm afraid it's impossible to bring someone up even if you want to."

Wan Ai Zhaoran said coldly, "Besides the cultivation level restriction, it also requires the Soul Jade to be guided, so it's not an easy place to go."

The Soul-Crossing Jade is hard to find, so it's best to go up with them. Otherwise, even if you reach a certain cultivation level, you'll still have to find the Soul-Crossing Jade yourself.

Remembering his father's reminder, Yun Zhongtian pursed his lips and said, "I'll go cultivate now. You may do as you please."

The relationship between the five of them was hard to define, but it was better than that of other disciples at Shengshi Academy. They were not exactly sworn brothers.

"I'm going to cultivate too." Xie Yukong turned and left.

Sammo Hung scratched his head and looked at Wan Ai Zhaoyao, "What about you? What are your thoughts?"

"I have no particular plans. If I can go up, I'll go with them; if not, then so be it." Wan Ai Zhaoyao was the most level-headed of them all.

"Anyway, I'll do my best and leave the rest to fate." With that, he left.

Wan Ai shook his head, patted Sammo Hung on the shoulder, and followed.

Sammo Hung looked troubled. After thinking for a moment, he left Shengshi Academy and returned to the City Lord's Mansion.

If you can't make up your mind, go to your father. Putting everything else aside, he can definitely see further than you can.

Gu Yunxiao knew that Shu Jianyue had returned, so she rushed back immediately.

He grabbed her and gave her a thorough once-over, asking, "Is your injury alright?"

Shu Jianyue smiled and twirled around in front of him, "See, I'm really alright now."

"But Master, you seem to be living a pretty good life. You look like you've gained a little weight."

"Really?" Gu Yunxiao touched her face. Was it rounder?

"That's probably because they eat better food when they're with Gu Pingsheng."

"Hmm, your relationship has improved? He's started taking you out for nice meals and drinks."

Gu Yunxiao waved his hand and laughed, "Hey, we never had anything to do with each other."

As she spoke, she leaned over to Shu Jianyue and started gossiping, "You don't know, Xu Chong has embezzled a lot of spirit stones from the Pill Hall over the years. Last time, Gu Pingsheng exposed it, and the Pill Hall Master directly confiscated Xu Chong's property."

"Gu Pingsheng dragged me to see a play. The sheer scale of it was incredible; ten storage rings wouldn't be enough to hold all the stuff they collected."

"Xu Chong is really something else. He doesn't keep all those things in storage rings or any other space. He just keeps them all at home. Isn't he just waiting for the Pill Palace Master to come and confiscate his property?"

This is something that not only he, but many others, cannot understand.

It's not like we're short of spirit stones. We have so many spirit stones piled up at home that we could buy dozens of storage rings and still have some left over.

Gu Yunxiao shook his head and continued, "Because Gu Pingsheng helped him, the Dan Palace Master often invited him to drink spiritual tea and eat spiritual beast meat. Gu Pingsheng also brought me along, so I must have gotten fat."

Shu Fengjianyue felt like she had missed a great show.

"So Xu Chong was also expelled from the Pill Hall?"

"Even after all this, why aren't you driving him away? Aren't you afraid he'll return to Yindan Palace?" Anyone with a brain would drive him away, Gu Yun thought with a smile.

But the truth is, Danxia did not drive Xu Chong away; she only removed him from his position as elder.

He was instructed to go to the Pill Hall to refine pills every day, just like any other alchemist in the Pill Hall.

Xu Chong walked out of his house with a gloomy face. Along the way, everyone who saw him looked at him with strange eyes.

But as soon as he looked over, everyone looked away. He couldn't lose his temper because of his status, and he felt extremely frustrated.

As he entered the Pill Hall, those who used to treat him with great respect began to roll their eyes at him.

Xu Chong's face turned ashen, his heart churning with resentment.

He won't let either Gu Pingsheng or Dan Xia go.

Thinking of something, Xu Chong quickly walked towards his alchemy room.

He is no longer an elder, and now he is required to hand over a fixed amount of pills every day; otherwise, his annual salary will be deducted.

Now that his home has been ransacked, Danxia has taken away all his assets, including his annual salary over the years, and even the bribes he received in private.

Seeing his accumulated wealth vanish, he nearly died on the spot and went to the underworld for a visit.

When Xu Chong finished refining the pills and sent them to the testing hall, he was nervous.

Because this time he was refining pills that everyone usually makes, and he also put a medicinal ingredient on each pill that is not easy to find and that will conflict with the pill itself.

If the person inspecting the elixir is even slightly careless, it will go unnoticed.

The person inspecting the pills seemed just as careless as he had thought, nodding and accepting the pills without noticing anything amiss.

Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief and left the Pill Hall.

As soon as he left, the person who was inspecting the pills immediately took the pills he had refined and headed towards the Palace Master's courtyard.

"Palace Master, the pills refined by Xu Chong have been delivered."

"Okay, put it here." Danxia looked at the book in her hand and nodded lightly.

The man put down the pills, bowed, and left.

Danxia put down the book in her hand, put away the pills, and went to a residence in Hongcheng.

"Sell all these pills to the Xu family, only to them, don't let them flow elsewhere."

The man in black in the courtyard nodded and accepted the document. "Yes."

"Your Highness, I have investigated the matter you asked me to pay attention to last time, but I did not find anything unusual."

"However, when my subordinates investigated the Xu family at night last time, they discovered that there seemed to be something inside the ancestral pagoda of the Xu family's old residence."

Danxia immediately looked at him and asked, "Did you find out what it is?"

The man in black shook his head. "The security there is very tight; my men can't get close at all."

Danxia lowered her eyes. "Find someone who's not afraid of death to try and see what it is."

He glanced at the bottle of pills in his hand and said, "Also, tell the Xu family who made these pills."

"If anyone in the Xu family acts strangely, guide them to Xu Chong. All the pills were made by Xu Chong."

As long as the Xu family falls into chaos, the tower's defenses will always be lax at times.

The man in black nodded immediately, "Yes, I'll take care of it right away."

Danxia stood in the courtyard for a while, then teleported towards Shengshi Academy.

Landing in Gu Pingsheng's courtyard, they saw him glaring angrily at a little girl.

"Why is Dean Gu so angry? Don't scare the young girl."

Gu Pingsheng glared at Shu Jianyue again, then looked at Danxia with annoyance, "What are you doing here? What, are you going to treat me to spirit wine again?"

"You're overthinking it. I just came to sit for a while." Danxia sat down and looked at Shu Jianyue. "Is this your new disciple?"

"It's been so long since I've seen you get angry. That's really strange."

"Ha, she's my ancestor." Gu Pingsheng said, then glared at Shu Jianyue again.