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

So the afternoon ended with Ye Liuyun's pursuit and interception. Soon it was dusk, and Ye Hongchen was completely exhausted and could no longer run.

She swayed and staggered through the woods like a limp rag doll, her strength and energy completely depleted, leaving her exhausted and hungry.

Just then, a fire suddenly appeared before her eyes. When she got closer, she found Ye Liuyun sitting there smugly, drinking his own brewed spirit wine, eating spirit fruit, and smiling as he looked at where Ye Hongchen was.

Ye Hongchen really couldn't take it anymore. She walked to the campfire, grabbed the fruit next to Ye Liuyun and stuffed it into her mouth. She even drank the spiritual wine brewed by Ye Liuyun.

"Hey? Kid, you're not being polite. Did I give you permission to touch my things?" Ye Liuyun couldn't help but tease the guy, who looked like a starving ghost.

"You devil, do whatever you want with me, I can't run anymore, and I don't want to run anymore. I'm starving to death. Even if I die, I want to die a full-bodied ghost," Ye Hongchen complained wearily.

Ye Liuyun laughed again when he heard this guy speak.

"Hey! Kid, don't you want to know why I keep bothering you? Or do you want to know if there's any chance you can turn back into a man?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

Ye Hongchen rolled his eyes.

"I don't want to know anything, because I think you have a twisted sense of humor," Ye Hongchen retorted.

These words, when they reached Ye Liuyun's ears, inexplicably reminded her of her conversation with Lin Qingyou years ago. Because she also thought Lin Qingyou had a wicked sense of humor, she suddenly missed her master. When Lin Qingyou was by her side, at least she had someone to talk to every day.

"A perverse sense of humor? You don't think I turned you into a woman because of some peculiar fetish, do you?" Ye Liuyun asked, both amused and exasperated.

"Isn't that right? Otherwise, why would you turn a perfectly good man like this? It must be because you were lustful," Ye Hongchen said viciously.

After hearing this, Ye Liuyun was somewhat impressed by the kid's imagination; no one else would have thought of this.

Because, as Ye Liuyun put it, in other people's eyes, it was indeed a rather unusual hobby.

"Kid, just because of what you said, I'm going to make sure you stay a woman and never turn back into a man for the rest of your life," Ye Liuyun said, his lips twitching.

Upon hearing this, Ye Hongchen seemed to realize something.

"Huh? What do you mean? You mean you can turn me back? Me?" Ye Hongchen was about to say something when she suddenly trembled, feeling as if a huge amount of energy was surging out of her body. This energy made her feel like her body was about to explode.

"It's so hot! What's going on? I feel so uncomfortable!" Ye Hongchen's skin suddenly turned red, and he collapsed to the ground, struggling in pain.

Seeing the boy's expression, Ye Liuyun immediately let out a strange laugh.

"Kid, don't eat and drink without asking questions first. My wine and spiritual fruits are not something someone of your level can enjoy," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

After struggling for a few moments, coupled with the exhaustion of the entire day, Ye Hongchen quickly lost consciousness.

Ye Liuyun's spirit wine and spirit fruit are top-tier rare treasures. With Ye Hongchen's cultivation level, it would be difficult for him to consume them all. Under normal circumstances, his body would definitely be bursting from the excess.

However, with Ye Liuyun by his side, it would be difficult for this guy to die even if he wanted to.

"Oh, kid, it's your good fortune that I've taken a liking to you. Becoming my apprentice is an opportunity you can't even imagine. But your personality still needs some tempering. I want to see how you're different from how I was back then."

As he spoke, Ye Liuyun raised his hand and placed it on Ye Hongchen's forehead, absorbing the excess energy that she couldn't use up. As the energy was absorbed, her painful expression disappeared.

With the pain gone, Ye Hongchen seemed to fall asleep.

This kid isn't very talented. He has three elemental roots and his bone age is probably over a hundred years old. At this age, he's only at this level, so he's destined to have no hope of reaching a higher level.

"Kid, I'll give you one more push and transform you completely. If you can turn back into a man, consider yourself lucky. If not, don't blame me. My Reverse Rebirth Pill generally has a high probability of changing a person's gender. You're a girl now, so taking this pill will most likely turn you back into a man. If you can't, then it's just fate." Ye Liuyun took out another pill and stuffed it into Ye Hongchen's mouth.

