Chapter 23: Exterminating the Ghost Spirit Sect Foundation Establishment Cultivators

After the few of them had coaxed Yan Ruyan into a good mood, "Xueyi" took the initiative to head toward Yan Taibai's courtyard, preparing to offer some thanks.

However, just as "Xueyi" stopped at the entrance of the courtyard, before she could even transmit her voice, she saw two corpses in the open courtyard.

"Swish!" The grateful expression originally on her cheeks changed, and then, her beautiful eyes were filled with shock as she looked at Yan Taibai, who was counting the spoils of war in a Storage Bag nearby; her red lips trembled slightly, before she could even open her mouth to ask for the reason.

Yan Taibai also discovered her arrival at the right moment, scratched his head, and explained with a look of slight embarrassment.

"Xueyi, these two are Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators who came to assassinate me. They seem to be Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, but perhaps they were worried about being discovered by other clansmen! So, I seized the opportunity to exterminate them. These are their identity tokens, as well as the magical tools they used. Xueyi, you are knowledgeable and experienced, take a look and see if it is them, so as not to wrong this Ghost Spirit Sect."

In truth, Yan Taibai had deliberately not destroyed the bodies, just to let everyone in the Yan Family know that the Ghost Spirit Sect had sent people to assassinate him.

If the Yan Family Ancestor still wanted to defect to the Ghost Spirit Sect in the future, he would have a sufficient reason to take his little wife, Yan Ruyan, and leave Yan Family Fortress.

Without his little wife Yan Ruyan, this Yan Family Fortress was completely useless to the Ghost Spirit Sect, so there would be no room for choice.

Of course, there was also the possibility of being silenced by the Yan Family Ancestor; this possibility was not small.

Therefore, he had to seize the time to cultivate, and before that, he had to be able to defeat a Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

And the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash," this supreme divine ability from the world of "Eternal Life," gave him this possibility.

Just using a top-tier magical tool imbued with a wisp of "Geng Metal True Qi" to unexpectedly slash and kill two Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators of the Ghost Spirit Sect was enough to prove its huge potential and great power.

Of course, it was also because the two Ghost Spirit Sect Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators did not take him seriously, thinking he was just a "cultivation genius" who only knew how to cultivate, and they also wanted to kill him as quickly as possible, which allowed him to seize the opportunity and flaw, and thus succeed in one fell swoop, killing them both.

The protective spiritual light of the magical tools on their bodies, or rather, the yin energy, did not play any defensive role at all.

This also greatly increased Yan Taibai's confidence in "Geng Metal True Qi." To say nothing else, if he could replace all the True Essence Magic Power in his dantian with "Geng Metal True Qi," even if he were only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he would have the confidence to have the strength to fight a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, and perhaps even kill them.

But wanting to replace it all with "Geng Metal True Qi" required an astronomical number of Metal Attribute Spirit Stones.

As for the ore veins within the iron mines, they were far from as easy to use, as effective, or as simple as Metal Attribute Spirit Stones.

And here, after "Xueyi" finished listening to Yan Taibai's words, and seeing the black token in his hand that was eerie with yin energy and carved with a special-looking skull, her jade face could be described as "drained of color," and she blurted out.

"Ghost Spirit Sect? What did the family do to provoke the Ghost Spirit Sect of Tianluo Country? Could it be that the matter regarding my husband was also their doing?"

"This is actually quite possible. The 'Heavenly South Notes' record: Ghost Spirit Sect, one of the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects, is skilled in the art of driving ghosts and commanding demons, and is proficient in poison arts and some dark arts. The Blood Poison Sect of Yuanwu Country is really too far behind compared to the Ghost Spirit Sect. It is not impossible that they refined or purchased a portion of the Scorpion Exhaustion Blood Poison that Yan Shushu was afflicted with."

Yan Taibai analyzed and speculated in a serious manner.

