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

"Kid, someone's here." Just after Ye Liuyun finished refining a round of pills, Lin Qingyou reminded him.

Upon seeing this, Ye Liuyun immediately smiled, then stopped what he was doing, stood up, and stretched his body.

"Ah! It seems Elder Yunxiao has noticed. I've been refining pills so brazenly for several days now. If they still haven't noticed, then they're just too careless," Ye Liuyun said.

Sure enough, as soon as she got up and stretched, she noticed that her identity token was trembling. Without even looking, she knew that Nalan Yan was sending a message to Ye Liuyun from outside the door. After checking the token information, Ye Liuyun walked to the door and opened it.

"Senior Sister Nalan." Ye Liuyun greeted Nalan Yan with a smile as she saw her standing dignifiedly outside the door.

“Yes, Junior Sister Ye, my master already knows about your problem with alchemy, so I can’t keep it from you anymore. My master wants you to come over,” Nalan Yan said directly.

Ye Liuyun knew it was about this matter, so he calmly followed Nalan Yan to Yunxiao's private alchemy room.

On the way there, Nalan Yan asked a question out of curiosity.

"Junior Sister Ye, did you deliberately try to get my master to notice?" Nalan Yan asked.

Ye Liuyun's actions are exactly what "Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone" means.

Any cultivator with a modicum of sense could see that Ye Liuyun was doing this on purpose.

Ye Liuyun quickly organized his thoughts. Since he had deliberately revealed it, he had to give a reason, but that reason couldn't be a complete lie.

"Well, there are many reasons, but the most important one is that my sister has become the future successor of the sect, and I want to help her. It's that simple," Ye Liuyun replied.

Nalan Yan understood.

If Ye Liuyun wants to help Lin Aoxue establish herself completely in the Yunxia Sect, he will inevitably expose his identity sooner or later. Rather than suddenly revealing his extraordinary talent in alchemy and catching the sect off guard, it would be better for him to expose himself in advance so that people can be prepared.

“Alright, then I won’t ask about anything else. But, junior sister, if you have time in the future, could you please give your senior sister some pointers on alchemy?” Nalan Yan finally voiced her thoughts.

Ye Liuyun had long since figured out Nalan Yan's thoughts. Every time this woman saw him, she clearly had something to say, but because their relationship hadn't reached that point yet, she was too embarrassed to say it.

But today is different. Since Ye Liuyun has decided to reveal his talent in alchemy, it is only natural for him to take this opportunity to express his thoughts.

"This? Well, actually, my talent for alchemy may not be as good as yours, Senior Sister," Ye Liuyun said modestly.

"Hehe, junior sister is too modest. Don't worry, I'm not that greedy. I just hope you can give me some pointers when you have time," Nalan Yan said again.

Having said that, Ye Liuyun couldn't completely refuse. Besides, he felt it was worth it to give some pointers on alchemy in exchange for the favor of an inner disciple.

"Okay." Ye Liuyun nodded.

Nalan Yan also breathed a sigh of relief. She had kept these words in her heart for a long time, and she was determined to say them today.

Soon, outside Yunxiao's alchemy room, the door was not closed. Nalan Yan led Ye Liuyun inside, and after entering, Nalan Yan bowed to Yunxiao.

“Master, Junior Sister Ye has arrived,” Nalan Yan said.

Yunxiao glanced at Ye Liuyun, then gestured for Nalan Yan to leave.

Nalan Yan then left the alchemy room, and the door to the alchemy room was immediately closed.

Once the door closed, the atmosphere in the alchemy room became slightly oppressive. Ye Liuyun's approach carried a certain risk, but she felt that this level of risk was acceptable.

After all, her talent for alchemy would be of no benefit to the Yunxia Sect, and she believed that the Yunxia Sect was not a mindless force.

"Greetings, Elder Yunxiao," Ye Liuyun said, bowing.

"Hmm, you little girl, you've been hiding it quite well. Everyone thought you were a cultivation failure with poor aptitude, but it turns out you're actually a genius at alchemy. You could have kept it a secret forever, so why did you suddenly reveal your talent and attract my attention? Just say what your purpose is, and stop beating around the bush." ​​Yunxiao was a very direct person; that's how alchemists are—they don't like wasting time on things other than alchemy.

Seeing that Yunxiao was being so direct, Ye Liuyun adjusted his breathing rhythm and then replied.

