A wasted cultivation cultivator, whose senior sister comes to his door asking for pills at the start

Ye Yun was somewhat surprised to hear Cang Lan's cold words.

Is this really true?

After all, most of the cultivators near Baiye City should be considered citizens of the Azure Dragon Empire.

Azure nodded dismissively.

"Of course it's true."

Cang Lan squinted at the token in his hand.

"If anyone dares to act upon seeing this order, it means they are determined to be my enemy, and they may be killed!"

At this point, she changed the subject and a smile appeared on her face.

"Of course... when you go, fellow Daoist, it would be best to change your appearance if possible."

From icy coldness to a warm smile, it all happened in an instant, truly showcasing her ability to change her expression.

Ye Yun was slightly taken aback when he heard this, but he quickly realized what was going on.

"Is Miss Azure worried that someone might use my identity to cause trouble?"

If you're going to cause trouble using your current identity, this is the only downside.

"That's right."

Azure nodded in response and explained.

"While there's nothing to be afraid of, it would be better to have less trouble."

Although she is not afraid of trouble, no one likes trouble.

If we can solve this problem without much trouble, that would be ideal.

"No problem, I've got it."

Ye Yun smiled faintly.

"Since Miss Azure is so kind, I will naturally not make things difficult for you."

As the saying goes, "put yourself in someone else's shoes," and he understood this principle.

It's just a matter of changing his appearance; it's not a difficult thing for him.

He didn't even want to use the identity of Nangong to get involved in the Xu family's affairs.

To avoid having to explain to the Crown Prince later...

Upon hearing this, Cang Lan smiled gently.

"In that case, I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Nangong."

"It's nothing."

Ye Yun sat up, then moved closer to Cang Lan and said with a smile.

"Now, Miss Azure should be well rested, right? My sage state is over."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yun, who was smiling, froze.

She quickly shook her head and retorted.

"Wait, let me rest a bit more, I really have no strength left."

Ye Yun raised an eyebrow and said with a smile.

"It's alright, just lie down, leave the rest to me."

In any case, given the other party's cultivation level at the Foundation Establishment Realm, their physical strength far surpasses that of Han Yu.

No matter how much you mess around, you don't have to worry about hurting the other person...

"Wait, wait a minute..."

Azure stepped back, clearly indicating that this wasn't a matter of whether or not she needed to move.

Putting everything else aside, her throat was already a bit dry from shouting.

Unfortunately, she is now nothing more than a lamb in front of a big bad wolf.

Before she could even struggle, Ye Yun tackled her to the ground...

……

……

……

The two didn't finish until very late.

During this period, they played countless games.

It can only be said that it was thanks to her Dao Building Realm cultivation that she survived; otherwise, she would probably have collapsed and died.

Later on, she didn't even know how she fell asleep.

All that is known is that the two of them woke up the next day.

Cang Lan was originally prepared to see him off, but he couldn't even get out of bed; he was like a lump of soft mud.

As for her legs, they seemed to belong to someone else; walking was out of the question for her.

"Miss Azure, you should get some rest today."

Ye Yun looked at Cang Lan, who was lying on the bed looking disheveled, and couldn't help but smile.

The latter blushed and said irritably.

"Fellow Daoist Nangong, you've really gone too far this time. I still have official business to attend to today."

Ye Yun shrugged, looking completely innocent.

"What are you saying? Didn't you like it quite a bit last night too?"

Upon hearing this, Cang Lan pursed her lips and said dejectedly.

"Do I even have a choice?"

Looking back now, last night was really a bit too crazy.

Ye Yun played several games with her, and even her resistance was useless.

She strongly suspected that she hadn't fallen asleep last night, but rather had passed out and then slept until morning...

Ye Yun seemed to realize that he had gone a bit too far last night, and coughed lightly.

"Alright, I'll definitely be more careful next time."

"..."

Cang Lan was feeling depressed. When had this fellow Daoist Nangong ever not said the same thing?

