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"Greetings, Senior Ye."

You paused for a moment, then immediately bowed.

Although Ye Feng is not as old as you, and decades ago he was your follower, serving you faithfully.

However, in the cultivation world, the strong are respected. You are only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, while Ye Feng is already at the late stage of Qi Refining, at least at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Furthermore, Ye Feng did not express any sentimentality towards the past.

You naturally know what to do: quickly and clearly state your identity.

You're almost sixty years old, long past the age of being a naive youth. Even if you have some grievances, you won't show them on your face.

【"Um......"】

Ye Feng revealed a satisfied expression.

Then we chatted for a few more minutes.

"Back then, I survived a near-death experience in that secret realm..."

Ye Feng's tone clearly carried a hint of smugness.

Although they narrowly escaped death, they ultimately emerged alive and even gained a great opportunity within the secret realm, thus achieving their current late-stage Qi Refining strength.

You listened attentively, but Ye Feng spoke for a long time without mentioning the fifty spirit stones.

You realize that Ye Feng probably doesn't intend to return the fifty spirit stones.

You seemed quite helpless; you lent him those fifty spirit stones entirely because of your relationship with Ye Feng.

Therefore, no spiritual contract or other binding agreement was established.

In fact, even if a spiritual pact is established, it's not very useful.

Ordinary spirit contracts can only bind cultivators in the early and middle stages of Qi Refining.

[Want to restrain a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator? You'll need at least a high-quality spirit contract.]

A high-quality spirit contract is worth at least several hundred spirit stones.

[To borrow fifty spirit stones, you'd spend hundreds to buy a spirit contract?]

No one would do that.

Even a common spirit contract is worth tens or hundreds of spirit stones.

Back then, Master Yun asked Ye Feng for one hundred spirit stones to release the spirit contract, just so he could recoup his investment.

From this perspective, Master Yun's character is quite good.

"If I had known that secret realm held such a great opportunity, I should have gone in and explored it with Senior Ye back then..."

You cautiously probed.

【"you?"】

Ye Feng glanced at you sideways, with a hint of disdain.

"Even I paid a heavy price to barely leave the secret realm. If you were to explore it, reaching the second level of Qi Refining? You wouldn't even know how you died."

Ye Feng said casually.

You have detected a subtle message.

When Ye Feng left that secret realm, he was severely injured.

"Alright, you can go now."

Ye Feng waved his hand. His personal visit to Wushan Market to see Master Yun Dan was obviously for something important.

You should immediately leave the lobby.

That evening, Ye Feng left Wushan Market.

[Master Yun Dan has found you]

"Did Ye Feng return your spirit stones?"

[Master Yun Dan Asks the Question]

Back then, in order to break free from the shackles of the spirit contract, Master Yun knew that Ye Feng had borrowed spirit stones from all over the place.

【"this......"】

You didn't answer rashly, but instead observed Master Yun's reaction.

If Master Yun shows even the slightest bias towards Ye Feng, you will immediately answer "Return it."

[After all, you don't know the current relationship between Master Yun and Ye Feng. The latter is a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, and from any perspective, he is more important than you.]

"You haven't paid it back, have you?"

Master Yun sneered, "That Ye Feng, relying on his ninth-level Qi Refining cultivation, doesn't even put me in his eyes."

Clearly, Master Yun also has a lot of opinions about Ye Feng.

You suddenly realized...

Based on Ye Feng's attitude toward you, he seems to be a very arrogant person.

[Those who believe themselves to be the center of the universe, and that everything should revolve around them]

[Originally, you thought that Ye Feng's arrogance was selective; he would be arrogant towards you, a weakling in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, but would be much more restrained towards Master Yun, who was equivalent to a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator and a high-grade alchemist.]

[Now it seems that this is not the case.]

Looking at the cold smile on Master Yun's lips, you felt inexplicably relieved.

At least Ye Feng is 'fair,' treating everyone the same with 'arrogance.'

Of course, feeling good about it doesn't mean I'll let Ye Feng off the hook.

[You've already remembered Ye Feng. Even if you can't get revenge in this simulation, you'll certainly do so in the next simulation, and the one after that.]

"Heh heh, they actually want to use me to get an audience with Master Zhao and refine the Foundation Establishment Pill..."

Master Yun sneered repeatedly.

The Master Zhao mentioned by Master Yun is Master Yun's mentor in alchemy, a mid-grade second-tier alchemist.

