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

Some people were puzzled by how easily Yang Yunlong was defeated by Ye Liuyun.

"What did Ye Liuyun do? She actually shattered Senior Brother Yang's magic defense, physical defense, and low-grade earth-level magic weapon defense with a single strike. I feel like this is the problem with the medicine cauldron in her hand." The disciples of the Nine Heavens Holy Land couldn't accept this result for a moment.

If they can't accept the fact that Yang Yunlong failed, then they can only find excuses.

Yang Yunlong was definitely one of the top disciples of their Nine Heavens Holy Land, but the Yang Yunlong they had placed so much hope in was defeated by Ye Liuyun in almost a single move, and was even seriously injured and knocked unconscious. This was far beyond their expectations.

Li Mingjiao appeared on the stage immediately, landed next to Yang Yunlong, and then went to check on Yang Yunlong's injuries.

This was her mistake; she hadn't expected Ye Liuyun's attack to be so ruthless.

"Miss Ye, it's just a competition, there's no need to go to such lengths, is there?" Li Mingjiao frowned when she saw that Yang Yunlong was almost dead, and looked at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun looked completely unconvinced.

“Senior, you should know this person's situation better than I do. If I don't go all out, it will be difficult to win,” Ye Liuyun replied.

Li Mingjiao was speechless upon hearing this, so she waved her hand and sent Yang Yunlong away. However, she did not immediately announce that Ye Liuyun had won, but instead focused her attention on the medicine cauldron in Ye Liuyun's hand.

“Miss Ye, according to the rules we set before, you can’t use a magic weapon that’s stronger than yourself in the competition. There’s something wrong with the medicine cauldron you have, isn’t there? I just took a look and Yang Yunlong’s low-grade Earth-rank magic weapon was destroyed by brute force. Your medicine cauldron is at least mid-grade Earth-rank, right?” Li Mingjiao questioned with a suspicious look.

As soon as Li Mingjiao said this, the cultivators of the Nine Heavens Holy Land outside the arena immediately erupted in uproar, especially the disciples in his area, who all stood up to question her about the matter.

“That’s right, Ye Liuyun has violated the rules. Since she violated the rules, she cannot be considered the winner of this match. Her qualification for the match should be revoked.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect were displeased.

"How dare you speak like that? We haven't even confirmed whether our sect leader has violated the rules, and you're already jumping around here. You deserve a beating!" At this moment, in a certain viewing area, the disciples of the Liuyun Sect heard many people around them criticizing Ye Liuyun, and immediately stood up aggressively.

These people were not direct disciples of the Nine Heavens Holy Land. The direct disciples were not here; they were all watching the competition in their own territories. Those who were here were either outside cultivators or cultivators from the Central Continent.

"What? Your sect leader? Isn't Ye Liuyun a disciple of the Supreme Response Sect? How did he become your sect leader? But that's not important. What's important is who you are, daring to criticize us?" The cultivators from the sects in the Central Continent immediately stood up, looking like they were saying, "I've already said it, what can you do about it?"

Upon hearing this, everyone from the Flowing Cloud Sect unleashed their auras, especially the dozens of cultivators from the Four Extremes Secret Realm, whose auras were incredibly oppressive.

"You think you can fight? You think you can?" A cultivator at the Divine Soul Realm from the Flowing Cloud Sect stared at the group with a gloomy expression.

After realizing that the average cultivation level of the people from the Flowing Cloud Sect was very high, the group of people immediately became timid.

"Over there, in the spectator area, no trouble allowed." Just as tensions were about to rise, a cultivator from the Nine Heavens Holy Land, who was maintaining order, spoke up to remind them.

Upon being reminded by the cultivators from the Nine Heavens Holy Land, they naturally sat down again and continued to watch the situation on the projection screen to see what was going on.

It's normal for Ye Liuyun to be questioned, because it's generally accepted that only high-level magic weapons can shatter low-level magic weapons.

All the cultivators at the Yaochi Immortal Palace competition site focused their attention on Ye Liuyun's medicine cauldron. However, even the most powerful cultivator present, a peak Thunder Tribulation Realm cultivator, couldn't detect any magical fluctuations in the medicine cauldron in Ye Liuyun's hand after looking at it for a long time.

