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

"Hehe, senior sisters, thank you for taking care of me these past few years. I must go to the inner sect first," Ye Liuyun said.

Ye Liuyun's attire was genuine; it was the uniform of an inner core disciple. In the Yunxia Sect, disciples couldn't just wear any clothes. This meant that Ye Liuyun had truly risen to the top in one step, directly advancing from the middle level of the outer sect to the inner core, skipping several levels.

"Heavens, Junior Sister Ye, oh no, Senior Sister Ye, how did you do that? With your cultivation level, to put it bluntly, how could you possibly advance to the inner sect? Could it be that Elder Yunxiao took a liking to your alchemy skills?" Yu Yuan asked curiously.

Ye Liuyun didn't hide anything and nodded directly, indicating that he was interested in his alchemy skills.

Upon hearing this, everyone understood. Among them, quite a few knew that Ye Liuyun was skilled in alchemy, especially Yu Yuan.

"I see. Then I wish Senior Sister Ye all the best for the future. Please take good care of us outer sect sisters in the future." Yu Yuan smiled as soon as Ye Liuyun nodded.

Ye Liuyun was happy today, and since he was about to leave, even though they were all in the same sect, inner and outer disciples rarely met unless there was a special reason, so the number of times they would meet would definitely be greatly reduced.

They've gotten along quite well over the years, and Ye Liuyun thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to take care of some acquaintances, so he said.

"Well, everyone, I'm about to head to the inner sect, so we might not have many chances to meet again. But don't worry, I'll come here to visit you often. Oh, by the way, I have some pills here, all of which I refined myself, so I'll give them to you all." Ye Liuyun waved his hand and took out a lot of pills from his storage ring.

They were all Spirit-Burning Pills and some potent healing pills. These things were almost useless to Ye Liuyun. She made these things and kept them on her person mainly to give to others.

"This? So many?" Yu Yuan and the others were startled.

"Hehe, I lack everything, but I don't lack pills. Everyone, take these. Each of you take two kinds: one is a pill to improve your cultivation, and the other is a pill to heal your injuries. Especially the pill to heal your injuries, you'll definitely need it when you go out on missions," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

After thinking for a moment, everyone put down what they were saying and picked up the pills.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Senior Sister Ye." Everyone quickly bowed to express their gratitude.

"Well, I have some things to attend to. You all should go about your own business," Ye Liuyun said.

Upon hearing this, Yu Yuan and the others did not linger and left happily.

After sending them away, Ye Liuyun hurriedly went into his residence and began packing his things.

"Bai Lin, we're moving." Ye Liuyun called out to Bai Lin, who was sleeping on the bed, as soon as he entered the house.

"Awoo..." Bai Lin immediately let out a howl.

Ye Liuyun's residence didn't actually have much stuff, just a lot of bottles and jars. She just needed to stuff them all into her storage ring and she was done. However, after finishing with the things in the house, the half-grown spirit peach tree gave Ye Liuyun a bit of a problem.

"Master, what should we do with this spirit peach tree? I definitely have to take it with me. There's a spirit field near my new place. It will definitely grow better if I plant it there than here," Ye Liuyun said, looking at the spirit peach tree.

"That's easy, just pull it out by the roots," Lin Qingyou said.

"Hey, is it okay? Won't we kill him?" Ye Liuyun asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, plants aren't that fragile," Lin Qingyou said with a smile.

Since Lin Qingyou had said so, Ye Liuyun naturally had no worries.

This peach tree isn't particularly thick; it hasn't fully grown yet.

"Hehe, Little Peach, I'll take you to a different place to stay." Ye Liuyun said with a smile as he looked at the spirit peach tree with its light blue leaves.

After saying that, she hugged the spirit peach tree and pulled it out of the soil with all her might.

It was quite easy, after all, with Ye Liuyun's strength, she could pull out not only this spirit peach tree, but even a tree thicker than her. However, the scene somehow gave off a feeling of Lin Daiyu uprooting a willow tree.

This peach tree has grown as thick as an adult's arm.

After pulling it out, Ye Liuyun originally wanted to put it into her storage ring, but unfortunately, this thing seemed to be a bit special, and her storage ring could not fit it.

"Hey? Master, why can't I put this thing in?" Ye Liuyun asked, looking at the spirit peach tree in his arms.

