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

"Muyun Palace? Tch, what kind of class is that? It even shares the same name as my grandmother!" Ye Liuyun was quite displeased.

Muyun Palace is a sect of female cultivators. When someone suddenly appeared at their palace gate, the guards immediately stepped forward to inquire.

"Young lady, this is Muyun Palace. May I ask what brings you here?" The ordinary disciples of Muyun Palace certainly wouldn't recognize Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun grinned, revealing his clean, gleaming teeth.

"Please inform them that Ye Liuyun of the Liuyun Sect has come to challenge us," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

These words immediately startled the female disciples, especially Ye Liuyun and the name of Liuyun Sect.

"You? You're Ye Liuyun, the one who occupied the Sacred Ruins? We, our Muyun Palace, have not offended you. What are you doing here?" The female disciples quickly retreated, looking at Ye Liuyun with wary expressions.

Ye Liuyun had no idea whether Muyun Palace had offended him. Since he was going to do something big, he had to play the villain.

"I have a connection with your Muyun Palace, and I want to see what your Muyun Palace is capable of. Please inform me beforehand, otherwise I will simply announce it myself," Ye Liuyun said, arms crossed.

These female disciples dared not say anything more, so they quickly alerted the sect. A series of bell-like sounds rang out from inside Muyun Palace.

Soon after, a large number of female cultivators dressed in various colored dresses flew out of Muyun Palace, including several Nirvana cultivators.

The leader was a powerful expert at the Life and Death Realm. When these people saw Ye Liuyun, their faces immediately fell.

"Sect Master Ye, what do you mean by this?" The leader, Palace Master Mu Yun, Sun Xiayi, questioned with an ugly expression.

Ye Liuyun had already asked the spirit of the Time-Space Mirror, and the strongest person in Muyun Palace was Sun Xiayi; there were no stronger cultivators.

"Haha, what's your name, senior?" Ye Liuyun asked with an innocent expression.

"Hmph! Palace Master of Muyun Palace, Sun Xiayi, Sect Master Ye, if you have nothing else to do, please go back. We'll keep to ourselves." Sun Xiayi said.

But Ye Liuyun certainly wouldn't just leave like that.

"Senior Sun, as I just said, I've come to Muyun Palace to challenge them, and you can't refuse me." Ye Liuyun reiterated his purpose.

The higher-ups and others at Muyun Palace were immediately angered by these words; "challenging" meant coming to challenge them.

They dared not offend Ye Liuyun, and since they couldn't refuse even if they wanted to, they could only ask Ye Liuyun how he wanted to challenge them.

"Alright, then Sect Leader Ye, you tell me, how do you want the competition to proceed?" Sun Xiayi asked after exchanging glances with the other elders.

Ye Liuyun chuckled.

"It's simple. I hope your esteemed palace will send an outstanding disciple to fight me at the same cultivation level. If the disciple wins, I will offer a top-grade Heaven-rank magic weapon as a reward. If the disciple loses, he must leave your palace and come with me to join our Flowing Cloud Sect," Ye Liuyun explained.

"What? You shameless person, aren't you here to snatch people away?" The higher-ups of Muyun Palace couldn't hold back any longer.

Then, the Muyun Palace erupted in a cacophony of chatter, with everyone criticizing Ye Liuyun's behavior.

Chapter 688 Dao Alliance Sanctions (6000 words)

Listening to the women's chattering and belittling, Ye Liuyun couldn't help but pinch her ears, and her innocent-looking face flushed red.

After all, what she was about to do was something unreasonable and shameless. This was the first time she had ever done something so openly and shamelessly, and she still needed to get used to it.

"Ahem... Alright, alright, have you finished cursing? Cursing is one thing, but the challenge must continue. We can't let this matter go just because you've cursed me. Senior Sun, please get ready quickly. I'm being very fair. You know very well that the cultivation world is a dog-eat-dog world. If our Liuyun Sect wants to take it by force, your Muyun Palace won't be able to stop us." Ye Liuyun interrupted the women's voices.

This statement is indeed an unchanging truth in the cultivation world. After all, this is not Earth. No one will reason with you; reasoning will never yield results.

For example, if we're talking about reason, Ye Liuyun could have voluntarily given up the Sacred Ruins and left the Flying Immortal Domain, but is that even possible?

"You?" Sun Xiayi was speechless after Ye Liuyun's words.

Since we've already come this far, continuing with more nonsense won't change anything.

"Master, don't waste your breath on this shameless woman. I, Shangguan Yan, will see if you're really that powerful." A woman wielding a sword flew out from the crowd.

