Chapter 170: Mr. Xuan Ye Passes Away

"Heard of my great name? Don't bother. For so many years, I have never appeared in the Tiannan Cultivation World. My reputation in the past was merely that of a disciple with a Heavenly Spirit Root. It is hardly a 'great name,' and I cannot live up to such praise from Fellow Daoist Wei."

Facing Wei Lichen's politeness, Yan Taibai shook his head and refused without the slightest courtesy.

He did not give the other party even a shred of face.

Sure enough, seeing Yan Taibai's attitude, the expressions of both Wei Lichen and the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect, Lin Shijie, turned extremely ugly in unison.

However, he remained very poised, magnanimously choosing not to get angry, but instead smiled broadly.

"Fellow Daoist Yan is truly modest. The matter regarding the Ghost Spirit Sect back then should have something to do with you, right? With such great prestige, how could you not have a name?"

"Heh! I heard you came today to propose marriage to Senior Sister Wan'er?"

Regarding Wei Lichen's politeness, Yan Taibai let out a cold laugh and continued to question him without any courtesy.

"That is correct. Wei is here this time..."

"Stop. I do not agree. Get lost!"

Before Wei Lichen could finish speaking with a smile on his face, Yan Taibai waved his finger toward the outside of the great hall and said coldly without any courtesy.

Seeing this, even with Wei Lichen's deep city and composure, he could not help but let his expression darken as he questioned him.

"Fellow Daoist Yan, could it be that you also have designs on Fairy Nangong?"

"My relationship with Senior Sister Wan'er does not require your nonsense here. In short, get lost. Go talk about love and sleep with your own concubines and disciples. Do not come to our Yanyue Sect; there is no place for you here."

Yan Taibai said, having lost the last shred of his patience.

He would never be polite to anyone who dared to come to the Yanyue Sect to snatch Nangong Wan.

After all, even if it were Wei Wuya, that Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, Yan Taibai would still dare to make a move.

It was only because he still somewhat admired Wei Wuya's character that he only told Wei Lichen to get lost.

He did not take action to make him stay forever; otherwise, he would not have wasted words on Wei Lichen.

Yan Taibai had never liked wasting words on things that could be solved with a sword.

In a word: if you aren't convinced, fight!

Otherwise, why would he cultivate the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash"? It was specifically for being unreasonable.

If you aren't convinced, hold it in!

Otherwise, it's death!

The Shengmo Island Tragedy had made the entire cultivation region of the Chaotic Star Sea understand this principle.

But now, Wei Lichen did not understand it; instead, he laughed out of extreme anger.

"Good, good, good. Then let Wei..."

"Bang!"

A heaven-shaking explosion resounded through the Sunset Hall. The next moment, Wei Lichen, who had not finished his sentence, could only fly horizontally as if struck by a heavy blow, flying directly out of the Sunset Hall.

This scene made the current Great Elder of the Yanyue Sect, Lin Shijie, turn pale and green, with a look of fear and terror emerging in her eyes.

She did not understand Yan Taibai at all, and had even forgotten about this disciple, but the moment he returned, he gave her such a massive show of force. Yet, she could not say much and had to endure it.

Otherwise, she believed that she would also be on the receiving end of such a blow from Yan Taibai.

At that point, her position as Great Elder of the Yanyue Sect would also be at an end.

"Yan... Junior Brother Yan, he is, after all, a descendant of Fellow Daoist Wei Wuya. Is doing this...?"

"If he has an opinion, tell Wei Wuya to come here in person. It just so happens that I have just returned, and I can find someone to establish my authority, lest the Tiannan Cultivation World has already forgotten a character like me, Yan Taibai."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai glanced at the Yanyue Sect, frowned, and said coldly without the slightest respect or courtesy.

"Also, this kind of thing must not happen a second time. Otherwise, you can stop being the Great Elder."

"Hmph, handle the follow-up matters yourself!"

After a cold snort, Yan Taibai flicked his sleeves and left directly.

He could not be bothered to pay any attention to the green-and-pale-faced Great Elder of the Yanyue Sect.

Just as he left the Sunset Hall, he was met by Yan Ruyan.

"Brother Taibai, do you think Wei Wuya will come?"

Yan Ruyan pursed her lips and smiled as she asked.

"Where is he?"

Yan Taibai raised his eyes, looked around, and frowned as he asked.

"Sent flying out of the Sunset Hall by your move, he has no face left to stay, so naturally he ran as fast as he could. I just don't know if he will call Wei Wuya over to vent his anger."

The smile on Yan Ruyan's cheeks grew even richer.

"He won't. For such a shameful matter, even if he had the face to tell him, Wei Wuya would not have the face to come."

Yan Taibai shook his head in denial.

"That is truly a pity. Brother Taibai has just returned and really needs to establish some authority. Since Wei Wuya isn't coming, why don't we go find Hehuan Laomo? It is time to settle that debt from back then."

Yan Ruyan said, eager to try.

"No rush. How is the Yan Family? Is Mr. Xuan Ye still here?"

Yan Taibai shook his head and asked instead.

