I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

More than three months later.

Zhou Yuan flew back to Silver Shark Island in a flurry of travel dust, and using the teleportation array, returned to the Starry Sky Palace on the fiftieth floor of the Holy Mountain.

The moment he stepped out of the teleportation array, he took a deep breath of the familiar spiritual energy of Tianxing City, feeling as if he had been transported to another world.

After years of drifting at sea, I've finally returned.

Without delay, he returned directly to Wuya Cave.

Inside the cave, Yuan Yao and Yan Li were not in seclusion and were chatting and drinking tea in the main hall.

Upon seeing Zhou Yuan return, the two women's eyes flashed with joy, and they quickly got up to greet him.

"Zhou Lang, you're back!"

Yuan Yao rushed into his arms first, followed closely by Yan Li, who hugged him from both sides.

Zhou Yuan put his arms around the two women's slender waists, smelled their familiar fragrance, and felt a warm feeling well up in his heart.

In recent years, both women have been practicing the "Azure Sun Demon Fire Technique".

They have now cultivated the technique to the seventh level, which corresponds perfectly to their early Core Formation stage. After switching cultivation methods, their foundation is more stable, and their aura is much more solid than before.

"How is your cultivation going?" Zhou Yuan asked.

"It went very smoothly, thanks to the cultivation technique Zhou Lang gave me." Yuan Yao looked up and smiled brightly.

"It's just that Zhou Lang isn't here, and I miss you." Yanli whispered in his ear, her breath sweet as orchids.

Zhou Yuan smiled and led the two women into the depths of the cave.

That night was naturally filled with tenderness.

……

The next day.

Zhou Yuan left Wuya Cave and headed to the market.

He intended to go directly to purchase supplies, but his feet unconsciously led him in one direction.

The Gate of Wonderful Sounds.

The Miaoyin Sect is currently in a difficult situation because it has offended the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

The disciples of the sect basically dared not leave Tianxing City, and dared not even do normal business dealings—for fear of being robbed by the people of Jiyin Island.

As a result, without any source of income, the situation inside the house worsened day by day.

Nearly half of the disciples had fled, and the rest were filled with anxiety.

Zhou Yuan arrived at the familiar courtyard. The two maids at the gate bowed and greeted him as he entered.

Before even reaching the hall, Zhou Yuan's powerful divine sense had already detected the conversation between the two women inside.

……

In the hall, two beautiful figures stood facing each other.

A woman dressed in a lotus-green dress, with delicate eyebrows and phoenix eyes, exuded a capable and efficient air; she was none other than the Left Envoy, Zhuo Ruting.

The other person was dressed in a purple palace gown, with a graceful figure. Her face was still covered by a faint purple aura, revealing only a pair of clear, watery eyes—it was Fairy Zi Ling.

"Sister Zhuo."

Zi Ling spoke, her voice soft yet resolute, "The Miaoyin Sect is now on its own. No Core Formation elder is willing to risk their life to escort our goods; business is no longer viable... Let's disband."

Zhuo Ruting remained silent for a moment, then sighed softly.

"Then let's disband it." She nodded. "I'll take my branch and find somewhere else to develop. Over the years, we've saved up some money, enough to keep us from starving."

Zi Ling didn't speak, but just stared out the window with a somewhat unfocused look in her eyes.

Disbanding the Miaoyin Sect... This was the culmination of my mother's life's work.

But this sect was not one she liked.

Relying on beauty to connect with the powerful is ultimately like a rootless duckweed.

Perhaps it's better if they disband.

Just then, a smiling voice came from outside the door.

"It seems I've come at a good time... I'm visiting just before the Myriad Sounds Sect disbands."

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure strode into the hall—it was Zhou Yuan!

"Elder Zhou has arrived!"

Zhuo Ruting's eyes lit up, and she quickly greeted them with a smile, personally going to make tea.

Zi Ling stared blankly at Zhou Yuan, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

That night, she gave him her virginity.

She actually liked him, but he had other women around him, and she didn't want to share a man with others, so she chose to stay at Miaoyin Gate instead of going with him.

Seeing you again now fills me with mixed emotions.

"Elder Zhou, did you come here to see me?" she asked softly.

"Yes, I need to buy some things from you."

Zhou Yuan nodded, took out a list from his pocket, and handed it over.

Zhuo Ruting leaned over to take a look; the list was densely packed with a large number of supplies.

Spirit wood, ore, refined iron, array plate materials... It seems to be various materials needed to make magical artifacts, refine puppets, and construct teleportation arrays.

This deal is worth over ten thousand spirit stones!

"So many supplies!"

Zhuo Ruting's eyes lit up even more. "There's some stockpiled inventory in the store; we can get rid of it!"

She looked at the list carefully and said, "However, there are quite a few supplies that we don't have, so I'm afraid we won't be able to gather them all."

"It's alright." Zhou Yuan waved his hand. "We'll collect as much as we can."

Zi Ling looked at him, and a warm feeling welled up in her heart.

She knew that Zhou Yuan was helping her indirectly.

