Banshee Family Training Record

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Before she could finish speaking, a middle-aged woman's voice rang out behind her: "I remember, he's from Qin? Aren't these guys invading other states? Why are they suddenly being so kind, sending a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from their own country to the heavens to support the battle against the extraterrestrial demons?"

Nangong Wan turned her head and saw that the person who came was her best friend, a Daoist nun from the Dao Sect.

Although this woman was a Daoist cultivator, she did not particularly like to live a secluded life of cultivation. On the contrary, she enjoyed engaging with the world and could not stand the Qin state's breaking of Zhou rituals and its invasions everywhere.

Nangong Wan said softly, "The Qin Kingdom has recently been embroiled in a public opinion storm involving evil cultivators. Perhaps in order to clarify their stance, they sent this Nascent Soul cultivator up to the heavens to make up for the obligations they have owed over the years to clean up the extraterrestrial demons."

The Taoist nun curled her lip, her expression showing disdain: "Tch, just a political show."

Just as Nangong Wan was about to agree, she turned her head and saw the Nascent Soul cultivator surnamed Bai rushing into the demon horde, fighting fiercely. In less than a quarter of an hour, he had already achieved considerable success.

Immediately, she said softly, "Even if it's just a show, it's not bad for him to have achieved this result. If this continues, he'll probably need to go into seclusion and recuperate for quite some time before he can fully recover."

The nun also put her hands together and whispered, "Amitabha, in this world, actions are judged by deeds, not intentions. Regardless of the purpose, it is good that this benefactor Bai has made a contribution to cleaning up the curse and pollution of the evil spirits from beyond the realm."

All three nodded. Then, Nangong Wan looked at Bai Zhuguo and frowned slightly: "Why is he still fighting on the outer perimeter? Isn't it too dangerous for him to keep charging out like this?"

The nine cultivation continents are prosperous and abundant, like a sweet cake, attracting greedy extraterrestrial demons to rush here. However, the five-layered protective array becomes more dangerous the further out you go. It is not impossible to encounter extraterrestrial demons with the strength of the Nascent Soul stage or even the Integration stage on the outermost layer.

Nangong Wan instinctively worried for him, but the Daoist nun remained calm: "He is a veteran Nascent Soul cultivator, he must know what he's doing. We don't need to worry, just let him be."

Before she finished speaking, she turned around and flew away at breakneck speed. The nun also had her own things to attend to, so she turned and flew away as well, no longer paying attention to what was happening here.

Only Nangong Wan, looking at Bai Zhuguo's appearance, was always worried that he would put himself in danger, so she kept a close eye on his situation...

Nangong Wan was naturally unaware that the Nascent Soul cultivator surnamed Bai was suffering from the backlash of his own magic weapon, which caused him to make such a misjudgment and hallucination.

Bai Zhuguo himself was unaware of the situation, only struggling and fighting fiercely among the many extraterrestrial demons. As he flew higher and higher, already thousands of miles above the ground and almost breaking through the world's atmospheric protective layer, the suppressive effect of this protective array on the extraterrestrial demons became weaker and weaker, and he himself frequently encountered danger.

However, compared to his current panic, Yun Chuan and Ye Jinglan were quite calm and collected inside his sleeve.

The illusion of weightlessness that created that feeling of powerlessness has been dispelled by his "Bodhi Mirror Platform," and all the effects have been returned to their original state. Not only are he and Ye Jinglan unaffected in the slightest, but it has also affected Bai Zhuguo in return.

Therefore, at this moment, the two of them hovered in this darkness. Yun Chuan held Ye Jinglan in his arms in a princess carry, relaxed and no longer affected by anything.

Ye Jinglan nestled in his arms, staring at him intently. She relaxed slightly, but her heart pounded even harder.

Previously, although she had hugged him in a moment of excitement, she didn't think anything of it then, only that it was a normal hug between relatives after a long separation.

She wasn't that petty. Martial artists don't have so many rules about not being able to touch each other, especially since the other person was her family. What was there to be wary of?

But now, after realizing that Yun Chuan might have rather strong sexual desires...

Ye Jinglan's expression was somewhat unnatural.

She nestled in Yun Chu'an's arms, her senses becoming increasingly acute. Details she had never noticed before were now flooding into her mind.

Including the heartwarming warmth of his body, and the faint, emanating fragrance of masculine energy...

All of this made her heart race.

