Starting with the consumables of the Demonic Sect, one can barely achieve immortality.

The Hall of Longevity has six floors.

This floor, where the true disciples of the palace reside, has always been completely dark.

Although everyone's cultivation foundation is different, they all established their foundations based on the Yin-attribute Dao lineage. The light, in the eyes of the Foundation Establishment cultivators, is like a fly, causing them to feel irritated.

However, at that very moment, a faint red light appeared in a dark room on the sixth floor.

The fireworks illuminated Zhong Tianying's figure, dressed in red and as beautiful as a peach blossom, and also the four somber shrines standing around her.

Each shrine is connected to the consciousness of a true disciple residing in the temple.

These days, it's no longer an era where immortals and gods are everywhere. In the Northern Territory today, Foundation Establishment cultivators are revered as immortal cultivators, and their mere gestures are enough to shake the region.

Even in the vast Central Plains south of the northern foothills, across the strait, the mountain gods and river gods who were conferred godhood by the cultivators of the three religions were only at the Foundation Establishment level.

And these Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Hall of Longevity seem to have long regarded themselves as supreme deities.

God does not see God.

In ancient times, this statement was merely an unspoken understanding among the deities under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Dynasty.

Therefore, among the various foundations of the Hall of Longevity in the present era, avoiding each other became the best strategy for self-protection and to prevent conflict.

The number of living disciples the temple master once took in was naturally not limited to these few current disciples.

Those who stand out from countless peers and achieve the Foundation Establishment and become true disciples understand the survival rules of the palace better than anyone else.

How could one possibly trust a so-called fellow disciple who also achieved enlightenment by stepping on the backs of hundreds or thousands of others?

Therefore, these five Foundation Establishment cultivators have not appeared together in the same place for nearly ten years.

If we encounter any important matters that require joint discussion like today, we should simply instruct the person who initiated the meeting to set up a shrine and exchange information.

Zhong Tianying's gaze silently swept over the four shrines.

The second junior brother's cultivation foundation is "Bone in the Tomb," and his lineage is "Sinking Soil."

The third junior brother's cultivation foundation is [Sui Liu Jin], and his lineage is [Geng Jin].

The fourth junior sister's cultivation foundation is [Zhu Lang Yan], and her lineage is [Jin Shui].

The fifth junior sister's cultivation foundation is [Vine Entanglement], and her lineage is [Hidden Wood].

Together with herself, who cultivates the [Wild Blade Flame] and belongs to the [Flowing Fire] category, the five true disciples belong to the five elements and are the strongest combat force in the Hall of Longevity who can travel outside.

Not to mention the Northern Mountain Range, which has been controlled by the Immortal Sect for many years, even if you count all the thirteen kingdoms of the Northern Territory, there are only a handful of forces with such strength.

In the Northern Territory, a family is considered a prestigious family if it produces even one Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If you were in a small country that didn't even have a single Core Formation cultivator, a single word from a Foundation Establishment cultivator could shake the entire nation!

What's more, there are five Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Hall of Longevity.

However, as her gaze fell upon what lay before her, her heart stirred with emotion, and she shared what she knew with her four fellow disciples.

The reactions of the true disciples were not much different from those of the lower-level cultivators they had always looked down upon:

"It's actually Taiyin?"

"How many years has it been since a Taiyin cultivator appeared in the Hall of Longevity?"

"It must have been Zongli's doing..."

The discussions rose and fell, but Zhong Tianying, who sat in the center of the four shrines, did not speak again, but listened quietly to the reactions of his four fellow disciples.

After a long while, a cold, metallic voice rang out:

"Senior sister, what are your plans for dealing with him?"

Zhong Tianying smiled slightly:

"What to do?"

"Third junior brother, you think too highly of your senior sister."

"The first thing I did upon returning to the palace was to write down what I knew on a gold paper crane and send it to the seventh floor."

"Seventh floor...no response yet."

Everyone fell silent.

In the Immortal Sect, sometimes no response is also a form of response.

At least until the seventh level gave a clear order, no Foundation Establishment cultivator dared to take action against Yan Cheng without authorization.

Who knows what attitude the Lord of the Hall of Longevity holds towards this suddenly appearing Yin cultivator?

