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

She continued refining medicine as if nothing had happened, but not long after, suddenly, with a loud bang, her alchemy furnace was blown away by a powerful force, and unfortunately flew towards Nalan Yan's direction.

It was so sudden. Nalan Yan could ignore the thunder and the conversations around her, but she couldn't ignore the pill furnace that was bigger than an adult male's head flying towards her.

Such force, if it were to fall on her, would surely cause injury.

"Yan'er, be careful." Yunxiao was startled by what he saw. He stood up abruptly and reminded Nalan Yan.

As for Nalan Yan, she also sensed the attack coming from behind. With no other option, she had to abandon her alchemy practice and dodge the attack from the alchemy furnace.

However, as she dodged, the pills that had just been fused in her alchemy furnace exploded, filling the air with black smoke.

"This? You can do this?" Ye Liuyun, who was watching this scene from the corner, was dumbfounded. How could she not see that this was done on purpose?

They've resorted to such insidious tactics, and you probably really can't blame that female disciple.

"I'm so sorry, Senior Sister Nalan, are you alright? This is my first time attempting to use a mid-grade blue-level pill, and I didn't control the heat properly. I'm so sorry." The female disciple quickly apologized to Nalan Yan.

But when Nalan Yan looked at her, all she saw was malice, and no hint of apology.

Nalan Yan wasn't some clueless little girl; she could tell at a glance that it was intentional, and even the disciples around her thought so too.

But how can you prove she did it on purpose? After all, she said it was her first time refining a mid-grade blue-level pill, so making a mistake is normal.

To be precise, it's normal for alchemists to fail at refining pills, and the higher the grade of the pill, the greater the power of the explosion. However, it was just too coincidental that the power of the explosion blew the furnace towards Nalan Yan.

After all, Nalan Yan was about to succeed in refining it, so it would be impossible for it to just happen by chance.

However, as ordinary disciples, even if they felt there was a problem, they didn't dare to say much and could only show their dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Yunxiang opened her lips, but didn't say anything. Clearly, she also felt that this was somewhat despicable and tarnished the reputation of alchemists, but due to her own position, she couldn't say anything.

Seeing that Yunxiang didn't speak, Yunxiao could only ask Nalan Yan telepathically.

"Yan'er, is it too late to reopen?"

Nalan Yan nodded to Yunxiao, and then immediately started again. As for the female disciple who caused the furnace to explode, she failed in alchemy and was naturally eliminated. Their competition was originally decided in one round.

It was she who interfered with Nalan Yan, not Nalan Yan herself who failed in refining, so Nalan Yan was able to start over.

Even though Wang Sai didn't say much, it was originally his idea to have his junior sister sacrifice herself to stop Nalan Yan from becoming a core.

“Junior Sister Yunxiang, do you think this is appropriate? This goes against the Dao of Alchemy. The Celestial Venerable of Longevity will certainly not be pleased,” Yunxiao said bluntly after sitting down.

"This? This matter has nothing to do with me." Yunxiang said only this, and indeed it had nothing to do with her.

However, she did not intend to pursue the matter, so it wasn't a case of knowing there was a problem but ignoring it or not asking questions.

Wang Sai knew that he only had this one chance, and there would be no next chance. He could only speed things up. He had already finished refining the three medicinal herbs one after another. The next step was to purify and fuse them.

If he still cannot defeat Nalan Yan after all this, then his defeat is not unjust.

Nalan Yan took a deep breath, removed the residue from the alchemy furnace, took out a new batch of medicinal herbs, and began refining the herbs for the second time.

However, perhaps Wang Sai was just unlucky, because at that moment, an even louder rumble of thunder, accompanied by a spatial tremor from the Cloud Mist Sect, reached the ears of everyone present.

The sound was incredibly loud, possessing a power that shook the heavens and the earth. Wang Sai and another disciple were affected by this force and failed on the spot, their pills exploding.

"Oh!"

"What? Damn it, what's going on? Why is the thunder getting louder and louder?" Wang Sai looked at his pill furnace, which was emitting black smoke, with a very unpleasant expression, and then glanced at the clear blue sky.

