Mortal: Fengling Linggen, married Chen Qiaoqian

"Not only this disciple, Senior Sister Mu and Senior Sister Song are also here. We are worried about Master's safety, so we take turns to wait here. Now they are gathering in Junior Sister's cave."

Liu Yu answered cautiously.

"With my current strength, there is no need to worry about finding the second Nascent Soul. Have you met Qin'er?"

Yan Yun asked casually.

"I have indeed met Junior Sister Tian. Junior Sister Tian is smart and cute, no wonder Master would personally accept her as his disciple."

Liu Yu responded with a smile.

"Qin'er is different. She has the body of a dragon and cannot comprehend the great way. I accepted her for another reason. No need to ask."

Yan Yun replied in a calm tone.

"Master, please forgive me. I dare not test you."

Hearing this, Liu Yu was delighted but looked embarrassed.

"Now that we are here, please call the three of them over. I have something to tell you."

Yan Yun nodded slightly and gave the order seriously.

"Yes, disciple obeys your command." Liu Yu's heart was shocked and he immediately agreed.

Yan Yun waved his sleeves, the cave door opened, and green light poured out.

With a loud bang, the stone gate slowly rose and Yan Yun stepped into it.

Liu Yu turned into white light and flew towards Tian Qiner's residence.

After lunch, Yan Yun stood in the hall of the cave, surrounded by four beautiful women standing upright. No one dared to whisper to him.

After returning to the cave, the three sisters Mu Peiling learned that Yan Yun not only successfully advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage, but also defeated the other three cultivators to become the number one cultivator in Tiannan.

In addition to being shocked, I felt a sense of awe for Yan Yun.

Facing the three girls' reckless behavior, Yan Yun reprimanded them with a serious face:

"The crisis of the second Nascent Soul has been resolved. Soon I will separate its main consciousness and refine it for my own use. The sweet-tasting Fantasy Spirit Grass is indeed as Master said, it can be used to refine the 'Illusionary Pill' to help break through the bottleneck."

After hearing Yan Yun's words, the woman surnamed Song immediately responded:
"Uncle Master, we really need the Illusionary Spirit Grass to refine the 'Illusionary Destruction Pill'."

Liu Yuze answered honestly: "Yes, Master, we are here to refine this pill."

Yan Yun nodded slightly, took out an emerald green bottle from his waist, and handed it to Liu Yu:
"I got this bottle of pills from a dead Yuanying old monster. It is useless to me. Each of you can take two pills."

Liu Yu took the bottle and thanked with tears of gratitude.

The woman surnamed Song and Mu Peiling were also ecstatic and expressed their gratitude.

Yan Yun waved his hand and said calmly:

"This is just a bottle of medicine. I asked you to come here because I have a few things to arrange."

The Song woman replied respectfully, "Please give me your orders, uncle."

Liu Yu and Mu Peiling also immediately became serious.

Yan Yun continued:

"I have always been reluctant to interfere in the affairs of the sect, but now as the great elder, I cannot sit idly by. I need someone to assist Master Lu in managing the sect while I am in seclusion. Liu Yu, are you willing to take on this role?"

"In return, I will teach you several secret manuals and give you magic weapons, so that you can be invincible among those with the same cultivation level. Even if you initially became my disciple out of helplessness, as long as you agree to this, I will make an exception and accept you as a formal disciple."

When Liu Yu heard this, his eyes sparkled and he answered without hesitation:

"Disciple is willing to obey Master's orders!"

However, was the real reason that attracted this girl? Was it the substantial increase in the power of Luoyun Sect, or was it the honor of becoming an orthodox disciple of Yanyun Sect?
Of course, it is also possible that both of them make his heart beat fast.

Yan Yun nodded with satisfaction.

With a flick of his sleeves, a jade slip as white as jade appeared in his hand, and then he took out a pair of green bracelets from the storage bag.

A blazing flaming ruler and a dazzling golden flying sword were all handed over to the woman.

Liu Yu respectfully took the jade slip and precious treasure with both hands, and thanked him repeatedly with a light figure, unable to hide his inner excitement.

Even though she knew very little about the mysterious magic contained in the jade slips, these ancient treasures alone were enough to satisfy her, each of which was something she had always dreamed of but could not touch in her daily life.

"You should go and pay your respects to Senior Brother Lu first. I will use the sound transmission talisman to inform him of this matter later."

