Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

"Sect Master Fang, we've caused trouble for your cultivation world. It's almost certain that the Blood Demon Sect's headquarters is hidden in Lu Wenyang's underground palace. However, Lu Wenyang suddenly left Jianglin City this morning and his whereabouts are unknown." Du Ming quickly stepped forward to explain after seeing Fang Mingyu and the others.

Fang Mingyu didn't give him a friendly look.

"Your Secret Investigation Division is really responsible," Fang Mingyu said sarcastically.

Du Ming knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't refute anything.

Then everyone heard the voice of the Cloud Sect Ancestor.

"You all step aside and let me drag this underground palace out from underground."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone quickly stepped back.

The Cloud Sect Ancestor immediately used his Primordial Spirit Dharma Form. After the Dharma Form appeared, a powerful pressure spread out, and he raised his hands and grabbed at the ground.

"Get up for me!" the Cloud Sect Ancestor roared.

Subsequently, the palace containing the entrance to the underground palace began to collapse, and the ground also began to sink. A solid underground palace, protected by an array, was gradually dragged out from underground by the power of the Yun Sect Ancestor.

The Blood Demon Cult cultivators in the underground palace were filled with panic. They were practically lambs to the slaughter; there was no hope of escape.

"Is this the power of a cultivator in the Transformation Realm?" Lin Aoxue muttered to herself as she glanced at the primordial spirit behind her, which was radiating terrifying pressure.

Reaching the realm of mystical transformation is truly beyond human comprehension; such abilities are akin to those of a terrestrial immortal.

After the palace was dragged out, the Secret Service agents took action first.

"Everyone in the Dark Investigation Division who can still fight, this Blood Demon Cult is hiding right under our noses, it's our dereliction of duty. We should act as the vanguard this time, follow me." Du Ming took a deep breath, then led his men and rushed into the underground palace first.

There are definitely traps waiting for them at this Blood Demon Sect branch, but there's nothing they can do. The formation protecting the palace can block the attacks of cultivators at the Transformation Realm. The Cloud Sect Ancestor can drag them out, but brute force won't work. They still have to go inside.

Du Ming knew he had failed in his duty, so he had no choice but to be the trailblazer.

The powerful members of the Dark Investigation Division flew into the underground palace first. After they entered, Fang Mingyu waved his hand.

"attack."

After saying that, he flew in as well, and the others followed closely behind.

Faced with an attack from an enemy several times their size, the destruction of the Blood Demon Sect's headquarters was inevitable; the only question was what price they would have to pay.

The Cloud Sect Ancestor remained vigilant, taking precautions to prevent any further unforeseen events.

The battle between Li Bai and the snake demon continues.

The battlefield between the two of them was extremely beautiful. Wherever Li Bai went, lotus flowers bloomed with his every step, and flowing water surrounded him, which was filled with a rich aroma of wine.

Each blue lotus around him was formed from a sword aura. When the blue lotus bloomed, it transformed into countless sword auras that attacked the snake demon. However, the snake demon's defense was too strong, and it deflected all his attacks.

The wine surrounding him acted as a shield against the snake demon's attacks.

This is Li Bai's reflection on his past life after arriving in this world. He has come to understand two realms of artistic conception: the realm of wine and the realm of the Azure Lotus Sword. He uses the realm of wine as a shield and the Azure Lotus Sword as a spear. Even a snake demon in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm can be dealt with by him.

Li Bai's actual combat strength is comparable to that of a cultivator at the seventh or eighth level of the Mystic Transformation Realm.

They had been fighting for several hours, but neither could gain the upper hand; it wasn't a life-or-death struggle.

Meanwhile, Lan Wei had already taken action several hours earlier.

Lan Wei had already led Lu Wenyang to other prefectures and counties. By the time Lu Wenyang realized he had been tricked, it was too late.

The spirit controlled Fan Ling's body, wielding the Blue Rose Sword, and engaged in a fierce battle with Lu Wenyang in a desolate mountain.