"Mr. Xuan Ye had limited aptitude, and having always labored for the entire Yan Family, he passed away decades ago."

Yan Ruyan said in a low voice, her expression dim.

Aside from her parents and the Yan Family Ancestor, the person in the entire Yan Family with whom she had the best relationship was Mr. Xuan Ye.

If it weren't for Mr. Xuan Ye, the entire Yan Family Fortress would have been gone.

"Hmm! Then let us go pay our respects now!"

Yan Taibai's expression was also not good as he nodded and said.

"Okay."

Yan Ruyan naturally would not refuse.

"I have already relocated Mr. Xuan Ye's grave to the Yan Family ancestral burial grounds in Lin Prefecture,"

Lin Prefecture.

The first thing Yan Ruyan did upon returning to the Tiannan Cultivation World was to find the scattered members of the Yan Family and have them return to Lin Prefecture in Yue Country.

As for the original cultivation families of Lin Prefecture, facing Yan Ruyan, a Nascent Soul cultivator, they naturally fled as far away as they could.

This was not only because Yan Ruyan was a Nascent Soul cultivator, but more importantly, it meant that Yan Ruyan had returned, and Yan Taibai must have returned as well.

And who in the entire Yue Country did not know of Yan Taibai's prestige? Offending Yan Taibai was almost equivalent to offending the entire Yanyue Sect.

The current Yanyue Sect was no longer what it used to be; it was now one of the major sects of the Heavenly Dao Alliance in the entire Tiannan Cultivation World.

Although it belonged to the bottom tier, there were still few who were willing to provoke it, let alone these cultivation sects that had already relied on the Yanyue Sect.

This was also the reason why Yan Ruyan did not follow Yan Taibai back to the Yanyue Sect to see her senior sister, Nangong Wan.

Half a day later, the two arrived at the former ancestral burial grounds of the Yan Family Fortress to pay their respects to Mr. Xuan Ye.

"Sir, Taibai has now condensed a Nascent Soul, advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, and can be considered the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World, just as you said back then. You truly had foresight. It is a pity that you have already passed away; otherwise, with you by my side, I don't know how much mental effort it would have saved me, and I could have cultivated with peace of mind."

"In these years, I must tell you properly about what Taibai has experienced..."

Yan Taibai sat down on his heels beside Mr. Xuan Ye's tombstone, muttering to himself as if he were complaining and venting about his experiences over these years to Mr. Xuan Ye.

Everything that happened after entering the Chaotic Star Sea, going out to sea to hunt Demon Beasts, Man Huzi, Extreme Yin Old Monster, the Void Heaven Palace, the Void Heaven Cauldron, killing Liudao Jisheng and Wan Sangu, slaughtering Shengmo Island...

Yan Ruyan watched silently from the side, not saying anything at all.

As for the others of the Yan Family, they dared not come here to disturb the two.

It took a full seven days for Yan Taibai to recount every big and small event he had experienced in the Chaotic Star Sea to Mr. Xuan Ye.

"Disciple Yan Taibai takes his leave! Sir, take care on your journey, and may you be reincarnated soon!"

After speaking, Yan Taibai stood up and, together with Yan Ruyan, solemnly performed a disciple's bow to Mr. Xuan Ye.

On the tenth day after returning to the Yan Family Fortress, his master, Qiong Laoguai, arrived.

"Hahaha, this master knew that you two would definitely be able to condense a Nascent Soul and return safely. Especially you, brat, you actually slapped Wei Lichen of the Huayi Sect of the Nine Nations Alliance away with one palm; he is a Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator, even this master could not do that. Tsk tsk, it looks like you have already far surpassed this master. However, have you noticed anything strange about the current Great Elder?"

As soon as Qiong Laoguai, this master, saw Yan Taibai, he laughed heartily before asking about serious business.

"It should be a possession, but I could not tell which sect's Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator in Tiannan performed the possession."

In the hall of the Yan Family Fortress, after hearing Qiong Laoguai's words, Yan Taibai did not hide anything and stated the problem he had observed straightforwardly.

"What? They actually dared to possess our Yanyue Sect elder and even became the Great Elder. Let's go, we will go and extract their soul and refine their spirit first."

As soon as he heard Yan Taibai's words, Qiong Laoguai was filled with indignation and stood up, intending to return to the Yanyue Sect to extract the soul and refine the spirit of the current Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect.

After all, this was truly too shameful.

"Master, don't be impulsive. Senior Sister should already know; nine times out of ten there is some kind of deal. As for why she didn't tell you, Master, I don't know. Here is a Longevity Pill and several other Ancient Treasures and medicinal pills. As for the Longevity Pill, Master, take it first! It can increase some longevity, and perhaps there is a possibility of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage in the future."

Yan Taibai shook his head, took out a Storage Bag he had prepared long ago, and handed it to Qiong Laoguai.

"What, a Longevity Pill? This is an ancient primordial spirit pill. It seems your opportunity this time is truly not small. Then this master will not be polite."

Qiong Laoguai had no intention of refusing at all; he took it directly and chuckled.

