Fang Jinyu first went to return the Yuanling Pill formula to Spirit Beast Valley. This time he did see the Black Pig King. However, the king of the Tianling Sect’s guardian spirit beasts, for some reason, looked at him with a hint of probing in its gaze.

Then, Fang Jinyu went to Li-Character Spirit Medicine Peak to refine Foundation Establishment Pills at his own expense.

After all, he had to finish the task first.

Thus, after spending a full three days, Fang Jinyu finally refined all the Foundation Establishment Fruits in his possession into pills. Because his pill success rate had already reached ninety percent, from over twenty Foundation Establishment Fruits, he ultimately obtained two hundred and thirteen Foundation Establishment Pills!

Once one became familiar with refining Foundation Establishment Pills, each furnace produced at least ten pills.

Having handed over one hundred and ten Foundation Establishment Pills and finally completed the Ancestor’s task, Fang Jinyu couldn’t help but breathe a slight sigh of relief. Then, looking at the one hundred and three Foundation Establishment Pills in his hand, he began to worry.

How to dispose of these Foundation Establishment Pills now instead became a difficult problem for Fang Jinyu.

Because the price of Foundation Establishment Pills was about to skyrocket. Holding so many pills would not only expose his true pill success rate, but also invite a lot of trouble.

‘A pill as special as the Foundation Establishment Pill, even if the best preservation method is used, can only guarantee that its medicinal properties won’t be lost within two years.’

Fang Jinyu pondered. He had to think of a way to deal with this batch of Foundation Establishment Pills.

After all, apart from its special medicinal properties, the Foundation Establishment Pill also held a very special position in the cultivation world. Except for Heavenly Spiritual Roots, cultivators of all other spiritual roots needed to use this Foundation Establishment Pill!

And it wasn’t twenty Foundation Establishment Pills, but over a hundred! Last time, just by contributing twenty Foundation Establishment Pills to the Tianling Sect, he had drawn the attention of that Nascent Soul stage ancestor. Although the current situation was special, it was still evident.

‘Over a hundred Foundation Establishment Pills could even be used to rally and form a minor immortal sect…’

Fang Jinyu muttered inwardly.

But if he let these Foundation Establishment Pills go to waste after two years, he couldn’t bear it. Although the auxiliary ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill weren’t very expensive, he had still invested over a thousand spirit stones in total.

At that moment, a talisman suddenly flew over, but without the Sect Leader’s privileges, it could only circle around outside the alchemy room door.

With just a glance, Fang Jinyu recognized that it was Du Man’er looking for him.

Because this message talisman was something he had given to Du Man’er.

He had entrusted that little girl to Du Man’er, asking her to help look after the girl for a while.

‘Could it be that my future powerful supporter has gotten into trouble again?’ At this thought, Fang Jinyu raised an eyebrow and quickly got up to go out.

He wished this little girl would stir up as much trouble as possible now. That way, once she recovered her memory and strength, would she have the nerve not to repay the favor?

In Fang Jinyu’s eyes, this was an investment second only to Du Man’er.

His asking Du Man’er to look after the girl was just to find a proper excuse to give Du Man’er some Qi Refining stage pills.

However, after going out, Fang Jinyu realized he had been mistaken. The little girl was very well-behaved, looking like a good little baby, and didn’t even go near places far from his alchemy area.

And this time, it was Du Man’er who had something to discuss with him.

“Uncle-Master, I know who spread the rumors about you last time!” Du Man’er said hastily as soon as she saw Fang Jinyu.

“How did you find out?” Fang Jinyu was surprised. Was the cultivation world really so looks-based? Last time, a gathering of ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators had invited Du Man’er because it was a hidden deadly trap, and he accepted that. But how could Du Man’er even manage to find out about something like this now?

He had specifically asked the Sect Leader back then, but the Sect Leader said he also didn’t know, and advised Fang Jinyu to drop the idea of investigating, because if the other party dared to do this, they would certainly have cleaned up all loose ends. Besides, there was no need to get so angry over a rumor and delay one’s precious cultivation time.

The Sect Leader’s words were certainly not entirely truthful, but they did have some truth.

After all, within the Tianling Sect, Fang Jinyu was ultimately just an ordinary immortal sect disciple.

Without power, influence, or background, how could he fight against those with power, influence, and background?

Fight with an iron head?

“Uncle-Master, I acquired a strange mask. Not only can it disguise one as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but it’s also a token for a certain Foundation Establishment gathering. Relying on this mask, I accidentally entered that gathering and happened to hear someone mention it.” Du Man’er didn’t hide it from Fang Jinyu. Since the Fate Calculation Art, Fang Jinyu’s credibility in Du Man’er’s heart had soared.

“Junior Niece has good opportunities!” Fang Jinyu couldn’t help but exclaim. At the same time, he inwardly grumbled. Was this the treatment of a protagonist? She accidentally got a mask and directly entered such a special gathering.

Fang Jinyu also knew of a few such gatherings, but because he had no guide and his background was ordinary without any backing, no one had come to approach him so far.

If it were Xin Qianqian, once she reached Foundation Establishment, just by relying on her background that was somewhat connected to a cultivation family, within a few days, someone would come to guide her.

These special gatherings were all specific circles.

Anyone unrelated to that circle, no matter how extraordinary, would never be accepted by them.

Thus, Fang Jinyu skipped the topic and got straight to the point: “Who spread the rumor?”

“It was a person named Qin Haoyue,” Du Man’er answered.

Fang Jinyu’s gaze flickered slightly. Wasn’t that the “domineering CEO” from last time?

Then the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch.

Because he had just remembered that he seemed to have seen this rumor-spreading plot in that book.

After Su Yier entered the Lingdu Secret Realm, there was a female cultivator who, because the person she loved was circling around Su Yier, became jealous and repeatedly provoked Su Yier. Thereupon, after learning that there was a problem with Su Yier’s entry slot, Qin Haoyue simply decided to go all the way—strike first, spread the rumor, and throw this dirty water on that female cultivator.

Since this plot had no opportunities and wasn’t something Su Yier actively did, Fang Jinyu had just roughly skimmed past it at the time.

‘Could we have a method of struggle that matches the temperament of cultivators?’

Fang Jinyu grumbled inwardly. Such scheming and infighting were somewhat uninteresting.

After all, it wasn’t the Sea Queen’s harem; there was really no need to stage this drama of Zhen Huan’s Biography.

“Has that fellow already reached Foundation Establishment?”

“I heard them say that after leaving the Lingdu Secret Realm, Qin Haoyue broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage and is currently consolidating his cultivation. Once he finishes consolidating, the Qin family will hold a banquet for him,” Du Man’er told Fang Jinyu all the information she knew.

“Junior Niece, thank you for this matter. This bottle of pills, you make do with for now. In a few days, I’ll refine a furnace of pills suited for you.”

“Uncle-Master, this one bottle of pills is enough.” Du Man’er was overjoyed. Her being so diligent and proactive in helping Fang Jinyu with things was, apart from Fang Jinyu giving her a very good impression, also somewhat related to Fang Jinyu’s generous hand.

Then, she glanced at Fang Jinyu and said with slight hesitation, “Uncle-Master, there’s one more thing, also about you…”

“What is it? Feel free to speak.” Fang Jinyu saw her hesitation.

“Right now, the entire Tianling Sect is spreading that you’re an honest man…”