Chapter 200: Nangong Wan in Danger!

Tianlan Sacred Hall: "Husband, are you truly going to the Yanyue Sect of the Tiannan Cultivation World to find that True Master Taibai?"

The voice of the Yinluo Sect Master's wife was slightly hoarse, filled with worry.

"What, even you are worried that this Sect Master is no match for him? Or do you think this Sect Master will fall at his hands?"

Hearing this, the Yinluo Sect Master's face darkened, full of displeasure, and he questioned her.

"This concubine merely feels that since that True Master Taibai of the Tiannan Cultivation World's Yanyue Sect was able to annihilate two Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage from both the righteous and demonic paths of Tiannan while at the Nascent Soul Mid Stage, his divine abilities and strength must be extraordinary. Even with the help of the sect's Ghost Luo Banner, I fear your chances of victory are not high, so you must be extra careful."

Seeing this, the Yinluo Sect Master's wife hurriedly explained.

"Regarding that True Master Taibai of the Tiannan Cultivation World, this Sect Master naturally would not be careless, and I have sent people to the Tiannan Cultivation World to conduct a detailed investigation. Because of this, I learned of one thing, so I must make a trip to annihilate him."

The Yinluo Sect Master also spoke to explain the reason.

"I wonder what that matter is?"

Hearing this, the Yinluo Sect Master's wife asked curiously.

"That True Master Taibai of the Tiannan Cultivation World possesses a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, and furthermore, it is highly likely there is more than one. Otherwise, no matter how great his divine abilities, it would be impossible for him to annihilate two Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage."

The Yinluo Sect Master said with a fiery, greedy gaze.

"Two Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures? How is that possible? To mobilize even a fraction of the power of one Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure requires at least the realm of a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, and even then, there are at most one or two opportunities. Even if he has a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, it is impossible for him to mobilize its power to annihilate enemies. If you said they were imitation Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, that would be somewhat possible."

While shocked, the Yinluo Sect Master's wife shook her head slightly to deny it.

"That is why this Sect Master was curious; I want to obtain the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures on him, and I also want to obtain his method for activating Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures. If we can obtain them, our Yinluo Sect will surely become the number one sect in Da Jin, surpassing the Taiyi Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect."

The Yinluo Sect Master's face was flushed with excitement.

"But if it is truly as you say, husband, that he possesses two Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures and has a special activation method, wouldn't it be impossible to annihilate him?"

Seeing her husband so excited, the Yinluo Sect Master's wife had to pour cold water on him with a bitter smile.

"You can rest assured about this. No matter how powerful he is, he is only one person, but the people around him are just a group of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, or even Golden Core Stage cultivators. And he is a man who values loyalty and affection; isn't it enough to just seize the people around him? At that time, obtaining the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures will not be a difficult matter."

A cunning and ruthless look emerged in the Yinluo Sect Master's eyes as he sneered and stated his plan.

"But what if he is unwilling to part with them? Wouldn't you be in danger, husband?"

The Yinluo Sect Master's wife still felt that this plan was truly risky.

"If we do not take a risky path, wouldn't the Yinluo Sect always be the last of the ten great demonic sects of Da Jin? This is absolutely unacceptable. Moreover, you can rest assured; this Sect Master still has a trump card. Let alone that he is a Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator, even if he were a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, or even a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator, he would not be able to survive if he encountered it."

The Yinluo Sect Master's tone was filled with immense confidence.

Seeing this, the Yinluo Sect Master's wife could only sigh in her heart and stopped trying to persuade him.

Things had reached this point; further persuasion was useless.

"Then take care, husband. Let a few elders accompany you! That way, it will be safer."

"No need, they still need to collect yin spirits and control those few ancient wild beasts. The Mulan People cannot control those few ancient wild beasts."

The Yinluo Sect Master shook his head and refused.

Seeing this, the Yinluo Sect Master's wife could only sigh softly in her heart and stopped persuading him!

Just like that, after the Yinluo Sect Master gave some more instructions, he left the Tianlan Sacred Hall and headed for the Yanyue Sect in Yue Country of the Tiannan Cultivation World.

At this moment, Yan Taibai, Xin Ruyin, Yan Ruyan, Nangong Wan, Liu Yu, and others were at the Yuling Sect, one of the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects.

After all, Yan Taibai still wanted to study the Yuling Sect's Five Elements Spirit Infant.

Regarding Yan Taibai's request, the Yuling Sect Great Elder Dongmen Tu, even if he was ten thousand times unwilling in his heart, could only accompany him with a smiling face and bring Yan Taibai to the Yuling Sect's Library Pavilion, finding all the ancient books, classics, manuscripts, and notes related to the Five Elements Spirit Infant and handing them over to Yan Taibai.

And Yan Taibai could not just stay in the Yuling Sect like this.

Anyway, with the two beautiful disciples Han Yunzhi and Liu Yu serving him, it would not be boring.

