At the current pace, it shouldn't be long before the demonic mushrooms in the territory of the God Slaughtering Sect are completely eliminated. However, once the demonic mushrooms are cleared out, the trail will likely be lost.
The territory of the Slaughtering God Sect is vast. If the person who released the Demonic Mushrooms could be caught on the spot, it would be easy. However, given the scale of the Demonic Mushrooms now, it's likely that the release of them here has been going on for quite some time. Tracking down the releasers will probably be difficult.
Que Hanhai naturally wanted to find the mastermind behind this; he absolutely couldn't let this loss go unpunished.
Of course, he suspected the Tianyuan Sect the most, since their disciples had once cast demonic energy on Qi Zhiheng. However, they had no evidence to prove that it was the Tianyuan Sect who did it. Besides, the one who cast the demonic energy was a disciple of the Tianyuan Sect, and the disciple could not fully represent the Tianyuan Sect's position; it might just be an individual's action.
This matter requires further investigation.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Sect Master, what do you think the other side will do next if we let the Demonic Qi Mushroom continue to develop?"
Could it be that the other party placed the Demonic Mushrooms in the territory of the Slaughtering God Sect just to make the disciples of the Slaughtering God Sect unknowingly become tainted by demonic energy?
Que Hanhai also fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, "Since the other party has planted the Demonic Qi Mushroom in our Lu Shen Sect's territory, they must have a second step in mind. However, now that we have discovered the existence of the Demonic Qi Mushroom, their second step will probably be aborted."
Qi Zhiheng said, "This is just our guess. Did the disciples who went to investigate the sect's territory go back to check after they had already done so?"
"Since we've already investigated, why go back and check again?" Que Hanhai didn't want his men to repeat the previous investigation; doing so would be a waste of effort.
Qi Zhiheng was not annoyed, nor did he force Que Hanhai to act according to his own ideas. Instead, he speculated, "Sect Master, do you think that if they want to take the next step, they might send people to our sect's territory to check on the situation of the Demonic Qi Mushrooms?"
Que Hanhai praised, "You're right! I'll send more people to guard our sect's territory. If any suspicious people are found approaching the area where the Demonic Mushrooms grow, we'll find a way to capture them!" As for the reason for capturing them, any excuse will do. Presumably, the other party will not use the name of Tianyuan Sect to investigate the Demonic Mushrooms, thus dragging their sect into this incident.
Qi Zhiheng had some ideas, but he wasn't sure if he could succeed. Perhaps he could cultivate a kind of fungus similar to the Demonic Mushroom in his own space, but the problem lay in changing the rules. His abilities had been severely depleted during the space upgrade, and he probably wouldn't be able to cultivate such a mushroom using the power of the rules for the next half month.
After chatting with Que Hanhai for a while, Qi Zhiheng stood up to take his leave, saying, "Since the sect leader has already brought the situation of the Demonic Mushroom under control, I won't say anything more."
Qi Zhiheng had to wait until he had prepared everything he wanted before he could mention it to Que Hanhai. Otherwise, if he couldn't produce what he wanted, wouldn't that just make others happy for nothing?
When the appointed time arrived, Zhang Ruosheng took Bai Yilian up Danfeng Peak.
Before Qi Zhiheng even reached Danfeng, Feng Yuanyi saw Bai Yilian enter the alchemy room and his face immediately darkened. Qi Zhiheng didn't know who this person was, but he knew very well that this woman was like water, sucking Zhang Ruosheng's blood!
Bai Yilian was watching Zhang Ruosheng process the materials, and the two seemed to be getting along very well.
Feng Yuanyi was somewhat exasperated with his junior brother Zhang Ruosheng! If they were mutually in love, he wouldn't say anything. He could even praise someone for being devoted to their partner. But Bai Yilian clearly seemed to want to use his resources but didn't want to pay him any attention. It was obvious that she wasn't someone worth treating well!
Feng Yuanyi stepped forward somewhat impolitely and said, "Junior brother, why did you bring outsiders into the alchemy room?"
"Third Senior Brother!" Zhang Ruosheng immediately stood up and bowed, explaining, "It was Master who sent me to bring Elaine here."
"Third Senior Brother." Bai Yilian bowed slightly.
Feng Yuanyi had no intention of giving her face: "What third senior brother? I don't remember having a junior sister like you."
Bai Yilian was somewhat annoyed by his sarcastic words, but in order to maintain her image, she naturally couldn't argue with him. However, thinking that she was about to become Qi Zhiheng's disciple, she suddenly felt more confident. With a smile on her lips and a hint of smugness, she said, "Third Senior Brother probably doesn't know that it was Master who sent me here today."
"Master has accepted you as a disciple!?" This was the first time Feng Yuanyi had reacted so strongly since becoming Qi Zhiheng's disciple! His master actually accepted this woman as a disciple? He couldn't believe it at all!
