Chapter 106: Yan Taibai, Shunned by the

To put it bluntly, Yan Taibai had been shunned by the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash"; this feeling was very strange, yet Yan Taibai felt it truly existed.

Therefore, under these circumstances, Yan Taibai could only let it be and allow the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" to do as it pleased.

Perhaps for this very reason, in just half an hour, the injuries on Yan Taibai's body recovered as before, and he even gained significant strengthening from absorbing and refining the abundant Qi within the Chihuo Jinshan mines, which improved his depressed mood quite a bit.

Moreover, Yan Taibai felt that if he were to unleash the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" at that same level again, his physical body would certainly not be damaged as severely, but he would inevitably still be injured.

Therefore, next time, he must be cautious, and even more cautious.

Having recovered from his injuries and strengthened his physical body, Yan Taibai opened his eyes at the first opportunity and said to Qiong Laoguai, who looked pleasantly surprised and had set aside his worries.

"Master, let us leave this place quickly! Lest we be surrounded by the Ghost Spirit Sect; if that happens, it will be troublesome to escape. The ones who should be anxious now are the Ghost Spirit Sect, not us."

The reason Yan Taibai did not finish off the Nascent Soul cultivator Wang Tiangu was that he was worried about his identity being exposed later; as for Wang Chan, it was impossible for him to discover his identity, nor would he think it was him.

Furthermore, since he needed to use Wang Chan to exchange for what Yan Taibai wanted, he naturally could not kill him, otherwise, Nangong Wan would likely be in real trouble.

Nangong Wan was, after all, involved because of him; he could not just ignore it, and he was incapable of such heartless and unrighteous behavior.

Therefore, he had no choice but to take the risk and come to resolve this matter.

"Good, then let us leave immediately. However, there is a good item that should be of some use to you, though I do not know if you are willing to use it."

Qiong Laoguai said with a slightly strange expression.

"A good item? What good item?"

Yan Taibai stood up, raised an eyebrow, and asked curiously.

"This."

Seeing this, Qiong Laoguai did not continue to play coy and took out a cyan-colored light gauze.

"This is a wind-attribute Dharma Treasure? It doesn't seem suitable for this disciple, does it?" Seeing this, Yan Taibai frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

"This is indeed a wind-attribute Dharma Treasure, named the 'Drifting Spirit Ribbon'. Although it is not perfectly suited to you, it can allow your escape techniques to grow wings like a tiger, taking them a step further."

"It will also allow you to avoid using your previous divine ability, saving on the consumption of True Essence Magic Power."

"Your previous divine ability must consume a great deal of True Essence Magic Power within your body, right?"

Qiong Laoguai explained.

"Many thanks, Master."

After hearing Qiong Laoguai's words, Yan Taibai nodded in thanks and took the wind-attribute Drifting Spirit Ribbon.

After all, although the attribute did not match perfectly, it still had significant utility.

Moreover, Qiong Laoguai was right; unleashing the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" indeed consumed a great deal of True Essence Magic Power within his body.

A "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" with the power of the one just used could be performed at most three or four times in a short period, and that was only because he was at Chihuo Jinshan.

If it were elsewhere, at most three times; once it exceeded three times, he would have to leave immediately and flee far away.

Yan Taibai was very clear on this point, but there were likely not many people in the entire Tiannan Cultivation World who could withstand three "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slashes".

Yan Taibai still had confidence in this.

However, the master and disciple pair truly needed to leave. After all, this was Youzhou, the territory of the Ghost Spirit Sect.

So, after putting away the Drifting Spirit Ribbon, Yan Taibai left Chihuo Jinshan with Qiong Laoguai, fled far away from Youzhou, and headed toward Tianyan Zhou, where the Demon Flame Sect was located.

It was also the place agreed upon with Mr. Xuan Ye; once the matter was accomplished, he would head to Tianyan Zhou to rendezvous with him, then discuss the next step of the plan and wait for the Ghost Spirit Sect to come knocking on their door.

Unless the Ghost Spirit Sect Master Wang Tiansheng wanted to cut off his bloodline.

But Qiong Laoguai told Yan Taibai that this was almost impossible; for a Nascent Soul cultivator, it was extremely difficult to conceive offspring.

The higher and stronger the realm, the lower the probability of having descendants, but their aptitude was always excellent.

The only way was to take in many concubines; as long as the quantity was high, even if the probability was low, it was still possible.

However!

If it were a situation like Long Han and Feng Bing, the "Fatty Couple of Two Demons", it would be difficult.

Because both were Nascent Soul cultivators, and the woman was even stronger than the man, it was naturally impossible for her to allow her husband to take concubines.

Therefore, to this day, Long Han and Feng Bing still had no children.

Thus, as long as no accidents occurred—such as all the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Ghost Spirit Sect refusing to save the Young Sect Master Wang Chan—the hope was quite high.

But this was also impossible; Wang Chan was, after all, the Young Sect Master of the Ghost Spirit Sect. If even he could be abandoned, what would the other cultivators of the Ghost Spirit Sect think?

Especially under the current circumstances of the Ghost Spirit Sect, it was even more impossible.