This is the medicine that was given to her grandfather back then.

After the pill entered her body, a special power instantly enveloped Ye Hongchen. At this moment, Ye Hongchen felt as if she had started a long dream, in which she had become a different person.

Ye Liuyun watched as the boy emerged from his cocoon, but after a while, as the power enveloping him dissipated and the figure that emerged from within took Ye Liuyun by surprise, and she couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, kid, kid, you can't blame me for this. It's just fate." The person who emerged from the cocoon of light was a girl who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, much younger than Ye Hongchen in his previous female form.

The effect of this Reverse Rebirth Pill can be described as giving the other person a new life. Ye Liuyun checked Ye Hongchen's condition again.

This Ye Hongchen's cultivation level is at the Dao Palace realm, and his aptitude is much better than the original Ye Hongchen, but not by much. His previous three attributes have now become two attributes, namely water and wood.

"What a pity, your aptitude is still not good enough. Forget it, kid, you should just follow me and go down the path of body cultivation, and start over." Ye Liuyun reached out and directly crippled Ye Hongchen's cultivation. Fortunately, the Reverse Rebirth Pill not only changes a person's gender and aptitude, but also allows them to start over.

Therefore, Ye Liuyun's destruction of her cultivation would not have much impact on her; at most, she would just become an ordinary person.

After doing all this, Ye Liuyun nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, kid, let's start our game." Ye Liuyun waved his hand and disappeared with Ye Hongchen.

When Ye Liuyun reappeared, he was already in a cultivation sect in the Southern Wilderness Mountains, and in the secluded training ground of the sect's strongest cultivator.

This secluded place is the cave dwelling of a cultivator at the Fourth Extreme Realm.

"Who goes there?" the cultivator instinctively shouted angrily.

But when she turned around to look, she saw a scene she would never forget: a woman in white was carrying a girl in a fiery red dress as she broke through the void behind her.

"Hehe, little girl, don't be nervous. I've come to bring you and your sect a great opportunity," the woman in white said with a smile.

The other party was taken aback. Anyone capable of breaking through the void to arrive must be a powerful figure beyond her comprehension.

The next day, in an antique-style room in the Tianxiu Sect of the Southern Wilderness Mountains, Ye Hongchen, who had been taken away by Ye Liuyun the day before, was lying there.

But she woke up quickly. After opening her eyes, Ye Hongchen felt as if she had slept for a long time and was not fully awake for a while. However, as she gradually became more alert, she quickly remembered what had happened yesterday. She immediately checked her body and what she saw was alarming.

First of all, she was wearing a bright red women's dress. Her first reaction was definitely to take it off, but to her surprise, the dress seemed to be stuck to her body. Not only could she not take it off, but she couldn't even damage it in the slightest.

"What? What's going on? Where's my power? Why do I feel like something's wrong with my whole body?" Ye Hongchen kept finding that she couldn't take off her clothes, and even found that her cultivation was gone. She quickly looked around the room and soon found a mirror. She ran over to it, and the face that appeared in the mirror made Ye Hongchen scream in surprise.

She found herself suddenly looking younger. Although the appearance before her was similar to her previous appearance, she looked much younger, as if she had returned to her teenage years.

"Ah! My cultivation! You old witch, where are you? Come out here! What the hell are you doing? If you're going to kill me, kill me or torture me, can't you just do it quickly?" Ye Hongchen was about to lose his temper.

As for where Ye Liuyun is at this moment, she is currently with the Wind and Sand Sect.

Yesterday, she found a sect nearby and brought Ye Hongchen directly to it. This sect is called Tianxiu Sect, a purely female cultivation sect in the Southern Wilderness Mountains. Ye Liuyun met with the patriarch of Tianxiu Sect yesterday and told him that she wanted to join Tianxiu Sect. She also gave the patriarch of Tianxiu Sect many benefits.

Of course, Ye Liuyun's so-called joining was merely nominal; he became a revered alchemist of the Tianxiu Sect, which was the sect he intended to support.

"What are you shouting for? I'm not dead yet." Ye Liuyun suddenly appeared behind Ye Hongchen.

