Mortal: Starting in a chaotic starry sea, I can upgrade everything.

"Brother Jiang, don't be in such a hurry to refuse. Why don't you listen to the terms first?"

Zhou Yuan hurriedly said, "The Miaoyin Sect is willing to offer one Foundation Establishment female disciple and five Qi Refining female cultivators for Brother Jiang to choose as concubines..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu lost interest and interrupted her, saying, "Sect Leader Zhou, I am solely focused on the Great Dao and am truly unfit to serve as an elder of our sect. There are quite a few Core Formation cultivators in Tianxing City; you should seek out another expert."

"Brother Jiang..."

"If there's nothing else, Sect Master, please leave. I need to continue recovering my spiritual energy..."

Ultimately, after Jiang Yu's explicit refusal, Zhou Yuan could only sigh and leave.

Watching the beautiful woman's departing figure, Jiang Yu shook his head.

Although he was somewhat lecherous, he wouldn't let himself be bound to the Miaoyin Sect just because of a little beauty.

Unless you challenge his weaknesses, you simply can't resist.

…………

Several days passed in a row.

Because it was flying at full speed, the airship only took five days to fly back to Miaoyin Island.

At the headquarters of Miaoyin Sect, before parting ways.

"Brother Jiang, are you really not going to reconsider? I can still make some more demands..."

Zhou Yuan held the storage bag containing the magical artifact in her hand, her expression slightly complicated.

Ignoring her words, Jiang Yu said solemnly, "Sect Leader Zhou, let me remind you, the killing of Wu Chou has already offended Ji Yin Island. To avoid retaliation, I suggest that the headquarters of Miao Yin Sect should move to Tian Xing City as soon as possible."

"This... Brother Jiang is right." Zhou Yuan's face turned pale, and she instantly lost all interest in pimping.

"Furthermore, please keep the matter of Jiang Yu killing Wu Chou and the others a secret for the time being, Sect Leader," Jiang Yu added.

He had only recently formed his core, yet he was able to kill three people of the same level in succession. If this were to get out, it would surely attract attention.

This is something he doesn't want to see before he reaches the Nascent Soul stage.

"I understand now." Zhou Yuan nodded hurriedly.

…………

After bidding farewell to Miaoyin Island, Jiang Yu flew back to Tianxing City in less than half an hour.

As soon as he broke through the barrier and entered, he sensed that something was wrong.

"Hmm? Why is there a faint smell of blood?"

Jiang Yu frowned slightly, then walked into the cave with a puzzled look on his face.

"Young master, you're finally back!"

Inside the mansion, the woman in red looked both surprised and delighted when she saw him.

Like a drowning person seeing a savior, the woman could no longer contain her emotions and threw herself into his arms without a second thought.

Hearing Yuan Yao's trembling sobs in his arms, clearly indicating that something was wrong, Jiang Yu's expression darkened.

Could something have happened to the two women while he was away for the past two weeks?

"What happened? Where's Yanli?"

"Senior sister... she's in the bedroom... she's been unconscious. Right, young master, please save her."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu's expression turned completely gloomy. Seeing that Yuan Yao's eyebrows and eyes were slightly red and swollen, his heart softened.

"Yao'er, what exactly happened?"

Yuan Yao remained silent, but pulled Jiang Yu and quickly walked into Yanli's cultivation room.

……

"Young Master, how is Senior Sister?"

Yuan Yao asked anxiously, her face no longer showing her usual charm, but filled with worry.

Jiang Yu frowned, his eyes fixed intently on the motionless body on the bed.

At this moment, Yanli's face was pale and bloodless, and there was a scabbed wound on her left shoulder, but there was nothing else unusual.

"It's not an internal injury, nor is it poisoning. It shouldn't be like this," Jiang Yu murmured softly.

He probed Yanli's body with his spiritual power three times, but found nothing unusual each time.

"Young Master, is there no hope for Senior Sister?"

Yuan Yao's red lips trembled slightly as she spoke.

"Not necessarily." Jiang Yu calmly shook his head, temporarily withdrawing his hand, and turned to Yuan Yao, saying, "Yao'er, why don't you tell us first, what exactly happened?"

Yuan Yao suppressed her grief and slowly said, "After the young master left, my senior sister and I..."

Jiang Yu listened carefully and gradually pieced together the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that it was ten days after he left.

The two women emerged from seclusion one after another, and Yuan Yao successfully broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Yanli, however, fell short and failed to break through, remaining at the initial perfect cultivation level.

Feeling down, she suggested going for a walk, and her junior sister Yuan Yao readily agreed.

The two women strolled around the Tianxing City market, and feeling bored, they decided to go outside Tianxing City...

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu stared at Yuan Yao and asked, "So, you went out of the city?"

"Yes, young master." Yuan Yao nodded in acknowledgment, lowering her head as if she had made a mistake.

"and then?"

Yuan Yao continued, "Then my senior sister and I..."

The two women went out of the city and toured the surrounding area. Jiang Yu didn't think there was anything wrong with it, since the area around Tianxing City was relatively safe at this time.

However, the person Yuan Yao mentioned next—the young master of Qingyang Sect—gave him a bad feeling.

As he predicted, things unfolded as they did.

The young master of Qingyang Sect, who was leading the group, was immediately aroused by lust upon seeing the Yanli sisters.

Despite being located near Tianxing City, they insisted on kidnapping the two women.

Yuan Yao and Yan Li naturally fought back. With the magical artifacts given to them by Jiang Yu, they cooperated well and quickly defeated the young master of Qingyang Sect.

As a result, the latter launched a sneak attack, and Yanli was unable to dodge in time and was injured. Yuan Yao then attacked with hatred and killed the young master of Qingyang Sect with a single hammer blow.

The two women knew they had committed a grave offense and dared not linger outside the city.

After quickly collecting all the treasures, they destroyed the body with a fire and swiftly flew back to Tianxing City.

As soon as the two women returned to their cave, Yanli became somewhat listless, and soon she looked like this.

After listening, Jiang Yu was at a loss for words.

He had already changed the original trajectory, but unexpectedly, the two women still encountered the young master of Qingyang Sect.

Feeling listless...

Jiang Yu suddenly had a thought and hurriedly asked, "Yao'er, did you see a monkey in the young master of Qingyang Sect's storage bag?"

"The Soul-Crying Beast!?"

"The Soul-Crying Beast, so that's what it's called. That scoundrel even threw this beast at us back then." Yuan Yao said, her face showing indignation. Then she took out a golden-haired monkey from her storage bag and threw it on the ground.

It seems that Yuan Yao is still unaware of the Soul-Crying Beast's function.

Jiang Yu looked at the monkey on the ground. Its face was ugly, and its nostrils were so big that they took up half of its head.

He remembered it very clearly: the Soul-Crying Beast was just like its soul, devouring all kinds of living souls.

"It seems that Yanli was careless and had a mouthful sucked by it, resulting in her soul being incomplete and gradually falling into a coma."

Jiang Yu thought to himself.

With a wave of his hand, the golden-haired monkey, also known as the Soul-Crying Beast, seemed to understand his meaning and jumped onto his hand.

After playing with the monkey for a while, Jiang Yu explained to Yuan Yao:

"Yao'er, Yanli is in a special condition right now. She's not in any serious danger for the time being, but she won't wake up."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yuan Yao's expression tightened.

She hurriedly shooed the little monkey aside, grabbed Jiang Yu's hand, and asked, "Young Master, please tell me how to awaken Senior Sister! I must save her!"