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The next day.

Lin Tian opened the door of the sect’s main hall and looked ahead. In the front courtyard, the disciples were training and cultivating. Yun Yun and Ji Xue were no longer supervising them. Instead, An Yue, Ya Fei, and Luo Mei were taking turns doing it now.

When they saw Lin Tian walk out of the main hall, they smiled and cupped their fists in greeting.

"Greetings, Sect Master Lin."

Among them, Wu Yue was the only one nowhere to be seen among the sect disciples. An Xiao was in the rear courtyard guiding Yun Yun and Ji Xue in their cultivation.

Could it be that Wu Yue was also in the rear courtyard helping Yun Yun and Ji Xue?

Just as Lin Tian was standing alone, Luo Mei walked toward him. The man was somewhat cautious because of what had happened last night.

He was worried that Wu Yue had already filled Luo Mei’s mind with nonsense.

"What is it, Mei’er?" Lin Tian asked.

"Take a look at this pill furnace, Master Lin," Luo Mei replied.

The woman tapped her bag of holding and summoned a sea-blue furnace that floated directly in front of her. Lin Tian looked at it and activated his comprehension ability.

The quality of the furnace was neither particularly bad nor especially good. However, its capabilities were clearly suitable for Luo Mei’s current cultivation level.

"What do you think, Master Lin?" Luo Mei asked.

"Your furnace is good. At the very least, you can start refining Tier One and Tier Two pills with it," Lin Tian replied.

"You need to understand something. Pill refining cannot be done without fire. There are two types of fire in the cultivation world: Earth Fire and Heavenly Fire."

"Earth Fire is easy to obtain and learn, but its effects are not optimal. Heavenly Fire is difficult to obtain and extremely dangerous, but its effects are the best."

"You understand what I mean, right?" Lin Tian asked.

Luo Mei immediately shook her head. Wu Yue had briefly explained Earth Fire and Heavenly Fire to her before.

She had already realized that she needed to find a fire she could control. However, she had no idea where to begin.

"I don’t know where to find either Earth Fire or Heavenly Fire," Luo Mei answered.

"Heavenly Fire is extremely difficult to find, but the same cannot be said for Earth Fire."

"There’s almost certainly Earth Fire available at auction houses or equipment shops. You won’t have any trouble obtaining it," Lin Tian explained.

"So... what kind of Earth Fire should I buy for..."

"Luo Mei!" someone shouted.

Lin Tian and Luo Mei instinctively turned around. A woman was approaching. Looking closely, it was Wu Yue. She arrived with an annoyed and hateful expression, even when she looked at Lin Tian.

"What do you need? You can ask me. There’s no need to ask him," Wu Yue said firmly.

She arrived beside Luo Mei and held her disciple’s hand. Luo Mei explained that she needed Earth Fire to begin pill refining.

Wu Yue understood Luo Mei’s needs much better.

"Don’t worry. I’ll find a suitable Earth Fire for you."

"Come on. Let’s practice in the pill refining hall."

With a bit of force, Wu Yue pulled Luo Mei away and left the front courtyard, especially away from Lin Tian.

He could see that Wu Yue had become far more protective than before. Her perception had completely changed, and she always looked at Lin Tian with a disgusted expression.

What happened last night was enough to make Wu Yue deeply hate Lin Tian.

Even so, the man had no choice. After all, the attitude she displayed was part of the cause-and-effect consequences of the Lingxian Sect’s secret technique.

The best thing he could do was focus on the development of the sect disciples and avoid being distracted by Wu Yue’s behavior.

While watching them train, three system panels suddenly appeared before Lin Tian.

They were not sect missions or conquest missions, but disciple tasks.

Since An Yue, Ya Fei, and Luo Mei had already reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and completed their previous disciple tasks, new disciple task notifications had appeared and become active.

[3rd An Yue Disciple Task:]

[Objective: Practice two Profound-Grade techniques within six months]

[Time: 181:23:59:58]

[Reward:]

[Disciple: Chance to break through cultivation stage || +100 Low-Grade Spirit Stones || 1x Profound-Grade Weapon || +10 Emotional Level]

[Host: Chance to break through cultivation stage || +250 Low-Grade Spirit Stones || 1x Earth-Grade Technique]

[Status: Incomplete!]

Lin Tian could clearly see that An Yue’s third disciple task had been activated. The difficulty had increased because the system detected that her cultivation level had risen.

Even so, he was pleased because the rewards had improved. Besides the chance to break through, both An Yue and Lin Tian would receive different rewards.

When he looked at the panels beside it, he saw the disciple tasks for Ya Fei and Luo Mei.

[2nd Ya Fei Disciple Task:]

[Objective: Learn two formations, one defensive and one offensive, within one year]

[Time: 364:29:59:58]

[Reward:]

[Disciple: Chance to break through cultivation stage || +150 Low-Grade Spirit Stones || 10x Formation Jades || +10 Emotional Level]

[Host: Chance to break through cultivation stage || +300 Low-Grade Spirit Stones || 1x Earth-Grade Array]

[Status: Incomplete!]

[2nd Luo Mei Disciple Task:]

[Objective: Create 2 Tier One pills within three months]

[Time: 89:23:59:57]

[Reward:]

[Disciple: Chance to break through cultivation stage || +150 Low-Grade Spirit Stones || 1x Low-Grade Earth Fire || +10 Emotional Level]

[Host: Chance to break through cultivation stage || +300 Low-Grade Spirit Stones || 1x Tier Two Pill]

[Status: Incomplete!]

What appeared before him now was exactly what Lin Tian had expected.

Not only An Yue, but Luo Mei and Ya Fei had also received disciple tasks just like her.

Even so, Lin Tian realized that these missions were much more difficult for them this time.

They would be happy to gain opportunities to learn in the fields they enjoyed.

That would be beneficial for their future development.

His attention shifted forward as he called An Yue and Ya Fei over.

The two women glanced at him briefly before immediately leaving their spots and walking toward him.

"What is it, Master Lin?" An Yue asked.

An Yue and Ya Fei arrived in front of Lin Tian. The man immediately instructed them to study the techniques and arrays assigned to them by the system.

They did not know that the missions came from the system. The only thing they knew was that Lin Tian always assigned these missions to his disciples, so they believed the tasks originated from him.

An Yue obediently understood what she needed to do. Ya Fei did the same.

"Would you help me deliver this mission to Luo Mei?"

"Of course, Master Lin."

Lin Tian informed them about Luo Mei’s disciple task. An Yue listened carefully and promised that Luo Mei would carry out the mission properly.

After saying everything he needed to say, Lin Tian bid them farewell.

Not because he was leaving the sect, but because it was time to begin his mission of revenge against the sect that had attacked the Lingxian Sect.

Lin Tian swore that they would receive a punishment equal to what they had done.