Chapter 221: Yan Taibai's Heaven-Defying Luck

Setting aside the matter of the Great Yin-Yang Art, Yan Taibai left Huangqing Temple to search for materials across the various provinces of the Dajin Cultivation World.

Of course, during this period, two Nascent Soul stage cultivators within the Dajin Cultivation World were also using various means to search for and forcibly seize materials.

These two Nascent Soul cultivators were both women; although their features were obscured, one could tell from their graceful figures that they were undoubtedly stunning beauties.

Yet, beauty aside, the divine abilities and strength of these two beauties were terrifyingly powerful, truly formidable.

Without a doubt, these two beauties were none other than Le Shennü of the Mulan Tribe and the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping.

Compared to the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping, Le Shennü was far more murderous; coupled with her strength as a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, she would almost always resort to force if denied, and her actions inevitably resulted in casualties.

It was not quite "heaven-defying and people-resenting," but it was close; however, relying on the strength and divine abilities of a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, even causing such resentment did not affect her much.

Aside from helping Yan Taibai search for materials, their other goal was to inquire about news of the Great Divine Master of the Zhong surname from their Mulan Tribe, but unfortunately, there was no news at all, which left her feeling endlessly worried.

As for the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping, because the Tutu Tribe bordered the Dajin Cultivation World and her strength was inferior to Le Shennü's, she was generally amicable when exchanging materials, only choosing other methods if the other party refused.

She did not, like Le Shennü of the Mulan Tribe, cause heaven-defying resentment.

On this day, perhaps out of tacit understanding or perhaps out of wariness, Le Shennü of the Mulan Tribe, the Tianlan Saintess, and Yan Taibai all headed to Longzhou in Da Jin.

This Longzhou was a large province located at the junction of the central and western parts of Da Jin, filled with high mountains and steep ridges, as well as numerous miasmas and venomous snakes, and was thus known for producing various poisonous insects and Spirit Beasts.

Most importantly, this Longzhou was jointly controlled by the Righteous Path's Yueyang Palace and the Demonic Path's Magic Wood Sect, two of the Ten Great Sects, effectively splitting the territory in two.

The Righteous Path's Yueyang Palace was situated in the Tianyue Mountain Range to the west; the entire mountain range stretched for over one hundred thousand miles, and Yueyang Palace was located atop a giant peak named Nantian Peak, where the heaven and earth spiritual energy of the mountain range was most concentrated, surrounded by tens of thousands of large and small hills and peaks within a ten-thousand-mile radius, making the entire Yueyang Palace look like a fortress of bronze and iron.

Most important of all was the terrifying restriction formed by the Thirteen-Layer Forbidden Array, which was famous throughout the entire Dajin Cultivation World.

On this day, three uninvited guests arrived on an unnamed hill near Yueyang Palace: Yan Taibai, the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World, Le Shennü of the Mulan Tribe, and the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping.

"Are you certain you want to go with me to Yueyang Palace to ask for the feathers of the Haoyang Bird?"

Yan Taibai glanced at the two women and spoke again to confirm.

"With Brother Yan, the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World, present, this little sister naturally wants to go along. After all, this Yueyang Palace has some connection with Brother Zhong, and this little sister also needs to inquire about where exactly Brother Zhong went."

Le Shennü of the Mulan Tribe parted her sandalwood lips and managed a reluctant smile.

If a Great Divine Master of the Nascent Soul Late Stage were to fall, it would be a huge loss for the entire Mulan Tribe.

"Very well, then let us go together. Brother Zhong's matter is also somewhat related." Yan Taibai nodded in agreement.

He had not expected that the Great Divine Master of the Zhong surname from the Mulan Tribe would actually go missing without a trace; in such a situation, he could not simply ignore it.

"Eh, is my luck this good?"

Suddenly, Yan Taibai raised an eyebrow, cast his gaze toward a dirt hill not far away, and then spoke with a light smile to Le Shennü and the Tianlan Saintess, who both wore expressions of surprise.

"The two of you wait a moment; I shall return shortly."

Having said that, he transformed into a streak of golden light and headed toward the nearby hill.

Seeing this, Le Shennü and the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping exchanged glances.

"Has Brother Yan discovered something?"

The Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping parted her red lips and asked Le Shennü, the Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage.

"Indeed, it is truly a good thing. Brother Yan's luck is truly enviable."

Le Shennü said, her tone filled with envy.

The divine sense of a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage was far superior to that of a Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator, so naturally, Le Shennü could perceive what Yan Taibai had discovered.

"A good thing? What kind of good thing?"

Hearing this, the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping showed a look of joy and pressed for an answer.

"It's here, see for yourself!"

As he spoke, one could see a yellowish-brown ball of light appear at Yan Taibai's feet.

Looking closely, inside the ball of light was an ugly, ball-shaped Demon Beast, its entire body covered in rough, hard, yellowish-brown thick skin, wrinkled and bunched up as if it were wearing a layer of heavy armor.