"By the way, Master, do you know where Ruyin went? Senior Sister Wan'er said she didn't know either? She said that after her master passed away, Ruyin left the sect without any regard for her own Dragon Chant Constitution."

Yan Taibai asked another worrying question. This time returning to the Tiannan Cultivation World, Xin Ruyin could definitely rank in the top three.

"This master doesn't know either. Apart from traveling to find opportunities and looking for you two, this master has been looking for that girl, but there is really no trace of her; she disappeared just like you did."

Qiong Laoguai shook his head, and the smile on his face also disappeared by more than half.

"Missing?"

After hearing Qiong Laoguai's words, Yan Taibai's expression also became much uglier; this was truly hard for him to accept.

After all, not to mention her relationship with them, just her talent and attainments in formations made Yan Taibai reluctant to let her go.

"Sigh, this master has also tried his best regarding this matter."

Seeing this, Qiong Laoguai also shook his head and sighed.

"It has nothing to do with you, Master. If there were no Nascent Soul cultivator to infuse Yin Qi to balance the Yin and Yang Qi in her body, Ruyin would likely have already passed away."

Thinking of this possibility, Yan Taibai's expression became even uglier.

For a time, the atmosphere in the hall became much quieter.

The "Nine Nations Alliance" of the Tiannan Cultivation World is a close alliance composed of nine large and small countries.

This alliance was formed under the leadership of the Nine Nations cultivation world in order to deal with a powerful and crazy opponent: an invading army composed of "Dharma Masters" of the Mulan Tribe.

Now, facing the Mulan Tribe, whose strength has greatly increased, the four major forces of the entire Tiannan Cultivation World are resisting with the Nine Nations Alliance as the main force, and the Righteous Alliance, the Demonic Path of Tianluo Country, and the Heavenly Dao Alliance as auxiliaries.

Among them, the most powerful sect in the Nine Nations Alliance, a sect that can be mentioned in the same breath as the Taizhen Sect of the Righteous Alliance and the Hehuan Sect of the Six Demon Sects of Tianluo Country, is none other than the Huayi Sect.

As for the reason, it is naturally because the Huayi Sect has a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage: Wei Wuya.

Wei Wuya is not only the Great Elder of the Huayi Sect but also the Great Elder of the entire Nine Nations Alliance.

After Wei Lichen returned from the Yanyue Sect, he came to Wei Wuya's cave dwelling in the Huayi Sect at the first opportunity.

"You mean that the former number one cultivation genius of the Yanyue Sect defeated you in just over ten moves, so you want me to go over and help you vent your anger?"

After hearing Wei Lichen's words, Wei Wuya's expression became extremely ugly, and he said in a deep voice.

"Grand-uncle, this Yan Taibai is truly too bullying. I only wanted to propose marriage to Fairy Nangong of the Yanyue Sect. Not only did he disagree, but he also attacked without saying a word. I was careless for a moment, thinking he was only a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, and it was only because of my negligence that I was defeated."

Wei Lichen naturally would not have the face to say that he was slapped out of the Sunset Hall of the Yanyue Sect by Yan Taibai with one palm.

He could only find a suitable and reasonable excuse for himself; otherwise, based on his understanding of Wei Wuya, it would be impossible for him to go and vent his anger.

"Hehe! Whether it is true or not, I will send someone to investigate. You just stay in the sect's cave dwelling and cultivate honestly. Do not be greedy for matters between men and women; the Huayi Sect is not the Hehuan Sect."

Wei Wuya let out a cold, mocking laugh; he did not entirely believe Wei Lichen's words.

"To be able to defeat you in just over ten moves with only a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation, this level of strength and divine ability is no worse than that of Tianhen Old Monster and the others. Furthermore, no one knows the true extent of his actual divine abilities. Fortunately, he is constrained by his physique; otherwise, there would likely be another Spirit Severing Stage cultivator in the Tiannan Cultivation World. You actually dared to offend such a person and asked me to vent your anger for you—do you want the tens of thousands of years of the Huayi Sect's foundation to be destroyed by the two of us?" Wei Wuya reprimanded him without the slightest courtesy.

"He... is he really that formidable! I was just careless, merely careless."

Wei Lichen's face was also pale, yet he defended himself, unwilling to concede.

"Regardless, in a few days I will personally go to offer an apology and put this matter behind us. Otherwise, if he holds a grudge over this, just think back to the Ghost Spirit Sect of those years; when he was only at the Golden Core Initial Stage, he nearly caused the Ghost Spirit Sect to be wiped out from the Tiannan Cultivation World. Now, having condensed a Nascent Soul at just over a hundred years old, is this level of cultivation talent something the Huayi Sect can afford to provoke?"

Wei Wuya wore an expression of being disappointed that his protégé failed to meet expectations, and said coldly.

After hearing Wei Wuya's words, all the color drained from Wei Lichen's face, and he fell completely silent.

Because not a single word Wei Wuya said was wrong; he had truly provoked a terrifying expert.

And he had actually wanted Wei Wuya to vent his anger for him; at the mere thought of the Ghost Spirit Sect's fate, Wei Lichen felt a chill run down his spine and his scalp go numb!

He dared not continue thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)