"Hmm, that should solve the problem."

Yun Chuan was completely unaware of Ye Jinglan's strange state of mind. He glanced around and, after confirming that the two of them were safe, let out a long sigh of relief.

Ye Jinglan nestled in his arms, feeling that this wasn't going to work, and then she whispered, "Then, could you put me down first?"

Yun Chu'an's expression shifted, then she looked troubled: "Okay, but eldest sister, if we're too far apart, I might not be able to protect you within the illusion..."

"We don't know what dangers we'll face next, so I think... it's best for us to preserve our strength as much as possible."

He made that suggestion, and Ye Jinglan knew it was true. However, nestled against his chest, feeling his heavy, strong heartbeat, this woman couldn't help but let her mind wander these days.

"Sigh," she suddenly whispered, "Are you trying to take advantage of me by doing this?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted them, feeling that her behavior had been too petty. Yun Chu'an froze, unsure whether she was joking. He silently called out to the system, confirming that Ye Jinglan's trust level towards him hadn't changed, before finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Immediately, he feigned grievance and whispered, "I'm innocent! Sister, am I that kind of person, Yun Chu'an?"

Ye Jinglan's cheeks flushed, but her heart was pounding as she finished speaking. Realizing she had said the wrong thing, she decided to go all in: "You Wensi has already told me..."

Yun Chu'an felt a sense of foreboding: "What did she say to you?"

“You mean…” she whispered, recalling what You Wensi had told her that day, and the insulting words written on the woman’s full, sexy, fair body that she had shown her. Suddenly, her face turned even redder, “You turned her into a sex slave.”

Her few words, though seemingly casual, struck Yun Chu'an like a heavy hammer, leaving his mind blank with a sudden "buzz."

I go.

Sister...

How did she know?!

He was speechless for a moment, his mind went blank, his heart was pounding, and he couldn't control himself.

Ye Jinglan was initially quite nervous, but seeing his stunned and dumbfounded expression, she suddenly found him rather amusing. She covered her mouth and chuckled, her smile as bright as spring flowers in bloom: "What, you've already done it, and you still don't dare to admit it?"

Yun Chu'an snapped out of his reverie, looked down at Ye Jinglan's face, and found that although the woman's face was flushed and shy, she did not seem to blame him much, which put his mind at ease.

However, his expression remained awkward. Looking at the woman in his arms, his lips trembled and his face flushed: "Big sister, how...how did you know?"

"I've always... dared not let anyone know..."

Ye Jinglan blushed and tried her best to make her voice sound normal: "You Wensi told me that at first, she wanted to cooperate with me to fight against the Qin army, but I didn't trust her, so she made things difficult for me in everything."

“She told me she wasn’t the same anymore. Then, to prove it, she took off her clothes and showed me those… the words you wrote on her… and those…”

The more she spoke, the redder her face became, and her body trembled slightly, as if she couldn't control her shyness. The more Yun Chu'an listened, the more dizzy he felt, as if the whole world was turning upside down. The feeling of weightlessness was even more immense and astonishing than when he had been disturbed by the illusionary power of this secret space.

That’s it…

My...image...

A sigh escaped his lips, his scalp tingled, and he stammered, "No, sister, please let me explain. It's not what you think. I have my reasons, um..."

He was about to explain when Ye Jinglan raised a finger to his lips, indicating that he didn't need to say anything more: "Don't worry, You Wensi has already explained it to me. I can understand your actions; after all, it seems there aren't many or better options..."

Yun Chu'an was slightly relieved, but then he saw Ye Jinglan's face become even redder, and a hint of amusement appeared in her eyes: "However, that doesn't stop you from definitely being a little lecher. Even without this incident, Meng Shen and Cai Yan are always having ambiguous relationships with you, aren't they?"

Yun Chu'an looked up at the sky, closed his eyes, and couldn't understand why such a thing was happening and why he had to endure such a torturous ordeal.

His expression was one of extreme pain, but this expression, when seen by Ye Jinglan, only fueled the woman's playful side.

He was so embarrassed, so she wasn't so embarrassed. On the contrary, the more embarrassed he was, the more she wanted to continue the conversation. Okay...

Let's play a good trick on him.

Suppressing a hint of shyness, she suddenly whispered, "Sigh, Chu'an."

Yun Chu'an sensed something was wrong, but there was no way to avoid it, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply, "Um, eldest sister? What's wrong?"

