"Very good. Now, exhale a wisp of your divine soul." Bai Lan stretched out his hand.
Upon realizing that this matter concerned his very soul and life, Nangong Yuan suddenly became alert, his expression turning wary. "Wait, wait a minute, you're not my ancestor, are you? How could my ancestor possibly..."
Before he could finish speaking, Bai Lan slapped him again. Nangong Yuan clutched his head in pain, and dared not say another word due to the force of Bai Lan's power.
"Foolish boy, you carried the Second Master on your journey to gain experience, but you were kidnapped by Devil Cultivator along the way. Do you know how long I've been searching for you these past few days?! Your pain is my pain!" Bai Lan said with great distress, "Now the Second Master wants a wisp of your soul to refine a powerful life-saving talisman for you, yet you are so ungrateful and dare to question the Second Master."
"So that's how it is." Nangong Yuan couldn't help but feel guilty.
"Send out your soul. You are my ancestor. Would an ancestor treat you badly? You are just a greenhorn in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. If you wanted to harm me, you could have sent me away with a single palm strike. Why have you kept me here until now?"
This time, Nangong Yuan hesitated for only a moment before tremblingly spitting out a wisp of his divine soul.
"Very good, stand outside. I'll take you back to the sect after I've finished my business." Bai Lan withdrew his soul, in a great mood. He smiled and waved his hand, sending Nangong Yuan out.
Having witnessed the entire event, the leader manually shut his wide-open, astonished mouth and silently lit a candle for Nangong Yuan.
Hopefully, the young master of the Nangong family won't be so angry that he Qi Deviation after regaining his memories. His regaining his memories won't be a big deal for Bai Lan, since she has already taken away Nangong Yuan's soul. In any case, he can only obey Bai Lan from now on.
But for Nangong Yuan himself, regaining his memories was a bolt from the blue.
After collecting Jade Slip and heavenly materials and earthly treasures from the cave abode into the Void Stone, he used the Mountain Suppressing Banner to collect the small, extremely rich Spirit Vein beneath the Corpse Refining Old Ancestor's cave abode into the Void Stone as well.
The remaining Spirit Vein can remain untouched for now, because according to Bai Lan's plan, Gongsun Lian will eventually unify the Demonic Palace, so these things will eventually become the property of their Spirit Taming Sect.
After thoroughly looting the cave abode, Bai Lan casually glanced through the Jade Slip and inheritances.
The most surprising and delightful gain was a Heaven-Rank Poison Technique, the Myriad Poison Technique, which the Corpse Refining Old Ancestor had cultivated. However, this Cultivation Method was only a fragment, not the complete version.
Bai Lan had intended to throw it into the warehouse to fill her encyclopedia, but unexpectedly she found Identity Jade Token identifying a disciple of the Ten Myriad Poisons Sect in a corner. The identity information engraved inside showed that this thing belonged to the patriarch of the Corpse Refining Sect.
Combining the information, it's not hard to imagine that the patriarch of the Corpse Refining Sect actually came from the Myriad Poisons Sect. Later, for reasons unknown, he came to the Cangwu Continent and established his own sect. If so, the complete version of the Myriad Poisons Technique can most likely be found in the Myriad Poisons Sect.
"I didn't expect that this puppet-making technique also originated from the Myriad Poisons Sect. It makes sense."
That's good, she has connections in the Myriad Poisons Sect.
Cheng Tianfeng was one of Bai Lan's own people, whom she had sent to infiltrate the Ten Myriad Poisons Sect long ago.
This was the second-generation patriarch of a small Lineage who had once opposed Long Aotian. Out of kindness, Bai Lan recruited his Lineage into the Spirit Taming Sect, and Cheng Tianfeng thus became one of Bai Lan's junior officers.
