The Second Stage

Jin Mei recalled the two of them.

After all, there were still many matters to attend to.

She could only temporarily commit this grudge to memory and wait until the matters of the ruins were settled before finding a way to deal with Yan Yun.

As for Yan Yun and her companions hiding in the Heavenly Tome space, even after the two Divine Venerables had left, they didn’t dare to come out immediately.

Instead, they planned to hide there until they were certain everyone had withdrawn.

Yan Lingyun was studying her new temporary body, while Yan Yun was examining the treasures.

These treasures had all been selected from the treasure vault according to Yan Lingyun’s guidance.

There were cultivation techniques, but these were all the inherited techniques of Tianwu Gate.

The demon beast cultivation methods were unusable by humans, and there were also some Divine Soul Realm level talisman treasures.

These treasures were purely for selling.

However, there was an abundance of pills and medicinal herbs, including many precious ones.

These were the most valuable items for Yan Yun.

“Eh? Is this a sixth-tier talisman treasure?”

“Haha, good stuff.”

“Finally, a treasure I can use,” Yan Yun said, finding a radiant talisman treasure in a box.

This was definitely a sixth-tier talisman treasure, named the God-Summoning Talisman.

It could summon a Divine Venerable Dharma Aspect with the power of an ordinary Great Accomplishment Divine Venerable to attack enemies, usable a total of three times.

Talisman treasures could generally only be used three times.

But if the power contained within the talisman treasure was violently destroyed by an opponent, the talisman treasure would be rendered useless on the spot.

Xiao Leng and Heiyue were both studying the cultivation techniques Yan Lingyun had given them.

These methods were very profound for them.

It was known that demon beasts’ cultivation methods were passed down through bloodline and couldn’t be cultivated by humans.

But the techniques Yan Lingyun had provided seemed to be specially prepared for transformed demon beasts.

Time passed bit by bit.

The array restrictions in the Tianwu Gate ruins were soon completely broken by the people of Qianjin Pavilion.

Once this treasure trove was opened, the vast majority of the treasures were moved out by the people of Qianjin Pavilion, including the corpse of the Divine Venerable.

That thing was also quite valuable, no less than a Divine Venerable magical treasure.

Although their trip was still a huge profit, the most precious treasures had been snatched away by an unknown little girl, which infuriated Jin Mei to no end.

They didn’t leave immediately either, but waited for the experts from their Qianjin Pavilion headquarters to arrive before departing.

A cultivator with a terrifyingly powerful aura suddenly descended from the sky, landing at the spot where Yan Yun and her companions had disappeared.

He was a middle-aged man with black hair.

After appearing, he used his powerful divine sense to carefully search the space.

Yan Yun and the others, hiding in the Heavenly Tome, immediately grew nervous.

They dared not speak, just watching the outside.

But the Heavenly Tome was truly the Heavenly Tome.

No matter how powerful this middle-aged man’s methods were, he couldn’t detect the existence of the Heavenly Tome world.

“How is it, Venerable Wang?” Jin Mei asked.

The middle-aged man shook his head with a solemn expression.

“Nothing, and no remnant of any Divine Venerable power.”

“This situation usually means an extremely powerful expert has acted, one that even I cannot see through.”

“In the entire Tianchen Continent, there are only a few such individuals.”

Jin Mei’s face stiffened.

“Are you saying it might be the descendant of one of those few who stole our Qianjin Pavilion’s things?”

“That’s highly possible, but we have no evidence now.”

“We can’t just go and ask them one by one, can we?”

“Those people are all giants in the lower realms.”

“Even if it were their descendants, they would never admit it,” the man, surnamed Wang, said, shaking his head.

For a moment, Jin Mei was so angry she clenched her fists.

“Hateful.”

“Then we can only let it go for now.”

“Don’t let me run into that wretched girl again, or no one will be able to protect her.”

With that, the two of them left, and the people of Qianjin Pavilion also withdrew with their harvest.

As soon as they left, a terrifying energy fluctuation erupted within the Tianwu Gate ruins.

The ruins shattered layer by layer in their battles, and the mountain that concealed them also gradually collapsed.

Soon, it spread to the area where Yan Yun was hiding.

“This?”

“Is this a battle between Divine Venerables?”

“It’s truly world-destroying,” Yan Yun and her companions said with looks of horror, watching the apocalyptic scene in the direction of the ruins through the Heavenly Tome space.

One by one, the Divine Venerables summoned their Dharma Aspects and clashed with one another.

This Qianjin Pavilion was truly generous.

Among the treasures they left behind, many were valuable enough to be worth fighting over for Divine Venerable experts.

The cultivators below the Divine Venerable realm fled as far as they could; this was not a battle they could participate in.

The battle lasted for nearly three days, and even some Divine Venerable experts fell.

In the ruins area, the once magnificent Tianwu Gate was now just a huge pit, with many cultivators still scavenging for treasures within.

This place surely still held some treasures that the cultivators from those major powers had looked down upon.

After confirming that no one was paying attention to her, Yan Yun slipped out of the Heavenly Tome space and flew towards her base at top speed.

“Phew, finally got through this trouble.”

With that, Yan Yun quickly reverted to her original appearance.

She certainly couldn’t use that previous image again.

Soon after, Yan Yun returned to the location of their Poison Sect.

“I’m back.”

As soon as she flew in, Yan Yun loudly announced her return to Wen Meng and the others.

Seeing Yan Yun return safe and sound, Wen Meng and the others all gathered around her.

