Chapter 187: The Overbearing Yan Taibai

It is no wonder the Golden Core Stage Cultivator in charge was so shocked; it was mainly because it would have been good enough for the Luoyun Sect to have even one or two spots in the Three Sects Sword Trial Competition in the past.

For example, this time, the Baiqiao Academy is what the Luoyun Sect used to be.

But now, the fact that the Luoyun Sect suddenly has five disciples who entered the top ten of the Three Sects Sword Trial Competition has brought a shock that is truly unprecedented.

"The Luoyun Sect is truly lucky!" the cultivator surnamed Yue said after a long silence.

Upon hearing this, the cultivator surnamed Yu from the Luoyun Sect just gave a faint smile.

After the few of them exchanged a few pleasantries, they used the Transmission Array to transport Yan Taibai, Mu Peiling, and the others to the holy land of the three sects.

As for this holy land of the three sects, it was naturally not Yan Taibai's first time here.

At this moment, in front of their group was a huge, tightly closed stone gate.

On the stone gate, various runes were dense and countless, and with spiritual light flickering, it was clear that many Restrictions had been placed.

Besides this, outside the stone gate were three or four layers of yellow light shields and light curtains, wrapping the entire stone gate tightly, making it difficult to approach.

However, at this time, a cultivator in yellow clothes was standing in front of the stone gate.

This person was about forty years old, with thick, black, bushy eyebrows slightly upturned and a face full of extremely shocking baleful aura, making ordinary people feel terrified at first glance and afraid to meet his gaze at all.

Seeing this middle-aged man, the Golden Core Stage elder of the Baiqiao Academy who was leading the team spoke up.

"Brother Yue's Ghost Fiend Art has made quite a bit of progress again. Sure enough, practicing near this holy tree, this cultivation base is truly advancing by leaps and bounds."

His tone was filled with a hint of envy, and his words were heard clearly by the cultivator surnamed Yue. He immediately rolled his eyes and said unceremoniously: "If you were willing to practice in the forbidden area for fifty, sixty, or seventy years, you would also have this kind of progress. It's just that, Junior Brother might not have that patience."

Hearing this, the middle-aged cultivator of the Baiqiao Academy hurriedly shook his head and said: "Brother, please forgive me; this younger brother just spoke without thinking. It is naturally extremely hard for Brother Yue and our two brothers, Wu and Tian, to guard this place..."

"Enough, say no more. This Restriction was set up by several Nascent Soul Stage uncles of our three sects working together. I can only open the Restriction for a moment, so you had better hurry!"

Seeing this, the yellow-clothed cultivator waved his hand impatiently, and then a yellow token appeared in his hand.

Immediately, he showed a solemn expression and began to chant words.

Then, the token in his hand shone with a bright yellow light, and a sheet of yellow mist was released.

Instantly, any light curtain that came into contact with the yellow mist melted and disappeared like snow in the spring sun, revealing a passageway several feet wide.

Seeing this scene, the Confucian scholar from the Ancient Sword Sect immediately urged them.

"Everyone go in, move quickly!"

After saying this, he turned into a white rainbow and flew inside first.

The gray-clothed old man and the middle-aged cultivator from the Baiqiao Academy also gave orders and shot inside as well.

As for Yan Taibai, Mu Peiling, and the other disciples who entered the top ten of the Three Sects Sword Trial Competition, they also dared not waste time and poured into the passageway one after another, arriving at the stone gate mountain.

At this time, the yellow-clothed cultivator took out the token again and opened the stone gate.

Behind the stone gate was a square passageway; this passageway looked as if it had been excavated directly into the belly of the mountain using magic tools. Not only were the four walls exceptionally smooth, but every few steps, there were some profound and obscure talismanic scripts on the wall surface.

These were also Restriction runes, and their effects were quite good.

This passageway was not long, only a little over a hundred zhang.

When they reached the end, a neat stone hall appeared before everyone's eyes, about fifty or sixty zhang wide and seven or eight zhang high.

However, these were not the most eye-catching things; the most eye-catching was a blue stone table several feet large in the middle of the stone hall, with ten vertical and horizontal lines crisscrossing, which was actually a huge chessboard, with black and white pieces covering the entire board, seemingly at the most critical point.

And on both sides of the chessboard, an old man and a young boy were sitting there holding black and white pieces.

The old one was a long-faced old man wearing brocade clothes, looking about fifty years old. The young one was only seven or eight years old, with red lips and white teeth, as if a jade child had been reincarnated.

Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on Yan Taibai's face.

As for the two people in front of him, he was naturally very clear about who they were.

Moreover, he also knew that a good show he had been looking forward to for a long time was about to begin.

Sure enough, this good show did not make him wait long. After a few pleasantries, the Fire Dragon Child put down the chess game, looked toward the crowd, and finally his gaze fell on the middle-aged Confucian scholar of the Ancient Sword Sect, his tone eerie.

"Junior Nephew Bai, how many years have you been in the Ancient Sword Sect?"

"This junior has been initiated for over a hundred years."

