Banshee Family Training Record

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Unfortunately, it was too late. You Wensi and the others had already escaped. Apart from some extremely evil traps and remnants of facilities used to create zombies, the group ultimately gained nothing.

Thus, the craze for exploring the mysterious tomb of Marquis Qin Hai is finally coming to an end.

It's time for Yun Chuan to go back.

"So, this is the situation now."

In a private room of the teahouse, Yun Chuan sat on one side of the octagonal table, looking at the white-haired elder opposite him, and said, "It was all the work of the Corpse-Driving Sect. It's all their fault. If the Qin State still wants to use this as an excuse to forcibly attack the Zhao State, then it would be against the rites of Zhou."

Across from him, Sun Chongrong, an old man from Zhengde Money Shop in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, stroked his beard and nodded gently: "Yes, that's true. I'm grateful for Fellow Daoist Yun's help with this trip to the secret realm of the mausoleum."

Yun Chuan said, "I didn't do anything special, I just did what I promised others I should do."

He was telling the truth. Sun Chongrong had already found a supplier who could provide saffron gourds for him before he went down to the tomb, and he could contact them at any time.

Thus, the transaction between the two parties is considered complete, and this matter can be considered closed.

The old man then got up and walked outside. Yun Chuan also got up and followed him. They went outside, went to the front desk, found the proprietress, and paid the bill.

The two bid each other farewell at the door, and Yun Chu'an turned and left. He returned to Chen Shuling's manor, where the four who had fought alongside him exchanged addresses with him before departing.

Having nowhere else to go, he went straight to Zhu Yunqing's room. Pushing open the door, he saw the girl sitting in a chair, with a three-legged, two-eared round tripod on the table in front of her, which she was studying.

He closed the door, walked over, hugged her from behind, and then asked softly, "Have you figured it out yet?"

That round cauldron was naturally the only thing they could call a gain, which they brought out from the secret realm of the tomb.

The Three Talents Devouring Spirit Cauldron

Everyone initially thought the Yin-Yang Elixir inside the cauldron was the real treasure, but Zhu Yunqing, with her discerning eye, immediately recognized that the small cauldron was the truly useful magic weapon. Yun Chuan then used a clever trick to acquire it.

In the following days, Zhu Yunqing stayed here, studying how to use it.

"Ah."

The spider demon nodded slightly: "Pretty much. Besides being used as a production tool to refine some special pills, it can also help you in actual combat."

As she spoke, she silently recited a spell, activating the round cauldron in front of her, which immediately emitted a warm light.

The surrounding spiritual energy gathered within it, vaguely forming a semi-transparent, illusory gelatinous substance above the round cauldron, but it quickly dissipated and served no purpose.

Yun Chu'an couldn't understand it, so he simply asked, "What can this do?"

"It can help you recover your spiritual power and injuries during battle," Zhu Yunqing said. "I must say, the Corpse Driving Sect's magic weapons are indeed evil. Well, let me start from the beginning. Think about it, a cultivator, no matter what his cultivation level is, if he is killed, his soul and the spiritual power in his body will generally dissipate into nature, right?"

Yun Chu'an nodded, and then the woman said, "Now is the time for this little cauldron to exert its power: it can absorb the soul and spiritual power that has been dissipated from the body of the deceased, quickly grind and crush it, condense it into a tonic, and finally supply it to its owner."

"In other words, when you encounter enemies from now on, for every person you kill, it can absorb the power of the killed person for your own use—although it may not be much, only one or two tenths of its original owner's power, it is enough to heal your injuries and greatly replenish your consumed spiritual power."

Yun Chu'an was immediately moved: "So that's how it is. It is indeed extremely evil, and extremely powerful."

Zhu Yunqing smiled and handed him the small cauldron, saying, "Among us, you are the only one who is always fighting with others, and your magic has killed the most enemies, so you should take this cauldron for now."

Yun Chu'an knew she was telling the truth, but he didn't respond. Instead, he said, "But as a cauldron, its greatest function should still be to brew medicine, right?"

"Fourth Sister, you should keep this. When we get home, we can study it carefully and see if we can use it to refine some unique medicinal herbs to generate income for our family."

