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

Lin Aoxue nodded curiously, then began to increase her power, steadily rising from the early stage of the Spirit Sea Realm to the middle stage, late stage, and peak stage.

"This? Such power? I've already used the power of the peak of the Spirit Sea realm, and I'm still completely unmoved. This is outrageous." Lin Aoxue's lips twitched.

“Nonsense, I already have the physical strength of the Spirit Sea Realm. You would have to use the power of the Spirit Pattern Realm to have any chance of breaking my restraints. Continue,” Ye Liuyun gestured.

Lin Aoxue took a deep breath and then mobilized the power of the Spirit Pattern Realm. As the power of the Spirit Pattern was mobilized, Ye Liuyun's body began to tremble slightly, clearly under pressure.

Currently, Lin Aoxue is using ordinary power at the early stage of the Spirit Pattern Realm.

"Still not enough? Again, unleash the power of the mid-stage Spirit Pattern Realm." Lin Aoxue's body ignited with spiritual energy, and Ye Liuyun's body trembled even more violently.

However, it seems that he still cannot get rid of it.

"That's amazing? Then that's double the power of a mid-stage Spirit Rune Realm cultivator." Lin Aoxue looked incredulous and used the power of her second Spirit Rune, since she had nine Spirit Runes.

After the power of the second spirit rune emerged, Ye Liuyun's hands could no longer restrain Lin Aoxue, and his hands were gradually forced apart.

"Open for me..." Lin Aoxue watched as Ye Liuyun gradually loosened his grip, and once again unleashed the power of three spirit runes, this time completely breaking through Ye Liuyun's restraints, causing Ye Liuyun to take a few steps back.

"Have I reached my limit?" she murmured, looking at her hands.

However, this was already incredibly powerful. If it weren't Lin Aoxue but some other ordinary Spirit Pattern Realm cultivator, they would probably have been seriously injured and coughed up blood after taking a single punch from Ye Liuyun.

In other words, if Ye Liuyun were to take the Vajra Pill, the Lightness Pill, and the Wind God Pill, he would be able to fight against cultivators in the mid or late stages of the Spirit Pattern Realm.

After breaking free from Ye Liuyun's restraints, Lin Aoxue slowly withdrew her power and then said in shock.

"My god, is your body made of iron? I used three times the power of a mid-stage Spirit Pattern Realm cultivator to break free from your restraints. If your physical strength reaches the Spirit Pattern Realm, I'm afraid I'll have to use all my strength to break free."

That's what they say, but it's not actually that simple. After all, they were just sparring and testing each other, not a real battle.

Chapter 131 Winning Over

If it were a real battle, Ye Liuyun would only lose even faster.

However, Ye Liuyun was already in an invincible position from the start, because she could not die. She could only be defeated temporarily, but she could be defeated forever. In the end, she would still be the victor.

"I'm just physically strong. If we really fight, it's hard to say. By the way, have you studied the things that the mysterious man gave you last time, and the things that Senior Tiger King gave you?" Ye Liuyun asked.

She was changing the subject; after all, she couldn't tell Lin Aoxue her secrets until Lin Qingyou gave her permission.

Lin Aoxue could also tell that Ye Liuyun really couldn't talk about his own affairs, so she didn't ask any more questions.

“I actually wanted to tell you about this too. I took a look, and the crystal that the mysterious senior gave me is actually a complete inheritance of a cultivator in the Mysterious Realm. As for what Senior Tiger King gave me, it’s too mysterious, and I can’t really say what it is. I’ll probably have to go into seclusion for a while to comprehend it. During my seclusion, you’ll have to play with it by yourself,” Lin Aoxue said.

"Huh? Another period of seclusion? How long will it last? The atmosphere in the sect is not harmonious at all right now. All the halls are fighting each other. Right now, only our Alchemy Pavilion can keep those returning disciples in check," Ye Liuyun said.

Lin Aoxue sighed softly.

"Sigh! What can I do? Fortunately, Qi Chaoying has now turned her attention to Senior Brother Li, or rather, Senior Sister Li. The two of them are now locked in a fierce battle, so I can relax for a while," Lin Aoxue said.

Ye Liuyun couldn't help but laugh whenever Li Jianxin was mentioned.

"Just talking about him makes me laugh. This Senior Brother Li is really suited to be a girl. Every time I see him, I'm amazed. Seriously, when he was a man, he had that fearless attitude of not being afraid of the Heavenly King himself, but after becoming a woman, he feels like an ice-cold female sword immortal." Ye Liuyun exclaimed.

“I feel the same way. By the way, have you noticed that none of the boys who become female disciples are ugly? It’s outrageous, they’re all stunning beauties.” Lin Aoxue said something that she found unreasonable.