Hearing the Fire Dragon Child ask this, the middle-aged Confucian scholar of the Ancient Sword Sect answered honestly, even though he was puzzled in his heart.

"After so many years, it has truly been too difficult for you."

Hearing this, a complex look appeared on the Fire Dragon Child's face.

"I wonder, Uncle, what does this mean?"

Hearing this, the Confucian scholar of the Ancient Sword Sect felt uneasy.

"Nothing, just that I feel that as a disciple of the Pavilion Master of the Haoran Pavilion of the Righteous Path, you have actually stayed in our sect for over a hundred years; it has truly been hard on you. Our sect can hardly accommodate a great god like you; have you never thought of going back to see your master?"

The Fire Dragon Child's tone was exceptionally unkind.

Once these words were spoken, the middle-aged Confucian scholar of the Ancient Sword Sect—or rather, the Haoran Pavilion at this time—had his face change drastically, becoming incomparably pale.

At the same time, the other gray-clothed old man and the middle-aged cultivator from the Baiqiao Academy had shocked looks in their eyes, and they subconsciously moved a few steps away from the cultivator surnamed Bai.

At this time, the middle-aged Confucian scholar of the Haoran Pavilion shifted his gaze and immediately placed it on Yan Taibai, the Luoyun Sect disciple at the very front.

Then, without a moment's hesitation, he reached out and grabbed at Yan Taibai.

Instantly, a white, hazy light hand appeared above Yan Taibai's head.

This scene, let alone the Fire Dragon Child of the Ancient Sword Sect, even Yan Taibai himself was incomparably stunned.

However, he did not waste time; he just chuckled and then pointed his palm at the white light hand.

"Bang!"

A golden sword light directly pierced through the white light hand.

"Fellow Daoist Lan, your sect's Taibai Qi Transformation Hand; this person's practice of it is quite good."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Taibai's sword Qi did not dissipate but, under the middle-aged Confucian scholar's panic, directly transformed into a golden rope to capture him.

This scene left the others in great shock, especially the Golden Core Stage cultivators who had come along from the Baiqiao Academy and the Luoyun Sect; the two of them had never expected this.

Yan Taibai was actually also a Nascent Soul cultivator, and by the looks of it, he was a helper invited by the Nascent Soul cultivators of their three sects.

"Let Fellow Daoist Yan laugh at me."

Fire Dragon Child said with a chuckle.

Although he was surprised by Yan Taibai's appearance and action, he was not overly shocked, because Yan Taibai had already sent him a voice transmission just a moment ago.

"It's nothing, I didn't have anything to do anyway, so I came to take a look."

Yan Taibai walked straight up and sat down opposite Fire Dragon Child, looking at the chessboard above and smiling.

"Why, does Fellow Daoist Yan have any pointers?"

Seeing this, Fire Dragon Child felt a joy in his heart, and he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the two Golden Core Stage Cultivators from Baiqiao Academy and Luoyun Sect who were shocked.

"Nothing, just feel that this chess game is not bad."

As a terrible chess player, Yan Taibai could only offer such a compliment.

"Alright, you all should go do what you need to do, don't stay here." Yan Taibai waved his hand again and said.

As for Yan Taibai's words, the Golden Core Stage Cultivators from Baiqiao Academy and Luoyun Sect glanced at Fire Dragon Child again, their faces full of shock and embarrassment.

After all, they really did not dare to disobey the order of Yan Taibai, this number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World.

But since Fire Dragon Child was here, they could only ask for Fire Dragon Child's opinion.

"What are you dazed for? Didn't you hear Fellow Daoist Taibai tell you to go do what you need to do? Don't stay here and affect this old man and True Master Taibai's study of the chess game."

Seeing this, Fire Dragon Child urged them even more impatiently.

Hearing this, the leading Golden Core Stage Cultivators of Baiqiao Academy and Luoyun Sect finally breathed a sigh of relief and took Mu Peiling, Sun Huo, and the others toward the Spirit Eye Tree.

And they now dared not doubt the identity of Han Li within the group.

However, they were still hoping that he was another Nascent Soul cultivator.

After all, for their Yunmeng Three Sects, this was naturally a huge piece of good news.

After studying it for a good while, Yan Taibai stood up and smiled.

"I'm going to take a look at the Spirit Eye Tree; it's been so many years, let's see how it is now."

"Good."

Hearing this, Fire Dragon Child of the Ancient Sword Sect naturally had no objections.

Afterwards, Yan Taibai stood up and headed toward the stalactite cave that housed the Spirit Eye Tree, successfully seeing the Spirit Eye Tree.

This was a straight object about the thickness of an arm and pale green in color; one could even say it was just a blue stone pillar.

And the astonishingly dense spiritual Qi of the entire cave indeed emanated from this knobby "stone pillar."

Moreover, outside the stone pillar, there was a pale golden light barrier that covered it tightly from top to bottom.

Seeing this scene, before Yan Taibai could speak, the several Golden Core Stage Cultivators in charge of the three sects immediately bowed respectfully to Yan Taibai.

"Greetings, Senior Taibai."

