Chapter 32: The Ghost Spirit Sect's Reply

"Senior Martial Uncle, do you have any spare Spirit Eye Spring? This disciple desires a Spirit Eye Spring."

After obtaining the Hundred Phases Phantom Mask, Yan Taibai spoke up to make this request.

He remembered that Huangfeng Valley possessed a known Spirit Eye Spring, but it required Golden Core Stage cultivation to relocate it, and he clearly lacked that strength right now.

Therefore, he still needed to plan carefully, ideally finding a trusted helper.

Besides that, there was the option of using the power of an array, but the commotion would be somewhat large, making it easy to attract the attention of Huangfeng Valley; that was not appropriate.

What he received in return was merely a disgruntled eye-roll from the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect.

"A Spirit Eye Spring? There are only four or five Spirit Eye Springs in the entire sect, and I want one myself. None. If you want one, go ask your master. If he is willing to yield the Spirit Eye Spring in his cave dwelling to you, I will have no objections."

The Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect said this with a disgruntled, somewhat reprimanding tone.

"This disciple was abrupt; many thanks, Senior Martial Uncle."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai no longer harbored such extravagant hopes; he had only mentioned it in passing—it would be best if he could get one, but it was no matter if he could not.

"Hmm! You may open your cave dwelling on the mountain peak next to your master's! The heaven and earth spiritual energy in that area is relatively richer, and given your master's temperament, there are no other elders nearby; you may open your cave dwelling there with confidence, so rest assured."

The Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect nodded her head slightly and reminded him patiently.

After all, she and Yan Taibai were fellow disciples in the true sense, and she was also Yan Taibai's Senior Martial Uncle; with Qiong Laoguai absent, it was naturally up to her to arrange and instruct him.

"This disciple obeys."

After hearing the instructions and admonitions from the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect, Yan Taibai naturally would not refuse, and he hurriedly bowed and spoke respectfully.

"Go down! If there is nothing else, do not come again to disturb my cultivation."

The Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect issued an order to leave without the slightest courtesy; like Qiong Laoguai, her lifespan was not long, and Nangong Wan had only recently reached the Golden Core Stage and had not even reached the Golden Core Mid-stage.

If she were to pass away and perish, the position of Great Elder must absolutely not fall to Nangong Wan.

Originally, if Qiong Laoguai could have condensed a Nascent Soul and advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, then with her support and guidance, she could have gone a step further before passing away.

In that way, the position of Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect would very likely have remained within their lineage, and there would be no need to worry about any suppression or persecution.

Unfortunately, Qiong Laoguai was truly disappointing; despite pouring so many cultivation resources from the Masked Moon Sect into him, he still failed to condense a Nascent Soul, and his temperament had instead become increasingly eccentric.

"Understood, this disciple takes his leave."

Yan Taibai did not understand the thoughts of the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect, and upon hearing the "order to leave," he immediately bowed respectfully and left the Sunset Hall.

Once he left the Sunset Hall, Yan Taibai headed toward the mountain range near Qiong Laoguai's cave dwelling to find a suitable blessed land to open his own cave dwelling.

The Spirit Eye Spring, Spirit Eye Jade, and Spirit Eye Tree were temporarily not within his scope of consideration; even if he knew where a Spirit Eye Spring was, it was not something he could plot for right now.

The heaven and earth spiritual energy in the mountains near Qiong Laoguai was much richer than in other places, so Yan Taibai did not spend much effort before finding a suitable blessed land to open his cave dwelling.

Opening a cave dwelling was not a difficult task for a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator; in just half a day, he had opened up the prototype of the cave dwelling.

Then, it was time to set up arrays and decorate the cave dwelling. Although this was Yan Taibai's first time, he had read many books.

Thus, he had dabbled in these things and was able to become proficient quite quickly.

It took another few days to finish everything!

A Cultivation Room, pill room, Spirit Beast room, herb garden, guest room... everything was complete, with no omissions.

At the same time, he also sorted and placed the items he did not need on his person into the cave dwelling, and only then did he begin his closed-door cultivation.

He had just reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, so the most important thing was to stabilize his realm; as for the 【Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils】 mission, there was no need to consider it for now—he would stabilize his realm and adapt first.

There was also the matter of cultivation techniques; before his cheap master Qiong Laoguai left, he had told him to cultivate the technique he himself practiced after reaching Foundation Establishment, to facilitate inheriting the divine ability 【Invisible Evasion Technique】 in the future—this was an evasion divine ability that even Nascent Soul cultivators coveted.

But for Yan Taibai, no technique could compare to the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash." Therefore, he planned to focus on cultivating the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash."

As for the technique taught by Qiong Laoguai, it still had to be cultivated.

After all, who knew how many years it would take to convert all the True Essence Magic Power in his body into the "Geng Metal True Qi" of the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash."

He could not possibly have that much time; perhaps his lifespan would be exhausted before he finished the conversion, not to mention condensing a Golden Core and becoming a Golden Core Stage cultivator, so he still needed a top-tier technique that could guarantee advancement.

The technique taught by Qiong Laoguai was an extremely excellent top-tier technique.

Besides this, there were cultivation resources; his final choice was Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones, but unfortunately, even with his status, he only received a mere five Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones per year.

This quantity of Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones was not even enough to fill the gaps in his teeth; if he wanted more,

he could only kill people and seize their treasures—no, 【Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils】.

Fortunately, he had the divine ability: Sin Eye, so he did not need to worry about killing the innocent indiscriminately.

Moreover, he already knew where there were suitable targets.

It was just that he had to stabilize his realm first to avoid any accidents.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed; although the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect did not publicize it, and even suppressed it as much as possible,

the news of Yan Taibai reaching Foundation Establishment at nine years old still spread like a hurricane across the entire Yue Kingdom Cultivation World in just a few days, and it was even known to sects and cultivation families in the cultivation worlds of other countries beyond the Yue Kingdom.

For example, cultivation sects and families that were on good terms with the Masked Moon Sect, such as the Six Sects of Yue Country, all sent people to offer congratulations and present gifts.

All of this was to curry favor with this "star of the future," Yan Taibai, as much as possible.

Reaching Foundation Establishment at nine years old—to say nothing else, this cultivation talent alone surpassed most cultivators in Tiannan.

Regardless of what the future held, his potential was naturally beyond question.

As for Yan Taibai, he refused to see any of the sect or family cultivators who came to congratulate him, using closed-door cultivation as an excuse.

As for whether he would offend them, Yan Taibai did not care; in any case, it was not just one or two forces that wanted to kill him.

For him, it was more important to cultivate and improve his realm and strength; the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect would help him resolve everything else.

This was indeed the case; for the cultivators who came to congratulate him, those at the Golden Core Stage or above were personally hosted by the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect, which was giving them enough face.

Those below the Golden Core Stage were left to be hosted by the Sect Leader of the Masked Moon Sect.

For a time, Yan Taibai became famous throughout the entire Tiannan Cultivation World at a young age.

At the same time, the Yan Family Ancestor also received a reply from the Sect Leader of the Ghost Spirit Sect.

Upon seeing the reply, for the first time, the Yan Family Ancestor did not go directly to Mr. Xuan Ye, the strategist of Yan Family Fortress, but instead sought out another Yan Family Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

(End of this chapter)