Chapter 28 The battle for the big boss must begin with securing my junior sister's first time away from home...
Shi Liuying peeked out from behind the group and smiled mischievously: "Senior Sister, I've already reached the Golden Core stage."
Rong Yan turned her head blankly, her long, dark hair cascading down to her chest with the movement. She looked at the smiling Shi Liuying, confirming that it was indeed her junior sister who had spoken, before blinking and letting out a short, confused murmur: "Huh?"
She released her spiritual energy and tested it, and sure enough, she saw the golden halo around her junior sister.
Rong Yan was confused, Rong Yan was dazed, Rong Yan couldn't believe it.
She put down the spatula that had been pointing out the flaws in the pot, walked to Shi Liuying's side, lifted her apron to wipe her hands clean, and then took Shi Liuying's wrist to take her pulse.
Shi Liuying obediently looked up at Rong Yan, letting her cool spiritual energy flow through her body.
"There's nothing evil about it..."
She frowned and looked at Shi Liuying seriously: "Tell your senior sister, have you encountered any strange people who tried to induce you to cultivate any evil techniques?"
Shi Liuying shook her head.
Shen Hanzhou couldn't help but stick his head out to argue: "Can't she be..."
He silently swallowed the thought of "a low-key big shot," then added, "Is he a genius like the senior brother?"
Rong Yan glanced at Jun Lintian, her brows not relaxing at Shen Hanzhou's words: "Being like him isn't exactly a good thing."
Burning one's life force to cultivate, exhausting oneself like a dog, not knowing when one might simply die.
Rong Yan affectionately patted Shi Liuying's head: "You must have had a very hard time while I was away from the sect."
Shi Liuying felt that her days of cultivating immortality were fulfilling and joyful: "Actually..."
Shen Hanzhou, standing in Shi Liuying's shoes, felt a deep empathy: "It was really tough. To get even a little guidance from Elder Chongcang, she had to climb Tianji Peak for thirty days. No one taught her swordsmanship, so she had to secretly learn her senior brother's moves. Even during the sect's new student trials, she was assigned to a one-person training ground, without any companions..."
Rong Yan opened her arms like a gentle mother and exclaimed, "My goodness, I was wondering why you looked so thin!"
While hugging and comforting them, she glared fiercely at Chong Cang and Jun Lintian.
Shi Liuying interrupted Shen Hanzhou: "Actually, it's not hard at all. Elder Chongcang protected me when I broke through, and my senior brother also taught me swordsmanship. The freshman trial is not difficult..."
She looked at Rong Yan with concern: "I'm more worried about you, Senior Sister. While I was away from you, were you bullied terribly by that evil system?"
Shi Liuying stood on tiptoe, reached out, and patted Rong Yan's head.
Ever since her senior patted her head, she has keenly discovered that this soothing gesture is very effective.
"Ouch..." Rong Yan's nose tingled, and she hugged Shi Liuying even tighter.
"wrong."
Rong Yan withdrew her hand from the crook of Rong Yan's neck: "You know I have a system?"
The gazes directed at her were so intense that they could not be ignored.
Rong Yan stammered, "You all... knew?"
Rong Yan gasped, covered her mouth, and looked at everyone warily.
Oh no, the secret has been revealed.
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Shi Liuying added, "Not only do they know, they also possess evil systems within them."
Rong Yan withdrew her hand again.
Now she knows everyone's secret.
Time flies like an arrow.
She was only in a coma for a day, but it felt like she had been in a coma for most of her life. There were so many things she didn't know.
There's a disorienting feeling of falling asleep on 2G and waking up to find everyone in the 5G era.
What's going on? Everyone's making progress but no one's including her?
Shen Hanzhou explained to Rong Yan: "Simply put, after you fell unconscious, the demonic flames turned into exam papers, and the Demon Lord, who was shouting for battle, was demanding to enter the immortal sect..."
Rong Yan raised her hand to stop her: "I've seen all of this on the sect forum. The most important thing now is, do you all have systems on you?"
She had a vague suspicion that Chong Cang might have a system, after all, they were neighbors living on Tianji Peak.
But the reason I haven't tested him is because Chong Cang is too cunning and has a bad heart. If I don't find out anything and he ends up using something against me, then things will be very bad.
She never expected that Jun Lintian would also have it.
besides……
Rong Yan turned her gaze to Chi Yang.
Chi Yang responded with a simple smile and then nodded.
"Then the person next to you is going to take the entrance exam for the immortal sect..."
