Chapter 198: What is Overbearing? I Am! Yan Taibai

Although Nanlong Hou and the others harbored doubts, they did not probe further; after all, it was impossible for them to play "Conan" and seek revenge for those cultivators.

Yan Taibai and Xin Ruyin vaguely guessed who was responsible, but they did not say much.

After all, they could hardly say that they had robbed the Mulan Tribe's Great Divine Master Zhong and Master Le on a whim! If they had killed them, it would be one thing, but merely robbing them really did not befit Yan Taibai's title as the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World.

Therefore, it was best to simply act as if they knew nothing about this matter.

However, seeing the corners of Xin Ruyin's mouth curled upward and unable to come down, Yan Taibai's expression also grew a bit awkward.

After this small interlude passed, Yan Taibai, Nanlong Hou, and their party reached their destination without any danger.

Yan Taibai still felt quite regretful that the events he remembered from his memories had not occurred.

After all, he remembered that the Mulan Tribe still had quite a few good things.

He also wondered if, after this incident, the Mulan Tribe would still invade the Tiannan Cultivation World.

If they did not invade, it would be troublesome to obtain good things.

But it should not be much of a problem; after all, there was still the Yinluo Sect.

The destination they reached was a bare, small stone mountain.

It was only several hundred zhang high, completely devoid of grass, and covered entirely in massive, grayish-white mountain rocks.

Seeing this small stone mountain, only Nanlong Hou, the cultivator surnamed Lin, and Yan Taibai were not very surprised, while the others felt quite astonished, though they did not say much.

Subsequently, without letting the group wait long, Nanlong Hou spoke up.

"Next, this old man and Brother Lin will cast spells to open the Restriction here. Fellow Daoists, please be careful."

After speaking, Nanlong Hou and the cultivator surnamed Lin each took out a small flag.

These two small flags were both several inches in size; one was flashing with green light and was exceptionally crystalline, while the other was yellow and had faint runes drifting upon it—at a glance, neither was an ordinary object.

Seeing this, Xin Ruyin, who was beside Yan Taibai, parted her lips slightly and whispered.

"These are ancient Mountain and River Flags, though they should be replicas. If they were the true Mountain and River Flags, they would be enough to split mountains and sever rivers. However, even these replica Mountain and River Flags should not be underestimated; breaking the Restriction of this stone mountain is not a difficult task."

Just as Xin Ruyin was explaining to Yan Taibai, Nanlong Hou and the Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator surnamed Lin had already used the "Mountain and River Flags" mentioned by Xin Ruyin to open the stone mountain's Restriction amidst a tremor that felt like an earthquake.

A massive crack about ten-plus zhang wide opened in the stone mountain.

And within the crack, a flight of bluestone stairs leading directly underground appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Let's go!"

Seeing this scene, Nanlong Hou spoke.

After speaking, he and the Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator surnamed Lin entered first.

Afterward, the others followed closely behind, but the last ones were Yan Taibai and Xin Ruyin.

Regarding this, no one had any objections, except for a certain "runner."

But they did not say much.

Just like that, after the group walked a hundred zhang deep, they arrived in a mysterious hall. It was called mysterious because the four walls of this hall were flashing with blue light, and the entire hall was crystalline, as if it had been hollowed out and refined from a giant emerald, appearing extremely gorgeous and dazzling.

"It really is the Supreme Wonder Divine Restriction; it is truly formidable."

As soon as she entered this hall, Xin Ruyin's bright eyes shone like stars, dazzling and incomparably bright, and she also appeared quite happy.

Seeing this, Nanlong Hou and the Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator surnamed Lin hurriedly asked.

"I wonder if Fairy Ruyin has a method to break it?"

They had invited Xin Ruyin to come precisely for this moment: to break this Supreme Wonder Divine Restriction that gave them such a headache.

"It is not difficult. Fellow Daoists, please wait a moment."

Hearing this, Xin Ruyin smiled sweetly and said with full confidence.

Once these words were spoken, Nanlong Hou, the Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator surnamed Lin, and the others all revealed smiles of relief.

Afterward, they watched as Xin Ruyin took out Array Flags and a Formation Disk from the Storage Bag at her waist...

Using an array to break an array could be said to be Xin Ruyin's most famous method of breaking arrays in the Tiannan Cultivation World; many array masters of the Tiannan Cultivation World had visited the Yanyue Sect many times to seek advice from Xin Ruyin.

However, not many were truly able to comprehend and learn it.

With Xin Ruyin's attainments in arrays, using the method of using an array to break an array, if not for the need to heed Yan Taibai's instructions, she could have broken this Supreme Wonder Divine Restriction in at most the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

But she did not delay much time; after sending Yinyue in, she delayed for another half an hour or so before she finally began to break the Supreme Wonder Divine Restriction.