As for Yan Ruyan, Xin Ruyin, and Nangong Wan, after staying in the Yuling Sect for a few days and gaining a general understanding of the Yuling Sect's beast-taming techniques, they left directly.

But they did not return to the Yanyue Sect; instead, they wandered around the Heavenly Luo Kingdom, entering and exiting well-known ruins in the Heavenly Luo Kingdom to see if they could find treasures or opportunities.

Although the probability was not high, it was still something to do.

As for the Falling Demon Valley, Yan Taibai was not in a hurry, so the sisters naturally would not be in a hurry either.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several months passed. Yan Taibai, the Supreme Wood Spirit Infant, and Dayan Shenjun had studied the Yuling Sect's Five Elements Spirit Infant to about seventy or eighty percent.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the cultivator who created this Five Elements Spirit Infant method is definitely someone not inferior to this old man. Truly brilliant and talented!"

Dayan Shenjun sighed.

"Then, Senior, do you have a way to improve it so that it can advance and no longer be limited to the Nascent Soul Early Stage? And the lifespan limit?"

Hearing Dayan Shenjun's praise, Yan Taibai hurriedly made a request.

"It cannot be done. If I had obtained it while I was alive and studied it in this manner for ten thousand years, perhaps I might have had a way to complete this heaven-defying feat. But now, hehe! You are overthinking it. Being able to create this Five Elements Spirit Infant method is actually already a heaven-defying matter; wanting to go a step further is simply hopeless."

Dayan Shenjun denied it without hesitation.

"Is there really no way at all?"

Yan Taibai sighed and said.

"Just because I cannot do it does not mean this fellow cannot. It not only produced your consciousness and mine, but it also seems to no longer be limited by lifespan and realm restrictions. Given time, perhaps it might be able to do it."

Dayan Shenjun looked at the Supreme Wood Spirit Infant on Yan Taibai's shoulder and said.

"This old lady is not without a lifespan limit either. According to my feeling, at most in a thousand years, if I cannot break through to the Spirit Severing Stage, I will sit and perish on my own. But although this old lady is no longer limited by realm problems, the difficulty of breaking through is much harder than you imagine, especially since it requires devouring the Nascent Souls of Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage, and it cannot be just one; at the very least, three or five are needed to have a possibility of breaking through to a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage. As for the Spirit Severing Stage, that is not very likely. However, as long as I break through to a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, I feel I can live at least three to five thousand years longer. By then, perhaps there will be a way."

The Supreme Wood Spirit Infant spoke up.

"At worst, when you ascend, I will ascend to the Spirit World with you as your second Nascent Soul. There are not many Spirit Severing Stage cultivators in the Human World, so there should be enough in the Spirit World!"

"Fine, we will talk about it then. As for the Nascent Souls of three or five Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage, it is not impossible. I can only say that the time has not yet come; when the time comes, I guarantee you will have enough to eat."

Yan Taibai nodded.

Some of the divine abilities of this Supreme Wood Spirit Infant were even more powerful than he had imagined, and its lifespan after breaking through to a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage would far exceed other Nascent Soul cultivators.

Whether taking it to the Spirit World or having it guard the sect at the Yanyue Sect, it would be enough for Yan Ruyan, Xin Ruyin, Nangong Wan, and the others.

"What, do you know of some place?"

Hearing this, the Supreme Wood Spirit Infant was overjoyed.

"You are referring to the Dajin Cultivation World, that sacred land of cultivation! It is true that there are more Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage there, but if you were to exterminate too many, I fear it would incite public anger. You must know that the Dajin Cultivation World has cultivators at the Spirit Severing Stage, and more than one at that; you must be careful."

Dayan Shenjun believed he understood Yan Taibai's meaning.

"That goes without saying, Senior, please rest assured! When the time comes, even Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage will be nothing."

Yan Taibai chuckled and said.

"Fine, then this old man will wait." Dayan Shenjun looked at the mysterious Yan Taibai and asked no more. Because Yan Taibai would not say.

"Then this old woman will also wait for the timing you speak of. If you can truly break through past the Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, this old woman will certainly have a great reward."

The Wood Spirit Infant also promised aloud.

"Good. Let's go! We should be leaving too. If we don't leave now, the Great Elder of the Yuling Sect will come in to chase us out."

Yan Taibai laughed and said. "Mm!"

Regarding this, the Wood Spirit Infant and Dayan Shenjun naturally had no objections.

"I thank Fellow Daoist Dongmen for your warm hospitality during this time. My gains this time have been significant; let these two Ancient Treasures serve as a token of my gratitude!"

In the Yuling Sect's guest room, Yan Taibai placed two Ancient Treasures he had obtained from Cangkun Shangren onto the table with a face full of smiles.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Taibai is too polite. What could such a small matter count for?"

Seeing the two Ancient Treasures overflowing with precious light on the table, the Great Elder of the Yuling Sect, Dongmen Tu, felt his resentment vanish instantly and laughed loudly.

