I'm the emperor from the start, and you want me to keep the three-year agreement?

“What difference is there between the Demonic Path and the Righteous Path?”

The Grand Elder looked at everyone with a fake smile.

“In the cultivation world, the strong are respected!”

The Grand Elder swept his gaze across everyone, continuing, “Esteemed Elders, after cultivating for so many years, can you honestly say that none of the people who died by your hands were innocent?”

The Elders remained silent.

With a wave of his hand, another light screen appeared on the table.

He pointed to the young disciples in the light screen and said in a deep voice, “Our Xuanming Sect has been around for so many years, nurturing countless disciples.”

“If we didn’t plunder cultivation resources, how could we supply such a vast sect? How would the Xuanming Sect operate?”

Then, the Grand Elder brought the topic back to Chu Qingge.

“Qingge, this girl, is a good seedling for cultivation.”

The Grand Elder stroked his beard, involuntarily recalling the scene when Chu Qingge first entered the sect three years ago.

At that time, Chu Qingge was the last one to be recruited into the Xuanming Sect, meaning she was at the very bottom.

However…

In just three short years, Chu Qingge advanced a level every so often, her cultivation improving rapidly. Recently, she directly defeated the previous True Disciple and became the new generation True Disciple of the Xuanming Sect.

If she continues at this rate, she will inevitably become an Elder of the Xuanming Sect in the future, and eventually, she may even take over the Sect Leader’s position!

The Grand Elder liked such a talented disciple immensely, not caring what kind of cultivation technique she practiced.

As long as it was helpful to him, that was enough.

An Elder hesitated for a moment and said, “Grand Elder, what you say is true.”

“However, it is also during these three years since Chu Qingge entered the sect that we have lost many disciples from the Xuanming Sect.”

“And the previous True Disciple…”

The Elder didn’t continue, afraid of angering the Grand Elder.

He wanted to say that the previous True Disciple had also disappeared after being defeated.

And Chu Qingge’s cultivation has improved a lot since her victory!

This is very suspicious.

Around the round table, many Elders whispered to each other.

Some of them were also curious as to why so many disciples had disappeared from the sect.

These disciples clearly hadn’t left the sect, yet they disappeared without anyone knowing!

Even using formations to investigate, they couldn’t find their whereabouts, not even a trace of their aura!

“Humph! Our Xuanming Sect has countless disciples.”

The Grand Elder snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, “What is there to care about if a few disciples disappear? They are all people with low cultivation levels.”

“As for True Disciple Xu… He has already failed. The Xuanming Sect doesn’t like failures. Perhaps he felt unable to face the Sect Leader and left the sect on his own.”

Seeing the Elders moving their mouths, wanting to say something.

The Grand Elder quickly covered them with a loud voice, saying, “Alright!”

“The Great Era is about to arrive. Now that so many Emperor Venerables have died, our Xuanming Sect should take action.”

“By the way, what about the two Great Emperors sent to Qingyun Sect?”

The other Elders shook their heads.

It had been so long since they were sent out, and the two Great Emperors had not yet returned to the sect.

The Grand Elder’s face was gloomy. *Bang!*

His right hand slammed heavily on the round table, startling everyone.

“Two idlers, I told them to come back quickly after finishing the task at a critical moment, but they insisted on staying outside for so long!”

…

Xuanming Sect, secret chamber.

A dark room where one couldn’t see their own fingers.

Here, it was more of a prison than a secret chamber!

Because, in this room, no less than thirty Xuanming Sect disciples were bound.

A pale white flame suddenly illuminated the secret chamber.

Chu Qingge, holding the pale white flame in her hands, appeared in front of everyone.

The light of the flame swept over the many bound disciples one by one, Chu Qingge looking at these ‘delicacies’ with a smile.

“Today, it’s your turn.”

A slender white finger pointed to a large, fat cultivator, and a strange smile appeared on Chu Qingge’s face.

“Devil! You are a devil!”