“Strange, this medicine cauldron doesn’t have any magical energy fluctuations at all. It’s similar to the Xuan Tie Mountain that this little guy threw out last time. It seems to be made purely of some kind of hard metal. This thing isn’t really a magic weapon, but it can shatter the defense of a low-grade earth-rank magic weapon. That means this medicine cauldron was also forged using materials for refining mid-grade earth-rank or higher magic weapons,” said Saint Master Nie.

Their Heavenly Blade Domain's weapon-forging techniques are quite unique; they only forge weapons similar to those in the mortal world, rather than magical treasures.

It's just that the craftsmanship is very advanced, and it can still bear the power of cultivators, but it can't nurture a spirit like a magic weapon.

"Oh? Senior, you think I've broken the rules? Fine, then take a look for yourself. This medicine cauldron of mine isn't a magic weapon; it's just a refining tool made of precious metals." Ye Liuyun then tossed the Myriad Medicines Cauldron toward Li Mingjiao.

Li Mingjiao grabbed him with force immediately.

"It's so heavy." After catching it, Li Mingjiao's first impression was that the medicine cauldron was very heavy. Even she felt it was heavy, so it would be even more unbearable for a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage.

Just as Li Mingjiao was about to reach for the Myriad Medicines Cauldron, Ye Liuyun quickly reminded her.

"Senior, the materials for my medicine cauldron are very special. Although it's not a magic weapon, it has been enhanced with some special techniques. Please don't touch it directly with your hands," Ye Liuyun said hurriedly.

However, Ye Liuyun spoke too late; Li Mingjiao had already grabbed it. But the moment she touched the Myriad Medicines Cauldron, her pupils shrank dramatically, and the cauldron fell directly from her hand, crashing heavily to the ground.

"Clang..." The medicine cauldron made a heavy and piercing metallic roar as soon as it touched the ground.

The onlookers were all taken aback by what they saw, because they clearly realized that it wasn't Li Mingjiao who threw it down; it looked more like someone had caught something too heavy to lift, and then it slipped from their hands due to its weight.

Li Mingjiao looked at the unremarkable medicine cauldron on the ground and stared at Ye Liuyun in disbelief.

"What kind of materials did you use to make this medicine cauldron? It's so heavy!" Li Mingjiao asked in disbelief.

Ye Liuyun chuckled, then reached out and took back the Myriad Medicines Cauldron.

"I used materials of a very high grade. I can't tell you exactly what they are because I'm a body cultivator and don't have magic power. So when I was refining it, I only considered the sturdiness of the material. So you should understand why I was able to break through Yang Yunlong's defense in one blow." Ye Liuyun chuckled.

Li Mingjiao was speechless. She was now certain that this thing was indeed not a magic weapon.

But in reality, he just couldn't see it. The most important thing is that the Myriad Medicines Cauldron is indeed just a medicine cauldron without any power fluctuations, only it is very hard and heavy.

"Alright, the Supreme Response Sect, Ye Liuyun wins," Li Mingjiao announced.

This announcement was naturally meant to inform everyone that Ye Liuyun had not violated any rules.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Ye Liuyun quickly reminded her again.

"Oh, right, senior, I almost forgot. Although I am a cultivator of the Supreme Induction Sect, I am representing my own sect this time. Let me correct you, I am representing the Flowing Cloud Sect. My Flowing Cloud Sect is my own force, not an affiliated force of the Supreme Induction Sect," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Li Mingjiao couldn't help but roll her eyes, and then re-announced it.

"Ye Liuyun of Liuyun Sect has won, and Yang Yunlong of the Nine Heavens Holy Land has failed to defend his title." After Li Mingjiao finished announcing this, she flew up and left.

At this moment, the higher-ups of the Nine Heavens Holy Land outside the arena were puzzled. They felt that Ye Liuyun seemed to be standing up for Ye Fei, acting so ruthlessly and decisively, giving Yang Yunlong no chance at all.

"Damn it, what does Ye Liuyun mean? Ye Fei isn't a disciple of the Taishang Ganying Sect, nor is she a disciple of her Liuyun Sect. She's a disciple of the Kaiyang Shenxiao Sect, which has a conflict with their Liuyun Sect. Why is she standing up for a disciple of an opposing force?" The cultivators from the Nine Heavens Holy Land were completely baffled.

The higher-ups of the Nine Heavens Holy Land couldn't help but turn their gazes toward the patriarch of the Purple Star Palace.

