Fairy, help me cultivate.

Xu Junyu, being straightforward and outspoken, couldn't detect any trickery. She was so angry that her chest swelled up, and she was about to speak up for justice when she turned around and saw Chen Yao winking at her.

She sniffed, snorted, and then said nothing more.

“What you’re saying is strange, Uncle-Master Feixing. Ever since I was about to establish my foundation, Refining Soul Peak has been trying to find ways to target Jade Peak. How can you say that my master is deliberately targeting Uncle-Master Xuanjing?”

Chen Yao flew out.

Hui Bai followed nervously behind him, afraid that he would anger Fei Xing and get hurt.

He stared into Fei Xing's eyes: "I'd like to ask you, Uncle Fei Xing, why are you so determined to target Hanyu Peak? Every disciple of Hanyu Peak is brave and has made the best contribution to the sect..."

"That's right. Putting everything else aside, just take my junior brother as an example. At the Qi Refining stage, he has repeatedly uncovered the Demonic Sect's conspiracies, helped the sect suppress its enemies, and even killed a Golden Core Demonic Cultivator. What have we, Hanyu Peak, done to wrong you?"

Hui Bai shielded Chen Yao behind her, her voice clear and crisp: "Such a talent, yet the sect not only failed to provide him with much support, but also hindered and oppressed him at every turn during his crucial period. Just now someone said that they were afraid that in the future everyone would only know Hanyu Peak and not the Elder Sect, but I think that now everyone only knows the Enforcement Elder and not the Sect Master!"

"That's right!" The disciples of Jade Peak chorused in unison from within the clouds.

"you!"

Fei Xing was momentarily stunned by Chen Yao and Hui Bai's barrage of words: "When adults are talking, children should refrain from interrupting!"

"Have you no shame? Do you have any sense of reason? If you can't win an argument, you resort to bullying?" Xu Junyu shouted, hands on her hips and chest puffed out.

Ling Ning reached out to stop her: "Senior Brother Fei Xing, justice will prevail. It's not that I, Ling Ning, am being unreasonable, but that Xuan Jing has become confused and has done things that are unacceptable to people."

A breeze swept across the ground, parting the clouds to reveal the clear, misty mountains below.

Ling Ning lowered her eyes and glanced at the peaks beneath her feet: "Just to prevent me from reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he caused all the peak Qi Refining cultivators in the entire sect to be unable to advance. He's enraged by everyone. Senior Brother Fei Xing, tell me, does he deserve to die?"

Fei Xing was speechless for a long time before finally saying, "Senior Brother Xuan Jing is, after all, an enforcement elder, and it is not something that I, a mere elder of a sect, can handle. Even if I were to make a judgment for Junior Sister here, it would be of no use."

"Okay. It's good that you have this attitude."

Ling Ning glanced at him, then looked up towards the higher place and said, "Sect Leader, what do you say?"

Fei Xing, Xu Junyu, and the others were taken aback.

A strong wind rose, the clouds dispersed, and the female disciples, their skirts fluttering in the air, quickly flew away to clear a path from the sky.

In the passageway, a middle-aged man dressed in black robes and a crane cloak slowly descended.

Everyone bowed and paid their respects.

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

The middle-aged man was the sect leader of the Kuanglu Sect, Master Xuanzhi.

Master Xuanzhi waved his hand, indicating that everyone should dispense with formalities.

He glanced at Feixing, who blushed and gave an awkward smile.

"Junior sister, do you mean to dispose of the Mystic Crystal? How should we dispose of it?"

Xuanzhi did not object, but instead passed the question back to Ling Ning.

Hearing this, Chen Yao cursed inwardly that these sect leaders were all cunning foxes.

Ling Ning was no ordinary person either, and smiled, "Naturally, it will be handled in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Enforcement Sect."

"it is good."

Xuanzhi smiled and said, "The Soul Refining Peak is responsible for enforcing the law, and they are also the most familiar with the sect rules, so let them handle it."

Even Xu Junyu could sense the bias in Xuanzhi's decree at this moment, and his brows furrowed deeply: "Senior brother, isn't this just...?"

"Hmm—" Xuan Zhi glanced at her, and Xu Junyu dared not speak. She was still very wary of this unfathomable sect leader.