Tianyan Zhou was the only one among the dozens of states in Tianluo Country where volcanoes occupied nearly one-third of the land.

One could imagine that the Demonic Path cultivators who could be here were naturally focused on practicing fire-attribute techniques.

Furthermore, Tianyan Zhou was also the state with the most master artifact refiners and alchemists in the entire Tianluo Country, all because of the abundant and endless geothermal resources here.

And as the hegemon of Tianyan Zhou, the Demon Flame Sect naturally possessed the most master artifact refiners and alchemists in the entire Tianluo Country.

But no matter how many there were, they lacked sufficient resources, and coupled with having few disciples and being mostly fire-attribute focused, they could never surpass the Yuling Sect to become the second-ranked power in Tianluo Country.

As for the Hehuan Sect, there was no need to think about it; unless a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage appeared, it was simply impossible.

Therefore, the Demon Dao Six Sects and other Demonic Path sects in Tianluo Country could at most fight for the position of the ten-thousand-year runner-up.

The Demon Flame Sect was the ten-thousand-year third-place; although the Tiansha Sect and Qianhuan Sect were unconvinced, they had to admit that the overall strength of the Demon Flame Sect was indeed above theirs.

But what attracted Yan Taibai the most were the artifact refining methods and materials of Tianyan Zhou, which truly opened his eyes.

Although they could not compare to the artifact refining Dao within the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash", they still had their merits, and these things were rare in the artifact refining classics of the Yanyue Sect.

However, these were not the most core and profound artifact refining techniques.

The most core and profound artifact refining techniques were basically all in the Demon Flame Sect.

"Taibai, say that again?"

In an inn at the Demon Flame Sect market in Tianyan Zhou, after hearing Yan Taibai's request, Qiong Laoguai exploded.

"Master, I want to enter the Demon Flame Sect to borrow and read their artifact refining techniques; this would be of great benefit to this disciple's refining of my Life-Bound Magical Treasure. I hope you can help."

Yan Taibai repeated it simply and honestly once more.

"This is impossible, you are courting death. The Demon Flame Sect has produced more than one Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, and furthermore, it is even more formidable than the Ghost Spirit Sect, with nearly twenty Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect. Do you think that with just your meager divine abilities, you have any chance of survival once discovered? To take such a huge risk for this bit of artifact refinement technique is absolutely impossible."

Qiong Laoguai refused Yan Taibai's request without any courtesy.

He could not possibly agree to this matter.

"Alright, then forget it."

Hearing Qiong Laoguai's resolute words, Yan Taibai could only sigh, nod, and stop thinking about it.

After all, he had only thought of it and said it; in reality, he also knew it was impossible.

The Demon Flame Sect was a sect even more powerful than the Ghost Spirit Sect.

Every sect among the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects had produced more than one Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, and even many fallen demonic sects of Heavenly Luo Kingdom had produced them.

Therefore, Heavenly Luo Kingdom was one of the only two great nations in the Tiannan Cultivation World, while the remaining countries were basically medium-sized countries like Yue Country and Yuanwu Country, or small countries like Cheqi Kingdom and Jiang Kingdom.

And if there were no accidents, Heavenly Luo Kingdom would soon be even larger.

As long as they occupied all the countries that could not resist, such as Cheqi Kingdom, Jiang Kingdom, Yuanwu Country, and Zijin Country, after a thousand or two thousand years, when sects like the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom declined and perished, it would naturally all become the territory of Heavenly Luo Kingdom.

The current Heavenly Luo Kingdom was also expanding its territory step by step in this way.

"Taibai, do you think that if the Ghost Spirit Sect finds us this time, they will strike first, or agree to the conditions?"

Qiong Laoguai returned to the main topic and asked.

"That depends on what the Ghost Spirit Sect Master thinks. Just as Master said earlier, unless the Ghost Spirit Sect Master wants his bloodline to be severed, nine times out of ten he will not easily make a move. If it weren't for Senior Sister Nangong, this disciple would really want to take the risk and wreak havoc in Heavenly Luo Kingdom; it would be even better if I could kill a few more Nascent Soul cultivators. It would at least reduce some pressure on Yue Country. It would also make the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects wary."

Speaking to the end, Yan Taibai could not help but sigh lightly, feeling it was a great pity.

Through the previous killing of Wang Tiangu, Yan Taibai had gained a rough understanding of his true strength; as long as a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage did not make a move, there were almost no Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivators who could stop him if he wanted to leave.

Unless an array was set up in advance, and Yan Taibai felt the difficulty of setting up an array that even the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash could not break was quite high.

Therefore, there was no need to be overly cautious; the reason he was unwilling to expose his identity was still that he did not want to experience the treatment of that Spirit Severing Stage cultivator from ten thousand years ago.

Unless he advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, he did not yet have the ability to suppress the entire Tiannan Cultivation World on his own.

"Hmm! This master thinks the same, but I wonder when that Sect Master Wang of the Ghost Spirit Sect will contact us?"

Qiong Laoguai nodded in agreement.

Before the words fell, a streak of firelight broke through the room's Restriction, then circled and landed on top of Qiong Laoguai's head.

