The eldest sister just wanted to give up, while the spirit swords vied to recognize her as their mas

These words undoubtedly held immense appeal for Yun Fuzhao.

She immediately patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, leave this to me. I'll handle it perfectly."

Yun Fuzhao took the ten alchemy furnaces back with him. These past few days, none of the disciples had had a chance to practice. Theory alone is insufficient; alchemy requires hands-on practice.

The alchemy furnace is in place; the remaining issue is the supply of spiritual materials. Major sects are geographically advantageous, and their spiritual veins have given rise to many rare and exotic herbs.

It can be supplied to them for their own production and sales.

The Boundless Sword Sect once had a superior spiritual vein, but after Wei Heyu ascended to immortality, this spiritual vein gradually dried up and is now almost completely depleted.

The mountain behind their sect was overgrown with weeds.

System 001: [Host, the shop is having a limited-time discount: 400 points for a Xuan-rank spiritual vein.]

Good lad, she's still on credit and using up the points she earned yesterday.

Yun Fuzhao: [Fine, I'll buy it!]

Too many lice don't itch, too much debt doesn't worry.

System 001: [The Profound-Rank Spiritual Vein has arrived. Friendly reminder: Please proceed to the Ten Directions Secret Realm as soon as possible after participating in the Sect Competition.]

【no problem. 】

[He Yu, 3rd Guard of the Yun Family Brigade: A Xuan-rank spiritual vein, this is a treasure. Back when I was here, it was only a seventh-rank spiritual vein.]

[A profound-grade spiritual vein—there are probably only a handful of sects in the entire cultivation world that possess that.]

Such a high-grade spiritual vein can produce a considerable amount of high-grade spiritual materials.

[Yun Family Team 2, Hong Ziqing: I'm so envious! Why isn't Xiao Zhaozhao in our sect?]

"Your Hehuan Sect doesn't refine pills, so this spiritual vein is of no use to you."

[Yun Family Brigade 2, Hong Ziqing: I don't like hearing that. With this spiritual vein, just selling the spiritual materials would make a fortune.]

Yun Fuzhao went to the back mountain, and the system said that he could just throw the spiritual vein on the ground and use it immediately.

As expected of a Xuan-level spirit vein, even the weeds on the ground were radiating a rich spiritual energy as soon as the vein entered the earth. Yun Fuzhao observed carefully; had this... acquired a rank?

Weeds with distinct ranks—I've never heard of such a thing before.

After putting it away, Yun Fuzhao turned back to Qingluo Peak.

As soon as I stepped inside, I heard a noisy commotion.

"I dare not use the Rong family's alchemy furnace! I still want to cultivate immortality!"

"The sect leader is really using the Rong family's alchemy furnace. He doesn't care about our safety at all."

A weak voice rang out, "Please rest assured, there's nothing wrong with these alchemy furnaces..."

"Of course you say there's nothing wrong with your family's alchemy furnace. Before the accident, your father didn't say the same thing. And what happened? Those alchemists were never able to refine pills in their entire lives."

"..."

"What are you saying?" Yun Fuzhao stepped through the gate.

The main hall fell silent for a moment.

One disciple couldn't contain himself any longer and questioned, "Sect Master, why did you purchase the Rong family's alchemy furnace?"

Once you start, you'll start again. "Sect Master, you may not know this, but any alchemist would never use the Rong family's alchemy furnace."

Among the disciples was one who was more than ten years older than Yun Fuzhao. He spoke with a sense of superiority, "When the Rong family had their troubles, the sect leader was just a toddler who had just learned to walk. It's normal that he didn't know."

Yun Fuzhao: "How could I not know? On the contrary, I knew, which is why I bought the Rong family's alchemy furnace."

Everyone was stunned.

Yuan Youxi was clearly a die-hard fan of Yun Fuzhao. "The sect leader must have her own reasons for doing this. If you're afraid, I'll use this alchemy furnace myself."

She chuckled as she touched the smooth interior of the alchemy furnace. "I use seven by myself, one each day, rotating them."

"..."

Yun Fuzhao readily agreed, "Sure. If you don't want to use it, then don't hinder the disciples who do."

She feigned regret and said, "Alas, the world has really changed; no one even uses a sixth-grade alchemy furnace anymore."

"Sixth rank? Sect Master, you're not joking, are you?"

"No way, is this really a grade that a piece of trash like me can use?"

Yun Fuzhao: "Is this something to joke about? This was personally approved by your Teacher Qi."

After spending the past few days together, they had gained a certain understanding of Qi Huai's alchemy skills. He had even demonstrated it once, his movements fluid and effortless.

Alchemy requires the utmost concentration, yet he read storybooks while refining pills, and eventually even produced a fifth-grade pill.

This method of alchemy is quite groundbreaking even in the entire cultivation world.

"Teacher Qi has confirmed that it's definitely a sixth-rank official."

The disciples, who had initially been quite disdainful, all rushed over and hugged the alchemy furnace. "I don't care anymore. If I can use a sixth-grade alchemy furnace to refine pills even once, I'll accept being blown up."

Yuan Youxi chuckled, "Look at you, so pathetic."

Rong Yao was somewhat at a loss.

Yun Fuzhao patted her shoulder, "Don't worry, it won't be long before your Rong family's forging shop becomes popular again."

"Thank you, Master."

"If you really want to thank me, then prepare well for the sect competition." Yun Fuzhao smiled. "Don't waste such a great talent like yours."

Even the notoriously strict fox Qi Huai praised her for her high comprehension, which shows that Rong Yao is truly a promising talent for alchemy.

"Uh-huh."

After doing all this, Yun Fuzhao went to find Qu Wangzhi and asked, "Master, guess what I found?"

Qu Wangzhi was dozing under a tree, with a half-finished chessboard in front of him.

Yun Fuzhao glanced at it and felt that the endgame was quite ingenious, but she couldn't grasp it at her current level. She looked at it a few more times.

"Why didn't you say anything when you got here? Were you trying to scare me to death?"

Qu Wangzhi opened his eyes and yawned.

"I told you, you were sleeping too soundly to hear me."

"Really? Looks like my sleeping skills have improved," Qu Wangzhi casually scrambled the chessboard. "Want to play a game?"

“If we don’t come now,” Yun Fuzhao continued the previous topic, “Master, I’ve discovered something.”

"what?"

"You will know if you come with me."

Yun Fuzhao took him to the back mountain.

Qu Wangzhi immediately sensed something was wrong, "A spiritual vein?"

Yun Fuzhao looked surprised, his acting skills were superb, "It's actually a spiritual vein? This weed is full of spiritual energy, I thought it had mutated."

Qu Wangzhi carefully sensed it, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. "It seems that the grade is not low. ... But our sect's spiritual veins dried up decades ago."

"Could it be a newly grown one?"

“I need to talk to the Grand Elder about this,” Qu Wangzhi said with a solemn expression. “Don’t tell anyone else about this yet.”

High-grade spiritual veins are a fatal temptation for any sect. If other major sects find out about them, they will most likely resort to force.

Yun Fuzhao nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Okay."

She made a sealing motion.

Qu Wangzhi didn't say anything more and left in a hurry.

Yun Fuzhao touched the jade pendant on his wrist. If this spiritual vein could nurture top-quality spiritual materials, it would definitely attract high-grade spiritual beasts.

At that time, she won't need to search the entire cultivation world for beast cores to feed Jiaoyu.