Ling Ning didn't react much, she just nodded.

However, Xuanzhi frowned again: "However, Xuanjing is an enforcement elder. To deal with an enforcement elder of a sect is a serious matter. I'm afraid we need to consider it carefully."

“That won’t do.” Ling Ning disagreed this time.

Xuanzhi stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then glanced at Chen Yao: "Then, let Chen Yao go to Refining Soul Peak to serve as a juror, how about that?"

Chen Yao quickly waved his hand: "That won't do. I'm just a Foundation Establishment junior, and I'm not familiar with the sect's legal affairs. How can I go to the jury?"

He cursed Xuanzhi in his heart, thinking, "Isn't this guy trying to push me into a fire pit?!"

Xuanzhi seemed not to have heard him speak, and said to Ling Ning with a smile, "It's settled then."

"Master..." Chen Yao was anxious. Not to mention that Refining Soul Peak was Xuanjing's territory, as an outsider, he would be targeted for monitoring his disciples and interrogating his ancestor. Just the fact that the demonic sect bigwig was hiding in Refining Soul Peak as an undercover agent would probably be enough to give him a hard time.

Ling Ning gave him a deep look and nodded, "Alright. Yao'er, this is an opportunity given to you by the sect leader, so make the most of it!"

Chen Yao was stunned.

"However, Senior Brother Sect Leader, since you've made this decision, let's put the matter of the Azure Wave Pool aside for now!"

At the last moment, Ling Ning unleashed her trump card.

Xuanzhi was taken aback, and the figure that had been rising towards the sky paused: "What's going on at Bibo Pool?"

Chapter Ninety-One: Chen Yao Makes Great Contributions to the Sect

Xuanzhi turned around and frowned as he looked at Ling Ning.

Xu Junyu didn't quite understand what Ling Ning meant either, blinking his eyes with a wise expression.

Only Chen Yao vaguely guessed Ling Ning's meaning.

Bibo Pool is a place that the South China Sea Immortal Sect and even the Demonic Sect openly and secretly fight over. Because that evil dragon is too powerful, no one dares to make the first move, for fear of benefiting others. That's why that enclave was left untouched.

But now, by a twist of fate, he killed the evil dragon, and it can be said that the sect gained a great advantage without expending any effort.

However, since the Mingyang Sect is also involved, it's uncertain whether they will ultimately seize the opportunity to monopolize it.

He had just recounted the events to Ling Ning in detail, and Ling Ning could tell that the female cultivator from the Mingyang Sect seemed to value Chen Yao quite a bit.

Therefore, without Chen Yao presiding over the Mingyang Sect, the Kuanglu Sect would find it difficult to accept this great opportunity.

The treasures of Bibo Pool are more important than the Mystic Crystal.

Ling Ning smiled and slowly recounted how Chen Yao and the female cultivators of the Mingyang Sect had slain the evil dragon at Bibo Pool. Finally, she emphasized that the female cultivators had sworn an oath to Chen Yao to set up the array with their heart's blood, and that no one could activate the protective array without his personal presence.

After all, Kuanglu Sect is a lower sect. Would they dare send a Nascent Soul cultivator to forcibly seize it?

Clearly, Xuanzhi dared not.

He frowned and hesitated for a long time before finally asking with some uncertainty, "Chen Yao... killed the evil dragon?"

Fei Xing, who was standing to the side, was already dumbfounded, his finger trembling as he pointed at Chen Yao, completely losing his composure.

"The Nine Dragons Inner Core...it really is Zhuming's inner core!"

Fei Xing now realized that he had been fooled by Xuan Wu, Cang Wu, and Qing Qian, and had only thought that Ling Ning had scavenged a fake pill from somewhere, without taking it to heart.

Ling Ning opened her palm, and in her hand, the nine-colored inner core shone brightly: "This inner core belongs to my disciple, and no one is allowed to covet it."

Fei Xing paused, staring at Chen Yao: "He's only at the early Foundation Establishment stage, how could he possibly kill that pseudo-dragon? Even if twenty Nascent Soul cultivators joined forces, let alone Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators, they could only severely injure him!"

"It was the Great Demon who made the move. Didn't my master just explain it very clearly? They couldn't agree on how to divide the spoils, so they got into a conflict. My senior sister was also caught in the Great Demon's True Demon Eye."

