Chapter 135: Yan Ruyan Condenses the Golden Core

"Sister Miaoyin can rest easy now."

After hearing Yan Taibai's words, Yan Ruyan also let out a sigh of relief, her expression showing a hint of surprise.

She had not expected that it could be resolved so quickly.

"Brother Taibai, what are your plans for next?"

Yan Ruyan returned to the most important matter; as the person who understood Yan Taibai best, she knew better than anyone that his demand for resources was simply heaven-defyingly high.

"I will go to the Outer Star Sea to hunt Metal Attribute Demon Beasts and poison-attribute Demon Beasts, and have the Madam help collect Metal Attribute materials and poisons; neither will be delayed. After all, as long as I have enough Metal Attribute materials and Spirit Stones, my cultivation realm will basically not be delayed much; bottlenecks, for me, basically do not exist."

Yan Taibai thought for a moment and said.

"Then Yan'er will remain at the Miaoyin Sect to cultivate in seclusion. After all, if Yan'er were to accompany Brother to the Outer Star Sea, Brother would still need to take care of Yan'er. Now that Yan'er lacks neither medicinal pills nor Spirit Stones, staying to cultivate in seclusion and raising my cultivation realm is the most important thing. Only when my realm and divine abilities are strong enough can I help Brother."

Hearing this, Yan Ruyan was not surprised, and at the same time, she stated her own plans.

After all, she had long been accustomed to such things.

Now, her greatest help to Yan Taibai was to cultivate, raise her realm, and not affect Yan Taibai's cultivation.

Such a long period of companionship was already enough for the two of them.

Only by condensing a Golden Core and becoming a Golden Core Stage Cultivator could they possess more time together.

Yan Ruyan was very clear about this point.

"Good, then you stay and cultivate! If there is anything you cannot resolve, send me a message immediately, and I will rush over to help resolve it as fast as I can."

Yan Taibai nodded and did not say much else; Yan Ruyan's thoughts were much the same as his, so naturally, there was no need to say more.

"Mm!"

Seeing that Yan Taibai did not object, Yan Ruyan also let out a slight sigh of relief, though she was also somewhat disappointed; but once she thought of the lifespan of a cultivator, she ultimately decided to focus on cultivation.

Subsequently, after the two exchanged sweet words, they engaged in deep communication.

After all, for a long time to come, the two of them would likely be unable to see each other.

For the sake of cultivation, for the sake of longevity, they had no other choice.

This is the fate of a cultivator!

At the same time, Zhou Yuan also spread the news that the Six Monster Evildoers had intercepted and killed Wang Heng, and had been wiped out by Yan Taibai on Red Moon Island.

And True Shi Zhenren and Red Moon Fairy of Red Moon Island also came out to testify.

At the same time, both of them joined the Miaoyin Sect; especially True Shi Zhenren, who had no choice but to join the Miaoyin Sect as compensation.

Of course, True Shi Zhenren was also willing.

As for this matter, it naturally caused quite a stir in Heavenly Star City; who could have imagined that the Six Monster Evildoers, who had been missing for many years, would reappear in the cultivation world and even intercept the Sect Master of the Miaoyin Sect.

But unfortunately, they had just emerged only to lose their lives at the hands of Yan Taibai, although most cultivators felt it was unlikely that Yan Taibai had killed them.

But since Yan Taibai had a good backer, naturally whatever he said was the truth, and they had best not provoke him.

Once this matter concluded, the Miaoyin Sect's reputation naturally soared, and more and more cultivators came to join, showing a trend of becoming a hegemon in Heavenly Star City.

Regarding this matter, Yan Taibai let Zhou Yuan handle it as she saw fit; if they were needed, she could keep them, and if not, she could let them leave.

After hearing Yan Taibai's words, Zhou Yuan chose to accept all the cultivators who came to seek refuge, especially rogue cultivators, as long as their reputations were not poor.