She felt like someone said she was just going to wander around outside without going inside, but then...

But there was nothing he could do; he really couldn't do anything about the other party.

In particular, she never felt the urge to resist whenever she was being tormented.

It was as if a voice was telling me not to struggle, just keep going.

By the time I came to my senses, it was all over.

Finally, she took a deep breath, shook her head, and tried to sweep those thoughts away.

Now, all she wants is to get rid of the other person as soon as possible, then get some rest and try to get out of bed to handle some official business.

She looked at Ye Yun and reminded him.

"Fellow Daoist Nangong, weren't you planning to set off this morning? You can go now, right?"

If she didn't set off soon, she would start to wonder if this fellow Daoist Nangong would pester her to come for a morning exercise.

"Understood, I will prepare to depart immediately."

Fortunately, Ye Yun did not take the opportunity to torment her further.

Ye Yun had already gotten out of bed and changed into a clean set of clothes.

He explained as he put on his clothes.

"As for Han Yu, let her stay here for a few days. I will come to pick her up after everything is settled."

Azure had no objection to this.

"Sure, no problem at all. Can she stay in your guest room?"

"Okay, sure."

Ye Yun nodded.

While they were talking, he had already changed his clothes.

However, just as he was about to leave, Canglan suddenly spoke up.

"Wait a moment."

"Um?"

Ye Yun paused for a moment, then looked at her with a puzzled expression.

After that, Cang Lan shifted her body and knelt on the bed in front of Ye Yun, explaining softly.

"Your collar is a bit messy, let me straighten it for you."

As she spoke, she stretched out her fair hand and fiddled with Ye Yun's collar.

Her gentle demeanor is just like that of a virtuous wife.

After a moment, she nodded in satisfaction.

"That should do it."

Seeing this, Ye Yun couldn't help but sigh.

"Miss Azure, it feels like we're an old married couple."

These teasing remarks made Cang Lan blush instantly.

She lay back down on the bed and turned her face away.

"Fellow Daoist Nangong, it's time for you to set off."

Unexpectedly, Ye Yun smiled faintly and simply waved his hand.

See you in a few days.

After saying that, he got up and left.

Only after closing the door and leaving did Canglan turn her face away.

Looking at the closed door, she couldn't help but sigh softly, her expression tinged with sadness.

"Husband and wife... In my lifetime, will I truly have the opportunity to become a Daoist partner with someone else?"

……

After leaving the Azure Palace, Ye Yun first went to see Han Yu and explained the follow-up.

Basically, I just want her to stay here and not wander off until I come back to pick her up.

I originally wanted to take her with me, but I thought that if we encountered a dangerous situation, she wouldn't even be able to run away.

To be on the safe side, let's just let her wait here.

After giving his instructions, Ye Yun left the imperial palace and headed straight outside the city to meet up with Xu Qingyan.

Outside the capital of the Azure Dragon Empire, on a certain mountain range.

"Qingyan, that's roughly the situation of the Xu family."

Ye Yun looked at Xu Qingyan, who had joined him, and explained to her the current situation of the Xu family and the difficulties they faced.

Everything else is relatively easy to resolve, but the most troublesome issue is that the Xu family members themselves are unwilling to leave...

After listening, Xu Qingyan felt both helpless and gratified.

The unfortunate thing is that those tribesmen were too stubborn; even though they all had a chance to live, they insisted on staying.

The comforting aspect lies precisely in this: it shows that those who remained were people willing to die for their clan.

Finally, Xu Qingyan took a deep breath and said seriously.

"Rest assured, Master, I will persuade the people of our tribe to leave with us!"

Xu Qingyan knew very well that if she continued to stay in Baiye City, the Xu family would surely perish in the near future.

Rather than waiting for destruction, it's better to find another place, settle down, spread out, and rebuild glory.

After all, a family without people is just a name in history.

"If you can convince them, then it's up to you."

Ye Yun nodded in satisfaction. If he couldn't convince them, even he couldn't help them.

