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

"Ah, my name is Ye Liuyu, and I'm a woman," Ye Liuyun said helplessly.

Upon hearing this, the group paused for a moment. For some reason, Ye Liuyun sensed that they seemed somewhat disappointed upon hearing that she was a woman; they seemed to have hoped that Ye Liuyun was a man in disguise.

It's understandable that they're thinking this way. If Ye Liuyun were a man in disguise, then he would be the opposite sex to them, and they would definitely be more interested.

"Is that so? Then, Junior Sister Ye, are you a physical cultivator?" Xu Di asked curiously.

Ye Liuyun appears to have only the cultivation level of the Spirit Stream Realm, yet he was able to easily defeat an early-stage Dao Palace Realm cultivator. This can only mean that the woman before him possesses extremely strong physical strength, far exceeding the cultivation level she displays.

This time, Ye Liuyun neither concealed nor wanted to conceal anything.

“Yes, I specialize in physical cultivation, so my cultivation level appears to be only at the early stage of the Spirit Stream Realm.” Ye Liuyun nodded.

The group was quite surprised after hearing this.

"My God, it really is? We were just guessing at first. After all, the aura fluctuations of the Spirit Stream Realm are almost at the second level of the Dao Palace. Only a body cultivator who mainly cultivates physical techniques could do that? But I have never seen anyone in the Cloud Sect who can cultivate their physical strength to the level of the Dao Palace. How did you do it?" Xu Di exclaimed.

The way these people looked at Ye Liuyun changed instantly; their initial doubt turned into curiosity.

"Eh? I'm not comfortable talking about this." Ye Liuyun replied hesitantly.

Xu Di and the other six were taken aback by these words, but they did not ask any further questions. However, Xu Di was very curious about just how powerful Ye Liuyun's physical strength was.

“It’s alright, everyone has secrets, I understand. Um, Junior Sister Ye, could I test your physical strength? Just as a friendly spar.” Xu Di looked at Ye Liuyun with a hint of expectation in her eyes.

Although Xu Di looks like a man, she appears to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. Her clear eyes, combined with her somewhat feminine movements and tone of voice, give her a strangely cute appearance.

Ye Liuyun did not immediately refuse, but thought about it for a moment before answering.

"Well, alright then, let's have a casual spar. It's perfect, I actually rarely fight other cultivators," Ye Liuyun replied with a smile.

After receiving Ye Liuyun's consent, Xu Di smiled.

"Junior brothers, please help protect the Dharma and keep an eye on the surroundings. I'd like to experience Junior Sister Ye's skills firsthand," Xu Di gestured to the other five people.

These people were all at the first level of the Dao Palace, so they naturally obeyed Xu Di's words.

The five immediately flew to five different locations, hovering in the air to observe the surroundings and prevent any human or monster from taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

“Come on, in order to more accurately judge your strength, we won’t use weapons. I will use my magic to enhance my body and fight you.” Xu Di assumed a palm strike stance.

Although he is a practitioner of Falun Dafa, he still possesses some martial arts skills.

"Okay." Ye Liuyun nodded.

As the two prepared, Xu Di made the first move without any hesitation. His body, enhanced by magical power, exuded a storm, indicating that Xu Di was a cultivator who primarily practiced wind-attribute techniques.

Wind-attribute cultivators excel at speed. When Ye Liuyun saw Xu Di approaching on the wind, he did not retreat but instead gathered his inner force and struck Xu Di with a palm. The two palms immediately collided.

However, Ye Liuyun easily blocked Xu Di's attack.

"This? So strong. Such a seemingly weak body contains such powerful strength? Although I don't cultivate my physical body, with my second level of Dao Palace cultivation, I should be able to unleash the physical cultivation level of a first level Dao Palace cultivator by using my magic power to enhance my physical body." Xu Di felt as if her palm had struck heavy steel, unable to advance an inch.

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Ye Liuyun chuckled at Xu Di's shocked expression, then grabbed Xu Di's wrist and swung her around, leaving Xu Di unable to maintain her balance.

Clearly, he is no match for Ye Liuyun in terms of physical strength.

Left with no other choice, Xu Di could only unleash her magic power. A burst of azure light erupted from her body. Upon seeing this, Ye Liuyun quickly flung her away to prevent her from attacking him with her magic power.

After all, she didn't know how strong a magical impact her physical body could withstand.

"Junior Sister Ye, your physical body is indeed very strong. I can't compare to you. I can only fight you using the methods I'm good at." Xu Di stabilized her body with her magic power and floated in the air, saying with a smile.

If you can't beat them, just say so; there's no need to pretend otherwise.

