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

"I want to meet that girl named Ye Liuyu," Li Muyun said calmly.

Xuan Yin was taken aback, then picked up the magic weapon and began to check Ye Liuyun's identity. Everyone who participated in the competition had their identity recorded when they entered the city, so they could all find it here.

"I've got it! Huh? That's strange. It's hard to believe that a little girl in the Spirit Stream Realm could actually reach the sixth level." Xuan Yin checked Ye Liuyun's identity and found that Ye Liuyun was just a minor Spirit Stream Realm cultivator.

For a cultivator at the Spirit Stream Realm to reach this level is already quite extraordinary, let alone being noticed by the Holy Maiden of the Nine Heavens Holy Land. Therefore, her first reaction was that this Ye Liuyun must be extraordinary.

Xuan Yin would definitely report to anyone Li Muyun met.

“Yes, she lives here. I’ll take you there,” Xuan Yin said with a smile.

Once someone enters their Supreme Induction Sect, they can pinpoint the other person's location using the sect's array formations and restrictions. Her magic weapon indicated that Ye Liuyun was right here.

Li Muyun then followed Xuan Yin and walked forward. However, along the way, many cultivators who passed by Li Muyun and his companions stared at Li Muyun with an indescribable look.

Although Li Muyun was wearing a veil, her noble temperament was impossible to conceal; she possessed a unique aura that Ye Liuyun never had.

A moment later, they arrived outside the residence of the four Ye sisters.

"Your Highness, this is the place. I'll contact that little girl named Ye Liuyu for you right away," Xuan Yin said.

After saying that, she picked up the magic artifact in her hand, made a hand seal on it, and then called out.

"Miss Ye, we have a guest. Would you please come out and meet him?"

The sound traveled through the power of the array's restrictions and directly into Ye Liuyun's mind, much like a divine sense transmission.

Ye Liuyun, who was in the room, was taken aback, and then stood up.

"Strange, who's talking to me?" Ye Liuyun looked around.

"Don't bother looking anymore. It's someone from outside. The formation of the Supreme Response Sect is even more perfect than that of Tianyi City. Someone outside is using the power of the formation to call you," Lin Qingyou reminded Ye Liuyun when she saw his puzzled expression.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun immediately looked out the window. After thinking for a moment, he went outside.

After opening the door, Ye Liuyun saw four people outside the courtyard. He recognized one of them at a glance.

After all, when they were in Tianyi City last time, Lin Qingyou told her that Li Muyun looked extremely similar to her. Ye Liuyun remembered this matter vividly, and she had been thinking about how this happened.

Unexpectedly, this mysterious woman came to my door today.

Ye Liuyun strolled over and soon arrived at the main gate.

"Is it you? The lady I met in Tianyi City last time?" Ye Liuyun asked, looking at Li Muyun.

Although Li Muyun was wearing a veil, it was clear that she was smiling.

“Yes, Miss Ye, would you mind having a private chat?” Li Muyun said with a smile.

Ye Liuyun glanced at Xuan Yin and the other two, and finally spoke.

"Oh? Please come in, ma'am."

As Ye Liuyun invited Li Muyun in, the array at the entrance immediately disappeared, and Li Muyun strolled inside.

Xuan Yin and the other two originally wanted to come in as well, but Li Muyun stopped them.

“Miss Xuan Yin, you don’t need to come in. I have some things to discuss with Miss Ye alone,” Li Muyun said with a slight smile, turning her head away.

Since Li Muyun spoke up, Xuan Yin had no choice but to abandon his idea of ​​following her in.

"Okay, fine." Li Muyun nodded.

The other two maids naturally didn't say anything more, and Ye Liuyun led Li Muyun into his room.

Yan Yu and the others must have noticed the arrival of guests immediately, but they only scanned the room with their divine sense and did not come out.

After following Ye Liuyun into the room, Li Muyun didn't waste much time and went straight to the point.

"Miss Ye, are you a descendant of the Ye family in Qixia Town, Southern Region?" Li Muyun asked.