This woman was a cultivator at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and should be the most outstanding disciple of Muyun Palace in this generation. She wore a veil and had an ethereal aura. As soon as she appeared, she thrust her sword at Ye Liuyun without hesitation.

But just as the sword was about to pierce Ye Liuyun, Ye Liuyun quickly shouted "Stop!"

"Hey, wait a minute."

These two words immediately stopped the woman who was about to attack Ye Liuyun with her sword.

"Witch, what do you want to say?" the white-clad woman named Shangguan Yan asked angrily.

Ye Liuyun chuckled.

"Didn't I tell you, if you want to fight someone of the same realm, you need to suppress your realm to the third or fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage first?" Ye Liuyun reminded him.

Ye Liuyun's words made everyone in Muyun Palace laugh in anger.

"Hahaha... This woman is utterly shameless! I've never seen such a shameless woman before. She comes here to challenge me, yet she insists on fighting me at the same level. Why should I?"

Shangguan Yan was amused by Ye Liuyun's words.

"Haha, this is truly a bizarre sight! You come to our Muyun Palace to challenge us, yet you demand that our cultivators fight against you at the same level. What kind of logic is this? I will not accept your request," Shangguan Yan stated directly.

But Ye Liuyun's next words made her expression change.

"Is that so? You don't want to? If you don't want to, then I'll have to take it by force." As Ye Liuyun spoke, an aura of a divine realm emanated from his body, indicating that the Time-Space Mirror was beginning to release its power.

As soon as this aura appeared, an immense pressure descended upon all the cultivators of Muyun Palace.

"Damn it, what terrifying power! There's a supreme expert protecting her in the shadows." The Nirvana cultivators of Muyun Palace were also suppressed and unable to move.

Sun Xiayi was incredibly frustrated.

Shangguan Yan felt this power and was equally helpless. She understood that the other party had not given them any choice. Asking them to send their best disciples to fight against each other at the same level was already the most lenient approach, because Ye Liuyun was fully capable of capturing all the people from Muyun Palace and bringing them into her Liuyun Sect.

"Fine, I agree to your request." Shangguan Yan had no choice but to give in.

Faced with absolute power, you either die or submit; you have no choice.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun chuckled and instructed the Time-Space Mirror's spirit to retract its power. After the power suppressing everyone disappeared, Shangguan Yan reluctantly suppressed her cultivation level to the fifth level of the Nascent Soul realm.

Under normal circumstances, a high-level cultivator who suppresses their cultivation level is still stronger than a cultivator who is actually at that level, and by a significant margin.

Unfortunately, there's nothing that can be done when dealing with a freak like Ye Liuyun.

As Shangguan Yan suppressed her cultivation.

"Alright, I've suppressed my cultivation to the fifth level of the Nascent Soul realm. Can we continue now?" Shangguan Yan asked, feeling frustrated.

Ye Liuyun chuckled and nodded. Seeing Ye Liuyun nod, Shangguan Yan immediately made her move. She wanted to defeat Ye Liuyun and this shameless woman.

Seeing Shangguan Yan attack, Ye Liuyun conjured a sword in his hand and easily deflected her attack. Unable to land her first blow, Shangguan Yan immediately gathered her strength and unleashed a sword beam. The powerful force struck Ye Liuyun's sword, sending him flying.

Ye Liuyun was resilient, but it was still difficult for him to withstand the attack of the fifth level of the Nascent Soul realm. Under Shangguan Yan's constant attacks, Ye Liuyun quickly left the mountain gate of Muyun Palace and arrived in the desolate mountains a few miles away from Muyun Palace.

After arriving here, Shangguan Yan became increasingly fierce in her attacks. Every sword light that landed could easily split mountains and shatter peaks.

Ye Liuyun seemed to be on the receiving end of a beating, but Shangguan Yan's attacks were incredibly fierce, yet she still couldn't defeat Ye Liuyun. Ye Liuyun was like an unkillable cockroach; after being hit, he would quickly bounce back up and continue to entangle with Shangguan Yan.

"Palace Master, Ye Liuyun is too strange. Facing Yan'er's fierce attacks, she can't hurt her at all. I feel like she's toying with Yan'er." The elder of Muyun Palace watched the battle between the two and felt that something was wrong.

Moreover, based on their understanding of Ye Liuyun, Shangguan Yan could not possibly be Ye Liuyun's opponent, because although Shangguan Yan was also on the list of prodigies, she was only ranked over 800th.