Then he heard a question that nearly made his soul fly away: "Have you ever secretly harbored any improper fantasies about me?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Chu'an looked utterly terrified. He hurriedly said, "No! Big sister, you have to believe me, absolutely not!"

"My heart is filled with nothing but admiration for you; there has never been any inappropriate romantic relationship between you and me!" (You Lin, you have Lin Yongkong, you Lin Zaizai, what about...)

He spoke with such certainty that Ye Jinglan breathed a slight sigh of relief. But seeing his nervous expression, she suddenly didn't want this prank to end so quickly.

Her mind raced, a sudden thought flashed through her head, and then her expression turned somber: "Oh, is that so? Then it seems I really don't have much charm."

"Even a man like you doesn't have any feelings for me..."

Chapter 663 A joke? Ambiguity? Flirting?

Yun Chu'an was dumbfounded for a moment, completely baffled as to what this woman was up to. His expression gradually changed, staring at Ye Jinglan with a look of utter disbelief, until finally she couldn't hold back any longer and, as if surrendering, repeatedly said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore, I won't tease you anymore, cough cough..."

Yun Chu'an withdrew his gaze, his feelings equally complicated. He couldn't tell whether Ye Jinglan had suddenly become playful and wanted to joke with him, or whether she herself hadn't realized how ambiguous the issue was.

However, now is not the time to delve into these details, as they have not yet escaped this cage.

Yun Chu'an glanced around and then said, "In any case, let's first figure out how to get out of this place..."

Ye Jinglan also came to her senses, looked up, and scanned her surroundings. A glint of light flashed in her phoenix eyes, seeing through the illusion and fog, and then she revealed a knowing look: "Bai Wu'an... heh, seems to be about the same as what Grandma said."

"So many years have passed, and he still only has this one trick up his sleeve..."

Yun Chu'an, curious, asked, "Who is Bai Wu'an?"

Ye Jinglan said, "It was this time, the Qin Kingdom Nascent Soul cultivator who captured us and brought us into this space. My grandmother told me about him."

"Although he came from a prestigious family and studied under a renowned teacher, he was cruel and liked to use intimidation to force people to comply—and his most proficient methods were either torture or bloody massacres."

As she spoke, she slowly reached forward, her fingers swaying back and forth as if trying to avoid some interference, and finally seemed to press against some wall.

Yun Chu'an watched with curiosity and reached out his hand as well, but he couldn't touch anything at all. He then realized that he didn't understand this method and probably couldn't do what she did.

Then, he saw Ye Jinglan silently chant a spell, and with her small hand wearing black silk gloves, she gently wiped it, and instantly, as if wiping away the black ash on a mirror, a beam of light shone around them.

Ye Jinglan looked over there and immediately laughed: "It's true, his methods of intimidation haven't changed much over the years."

She then turned to look at Yun Chu'an and said with a smile, "Come and see, that's the show he's going to put on, the intimidation."

Looking through the light, Yun Chuan saw a desolate hill covered in blood. Below the hill, there were many indistinct dolls, seemingly ready to charge at any moment.

Curious, he asked, "Big sister, what do all those things do?"

Ye Jinglan said, "It's his new torture chamber. Once he's had enough of torturing us in this setting, he'll send us to that space."

"Those faceless dolls will eventually turn into terrifying killers, but their faces will be those of your closest loved ones, forcing you to either kill them or have them stab you in the body—how awful is that?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Chu'an's expression became complicated: "Indeed, it's despicable."

He truly dared not imagine how much pain he would feel if Qi Qiao, Liu Mengshen, Hua Caiyan, and Zhu Yunqing all rushed up to kill him, looking fierce and menacing.

Ye Jinglan then laughed: "Heh, after all these years, he still uses the same methods. Fortunately, these old ladies told me about it before. I guess there should be another small room next door, where you're tied to a gallows, and then a butcher slowly tortures you, slice by slice..."

As she spoke, she followed the veins of spiritual energy on the wall and slowly moved to one side. Soon, she brushed aside another dark gray area, but what she saw was not a gallows, but a huge hospital bed, with a doll next to it wearing a huge mask shaped like a crow's beak and holding a huge pair of scissors.

Seeing this, Ye Jinglan curled her lips and said, "Tch, the same old thing, a boring trick."

