Banshee Family Training Record

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Upon hearing this, Gu Yu's pupils contracted slightly, and then her face was filled with deep worry.

What they need most right now is time, plenty of time for her grandfather to complete the task of subduing the Xuanhuang Mother Beast. If the Qin army suddenly abandons its large-scale offensive, it would actually be a good thing for them.

But the price was the lives of our brothers...

Yun Chu'an glanced at her and could see the struggle in her heart. He reached out and gently patted her shoulder twice.

“Don’t worry too much,” he said. “Leave it to me.”

Gu Yu snapped out of her daze and looked at him with grateful eyes.

Then, Yun Chu'an took action. He summoned the Golden Core cultivators in the rebel army and agreed on several fixed frequency signals. If anyone was attacked, they should prioritize self-defense while immediately sending a signal for help and calling for support.

They then dispersed, sending out more men to keep watch. Yun Chu'an personally took on more arduous tasks, monitoring and patrolling day and night. Although attacks still occurred, reinforcements arrived in time, and casualties were generally greatly reduced.

As time went by, the situation of being passively attacked seemed to remain unchanged, and everyone was holding back their anger, which needed to be vented.

On this day, Yun Chu'an was on his routine patrol. He wandered through this earthen-yellow space when suddenly a familiar fluctuation came from afar. Someone was fighting in the distance, and the side belonging to the rebel army was sending him a signal for help.

His expression shifted, then his face lit up with joy. After so many days, there was finally a signal that was relatively close to him. This time, the enemy should not be allowed to escape.

Without hesitation, he immediately sped off into the distance. Regardless of who was clashing with him—whether Qin soldiers or members of the Ruthless Cult—anyone who wanted to kill him now would have to think twice!

He rushed over, but as he got closer, another fluctuation caused his expression to change again.

This sword intent felt somewhat familiar, yet also somewhat strange...

He leaped into the distance, and then a rebel roared, "Damn it, get out of here—!"

And the one he was facing was a familiar figure in white. Yun Chu'an stared at her, then his eyes widened in disbelief.

It was Dongfang Yue!

At this moment, the girl had her long, black hair tied back, and she was wearing a smart black and white sword outfit. She had already drawn her three-foot-long sword from her waist, and she was now spinning and slashing in mid-air, as if she were dancing. Every move was deadly, yet incredibly beautiful.

Two early-stage Golden Core cultivators from the rebel army attacked her, but they still couldn't gain any advantage. She single-handedly forced them into a series of defeats, putting them in grave danger!

Upon seeing this, Yun Chu'an did not hesitate and rushed forward, shouting, "Dongfang! Stop!"

Before she finished speaking, just as Dongfang Yue's sword was about to sever the head of a rebel cultivator, he had already used the Mad Storm Step, wielding his Guan Dao and arriving in front of her—

clang--

With Yun Chuan's current cultivation level and abilities, even in an environment rich in earth elemental energy, he could easily break the speed of sound.

So at that moment, he blocked her fatal sword strike first. Only then did Dongfang Yue suddenly come to her senses and realize who this person was: "Yun Chu'an?"

She was startled, then heard what he had just shouted. The rebel soldier rescued by Yun Chu'an was still in shock and wanted to fight back, but then immediately realized something: "You know each other?"

He was speechless, incredulous. Yun Chu'an, looking surprised, first explained, "I know her, but she's a righteous person. Isn't there some misunderstanding?"

Dongfang Yue, not one to back down, immediately retorted, "What misunderstanding is there! These two attacked me first. If I hadn't reacted quickly enough, I would already be a Golden Core cultivator!"

She said angrily, her almond-shaped eyes filled with resentment as she stared at the person: "Who are you people?"

In this way, she put on a very imposing aura, but in reality, she was also a little guilty: just now, she also regarded the other party as a member of the Heartless Sect, as that kind of evil demonic cultivator, so every sword strike was aimed at killing.

But now it seems that's not the case?

To cover up her misjudgment, she now stared at Yun Chu'an with ill intent, looking as if she were accusing him.

Yun Chu'an was embarrassed for a moment, then turned to look at the two rebel cultivators: "What's going on? This fellow Daoist is clearly not a Qin soldier, why did you suddenly ambush her?"

