Cultivation: Starting with a Dual Cultivation Technique at the Immortal Rank

101: Chapter 11 The Fox Enters the Tiger’s DenOnce the Qingyun Sect is fully integrated, the next step will be to expand outward.

As for this first target... Li Yifei’s gaze turned toward the distant south, a cold smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

Hehuan Sect, since you love sending guests to my place so much, next time, it will be my turn to pay a personal visit.

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While Li Yifei was planning his grand hegemony, another good show was quietly unfolding at the foot of the mountains in the Qingyun Sect’s Outer Sect.

The Qingyun Sect occupied a vast territory; besides the central core area, the peripheral Outer Sect covered an even more extensive area.

Jade-like Beauty was currently like an agile civet cat, silently lurking in the shadows of a remote small courtyard in the Outer Sect.

After a night of patient staking out and observation, she had finally found a perfect target.

It was a Concubine named Cold Heart Xue who had recently joined Yifei Peak. She had a cultivation of the sixth level of Qi Refining, and her appearance was barely considered top-tier; she was unremarkable on Yifei Peak, where beauties were as common as clouds.

Most importantly, she had a solitary personality and disliked interacting with others. The courtyard she lived in within the Outer Sect was also the most remote, with few people ever setting foot there.

For some unknown reason, she had come down the mountain today to her Outer Sect residence.

It looked like she was there to pick something up.

This was simply a god-given prey!

Seeing Cold Heart Xue push open the courtyard gate, the long-lurking Jade-like Beauty moved!

Like a flash of pink lightning, she instantly closed in behind Cold Heart Xue. Before the other party could react, a precise hand-chop struck the back of her neck.

Cold Heart Xue didn’t even let out a groan before she slumped softly to the ground.

Dragging the target into the room and looking at the unconscious Cold Heart Xue, a trace of struggle and ruthlessness flashed across Jade-like Beauty’s charming face.

”Should I... kill her to silence her and be done with it?”

The thought only flashed for an instant before she forcibly suppressed it.

No!

She gritted her teeth, her mind racing with calculations. The core of this mission was to investigate secrets, not to form a deadly grudge with Li Yifei.

That man could mass-produce Foundation Establishment cultivators and could even ”produce” Golden Core True Persons. The energy and trump cards behind him were absolutely terrifying beyond imagination.

To form an irreconcilable feud with him over a mere Qi Refining Stage Concubine would be an utterly foolish act.

In case her mission failed and her identity was exposed, leaving her alive might leave some room for maneuver in the future.

If she really did abduct Li Yifei back to the Hehuan Sect, then she would be Li Yifei’s woman, and naturally, she shouldn’t harm those close to him.

Thinking of this, Jade-like Beauty took a black Medicinal Pill from her Storage Pouch and carefully fed it into Cold Heart Xue’s mouth.

”Lucky you. This ’Long Slumber Pill’ is a good thing that will let you sleep peacefully for quite a long time.”

Having done all this, she hid Liu Qingqing deep within the bed and carefully covered her with the quilt.

Jade-like Beauty was full of confidence, not worried at all about being discovered.

In the entire Qingyun Sect, who would dare to barge into the room of Li Yifei’s female dependents? This was simply the safest place to hide a body.

With everything ready, Jade-like Beauty took a deep breath, a strange pink light flashing in her eyes.

She squeezed out a drop of essence blood, suspended it at her fingertip, and chanted under her breath. The drop of essence blood instantly turned into a blood-red line, merging into a strand of hair she had plucked from Cold Heart Xue.

In the next moment, an incredible scene occurred!

Jade-like Beauty’s body began to emit a series of ”crackling” bone-snapping sounds. Her figure and appearance were changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Her originally enchanting and fiery devilish figure became somewhat more ordinary; that peerless face, capable of toppling nations, also rapidly transformed into Cold Heart Xue’s delicate look.

Even the naturally seductive aura about her was completely restrained, replaced by Cold Heart Xue’s slightly solitary temperament.

In just a dozen breaths’ time, a living ”Cold Heart Xue” appeared in the room. Whether it was her figure, appearance, or aura, she was identical to the real one lying on the bed!

This was the innate Divine Ability of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Bloodline—Illusionary Form!

The fake ”Cold Heart Xue” walked to the bronze mirror, looked at the delicate and pretty face in the mirror, and nodded with satisfaction.

She clumsily imitated Cold Heart Xue’s walking posture, pacing back and forth in the room a few times until she felt there were no more flaws. Only then did she push open the door and head toward Yifei Peak.

What she didn’t know was that from the moment she sneaked into the courtyard, her every move was clearly presented within the Divine Thought of a certain man on the summit of Yifei Peak.

Li Yifei ”watched” Jade-like Beauty’s series of self-proclaimed clever operations, a cold smile appearing on his lips.

”Not killing anyone, that’s somewhat smart. Unfortunately, not smart enough.”

He watched with great interest as the fake ”Cold Heart Xue” blended in among the other Concubines and began clumsily performing chores.

At the same time, her eyes were darting around, clearly observing the internal structure and defensive deployment of Yifei Peak.

Li Yifei was in no hurry to act, let alone send someone to expose her.

When prey delivers itself to your door, why would you just strike it dead?

Naturally, it would be much more interesting to wait for her to wash herself clean and jump into the pot herself.

He looked forward to seeing what kind of wonderful expression this cunning little fox would have when she finally found an opportunity to get close to him through painstaking efforts, perhaps even lying on his bed ready to use her Seduction Technique to extract secrets, only to find that all her disguises had long been seen through.

Li Yifei withdrew his Divine Thought and picked up the slightly cooled spiritual tea on the table, taking a gentle sip.

The fish has already entered the net.

A moment later, a sound transmission talisman quietly flew into the Quiet Room and hovered before him.

It was Murong Xue.

He reached out to take it and probed with his Divine Sense. Murong Xue’s gentle and capable voice then echoed in his mind: ”Husband, the Core Disciple Zhu Yunyao I mentioned to you the day before yesterday returned to the Sect yesterday.”

”I have already sent someone to contact her. She has accepted your invitation. The appointed time is at the third quarter of the Hour of the Dragon today, at the Guest Reception Pavilion.”

A light flashed in Li Yifei’s eyes.

Zhu Yunyao!

He remembered this name. On the initial list Murong Xue had given him, this woman’s evaluation was extremely high.

A Core Disciple with an Earthly Spiritual Root and Qi Refining Perfection, only one step away from attempting to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Even more rare was that she came from a humble background with no Family influence, relying entirely on her own talent and hard cultivation within the Sect to reach this stage.

This kind of ”potential stock” with excellent talent and no strings attached was exactly the type Li Yifei liked most.

”Earthly Spiritual Root, Qi Refining Perfection...” Li Yifei murmured to himself, his heart already beginning to calculate.

With his current methods, combined with the effects of the Dual Cultivation Secret Tome, having Zhu Yunyao successfully establish her foundation was almost a certainty.

And once such an Earthly Spiritual Root Core Disciple was brought into his fold, not only would it add another Foundation Establishment combatant to the Family, but the offspring she would bring afterward was the most important thing.