The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Shi Tian was rejected by Li Ji but still didn't give up.

He stubbornly knelt outside Li Ji's room for seven days.

But to everyone's surprise, Li Ji simply shut herself in her room and refused to come out.

Realizing that Li Ji was truly unforgiving, Shi Tiancai finally resigned himself to returning to Jiuqi City, hoping to reorganize things properly before his mother arrived.

Shi Tian's mother, Yao Yu, also arrived in Jiuqi City half a month later.

Li Ji thought that taking the Emperor's decree to Wen Fuyue and his party to visit Yao Yu again would be inconvenient due to the many formalities involved.

So he took Bai Ruo Shouzhuo with him to Jiuqi City to see Yaoyu.

Bai Ruo and Shou Zhuo had been traveling in the Ling tribe for a while and it was almost time for them to return to Qingqiu with Li Ji.

As the three left, Bai Ruo reminded Wan Nian to cultivate diligently.

Shouzhuo was unaware that the imperial edict and Li Ji and her group had all gone to the human realm. He thought there would be many opportunities to meet them in the future, so he warmly invited everyone to visit Shuangluo City when they left.

Li Ji left with three people, but returned alone.

With the opportunity to return just around the corner, Rong Xuan and the others could hardly hide their excitement.

The emperor didn't care about the timing; as soon as Li Ji returned, she took her people directly to the teleportation array in the Ling clan's territory.

As for the sea area he conquered, he has already told Shitian, and Shitian will help take care of it.

This was the condition he offered when he brought Shitian to see Li Ji that day.

When Yun Yici returned to the human realm, he was filled with countless emotions.

When they arrived, there were only five people: the master and his disciples, two imperial edicts (one a servant and the other a servant), and the two beasts, Xue Lian.

I originally went to the Demon Realm to help Mu Yunjian and Wan Nian transform into human form, but I never expected that I would be gone for a whole year.

Mu Yunjian and Wan Nian have successfully transformed into human form, and she and Ning Tinglan have also formed their cores.

And... they even brought Shen Huaichuan back with them.

There's also Master Mingwu and Lady Li.

It was already late when the group returned to Kunlun.

Under the cover of night, the emperor summoned the demonic birds of Kunlun, hoping to reach the foot of the mountain as soon as possible.

As for the two beasts, Snow Chain and Black Chain, they preferred to stay in Kunlun.

The imperial decree had nowhere to take them, so they were ordered to stay in Kunlun and cultivate in peace, and not to show themselves or harm others.

The two beasts were infamous in Kunlun. Originally, they only had one Transformation Grass. After recognizing the Emperor's decree as their master, Hei Lian also transformed into a human.

As long as they don't cause trouble in Kunlun, they can still share Kunlun's strength based on what they used to do, and they won't fare too badly in the future.

After settling the two beasts, the group then boarded the demon bird bearing the imperial edict.

The demon bird carried everyone to the foot of Kunlun Mountain. When they saw the lights of Wangyue City in the distance, they dismounted from the demon bird and flew towards Wangyue City.

But as soon as they entered Wangyue City, the city lord Shang Wen, having received the news, excitedly came to invite them into his mansion for a reunion.

Wen Fuyue and her group had entered Kunlun at his request to search for the Snow Sun Grass.

But he never heard from them again. Shang Wen was uneasy, but he couldn't find any news about the Nanhua Sect when he inquired outside.

He kept people watching out for anyone in the city who resembled Wen Fuyue and her disciples.

Today, the day we've been waiting for has finally arrived.

Unlike the sorrow he felt a year ago, Shang Wen was now beaming with joy.

He excitedly led everyone into the mansion, saying to Wen Fuyue, "I must thank Peak Master Wen's esteemed disciple for finding the Snow Sun Grass for my daughter."

"Now that my Fu'er is fully recovered, I'm worried about how to repay you."

"It is getting late. Please, fellow Daoists, stay at my City Lord's Mansion for the night."