"Yes, that's how it should be. Brother Xu, just go all out. Don't worry about me. Since it's a friendly spar, it's no fun if we hold back too much," Ye Liuyun said earnestly.

Xu Di also agreed with Ye Liuyun's statement.

"Alright then, if you can't hold on, just say so sooner rather than later." Xu Di raised her hand, forming a sword incantation. A blue light emanated from her fingers, and beams of sword light condensed from her magic power shot towards Ye Liuyun.

"Great Wind Sword Technique"

The moment the opponent unleashed their magical attack, Ye Liuyun activated his kaleidoscope, which reduced the speed of the magical flying swords shot at him by several times.

Ye Liuyun precisely shattered the incoming magical sword light with his palm, his reaction speed was frighteningly fast, considering that Xu Di released dozens of sword lights in one go.

"This reaction speed is too bizarre!" The five onlookers were shocked by Ye Liuyun's reaction speed.

The cyan sword light was quickly shattered, without even scratching Ye Liuyun's skin.

"This physical strength is at the level of a spiritual weapon. My attacks can't even scratch her skin?" Xu Di found it hard to imagine how powerful Ye Liuyun's physical body was.

Seeing that Xu Di's attack had ended, Ye Liuyun leaped forward, his body shooting towards Xu Di like an arrow released from a bow. Xu Di was startled when she saw Ye Liuyun jump so high all of a sudden. A blue light shield immediately appeared in front of her, and Ye Liuyun's palm slammed heavily onto the blue light shield.

The blue shield shattered after only three breaths.

"This?" Xu Di hurriedly used both hands to block, Ye Liuyun's attack was beyond his expectations.

Although Ye Liuyun's attack was partially blocked by the shield, it still landed on Xu Di's wrist, sending her flying back more than ten meters.

At the same time, Xu Di's face showed a painful expression, clearly indicating that her hands were hurt from being hit.

"It hurts so much, my hands feel like they're going to split open," Xu Di thought in shock as she looked at her trembling hands.

Since Ye Liuyun couldn't fly and there was no place to catch up, he had to land on the ground again.

"Brother Xu, that's enough. If we keep fighting, you might get hurt." Ye Liuyun stopped attacking because she was confident she could defeat Xu Di if they really fought.

However, Xu Di also had many tricks that were useless. If the two of them fought to the death with all their might, Ye Liuyun would actually suffer a loss.

Xu Di rubbed his arm, and there was a peculiar look in his eyes as he looked at Ye Liuyun.

They probably found it too amazing that a female cultivator could cultivate her physique to this level, something that they, as women, would never have dared to even dream of.

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun's voice, Xu Di also flew down and landed in front of Ye Liuyun.

"Wow! Impressive! She can't possibly go head-to-head with Junior Sister Ye. For a woman to cultivate her physique to such a level, Junior Sister Ye must have suffered a lot." Xu Di landed in front of Ye Liuyun again and exclaimed.

The other five people flew over as soon as the two finished their sparring, their eyes also filled with awe at Ye Liuyun's extraordinary talent.

"Junior Sister Ye, oh no, Senior Sister Ye, your physical strength is enough to repel Senior Brother Xu. If it were us fighting against you, we would probably be lying down after just one punch from you."

The group of people exchanged compliments, one after another.

They didn't care how Ye Liuyun cultivated; they simply admired the strong. Cultivation was ultimately meaningless; true strength was what mattered.

"Sigh! I have my own difficulties too. These past few missions, I've often been suspected by my fellow disciples. It's really tough." Ye Liuyun also shared his troubles.

After listening to Ye Liuyun's words, Xu Di and the others could honestly understand their fellow disciples. If they hadn't witnessed Ye Liuyun knock out a demonic beast in the early stage of the Dao Palace realm with a single blow, they would have found it hard to even think about the level of body cultivation.

"Alright, since that's the case, the six of us will take our leave now. Junior Sister Ye, please be careful while you're training here, especially when hunting monsters. Some fellow disciples with bad character might try to steal your loot," Xu Di reminded her.

After chatting for a while, Xu Di and the others had to leave, as they had their own things to do.

Ye Liuyun sighed as he watched the six people fly away.

"Sigh! Sure enough, it's acceptable for a man to become a woman, but for a woman to become a man, it just feels strange and incongruous," Ye Liuyun muttered to himself.

After saying that, she began to search along the edge of Island No. 18 for the blue-armored sand crabs from the early days of the Dao Palace.

Let's take a look at Lin Aoxue.

