After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 38 The Crisis of the White Tiger Sect

In the blink of an eye, Li Xinyan and Ye Xiaobai left Xiaoyao Restaurant and strolled along the bustling streets of the market.

"Senior sister, what's the situation with that Zhao Deren?"

"Don't even mention it. He's a relative of Zhao Shuqin, the peak master of Misty Rain Peak. Zhao Deren came to Misty Rain Peak to visit our peak master once, and my master Zhou Qingyan and I were visiting the peak master at the same time, and that's how we met," Li Xinyan complained.

"and after?"

"Later, he came to Yanyu Peak to find me every day, and I got so annoyed with him."

"Didn't you talk to your master about it?"

“My master said we were a perfect match, a match made in heaven, and he tried his best to bring us together.”

"So what's your opinion of Zhao Deren?"

"Of course I hate him. I finally got out to relax today, but he found out and came to the market with me."

"Then, senior sister, I'll go beat him up to vent your anger!" Ye Xiaobai said indignantly, and started to walk back.

"Junior brother, you'd better not provoke him. He has a Golden Core stage elder—our Misty Rain Peak Master." Li Xinyan hurriedly stopped Ye Xiaobai.

"So, let him keep bothering Senior Sister?" Ye Xiaobai asked.

"My master taught me the Azure Water Maiden Technique, which requires one to remain a virgin before breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Otherwise, even if one achieves Foundation Establishment, it will be difficult to improve one's cultivation level. So before I achieved Foundation Establishment, my master helped keep an eye on Zhao Deren to prevent him from causing me trouble."

"What about after Foundation Establishment?" Ye Xiaobai asked again.

"We'll figure out a solution after we reach Foundation Establishment. Let's not talk about it today. Let's relax and wander around first." After saying that, Li Xinyan jogged a few steps and started strolling around.

Ye Xiaobai followed closely behind Li Xinyan.

After walking a short distance, Ye Xiaobai saw Li Xinyan staring blankly at a stall selling various Qi Refining Pills. Ye Xiaobai quickly asked, "Senior Sister, what kind of pill do you want to buy?"

"Foundation Building Pill." Li Xinyan said subconsciously, only realizing her mistake after she finished speaking. This stall only had low-grade pills for the Qi Refining stage, how could it have a Foundation Building Pill?

Ye Xiaobai didn't care about these things, but asked curiously, "Senior sister, didn't your master prepare any Foundation Establishment Pills for you?"

“Master has prepared a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, but I’m worried that one pill won’t be enough to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.”

"Senior Sister has dual-attribute spiritual roots and extraordinary talent. Breaking through with just one Foundation Establishment Pill shouldn't be a problem," Ye Xiaobai comforted her.

"I'm just worried that if I fail to break through, it will be very difficult to break through again." Li Xinyan suddenly became sentimental.

"No, if it really doesn't work, Senior Sister, you can prepare another Foundation Establishment Pill just in case."

“Recently, the sect has been short of Foundation Establishment Pills. Master only managed to get one with great difficulty, and it will be very difficult to get another one,” Li Xinyan said with a worried expression.

"Isn't it possible to exchange sect contribution points for a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"That's what was said before, but now there are fewer Foundation Establishment Pills available, and not enough can be exchanged."

"Damn it, I was hoping to exchange my sect contribution points for a few Foundation Establishment Pills, now I'm doomed," Ye Xiaobai thought to himself.

"Then Senior Sister, break through later. Wait until you've saved up another Foundation Establishment Pill before breaking through," Ye Xiaobai said.

"No, I've already reached the tenth level of Qi Refining for some time now. It's best to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible. The longer I delay, the more difficult it will be to break through later."

"Then what should we do? Should we have Uncle Li buy it at the auction house?"

"Alas, it's no use. The Xiaoyao Restaurant's profits haven't been as good as before lately. In addition, Foundation Establishment Pills are extremely rare in the market, so they are very expensive. A low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill costs 30,000 spirit stones, and you can't even be sure to get one," Li Xinyan sighed.

"It seems we can only hope that your master can find a way to get one more."