"Alright, no need for formalities. How much longer?"

Yan Taibai chuckled and asked.

Among the crowd, Du Dong's face was pale, almost devoid of any color, yet he did not dare to reveal a single trace of abnormality.

He truly could not understand why Yan Taibai, the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World, would be so bored as to come to the Yunmeng Three Sects to play.

Isn't this just having nothing better to do and specifically looking for trouble?

Moreover, he even disguised himself as a Luoyun Sect disciple; this was simply too mind-boggling and boring to the extreme. But even so, Du Dong did not dare to show any flaws at this moment, fearing his identity would be exposed.

In reality, he also knew clearly that his identity could not be hidden at all.

"Fellow Daoist from the Qianhuan Sect, why haven't you come out yet! Do you really need this Venerable One to invite you out?"

Just as Du Dong was praying in his heart that he would not be exposed, Yan Taibai's voice shattered his illusions.

He was exposed!

He could no longer remain hidden!

And the first thing he did upon being exposed was to attack Han Li, who was closest to him, wanting to fight to the death.

But he still failed; how could Yan Taibai watch him attack with his own eyes? He chuckled.

A ball of golden light spat from his mouth, transforming into tens of thousands of tiny sword lights that directly sliced his entire body into a thousand pieces, shredding him into a mist of blood.

Such a horrifying and shocking scene made Mu Peiling and the other disciples' faces turn pale, devoid of any blood.

However, at this moment, a heaven-collapsing and earth-shattering sound suddenly came, and then the entire cave began to tremble and shake violently.

"You really are quick."

Seeing this scene, Yan Taibai shook his head, took one more look at the Spirit Eye Tree, and then vanished directly.

The good show should be starting; it was time for him to take back what he wanted.

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Taibai appeared outside the holy land of the three sects. At this moment, outside the holy land, they were prepared for battle, standing in a standoff.

On the side of the Yunmeng Three Sects, there were the two Nascent Soul cultivators Cheng Tiankun and Lv Luo from the Luoyun Sect, the Nascent Soul Mid-Stage Peak cultivator Jin Laoguai from the Ancient Sword Sect, plus two other Nascent Soul cultivators, and Baiqiao Academy also had three Nascent Soul cultivators.

And on the side of the Righteous Alliance and the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects, there were seven or eight Nascent Soul cultivators from the Righteous Alliance, among whom three were Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivators; as for the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects, half of the sect masters and vice sect masters had come, also totaling seven or eight Nascent Soul cultivators.

In other words, this time, for the Spirit Eye Tree of the Yunmeng Three Sects, the Righteous and Demonic paths had mobilized more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators.

This formation and this momentum, for the Yunmeng Three Sects, if not completely overwhelming, were close to it.

No wonder the Yunmeng Three Sects in the original plot lost so miserably, if not for the fact that the cultivator guarding the Spirit Eye Tree defected at the last minute.

The Spirit Eye Tree could not have been guarded at all.

However, at this moment, the Yunmeng Three Sects were all smiles, even though their strength was inferior.

And the more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators of the Righteous and Demonic paths were staring with extremely ugly expressions at Yan Taibai, who had emerged from the holy land of the three sects.

As for Yan Taibai, he was full of interest and said with a smile.

"Quite lively! It seems I didn't come in vain."

"Fellow Daoist Taibai, I didn't expect you to be here as well."

The current Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect said coldly.

If one were to ask who in the Tiannan Cultivation World held the deepest hatred for Yan Taibai, it would undoubtedly be the Demonic Path's Hehuan Sect and the Righteous Path's Taizhen Sect.

After all, Yan Taibai had personally slain Hehuan Laomo and Zhiyang Shangren, causing their respective statuses as the premier sects of the Demonic Path and the Righteous Path to become insecure.

Naturally, they hated him to the point of gnashing their teeth, wishing they could extract his soul and refine his spirit, but unfortunately, they lacked the ability and strength to do so.

"Nonsense. As the Alliance Leader of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, isn't it perfectly normal for me to be here when you are making moves against the Yunmeng Three Sects, attempting to seize the Spirit Eye Tree of the Yunmeng Three Sects?"

"So, do you want to leave the Yunmeng Mountains alive now, or do you want to die in the Yunmeng Mountains?"

Yan Taibai said with a chuckle, his tone full of malice and threats.

This sentence caused the Nascent Soul cultivators from both the Righteous and Demonic Paths who had come this time to turn pale and look at each other in dismay. If anyone else had said this, they truly wouldn't have believed it, but Yan Taibai was different; he was the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World.

His words were definitely worth believing, and he possessed the strength and divine abilities to make them believe.

"What will it take for Fellow Daoist Taibai to let us leave?"

The Hehuan Sect Sect Master asked, his face pale.

"I heard that both your Righteous and Demonic Paths have obtained a Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine. As long as you hand the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine over to me, you will be able to leave."

Yan Taibai stated his purpose directly, his tone as overbearing as ever, leaving no room for bargaining or defiance.

After all, if he could obtain the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine easily, he did not want to resort to force.

(End of chapter)