Banshee Family Training Record

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On a massive ship stretching for miles, a tall, burly man with a snow-white crescent-shaped beard held a huge Guan Dao (a type of halberd) and let out a painful groan.

His body trembled, and he couldn't help but bend over. Two deep, crisscrossing scars on his chest indicated that he was in very bad shape.

Such severe injuries were something he hadn't suffered in hundreds of years, especially considering he was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator and a dominant figure on the sea.

But today, he has to taste the bitterness of serious injury and even the possibility of failure, just like when he was young!

Behind him, the crew members were all on edge, their hearts pounding and trembling: "Dad!"

"Dad, are you alright?"

"Why don't we just go for it and fight her to the death!"

……

They shouted and drew their weapons, ready to fight even though they knew they were outmatched.

Before them stood a beautiful young woman with jet-black hair, dressed in blue, staring coldly at them.

“I had no intention of killing,” she said coldly. “It is your own fault for not cooperating with my actions.”

Her arrogant and rude words immediately provoked the anger of everyone on the ship: "What do you want? Just say it!"

"Meeting someone is a provocation; is this how you ask for a favor?"

The white-bearded captain straightened up, a hint of fear in his eyes. He was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, virtually unmatched on this vast sea. Yet this woman before him, appearing out of nowhere, had defeated him with only two ice blades, despite wielding a newly forged bronze guandao. "You're here, Lin Kong, but Lin Zai Zai isn't here..."

Who exactly is she?

"What exactly do you intend to do?" he asked in a deep voice.

“I didn’t mean anything by it,” the woman in blue said. “Where did you get this knife?”

"In particular, where does the 'essence of copper' here come from?"

As she spoke, her voice grew increasingly stern. The captain's expression shifted, and he continued, "I purchased this divine weapon from the Dragon King of the West Sea for two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones. As for the origin of its rare materials, I have no idea."

"If you're curious, why don't you just ask the Dragon King of the West Sea what he did? There's no need to have such a fierce conflict with us!"

He spoke so coldly, trying his best to maintain his dignity, even though he had been a complete loser in the battle just now.

"The Dragon King of the West Sea..."

The woman in blue muttered something, then turned and left without saying goodbye, displaying utter arrogance and rudeness.

She paid no attention to the expressions on the faces of the people on the ship, speeding across thousands of miles of ocean, until she arrived directly above the legendary West Sea Dragon Palace. Hidden high in the sky, she looked down at the sea below, and her beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly.

She was very anxious, wishing she could dive down right now to the Dragon King's Crystal Palace ten thousand meters below and confront the West Sea Dragon King Ao Run about how he obtained such a large quantity and of such pure "Copper Essence".

As far as she knew, there was only one person in the entire world capable of producing such a large quantity of copper essence.

She was one of the people she had to find.

She wanted to do it, but she couldn't, and the reason was simple.

She couldn't beat Ao Run.

The opponent is a Nascent Soul expert, one of the dragons standing at the very top of the entire cultivation world, and also the recognized ruler of the entire Western Sea.

By analogy, this corresponds to the status of the Zhou Dynasty emperor in the Central Plains.

Although his strength was not as great as the latter's at its peak, his authority and rule over the entire Western Sea world were not as secure, and he did not have as many and powerful subordinates as the Zhou emperor, he was not truly on par with the Zhou emperor.

Even so, it's not something she can compete with given her current strength.

If Ao Run treats her as an impudent person and throws her directly into the Heavenly Prison, then she will only be able to wait for death.

So she can't rush things; she has to take it slow.

Suppressing her impatience, she racked her brains for a long time before finally recalling some spells for concealing her form.

Then, she silently chanted a spell, concealed herself, and fell into the sea from the side without making a single ripple.

She patiently concealed herself, slowly sinking to the seabed ten thousand meters below, moving forward among thousands of colorful corals, carefully hiding herself, until she reached the outer perimeter of the magnificent Crystal Dragon Palace.

She waited there patiently, lying in wait for three days, until finally her opportunity arrived.

Inside the Dragon Palace, a giant tortoise yawned and slowly emerged from the palace in a human-like posture. In this Western Sea world, humans are not the majority. Although many non-human cultivators widely learn human supernatural abilities and spells, and adopt their habits, they retain more of their primal instincts than those in the Central Plains.

The woman in blue stared at the tortoise that was slowly emerging, suppressing her restless heart as she continued to wait.

Finally, when it was alone, the time was ripe, and she suddenly made her move with the force of thunder, grabbing it and shrinking it, imprisoning it in her hand, rendering it completely unable to move.

So the tortoise, which was over three meters tall when it stood upright, was now only the size of an egg in her palm.

The tortoise stared wide-eyed, its expression terrified. It made no attempt to resist, and all it could utter were words of pleading: "Heroine, spare my life! Spare my life! This old tortoise has done good deeds all my life, but there are always oversights. If I have offended you in any way, please tell me directly, and this old tortoise will do its utmost to make amends!"