Chen Yao quickly distanced himself from the situation.

Xuanzhi glanced at Feixing and said, "It's the Nightmare Demon from the Thirteen Demon Wells. Its strength is probably around 40% to 60% of the Evil Dragon's, yet it managed to inflict such damage in a surprise attack. What conspiracy does the Demonic Sect have in sending such a powerful demon?"

Ling Ning put away her other self and yawned: "Senior brothers, the spiritual tea at Hanyu Peak is running low, and I still need to take care of my injured disciple, so please don't see me out..."

Xuanzhi frowned, then quickly forced a smile: "Junior Sister, what are you saying! Chen Yao has made great contributions to the sect, yet the Xuanjing lineage has attempted to suppress him. This time, I will not tolerate it! He will go to Lianhun Peak to serve as a witness, and I will assign him two Shangde Peak elders and three Changmen elders. Lianhun Peak will not dare to make any more trouble!"

Ling Ning glanced at him: "This is a matter for our sect leader, why tell me?"

Xuanzhi smiled and said, "Once we and the Mingyang Sect have completely taken over Bibo Pool, we will hold a grand opening ceremony. At that time, we will properly commend and reward Chen Yao. Junior Sister, what do you think?"

"Alright, Senior Brother is the sect leader, whatever you say goes."

Ling Ning replied lazily.

Xuanzhi frowned, then flipped his hand, and a square, shiny silver metal block appeared out of thin air and floated toward Chen Yao.

"This is Nine Profound Condensed Gold, the best material for forging immortal swords in the South China Sea. I see that the magic sword you have is no longer quite right for you, so take it and forge an immortal sword!"

After speaking to Chen Yao, he looked at Ling Ning and said, "Before dealing with the Xuanjing, I would like to ask Junior Sister to have Chen Yao take a few Nascent Soul elders to Bibo Pool again..."

Ling Ning glanced at him: "Dealing with Xuan Jing can't wait. Chen Yao can go to Bibo Pool, but at the same time I will have my disciple go to the trial in his place."

Xuanzhi nodded: "Alright. Let's go to Bibo Pool now... uh, let's deal with Xuanjing now!"

Ling Ning's face hardened: "My disciple just went through a dangerous situation, and my eldest disciple is still lying in Yuhua Garden. Doesn't he need to rest?"

Xuanzhi looked at Chen Yao and said helplessly, "Three days. We'll depart in three days. No more than that."

Ling Ning then relented.

Xuanzhi flew away with Feixing and the two heads.

Ling Ning waved her hand, and the disciples of Hanyu Peak dispersed. Hui Bai was also assigned to leave.

She led Xu Junyu and Chen Yao to Yuhua Garden.

Yun Li lay asleep on a wicker chair in the garden, her face pale.

Ling Ning wiped her face, and her beautiful appearance returned to normal.

A sense of injustice lingered between her brows as she sighed, "It's clearly her treasure, but now it's being divided up... and we can't even fight for it."

Xu Junyu also sighed: "There's nothing we can do. Once the news of Xiao Yunli's true dragon identity gets out, she'll probably never have a moment's peace."

She gently patted Ling Ning's smooth shoulder: "Little Ling Ning, you've done a good job."

Watching her two best friends chatting intimately, Chen Yao was very worried about Yun Li's condition and couldn't help but ask, "Master, how is Senior Sister?"

Ling Ning turned to look at him: "You can take her back to Xiuxiu Peak now."

She picked up the much smaller Nine Dragons Inner Core: "This thing is still too powerful for you right now. I'll give it to you after you break through to the Golden Core stage."

Chen Yao thanked him, but he didn't care about inner cores or gold condensation anymore; he was only thinking about Yun Li.

After bidding farewell, he carried Yunli in his arms and flew towards Xiuxiu Peak.

Xu Junyu didn't come along. Perhaps Ling Ning was more exhausted than she appeared after healing Yun Li and fighting Cang Wu and Xuan Wu. She was worried about her.

Back at Xiuxiu Peak, Chen Yao was worried about leaving Yun Li alone in the cave, so he settled her on a bed in the attic.

Yun Li's complexion regained some color, but her brows were still tightly furrowed.