Chapter 219: Swallowing the True Spirit of the Entire Yinluo Sect?

Nan County in the Dajin Cultivation World is located in its northern border region, and its area is ranked at the very bottom among the thirty-six great counties.

However, if one looks at its level of prosperity, it is enough to secure a spot in the top five, if not the top three.

This is simply because the entire county prefecture area consists of plains and water towns; it is not only rich in resources but also has no shortage of spiritual mountains and great rivers.

From time to time, mortals can see monks or Daoists riding clouds and mist in these spiritual mountain lands.

Therefore, the custom of believing in Buddhism and Daoism has flourished throughout the entire county for a time; Buddhist temples and Daoist monasteries are spread all over the county, and whether they are powerful nobles or wealthy merchants, or farmers and laborers, all show great respect to both.

Among them, this Huangqing Temple is one such place.

However, it is slightly different from other Daoist monasteries in that it is a female Daoist monastery; although it is not entirely without men, they only reside in the outer temple and are not highly valued, and furthermore, there are many women.

Men naturally spend most of their time bickering out of jealousy, so their cultivation is delayed quite a bit.

As for Yan Taibai coming to this Huangqing Temple, it is because this Huangqing Temple has a connection with the Imperial Ye Family of the Dajin Cultivation World.

He needs to take the opportunity to establish a connection with the imperial family, thereby making it convenient to enter Kunwu Mountain.

After all, now that the ancient demons are nine times out of ten no longer in existence, he naturally has to take the initiative himself. Otherwise, who knows how long one would have to wait for Kunwu Mountain.

And for Yinyue, naturally, the sooner she returns to the Spirit World, the better.

What's more, Yan Taibai also needs the imperial family to help collect some materials and do some things.

Although the Dajin Cultivation World is dominated by the Ten Great Sects of the righteous and demonic paths, the Imperial Ye Family of Dajin is definitely one of the few that is second only to the Ten Great Sects of the righteous and demonic paths.

And the Yinluo Sect among them has already been removed from the list and has disappeared; this is also the reason why Le Shennü of the Mulan Tribe and the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping are so respectful to Yan Taibai and want to curry favor with him.

After all, they are very clear that the destruction of this Yinluo Sect has a great deal to do with Yan Taibai.

Likewise, they are all clear that the various major sects of the Dajin Cultivation World, especially the current Ten Great Sects of the righteous and demonic paths, need not even be mentioned.

But clear as they may be, when facing the powerful and mysterious cultivator who wiped out the entire Yinluo Sect, even the Spirit Severing Stage cultivator behind the Yinluo Sect who has some connections, Feng Old Freak,

also does not dare to go to the Tiannan Cultivation World to seek revenge or cause trouble for Yan Taibai.

He can only act as if nothing ever happened; as for the other few Spirit Severing Stage cultivators, they are naturally the same, completely acting as if nothing happened, and then another powerful demonic sect replaced the Yinluo Sect to become the tenth great demonic sect of Dajin.

Although it is inferior to the Yinluo Sect by one "Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure," it is not weak either.

Just like this, before Yan Taibai even arrived in the Dajin Cultivation World, he was already considered famous in the Dajin Cultivation World.

However, he came to this Huangqing Temple without directly revealing his identity, but instead came to seek help as an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

And receiving him was a beautiful woman in a Daoist robe, with black hair and snow-white skin, dressed in a yellow Daoist robe, holding a glistening silver horsetail whisk in one hand, yet possessing an elegant and noble temperament that made her status seem extraordinary.

In fact, this is exactly the case; this beautiful woman is indeed a member of the Imperial Ye Family of Dajin.

"The Senior wishes to cultivate a technique in our Huangqing Temple to resolve the baleful Qi in your body, and at the same time, refine a few materials?"

After hearing Yan Taibai's request, the beautiful woman in the Daoist robe knitted her delicate brows, her lovely face showing a look of difficulty.

After all, for the Huangqing Temple, which has its own affairs, this request is truly too difficult.

And she did not dare to refuse directly, so she could only open her sandalwood lips slightly and say.

"Could the Senior please wait a moment? This matter is of great importance; this junior cannot make decisions on my own and needs to report to the elders in the temple."

"Naturally, that is no problem. I also know that this matter is difficult, but time is short, and it is already too late to return overseas, so I can only choose a place to cultivate temporarily. And compared to the White Dew Academy next door, I think the Huangqing Temple is quite good, and besides, I really do not have much affection for those pedantic Confucian scholars."

Yan Taibai found a reason and smiled.

"This junior understands, please wait a moment, Senior."

After hearing Yan Taibai's reason, the beautiful woman in the Daoist robe could only manage a forced smile, stood up, and left the reception hall.

A quarter of an hour later, in a quiet and secluded pavilion at the top of a peak in the Huangqing Temple, an elderly Daoist nun with a cold expression was listening with an ugly face as the beautiful woman in the Daoist robe who had just entertained Yan Taibai reported the purpose and request of Yan Taibai's visit with a grave expression.