This kid stole the poisonous Foundation Establishment pills that Bai Lan gave to Long Aotian, and accidentally built a Demonic Foundation. Bai Lan was too lazy to reload the save and save this idiot, so she directly sent him to the Myriad Poisons Sect. On the way, she could also save Bai Ling's harem and rescue the Nascent Soul stage elder of the Nascent Soul stage Myriad Poisons Sect, Leng Qinghan.
Looking back now, two or three decades have passed. I wonder how Cheng Tianfeng is doing now, and whether he has managed to get into the inner sect by taking advantage of the fortuitous opportunity to save Leng Qinghan.
Just as Bai Lan was about to send a telepathic message to inquire about the situation, Elder Fu's voice came through her mind. "Wait, prepare to set off, a Devil Cultivator army is coming."
"Hmm? Who's leading the team?"
Bai Lan swept everything in the cave abode into her Storage Bag, and in the blink of an eye, she flew out of the cave abode on Azure Flood Dragon and headed towards the main hall of the Corpse Refining Sect. Before leaving, she didn't forget to drag Nangong Yuan, who was being punished by standing at the door, up with her.
"The words 'Binding Soul' are written on the banner," Elder Fu said in a deep voice. "The one leading the group is Nascent Soul Cultivator."
Bai Lan was speechless for a moment. She knew that Gongsun Lian was unreliable. The Corpse Refining Old Ancestor didn't come, but the Soul Binding Ancestor did. However, she hadn't planned to take the Soul Binding Valley route back in her original plan.
Fortunately, she brought a large group of people with her this time, and the work outside should be nearing completion by now.
The Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation is incredibly powerful; the more people who form the formation, the wider its range becomes.
Dozens of the Azure Origin Sect disciples, along with two cultivators, were able to wipe out the Corpse Refining Sect's Devil Cultivator in just half an hour, leaving not a single blade of grass behind.
Killing these lowly demon minions wasn't worth Bai Lan using a killing move comparable to a Nascent Soul, and mass-producing talismans was even less worthwhile. Personally using the power of a Tribulation Crossing stage Soul cultivator to kill them one by one would take an entire day. Bai Lan chose the most manpower-efficient method of clearing out the smaller monsters. In fact, it proved that destroying a sect was indeed better done as quickly as possible; otherwise, it would be easy to get caught.
" Senior Sister Yin Ning, Wang Yuyou, quickly lead the Azure Origin Sect disciples away from Xiao Yu! Head towards Starfall Plain and lend a helping hand to Yuyou of the Golden Qi Sect." Bai Lan's voice came from afar. " The Soul Binding Ancestor is coming soon. I will hold him off for a while. You all run."
Yin Ning and Wang Zhen were shocked upon hearing this. "Junior Sister, you're going to fight a Nascent Soul Ancestor all by yourself? How can you possibly escape? You must come with us!"
"If we all go together, none of us will survive. Nascent Soul Cultivator are incredibly fast. You all go quickly, I'll cover your retreat and hold them off for a while." Bai Lan's tone was firm. "I brought you here, so naturally I can't let you all perish here. Go quickly! With Nascent Soul Golden Qi Sect, you'll be safe once you get through this!"
The Azure Origin Sect was almost moved to tears by Bai Lan's words. They had come fearing that Bai Lan's leadership would lead to their complete annihilation, but they hadn't expected this...
"Hurry! It'll be too late if we don't leave now!"
"No, do you want to stay and die? Now is not the time for you to show off. Come with us..." Nan Xianshi cried out.
Without a doubt, Nan Xianshi, who values loyalty, is the kind of good person who would be willing to die together even in times of crisis.
Bai Lan was silent for a moment, then had no choice but to speak through telepathy, "I have a trump card and I'm confident I can deal with Nascent Soul Cultivator. If you don't leave, you'll expose my trump card. Let me have the Storage Bag all to myself, thank you."
"..." Nan Xianshi's passionate words were choked by Bai Lan's words, leaving him speechless for a long time. It felt like being punched in the face with braised pork.
Bai Lan's words just now made it sound like she was going to sacrifice herself for everyone; she was already moved to tears by the letter...