“Sister Yan Yun, that’s great, you’re back.”

“Yes, Sect Master, we were so worried about you.”

“These past few days, the direction of the ruins has been like the end of the world, that power was terrifying,” Mu Wenjie and the others also said quickly.

Yan Yun chuckled.

“I’m fine, aren’t I?”

“Sect Master Sister, how was the harvest this time?”

“Looking at you, you must have gained something, right?” Zhou Zimo asked with a grin.

Yan Yun gave a mysterious smile.

“When I make a move, how could I possibly return empty-handed?”

“By the way, have they all been behaving themselves these past few days?” Yan Yun asked about the workers.

The four of them nodded.

“Don’t worry, they are all just low-level cultivators.”

“They wouldn’t dare have any funny ideas.”

Yan Yun was very satisfied.

“That’s good.”

“Let them rest for a few more days.”

“Once the cultivators in the Wuyin Mountains have all left, we’ll start work again.”

With that, Yan Yun called them into her immortal dwelling.

Then she took out all the various treasures she had harvested from Tianwu Gate.

Yan Yun picked out everything that these cultivators could use.

What they couldn’t use, she would naturally find an opportunity to sell.

“So much?” Wen Meng and the others were dumbfounded.

“Hehe, these are all things we can use.”

“There’s still a whole pile of things we can’t use.”

“Unfortunately, that’s just how it is for us poison cultivators.”

“I plan to sell those and then buy a large amount of materials for making poison magic treasures to forge a few for you,” Yan Yun stated.

The few of them immediately cheered for Yan Yun.

Then Yan Yun divided these things among the four of them.

Mainly medicinal herbs, pills, and some general-purpose magic treasures, as well as spirit stones.

The four of them became rich in an instant.

Not to mention other things, just those few fourth-tier talisman treasures were enough to enhance their self-protection abilities.

Yan Yun was very happy this time, and it was a cause for celebration for everyone.

That evening, she announced that she would multiply all the workers’ wages several times over.

From the original one hundred spirit stones a month, it was raised to one thousand spirit stones a month.

This made the workers work like their lives depended on it, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Soon, a month passed, and the cultivators in the Wuyin Mountains had all withdrawn.

This area once again became deserted.

In a month’s time, the basic framework of the Poison Sect’s base had taken shape.

The next step was to perfect the exterior, which required a large amount of materials.

So, Yan Yun and her group had to go out again to purchase materials.

While going out to purchase materials, Yan Yun also sold off some of the useless things she had obtained from Tianwu Gate in batches.

The buyer was still the Qianjin Pavilion.

There was no other choice; with so many things, only the Qianjin Pavilion could take them all.

To prevent being detected by the people of Qianjin Pavilion, Yan Yun changed her location and appearance each time she sold a batch.

From the second month onward, the Poison Sect changed day by day.

One by one, modern-style tall buildings rose from the ground in the valley.

The surrounding mountains were hundreds of meters high, and the tallest building they constructed was only nine stories.

This style was very similar to the architecture of her previous life on Earth, but in the context of this world’s style, it looked a bit strange.

The five of them looked at their masterpiece, their faces full of excitement.

But for now, they had only erected the buildings, which was far from enough.

The next step was to set up various restrictions and array formations to protect these buildings.

But Yan Yun herself didn’t know anything about these array restrictions, and Yan Lingyun wasn’t skilled in them either.

So they had to hire someone.

But Yan Yun didn’t dare to hire just anyone.

So she contacted Bai Zhihua.

She felt that with Bai Zhihua’s connections, she could definitely hire a trustworthy array master.

But what Yan Yun didn’t expect was that Bai Zhihua herself was an array master.

As long as she had enough materials, she could set them up herself.

With Bai Zhihua helping Yan Yun with the setup, there was no need for anyone else.

But if Bai Zhihua wanted to help, she had to ask her master for permission.

In a certain room in the Righteous Dao Alliance headquarters’ Qianjin Pavilion.

Bai Zhihua took out a mirror and cast a spell on it.

Soon, an old face appeared in the mirror.

“Yo, my dear disciple, why did you suddenly contact your master?” the old man in the mirror looked lazy.

Bai Zhihua rolled her eyes.

“Master, when are you coming back?”

“How much longer are you going to play around?”

“I’m so bored I’m about to die,” Bai Zhihua complained.

The old man chuckled.

“Oh! I’m on some island in the Star Ocean.”

“You can help me work for a few more years.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t let you work for free,” the old man said irreverently.

“You, you old rascal.”

“I have some business here, big business.”

“Someone has asked me to help set up restrictions and array formations for their faction’s base.”

“I need to leave for a while,” Bai Zhihua said.

When the old man heard this, his first reaction was to ask how much money.

“Really? How much did they offer?” the old man looked very interested.

Bai Zhihua thought for a moment and immediately gave a price.

“A lot, at least this much,” Bai Zhihua quickly said a number.

The old man was stunned.

“So much?”

“You little girl, you’re not trying to fool me, are you?” the old man asked with a suspicious look.

Bai Zhihua quickly stated, “It’s true.”

“I can show you the money I earn later, right?”

“The money can’t be fake, can it?”

After Bai Zhihua’s repeated explanations, the old man finally nodded.

“Alright, for the sake of the money, I’ll give you a month’s leave.”

Seeing him agree, Bai Zhihua breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she immediately packed her things, left the Righteous Dao Alliance’s Qianjin Pavilion headquarters, and headed to where Yan Yun was.