Vampire Cultivation Notes

"You beast!"

The old Taoist priest with the single horn, who was still charging forward, was momentarily stunned by the cry of pain. The demonic snake he was riding was cleaved in two by a flying sword. The sword light and momentum did not stop and continued forward, splitting him in two.

The old Taoist priest with a lone horn, who had spent his entire life in Taipingfang, died here.

"The Great Self-Controlling Sword Technique!"

Jiang Ping's killing intent remained undiminished. The magic sword in his hand transformed into a beam of light once more, heading straight for Cheng Ming Daoist in the blink of an eye.

The shuttle hurtled towards them, colliding with the sword light.

Enraged, Cheng Ming Dao Ren's face turned crimson, and he unleashed his magical power, venting all his resentment on Jiang Ping.

The next moment, the shuttle shattered, and a sword light pierced through his brow.

"I... am also a member of the Ruyi Sect... why...?"

Chengming Daoist's vision went black as he fell to the ground, blood gushing out, and he murmured something before falling silent.

Jiang Ping landed as well, raised his hand to recall his magic sword, and gently exhaled to calm his surging magical power.

"Senior Brother Yang, I hope you can help me bring that person back."

Senior Brother Yang, who had been staring intently at the scene, belatedly realized what was happening upon hearing this and hurriedly said, "Junior Sister, don't worry. From what I saw on the way, that person is only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Even without my flying boat, I guarantee I can capture him with ease!"

Under Jiang Ping's unwavering gaze, Senior Brother Yang felt embarrassed to linger any longer. His face flushed, and he quickly flew out of the canyon, chasing after Li Jieqing in the direction he had fled earlier.

Seeing this, Jiang Ping could no longer contain his excitement and immediately stepped into the grotto.

In fact, Li Jieqing's guess was correct. Seventeen years ago, Jiang Wei and his wife obtained a green lotus seed. After she ate it, she gained the ability to see into people's hearts and joined the Ruyi Sect.

For the next sixteen or seventeen years, she was exceptionally outstanding among her peers, possessing the talent to read people's minds. Many disciples with dual spiritual roots in the sect could not compare to her. Thus, she achieved perfect Qi cultivation before the age of thirty and also mastered a basic sword technique.

However, this advantage is only limited to the Qi Refining stage.

Jiang Ping recently realized that achieving perfect foundation building was not easy, and if she continued to waste time, she would be easily surpassed by her former, less successful fellow disciples. That's why she tried to apply to leave the Ruyi Sect and quickly returned to her hometown, Taipingfang City, on the flying boat of her beloved Senior Brother Yang.

"The green lotus seeds are fine; the sect records say that everyone's talent is predetermined, and eating too many won't bring much benefit. However, according to my father's letter, if nothing unexpected happens, there must be a Heavenly Palace Immortal Technique remaining in this cave, capable of connecting the Nine Heavens and the Nine Abysses, a technique that the sect desperately sought back then..."

Those immortal techniques are beyond the reach of ordinary means, and in a desolate place like Taiping Market, they are simply out of the question.

Fortunately, Jiang Ping had made sufficient preparations for this.

Lost in thought, her figure gradually disappeared at the end of the cave.

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On the other hand, things are really bad for Senior Brother Yang.

In the center of Wangyue Valley, amidst the stone pillar forest, Senior Brother Yang moved like a streak of light, following the trail of Li Jieqing's silhouette in the air.

Just as he was about to summon his flying sword, a tiger's roar suddenly came from beneath him.

Even though Senior Brother Yang dodged in time and avoided the tiger's mouth, he was still struck by a tiger's claw, his body crashing through a stone pillar and falling into the underground of Wangyue Valley, his life hanging in the balance for a time.

When they met on a narrow path, the white tiger that had been guarding Wangyue Valley for over a decade leaped up, dealt with one opponent, and landed on a stone pillar, exhaling white breath as it glared menacingly at its old nemesis in the other direction.