Master Zhao does not reside in Wushan Market, but rather lives in the more prosperous Immortal City.

You listen obediently without offering your own opinion.

However, from Master Yun's tone, we can draw a conclusion.

Ye Feng will not be able to meet Master Zhao again.

"Zhou Qing..."

Master Yun looked at Zhou Qing and said, "I'm getting old. The responsibility of the Yun Clan's Pill Workshop still rests on your shoulders. If Shu'er does anything wrong, be sure to point it out immediately."

[Master Yun Dan is over a hundred years old, which is considered long-lived among Qi Refining cultivators.]

Similarly, Master Yun is also nearing the end of his life.

Decades ago, Master Yun Dan attempted to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, but failed.

The "Shu'er" mentioned by Master Yun is the successor chosen by Master Yun, named Yun Shu, who is now forty years old and a mid-grade alchemist.

Although you only possess the skills of a low-grade alchemist, you have followed Alchemist Yun for decades without ever harboring any disloyalty. Alchemist Yun trusts you implicitly.

There are several mid-grade alchemists in the alchemy workshop, but Master Yun is wary of them all.

[This can be seen from the fact that Master Yun directly expressed his attitude towards Ye Feng in front of you.]

"These are my insights from years of alchemy practice. Take them and study them carefully."

Before leaving, Master Yun solemnly left behind a jade slip.

You get up to express your gratitude.

Master Yun waved his hand. After decades of living together, even a father and son couldn't be more affectionate.

In the forty-fourth year, at the age of fifty-nine, you notice that the market has recently become somewhat unstable.

You know perfectly well what's going on.

The owner of Wushan Market is a Foundation Establishment cultivator named Ouyang Shen.

It is precisely because of the presence of Foundation Establishment cultivators that Wushan Market has become a gathering place for many cultivators in the surrounding area.

However, in recent decades, several of Ouyang Shen's descendants have failed to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

With Ouyang Shen nearing the end of his lifespan and yet still unable to cultivate a Foundation Establishment stage disciple, rumors naturally spread throughout the market.

You secretly observe the changing situation in the market, preparing for the next simulation.

In the forty-fifth year, you were sixty years old, and Master Yun Dan passed away peacefully.

Yun Shu, the successor of Master Yun Dan, held your hand and promised, "Uncle Zhou, the future development of the market will depend on you."

Because of Master Yun's instructions before his passing, Yun Shu also trusts you very much.

[In the forty-sixth year, you are sixty-one years old. After confirming that Yun Shu is capable of handling things independently, you begin to delegate authority.]

[In the forty-seventh year, you are sixty-two years old. The ward master Ouyang Shen still has not been able to cultivate a Foundation Establishment stage junior. Traces of cultivators who have undergone tribulations have begun to appear near the market.]

In the forty-eighth year, when you are sixty-three years old, Yun Shu invites you and several other elders of the Pill Workshop to inquire about the future of the Pill Workshop.

[You understand Yun Shu's thoughts. Currently, Wushan Market is facing various unforeseen changes due to a lack of successors, so we need to make plans in advance.]

You didn't express any opinion, but simply agreed with Yun Shu when she shared her thoughts.

Yun Shu began transferring the assets of Danfang to another market called "Tingyu".

In the forty-ninth year, you are sixty-four years old, and the sect leader Ouyang Shen still has not cultivated a Foundation Establishment stage successor.

[In your fiftieth year, at the age of sixty-five, the traces of plundering cultivators around Wushan Market are increasing.]

In the fifty-first year, you were sixty-six years old. Most of the people from the Yun Clan's Pill Workshop moved to "Listening to the Rain Market," but you did not leave.

[In the fifty-second year, at the age of sixty-seven, after years of studying the alchemy insights left by Master Yun Dan, you finally refined your first batch of mid-grade pills, becoming a mid-grade alchemist.]

Yun Shu specially came back from Tingyu Market to congratulate you.

[In the fifty-third year, you are sixty-eight years old. You have only recently become a mid-grade alchemist and have already reached the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining.]

[Having spent your accumulated spirit stones over the years, you've purchased numerous resources for your breakthrough and are now beginning your breakthrough.]

You have successfully advanced to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

In the fifty-fourth year, at the age of sixty-nine, you coldly observe the increasingly chaotic Wushan Market.

[In the fifty-fifth year, you are seventy years old]

In a daze, you realize that your own vital energy and blood are beginning to decline.

You realize that you have entered old age.