The Miaoyin Sect is currently in a difficult situation, and this deal, with Luanxinghai Han Paopao sincerely presenting "In Huangfeng Valley, I Have an Equipment Slot!", exclusively launched by Kele Novels, is like sending charcoal in snowy weather.

"Sister Zhuo, go and prepare the goods."

Zi Ling said softly, "I'll chat with Elder Zhou for a while."

Zhuo Ruting nodded, took the list, and left the hall.

Zi Ling turned around, glanced at Zhou Yuan, and then silently walked towards the backyard.

Zhou Yuan followed.

The door to the side room closed gently.

In the room, Zi Ling had her back to him and reached out to untie the belt around her waist.

Her purple palace dress slipped to the ground, revealing her smooth, jade-like back and slender, graceful curves.

Her skin was as white as snow, her eyebrows and eyes as beautiful as a painting, her cherry lips slightly parted, and her eyes, as they moved, carried a hint of resentment, a hint of affection, and a hint of bewilderment.

"Zhou Yuan..." she called softly.

Zhou Yuan stepped forward and put his arm around her slender waist.

Zi Ling nestled into his arms, tilted her head back, and closed her eyes.

The room was filled with the colors of spring.

……

Several hours later.

The two got dressed and returned to the hall.

Zhuo Ruting had already prepared the goods, several large boxes, which were piled up in a corner of the hall.

"Elder Zhou, this is the list of all the supplies our sect can gather. Please take a look." She handed over a jade slip.

Zhou Yuan scanned the area with his divine sense and nodded.

He then took out spirit stones from his storage bag and paid for the goods with 90,000 spirit stones.

The transaction was completed, and Zhuo Ruting was all smiles.

Suddenly, she remembered something and asked, "Elder Zhou, do you know a Core Formation cultivator surnamed Han?"

Zhou Yuan's heart stirred.

Surname Han? Core Formation cultivator?

"A few years ago, that Senior Han came to our sect, looking for the Spirit Bamboo."

Zhuo Ruting recalled, "When he saw your portrait hanging in the hall, his expression changed drastically... as if he recognized you."

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Han Li!

This kid really is in Tianxing City!

"Where is he?" Zhou Yuan asked.

"I don't know exactly where they live."

Zhuo Ruting shook her head. "However, I can help Elder Zhou check. The rental of cave dwellings in Tianxing City is all registered, so it shouldn't be difficult to find."

"Go check it out." Zhou Yuan nodded.

After all these years, there's finally some news about Han Li.

After leaving Miaoyin Sect, Zhou Yuan did not return to Wuyai Cave, but instead went to Liulian Palace again.

To his surprise, the Six-Linked Palace had moved its headquarters to Tianxing City, occupying a larger area in the market, with its buildings and palaces being much more magnificent than before.

"It seems that the Lord of Snow Night Palace has heeded my advice from over a decade ago," Zhou Yuan thought to himself.

He entered the headquarters of the Six-Linked Halls, revealing his early Core Formation stage cultivation. Immediately, a Foundation Establishment stage steward came forward to greet him.

"What would you like, sir?" the steward asked respectfully.

Just as Zhou Yuan was about to speak, an old man from another direction in the hall suddenly looked up in their direction, and then his face lit up with surprise!

"Brother Zhou!"

The old man walked over quickly, his face full of excitement.

Zhou Yuan turned his head and was also taken aback.

This man was none other than Ouyang Gong!

The manager of Yuhuanju in Liuliandian, Kuixing Island, was his old friend and had worked with him for decades.

"Brother Ouyang!" Zhou Yuan smiled. "It's been decades since we last met!"

"Yes, it's been decades..."

Ouyang Gong looked at him, filled with emotion, "I am now very old, Brother Zhou, you are still so young..."

He gave a wry smile.

Before reaching the Core Formation stage, a Foundation Establishment cultivator's lifespan is at most two hundred years.

Now he only has about twenty years left to live.

Zhou Yuan still looks like a young man.

"Qing'er, come and greet your Uncle Zhou."

Ouyang Gong waved to a girl beside him.

The girl looked to be about twenty-one or twenty-two years old. She had delicate features, fair skin, and bright, intelligent eyes. Her cultivation level was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, indicating that she had good potential.

"Qing'er greets Uncle Zhou," the girl called out sweetly, bowing slightly.

Zhou Yuan smiled and took out a bottle of pills from his storage bag and handed it over.

"Nice to meet you. I don't have anything special to offer, but please take this bottle of pills; they'll be of some help with your cultivation."

Ouyang Qing took it, opened the bottle, smelled it, and her eyes lit up immediately!

Those are top-quality pills for enhancing magical power; a single bottle is worth at least several thousand spirit stones!

"Thank you so much, Uncle Zhou!"

She thanked him happily.

Ouyang Gong watched this scene with satisfaction in his eyes.

Just then—

"Something terrible has happened!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from outside the hall, and a cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage stumbled in, his face full of panic, instantly attracting the attention of everyone in the hall!