"Fellow Daoist Ziwei, isn't Ye Liuyun a descendant of your Li family? What exactly does he mean by openly opposing our Holy Land?" someone asked.

However, the Purple Star Ancestor retorted with a retort.

"You should ask Fellow Daoist Tianxu about this. Ye Liuyun's bloodline is closer to that of the Beiming family, after all, her mother is from the Beiming family."

That makes sense, so he turned his gaze to the patriarch of Tianxu Palace.

When the old patriarch of Tianxu Palace saw so many people looking at him, he quickly explained.

"Gentlemen, please don't look at me like that. This child is indeed our Beiming family's niece, but the problem is, she has no feelings for our Beiming family. Our Beiming family can't ask her to do anything. Besides, if you really want to talk about this matter, you should still go to Fellow Daoist Ziwei. After all, their Ziwei Palace's Holy Maiden is this child's biological grandmother. Isn't that a closer relationship than our Beiming family?"

These words put the ball back in her court, and for a moment the old patriarch of Ziwei Palace was speechless. She could only turn her gaze to Li Muyun.

"Mu Yun, do you know what's going on?" asked the patriarch of Ziwei Palace.

After hearing the voice of the Ziwei Palace Ancestor, Li Muyun thought for a moment before answering.

"That Ye Fei is my granddaughter's daughter, that's why she's so angry."

Upon hearing this, the patriarch of Ziwei Palace was taken aback and fell silent. In that case, everything made sense. Ye Liuyun was not opposing their Nine Heavens Holy Land, but simply standing up for his daughter.

As for why Ye Liuyun has another daughter, and why she went to the Kaiyang Shenxiao Sect to become a disciple, she had no interest in knowing.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Liuyun asked a question in return.

"Senior, may I ask if I can choose my opponent in a tournament?"

These words immediately made everyone think twice.

“Of course you can, but if your opponent doesn’t accept your challenge, that’s their prerogative,” Li Mingjiao said.

Ye Liuyun laughed when she heard this; she was bet the other party would accept.

"Alright, thank you for your explanation, senior. For the second round, I'd like to invite my opponent to a challenge. I want to challenge the strongest member of the Nie family from the Heavenly Blade Domain in this competition. I wonder if the fellow Daoist from the Nie family is willing to accept the challenge?" Ye Liuyun asked with a grin.

After Ye Liuyun spoke, the entire venue suddenly fell silent. Even Lin Tianya and the others were dumbfounded, because it was all too clear who Ye Liuyun was going to challenge—wasn't he going to challenge the Holy Son of the Nie family?

"Isn't this kid a bit too arrogant? She wants to challenge the Holy Son of the Nie family?" Lin Tianya couldn't help but exchange a glance with Elder Tianyi, and then looked at Lin Aoxue and the others.

Lin Aoxue never expected that her husband would choose someone from the Nie family instead, and even challenge the strongest one. However, Lin Aoxue quickly understood what was going on. She guessed that Nie Zhan had tricked her into fighting him, which made Ye Liuyun very unhappy. So Ye Liuyun also wanted to annoy the Nie family.

Of course, the Nie family members were the most bewildered at this moment. They couldn't help but look at a handsome man with long, flowing hair, who was also somewhat surprised.

He is Nie Yun, the holy son of the Nie family.

"This? Is she just challenging me?" Nie Yun pointed to himself, somewhat confused.

Seeing Nie Yun's expression, Nie Zhan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Haha, cousin, I guess your battle with your partner angered her, so she challenged you to vent her anger. Sorry, sorry, I've caused you trouble." Nie Zhan patted his cousin's shoulder and laughed.

Although Nie Zhan's cultivation level was not as high as Nie Yun's, he and Nie Yun were indeed cousins.

"Patriarch, should I accept?" Nie Yun looked at Nie Shengzhu immediately.

At this moment, Master Nie felt troubled. To be honest, he had no clue how many tricks Ye Liuyun had up his sleeve. He felt that Ye Liuyun was full of mysteries and was an uncertain variable.

It wasn't that he lacked confidence in Nie Yun, but rather that he felt there was a risk involved; it would be embarrassing if Nie Yun lost.

However, since others were practically challenging them by name, the Nie family couldn't possibly refuse in this situation.

"What else can you do but accept it? You can't refuse, can you? Nie Yun, go ahead, but don't lose. If you lose, I won't forgive you when we get back," Nie Shengzhu threatened with a fierce expression.

