Chapter 188: 《The Qingyuan Wood Emperor Art》 Successfully Resurrects the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine

"Fellow Daoist Taibai, don't you think your conditions are too excessive?"

Although they feared Yan Taibai's terrifying and peerless divine abilities, the Sect Master of the Demonic Path's Hehuan Sect still did not want the Righteous and Demonic paths to simply hand over the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine, which they had obtained through painstaking efforts, just because of a single sentence from Yan Taibai.

One must know that for the sake of this Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine, the Righteous and Demonic paths had lost more than one Nascent Soul cultivator.

Furthermore, they had abandoned their centuries-long schemes within the Yunmeng Three Sects and their thousand-year grand plan to overthrow the Yunmeng Three Sects; having paid such a heavy price, if they were to hand over the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine to others just because of a mere sentence from Yan Taibai,

This... would be enough to make their generation of the Righteous and Demonic paths a laughingstock for the next ten thousand years, and it would also cement Yan Taibai's prestige.

Therefore, they naturally could not agree or be willing.

"Is that so! It is indeed excessive, and very excessive at that. But didn't you, the Righteous and Demonic paths, try to scheme and seize the Spirit Eye Tree of my Heavenly Dao Alliance's Yunmeng Three Sects, and even want to overthrow the Yunmeng Three Sects in one fell swoop? Isn't that just as excessive? In the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected. Excessive, heh! As long as one's strength and divine abilities are sufficient, what does it matter if it's excessive, and what can you do about it?"

Yan Taibai chuckled coldly, his tone and expression full of mockery, causing the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Righteous and Demonic paths who had come this time to turn green and white, which could be said to be ugly to the extreme.

Yet no one dared to make a move against Yan Taibai, because they lacked the strength and the courage; they only dared to be fierce in appearance but faint in heart.

As for making a move, just as Yan Taibai said, unless they wanted to stay here forever.

"Fellow Daoist Taibai, what you say is correct. We know we are no match for you, but it is absolutely impossible for me to hand over the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine. Even if you could keep all of us here at the Yunmeng Three Sects, you would still not be able to obtain the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine. Once our Primordial Spirit Lamps go out, the senior brothers in our sects will immediately destroy the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine. By then, even if you wipe out both our Righteous and Demonic paths, it will be of no use; you will not be able to obtain the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine."

The Hehuan Sect Sect Master sneered and said.

The Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine was the only bargaining chip they had to negotiate with Yan Taibai.

As for their own lives and divine abilities, even if they joined forces, it would be difficult to pose much of a threat to Yan Taibai.

Moreover, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yunmeng Three Sects would not stand by and watch; they would certainly assist. Added to the Heavenly Dao Alliance, at that point, the Righteous and Demonic paths might truly be wiped out.

At the very least, the Righteous Alliance of Fengdu Kingdom and the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects would certainly be unable to escape disaster.

As for other sects of the Righteous and Demonic paths, it was possible they might escape disaster.

"Heh! Since Sect Master Yi has said so. And, what you said is also right, then what does Sect Master Yi want in order to be willing to hand over the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine?"

After hearing the words of the Hehuan Sect Sect Master, compared to the changing expressions of the Yunmeng Three Sects, Yan Taibai's face instead had a few more smiles.

He did not want to start a massacre, so he naturally did not mind listening to the other party's conditions.

Furthermore, he did indeed want the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine, so he was also willing to listen to the conditions to avoid the other party choosing to perish together.

"Actually, it's very simple. As long as Fellow Daoist Taibai agrees not to take action against our Righteous and Demonic paths within a thousand years, that will suffice."

After the Hehuan Sect Sect Master discussed it with the elders, sect masters, and vice sect masters of the other sects, he spoke and stated the conditions.

As for wanting any treasures or cultivation techniques, they did not want to die yet.

Therefore, it was impossible for them to propose such conditions; they only wanted to preserve their sects.

After all, they had offended Yan Taibai to death this time, and who knew if he would use some reason later to wipe out their Righteous and Demonic paths.

At the very least, the Righteous Alliance of Fengdu Kingdom and the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects were going to be unlucky.

Those two families had offended Yan Taibai to death!

Likewise, Yan Taibai had also offended them to death.

But who told them their strength was insufficient? It was impossible for them to take revenge; they only wanted to temporarily preserve their sects.

A thousand years was already the longest time they could strive for.

The only thing they hoped for now was that the limitation of Yan Taibai's constitution preventing him from breaking through to the Spirit Severing Stage was true.

In this way, they would at most be suppressed for a thousand years.

"A thousand years. Good, that's no problem. As long as you don't take the initiative to provoke or offend me, I can agree that I will absolutely not intentionally look for trouble with you."

Yan Taibai nodded and agreed.

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist Taibai."

After hearing Yan Taibai's promise, the Hehuan Sect Sect Master and the others immediately thanked him respectfully.

