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

Furthermore, this challenge has a time limit. If no one defeats the goddess or goddess during her five hundred years in power, then the position will be fixed, changing from a designated successor to a legally recognized successor.

Whenever the Taishang Ganying Sect is selecting a new successor, signs of chaos begin to appear within the sect.

Because all factions want their own disciples to take this position, so that their faction will become the direct line in the future, enjoying the privilege of direct lineage of the Supreme Response Sect.

Such a good thing is an irresistible temptation for most powerful factions. Some factions may secretly resort to some underhanded tactics. If these tactics are normal, there's nothing wrong with them. After all, they are competitors. As long as they don't violate the rules, it's fine if they target your faction and disciples.

The problem is that some people use very dirty tricks to eliminate competitors.

In any case, the Tianfeng incident back then actually had a huge competitive reason behind it.

Lin Aoxue is about to face these challenges. She is like someone who has taken the throne as crown prince. Before you take the throne, you can be dethroned at any time or become a crown prince who dies suddenly.

Where there are people, there is competition. The larger the power, the more factions there are. The secular royal family cannot avoid it, the Nine Heavens Holy Land cannot avoid it, and the Supreme Response Sect is naturally no exception.

At Tiandao Peak, where the Heavenly Ancestor Tianyi was, Lin Aoxue, dressed in ethereal white robes, descended from the sky and landed at the entrance of the main hall.

The Taixu Trial is about to begin. From the Taixu Trial onwards, or more precisely, from the moment Lin Aoxue obtains her Goddess status, she will face challenges from all sides.

She can only secure her position if she lives for five hundred years from now.

Lin Aoxue's outfit was very beautiful, probably the most suitable attire for her to come to this world. She looked a bit like a Taoist nun, but not quite. There weren't many complicated decorations, and she was both heroic and dignified.

"Grandmaster, you wanted to see me?" Lin Aoxue asked Tianyi Ancestor, who was sitting cross-legged in the air, as soon as she entered.

There were only the two of them here at the moment, and no one else was around. Obviously, Ancestor Tianyi must have something to say to Lin Aoxue.

Tianyi Ancestor slowly opened his eyes and flew towards Lin Aoxue. To be honest, the image of Tianyi Ancestor as a little girl is really interesting.

"Well, the Taixu Trial is about to begin. There are some things your scoundrel master definitely won't tell you, because he hasn't experienced these things," Ancestor Tianyi said solemnly as he floated in front of Lin Aoxue.

But Lin Aoxue already knew that it would be difficult for her to hold onto her position.

After thinking for a moment, she spoke.

"Grandmaster, are you afraid of following in the footsteps of the Heavenly Peak Divine Child back then?"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Aoxue spoke first about what Ancestor Tianyi was worried about.

"Hmm, it seems you know about that matter. It's good that you know. In that case, I don't need to say anything more," said Ancestor Tianyi with a smile.

But now that we've brought this up, Lin Aoxue still wants to ask.

"Grandmaster, since you all know about this matter, you also understand that there must have been problems with what happened back then, but why did it ultimately turn out that way?" Lin Aoxue asked in return.

At that time, Tianyi Patriarch was still a disciple, and his cultivation level was not particularly high, but he was still one of the living witnesses.

"Ah! Little girl, in this world, can we really distinguish right from wrong? Sometimes, even if we know there's something wrong with something, we still have to make choices against our conscience under pressure. To put it in a worldly way, flies don't land on eggs without cracks. If you don't leave any handle for others, then conspiracies and tricks have no way to start."

“It’s just like a murder case in the secular world. There are witnesses, there is physical evidence, everything is complete. Even if it really wasn’t you, it doesn’t matter. Do you understand what I mean?” Ancestor Tianyi murmured.

Lin Aoxue must have understood, which is why she sent Ye Liuyun out for a stroll beforehand, and advised him not to stay in Nanling.

What happened to their Lin family ancestor back then will definitely not happen to her again. Lin Aoxue will crush all conspiracies and schemes.

"Grandmaster, I understand. Don't worry, I won't show any mercy to those who want to cause trouble in secret. I'll kill them one by one, and I'll kill them all if they come in groups," Lin Aoxue said coldly.

Tianyi Patriarch chuckled upon hearing this.

