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

"Roar..." The tiger demon roared angrily at the wolf-shaped demon beast that came later.

The wolf demon seemed weaker than the tiger demon and was clearly afraid, but it kept its eyes fixed on the pill and was unwilling to retreat. Sooner or later, a fight would break out.

They were locked in a stalemate for a while, but the tiger demon was clearly more irritable, and she suddenly pounced on the wolf demon.

The wolf demon was forced to retaliate. It was a primitive physical battle between demons, a habit of theirs.

The area below suddenly became lively, and the weaker sea monsters were so frightened that they retreated even further.

"Tsk tsk, Master, are there any more demonic beasts from the Dao Palace approaching?" Ye Liuyun asked.

“There aren’t that many Dao Palace demon beasts. Demon beasts have a strong sense of territory. There is usually only one powerful demon beast in an area. These two Dao Palace demon beasts should just be neighbors. I think that’s about right. After all, this is still the outer area,” Lin Qingyou said.

After receiving confirmation from Lin Qingyou, Ye Liuyun grinned mischievously, then activated the electric shock pill and threw it down. This time, the electric shock pill was much more powerful.

As soon as the pill landed, a strong electric current, like electricity released from a high-voltage power line, spread outwards, causing the leaves in the forest to flicker violently.

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Then came the mournful howls of a group of demonic beasts.

This is an electric shock pill, not a thunderstorm pill. The electric shock pill is not very lethal; it mainly paralyzes the body.

After being entangled by the electric current from the electric shock pill, the demonic beasts were quickly electrocuted and convulsed, leaving them with no strength to escape. Although the two early-stage Dao Palace demonic beasts still had some resistance, it was of little use. Ye Liuyun went up and used the Immortal's Touch on the head on each of them, and they all fell asleep.

"Oh dear, two early-stage Dao Palace demon beasts have arrived, and so many little demons too. Tsk tsk, this demon hunting competition is more like a demon-collecting competition." Ye Liuyun smiled as he stuffed the demons into his demon-catching bag.

She and Lin Aoxue were practically two monsters in this competition. One relied on her high combat strength to violently capture demons, while the other relied on her many methods and skills to capture demons.

At this rate, they're definitely going to be the first and second place finishers in the qualifying round.

However, the ranking is just that, there seems to be no difference between first place and one thousandth place. Of course, there are rewards, but these rewards are of no use to Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue.

They lack almost everything except power, so other disciples might try to take their ranking.

Even if Lin Aoxue doesn't participate in this Demon Hunting Conference, she will definitely attend the Nanling Grand Gathering. It was Lin Aoxue who took the initiative to participate, as she didn't want people to think she got in through connections.

"It seems there are no more Dao Palace demon beasts in this area. I'll have to go to the next area. The others seem to be quite far away." Ye Liuyun muttered, looking at the token at his waist that was flashing with five colors of light.

The brightness of these five colors represents the distance between Pei Qian and the other four people; the farther away they are, the dimmer the light becomes.

According to the display above, the person furthest from Ye Liuyun is about two meters away.

The first day passed just like that. Before dusk that night, Ye Liuyun and the other six met up in a secluded place.

Currently, they are on the outskirts, and with their cultivation levels, they are capable of protecting themselves and will likely not encounter any trouble.

It's definitely not a good time to hunt monsters at night. They are currently located about 20,000 meters deep inside Cuiping Mountain.

They agreed to hunt monsters separately during the day and meet together at night.

"How are you all doing? It seems you haven't encountered any enemies." They met up at the bottom of a protruding cliff and decided to rest there for the day.

The fact that the group is in relatively good condition suggests that they haven't encountered any major trouble.

"It's alright, but this is only the outer perimeter of Cuiping Mountain. The demonic beasts at the Dao Palace level are regional, and most of them are at the Sea of ​​Wheels level. Once the demonic beasts in the outer perimeter are mostly captured, we'll probably encounter disciples from other factions when we go to the inner perimeter," another person said.

Pei Qian nodded. The first few days of demon hunting shouldn't be too intense, but starting in the next few days, they would definitely encounter disciples from other factions.

Therefore, once they reached the inner perimeter, they could no longer hunt demons separately.

