"Thest I heard from Mom was a week ago, but she always replies to her messageste, so don''t worry about it.


    After knowing her strength from Aunt Olivia and Quartz, I am sure she can take care of herself.


    Rather than that, brother, at thest dinner, you said you finished a secret technique for me? When will you give it?"


    "I am still modifying it."


    "How long will it take? I want to raise my cultivation realm, but you say I should wait to master my secret technique first. It''s not like we have a lot of time to waste."


    ''Maybe I should just let them learn the basic secret technique first. Creating this rune method will take far longer than needed.''


    Decided, Alex then gave her the technique.


    Meanwhile, in the cultivation world, things were far less peaceful than what MingYue thought. FengYue started her revenge.


    She began by taking resources from the Situ n to recover her realm to the Golden Core level. Despite never getting any exnation of MingYue''s cultivation method, by staying at her side, she still learned some of it.


    This allowed her topete with the Heaven Chosen.


    Using her position in managing the business built by the BaiYue sect, she started gathering information on her target. She used Yang Fei as bait and spread chaos.


    She made the Situ n pursue him, then pushed him toward her target. Along the way, the Situ n would often attack theirpetitors, leaving no one alive and framing Yang Fei as the perpetrator.


    Because of this, the Yang n became even more furious. They couldn''tpletely deflect the rumor since Yang Fei was also not with them.


    This made them send more people to hunt for him. They needed to make sure they reached Yang Fei first. They didn''t interact with the Situ n much, and finding them suddenly doing this to Yang Fei made them feel confused.


    As for Yang Fei himself, he was now in a wretched situation. It''s not like the Situ n''s im was unfounded. He was still battling with Greed over control of his body.


    Sometimes, he would ck out as Greed took control, and when he recovered, he would find himself in a vige or small city that was massacred.


    There were no bodies, only pools of blood all around the area. It was clear to him that Greed had eaten them all and hadn''t even shared the strength with Yang Fei.


    This made him panic, not because of the blood on his hands, but because Greed would keep bing stronger while his strength remained the same.


    At some point, Greed wouldpletely consume him.


    Some distance away, FengXue was looking at Yang Fei''s haggard figure. His clothes were torn, and the wounds on his body were slowly regenerating.


    Every time he took over, Greed would reopen the wounds to weaken his mentality.


    After making sure Yang Fei was the one controlling the body, Feng Xuended in front of him.


    "Who are you?" Yang Fei didn''t recognize her. He didn''t even know that he was now bing public enemy number one.


    "Who I am is not important. I have a way for you to hold Greed back. Do you want it?" As Feng Xue said this, she took out a pearl from her storage ring.


    This was a soul-calming pearl. Its main effect was to nourish and heal the soul, but with a special method, it could be used to do the reverse.


    "As one of the Yang n''s geniuses, you should understand what you can do with this item."


    "How did you get your hands on it? I tried to find one but never seeded."


    "That doesn''t matter. Do you want it or not?" Feng Xue asked.


    She got the pearl from the Situ n Patriarch. The item was quite rare, even in the central region. If one was found, an immortal would usually quickly take it away from the market.


    The only reason Situ Chen had it was because of an incident in the past involving Feng Xue.


    Yang Fei''s eyes locked on the pearl. He then looked around the area, finding no one else. He asked, "What do you want?"


    There was no way the woman in front of him would share it for free.


    "After you use this, your control over Taotie should improve, allowing you to utilize him again. I want you to target some ces owned by ShangXi Temple. I''ve already marked the area and don''t think you can run from this obligation." As FengXue said this, she took out an old scroll.


    "This is an ancient contract. With this, I can use the power of multiple people to enforce what is agreed upon. No matter what you do, you won''t be able to get out of it."


    The ancient contract FengXue used worked the same way Alex used to, but it had one huge difference: this contract allowed it to be made between one person and multiple people. This way, even if one person was stronger individually, in collective strength, they would still lose out.


    FengXue had already gotten the strength of Situ Chen and herself. She also nned to add more, as people who owed her family were more than just the Situ n.


    The sword pavilion in the central region, even the Blue Lotus sect, had some rtion to her family. But she always kept her mouth shut about this.


    MingYue didn''t know that FengXue''s target of revenge was ShangXi Temple''s current Abbot.


    But even if she knew, MingYue wouldn''t feel worried. Her next goal was the central region andpletely taking it over. She would only benefit from having FengXue carve the path for her.


    Seeing Yang Fei''s hesitation, Feng Xue closed her palm over the pearl.


    "If you''re not interested, I can always find someone else.


    This pearl is enough payment for even the Profound Enlightenment sect to risk their lives."


    "Wait… I''ll take it." Yang Fei said, gritting his teeth.