"Of course I know your abilities. Alright, I've said what I needed to say. Go back and prepare for the Taixu Trial." Ancestor Tianyi waved his hand, then returned to his seat and closed his eyes to ponder again.

Lin Aoxue immediately turned around and left the main hall.

However, after she left, the old ancestor opened his eyes again and glanced at Lin Aoxue's back.

"Alas! Is this fate? What one sows in the past will reap today, and one must pay the price sooner or later," the Heavenly Ancestor murmured.

Looking at Lin Aoxue again, as soon as she stepped out, a very beautiful seven-colored butterfly descended from the sky and landed on her shoulder.

"Master, your master told me to tell you that she went to Tianyi City for drinks and that you shouldn't bother her," the seven-colored butterfly said in a childish voice.

This butterfly is the fairy butterfly larva that Li Bai casually caught in the ancient forest years ago. It has grown into a butterfly and become Lin Aoxue's pet.

"What? He went drinking again? I'm about to participate in the Taixu Trial, and he's not worried at all?" Lin Aoxue rolled her eyes.

Since she became Li Bai's apprentice, she felt that Li Bai was even more of a headache than Ye Liuyun. He was a completely disobedient person who did whatever he wanted.

They really brought all their bad habits from their previous life into this world.

However, if Li Bai didn't act this way, he wouldn't be Li Bai.

Over the past few decades, under Li Bai's tutelage, Lin Aoxue has comprehended the sword intent of wind, and her comprehension is beyond question.

Having comprehended the sword intent, Lin Aoxue became a true sword cultivator, but she was not satisfied with the mere wind sword intent.

What others struggle to comprehend in a lifetime is merely a basic concept to her, because these sword intents with attributes are arguably the lowest level of sword intent.

The Heaven-Splitting Sword Intent of Metal, the Withering Sword Intent of Wood, the Vast Wave Sword Intent of Water, the Crimson Flame Sword Intent of Fire, and the Mountain Collapse Sword Intent of Earth—these are all fundamental sword intents.

Lin Aoxue's Wind Sword Intent is called Riding the Wind, which is also a primary level of sword intent.

However, Li Bai's Azure Lotus Sword Intent is a dual-attribute sword intent, with the wood attribute fused with the water attribute. As for the realm of wine, sword intent is one kind of realm, but the realm of wine is another kind of enlightenment.

"Eh? Junior Sister Xuanmiao, where are you going?" Lin Aoxue had just returned to her residence to cultivate and hadn't flown far when she ran into Xuan Tian from back then.

"Oh, Senior Brother Xuantian, I just came from my grandmaster's place and am about to go back to cultivate. Farewell." Lin Aoxue glanced at Xuantian expressionlessly, then prepared to leave.

Over the years, Lin Aoxue had been living alone in the Supreme Response Sect, which was very troublesome. Those so-called genius disciples of the Supreme Response Sect would harass her frequently with various excuses, which was extremely annoying.

There's no way around it; she's beautiful and exceptionally talented. What man wouldn't like her? It would be abnormal if he didn't.

"Hey? Junior Sister Xuanmiao, don't go! The Taixu Trial is about to begin. Don't you think it's necessary to find a suitable opponent to spar with? Our cultivation levels are similar, so why don't we find a suitable place to have a match?" Seeing that Lin Aoxue was about to leave, Xuantian quickly flashed and blocked her way.

Lin Aoxue had a toothache. Every time a man pursued her, she felt an itch to bite him and almost cursed Ye Liuyun in her heart.

After all, if Ye Liuyun were still a man, she could at least openly say, "I have a husband, I am a married man, you understand?" If she could say that, then many such criminal incidents could be avoided.

"Senior Brother Xuantian, aren't you annoying? I've already told you, I'm not interested in you. You keep bothering me every now and then, is that interesting? Seriously." Lin Aoxue took a deep breath and then complained.

This guy was the most persistent of Lin Aoxue's so-called suitors, especially after Lin Aoxue defeated him that time, she seemed to have gone mad.

“Junior Sister Xuanmiao, please give your senior brother a chance to pursue you. As long as you are willing to give me a chance, I will go through fire and water for you.” Xuan Tian said solemnly.

Lin Aoxue raised her hand and touched her forehead.

"Damn it! I remember telling you many years ago that unless you can beat me at the same level, you have no chance. How many times have you failed? How come you still shamelessly stick to me?" Lin Aoxue really wanted to stab Xuan Tian with one of his 108 sword holes.

