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

“Lord Ye, I know about your combat strength. You must have many secret techniques and methods to enhance your combat power, right? You can’t possibly defeat me with just the strength of a True Essence Realm body cultivator,” Jiang Hongfei reminded him.

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and then used the teleportation pill on the spot to try to attack Jiang Hongfei. However, just as she was about to touch Jiang Hongfei, he dodged Ye Liuyun's attack by turning to the side, his reaction speed was astonishing.

"Sorry, your spatial techniques are useless against me." Jiang Hongfei said, then pointed a finger, and an invisible sword aura struck Ye Liuyun heavily.

Although Ye Liuyun switched to a defensive stance in time, he was still sent flying by the attack.

"What a heavy attack!" Ye Liuyun felt the force pushing against him, and his expression changed repeatedly.

However, relying on his powerful physical body cultivated through body cultivation and the defensive stance of the Nine Revolutions Divine Power, Ye Liuyun was ultimately able to withstand this head-on attack.

Ye Liuyun stopped attacking, took a deep breath, and then spoke.

"Ah! As expected of the former number one on the Prodigy Ranking. To be honest, if I don't use my full strength and rely solely on my physical cultivation, I really wouldn't be a match for you, Brother Jiang. But from now on, I'm going to use my full strength. I must let you know beforehand that I am an alchemist, an array master, a weapon refiner, and a beast tamer. My various secondary professions, combined with my physical cultivation, are my true strength." Ye Liuyun revealed his true fighting style.

Ye Liuyun's words were quite surprising.

"Huh? This? Besides being an alchemist, Ye Liuyun is also a formation master, beast tamer, and weapon refiner? She has cultivated so many secondary professions by herself? And what does she mean by that? Is she going to use treasures, ammunition, formations, and pets to deal with Jiang Hongfei? This, wouldn't that count as external force?" someone questioned.

However, the experts from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion immediately recorded Ye Liuyun's information and spoke to everyone at the same time.

"Everyone, if Lord Ye has multiple cultivation identities, then it is perfectly reasonable for him to use the pills he refines, the magic weapons he creates, as well as the monsters and formations he tames," a powerful figure from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion spoke up for Ye Liuyun.

Most cultivators with strong combat power do not have secondary professions, because they believe that secondary professions are a waste of time. However, today they encountered a cultivator who has mastered almost all secondary professions and whose combat power is not weak. Naturally, the experts of Tianji Pavilion wanted to see what would happen if Ye Liuyun unleashed his full power.

Jiang Hongfei was also taken aback by Ye Liuyun's words. To be honest, he had never encountered such an opponent before. The most he had ever encountered before was a single formation master or a single weapon refiner. He had never encountered an opponent who had so many secondary professions. He was not afraid; on the contrary, he was very excited.

"Is that so? Then I'd like to see what your secondary profession is like, Lord Ye. Come on, I have no objection," Jiang Hongfei said with a smile.

After gaining the approval of Jiang Hongfei and the Tianji Pavilion, Ye Liuyun was finally able to use his methods openly and legitimately.

"Then you'd better be careful. My method of using pills can be used entirely in combat. Watch closely." Ye Liuyun raised his hand, crushed a pill, and then struck Jiang Hongfei with a palm. The next moment, a rain of ice spikes pierced down towards Jiang Hongfei.

"This is a pill? Oh, I see. No wonder she, a body cultivator, could use all sorts of spells before. It turns out it was all the power of the pill. Can pills be used like this? I've learned something new." Many alchemists found Ye Liuyun's combat pills very novel.

Jiang Hongfei watched as Ye Liuyun released a large number of ice spikes, but he did not dodge, letting the ice spikes fall towards him. However, when these ice spikes were within a foot of Jiang Hongfei, they were destroyed by an invisible force, and he did not even see Ye Liuyun make a move.

"It's here, Jiang Hongfei's sword domain. There's a foot in front of him that belongs to his domain. Within his domain, unless your strength far exceeds his, you simply can't touch him." Wang Yao said with a solemn expression.

He was defeated by Jiang Hongfei's sword intent domain back then.

Seeing that this move was useless against him, Ye Liuyun quickly changed his move, and now lightning filled the sky and spread towards Jiang Hongfei.