Seeing this, Qiong Laoguai reached out and took it into his hand, turning it into a Sound Transmission Talisman, and then his divine sense invaded it to check.

"This Ghost Spirit Sect Master Wang is truly impatient. Mr. Xuan Ye says that Ghost Spirit Sect Master Wang can agree to all our conditions, but he must release that Young Sect Master."

A moment later, Qiong Laoguai withdrew his divine sense, his face revealing a look of satisfaction as he stated the content.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple; the Ghost Spirit Sect Master cannot possibly let us leave Heavenly Luo Kingdom."

"Tell Mr. Xuan Ye to inform him that the conditions have changed now; we must leave Heavenly Luo Kingdom and return to our sect before we will send that Young Sect Master back to the Ghost Spirit Sect. If the Ghost Spirit Sect has any concerns, they can send a Golden Core Stage Cultivator to follow."

Yan Taibai thought for a moment and said.

"Hmm, good, it should be like this."

Qiong Laoguai nodded in approval.

"Good, this master will let Mr. Xuan Ye tell the Ghost Spirit Sect now."

After speaking, Qiong Laoguai took out a Sound Transmission Talisman, input Yan Taibai's changed conditions into it, and it turned into firelight to be delivered to Mr. Xuan Ye.

Subsequently, the master and disciple began to discuss the next step of the plan.

In short, this time they would definitely make the Ghost Spirit Sect bleed heavily.

Otherwise, wouldn't the two of them have come for nothing.

Of course, the most important things were the materials the master and disciple needed, as well as the antidote for Nangong Wan.

And as long as the materials were gathered, the strength and divine abilities of the master and disciple could go a step further.

Not to mention Yan Taibai, if Qiong Laoguai successfully refined the Formless Sword Array, he would have the strength to fight even against a Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator.

And materials had always been a problem; although they had gathered seven or eight tenths, Qiong Laoguai would not complain if there were better materials.

Qiong Laoguai's Formless Sword Array was a divine ability that even Yan Taibai was somewhat envious of.

This divine ability was: Sword Spirit Manifesting Void.

As long as it was truly cultivated, one would have the strength to fight even against a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage.

However, like the Great Geng Sword Array that accompanied the Azure Origin Sword Art, it required a special material.

"Phantom Ghost Gold"!

And this material had only appeared once in the entire Tiannan Cultivation World, in the Ghost Spirit Sect; as for whether it existed now, no one dared to be sure, so they could only take a gamble.

If it truly existed, then Qiong Laoguai would surely be able to leap to become one of the top Nascent Soul cultivators in the Tiannan Cultivation World.

"They actually changed the conditions, it's truly a headache."

After receiving Qiong Laoguai's Sound Transmission Talisman, Mr. Xuan Ye read the content and said with a headache.

But he could only act according to their words; now he was no longer his own master, staying in the Ghost Spirit Sect meant certain death, and returning to Yue Country offered no place to stay.

Fortunately, the backup plan he had laid out earlier had already taken effect, so it would not lead to the severing of the Yan Family bloodline.

However, one need not think about the surname "Yan" for the time being; the Ghost Spirit Sect would surely retaliate like a madman. And at that time, Yan Taibai, Qiong Laoguai, and the Yanyue Sect would not provide the slightest protection.

After all, the current Yue Country could hardly protect itself, so how could it protect a traitorous Yan Family.

Therefore, one could only seek a way to survive on their own.

"I hope Taibai and Yan'er become Dao companions soon; only then will the Yan Family have a possibility of reappearing in the cultivation world."

Mr. Xuan Ye sighed, took out a Ten-Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Talisman, input Yan Taibai's changed conditions into it, and then it turned into firelight and headed toward the Ghost Spirit Sect.

Only Ghost Spirit Sect Master Wang Tiansheng could make the decision on this matter.

"They actually changed the conditions again, and even want Phantom Ghost Gold, it's truly wishful thinking."

After reading the contents of the Sound Transmission Talisman from Xuan Ye, the Ghost Spirit Sect Master Wang Tiansheng's face turned livid; he wished he could strike out right now to extract Qiong Laoguai's soul and refine his spirit.

"This Phantom Spirit Ghost Gold is the only piece in the entire sect and is a precious treasure of the sect; the Sect Master absolutely cannot trade it. As for the other conditions, they can be considered; they are merely some materials and detoxifying Spirit Pills, after all. This time, the sect was indeed careless. We did not expect that this Yanyue Sect would have such a formidable Nascent Soul cultivator capable of killing the Second Elder."

The person speaking this time was a white-robed elder; having received the message, he, who had already been monitoring the situation in Tianluo Country, had rushed over at the fastest possible speed.

"Agree? These are materials worth millions of Spirit Stones; if we just agree like this, wouldn't it make the entire Tiannan laugh at our Ghost Spirit Sect?"

A Nascent Soul cultivator said with an ugly expression.

Clearly, he was somewhat dissatisfied with not being able to haggle.

"If you can rescue the Young Sect Master, you may also choose not to agree."

The white-robed elder said in a flat tone.

(End of this chapter)