"This tree has a spirit, and storage magic items cannot contain living beings," Lin Qingyou explained.

Her words were quite interesting; they were essentially telling Ye Liuyun that his spirit peach tree was a living being.

"Huh? You mean this tree has self-awareness?" Ye Liuyun asked in surprise.

“Yes, although its consciousness is very hazy, this tree has indeed developed self-awareness. Didn’t I tell you last time that this spirit peach tree is no longer an ordinary spirit peach tree?” Lin Qingyou said.

Ye Liuyun smiled, and she immediately conducted an experiment, looking at the spirit peach tree in her arms and saying something.

"Little Peach, are you conscious? Can you hear me? Give me some response, please?" Ye Liuyun asked tentatively.

As soon as she asked the question, the canopy of the spirit peach tree flashed a few times with blue light. This was very obvious, and it seemed that the spirit peach tree was indeed responding to Ye Liuyun.

"Wow, it's flashing! It really has self-awareness. Will it turn into a peach tree spirit in the future?" Ye Liuyun said in surprise.

After confirming that the other party did indeed have self-awareness, Ye Liuyun carried the spirit peach tree to the outside of the courtyard, and Bai Lin also skipped and hopped out.

But as soon as Bai Lin came out, Liu Su was so frightened that she shuddered.

"Hey? Liusu, don't be afraid. This little one is also my pet. She won't hurt you. Her name is Bai Lin. From now on, you'll be sisters." Ye Liuyun knew that it must be Bai Lin's divine beast bloodline that frightened Liusu.

"Awoo..." Bai Lin immediately let out a cute "Awoo" at Liu Su.

After that sound, Liu Su finally breathed a sigh of relief. Spirit beasts like them would instinctively be afraid when they encountered divine beasts.

Ye Liuyun hugged the spirit peach tree and sat on Liusu's back. Bai Lin also jumped on. However, just as the two were about to leave, the wild monkey, Sun Wukong, suddenly appeared from nowhere and landed in front of Liusu.

"Hey? Sun Wukong, you're back? Didn't you also go to the Demon Emperor's Tomb?" Ye Liuyun asked Sun Wukong in confusion.

When Sun Dasheng saw Ye Liuyun asking a question, Li Amin made a few squeaking noises at Ye Liuyun, and then, without waiting for Ye Liuyun to say anything, jumped onto Liusu's body as well.

When Bai Lin saw the monkey arrive uninvited, she immediately bared her teeth at Sun Wukong. However, Sun Wukong was not afraid of Bai Lin at all and instead glared at her.

This glance terrified Bai Lin, and she immediately hid in Ye Liuyun's arms, trembling uncontrollably.

"Huh? This? No way, what's going on with this monkey? Bai Lin is actually afraid of him?" Ye Liuyun was very surprised to see this scene.

She immediately asked Lin Qingyou.

"Master, do you know what's going on? This monkey should just be an ordinary monkey, right? But why is Bai Lin, a divine beast, afraid of it?"

Lin Qingyou did not answer Ye Liuyun's question immediately, but pondered for a moment.

"I can only tell you that almost all the beasts that ate your pills have experienced incredible things. This monkey may seem like an ordinary monkey, but its inner workings are hard to predict. In any case, even I can't figure out its origins."

If even Lin Qingyou can't say something casually, then it's very likely something far beyond Ye Liuyun's comprehension.

Ye Liuyun wisely refrained from asking further questions.

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The tassel carried Ye Liuyun and the others all the way into the inner gate.

Upon arriving at his new residence, Ye Liuyun immediately dug a hole in the spirit field and planted a spirit peach tree.

This spirit peach tree is truly special. The moment it was buried, its roots seemed to come alive, immediately penetrating deep into the ground, almost merging itself with Ye Liuyun's mountain peak.

"Whew! Done. Hey! Monkey, you definitely want to stay with Little Peach, right?" Ye Liuyun glanced at Sun Dasheng.

Sun Wukong immediately nodded in a very humane manner.

"Alright then, but I'm warning you, don't you dare damage even a single leaf of Little Peach, or you'll regret it," Ye Liuyun warned.

Ye Liuyun didn't care about the monkey's background; if it angered her, she would still teach it a lesson.