In the middle of its extremely fat body, a pointed rat-like head and a long, thin tail were squeezed out, resembling a giant mutated demon rat.

"It is actually an Earth Armored Dragon! I never imagined that one could discover an ownerless Earth Armored Dragon near Yueyang Palace. This is an excellent Spirit Beast for finding heavenly treasures. As far as I know, in the entire Dajin Cultivation World, only the Taiyi Sect has a Sixth-Level Earth Armored Dragon, and this one is already at the Seventh-Level peak. Presumably, with proper cultivation, it won't be long before it advances to the Eighth-Level Transformation Stage. In the entire Dajin Cultivation World, only the Demon Beast holy land, Myriad Demon Valley, has an Eighth-Level Transformation Stage Earth Armored Dragon. It is one of the vice-valley masters of Myriad Demon Valley and has helped the valley find many hidden Spirit Stone mines and material veins over the past thousand years."

The Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping's beautiful eyes shone brightly as she rattled off the information about the Earth Armored Dragon as if she were familiar with every detail.

Clearly, compared to Yan Taibai and Le Shennü of the Mulan Tribe, she had a much deeper understanding of the Dajin Cultivation World.

"Indeed, it is an Earth Armored Dragon; I also did not expect my luck to be this good."

Yan Taibai returned to the two sisters with the Earth Armored Dragon and smiled.

"However, it hasn't been subdued yet. Only after it is subdued can I let it help find heavenly treasures. As for now, let us head to Yueyang Palace!"

After saying this, Yan Taibai placed the Earth Armored Dragon into his Spirit Beast Bag, intending to slowly tame and subdue it when he had time. As for now! Yan Taibai leaped up, soared into the air, appeared above Yueyang Palace, and then let out a long roar.

"Boom— boom— boom!!!!"

The sound, like rolling thunder, echoed over the entire Yueyang Palace, causing all the disciples and elders of Yueyang Palace to be shaken; they left their caves, main halls, pavilions, and other places, heading outside Yueyang Palace.

At the same time, in a secret hall in Yueyang Palace hidden by a restriction, a white-haired old woman in a purple robe stroked a Haoyang Bird crouching before her.

"Such powerful spiritual energy, who exactly is the visitor?" The purple-robed old woman frowned and muttered to herself.

It was the first time she had encountered such terrifying spiritual pressure, and naturally, she felt extremely shocked.

Immediately, she disappeared from the secret hall with the Haoyang Bird.

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Taibai, Le Shennü, and the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping were invited with great enthusiasm by several Nascent Soul stage elders of Yueyang Palace into the guest hall of Yueyang Palace.

The leader among them was the purple-robed old woman from before.

After some polite greetings and self-introductions, Yan Taibai, Le Shennü, and the Tianlan Saintess Lin Yinping took their seats.

Regarding Yan Taibai's arrival, the entire Yueyang Palace was not exactly facing a formidable enemy, but it was close. "I wonder, Fellow Daoist Taibai, is there anything our palace has done to offend you by coming here this time?" The purple-robed old woman, who was the current Great Elder of Yueyang Palace, asked only after Yan Taibai had finished his tea.

As soon as these words were spoken, the dozen or so Nascent Soul stage elders in the guest hall of Yueyang Palace all became nervous, looking at Yan Taibai in unison, fearing that he might actually say something offensive.

"That is not the case; Great Elder, please do not misunderstand. The reason for this visit is mainly for two matters. The first matter concerns Le Shennü of the Mulan Tribe beside me. The Great Divine Master of the Zhong surname from the Mulan Tribe came to your honorable palace some years ago, but since then, he has disappeared without a trace. Could the Great Elder inform us if there is any news of him?"

Under the expectant gaze of Le Shennü, Yan Taibai smiled and spoke the words that made the purple-robed old woman, the Great Elder of Yueyang Palace, and the other Nascent Soul stage elders extremely nervous.

"If this old woman says she is unaware, would Fellow Daoist Yan Taibai believe me?"

The purple-robed old woman of Yueyang Palace, having heard Yan Taibai's inquiry and understood the purpose of his visit, gave a bitter smile and replied.

"Naturally I believe you, but does the Great Elder have any clues?"

Hearing this, Yan Taibai nodded slightly under the nervous gaze of the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, which also allowed the other Nascent Soul Stage elders of Yueyang Palace to heave a sigh of relief.

After all, they were also worried that Yan Taibai had come to cause trouble.

"This old woman is not clear on that. That day, a Great Divine Master surnamed Zhong from the Mulan Tribe came to our palace wanting to exchange for the tail feathers of the Haoyang Bird, but this old woman did not agree. Then, the two of us had a wager; in the end, the Great Divine Master surnamed Zhong lost, and after leaving behind a Sixth-Level Demon Core, he left Yueyang Palace. Since then, there has been no news. This is the Sixth-Level Demon Core he left behind; it shall be returned to the Divine Maiden as an apology."