And no one felt it was inappropriate; they only felt that Xin Ruyin was indeed worthy of being the number one array master in the Tiannan Cultivation World, truly living up to her reputation by breaking the Supreme Wonder Divine Restriction so quickly.

Following the breaking of the Supreme Wonder Divine Restriction, after a burst of blindingly intense light, the scene that met their eyes had already changed drastically.

The crystal walls that had previously been produced by the Supreme Wonder Divine Restriction had already disappeared, replaced by ordinary bluestone walls, and embedded in one stone wall was a stone door about seven or eight zhang high and three or four zhang wide.

Seeing this, Yan Taibai chuckled and said.

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look."

Immediately, he pushed the door open and entered, causing the others to frown slightly, yet no one dared to say anything more.

After all, Yan Taibai's title as the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World was not written on paper; it was established with the heads of Hehuan Laomo and Zhiyang Shangren, and the entire Ghost Spirit Sect.

Following him was Xin Ruyin.

The reason the two of them entered first was to avoid any problems occurring with Yinyue.

Entering a step ahead also allowed them to be prepared.

Behind the stone door was another hall, except that in the middle of the hall, there was a small, exquisite pavilion.

This pavilion was carved entirely from crystalline, shimmering white jade; it was ten-plus zhang high and had only two floors, but it was exceptionally exquisite. And on the door, which was several zhang high, were written three silver characters: "Yuji Pavilion."

However, building a pavilion inside a hall looked truly strange no matter how one looked at it! In front of this "Yuji Pavilion" was an old, black-and-yellow offering table, upon which was enshrined a silver-white scroll several feet long, flashing with silver light; it did not look like an ordinary object.

Seeing this, the corners of Yan Taibai's mouth curled up, revealing a somewhat strange smile, and then he flicked his sleeve and took the scroll into his hand to examine it.

"How is it? Fellow Daoist Taibai, have you discovered anything?"

Seeing this, Nanlong Hou asked impatiently.

"Nothing, it is just an ordinary scroll used for offerings. As for the portrait on it, if there are no surprises, it should be Cangkun Shangren."

Yan Taibai explained it casually; regarding Yan Taibai's explanation, Nanlong Hou and the others had to believe it whether they wanted to or not, and in the end, they could only nod.

Then, they cast their gazes, which were surging with fiery colors, onto the pavilion.

"Let's go! Let's go up to the pavilion and take a look."

This time, Nanlong Hou was in the lead, and no one had any objections.

As for Yan Taibai, he put the scroll of Cangkun Shangren into his Storage Bag.

He was naturally crystal clear about the situation regarding this scroll.

When Yan Taibai and Xin Ruyin entered the pavilion, they immediately saw the scene on the first floor.

The first thing that caught their eyes were three ebony shelves, all filled with items, overflowing with treasure light, dazzling and eye-catching.

They were divided into three levels, allowing one to see them clearly. The first row was entirely Ancient Treasures and Dharma Treasures of various brilliance, surprisingly numbering as many as sixteen. The second row contained rare materials of various shapes and colors, ranging from iron-like chunks the size of a fist to blood-red, crystalline stones that resembled gemstones. The third row held the fewest items, only a few small bottles a few inches in size; it looked like they contained some medicinal pills.

Facing so many treasures, although the gazes of Nanlong Hou and the others were as scorching as fire, no one dared to be the first to reach out and take them.

"Fellow Daoist Taibai, you and Fairy Ruyin should pick one-half of them first, and we will split the rest equally among ourselves." Although they were extremely unwilling, this was the distribution plan agreed upon in advance.

Yan Taibai and Xin Ruyin took half directly.

There was no other way; one was the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World, and if they didn't agree, he could wipe them all out and then perform soul-searching.

The other was the number one formation master in the Tiannan Cultivation World, who was needed to break the formation Restrictions; taking half was considered polite, and even if he took it all, no one would dare to utter a word.

"Ruyin, go take a look! Take whatever you pick."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai then revealed a satisfied expression and nodded.

"Alright, many thanks to you fellow Daoists."

Seeing this, Xin Ruyin naturally would not be polite.

"Other fellow Daoists, see what else is here! If you find anything, feel free to take it."

As these words from Yan Taibai fell, Nanlong Hou and the others thanked him and immediately began searching the first floor.

As for Yan Taibai, he was naturally no exception, but he only checked once with his divine sense and then did not look any further.

In any case, there were not many good things.

After Nanlong Hou and the others finished checking, Xin Ruyin had also finished her selection.

The remaining items were divided into several portions by Nanlong Hou and the Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator surnamed Lin, allowing the others to have one portion each.

At this point, everyone was happy, as everyone had gained something, and they set off for the second floor of the pavilion.