The ranking of geniuses is based on combat power, and they take the average combat power. That is to say, even if you are at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul realm, your ranking may not be higher than someone else at the third level of the Nascent Soul realm.

What is a prodigy? A prodigy is someone who is invincible in battle against others of the same realm. There's no way around it, age is a big issue. You want to laugh? Is a 500-year-old at the third level of the Nascent Soul realm the same as a 700-year-old at the third level of the Nascent Soul realm?

The Heavenly Pride Ranking only includes young cultivators under the age of one thousand; those over one thousand years old cannot be included.

By the way, at this moment, some people from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion were watching the battle from a distance near Muyun Palace. These people are really omnipresent; it seems that wherever there is a battle, there they are.

"Strange, what is Ye Liuyun doing? With her combat power, she should be able to easily kill Shangguan Yan, right?" the observer from Tianji Pavilion murmured.

About five minutes later, Shangguan Yan stopped attacking. She floated in the air, panting, looking down at the collapsed mountain below.

"Miss Shangguan, is this all you've got? This won't do." Ye Liuyun emerged from the ruins once more, still completely unharmed.

Shangguan Yan's face was extremely ugly. She had never encountered such an opponent before. On the surface, the opponent was weaker than her, but she couldn't do anything to him.

"You? Are you a human or a monster?" Shangguan Yan couldn't help but ask.

Ye Liuyun rolled his eyes.

"Nonsense, of course I'm human. Alright, I've already let you show all your strength. It's not unfair that you lost to me, so you won't say I didn't let you use your full power," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yan felt mocked by Ye Liuyun and immediately raised her hand again, pointing her sword at Ye Liuyun.

"Damn it, arrogant woman, I haven't lost yet, let's go again." Shangguan Yan was about to attack again, but the next moment, Ye Liuyun's figure appeared behind her.

"Sorry, you don't need to come again. Go get some sleep." Ye Liuyun swung the Myriad Medicines Cauldron and smashed it on the back of Shangguan Yan's head.

Shangguan Yan rolled her eyes and collapsed. Ye Liuyun quickly caught her and then picked her up in front of the cultivators from Muyun Palace.

"Haha, senior from Muyun Palace, thank you for your hospitality. From today onwards, Shangguan Yan will be a disciple of our Liuyun Sect. Farewell." Ye Liuyun left these words, then had the Time-Space Mirror open a passage, and decisively left.

Shangguan Yan was defeated so easily, and was even kidnapped by Ye Liuyun. The higher-ups of Muyun Palace were filled with grief and indignation.

"Robbers! Robbers! How can this be? Coming to someone else's door to snatch their outstanding disciple? Isn't this blatant robbery? Palace Master, what should we do? Yan'er is our Muyun Palace's young master! We can't just let Ye Liuyun take her away like this!" The elders of Muyun Palace were anxious.

Shangguan Yan is the most outstanding disciple of their Muyun Palace in this generation. There are no ordinary cultivators who can enter the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

Sun Xiayi looked like she was about to cry but had no tears left.

"What can I do? I can't beat them in a fight, and they're unreasonable too," Sun Xiayi said helplessly.

That's true, and that leaves them with really no other options.

Looking back at the Liuyun Sect, Ye Liuyun carrying Shangguan Yan back to the sect immediately attracted Chen Yang and the others.

"What? So soon an unlucky guy has come knocking on our door?" Chen Yang and the others clicked their tongues in amazement, after all, Ye Liuyun hadn't been gone for very long.

"Hehe, Sister Qin Hong, this person is Shangguan Yan from Muyun Palace. I'm leaving her with you. Please take good care of her. I'm going out again." After handing the person over to Qin Hong, Ye Liuyun went out again without stopping.

Qin Hong looked at Shangguan Yan, who was still unconscious in her arms, and felt incredibly sorry for her.

"This sect leader's behavior seems a bit like that of a bandit or tyrant," Qin Hong said, both amused and exasperated.

The others nodded in agreement.

Ye Liuyun went to Muyun Palace to snatch people away. Muyun Palace had no way to do anything about it. Their only option was to complain to the Dao Alliance of the Flying Immortal Domain. This Dao Alliance was formed by the holy land-level forces of the Flying Immortal Domain and mainly managed the major sects of the Flying Immortal Realm and maintained the balance.

Upon hearing that Ye Liuyun had come to challenge their sect and even abducted their outstanding disciples, they were naturally outraged. So, they immediately convened a meeting of the elders within the Dao Alliance to discuss how to handle the matter.

