"Ye Yunfei, you are too mysterious. I simply cannot see through you!" Huang Lao shook his head and said.
Half a day later.
Finally, through the combined efforts of Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang, a batch of spirit pills was refined.
All the pills Ye Yunfei refined were Seventh-grade spirit pills.
The ones Huang Shang refined were all Sixth-grade.
"Hu Miao.
Here are ten Violet Origin Pills."
Ye Yunfei spoke, placing ten Violet Origin Pills into a jade vial and handing it to Hu Miao.
"Thank you, Master! With these Violet Origin Pills, I will be able to break through very soon!"
Hu Miao drifted out from the Inner Pill, extremely excited.
After receiving the ten Violet Origin Pills, Hu Miao retreated back into the Inner Pill.
"Huang Lao, these ten Seventh-grade Green Bamboo Pills are for you."
Ye Yunfei handed ten spirit pills to Huang Shang.
"Ye Yunfei, I thank you.
With these Green Bamboo Pills, my Soul Body will be able to essentially recover to its peak state."
Huang Shang said, deeply moved.
"Alright.
Huang Lao, I'm giving you all these remaining spirit herbs. When you have time, refine more spirit pills."
Ye Yunfei handed all the leftover herbs to Huang Shang.
Then, taking more than a dozen vials of pills, he walked out of the room.
Moments later.
Ye Yunfei arrived at Elder Ren's room.
"Elder Ren, this is the Qianxuan Pill.
After consuming it, you should be able to break through to the Saint Realm."
Ye Yunfei took out a red spirit pill and handed it to the Secluded Elder.
"Ye Yunfei, what grade is this pill?"
Elder Ren felt the aura emanating from the pill and couldn't help but be utterly shocked.
With his judgment, he could tell this pill was definitely not Fifth-grade.
"Seventh-grade," Ye Yunfei said calmly, then turned and left the room.
"What?!..." Elder Ren shuddered, completely dumbstruck, gazing in disbelief at Ye Yunfei's retreating figure with stunned eyes.
"Choosing to stand with Ye Yunfei... perhaps, is the wisest, most correct decision I have made in this life!"
After a long moment, Elder Ren finally regained his wits, took a deep breath, his eyes filled with boundless excitement.
At that moment, Ye Yunfei arrived outside the Empress Dowager's door. He handed her a Qianxuan Pill and urged her to seize the opportunity to charge into the Saint Realm.
"Master Ye Yunfei, rest assured, Yue Su will not disappoint you," the Empress Dowager said gratefully.
Next, Ye Yunfei summoned Sect Master Shi Zongyang, the Wood Peak Master, and the Fire Peak Master, and gave each of them two Sixth-grade spirit pills, instructing them to go back and attempt breakthroughs.
Shi Zongyang was at the mid-Profound Realm. The Wood Peak Master and Fire Peak Master were both at the early-Profound Realm.
All three had been stuck at their current levels for a very long time.
Therefore, Ye Yunfei had Huang Shang refine some Sixth-grade Boiling Spirit Pills.
Boiling Spirit Pills were specifically used to assist Profound Realm martial artists in breaking through, with quite effective results.
Following that.
Ye Yunfei went to Elder Du's room.
Elder Du had been severely injured by Elder Zhou from the Huangtian Sect and was still confined to bed.
"Elder Du, this is a Heavenly Yi Pill. After consuming it, your broken bones and damaged internal organs will automatically recover. In at most two days, you will be able to get up."
Ye Yunfei took out a spirit pill and gave it to Elder Du to take.
"Thank you, Ye Yunfei," Elder Du said gratefully after taking the pill.
"Elder Du, you need not be so polite," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
It could be said that within the entire Tianyuan Sect, the person Ye Yunfei trusted most and cared most about was Elder Du.
Next, Ye Yunfei went to the room where the Emperor was temporarily staying.
"Take this spirit pill immediately and then begin your assault on the Profound Realm," Ye Yunfei said, handing a pill to the Emperor.
"Alright."
Without any unnecessary words, the Emperor directly nodded.
A large half-day later.
Within the Tianyuan Sect headquarters.
Suddenly.
From the closed-door room where Elder Ren was secluded.
Boom...
A terrifying wave of energy instantly erupted.
"Haha... Saint Realm! This old man has finally broken through to the Saint Realm!"
Elder Ren laughed wildly in delight, taking a step out of his room and shooting up into the sky, standing in mid-air.
Whoosh...
Spiritual energy surged from within a radius of ten li, converging rapidly towards his body.
Elder Ren stood proudly in the air, visibly filled with satisfaction.
A moment later.
Boom...
Another explosion of spiritual energy sounded from the Empress Dowager's seclusion place.
Then, a figure shot rapidly skyward, standing high in the air.
Vast amounts of spiritual energy whistled toward her.
"Haha, Empress Dowager, congratulations on stepping into the Saint Realm," Elder Ren said in a clear voice.
"Elder Ren, my congratulations to you as well!" the Empress Dowager said.