After all, it's impossible to kidnap all the members of the Xu family and take them to Dongzhou; ultimately, it has to be their own willingness.

Looking at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, Ye Yun said calmly.

"Alright, let's go."

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Qingyan nodded immediately, still feeling a little excited.

So much time has passed, and she never imagined that she would still have a chance to salvage the situation and bring her doomed family back to the right path.

Ye Yun, standing before her, was the root of all this, essentially giving her and the Xu family a second life!

Just as she unleashed her flying magic weapon, intending to take Ye Yun with her, she...

Suddenly, Ye Yun spoke up.

"Wait a moment."

"What's wrong, Master?"

Xu Qingyan looked puzzled and turned her head.

Then, Ye Yun activated the Thousand Illusions Mask, transformed into Lin Mu's appearance.

Seeing this, Xu Qingyan looked puzzled.

"This is……"

Ye Yun smiled and said to him with a slight upturn of his lips.

"From this moment on, I am no longer Nangong, nor Ye Yun."

"Oh? And you are...?"

"I am a mysterious, kind-hearted person who saw injustice and decided to help you solve your family's troubles!"

"..."

Xu Qingyan was stunned for a while before she realized why the other party was doing this.

She nodded immediately.

"Yes, Master!"

"Don't call me master."

"What's it called?"

"Call me young master."

"Yes, Master... oh no, Young Master!"

Having spent so much time together, Xu Qingyan has almost gotten used to calling him that.

It's a bit strange that he suddenly started calling me "Young Master".

Ye Yun smiled faintly, jumped onto the flying magic weapon, and waved to it.

"Alright, let's go!"

"Yes, Master...Young Master!"

Xu Qingyan nodded, then jumped onto the magical artifact and rode it away into the distance...

……

The Azure Dragon Imperial Capital is still some distance from White Leaf City.

For this reason, although it wasn't exactly a case of the emperor being far away, the empire generally didn't concern itself with that area.

Like last time, the matter escalated too much, leading to a collective resistance from multiple forces.

This forced the Azure Dragon royal family to send cultivators to suppress the rebellion.

On the way to Baiye City, Ye Yun took the opportunity to ask a few questions.

"By the way, Qingyan, what is the strength of the various factions in Baiye City?"

This was all familiar to Xu Qingyan.

She recounted the story almost without pausing, as if reciting a familiar tale.

"With Baiye City as the main force, plus our Xu family, there are a total of five forces in the vicinity."

"Some of them belong to sects, some to clans, and their strengths are all similar, with their leaders all at the peak of the extraordinary realm."

This is good news for Ye Yun and his group.

Ye Yun raised an eyebrow and asked a question.

"They're all at the peak of the Transcendent Realm? With so many forces, isn't there a single leader who has broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm?"

Xu Qingyan fell silent for a moment, then looked at him helplessly.

"Young master, you've been in the Holy Land for too long, so you may not be very familiar with the situation outside."

"In the entire Azure Dragon Empire and even the Southern Continent, those who reach the Upper Three Realms, that is, the Foundation Establishment Realm, are extremely rare."

"In other words, without so many forces, no one has broken through to the Dao Building stage."

"It is precisely because no one has broken through that so many forces can exist near Baiye City."

This explanation made Ye Yun understand.

"I see... It seems I underestimated the difficulty of breaking through to the Dao Construction stage."

Thanks to the existence of the Creation Furnace, he was able to help his master, Ru Shuang, Fei Qingluo, and Xu Qingyan break through to higher levels with ease.

This led him to believe that breaking through to the upper three realms was just a trivial matter, a matter of going with the flow.

Xu Qingyan's following words corrected his thinking.

She took a deep breath and shook her head.

"In fact, most people at the peak of the extraordinary realm may be stuck here for their entire lives, unable to touch that trace of the Great Dao."

"In the end, he could never make any further progress in his life."

"After all, not everyone is as lucky as me to receive a high-grade elixir from you, young master."