"You mean to say that this person has no intention of leaving the Huangqing Temple at all?"

"He insists on staying at the Huangqing Temple to resolve the baleful Qi in his body and refine materials?"

After hearing the words of the beautiful woman in the Daoist robe, the elderly Daoist nun's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and she said coldly.

"That is correct. It looks like this person indeed has this intention. Could it be that the righteous and demonic paths have discovered something and sent him here to investigate?"

The beautiful woman in the Daoist robe knitted her delicate brows tightly and guessed.

"We have been painstakingly planning this matter for over four hundred years. We have gone through the heart's blood of nearly ten generations of the empire, and now there absolutely cannot be any accidents. Although we do not know if the news has leaked, we absolutely cannot allow failure. If we fail and do not obtain those two treasures, our entire Ye Family might become the next Yinluo Sect. You must know that in front of the righteous and demonic paths, although our Ye Family has secretly accumulated quite a bit of strength over these years, we are still vulnerable. As for the Confucian path, although they keep saying they uphold the imperial status of our Ye Family, if their interests were truly infringed upon, the first to strike at our imperial clan would likely be them."

The elderly Daoist nun said with an extremely ugly expression.

"How could we juniors not know what Aunt says? But this is already the only chance for our Ye Family to get rid of the control of the righteous and demonic paths. Aunt does not want the Ye Family to become the second Yinluo Sect, but have you forgotten how the Seventh Grand-Uncle and the others fell? As long as our Ye Family's strength is slightly stronger, the righteous and demonic paths will be the first to strike and secretly wipe out the Seventh Grand-Uncle and the others. Then they would shirk all responsibility. Our Ye Family seems to be the number one family in the entire Dajin Cultivation World, the imperial clan, but in reality, we are just puppets they support to stabilize the Dajin Cultivation World. As long as we can obtain those two legendary treasures this time, it will be enough to make the major forces of the righteous and demonic paths not dare to act rashly. They will not let what happened to the Seventh Grand-Uncle and the others happen again. Therefore, this risk is still worth taking."

The beautiful woman in the Daoist robe sighed softly and said.

"If only we could get the help of that fellow Daoist from the Tiannan Cultivation World who wiped out the entire Yinluo Sect. Anyway, he is in Tiannan, even if he wants to get involved in the Dajin Cultivation World, the first to bear the brunt would be the righteous and demonic paths, as well as the Mulan Tribe and Tutu Tribe of the Great Grasslands; there is absolutely no need to worry too much about anything."

The elderly Daoist nun said with a hint of expectation in her tone.

"This... it is said that that True Master Taibai from the Tiannan Cultivation World has already arrived in the Dajin Cultivation World, it is just that we do not know where he is now."

The beautiful woman in the Daoist robe hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"What, he has come to the Dajin Cultivation World?"

The elderly Daoist nun's expression changed slightly, and she said in shock.

"That is correct. It is said that the Tianlan Saint Beast from the upper realm summoned by the Tutu Tribe was taken away by him, and he also forcibly occupied the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping of the Tutu Tribe." The beautiful woman in the Daoist robe said, stating another one of Yan Taibai's "great achievements"—forcibly seizing a woman, no, it should be a Saintess.

"Then have you sent anyone to investigate his whereabouts?"

The elderly Daoist nun asked impatiently.

"Naturally, we have sent people to investigate. Even several major sects of the righteous and demonic paths have sent people to the Tianlan Sacred Hall of the Tutu Tribe to inquire about the situation of True Master Taibai, but it seems there was no harvest; we only know that he came to Dajin mainly to find materials for artifact refining and opportunities to break through his bottleneck."

"As for the matter of the Yinluo Sect, nothing was found out either."

"However, it is possible that he has already alarmed the existences at the Spirit Severing Stage. You must know that even a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage like the Great Elder, holding a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, can only barely protect himself when facing a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator. It is just that we do not know if that True Master Taibai can handle it, and too many people want to know exactly how he wiped out the entire Yinluo Sect. Could it be that he invited a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator to take action, but..."

"But the lifespan of those old monsters, according to our investigation, is only a thousand years longer than that of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator. And in the thousands of years of the Dajin Cultivation World, there have not been many cultivators who have advanced to the Spirit Severing Stage or who might advance to the Spirit Severing Stage, and with some possibly having ascended or passed away, there are probably not many left. As for the Tiannan Cultivation World, there was one who appeared ten thousand years ago, but he was besieged and killed by numerous forces in the Tiannan Cultivation World. Therefore, they will not easily take action, and even if they do, they try to suppress their cultivation to the level of the Nascent Soul Late Stage. Although we do not know the specific reason, in this way, these old monsters are not as invincible as the rumors say. Moreover, these old monsters mostly would not take action for the rise or fall of any force."

