Chapter 2429

Five years had passed.

For these immortals, spending money to avoid disaster was an acceptable arrangement. Thus, their income became fixed and steady every day.

Zhu Yanyi looked at the situation and sighed, "Indeed, being a bandit is a wonderful thing. It costs nothing, and all the earnings are pure profit."

The Black Emperor stood beside her and said, "Have some ambition. How can the Queen of the Underworld be happy just about being a bandit?"

"You don't understand. Being a bandit isn't just for money. It makes our mood very cheerful, doesn't it?" The Empress asked the Fairy Queen and Zhu Yanyi.

The Fairy Queen and Zhu Yanyi nodded seriously. This was absolutely true, so both nodded earnestly to confirm.

This confirmation left the Black Emperor speechless.

However, despite his speechlessness, the Black Emperor and the others had no other thoughts. Since their wives were rarely this happy, being bandits was not a mistake.

This cost-free income made Zhu Yanyi and the others play very happily.

Seeing Zhu Yanyi and the others so happy, the others no longer wanted to say anything.

Days passed slowly and steadily for another five years. During these five years, Zhu Yanyi’s cultivation did not improve at all. Since being sealed by Yan Aohan, as long as the child was not born, her cultivation was destined not to advance.

However, during these five years, although Zhu Yanyi, the Empress, and the Fairy Queen often went out as bandits, Yan Aohan and the others gave some guidance to the Azure Sovereign Sect in their spare time.

With the three Great Emperors presiding, although they did not reveal their identities, their casual guidance allowed the disciples of the Azure Sovereign Sect to benefit for life.

So, after five years, many skilled experts had appeared in the Azure Sovereign Sect. The one with the highest cultivation was no longer Ouyang Tianyun, but Zhuge Hongwen, who had broken through to the peak of the Immortal King realm. He seemed ready to break through to the Immortal Saint realm at any moment.

Ouyang Tianyun was currently at the late stage of the Immortal King realm. Honglian and Si Haitao were also at the late stage of the Immortal King realm. He Manhuang and Shen Jinsong were at the early stage of the Immortal King realm. Gui Fu and Luo Ji were at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. Sikong Xuran was the lowest, having entered the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Besides these, among the disciples below, one-third of the first batch of five thousand disciples had entered the Earth Immortal realm, one-third were in the mid-to-late stages of the Immortal realm, and the remaining one-third were in the early stages of the Immortal realm. Two more batches were recruited within five years. Most of the second batch had entered the early stage of the Immortal realm, with the rest at the late or peak stages of the Heavenly Immortal realm. The last batch, who joined this year, had some who had already entered the early stage of the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Due to Zhu Yanyi’s medicinal modifications, the Azure Sovereign Sect now had twenty thousand disciples. All twenty thousand were geniuses with top-tier talent. No one knew that when they first arrived, they had no talent, and some were even disabled. But now, not only had the disabled become healthy cultivators, but their cultivation levels were also quite good.

The Black Emperor and the Fairy Emperor understood Zhu Yanyi’s methods and were even more admiring. They knew that Zhu Yanyi had this ability mainly because of her top-tier medical skills, as well as her top-tier drug-making and alchemy skills. It was precisely because of such top-tier medical and alchemical abilities that there were now batches of top-tier disciples.

The Azure Sovereign Sect had seven halls. The main hall was the one where Zhu Yanyi was located, commonly known as the Medical Hall. The current sect leader, Zhu Yanyi, also belonged to this hall, but the hall master was Ouyang Tianyun, assisted by the strategist. In addition, a Medicine Elder was appointed, a position naturally held by Sikong Xuran. Besides the Medical Hall, there were also the Punishment Hall, the Etiquette Hall, the Battle Hall, the Dark Hall, the Artifact Hall, and the Miscellaneous Hall.

The Punishment Hall was responsible for supervising the rewards and punishments of disciples. If a disciple merited, they would be recorded; if they did wrong, they would be punished. This place was managed by He Manhuang.

The Etiquette Hall was responsible for logistics and external affairs, managed by Si Haitao.

The Battle Hall was responsible for external combat. As a sect, it was impossible to have no external campaigns. This was managed by the deputy sect leader, Honglian.

The Dark Hall was a hidden team that assisted the Battle Hall, arranging both open and secret strategies. This was managed by Shen Jinsong.

The Artifact Hall was mainly responsible for refining artifacts and various weapons, managed by Luo Ji.

The Miscellaneous Hall assisted all other halls, including recruitment, managed by Gui Fu.

Now, all the children were naturally assigned to various halls according to what they wanted to learn and their abilities. As disciples of the hall masters, the hall masters could also recruit personal disciples.

There were no personal disciples yet, but there were already many inner sect disciples, outer sect disciples, and servant disciples.

"In five years, your Azure Sovereign Sect has reached such a scale. This is really quite good," the Black Emperor said, looking at the development of the Azure Sovereign Sect with a touch of emotion.

"Are you praising me or mocking me?" Zhu Yanyi said speechlessly. "Others may not know, but you all see it here. Although I hold the title of sect leader, I am not the one doing the work. The main management is our strategist, Zhuge Hongwen. I am not even included in the seven hall masters, so it has nothing to do with me."

"You know it has nothing to do with you," the Black Emperor looked at Zhu Yanyi with disdain. "Tell me, besides coaxing your husband Yan Aohan every day, what else can you do?"

"I can also coax the Empress and the Fairy Queen," Zhu Yanyi answered seriously, with an expression that said, 'What can you do to me?'

The problem was that she hadn't mentioned that both the Empress and the Fairy Queen particularly cherished this little sister. Although her cultivation was already at the Immortal Saint level, they still worried that her cultivation was not high enough and she might suffer grievances. So, they took special care of Zhu Yanyi.

This care was originally nothing special. But because they cared for Zhu Yanyi, the Empress and the Fairy Queen naturally ignored their husbands. As a result, their husbands were naturally unhappy and directly despised Yan Aohan for not keeping a good eye on his wife.

Yan Aohan was direct. He simply said, "If I didn't keep a good eye on my wife, do you think you could keep a good eye on yours?" Thus, the Black Emperor and the Fairy Emperor hated Zhu Yanyi even more, grinding their teeth in frustration.

But there was no way. Who could blame Zhu Yanyi for winning the favor of their wives?

"There are forty-four years left until the Tianyun Competition, which happens once every fifty years. What do you plan to do next?" The Fairy Emperor did not believe Zhu Yanyi would keep all the disciples confined here.

Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment and said, "I have thought about this question too. I think, since things are like this, and the disciples' cultivation is quite good, perhaps we should hold an internal competition. First, the outer sect disciples compete. The top ten can enter the inner sect. Then, the inner sect competition takes place, resulting in an inner sect ranking. Then, let each hall master find suitable personal disciples. What do you think?"