Mu Qingyu sighed softly and took out a ten-thousand-year-old spirit medicine from her spatial ring.
After all, she had promised Jiang Li that she would take good care of this little girl.
"Thank you, Sister Mu!" Lin Xue'er took the ten-thousand-year-old spirit medicine from Mu Qingyu, her pure, large eyes looking at Mu Qingyu gently.
Mu Qingyu gently stroked Lin Xue'er's head.
If this little girl weren't so gluttonous, she would be quite cute.
Mu Qingyu thought of other disciples and the way her own family had looked at her, feeling a touch of loneliness.
These people were not as good as a little girl, which was truly laughable.
Never mind, her future was already set.
"Fairy Mu, someone from Fire Demon Peak requests an audience!" A moment later, a disciple from Star Cauldron Palace came to the main hall to report.
Mu Qingyu's eyes narrowed slightly. Someone from Fire Demon Peak.
Can't wait any longer... A cold smile flickered across Mu Qingyu's lips.
"Let her come up!" Mu Qingyu said indifferently, her tone devoid of any emotion.
Immediately after, Mu Qingyu comforted Lin Xue'er, asking her to play in the inner hall.
...
After a while, a woman in a fiery red dress slowly walked in.
The woman's expression was extremely proud, her posture graceful, and she possessed considerable beauty.
"Speak, what is it!" Mu Qingyu sat majestically on the throne of the main hall, like a cold and enchanting queen, breathtakingly beautiful.
Mu Qingyu recognized this disciple. She was Fang Qing, a disciple under Elder Xu of Fire Demon Peak, known for her strong talent and abilities.
Elder Xu was a grandmaster alchemist of Fire Demon Peak, and with his superb refining skills, he had accumulated considerable fame within the Primordial Demon Sect.
Many disciples would go to Fire Demon Peak to request Elder Xu to refine pills for them.
Mu Qingyu had expected people from Chen Jinming to come first, but she hadn't anticipated that someone from that old man's faction would show up.
Fang Qing walked into the grand hall and stood below the dais.
"Senior Sister Mu, don't forget, you are from Fire Demon Peak. You naturally know why I am here!" Fang Qing stared directly at Mu Qingyu and spoke slowly.
Mu Qingyu's beautiful eyes flickered with brilliance as she sat imposingly on the throne.
"I am currently with Star Cauldron Palace. Everything concerning Fire Demon Peak is now irrelevant to me. If Junior Sister Fang has no other business, please return. I have many matters to attend to!" Mu Qingyu continued indifferently.
As soon as Mu Qingyu spoke, Fang Qing let out a scoff, "Senior Sister Mu, I thought you were a wise person, but I didn't expect you to make such a foolish choice..."
"Swish, swish, swish!!!"
Before Fang Qing could finish speaking, Mu Qingyu's eyes turned cold, and a seven-colored spiritual light shot directly towards Fang Qing.
Fang Qing's body was struck by the seven-colored spiritual light, and it immediately turned black, as if a terrifying poison was circulating within her.
"Junior Sister Fang, if you continue to speak disrespectfully, you will be carried out of Star Cauldron Palace!" Mu Qingyu said calmly, her gaze placid.
Fang Qing took a pill from her spatial ring and swallowed it. There was no fear in her eyes.
As the pill circulated, the blackness in Fang Qing's body seemed to be suppressed.
Her complexion began to improve.
Mu Qingyu was not surprised at all. If Fang Qing dared to come alone, she would have prepared some means.
"Senior Sister Mu, if you obediently return to Fire Demon Peak with me now, Elder Xu probably won't mind these matters. If you continue to be stubborn..." Fang Qing wiped the black blood from her lips and said coldly.
"Swish, swish, swish!!!"
Before Fang Qing could finish, Mu Qingyu unleashed several more terrifying spiritual lights.
The spiritual lights carried an unparalleled momentum, striking towards Fang Qing.
Fang Qing's body was hit by so many spiritual lights that she could no longer hold on, collapsing onto the main hall floor.
The originally clean floor of the main hall was splattered with blood everywhere.
There was still no fear in Fang Qing's eyes; she simply stared fixedly at Mu Qingyu.
Mu Qingyu waved her right hand, and a spiritual light struck Fang Qing's right hand.
Fang Qing's spatial ring was directly taken by the spiritual light and floated into Mu Qingyu's hand.
"I need resources now, so I'll use yours," Mu Qingyu murmured to herself.
Watching her spatial ring being taken away, Fang Qing's eyes were filled with rage, and her lips were bitten until they bled.
Mu Qingyu's strength was evident. While she might not dare to kill her, giving her a lesson was certainly within her capabilities.
Fang Qing ultimately said nothing more, but the ruthlessness in her eyes was chilling.
"Guards, Junior Sister Fang needs to rest. Escort her back!" Mu Qingyu said coldly, then left the main hall and headed for the inner chambers.
Soon, several female disciples arrived to clean up.
The disciples helped Fang Qing up and carried her out of the hall.
"Mu Qingyu, you will definitely regret this! I'll wait, I'll wait for the day you beg me to let you back into Fire Demon Peak..."
Fang Qing's shrill and venomous voice echoed from the entrance of the main hall.
In the inner chambers, Mu Qingyu lightly toyed with Fang Qing's spatial ring, her expression becoming complicated.
Will I definitely regret it...
Heh, then you just wait and see...
See if you can wait until the day I regret it.
"Xue'er, come and eat! Sister Mu has something delicious..." Mu Qingyu's clear and melodious voice rang out from the inner chambers.
...
In the secret chamber of Star Cauldron Palace.
At this moment, the secret chamber was filled with violent spiritual energy.
The floor of the secret chamber was littered with the residue of spirit medicines and the fragments of depleted sacred crystals.
In the center of the secret chamber, Jiang Li's body was like a gluttonous beast, devouring all the surrounding power.
Various divine elephants on Jiang Li's body let out low roars.
All sorts of terrifying phenomena appeared behind Jiang Li, and the space within the secret chamber was on the verge of collapse, as if it could be torn apart at any moment.
At this moment, Jiang Li had already reached the sixth level of the Sage realm and was attempting to break through to the seventh level.
The difficulty of cultivating in the late Sage realm far exceeded Jiang Li's imagination.
It was nowhere near as difficult as in the early stages.
Because Jiang Li's physique was too powerful and his foundation was immensely solid, breaking through each level was extremely arduous.
Jiang Li had initially thought that these resources would easily allow him to break through to the eighth level of the Sage realm, but he hadn't expected that the bottleneck of just the seventh level of the Sage realm was so formidable that even consuming a large amount of resources was insufficient to break through.
Although many resources were consumed, the terrifying combat power that followed was also immense, allowing him to ignore the gaps in cultivation realms.
He could easily kill opponents across different realms.
Still not working? Jiang Li took a deep breath. More than half of his resources had been consumed, yet his cultivation realm had not broken through.
It seems I'll have to use stronger medicine, Jiang Li murmured.
Immediately after, Jiang Li took out the only Seven Revolutions Sacred Origin Pill.
...