That's what he thought, and he also felt that it didn't seem right for a cultivator specializing in thunder magic to carry such a large cauldron out to fight every day.

Zhu Yunqing disagreed and firmly shoved the cauldron back into his hands: "We don't have any usable prescriptions yet, what use is this thing to me? Listen to me, when we really have a prescription and need this thing, I'll ask you for it back, it's not too late."

Yun Chu'an wanted to refuse again, but he saw Zhu Yunqing frown and look displeased. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that it made sense, so he stopped refusing and accepted the cauldron.

Zhu Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly said, "Shouldn't we be leaving?"

Everything has now settled down, and You Wensi and the Corpse-Driving Sect's operation can be declared a failure. So now, it seems they should go home.

Yun Chu'an nodded, agreeing with the idea: "Yes, I've almost finished dealing with things here. Xu Yanwei hasn't come looking for me again, so he probably has nothing to do."

"Why don't we go and say goodbye to Chen Shuling today? It's time for us to go back to our own homes."

The two hit it off immediately, got up, called back Hua Caiyan who was still playing outside and seemed to have forgotten all about home, and together they went to the depths of the Chen family mansion to find Chen Shuling and bid him farewell.

Chen Shuling naturally tried to persuade him to stay, and after much polite refusals, they finally agreed to have lunch together before he left.

The group stayed at the Chen family's house for another half hour. After lunch, Chen Shuling personally saw them off. Thus, on this day, Yun Chuan, Zhu Yunqing, and Hua Caiyan finally embarked on their journey back.

The journey from Zhongmu City to Huai Mountain is not short; the straight-line distance is over a thousand miles, not to mention the winding mountain roads that follow. It's uncertain when we will arrive.

However, Yun Chuan and the others were all cultivators after all. With the ability to shrink the distance to an inch, they passed through many checkpoints and returned to the mountain in less than half a day, ready to go home.

Meanwhile, the treacherous pursuers gradually entered the mountains.

Under the azure sky, the midday sun was quite warm. Yun Chuan and his two companions walked in the shade of the trees in the mountain forest, where the birdsong grew increasingly quiet, as if they too were lazily unwilling to speak.

Zhu Yunqing followed behind Yun Chuan, walking forward on her own, unaware of anything unusual around her.

Hua Caiyan held his hand, looking around listlessly. However, when her gaze swept over an ordinary-looking tree, her expression suddenly changed, and she immediately gripped Yun Chuan's hand tightly.

"Ok?"

Yun Chu'an was stunned, not understanding what had happened, when she heard the girl shout, "Watch out!"

Chapter 377 Zhu Yunqing's True Colors

Hua Caiyan's tone was anxious, but it was already too late. The towering tree suddenly transformed into a black shadow, wielding a long sword and lunging straight at Yun Chuan's neck!

The latter was too late to dodge; relying on his past trust in Hua Caiyan's judgment, he used his cultivation technique to leap to the side, activating the lightning within his body—

click-

Lightning flashed, and astonishing lightning emanated from the purple-gold soft armor. The next moment, the long blade arrived. Although it did not directly cut off his head, it still pierced his heart from behind!

"snort--!"

This person possessed the cultivation of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and even his armor was insufficient to withstand the sudden attack. The excruciating pain of a ruptured heart surged through his mind, and Yun Chu'an's face turned deathly pale. Gritting his teeth and enduring the agony, he continued to unleash the power of the lightning surrounding him—

"Um?!"

A muffled groan of shock rang out as intense lightning spread along the assassin's longsword to his body. His intention was to twist the sword and shred Yun Chu'an's internal organs to shreds, ideally even tearing apart his spare illusory spiritual energy heart, thus sentencing him to death even though he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

However, the powerful lightning that retaliated against his body instantly stiffened his arm, rendering it unresponsive and immobile. He no longer had the strength to continue tearing Yun Chu'an's heart apart, let alone pull his sword back!

At that moment, another flying knife shot towards Hua Caiyan's throat!

"Humph!"

Unable to withstand the lightning strike, the black-clad assassin let out a cold snort, suddenly released his long sword, and leaped backward to dodge and retreat.