Chi Yang pursed her lips: "Demon Lord Xuan Yuan, one of the people I successfully won over..."
Rong Yan looked at Chi Yang with admiration: "You got several strategy guides?"
Chi Yang: "There is only one strategy script."
"Is that one of them?"
"There's only one script, but you have to win over three people at the same time."
Rong Yan's expression was no longer one of admiration, but rather one of reverence: "A role model for us all. You should have completed your mission now that you've successfully conquered them all."
Chi Yang shook his head with a heavy expression: "No, because the novel has progressed to the second part. He was caught faking his death, imprisoned, forced into love, and soon there will be a large-scale battleground of heroes."
"I love watching the fierce competition, haha. Oh no, I mean, this mission is just too unacceptable."
Rong Yan looked on with interest, but then she thought of imprisonment and forced sex. Her grin instantly disappeared, and she put on a sorrowful expression.
"Alright, the most important thing now is not what each person's system is," Jun Lintian said, steer the conversation back to the main point.
Rong Yan looked at Jun Lintian questioningly.
If none of this matters, then what is most important? We've all found our tribe now; we're all kindred spirits.
Jun Lintian: "There's something I think you need to know."
Rong Yan: "I'm all ears."
Jun Lintian: "Junior Sister's ability to interfere with the system can be upgraded."
Rong Yan opened her eyes wide and looked at Shi Liuying: !!
Can the jamming system's capabilities be upgraded?
What's the difference between this and telling a terminally ill patient that a cure has finally been found?
"Upgrade? How was it upgraded, and what is it now?"
She patted Shi Liuying on the shoulder: "You didn't level up while you were cultivating, did you?"
"I don't know how to level up either." Shi Liuying frowned. "But Senior Sister said that cultivation can level up..."
Jun Lintian kept a close eye on Shi Liuying: "When you broke through the cultivation barrier, did you have any special feelings?"
Cultivating immortality was something Shi Liuying was doing for the first time in her eighteen years of life.
She had no point of reference and didn't know what constituted a special feeling.
Chi Yang played with the bell in her hand and pondered, "As cultivation increases, abilities can also level up. I feel that's very likely."
Shi Liuying looked at the powerful figures surrounding her with a humble and inquisitive gaze: "What did it feel like when you broke through from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage, and then from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage?"
The four bigwigs looked at each other in bewilderment.
Chong Cang said calmly, "I am a demon cultivator, and my cultivation method is different from yours. You don't need to look at me."
Rong Yan frowned: "I am a ghost cultivator... Although I am different from ordinary cultivators, I have made breakthroughs in Foundation Establishment and Golden Core..."
She looked at Shi Liuying apologetically: "It's been so long, I really can't remember."
She looked at Chi Yang, trying to get some help.
Chi Yang paused slightly in the hand holding the bell: "Little Firefly, the Foundation Establishment stage and the Golden Core stage are really a bit far away from us."
Rong Yan looked at Jun Lintian and tried to shift the blame: "You're a genius, you must remember."
Jun Lintian recalled: "To put it more vividly, it's like staying inside a golden eggshell for a while, and then you can hear the sound of the barrier breaking through."
Shen Hanzhou nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, that's the feeling of breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment. The golden light isn't very obvious, but the 'crack' sound of breaking through the shell is very crisp!"
Shi Liuying recalled: "Golden light, a 'crackling' sound, and it seemed like there were some Sanskrit chants as well..."
Jun Lintian tilted his head slightly towards Shi Liuying's direction: "Sanskrit?"
Looking at her senior brother's attentive listening, Shi Liuying said a little embarrassedly, "I don't know if that counts as Sanskrit chanting. It's a bit like when I was before I started cultivating immortality, I would hear monks chanting outside the temple. The sound seemed very distant, like a buzzing sound. My grandfather told me that was called Sanskrit chanting."
Jun Lintian encouraged him, "You've explained it very carefully, and this detail is extremely important. Now, you need to compare the differences between this Sanskrit chant during your breakthroughs in the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages. Can you clearly hear what that voice is saying?"
Jun Lintian looked at her encouragingly. Chi Yang put down the little bell she was playing with and came closer. Rong Yan tilted her head and came closer. Shen Han was full of anticipation. Even Chong Cang's gloomy fox eyelids lifted.
Several big shots surrounded Shi Liuying, looking at her expectantly.