"Since that is the case, then Yan will take his leave with Yu'er and Yunzhi."

Seeing this, Yan Taibai stood up with a smile to bid farewell.

"Leaving so soon? Why not stay for a while longer?"

The Great Elder of the Yuling Sect, Dongmen Tu, spoke very politely to urge him to stay.

But in reality, he was dying for Yan Taibai to leave immediately.

"No need, I still have matters to resolve, and besides, the business regarding Falling Demon Valley has not yet begun, so I need to return to my sect to prepare a little."

Yan Taibai shook his head and smiled.

"Since that is the case, then this old man will not keep you."

Hearing this, the Great Elder of the Yuling Sect, Dongmen Tu, cupped his hands and said.

"Good, farewell."

Seeing this, Yan Taibai naturally took his leave.

"Finally gone, that really wasn't easy,"

Not long after Yan Taibai left, the Great Elder of the Yuling Sect, Dongmen Tu, said to a Yuling Sect elder who had entered.

This was an old man in green robes with a dove-like face, named Gu Shuangpu.

"This fellow is the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World; even the two Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage, Hehuan Laomo and Zhiyang Shangren, fell by his hand. It is better that we do not offend him."

Gu Shuangpu said in a cold voice.

"Junior Brother Gu is right. Take one of these two Ancient Treasures, Junior Brother Gu! This will increase your strength a bit. After all, you and I still have to enter Falling Demon Valley with those five people later; the stronger our strength, the better."

The Great Elder of the Yuling Sect, Dongmen Tu, spoke again with a smile.

"Good, thank you, Great Elder."

Hearing this, a complex look flashed deep in Gu Shuangpu's eyes, and then he spoke his thanks.

"Hehe! Why be so polite between you and me?"

The Great Elder of the Yuling Sect, Dongmen Tu, chuckled, not caring at all.

"Mm!"

"It's just that I don't know how much he can research out of the Five Elements Spirit Infant."

The Great Elder of the Yuling Sect, Dongmen Tu, said with some worry.

"The Great Elder need not worry about this. Not to mention that the entire Yanyue Sect doesn't have many Nascent Soul cultivators, and even if they did, who would be willing to switch cultivation arts now and give up the chance of reincarnation? The entire sect has accumulated for thousands of years just to produce a few with Five Elements Spiritual Root. If the Yanyue Sect didn't have this True Master Taibai, it would be impossible to compare with our Yuling Sect. Therefore, there is absolutely no need to worry about anything."

Gu Shuangpu comforted him.

"What Junior Brother Gu says is indeed correct."

After hearing Gu Shuangpu's words, the Great Elder of the Yuling Sect, Dongmen Tu, nodded in agreement.

Afterward, they stopped chatting about this topic and turned to discuss the matter of Falling Demon Valley.

This was a major event capable of affecting the entire landscape of the Tiannan Cultivation World, so it naturally required careful consideration.

At the same time, upon learning that Nangong Wan, Yan Ruyan, Xin Ruyin, and the others had already returned to the Yanyue Sect in Yue Country, Yan Taibai stopped wasting time wandering around and headed straight for the Yanyue Sect with his two beautiful disciples.

Half a month later, Yan Taibai returned to the Yanyue Sect, but as soon as he returned, the atmosphere felt wrong.

There was actually no one to welcome him; although he didn't need it, this was truly strange.

After arranging for Liu Yu and Han Yunzhi to settle in, he headed straight for the Sunset Hall.

As soon as he entered the Sunset Hall, Qiong Laoguai, the Great Elder of the Yanyue Sect, Yan Ruyan, Xin Ruyin, and the others had expressions that were exceptionally wrong, and they did not even notice Yan Taibai's arrival.

Especially Yan Ruyan, whose eyes were red, as if she had just been crying.

Such a thing had not happened for a long time.

"What has happened?"

Seeing this scene, Yan Taibai felt increasingly uneasy and asked directly.

"Taibai!"

"Brother Yan!"

"Husband!"

……

Upon seeing Yan Taibai, everyone in the great hall seemed to have found their backbone, and they all exclaimed in surprise in unison.

"Yan'er, tell me what happened?"

Seeing this scene, Yan Taibai asked Ruyan in a cold voice.

"Brother Taibai. Sister Wan'er has met with an accident."

This short sentence struck Yan Taibai like a bolt of lightning; his expression changed drastically, and he immediately pressed for details.

"How is Senior Sister Wan'er now?"

"Taibai, come with me!"

Seeing this, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect gave a bitter smile and stood up to speak.

……

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Taibai saw Nangong Wan in the forbidden area of the Sunset Hall, but at this moment, Nangong Wan was completely different from before.

She had transformed into a seven or eight-year-old girl, sealed within an ice wall emitting wisps of cold air, her eyes tightly shut, unconscious and unaware of anything.

"Yinluo Sect!"

Seeing this scene, Yan Taibai gritted his teeth and spat out these three words.

(End of this chapter)