Disciple Cashback System: I Got Exposed By My Disciple Chapter 3

On this vast continent, cultivators in the refinement state were restricted to merely oppressing ordinary mortals.

One gained true power only upon entering the qi transformation state, enabling them to tread across water surfaces.

Naturally, this required areas devoid of any powerful experts nearby.

Entering the true essence state allowed a cultivator to become an alchemist.

Refining pills demanded at minimum the pure energy possessed in the true essence state.

Yet even then, such cultivators managed only first-grade pills.

Cultivators at the purple spirit state handled second-grade pills, while third-grade ones like the soul-returning pill required the core formation state.

For someone like Lu Yanran stuck in the refinement state, securing a third-grade elixir would prove impossible across her entire lifetime.

This highlighted just how vital the third-grade soul-returning pill truly was for her.

While Lu Yanran drifted into a trance, a sharp sound pierced the distance.

With a swift whoosh, an elegant figure rapidly landed on Lingjiu Peak.

In the Qingyun Sect, the sect master along with every elder claimed their personal mountain peak.

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Lingjiu Peak belonged entirely to Elder Ye Xuan as his domain.

Since Ye Xuan rarely accepted disciples, the whole peak felt somewhat desolate, with only occasional appearances from a handful of miscellaneous disciples handling his daily needs for clothing, food, lodging, and mobility.

Lu Yanran quickly spotted the arriving visitor.

The woman possessed a stunning figure and captivating beauty.

She was none other than Qingyun Sect's Elder Lin Qing!

Lu Yanran's face turned solemn as she performed the sect's ritual fist salute toward Lin Qing.

“Greetings, Elder Lin Qing!”

Lin Qing descended gracefully from above.

Confusion filled her gaze as she regarded Lu Yanran standing before her.

At that instant, Lu Yanran still donned the attire of an odd-job disciple.

Hence, Lin Qing couldn't fathom why this odd-job disciple idled instead of working, opting to stand watch outside Elder Ye Xuan's hall.

Before Lin Qing uttered a word, Lu Yanran spoke up first.

“Elder Lin, please halt. Master is in seclusion right now. No one may disturb him. I beg your understanding.”

Lu Yanran's statement stunned Lin Qing.

Yet soon, her eyes caught the elder's token clutched in Lu Yanran's grasp—Ye Xuan's very own.

Lin Qing accepted Lu Yanran's claim without question.

Still, astonishment lingered; Ye Xuan, ever devoted solely to his cultivation, had started accepting disciples.

Clearly, his condition must have worsened!

Such thoughts darkened Lin Qing's spirits.

Did Ye Xuan sense his end approaching, prompting him to hastily select a disciple for legacy inheritance?

Though troubled, Lin Qing refrained from forcing entry into the hall.

She detected ongoing energy ripples emanating from within.

Furthermore, Ye Xuan himself had stationed Lu Yanran here, so Lin Qing avoided any impulsive intrusion.

Consequently, Lin Qing settled cross-legged before the hall.

As a Qingyun Sect elder, she too had joined the fierce struggle for Heaven and Earth treasures days prior.

During that clash, members of the Xuanyin Sect poisoned Ye Xuan with five-poison powder.

Lin Qing sustained minor wounds while attempting to rescue Ye Xuan amid the siege by numerous foes.

Thankfully, her injuries proved light, and full recovery had already occurred.

Lin Qing remained unaware that Ye Xuan suffered not just five-poison powder but also the far deadlier bone-dissolving powder.

Knowledge of this truth would plunge her into utter despair.

The bone-dissolving powder vastly outmatched five-poison powder, rendering it incurable across the entire Great Qian Dynasty.

Silently, the elder and the youth awaited outside Ye Xuan's hall.

Two days slipped by in an instant, with no other visitors appearing.

Throughout, Lu Yanran faithfully followed Ye Xuan's command, never straying from the hall's entrance.

After all, she lingered merely at the fourth stage of refinement state.

Her meager power couldn't sustain her without food or water for long.

Two days without sustenance had emptied her stomach completely, causing her body to weaken dramatically.

Lin Qing nearby meditated with eyes shut, oblivious to Lu Yanran's deteriorating state.

Suddenly, a mighty aura surge erupted from Ye Xuan's hall.

Lin Qing's eyes snapped open from her cross-legged trance.

“Was that... a breakthrough?”

Shock dominated Lin Qing's features as she sensed the aura's formidable intensity from the hall.

As a core formation realm expert herself, she felt the mounting pressure intensifying within her.

“How could this be?”

Disbelief lingered in Lin Qing's eyes for quite some time.

She couldn't grasp how Ye Xuan, supposedly gravely wounded and nearing death, now unleashed such overwhelming might.

What's more, his aura continued surging stronger—a clear sign of breakthrough.

Just when Lin Qing thought her shock peaked, five sonic booms echoed from afar.

These originated from other Qingyun Sect peaks; evidently, the five arrivals were drawn by the extraordinary events at Ye Xuan's location.

Moments later, five figures hovered near Lin Qing, suspended mid-air.

All stared in utter astonishment at Ye Xuan's hall.

The six floated in the sky—a feat exclusive to core formation realm powerhouses.

These five consisted of the Qingyun Sect's sect master, deputy sect master, and elders.

Leading them stood the sect master, Wan Shanhai!

The group descended and drew close to Ye Xuan's hall.

Like Lin Qing, doubts plagued them; they yearned to uncover what enabled Ye Xuan to radiate such immense power.

Lu Yanran guarded the hall's front; the arrival of the sect's top figures bore down on her with immense pressure.

Even under that weight, she mustered the will to block their path.

“Sect master, deputy sect master, and elders, please hold. Master remains in seclusion. Kindly refrain from disturbing him!”

Merely an odd-job disciple, Lu Yanran displayed remarkable bravery addressing so many sect leaders.

Her words drew sharp looks from the superiors.

Spotting her odd-job disciple robes, displeasure flickered across their faces.

“What did you just say?”

Wan Shanhai fixed a cold stare on her and demanded.