His goal was to splash dirty water on the Ghost Spirit Sect; firstly, the other party wanted his life, and secondly, it was for his little wife. Thirdly, it was to completely cut off the possibility of Yan Family Fortress defecting to the Ghost Spirit Sect.

Their number one genius had been assassinated, and the father of their number two genius had almost lost his life; if Yan Family Fortress were to defect to the Ghost Spirit Sect again, it would be a bit unfair to both families, right!

By then, whether it was taking his little wife's family and leaving Yan Family Fortress, or exterminating the Ghost Spirit Sect group, especially that Ghost Spirit Sect Young Sect Master Wang Chan, he would have sufficient reasons.

If it were earlier, "Xueyi" might not have absolutely believed this "speculation" of Yan Taibai's, but now that Yan Taibai had saved Yan Ruyan's father, her dao companion, she naturally chose to believe him.

In any case, they were all one family!

"Take their corpses and come with me to see the Ancestor. This matter must be reported to the Ancestor, and he must be asked to order a thorough search of the entire family inside and out. If this kind of thing can happen once, there will be a next time. None of these Ghost Spirit Sect demonic cultivators are good things."

After listening to Yan Taibai's words, "Xueyi" ordered in a cold voice, her jade face looking as if covered in frost; she appeared very angry, yet also revealed a sense of powerlessness.

A single Blood Poison Sect of Yuanwu Country already made Yan Family Fortress unable to harbor any thoughts of revenge, and with the addition of a Ghost Spirit Sect of Tianluo Country, one could imagine how much of a headache the Yan Family Ancestor would have later.

And because of the matter of Yan Ruyan's father, "Xueyi" actually forgot to ask Yan Taibai how he killed the two Ghost Spirit Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators. One must know that even for her, killing two Ghost Spirit Sect Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators would not be an easy task.

She might not even be able to do it, but now was clearly not the time to pursue this.

"Alright."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai felt a joy in his heart; he had been waiting for these words.

Subsequently, he used the Storage Bag in his hand to collect the corpses of the two Ghost Spirit Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators into it.

Seeing this, "Xueyi" led the way, guiding Yan Taibai back the way they came.

At the same time, on the way, she began to ask about Yan Ruyan's father's situation.

"Taibai, was the Antidote Pill that Yan'er gave her father to take something you gave to Yan'er?"

"So Yan'er already told you?"

Yan Taibai feigned surprise and a bit of embarrassment.

"Yan'er didn't tell us; this girl's mouth is very tight, but the only person in the entire family who can make her so obedient is you. So, it's not hard to guess."

"Xueyi" shook her head slightly, then explained, seemingly worried that Yan Taibai would misunderstand Yan Ruyan.

"I didn't ask Yan'er to keep it a secret for me either; it's just that I obtained that Antidote Pill by chance, so I wasn't sure about it, but to prevent you from refusing to feed it to Yan Shushu, I could only choose to give it to Yan'er."

Yan Taibai shook his head and smiled lightly.

"Hmm! So that's how it is. Your Yan Shushu has almost recovered; I must thank you for this matter."

Hearing Yan Taibai's explanation, "Xueyi" finally set her heart at ease, nodded her head, and expressed her thanks.

"If you have any requests, just speak up; I and Yan'er's father will satisfy you as much as possible."

"Xueyi" said again.

"No need, we are all one family, why be so polite."

Yan Taibai waved his hand, not caring at all, and said.

"How about this, don't you want Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones for cultivation? I and Yan'er's father will try our best to gather some for you. Do not refuse; the higher your cultivation, the greater the benefit for Yan'er. For example, this time, if your strength had been a bit worse, what I might have seen would have been your corpse, or perhaps I might not have even seen a corpse."

"Xueyi" shook her head slightly and said.

"Alright, thank you, Xueyi." Just as the two were talking for a moment, they had already arrived at the entrance of Yan Ruyan's father's courtyard.

(End of chapter)