The Hurricane Wolf King’s physique was very large—seating five or six people was no problem.

But between men and women, physical contact should be avoided. How could Shangguan Xinyao feel comfortable sitting together with Jun Changxiao?

“Sect Leader.”

She said weakly: “Why don’t we take a horse carriage instead?”

“No need,” Jun Changxiao said.

A conflicted expression appeared between Shangguan Xinyao’s brows.

She was a disciple, he was the sect leader—if he insisted they sit together, what should she do?

Or perhaps.

Children of the jianghu don’t fuss over such minor details?

While Shangguan Xinyao was contemplating, Jun Changxiao waved his hand and tossed out the sect leader orb he had retrieved.

“Bang!”

The Taiji pattern flickered!

“Whoosh whoosh!”

A tiger beast with purple fur all over its body and arcs of electricity emanating from it suddenly appeared out of thin air.

This…

Shangguan Xinyao said in disbelief: “A Purple Lightning Young Tiger!”

“Swish!”

Jun Changxiao mounted the Purple Lightning Young Tiger and smiled, saying: “You and I will each ride one.”

Seeing that the tiger beast wasn’t resisting, Shangguan Xinyao covered her mouth in shock and said: “Sect Leader, could this also be your contracted beast?”

“Correct,” Jun Changxiao said.

“…”

Shangguan Xinyao’s state of mind remained unsettled for a long time.

Having one wind-element fierce beast was already rare enough—she hadn’t expected the sect leader to also have a thunder-element fierce beast!

This was truly too incredible!

And what was that thing he just threw? How did it suddenly summon the contracted beast?

That was the sect leader orb.

Even though Shangguan Xinyao had read extensively, she definitely hadn’t heard of it.

Several Shangguan Family martial artists hiding in the shadows, responsible for protecting the young miss, were also deeply shaken!

…

“Awooo!”

Through the mountain wilds, the Hurricane Wolf King galloped swiftly. Because the girl on its back had low cultivation, it carefully controlled its speed.

Jun Changxiao rode the Purple Lightning Young Tiger, traveling ahead, feeling delighted in his heart.

Not only had he established good relations with Shangguan Hong, he had also accepted his granddaughter with extremely high martial arts talent into the sect—this could be considered an unexpected harvest!

Alas.

He could have clearly ridden the Hurricane Wolf King and carried a beautiful woman back to the Tiegu Sect together, yet he insisted on summoning the Purple Lightning Young Tiger.

What did this indicate?

That’s right.

Sect Leader Jun was truly relying on his own abilities to remain single!

…

The traveling speed wasn’t fast. It wasn’t until dusk arrived that Jun Changxiao and Shangguan Xinyao returned to the sect.

“Huh?”

“The sect leader brought back a girl?”

“She’s quite pretty!”

“From her clothing, she should be a wealthy young lady from a rich family, right?”

The disciples who were busy working or cultivating all gathered together to discuss.

Shangguan Xinyao’s face showed shyness. After all, she had always lived in the residence and rarely appeared in crowded situations.

“Qianqian.”

Entering the great hall and sitting in a chair, Jun Changxiao instructed: “This is a newly admitted disciple. You’re responsible for arranging a room for her.”

“Oh.”

Lu Qianqian glanced at Shangguan Xinyao and said coolly: “Follow me.”

“Thank you, Senior Martial Sister.”

Shangguan Xinyao said very politely.

In her heart, she couldn’t help thinking: “Such a cold aura—could she be an ice-element martial cultivator?”

Her aptitude was merely mortal-grade, and her cultivation was only at the tenth stage of Meridian Opening, but her martial arts talent and insight far surpassed those of her peers.

…

Southwest Yang Province, Demon Fiend Sect branch.

The Grand Helmsman, who hadn’t yet recovered his focus from the Taikun Sect incident, was currently frowning tightly.

He had just received a personal letter from the Vice Chancellor of Tianyu Academy, saying that the granddaughter of former academy instructor Shangguan Hong had already joined the Tiegu Sect.

This was—a warning to himself!

“Hmph.”

The Grand Helmsman clutched the letter and said coolly: “I didn’t expect that small little Tiegu Sect to actually climb onto the big leg that is Tianyu Academy.”

“Grand Helmsman.”

A subordinate said: “What should we do?”

“Of course we report it to headquarters.”

