Chapter 37: Outlaw Zhang San Brothers!

Seeing that she could not persuade Yan Taibai, Nangong Wan did not continue to urge him, merely feeling that it would be good for him to suffer a little hardship so he would not be so naive.

Therefore, after Yan Taibai took the Jade Slip, she bid him farewell and left.

However, she did not return to her own cave dwelling, but instead headed toward Sunset Hall to report the situation to the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect.

This caused a flash of disappointment to cross Yan Taibai's eyes; this Senior Sister Nangong had actually not invited him to visit her cave dwelling.

However, this bit of disappointment vanished in the blink of an eye, and thus it had no effect.

His focus remained on the Jade Slip Nangong Wan had given him; the Demonic Path evil cultivators inside were his targets.

His Spirit Stones and other cultivation resources would all depend on these Demonic Path evil cultivators.

"I hope you all can be worth the effort."

Yan Taibai chuckled softly, then immediately took the Jade Slip and returned to his own cave dwelling.

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Evil cultivator: Zhao Shuang.

Realm: Qi Refining Thirteenth Layer.

Practices the Indecent Extraction Technique, fond of married women, frequently extracts from low-tier female cultivators and mortal women.

Because he possesses a Top-tier Magical Tool: Purple Cloud Poison Miasma Bowl, as well as the Earth Escape Technique, he has escaped from the hands of Foundation Establishment Stage disciples of the Seven Sects many times.

His whereabouts are uncertain, appearing in various provinces of both Yue Country and Yuanwu Country.

If you encounter him, remember to be careful!

Evil cultivator: Mo Pao.

Realm: Qi Refining Twelfth Layer.

Cultivation technique: "Blood Fiend Art", uses the essence blood of cultivators and mortals as nourishment; his personality is cruel and bloodthirsty, frequently torturing enemies to death, but this is limited to rogue cultivators, and he rarely provokes cultivation families.

Possesses two High-tier Magical Tools.

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Evil cultivator: Zhang Si.

Realm: Qi Refining Thirteenth Layer.

Murder, arson, rape, and plunder... he commits every evil, his crimes are monstrous, but this is limited to mortal towns and cities, rarely involving the cultivation world.

Cultivation technique: Unknown.

Magical Tool: Unknown.

Recently appeared in Xinzhou!

"Could it be Brother Zhang San?"

Seeing this name, Yan Taibai could not help but mutter to himself, then continued reading.

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"There isn't even a single Foundation Establishment Stage Demonic Path evil cultivator; does this Junior Sister Nangong have so little confidence in me?"

After finishing the list of dozens of Demonic Path evil cultivators of various sizes and realms in the Jade Slip, Yan Taibai was speechless for a moment and muttered softly.

Among the Demonic Path evil cultivators Nangong Wan gave him in the Jade Slip, there was not a single Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.

Clearly, she was considering that he had just reached Foundation Establishment, and even if he had practiced Qiong Laoguai's "Invisible Evasion Technique", he had no experience in combat—especially this kind of life-or-death combat—and it was not as if Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators had never died at the hands of Qi Refining Stage cultivators due to a moment of carelessness.

She likely wanted him to use these Qi Refining Stage Demonic Path evil cultivators to practice first and familiarize himself with life-or-death combat experience.

After understanding this point, Yan Taibai felt a bit more gratitude toward this convenient Senior Sister Nangong.

She was indeed a virtuous wife and good mother suitable for domestic life, and furthermore, she was a homebody, focused solely on cultivation and almost never concerning herself with the affairs of others.

She had not a shred of sin value, which indicated that there were no innocent lives in Nangong Wan's hands.

This was also normal; Yan Taibai had asked Qiong Laoguai, and before this Senior Sister Nangong reached the Golden Core Stage, the number of times she left the Yanyue Sect could be counted on one's fingers, and all her cultivation resources were provided personally by the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect.

After reaching the Golden Core Stage, apart from searching for spiritual herbs and materials, she rarely left the Yanyue Sect, focusing entirely on bitter cultivation; she was completely a homebody of the cultivation world.