Upon seeing Ye Liuyun reappear, Ye Hongchen immediately questioned him.

"What did you do to me? And what's wrong with my clothes? You must have done this to me. Take them off right now! I don't want to wear such bright and feminine clothes."

Seeing how excited this guy was, Ye Liuyun chuckled.

"That won't do, kid, oh no, little girl. I've already destroyed all your cultivation. You only have two choices now. First, start cultivating from scratch as a woman. Second, become my disciple. When your cultivation level is higher, you might be able to change back on your own. Choose." Ye Liuyun gave the guy two options.

Ye Hongchen is quite quick-witted.

"Oh... I see, so this was your plan from the beginning. But if you just wanted to take me on as a disciple, would you need to change my gender? With your status, wouldn't I have to beg you to take me on as a disciple?" Ye Hongchen finally understood.

Ye Liuyun raised his hand and waved a finger in front of Ye Hongchen.

"No, no, no, I really didn't think much of you before. Your aptitude was too poor, and you were too old. So I gave you a pill that I specially refined. This pill has a certain chance of changing your gender and your aptitude. Haven't you noticed that your aptitude has improved?" Ye Liuyun reminded him.

These words startled Ye Hongchen. She instinctively wanted to use her divine sense to investigate, but she forgot that she had no cultivation at the moment.

"I... you've destroyed all my cultivation, how am I supposed to know what my aptitude is now?" Ye Hongchen said, somewhat annoyed.

"Hehe, little girl, you should be able to see that I am very strong. With your intelligence, you should know that becoming my disciple now is the best choice for you. If you are willing, I can help you surpass your former self in a very short time. You are now almost the age of a one-year-old child. Do you know what that means for someone with such poor aptitude as you?" Ye Liuyun reminded her.

When Ye Hongchen heard that he was only one year old, his expression was one of utter shock.

She had only reached the late stage of the Spirit Wheel realm when she was over a hundred years old. If she were to start cultivating again now, she was confident that she could reach an even higher level, even without Ye Liuyun's help.

But she's not sure if Ye Liuyun is just fooling her.

"Is this really true?" Ye Hongchen asked doubtfully.

“It’s more real than real gold, and I can also promise you that if you become my apprentice, and if you want to become a man again after three years, I can grant your wish,” Ye Liuyun replied.

Ye Hongchen has no choice now. She can't be completely controlled by Ye Liuyun. What can she do?

Ye Hongchen bit her lip, then took a deep breath and nodded to Ye Liuyun.

“Alright, I promise you, I can be your apprentice, but you must not go back on your word after three years,” Ye Hongchen said.

Ye Liuyun shrugged.

"I'm afraid that in three years, you won't want to change back," Ye Liuyun replied.

"Impossible. I, Ye Hongchen, am a dignified man. How can I be a woman for the rest of my life? I still have a fiancée," Ye Hongchen said firmly.

Little did she know that at this moment, she had not only changed her gender, but that she was no longer herself in essence.

Ye Liuyun laughed when he heard this, and his laughter was very strange.

“Alright, let’s make a bet. I bet you’ll become more womanly than a woman within three years, and you won’t even want to go back to being a woman.” Ye Liuyun said confidently.

"Hmph, as long as you don't pull any tricks behind my back, I will never become the woman you're talking about," Ye Hongchen replied confidently.

This guy is quite confident in his own will.

Chapter 877 Another Cycle (5k)

Hearing the boy's confident expression, Ye Liuyun couldn't help but let out a strange look of reminiscence.

Because she remembered saying something similar, but after living as a woman for a few months, she no longer had the desire to turn back into a man.

After several years of cultivation, apart from her cognitive abilities, she was basically no different from a normal woman, and she had no desire to turn back into a man.

The reason is simple: she has gotten used to it. This habit can be said to be both the greatest advantage and the greatest disadvantage of human beings. As the saying goes, once behavior becomes a habit, it is basically impossible to reverse it unless there is an external force to forcibly reverse it for you.

Where does this habit come from? It's actually quite simple. The difference between men and women lies in their clothing and physical structure. Women don't dress as freely as men. Even their beautiful accessories have different functions. For example, earrings, hairpins, and long skirts are all used to restrict behavior.