As for the issue of Spirit Stones and other resources, as long as there were many people and many high-level cultivators, there was naturally no need to worry.

In any case, Heavenly Star City did not prohibit sects and gangs from fighting over territory.

And the larger the Miaoyin Sect became, the faster it could naturally help Yan Taibai collect more cultivation resources.

She was not a fool; she could naturally see that the main reason Yan Taibai helped the Miaoyin Sect was to have the Miaoyin Sect help collect resources. If it lost this utility, the Miaoyin Sect might be abandoned by Yan Taibai at any time.

Therefore, she had to exhaust all her strength to help Yan Taibai collect the materials, Spirit Stones, and other resources he needed.

And after resolving the matters of the Miaoyin Sect, Yan Taibai once again headed to the Qiyuan Island sea area to search for and hunt high-level Demon Beasts.

Although he mainly needed Metal Attribute and poison-attribute Demon Beasts, he would not refuse Demon Beasts of other attributes either, because they could be traded for what he needed.

Therefore, Yan Taibai first found an island that was not bad, and then began hunting Demon Beasts throughout the Qiyuan Island sea area.

As long as they were Fourth-Level Demon Beasts or higher, once he encountered them, none could leave his hands alive.

As for finding Demon Beasts, although he lacked the Heavenly Sky Bottle and Neon Grass, he possessed the supreme divine ability "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash," which contained many secret techniques and methods that could track nearby kin or Demon Beasts of the same attribute by relying on the bloodline within the Demon Beasts.

With the help of such secret methods and techniques, Yan Taibai's speed in finding Demon Beasts was no worse than using "Neon Grass" to lure them; in any case, his speed was fast enough.

As a result, the high-level Demon Beasts of the Qiyuan Island sea area were in for misfortune,

Because a god of slaughter like Yan Taibai had arrived, completely disregarding the backlash of baleful energy that might appear later.

For Yan Taibai, the more baleful energy there was, the more it proved that the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" was sharp and keen!

Therefore, there was nothing to worry about.

In the first year, Yan Taibai's hunting harvest was: 135 Fourth-Level Demon Beasts, 35 Fifth-Level Demon Beasts, 15 Sixth-Level Demon Beasts, and only 2 Seventh-Level Demon Beasts.

Among them, Metal Attribute Demon Beasts accounted for less than one-tenth, which left him quite disappointed.

As for Eighth-Level Demon Beasts, he had tried to search for them, but had gained nothing; this level of Demon Beast seemed to be able to instinctively isolate the detection of bloodlines and attributes.

Even though he knew of several areas where Eighth-Level Demon Beasts appeared, he still had no harvest.

This left him quite disappointed, but he did not say much. Because he had found a Metal Attribute Spirit Stone vein on the seabed; although it was only a small one and consisted of Low-tier Spirit Stones, it was still better than nothing.

Thus, he cultivated in the deep-sea Metal Attribute Spirit Stone vein for several months, absorbing the entire Spirit Stone vein dry before leaving to continue hunting Demon Beasts,

Occasionally bringing a pile of materials, or even Demon Cores, to the Miaoyin Sect's shop on Qiyuan Island.

And the person in charge was precisely Zhou Yuan's two disciples, Fan Jingmei and Zhuo Ruting, along with some other disciples.

The two women had once wanted to serve Yan Taibai, but were politely declined by Yan Taibai.

Although the two women were quite beautiful, even far surpassing most women, they still could not be mentioned in the same breath as Yan Ruyan and Nangong Wan.

Furthermore, Yan Taibai was not a casual person; although Yan Ruyan had said many times that she did not mind him taking concubines, Yan Taibai would not take concubines casually.

At least these Fan Jingmei and Zhuo Ruting were not suitable; they could not help him with anything.

Even Xin Ruyin is far stronger than the two women; Xin Ruyin's talent and attainments in the way of formations are hard to match across the entire Human World, surpassing most women.