These words were so direct that Ye Liuyun found it hard to believe, and they also amplified her existing doubts.

"How did you know, sister?" Ye Liuyun didn't hide anything. The fact that the other party directly mentioned her birthplace meant that she must have done her research and was very familiar with Qixia Town.

"As expected, it seems I wasn't wrong." Li Muyun breathed a sigh of relief, then raised her hand and removed her veil. As soon as the veil fell, a face that Ye Liuyun knew all too well appeared before her.

Ye Liuyun stared in disbelief at the person in front of him. The two were like mirror images, with an 80-90% resemblance. From their appearances alone, it was difficult to tell them apart. However, Li Muyun's face showed the marks of time, especially her eyes.

Seeing Ye Liuyun's blank expression, Li Muyun smiled faintly.

"You must be surprised right now why I look so much like you, right? It's related to bloodline inheritance. Ordinary people's bloodline may not have much impact on the appearance of their offspring, but some special bloodlines have a greater impact."

“Your grandfather Ye Feiwu was just an ordinary person. His bloodline couldn’t suppress mine. So, if the Ye family’s descendants are girls, they will generally be affected by my bloodline and their appearance will be very similar to mine. Little girl, you should know who I am now, right?” Li Muyun explained why she looked so similar to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun wasn't an idiot; the words were already very clear, and she did indeed feel a sense of familiarity with the woman in front of her.

"Are you my grandma?" Ye Liuyu asked, somewhat incredulously.

“Hehe, if your father is Ye Kai and your grandfather is Ye Feiwu, then that’s correct.” Li Muyun admitted directly.

Today was truly unexpected. Ye Liuyun never imagined that his grandmother, whom he had never met before, would appear in a place like the Taishang Ganying Sect, and that they would even recognize each other.

"Grandson, Ye Liuyun, pays respects to Grandmother." After confirming the other party's identity, Ye Liuyun immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Li Muyun.

Both morally and logically, Li Muyun was entitled to be knelt before by Ye Liuyun.

"Hehe, get up. I never thought that after so many decades, I would have a granddaughter." Li Muyun exclaimed.

After giving birth to Ye Kai, she never saw her son and husband again. Today was the happiest day she had in decades.

However, after Li Muyun helped Ye Liuyun up, she suddenly seemed to realize something.

“Eh? Grandson, Ye Liuyun? Strange, if we follow the Ye family’s generational naming convention, you should be called Ye Ningyun, right? Why is it a male’s generation name with the character ‘Liu’?” Li Muyun was suddenly stunned.

Ye Liuyun was momentarily embarrassed. She had just habitually introduced herself to her relatives, but forgot that she was now a woman.

But it doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, what happened at Black Wind Mountain last time is enough to explain the problems I have.

"This? Grandma, I... I was indeed a man before. I don't know if you've heard of the strange phenomenon that happened in the Black Wind Mountains of the Southern Region. That phenomenon can change the gender of living beings. I was there at the time, and then my gender was reversed, and I became like this." Ye Liuyun explained awkwardly.

Li Muyun knew about this, after all, even the Heavenly Ancestor of the Ninth Level of the Primordial Spirit had his gender reversed, let alone Ye Liuyun.

"How could this happen?" Li Muyun was at a loss for words to describe her feelings.

She must know that her husband and son have been poisoned and are unable to have male offspring, but if Ye Liuyun was a man before, then the poison in her son's body should have weakened considerably.

Now that she finally has a grandson, his gender has been reversed. She doesn't know if this is fate or something else.

"Grandma, what's wrong? Can't you accept this?" Ye Liuyun asked with a wry smile.

But Li Muyun shook her head.

“I am a cultivator, so I don’t particularly care whether my offspring are male or female. But your grandfather and father probably do care. By the way, how many brothers and sisters do you have?” Li Muyun asked.

