Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

It doesn't matter. Even without those two old bastards, there are other elders who are willing to fawn over her.

Those two old bastards better not come begging to her again.

Soon, Qu Yao summoned the Eighth Elder, Lan Yueying, and the Eleventh Elder, An Li.

Lan Yueying is in the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, while An Li is in the late stage of the Mahayana Realm.

Both of them looked troubled upon hearing Qu Yao's words.

How could the elders of the Law Enforcement Association do such a despicable thing!

Qu Yao used a lot of persuasion, implying that Feng Yu agreed to do so, and promising the two benefits, such as helping them to be promoted.

They've been the eighth and eleventh elders for hundreds of years; they should be promoted, at least to the top six.

Only the top six elders of the Law Enforcement Association have real power. From the seventh elder onwards, they are merely figureheads, only able to raise their hands to indicate agreement at meetings.

The two had long wanted to be promoted. Elders without real power could only receive their allowances, and no one gave them gifts. Their cultivation resources were much less than those of the top six.

Lan Yueying and An Li exchanged a glance, both of them smitten.

They were pushed into the Law Enforcers Association by their sects and families, just to have a voice.

Qu Yao, a Nascent Soul cultivator, climbed up to become the president of the association and became a presiding judge. Her annual income, which is not to be discussed, is hundreds of times more than theirs.

They saw that the president always granted Qu Yao's requests, and if Qu Yao said that the president agreed, then he must have agreed.

Now, the power of discourse is beckoning to them, and they have no reason not to agree.

Qu Yao observed their reactions and then continued to deceive them, saying, "Zhong Lingxin murdered my daughter. You know my daughter, so I won't go into details. You just need to secretly kidnap her. The Qingyun Sect is just a second-level sect; it's nothing serious."

Soon, the three of them agreed that in a few days, Qu Xin would find an excuse to go to Qingyun Sect to see what had happened to her.

Lan Yueying and An Li disguised themselves as Qu Yao's attendants and infiltrated the Qingyun Sect.

Qu Xin used an excuse to lure out all the elders from the back mountain of Qingyun Sect, and Lan Yueying and An Li sneaked into the back mountain to kidnap people.

The plan was perfect.

The three exchanged a smile, full of confidence.

Zhong Lingxin, inside Qingyang Cave, was unaware that Qu Yao had already plotted against her.

She was studying the small tower she had obtained from the Tianyuan Secret Realm.

She has already made a contract with the small herb garden that Jingling gave her, and it is now safely placed in her dantian.

This little tower is impenetrable; neither divine sense nor heart's blood can penetrate it.

It looks like an ordinary little tower no matter how you look at it.

But she didn't believe it was an ordinary little tower. Just as she was dripping her heart's blood, she clearly felt the spiritual energy fluctuations of the little tower.

Zhong Lingxin did not tell her master about the existence of the small tower and the small herb garden.

It's not that I don't trust my master, but rather that the fewer people who know about a cultivator's opportunities, the better.

I'm afraid someone might inadvertently let something slip, leading to unnecessary trouble.

Xiao Huanhuan and Xiao Lele circled around the little tower, worried for Zhong Lingxin.

Three days have passed, and Zhong Lingxin still has no way to deal with Xiaota.

Little Lele got angry. He pulled the little tower into the flames and said fiercely, "Useless piece of junk, I'll burn it!"

The silent, colorless flames burned at extreme temperatures.

The small tower spun rapidly in the flames.

The tower grew brighter and brighter as it burned, and the outer layer of material covering it was burned away.

The entire tower turned golden and shone brightly, and a distant chime emanated from within, striking straight to the heart.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

One, two, three...

Zhong Lingxin felt as if her mind and spirit had been shattered, revealing a distant desolation and grandeur, melancholy and lingering sorrow.

It seems that she has experienced countless vicissitudes, witnessed countless sunrises and sunsets, and seen countless people's life and death cycles.

The bells in the tower finally stopped ringing, leaving only a buzzing echo.

Xiao Huanhuan stared at the small tower and said, "Xin Xin (Huanhuan and Lele agreed on this; they call themselves Huanhuan and Lele, and Zhong Lingxin is called Xin Xin), I counted, it's eighty-one."

Zhong Lingxin nodded.

The golden light on the small pagoda gradually faded, slowly receding back into the pagoda itself.

With a wave of her hand, Zhong Lingxin sent the small pagoda into her palm. It spun around and flew straight into her dantian.

A long sigh echoed in Zhong Lingxin's mind: "I have seen the light of day again!"

Zhong Lingxin asked, "Who are you?"

But there was no answer. He looked inward into his mind's eye, but there was nothing there.

Looking inward at the dantian again, a small, golden tower stood upright in the very center. The small herb garden that was originally in the center of the dantian was now squeezed into a corner.

Her Soul-Slaying Sword also stood beside the small tower.

Zhong Lingxin touched the small tower with her spiritual energy, but the tower ignored her.

I touched it again and again, but it still ignored me.

It doesn't answer when you ask it questions.

Zhong Lingxin was annoyed; it was like bringing back an ancestor to worship.

But at least you should explain how to make the offerings!

Xiao Lele guessed, "Xin Xin, do you think it's because it hasn't seen the light of day for too long? Is it finally alive and needs to rest?"

Zhong Lingxin shook her head: "I don't know. Looking at it now, we won't be able to get any information out of it. Let's talk about it in a few days. You two should hurry up and get promoted. I also need to go into seclusion to prepare for my promotion."

Little Huanhuan happily ran off to find Uncle Xuanyuan, who had promised to give her something nice.

Little Lele hurriedly grabbed a bunch of fire jade boxes and crawled into an array that Venerable Qingyang had specially set up for him.

When they were in the Tianyuan Secret Realm, he knew that the red sable had no good intentions, so it just played around and didn't swallow a single flame.

The sable thought he hadn't developed his intelligence yet and was waiting for him to grow up.

Now, he's Xin Xin's idol. Xin Xin wants them to work together to ascend to the Immortal Realm, so he should hurry up and advance!

As for the small tower in his dantian, he wasn't worried at all.

He could tell that Venerable Qingyang was a formidable figure, not only incredibly close to the Great Perfection of Tribulation Transcending, but also possessing terrifying combat power.

Such a person cannot be judged by common sense.

Anyway, as a small flame, he had an instinctive fear in front of him.

Zhong Lingxin returned to the cultivation room and sat down properly.

She could feel a connection between herself and the little tower, though she didn't know if it was from her haphazard actions a few days ago that had stirred her soul, or from a drop of her heart's blood. In any case, she could sense the little tower.

The little tower ignored her, perhaps because she wasn't high enough level and the tower spirit couldn't awaken.

Then she should get promoted soon.

Perfect timing! A trip to the secret realm would provide her with so much to learn.

Both Qingyang Venerable Saint and Xuanyuan clearly felt intense fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from Zhong Lingxin's cave.

Neither the person nor the beast spoke, nor did they use their divine sense to scan the area.

In the world of cultivation, everyone has their own opportunities.

All they have to do is protect their apprentice (Xiaoxin'er) as she grows up.

At the entrance of the Qingyun Sect, the disciples guarding the mountain quickly reported to Yu Letian, the manager of the Foreign Affairs Hall, that Qu Yao, the chief judge of the Law Enforcement Association, had arrived.

Yu Letian thought for a moment, then sent a message to Yun Miaomiao and another to Sect Master Lu Linchen.