The mountain range was almost completely reduced to ruins by the two men's attacks, and the earth trembled incessantly under the might of Lu Wenyang's forty-foot-tall Dharma body.

"Damn it, this cursed artifact spirit deliberately lured me out in the first place. So, the Cloud Sect has started to make its move?" Lu Wenyang thought about running away while fending off Lan Wei's attacks.

Because he had been fighting Lan Wei for a long time, and as a result, he not only couldn't gain the upper hand, but he might also be at risk of being killed.

"Greed kills people! No, as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn. I haven't replenished my qi and blood today, and my strength will only get weaker and weaker. I can't continue like this." Lu Wenyang took a deep breath and then unleashed the full power of his primordial spirit dharma form.

Seeing that the opponent's power was beginning to surge, Lan Wei immediately became alert and prepared to deal with Lu Wenyang's attack.

"A breathtaking sight." Lu Wenyang's primordial spirit dharma form took a deep breath, and then, the surrounding mountains trembled under his power. Finally, one mountain after another rose from the ground and, guided by Lu Wenyang, attacked Lan Wei from all directions.

The Mysterious Realm of Transformation is terrifying indeed! Its power to move mountains and overturn seas can easily destroy a large city.

If Yun Zong were to disregard everything and take action against Lu Wenyang in Jianglin City, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Faced with the mountains attacking from all directions, Lan Wei quickly began to gather her strength. Soon after, several mountains coalesced into a sphere, enveloping Lan Wei within it.

Lan Wei's power was fully gathered, and she swung her sword, the destructive sword light blasting the mountain that Lu Wenyang had moved into dust.

"Hmph! You think you can trap me with this little skill?" Lan Wei sneered.

But when she looked towards Lu Wenyang's location, she found that he had already disappeared.

"Huh? Where is he? Damn it, he got away?" Lan Wei's expression changed, and she searched everywhere for Lu Wenyang's whereabouts.

This is not good news. Lu Wenyang went to such great lengths to move the mountain peak, only to deceive her. She thought he was going to fight to the death.

Let's talk about the Blood Demon Sect's northern headquarters. Although the Blood Demon Sect members used some traps to hold off Lin Aoxue and her group for a while, their resistance was only temporary in the face of so many powerful figures. In addition, a large number of disciples who were controlling the formations and mechanisms were suppressed by lightning. In the end, they broke into the Blood Demon Sect's main hall in less than five minutes.

The Dao Palace cultivators and Four Extremes Secret Realm experts who tried to stop them on the way were all besieged and killed by the crowd.

In fact, the moment Lu Wenyang was lured away, there was no suspense left.

It can only be said that Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue made the greatest contributions to this mission, but they cannot say so.

"Oh my, welcome to the Blood Demon Sect's Jiangzhou headquarters." The Blood Demon Sect elder sat calmly on his throne, looking at everyone.

Now, she is the only one left in the entire Blood Demon Sect's Jiangzhou headquarters.

"Hmph! You witch, hurry up and bind yourself, or perhaps we'll spare your life," Elder Yunzong sneered.

This Blood Demon Sect elder only had the cultivation of the peak of the Four Extremes Secret Realm, at most similar to Fang Mingyu, but the other party also had several Dao Palace Level 3 experts and a Nascent Soul expert to support them.

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"What a joke! When would my Blood Demon Sect ever admit defeat to such petty villains? How despicable! You used insidious means to lure Lu Wenyang away, and then used this strange formation to suppress my Blood Demon Sect disciples. If it weren't for these methods, do you think you could have so easily broken into our Blood Demon Sect's Jiangzhou headquarters?" The female elder of the Blood Demon Sect stood up and questioned with a mocking expression.

Fang Mingyu and the others didn't refute anything, because there was no need.

"Good and evil cannot coexist, and those who walk different paths cannot work together. Fellow Daoist, you have two choices: either bind yourself and come with us, or commit suicide. You are well aware of your situation." Fang Mingyu gave the other party a choice.

The Blood Demon Sect expert took a deep breath, looked at Fang Mingyu, and said something that weighed heavily on his mind.

