Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

Jiang Shi was diligently practicing the "Hundred Illusions and Thousand Faces Technique" in his room.

However, this technique requires time, and it's impossible to break through it in a short period of time.

Jiang Shi needs to cultivate day and night for extended periods. He needs to go into seclusion!

A week has passed, and Jiang Shi still hasn't emerged from seclusion.

After Liu Yue left, the scattered cultivator market fell into disarray and became a chaotic mess.

Even worse, some took advantage of the chaos and robbed and killed many weak and rogue cultivators.

This severely damaged the vitality of the independent cultivator market.

Very few people are willing to set up stalls to trade now.

"Lord Liu, there are people outside claiming to be disciples of the Qingyun Sect," a guard ran in to report to Liu Yue.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yue's face darkened.

"What exactly is the Qingyun Sect trying to do?"

Liu Yue is now very wary of the Qingyun Sect. In his eyes, ever since the Qingyun Sect came to this market of rogue cultivators, the threat of demonic forces has followed.

Now that they've come, they might bring evil spirits again.

Nevertheless, Liu Yue could not be avoided.

After all, the Qingyun Sect is powerful, and even if the troubles of the demonic path were really caused by the Qingyun Sect, he, a mere rogue cultivator, would be powerless to do anything about it.

Liu Yue had no choice but to get up and greet the Qingyun Sect disciples. Not only did he have to greet them, but he also had to wear a smile and not neglect them.

"I am Liu Yue, the manager of the independent cultivator market. Greetings to all my fellow disciples from the Qingyun Sect." Liu Yue cupped his hands in greeting.

"Manager Liu, it's been a long time." Lu Wenming walked over and greeted Liu Yue.

"We meet again, Junior Brother Lu." Liu Yue smiled, appearing very friendly with Lu Wenming, but in his heart he was secretly scrutinizing Lu Wenming.

This person was also among Liu Yue's suspects, but the most suspicious of them all was Ma Yilan, Junior Sister Ma.

"Didn't Junior Sister Ma and Junior Sister Lin come?" Liu Yue asked tentatively.

"Junior Sister Ma didn't come today. I reported what she did that day directly when I got back. She's now in solitary confinement and can no longer come out to do missions."

Lu Wenming looked like he had finally gotten his revenge, and he smiled happily.

"Is this person an idiot?" Liu Yue thought to himself. Going out on missions is the most dangerous thing right now. If you report her and put her in solitary confinement, isn't that a reward for her?

Lu Wenming was still grinning foolishly, unaware that Liu Yue already saw him as a fool.

"And there's Junior Sister Lin, she's behind us." Lu Wenming pointed behind him.

Liu Yue looked back and indeed spotted Lin Yanyi.

She was standing alone outside the crowd, completely silent, like ice and snow.

"Thank goodness she came." Liu Yue breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Yanyi.

Of these people, only Lin Yanyi possesses the strength to kill the demonic wolf and resolve the threat of demonic cultivation.

With her around, the Liu family is temporarily safe.

Liu Yue had no doubt about Lin Yanyi; she was definitely not the person behind the demonic scourge.

That day, only Lin Yanyi risked her life to kill the demonic wolf and save the lives of hundreds of rogue cultivators.

Based on Liu Yue's judgment, he was confident that he was right; Lin Yanyi was someone worth winning over.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, please come in. Let me welcome our fellow disciples from Qingyun Sect with a feast," Liu Yue said.

He had already instructed his servants in advance to prepare spiritual wine and dishes for the Qingyun Sect disciples to enjoy a feast.

Of course, Lin Yanyi did not attend the banquet. Liu Yue instructed his servants to prepare a separate table for Lin Yanyi.

At the dinner table, Liu Yue and the others toasted each other and chatted happily.

After a few rounds of drinks, before Liu Yue could even probe, Lu Wenming revealed his purpose.

"We have come here today hoping that Master Li can accompany me on this trip. We hope that Steward Liu will agree," Lu Wenming said sincerely.

After he returned, although he killed the demon wolf, he did not gain enough contribution. Because of Liang Yunfeng's unexpected death, he was also unable to invite Master Li to the Qingyun Sect.

This made the core disciples of the Lu family very dissatisfied with him, and his name appeared on the list again for this mission.

"This..." Liu Yue's face darkened upon hearing Lu Wenming's words. Master Li was the future foundation of the Liu family.

If I lend it to Lu Wenming today, I'm afraid I'll never get it back.

"It's not that I disagree, but Master Li is a master of talisman making, and I cannot make this decision for him," Liu Yue politely declined.

"I wonder where Master Li is now, and why he didn't come to today's banquet? Since you can't make the decision, why don't you let Master Li meet me?" Lu Wenming asked in return.

"Master Li has already gone into seclusion, and I dare not disturb him without permission."

"Let's leave it at that for today. If Master Li emerges from seclusion tomorrow, I will definitely inform him," Liu Yue said, declining the offer.

He thought to himself that he could delay it for as long as possible, since Master Li sometimes went into seclusion for a month at a time.

If they were delayed for a few more days, Lu Wenming would have no choice but to leave.

Liu Yue made an excuse and left, leaving only the disciples of Qingyun Sect.

A junior disciple asked Lu Wenming, "Senior Brother Lu, who is this Master Li? Why do you value him so much?"

"Master Li is a master talisman maker with superb skills. He has already successfully created a second-grade low-level spirit talisman," Lu Wenming replied.

"He's actually a talisman-making master, capable of crafting second-grade low-level spirit talismans. His skill level is almost on par with our talisman-making hall master. I never expected such a figure to exist in a small, unaffiliated cultivator market."

A monk exclaimed in great surprise.

"Only by winning over Master Li can we safely weather this calamity!"

The people inside were discussing something, while Lin Yanyi had already finished the banquet.

She walked alone towards the room where she had stayed before.

Just then, a dark shadow flashed by in the corner, revealing a familiar aura to Lin Yanyi.

Lin Yanyi saw it and rushed over.

The man used his movement technique to run away.

Lin Yanyi followed closely behind, constantly chasing after the other person's back.

The two ran until they reached a dense forest.

The man stopped and turned around, revealing a face that Lin Yanyi both loved and hated.

"Yan Yi, it's been a long time. Your movements have become much faster. Have you mastered it?" Manager Lin said from the side.

"What is your purpose in infiltrating the Liu family and luring me out?" Lin Yanyi ignored Steward Lin's words and questioned him directly.

"Purpose? Couldn't it be that I miss you? My dear daughter," Steward Lin said affectionately.

But Lin Yanyi took out a long sword from her storage bag and thrust it at Steward Lin.

Manager Lin tried to dodge, but each attempt was fraught with danger.

Even with his cultivation at the tenth level of the Qi Refining stage, he was no match for Lin Yanyi in combat.

"Wait a minute! I'll talk, I'll talk," Manager Lin said hurriedly. His clothes were torn in many places, and if he didn't stop soon, he was afraid that blood would be drawn.

"Speak!" Lin Yanyi said coldly, holding a long sword.

"Jiang Shi is at the Liu family's house. Can you guess who he's disguised as?" Manager Lin said with a smile.