However, when these lightning bolts got within a foot of Jiang Hongfei, they were all neutralized by another force. Ye Liuyun tried many different methods, even combining them with teleportation, but no matter what method she used, they were all blocked a foot away.

"Little girl, you've encountered a true prodigy. This is his personal domain. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's only a foot wide; in reality, that foot is like an insurmountable distance. His power is greater than yours. If you want to defeat him, you must first break through his domain. The combat pills you currently use are basically useless against him." Lin Qingyou secretly advised Ye Liuyun.

After listening, Ye Liuyun understood that she would also need to use a stronger elixir.

"Impressive. You are your world within a foot of me. With my current strength, I am still far from being able to harm you. However, my pill-making skills are far more than this. What follows is the true power of my pills."

"Come, the Profound Meaning of Wood - Descent of the Tree Realm." Ye Liuyun finally took out his rare pills, and a rich power of wood emanated from his body.

The next moment, a large number of trees suddenly sprouted out of thin air on the field. These trees grew extremely fast and covered the field in one go. Jiang Hongfei was also overwhelmed by this power. However, the power of the Tree World Descent Pill still could not pass through this guy's domain.

However, this elixir also put considerable pressure on Jiang Hongfei, because he discovered that his domain was being constantly squeezed by the suddenly appearing wood power. He could no longer sit idly by and wait for his doom, otherwise, his domain would be breached sooner or later.

"What a peculiar power! This power feels like some kind of domain. What kind of pill can grant a cultivator such powerful wood elemental energy?" Jiang Hongfei was very curious about Ye Liuyun's pill.

He raised his hand and waved in all directions.

"Across the eight directions." This sword released a wide-ranging sword aura attack, instantly cutting down all the trees surrounding him. However, he underestimated the effect of Ye Liuyun's pill, because the moment the trees were cut down, new branches and trunks immediately sprouted. Moreover, under Ye Liuyun's control, the forest began to attack Jiang Hongfei with all its might.

Countless tree roots pierced towards Jiang Hongfei, who immediately countered, cutting down as many as they came. Even when attacked, they were blocked by his sword domain.

However, the endless attacks put Jiang Hongfei on the defensive. He was unable to lock onto Ye Liuyun's main body, which meant that he could only aimlessly kill time with these trees, which was not the result he wanted.

"No, I have to wipe out all these trees in one go, otherwise I'll be drained of my strength sooner or later. Ye Liuyun is really terrifying. The power she showed before was not her full strength at all." Jiang Hongfei took a deep breath, then cut through the forest blocking his way with his sword. He transformed into a streak of sword light and arrived above the forest.

The tree roots immediately began to wrap around him.

Jiang Hongfei looked at the tree roots extending towards him, immediately raised his hand, formed a sword incantation, and a terrifying sword intent swirled around his fingers.

"Sword Intent - Heaven's Fall." After Jiang Hongfei had nearly condensed his sword intent, he pointed at the forest below.

The next moment, an invisible pressure with immense destructive power descended from the sky and covered the entire Dao Discussion Platform. The forest that Ye Liuyun summoned was shattered layer by layer. In no time, the trees were almost completely destroyed and turned into dust, leaving only the big tree that protected Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun was hiding inside the trunk of this tree.

"This? It actually broke my Tree World Descent Pill?" Ye Liuyun realized that the trees in the area could not regenerate, and knew that his move was useless.

Ye Liuyun voluntarily stepped out from among the trees protecting him.

"Lord Ye, shall we continue this contest? To be honest, although I have suppressed my cultivation level, there are some gaps that cannot be bridged by suppressing one's cultivation level. If you were truly at the same cultivation level as me, you might be able to defeat me, but right now, it's not enough," Jiang Hongfei said confidently as he floated in the air.

He felt that Ye Liuyun probably wouldn't continue the competition. Being forced to use such powerful methods was enough to earn him the second spot on the Prodigy Ranking.

Ye Liuyun stared at Jiang Hongfei, lost in thought.

"That's hard to say, let's continue." Ye Liuyun leaped towards Jiang Hongfei, while Jiang Hongfei casually swung his sword down at Ye Liuyun. But just as the sword energy was about to touch Ye Liuyun, Ye Liuyun actually grabbed the sword energy and absorbed it.