Lin Aoxue, who was cultivating in the library on the main peak, broke through her cultivation realm again, reaching the peak of the Spirit Pattern Realm from the late stage of the Spirit Pattern Realm. Only a few months had passed since the last breakthrough.

"I've reached the peak of the Spirit Pattern Realm, almost there. It's really strange. Why does the Cloud Sect's cultivation method feel so similar to our Cloud Mist Sect's? At least it's much simpler to cultivate than the Heavenly Sect's method. It's almost like we're from the same lineage, or perhaps the Cloud Mist Sect's method is a simplified version of the Cloud Sect's method." Lin Aoxue discovered a very strange problem while cultivating the Cloud Sect's method.

Her next step is to break through to the Dao Palace level. Reaching the peak of the Spirit Pattern Realm means she can break through to the Dao Palace at any time. However, if she can accumulate more power before breaking through, the chances will be even greater.

Therefore, most cultivators who reach the peak of the Spirit Pattern Realm will usually cultivate in seclusion for several years before attempting to break through. Otherwise, if they fail, their cultivation will stagnate for several years, which would be a great loss.

"Never mind, let's break through directly."

With a wave of her hand, Lin Aoxue instantly created a large number of spirit stones in front of her. Then, she raised her hand and squeezed, and all the nearly 100,000 spirit stones shattered in an instant. The spiritual energy within the spirit stones was also absorbed into Lin Aoxue's body in one breath, and she began to break through to the Dao Palace level.

As Lin Aoxue gathered her spiritual power and struck the threshold of her Dao Palace, she discovered that the threshold of her Dao Palace was extremely thick.

Indeed, Lin Aoxue's threshold for entering the Dao Palace is two to three times higher than that of a typical peak Spirit Pattern Realm cultivator.

Each impact sent her body reeling painfully, but Lin Aoxue didn't stop. Even bleeding from her seven orifices couldn't stop her.

Because of Ye Liuyun's Rejuvenation Pill, Lin Aoxue could immediately take the pill to recover from her injuries whenever she noticed any damage to her physical body. It took more than ten attacks to finally crack the thick threshold of the Dao Palace.

"Not enough." Lin Aoxue took a deep breath, then absorbed hundreds of thousands of spirit stones in one go. Finally, she gathered the power of these hundreds of thousands of spirit stones into one point and smashed into the threshold even more violently.

With this strike, the threshold of the Dao Palace was pierced through, and her bottleneck was broken.

Lin Aoxue's method of breaking through can be summed up in two words: brute force.

All I can say is that she had a top-notch alchemy lab to assist her cultivation and growth, which solved many of her problems.

Breaking through the bottleneck is just the beginning. The next step is to condense the Dao Palace. Condensing the Dao Palace also takes time and there is a chance of failure. Once condensation fails, one will remain at the level of a half-step Dao Palace and will need to rebuild the Dao Palace several years later.

Generally, failure to break through to the Dao Palace depends on a combination of favorable timing, location, and personal circumstances. However, if one has enough spirit stones and elixirs to keep oneself in peak condition, failure is unlikely.

As the gates of the Dao Palace opened, a beam of azure light shot into the sky from Lin Aoxue's body. This beam of light ignored all obstacles and disappeared into the sky. Under the pull of this force, Lin Aoxue herself flew out of the library and floated into the high sky.

Chapter 274 The Challenges After Breaking Through to the Dao Palace (5000 words)

Stimulated by Lin Aoxue's power, the heavens and earth seemed to sense something, and the sky over the Yunhai Mountains region began to gradually darken, as if day and night had been turned upside down.

It was nighttime, not obscured by dark clouds. Looking up, one could see countless twinkling stars. These stars were shining, and Lin Aoxue was like a star hanging in the night.

The moon, like a gate to the starry sky, hovered behind Lin Aoxue. Immediately, a mysterious crack appeared above her head, the crack resembling a gate to another world, revealing a dazzling alien world inside.

In that world, it seemed that countless immortals were traveling around, and one could also see exquisite palaces and buildings.

It was incredibly beautiful. The cultivators from the Cloud Sect who noticed this extraordinary phenomenon all paused their seclusion and emerged from their training grounds, all looking towards the horizon.

"A strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth! Who is that? It looks like they are condensing a Dao Palace, but how could condensing a Dao Palace produce such a massive phenomenon?" Murong Huan said in surprise.

Soon, a ray of light shone out from that world and fell upon Lin Aoxue. This light was like a seven-colored veil, very beautiful.

The bright moon behind Lin Aoxue was especially radiant today, constantly emitting halos. Lin Aoxue seemed like a goddess descending to earth, her otherworldly and sacred aura captivating all who looked at her.