"Today, Master will test me. If I pass, I suppose I will be learning alchemy with all of you senior brothers in the future." What Bai Yilian was thinking was that since Qi Zhiheng had already invited her over, he must have already planned to take her under his wing. Back then, those children whose aptitude and cultivation were even worse than hers were all taken under his wing. With her current cultivation level, what reason would Qi Zhiheng have not to take her under his wing?
Once Qi Zhiheng accepts her as a disciple, with her beauty, she might soon become his personal disciple.
Bai Yilian had inquired about Qi Zhiheng beforehand. Apart from having a male companion at home, he did not have any concubines. However, she did not believe that Qi Zhiheng was really so chaste. She heard that Qi Zhiheng often went to Danfeng and left his Daoist companion at Panyun Peak.
She also knew about Qi Zhiheng's partner. As a fellow Nascent Soul cultivator, she didn't want to see her partner have any concubines. However, if she became Qi Zhiheng's disciple, it would be different. Not only could she be used as a concubine, but she could also avoid being discovered by Qi Zhiheng's partner.
Bai Yilian glanced at the disciples around her. There were indeed a few female disciples, but they were all young girls who hadn't grown up yet. How could they compare to her?
Feng Yuanyi scoffed: "Since you haven't been accepted into Master's fold yet, don't call him so affectionately, lest you lose face if you fail to meet Master's requirements."
Bai Yilian gritted her teeth inwardly, thinking that once she became Qi Zhiheng's personal disciple, she would definitely make this brat pay the price! At this moment, she could only smile and say, "It's what Third Senior Brother said."
"Don't call me Third Senior Brother!" Feng Yuanyi felt that this woman simply couldn't understand human language!
Bai Yilian looked aggrieved and said, "Senior Brother Feng, I know I was wrong."
Not long after Bai Yilian said this, Qi Zhiheng walked into the alchemy room.
Qi Zhiheng heard some commotion inside while he was outside. He went in and asked, "What's going on? Are you watching the show? Keep refining the pills."
Feng Yuanyi stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Master! You've arrived."
"Are you here to issue today's alchemy tasks?" Qi Zhiheng asked Feng Yuanyi.
Feng Yuanyi said, "Yes, Master, I was just about to go back, but I saw some people who shouldn't be there in the alchemy room, so I asked them a few more questions." He actually wanted to speak with Qi Zhiheng alone and then tell him all the bad things about Bai Yilian! Zhang Ruosheng was still here, and he couldn't directly scold Bai Yilian in front of Zhang Ruosheng, otherwise he would lose face for Zhang Ruosheng.
Unfortunately, Qi Zhiheng did not grant his wish, and simply nodded and said, "Go back and refine your pills. There shouldn't be anything else here."
"Yes, Master." Feng Yuanyi raised his head and winked at Qi Zhiheng. He still had something to say! He wanted to say bad things about Bai Yilian! He hoped that his wink to Qi Zhiheng would be noticed.
Qi Zhiheng's lips twitched, pretending not to see his disciple's eyelid twitching.
Unable to get a response from his master, Feng Yuanyi left the alchemy room in a huff.
Qi Zhiheng said to Zhang Ruosheng and Bai Yilian, "You two, come with me."
He recognized Bai Yilian immediately. When he was selecting disciples, this girl was in the crowd, but she was one of the people who left when he first asked others to leave! Cultivators have excellent memories, especially since only a few years had passed, so he naturally remembered.
When he saw Bai Yilian, he knew he wouldn't take her in. He could manage not to resent her leaving and genuinely had no intention of causing trouble for those people, but that didn't mean he would be willing to accept them back.
Qi Zhiheng led his men to the alchemy room next door.
Upon arriving at the alchemy room next door, Zhang Ruosheng stepped forward and said, "Master, this is the person I mentioned before. Her name is Bai Yilian."
Qi Zhiheng thought to himself, "This name sounds like a pure white lotus flower. I saw her confrontation with Feng Yuanyi earlier. When she noticed me coming, she deliberately pretended to be bullied by Feng Yuanyi. I'm not a fool like Zhang Ruosheng. I won't be fooled by such an act."
He sat in his usual "favorite" chair, looking at the man and woman in front of him, pondering how best to refuse them.
He was initially open to taking on a disciple, but it also depended on the disciple's character and abilities.
The other party's level eight Qi Refining was indeed impressive; he needed a disciple about to break through to Foundation Establishment. However, character and conduct were the most important factors. He didn't want people to use his disciple as a pretext to criticize his own character later.
As for attitude?
Although he wanted to kick the woman out right now, that would offend his disciple and make Zhang Ruosheng hate him. If Zhang Ruosheng did something backstabbing him in the future because of this, it wouldn't be a good thing.
Qi Zhiheng fell into deep thought for a moment, and kept looking at the two people in front of him.
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