The two men approached him, bowed their heads, and said with considerable shame, “It was our misjudgment… because several of the brothers on guard duty have been seriously injured in surprise attacks these past few days, so we dared not let our guard down. When we saw her coming, we prepared to take the initiative and subdue her first.”

"Even if the judgment was wrong, it wouldn't be too late to release her later. But I never expected..."

Yun Chuan said, "I never expected her strength to be so great. Even with the two of you working together to launch a surprise attack, you couldn't defeat her and almost lost your lives, right?"

The two nodded with shame, their eyes still filled with lingering fear as they looked at Dongfang Yue.

At this moment, Dongfang Yue couldn't care less about being proud or continuing to be unreasonable. Hearing the other party's words, she frowned slightly: "Wait, what you're saying... those who attacked you, were they extremely cruel, leaving no survivors?"

The two were startled, then nodded in unison. A sense of foreboding rose in Yun Chu'an's heart, and he asked in a low voice, "Aren't they Qin soldiers? Could it be...?"

The power he had previously overlooked flashed through his mind.

"The Heartless Cult." The next moment, he and Dongfang Yue said the name of that force almost in unison.

"Hmm?" Dongfang Yue looked at him, a hint of surprise in her expression. "You know about them too? You've run into them?"

Yun Chu'an frowned deeply: "Uh...yes, I heard some things from one of my informants before. They seem to have a revenge plan targeting the Qin high command. But lately, I've been working with the rebels and haven't gotten much intelligence on them, so I don't know much..."

He feigned an air of mystery, unwilling to reveal too much about Hua Caiyan. Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yue's beautiful eyes widened, also catching the key phrase: "Rebel army? What? Could it be...them?"

She turned to look at the two Golden Core cultivators who couldn't defeat her even in a two-on-one fight. At that moment, the two proudly puffed out their chests: "That's right, we are the strongest rebel force in the desert, fighting against the tyranny of the Qin Kingdom!"

Of course, the reason it is called "the most powerful" is mainly because all other rebel forces have been wiped out.

Yun Chu'an muttered to himself, but his expression remained unchanged. He coughed lightly and said in a deep voice, "It seems that the situation is more complicated than we imagined. Miss Dongfang, did you come alone? Are there any other people with you?"

Chapter 743 Come on, call me "senior"!

Dongfang Yue snapped out of her daze and said, "Of course not, there's also Senior Sister, and... Su Youling, a female cultivator from the Dao Sect. You might not know her, I'll introduce her to you later..."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chuan'an's expression shifted, and a familiar figure immediately surfaced in his mind: "Su Youling... I actually know her. Back in Sheng Xuanren's secret realm, we joined forces to fight against the extraterrestrial demons."

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yue was somewhat surprised: "You actually know her..."

Yun Chu'an didn't intend to dwell on this topic any longer and continued, "In that case, please send a message to the two of them and ask them to come over. After we meet up, we can discuss these matters in detail."

Without hesitation, Dongfang Yue immediately sent a message to her senior sister. Soon, Yan Shuiyi and Su Youling arrived at the scene.

Upon seeing Yun Chu'an, a distinct light of surprise shone in Yan Shuiyi's eyes, and a bright smile appeared on her lips; her joy was palpable.

Dongfang Yue waved excitedly to her senior sister, but then noticed that her senior sister's eyes seemed to be fixed on Yun Chu'an and couldn't look away. Suddenly, she felt a sense of unease.

Beside her, Su Youling saw Yun Chuan and then Yan Shuiyi, and suddenly couldn't help but blush slightly. The lewd scene she had witnessed that night when she captured the Holy Maiden of Joy was still deeply imprinted in her mind.

She thought she had forgotten them, but she hadn't. And at this very moment, she involuntarily recalled them all, and then…

She blushed with embarrassment and could not look directly at the two of them.

Yun Chu'an, on the other hand, remained calm and composed, showing no signs of embarrassment. Gazing at the beautiful woman before him, a smile played on his lips, but since they were in front of outsiders, he refrained from any overly intimate gestures towards her.

He led the three to a small outpost outside the rebel camp, without alerting the rebels, and then told them in detail about what had happened in the past few days and what he had encountered.

Upon hearing this, Yan Shui and the others were surprised, and then they couldn't help but sigh at the complexity of the situation. They had not considered things properly beforehand.