"Those are things that every peak-level extraordinary cultivator can only dream of, and never seek out."

"If even one of these were to appear in White Leaf City, it would trigger a bloodbath among forces within a thousand miles!"

The Seven Apertures Exquisite Pill of Grade 8, and the Heart Refining and Dao Condensing Pill.

Each one is a supplementary elixir that countless people dream of.

When she broke through, she ate both of them together.

In fact, because the elixir came too easily.

Even Ye Yun himself probably had no idea what kind of pills he was giving away.

For ordinary cultivators, that's something they might not be able to obtain even if they spent their entire lives.

Obtaining even one is considered an extremely fortunate stroke of luck, like the smoke rising from one's ancestral grave.

Not to mention that Ye Yun used two pills right away to help her break through...

"I see, I understand now."

Ye Yun nodded slightly, sighing inwardly.

It seems I'll have to be more careful when sending high-level pills in the future.

We must clearly realize that any one of these things could cause bloodshed and chaos outside.

"By the way, if that's the case, wouldn't you be able to kill indiscriminately when you go back?"

After all, the leaders of the four forces were all at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, and they could not possibly be a match for her, a Dao Establishment cultivator.

Upon hearing this, Xu Qingyan paused for a moment, then nodded.

"That's true in theory, provided... the Crown Prince doesn't make any moves."

Since leaving last time, Ye Yun has removed the marks left on her body.

Naturally, the Crown Prince would also notice something.

If she wanted to control herself so badly, the only place she could be in was the Xu family in Baiye City.

Therefore, the other party will definitely have at least one cultivator at the Upper Three Realms stationed in Baiye City.

Ye Yun pondered her concerns for a moment.

"That shouldn't be a problem. That princess is usually quite reliable."

"Hmm... I hope so."

Xu Qingyan took a deep breath; she was quite reassured by her master's words.

As they talked, they got closer and closer to Baiye City.

……

Although Baiye City is located in a remote area, it is far away from the capital of Canglong.

However, the place is rich in spiritual energy, and over the years, it has nurtured many powerful forces.

Ultimately, through extensive historical research, it was discovered that only five major powers remain in Baiye City today.

These are the Song, Zhao, and Xu families within the city, and the Jinyu Sect and Qingxuan Sect outside the city.

However, ever since the last incident against the Empire...

The Xu family, who were chosen as scapegoats, quickly fell into ruin after their patriarch, Xu Qingyan, was arrested.

However, although the clan's power has declined, it still has a lot of resources at its disposal.

Naturally, he ended up being accused of possessing a treasure that brought him trouble...

On this day, at the Xu family mansion.

Inside the council chamber of the mansion, two men and a woman were talking.

One of them is Elder Xu Ling, who is also the current acting patriarch of the Xu family.

The other person is Xu Chengfeng, the second elder of the Xu family, who is a transcendent cultivator second only to Xu Ling in the clan.

Furthermore, there is a relatively young female cultivator named Xu Mei, who is a pillar of the younger generation!

The three of them now practically represent the highest decision-making level of the Xu family.

These three people all had gloomy expressions on their faces.

"Those bastards! We should have known they'd kick us when we're down!"

Second Elder Xu Chengfeng was furious and slammed his fist on the table, causing the entire ground to tremble.

Xu Mei, standing beside him, also had a cold glint in her beautiful eyes.

"Exactly! They're demanding 90% of our cultivation resources—that's outright robbery!"

"They actually have the audacity to call it 'for the sake of our Xu family,' and even made some kind of three-day agreement."

This is the message that the four major powers sent to the Xu family today.

They were to hand over 90% of their cultivation resources and twenty young female cultivators as cultivation vessels within three days.

These conditions are downright humiliating.

Therefore, the two of them looked at the elder Xu Ling, who was in a higher position.

Xu Chengfeng spoke with a cold and stern expression.

"Elder, please give the order! Better to die a glorious death than live a shameful life! Let's fight them to the death!"