"My thoughts are actually very simple. I want to help my sister solidify her status and position as much as possible. In that case, I will eventually be unable to hide it. Since I can't hide it, why not take the initiative to tell her privately? That way, the sect should be able to cover it up for me, and I won't need to be so secretive."

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, Yunxiao thought to himself, "Ye Liuyun is young but has a very deep mind."

In her eyes, Ye Liuyun was like an innocent little girl, giving off a humble and low-key feeling, but she knew that this was just an illusion.

“I see. No problem. Originally, I wanted to take you as my inner disciple, but judging from your appearance, you probably don’t have that intention,” Yunxiao said.

Ye Liuyun indeed had no such intention, because with his current identity, he was not easily noticed, but once he became an inner disciple, he was destined to attract attention.

After all, how did Yunxiao choose someone with poor cultivation aptitude? A thoughtful person can figure out the reason by thinking about it carefully.

"Thank you for your kindness, Elder, but I don't want to be in the spotlight too much, at least not right now," Ye Liuyun said solemnly.

Yunxiao was very satisfied with Ye Liuyun's words. Indeed, the more talented one is, the more one needs to conceal one's talent.

After saying this, Ye Liuyun had a deep conversation with Yunxiao and finally reached some kind of agreement before leaving Yunxiao's alchemy room.

"Phew... It's done. Fortunately, Yunxiao didn't ask for anything unacceptable. He just wanted me to help the Alchemy Pavilion refine some extra medicine. It's acceptable. After all, they don't know that I took a huge advantage of their Alchemy Pavilion, so it's only right that I give back some of it." Ye Liuyun said with a strange laugh.

She only told Yunxiao part of the truth; there was another part that she didn't mention at all. As long as she didn't bring it up, Yunxiao would never know.

"You little rascal, you're still so cunning. You took such a big advantage from someone, but by only giving up a ten or twenty percent of the benefits, you've increased their goodwill towards you by several levels," Lin Qingyou complained.

Ye Liuyun chuckled and then went to turn in the mission. The pills were almost finished being refined, and Ye Liuyun should go to the back mountain to practice his skills.

Chapter 56 The Power of Time

The physical strength gained from the Eternal Green Technique requires extensive cultivation to fully utilize; simply increasing one's cultivation level without further training will not automatically enhance one's physical strength.

A higher cultivation level leads to an increase in the upper limit of physical strength. For example, if the upper limit of physical strength at the peak of the Spirit Stream Realm is a force of over a thousand jin, then after breaking through to the Spirit River Realm, it may reach a force of over ten thousand jin.

However, these powers are dormant and need to be awakened by Ye Liuyun through regular physical training.

However, this kind of cultivation method can never achieve the same level of improvement as that of ordinary cultivators.

A full-force attack from a Spirit River Realm cultivator is enough to blast a crater more than ten meters in diameter into the ground, but even if Ye Liuyun reaches the Spirit River Realm, he wouldn't have such destructive power.

The sensory experiences they evoke are completely different.

Ye Liuyun's physical cultivation also requires the aid of elixirs, but these are elixirs that cultivators don't use very often. This elixir is called the Body Tempering Pill, and when taken during physical tempering, it can make the results twice as effective.

Two days later, the spirit stone mine at Liuyang Mountain was completed. The cultivators of Yunxia Sect returned to Yunxia Sect with a large amount of spirit stones. Yunxia Sect was filled with joy because it was believed that Yunxia Sect would live a very prosperous life for the next hundred years.

This time, the Yunxia Sect is offering very high rewards to its disciples, with the highest reward being 10,000 contribution points and the lowest being 1,000 contribution points, depending entirely on the disciple's performance in this battle between the two sects.

Those like Ye Liuyun who didn't go to the front lines would only get a thousand contribution points at most, but that's already a lot, enough for them to buy a lot of pills.

Lin Aoxue has already begun her seclusion and cultivation again. She can't spend every day with Ye Liuyun; improving her cultivation level is what she needs to do most right now.

With the help of Ye Liuyun's potent pills, Lin Aoxue's cultivation level increased extremely quickly. There was no other way; Ye Liuyun's Exploding Spirit Pill was definitely a sacred medicine for cultivation. Lin Aoxue practically ate these pills like food, and would go to Ye Liuyun to get more whenever she needed them.

Therefore, Ye Liuyun would refine a large number of Exploding Spirit Pills every time he refined medicine. At this rate of cultivation, Lin Aoxue would break through to the Spirit Pattern Realm in just a few years, after all, her talent was also exceptional.