It pleaded for mercy, but the woman in blue remained icy cold, as if she harbored murderous intent.

Chapter 803 Above the Sky

“Then let me ask you,” she said, “where did your master, the Dragon King of the West Sea, get so many weapons forged from ‘essence of bronze’?”

The tortoise hurriedly replied, "It's from the Central Plains! Her Majesty sourced the goods from someone in the Central Plains and then brought them here in bulk to sell to those who are in dire need of weapons, making a fortune!"

Ok?

The woman in blue's eyes lit up; she knew she was getting closer to her target. Her voice trembled with excitement as she eagerly pressed on, "Who is it?"

The old tortoise shook his head frantically, his voice trembling pitifully: "This, this old tortoise doesn't know! His Majesty has been personally in charge of this matter, and very few people know about it..."

He tried hard to read people's expressions, and said something that was half true and half false: "If you want to know the truth about this, you'll probably have to ask Her Majesty..."

The woman in blue frowned upon hearing this, feeling quite annoyed: "Then where is your Dragon King now?"

The old tortoise swallowed hard. There was nothing wrong with that. His expression was frank as he continued, "She's still in the Central Plains! Oh, because it seems the Central Plains are facing some trouble from beyond the borders lately, so she might..."

His finger—or rather, his toe—pointed upwards: "At the very top of the nine-layered protective array of the Central Plains."

The woman in blue's expression shifted, then she looked up, her gaze fixed on the sky. "You're here, I'm here, you're here, Lin, are you here...?"

It seems I need to take a trip to the heavens.

……

The capital of Jin, above the royal palace.

Yun Chu'an stood on the outer edge of the Spirit Gathering Array, his pupils gleaming. Beside him, Ye Jinglan stood, her face filled with regret, but there was nothing she could do.

Their gazes seemed to penetrate the enormous vortex of spiritual energy before them, revealing Sheng Linglong sitting cross-legged in seclusion.

Previously, they had made several attempts, with Ye Jinglan and Sheng Linglong both trying to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Ultimately, Ye Jinglan struggled to find her own "feeling," while Sheng Linglong successfully entered a meditative state after two failed attempts.

After that, she began to cultivate in seclusion here, preparing to truly break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

This should have been a joyous occasion, but unfortunately, Yun Chu'an wasn't particularly happy at the moment.

"Time is running out."

He turned his head to look back at the sky and said softly, "Today is the last day. I have to go and meet up with them to avoid being criticized if I miss the deadline."

Ye Jinglan reached out and gently patted his shoulder, forcing a smile, and said, "There's no need to be so nervous. Just trust us."

"Fourth Sister has managed Caozhou for so many years and has experience. She can temporarily take charge of the entire Jin Kingdom without any problems. Once Linglong and her sister successfully break through, then we will be completely worry-free."

She comforted him in this way, but this also meant that in the following months or even a year or two, the Jin Kingdom not only lost him as its most powerful military force, but also lost Sheng Linglong's leadership and management.

It was almost as if they had fallen into their weakest moment.

It's impossible not to worry.

However, the path of cultivation is never smooth sailing; one must always be prepared to face the most difficult challenges. Yun Chu'an opened his arms and gently hugged her, expressing his trust and approval.

Then, he turned around, leaped into the air, and his body transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the sky and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Ye Jinglan watched him speed away, breathed a slight sigh of relief, and knew that the burden on her shoulders was heavier than ever before.

She then turned and returned to the palace. Although she didn't have a chance to break through to the Nascent Soul stage for the time being, at least she still had many areas to hone her skills in.

Yun Chu'an was once able to defeat a Nascent Soul cultivator with his Golden Core cultivation. Even if she can't do that, considering all the advantages of timing and location, she should at least be able to achieve a near-equal match!

In the sky, in less than half an hour, Yun Chu'an arrived at the protective array ten thousand miles high. The spiritual energy in the sky was thin, and the surrounding area was empty for hundreds of miles, with no one in sight. Only the extraterrestrial demons above were surging and roaring, struggling to break into the beautiful world below.

However, for cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage, visual observation is no longer the primary means of observing the outside world. Yun Chu'an held his breath and concentrated, spreading his sensory abilities. His expression shifted, and then he turned and sped off in one direction.

He flew for about half an hour, covering a distance of tens of thousands of miles. Soon, he sensed that at the other end, more than a dozen powerful beings in the Nascent Soul stage were gathered together, making no attempt to conceal their auras.

When Yun Chu'an arrived, he saw Nangong Wan leading the way, standing at the very front. Behind her were a monk, a Taoist priest, and several Nascent Soul stage experts from prestigious sects whom he did not recognize.

Of course, besides Nangong Wan, there was another Nascent Soul expert among these people whom he knew.

King Ying Xuan of Qin.

