If I had known I wouldn't have saved you!

"This must be the Alchemy Immortal, I am old Bian Desheng, it is a pleasure to meet you today!"

One of the hunchbacked old men smiled and bowed to Lin Shiyi.

Lin Shiyi returned the greeting and said with a smile: "Brother Bian, you are too polite. It's just an empty title. Why should you care about it?"

"Haha, Alchemy Immortal, don't be too modest. If it weren't for your fate-changing pill, how could there be so many cultivators at the peak of the early stage of the Spiritualization Stage in this Demon Refining Palace?"

Bian Desheng smiled, then looked at the man and woman beside him, and introduced them one by one: "These two are Junior Sister Qianyue and Junior Brother Kunxing. They are siblings, both independent cultivators. I met them on the road when I first went to the Demon Refining Palace. I saw that they had high cultivation but no place to stay, so I brought them here. Thanks to the care of Palace Master Lu, the three of us became the worship elders of the Demon Refining Palace, practicing day and night. It's a rare opportunity to meet Junior Brother Lin."

Hearing this, Lin Shiyi hurriedly bowed to the man and woman and said, "Greetings, Senior Sister Qian, Senior Brother Kun."

Upon hearing this, the two simply bowed lightly without saying anything. Moreover, their expressions were extremely cold, and they had no intention of making friends with Lin Shiyi.

Of course, this was also because Lin Shiyi had not exposed his cultivation at the peak of the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. He still maintained his cultivation at the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. At the beginning, it was because he was afraid that Lu Qingyao would notice it and become alert to him, but now he had changed his mind. Seeing that Lu Qingyao had such an ugly expression on her face, she must have had a dispute with the three people in front of him.

So he bowed and asked again, "Brother Bian, did your trip go smoothly? Why does the Palace Master look so frustrated?"

Bian Desheng stroked his beard and sighed when he heard this, "Alas, we are also considering the overall situation. There is news that Chaos Palace and Jade Maiden Pavilion have reached some kind of agreement to completely destroy the Demon Refining Palace, so the Jade Maiden Pavilion will put pressure on our Demon Refining Palace in an unusual way. Under the oppression of these two major forces, even if we have more low-level cultivators, what can we do to change the outcome? So we painstakingly advised the Palace Master to bring the cultivators in the palace to surrender together, but she did not understand our painstaking efforts, and she was furious and scolded us. Alas..."

As Bian Desheng spoke, he sighed and secretly observed Lin Shiyi's expression. Qian Yue and Kun Xing, who were standing beside him, stared at Lin Shiyi intently, as if they wanted to see through his inner thoughts.

Lin Shiyi quickly nodded as well, looking like he agreed, but in fact he was extremely disdainful of these three people.

"After consuming the intermediate vitality of the Demon Refining Palace for so many years, now that a strong enemy is coming, these three are immediately turning against their will and surrendering? Forget about Lu Qingyao. If it were me, I would have slapped them in the face a long time ago!"

Thinking of this, Lin Shiyi found something wrong.

The expressions of these three people were both expectant and weird, and they clearly looked like they were about to do something bad.

So Lin Shiyi cautiously followed the flow and said, "Now that the Palace Master refuses to surrender, what do you three want to do?"

Bian Desheng smiled mysteriously and sent a voice message to Lin Shiyi: "Junior Brother Lin, you are an Alchemy Immortal. Even if Chaos Palace and Jade Maiden Pavilion capture you, they will not harm your life. Junior Sister Qian, Junior Brother Kun and I have friends in both factions. We will be safe after surrendering. Now the Demon Refining Palace is weak. Are we going to die here for this little bit of trust? If so, wouldn't a hundred years of cultivation be wasted? Junior Brother Lin is a smart man. He should understand this truth..."

After hearing what Bian Desheng said, Lin Shiyi's heart was filled with turmoil.

In an instant, he connected all of this together.

These three people were by no means casual cultivators; they were clearly spies sent by the Chaos Palace and the Jade Maiden Pavilion as undercover agents. Poor Lu Qingyao was kept in the dark and had to spend precious mid-level Yuan Crystals to support these three people for so many years.