“There are four of us in total, including three older sisters. My family doesn’t know that my gender has been reversed. I’ve been keeping it from them because I was afraid they wouldn’t be able to accept it,” Ye Liuyun explained.

Li Muyun didn't think Ye Liuyun had done anything wrong.

“My three older sisters, it seems fate is beyond our control. By the way, I sent someone to Qixia Town to check on your grandfather and the others, but why was Qixia Town deserted? Do you know what happened?” Li Muyun felt that her granddaughter should know these things.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun's mood became slightly heavy, after all, he had no clue where his grandfather and the others had gone.

Ye Liuyun gave a general overview of the situation, but there were some things she couldn't say casually, especially since she wasn't entirely clear on the details herself.

"Oh? That little girl named Lin Aoxue is your wife? And Lianyi's granddaughter?" Li Muyun heard something interesting.

"Yes, she didn't mind that I became like this. We got married afterwards. After the marriage, I gave my grandfather and the others some longevity pills. After that, both families suddenly disappeared from Qixia Town. I don't even know where they went, and they didn't say goodbye to us either," Ye Liuyun explained.

Hearing these words, Li Muyun breathed a slight sigh of relief. Knowing her husband as she did, she was certain that he wouldn't act without a purpose.

“Tell me all the details about your Lin and Ye families, including the families your three older sisters married into. I should be able to deduce where your grandfather and the others are from based on that information,” Li Muyun said.

Ye Liuyun wasted no time and immediately began to introduce the specific situation of his family.

Chapter 363 Speculation (4000 words + 1100 monthly votes bonus chapter)

As Ye Liuyun explained, Li Muyun's expression grew increasingly strange; she seemed to have gleaned some special information from him.

“Dongfang, Nangong, Ximen, if this little girl was born a girl, then she should be married into the Beiming family. It seems that he hasn’t been completely hiding in that remote Qixia Town all these years.” Li Muyun’s expression was unusually strange.

Ye Liuyun had been observing Li Muyun's expression, and she felt that Li Muyun definitely knew something.

"Grandma, do you know something?" Ye Liuyun asked hurriedly.

Li Muyun thought about it.

“I did have some thoughts, but your grandfather and Lin Heng probably don’t want you and Aoxue to get involved in their affairs.”

“I can give you a general idea of ​​what I’m guessing, but, Yun’er, you shouldn’t concern yourself with these matters. Worldly affairs should be resolved by ordinary people themselves. Cultivators getting involved will only disrupt the order of the world,” Li Muyun reminded her.

After she finished speaking, she began to tell Ye Liuyun her thoughts.

First, there were four major business families in the Tang Dynasty. These four families controlled more than half of the Tang Dynasty's economic industries and had a very delicate relationship with the Tang court.

They are the Dongfang family of the Eastern Wilderness, the Nangong family of the Southern Ridge, the Ximen family of the Western River, and the Beiming family of the Northern Plains.

These four families are the wealthiest in the secular world in their respective regions, each incredibly rich and with a very long history.

However, these four families have an unwritten family rule: none of their members are allowed to become officials; in other words, they are prohibited from engaging in politics.

Then there's the Lin family's situation, which is somewhat similar to the Ye family's.

The girls from these three families married into the Qin Clan, the largest secular sect in Xichuan; the Tiandao Hall, the largest secular power in Donghuang; and the Aojian Manor, the largest secular power in Nanling.

The leaders of these three families happen to be surnamed Qin, Yang, and Su. If Ye Liuyun is not a son, then the person who is to marry Lin Aoxue might be a descendant of Tianhan City, the most powerful force in the secular world of Beiyuan.

After listening to his grandmother's analysis, Ye Liuyun immediately understood.

She never expected that her grandfather had long ago secretly planned to fight against the imperial court, which led to his daughter's marriage to one of the strongest martial arts sects and merchant families in the secular world.

Once a rebellion is decided, there will be both manpower and money, enabling a large number of people to be gathered and rebel in a short period of time.