As for things like Heart Demon Vows or contracts, they were naturally not foolish enough to seek death by making Yan Taibai swear them.

"No matter, as long as you present the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine later, that will suffice."

Seeing this, Yan Taibai chuckled, appearing incomparably free and easy, and said.

"Alright, let this matter end here; no one is allowed to mention it again in the future."

"You may leave!"

Yan Taibai waved his hand directly and said.

"Very well, farewell!"

"Farewell!"

Upon hearing this, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Righteous Alliance of Fengdu Kingdom and the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects felt a huge weight lifted off their shoulders and left while cupping their hands in salute.

The other disciples and elders also left the Yunmeng Mountains one after another.

In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Yunmeng Mountains, which had been bristling with swords and bows, returned to their former peace.

"They have all left, let us also go and take a look at your three sects' sacred grounds!"

Yan Taibai said with his smile undiminished.

"Good, good, good!"

Jin Laoguai of the Ancient Sword Sect said "good" three times, his face glowing as he invited Yan Taibai to return to the three sects' sacred grounds.

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Taibai received the cleansing of his eyes with Clear Spirit Water at the three sects' sacred grounds, which gave his eyes a sense of something unusual.

But this kind of thing requires long-term, continuous use; a single time has a negligible effect on high-level cultivators, especially Nascent Soul cultivators.

This was also the reason why such a good thing as Clear Spirit Water was given to the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment disciples of the three sects.

As for Yan Taibai's assistance, the Ancient Sword Sect, Baiqiao Academy, and Luoyun Sect were naturally endlessly grateful and sent many good things.

Besides the three sects' sacred grounds, they also took Yan Taibai to visit many good places of the three sects. The Ten Thousand Sword Tomb of the Ancient Sword Sect, the Earth Vein Cavern of Baiqiao Academy, and the Spirit Garden of the Luoyun Sect! In short, it was not a wasted trip. Not only did he take in a beautiful disciple, but he also obtained the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine.

Of course, there was one more thing, and that was that Han Li had become the Peak Master of the Seventh Peak of the Luoyun Sect, the Peak Master of Qingyuan Peak.

As for disciples, there were truly not many, but the Luoyun Sect had also arranged them for him.

……

After the affairs of the Yunmeng Three Sects concluded, Yan Taibai naturally returned to the Yanyue Sect, and by this time, the righteous and demonic paths had already delivered the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine.

Although it was still withered, Yan Taibai planted it in the medicinal garden of his own cave dwelling, waiting to cultivate the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art later so he could revive it.

As for Han Li's Heavenly Sky Bottle, the Alcoholic Liquid of the Spirit Eye Tree, and the Huiyang Water, the first two were easy to discuss, but the latter was not as good as the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art.

Therefore, Yan Taibai chose to cultivate the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art first.

Besides this, there was waiting for Xin Ruyin to research the Transmission Array outside the Falling Demon Valley.

As for now, he would head directly to Biling Island in the Chaotic Star Sea to cultivate the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art.

Today, he was the number one person in both the Tiannan Cultivation World and the Chaotic Star Sea, so he naturally did not need to worry about anything. Now that no one dared to provoke Yan Taibai, he only needed to cultivate with peace of mind and strive to break through to the Spirit Severing Stage as soon as possible to ascend to the Spirit World.

As for other matters, if he needed to take action, he would naturally do so; if not, he could leave them to others.

Being meticulous and doing everything personally was not his style, Yan Taibai; he only needed to cultivate.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed.

Yan Taibai had also refined the entire High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stone vein on Biling Island, cultivating the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art to the minor success stage, reaching the point where he could ripen and revive spiritual herbs.

And on Biling Island, this High-grade Spirit Stone vein—the only one in the Human World, and possibly the last—perished and ceased to exist.

It became a part of Yan Taibai's cultivation, and Yan Taibai also successfully advanced to a Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator.

But the resources required to advance to a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage made even Yan Taibai, with his current status, position, strength, and divine abilities, feel a headache.

There were too many, truly too many.

Therefore, he had to make a trip to the Falling Demon Valley.

It was not that the Falling Demon Valley could provide so many cultivation resources, but at least it could provide a portion, and the Spirit Candle Fruit could also make his breakthrough to Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage a bit easier.

It could even allow Xin Ruyin, Nangong Wan, Yan Ruyan, and others to make breakthroughs, saving them hundreds of years of bitter cultivation.

Such an opportunity was not easily obtained.

Therefore, after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Mid Stage and successfully cultivating the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art, Yan Taibai returned to the Yanyue Sect.

"Ruyin, is the matter of the Transmission Array outside the Falling Demon Valley ready?"

As soon as he returned to the Yanyue Sect, Yan Taibai immediately asked Xin Ruyin, this grandmaster of formations.

After all, this matter was of great importance, so he was naturally anxious.

He did not even return to his cave dwelling first to use the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art to revive the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine.