That is, Li Jieqing.

Li Jieqing only noticed the appearance of the demonic tiger when the tiger roared.

When he suddenly turned around to be on guard, he saw that the aggressive Senior Brother Yang had been slapped into the ground, which made him click his tongue in amazement.

The cave dwelling was of great importance, and Li Jieqing never thought that Jiang Ping would let him go. So after betraying Cheng Ming Daoist and the One-Horned Old Daoist to cover his retreat, he headed straight for the interior of Wangyue Valley.

The purpose was precisely to find this demonic tiger and divert the trouble elsewhere.

Li Jieqing didn't know how strong the formal disciples of the Ruyi Sect were, but this demonic tiger was truly the strongest demonic beast he had ever seen, and it had been making the cultivators in Taipingfang City howl in pain for more than ten years.

It now seems that the disciples from the Ruyi Sect who came after them also suffered greatly; the demon tiger truly lived up to expectations.

"What kind of demon is this!"

Beneath the stone pillar forest, amidst the shattered rocks, Senior Brother Yang, bleeding from his mouth and nose, hurriedly piloted his flying sword once more, standing in mid-air.

He initially thought the attackers were in cahoots with Li Jieqing and feared being finished off, but after hurriedly getting up to assess the situation, he discovered that this was not the case.

On the contrary, because his magical power reappeared, revealing that he was still alive, the white tiger, which was originally about to attack Li Jieqing, swung its tail and immediately turned around.

The demon tiger was not stupid; on the contrary, it knew very well who posed the greater threat.

"So that's how it is... This is the demonic tiger we mentioned before?"

Senior Brother Yang unknowingly took a step back in mid-air.

He wanted to immediately use his skills to kill the white tiger and avenge the claw wound.

However, after taking that blow, he felt as if half of his body had shattered. Unlike Li Jieqing, who had a special constitution and recovered quickly from a blow, the pills he was taking underground had suppressed the pain, but his fighting spirit had been lost.

For a moment, Senior Brother Yang stood in mid-air, unable to advance or retreat.

"What a bunch of sect members! If this were us locals from Taipingfang, we would have swarmed up to test the demon tiger's abilities, and if we couldn't win, we would have run away immediately. There would be no need for such a face-to-face decision. That demon tiger wouldn't hesitate..."

Seeing this scene, Li Jieqing shook his head inwardly.

Immediately, while Baihu and Senior Brother Yang were locked in a standoff, he quietly activated a high-grade concealment talisman and continued his escape.

However, this action was noticed by Senior Brother Yang.

Remembering his purpose, Senior Brother Yang gritted his teeth and soared into the sky on his flying sword.

His only purpose was to eliminate this escaped foe, as entrusted by his junior sister; there was no need for him to fight the demon tiger.

Since that's the case, it's better to leave first and keep watch from a distance. Maybe the demon tiger will eat the target on its own when the time comes.

A burst of spiritual light shone forth, and Senior Brother Yang's figure instantly soared into the sky. His speed was even faster than Li Jieqing's combination of wearing superior-grade Cloud-Riding Boots and activating a superior-grade Soaring Talisman. He vanished in a flash, disappearing into the clouds.

The white tiger couldn't catch up and could only turn back in frustration.

At this moment, Li Jieqing also disappeared, and he sealed off his aura, making it difficult to find him for a while.

White Tiger: "..."

These cultivators are such a nuisance; they all run away so fast!

It let out two more low growls in vain, but only a cold wind swept across the stone pillar forest in response.

The demonic tiger shook its head, abandoning its plan to kill, and lowered its body to continue hiding in the valley, waiting for a destined person to feed it.

Just as I was about to jump down from the stone pillar forest.

Suddenly, the demonic tiger stopped moving, its sinister gaze snapping upwards.

The human who had just secretly disappeared, the human who had first discovered himself in the valley and then escaped from his grasp, causing him to be besieged by cultivators for a whole year, has suddenly returned.