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

Upon hearing this, the woman in the blue dress's eyes lit up.

"Is that really true?!"

"certainly."

Ye Yun nodded, and it didn't seem like he was joking.

This delighted the woman in the blue dress; she might have doubted it if someone else had told her.

But this person who just produced a flawless Ascension Pill might actually have a way to obtain a Sacred Fire Pill!

The woman in the blue dress immediately replied, "Senior Sister seems to still be in seclusion. Would it be alright if we met here in five days?"

Ye Yun thought for a moment. The outer disciples' assessment was the day after tomorrow, so there wouldn't be anything else to do after five days.

"No problem, see you in five days then."

After arranging a time with Ye Yun, the woman in the blue dress warmly saw him off.

After all, if the matter is successfully handled, it would not only be equivalent to making a big client, but also indirectly save the life of the inner sect senior sister!

As for Ye Yun, after leaving the shop, he went to another store and bought some things.

For example, the high-grade mortal-level movement techniques, sword techniques, and concealment techniques that can hide one's aura are considered to have basically completed the techniques required for cultivation.

With these things, and after a little familiarization, barring any unforeseen circumstances, passing the outer sect assessment in a couple of days is almost a certainty.

"Speaking of which, the match roster should have been released by now, right?"

Since the advancement assessment requires advance registration, the list of opponents will be drawn up before the assessment, and it should have already been made public by now.

But Ye Yun was too lazy to look. In order to stay in the abandoned pill room, he had to win no matter who his opponent was!

But as soon as Ye Yun returned to the abandoned pill room, he found his superior, who was also the supervisor in charge of the various departments' miscellaneous tasks, waiting for him.

Seemingly because of the unpleasant smell of the discarded pills, he kept pinching his nose and complaining.

"Is this place even fit for a human to live?"

"Senior Brother Xu, what wind blew you here?"

Ye Yun immediately went up to him and asked with a smile.

The head of the miscellaneous tasks was named Xu Jiu, also known as Old Vulture. He had been in the miscellaneous tasks department for a few years longer than him. Apart from being a little greedy, he was generally quite good in his dealings with people.

Upon seeing Ye Yun, he pinched his nose and said...

"Junior Brother Ye, you'll probably have to forfeit your place in tomorrow's advancement assessment."

"Huh? Why?"

Ye Yun paused for a moment, then asked in confusion.

Xu Jiu reached out and took out a cloth bag from his storage bag, handing it to him. When he opened it, he found over a hundred Xuan Crystals inside.

This made Ye Yun even more puzzled, and he glanced at him and asked.

"Senior brother? What does this mean?"

Xu Jiu didn't waste any words and spoke directly.

"This is from Senior Sister Xue Lan of the inner sect. She asked me to give it to you, hoping that you will admit defeat in tomorrow's assessment."

Ye Yun frowned slightly and asked, "No, whether I win or lose, what does it have to do with her?"

"Of course it's related. You don't know yet, do you? The Holy Maiden's new policy stipulates that if an outer disciple responsible for the assessment fails, they will be directly sent out."

Xu Jiu stared at him and explained.

"Your opponent this time is Senior Sister Xue Lan's cousin. She has relatively poor cultivation talent, and she was worried that you would beat her, so she sent me instead."

Ye Yun now understood; they were planning to use Xuanjing (mystic crystals) to bribe him.

What if I say I disagree?

"Junior Brother Ye, you mustn't act impulsively."

Xu Jiu stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said.

"Given your abilities, you wouldn't have been able to win anyway. Why go through all that trouble and offend an inner disciple before you retire?"

Based on his understanding of Ye Yun, he estimated that Ye Yun's physique would be broken apart by a single punch, let alone victory.

However, Ye Yun immediately said in a calm voice.

"Senior brother, please tell that senior sister that the offer she made was very generous, but I refused."

"Have you thought carefully about the consequences of offending an inner disciple?"

"If she doesn't like me, she can come and kill me."

Ye Yun shrugged. In the Ancient Holy Land, it was a grave crime for disciples to kill each other, even if he was just a menial disciple.