"I have already ordered a banquet to be prepared in the manor. Please have some wine."

Shang Wen was very tactful, neither asking about Wen Fuyue's whereabouts for more than a year, nor about the identities of Li Ji and the others.

When Li Ji arrived at Kunlun, she transformed her highly distinctive beastly eyes into the black eyes of a mortal.

As long as she doesn't reveal her demonic power, she appears to be nothing more than a harmless and weak woman.

Wen Fuyue and her group had stayed in the demon realm for more than a year, and they missed the human realm very much when they returned, so they did not refuse Shang Wen's kindness.

After everyone arrived at the banquet hall and took their seats, Shang Wen asked the maids in his mansion to invite his two daughters.

Shang Mi was just as aloof and elegant as they had been when they met her a year ago, but today she also had a smile on her face.

Beside her was Shang Fu, her older sister.

The two women share some similarities in their features, but Shang Fu is more spirited and resembles her father more.

Shang Fu first bowed to Wen Fuyue, and then knelt and kowtowed to Yun Yici: "Thank you for saving my life, Fellow Daoist Yun."

Yun Yici was startled and quickly went to help Shang Fu, saying, "It was nothing."

She had completely forgotten about it, and seeing Shang Fu so lively and energetic made her very happy.

Shang Wen said to Yun Yici, "If it weren't for young friend Yun's help, my Fu'er might still be lying unconscious in bed today."

"This kneeling was the right thing to do."

The merchant father and daughter were both grateful people, so Li Ji and Shen Huaichuan, who were meeting them for the first time, had a very good impression of them.

As the banquet drew to a close and the atmosphere was just right, Shang Wen called in a servant to bring in a storage bag.

He personally handed the storage bag to Yun Yici: "This is the bounty for the Snow Sun Grass."

"Young friend Yun, please don't refuse."

The bounty for the Snow Sun Grass had been up for a long time, and Shang Wen kept increasing the reward, but no one could retrieve it.

Previously, we had not seen Yun Yici and the others, but now that we have, we should naturally keep our promise.

After Yun Yici took it, she scanned the storage bag with her divine sense and was then shocked.

It was more than the spirit stones Wen Fuyue had given her.

one million!

She had never seen so many spirit stones before!

Seeing Yun Yici standing there stunned, holding the storage bag, Shang Wen said nervously, "Please don't think it's too little, young friend Yun. If it's not enough, I..."

Yun Yici looked conflicted. It wasn't that she thought it was too little; it was far too much. Was Snow Sun Grass really that expensive?

Wen Fuyue spoke up in time: "In that case, Xiao Ci, please accept it. This is also a token of the Lord of the Mall's goodwill."

Wen Fuyue had no idea how much was in that storage bag.

But as a teacher and father, if he were in his place, he would be willing to give everything to save a life; no amount of spirit stones would matter.

Only after Wen Fuyue spoke did Yun Yici put away the storage bag, and the three of them, including Shang Wen and his daughter, smiled again.

Shang Wen said casually, "My Fu'er had been in a coma for a while, so I wanted to keep Mi'er by my side and kept her there for eight years."

"She should have attended the apprenticeship ceremony when she was ten years old, but she just happened to be there this time."

Wen Fuyue understood Shang Wen's implied meaning and directly asked, "Young friend Shang, do you want to join the Nanhua Sect?"

Shang Wen really did have this idea.

It was a rare opportunity to connect with Wen Fuyue, and he noticed that Wen Fuyue's disciples were all extraordinary and would surely become outstanding figures in the future.

Everyone loves their daughter and can't help but plan more for her.

Moreover, it was he who misled Shang Mi. Originally, Shang Mi should have attended the disciple-acceptance ceremony at the age of ten to become a disciple of one of the Twelve Sects.

However, because Shang Fu was injured, he was selfish, fearing that he would have no successor and that he would not be able to take care of Shang Mi outside, so he kept Shang Mi by his side.