Ye Liuyun laughed when he saw this.

"Serves you right, my other self. Thank you for your help. Let the thunder be even louder, shall we?" Ye Liuyun silently thanked him in his heart.

This time, the three of them were back to square one, and Wang Sai immediately said this to Yunxiao and Yunxiang.

"Sect Master, Deputy Sect Master, this can't be considered a mistake in my alchemy, right? The thunder was too loud. I... I was affected by external forces."

Yunxiao sneered inwardly, then nodded without saying anything more, indicating that the two could start over.

But how can they possibly win against Nalan Yan now that they're starting over?

After the roaring sounds subsided, Nalan Yan resumed her alchemy process, and she was still ahead of the pack. What could Wang Sai do this time? He had no choice but to pray that Nalan Yan's alchemy would fail.

In fact, apart from the returning disciples of the Alchemy Pavilion suffering setbacks, the original direct disciples in other sects and halls have all suffered setbacks.

For example, in the Martial Arts Hall managed by Yun Hui, all of his personal disciples were defeated by the disciples of the deputy hall master. There was no way around it; the most talented of his disciples was only at the late stage of the Spirit Pattern Realm, while the newly appointed deputy hall master, Yun Xing, had one disciple at the peak of the Spirit Pattern Realm and two disciples at the late stage of the Spirit Pattern Realm.

They had cultivated in the Yun Sect for several years, and their cultivation techniques and methods were far superior to those of the Yunxia Sect.

However, what the martial arts academy was fighting for was not management rights, but prestige.

It seems that Yunzong had clearly investigated the current situation of Yunxia Sect, so the cultivators they sent back were almost all on par with the current sect leader and elders of Yunxia Sect, but their disciples were a notch above those of Yun Hui and his group.

Chapter 104 The Pig Demon Troubles

News of the infighting among the various factions had already reached Yun Yun, who was currently sitting in the main hall drinking tea with Yun Che.

"It seems the people you sent to the Alchemy Pavilion aren't quite up to par," Yun Yun said, glancing at Yun Che on her left.

Yun Che was also somewhat surprised. These people had cultivated in the Yun Sect for decades, and they specialized in medicine, yet they were no match for the alchemists of the Yunxia Sect. This made Yun Che feel both puzzled and comforted.

"It's good that we can win. Internal strife within the sect is inevitable. I'm sure Master has already spoken to you, Senior Sister. This is a fair competition. If we win, the future of the sect will definitely be determined by our will. If the original disciples win, then it will naturally be according to your will," Yun Che said.

But the word "fairness" made Yun Yun want to laugh.

"Fairness? Yun Che, the fairness you talk about is just gathering a group of powerful disciples to suppress the younger generation of our Yunxia Sect. If it weren't for Li Jianxin and Nalan Yan's hard work, I'm afraid no one in this generation could stand up to you returning cultivators, right?" Yun Yun asked with a mocking expression.

Yun Che did not deny it; it was indeed the case. The fairness he spoke of was not true fairness in the real sense, but compared to being forcibly taken over by the Yun Sect, it was already fair.

"Senior sister, what's so special about your precious disciple that you'd rather let her leave the sect to cultivate outside than let her have any contact with us? She must have exceptional talent, right?" Yun Che shifted the topic to Lin Aoxue.

Upon hearing the name Lin Aoxue, Yun Yun immediately became wary.

"What? You want my disciple to fight Qi Chaoying? When it comes to scheming, my disciple is no match for him, or rather, it's her now. I don't know if God sensed this kid's evil intentions and turned her into a woman. I suddenly find her much more pleasing to the eye now that she's a woman," Yun Yun sneered.

After she took Qi Chaoying in, she discovered that Qi Chaoying was a bad person, a complete egoist who didn't care about the future of Yunxia Sect at all.

Normally, Yun Sect would not select a successor from a lower-level sect. It was Qi Chaoying who came out on her own, saying that she wanted to go to Yun Sect to cultivate.

The envoy from the Yun Sect would certainly be more than happy to accept. Back then, this incident had infuriated Yun Yun, who felt that she had chosen an ungrateful wretch as her disciple.

