Chapter 13: 《White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash》

Yan Taibai was naturally unaware of what was happening outside Yan Family Fortress; he was currently using the Jade Tablet given by Mr. Xuan Ye and acting under the orders of the Yan Family Ancestor to read books, Jade Slips, and handwritten notes left by the Yan Family's ancestors on the third floor of the Library Pavilion.

These items were almost all the most important possessions of the Yan Family and were one of the foundations of the Yan Family.

Even if the Yan Family were to fall in the future, there would still be hope for a resurgence by relying on these things.

Most of the Jade Slips, ancient books, and handwritten notes in this Library Pavilion were top-tier cultivation techniques, divine abilities, and cultivation experiences of the Yan Family—knowledge rarely found on the two floors below—which allowed Yan Taibai to once again experience the feeling of his progress value for "Reading Ten Thousand Volumes" increasing rapidly.

However, it soon became just like a budget e-commerce platform in his past life; as the techniques, divine abilities, spells, and secret arts repeated, the progress value slowed down again, which gave Yan Taibai quite a headache.

Fortunately, it was still much faster than on the two floors below, and he believed that it would not be long before he could complete the "Reading Ten Thousand Volumes" simulated cultivation task.

He was quite looking forward to the unknown reward that would follow.

After all, the last time it was directly a Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, which made him the most important person in the Yan Family.

And he also got a little fiancée!

Just as Yan Taibai was reading in the Library Pavilion as usual, the Yan Family Ancestor, Mr. Xuan Ye, and many core Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators of Yan Family Fortress were discussing something in the Flying Cloud Pavilion.

"Ancestor, other cultivators have been appearing outside the fortress these days, and I always feel there is some problem. Yet, I haven't been able to find out anything."

A Yan Family Fortress steward reported with a rather grim expression.

In fact, ever since two Heavenly Spirit Root disciples appeared in Yan Family Fortress, there had been no peace outside the fortress, or even in the entire Lin Prefecture.

Many disturbances had occurred in the market belonging to Yan Family Fortress in Lin Prefecture, most of which were caused by cultivators from other countries; Yan Family Fortress could not easily kill them, so they could only expel them to settle the matter.

After all, because of the constant suppression by the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom, Yan Family Fortress had frequent dealings and exchanges with cultivation sects and cultivation families in nearby countries to cope with the suppression from the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom.

And now, the existence of the two Heavenly Spirit Root Yan Family disciples, Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan, had already made many cultivation sects and cultivation families unable to sit still.

After all, there is no bottleneck for Heavenly Spirit Roots before the Golden Core Stage; once the two of them grew up, the Yan Family would have two more Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

And the Yan Family Ancestor was currently less than four hundred years old, which meant that by then, the Yan Family would have at least three or more Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

Not to mention that as Heavenly Spirit Root cultivators, Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan also had a higher chance of condensing a Nascent Soul than most cultivators.

Such a cultivation family was rare even across the entire Tiannan Cultivation World.

To be precise, having two Heavenly Spirit Root cultivators in the same generation of a cultivation family was not unique, but it was certainly less than a handful; it was truly too rare.

It was not that Yan Family Fortress had not thought about keeping the secret, but such things were almost impossible to keep, so it was better to admit it openly to obtain sufficient benefits.

While there were cultivation families and cultivation sects that did not want Yan Family Fortress to grow and strengthen, there were naturally others who wanted to take the opportunity to befriend the Yan Family and latch onto a powerful backer.

Therefore, after discussing it with Mr. Xuan Ye, the Yan Family Ancestor chose to announce it to exchange for sufficient benefits.

It was precisely for this reason that to take in Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan, the Yanyue Sect directly ceded thirty percent of the profits from one mineral vein, as well as twenty percent of the profits from two other material mineral veins belonging to the Yanyue Sect.

It was not just as simple as having Qiong Laoguai and Nishang Xianzi take the two as disciples and establishing a master-disciple relationship.

The interests involved were truly significant, binding Yan Family Fortress and the Yanyue Sect even more deeply.

The hope was that in time, the Yan Family, the number one cultivation family in Yue Country, could be made to completely defect to the Yanyue Sect.

In this way, everything paid out now would sooner or later still belong to the Yanyue Sect.

This was also the reason why the Yanyue Sect was willing to part with it.

Yan Taibai did not know much about these things, but he could guess them; only Ruyan, that little one who understood nothing, felt happy about having a fairy master and having Yan Taibai as her elder brother.

Now, the Yan Family Ancestor was not at all surprised by what the Yan Family steward reported; he simply ordered with a cold, piercing tone, his gaze flickering with chill.

"It seems there are still those who refuse to give up. Since that is the case, there is no need to be polite. Pass down the order to warn the cultivators outside the fortress. Before Taibai joins the Yanyue Sect, anyone who dares to wander within a hundred miles is to be reported to the Martial Arts Hall; no mercy is needed, kill them directly."

"Yes, Ancestor."

Upon hearing this, the Yan Family Fortress steward hurriedly complied.

"Go down and instruct the Martial Arts Hall!"

The Yan Family Ancestor nodded, his tone softening slightly as he gave the order.

"I obey, Ancestor."

Afterward, this Yan Family steward left the hall.

Then, other Yan Family stewards reported to the Yan Family Ancestor one by one about the various matters that had occurred during this period.

Especially matters related to Yan Taibai, such as medicinal pills, Spirit Stones, and other things, were the most important matters for the Yan Family, and only the Yan Family Ancestor could make the final decision.

"Starting next month, double Taibai's monthly quota of medicinal pills and Spirit Stones. Strive to have him break through to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining before he joins the Yanyue Sect. Once he enters the Yanyue Sect, he can go into seclusion for Foundation Establishment and become a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator."

The Yan Family Ancestor ordered.

"Yes, Ancestor."

Upon hearing this, the elder in charge of the Yan Family's Spirit Stones and medicinal pills hurriedly agreed.

He dared not be the slightest bit careless about such matters.

Just like that, Yan Taibai's days in Yan Family Fortress became even more comfortable.

Naturally, with the doubled supply of medicinal pills and Spirit Stones, his cultivation speed was even faster.

But what Yan Taibai cared about more was the progress value of the "Reading Ten Thousand Volumes" task, and he looked forward to the unknown reward.

As for what happened inside Yan Family Fortress, he continued to ignore and not ask about it as always.

Anyway, it had nothing to do with him, and it was not the time for him to be involved, so naturally, there was no need for him to meddle in other people's business.

As for upholding justice or anything like that, it had even less to do with him.

Just like that, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two years passed.

During these two years, because there were no bottlenecks, Yan Taibai naturally broke through to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, and the progress value of "Reading Ten Thousand Volumes" also reached one hundred percent.

The second simulated cultivation begins!

Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, Qi Refining at age three, joined the Yanyue Sect and succeeded in Foundation Establishment at age eight, then assassinated and kicked the bucket. Reward: "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash".

"Assassinated? 'White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash', isn't this the 'Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability' from 'Eternal Life'? I didn't expect it to be this technique. However, this assassination, which force did it come from?"

After reading the extremely brief simulated cultivation content, Yan Taibai's expression was not very good.

After all, no one wants to be assassinated and kick the bucket so early.

(End of chapter)