Afterwards, they also told Yun Chu'an about their efforts over the past few days, as well as the tragedy they had just discovered in the Qin army camp. Upon hearing this, the latter was quite surprised, only then belatedly realizing that Gu Yu had told him the truth for this reason.

After hearing everything, Su Youling frowned, her heart pounding: "If that's the case, then the Ruthless Sect is probably hiding even deeper. So far, we haven't been able to catch them red-handed..."

She looked worried. After she finished speaking, the rebel cultivator who had been being beaten down by Dongfang Yue scratched his head and couldn't help but ask, "Wait, if that's the case, then the Ruthless Sect is also an enemy of the Qin people, right?"

"In that case, could we... uh..."

Before he could even utter the words "join forces," he noticed several cold gazes directed at him. Even Yun Chu'an, who had been protecting them, was now staring at him as if he were an idiot.

Instantly, the cultivator's heart felt as if it had been gripped by a giant hand of fear. He stammered, then hurriedly waved his hands, his voice carrying a pleading tone: "Don't look at me like that, I won't say anymore, I won't say anymore..."

Dongfang Yue looked displeased, but didn't say anything, only looking at Yun Chuan.

Yun Chuan said in a deep voice, "The Ruthless Sect is a complete heretical sect, a truly evil and wicked sect of demonic cultivators. Associating with such people will only tarnish our reputation and create more obstacles from righteous people on the road to resisting Qin."

He offered this advice, and the rebel monk lowered his head, indicating that he understood.

Previously, he didn't really have a clear understanding of the heretical and demonic cultivators. Ever since they raised the banner of rebellion, there had been constant slander and defamation against them in the Qin state, claiming they were licentious, bloodthirsty, and even cannibalistic, and so on…

They had never done these things, but because of this filth, they couldn't help but wonder if other evil cultivators were also despised for the same reason.

Did they really commit those heinous acts?

The similar experiences they had gone through made it hard for them not to doubt the veracity of certain rumors. However, in front of Yun Chu'an, he wisely kept his mouth shut and did not voice his speculations and thoughts.

Yan Shuiyi didn't dwell on the matter any longer. Seeing Yun Chu'an standing with the rebels, she frowned and said, "In that case, we probably have to prepare for the worst."

“If necessary, we may need to be prepared to face both the Qin army and the Ruthless Cult at the same time.”

Yun Chu'an said, "It's unlikely. Many people in the Ruthless Sect are also after the Qin army. They probably won't join forces; instead, they'll fight amongst themselves first."

"If we can manage to make them fight each other before we engage any of them, it will be very advantageous for us."

He said this, and Dongfang Yue nodded in agreement, but then added, "That sounds nice, but how do you actually do it?" (You're praising plum blossoms, I'm Lin Kong, your Lin is here, but...)

Yun Chu'an chuckled awkwardly, admitting that he didn't have any concrete ideas on the matter yet.

Beside her, Yan Shui couldn't bear to see her man embarrassed, so she immediately spoke up to help him out: "It's up to us to figure this out, Youling. With these, can you make the divination more accurate?"

As she spoke, she turned her head and looked at the Daozong girl beside her.

Faced with this more complex situation, Su Youling was not troubled. Instead, she straightened her chest and looked very confident: "Leave it to me. With more information as a reference, we can figure out many of the mysteries in the divination."

She said this, a smile playing on her lips. Dongfang Yue turned to look at her, then at her senior sister, feeling somewhat displeased. She didn't understand why her senior sister was taking the initiative to help Yun Chu'an out of the predicament. She could have easily put him in his place and taken the initiative after her own words, making him less arrogant.

She pouted, but Yun Chu'an turned to look at her, his eyes filled with a strange expression. He sensed the girl's displeasure; it was probably because she had just been ambushed and was now taking it out on him.

However, he didn't show much pity for Dongfang Yue. He immediately smiled and teased her, "Look, little Yueyue, there are plenty of ways to do this. Sometimes you have to listen humbly. We seniors have more experience than you, so you should listen to our opinions more!"

He said it on purpose, putting on a sanctimonious expression, and sure enough, the girl immediately exploded: "What are you saying! What do you mean by 'senior'? You dare to call yourself a senior in front of me?"

Yun Chu'an tilted his head and said, "That's right. In the cultivation world, seniority isn't determined by age, but entirely by cultivation level. Look, you're only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, while I'm already at the late stage. Come on, Caiyan, call me Senior Yun first!"