“If I can’t beat you, that’s a matter of strength. It has nothing to do with my pursuit of you. Besides, I don’t think you can find anyone in the entire Tang Kingdom with your requirements,” Xuan Tian said with a bitter face.

"Then go and focus on your cultivation. Don't show off in front of me every day. And let me warn you, don't say anything like 'I'm yours' in the game. Let me tell you, if I hear you say that again, I'll turn you into a woman and completely extinguish your hopes." Lin Aoxue threatened viciously, then flew away again.

Xuan Tian watched Lin Aoxue fly away, his face filled with disappointment once again.

"Junior Sister Xuanmiao, if I became a woman, would you like me?" Xuantian asked loudly.

These words almost made Lin Aoxue choke and fall off the sky.

Lin Aoxue really had no way to deal with this guy. If it weren't for the fact that Ye Liuyun was the only one in Lin Aoxue's heart, any other normal woman, even if she was a block of ice, would probably have been melted by this guy.

Unfortunately, he was focusing his efforts on the wrong thing, so it was destined to be fruitless.

Lin Aoxue wouldn't kill someone just because they like her. Because of Xuan Tian, ​​her pursuit of him was open and aboveboard, without any scheming or trickery. This kind of person is the most helpless.

They can't be driven away, and they can't be killed. At most, they can be beaten up, but after a while, they come back again.

This Xuan Tian even told everyone in public that he had to make Lin Aoxue his Daoist partner, and he frequently got into fights with other fellow disciples who had designs on Lin Aoxue.

I don't know how to put it.

"This is so annoying. Next time I see Liuyun, I'll have to ask her for a pill. I finally understand what she meant when she said that not everything can be solved by killing. This method is perfect for dealing with this kind of stubborn person," Lin Aoxue complained.

“Eh? Master, I think Xuan Tian is not bad. After all, he is one of the most outstanding male disciples among his peers,” said Fairy Spirit Butterfly.

"Get lost. I'm not interested in men. If you're interested in her, hurry up and cultivate, then transform into human form and go after her. I'll support you, so you won't bother me." Lin Aoxue glared at the Fairy Spirit Butterfly.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun has arrived at the area of ​​the shelter he and Lin Aoxue built, following his memories.

However, before she even got close to the place, she sensed the presence of many humans ahead, and there were quite a few of them.

"What's going on? Why are there so many humans here?" Ye Liuyun slowly approached and soon discovered an invisible barrier in front of him, indicating that someone had set up an array in this place.

"The Four Directions Spirit-Severing Array? I thought it was an array I set up back then, but it seems it's not. This place has been occupied by someone else." Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, and then his body gradually transformed into a half-human, half-snake form.

Then she raised her hand, extended a finger, and drew some kind of rune in the void. Ye Liuyun hadn't been hiding in Bixia Valley for nothing all these years; she was also a spirit array master in terms of array formation skills.

After she finished inscribing the runes with her sorcery, the runes silently disappeared into the formation, quickly opening a gap in the formation without the person who set it up inside noticing.

After opening a hole, the scene inside came into Ye Liuyun's view, but she was stunned for a moment.

Because this place is completely different from what it used to be, it has become a camp for monks. There are treehouses everywhere in the trees in this area, and the ground has been covered with wooden planks to separate it from the swamp.

"Wow, it's changed so much! It's much bigger than before!" Ye Liuyun stared in disbelief.

Originally, I wanted to go back to the old place to refine medicine, but it seems that won't be possible now.

"Huh? Who's there?" Just as Ye Liuyun was surprised by the changes in the place, several patrolling cultivators happened to spot her.

Upon seeing this, Ye Liuyun quickly closed the gap in the formation and retreated, leaving at an extremely fast speed. Not long after she left, several cultivators rushed out from inside.

Unfortunately, Ye Liuyun is no longer around.

Ye Liuyun, who had already walked away, was somewhat displeased.

"What bad luck. Forget it, let's find another place to refine medicine," Ye Liuyun said after thinking for a while.

Around two or three in the afternoon, Ye Liuyun finally managed to build a new treehouse in a new location, and it was much faster than the last time. This was because his demonic body possessed demonic magic, making it very easy for him to construct a house.