Shi Liuying stood in the middle of the circle of powerful figures, thought seriously for a moment, and then shook her head: "I can't hear what they're saying, I can only tell the difference in volume. The volume was louder when breaking through to the Golden Core stage."
Chi Yang shook the bell in her hand, which was considered as applause for her teacher, Liu Ying: "That's so right! The growth of a spirit beast is also like this, with subtle changes in size. That's wonderful, little Liu Ying!"
Rong Yan smiled as she looked at Shi Liuying, making the mole at the corner of her eye even more radiant and beautiful.
In this atmosphere, it was hard for Shi Liuying not to be excited: "Then my first priority now is to improve my strength!"
"Yes, that's right."
"That's very true."
"Our little firefly is so powerful, improving her cultivation level is a piece of cake for her."
Shi Liuying looked around and finally fixed her gaze on Rong Yan's face: "So, Senior Sister, I really need to go to the Pill Sect's alchemy competition this time."
Rong Yan's face fell, her beautiful peach blossom eyes filled with worry.
That alchemy association was a mixed bag, only interested in recruiting thugs.
"That pill, refined from the Nine-Turn Lotus, is indeed very beneficial for improving cultivation..."
Shi Liuying exclaimed excitedly, like a kitten, "Of course my senior sister will agree to let me go!"
With the demeanor of a mature woman but the heart of a mother, Rong Yan held up one finger and waved it in front of Shi Liuying: "No."
Shi Liuying slowly lowered the invisible cat tail that had been raised high.
Rong Yan felt sorry for him and earnestly advised, "The Alchemy Conference is really dangerous. It involves various forces, a mixed bag of people, and many desperate criminals. Although you have already reached the Golden Core stage, you have far too little practical experience. It's best not to take any risks."
She looked at Jun Lintian: "Why don't you go?"
Shen Hanzhou nodded expectantly.
Okay, okay, why bother Boss Liuying with such a small matter?
Chi Yang shook his head: "He can't. Who in the cultivation world doesn't know the name Jun Lintian?"
After hearing Chi Yang's words, Shen Hanzhou, who was usually a fence-sitter, also objected: "How could the chief of the Wanxiang Sect condescend to be a guest elder in the Dan Sect?"
Rong Yan's gaze swept between the group of people, and in the end she could only resignedly admit that among all those present, Shi Liuying was the most suitable candidate.
Chong Cang is a demon cultivator, and she is a ghost cultivator. Their identities were largely exposed as soon as they used their moves.
Jun Lintian and Chi Yang are even less capable. One of them is the chief disciple of the Myriad Manifestations Sect, and the other is the chief disciple of the Heavenly Beast Sect. In the sect competition back then, the two were incredibly talented, and everyone knew them.
Shi Liuying peeked left and right, her eyes bright, like a cat wagging its tail again: "So it's still most suitable for me to go, right?"
Wearing an apron, Rong Yan stood with her hands on her hips, looking at the eager cat with a serious and cautious expression.
result--
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A side hall of a floating fairy mountain, shrouded in clouds and mist, filled with the fragrance of herbs.
This is the Danzong External Affairs Hall.
Elder Jiang, who was in charge of the important matters of this alchemy conference, was engrossed in a pile of jade slips.
Suddenly, the lights in the hall dimmed.
A bone-chilling cold suddenly arose, and the rich aroma of medicinal herbs in the air instantly changed, taking on the putrid smell of an old tomb.
The old man suddenly looked up, and his heart stopped.
In the once empty center of the hall, a white figure stood silently.
Her long, dark hair was loosely tied up, making her face appear as pale as fresh snow. However, the bright red on her lips was strikingly beautiful, and the red mole at the corner of her eye added a touch of bewitching allure to her entire being.
There was no spiritual energy fluctuation around her, and she couldn't even be sensed breathing, but the entire space of the hall was slightly distorted behind her.
"You..." Old Jiang's throat tightened.
This is a ghost cultivator whose strength is completely superior to his!
"Elder Jiang." Rong Yan didn't speak, but her voice carried a chill that went straight to Elder Jiang's mind.
"My sister will be watching this alchemy competition."
She looked up, her gaze devoid of emotion and warmth, yet it sent a chill through Old Jiang, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"She is young and naive, and prefers peace and quiet. If during the conference, any foolish person—regardless of their background or connections—disturbs her peace and quiet..."
Rong Yan appeared before Elder Jiang's desk without warning, her figure as swift and silent as a ghost.