But Nie Yun didn't seem to care at all.

"So what if we lose? With so many holy sons and daughters, someone has to be defeated." Nie Yun replied before standing up.

Nie Yun stood up from the crowd, instantly becoming the center of attention.

"This is going to be interesting. Although we don't know if Ye Liuyun is truly confident or just arrogant, this is the first contestant of the Holy Son/Holy Daughter level to appear in this arena competition. Everyone, I can't resist anymore. I want to learn from Senior Lin of the Supreme Response Sect and start a betting game. Everyone, let's have some fun. I'll bet a mid-grade Xuan-level magic weapon on the Nie family's Holy Son to win." Cultivators in other viewing areas also started setting up betting games.

The various venues suddenly became lively.

This is the strongest prodigy in the region; it's worth the gamble.

As for the scene, Lin Tianya didn't even need to say anything; the other Holy Lords were already extremely interested.

“This is interesting, Fellow Daoist Lin. Let’s go big this time. I, the Holy Lord, will bet a low-grade Heaven-rank magic weapon on Nie Yun to win. Are you in?” the Five Elements Holy Lord asked.

The Five Elements Saint Lord is a chatterbox; she seems to talk the most.

Everyone present was stunned when they heard that even a Heavenly Rank magic weapon had been brought out.

Lin Tianya was taken aback, then looked at Lin Aoxue.

"Aoxue, is this kid up to the task?" Lin Tianya asked.

If Lin Aoxue believes Ye Liuyun can do it, then he definitely can.

Lin Aoxue smiled slightly at Lin Tianya.

That smile immediately boosted Lin Tianya's confidence.

He just doesn't have a Heavenly-Rank magic weapon.

"Junior brother, lend me the Taiyi Divine Sword." Lin Tianya immediately asked Ancestor Tianyi for the Taiyi Divine Sword.

Ancestor Tianyi was stunned.

"What? This? Senior brother, this won't do! I can agree to anything you ask of the other junior brothers, but not this one." Upon hearing this, Patriarch Tianyi's forehead was immediately drenched in sweat.

This Taiyi Divine Sword is the most precious treasure of their Taishang Ganying Sect, and it has extraordinary significance. How could they possibly use it as a wager for Lin Tianya? What if they lose the bet?

Don't say it's impossible; she has no confidence in this gamble.

"Hey, believe me, we'll definitely win," Lin Tianya assured him again.

"No, no, if it were any other Heaven-rank magic treasure, I wouldn't even bat an eye. But this is our sect's most treasured artifact, not an ordinary Heaven-rank magic treasure," Ancestor Tianyi refused again.

Lin Tianya was speechless.

Just as Lin Tianya was saying helplessly, Lin Aoxue suddenly whispered something to him.

"Ancestor, please don't make things difficult for Grandmaster. I'll lend you this Heaven-Rank magic weapon." Lin Aoxue produced a low-grade Heaven-Rank sword shrouded in azure light.

When this thing appeared, the people from the Taishang Ganying Sect were greatly startled.

"You? Aoxue, where did you get a Heaven-Rank magic weapon?" Lin Tianya was stunned.

"Grandmaster, this Liuyun bought it for me," Lin Aoxue said with a faint smile.

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in astonishment. This demonstrated just how wealthy Ye Liuyun was, and how he recognized the treasure.

"Isn't this one of the three Heavenly Rank magic treasures sold by Wanbaolou back then? It's actually in Aoxue's hands. If Ye Liuyun bought this sword, it means that the other two are also in Ye Liuyun's hands. Just how rich is this guy?" Everyone in the Taishang Ganying Sect was thinking about how wealthy Ye Liuyun was.

The Lin and Ye families had absolutely no concept of it.

Their only expression was shock.

"Haha, then I won't be polite. Don't worry, even if I lose, I will definitely compensate you." Lin Tianya took the sword without ceremony and then said to the Five Elements Saint Master.

"I'm betting on Ye Liuyun to win this round."

Lin Tianya actually dared to bet, and even bet on Ye Liuyun to win, which made the other Holy Lords fall into deep thought again.

But this time they have to follow suit.

"Then let's go big. Since it's a disciple of my Nie family on stage, I'll bet a mid-grade Heaven-rank magic weapon on Nie Yun to win." Saint Master Nie had no choice but to bring out a higher-grade treasure to bolster his position.