The large, fat cultivator’s eyes were filled with fear. He wanted to struggle, but he found that the more he struggled, the tighter the ropes bound him.

The ropes on his body were not ordinary hemp ropes; they could imprison a cultivator’s cultivation, preventing them from moving freely!

“Don’t be afraid, take a deep breath. Dizziness is normal.”

Chu Qingge walked to the large, fat cultivator’s side. Suddenly, her five fingers bent into claws and grabbed the large, fat cultivator’s head.

She devoured the large, fat cultivator’s power as if she were using the Star Absorbing Grand Technique!

Before long, the large, fat cultivator’s cultivation was completely devoured, and his body turned into bones.

At this moment, the pale white flame leaped on the bones, melting them.

Too lazy to pay attention to the surrounding people’s wails, Chu Qingge left the secret chamber with satisfaction, and the room fell into darkness again.

“Master, we’ve kidnapped so many disciples recently. Aren’t you afraid that things will leak out?”

Back in her room, Chu Qingge stroked the storage ring on her hand.

A voice came from the storage ring.

“With me here, what’s there to be afraid of?”

Chu Qingge said with some worry, “The Grand Elders are Immortal Great Emperor experts, and the Sect Leader is in seclusion, striving to break through to the Emperor Venerable realm. I’m worried…”

The storage ring’s voice came again:

“Heh, silly disciple, do you think they don’t know?”

Hearing this, Chu Qingge was surprised, “Are you saying they found out a long time ago?”

The other party laughed, “That Sect Leader of the Xuanming Sect has known about your affairs for a long time.”

“He didn’t have anyone remind you, which means he has tacitly approved it.”

“If he doesn’t approve, this master will beat him until he does!”

…

After destroying Casting Pavilion, killing Emperor Venerables, and taking away the White Tiger’s Broken Mountain Bone, Lin Ning did not return to Qingyun Sect.

Instead, he came to an unknown mountain range.

After all, the Heaven and Earth Return Origin Pill is an Emperor Pill. After it is successfully refined, the commotion it causes will definitely alarm the Desolate Ancient Continent.

Although Lin Ning is invincible, it is impossible for him to stay in Qingyun Sect all the time.

Therefore, he specially refined the pill in another place so that Qingyun Sect would not attract so much attention.

Lin Ning doesn’t need a pill furnace to refine pills, only accurate medicinal materials.

With a wave of his hand, the colorful divine fire immediately burned the Undying Bird’s Divine Bone, the White Tiger’s Broken Mountain Bone, and various other materials.

Ji Jiuli sat quietly beside him, watching Lin Ning refine pills.

“Is he really a Pill Emperor?”

“I thought he was just saying it casually.”

Ji Jiuli felt very bored watching the divine fire burn continuously.

As a female emperor, Ji Jiuli’s figure and temperament were full of succubus attributes.

She doesn’t need to learn alchemy. If she wants pills, she only needs to say a word, and countless alchemists will line up to give her pills.

Time passed quickly.

Sensing the changes in the world, Ji Jiuli sensed danger. A terrifying Emperor Tribulation was about to descend!

She quickly transformed into a little fox and burrowed into Lin Ning’s arms.

Lin Ning said with a wry smile, “This Emperor Tribulation probably won’t even hurt a strand of your hair.”

“You, ah, you’re getting more and more skilled at burrowing into me.”

Hearing this, Ji Jiuli jumped out of his arms, landed on the ground, and transformed into human form.

The brocade robe she was originally wearing turned into a lace, hip-hugging dress, and she was actually wearing black silk stockings on her legs!

Seeing Ji Jiuli dressed like this, Lin Ning suddenly felt his nose heat up.

Ji Jiuli thought that she needed to remain calm when refining pills. She approached Lin Ning mischievously,

And whispered in his ear in a charming voice:

“Didn’t you say I’m skilled at it?”

“I have other things, are you interested in exploring them further? Master…”