The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

Ying Li and Yi Bicheng had met Yao Fan's master, Zhao Lei. Their expressions remained unchanged, their respect for Zhao Lei outweighing any admiration or suspicion. Zhao Lei, too, abandoned his usual capricious nature and became considerably more polite to Yi Bicheng and Ying Li.

But when Zhao Lei learned that Ying Li's master was Old Man Yan, his face immediately darkened. He didn't care whether Cui Yunfei had tripped him up and made him have no place in the Yun family back then. He just looked down on Old Man Yan because of his carefree and irresponsible attitude.

Seeing the untamed look in Ying Li's eyes that couldn't be concealed no matter how obedient her expression was, he snorted coldly and became much colder towards her. Ying Li naturally knew this, but she didn't care at all. What did it matter what outsiders thought of her or how they treated her? As long as they didn't hurt her or make her sad, she was happy to be alone and carefree.

Yi Bicheng was somewhat indignant, but Zhao Lei was, after all, a spirit master enshrined by the Heavenly Palace, a yellow-robed level, a guest of honor among guests. Even if he was the young master of the Heavenly Palace, he still had to be somewhat wary of him.

"Fan'er, how could you be hanging out with Old Man Yan's apprentice?! If your master is of questionable character, how can his apprentice be any better?! Listen to your master, don't get involved with these people. I don't care what happens to the young master, but you are my apprentice. If you disobey, your master will punish you severely!" Zhao Lei was furious, especially after Ying Li and the others left, he made no attempt to hide his anger.

“Master, I didn’t know that Ali was Uncle Yan’s disciple, but Ali isn’t…”

"Shut up! How dare you talk back to your master?!" Zhao Lei's face turned pale when he saw Yao Fan still trying to exonerate Ying Li. His face, which was covered with dark clouds, was covered with frost. He clenched his right hand and coldly flicked his sleeve. "You rest well. Your master will not allow you to mess around with them! Your senior brother will come to participate in the spiritual arts competition in your place in a couple of days. After the competition, we will go home and never come back."

Yao Fan stared at Zhao Lei with her neck stiff. She had always been afraid of him and respected him. Whatever her master said was the same. He was her second parent. No matter what, as long as it was Zhao Lei who said it, Yao Fan would respectfully obey.

This time was no different. She nodded, got out of bed, poured Zhao Lei a cup of tea, and only felt relieved when she saw his anger gradually subside. She must not let her master down. Her skills were not good enough, and she could not stand up for her master this time. In the future, she would definitely cultivate diligently and not let her master down.

"Ah Li, that's just how Master Zhao is, please don't take it to heart." Yi Bicheng saw Ying Li's furrowed brows and thought that Zhao Lei's attitude had been too cold just now, so she was a little sad. After sending Ying Li back to her room, she quickly said this.

Ying Li turned to look at the wall beside her, quickly stepped over and covered Yi Bicheng's mouth, and smiled slightly, "Yes, Brother Bicheng, Master will be here in a few days. After we finish the spiritual arts competition, I will leave with Master. Are you coming with us, or going back to Bixia Palace?"

After speaking, he gave Yi Bicheng a wink. Yi Bicheng glanced to the side and saw a faint spiritual energy surging towards them. It would be impossible to detect without careful investigation. It seemed that Zhao Lei was quite interesting. His attempt to conceal something was a bit too obvious, but it couldn't be ruled out that he was simply curious about Ying Li's identity.

In this situation, we can only take it one step at a time. Yi Bicheng nodded, and Ying Li took the hand that was covering Yi Bicheng's hand away. The other party said, "Of course I will go with you. This old Yue Town is too boring and remote. Staying here is simply a waste of time."

Ying Li and Yi Bicheng exchanged a few words, which Zhao Lei found boring and didn't find particularly suspicious. Apart from Ying Li's master, Old Man Yan, being somewhat annoying, Ying Li herself was a pretty good girl.

Ying Li and Yi Bicheng were waiting for an opportunity. They would only dare to act recklessly after Old Man Yan arrived. Right now, they were at most two spiritual cultivators at the spiritual cultivation level. Zhao Lei could crush them as easily as crushing two ants.

After a few days of peace and quiet, the day of the Spiritual Arts Battle finally arrived. Old Yue Town also began to bustle with activity. Ying Li refined the Ant Beast Spirit Pearl given to him by Yi Bicheng, and sure enough, his dantian was filled with energy. The spiritual energy of this spirit pearl refined from pure ant beast inner cores was more than three times richer than that of a thousand unfused ant beast inner cores. However, Ying Li still did not feel the feeling of breaking through to the sixth stage of spiritual cultivation.

"What happened? Could it be that something went wrong with my body?" Ying Li sat on the bed, clenched his right hand and then released it. A surge of blue spiritual energy swirled and rose from the withered bone ring, flowing through his fingertips. A blue flame rose on his index finger. Ying Li reached out to the table and flicked it lightly. With a loud "bang!", the teacup on the table shattered and exploded in mid-air, spilling tea everywhere. The teacup shattered into powder and mixed with hot water, landing on the table in a neat row of thin white lines.

Such powerful spiritual energy shouldn't be a sign of a physical problem. Could it be that my body is becoming increasingly malnourished?!

"Nanchuan, I ate an Ant Beast Spirit Pearl, but I didn't feel any breakthrough. Is it because my body is not satisfied with the current spiritual energy supply?" Ying Li got out of bed, opened the window and looked outside.