In the corner of the staircase to the second floor, unsurprisingly, there was a shrine for worship placed there, and inside the shrine was a golden statue of a three-headed, six-armed, one-horned demon god, looking ferocious and lifelike.

In front of the shrine, there was a small, fiery-red Luoding, with wisps of white mist emerging from the tripod; the scent of sandalwood came from this white mist.

Seeing this, except for Yan Taibai, who knew the inside story, the others all revealed expressions of surprise.

But surprise was surprise, and they did not think too much about it; immediately, they cast their gazes to the most eye-catching place on the second floor of the pavilion.

There was a blue-misty jade bed, chilling to the bone, clearly carved from cold jade. At one end of the jade bed, two jade boxes of different sizes were placed side by side, very conspicuous.

Seeing this scene, Nanlong Hou's expression changed slightly, seemingly somewhat unexpected; he looked deeply at Yan Taibai and Xin Ruyin but did not say anything more.

"Let Fellow Daoist Nanlong Hou and I each take one of the two jade boxes! As for the other fellow Daoists, splitting this cold jade bed or other things is fine! It has nothing to do with us two. Ruyin, take one jade box, and we will leave."

Yan Taibai chuckled and let Xin Ruyin go forward to take the jade box.

Regarding this, although the others had ugly expressions, they did not say anything more.

Xin Ruyin naturally went happily to the cold jade bed to take one jade box, leaving the others with eyes full of envy.

"Everyone, take care, farewell."

After Xin Ruyin returned to his side, Yan Taibai chuckled and left the second floor directly with Xin Ruyin.

After the two left, Nanlong Hou and the others looked at each other, all of them staring at the jade box.

"This matter was told to you fellow Daoists by this old man, so this jade box should belong to this old man; I presume you fellow Daoists have no objections, right!"

Nanlong Hou forced a smile on his face and said in a deep voice.

"That won't do; we need to see what is inside the jade box first to see what exactly it is. If it is something like a cultivation technique, we can each make a copy, how about that?"

The Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator surnamed Lin suggested.

"If it is a treasure, material, or something else, we will see who bids the highest and let them take it, and the remaining Spirit Stones or items can be split equally among the other fellow Daoists."

"Good, good, good, this is a good idea."

The others also agreed one after another; after all, this was the best choice.

Hearing this suggestion, even if Nanlong Hou had more unwillingness in his heart, he could only nod and agree.

"Let it be as Brother Lin says."

Subsequently, the group looked at each other again; no one spoke to take the jade box, as it was possible that the person who took it first might seize it and flee.

Although the possibility was not high, it was still necessary to guard against it.

For a time, no one really took the initiative to take it, especially Nanlong Hou.

"How about I take it!"

Suddenly, Han Li took the initiative to speak.

Hearing this, the others all looked at Han Li in unison, and finally, Nanlong Hou nodded and said.

"Alright, then I will trouble Fellow Daoist Han."

"It is no trouble."

Han Li smiled slightly, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

After leaving the ruins of Cangkun Shangren, Yan Taibai took out the Heavenly Moon Divine Boat and returned toward the direction of the Tiannan Cultivation World without any scruples.

"Yinyue, come out! Let's see our harvest this time."

"Yes, Master."

As soon as the voice fell, the small white fox shot out from Xin Ruyin's embrace, circled once, and landed on the table in front of the two.

"According to Master's instructions, this servant only took two-thirds. There were six boxes in total, and this servant took four; plus the one Miss Ruyin took, we obtained five jade boxes in total."

Yinyue said with a giggle.

Then, she opened her mouth and spat out four identical jade boxes.

Seeing this, Yan Taibai opened one of them. Inside lay a small, exquisite ring, but it was pitch-black and lusterless, looking somewhat unremarkable.

"What is this?"

Yinyue asked curiously.

"A good item. This thing is called the Liangyi Ring, and it was refined by Xuanhuang Daoren using meteorite iron from beyond the heavens. Under normal circumstances, this Liangyi Ring has no effect, but if one encounters this Arctic Essence Light, it can manipulate the essence light to kill invisibly. At the same time, this Liangyi Ring is divided into yin and yang rings; having the yin ring on one's person allows one to not fear the essence light harming the body, and having the yang ring in hand allows one to manipulate the essence light to attack enemies. This one is the yin ring. Back then, Cangkun Shangren relied on the yin ring to luckily pass through the land of essence light in the valley and escape unscathed. My main purpose for coming here was for this thing; as for the yang ring, I have already requested it from the Great Elder."

Yan Taibai took out the other yang ring and smiled.

"So that's how it is. I didn't expect Brother Yan to have already inquired that Cangkun Shangren possessed the yin ring, but how did you know Nanlong Hou would definitely invite me to break the Supreme Wonder Divine Restriction?"

Xin Ruyin became even more curious.

"I was the one who had him invite you."

Yan Taibai blinked and said.

(End of this chapter)