Now that the Zhou emperor is unable to fulfill his obligations, Ying Xuan has become the only Zhou dynasty deity to perform the duty of protecting the Heavenly Guardian Array.

Although they were fighting fiercely below, here, on the battlefield where they were jointly resisting foreign enemies, all the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Great Zhou Dynasty, including Yun Chu'an, were nominally Ying Xuan's subordinates.

You must follow his instructions.

Of course, that's the official stance; whether people actually listen is another matter entirely.

Yun Chu'an saw Ying Xuan, and at that moment, the latter's expression suddenly changed, and he also turned his head to look at him.

Their eyes met, and Yun Chu'an's heart sank slightly as he realized that the man had his eye on him.

At the same time, a figure suddenly stepped out from behind Ying Xuan, staring at Yun Chu'an with a slightly cruel smile on his lips.

Upon seeing this person, Yun Chu'an immediately felt a sense of foreboding.

Bai Wu'an.

This guy still has his eye on me. This mission to create the Heaven-Protecting Array is likely to be fraught with twists and turns again.

He thought to himself that this was troublesome, and then scanned the area not far away, quickly spotting Jiang Qingke and Lian Yanzhang.

The latter noticed him as well, smiling as she looked at him. Yun Chu'an floated over and stood between the two, so the two Nascent Soul cultivators, who had been keeping their distance from each other, moved closer together.

"I just heard," Jiang Qingke said in a low voice, "Bai Wu'an, was he also tricked into going to heaven by you?"

Yun Chu'an nodded slightly: "It was a coincidence."

“This is a stroke of good fortune,” Jiang Qingke remarked. “Bai Wu’an was too clever for his own good, but his cleverness backfired. He must be holding a grudge against you now.”

"However, you don't need to be afraid."

As he spoke, he reached out and gently patted Yun Chu'an's shoulder: "We're all on your side, so don't worry about him doing anything underhanded."

Lian Yanzhang also said, "There's no need to worry about Ying Xuan resorting to underhanded tactics. He's at the Nascent Soul stage, so he has to act with Sect Leader Nangong and the others. If he dares to do anything to you in private, they'll find out immediately."

"Anyone who dares to place personal grudges above the safety of the entire Central Plains in the face of the extraterrestrial demons will surely be met with a thunderous strike."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chu'an nodded gently, his worries somewhat relieved.

As they were whispering among themselves, Nangong Wan suddenly looked up from a short distance ahead and said, "Everyone, prepare to make your move!"

With that, she leaped away, heading towards the vast and boundless space outside. Behind her, the Nascent Soul cultivators from various prestigious sects, as well as King Ying Xuan of Qin, all transformed into streaks of light and sped off into the distance.

Yun Chu'an narrowed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and channeled his spiritual power. He activated his magic and looked into the distance, where he saw a dark red ominous star, exuding a gloomy and ominous aura, approaching from 100,000 miles away.

Its diameter was nearly ten thousand miles, exuding a terrifying and ominous aura. Even on its surface, Yun Chuan could see many ominous substances that resembled magma and flesh, belonging to the physical components of extraterrestrial demons, emitting terrifying fluctuations.

Yun Chu'an sensed those terrifying auras. Let alone mortals, even cultivators in the Qi Refining stage would probably be unable to withstand them. They would be instantly corrupted and transformed into filthy, mad demons.

Fortunately, the cultivators high above were at least at the early Nascent Soul stage, and the protective array could block most of the polluted aura. As long as one hid behind it, one would be safe enough.

Faced with such a massive and ominous star, several Nascent Soul stage experts joined forces, each gathering their spiritual power and unleashing their divine abilities to deliver a devastating blow—

Chapter 804 Targeted Grouping

When silver sword energy, golden divine palms, purple lightning, and blue torrents of magic surged forth together, bombarding the massive ominous star, the enormous, ominous planet instantly erupted in a deafening explosion.

Yun Chu'an, who was carefully observing, suddenly felt his vision go blank, as if a terrifying laser beam was piercing his eyes.

At the same time, it seemed as if thousands of evil spirits were screaming and roaring in his ears, as if they wanted to tear his soul apart.

He closed his eyes, rested for a while, and recovered in the blink of an eye. When he opened his eyes again and looked into the distance, he saw that the enormous Death Star had long since shattered into billions of fragments of varying sizes, carrying heavy pollution. Some of these fragments flew into the depths of space, while others drifted towards them.

Upon closer inspection, the interior of the Death Star was exposed, and on several larger fragments, one could see numerous cocoons and eggs formed by extraterrestrial demons.

Their shape and color were utterly disgusting, making Yun Chu'an want to vomit at just one glance. He endured this horrible feeling, focused his gaze, and memorized their trajectory for later action.

Several beams of light flashed, and Nangong Wan and the others rushed back. Having just shattered a star together, they were all quite exhausted, breathing heavily.

But their mission was not over yet. Next, they had to continue destroying the larger parts of the dead star's debris to ensure the safety of the Central Plains.