Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

"Forehead!"

Cao Meng was incredibly embarrassed. He truly hadn't expected that Nangong Yan, who was pretending to be young, was actually the female demon's master, and also his grandmaster.

"Grandmaster, you are a magnanimous person, please don't hold a grudge against a junior like me!"

Cao Meng apologized to Nangong Yan immediately to avoid her making things difficult for him or sabotaging his business in the future!

"Cao Meng, how could I, an elder, hold a grudge against you?"

At most, I'll just have that traitorous disciple expel you from Suqin Peak!

Although Nangong Yan doesn't act like a grandmaster, it doesn't mean she forgives a certain rebellious scoundrel.

"Cough cough!"

Faced with Nangong Yan's sarcastic tone, Cao Meng coughed and said:
"Grandmaster, actually there are quite a few people in the Hehuan Sect who want to take me as their disciple, such as Grandmaster Uncle Xifeng and Senior Uncle Han Sijing!"

Cao Meng felt that, to put it bluntly, it wasn't his master choosing him, but rather he choosing his master.

Even if the female demon doesn't necessarily expel him from Suqin Peak, he still has a place to go in the Hehuan Sect.

It's like saying, "If they don't want me here, there are plenty of other places that will!"

"hehe!"

Nangong Yan sneered and said sarcastically:

"With a single word from me, who among them would dare to take you as their disciple!"

Nangong Yan refused to believe that anyone in the Hehuan Sect would oppose her for the sake of meeting Cao Meng, who had rebelled against the Heavenly Gang.

“Grandmaster, actually, the Living Buddha Xuan Yu from the Western Buddhist Continent also wanted to take me as his disciple. He specially came from the Western Buddhist Continent to the Eastern Dao Continent for my sake.”

By the way, the old Living Buddha was in the Tribulation Transcending stage. When he destroyed the Golden Buddha Temple, his Dharma form was a million feet tall, with thunder dragons coiled around it.

Cao Meng felt that his grandmaster, Nangong Yan, was a bit arrogant, but he didn't mind teasing her a little.

Nangong Yan is at most at the Refinement stage, which means she can only be at the Hehuan Sect.

"Cao Meng, are you threatening me?"

Nangong Yan was furious. She had only said something in anger, but this scoundrel who disrespected his master and ancestors dared to threaten her with a Tribulation Transcending stage expert!

No wonder she is the disciple of that traitorous disciple, Consort Duanmu; the lineage of traitors truly runs deep!
I should have expelled that rebellious disciple, Consort Duanmu, from Suqin Peak back then, so that I wouldn't be angry with myself now, with both the eldest and the youngest being angry with me.

"Grandmaster, you're really overthinking this!"

Cao Meng felt truly innocent. He only wanted to tell Nangong Yan that he, Cao Meng, could do well even if he left Suqin Peak. He never intended to intimidate her!

This is all based on one's own imagination, and that's the most dangerous thing!

"Cao Meng, I think you've been thinking about switching masters for a long time!"

Nangong Yan imagined it again, after all, Cao Meng's previous words made it seem too suspicious that he wanted to switch sects!

"Grandmaster, if I wanted to switch sects, I would have already become a disciple of an old living Buddha at the Tribulation Transcending stage. How could I still be here!"

Cao Meng felt he was truly wronged!
Although I am Cao Meng, the cavalry master, I really have no intention of switching to another master's school!
"Han Sijing, you can do whatever you want with this bastard. Just pretend I don't exist!"

Nangong Yan reiterated her stance: since that traitorous disciple Duanmu Fei only asked her to save Cao Meng, as long as Cao Meng didn't die, she could give that traitor a satisfactory answer!
After guessing Nangong Yan's thoughts, Han Sijing turned to Cao Meng and instructed him:
"Cao Meng, use my weapon-refining furnace to forge the Immortal-Asking Technique!"

Han Sijing now suspects that the problem lies with the refining furnace, which caused her to fail in refining and the furnace to explode.

So she needs to test it out and eliminate the causes one by one.

