Noticing Ye Zhaozhao's gaze, Wu Lingchuan forced a gentle smile onto his cold face: "Junior Sister, don't worry. With Master here, you'll be fine."
"Thank you, Senior Brother," Ye Zhaozhao replied.
Then, without hesitation, she asked in her mind, "System, how about using this Wu Lingchuan as the parasitic host?"
The system's voice sounded a bit weary, but it still said, "His aptitude is excellent! His luck shouldn't be bad either."
Finally, she could change hosts!
Ye Zhaozhao let out a long sigh of relief!
She now had a psychological shadow from those people on Heartless Peak. No matter how high Li Shuang's aptitude or how strong her luck, what good was it if she couldn't get it?
This Wu Lingchuan might be slightly inferior to Li Shuang, but only slightly.
Moreover, she was Yan Zhonghe's daughter. Yan Zhonghe would certainly favor her, making it easy to cultivate negative emotions in Wu Lingchuan.
Ye Zhaozhao eagerly said, "System, parasitize Wu Lingchuan!"
The next moment, inside the flying boat, Li Shuang felt a sudden lightness throughout her body, as if something that had been hindering her had finally been drawn out.
Li Shuang was slightly stunned.
This Ye Zhaozhao... had actually given up on parasitizing her!
Who would she parasitize then?
Li Shuang suddenly showed a peculiar look.
It seemed...
There was only one person who fit the criteria: Wu Lingchuan.
This Wu Lingchuan had just been defending Ye Zhaozhao, and in the blink of an eye, he was parasitized by her.
Li Shuang now didn't know whether to pity him or not.
Ye Zhaozhao's injuries were severe now. Forget about increasing her cultivation; it would take a lot of effort just to recover to the Golden Core stage.
If she wanted to accelerate, she could only desperately exploit Wu Lingchuan.
After exploiting Wu Lingchuan, it might be the turn of Yan Zhonghe's eldest disciple, Ren Gu.
The younger generation of the Overlord Blade Sect... might be ruined by one Ye Zhaozhao.
But this... was Yan Zhonghe's own choice, and Li Shuang could only respect and bless it for now.
"Master, it will take a long time for Ye Zhaozhao to grow. Her identity has also been thoroughly confirmed. The situation is not as bad as we imagined," Li Shuang said softly.
Lin Qingling's brows relaxed, and she calmly said, "Regardless of whether others believe that Fang Qingyu is Ye Zhaozhao, we still need to inform the other five sects. In any case, we must be vigilant against such a strange demon and absolutely not allow her cultivation to increase. For the next few years, I will keep an eye on this Fang Qingyu."
A shadow still hung over Lin Qingling's heart.
The Overlord Blade Sect was coming on strong. Among their disciples under a hundred years old, including Ren Gu, there were a total of five Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
That Wu Lingchuan was also on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. Although his cultivation was insufficient, he was young and had exceptional aptitude, known as the number one genius of the Overlord Blade Sect!
Within three years, he was almost certain to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
By then, the Overlord Blade Sect would have six Nascent Soul disciples.
And the Sword Sect...
Aside from Jiang Rongyi, there was only Mingyue, who had just broken through. In this arena limited to those under a hundred years old, they would likely find it difficult to win.
Losing this match wouldn't be a big deal, but if they lost other matches as well, the Sword Sect's position among the Six Sects might truly be replaced.
The position of the Six Sects was not just a title.
It also represented resource allocation, talent reserves, and high-level decision-making power.
Once this position was lost, the decline of the Sword Sect would likely be inevitable.
Lin Qingling suppressed these worries and said gently, "Don't worry about Ye Zhaozhao's matter for now; it's not something you can get involved in. After you all return to the sect, focus on your cultivation and don't leave the sect for the time being."
"Yes," Li Shuang and the others replied.
The flying boat quickly returned to the Sword Sect.
Upon arriving at the Sword Sect, Lin Qingling, without even returning to Heartless Peak, went directly to see Meng Yifei.
Meng Yifei gathered the sect's high-ranking officials for a discussion.
The specific content was not leaked, but Li Shuang guessed it must be related to the Overlord Blade Sect.
In the following days, the relationship between the Overlord Blade Sect and the Sword Sect became increasingly strained.
Yan Zhonghe claimed that the Sword Sect was deliberately targeting his daughter.
Lin Qingling, however, stated that Fang Qingyu was Ye Zhaozhao reincarnated, and if Yan Zhonghe didn't believe it, the Sword Sect was willing to open the Heart-Questioning Platform again!
When the Sword Sect said this, the Overlord Blade Sect initially agreed wholeheartedly, but later, Yan Zhonghe's attitude suddenly changed, saying that the Sword Sect was deliberately humiliating his daughter.
Neither side was willing to back down, and the relationship between the two sects further deteriorated.
Several days later, the Sword Sect completed its inventory of the Heavenly Venerate Society's spoils. The vast majority of the confiscated materials were distributed among the people of Heartless Peak.
Sheng Yuan and Shen Yue also gained a little, but resource allocation was based on contribution, and since their contributions were small, their gains were naturally not much.
Sheng Yuan became even more convinced that Li Shuang had deliberately prevented him from earning merit that day, and he expressed considerable resentment.
But Li Shuang was already too lazy to bother with her.
In this mission, she had used the furnace multiple times, consuming a great deal.
Fortunately, the spoils of the mission were also very generous, and her net worth not only did not decrease but actually increased.
At this moment, in the secret chamber, Li Shuang was playing with a small eye-shaped object.
This item was found in the imperial palace, a private collection of Emperor Chenyang.
This eye contained a certain amount of spiritual energy, but it wasn't abundant. When choosing materials, Li Shuang always felt there was something more to it and casually took it.
These days, she would often take out the eye to play with, but she never found anything peculiar about it.
Li Shuang didn't care much either.
Perhaps her intuition was wrong.
Today, she had more important things to do.
After a month of secluded cultivation, her cultivation had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage; it was time to break through to the Golden Core stage.
Li Shuang put away the eye, composed herself, and slowly absorbed the wisps of spiritual energy overflowing from the spiritual energy orb in her dantian.
At this moment, her dantian was already filled with liquid spiritual energy.
The next step was to further compress it, condensing the liquid spiritual energy into a Golden Core.
Li Shuang had done this step once before, and forming a Golden Core for the second time was even more familiar.
Under the control of her powerful spiritual consciousness, the liquid gradually condensed.
Finally, a brilliant Golden Core appeared in her dantian.
Li Shuang quietly entered the Golden Core stage.
This breakthrough to the Golden Core stage had some subtle differences from before.
Firstly, the Golden Core in her dantian now had the pattern of a nine-petal lotus seed.
It should be noted that the last time she established her foundation with a seven-petal lotus seed, there was no manifestation on her Golden Core afterward.
This nine-petal lotus seed must have some profound mystery that even affected the Golden Core.
Secondly, a soul Golden Core actually appeared in Li Shuang's mind simultaneously.
Li Shuang guessed that this should be related to the soul cultivation method.
With the assistance of the soul Golden Core, she could apply her spiritual consciousness more skillfully, achieving soul deterrence without relying on sword techniques.
Li Shuang had already reported this soul cultivation method to the sect. Unfortunately, while Li Shuang herself could use this method, she didn't know how to teach it to others.
This could only be considered her unique secret technique.
The moment the soul Golden Core formed, Li Shuang's expression shifted slightly, and she let out a soft "hmm."
She took out the bronze eye from her bosom, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.