His heart was filled with shame. A mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator had ambushed an early-stage Foundation Establishment opponent, but instead of killing him with one blow, he was almost seriously injured by the opponent's natural counterattack!

Unfortunately, reality did not change because of his emotions. In his haste, he could only retreat, which at least gave Yun Chu'an some breathing room.

"Ah--!"

He pulled the knife out of his body with a backhand motion, drawing out a large amount of blood, some of which had even turned blue. The deadly poison that had broken through the blade had begun to spread throughout his body.

He leaped backward to dodge, took out an antidote pill from his storage bag, swallowed it, and then circulated his internal energy to heal himself.

His heart was ruptured, but fortunately there was a spare, so he wouldn't lose the strength to resist for the time being.

For Foundation Establishment cultivators, since their heads haven't fallen off and they still have spare internal organs, their combat power is roughly equivalent to not being affected.

At most, it just means you have a little less health.

"Peace be with you!"

Zhu Yunqing reached out to shield him, then kept her eyes and ears open. She didn't often participate in combat herself, and having just been attacked, she was the last to react: "Stay by my side, I'll protect you!"

Hua Caiyan, however, had already begun pursuing the assassin: "Trying to escape!"

She leaped into the air, her crimson dress and long twin ponytails fluttering in the air, making her look like a crimson flame flying through the sky.

The throwing knife shot out from her sleeve, heading straight for the person in front of her. The assassin retreated swiftly, but his body, still numb from the electric shock, reacted slowly, and the blade of the throwing knife was already pointed at his throat—

laugh--

The throwing knife pierced the assassin's throat, and blood splattered instantly. The assassin clutched his throat and tried to retreat. This mere fatal wound was nothing more than a crisis that would require him to complete one cycle of cultivation for a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Hua Caiyan wanted to press her advantage and cut off his head completely, but at this critical moment, another cultivator jumped out from the bushes and came to his rescue.

This seemed to be a signal. Immediately afterwards, several men in black suddenly leaped out from the tops of the trees in the surrounding forest. Together with the two men from before, a total of six people attacked Yun Chu'an's position.

Hua Caiyan was startled and, unwilling to venture too far alone, immediately jumped back to protect Yun Chuan.

The latter scanned the area with the "Aura Observation Method" and discovered that the attackers were actually three early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and three mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. He immediately sighed inwardly, "The assassins really think highly of me."

I wonder who could possibly harbor such a grudge against me...

He was unsure, and had no clues in his mind at the moment, but these were not the most important issues. The most important thing was whether he could survive this moment!

Ah, three Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivators, and I was injured first, haha...

The situation was dire, a fact known to everyone present. Zhu Yunqing's almond-shaped eyes widened as she shielded Yun Chu'an, retreating hastily while muttering under her breath, "Damn it!"

Her eyes seemed to be spitting fire. At this moment, she could no longer care about anything else. A blue-green light suddenly appeared on her forehead, turning into magical patterns that covered her entire face.

The next instant, her entire body shone with that light. Her body suddenly swelled and deformed, transforming in the blink of an eye into a gigantic blue spider, three or four meters tall and comparable in size to an elephant. Its eight spider legs lay on the ground, and its six eyes on its head surveyed all directions, taking in everything around it.

She was really anxious. For the past year, unless she was weaving magical artifacts alone in her cave, she preferred to appear in human form rather than in her true form as a spider.

After all, Hua Caiyan was afraid of her true form, and Yun Chuan, as a human, might not like it much either. Therefore, she generally didn't use it, and if she did, she would use her human form.

However, as a demon cultivator, Zhu Yunqing usually transforms into human form only for easier movement. When it comes to fighting with all her might, she will still reveal her true form!

"hiss--"

Her ferocious mandibles opened wide, emitting a series of piercing screams. The terrifying spider demon form was revealed, instantly horrifying the assassins: "It's a demon!"

This unexpected turn of events caught them off guard, but one of the assassins immediately commanded, "According to the original plan, seal them off first!"

An assassin stepped forward from behind, threw out a magical artifact, and chanted an incantation. Instantly, a huge iron chain appeared and shot out, splitting into three chains in mid-air, binding Xiang Yun and the other two.