As the sky and earth suddenly darkened, Ye Liuyun, who was on the other side of the Bihu Lake Islands, instinctively looked in the direction of the Yun Sect.

"This? Strange, I didn't refine any medicine, so why did the world suddenly change like this? And there seems to be a very familiar power over there? Could this be Ao Xue's doing?" Ye Liuyun muttered with a puzzled look.

Lin Qingyou also floated out and glanced over there.

"Yes, your little wife has broken through her cultivation level and is currently condensing her Dao Palace. However, she possesses the Feathered Immortal Body, one of the most powerful physiques in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Her breakthrough will definitely not be as simple as an ordinary person condensing their Dao Palace," Lin Qingyou said.

Ye Liuyun chuckled.

"Hehe, my wife is amazing. She can turn day and night upside down just by breaking through one realm," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Ye Liuyun was already used to strange phenomena; after all, she had become accustomed to them, and even the most outrageous phenomena seemed normal to her.

In fact, Lin Aoxue's phenomenon was very different from Ye Liuyun's. Ordinary phenomena do not produce any substantial power, but Ye Liuyun's elixir phenomenon can even affect the laws.

"What? Lin Aoxue is undergoing the Dao Palace Tribulation? She broke through from the late stage of the Spirit Pattern Realm to the Dao Palace level so quickly, it's unbelievable! Her talent is truly terrifying." The high-ranking members of the Cloud Sect immediately turned their attention to Lin Aoxue, who was sitting cross-legged under the glow of the sunset.

"Is the phenomenon of condensing the Dao Palace really this large and massive? It even affects this world. Doesn't Lin Aoxue herself know what kind of physique she has?" someone asked.

Cultivators who have reached the Four Extremes Secret Realm have a very wide range of divine sense coverage. They can communicate remotely through their divine sense. This is the divine sense of the Four Extremes Secret Realm experts from each peak conversing.

"This little girl must know that she has an extraordinary physique, which is why she is unwilling to say it. It seems that our Yun Sect's choice this time was finally correct," Fang Mingyu said.

Because the stronger the physique, the more likely it is to have innate inheritance. In their understanding, Lin Aoxue's tribulation-crossing phenomenon is usually caused by a certain physique that resonates with heaven and earth.

This time, no one questioned Fang Mingyu and the others' choice anymore; Lin Aoxue's talent was enough for them to acknowledge it.

"Legend has it that only cultivators with exceptional talent can trigger large-scale changes in the heavens and earth when they break through their cultivation realm. This little girl's talent is probably even more terrifying than we imagine. Look, she's starting to condense her Dao Palace," someone reminded her.

The seven-colored light that enveloped Lin Aoxue began to emanate countless condensed lights that converged behind Liao Xue. In no time, the prototype of a Dao Palace appeared. However, the prototype of Lin Aoxue's Dao Palace was not the simple pavilion-palace style that was common among Dao Palace cultivators.

Lin Aoxue's Dao Palace is more like a complex of buildings, or rather, a celestial palace. Under the condensation of the power of heaven and earth, the palaces began to manifest, just like the celestial palace complex in the immortal realm, beautiful and grand.

Lin Aoxue's Dao Palace condensation seemed to be proceeding exceptionally smoothly, without any obstacles. However, her Dao Palace was somewhat strange, as only a rough outline could be seen, and the full picture could not be clearly discerned. It was as if it were obscured by a fog, shrouded in mist.

This was merely a strange phenomenon within the Dao Palace. The real change occurred within Lin Aoxue's body. The nine spiritual runes within her rapidly converged, transforming into an exquisitely beautiful rune. This rune, like a black hole, absorbed all of Lin Aoxue's spiritual power, causing a qualitative change, and then returned it to Lin Aoxue.

These runes are the true manifestation of power, a sign that spiritual energy has been sublimated into magical power.

"Foundation building for the Dao Palace complete." After stabilizing the Dao patterns within her body, Lin Aoxue officially stepped into the Dao Palace realm.

She cultivated as easily as eating, and in less than ten years, she progressed from the Spirit Stream Realm to the Dao Palace.

You should know that others may struggle their whole lives and still not be able to set foot in this field.

However, there's no way around it. Cultivating immortality is all about seizing the energy and fortune of heaven and earth. Luck is extremely important for cultivating immortality. It doesn't matter if your aptitude is a little lacking, but if you have enough luck, you can still reach the peak.

As Lin Aoxue officially entered the Dao Palace, the strange changes in the world gradually faded away, and the night returned to day. Lin Aoxue floated in the sky, watching the people of Yunzong below.