After Xu Nan, Bai Jiao, and Ji Liangchuan left Long Yan Mountain Villa, the Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect was so angry that he roared until he was hoarse and then smashed a teacup to pieces.

The middle-aged female secretary was so frightened that she didn't dare make a sound.

"Disgrace!" the Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect roared, his face turning red and his neck veins bulging. "I, the esteemed Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect, was actually insulted by three juniors at my doorstep! This must be Shen Qiang's doing! Shen Qiang must have offered them some benefits to get them to come!"

Seeing the Sect Leader's furious bellowing, the middle-aged female secretary hesitantly offered some comfort, "Sect Leader, Cheng Xinyi, Wanxin Hesheng, and the Ji Family are all top-tier super-first-rate families in the Cultivation World. Xu Nan, Bai Jiao, and Ji Liangchuan are all contenders for the inheritance of their respective families, with exalted statuses."

"As for Shen Qiang, he is merely a young man who started from scratch, so he can't bribe them. Therefore, their presence today wasn't because they received any benefits from Shen Qiang, but merely because of friendship..."

"Shut up!" yelled the Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect, his neck veins bulging high.

The middle-aged female secretary immediately fell silent.

The Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect, his chest heaving with anger, eventually calmed down after a moment and let out a long sigh, then said to the middle-aged female secretary, "You are right. As contenders for heirs of super-first-rate families, they are outstanding enough to make people jealous. Their knowledge and capabilities are excellent, and they are well-experienced. They came here because they recognize Shen Qiang, not because he gave them anything."

Returning to his desk, the Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect sat down on his chair and said gravely, "This really makes one envious. In my whole life, I've never had such true friends. If I had had a few friends like that back then, perhaps, the Long Yan Sword Sect wouldn't be in its current state."

Seeing him calm down, the middle-aged female secretary began tidying up the shattered teacup while gently saying, "Sect Leader, you have done very well. Under your leadership, our Long Yan Sword Sect has been flourishing..."

The Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect smiled, then said seriously, "Don't say such things. Recently, our sect has suffered heavy losses, all because of Shen Qiang. It's only money that we've lost, but more importantly, in this period, we've nearly lost thirty of our disciples to Shen Qiang."

"And what about Shen Qiang?"

"Minimal losses."

"From this perspective, this Shen Qiang does have some real skill," said the Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect, his eyes turning cold, then continued, "But he should never have, ever challenged the status of our Long Yan Sword Sect."

"If he had obediently accepted the 200 million price to sell the treasure worth 10 billion, none of this would have happened. That way, he would have just lose some money, and I might even have spared his life."

"But not only did he refuse, he even took three of our disciples' arms, and from that moment, his fate was sealed."

Turning to look at the middle-aged female secretary, the Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect said thoughtfully, "This Shen Qiang is no ordinary person. His three friends are even more formidable. If they are allowed to grow, in the future, just a stompass from these four in the Cultivation World will cause immense chaos. Therefore, Shen Qiang must be killed, and the sooner, the better."

The middle-aged female secretary hesitated and said, "But they already visited. If you make a move now in secret, those three might be furious."

The Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect fell silent for a moment, then a smile suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"They are still too young. Sometimes, killing someone doesn't necessarily require a sword."

Speaking, the excited Sect Leader of Long Yan Sword Sect, looking at his middle-aged female secretary, said with bright eyes, "That Shen Qiang has completely scavenged all the Pei Yuan Pill ingredients from Cheng Xinyi and Wanxin Hesheng, obviously aiming to quickly enter the Nascent Soul Stage."

"In that case, if we just spread the news that he wants to advance from the Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage within three months, he will become the laughing stock of the Cultivation World."

"If his emotions become unstable because of this, let alone three months, I'm afraid he will never be able to resolve his inner conflicts and enter the Nascent Soul Stage."

Hearing this, the middle-aged female secretary's eyes lit up, "Striking the mind is supreme, Sect Leader, this plan is truly ingenious. Throughout the history of the Cultivation World, the fastest person to progress from the Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage was the Unrivaled Sword Saint of bygone years. He took only ten months to become a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, hailed as a peerless genius."

"That Shen Qiang, no matter how powerful, cannot be stronger than him. Once we release the news, there will definitely be many who admire the Unrivaled Sword Saint coming forward to mock his presumption. If at that time, he fails to achieve it, he will be ridiculed for life. Under such immense psychological pressure, I believe he will fall into deviation!"

The eyes of the Sect Leader of Long Yan Sword Sect were bright, "Excellent, that's what we'll do. You go now and inform the people we invited to assist us, tell them that the conflict between us and Shen's Holding is something we will resolve ourselves. Thank them and tell them not to come."

"Alright, I'll go handle it now." The middle-aged female secretary immediately turned and left the office.

Watching her voluptuous figure, a trace of ruthlessness appeared in the eyes of the Sect Leader of Long Yan Sword Sect.

"Shen Qiang, you are far from my match! You want to enter the Nascent Soul Stage? I will set up an inner conflict for you, ensuring that you never reach it for the rest of your life!"

Meanwhile, at home.

Shen Qiang, sitting cross-legged, calmly refined his Golden Core with surging True Yuan.

The Golden Core Stage is the second major realm in the four great realms of Cultivation 'Qi Refinement to Divine Sense', and this stage essentially involves refining the Golden Core to be immaculate, then allowing the Golden Core to enter the Sea of Consciousness and merge with the Divine Sense to transform into a Nascent Soul.

This is the second crucial Quality Transformation Period for a cultivator.

Only a true Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, possessing Divine Sense, can more clearly perceive the changes in nature's spiritual energy, thereby able to precisely control it and accomplish many techniques that those below the Nascent Soul Stage simply cannot.

And once possessing Divine Sense, a cultivator's strength will surge exponentially.

For instance, dodging bullets.

Below the Nascent Soul Stage, without Divine Sense, firearms pose a lethal threat, because even Golden Core Stage cultivators can only passively sense external occurrences through the responses of nature's spiritual energy.

But after obtaining Divine Sense, akin to radar, firearms are useless against cultivators. A cultivator with Divine Sense can, at the moment a bullet is fired, immediately discern the bullet's trajectory and location, thus not only able to dodge bullets.

If one wishes to show off, pinching a bullet between two fingers is not a difficult feat worth marveling at.

Meanwhile, under the vigorous refinement of True Yuan, more and more black spots gradually disappeared from Shen Qiang's Golden Core, and it became increasingly radiant.

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