Chapter 2407

For others, the Immortal Saint realm was a rare and difficult achievement. But for Zhu Yanyi, becoming a god was still far away.

With her Immortal Saint cultivation, she had nothing to worry about in the Immortal Realm. However, the path from Immortal Saint to Immortal Emperor, and then to Immortal Venerable, was long. She did not know when she would reach those stages.

Zhu Yanyi was not anxious. She was not yet seventy years old. As an Immortal Saint, she could live for at least twenty thousand years. She believed she would surely gain enlightenment within that time. So, she was in no rush.

Although she was not in a hurry, she could not do much in the Underworld. She did not want to trouble Yan Aohan. So, she decided to return to the upper realm to prepare for founding her own sect.

When Zhu Yanyi returned to the Suiyuan Pharmacy, she saw Hong Lian and others grilling meat in the courtyard.

"It smells so good. It is better to come early than late," Zhu Yanyi nodded seriously.

Hong Lian saw her and said, "You came out of that corner."

Zhu Yanyi took a skewer of roasted immortal beef and took a bite. "I returned from the Underworld."

"Go away, stop fooling me. If you returned from the Underworld, I returned from the God Realm," Hong Lian sneered. Then she said, "I brought people back. Look, these five."

Zhu Yanyi saw the five people. There were four men and one woman. They looked young. Their cultivation was close to Golden Immortal, meaning they were at the peak of Heavenly Immortal.

"Let me introduce them from left to right: Si Haitao, Shen Jinsong, Gui Fu, Luo Ji, and He Manhuan," Hong Lian said directly.

Zhu Yanyi looked at the five people and nodded. "Hello everyone."

"Hello, Sect Master," the five said.

"You already know?" Zhu Yanyi asked with a smile.

"Not only do we know, we have already sworn an oath," Gui Fu said seriously. "We are five loose cultivators. We are not the most talented, but our talent is not bad. However, we are proud and do not want to serve under others. So, some people always 'take care' of us specially."

"Exactly," Si Haitao said. "Last year, more than one hundred people challenged me. I received challenge letters almost every day. If my cultivation was not good, I would not exist in the Immortal Realm anymore."

"If you did not want to, you could have joined some sects," Zhu Yanyi said, surprised they had not joined any.

"We did join. But the sects we joined either disbanded automatically, or were merged or swallowed by others for no reason. So, in the end, we just had to survive like this."

She Manhuan sighed beside them. "Since then, we became whetstones for others. We do not even want to count how many people we fought every year."

Zhu Yanyi listened while eating beef. Then she said, "Actually, this is quite good."

"Good?" Hong Lian was stunned. "How is it good?"

"Your cultivation improved," Zhu Yanyi said directly. "Look, when you were used as whetstones, others also became whetstones for you. So, these years, you cannot deny that without their effort, your cultivation would not have improved so fast."

After Zhu Yanyi spoke, the six people present suddenly understood. Hong Lian clapped her hands. "Right! How did I not think of this? I always thought my life was bitter. But this bitterness was actually a very good experience for us."

"With this experience, you have more combat skills. In the upcoming sect conflicts, you will definitely be able to handle it," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile.

"We naturally know about the sect conflicts," Hong Lian said directly. "But we do not have a sect yet?"

Hong Lian looked at Zhu Yanyi.

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "I knew you would urge me. Here, this is the Sect Token." Zhu Yanyi had to prepare for founding a sect. When Ouyang Mingyue came last time, she had handled the paperwork with her casually.

That was why Ouyang Mingyue sighed. She had become Zhu Yanyi's assistant. She was an Immortal Emperor, yet she became an assistant to a Golden Immortal. Because of this, Chai Ye had even pulled her ears.

"Sect Master, I found that as long as it is not mentally exhausting, you are very active," Hong Lian said, having seen through Zhu Yanyi.

Zhu Yanyi activated the Sect Token slightly. She let them drop blood into it to become members of the sect. Then, she threw a string of identity tokens refined by Yan Aohan to Hong Lian. "Use these identity tokens first. If you need more, ask me."

"How many are in this string?" Hong Lian asked casually as she put them away.

"Maybe one hundred, maybe two hundred," Zhu Yanyi answered casually.

"One hundred, two hundred?" Hong Lian’s face fell. "Sect Master, where am I supposed to find so many people?"

"How can you create a sect without people? Besides, in fifty years, we will participate in the sect conflicts. You should feel lucky. Our sect participated in the conflict last year. So, we have a full fifty years. Fifty years is enough," Zhu Yanyi said, stopping her playful expression. "Go to some slave traders and buy some children. Do not worry about their talent. Once they are in my hands, I have many ways to make them suitable talents. Also, you can go to various places to see if you can take in some orphans. There should be many orphans in the Immortal Realm."

"Okay," He Manhuan said. "I know the directors of a few orphanages in the Immortal Realm. I will ask them for people."

"Just go. Even if they are disabled, it does not matter. Here, I can make the mute speak, the blind see, and fixing missing limbs is simple. Just bring the people here," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile.

"Sect Master, can you really make the mute speak and the blind see?" Si Haitao suddenly asked.

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "My medical skills are quite high. So, these conditions are easy to treat. When I was in the mortal realm, I was a young doctor. I could already perform such surgeries. Now, I have grown up."

Si Haitao said, "There is a person. He is gentle and scholarly, with a mild temperament. He knows astronomy and geography. He is a rare talent in the Immortal Realm. But due to an accident, he cannot see light now. If the Sect Master can cure him, this person would be very suitable to be the military strategist for our Azure Sovereign Sect."

Zhu Yanyi tilted her head and thought. "What is this person's name?"