Chapter 9: An Extra Little Tail

Host: Yan Taibai

Gender: Male

Age: Six years old

Spirit Root: Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root

Cultivation Method: "Golden Steel Spirit Art"

Realm: Qi Refining Level 11

Spells: Golden Light Curse, Golden Blade Light Edge, Golden Armor Body Protection.

Magical Tools: Top-tier Magical Tools, Invisible Golden Shadow Needle, Bone Melting Treasure Fan.

The former is a top-tier magical tool left behind by Qiong Laoguai, a replica of Qiong Laoguai's Life-Bound Magical Treasure: Invisible Needle.

The latter is a famous top-tier magical tool of the Yan Family; the poisonous mist it emits, once touched even slightly, will surely dissolve skin and melt flesh, making it incomparably formidable.

It was also a gift from Mr. Xuan Ye.

Form: Childhood stage.

【First Cultivation Simulation completed: Reward: Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root】

【Second Cultivation Simulation requirement: Reading Ten Thousand Volumes. Progress: 80%】

This is Yan Taibai's achievement over the past three years in Yan Family Fortress.

Three years ago, after Qiong Laoguai took him as a disciple, he used three years under the Yan Family's vigorous cultivation to reach Qi Refining Level 11, and the 【Reading Ten Thousand Volumes】 progress also reached 80%.

This progress is not considered slow, especially for cultivation, even though the Yan Family is said to be the number one cultivation family in Yue Country.

They do not have the ability to treat medicinal pills like candy for Yan Taibai to consume; most of his cultivation resources are Spirit Stones.

In the second floor of the Library Pavilion at Yan Family Fortress, looking at his Cultivation Simulation Panel, Yan Taibai shook his head, then put it away.

Just then, a delicate and crisp voice, like silver bells, rang out.

"Brother Taibai, Yan'er has come to find you."

Yan Ruyan, Yan Taibai's fiancée, possessor of the Water Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Two Heavenly Spiritual Root possessors in one generation made Yan Family Fortress, already the number one cultivation family in Yue Country, the most sought-after cultivation family in the entire Yue Country.

To put it bluntly, as long as Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan grow up, the entire Yan Family Fortress will have no worries for the next few hundred years, and there is absolutely no need to worry about anything.

The status of the number one cultivation family in Yue Country is also unshakable by anyone.

Of course, it was no surprise that they became a "major threat" to the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom.

However, the Yanyue Sect had already accepted Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan.

Yan Taibai apprenticed to Qiong Laoguai, and Yan Ruyan apprenticed to Nishang Xianzi; plus, the Yan Family has many high-level members in the Yanyue Sect, so they were not greatly affected.

Although the two have not yet entered the Yanyue Sect to cultivate formally, their status is already confirmed.

"Yan'er, is there something happening in the family again?"

Yan Taibai left his room on the second floor of the Library Pavilion; standing outside the door was a little girl, carved from pink jade, exquisite and flawless, like a perfect doll.

It was none other than Yan Taibai's fiancée: Yan Ruyan. The proud daughter of heaven of Yan Family Fortress.

But now, she is just a little girl who has just passed her third birthday.

As for her Spirit Root, it was checked the moment Yan Ruyan was born; after confirming it was a Water Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, the over one hundred thousand people in Yan Family Fortress all received an extra month's allowance.

Whether they were cultivators or worldly mortals, they all received Spirit Stones.

One can imagine just how happy the Yan Family Ancestor was.

Compared to Yan Taibai, with whom there is not much blood relation, the Yan Family Ancestor naturally values Yan Ruyan more; as for this engagement, it was originally established to win over Yan Taibai.

Since both are Heavenly Spiritual Roots, it is even more suitable; they can be called a match made in heaven.

It is just a pity that the two are too young and neither has reached Foundation Establishment, so naturally, they cannot hold a dual cultivation ceremony.

Nowadays, the scholarly aura on Yan Taibai—what Mr. Xuan Ye calls Haoran Qi—is becoming increasingly rich, and his eyes are even more brilliant, as if they were pearls that could see through everything in the world.

If he were in the secular world, people would probably think he was a young prodigy.