Zhu Yunqing's enormous true form blocked Yun Chuan's path. His eight spider legs, imbued with spiritual power, moved nimbly, almost becoming afterimages, intercepting the iron chains. Then, he spat out spider silk in the air, heading straight for the group of people in the sky.

The assassins also dodged, and seeing the situation was bad, they changed their tactics. The mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator who had been killed by Hua Caiyan's slash was still recuperating in the rear, while the remaining five ran swiftly, blocking all possible escape routes in five directions. Then they took out poison packets from their storage bags, smashed them, and poured the poison onto the ground. They then used their internal energy to create a gust of wind, causing all the poisonous mist to rush towards the center, completely covering Yun Chu'an and his companion.

Zhu Yunqing maintained her spider form, one of her slender spider legs holding Yun Chuan in her arms. Then, she leaped away into the distance, ready to escape.

However, from within the thick fog, a long blade suddenly appeared, stabbing towards her body. Being of enormous size, she had no way to dodge and could only activate her magical artifact to protect herself, barely preventing the blade from piercing through her—

"Humph!"

The long blade pierced her body, but thankfully it was too late. Zhu Yunqing let out a muffled groan, enduring the pain, and spat out spider silk to stick to the distant mountainside. Pulling herself and carrying Yun Chu'an, she sped away into the distance, finally escaping the encirclement of the poisonous fog.

Although her wounds were not fatal, drops of blood splattered on the ground, forming a crimson line as she moved forward.

Shocking.

The giant spider, carrying Yun Chu'an, crashed to the ground a hundred meters away, snapping several large trees in mid-air. Zhu Yunqing was protecting him, and before they could even catch their breath, several assassins came chasing after them from behind, wielding long knives, giving them no chance to breathe!

Yun Chu'an's eyes were bloodshot; Zhu Yunqing's injured appearance tore at his heart. He activated his internal energy, golden lightning emanating from his body, and with a flick of his wrist, the Guan Dao reappeared in his palm.

One of his eyes noticed his movement, and Zhu Yunqing immediately said anxiously, "Don't move! You're injured and poisoned. If you rashly circulate your energy now, it will worsen your injuries and might even kill you!"

"That won't stop me from killing them!"

He let out a low roar, swung his Guan Dao, and golden lightning appeared on the blade, activating the Three Thousand Spring Sunshine.

This move puts an enormous strain on his body. Even before he has killed anyone, this move could cause his own wounds to reopen. However, at this moment, he has no other choice!

In the next instant, his body transformed into a streak of lightning, colliding with the assassin who was attacking head-on—

The latter was no novice either; he was also a veteran of many battles. When he saw him arrive with lightning, he immediately sensed that the power within was unstoppable.

He tried to dodge, but anyone could dodge the Dragon Clan's thunderous secret technique, so it couldn't be regarded as a treasure of the Yellow River Dragon Clan!

The sharp blade, crackling with endless lightning, instantly engulfed the assassin. He didn't even have time to utter a cry before his flesh and blood were completely charred in the lightning.

"Well--!"

On the contrary, Yun Chu'an let out a wail. He had only killed the first person when the wound on his back began to burst open, and blood was splattering everywhere. It was already showing signs of getting out of control.

"Step back, create distance, and don't engage him in a direct confrontation!"

The sudden, instant kill startled many assassins. They retreated hastily and then observed from a distance.

A cultivator took out a palm-sized seal, chanted an incantation, and the seal shot into the sky, rapidly growing larger until it became a ten-meter square seal, which then slammed straight down on Yun Chu'an!

Yun Chu'an was not in a hurry. Instead, he took out another magic treasure from his storage bag: a round cauldron with three legs and two handles.

Although he hasn't fully mastered the magic weapon he obtained from the tomb of Marquis Qin Hai, the Three Talents Spirit Devouring Cauldron, he has already grasped some basic uses.

For example, at this moment, the assassin who was in the early stage of Foundation Establishment was killed by him. His soul had broken away from the protection of his body, and the unclaimed spiritual power in his body began to scatter and escape. So, this is the moment when this magic weapon will unleash its power!

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