It can be called stunning talent and peerless wit! Moreover, her character is also excellent; the only trouble is that she is nine times out of ten unwilling to be a concubine, completely different from Fan Jingmei and Zhuo Ruting.

The two women, especially Fan Jingmei, are almost sticking to Yan Taibai every time, and Yan Taibai, out of consideration for Zhou Yuan, finds it hard to say much.

After all, although the two women are somewhat inappropriate, they are still able to satisfy Yan Taibai very much in their work, so he does not pay much attention to these trifles.

In this way, more than ten years passed.

On this day, the winds and clouds over the Miaoyin Sect changed suddenly; dark clouds gathered, silver snakes danced wildly, and the heaven and earth Qi within a hundred miles was in chaotic unrest, but the entire Miaoyin Sect was not in the slightest panic, but instead fell into surprise and celebration.

Because this phenomenon meant that someone had achieved Golden Core.

And the person who achieved Golden Core was none other than Yan Ruyan, who had been cultivating bitterly for more than ten years; with the help of a vast and countless number of medicinal pills, Yan Ruyan, who originally had no bottlenecks, condensed her Golden Core in just a few decades and became a Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

Although not as monstrous as Yan Taibai, she can still be considered a rare cultivation genius in the world.

"The Miaoyin Sect has gained another Golden Core Stage Cultivator, I wonder who it is!"

"This Miaoyin Sect is truly lucky; if another Nascent Soul cultivator appears, it will probably be one of the top ten gangs in the entire Heavenly Star City. In that case, they will have to leave Heavenly Star City within a hundred years. Otherwise, they will have to pay ten times the Spirit Stones in tribute."

"Indeed! I wonder who the person who achieved Golden Core this time is."

"By the way, that Fellow Daoist Yan from the Miaoyin Sect seems to have not appeared for a long time; has something happened?"

"Where could anything have happened? He went out to sea to hunt Demon Beasts. It is said that he hunts at least one or two hundred Demon Beasts of the fourth or fifth level or higher every year. If this continues, he will sooner or later be backlashed by the baleful aura and will surely die."

"One or two hundred? How is that possible? I stayed in the Outer Star Sea for five or six years before I managed to hunt a single sixth-level Demon Beast."

"Who knows how he does it? In any case, it is like this every year. Over these ten-plus years, just by relying on the Demon Beast materials and Demon Cores he handed over, the entire Miaoyin Sect has increased its strength significantly and recruited many Golden Core Stage Cultivators and Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators, greatly increasing its power. If that Fellow Daoist Yan invites the Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage behind him, I believe it won't be long before Nascent Soul cultivators come to defect."

"In time, they might become one of the strongest forces in the entire Chaotic Star Sea, just like Shengmo Island, the Wanfa Sect, and the Qingyang Sect, to the point where even the Star Palace wouldn't need to be taken into account."

"Like Shengmo Island, the Wanfa Sect, and the Qingyang Sect? How is that possible? I heard that this Fellow Daoist Yan is not a cultivator from our Chaotic Star Sea at all, but arrived in the Chaotic Star Sea only after mistakenly entering the Ghost Mist and the so-called Yinming Land."

"He is currently looking for a way to leave and cannot possibly stay in the Chaotic Star Sea for long."

"Not long? It has been more than ten years, and he still hasn't found it?"

"Found it? Heh! In the tens of thousands of years of the Chaotic Star Sea, has anyone ever left? Hundreds of years is normal; it is possible that it is simply impossible to leave."

Just as the various forces and cultivators in Heavenly Star City were discussing, the phenomenon above the Miaoyin Sect also disappeared.

At the same time, invitation cards sent to the Miaoyin Sect were flying everywhere, but at this time, Miaoyin Sect Master Zhou Yuan also had the sect-protecting formation withdrawn, and then brought the now grown-up, beautiful as a fairy, Ziling Xianzi to the outside of Yan Ruyan's cave dwelling formation.

