The original owner, Zhu Yi, entered the Hehuan Sect to cultivate at the age of eight. It took her six years, working from dawn till dusk, to barely reach the fifth level of Qi Refining. Her fellow disciples at the same time were either at the ninth level of Qi Refining or had already established their foundation. What a difference!

Five years later, she will face off against Zhu Qianying.

Given her current cultivation level being reset to zero and her starting cultivation speed from scratch, she probably won't be able to reach the fifth level of Qi Refining. How am I supposed to fight her then?

By then, if someone easily cultivates to the Golden Core stage, they can instantly kill her, just like when they faced Li Mei this time, where they were completely and passively beaten...

Despite the lush peach orchards and bright sunshine outside the window, Zhu Yi's heart was in turmoil, as if she had fallen back into that terrible dream.

Flames soared all around, and Zhu Qianying triumphantly explained the power of the Heart-Eating Poisonous Insects to her. The Gu worms carried bone-corroding demonic energy that surged into her body, and even in her dreams, Zhu Yi could not forget that pain.

In the dream, Su Linyuan tried countless methods but still couldn't stop the puppet Zhu Yi from wreaking havoc. When the Dragon Roar Sword pierced her body, what kind of despair and helplessness did those beautiful, affectionate eyes show?

Zhu Yi suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart and spat out a mouthful of blood, which terrified Zhao Cai, who was dressing Xue Shan in clean clothes a little further away.

The Master of the Imperial Mirror said he would let them soak in the medicinal pool for a whole day, twelve hours. But these days, those little girls are very proud. If they woke up and found themselves soaking naked in the Master of the Imperial Mirror's medicinal pool, wouldn't they be so embarrassed that they would want to burrow underground like mice?

The clean, white medicine pool was dotted with Zhu Yi's blood.

Meow! This cat is in an uproar! The Demon-Cleansing Soup prepared by the master is a top-grade medicine that dispels demonic energy and nourishes the body. Even the Qi-Strengthening Pill given to Zhu Yi is a royal-grade pill. How could she vomit blood?

Zhao Cai quickly buttoned up Xue Shan's clothes, then ran to check on Zhu Yi's condition. At this moment, Zhu Yi had already collapsed onto the edge of the medicine pool, leaving only her long, black hair scattered in front of Zhao Cai's eyes.

"Meow!" Zhao Cai panicked a bit. It didn't know what to do, so it kept trying to contact Yu Jing Zhenren through the contract.

At this moment, Master Yujing had no time to pay attention to Zhaocai's distant call; he was busy searching for life-saving herbs for his junior disciple!

The cultivation world is vast, and the distances between various sects are quite far. Thinking that the three little girls were disturbed by the Nine-Section Demon Whip, after leaving the Heavenly Fiend Sect, Master Yujing turned around and went to Zhongyou Mountain, which is located north of the Heavenly Lan Sect, to pick some Soul-Soothing Grass.

Zhongyou Mountain is surrounded by mountains, home to a variety of birds and beasts, dense forests, and many rare and precious natural treasures. It also contains numerous secret realms of varying sizes left behind by later cultivators. Located in the Eastern Continent, Zhongyou Mountain has been divided into seven peaks of varying difficulty after thousands of years of exploration and classification by countless cultivators in the cultivation world.

The seven mountain peaks stand in a row, and from a distance they look like a rainbow, with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet colors, which is very beautiful.

The Soul-Soothing Grass grows inside the sixth Blue Peak. For Master Yujing, the guardian spirit beasts near the Soul-Soothing Grass are not difficult to deal with.

These spiritual plants are small and delicate, and they are very good at hiding themselves among the trees. It took Master Yujing a lot of effort to find ten of them.

Beyond Zhongyou Mountain lies the central region of the Canglan Continent, a pristine, uninhabited area designated by the convention, known as the Zhongyou Mountain Plain.

Of course, as the spiritual energy in the cultivation world has gradually become thinner over the past hundred years, the cultivation opportunities that cultivators can find in the original designated areas have become increasingly scarce. As a result, many cultivators have abandoned martial ethics and secretly come to seek new opportunities.

Take a gamble; either stay alive here, or you'll gain irreplaceable cultivation resources...

Of course, among these cultivators who lacked martial ethics was Master Yujing.

Whenever he announced his intention to go into seclusion within the sect, he would secretly venture into the Zhongyou Mountain Plain to search for treasures. This was an open secret among high-level cultivators in the cultivation world.

