Bai Lan followed Shang Han, but secretly asked Elder Fu, "Are you confident you can protect me from True Lord Fu Guang?"
"Heh, a mere eighth-order monstrous Demon Beast, you can't beat it in a fight, but saving your life is a piece of cake." Elder Fu said confidently, "It's one thing for a Nascent Soul Cultivator to be a demon, but why are you so wary of Ancestor Zheng Yu?"
"Better safe than sorry."
That being said, compared to the environment of the Demonic Sect, Bai Lan still prefers the righteous sects.
Take myself as an example.
With such a rapid advancement, as long as her excuse is reasonable, even if the people in the sect are surprised, they won't have any further thoughts.
If it were the Demon Sect, things might be different. If she returned to the sect with her cultivation at the end of her life, the Demon Sect's Nascent Soul Ancestor could capture her, dissect her, and then plunder all her Storage Bag before finally seizing her soul and forcing her to serve them.
Therefore, Azure Origin Sect only needs one person like Moyu.
"So you are the current Spirit Taming Sect?" True Lord Fu Guang got straight to the point, without any pleasantries, which left Bai Lan speechless.
After quickly saving the file, Bai Lan finally spoke, "What sect?"
"No need to play dumb with me. I am of the same clan as Senior Wan Ze. He told me about your situation and asked me to take good care of you within the sect, lest the newly risen flames of the Yuling Spirit Taming Sect extinguish the cultivation world." After Fu Guang finished speaking, his tone became much more relieved. "Fortunately, you are not as troublesome as I imagined. Your cultivation progress is so rapid. It seems that you do not need my help."
Wan Ze? Could it be the name of that ninth-tier Old Turtle?
Bai Lan looked surprised, as if she had no idea of Yu Fu Guang's true identity. " True Lord Jurong and Senior Wan Ze are of the same race? But that Senior Xuanwu is a beastman..."
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Elder Fu clicked his tongue.
Fu Guang frowned, offering no explanation, but instead handed over a Storage Bag: "This Storage Bag was given to you by Senior Wan Ze. Keep it safe."
"...Thank you, senior." Bai Lan accepted the Storage Bag.
Few cultivators would directly give her Storage Bag, except for the ninth-tier Old Turtle. Bai Lan decided that the cultivation world would no longer kill the tortoise clan, as the tortoise clan was the most benevolent among all the Demon Beast!
Watching True Lord Fu Guang depart, perhaps it was her imagination, but after she deliberately exposed his beastman identity, his departing figure seemed to carry a hint of fleeing in panic... Did these Nascent Soul Great Expert all have some kind of penchant for hiding their identities? One liked to disguise himself as a junior Qi Refining cultivator guarding the Library Pavilion, the other liked to disguise himself as a human cultivator. Only she herself loved Spirit Stone. After collecting her salary from the Azure Origin Sect for the past few months, Bai Lan returned to her small courtyard amidst the astonished gazes of the Azure Origin Sect disciples.
Nan Xianshi and Qi Xiaoru were no longer together, Bai Lan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Elder Fu set up a restriction and then flashed into the Void Stone. Because Ling Xunxian had already brought the group of Qi Refining stage children she had recruited from the Human Realm back to the Yu Ling Spirit Taming Sect. The mortal children who had never experienced the cultivation world naturally did not question whether the Spirit Taming Sect was a legitimate sect, and they did not hesitate at all when handing over their souls. At this moment, the system and Artifact Spirit were reading the sect rules in the main hall, and everything was so beautiful and natural.
"This is Long Yanxin." Ling Xunxian pointed to the girl behind him with red eyes. "This child is kind-hearted and worried about her elderly parents at home. I can't persuade her to stay, so I'm leaving her in your care."
Bai Lan frowned as she looked at the girl in front of her. In her memory, when Long Yanli entered the cultivation world, her father had passed away. Because she had intervened early, Long Yanli's father was not gone at this time. On the contrary, he had become healthier after leaving the Long Family. It was reasonable for the child to miss home.
Long Yanxin is a beautiful young woman with round eyes and a round face, which is indeed Long Aotian's type.
Once she enters the Void Stone, she's her person from now on. But her resolve isn't strong enough! How will she help the Spirit Taming Sect develop in the future?
Bai Lan's expression turned serious. He stood with his hands behind his back and spoke in a deep voice, "How short is a mortal's life, only a hundred years. How many people can one get to know and associate with? Fathers, relatives, close friends and relatives? If someone among them leaves due to the limitation of lifespan, ask yourself if you would feel sad and regretful for them."
Long Yan was stunned. "At that time, I... I couldn't imagine my beloved leaving me..."
"The pain of separation experienced over several decades is not enough to break a person's will, but what about a hundred, a thousand, or even tens of thousands of years?"
Even more so, for example, Bai Ling and Long Aotian, these two close friends, Bai Lan couldn't even finish reciting the names of the dishes.
The existence of a close male friend cannot be equated with those male or female confidants; this fact will not change.
Perhaps Long Yanxin is now saddened by the thought of parting from her childhood home and being far away from the place where she grew up.
A hundred years, or even a thousand years from now, this feeling will gradually fade away, leaving only memories.
This is precisely why cultivators are mostly indifferent to family ties; compared to mortals who care about having offspring, they care more about immortality.
Long Yanxian had never thought about this question.
Bai Lan sighed softly, "If we were both cultivators, we could hope to cultivate together and seek the Great Immortal. But mortals can hardly break through the shackles of lifespan in their entire lives. The Great Immortal is ruthless, and there is a difference between immortals and mortals."
Bai Lan, as someone who experienced it firsthand, is the most qualified to speak on this point.
A human emperor reigns for a hundred years, but looking back at the cultivation world, it's nothing more than the time it takes for a longevity fruit tree to bloom and fall once.
The complex memories of uprisings, conquests, establishing capitals, and building empires that linger in the mind are but a drop in the ocean in the long and distant memories of cultivators.
"The way you're talking makes Qian Ji Zi just like that Old Devil Qianjizi. You're so young, yet you talk like a Nascent Soul Old Devil." Ling Xunxian shook his head.
It's probably because when his cultivation level was lower, he often reloaded save files to imitate the demeanor of those Nascent Soul True Lord to deceive people, and he's become quite adept at playing the role of a powerful being.
"Watch your words. I, the sect leader, am Nascent Soul Cultivator, and also a True Lord of the Righteous Realm, not a Demonic Old Devil." After Bai Lan finished speaking, he looked at Bi Ling Xunxian.