Ye Liuyun chuckled, because that was indeed the case.

After joking about some amusing stories from their sect, the two sat down on the edge of a cliff behind the mountain. Leaning against each other, they watched the sunset over the sea of ​​clouds and talked about all sorts of interesting things. Another day had come to an end.

The next day, Lin Aoxue went into seclusion to study the inheritance and the ancient imperial scripture. It might take some time, but when Lin Aoxue comes out of seclusion again, she will probably be much more powerful.

By the way, all the contributions from the last Demon Emperor's Tomb incident have been distributed. Disciples who obtained treasures received corresponding contributions based on their grade. Ye Liuyun submitted a high-grade spiritual artifact and thus received a reward of 80,000 contributions.

Even those who didn't hand over any treasures received a thousand sect contribution points just for participating this time. That's a lot of contribution points, so the tasks for the Alchemy Pavilion have become quite heavy during this period.

After all, for most cultivators, the first thing they do after making a contribution is to buy all kinds of pills.

Today, Ye Liuyun was stopped as soon as he arrived at the Alchemy Pavilion.

"Junior Sister Ye, please wait." Ye Liuyun was about to enter the Alchemy Pavilion when she saw an inner disciple of the Alchemy Pavilion blocking her way. This woman was a disciple of the Vice Pavilion Master.

Now each branch has two factions. The returning disciples faction is using various means to win over other senior disciples. Anyone with a bit of value will be recruited by them.

Ye Liuyun glanced at the other person, then immediately smiled.

"Oh, it's Senior Sister Zhong. What's the matter?" Ye Liuyun asked with a smile.

The visitor was an inner disciple, Zhong Ling.

However, Ye Liuyun knew that this woman had already sided with Wang Sai and his group, and Wang Sai was Qi Chaoying's subordinate.

But in reality, as long as it doesn't affect Ye Liuyun or provoke her and Lin Aoxue, Ye Liuyun doesn't care at all which group these disciples join.

"Yes, Junior Sister Ye, may I speak to you in private?" Zhong Ling said with a smile.

Ye Liuyun nodded, but she knew what this woman wanted to do. Nevertheless, she followed her to a secluded spot.

After arriving here, Zhong Ling got straight to the point.

“Junior Sister Ye, all the disciples of the Alchemy Pavilion know that you have a good talent for alchemy. Senior Brother Wang Sai asked me to inform you that the Vice Pavilion Master Yun Xiang intends to take you as a disciple. I wonder if you are interested?” Zhong Ling said with a smile.

Although she was said to have been accepted as a disciple, it was really just a nominal title. In fact, Zhong Ling was Yun Xiao's disciple, but she ended up relying on Yun Xiang's tutelage.

Because those who can truly be considered elder disciples are actually only the direct disciples.

"Eh? Is there really such a good thing? This makes me feel quite flattered." Ye Liuyun replied, feigning surprise and astonishment.

"Junior Sister Ye, we're already acquaintances, so let's not beat around the bush. Just tell me if you're willing or not?" Zhong Ling asked.

Ye Liuyun knew that if she refused, she would definitely offend Wang Sai and the others, but she couldn't agree either, at least not immediately. It wouldn't be normal to agree immediately, since everyone knew that she was close to Nalan Yan and was also Lin Aoxue's sister.

“Senior Sister Zhong, you should know my identity and understand why Senior Brother Wang and the others are doing this. If someone like me were to side with the returning disciples, what do you think my sister would think? I need to think about this matter. If I agree directly, I'm afraid you won't trust me, right?” Ye Liuyun said with a serious expression.

Zhong Ling was not unhappy when she heard Ye Liuyun say that; instead, she laughed.

"Haha, not bad. If you agree right away, I might start to suspect that you have other intentions. Okay, I'll give you three days to think about it. Give me an answer in three days."

"By the way, Junior Sister Ye, in the cultivation world, everyone understands that people strive for higher positions. Joining the returning disciple faction offers a better future, which is why so many disciples in the sect have joined the returning disciple faction. This isn't considered disloyalty to the sect, since the sect doesn't belong to any one person. If the sect leader and the others had objections to this, they should have stopped it, but since they didn't, it's equivalent to tacit approval."

"You should understand what I mean, right?" Zhong Ling said with a smile.

What she was really telling Ye Liuyun was not to feel guilty. The Yunxia Sect would not cease to be the Yunxia Sect just because someone else was in power. The disciples didn't care who was in power; they only cared about their future and treatment.

Clearly, judging from the current situation, at least in the eyes of these ordinary disciples, the next sect leader will definitely be Qi Chaoying, not Lin Aoxue, since Qi Chaoying is about to become the second sect leader.