Cultivating immortality is inherently about seizing the power of heaven and earth. The ancestors of the Canglan Continent realized that if cultivators excessively absorbed spiritual energy, it would destroy the foundation of the Canglan Continent. Therefore, when the first batch of cultivators ascended to immortality, they used immortal power to divide the Canglan Continent into five parts.

The Eastern Continent, Western Continent, Northern Frontier, and Southern River are designated as places for humans and demons to inhabit.

Zhongyou Mountain Plain is a place that everyone agrees should not be explored at will.

Upon receiving the call that resembled a howling call for wealth, the Imperial Mirror Master immediately turned back.

This cat gets louder and louder as it gets older...

His apprentice's situation was more serious than he had imagined.

When Master Yujing returned under the stars and moon, his robes fluttering in the wind as he passed by the Tianlan Sect's mountain gate, he encountered Sect Leader Hansong.

It seemed that Sect Leader Hansong had something to say to him, but he didn't have time to pay attention and went straight to the Peach Mountain Medicine Pool.

Sect Leader Han Song's face darkened, and he hurriedly followed.

Zhu Yi felt as if her whole body had been run over, both sore and painful. Then she felt as if she were in a dark tunnel.

She didn't know how long she had walked in this passageway; time seemed to flow exceptionally slowly. She opened her eyes wide and sensed the chaos around her, as if something was floating beside her, yet it also seemed like nothing at all.

As soon as Master Yujing and Sect Leader Hansong entered, they saw Zhaocai and Jinbao guarding the three little ones. The two spirit pets had transformed into their original forms and were circling around the three little ones.

"Senior brother, why are these three disciples still looking like this after soaking in the medicinal bath all day?" Headmaster Hansong looked at the three girls with pale faces, somewhat puzzled. "The medicinal bath you prepared shouldn't have this effect."

Master Yujing raised his hand and placed it on Zhu Yi's pale forehead, which was indeed burning hot.

He said calmly, "It is the Nine-Section Demon Whip of the Demon Clan. The Demon-Cleansing Soup removed the residual demonic energy from their bodies, but it cannot repair their souls."

"The Nine-Section Demon Whip? Is it the Nine-Section Demon Whip that the Demon Lord wielded, forged from the sinews and bones of a demonic dragon?"

Master Yujing nodded. "Yes, it's that nine-section demonic whip that can inject demonic energy into a cultivator's body. It seems that this demonic whip has been reforged by the demon race's weapon refiners. Now this demonic whip should have a weapon spirit and can whip the cultivator's soul."

The silvery-white lotus-shaped magic spells entered the three sisters' bodies, and the three sisters slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Junior brother, I'd like to trouble you to take those two little disciples back and look after them for a few days." Master Yujing took the pulses of the three little ones again.

Sect Leader Hansong blushed slightly, adhering to traditional male virtues. "Senior Brother, don't you have a lucky charm here? I don't even have a female disciple, so it might be inconvenient..."

"Oh, you find it inconvenient?" Master Yujing wasn't surprised that Sect Leader Hansong would answer like that.

Zhu Yi's spiritual energy was severely depleted, and he couldn't wait for the Soul-Soothing Grass to be refined into a pill. He only condensed a wisp of spiritual fire to lightly temper the Soul-Soothing Grass before feeding it to Zhu Yi.

"If it's inconvenient, just ask Junior Sister Yu Xiang for help!"

It took Sect Leader Hansong a while to realize the mockery in Master Yujing's words. He looked a little uncomfortable and coughed lightly twice, covering his face with his sleeve.

"Well... Zhao Cai can transform into a little female cultivator to take care of these three junior disciples, but it is, after all, a spirit beast, and there are bound to be things it can't look after..." Sect Leader Han Song began to righteously offer himself an excuse. "How about I take those two junior disciples back and look after them for a few days, so that Senior Brother can have more energy to take care of your personal disciples!"

Zhao Cai squatted to the side, baring its teeth in dissatisfaction: It can do it! It's also very powerful when it transforms into a female cultivator, unlike what Sect Leader Han Song said! He clearly wants to see Yu Xiang more, stop using it as an excuse!

"Hmph..." Master Yujing chuckled, saying nothing more. "Oh, then remember to give up your protective golden lotus for these two little disciples to recuperate their souls!"

Sect Leader Hansong winced in pain: "The Protective Golden Lotus?"