The Grand Helmsman hastily wrote a letter, transmitting the matter to Demon Fiend Sect headquarters.

Several days later.

A reply came from above, with content containing only a few words—temporarily suspend targeting the Tiegu Sect.

The Grand Helmsman knew that headquarters also feared Tianyu Academy, so they stopped thinking about the Tiegu Sect and focused all their thoughts on how to support other branch helms in resisting the Taikun Sect.

…

“Sect Leader.”

Jiang Xie entered the great hall and said: “We’ve just received news that the Demon Fiend Sect branch has temporarily suspended their targeting of our Tiegu Sect.”

Jun Changxiao stroked his chin and said: “It seems Old Master Shangguan has already made his moves.”

As expected.

Whether on Earth or in another world.

As long as you had people with great influence, things were easy to handle!

“Comfortable.”

Jun Changxiao reclined in his chair, in an excellent mood.

Temporarily without the Demon Fiend Sect targeting them, there was no need to guard against them day and night.

However.

This debt must be noted down.

When he and the sect had sufficient strength, they must make that third-rate sect pay the price!

“Sect Leader.”

Shangguan Xinyao entered the great hall and said in surprise: “This Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic—could it be a god-grade level mental cultivation method?”

“Correct,” Jun Changxiao said.

Having it confirmed personally, Shangguan Xinyao’s heart became even more shaken.

Since joining the Tiegu Sect, after taking Body Molding Pills and having access to more martial arts resources, this girl with extremely high martial arts talent had spent almost every moment in shock.

“Sect Leader.”

Shangguan Xinyao said joyfully: “With such a mental cultivation method, even if a disciple’s martial arts aptitude isn’t high, they can still quickly improve!”

Martial arts and martial techniques were two different concepts.

Her spiritual roots weren’t high, so her pursuit of martial arts wasn’t that intense—she hoped more to understand more martial techniques from the sect leader.

But now with a god-grade mental cultivation method and various martial arts resources, she could completely focus all her thoughts on martial arts!

“Correct.”

Jun Changxiao pillowed his chin on the back of his hand and smiled, saying: “Joining the Tiegu Sect, this seat has only one requirement—constantly become stronger, and become stronger faster!”

“This disciple will work hard,” Shangguan Xinyao said firmly.

“Sect Leader.”

Just then, Li Luoqiu walked in and said: “The shops in the eight cities have sent news—all the feed pills have been sold out.”

“Is that so?”

Jun Changxiao grinned widely.

Before going to offer birthday congratulations, he had specifically replenished each shop with ten thousand low-grade beast pills. Now that they were all sold out, it indicated the effects had gained public recognition.

More than just recognition.

They had practically gone crazy!

Each city’s Tiegu Beast Feed Shop was packed with martial artists. Even though they clearly knew there was no stock, they were still waiting.

Among them were many families with large stables.

One pill eaten was equivalent to ten days’ worth, and it could make them grow robust, increasing their speed and stamina—this was absolutely heaven-defying feed!

…

Jun Changxiao had prepared early and transported five thousand low-grade beast pills to each of the eight beast feed shops in the shortest time.

As a result, just after the goods arrived, they sold out on the third day—business was extremely booming!

“This is way too fast.”

After learning the news, the corner of Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched.

Low-grade beast pills could be refined very quickly—producing hundreds of thousands in one night was like child’s play—but the key problem was that the beast meat supply couldn’t keep up!

“What to do, what to do?”

Sect Leader Jun became anxious.

Could he not be anxious?

Five hundred taels each, selling forty thousand per day—that was twenty million, absolutely huge profits. Having no stock was undoubtedly extremely frustrating.

“Should we go to the cities to purchase beast meat?”

While he was considering this, Li Qingyang came to report: “Sect Leader, Junior Martial Brother Ye and the others have returned.”

“So fast?” Jun Changxiao was surprised.

Ye Xingchen had applied to go out for training for one month—only less than ten days had passed.

Don’t even mention it.

Ye Dichen and the others had originally planned to train for a month.

But the sect leader’s assigned task was to collect more beast meat, so after hunting for ten days, their spatial rings were all completely filled.

“Junior Martial Brother.”

Xiao Zueji suggested: “Why don’t we go back, turn in the meat, and then continue training?”

And so.

Ye Xingchen returned feeling depressed.

I’m not going out for training—I’m specifically going out to hunt beast meat!