After instructing Sun Dasheng, Ye Liuyun did not put Liusu into his spirit beast bag, but let her stay outside to play with Sun Dasheng and the others. As for Bai Lin, Bai Lin seemed to be very afraid of Sun Dasheng, so she insisted on staying close to Ye Liuyun.

There are courtyards on this mountain peak, as well as cave dwellings for seclusion. Normally, one can live in the courtyard, and when one needs to go into seclusion, one can enter the cave dwelling.

Ye Liuyun's promotion to a core inner disciple is no small matter, so Yun Yun must already know about it.

Back at the sect's main hall, Yun Yun had already received a message from the Inner Sect Disciple Management Office.

"Huh? Yunxiao has taken this little guy as his disciple. It seems Yunxiao knows something, or there's some reason why he has to do this?" Yun Yun muttered to herself as she glanced at Yun Che.

Yun Che also received this news, which also made him fall into deep thought. He was thinking about what value Ye Liuyun had that made Yun Xiao accept him as a core disciple.

He immediately glanced at the information about Ye Liuyun, and found that although Ye Liuyun was quite good at alchemy, so far, apart from those strange pills, he had not heard of Ye Liuyun's alchemy skills being particularly outstanding.

All of this felt a bit too sudden.

"A white-level alchemist, with the cultivation level of the early stage of the Spirit Stream Realm, her physical strength seems to be much higher than her spiritual strength, and she's also Lin Aoxue's older sister. This little girl's master has some unknown secrets about her." Yun Che's first feeling after reading the message was that Ye Liuyun had a secret, and a big one at that.

After thinking about it carefully, he turned his gaze to Yun Yun.

"Senior Sister, it seems you've also received the notification from the Inner Sect Disciple Management Office. Senior Brother Yunxiao has suddenly taken on such a strange disciple. What do you think?" Yun Che asked with a smile.

Yun Yun seemed to anticipate that Yun Che would definitely ask her, but she was certain she wouldn't tell Yun Che.

"I don't know. I don't know anything about this Ye Liuyu. Besides, this is an elder's privilege. Perhaps she has a good talent for alchemy, so Junior Brother Yunxiao took a liking to her," Yun Yun replied calmly.

Yun Che knew he couldn't get any useful information from Yun Yun, but he felt it was necessary to investigate Ye Liuyun's situation.

"It seems that Senior Sister doesn't intend to tell me. Then I, your junior brother, will have to investigate it myself. After all, it's a bit too abnormal for Senior Brother Yunxiao to suddenly appoint an outer disciple at the early stage of the Spirit Stream Realm as an inner core disciple," Yun Che said.

Yun Yun didn't stop her, nor did she have any reason to stop her, so she basically remained silent, meaning "do as you please."

When a new core inner disciple appeared, most of the inner disciples knew about it immediately. Most of them were very confused, but some disciples who had received favors from Ye Liuyun came to the mountain where Ye Liuyun was located as soon as possible.

Of course, they couldn't go in without the owner's permission; they could only call out from the outside.

"Senior Sister Ye, Senior Sister Ye, are you there? We've come to congratulate you on becoming an inner disciple!" an inner disciple who had been saved by Ye Liuyun's elixir in the Six Yang Mountains called out loudly.

Ye Liuyun, who had just put his things in his residence, heard the noise outside and immediately came out. As soon as he came out, he saw a lot of people floating outside, most of whom were familiar faces, but there were also some he couldn't recognize because of the gender swap.

"Eh? It's Brother Xiao and you guys. Hmm, come in, all of you." Ye Liuyun used his token to open the formation, gesturing for them to come in.

The dozen or so people quickly passed through the formation and landed on the mountain platform. After landing, they immediately looked at the light blue spirit peach tree with a puzzled expression. This spirit peach tree was too conspicuous. Of course, they were just wondering why the spirit peach tree was this color.

"Congratulations, Miss Ye, on your promotion to inner sect," Xiao Hansheng said with a smile.

Ye Liuyun glanced at the people present. She remembered that most of the inner disciples she had helped should have been male cultivators. Unfortunately, almost half of them were unfamiliar faces.

"Well, I was lucky to be chosen by Elder Yunxiao. By the way, everyone, who is who? At least half of the former senior brothers have become senior sisters, right?" Ye Liuyun said with a wry smile.