"Yes, those who walk different paths cannot make plans together. Sect Master Fang, do you still remember the Heavenly Sect that you destroyed a thousand years ago? Just watch, I believe that the fate of your Cloud Sect will not be much better than that of the Heavenly Sect. Yesterday's cause, today's effect. We are waiting for you in the Netherworld." The female elder sneered, then sat down again. After she sat down, a terrifying power emanated from her body.

This is about to self-destruct.

Seeing this, the Yun Sect members quickly retreated to prevent the woman from self-destructing in a desperate attempt. As the power within the woman's body completely exploded, her flesh began to shatter, and finally, with a bang, she turned into a sky full of red fluorescent light and disappeared.

Thus, a powerful figure from the Four Extremes Secret Realm, comparable to the sect leader of a medium-sized sect, perished.

She really wanted to expose herself and take everyone here with her, but she had no chance at all.

This woman knew very well that she couldn't win by fighting desperately. If she didn't commit suicide now, and was caught while she was fighting desperately, then even dying would be difficult.

Standing behind the crowd, Lin Aoxue didn't know why, but she felt a similar feeling, or perhaps a will, from this woman to Lin Junxian.

"Heavenly Sect? Could it be that the Blood Demon Sect is related to the Heavenly Sect?" Lin Aoxue asked, somewhat puzzled.

According to the information he had about the Blood Demon Sect, it should be a very ancient force, much older than the Heavenly Sect. But why would a Blood Demon Sect elder mention the Heavenly Sect? Of course, perhaps he was mocking the Cloud Sect.

The people of Yunzong felt very annoyed upon hearing the woman's words. They had risen to power by stepping over the corpses of the cultivators of Tianzong, but what was the result? They might be following in their footsteps.

They knew very well that the battle back then was not a just war at all. Apart from threatening the status of the Taishang Ganying Sect, the Tianzong Sect did nothing wrong.

Does becoming powerful mean a sect is a crime?

Fang Mingyu and the others raised their hands and cupped their hands in respect to the Blood Demon Sect's female elder, whose body had been reduced to ashes. This was a sign of respect for their fellow cultivators.

Upon the death of this female elder, the snake demon entangled with Li Bai in the west seemed to sense something. He glanced in the direction of Jianglin City, then sighed helplessly and stopped fighting with Li Bai.

"Ah! What a pity, you won, but don't be so smug. Your Supreme Response Sect won't keep winning forever. I believe that day will come." The snake demon youth murmured.

Upon hearing this, Li Bai stopped fighting. His original mission was to deal with Lu Wenyang, and his encounter with the person in front of him was purely accidental.

"There are no immortal dynasties in this world. The Qin Dynasty, founded by the Qin Emperor 30,000 years ago, still disappeared into the river of time, didn't it? Nor are there any sects that never decline. If such a day truly comes, then we can only say that it is fate, and there is no way to force it," Li Bai said calmly.

"Hmph! I hope so." The snake demon youth snorted coldly, then turned into a streak of red light and disappeared.

As for Li Bai, after the other party left, he fell into deep thought, wondering why the snake demon had appeared in that place.

"Ah! This is troublesome. It seems my two fellow villagers have some secrets," Li Bai sighed as he sheathed his sword.

He and the snake demon were not fighting to the death; it was purely a friendly spar. He did not gain the upper hand at all because the snake demon was about to enter the late stage of the Transformation Realm.

With each advancement in the Transformation Realm, one's power doubles. This snake demon was several times stronger than him, and he was only able to barely contend with it by relying on his Wine Intent and Azure Lotus Sword Intent.

Let's talk about Ye Liuyun's side.

"Alright, the battle is over." Lin Qingyou withdrew her divine sense and then said to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun was stunned after hearing this.

"Is it finished? Ah! That's good, that's good." Ye Liuyun stopped refining the medicine.

As the alchemy process ceased, the thunderclouds in the sky also dispersed.

The disciples of the Cloud Mist Sect outside the city watched as the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and knew that the lightning strike phenomenon had ended.