"This is the only way. If all else fails, I'll use a Foundation Establishment Pill plus my junior brother's superior-grade Yellow Dragon Powder to break through." Li Xinyan thought of the only solution available at the moment.

"Then I wish Senior Sister a speedy breakthrough to Foundation Establishment!" Although Ye Xiaobai knew that the superior-grade Yellow Dragon Powder was a first-tier pill and certainly not as good as a third-tier Foundation Establishment pill, he could only comfort his senior sister, because there was no other way at the moment.

Ye Xiaobai and Li Xinyan strolled around for a while longer. Ye Xiaobai bought Li Xinyan a few magical artifacts and ornaments before happily returning home.

Ye Xiaobai first went to Xiaoyao Restaurant and shared his new ideas with Li Minghan to improve the restaurant's current operational difficulties. Ye Xiaobai suggested adding a membership system, allowing customers to receive corresponding rebates after topping up their accounts, with the rebate spirit stones only usable at Xiaoyao Restaurant.

In addition, members are divided into different levels and can enjoy different discount services. Members can also enjoy the right to purchase spirit stones at low prices.

Ye Xiaobai, being on Lingdan Peak, bought some Qi Refining Pills from his fellow disciples there and then sold them at Xiaoyao Restaurant. The disciples of Lingdan Peak gained spirit stones, and Xiaoyao Restaurant gained customers—a win-win situation.

After listening to Ye Xiaobai's suggestion, Li Minghan immediately praised Ye Xiaobai as a genius. Li Minghan took over the specific tasks, while Ye Xiaobai was only responsible for providing some low-level Qi Refining pills. Sure enough, before long, the Xiaoyao Tavern became lively again.

With the matter at Xiaoyao Restaurant settled, Ye Xiaobai's own problems were indeed difficult to resolve.

After hearing Li Xinyan's story about the shortage of Foundation Establishment Pills, Ye Xiaobai went back and inquired about it in detail.

It turns out there was a shortage of raw materials for refining Foundation Establishment stage pills; after all, there was no shortage of third-grade alchemists. The specific reason for the shortage seemed to be that a spirit herb garden of the White Tiger Sect was attacked by a mysterious person, and a large amount of aconite spirit herbs, arisaema grass, and other main materials for refining Foundation Establishment pills were stolen.

It is said that the mysterious man's cultivation had reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm. By the time the Golden Core experts from the White Tiger Sect arrived, the mysterious man had already vanished without a trace.

The White Tiger Sect's higher-ups suspect the Azure Cloud Sect was responsible, but the Azure Cloud Sect vehemently denies it. However, recently, friction between the Azure Cloud Sect and the White Tiger Sect has been increasing. At the border between the two sects, clashes frequently occur between their disciples.

The White Tiger Sect's leadership did not want to escalate the conflict, but faced with the increasingly tense situation, they could only continuously send more sect disciples to the border to deal with it.

The Foundation Establishment stage is crucial for sects, serving as the backbone for conflict response and the foundation for subsequent advanced combat power. Foundation Establishment Pills are one of the most important means for Qi Refining cultivators to establish their foundation; controlling the quantity of Foundation Establishment Pills is tantamount to controlling the future of a sect.

Although the White Tiger Sect's higher-ups suspected that the Azure Cloud Sect was behind the misdeeds, they couldn't find any evidence for the time being. Moreover, while Ye Xiaobai was gathering information, he heard something that shocked the entire White Tiger Sect—the sect's only Nascent Soul stage elder, Bai Xiaotian, was injured.

As the strongest member of the White Tiger Sect, Bai Xiaotian's physical condition should be kept secret. How did the entire sect come to know? Ye Xiaobai found this very strange; some speculated that a rival sect had deliberately released false information to incite panic within the White Tiger Sect.

Neither the White Tiger Sect Master nor the Grand Elder came out to explain, and everyone realized that the news was true and that the White Tiger Sect's Grand Elder might really be injured.

Without a Nascent Soul stage cultivator to oversee things, the White Tiger Sect might truly face a huge survival crisis!