"So that's how it is? But, Grandma, I have a question. If Grandpa really intends to do this, wouldn't the imperial court see through such an obvious tactic?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

But Li Muyun just chuckled.

"Your grandfather, who became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, do you think he would think things so simply? Based on my understanding of him, he probably started planning a long time ago. This can be considered a way of self-protection. As for why the court didn't discover their identities, that's simple. With the abilities of these forces, it's extremely easy for them to forge identities."

"As for why the imperial court suddenly destroyed Qixia Town and took away all the people of Qixia Town, it's simple. Perhaps the people of Qixia Town have already been replaced by people from the imperial court. The entire Qixia Town is used to monitor your Lin and Ye families. Of course, this is just my guess."

Li Muyun replied.

After hearing this, Ye Liuyun felt somewhat incredulous. The entire town was there to monitor their two families? This was hard for her to accept. She hoped it wasn't true, but a voice inside her told her that it might really be as Li Muyun said.

"Hey! Grandma, what's your situation? Why did you separate from Grandpa? What's your status now?" Ye Liuyun asked about Li Muyun.

Li Muyun let out a long sigh.

"You should know my first identity: a royal princess. Before I married your grandfather, I was actually an ordinary person. But not long after I married your grandfather, especially after I gave birth to your father, I awakened a certain physique and then gained the attention of the most powerful force in the Tang Kingdom, the Nine Heavens Holy Land."

“After the Nine Heavens Holy Land discovered that I was different from others, they forcibly took me away, and I have never seen your grandfather since.”

“However, you may not know that the Nine Heavens Holy Land and the Tang Dynasty royal family are of the same lineage. When the Holy Land speaks, my father dares not disobey. And if I’m not mistaken, your grandfather must have approached my father about this matter…” Li Muyun then briefly explained his identity.

Not only that, but there's also the real reason why Ye Liuyun's grandfather left the capital and returned to his hometown.

In short, Ye Feiwu must have developed a rift with the royal family because of Li Muyun's affair, but he hid it very well. The emperor at the time, who was Li Muyun's father, probably did notice something.

Originally, the old emperor intended to destroy the Ye and Lin families before his death, but due to Li Muyun's intervention, he changed his plan to poison the Ye and Lin families, causing them to die out.

This further deepened the resentment of the Lin and Ye families towards the royal family. The only way for the two families to turn the tide was to find a way to escape from the capital and stay away from the court.

Their families had unparalleled connections in the Tang Dynasty. Even though they were far from the imperial court, they could still find ways to secretly prepare things.

"This... I never expected that you, Grandma, are now the Holy Maiden of the Nine Heavens Holy Land?" Ye Liuyun was very surprised by Li Muyun's identity.

"Hehe, it's just a title. If I had a choice, I wouldn't want this identity. It's just a pity that the Tang Kingdom is ultimately the back garden of the Nine Heavens Holy Land. Well, it's too early to tell you all this now. Yun'er, I want to ask you, are you willing to come to the Nine Heavens Holy Land with me?" Li Muyun asked.

After Li Muyun confirmed Ye Liuyun's identity, her first thought was to take Ye Liuyun back.

Ye Liuyun was taken aback, then decisively shook his head.

"Grandma, if I may be frank, my aptitude and current level are not suitable for going to the Holy Land, or even for staying in the Supreme Response Sect," Ye Liuyun said directly.

As long as her immortality cannot be exposed, she cannot be too ostentatious. She should slowly improve her strength, which is what Ye Liuyun should do.

Even if she went to the Nine Heavens Holy Land, it wouldn't be of much help to her; it would only increase the chances of her abilities being exposed.

Seeing Ye Liuyun's decisive rejection, Li Muyun wasn't angry; on the contrary, she smiled.

"Hehe, you little rascal, you have a secret. Well, if you don't want to, then don't. I've also considered this issue, but my granddaughter-in-law is a prodigy, she'll be going to the Nine Heavens Holy Land sooner or later, at most two hundred years," Li Muyun reminded her.

Ye Liuyun shook his head indifferently.