Normally, he might not want to offend the inner disciples, but now that his own fundamental interests are threatened, he can't care about that anymore.

We can only say that we'll deal with whatever comes our way.

"Alright, good luck then."

Xu Jiu shook his head, then pinched his nose and left, muttering to himself as he went.

"I really don't know what's so great about staying in this lousy place..."

After seeing Xu Jiu off, Ye Yun closed the door and went to his rest area, where he took out all the magical treasures he had acquired.

After that, Ye Yun first took off his clothes and put on the steel armor underneath, which might save his life in a critical moment.

Then Ye Yun completed the binding of the Golden Spirit Crossbow and the Yuanwu Shield, and quickly learned how to operate them.

With three magical treasures, Ye Yun felt incredibly powerful!

"Next up is this flying sword..."

No matter how powerful the previous ones were, they were still mortal-level magic treasures, and could not compare to this profound-level flying sword magic treasure.

Ye Yun took out the broken flying sword. Even though it was shattered, he could still feel its sharpness.

The words "Qingxiao" are engraved on one part of the sword, which seems to be the name of the sword.

Ye Yun decided to give it a try and see if the Creation Furnace could reshape it.

If possible, I'll only buy obsolete magic items from now on; they're incredibly cost-effective!

"Creation Furnace, activate!"

Immediately, Ye Yun heard a notification sound.

[Insufficient Creation Points. Reshaping this item requires 50 Creation Points!]

Seeing this consumption figure, Ye Yun couldn't help but gasp. Wasn't it too expensive to reshape a Xuan-level magic weapon?

If this were replaced with pills, it would be enough for five batches of Profound Ascension Pills, enough to buy a brand new Profound-grade magic weapon.

"Forget it, let's wait until we have enough Fortune Points before we talk about it."

Ye Yun temporarily put away his flying sword and instead began studying the new Xuan Technique he had just bought, intending to learn it as soon as possible to improve his combat abilities.

Meanwhile, in a small courtyard somewhere in the holy land.

Xu Jiu bowed to the woman in the white dress in front of him.

"Senior sister, he rejected your suggestion. Here are the two hundred Xuanjing you gave me..."

The woman before him was the Senior Sister Xue Lan he had mentioned. She was a fair-skinned, beautiful female cultivator with an ethereal air.

After hearing his story, the woman in the white dress turned grim and let out a soft snort.

"That guy, he really won't listen to reason, he'll have to suffer the consequences!"

Then she waved to Xu Jiu.

"Alright, you can go now."

Xu Jiu nodded and left respectfully.

At this moment, the girl in green standing next to Xue Lan proudly raised her head and said.

"It's alright, cousin. He's just an old handyman. With my Qi Condensation Level 5 cultivation, I could knock their teeth out with one hand!"

Xue Lan frowned slightly, then sighed softly.

"Alright, that's all we can do for now."

After saying that, she patted the girl in blue on the head and gave her instructions.

Even if he is easily defeated, we must not underestimate him.

"Also, your talent for cultivation is rather poor. After this, I will try to find a way to get you a management position in the Miscellaneous Affairs Department so that you can stay in the Holy Land for the time being."

"This is the last thing your cousin can do for you."

In the ancient holy land, if an outer disciple cannot be promoted to an inner disciple within a hundred years, they will most likely be sent out to participate in grassroots work in the holy land.

While entering the Miscellaneous Affairs Department is not respectable, it allows one to stay and enjoy the sacred cultivation environment, making it easier to improve one's cultivation level.

In addition, given her cousin's personality, she was really worried about sending her abroad.

The girl in green was not happy at all, and asked Xue Lan with a pursed mouth.

"Cousin, is there still no news about the pills on your end?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Lan smiled faintly.

"I received a message from Lingyan today saying that someone might have the Sacred Fire Pill and wants to meet me. Perhaps there's still a chance."

Upon hearing this, the girl in green grabbed her hand and said seriously.

"It's not a maybe, it's a certainty that there will be an opportunity!"

Seeing her serious expression, Xue Lan paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

"I hope so..."