As a man, you certainly don't need to, but when you become a woman, you have to adapt. Gradually, you get used to everything, and when you look at yourself again, you'll find that you're no different from a woman. That's the influence of the environment.

Let alone becoming a woman, even a normal man, if he grows up with a group of women, will also become like a woman in his behavior, which is the origin of the so-called effeminate man.

Having said that, Ye Hongchen took a deep breath and then knelt down before Ye Liuyun.

"Disciple, Ye Hongchen greets Master." Ye Hongchen knelt down and respectfully bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to Ye Liuyun, performing the discipleship ceremony.

But this guy is definitely not sincere. What is she really thinking right now?

"Old hag, just you wait. I'll pretend to become your disciple first, and then I'll get more benefits from you. After three years, I'll have you turn me back into a man, and then I'll find a chance to run away. Hehe, I'm so clever," Ye Hongchen thought to himself smugly.

Ye Hongchen and Ye Liuyun have somewhat similar personalities, but this guy is definitely much more shameless than Ye Liuyun.

However, how could she possibly hide her thoughts from Ye Liuyun?

Ye Liuyun smiled and helped Ye Hongchen up. The moment she helped him up, she and Ye Hongchen made eye contact.

With just one glance, Ye Liuyun saw through Ye Hongchen's thoughts.

"Hey! Little guy, I can tell what you're thinking just by looking at your eyes. But once you're in my hands, you're in for a rough time," Ye Liuyun thought to herself with a sly smile.

"Huh? Why is this old hag's smile so unsettling?" Ye Hongchen shuddered instinctively as he looked at Ye Liuyun's kind and friendly smile.

Ye Hongchen only exchanged a glance with Ye Liuyun before quickly looking away, because she felt that if she continued to look, the other party would see right through her.

"Haha, my good disciple, very good. I guarantee you won't regret becoming my disciple. I will also impart all my knowledge to you." Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Ye Hongchen chuckled dryly, then his eyes darted around.

"Master, what about a greeting gift?" Ye Hongchen decided to use his shamelessness. As a newly accepted disciple, his master should give him a greeting gift.

Ye Liuyun smiled when he saw that this guy wanted a gift.

"Hehe, didn't I already give you the gift?" Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Ye Hongchen's face was immediately filled with questions.

"Ah, it's already been given to me. Where is it?" Ye Hongchen hurriedly searched around, but there was nothing in the room.

Seeing this guy's reaction, Ye Liuyun chuckled repeatedly.

"This entire outfit you're wearing is called the Seven Illusions Glazed Skirt. It's a treasure from my youth, and since I no longer need it, I'm giving it to you. This outfit has many functions; it's strong enough to defend against attacks from Dao Palace Realm cultivators, and it can also keep out dust. You won't need to wear any other clothes anymore. There are many more functions as well, waiting for you to discover them yourself," Ye Liuyun explained.

Upon hearing this, Ye Hongchen was completely dumbfounded.

"This, this dress is a treasure?" Ye Hongchen was stunned.

“It’s an absolute treasure. If you don’t think it’s good enough, then I’ll take it back. You’re the one who didn’t want it, so don’t say I didn’t give you a gift.” Ye Liuyun said seriously, his smile fading.

Ye Hongchen was conflicted. He carefully examined the clothes on his body. Although he had lost his cultivation, he still had a keen eye. He could tell from the material of the clothes that they were not ordinary.

“Say something, do you want it or not? If not, I’ll take it back. I guarantee you, I even swear, that this garment is priceless. For your Southern Wilderness Mountain Range region, it’s definitely the most precious treasure.” Ye Liuyun said.

With Ye Liuyun's assurance, Ye Hongchen quickly considered the matter in his mind.

"Should I keep it? This thing seems to be a real treasure. It would be too much of a loss to just give it back to her. I might as well keep it for now and give it to Wan'er when I have the chance. Hmm, that's decided. Giving it back to her is impossible. I must extract as many treasures as possible from this woman in the next three years," Ye Hongchen pondered to himself.

Seeing that the guy didn't speak, Ye Liuyun knew that the other party had started to think again.

"Hey! Do you want it or not? If not, I'll take it back," Ye Liuyun urged impatiently.