Yan Yun ordered Liu Yu.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yu immediately agreed respectfully, then said goodbye and left.

After the girl left the cave, Yan Yun flipped his palm and a sound transmission talisman appeared in his hand.

After he whispered a few words to the talisman, he waved his hand and threw it. The sound transmission note turned into a ray of hot light and rushed out, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

Everyone present was watching Yan Yun's actions quietly, and no one dared to interrupt.

"Junior Brother Song, I also have something for you to complete."

Yan Yun turned around and spoke slowly to Liu Yu.

"Please tell me clearly, uncle." The woman surnamed Song answered without hesitation.

"It's not a big deal, actually. I just hope that when you recruit new disciples in the next few years, you can find a disciple with extraordinary spiritual awareness for me. I want to personally take him in as my disciple and train him specially."

Yan Yun said this after thinking for a while.

"A person with a naturally strong spiritual consciousness? Such a disciple is rare in a century. I cannot guarantee it, but I will do my best to search for him."

When the woman surnamed Song heard what Yan Yun said, she was stunned and looked hesitant.

"It's okay. I don't ask that we must find it in the short term. Just ask Junior Brother Song to pay close attention."

"I noticed that you have reached the peak state of the middle stage of Jindan. It may be difficult to achieve a breakthrough by relying on Huanmie Pill alone. I still have a bottle of pill called 'Yinyuan Pill', which is particularly effective for virgin female practitioners. When you try to break through, you may want to try taking a few pills."

After Yan Yun finished speaking, he raised his hand slightly, and a small black bottle quietly appeared amidst the flashing green light, and then flew towards the woman named Song without a sound.

Although this woman had never heard of this elixir, Yan Yun was a great cultivator with profound cultivation, so there would be no mistake in what he said.

She took the jade bottle with joy on her face and tears of gratitude.

After Yan Yun talked with the woman surnamed Song for a while, he drove her out of the cave and turned his attention to Mu Peiling. Mu Peiling's body tensed up, and her face, which had been raised, unconsciously lowered again, and a shy blush appeared on her jade-like earrings.

"You have been my concubine for a hundred years, right?" Yan Yun asked gently with complex emotions in his eyes.

"That's true. When you took me in, I had just entered the Nascent Soul stage. Now I'm already a great cultivator in the late stage."

Mu Peiling finally mustered up the courage to look up and responded softly.

"When I took you in as my concubine, my original intention was to use your virginity to practice the Dian Feng Pei Yuan Gong so that you could help me break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

"However, things are unpredictable. I was able to advance to the middle and late stages of the Nascent Soul through other means. The Dianfeng Peiyuan Gong is only effective for breakthroughs in the Nascent Soul stage."

"Your Excellency, do you intend to expel Pei Ling from Zimu Peak?"

Mu Peiling's face changed drastically, and in an instant she became so pale that she seemed to have no blood in her body.

"Want to drive you away? That's really unreasonable. However, the original intention of you becoming my maid was undoubtedly due to family pressure. Now that you are a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, you don't need to be threatened by anyone anymore."

"Besides, I no longer wish to maintain this ambiguous relationship with you."

"First, I am afraid that your wonderful life will be ruined; second, Wan'er will soon be free, and I need to give her a clear answer."

Having said this, Yan Yun's tone seemed to pause slightly.

"Excuse me, how do you plan to accommodate Peiling?" Mu Peiling bit her red lips and asked softly.

"This matter is quite simple. As before, I will give you two choices again. You can choose one of them at will."

"Route one, I will give you a generous gift to compensate for your hard work in practicing Dianfeng Peiyuan Gong for many years. After that, you can leave Zimu Peak, regain your freedom, and freely choose your marriage partner."

"In the final analysis, we have nothing to do with each other anymore!"

"Given your current reputation, even if you personally clear my name and restore my innocent reputation, which cultivator in the Tiannan region would dare to marry me?"

Mu Peiling looked bitter and spoke silently.

Yan Yun couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, but he didn't respond. Instead, he continued:

"Path 2 is also not complicated. If you are truly dedicated to the path of cultivation and are willing to devote the rest of your life to cultivation, then I can continue to let you stay at Zimu Peak and declare to the public that you are still my concubine, but in fact I can treat you as my disciple and give you some guidance on the way of cultivation."