Therefore, their current allegiance to Qi Chaoying's Chaoyang Pavilion is a strategic move to secure their position. Once she becomes the sect leader, they will be her confidants, and their treatment will definitely be better than it is now.

Furthermore, Qi Chaoying promised that if she were to become the sect leader, she would recommend these disciples to the Yun Sect for further cultivation.

Such treatment was an irresistible treat for disciples like Zhong Ling, who might not necessarily be able to break through to the Dao Palace realm.

Of course, every choice carries risks. If Qi Chaoying doesn't become the sect leader, then their investment will have failed. But even so, as long as they remain loyal to the sect on important matters, there won't be too much of a problem even if the new sect leader isn't one of theirs.

Zhong Ling and her group had a very clever plan in mind.

"Okay, I'll give you an answer in three days, Senior Sister." Ye Liuyun nodded.

Zhong Ling smiled slightly and left. After she left, Ye Liuyun rolled his eyes and walked into the door of the Alchemy Pavilion.

However, as Ye Liuyun entered, he glanced at the disciple in charge of registration at the door.

"Eh? Senior Brother Liu, is that you?" Ye Liuyun asked, looking at the listless female disciple in front of him.

She is a girl who looks very quiet.

Hearing a familiar voice calling her, the girl opened her eyes and glanced at Ye Liuyun. Upon seeing him, she sighed heavily.

"Junior Sister Ye, sigh! Where is Senior Brother Liu now? Only Senior Sister Liu is here, sigh!" the girl said self-deprecatingly with a frustrated face.

That's right, this girl is the senior brother who greeted Ye Liuyun when she first came to the Alchemy Pavilion.

"Ahem, it really is you, Senior Brother Liu. Most of the people I've met lately have changed genders and I have to get to know them all over again. Senior Brother Liu, are there any discomforts after becoming a girl?" Ye Liuyun teased as he leaned closer.

"Look at me like this, do you think I can adapt? Ever since some of our fellow disciples reverted to their original gender, while we didn't, we've lost all our enthusiasm. To be honest, if I didn't know that other sects were in the same situation, I'd probably want to die," Senior Brother Liu said, rubbing his forehead.

Ye Liuyun was embarrassed again. After all, she was the one who caused this. She suddenly wondered if she was being a bit too perverted. Because she had turned into a woman while refining medicine, she now wanted her fellow disciples to experience what she had gone through.

"Well, cough cough, take your time to get used to it. I believe that it won't be long before you'll be indifferent to it," Ye Liuyun comforted him.

"Don't try to comfort me. At least half of the original disciples of our Alchemy Pavilion are waiting for you to comfort them," Senior Brother Liu sighed.

Ye Liuyun smiled awkwardly and went inside. However, once inside, he discovered that two of the three core disciples—Yuan Hao, Yao Xuan, and Tian Hong—had also become female disciples.

Anyway, they were incredibly embarrassed when they saw Ye Liuyun.

Or rather, the entire cultivation world of Nanling will probably be in an awkward situation for a while. Fortunately, they are all cultivators. If they were ordinary people, they would be even more embarrassed.

Because the world is in greater chaos now, it's not so bad if the genders of husband and wife are switched, but it's a deadly thing if their children are switched genders.

Ye Liuyun didn't go to his alchemy room immediately, but instead went to Yunxiao's place. He didn't find it too strange that Yunxiao had transformed into a gentle and beautiful woman, after all, she had high cultivation, lived a long life, and was easygoing.

Nalan Yan is also here with Yunxiao. It seems that the relationship between the master and disciple is even better now. After all, the master was a man before, so they had to be careful about their boundaries. But now that the master has become a woman, their relationship will definitely be closer.

Chapter 132 Entering the Inner Gate

Nalan Yan was also worried that her master would have emotional issues after changing his gender, so she hadn't been refining medicine much these past few days and had been staying by Yunxiao's side to help him.

After all, his master's personality changed drastically after she turned into a woman last time, but this time it seems that she hasn't; she's quite calm this time.

"Yan'er, you go about your own business. I'm fine. Apart from being a little unaccustomed to it, I'm actually quite indifferent to it compared to last time," Yunxiao said, looking at Nalan Yan who was helping him organize medicinal herbs.

Nalan Yan looked at her master, who had become even more attractive than herself, and felt very awkward. Perhaps as a normal woman, a male master was more in line with her senses.

“Oh, Master, if you have any feelings, you can tell me. I know it’s hard to accept that I suddenly changed genders. I’m glad I turned back into a woman. If I couldn’t, I’d probably want to die,” Nalan Yan said.