She leaned forward slightly, a cold smile playing on her lips, and said softly, "I will refine their souls and turn them into sky lanterns, which will then be hung in front of your Dan Sect's gate and burned for hundreds of years."
"Bang--!"
The glass cup in front of him shattered instantly, and the shards, carrying a chill, grazed past Old Jiang's wrinkled face.
"Yes, yes, I will, I will definitely send more people to ensure that everyone present is completely unharmed, completely unharmed..."
Old Jiang was on the verge of tears, his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys trembling.
Where did this old lady come from? Why didn't any of the many elders protecting the sect discover her?
"I wonder who your sister is..." Elder Jiang tried to ask.
Rong Yan looked at him with a half-smile, her icy eyes filled with coldness: "You'd better make sure that all the female cultivators present are unharmed."
The terrifying pressure, like a solid iceberg, crashed down on Elder Jiang's soul.
Rong Yan straightened up, the shadow faded, the white shadow dissipated like smoke, and the hall was once again bright.
The twin dragon furnace still emitted wisps of medicinal fragrance, and there wasn't a soul in the hall, as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusion.
But the fragments of the jade cup on the table were real.
Jiang, catching his breath, quickly took out a communication jade slip: [Quickly, send another batch of people to the Alchemy Association to protect the sect—no, to protect the female cultivators!]
[We must ensure the safety of every female practitioner present!]
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"Elder, how much lunar essence do we need to absorb here?"
Shi Liuying covered her eyes with a thin veil and sat cross-legged on the very top of the high palace.
Elder Chongcang said he would guide her in cultivation, and that he could teach her a faster way to absorb pure spiritual energy.
Is it beneficial to cultivation?
Shi Liuying took a step and followed without hesitation; she was very quick.
However, after she arrived, Elder Chongcang did not explain any cultivation techniques. He simply had her sit there, facing the moon, and said succinctly, "Cultivate."
Shi Liuying was puzzled, but she also felt that Elder Chongcang must have extraordinary abilities in cultivation to be an elder.
As Shi Liuying sat cross-legged and began her cultivation, a slight smile appeared on her lips.
The cultivation speed while sitting here is a little faster than usual.
Sure enough, she said that the elder must have had his reasons for telling her to do this!
In fact, as soon as Shi Liuying opened her eyes, she could see Chong Cang's fox eyes wide open like bored dead fish eyes, one hand supporting his chin, the other hand grabbing a corner of the spirit-gathering array in the air.
And her buttocks were sitting right in the center of the spirit-gathering array.
In fact, if Shi Liuying opened her eyes again, she would see a lower hall on the other side of the clouds. That was the Dan Sect's External Affairs Hall, where Rong Yan had just conducted a valiant display of coercion and enticement. No, there was no enticement, only coercion.
When Shi Liuying asked how long she could stay, she meant: "How long can you stay at most?" Of course, the longer such a wonderful opportunity for cultivation lasts, the better!
Chong Cang, with his usual stern face, said, "Cultivation is silent, refining is speechless. I will tell you when the time comes."
Only by maintaining this distance can Shi Liuying's interference affect Rong's system. Out of consideration for her position in human resources and the opportunity, he reluctantly offered a helping hand.
Chong Cang glanced at the spirit-gathering array and felt a pang of unease.
This thing is expensive. Rong Yan is really old and her legs aren't good. She hasn't come back yet.
Shi Liuying obediently continued her cultivation without even opening her eyes.
Rong Yan, who had just left the Dan Sect's external affairs hall, quickly went to a corner, looked left and right, and then reached into her mustard seed pot to rummage around.
She took out a small apron with a pink bow and tied it, then took out a bowl of fragrant chicken soup.
Fortunately, she had made preparations before leaving the sect. In the end, her master, this colorful chicken, would still end up in her junior sister's mouth. Very good, very good.
Thinking of the discussion this morning about who should go to the Pill Sect, Rong Yan sighed.
"Who could bear to see a cat with its tail held high looking so dejected?" she muttered to herself.
In that eye-to-eye confrontation with the jubilant cat, Rong Yan was the first to lose.
She agreed to let Shi Liuying attend the alchemy competition and participate in the contest for the Nine-Turn Lotus Elixir.
However, it's always worrying to leave home for the first time, so potential threats must be eliminated first.
However, it's best not to let your junior sister know about this, otherwise she might feel that her senior sister doesn't believe in or acknowledge her abilities, which could lead to a rift between them.
Rong Yan leaped through the air a few times and arrived on the roof where Shi Liuying was.