"By the way, Junior Sister Ye, how's your harvest?" Pei Qian asked Ye Liuyun curiously.

When Ye Liuyun saw the other party asking the question, he smiled modestly and quickly thought about how to start the conversation.

"Well, it's alright. I only caught eight demonic beasts at the Dao Palace level and a hundred or so at the Wheel Sea level." Ye Liuyun didn't hide anything and took out his demon-catching bag to show the others.

When Pei Qian and the others saw so many demonic beasts in Ye Liuyun's demon-catching bag, they were all dumbfounded.

"This? My goodness, Junior Sister Ye, how did you do that? With your skills, you wouldn't even need our help; you'd be a shoo-in for the sect tournament." Pei Qian exclaimed in amazement.

She began to admire herself; she hadn't made a mistake by inviting Ye Liuyun to join their team this time.

“Yes, it seems we really underestimated Junior Sister Ye last time,” another female disciple remarked.

This time they entered Cuiping Mountain together, and Ye Liuyun did not bring anyone else in. It is also unlikely that he arranged for someone to wait inside Cuiping Mountain in advance. So there is only one possibility: Ye Liuyun has real skills.

Otherwise, how do you explain such a large bag of monsters?

"Hehe, I just used a few tricks," Ye Liuyun replied.

Pei Qian and the others were curious when they heard this.

"Methods? What methods? To be honest, even if Junior Sister Ye's combat power is extremely strong, it's unbelievable that you can catch so many monsters in a day." Pei Qian and the others asked curiously.

Ye Liuyun fell into deep thought again. After thinking for a moment, she shared her solution.

"To tell you the truth, I am actually an alchemist. I have refined a kind of pill that can lure demonic beasts. As long as the pill is thrown in a certain area, the scent will spread far and wide. Demonic beasts will be attracted to the area where the pill is located by their own smell. I only need to set up traps in advance, which is naturally much easier than you senior sisters catching demons with your strength," Ye Liuyun explained.

After hearing this, the group was stunned. They had heard of pills that could lure demonic beasts, but they had never seen them before.

"This? I didn't expect Junior Sister Ye to have such an identity. It seems we were too naive. By the way, since Junior Sister has such abilities, why don't we go directly to the inner perimeter and work together to capture stronger demonic beasts? Wouldn't that be better?" Pei Qian suggested.

The other female disciples' eyes lit up, and they quickly nodded in agreement. They wanted to curry favor with Ye Liuyun. If they followed Ye Liuyun and the others, they might be able to capture more demonic beasts. Why did they have to search around on their own?

While explaining his solution, Ye Liuyun also prepared himself for the possibility that they might try to curry favor with him.

After all, it's pointless to keep your abilities hidden forever. It's beneficial to reveal some of your skills appropriately. Besides, she's already decided to come to the Cloud Sect and doesn't want to keep a low profile like she did at the Cloud Mist Sect.

"I think there's no problem, we can give it a try." Ye Liuyun agreed.

Everyone agreed with Pei Qian's opinion, so they began to discuss how to do it. This definitely needed to be discussed in advance, and Ye Liuyun also needed to introduce to them the pills he used to catch demons.

Otherwise, they might not understand anything at the time.

But what Ye Liuyun said to them, while seemingly truthful, was actually a mixture of truth and falsehood. In the cultivation world, it's impossible to be completely honest; you still have to lie when necessary.

Chapter 284 All in One Pot (4000 words)

The first day of the Demon Hunting Tournament ended peacefully.

The next day, after discussing their plans, Ye Liuyun and his group of six ventured deeper into Cuiping Mountain, reaching the inner edge of the mountain. From this point onward, the appearance of demonic beasts at the Dao Palace level became very frequent.

They planned to test it out at the inner edge first to see how it went, and Ye Liuyun also needed to show off his skills in front of them.

Ye Liuyun and the others found a small, confined area.

"I think this place is good. It's surrounded by mountains, so we can ambush them from all sides and catch them one by one when they come," Pei Qian and the others said after confirming the location.

The location was indeed good, and Ye Liuyun thought it was alright, so she agreed. She first took out a few demon-attracting pills and threw them on the ground, then buried several electric shock pills in the soil, and finally signaled the others to hide and wait for the demon beasts to arrive.