"Huh? What kind of technique is this that actually devoured my sword energy?" Jiang Hongfei was surprised again. Ye Liuyun had given him quite a few surprises.

After absorbing Jiang Hongfei's power, Ye Liuyun waved his hand again, and a figure exactly like Jiang Hongfei flew out from Ye Liuyun's hand. The figure used the same method to strike Jiang Hongfei with a sword.

This power was exactly the same as Jiang Hongfei's. Jiang Hongfei quickly swung his sword back, and the two sword energies collided, producing an amazing energy explosion. However, Jiang Hongfei did not defeat the clone, or rather, the copy, that was exactly the same as himself.

Chapter 710 Holding Firm to First Place (5000 words)

Jiang Hongfei was forced back a distance by the power of his clone, a scene that shocked the young cultivators who had fought against him before.

Among all the cultivators who have fought Jiang Hongfei, none have been able to push him to this point. Even Wang Yao only lasted ten moves against Jiang Hongfei back then.

Imagine that the second-ranked person on the Prodigy Ranking could only withstand ten moves from the first-ranked person. What does that mean? It means that they are not even in the same league as the first-ranked person on the Prodigy Ranking.

Although Wang Yao and Jiang Hongfei are both at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul realm, Jiang Hongfei has mastered the swordsmanship and can rival cultivators in the Nirvana Realm. Not to mention anything else, just considering that domain, not everyone has the ability to create a domain at the Transformation Realm level.

Anyone who can cultivate a domain within this realm is undoubtedly a top-tier genius. Take Li Bai, for example. Although Li Bai seems to be much older than Jiang Hongfei, he is mainly limited by his region. If he had continued to cultivate in the Flying Immortal Domain, he would probably be even stronger than Jiang Hongfei, because Li Bai has also cultivated a domain of intent.

In the Flying Immortal Realm, cultivators who have cultivated a certain realm of intent are few and far between. By the way, the reason why Lin Tianya is so powerful is because he has also cultivated a realm.

"This little aunt's methods are truly bizarre. What kind of technique is this? Is it some kind of pill that can replicate other people's pills?" Wang Yao muttered solemnly.

“As my aunt just said, she doesn’t know magic. Her magic is all manifested through the power of pills, which should also be some kind of pill,” the Wang family head said.

Xue Qingwu was also seeing Ye Liuyun's methods for the first time, and she was also a little confused. To be precise, even Jiang Wanling and the others did not know how many pill-making techniques Ye Liuyun had, or rather, Lin Aoxue did not know either.

Ye Liuyun has refined so many strange and wonderful pills that she can't even remember them all. So every time, she needs to look at her pill book. Over the past few hundred years, she has made at least a thousand kinds of regenerative pills, and there are also several hundred kinds of powerful but non-regenerative pills.

Of course, there are some pills that Ye Liuyun still doesn't know what their uses are.

Seeing himself looking exactly like the person opposite him, Jiang Hongfei immediately changed his move again.

"Hmph! I don't believe you can use that move!"

"Sword Technique: One Sword Transforms into Myriad Formations." Jiang Hongfei finished his sword technique, slowly closed his eyes, and then suddenly opened them. Ten thousand sword beams flashed past his eyes, and then a sky full of sword energy condensed above his head, falling towards the clone.

However, to Jiang Hongfei's surprise, the moment he used this move, the clone seemed to have copied his move.

"Sword Technique: One Sword Transforms into Myriad Formations." The clone used the same tone as Jiang Hongfei and executed the same moves, each sword aura negating the sword aura released by the original Jiang Hongfei.

This scene was quite spectacular.

This move was created by Jiang Hongfei himself, but he didn't expect that the clone would also use it.

Jiang Hongfei watched as his sword technique collided perfectly with the opponent's clone's sword technique, and his expression grew increasingly solemn.

The two then engaged in combat again.

No matter how he attacked or what powerful methods he used, he could always be blocked by his opponent in the same way. It was as if he was fighting against himself the whole time.

"Is this a method that can replicate me? The power is exactly the same. Oh, I see. It must be that she absorbed my sword energy just now and then used my own power to replicate another me." Jiang Hongfei quickly understood.

The problem is, even if you understand, what can you do? Can you defeat yourself? He can only stall for time until the pill's duration is exhausted.

