Lu Shan's eyes were practically green with envy, and his gaze towards Shi Xuan was filled with longing.

When Shi Xuan joined the Lianfeng Sword Sect, Lu Shan had already established his foundation. Now, Shi Xuan is in the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and Lu Shan has just successfully formed his core.

Although he was a bit slower than Shi Xuan, his progress was already extremely fast compared to other disciples of the same generation. Moreover, Lu Shan's greatest strength was his rapid improvement in alchemy skills; after Shi Xuan's arrival, his progress could be described as leaping forward in a day.

What he said earlier wasn't wrong. His progress is very rapid. Given more time, the skill of treating the dantian will be no problem for him.

Shi Xuan glanced at him for a couple of breaths and then smiled, "I'll prepare one for you when you reach the late stage of the Golden Core realm."

"Really?" Lu Shan was overjoyed. As a pill cultivator, he knew all too well what the Nascent Soul Pill meant. He was already surprised enough when Shi Xuan took one out and gave it to Gu Liangce, but he didn't expect that even he had one.

“Of course,” Shi Xuan said casually, “So you should hurry up and cultivate.”

Lu Shan replied in a loud voice, "I'll go back and cultivate right away! At full speed! Day and night!"

Hearing Shi Xuan say this, Gu Liangce also withdrew the Nascent Soul Pill. He still wanted the pill. No Golden Core cultivator could refuse a Nascent Soul Pill. He could always find another opportunity to prepare some other gifts for Shi Xuan later, although he himself felt that the chance was a bit slim.

During his visit to Baicao Peak, Shi Xuan did not refine pills for the first half of the day. Instead, he held a Q&A session for the disciples of Baicao Peak.

Having not seen each other for some time, the disciples with questions eagerly raised them. Some of the more unorthodox questions they didn't want their master to know became good questions in Shi Xuan's presence. For a time, Hundred Herbs Peak was filled with joy and harmony.

Only after all the questions had been answered did Shi Xuan begin refining the pills.

She was simply refining the pills she needed to travel to Cloud City in three days, so she moved slowly to make sure those around her could see.

Sometimes, the rhythm inherent in certain alchemy movements can evoke a mysterious feeling in alchemy, a feeling that cannot be described in words and is more like a tactile sensation. However, alchemists with a good tactile sensation are more likely to refine high-level pills.

A close look at Shi Xuan's alchemy process will draw you into that mysterious feeling. This is why the place is always packed with people when Shi Xuan comes to Baicao Peak to refine pills. It is for this kind of inspiration.

Starting from the third day, people from several other sects began to arrive at the Lianfeng Sword Sect, and the sect suddenly became lively.

With people coming and going, Shi Xuan took this opportunity to have the disciples of Baicao Peak put some of the pills they had recently accumulated into the affordable shop, as well as a batch of pills refined by Zeng Mo from Yinshuang into the shop.

The departure of these other sects was quite rushed, and there will inevitably be some cultivators who have to cram at the last minute and start preparing once they arrive at the assembly point. At this time, the business in the market town at the foot of the mountain will take off.

The pills sold at the cheap shops never have trouble selling; they're snapped up as soon as they arrive.

However, Shi Xuan felt this was a good opportunity to increase the influence of the affordable shops. She had already sent Leng Rufeng to other sect territories to investigate, planning to open an affordable shop in the market of every sect in the western region of Qian Yuan.

In fact, Shi Xuan was overthinking it. After the last Six Sects Competition, she promoted her own business on the podium, and people in the Qian Yuan Western Region who had never heard of the affordable shops became a minority.

So when Xuan arrived at the discount store, she found it already packed with people inside and out. Even the talisman shop and the magic item shop next door were full of people.

Seeing this, there was no need to visit the store, so Shi Xuan turned around and went back.

Before long, someone came directly to Shi Xuan to buy pills, saying that the pills in the shop had been sold out.

Helpless, Shi Xuan had no choice but to write a notice on the wall of the cheap shop: All pills are only sold within the shop premises and will not be sold outside the shop!

At this point, Shi Xuan realized that his family still didn't have enough alchemists to work with, and they couldn't even keep up with the demand during busy times, let alone open a few more stores.

She immediately took out her communication jade and told Leng Rufeng to find some talented alchemists while he was looking for a shop. It didn't matter if their skill level was a little low, as they could train them again.

This excitement lasted for two or three days. By noon on the fifth day, the nearest sect, Yuxing Sect, had also arrived. The five sects gathered all their cultivators, boarded spirit boats, and flew towards Cloud City.

The five sects combined formed a team of over 140 people. Among them, Shi Xuan, who was at the Golden Core stage, had the lowest cultivation level.

When Shi Xuan cured Zhu Lingyun, he and Zhu Yi exchanged communication jades.

However, Shi Xuan did not inform him. Although they were acting as a group, and each sect leader had chosen trustworthy people, the fewer people who knew about such an operation, the better.

The group's spirit boat was also concealed, and they left without a sound.

Cloud City is located in the far northwest of the entire continent, in one of the most beautiful places in the area. Many cultivators who travel around the world will stay here for a while, which makes Cloud City very prosperous and wealthy, even though it is not a powerful city.

Upon arriving in Cloud City, Lin Daozi, who had intelligence, was the first to come out and survey the area.

Following the way Luo Qin remembered to get back, they found a courtyard.

When he arrived, Lin Daozi thought he had gone to the wrong place.

It was just an ordinary house, indistinguishable from countless other ordinary residences. The house was surrounded by other houses, and if Luo Qin hadn't seen the path he took back in his memories, no one would have guessed that the headquarters of [New Life] was hidden among a group of extremely ordinary houses.

The saying "the truly wise live in seclusion in the city" probably applies here.

In this bustling city of clouds, for so many years, no one has noticed anything amiss.

There were no signs at the entrance of the house, and the courtyard was quiet with its wooden gate.

At this time, the more than 140 people who had come together had dispersed and entered the city through the four gates of Cloud City, and had gathered in the vicinity.

Shi Xuan followed the sect elders to the entrance.

Faced with such simple and unpretentious houses, everyone felt a sense of unreality.

However, when he looked at Lin Daozi, he nodded without hesitation.

Shi Mingxiu instructed, "The Langya Sect members will remain outside to keep watch and keep an eye on the surrounding area to prevent anyone from escaping through other exits. The rest of you, attack directly inside."

Facing such a peaceful courtyard, using the word "attack" seems a bit too much, but everyone knows that the residential house is just its appearance.

As soon as Shi Mingxiu finished speaking, the gate of the small courtyard was blown open with a "bang" by spiritual power, and wood fragments flew out, making the area from the gate to the courtyard completely flat.