Pei Qian and the others were very excited, but at the same time, they were also a little worried.

Ye Liuyun took an invisibility spell and hid himself. Pei Qian and the others also took out a specially made talisman. After activating the talisman, they also became invisible.

Pei Qian and the others also knew how to become invisible, but they used invisibility talismans, which were similar in effect to Ye Liuyun's invisibility pills, only these were more expensive.

Invisibility talismans vary in grade. Low-grade invisibility talismans can evade the divine sense of cultivators in the Sea of ​​Wheels realm. They are generally worth around 500 spirit stones and last for three minutes.

A mid-grade invisibility talisman, capable of concealing oneself from the divine sense of a Dao Palace cultivator, is worth around five thousand spirit stones and lasts for three minutes; it's quite expensive.

As the scent of several Demon-Attracting Pills spread with the airflow, in less than a minute, the group felt the fluctuations of demonic energy around them, and the density of the demonic energy was even stronger than that of the Dao Palace demonic beasts they encountered on the outskirts.

"They're here," the group whispered to each other.

They are very close to each other here, and can communicate with each other using their spiritual senses.

The group instinctively held their breath, not daring to move.

First, a fox demon appeared in the south, but she did not immediately approach the demon-attracting pill.

This fox demon possessed the cultivation level of the mid-stage Dao Palace realm and had a higher intelligence. She quickly transformed into a beautiful woman, and her thinking ability in human form was even stronger. She was clearly trying hard to restrain her desire for the pills in front of her.

The human form's ability to control is much stronger than its ability to control in the beast form.

"Damn it, what is that? Is it a pill? It looks so delicious, I can't help myself." The fox demon muttered.

She was trying hard not to go there, because reason told her it was a trap.

However, just as she was about to approach the area where the pills were located, a pale golden demonic bird descended from the sky, transformed into a blond youth, and landed on a nearby hilltop, also staring at the pills below.

The fox demon glanced at the other party and then reluctantly moved closer again, as did the golden-haired demon. They seemed unable to control their bodies as they slowly approached.

After a while, more powerful demonic beasts approached. In less than five minutes, twenty demonic beasts at the Dao Palace realm gathered here, including four mid-stage Dao Palace beasts and sixteen early-stage Dao Palace beasts.

Pei Qian and the others have already used the second invisibility talisman.

The resources of cultivators at the Dao Palace realm are indeed abundant; they can use such expensive and consumable magic treasures so readily. This would be absolutely impossible for cultivators at the Sea of ​​Wheels realm.

"Twenty demonic beasts at the Dao Palace level? Isn't that too many? Can Junior Sister Ye handle them? Will there be any unexpected problems?" Pei Qian asked anxiously.

This was the first time they had to face so many demonic beasts at the Dao Palace level, including four mid-stage Dao Palace beasts. Normally, if they encountered them, they would run as far away as possible.

"Hehe, don't worry. Unless it's a demonic beast at the late stage of the Dao Palace realm or higher, as long as they get within a hundred meters of the pill, I guarantee they won't return." Ye Liuyun replied confidently.

Ye Liuyun and his group's actions quickly attracted the attention of the Yun Sect's higher-ups.

After all, it was just a team of Dao Palace Level 2 members. They were quite bold. Most importantly, someone recognized Ye Liuyun.

"Eh? This little girl must be Lin Aoxue's older sister, Ye Liuyu. She actually chose to participate in the Demon Hunting Tournament. What, does she also want to go to the Southern Ridge Grand Gathering?" The Grand Elder of the Cloud Sect asked, looking at the Xuan Guang Mirror that reflected the area where Ye Liuyu and the others were.

Judging from her tone, the elder clearly did not want Ye Liuyun to participate.

Because Ye Liuyu's value to them was to keep Lin Aoxue in check, they originally intended to keep Ye Liuyu under their control.

“It’s her. Interesting. What kind of pill is this? It can attract so many Dao Palace demon beasts. Is it a pill similar to the Demon-Attracting Incense? The strongest in their team is only at the peak of the Core Formation Realm. It’s too difficult for them to deal with so many Dao Palace demon beasts. There’s a chance someone might die. Have the monitoring elder over there keep an eye on them. We can let the other disciples go, but we can’t let anything happen to Ye Liuyu.” Fang Mingyu said.

