Chapter 206: The Woman Obsessed with Crafting

Days passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Feng had already converted all the items he had seized into domain value, amassing a total of 120 million. Adding to this the previous 280 million, he now had over 400 million in domain value—this was the first time Ye Feng had held so much.

He had considered spending 100 million in domain value to buy a Grade 5 Spirit Ascension Pill and take it to instantly rise to the Combined Body stage, thereby further enhancing his strength. But he simply didn’t have the time to improve his abilities. After taking the Spirit Ascension Pill, it would take at least ten days to reach the Combined Body stage, not to mention that consolidating one’s cultivation required far more time than just a day or two.

However, the current environment on Agri Planet was no longer suitable for leisurely cultivation. After all, there was a Sixth Calamity Immortal living next door to him. To this day, Ye Feng still couldn’t figure out why that person kept approaching him enthusiastically to chat. Though he knew for sure that the other party hadn’t discovered that it was he who had killed his grandson—otherwise, he would have had countless chances to kill Ye Feng already—Ye Feng still felt uneasy every time they talked.

And then, on this very day, the twelve elders of the Crafting Sect arrived on Agri Planet.

After the incident of his theft last time, the Crafting Sect had become the focus of attention lately. Although their announcements reduced some of the gossip, interest in the sect didn’t diminish. After all, everything that had happened recently was related to the Crafting Sect—whether it was Wei Jie’s death, the abduction of two guardians, or the rumors spreading abroad that some elders were coming to take control of the mess… All these factors made it difficult for the Crafting Sect to fade from public attention in such a short time.

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Su Mo was a woman with extraordinary cultivation talent, and her family was also quite famous in the area. As early as the age of five, she was noticed by an elder from the Flower Sect, who wanted to make her his final disciple. Unexpectedly, the five-year-old girl refused outright.

The Flower Sect was the second-largest sect in the entire cultivation world, second only to the Tianjian Sect, and it was composed entirely of women. Logically, it should have been Su Mo’s best choice, but she rejected it. Her family members tried to persuade her many times, but to no avail.

The elder who had chosen her spoke to her privately once and then agreed not to press her further. No one knew what the five-year-old girl had said to that elder.

However, not long after that elder left, she proposed to her family that she wanted to join the Alchemy Sect. At the time, her family thought she was crazy. Although the Alchemy Sect was considered a major sect, its strength was still far behind that of the Flower Sect. Moreover, as far as they knew, the Alchemy Sect seemed to only accept male disciples. But unable to resist their daughter’s persistent request, they sent Xiao Su Mo to the Alchemy Sect, hoping that since the sect didn’t accept female disciples, their daughter would give up. Yet Xiao Su Mo was chosen by an elder and became her personal disciple. Only then did they realize that the Alchemy Sect did accept female disciples. In fact, since its founding, it had only accepted five female disciples, one of whom even served as the sect leader. The others had also successfully ascended to the celestial realm. After joining the Alchemy Sect, Su Mo’s cultivation progress was astonishingly fast. In just a few hundred years, she faced a heavenly calamity and successfully overcame it, reaching the Mahayana stage and becoming the new elder of the sect. After becoming an elder, Su Mo didn’t relax like the other elders. She spent almost every day in the elders’ dedicated room, crafting various items. It took her several years to meet the rest of the sect members once. This time, the grand elder and the sect leader sent her out perhaps to experience things other than alchemy and help her become more normal. Upon arriving at Agri Planet, only Lin Peng and Jiang Yuansong came to greet her, as she had specifically requested a low-key approach—just two people to pick her up were enough. The two, who hadn’t seen Su Mo in many years, were slightly stunned upon seeing her. She wore a black suit that gave her a bold and imposing appearance, with her long black hair neatly tied back. If Ye Feng were here, he would surely marvel at her as an alien version of a strong woman. The three of them didn’t say a word along the way, as Lin Peng and Jiang Yuansong didn’t know how to start a conversation given Su Mo’s cold expression. After arriving at the Alchemy Sect’s branch, the two took Su Mo straight to the room prepared for her. “Elder Su, this is the room where you’ll rest for now…” Jiang Yuansong thought Su Mo would like the room. Unexpectedly, she merely glanced at the bed before turning to them and saying, “Mm, I understand. Is there a special room for alchemy here?” The two were slightly surprised before nodding, “There are two!” “Take me there!”