Yun Chu'an wasn't particularly interested in these methods of torture; they were all too bloody and cruel. He then asked Ye Jinglan, "This space should also have a core pillar formation. If we destroy that, we should be able to leave?"

Ye Jinglan said, "Don't worry, I'm looking for it. We should be able to find it by following these clues."

As she spoke, she slowly moved forward along the wall, searching for its magic array by following the direction of the spiritual energy flow, trying to understand its structure and find the most crucial core.

Yun Chuan stayed by her side, doing everything he could to protect her and prevent her from being disturbed by the illusions here.

Time ticked by, and finally, after countless failed attempts, Ye Jinglan's beautiful eyes lit up with excitement: "It worked! It looks like it's here, Yun Chuan, look!"

She chanted an incantation and made hand seals, dispelling the darkness that enveloped the area. Since this space was already protected by illusion magic, Bai Wu'an didn't set up any additional illusionary protection for this core area.

Yun Chuan looked closely and indeed found that in front of him, a huge pillar supporting the sky stood in the center of this dark space, with densely engraved runes on it, which should be the core supporting this space.

He chuckled softly, "Good, good, good! In that case, as long as we destroy this place, we should be able to escape alive."

Ye Jinglan smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. This pillar is only for supporting this small space. If we break it, we'll probably fall into other tormenting spaces."

"But don't panic. Bai Wu'an shouldn't be able to care about us right now, so we just need to fight them one by one. It shouldn't take more than three to five times for us to break through this space and gain our freedom."

Yun Chu'an nodded, then gripped his guandao tightly, golden lightning crackling around his body. Ye Jinglan also shouldered her double-edged battle axe, picked up her scimitar in her left hand, and rode the storm, charging towards the black stone pillar ahead!

The stone pillar was forged by a Nascent Soul cultivator, making it exceptionally hard. However, the two people present were not to be trifled with either. Ye Jinglan might have had limited destructive power before, but now, equipped with a brand-new weapon, her destructive power had reached the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator!

The double-edged battle axe, with its immense power, chiseled into the stone pillar, each strike leaving a deep gash.

Yun Chu'an's lightning bolt swept across the area, erasing large swaths of runes and array patterns. He then swung his guandao at the stone pillar, but the destruction was far less effective.

With their combined efforts, cracks spread around the stone pillar like a spider web. Finally, with Yun Chu'an's last strike, the massive black stone pillar reached its limit and crumbled completely.

Boom——

The terrifying sound of the pillars of heaven collapsing followed, and the entire space began to shake violently, as if it were the end of the world.

However, Yun Chu'an and Ye Jinglan were not surprised but delighted, especially Ye Jinglan, who immediately shouted: "It's a success! This space is collapsing!"

Before the words were even finished, this terrifying space themed around a "bottomless black hole" shattered like a mirror, turning into bizarre and fantastical fragments.

Small-scale spatial storms arose here, seemingly capable of tearing a person's body apart. However, after a brief sensing, Yun Chu'an was certain that the intensity of these spatial storms was far weaker than what he had felt in Sheng Xuanren's secret realm. Here, he could completely control his body!

He methodically controlled his movements, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings. At a glance, he spotted several thin spatial barriers, sealing off a small area within them. (The last sentence appears to be unrelated and possibly a fragment from another text.)

He was certain that those were the other spaces Bai Wu'an had set up to torture the prisoners here. Ye Jinglan realized this as well, and immediately called out, "Let's go, Chu'an, let's rush in and destroy all these spaces!"

Yun Chu'an was overjoyed and responded loudly. Following her movements, his body transformed into lightning and sped down to destroy the next torture chamber.

While the two of them were working enthusiastically in this hidden world, outside, Bai Wu'an suddenly regained his senses.

Chapter 664: Driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf

The bizarre feeling of weightlessness disappeared, and his body stopped rising. In its place came a feeling that made him feel extremely uneasy.

Intuition told him that the enemy responsible for all this was hiding in a corner he didn't know about, but no matter how hard he racked his brains, he had no idea where his enemy was now.

Moreover, the current situation left him no time to think. Several extraterrestrial demons with the strength of the Nascent Soul stage were attacking from all sides, forcing him to hastily swing his sword to meet the enemy without any time to think.

He fought and retreated, hastily withdrawing to the side, speeding all the way, and soon crossed thousands of miles to arrive at a place where a huge meteorite was gathered.