Seeing Jiang Hongfei in such a sorry state because of his clone, Ye Liuyun immediately felt smug.

"Heh, my pills are incredibly diverse, I don't even know how many I haven't used yet. This is just the beginning. If it weren't for the fact that some pills can't be used in public, defeating you would be a piece of cake. Young man, don't be so arrogant," Ye Liuyun muttered to himself.

Ye Liuyun named this pill the Mirror Flower Water Moon Pill. It lasts for three minutes, during which the clone can perfectly imitate whatever method the opponent uses.

Ye Liuyun calculated the time and suddenly used a teleportation pill and an invisibility pill to disappear from Jiang Hongfei's sight. Jiang Hongfei immediately wanted to find Ye Liuyun's whereabouts, but the clone did not give him the chance.

"Liu Yun, if you want to defeat him, you have to avoid his domain. With your current methods, you can either use powerful pills beyond the Nascent Soul level to shatter his domain with brute force, but as far as I know, pills like that are quite precious, and using them here would be a waste. So there is another way, which is to compete with him in terms of soul power, and try to drag his consciousness into the spiritual world to fight him. In the spiritual world, the two of you can only see whose soul is stronger, and his sword domain will have no effect," Lin Qingyou reminded.

Ye Liuyun's cultivation time was too short. If she weren't a magic cultivator, she would know very little about magic cultivation methods. Therefore, she needed Lin Qingyou to explain these things to her or offer advice.

"Yes, I understand." Ye Liuyun, hiding in the shadows, was looking for an opportunity. She had already decided what methods to use to deal with this guy.

Jiang Hongfei sensed for a long time but couldn't detect any trace of Ye Liuyun, as if Ye Liuyun had already left the battlefield.

"What's going on? Lord Ye is gone? I can't sense any aura or spatial fluctuations. Could he have hidden himself using some method? Is he trying to wear me down with a clone, or is he looking for an opportunity to ambush me? But it's a pity. The area in front of me is my domain. It's impossible for him to ambush me." Jiang Hongfei was quite confident in his domain.

Since he has never had his domain broken by a cultivator of the same realm, his confidence is understandable.

Lin Qingyou had just told Ye Liuyun that to break Jiang Hongfei's domain, one had to either avoid the domain or enter it. This domain could be described as a kind of spatial technique; it appeared to be only one foot wide, but in reality, the space inside was vast.

But clearly Ye Liuyun is not the kind of person who likes to act recklessly. When facing an opponent stronger than herself, she has to use tricks.

"This Lord Ye's methods are truly unpredictable. We originally thought Jiang Hongfei was bound to win, but after watching these few rounds of their fight, we can no longer be sure." Some cultivators from the Nirvana Realm initially thought Ye Liuyun couldn't possibly win, but after watching these few rounds of their fight, they were no longer so sure.

Three minutes later, the clone that had been fighting Jiang Hongfei suddenly turned into a cloud of white mist and disappeared. The white mist instantly engulfed Jiang Hongfei, who instinctively tried to dispel the smoke. At the moment the clone disappeared, Ye Liuyun appeared in front of Jiang Hongfei in the instant that Jiang Hongfei was distracted.

Ye Liuyun gave Jiang Hongfei a wicked smile.

Just as Jiang Hongfei was about to force Ye Liuyun to retreat, he saw Ye Liuyun's eyes light up with an eerie purple glow.

"Kaleidoscope Eyes." Ye Liuyun's kaleidoscope eyes spun rapidly, and an irresistible soul attack dragged Jiang Hongfei's consciousness into another space in one breath.

Jiang Hongfei was only momentarily distracted; at least in his perception, he immediately recovered and broke through the opponent's soul attack.

"Soul attack? Lord Ye, my soul, like my swordsmanship, has long been without any flaws. Your move is useless against me." Jiang Hongfei hurriedly countered Ye Liuyun, but Ye Liuyun acted as if he had never used a soul attack, and also threw a punch at Jiang Hongfei with a smile.

However, many people present recognized Ye Liuyun's eyes from earlier.

"Oh no, it's the Myriad Flower Eyes! This is unbelievable! How could anyone successfully cultivate such an almost impossible acquired eye technique? As far as I know, even the creator of this eye technique couldn't fully unleash its power!" A female Nirvana cultivator from the Four Extremes Holy Land cried out in alarm.