He said this, deliberately putting on a shameless expression. Dongfang Yue was instantly furious, gritting her teeth. She wanted to retort, but felt she had no grounds for argument. Instinctively, she threw herself into Yan Shuiyi's arms, muttering, "Senior sister, he bullied me!"

Yan Shuiyi looked tenderly at her junior sister, then at Yun Chuan not far away. She felt that the two of them were like children who hadn't grown up yet, bickering and playing around carefree all day long.

Beside her, Su Youling's eyes also swept back and forth between Yun Chuan and Dongfang Yue. For a moment, a strange thought arose in her mind: their relationship seemed to be better than she had imagined.

……

Another place within the secret realm.

This area is also a region where the earth elemental power is solid and dense, but although it appears so on the surface, it has actually been artificially modified.

Inside, everything was actually calm and peaceful. Someone had used a magic array to create a stable space here for people to cultivate.

Chapter 744 Fishing?

Here, Li Chengxiao, the leader of the "Ruthless Sect," was sitting cross-legged on a futon in the center of the five-pointed star formation, breathing deeply with his eyes closed, as if he were wholeheartedly cultivating.

However, at this very moment, before him lay a Nascent Soul the size of a palm. If Yun Chu'an were here, he would surely be astonished to discover that this Nascent Soul was none other than Lü Shiwei's Nascent Soul, who had narrowly escaped death from his grasp!

However, now, this nascent soul has fallen into Li Chengxiao's hands!

At this moment, the soul within the nascent soul had dimmed, but the vast and pure energy still remained. Li Chengxiao sat cross-legged, overjoyed. He truly was the chosen one, destined by heaven. He had been struggling because his sect was too poor to break through to the nascent soul stage quickly, but unexpectedly, heaven was on his side, and he had actually managed to pick up a half-crippled nascent soul for free!

In this way, once I refine it, I will definitely be able to break through to a completely new realm!

He wasn't in a hurry, patiently refining it. Streams of spiritual energy were drawn from Lü Shiwei's nascent soul and then entered his own body.

These spiritual energies flowed and transformed within his body, eventually converging in his dantian.

At the same time, a little bit of the intense resentment that lingered in Lü Shiwei's soul as he died was also continuously entering his body as Li Chengxiao refined it.

The nascent soul continued to shrink, and the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from it grew weaker and weaker. Time passed second by second, and finally, when Lü Shiwei's pale blue nascent soul completely disappeared and was refined by him, Li Chengxiao also successfully condensed his own nascent soul!

He looked inward at his dantian and found that there, a crimson "blood infant" with some black threads was hovering in his body, radiating an ominous, murderous, and hateful light.

He knew that his Nascent Soul was very different from that of a normal cultivator, but he didn't care at all. His master was right; strength comes at a price. After all, he had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm so quickly through an "alternative Nascent Soul formation," gaining the strength that only Nascent Soul cultivators possessed.

With such rapid progress, how could there possibly be no side effects?

However, Li Chengxiao didn't care. He longed for greater power, and he was willing to endure any risks and hardships for it.

Just kidding. For power, I would be ruthless enough to kill even my own parents and childhood sweetheart, let alone this little risk.

I will become stronger, the strongest!

I am the chosen one; everything in this world will be mine!

The Nascent Soul cultivation is mine, the Xuanhuang Mother Beast is mine, and Su Youling is mine too...

Thinking of the beautiful and gentle face of that Daoist girl, at this moment, only one desire could arise in Li Chengxiao's heart.

That was boiling killing intent!

Just wait, I'll show you just how much pain I've endured along the way!

His heart was surging with emotion. He got up, went out of the pass, and looked at the endless yellow sand outside, feeling heroic and spirited.

Beside him, a figure rushed to his side, bowed, and said respectfully, "Master!"

Li Chengxiao asked, "How many days have I been in seclusion? Have you made any new discoveries during this time?" (You recite "Plum Blossom," I recite "Empty," but Lin Zaizai hasn't...)

The man said, "Reporting to the Master, you have been in seclusion for ten days. During this time, your subordinates have been doing their utmost to search for the exact location of the 'Xuanhuang Mother Beast'."

"During this time, a group of people kept blocking our way. We initially thought they were Qin soldiers, but after killing a few, we realized that things weren't quite like that..."