Therefore, it was perfectly normal for her to have no sin value, and the most important reason was that Nangong Wan was not very old, having reached the Golden Core Stage before the age of one hundred; as for whether she was over one hundred now, Qiong Laoguai had not told Yan Taibai.

He only said that she was the person in the Yanyue Sect with the most hope of condensing a Nascent Soul and advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Even within the Yanyue Sect, very few people knew this, let alone cultivators from the other sects.

This forced Yan Taibai to sigh that the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect did a good job with confidentiality.

It was a pity she did not advance to the Nascent Soul Stage before the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect passed away.

However, Nangong Wan did succeed in forming her Nascent Soul at around three hundred years old, so she did not let the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect down.

It was just a pity that she still could not become the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect.

"Then I'll use you all to practice first! The first one will be this Zhang Si. Who told you to appear in Xinzhou recently."

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At the same time, in Sunset Hall, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect finished listening to Nangong Wan's report, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she said with some displeasure.

"Really, how is this little fellow just like his master, not restless at all. Slaying demons and eliminating devils, to think he could come up with that."

"But Junior Brother Taibai's words do have some logic; these things, in the end, need someone to do them. Doesn't Liu Jing, a disciple under Fellow Daoist Li Huayuan of Huangfeng Valley, do it quite well?"

Nangong Wan spoke up for Yan Taibai.

"That Liu Jing of Huangfeng Valley only chooses to slay demons and eliminate devils because he was harmed by Demonic Path evil cultivators when he was young, damaging his foundation. Moreover, in terms of aptitude, how can he be mentioned in the same breath as Taibai? He will only ever be at the Foundation Establishment Stage in his life, while Taibai can at least reach the Golden Core Stage; how can they be treated as the same?"

The Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect retorted crossly.

She was always partial to those around her.

"Master is absolutely right, but Master, please rest assured, the disciple only gave Junior Brother Taibai a list of Qi Refining Stage evil cultivators, and there is not a single Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator. And Junior Brother Taibai is not lacking in Top-tier Magical Tools or Talisman Treasures, so killing a few Qi Refining Stage evil cultivators will not be dangerous."

After hearing her master's retort, Nangong Wan did not continue to argue, but instead stated the contents of the list she gave Yan Taibai.

Sure enough, after hearing the contents of the list, the expression of the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect improved quite a bit.

"That's good, just treat it as letting this little fellow practice! After all, since he started cultivating, let alone killing, he probably hasn't even had a single fight. This time is indeed a good opportunity, and it can also allow this little fellow to temper his state of mind. This also has no small benefit for cultivation."

"It is just a pity that the little fellow's Haoran Qi is even denser and purer than that of the Foundation Establishment Stage disciples of the Haoran Pavilion of the Righteous Alliance; if he were to cultivate the Haoran Pavilion's techniques, he would not be inferior to most who cultivate spiritual bodies. If those shameless fellows from the Haoran Pavilion were to see him, coupled with Nephew Yan Taibai's Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude, I fear they would try every possible means to bring him back to the Haoran Pavilion to cultivate him as a key talent."

"I truly cannot fathom how this little fellow's Haoran Qi was cultivated; even for disciples of the Haoran Pavilion, it is no easy task to cultivate such pure and dense Haoran Qi."

The Great Elder of the Yanyue Sect said with a hint of regret.

"It is not exactly a pity. If the Haoran Qi on Junior Brother Yan Taibai can be maintained without dissipating, it will be of great benefit for resisting the Heart Demon Tribulation when forming the Nascent Soul in the future. Isn't it precisely by relying on this Haoran Qi that the Haoran Pavilion became the second-largest sect in the Righteous Alliance, second only to the Taizhen Sect?"

Nangong Wan smiled enchantingly, and when she spoke of this Haoran Qi, there was even a hint of envy in her tone.

"That is true, but does that little fellow really have a chance to condense a Nascent Soul and advance to the Nascent Soul Stage?"

As soon as the Nascent Soul Stage was mentioned, the smile on the face of the Great Elder of the Yanyue Sect faded quite a bit as he spoke.

"Junior Brother Yan Taibai's aptitude is even slightly superior to this disciple's, so naturally, he has a chance."

(End of this chapter)