Just as the aroma of chicken soup wafted over, Shi Liuying heard Elder Chongcang's voice: "It's ready."
Rong Yan used one hand to remove the veil from Shi Liuying's eyes and glared at Chong Cang: "You're still making her cultivate so late at night, she's still growing!"
Chong Cang gave a mocking smile, but surprisingly refrained from saying anything unpleasant.
Shi Liuying held the thin gauze strips in both hands: "Cultivation is good, Senior Sister, I like cultivation!"
Rong Yan pinched Shi Liuying's little bird: "You need to eat well to have the energy to cultivate. I made chicken soup and have been looking for you for most of the day."
Shi Liuying twitched her nose, her eyes brightened, and she took the meat soup: "Thank you, Senior Sister."
Rong Yan put the meat soup into the mustard seed pot: "It's late and the dew is heavy, let's eat it when we get back. Let's go home."
Shi Liuying nodded, and her disciple Qiu, whose body had been limp from Rong Yan's pinching, swayed slightly as well: "Okay, let's go home."
She summoned her twirling sword and looked at Rong Yan eagerly: "I learned the art of sword control from Elder Chongcang. How about I come and carry you, Senior Sister?"
The ability to carry people on a sword was the first powerful cultivation technique she encountered when she first began cultivating immortality.
The person who carried her on her sword at that time was her senior sister.
Now that she can fly on a sword, she wants to take her senior sister with her.
Rong Yan was deeply moved, feeling as if a little child had suddenly grown up.
“Bu Ling!” Shi Liuying’s voice was clear and crisp.
The shimmering sword hummed, radiating a starlight-like halo, and hovered steadily three feet above the roof.
Shi Liuying stepped forward and naturally extended her hand: "Senior Sister, come here!"
Rong Yan, who was extremely skilled at swordsmanship, tentatively extended her hand and stood behind Shi Liuying.
My junior sister's swordsmanship was steady and graceful, unlike her rough and violent manner.
The mountains and rivers beneath my feet unfold like an ink painting in the night, the winding river bathed in the cool moonlight, like a sleeping silver dragon. Countless lights, like scattered pieces of gold, are everywhere.
Rong Yan stared blankly at the stray feathers of Shi Liuying fluttering in the wind.
"Your sword is called Bling?"
"Yes, when I first met my senior sister, she said she would give me a sparkling sword to ride on."
"So it's called Buling."
"You remember so clearly what I said when we first met? Actually, we only met once before I left the sect."
"Even though it's only been one meeting, it doesn't stop me from admiring my senior sister very much," Shi Liuying said, nodding as she spoke.
There were even more stray feathers drifting in the wind.
"worship?"
"My senior sister's figure as she flew on her sword was both heroic and ethereal. At that time, I silently vowed in my heart that I must become a cultivator as powerful as my senior sister!"
To make sure her senior sister could hear her, Shi Liuying turned her head slightly.
The moon seemed to favor her too; her clear eyes shone exceptionally bright tonight.
Rong Yan was mesmerized.
My junior sister really thinks she's amazing.
Just like when she appeared on the sect forum with her real name, speaking up for her amidst a sea of chaotic comments.
[Being able to complete Heavenly Rank quests, Senior Sister is quite impressive; no wonder she's a rare ghost cultivator in the cultivation world. [Thumbs up.jpg]]
Amidst the gazes of the crowd drawn to her beauty, fragrance, figure, and allure, the junior sister alone saw the value that had never been acknowledged before.
She is an exceptionally powerful ghost cultivator, a rare find in the entire cultivation world.
"Therefore, I am determined to fight for the right to accompany my junior sister on her first trip away from home!"
Rong Yan sat cross-legged, one hand clenched into a fist, looking determined to win.
Also seated around were Jun Lintian, Chong Cang, Chen Hanzhou, and Chi Yang.
And following Chi Yang's backdrop, Xuan Yuan.
The group exchanged glances, all knowing full well that only two of them could stay by their junior sister's side unaffected by the system. Among the five of them, only two could receive this honor.
Rong Yan sent a secret message to Chong Cang: "Thank you for your help tonight at Danzong. Let's put aside our differences and cooperate amicably."
Chong Cang's fox-like eyes gleamed with a silver-gray light, his expression blank, as he whispered back, "Mm."
Rong Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Come on!"
Several powerful figures, any one of whom could make the cultivation world tremble, sat together in what appeared to be a warm and harmonious atmosphere, beneath which turbulent undercurrents surged.
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