Cao Meng took Han Sijing's refining furnace and began refining.

Han Sijing was a little puzzled after Cao Meng successfully refined it, but she still tried again.

And then, with another "bang," the oven exploded!
"Uncle-Master, you see, it really isn't a problem with the refining furnace!" Cao Meng said, eating a spiritual fruit, his tone tinged with schadenfreude.

"Cao Meng, you are not allowed to use the True Fire of the Sun this time!"

Han Sijing thought it must be a problem with the True Fire of the Sun, but as Cao Meng successfully refined the Immortal Inquiry Machine without using the True Fire of the Sun, Han Sijing became even more confused.

"Uncle Han, do you think it's possible that the problem lies with the person?"

Cao Meng seemed to be mocking Han Sijing, but in reality, he was telling the truth.

The "Quest for Immortals" shouldn't have appeared in the cultivation world; it was created by the system, so naturally it's subject to the system's control.

If others can easily copy what the system provides, then the system isn't too incompetent!

When Han Sijing realized she seemed to be mocked, she immediately flew into a rage:
"Cao Meng, do you know what level of weapon crafting I am?"

"I, a dignified fifth-grade weapon refiner, am unable to forge a mere first-grade supreme spiritual weapon. You must have used some tricks or been hiding your abilities from me!"

Although Han Sijing didn't know why she couldn't refine the Immortal Inquiry Machine, she was certain that Cao Meng had used tricks to deceive her.

To think that she, Han Sijing, a Nascent Soul cultivator and a fifth-order weapon refiner, could be so easily mocked by a junior is a great disgrace!
"Uncle Han, you should practice cooking more!"

Cao Meng would naturally not admit that he had used tricks, much less that he had been toying with Han Sijing.

When Han Sijing saw that Cao Meng wouldn't admit it, she was on the verge of losing her temper.

At this moment, Nangong Yan, a bystander, couldn't help but say:
"Nephew Han, although that scoundrel's words are infuriating, he makes some sense. Just practice your cooking more!"

"Although I don't know what this 'Asking the Immortal's Secret' is, I've learned it after watching you guys practice it a few times!"

Seeing that Nangong Yan was talking without any real understanding of the situation, Han Sijing said:

"Now that you've learned it, why don't you demonstrate how to refine it yourself?"

Since Nangong Yan was talking without any real experience, Han Sijing didn't mind making this senior uncle feel the pain and embarrass her.

"Nephew Han, for the sake of your master, your uncle will give you some pointers today!"

Nangong Yan saw through Han Sijing's little scheme. Since the other party wanted to embarrass her, she would grant her wish!

"Junior Nephew Han, you can't even forge a first-grade top-level spiritual weapon. Your senior uncle has no idea how you became a fifth-grade weapon refiner!"

Nangong Yan felt that refining a mere first-grade top-quality spiritual weapon was not something she could easily do.

Han Sijing: That's what I thought at first too, but reality will teach you a lesson!
Nangong Yan immediately began to practice using Han Sijing's refining furnace, following the steps Cao Meng had demonstrated one by one.

"boom!"

Not long after, a loud bang came from the furnace, indicating that it had exploded.

???

Nangong Yan was completely dumbfounded. How could it be that she, a dignified Void Refinement stage ancestor, had actually caused the furnace to explode while refining a first-tier spiritual weapon?

Nangong Yan found it hard to accept the result, but the reality was right in front of her, and she had to admit that the furnace had exploded.

"I haven't forged any weapons in a long time, I'm a bit rusty!"

To save face, Nangong Yan had no choice but to make up an excuse.

In an attempt to save face, Nangong Yan immediately resumed refining the furnace, but before long, it exploded again with a loud "bang"!

"My main focus is on formations, not weapon crafting, so I'm inevitably a bit rusty!"

Nangong Yan felt she had no excuse, since everyone knew that her main skill was array formation and she only knew a little about weapon crafting.

It's really just a tiny bit, not a ton of it! (End of Chapter)