"Therefore, there is still no conclusion as to whether the Yinluo Sect matter was the work of a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator. Even if it were a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator, to wipe out the entire Yinluo Sect, and to do so silently, would require at least two or three Spirit Severing Stage cultivators and multiple Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage to be possible. Even so, it would be impossible to wipe them out so cleanly, with almost no living beings surviving, not even leaving behind corpses, as if the entire sect had been swallowed by someone."

Speaking to the end, the face of the beautiful woman in the Daoist robe turned pale. When this conclusion came out, all the many forces in Dajin felt terrified and could not believe it.

They absolutely dared not, nor were they willing to believe it, yet the facts were exactly as such; at least after their investigations, research, and discussions, this was the greatest possibility.

That is, there existed an unprecedented, terrifying entity that had swallowed the entire Yinluo Sect, and furthermore, it had swallowed it in a single gulp.

This is something that perhaps only a True Spirit from legends could accomplish; it is simply not something that can be done in the Human World.

Yet how could a True Spirit, comparable to an immortal, appear in the Human World? This is completely impossible.

But the facts seem to be exactly so! Therefore, the arrival of Yan Taibai, for all the major powers of the Dajin Cultivation World, especially the Ten Great Sects of the righteous and demonic paths, was tantamount to casting an inescapable haze over them.

And facing this haze, even the top righteous and demonic sects like the Taiyi Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect, which might have Spirit Severing Stage cultivators presiding over them, still lacked any ability to resist.

After all, even if the Taiyi Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect joined forces, it would be impossible to silently annihilate the entire Yinluo Sect.

Regardless of what methods the other party used, this point alone was enough to prove the terrifying nature of Yan Taibai's strength.

As for whether it was not Yan Taibai's doing and was merely a coincidence, that was not entirely impossible.

But according to the intelligence currently held by the major powers of the Dajin Cultivation World, Yan Taibai is the prime suspect.

Therefore, the arrival of Yan Taibai is a massive earthquake for the entire Dajin Cultivation World.

"Forget it, let's wait until there are traces before speaking. Let us go see the fellow Daoist who has arrived this time! I hope it really is just to resolve baleful energy and refine materials!"

After a moment of silence, the elderly Daoist nun still did not forget that Yan Taibai was waiting for them.

"Very well, Aunt is right."

The beautiful woman in Daoist robes nodded slightly, then rose to lead the way.

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Taibai, who had been waiting for a long time, finally met the elderly Daoist nun. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Yan Taibai brought up the real business again.

"Fellow Daoist Xin, logically speaking, this temple should not refuse these two requests, but recently this temple also needs to refine a batch of materials, so it is truly inconvenient."

The elderly Daoist nun explained with a face full of apology.

To put it bluntly, it meant the Earth Fire Hall used for artifact refining could not be borrowed, so you should look elsewhere.

As for why not use one's own Nascent Soul fire to refine, it naturally wastes one's own True Essence Magic Power, and it is not as stable as the earth fire.

Therefore, even most Nascent Soul cultivators choose to use the sect's earth fire to refine materials and forge Dharma Treasures and pills.

"That is no matter. I am also quite proficient in the art of artifact refining and can fully assist your esteemed temple in refining this batch of materials."

Yan Taibai nodded and smiled. His volunteering attitude made the beautiful woman in Daoist robes and the elderly Daoist nun look at each other, their hearts growing increasingly uneasy.

They felt as if they had truly leaked the news, but if they refused again, it would appear as if they had a guilty conscience.

After all, if the Ten Great Sects of the righteous and demonic paths had truly confirmed it, they would never have allowed the Ye Family to live until now.

Even the slightest hint of wind would bring a catastrophic disaster to the Ye Family.

Therefore, they could not refuse at this moment.

"Then many thanks, Fellow Daoist. Hualian, take the Fellow Daoist to the Artifact Refining Hall to have a look first!"

The elderly Daoist nun instructed.

"Yes, Aunt."

The beautiful woman in Daoist robes bowed to the elderly Daoist nun, then bowed to Yan Taibai and said.

"Senior Xin, please follow this junior."

"Very well, many thanks."

Seeing this, Yan Taibai naturally understood the other party's concerns, but this was exactly what he wanted; now he could just go with the flow and agree.

In any case, the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" naturally lacks no artifact refining techniques; it even surpasses all the artifact refining techniques in this world.

Although it is not as good as the Great Treasure Refining Art, one of the Three Thousand Great Daos, it is enough for Yan Taibai.

Of course, he also imparted a portion of the artifact refining methods to the Yanyue Sect and the Miaoyin Sect, otherwise how could the two sects have used Demon Beast materials to refine so many Top-tier Magical Tools and Dharma Treasures?

A portion of the credit for these comes from the artifact refining techniques imparted by Yan Taibai.

After all, the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" is fundamentally the Metal Great Dao, so it naturally lacks no artifact refining techniques.

(End of this chapter)