However, Yan Taibai does not care much about these things.

According to Mr. Xuan Ye, he is indeed suitable for cultivating "Confucianism" methods, using the Haoran Righteous Qi in his body as a foundation, combined with his Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude, he will surely advance by leaps and bounds.

It is just that Yan Family Fortress originated from the Ghost Spirit Sect and lacks corresponding Confucianism methods, not to mention that the drawbacks are something Yan Taibai cannot accept.

That is, the future cultivation methods and divine abilities would need to be constrained by Haoran Qi.

Especially if the Haoran Qi were to be tainted, a massive drop in cultivation would be the least of his worries.

Although there are many benefits to cultivating Haoran Qi, Yan Taibai cannot accept these drawbacks; as for it being suitable to Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils...

*Cough cough! * Don't forget where Yan Family Fortress comes from.

So, this Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils can be forgotten!

"The Ancestor said that people from the Yanyue Sect have arrived, saying that you have reached Qi Refining Level 11. They want to take you to the Yanyue Sect to cultivate. The one who came is exactly my master."

Yan Ruyan's crisp voice chirped as she answered Yan Taibai's previous question.

"Senior Sister Nishang, it is indeed time to go."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai was slightly startled; he scooped Yan Ruyan into his arms and said in a low voice.

Although he is only six years old, perhaps because the food and medicinal pills in Yan Family Fortress are simply too good, he is not much different from ordinary eight or nine-year-olds or eleven or twelve-year-olds.

Picking up the little girl Yan Ruyan is more than enough for him, and he is quite skilled at it; clearly, it is not the first time he has held her.

And Yan Ruyan was not the least bit shy; instead, her little face turned red as she hugged Yan Taibai's neck, full of joy.

After all, she already knows about her relationship with Yan Taibai, so no matter how intimate they are, no one will say anything, and no one dares to say anything.

Now, both of them are the little ancestors of the Yan Family, and their status is extraordinary.

"Mm! Then will Brother Taibai come back to see Yan'er? I heard Mother say that Yanyue Sect Qi Refining Stage disciples only have one chance to go out each year."

Yan Ruyan pouted her little mouth, full of dissatisfaction, and said in a low voice.

"Mm! I will definitely come back to see Yan'er. Yan'er must also cultivate quickly; once you break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining, we will both be able to cultivate in the Yanyue Sect."

Yan Taibai nodded and chuckled softly.

He naturally liked his little "fiancée" Yan Ruyan very much, but for now, it was only the affection of a brother for a younger sister; as for romantic feelings, there were none at all.

He only liked older sisters, such as Nishang Xianzi.

"Mm-hmm, Yan'er has only just begun to cultivate; the tenth level of Qi Refining is still a long way off!"

After hearing Yan Taibai's words, Yan Ruyan muttered in a low voice, her small face full of gloom.

"No matter, it is only a matter of time. Yan'er, there is no need to be anxious. Just cultivate slowly."

Yan Taibai patted Yan Ruyan's little head and comforted her in a gentle voice.

However, he did not intend to leave Yan Family Fortress right now to go cultivate at the Yanyue Sect.

He had only just finished reading the books on the second floor, and there were still the third, fourth, and fifth floors.

It was just that the books and Jade Slips on the third floor required Yan Family disciples to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage before they could be viewed; this was not because the rules of Yan Family Fortress were strict, but because the content within was unsuitable for cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Stage to view.

It could easily affect one's state of mind, leading to errors in cultivation, or even causing one to go into Qi deviation, which was no small matter.

Yet Yan Taibai's status in Yan Family Fortress was extraordinary; as long as he submitted an application, the possibility of being allowed to view them was not small.

Of course, if he still hadn't completed 【Reading Ten Thousand Volumes】 by then, he would just have to go to places like the Library Pavilion of the Yanyue Sect to read.

Through the Foundation Establishment cultivators of Yan Family Fortress who had entered the Yanyue Sect, he already had a relatively clear understanding of the Yanyue Sect.

He would not be completely in the dark and know nothing once he entered the Yanyue Sect.

(End of this chapter)