Within the Xu family, he was the most hot-tempered and a staunch advocate of war.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ling frowned and took a deep breath.

"If war really breaks out, our Xu family will probably be wiped out."

After all, those guys are just looking for a pretext to attack the Xu family.

If we initiate a war, we are essentially handing over the pretext to the enemy.

The Xu family doesn't even have a single peak-level Transcendent cultivator. If war breaks out, they will inevitably be wiped out by the combined forces of all sides.

Xu Mei pursed her lips and said coldly.

"The problem is, those bastards never intended to give us a way out."

"Not only do they want to plunder our resources, but they also want to use the female cultivators in our clan as furnaces."

If they agreed to this, it would be tantamount to kneeling down and begging for mercy from the four major powers.

Xu Ling pondered for a moment, then took a deep breath and said.

"In my opinion, the Xu family has reached a dead end in this situation."

"If we want to continue to exist, we really need to consider Her Highness the Eldest Princess's suggestion..."

The other two knew exactly what the princess's proposal was.

That would mean leaving White Leaf City and establishing oneself elsewhere, but that was equally unacceptable.

Xu Chengfeng's face darkened, and he let out a cold snort.

"No way! Even if it means fighting those guys to the death, I'm not leaving!"

"If we leave now, how will we face our ancestors after we die?"

After all, this is where they first made their fortune, and their ancestors have lived here for generations.

If the entire clan were to relocate and leave this place, after they leave, not only would this mansion be divided up by others.

Even ancestral graves and ancestral halls will probably be dug up by them.

In his eyes, each and every one of these things was more important than his own life or death!

Xu Mei shook her head at this.

"I also think this is inappropriate, not to mention that the risk of relocating the entire clan is too great."

"Even if we manage to move out smoothly, where can we go?"

"I doubt any power would allow us to develop in their vicinity."

In the end, they can only be subservient to others, and end up with their lives controlled by others.

"By then, we probably won't even be able to die standing up."

Clearly, both of them made a lot of sense.

That is precisely why Xu Ling is in such a difficult position.

"I understand everything you're saying."

"But now that the clan leader has been captured, even if we wanted to fight, what would we have to fight with?"

"Are we just going to stand by and watch all our people die in battle in three days?"

After hearing this, Xu Chengfeng and Xu Mei both fell silent for a moment.

Clearly, they were all well aware of the consequences.

After a while, they all couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Chengfeng clenched his fists and said dejectedly.

"Indeed, it would be great if the clan leader were here."

Xu Mei shook her head and said in a deep voice.

"If the clan leader were here, would these fellows dare to be so insolent?"

Seeing the two of them sighing in regret, Xu Ling also sighed softly.

"Don't even think about it. The clan leader has been captured and imprisoned in the capital's prison. He probably won't be coming back."

At this point, all three of them fell silent.

Throughout the Azure Dragon Empire, everyone knows that entering the Azure Dragon Imperial Capital's Heavenly Prison is like having one foot in the gates of hell.

Whether one dies sooner or later depends entirely on the mood of those royal family members.

However, just as they were feeling bored, a joyful shout came from outside.

"Elder! Something terrible has happened!"

Hearing the shout, all three of them frowned.

The main problem is that these days, when we hear about major events, nothing good ever happens; it's all terrible news.

Immediately, Elder Xu Ling took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice to the outside.

"What's with this panic? What serious incident has happened?"

He didn't even want to go out; instead, he simply asked a question through the door.

The main concern was that if he heard it face-to-face, he would lose his composure in front of his juniors.

Unexpectedly, the door was suddenly kicked open the next second.

A young man, covered in sweat, rushed in.

He didn't even knock or ask anything before the door was kicked open.

This action caused even the three most composed individuals to twitch at the corners of their mouths.

Xu Ling's face turned ashen, and she glared at him before asking a question.

"You brat, what's wrong with you?!"

However, the young man who rushed in was panting and excitedly shouting at them.

"It's the clan leader! The clan leader is back!!!"