"Of course, your talent for cultivation is also quite outstanding. I can even let Wan'er formally accept you as her disciple. After all, Wan'er's cultivation method was originally designed for female cultivators. If you follow her to cultivate, the effect may be better than if I were to guide you."

"Although doing so may still lead to some gossip, it will at least minimize the negative impact on you."

Yan Yun gazed at the beautiful face of the woman and explained calmly.

After listening to the options proposed by Yan Yun, Mu Peiling fell silent.

Yan Yun did not urge her and did not seem to be in a hurry for the woman to make a decision.

"Would you please allow me to give up these two options?" the woman suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Yan Yun frowned slightly.

"I hope to become your true concubine! To accompany you for the rest of your life!" After a brief silence, Mu Peiling expressed her wish firmly.

"Become my concubine? This is obviously not feasible." Yan Yun's expression changed slightly, but he still shook his head.

"Then what is the reason? Do you think Pei Ling has low cultivation level or ugly appearance, and is not worthy of accompanying you?" Mu Pei Ling's face became paler and paler.

"That's not the case. However, you already have the strength of the middle stage of foundation building, so you can't be considered inferior. And among the many female cultivators I have seen, your appearance is enough to rank among the top ten."

Yan Yun sighed.

"If that's the case, why did you reject it outright? Are you worried that Elder Nangong won't agree?"

Mu Peiling asked tentatively.

"The matter about Wan'er is only part of the reason. However, the most important thing is that I am wholeheartedly pursuing the Great Dao. I am afraid that I will have to go into seclusion frequently for decades in the future."

"If you can successfully form a baby, your life can be extended to a thousand years. But if you can't cross this threshold, I'm afraid that the chances for you and I to meet each time I retreat will be very few."

"Spending your life with me is undoubtedly a waste of time. Therefore, I don't want to cause you unnecessary pain."

Yan Yun thought about it carefully and responded helplessly.

Even with the help of many precious elixirs, whether one can successfully condense the Nascent Soul still depends on one's own luck.

For a woman like Mu Peiling, the possibility of her successfully conceiving a baby is indeed not high.

When Yan Yun said this, Mu Peiling was obviously stunned, and then she opened her lips slightly as if she wanted to say something but stopped.

But Yan Yun raised his hand to signal her to stop talking, and then said:
"You are not asked to make a decision right now. You can take more time to think about it and consider it for a few years."

"During this period, I will provide you with some elixirs so that you can try hard to reach the middle stage. As for Qin'er's basic skills, please guide her."

Although Mu Peiling was somewhat reluctant, under Yan Yun's serious tone, she could only respond with a little helplessness: "I will listen to your orders, sir!"

Yan Yun nodded slightly, took out some pills and handed them to Mu Peiling, then after giving Tian Qiner a few instructions, he ordered them to leave the cave.

As the hall emptied, Yan Yun slowly closed his eyes and sighed softly.

It seems that his heart is also full of confusion.

In the hall, he sat there quietly for a full quarter of an hour. When he opened his eyes again, his look had become extremely indifferent, as if he had already calmed down his inner turmoil.

He suddenly stretched out his right hand and gently patted his waist. In an instant, a silver light flashed before his eyes, and the humanoid puppet floated strangely in front of him, motionless.

Yan Yun carefully looked at the humanoid puppet for a moment, and then his spiritual sense moved, and the face of the humanoid puppet was immediately covered with a layer of silver light.

The facial features that originally belonged to the middle-aged man began to become blurred. Until the silver light dissipated, when they became clear again, they turned into a face exactly the same as Yan Yun, as if it was another Yan Yun.

Almost at the same time, the body of this humanoid puppet trembled slightly, and it grew several inches taller without any sound, and its body shape became exactly the same as Yan Yun.

Yan Yun looked at the puppet again, nodded in satisfaction, and then waved to it.

The humanoid puppet then flashed with an expressionless face and disappeared in the silver light, making it difficult to tell where it was hiding.

Yan Yun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then stood up, strode out of the hall, and went straight to the secret room deep in the cave.

However, halfway through, he suddenly asked without warning: "Is my second Yuanying in the cauldron behaving well and not causing any trouble to you, fellow Taoist?"

"Haha, a small mid-stage Nascent Soul without a physical body can't cause any trouble to me. It's just that the space in the cauldron seems a little crowded." (End of this chapter)