“There’s no way to avoid it. The best way is to confront it head-on. You know, since the Upper Sect has already decided to do this, it’s impossible for the four major sects to have a way out. There’s no point in her hiding in the Six Yang Mountains,” Yun Che said helplessly.

"You? How did you know she was in the Six Yang Mountains?" Yun Yun was stunned.

Not many people knew that she sent Lin Aoxue to the Six Yang Mountains; in fact, very few. It seems that among these elders, there must be someone from the Yun Sect.

Yun Che did not answer Yun Yun's question, but his silence was the best answer.

"Alright, it seems there are traitors in the sect." Yun Yun understood.

Meanwhile, at the Alchemy Pavilion, Nalan Yan overwhelmed Wang Sai and his companion with absolute speed, and a pill radiating a blue glow rolled out of the alchemy furnace.

When Wang Sai and his companion saw this, they completely lost their composure. The pills in the alchemy furnace exploded on the spot, because there was no longer any point in going down into it.

"Master, Vice Pavilion Master, I have successfully refined it. This pill is a high-grade blue-level pill, the You Tan Earth Spirit Pill." Nalan Yan presented the pill to Yun Xiang and Yun Xiao.

The two of them only needed one glance to know that this was indeed the Dark Sandalwood Spirit Pill, and its color was excellent. Neither of them could refine a pill that was filled with such a divine light.

"Not bad, not bad, very good, hahaha..." Yunxiao laughed.

Yunxiang looked at the pill, then glanced at Wang Sai and the other two who looked dejected, and finally sighed.

“Nalan Yan has won this competition. From now on, the disciples of the Alchemy Pavilion will still be led by Nalan Yan. You may all leave.” Yun Xiang stood up, turned around and left.

The Alchemy Pavilion has such an excellent alchemist, and she feels that the other party has the potential to become a purple-level alchemist. She is afraid that even she might not be able to beat Nalan Yan. Nalan Yan's alchemy skills have already surpassed those of her elders.

"Great!" Yuan Hao and the others cheered immediately.

They happily gathered around and kept congratulating Nalan Yan, because from this moment on, Nalan Yan was no longer a low-grade blue-level alchemist, but a high-grade blue-level alchemist.

Those returning disciples were slapped in the face and humiliated.

Of course, the main reason is that Wang Sai and his group targeted them to show off their status, which made them unhappy. Currently, the Alchemy Pavilion is still led by Nalan Yan, and they wholeheartedly support her.

If Nalan Yan were a man, she would probably have been lifted up and tossed into the air by these junior brothers.

Nalan Yan demonstrated the alchemy skills of their Yunxia Sect to them. Although Yunxiao did not teach Nalan Yan these skills, as long as Nalan Yan was a disciple of the Yunxia Sect, the alchemy skills she demonstrated were naturally considered to be those of the Yunxia Sect.

"Hmph! Junior Sister Nalan, do you think this is the end of it? We'll see." Wang Sai took a deep breath, then left with those words.

Nalan Yan and the others did not mock them, but just watched them leave. Ye Liuyun also went to his alchemy room after the competition.

"Ah! It feels so good to be slapped in the face like this. It's a pity, I also wanted to show off. It feels pretty good to be the center of attention." Ye Liuyun sighed.

"Come on, if you really want to show off, hurry up and cultivate to improve your physical strength," Lin Qingyou said.

Ye Liuyun sighed. If she could meet her counterpart from another world again, she felt it would be necessary to ask for a few more pills, perhaps so that her physical strength could be raised to another level.

Time passed quietly, and a few days later, some things happened at the sect.

In a mountainous area south of the Yunxia Sect, a group of Yunxia Sect disciples were intently searching for something in the mountains.

Upon closer inspection, weren't these Yu Yuan and the others?

"Senior Sister Yu, where is this monster hiding? We've been searching for days. Could it be that it knows we're here and is too scared to come out?" Several mid-level Spirit Stream Realm disciples asked, frowning.