Now that the blood of the Demon Refining Palace has been sucked dry, they notified the Chaos Palace and the Jade Maiden Pavilion to take over.

Thinking of this, Lin Shiyi pretended to be excited and nodded, saying, "Junior brother, I have had this intention for a long time. I helped the Demon Refining Palace to refine so many life-changing pills, but Lu Qingyao gave me the cold shoulder. I have been unhappy about this kind of neglect for a long time. But she accepted me when I had nowhere to stay. If I want to hurt her life, I really can't bear it..."

Hearing this, Bian Desheng's face lit up with joy. He smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, Junior Brother. Palace Master Lu has a special status. Neither Chaos Palace nor Jade Maiden Pavilion will touch her. As long as the four of us join forces and work together to subdue her, the cultivators in the palace will naturally surrender without a fight. Then our great cause will be accomplished!"

After hearing Bian Desheng's plan, Lin Shiyi felt his teeth chilled.

On the surface, the Demon Refining Palace seems to be able to compete with several major forces, but if a real fight breaks out, it will be disintegrated from within before the fight even starts. After all, the old ones are the wisest.

He quickly cupped his hands and transmitted his voice: "Okay, I have refined so many life-changing pills for the monks in the palace. Lu Qingyao is quite confident in me and has been letting me live in the main hall. I don't want to cause any trouble. We should act as soon as possible. As long as Senior Brother gives the order, I will immediately launch a sneak attack on Lu Qingyao. I believe there is a 90% chance of success."

Bian Desheng's cloudy old eyes suddenly widened, he nodded, and conveyed Lin Shiyi's words to Qianyue Kunxing one by one. The two of them immediately showed joy on their faces, and then quickly regained their composure.

"Okay, Junior Brother Lin, let's go. Tomorrow the three of us will go to the palace and discuss with the Palace Master how to repel the enemy."

Bian Desheng said casually, bowing.

These words were naturally meant to be said to the monks in the palace and Lu Qingyao.

"Okay, please, Senior Brother."

Lin Shiyi bowed and watched the three people enter the Cangshen Pavilion.

He took a deep breath and floated towards the main hall.

The main hall's formation seemed to have sensed a hole and the door slowly opened.

Lin Shiyi flew forward without saying a word and entered the dark hall.

After landing in the hall, he looked towards the platform and saw Lu Qingyao playing with the night pearl he had placed there earlier. It was precisely because the night pearl was held in her hand and could not emit light that the hall once again turned into a strange environment filled with blue light.

"I've met the palace master."

Lin Shiyi bowed respectfully.

Lu Qingyao did not say anything, but put the night pearl in front of her eyes with a gloomy face to examine it. The white mysterious light shone on her face, making her pretty face look pale, and she looked like a female ghost.

After a long time, she seemed to have seen enough and threw the night pearl back to the ceiling. The pearl floated in the air again, and the light in the hall became normal again.

"Tell me, are these three trying to turn you against me?"

Lu Qingyao moved her body. She sat on the phoenix chair with her legs crossed, looking down at Lin Shiyi from above. Her narrow and long phoenix eyes were slightly narrowed, but with a cold light in them.

Feeling that Lu Qingyao was not completely stupid, Lin Shiyi said truthfully: "They asked me to join them, so that we could subdue you and surrender with the palace disciples."

With a bang, Lu Qingyao crushed the armrest of the phoenix chair.

Her eyebrows were raised, and she gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice: "It's better to raise a few dogs than to raise them..."

Lin Shiyi smiled and continued, "In my opinion, you should not raise anything. The three of them were originally undercover agents from various forces. You can't even recognize this, and you have wasted so many mid-level crystals in vain. I feel sorry for you."

"Shut up!"

Lu Qingyao cried out in anger, her whole body trembling, her chest heaving, and her fair hands clenched into fists.

If she surrendered, all her efforts would be in vain, she would still return to that dark cage and would never have the chance to take revenge.

Gradually, Lu Qingyao calmed down. She frowned and looked at Lin Shiyi, saying, "What are you thinking? Do you really want to join them to deal with me?"