Ye Liuyun wouldn't stay here long; she'd leave after refining the medicine, so the setup was rather simple.

Ye Liuyun flew up and entered the treehouse.

After entering, she raised her hand and threw out four flags to shield the treehouse. In a place like this, it was more convenient to use array flags.

After setting up the formation, Ye Liuyun took out the Myriad Medicines Cauldron to prepare for refining medicine.

"Oh, by the way, Master, can the power of the demon race be used to refine medicine?" Ye Liuyun suddenly asked.

“It is possible, but the power of the demon race is quite violent and not easy to control. However, it doesn’t matter to you, since you’re using the Myriad Medicines Immortal Fire to refine it anyway,” Lin Qingyou replied.

"That's good. I'm too lazy to turn back into a human. Let's get started." After preparing everything, Ye Liuyun began to revitalize the pills. Ye Liuyun would definitely start with the pills he usually used.

For example, some pills like the Vajra Pill used to have limited upgrades because of insufficient soul power. But now that the century limit has been broken, soul power has reached another level, allowing for the synthesis of even better pills.

Of course, this kind of synthesis doesn't mean that it can synthesize purple-grade pills, but rather that it can make the synthesized pills of higher quality and more potent.

"First, the Vajra Pill. I wonder if increasing the quality of this pill will produce any extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth." Ye Liuyun took out the medicinal materials.

Some elixirs do not produce any special effects, such as the Vajra Elixir. In fact, many times it is better if there are no special effects.

However, Ye Liuyun didn't just refine the Vajra Pill; he also had to refine other pills, so the Wind-Weeping Rain Forest quickly became restless.

Rain is certainly not unusual here, but around dusk, thunder started again in the sky, and these lightning bolts struck with pinpoint accuracy. In the Wind-Weeping Rain Forest, no matter how well you hid underground in the swamp, it was useless against all the cultivators and monsters.

The most unlucky ones were definitely the cultivators in the camp that Ye Liuyun had visited before. That was the largest gathering point in the Wind and Rain Forest, with thousands of cultivators inside.

"Ah! What's going on? Why is there lightning suddenly falling down? Damn it, is someone undergoing tribulation? Why doesn't he go outside to undergo tribulation?" The cultivator in the camp who was struck by lightning immediately started cursing.

The lightning strikes vary from person to person; the higher one's cultivation level, the more severe the impact.

"Damn it, I haven't even reached the Dao Palace realm yet, why am I suddenly being attacked by tribulation lightning?" A giant crocodile ran out of the swamp.

There was nothing she could do; the lightning kept striking him. She had no idea what was going on and thought she was about to undergo a tribulation, but in reality, she wasn't.

The entire Wind-Weeping Rainforest was in chaos. The lightning strikes wouldn't stop anytime soon, until they stunned all the people and monsters.

Ye Liuyun spent the entire night refining lightning-type pills, intending to refine them in batches.

The next morning, the dark clouds dispersed, the sun rose over the mountain, and Ye Liuyun walked out of the treehouse with a relaxed expression.

"That's about enough, let's keep going." Ye Liuyun chuckled, and as he passed some swamps inhabited by monsters, he opened his mouth and swallowed all the monsters that had been knocked unconscious and were still asleep.

These monsters became Ye Liuyun's meals without him even realizing it, and each time he ate a monster at the Dao Palace level, his demonic power noticeably increased.

In other words, Ye Liuyun has discovered the usefulness of this demonic body. Even if the power of this demonic body cannot be exchanged with human power, it can still be used as a trump card.

If they can't win in their human form, they can transform into monsters to fight. Thinking about this, Ye Liuyun couldn't help but admire his own ingenuity.

Chapter 409 Arrival at Tianduan Ridge (4500 words + 2100 monthly votes bonus chapter)

She doesn't feel any psychological pressure about eating demonic beasts, but she definitely won't eat humanoid creatures; if she's going to eat one, she'll have to force it back to its original form first.

Ye Liuyun was like he was eating at a buffet. Since yesterday afternoon, there had been thunder and lightning. Although the lightning wouldn't kill them, the problem was that they couldn't move. After enduring several bolts of lightning, they basically passed out.

After they faint, they won't be struck by lightning, but as soon as they wake up, the lightning will attack them again.

Therefore, the entire Wind and Rain Forest is currently extremely safe, and both humans and demons are sleeping peacefully.