"Brother Yan, rest assured, it has already been repaired. Moreover, the Transmission Tokens for the Falling Demon Valley have all been auctioned off. This time it is a rare grand event, and all of this is because of Brother Yan,"

Xin Ruyin said with a sweet smile.

And the fact that she could have her current achievements and cultivation was basically also because of Yan Taibai.

"It is good that it is repaired. When can we set off for the Falling Demon Valley?"

Hearing Xin Ruyin's answer, a smile appeared on Yan Taibai's face as he pressed for an answer.

"Anytime!"

Xin Ruyin uttered these two words!

"Good."

Yan Taibai said with great joy.

……

After leaving Xin Ruyin, Yan Taibai returned to his own cave dwelling.

The first thing he did upon returning to the cave dwelling was naturally to go to the medicinal garden to check on the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine, which was planted there but still in a withered state.

"Green Emperor arises, Wood Emperor appears!"

Immediately, Yan Taibai began to cast spells and chant, circulating the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art within his body to revive the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine in the medicinal garden.

As streams of energy containing thick wood-attribute spiritual Qi and vitality were poured into the withered Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine.

Before long, the originally yellowed and withered Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine sprouted new emerald green buds, radiating new vitality!

And this made the smile on Yan Taibai's face a bit richer, even though he had expected it.

……

At the same time, Xin Ruyin, who was preparing the formation apparatus for the trip to the Falling Demon Valley, heard the voice of her master, Dayan Shenjun, in her ear.

"Girl, when you enter the Falling Demon Valley, besides needing to be careful of the Restrictions and Space Cracks within, you also need to be careful of one most important and terrifying existence."

"Master, what is it?"

Hearing this, Xin Ruyin's heart tightened, and she hurriedly asked.

During this period, the master and disciple were each busy—one with the Transmission Array outside the Falling Demon Valley, and the other with a Nascent Soul Late Stage Puppet—so they hadn't talked much about the Falling Demon Valley.

Everyone knew the situation with Dayan Shenjun; he could even forget about cultivation for the sake of puppets, leading to his current plight. It was perfectly normal that he had forgotten to tell Xin Ruyin about the information regarding the Falling Demon Valley.

Moreover, as for the following matters, it wouldn't be too late to say them even when they reached the Falling Demon Valley.

Dayan Shenjun had just delayed it until now.

"Ancient Demon!"

Dayan Shenjun uttered these two words.

"Ancient Demon? What is this? Why has this disciple never heard of it?"

Xin Ruyin asked, curious and nervous.

After all, as the name implied, just hearing the two words "Ancient Demon" meant it was nothing good.

She was naturally nervous.

"What is an Ancient Demon? This master is also not clear, but I can be certain they are neither human nor Demon Beast, and their forms are varied and different. It is said that in the ancient era, the Ancient Demon Realm once opened a passage to our realm, and a batch of high-ranking Ancient Demons came over to ravage the Human World. As a result, the ancient cultivators of that time fought them for countless years, and relying on their numbers, they finally wiped out the invading Ancient Demons one by one. However, the ancient cultivators suffered countless casualties and heavy losses in this battle, and many ancient techniques and Spirit Beasts went extinct as a result. The decline of the ancient cultivators also has a lot to do with this."

Dayan Shenjun explained.

"So, Master, you mean there are Ancient Demons in the Falling Demon Valley?"

After hearing Dayan Shenjun's words, Xin Ruyin felt increasingly nervous and continued to press him with questions.

"As your master, I can only say it is possible; after all, not to mention that the ancient times are far too distant from the present, even if it truly exists, it is not certain that it is currently within Falling Demon Valley."

"Although there are many Space Cracks within this Falling Demon Valley, it is not certain that they can connect to the ancient Demon Realm."

Dayan Shenjun continued.

"Moreover, the Space Cracks in this Falling Demon Valley are, after all, not true inter-dimensional passages, so most of the ancient demons from the ancient Demon Realm that can come through are incarnations or low-level ancient demons. Furthermore, because their levels are too low, they are fundamentally unable to resist the laws of our plane, so it is impossible for them to stay for long; in the end, they either self-destruct and die, or flee back. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much about it."

Dayan Shenjun comforted her.

"Then has Master encountered an ancient demon? Otherwise, you would not have spoken to this disciple about this matter."

After hearing Dayan Shenjun's words, Xin Ruyin asked again.

"As your master, I have never encountered an ancient demon; it is just that during my lifetime, several friends of mine once joined forces to enter Falling Demon Valley. They were unlucky and encountered an ancient demon. After a great battle, both sides suffered losses, and one of them fled to me and told me about it. Like me, they were not famous, so there are naturally no records of them, and you would naturally not know."

Dayan Shenjun continued to explain patiently.

He naturally loved Xin Ruyin, his only disciple, immensely, so he told her everything he knew without reservation.

"So that is how it is; it seems I must also tell Brother Yan."

Xin Ruyin suddenly realized and nodded.

(End of this chapter)