"Oh! It's finally over. Okay, everything's alright now, get up," Jiang Hong said with a smile.

The disciples of the Yunxia Sect got up from the ground one after another.

But when they looked at the disciples of other sects, they were all embarrassed, because these people had all been struck by lightning and were lying on the ground groaning incessantly.

"Damn it, Yunxia Sect, why isn't this lightning striking you? Why is that?" The Yunxia Sect disciple was about to vomit blood.

"Ah? Well, sorry, we only have a little experience," Jiang Hong replied awkwardly.

In truth, they should thank Ye Liuyun, because if Ye Liuyun hadn't pulled this stunt, they would have definitely fought the Blood Demon Cult cultivators head-on, and the casualties would certainly have been considerable.

"The lightning strikes are over?" Yun Zong was equally puzzled. As soon as the battle ended, the lightning strikes stopped.

They felt as if the lightning strike was helping them.

When they entered, most of the Blood Demon Cult disciples were lying on the ground, unable to move. Although these people were weak, they could control mechanisms and formations, so the lightning strike indirectly solved a lot of unnecessary trouble for them.

They had previously estimated that it would take at least several hours to completely wipe out the Blood Demon Cult's Jiangzhou headquarters, but in reality, it was over in less than half an hour.

The Yun Sect's higher-ups immediately ordered their disciples outside the city to enter and check if any Blood Demon Sect members had escaped.

In the end, only disciples of the Yunxia Sect entered the city.

After cleaning up everything in the underground palace, the people from Yunzong's side also came out.

"Master, the inside has been cleared. What's next?" Fang Mingyu asked the Cloud Sect Ancestor who was floating high in the sky.

After confirming that everyone in the underground palace had come out, the Cloud Sect Ancestor reached out and grabbed the palace, then used his strength to drag it back to the Cloud Sect.

"This item still has value, so I'll take it back to the sect first. As for the rest, you can handle it yourselves. Don't worry, that Lu Wenyang won't get away," the Cloud Sect Ancestor said calmly.

Indeed, Lu Wenyang had just escaped from Lan Wei's clutches and thought he was free after running a distance. However, unexpectedly, a huge hand that blotted out the sky suddenly appeared in the sky.

The giant hand pierced through the darkness and slammed down towards Lu Wenyang.

"Lu Wenyang deserves to die." A voice as divine as a god echoed from the heavens.

The voice seemed to be that of Li Yutang, the Prince of the South.

"No, Your Highness, I was wrong, please spare my life." Lu Wenyang knew who had come.

It must have been reported to the Southern King by the Secret Service. If the Southern King were to take action, this guy would surely die.

As the large hand fell, no matter how much Lu Wenyang resisted, he was reduced to dust by that slap.

The powerful Nascent Soul cultivator died, which shows that although the Nascent Soul stage is strong, as long as one does not reach the peak, there will still be a day when one dies and one's cultivation dissipates.

With this, the matter of the Blood Demon Sect in Jiangzhou Prefecture came to an end.

Afterwards, only the people from the Cloud Sect stayed behind. The disciples of the other four lower-level sects also returned to their respective sects under the guidance of their elders.

Summary of Volume Two

Although there are some issues with a few chapters in these two volumes, they are still reasonably complete.

Volume Three covers the events of the Southern Ridge Gathering. After the competition concludes in this volume, Lin Aoxue will directly become a disciple of the Supreme Response Sect, while Ye Liuyun will be taken away by the Cloud Sect.

To put it simply, Yunzong used Ye Liuyun to restrict Lin Aoxue; that's roughly the idea.

The couple are inseparable, which makes it easy for them to be affectionate, but it's not conducive to developing the plot because there's always a protector by Ye Liuyun's side, and Lin Aoxue's aura will overshadow Ye Liuyun.

After finishing the third volume on the Nanling Grand Gathering, my personal idea is to write it separately, including part of Ye Liuyun's story in the Yun Sect and part of Lin Aoxue's story in the Taishang Ganying Sect. This should be more comfortable.