Chapter 26: Visitors from Yanyue Sect

During this period, there was no lack of disciples in the Yan Family Fortress Martial Arts Hall who revealed their identities.

For example, this or that family, or this or that cultivation sect, but without exception, they were all wiped out, with absolutely no intention of showing the slightest mercy.

Having finally found an opportunity, the Yan Family Ancestor naturally could not let go of the eyes of the various cultivation sects and cultivation families within Yan Family Fortress.

In this way, the entire Yan Family Fortress became much cleaner.

But within a few days, this matter triggered a significant earthquake throughout the Yue Country Cultivation World, and many cultivation families and the Seven Sects of Yue Country could only hold their noses and accept it after learning of it.

However, they were still quite shocked by the assassination attempt on Yan Taibai; while feeling schadenfreude in their hearts, most also felt some regret.

After all, they knew too well what it meant for a Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator to grow up; for hundreds or even thousands of years, the status of Yan Family Fortress as the number one cultivation family in Yue Country would remain unshakable.

With such a long time, even if Yanyue Sect had taken both Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan as disciples, Yan Family Fortress could still achieve great development; if the two were to condense a Nascent Soul and become Nascent Soul cultivators, then these Seven Sects of Yue Country would immediately become the Eight Sects of Yue Country.

For no other reason than that among the Seven Sects of Yue Country, besides Yanyue Sect, the other sects only had one Nascent Soul cultivator each in this situation.

If Yan Family Fortress had two Nascent Soul cultivators, regardless of whether they were originally Yanyue Sect cultivators, the Yan Family would inevitably become the eighth sect of Yue Country.

Especially when they learned that Yan Taibai had broken through to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining before the age of ten, they were truly shocked.

For a time, more and more cultivation families and cultivation sects brought congratulatory gifts to the Yan Family to inquire about the news.

Most of them also harbored the intention of befriending Yan Family Fortress.

At the same time, they also wanted to inquire about Yan Taibai's situation, and some even wanted to arrange a marriage with Yan Taibai, letting their family's women become Yan Taibai's concubines in the future.

Everyone knew that the Daoist partner was Yan Ruyan, and at the thought of this, many cultivation families in the entire Yue Country Cultivation World were so envious their teeth itched!

This luck was truly too good—two Heavenly Spirit Root cultivators.

As for these gifts sent over, perhaps out of guilt, the Yan Family Ancestor gave half of them to the father of Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan, allowing him to strike it rich once again.

Then, they were all exchanged for Metal-attribute Intermediate Spirit Stones; although Yan Family Fortress was extremely puzzled, none refused.

It was just that the Metal-attribute Intermediate Spirit Stones in Yan Family Fortress had been exchanged by Yan Taibai for the most part this time.

And Yan Taibai did not seem to worry about exposing anything, only saying it was to be used for cultivation.

This reason also happened to prove why Yan Taibai cultivated so quickly, so there were no objections.

After all, Yan Taibai had not taken advantage of Yan Family Fortress.

And Yan Taibai, taking advantage of this opportunity, cultivated more than ten wisps of "Geng Metal True Qi".

Although he was still a long way from filling the True Essence Magic Power in his dantian, he was quite satisfied and continued to cultivate the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" with peace of mind, ignoring all other matters of the Yan Family.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two more months passed; Yanyue Sect finally sent people.

The two who arrived were none other than Yan Ruyan's master and Yan Taibai's master, Nishang Xianzi and Qiong Laoguai.

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In the guest hall of the Yan Family.

"Disciple Yan Taibai pays respects to Master, pays respects to Uncle-Master Nishang, and pays respects to the Ancestor."

"Disciple Yan Ruyan pays respects to Master, pays respects to Grandmaster Qiong, and pays respects to the Ancestor."

Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan bowed respectfully to Qiong Laoguai and Nishang Xianzi in the hall, as well as the Yan Family Ancestor who was conversing with the two.

"Alright, no need for such formalities. I didn't expect that so much would happen since I last came. And you brat have actually cultivated to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining—thirteenth level of Qi Refining before the age of ten. Looking across the entire Yue Country cultivation world, one cannot find a second person. Not bad, not bad, you haven't tarnished my reputation."

Qiong Laoguai, with a glowing face and bright eyes, sized up Yan Taibai, full of joy.

After all, this disciple, Yan Taibai, had greatly increased his reputation and prestige.

"Many thanks for the praise, Master."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai immediately expressed his thanks.

He did not have any real affection for this convenient master, Qiong Laoguai, but the necessary respect still had to be shown.

After all, the two still had a master-disciple relationship.

"Hmm! Now that you have advanced to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, it is time to return to the sect with me to cultivate for Foundation Establishment. So, make preparations these next few days. However, you don't need to worry about anything; as long as you succeed in Foundation Establishment, you can return at any time. It's just that you will need to stay at Yanyue Sect to cultivate for a short time until the storm over this matter passes," Qiong Laoguai instructed unhurriedly.

"Disciple understands."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai nodded.

"By the way, have you found out which sect sent the death squads to assassinate Taibai?"

Seeing this, a satisfied expression appeared on Qiong Laoguai's face, but after finishing, his tone shifted, and his face revealed a cold glint.

As soon as these words were spoken, Yan Taibai instinctively looked at the Yan Family Ancestor.

The Yan Family Ancestor shook his head and sighed helplessly.

"Not yet. The other party were death squads; as soon as they fell, their entire bodies turned to ash. There were no clues at all, so how could it be easy to investigate?"

"For this, I even went so far as to purge the entire family, but unfortunately, I still gained nothing."

Hearing about the purge, a trace of unnaturalness flashed in the eyes of Qiong Laoguai and Nishang Xianzi.

Because among them were quite a few people from Yanyue Sect, but now they had all disappeared, clearly silenced.

Regarding this matter, they could not say much, and could not even speak of it; they could only hold their noses and accept it.

Although Yan Taibai was definitely not assassinated by people from their Yanyue Sect, Yan Family Fortress would not care about that and would kill them all.

Perhaps there were truly some who were wronged, but it was also to avoid any omissions.

After all, killing every other one would inevitably lead to omissions, so they could only kill them all.

"Forget it, if you can't find it, then you can't find it! I will arrange for the sect to investigate with you."

Qiong Laoguai was also very angry that his disciple, Yan Taibai, had been assassinated.

"Many thanks, Master."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai hurriedly expressed his gratitude with a grateful look.

"Alright, you don't need to thank me. Just return to the sect and reach Foundation Establishment as soon as possible. For now, just follow what Fellow Daoist Yan said and stay in my cave dwelling to cultivate."

Qiong Laoguai waved his hand, not caring much.

"Hmm! Disciple obeys."

Yan Taibai thanked her respectfully once more.

"Then when can Ruyan enter the sect to cultivate, Master?"

At this moment, Yan Ruyan stared at Nishang Xianzi with her large, watery eyes, full of anticipation as she spoke.

She did not want to be separated from Yan Taibai.

"If Yan'er is willing, she can do so this very time; she may simply stay in Master's cave dwelling to cultivate, and leave other matters to Master."

Hearing these words from Yan Ruyan, Nishang Xianzi pursed her lips and smiled, agreeing to the request.

(End of this chapter)