Those disciples who had become female cultivators immediately wore mournful faces.

"Ah! I never expected this. After being a man for decades, suddenly having to become a woman is really too strange. Moreover, the sect only gave us a few months to adapt. If we haven't changed back to our original gender by then, we'll have to say goodbye to our lives as men. Sigh!" The male disciples who had undergone gender reassignment sighed.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun wanted to apologize, but she couldn't tell them about it, so she could only pretend to be clueless.

"This? Eh? By the way, Brother Xiao, it seems like you're completely unaffected. Did this sudden change in the world have no impact on you at all?" Ye Liuyun looked at Xiao Hansheng with interest.

Xiao Hansheng was taken aback for a moment, then gave an awkward laugh.

"It seems like it didn't affect me. I don't know exactly what happened; maybe I was just lucky."

But this immediately drew criticism from Lin Qingyou.

"Don't listen to her. This little girl has a Nirvana Realm treasure. Besides allowing her to disguise her physical body, this treasure can also isolate a portion of the power of laws. This little girl is no ordinary person." Lin Qingyou's voice rang in Ye Liuyun's mind.

Ye Liuyun was quite surprised when he heard this.

"Oh, I see. Brother Xiao, you're really lucky. By the way, I'm new here. How's the situation in the inner sect? You should know what I mean." Ye Liuyun casually inquired about the situation in the inner sect.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people present varied, because some of them had joined Chaoyang Pavilion. However, they did not hide anything from their benefactor.

"To be honest, the inner sect is now divided into two camps. One is the Chaoyang Pavilion, created by Qi Chaoying, who was originally Senior Brother Qi Chaoying. The other is the opposing camp, led by the original direct disciples."

"Although I don't understand why they would do this, if I may be frank, I'm just an ordinary inner disciple. What I'm looking at is the benefits. Joining Chaoyang Pavilion provides extra pills and spirit stones every month, which is an advantage that we ordinary inner disciples can't refuse," a disciple who joined Chaoyang Pavilion replied.

"I think these returning disciples are just here to seize power. Anyone can see that. I don't object to them seizing power. If it makes the sect develop better after they seize power, then it's not a big deal. So I haven't chosen sides. I'll just let things be as they are." A neutral inner disciple also expressed his opinion.

Indeed, the power struggles among the higher-ups seem to have little to do with ordinary disciples. No matter who is in power, they are still ordinary disciples, and they still have to do what they are supposed to do.

Of course, some people also expressed their dissatisfaction.

"You're oversimplifying things. Have you ever thought about why they're doing this? They're people who left the sect decades or even centuries ago, who haven't contributed anything to the sect. They're coming back to seize power. Aren't you afraid of being sold out?" a disciple from the resistance camp asked unhappily.

As soon as he said that, everyone started arguing. It was chaotic for a while. The disciples of the resistance camp accused them of being opportunists, siding with whichever side offered the most benefits.

The Chaoyang Pavilion side defended themselves, arguing that while they did not deny that the returning cultivators were seizing power, they felt that it was tacitly approved by the sect and that they had not betrayed the sect, so why couldn't they join the Chaoyang Pavilion?

The neutral disciples remained silent.

"Alright, alright, everyone, there's no need to argue about this. But I also want to say something honest. It's fine for you to join Chaoyang Pavilion and reserve your positions, but you must be careful not to be taken advantage of."

"The atmosphere in the sect hasn't been very good lately. Our outer sect is doing a little better, but I've heard there are many conflicts between the various halls within the inner sect. You should keep an eye on that. By the way, I've researched some special pills. Would any of you be interested in taking a look?" Ye Liuyun didn't intend to continue this topic.

The mention of pills piqued everyone's interest, since they had seen Ye Liuyun's special pills before.

"That's right, we're here to congratulate Senior Sister Ye on her promotion to a core inner disciple, not to argue." Someone then remembered what they had come for.

Ye Liuyun had his own reasons for being willing to sell or give away the pills he refined at a low price to them.

The more people her pills help, the more they owe her kindness. So, if Lin Aoxue has a public conflict with Qi Chaoying in the future, these disciples should be able to be used by her.

Although Ye Liuyun's motives were not pure, this is how relationships between people are. There's no such thing as a free lunch. These people who received Ye Liuyun's favor should be well aware of this.

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