"Haha... yes, mutual congratulations!"
Elder Ren laughed heartily.
"Let's go, we should go see Ye Yunfei."
Elder Ren moved, striding grandly towards the direction of Jin Peak.
Profound Realm experts could fly in the sky initially.
Saint Realm experts, however, could move freely in the sky, as freely as fish in water.
At the same time.
Jin Peak, within Ye Yunfei's small pavilion.
Boom!
A thick demonic aura, vast and mighty, erupted from Ye Yunfei's pavilion as its center, spreading rapidly in all directions.
In moments, everything within several hundred meters was submerged in a sea of jade-green demonic energy.
It was like an emerald-green ocean.
"Master, I've broken through!"
From inside the small pavilion, Hu Miao's excited cry rang out.
At this very moment.
Elder Ren and the Empress Dowager had just arrived in the sky above Jin Peak.
"Demonic energy!"
Both were astonished as they looked at the dense demonic energy enveloping Ye Yunfei's pavilion.
"This demonic energy feels somewhat familiar... it seems similar to the demonic aura around the Confining Demon Cliff in the back mountains. However, the demonic energy over at Confining Demon Cliff suddenly vanished not long ago. Could it be..." Elder Ren stared at that jade-green demonic energy, his mind reeling with shock.
Whoosh...
Soon, all of the demonic energy was retracted by Hu Miao.
The area around Ye Yunfei's pavilion returned to a scene of clear skies.
"Heh, you two, congratulations on your breakthroughs."
Ye Yunfei walked out from his small pavilion.
"Master Ye Yunfei, my breakthrough is a gift bestowed by you," the Empress Dowager immediately said respectfully.
"Here is a sword Dao legacy. Study it well, complementing it with the Plain Maiden Heart Sutra. It can greatly increase your combat strength."
Ye Yunfei pointed a finger, sending a stream of information formed from Soul Power directly into the Empress Dowager's mind.
This sword Dao legacy was once the inheritance of a relatively powerful sword Dao sect from another world, obtained by Ye Yunfei and casually kept.
Since this Empress Dowager was willing to follow him, Ye Yunfei naturally couldn't be too stingy.
Moreover, the enhancement of this Empress Dowager's strength only brought benefits, not drawbacks, to Ye Yunfei.
"Master Ye Yunfei, I've broken through! I've become a Profound Realm expert!"
Suddenly, a figure flew over unsteadily through the air, finally landing in front of Ye Yunfei.
It was the Emperor.
He had previously been at the late Heaven Realm, but had now broken through to the early Profound Realm.
As it was his first time manipulating spiritual energy for flight, he was quite clumsy.
However, his face was flushed with excitement.
"Mother Empress, you're here too! I am finally a Profound Realm expert!" the Emperor said, ecstatic.
"Ye Yunfei, I've broken through!"
"I've broken through too!"
...
Shi Zongyang, the Wood Peak Master, and the Fire Peak Master flew over from the distance almost simultaneously, landing before Ye Yunfei, all equally thrilled.
Shi Zongyang had reached the late Profound Realm.
The Wood Peak Master and Fire Peak Master had both reached the mid-Profound Realm.
Thus, the overall strength of the Tianyuan Sect's upper echelons had risen by a significant margin.
Especially since there was now an additional Saint Realm expert!
It was enough to overwhelmingly surpass the other three great sects in the Eastern Region!
"Here is a set of Sovereign Fist Techniques, specialized for cultivating Imperial Aura. The fist style is domineering and quite powerful.
Take it for your cultivation."
Ye Yunfei flicked his finger, sending a cultivation jade slip to the Emperor.
"Thank you, Master Ye Yunfei!" the Emperor said, overjoyed.
"Empress Dowager, you should return to the Imperial City as well.
The people from Huangtian Sect could come back to the Great Qin Empire at any time. Your return can offer some protection to the Imperial Family."
Ye Yunfei said to the Empress Dowager.
"As you command," the Empress Dowager replied immediately.
She was also worried about the Imperial Family's safety.
Thus, the Empress Dowager, along with the Emperor, left the Tianyuan Sect and returned to the Imperial City.
"Elder Ren, here are several technique manuals and martial skills. In the future, they shall serve as part of the Tianyuan Sect's legacy.
The technique manuals and martial skills the Tianyuan Sect previously possessed were of too low a grade."
Ye Yunfei took several cultivation jade slips from his spatial ring and presented them to Elder Ren.
"Thank you, Ye Yunfei!" Elder Ren exclaimed in delight, hurriedly storing them carefully.
He knew Ye Yunfei surely had extraordinary origins; the techniques and martial skills he provided were definitely not ordinary.
In fact, the technique manuals and martial skills Ye Yunfei gave Elder Ren were not inferior to the legacies of the great sects and clans of the Eastern Region.
"Elder Ren, the Tianying Small World is about to open.
Spend one more day—before I leave—to see if you can master the independent control of that ancient formation.
This will give the Tianyuan Sect another means of self-protection."
Ye Yunfei said to Elder Ren.