Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 2: A Chance to Survive

"Junior brother, it's time to take medicine..." A voice with a hint of coquettishness sounded in Xiao Yichen's ears. He withdrew from his practice and slowly opened his eyes. He saw Yun Mei sitting beside him with a pill in her hand, looking at him charmingly.

This person was the woman who had lured Xiao Yichen into the Meiyu Sect not long ago, and was now his nominal Taoist partner.

Looking at the charming woman in front of him, if Xiao Yichen had not learned the truth about the sect's cultivation, he would have fallen for her long ago.

He discovered this secret by accident. One night, he was bored and wandering around. When he passed by the residence of a certain senior brother, he heard lingering sounds coming from inside. With three parts of curiosity and one hundred and forty-seven parts of lust and boldness, he quietly came to the window of the senior brother, but he saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

It was difficult to describe the specific scene. He only knew that the senior brother lying on the bed at this moment looked as if his body was hollowed out, with sunken eye sockets and tears in the corners of his eyes. He looked like he was about to collapse.

Xiao Yichen's legs were trembling outside the window.

"Oh my god, this isn't just the Hehuan Sect, it's also an evil sect. No, I have to find a way to escape."

Later he learned that most of the female disciples in the Meiyu Sect, when they reached a bottleneck in their cultivation, would most likely remain at this stage for the rest of their lives due to lack of talent. At this time, they needed a male with a pure yang body to practice dual cultivation with them in order to break through the bottleneck and advance to a higher level.

It is called dual cultivation, but in fact it is just a cauldron. After being squeezed dry of every last bit of value by them, what awaits these male disciples is the exhaustion of vitality and tragic death.

If they want their furnace to play the greatest role, the cultivation level of the furnace must be as close to their own as possible, and it would be better if it exceeds their own. However, how can cultivators who are stronger than them be willing to become their furnace?

The cultivation levels in this world are divided into seven realms from low to high, namely, body tempering, Qi training, pill formation, mind concentration, fusion, enlightenment, and ascension to immortality. Each realm is further divided into four smaller realms: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and peak.

Xiao Yichen's nominal Taoist partner is Yun Mei. Her current realm is at the high level of Qi training. Relying on Xiao Yichen's talent, it will take only about five years for her to reach the Qi training stage. It is not very fast, but it is definitely not slow. It can barely be considered a mid-to-high quality cauldron.

Thinking back to the present, looking at the pills in Yunmei's hand, Xiao Yichen felt a little headache. In the past few days, he had been eating various pills every day, most of which were used to improve his physical condition.

These elixirs that are worth a fortune in the mortal world are like poison in his eyes. He knows that the faster he cultivates, the closer he is to death.

"Senior Sister, please put it aside for now. The effect of yesterday's pill has not been fully absorbed yet." He smiled faintly at Yunmei. Now he did not have the courage to turn against her. He could only flatter her and wait for an opportunity to leave this evil sect.

Upon hearing this, Yun Mei no longer harbored any suspicion towards him. She placed the pills in her hand on the wooden table beside her and suddenly threw Xiao Yichen onto the bed. He did not resist, knowing that the other party would not be able to touch him until his cultivation level reached the required level, otherwise the pills she had fed him before would be wasted.

Yun Mei lay on Xiao Yichen, stroking his cheek with her right hand, and whispered in his ear: "Junior brother, you are really hardworking. Are you eager to get Senior Sister? Hehe..."

Xiao Yichen, who was under her, cursed her in his heart as a witch, but his face still had an infatuated look on his face. He wrapped his arms around Yunmei's slender waist. After all, he couldn't suffer any loss.

"Senior Sister, I still have to practice. Don't worry, I will work hard and strive to meet your requirements as soon as possible. Then, I will make other senior sisters envy you to death for finding such a positive and good Taoist partner like me." Xiao Yichen almost vomited after hearing these words. He never thought that there would be a day when he would say such disgusting words.

But Yunmei was very pleased to hear this. After some verbal teasing, she left the room reluctantly.

Lying on the bed, Xiao Yichen looked at the pills on the table beside him and gave a bitter laugh: "Why is it different from what I imagined? Others work so hard to reach the peak as soon as possible and look down on the world, but I work so hard to become someone else's wedding dress. It's really unfair and unfortunate."

He tried many ways to stop the drug from taking effect, like scratching his throat, spitting out the pill, etc., but none of them worked.

The moment the elixir enters his body, it will transform into strands of essence that continuously temper his body. The process is very painful, but the effect is extremely strong. Although his body shape has not changed much during this period of tempering, his muscle density is more than doubled compared to the beginning. It is only a matter of time before he reaches the true body tempering realm.

He walked out of the room and started wandering around the Meiyu Sect again. This was his daily compulsory course. He never knew when he would find an opportunity to escape. Yunmei did not restrict him much. As long as he did not leave the sect or go to places that were strictly prohibited, he was free to do anything.

Arriving at the martial arts training platform in the sect, two women were fighting on the stage. The aftermath of the fight caused the energy barrier in the air to tremble slightly. With every move of the two, waves of spiritual energy attacked the opponent. The people below the stage cheered, and it was very lively.

At this moment, one of the women made a small mistake and was caught by her opponent. Her rhythm was disrupted and she was pushed to the edge step by step. In the end, no miracle happened and she was knocked out of the training platform with a palm.

The woman lying on the ground looked very unwilling. She looked at the man on the stage with anger in her eyes. She slowly stood up and waved to a male disciple outside the arena. Soon, the male disciple came to her side with a numb expression.

"You win. From today on, he is yours." After saying that, the woman pushed the male disciple towards the winner on the stage, then walked out without looking back, with a very ugly expression on her face all the way.

"Is it possible?" Xiao Yichen exclaimed, looking at the male disciple in front of him with some surprise.

Although he knew that the male disciples in the Meiyu Sect did not have high status, he did not expect it to be so low, being traded like a commodity.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and Xiao Yichen thought: "If for some reason I am noticed by another female disciple, will there be a chance for me to escape the clutches of that witch Yun Mei? Even if I only enter the next clay fetus, as long as that person's cultivation is higher than Yun Mei's, wouldn't that give me more time to escape?"

Thinking of this, he left the arena and walked towards the valley inside the sect. When he came to a waterfall, he looked at the water curtain in front of him that looked like a silver dragon. Xiao Yichen's mouth curled up slightly, and he walked along a stone path on the water to a large rock in front of the waterfall.

The surging water constantly hits the stone in front of the eyes, splashing large pieces of water and forming a layer of hazy mist in the air. Under the impact of the water for many years, the surface of the stone has become extremely smooth.

This is a body-refining place specially prepared for disciples who have not yet reached the Body Tempering Stage. However, most of the female disciples in the sect are not in the Body Tempering Stage, and the male disciples are all muddle-headedly using elixirs to improve their cultivation. This training ground has been abandoned for a long time.

Taking off his shirt, Xiao Yichen slowly walked forward. He decided not to improve his realm through elixirs as before, as that was only the lowest level of cultivation.

He has to improve his cultivation step by step through his own efforts. Although this is much slower, it is more solid. Compared with those brothers who are like medicine jars at the same level, his strength is much stronger.

If he wants to attract the attention of those powerful female disciples in the sect, he must show his own strength. As long as he can show his extraordinary talent, he will not have to worry about no one being interested in him.

After figuring it all out, Xiao Yichen encouraged himself and slowly stepped onto the stone. The moment his feet stood on it, the strong current immediately washed him down. His body kept rolling in the water, and the river water instantly filled his mouth and nose, making him unable to breathe.

I climbed back to the shore with great effort and continued walking towards the rock.