“Sigh! I really don’t have any feelings about it. Lately, those returning guys have been getting more and more aggressive. Although you’ve managed to suppress them with your alchemy skills, it won’t last long. You need to keep an eye on them to prevent them from pulling all the disciples of the Alchemy Pavilion into their camp,” Yunxiao gestured.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Yan nodded and prepared to get to work. However, as soon as she turned around, she saw Ye Liuyun standing at the door, and she also heard Nalan Yan and Yunxiao talking.

“Indeed, Senior Sister Nalan, if you don’t keep an eye on things, with their methods, they’ll eventually pull everyone into their camp. After all, they’ve clearly returned to seize power. Once most of the disciples are on their side, then the power of our Yunxia Sect will be effectively transferred to someone else,” Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

"Eh? Junior Sister Ye, what brings you here?" Nalan Yan asked in surprise.

"Well, just now, when I came in, Senior Sister Zhong Ling stopped me and said that Vice Pavilion Master Yunxiang wanted to take me as her disciple and make me an inner disciple, so I talked to Elder Yunxiao about it." Ye Liuyun explained.

Yunxiao was stunned when he heard this, and stopped what he was doing. It would be one thing if ordinary disciples were taken away, but Ye Liuyun was definitely the biggest secret of their Alchemy Pavilion, and they couldn't let him be taken away.

"This? So, have you agreed?" Yunxiao put down what she was doing and strolled over.

Yunxiao was still wearing the disciple's robes of a male elder, mainly because he couldn't accept women's clothing for the time being. However, he estimated that it wouldn't be long before he would have to change into women's clothing, since gender distinction is a very serious matter in this world.

This isn't like Earth, where there are cross-dressers and cross-dressers. Even in Earth, these things are more for entertainment purposes, let alone in this more feudal era.

Yunyun gave them about three months to adjust. If they still hadn't changed back to their original gender after three months, they would have to continue cultivating under their new identities.

This is for their own good. If they keep dwelling on a gender issue, they will definitely develop inner demons in the future, which will hinder their cultivation.

The most important thing is to accept your current identity as soon as possible and calm your mindset.

"No, but I didn't refuse immediately either. After all, I'm just an ordinary outer disciple. If I refused directly, I would definitely offend them, and that would cause a lot of trouble in the future," Ye Liuyun replied.

Yunxiao and Nalan Yan both nodded in agreement. Yunxiao felt it might be necessary to elevate Ye Liuyun's status, but he wasn't sure if Ye Liuyun would agree.

Seeing that her master remained silent for a moment, Nalan Yan, knowing Yunxiao as she did, knew that her master was definitely considering whether to take Ye Liuyun as his disciple first.

“Oh dear! Master, then don’t even think about it. I’ve already spoken to you, Junior Sister Ye. My master is considering whether to make you a direct disciple or a core disciple. That way, they won’t dare to act recklessly or force you to join them,” Nalan Yan said.

Personal disciples, as the name suggests, are the direct disciples of the elders, while core disciples are considered ordinary disciples of the elders, and everyone else is just a nominal disciple.

If you become a core disciple or a personal disciple, it's unlikely they'll force you to join them, and even if they want to cause trouble, they won't go too far.

Ye Liuyun is currently only a mid-level outer disciple. If he refuses them, it will indeed cause trouble, and he may not have a peaceful future.

Although Ye Liuyun wasn't afraid of these guys, it would be best to avoid these unnecessary troubles. Besides, she really disliked Qi Chaoying, so she definitely wouldn't join the Chaoyang Pavilion that Qi Chaoying was running.

"Sigh! If only I could refine a pill that could turn people into good people. I need to find time to study it. Just turning people into women at most ensures that they don't have lustful thoughts, but that doesn't feel enough." Ye Liuyun suddenly had a bold idea.

As an alchemist, one must adhere to the principle of healing and saving lives. If one can save someone, one should do so. Healing physical injuries is relatively easy, but healing mental illnesses is the most troublesome.

“That’s right, Liu Yu. I know that with my alchemy skills I’m not qualified to be your master, but to avoid some trouble and to protect you, I think it’s necessary for you to be elevated in status,” Yunxiao said.

Ye Liuyun thought about it for a moment, and then agreed with Nalan Yan and Yunxiao's idea.

"Alright, let's skip the personal disciple position. Senior Sister Nalan will suffice. I'm a bit selfish and don't want to take on any important positions. Just make her an inner core disciple." Ye Liuyun nodded.

Nalan Yan and Yunxiao immediately burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"That's right, Yan'er. Take my elder token and lead Liu Yu to report to the inner sect." Yunxiao handed his token to Nalan Yan.

To become an inner disciple, one must obtain special permission from the sect elders.

"Okay, I understand, junior sister. Come on, I'll take you to the inner sect." Nalan Yan took the token, then led Ye Liuyun away from the Alchemy Pavilion with a smile, flying directly towards the inner sect.