Nan Chuan leaped out of the Bone Ring and stood beside Ying Li by the window, saying, "That's natural. The stronger you are, the stronger you become. Your current body can probably absorb and convert more spiritual energy. If an ordinary person had eaten that spirit pearl, it would probably take them at least three months to digest it. It was a spirit pearl, not some ordinary inner core. Besides, even an inner core would take several days to digest. You ate an entire pure spirit pearl without even blinking. I estimate you'll need to eat two more to see any changes, otherwise it'll all be for nothing." Nan Chuan said slowly, his gaze suddenly meeting Yi Bicheng's on the street outside the window. He turned to look at the oblivious Ying Li, gently patted her back with his right hand, and then disappeared again.

Ying Li was momentarily stunned. By the time she realized Nan Chuan had vanished, Yi Bicheng had already entered. She glanced instinctively behind Yi Bicheng and, seeing that Nan Chuan had returned to the Bone Ring, finally felt relieved.

"Ah Li, what are you looking at?!" Yi Bicheng asked, noticing Ying Li's somewhat absent-minded expression.

Ying Li shook his head. "Has anyone entered Laoyue Town? The town has been quite lively these past few days."

Seeing that Ying Li did not answer, Yi Bicheng did not care and said, "The yellow-robed spirit masters from the nine mansions of Mo, Shang, Yun, Tian, ​​Feng, Tu, Yu, Leng, and Lie have all arrived and are staying at the inn outside the town. However, Master Yan has not come. Qi Chen, the disciple of Wang Mingjing, the yellow-robed spirit master of the Mo mansion, just delivered a letter saying that it was written by Master Yan and asked me to show it to you."

After Yi Bicheng finished speaking, he handed the black envelope in his hand to Ying Li. Ying Li thought that his master would write something, but he did not expect that his face would become more and more ugly after opening it. On the huge piece of paper, there was only a drawing of an upside-down wine gourd with two drops of wine dripping from the mouth of the bottle. A little girl was standing next to it, facing nine young men and women, with a bitter look on her face.

Ying Li was both amused and exasperated. Yi Bicheng, standing to the side, was equally bewildered. "Master Yan wants you to fight all the other opponents alone? And he's not even going to come and support you?!"

Ying Li smiled helplessly, "An upside-down wine jug that's empty, another poor girl who looks just like me, and nine different kinds of young men and women surrounded by spiritual energy—isn't this just me going to find wine? Disciple, you decide what to do?! It's such a huge loss to have this master!"

Yi Bicheng smiled wryly as well, "No wonder Qi Chen looked so unhappy. I guess Master Yan didn't want to be with Master Wang, so he sneaked off!"

Ying Li shook his head, realizing he really couldn't do anything about his master.

"You little bitch, come out here! You have the guts to use underhanded tricks to harm my junior brother, but you don't have the guts to come out here!" Just as Ying Li and Yi Bicheng were speechless in the face of Old Man Yan's performance, a malicious shout suddenly came from outside the inn.

Ying Li and Yi Bicheng's expressions changed. They thought that the letter might be calling someone else, so they put away the letter. They were about to discuss how to find Old Man Yan. After all, Zhao Lei was unclear about Yao Fan's purpose, and the two of them had no one to rely on, so they were a little sad.

Unexpectedly, another round of curses erupted outside, this time directed at Ying Li by name. "Ying Li, you little bitch! You disrespect my master, beat and scolded my junior brother, and used vicious methods to severely injure him. Let me tell you, if you don't come out today, I'll tear down this inn and burn it down, suffocating you to death inside, making you wish you were dead!"

"Ying Li, you come out here, you little bitch! You little bitch who was born of a father but had no mother to raise you! Get out here right now!"

Ying Li's expression remained normal; he didn't want to pay any attention to such mindless curses. However, this person shouldn't have dragged his father into it. He pushed open the window that he had just closed, and Ying Li's expression hardened. Looking down at the crowd, he saw a man in black standing on the street with a fierce face. Hearing a sound above him, he quickly looked up and saw a little girl glaring at him angrily.

He spat, thinking to himself that this was the little bitch who bullied his junior brother Ma Yin. He was about to launch into another round of insults when Ying Li coldly looked at him and said, "Anyone around here who doesn't want to die, get back ten meters away!"

Even though the onlookers had expressions of amusement on their faces, they felt a chill in their hearts after hearing Ying Li's sharp shout. Looking at Ying Li's indifferent eyes, they involuntarily took a dozen meters back. The whole street was wide and spacious, with only the fat man in black shouting and cursing with a disdainful expression.

"You little bitch, what tricks are you playing! Let me tell you, as long as you kneel down and beg for mercy from your brother, and agree to come with me to see my master and junior brother, I will plead for you in front of them. It would be such a pity to ruin such a handsome face!" The man stared at Ying Li with an arrogant expression, forcing him to crane his neck to look up at him, his eyes filled with resentment.

Ying Li looked at him and smiled coldly. She slowly raised her right hand, and dark clouds suddenly appeared in the sky, one after another. "Crack!" A loud noise accompanied the violent shaking of the earth. Lightning floated in Ying Li's hand, and blue light was reflected in her eyes. She looked at the deep pit in the street, and the black figure suddenly fell down, finally clutching the remaining electricity in his hand. In the chaos, she saw Cui Yunfei's face hiding in the shadows, dark and narrow, and finally disappeared into the darkness and was never seen again.