A soft, ethereal voice, as if coming from afar, asked:

"Does Seventh Junior Sister know?"

Zhong Tianying said:

"I didn't tell her."

"Now that she has obtained the Yin Spirit Coffin, she is focusing all her attention on preparing for Foundation Establishment."

"If she succeeds, Yan Cheng will not be able to stop her."

"What if it doesn't work out..."

She didn't say the rest aloud, but Zhu Xiu understood what she meant.

If one fails to establish a foundation even once, one is nothing more than a disposable resource in this Hall of Longevity.

This principle applies equally to the seemingly worthless corpse cultivators and to Huang Tong, who is a true disciple.

If Yan Cheng were to cultivate the Taiyin Dao with the body of a corpse cultivator, it would certainly become a major variable affecting the future situation of the Longevity Palace.

But no matter how great these variables are, they are ultimately not enough to endanger those who have already established their immortal foundation.

Ultimately, who can guarantee that Yan Cheng will definitely be able to establish his foundation?

Even if someone is the sect leader of one of the three righteous sects in the south, it doesn't mean they can make anyone reach the Foundation Establishment stage just by asking them to.

Whether a person achieves enlightenment or not depends not only on their own talent and ability, but also on many unseen factors.

Even the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the hall possessed the arrogance of chosen talents.

If you were to ask everyone if they could walk the same path again without any obstacles, not a single person would nod in agreement.

Throughout history, how many promising young cultivators have perished at this hurdle?

Compared to Yan Cheng, whose true nature was still uncertain, some of the true disciples were clearly more concerned about Huang Tong, who had received considerable investment from them:

"Seventh Junior Sister, is she still determined to cultivate the [Sacrificial Cocoon]?"

"She's already in the late stage of Qi Refining; if she wants to switch cultivation techniques, this is her only chance!"

Zhong Tianying said quietly:

"Junior Sister's resolve is unwavering, and I cannot change it."

"Deep down, she never believed that her master had no intention of refining her into a human elixir, and resolutely refused to switch to cultivating the other four Dao foundations of the Netherworld Path."

"In her view, only by cultivating the same [Sacrificial Cocoon] as her master could she completely avoid the possibility of being eaten."

"There's nothing I can do for her."

The Foundation Establishment cultivators remained silent.

Ultimately, the claim that the method of human alchemy has been lost is merely a one-sided statement by the Master of the Hall of Longevity.

The disciples believed in their master's supernatural powers and abilities, but dared not believe in his character.

How could someone who could rise to the position of a hall master in the Taiyin Immortal Sect be a virtuous person who is gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and modest?

To avoid being devoured by their senior brothers and sisters who had achieved the Core Formation stage, everyone deliberately chose to cultivate different cultivation paths for their immortal foundations!

Finally, the silence was broken by that ethereal, soft voice:

"If Seventh Junior Sister wants to cultivate the [Sacrificial Cocoon], she must obtain the assistance of the Silk Weaver."

"But why would Sixth Sister help her? To prepare for what happened today, she had already either killed or imprisoned the silk weavers kept in the palace."

"Let alone Seventh Junior Sister, even for us, finding a usable silk weaver right now is no easy task."

Zhong Tianying said leisurely:

"Fourth Junior Sister, don't forget, there's still one of the Weaver Girls who was sent outside the hall by Seventh Junior Sister a long time ago."

"That female cultivator has a fragment left over from the creation of the Whispering Bell buried on her body. No matter where she is, Seventh Junior Sister can sense her location with the Soul-Capturing Bell."

"If we're lucky enough... that weaver might even lead us to the [Moon-Covering Palace]."

Upon hearing these three words, even the usually aloof Foundation Establishment cultivators became anxious. The shrines, which should have been cold and indifferent, became as hot as if they were being boiled in oil.

But no one spoke.

Seeing this, Zhong Tianying simply sighed softly and took the initiative to end the meeting.

That's fine.

"Seventh Junior Sister's scheming and methods are indeed a notch above what we were like back then."

"With a seemingly casual move, she has linked her personal foundation-building process to the success or failure of our grand undertaking to seize the Taiyin Relic Palace!"