Several more months passed, and Ye Liuyun planned to return to her residence to resume her research on elixirs. She still had many medicinal herbs that she hadn't combined, and she was determined to develop an elixir that would allow her to turn back into a man.

However, upon returning today, I discovered that many female disciples were picking peaches from the peach trees in their residential area; these peaches were ripe.

Their disciple's residence was surrounded by peach trees, and these peach trees were not ordinary peach trees; they were spirit peach trees, which were spiritual fruits that could improve the physique and increase cultivation level of cultivators.

The peach tree blossoms once every three years and bears fruit once every three years; this year is the time to bear fruit.

"Junior sister, try this fruit." Just as Ye Liuyun was about to return, a female disciple picking fruit from the tree called out to her and tossed her a spirit peach the size of a fist.

"Oh? Thank you." Ye Liuyun quickly accepted it.

After expressing his gratitude, Ye Liuyun took Taozi back to his residence.

"This fruit looks quite red and plump; it should taste pretty good." Ye Liuyun chuckled, then washed it with water and took a big bite.

However, the taste was no different from the peaches she ate in her previous life, except that it contained a spiritual energy. Ye Liuyun ate it in a few bites. After eating it, she was about to throw away the peach pit, but then she saw a piece of empty land in her yard, so she happily buried the peach pit in that piece of land.

"Alright, let's continue developing the elixir." Ye Liuyun returned to her residence, closed the door, and resumed her alchemy process.

After several months of not developing pills, Ye Liuyun discovered a pattern in his research on pills over the years: the higher the grade of medicinal materials fused, the greater the possibility of a change in the world. The highest grade of medicinal materials that Yunxia Sect could obtain was blue-grade, and medicinal materials above blue-grade were not available in Yunxia Sect's medicinal material shops.

Purple-grade medicinal herbs are rare and precious, considered treasures. They are definitely kept in the Alchemy Pavilion and would never be sold.

Of course, Ye Liuyun doesn't need the purple-grade medicinal herbs right now, because she hasn't even finished synthesizing all the white-grade medicinal herbs. She has only synthesized all the white-grade medicinal herbs that Yunxia Sect can get, which doesn't mean there aren't any new white-grade medicinal herbs.

According to Lin Qingyou, she knows of tens of thousands of white-grade medicinal herbs, but these herbs just grow in different regions.

The medicinal herbs available vary from region to region. So, after Ye Liuyun finished using up the white-grade medicinal herbs in the Yunxia Sect area, if he wanted to obtain other white-grade medicinal herbs, he would have to go to other regions to buy or search for them.

The higher the grade of medicinal materials, the fewer they will be available; the path of medicine is endless.

The amount of green-grade medicinal materials was enough for Ye Liuyun to synthesize for a period of time. However, not every time medicinal materials were synthesized, there would be a dramatic change in the world. Even if there was, it wouldn't happen as big every time.

Ye Liuyun always tested the pills she refined herself, because she had no better choice. She couldn't very well ask others to test the pills, could she? Wouldn't that be harmful?

The greatest use of her immortality right now is for testing drugs; otherwise, it would be meaningless. By testing drugs herself, she would have the clearest understanding of their effects.

However, some of the pills Ye Liuyun synthesized seemed to have no effect on her. According to Lin Qingyou, some pills were indeed ineffective against humans, but perhaps they were useful to other living beings.

So when he had time, Ye Liuyun needed to find some animals to test the medicine. But there was one thing: every time Ye Liuyun synthesized a green-grade medicine, thunder would rumble. So, Yunxia Sect would be shrouded in thunder every now and then.

At first, the disciples were definitely not used to it and were very irritable, but after a long time, they didn't care anymore. As long as the lightning didn't fall, they just did what they were supposed to do.

However, every month, there are still occasional major anomalies, such as the sky being filled with radiant light, the appearance of celestial beasts, or even the ascension of immortals.

Of course, there were also some unpleasant changes in nature, but as long as they didn't endanger human lives, they were not a big deal. The average mental state of the Yunxia Sect disciples was forced to improve by Ye Liuyun's alchemy.

Time flies when you're cultivating. There are no clocks or calendars here. Each time Ye Liuyun refines medicine, it takes several days or even more than ten days. What is normally a year feels like only a few months to Ye Liuyun.

During this period, a large number of random pills were developed, but Ye Liuyun did not find any effect on at least half of them, so he had to go out for a trip.