The Dao Alliance is backed by those holy lands, and its current leader is a white-haired old man in the Celestial Realm named Wu Bingyuan.

Wu Bingyuan sat at the head of the table, while the elders sat around him. The elders were usually sent by the Holy Land, and Wu Bingyuan could not make decisions on major matters of the Dao Alliance on his own.

"Everyone, you should all know what happened. Previously, the Liuyun Sect occupied the Sacred Ruins. That place was unclaimed, and it was not easy for our Dao Alliance to stop them. But now, Ye Liuyun of the Liuyun Sect has taken the initiative to go to other sects to challenge them. He even used some tricks and trump cards to force others to accept the challenge."

"Not long ago, she went to Muyun Palace and forced Muyun Palace to send a genius to fight her at the same level. After the fight, she knocked the opponent unconscious and kidnapped him. This is too much. What do you think we should do?" Wu Bingyuan asked with a solemn expression.

If it were just a small Liuyun Sect without any other background, Wu Bingyuan wouldn't have needed to hold this meeting at all; he could have simply sent someone to handle it according to the rules of the Dao Alliance.

However, they all knew that the Flowing Cloud Sect had the Wang family's backing, and also had an ambiguous relationship with the Jin family. Now, with Xue Qingwu, a Celestial Realm expert, in charge, it was not a sect to be trifled with.

These elders were also quite troubled. They felt that Ye Liuyun was a complete scourge. He had only been in the Flying Immortal Domain for a short time, yet he had already caused such a huge mess.

Whether or not to deal with the Liuyun Sect matter depends first on the attitude of the Wang family.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, won't your Wang family say anything?" a representative from a holy land asked, and everyone else turned their attention to the Wang family.

The Wang family representative appeared calm on the surface, but was actually in a real bind. Wang Tongtian had already taken their side, and the Wang family was forbidden from getting involved in anything related to Ye Liuyun. They could ignore it, but they couldn't participate. And when necessary, they had to help Ye Liuyun.

"This? As far as I know, this Miss Ye seems to have just legitimately come to challenge the sect. There's no rule prohibiting her from doing so, and she hasn't done anything particularly outrageous, has she? I heard from our ancestor that the Flowing Cloud Sect has just moved to the Flying Immortal Domain and is lacking in talent. This Miss Ye is just trying to recruit talent out of good intentions." The Wang family representative said, blatantly lying.

These words immediately angered some of the Holy Land representatives who disliked Ye Liuyun.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, isn't this just talking nonsense? Recruiting talent, going to other sects to coerce them, what's the difference between that and outright robbery?" one representative complained.

"That's not how it works. In the cultivation world, the strong are respected. Since the Flowing Cloud Sect has occupied the ruins of the Taiji Holy Land, it can naturally take back the territory that originally belonged to the Taiji Holy Land on its behalf. I remember that the Taiji Holy Land's territory was very large. After it was destroyed, it was divided up by many sects of all sizes. It's reasonable for them to collect some interest now, isn't it?" The Wang family representative spouted a bunch of fallacies.

Everyone knew that the Wang family was clearly protecting Ye Liuyun and didn't want to express their opinion.

"You? Nonsense. Forget it, let's just vote. The minority shall obey the majority." This was the statement made by the powerful figure who rebuked the Wang family representative.

This left the Wang family with little recourse; they could only oppose or not participate, but it was difficult to stop them.

“Alright then, everyone, please state your opinions on whether or not to punish the Liuyun Sect,” Wu Bingyuan said, gesturing for them to speak.

As soon as these words were spoken, twelve of the fifteen representatives from the holy lands expressed their agreement to sanction the Liuyun Sect, while the three families, the Wang family, the Jin family, and the Four Extremes Holy Lands disagreed.

It wasn't surprising that the Wang and Jin families didn't support them, but the fact that the Four Extremes Holy Lands didn't participate was hard for Wu Bingyuan and the others to understand.

"Twelve to three, the resolution to sanction and punish the Liuyun Sect has been passed. Now we will discuss how to punish the Liuyun Sect," Wu Bingyuan stated.

However, just as everyone was about to speak, news reached Wu Bingyuan. Wu Bingyuan picked up the communication artifact and glanced at it. Upon seeing it, his expression became even more displeased.

Ye Liuyun's actions were a complete provocation against the Dao Alliance's authority, which damaged Wu Bingyuan's position and the Dao Alliance's prestige.

"Alliance Leader, what's wrong?" Everyone asked, seeing that Wu Bingyuan looked unhappy.