There was no help for it; as things stood, even the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, could only take out the Sixth-Level Demon Core that the Mulan Tribe Great Divine Master surnamed Zhong had lost back then to return to Le Shennü.

Who could blame them when they could not defeat Yan Taibai? Although there was no evidence proving that the Yinluo Sect incident was Yan Taibai's doing, the prime suspect was indeed Yan Taibai.

Therefore, even if she was unwilling in her heart, the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, could only do this.

Being able to be brought here by Yan Taibai, one could imagine exactly what kind of relationship the two had. If she were to whisper a few words in his ear, wouldn't the next Yinluo Sect be their Yueyang Palace?

Such a thing, even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance, could not be risked.

So, it was better to honestly take out the Sixth-Level Demon Core to apologize, even if their Yueyang Palace had no fault at all.

"Many thanks, Great Elder."

Seeing this, Le Shennü did not stand on ceremony, directly taking the Sixth-Level Demon Core and examining it.

"It is the Demon Core of a Green-Blade Bird. To kill this Sixth-Level Green-Blade Bird, Brother Zhong spent a full two years."

A trace of sadness appeared in Le Shennü's eyes as she explained the origin of the Demon Core.

After all, under these circumstances, the possibility of the Mulan Tribe Great Divine Master surnamed Zhong having fallen was not small.

"Hmm!"

To this, Yan Taibai only nodded slightly, then spoke.

"Great Elder, this second matter is that I desire the Haoyang Bird's tail feathers from your esteemed palace. These are two fire-attribute Sixth-Level Demon Cores; let them serve as compensation, how about that?"

Yan Taibai patted his Storage Bag, took out two red jade boxes with Talismans stuck to them, and placed them on the table.

Although his tone was very polite, anyone could hear that Yueyang Palace had no choice but to agree to this matter.

"This old woman agrees. Fellow Daoist Yan Taibai, please follow me."

Seeing this, the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, was silent for a moment and could only smile reluctantly.

"Good."

Yan Taibai nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, he followed the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, as she rose and headed outside the great hall.

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Taibai followed the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, to see the Haoyang Bird.

This creature was not very large, about a zhang in size, but the several long feathers on its tail accounted for more than half of its length. Viewed from afar, the bird looked like a giant fire-red peacock, but in this world, what peacock would have such fire-red, gorgeous feathers?

Beside the two of them was a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivator named Fang Chu.

He was professionally responsible for feeding and tending to this Haoyang Bird. The reason for choosing such a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage disciple was mainly because this disciple named Fang Chu had an ability that others could not replace.

That was that he was born with a special ability to understand the language of avian spirit birds; otherwise, given the rarity of the Haoyang Bird, it would never have been his turn, a mere Foundation Establishment Mid-stage disciple, to look after it.

After all, this tending, to a certain extent, also allowed one to drive this spirit bird, which was naturally no small matter.

Although the Haoyang Bird before them was only at the peak of the Sixth-Level, by virtue of its own bloodline, it could steadily defeat Golden Core Late Stage cultivators and rival Nascent Soul Stage existences, which made many Golden Core Stage cultivators in Yueyang Palace wary of Fang Chu.

"Fang Chu, have the Haoyang Bird shed a few tail feathers and hand them to this Fellow Daoist Yan Taibai."

The Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, looked at the Haoyang Bird for a long time before speaking words that shocked Fang Chu.

At the same time, she also glanced at Yan Taibai with a surprised expression, then, not daring to disobey, she spoke, emitting special syllables.

After hearing Fang Chu's words, the Haoyang Bird revealed a human-like look of pleading, staring at the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman; its meaning was very clear: it was unwilling.

But the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, shook her head, refusing the Sun-Swallowing Bird's plea.

Seeing this, anger appeared in the Sun-Swallowing Bird's eyes, but it could only shake the long feathers on its tail; after a red light flashed, they all fell off.

After all, these long feathers were connected to its internal essence and bloodline; if they were forcibly plucked by someone, it would naturally suffer no small amount of damage.

If they were shed voluntarily, although the loss of essence would still be significant, it could avoid physical injury.

Therefore, the Yueyang Palace Great Elder, the purple-robed old woman, chose to let the Sun-Swallowing Bird shed the feathers itself to reduce the damage.

Seeing this, Yan Taibai's face showed joy, and he immediately took the several fire-red long feathers into his hand.

Then, he flipped his other palm, and a jade box he had prepared beforehand appeared.

Next, he placed the long feathers into the box, stuck on a few Talismans, and finally put it into his Storage Bag.

Next, he placed the long feather into the box, affixed several Talismans to it, and finally put it into his Storage Bag.

Yan Taibai cupped his hands in thanks.

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