"Ah!" Ye Liuyun opened the door to his room, then walked out and let out a long sigh.

Ye Liuyun is twenty years old this year, but her appearance has not changed much. However, her temperament has become more and more ethereal. Like a lotus emerging from the water, she exudes a gentle aura and is very approachable. Every gesture she makes reveals the gentle beauty of a woman.

Time may not change a person's will, but it will certainly leave its mark on them. After practicing the routines taught to her by Lin Qingyou for a long time, it would be difficult not to change.

Ye Liuyun knew she would definitely become more and more effeminate, but what could she do? Could she stop it?

As her soul gradually merged with this body, Ye Liuyun's strong desire to become a man again gradually faded, because she no longer felt any discomfort in her body, and the female attire no longer made her feel awkward.

She now walks with a light, swaying gait, and no longer makes silly mistakes like stepping on her skirt. Her personality has also become more restrained and calm.

She now looks every bit the elegant and refined lady from a prominent family.

Chapter 57 Harming Small Animals

After leaving the courtyard, she took a deep breath.

Ye Liuyun planned to go to the back mountain to find some animals to test the ineffective pills, but just as he was about to leave, he discovered that the spirit peach tree he had planted not long ago had grown as thick as a thumb and more than a meter tall.

"They're growing so fast! It looks like they'll be ripe soon. Time really flies," Ye Liuyun exclaimed.

She now judges how much time has passed by observing the growth rate of the peach tree.

Ye Liuyun left the disciples' residence and encountered some acquaintances on the way. They all greeted her, and she returned to the public eye that year.

Because she never missed a single month of instruction for the outer disciples, and because she was also beautiful, she quickly became famous in the outer sect. The male disciples secretly created a beauty ranking for us female disciples, and Ye Liuyun ranked first.

They secretly called Ye Liuyun "Fairy Hibiscus" mainly because Ye Liuyun could get along very well with both male and female disciples, and she always had a smile on her face, making her very approachable and hard to dislike.

Ye Liuyun no longer cared about the stares from the disciples on the way. A few years ago, when she first entered the sect, she felt that these gazes were very sharp, as if they wanted to see through her. But four years later, she felt that being watched was quite nice.

Perhaps this was also due to constant self-suggestion, which changed his mindset. In order to use this identity, Ye Liuyun kept telling himself.

Their gaze towards you is purely a male instinct, stemming from an appreciation for beautiful things. There's no need to overthink it; just be yourself.

Keep giving yourself positive self-talk, and over time you'll definitely become indifferent to it.

All I can say is, female corruption +1.

Upon arriving at the back mountain, Ye Liuyun began searching for prey. Her prey was quite casual; birds in the trees and small animals in the forest were all acceptable. As long as she saw them, Ye Liuyun quickly captured them. In no time, dozens of small animals were tied up by Ye Liuyun and placed on an open ground.

The animals trembled with fear, unsure of what the human woman was going to do to them next.

"Don't be afraid, don't worry, I won't take your lives. I'll let you go after you've finished testing the medicine. After all, I'm not a demon." Ye Liuyun smiled, squinting at the small animals.

But to these little animals, her smile was a terrifying face, a demon that could drag them into the abyss at any moment.

After saying that, Ye Liuyun grabbed a rabbit and, under the rabbit's terrified and rebellious gaze, forcibly stuffed a red pill into the rabbit's mouth.

How could the little white rabbit possibly resist? It swallowed the pill anyway.

However, after the pill entered its body, the rabbit quickly foamed at the mouth, rolled its eyes, and looked like it was about to die from poisoning.

"Huh? This? Master, didn't you say this pill shouldn't kill anyone?" Ye Liuyun asked awkwardly.

"I only said it wouldn't kill people, I didn't say it wouldn't kill wild animals," Lin Qingyou replied.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun sighed heavily. She patiently observed the rabbit's condition, but sadly, it eventually died.

"Amitabha, I'm so sorry, little rabbit. I hope you'll be reborn into a better life next time." Ye Liuyun had no choice but to turn his attention to other small animals.

Seeing the rabbit's fate, the little animals turned ashen-faced. If they could speak, they would probably curse Ye Liuyun's ancestors for eight generations.

The animals kept chirping and squealing, but Ye Liuyun didn't want to waste any more time. He simply used pills to gag them, silencing them. It seemed that almost all the animals that ate Ye Liuyun's pills died; none of them survived.