“Now? You’ve been traveling for days—why not rest today? We can take you there tomorrow!” Lin Peng suggested.
“I don’t need this room. A special room for alchemy is enough for me!” Su Mo shook her head. “If you need anything, just come find me there. Take me there now!”
Jiang Yuansong and Lin Peng finally realized that the rumor about the Twelfth Elder being obsessed with alchemy wasn’t false—it was true.
Reluctantly, they led her to the alchemy room. Seeing the bed provided for temporary use there, they felt a bit uneasy. After all, it was indeed uncomfortable to have such a beautiful woman live in such a place.
Su Mo, however, seemed very happy. She walked around the room and then smiled satisfactorily at them, saying, “This is great! Just let me know if you find any clues. I’m ready to start alchemy!”
Only then did Jiang Yuansong and Lin Peng shake their heads and leave.
Not long after they left the alchemy room, the communicator on their waists rang again.
When they answered, it was a familiar voice on the other end.
“Elder Su should have arrived by now, right?”
“That’s right!”
“Remember, don’t let her get close to the alchemy room, or it will be hard for her to get out! Her main purpose for going there is to take charge of the situation and find the real culprit behind Wei Jie’s death, not to just change locations and continue alchemy.”
“But… she’s already inside the alchemy room…” Jiang Yuansong said helplessly. The other party hadn’t mentioned this at first.
“You need to find a way to get her out. Otherwise, it’s no different from her not having gone at all. She won’t leave the alchemy room on her own!”
“It seems we’ve run into a small problem!” Lin Peng glanced back at the alchemy room not far away and shook his head with a wry smile.
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“It’s the Twelfth Elder from the Alchemy Sect this time—her name is Su Mo!” Yue Ming’s voice came through the communicator.
“She’s a woman?” Ye Feng asked curiously upon hearing her name.
“That’s right. She’s the only woman among the current elders!” Yue Ming’s voice carried a hint of amusement. “I heard she’s also a very beautiful woman!”
“Anything useful besides gossip?” Ye Feng didn’t feel he needed much interaction with the people from the Alchemy Sect.

“This elder named Su Mo is a genius; she achieved her current level in just a few hundred years. It is said that she has a passion for crafting weapons, an obsession that’s hard for ordinary people to understand. She can spend decades in her crafting room, eating, drinking, or sleeping nothing at all, never stepping outside, all for the sake of crafting.”
“That sounds a bit crazy. What about her strength?” Ye Feng pressed further.
“She’s at the late Mahayana stage, but her strength must be quite formidable. There’s a rumor, though its authenticity is unknown, saying that she wasn’t harmed at all during her heavenly tribulation, not even a single hair was damaged.”
“No way!” Ye Feng found such rumors hard to believe, as he knew how terrifying heavenly tribulations were—the final strike’s power was definitely no less than that of a strong warrior in the mid-Mahayana stage. Even with top-tier spiritual weapons, one would need to be extremely cautious. To suffer no harm at all sounded like a joke.
“It’s unclear how true this rumor is. Though this woman hasn’t fought much, she’s still a strong warrior in the late Mahayana stage—her strength must not be underestimated.”
“I get it. What’s she doing now?” Ye Feng continued to ask.
“According to internal information, she’s gone back into her crafting room to work!” Yue Ming didn’t sound like he was joking. “I really don’t know what’s going on in that woman’s head every day.”
“Alright, I understand. Let me know immediately if there’s any news!” Seeing that there wasn’t much useful information, Ye Feng shook his head and ended the call.
As soon as he put down the communicator, it rang again. This time it was Pei Hong. He had visited Pei Hong a few days ago but hadn’t brought him with him instead leaving him a communicator. Ye Feng still had many things to handle, and he didn’t want to keep Pei Hong around, as that would put Pei Hong in even greater danger.
“Pei Hong, what’s happened?” Ye Feng knew Pei Hong wasn’t the kind to call just to chat unless he encountered something he couldn’t handle on his own.
“Ye Feng… I… I’ve run into some trouble…” Pei Hong’s breathing was heavy, and his voice sounded very anxious.
“Don’t panic. Explain clearly what happened, and I’ll be there right away!”