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While Pei Ling was focused on refining pills, Sun Yinglan returned to her residence in Shady Sophora Peak with a dark expression.

As soon as she opened the array formation and entered the small courtyard, she saw Li Zhi sitting casually along the corridor. Her body stiffened.

“Senior Brother Li...” If possible, Sun Yinglan wished she could turn around and run.

However, when she saw Li Zhi turn around to look at her, she forced a smile and walked leisurely toward him. She said coquettishly, “Why are you...”

Before she could finish, Li Zhi sent her flying with a kick!

Sun Yinglan slammed heavily against the courtyard door and spat out a mouthful of blood as soon as she landed.

“B*tch, I told you to seduce Pei Ling.” Li Zhi’s expression was dark as he strode in front of her and shouted coldly, “How dare you be perfunctory?”

“Senior Brother Li, I-I went to look for Pei Ling just now.” Sun Yinglan wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said miserably, “It’s just that... It’s just that Pei Ling... I don’t know why, but he wouldn’t say anything to me. No matter how I tried to express my goodwill, he was unmoved. Senior Brother, please give me some more time. I... I can definitely do it!”

Li Zhi was expressionless. He raised his leg and was about to continue teaching her a lesson when his ears suddenly twitched. He looked out and revealed a thoughtful expression.

Soon he kicked Sun Yinglan away from the courtyard door and walked out without looking back.

Sun Yinglan hugged her head and curled up into a ball, trembling. She waited for quite a while, and after confirming that Li Zhi did not return, she heaved a sigh of relief. However, there was no humiliation on her face. Instead, she looked relieved.

Meanwhile, Li Zhi saw a white-robed cultivator standing in a corner with his hands behind his back.

He stepped forward and bowed. He asked in confusion, “Cousin, why did you ask me to stop? That slut did not use her wiles to seduce Pei Ling at all.”

“This Sun Yinglan is a smart person.” Yin Dongmeng turned around and said calmly, “Her background is not good, and she doesn’t have any decent suitors. On her own, she doesn’t know too much. But putting together your identity and Chen Huan’s matter, she probably guessed that Pei Ling was involved in some inner sect strife. She didn’t want to get involved, so she took the risk of angering you to avoid the mission.

Greedy, ambitious, thick-skinned, forbearing... It’s a pity to kill such a talent. I’ll keep her for now.”

Li Zhi said disapprovingly, “Cousin, you probably think too highly of Sun Yinglan. She’s just a lowly servant who relies on her beauty to deal with a bunch of trash. What’s the difference between her and a courtesan in the secular world?”

Yin Dongmeng did not argue with him and only said, “This is more or less the end of the matter. Don’t always focus on these trivial matters. You should worry about your Foundation Establishment.”

“Yes.” Li Zhi agreed, but he was a little puzzled. “But that slut did not really seduce Pei Ling, and Pei Hongnian is a good-for-nothing. It’s impossible for him to do anything to Pei Ling because of this... How is Cousin going to explain this to Branch Master Miao?”

Yin Dongmeng said slowly, “Branch Master Miao has his own opinion on this matter. There’s no need for us to speculate.”

Li Zhi became serious when he heard this. He thought that Miao Chengyang had other plans and hurriedly said, “Yes.”

However, he did not know that Yin Dongmeng was thinking to himself, How similar is the situation of my Clear River Faction to this female cultivator, Sun Yinglan? Sun Yinglan can’t afford to offend Clear River Faction or Double Mulberry Faction. Therefore, she can only boldly bluff her way through and avoid being embroiled in their conflict and getting killed in the process.

Meanwhile, Clear River Faction was also in a dilemma, caught between core disciple Li and core disciple Zhou.

Due to the grudge between Miao Chengyang and Zheng Jingshan, they could only choose core disciple Zhou.

The problem was that core disciple Zhou had always been inferior to core disciple Li. He was always at a disadvantage.

A few days ago, core disciple Li went into seclusion after returning from Deer Spring City. There were originally rumors that core disciple Li had suffered serious injuries on this trip and was suspected to have damaged her foundation. This made core disciple Zhou feel energized for a moment, and he thought that he had a chance.

Unexpectedly, in the past two days, there was news from the sect that core disciple Li was not injured at all. She even had some comprehension of breaking through.

This dealt a huge blow to everyone who supported core disciple Zhou. They were in a constant state of panic.

After all, the Holy Sect had a rule that as long as a core disciple successfully formed his or her Nascent Soul, he or she would be conferred the title of Holy Son or Holy Daughter and become the young leader of the same sect.

Once core disciple Li became the Saintess, given the grudge between her and core disciple Zhou, the latter would definitely die.

At that time, although those who had supported core disciple Zhou would not die, it was obvious that their lives would not be easy.

Therefore, Yin Dongmeng did not want to kill Pei Ling at all.

He was just giving Miao Chengyang a way out.

In any case, the person who died was the Branch Master’s younger brother, not Yin Dongmeng’s younger brother. Why would he risk his life and future?

Under Yin Dongmeng’s instructions, this matter was left unsettled.

Pei Ling, who lived and ate in the alchemy room, did not even know of his and Li Zhi’s existence...

A month later, in the D-grade alchemy room, Pei Ling ended another round of cultivation with the system’s notification. He felt that the spiritual power in his meridians seemed to have no changes compared to the last time he cultivated. He frowned slightly and casually gave the system a three-star rating. He pondered, There seems to be a huge gap between the sixth and seventh level of Qi Refinement...

When he broke through from the fourth level of Qi Refinement to the fifth level of Qi Refinement, he had only taken about 30 superior-grade Bone Tempering Pills. As for the fifth to sixth level of Qi Refinement, he had devoured the power of the Cold Marrow Fire.

Now, after a full month of cultivation, other than refining pills, he had consumed more than 300 supreme-grade Bone Tempering Pills. Until today, his cultivation level had barely reached the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refinement.

I should be able to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refinement in two more days, but I’m almost out of spirit stones. Looking at the time, I should go and see Senior Brother Zheng first. Pei Ling thought for a long time and slowly stood up. It’s time to hand over the pills I’ve accumulated during this period to Senior Brother Zheng.

After a while, he saw Zheng Jingshan looking in the pink of health in Kulan Courtyard.

Compared to the last time, this senior brother was full of energy now. His breathing was more energetic, and there was a hint of joy in the corners of his eyes.

“Junior Brother Pei, you’re here?” In a good mood, Zheng Jingshan invited him to take a seat. Before Pei Ling could speak, he took the initiative to say, “If you don’t come today, I’ll send someone to look for you in two days. Here, this is your share.”

As he spoke, he took out a spirit stone from his storage bag and handed it to Pei Ling.

Why is it only one?

Pei Ling was stunned. He took a closer look and saw that this spirit stone was different from the ones he had seen before. It was purer in color and had more spiritual power.

“This is a middle-grade spirit stone. This one is equivalent to 10,000 inferior-grade spirit stones,” Zheng Jingshan said. “You’re still using the storage bag provided by the sect. The capacity is limited. If I give you 10,000 inferior-grade spirit stones, it won’t be able to hold them all, so I exchanged the inferior-grade stones for a middle-grade one for you.”

“Thank you, Senior Brother Zheng.” Pei Ling hurriedly thanked him and asked curiously, “Senior Brother Zheng, are supreme-grade Bone Tempering Pills actually so valuable?”

I only took 30% of the share and got 10,000 inferior-grade Spirit Stones!

This is really f*cking faster than snatching!