As soon as he finished speaking, an elder immediately contacted the elder in charge of security in the Cuiping Mountain area and asked him to keep an eye on the area where Ye Liuyun was located.

Upon receiving the news, the elder immediately scanned the area with his divine sense and quickly located Ye Liuyun and his group.

"Good heavens, four mid-stage Dao Palace cultivators and sixteen early-stage Dao Palace cultivators, have these little girls gone mad? Who gave them such confidence?" This patrol elder of the Four Extremes Secret Realm immediately flew towards the area where the six were, ready to protect them at any time.

After the elder arrived in this area, Lin Qingyou immediately reminded Ye Liuyun that a powerful expert from the Four Extremes Secret Realm had arrived.

As for the others, they certainly wouldn't be able to sense the aura of a powerful expert from the Four Extremes Mystic Realm.

"It seems about right, Junior Sister Ye. Are you really confident? If we make a mistake, we might all end up in the monster's belly." Pei Qian and the others didn't have Ye Liuyun's confidence; they were probably certain.

As the monsters drew closer to the area, the sense of danger made them increasingly uneasy.

"Don't worry, just wait and see how you capture the monsters," Ye Liuyun reassured him.

After observing for a while and confirming that there was no danger, the monsters still found themselves moving closer to the area of ​​medicinal pills.

The aroma of the elixir was an irresistible temptation for them; even knowing there was something wrong with it, they still couldn't control their desires.

This is because the Demon-Attracting Pill contains an ingredient that can bewitch demonic beasts. They are not drawn to it, but forced to approach, as if their souls have been hooked by the pill.

The reason they can stop and think is because they have reached a higher level of understanding and wisdom, but they cannot control their desires.

"Damn it, what is this thing? It's making my mouth water uncontrollably. There's something fishy going on." A bear demon covered in flames said greedily as it looked at the pill.

However, judging from his tone, he was full of resistance, resisting getting close to the elixir, but his body clearly betrayed him.

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"Nonsense, there's definitely a trap. This thing is obviously a pill, made by humans, which means there must be humans around. It's a trap! How can you all be so stupid?" The fox demon, who had transformed into human form, kept licking the stone while looking at the pill, but still complained about the other demons.

"You sly fox, if you were smart, why would you come here too? Do you think I can't see this is a trap? But after smelling this aroma, I couldn't control myself." Another pig demon, barely suppressing the desire brought on by the fragrance, drooled as he looked at the pills.

Four mid-stage Dao Palace demonic beasts led the way, and the early-stage Dao Palace demonic beasts also gathered around. However, they certainly wouldn't dare to compete with these four mid-stage demonic beasts for the pills; they could only inhale the aroma of the pills from the outside.

"Damn it, I have a bad feeling. I have a feeling that we're in big trouble," the blond youth said, trembling.

The young man was right; they were in for trouble. If they hadn't smelled the aroma of the elixir, they might have been fine, but now that they had, they were in real trouble.

As the last demonic beast entered Ye Liuyun's ambush area, Ye Liuyun chuckled and immediately snapped his fingers.

The next moment, the electric shock pills that Ye Liuyun had buried around the demon-attracting pills all exploded.

"Oh no, there really was an ambush." ​​The monsters realized what was happening the moment the electric pill exploded, but it was too late.

The terrifying electric current engulfed the twenty demonic beasts at the Dao Palace realm in one go.

"Ah... Damn it, I knew there was an ambush! Damn it, those damned humans! Ah..." The blond youth howled as he was electrocuted, cursing angrily.

After being electrocuted, those early-stage Dao Palace demonic beasts quickly lost their strength. Ye Liuyun buried ten electric shock pills in one go, and they couldn't withstand it.

Sure enough, they soon collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth and convulsing.

Only four mid-stage Dao Palace-level demonic beasts remained, stubbornly resisting and struggling.

"It's so numb! No! I don't want to be caught by human cultivators!" The fox demon screamed repeatedly as she was electrocuted.

As the effects of the pills wore off, the four mid-stage demonic beasts survived the electric shock pills, but they were all covered in black smoke and their combat power was completely gone.