Their mission was to eliminate the wild boar monster hiding in the mountains. After investigating and tracking it for a long time, they were basically certain that this mountain range was the wild boar monster's habitat.

By this time, dusk was approaching, and they would be at a disadvantage if they went to bed at night. However, their mission was nearing its deadline, and they had already tracked down the wild boar monster. If they missed today, it would be difficult to find the creature again.

More than a dozen people in the surrounding villages and towns have lost their lives at the hands of this pig demon; we can't let him continue to kill indiscriminately.

Soon, darkness fell completely. In an instant, the night was dark and the wind was high. Tonight, the moon and stars could not be seen, and it was almost pitch black in the mountains.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"Damn it, the wind's picking up! It's so strong, Senior Sister! We should head back and come back tomorrow during the day," a disciple suggested.

Yu Yuan, however, felt that the wind was a bit strange. It didn't blow earlier or later, but it happened to blow after dark.

She took flight and quickly used her divine sense to perceive the surroundings. In doing so, she suddenly sensed a demonic aura in the darkness.

"Oh no! Be careful! This monster is all around us!" Yuan Yu's expression changed, and he shouted immediately.

Unfortunately, it was too late. A black whirlwind, carrying a strong smell of pigs, rushed towards the cultivators at the Spirit Stream Realm.

The shadowy figure was incredibly fast, and the five disciples, caught off guard, were instantly sent flying by its impact.

"Ah..." The five disciples were sent flying seven or eight feet into the air, their bones shattering on the spot, before crashing heavily to the ground, screaming in agony.

"Damn it, those damned monsters, they actually ambushed us?" Yu Yuan realized they had fallen into a trap.

She immediately drew her sword and charged at the boar demon. When she got close, she discovered that it was a black-haired wild boar that was even bigger than a water buffalo.

The black-haired boar demon, exuding a murderous aura, looked at Yu Yuan flying towards it and fearlessly charged forward. Yu Yuan swung his sword at the boar demon's head, but the creature's skull was too hard, sending Yu Yuan flying.

"This? Such immense power! This must be at least a late-stage Sea of ​​Wheels Realm demon! The information must be wrong." Yu Yuan turned and ran. If she didn't run, she would die here anyway. She couldn't care less about the five injured disciples.

However, the black-haired wild boar seemed to have no intention of letting Yu Yuan go, and chased after him immediately as well.

Chapter 105 The Spotted Tiger in Underpants

This pig demon is quite clever. Knowing that human cultivators were looking for him, he deliberately led them to his territory, keeping them in suspense until nightfall.

Wild beasts have much better night vision than humans. If it were six cultivators at the Spirit River Realm, he would have run away long ago. But if six weaker ones came, it would be a feast for him.

The flesh and blood of human cultivators are far more nourishing than that of mortals.

Yu Yuan tried to escape on his flying sword. On his way, he immediately took out the communication token to contact the sect and prepared to send a distress message.

But at that moment, all the bristles on the pig demon's back stood up, like steel needles, and shot towards the feather edge in the sky.

The large amount of pig hair almost completely covered the area where Yu Yuan was located.

"Damn it." Seeing this, Yu Yuan was forced to abandon communication and use her power to protect herself.

However, the boar demon's attack power was truly too strong. Yu Yuan's defense couldn't even last three breaths before it was pierced through by the boar demon's bristles.

"Ah..." Yu Yuan let out a shrill scream, and then fell from the sky.

She happened to fall off a cliff, where a river flowed below. Yu Yuan was immediately swept away by the rapids, and her fate was unknown.

As for the pig demon, he probably thought Yu Yuan was doomed. After all, it was practically impossible for a cultivator in the early stage of the Spirit River Realm to survive an attack from him in the late stage of the Sea of ​​Wheels Realm.

Besides, he had clearly seen that Yu Yuan was riddled with holes by his own mane.

So after observing for a while and seeing that no one was coming up from the bottom of the water, the pig demon returned to the previous battle area, ready to enjoy the five injured Yunxia Sect disciples. This guy wasn't greedy at all.

I didn't plan to go to the river to look for Yu Yuan, mainly because it would be too much of a waste of time.