Although Ziling Xianzi is still young, she is already famous in Heavenly Star City.

At this moment, outside Yan Ruyan's cave dwelling, clouds and mist were shrouding it, clearly the result of the formation being activated.

"Mother, after Aunt Yan'er achieves Golden Core, when will she be able to come out of seclusion?"

Ziling Xianzi asked in a sweet voice.

"This varies from person to person, and Mother cannot be certain, but we shall wait here."

Zhou Yuan shook her head slightly.

"Mm! Ning'er understands."

Ziling Xianzi also understood the significance of Yan Ruyan to the Miaoyin Sect, so she did not say anything more.

Instead, she waited with Zhou Yuan outside the cave dwelling for Yan Ruyan to come out of seclusion.

As for Yan Taibai, he had long since sent someone to the Outer Star Sea to inform Zhuo Ruting, Fan Jingmei, and Yan Taibai.

It is believed that it will not be long before the three of them return to the Miaoyin Sect.

By then, it can be considered a double blessing.

Especially with Yan Ruyan achieving Golden Core, there will inevitably be a Golden Core Ceremony in the cultivation world, which is a huge matter for the Miaoyin Sect; Zhou Yuan had already ordered arrangements to be made before coming here.

As long as there are no problems with Yan Ruyan here, it can be held before long.

In this way, the reputation of the Miaoyin Sect will inevitably go a step further, and its connection with Yan Ruyan and Yan Taibai will be even closer.

It is a pity that the sisters Zhuo Ruting and Fan Jingmei were still not accepted by Yan Taibai, even though they had already exhausted all their efforts.

But Yan Taibai was completely obsessed with hunting Demon Beasts and exchanging them for resources to cultivate, having no heart to pay attention to anything else.

The only thing he cared about was Yan Ruyan; he didn't even ask a few more questions about the situation of the Miaoyin Sect.

Therefore, even if Zhou Yuan had dissatisfaction in her heart, it was not easy to say much.

After all, such matters are ultimately not easy to speak of clearly.

Because there is still Yan Ruyan, and the two have a quite good relationship, calling each other sisters.

And Yan Ruyan also knew that Zhou Yuan and her daughter were waiting outside her cave dwelling, so naturally, she would not let the mother and daughter wait long.

After stabilizing her realm slightly, she personally came out of seclusion to welcome the mother and daughter.

The formation was withdrawn, the clouds and mist dispersed, and then Yan Ruyan followed.

"I have kept Sister Miaoyin waiting for a long time; is this perhaps little Ziling?"

Yan Ruyan's increasingly mature and beautiful face showed a hint of apology as she bowed to Zhou Yuan, and then asked about Ziling Xianzi on the side.

"Sister, there is no need for such courtesy. Ning'er, why don't you pay respects to your Aunt Yan'er."

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan immediately had Ziling Xianzi pay respects to Yan Ruyan.

She knew very well Yan Ruyan's status in Yan Taibai's heart, and if she could let Yan Ruyan take in her daughter Ziling Xianzi, she would no longer need to worry about anything.

"Junior Niece Wang Ning pays respects to Aunt Yan."

Before the words fell, Ziling Xianzi, who had long been prepared, naturally bowed respectfully and gracefully at the first moment, leaving no room for criticism.

"It really is little Ziling; I didn't expect you to be such a big girl now. And you have already reached Foundation Establishment; no wonder Husband said this girl has an amazing constitution, and her cultivation speed is even a step ahead of mine."

Yan Ruyan said with both surprise and joy.

"Sister, you are joking; how can Ning'er's aptitude compare to yours? However, this is all thanks to the guidance of Fellow Daoist Yan; otherwise, this concubine is afraid I would not have let Ning'er practice demonic arts. Being able to reach Foundation Establishment so quickly is also thanks to Fellow Daoist Yan."

Zhou Yuan said hurriedly.

(End of this chapter)