Upon hearing this, the Four Extremes Holy Lord immediately inquired about what the Myriad Flower Eyes were.

The Myriad Flower Eyes is a widely circulated secret technique. Its creator was a female celestial being from over 100,000 years ago who was skilled in soul attacks and was known as the Thousand Illusions Celestial God.

The Myriad Flower Eyes is the signature technique of the Thousand Illusions God, who once used this method to kill a god even more powerful than himself.

However, the requirements for the Myriad Flower Eyes are extremely demanding. Cultivators who can cultivate illusion techniques are naturally superior to other cultivators in terms of soul power, but the requirements for the Myriad Flower Eyes are even higher, which can be described as abnormal.

Many holy sites have this method in their collections, but unfortunately, they have not seen any other cultivators master it until now. Today, however, they have encountered one.

After hearing this, the Four Extremes Holy Lord's expression immediately changed.

"No way, someone actually succeeded in mastering such a demanding eye technique?" The Four Extremes Holy Lord's face darkened.

Looking at Jiang Hongfei again, his sword finger collided with Ye Liuyun's fist. To Jiang Hongfei's disbelief, Ye Liuyun's attack actually hit him and even knocked him back with a punch.

"What's going on? My one-foot domain has failed?" Jiang Hongfei felt the pain in his fingers and was momentarily confused.

"No, is this an illusion? How is this possible?" After being repelled, Jiang Hongfei quickly looked around, but nothing had changed. It was exactly the same as before, and he couldn't see any flaws.

Ye Liuyun couldn't help but laugh when he saw that he had knocked Jiang Hongfei back with a single punch.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, what are you looking at? You don't need to look anymore. This is a spiritual space I created. Here, unless your soul is stronger than mine, your domains won't be effective." Ye Liuyun explained with a smile, but her attacks didn't stop there.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hongfei's expression changed. Ye Liuyun's attack came again, but this time, the situation had reversed. Ye Liuyun was no longer using any pills; instead, he was relying solely on speed and fist attacks. These ordinary methods would normally have been ineffective against Jiang Hongfei, but now, in the spiritual space, Jiang Hongfei could only clash head-on with Ye Liuyun's spiritual body. He could only defend, not retaliate, which meant that his spiritual body was far weaker than Ye Liuyun's.

As for the outside world, in the eyes of the cultivators, Jiang Hongfei seemed to have lost his soul the moment Ye Liuyun appeared, floating motionless in the air, and Ye Liuyun also remained motionless after landing.

"Interesting. This Lord Ye actually used some kind of soul technique on Jiang Hongfei. Is he trying to compete with him in soul strength?" Some Nirvana cultivators didn't recognize Ye Liuyun's method, but they could definitely tell what was going on.

In the spiritual space, Ye Liuyun is now completely dominating Jiang Hongfei. For the first time, Jiang Hongfei feels so powerless. The fact that he can be hit by Ye Liuyun's soul attack means that his soul strength is not as high as his opponent's. He has no chance of winning in this space.

His originally powerful attacks landed on Ye Liuyun as if hitting steel, having no effect whatsoever. After a while, Ye Liuyun stopped wasting time.

Even though it was a bit of a gamble, it's good that I won.

Ye Liuyun kicked Jiang Hongfei from the sky to the ground, and at the same time, he appeared behind Jiang Hongfei the moment he hit the ground.

"Falling Flower Palm." This palm strike hit Jiang Hongfei's spiritual body on the spot. Jiang Hongfei's spiritual body could not withstand this blow and was shattered on the spot.

As soon as his spiritual body shattered, Jiang Hongfei's physical body immediately coughed up blood and woke up.

"Pfft!" Jiang Hongfei, his face filled with disbelief, clutched his chest as he fell from the sky.

Ye Liuyun naturally snapped out of her daze immediately, then looked at Jiang Hongfei with a smile, while withdrawing her Myriad Flower Eyes.

"I actually lost in this way?" Jiang Hongfei muttered blankly as he looked at Ye Liuyun walking towards him.

The Four Extremes Holy Lord must have been extremely disappointed to see his disciple lose like that.