" Xuan Sha Zi, how dare you disrespect the sect leader?" Elder Fu's resonant voice, imbued with oppressive power, rang out from nowhere, causing Xuan Sha Zi's heart to skip a beat. His expression changed, and he slowly lowered the hand he had just raised.
"Sect Leader... could you be talking about her?" Xuan Sha Zi's gaze slowly fell on Bai Lan, and his tone became stiff. The leader of such a large sect was just a little kid who was no more than ten years old.
Bai Lan coughed lightly. "Ahem, Elder Fu, there's no need for this Long Aotian trope. Didn't you tell him that I am the Spirit Taming Sect?"
"Isn't this something that will be known sooner or later? Why should I waste my breath..."
"You are the sect leader of the Spirit Taming Sect they are talking about!? Those Nascent Soul cultivators and the soul of that Nascent Soul Senior are all under your command!?" Xuan Sha Zi pointed at Bai Lan and said in shock.
A familiar scene: every person or soul who enters the Spirit Taming Sect will show the same astonished expression when they see Bai Lan.
This is the downside of low cultivation level! It makes Bai Lan have to dawdle and talk for a long time before she can even take in the soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Unlike Elder Fu, who surrendered his soul as soon as he unleashed his Spirit Transformation... Once Crimson Moon fails his tribulation, she will definitely plunder fortuitous opportunity in his cave abode to break through her cultivation level as soon as possible.
"Among the Spirit Taming Sect today, there is also you, Senior Xuan Sha Zi." Bai Lan sighed slightly, and after speaking heartfelt words, patted Xuan Sha Zi on the shoulder.
Shocked, Xuan Sha Zi, realizing his current predicament, instantly slumped. "..."
" Gongsun Lian is still alive, but she became Ghost Cultivator by a twist of fate. She is now a trusted general under the sect leader and is handling important matters for me in the Demonic Palace area. You can rest assured."
" The Demonic Palace?! Lian'er is straightforward and naive. How could she go to such a dangerous place as the Demonic Palace alone!" Xuan Sha Zi immediately became anxious. "Sect Leader, please release Lian'er. I can do any necessary tasks for her. You must not let her go on such a risk!"
Gongsun Lian? Straightforward and naive? This old lady filter is a bit too much...
Bai Lan shook her head decisively. "No, your Gongsun Family's Cultivation Method can only turn cultivators below the Tribulation Crossing stage into Ghost Cultivator. You are already a remnant soul in the Nascent Soul stage, so you can only continue to be a remnant soul. Don't think about those things."
"Wait, how do you know about the Gongsun Family martial Cultivation Method?! This is a closely guarded secret of the Gongsun Family!" Xuan Sha Zi was shocked once again.
" Gongsun Lian gave it to me." Although she only handed it over after coercing her.
"Lian'er, Lian'er gave you... Could it be that you still hate me now, and don't even listen to my teachings? Yes, if I hadn't stubbornly saved that Wu Yin back then, she wouldn't have ended up like this, and the Gongsun Family wouldn't have been wiped out." Xuan Sha Zi leaned on the coffin, his voice filled with desolation.
How did we end up like this?
The way you're saying this makes it sound like the Spirit Taming Sect is some kind of fallen state... Besides, most of the souls and people in the Void Stone consider themselves subordinates, and only Gongsun Lian is obsessed with calling her master. It's clearly Gongsun Lian's own quirk, so what does it have to do with her?
Her initial goal was simply to have Gongsun Lian attack the Demon Demonic Palace from within, intending to seize the fortuitous opportunity after Chiyue failed her tribulation; she had no intention of actually harming the Demonic Palace.
But who would have thought that in less than a year she would rise to the position of steward of the Demonic Palace, and her ambition would grow day by day, and now she even has her sights set on the Demonic Palace.
With such capable subordinates, she, as the sect leader, naturally couldn't restrict her ambitions. She let her do as she pleased and provided strong support when necessary.
Xuan Sha Zi was unaware of all this and still thought that Gongsun Lian was a naive fledgling under his wing who had been forced into hard labor by the Bai Lan.
If she didn't know, Bai Lan didn't intend to waste her breath explaining.
Using this point, it seems that Xuan Sha Zi could also turn his worries about his daughter into motivation, right?
"Senior Xuan Sha Zi, if you work diligently for this sect leader and Spirit Taming Sect pills for the Xuan Sha Zi, then out of respect for you, I will naturally take care of Gongsun Lian and not let her do dangerous tasks."
After speaking, Yun Bai Lan chuckled and said, "If Senior Xuan Sha Zi is unwilling to the Spirit Taming Sect, then Gongsun Lian's safety is naturally not a concern of this sect leader."
"How dare you threaten me!" Xuan Sha Zi's expression immediately darkened, and he could only dare to darken it slightly.
"How could that be? The Spirit Taming Sect is lacking alchemy prodigies like Senior Xuan Sha Zi Dao of Alchemy. Otherwise, it wouldn't have attracted so many powerful figures to kidnap him and refine pills for him. This is not a threat, but a negotiation."
Xuan Sha Zi remained silent. How did she know about his past?! Oh right... she's doing just that now, taking a wisp of his soul and then discussing things with him.
"I have read through the entire Mystic Fiend Pill Scripture, senior, and it has indeed benefited me greatly. It's a pity that senior's fondness for using antagonistic medicinal properties in alchemy is not very friendly to ordinary Alchemist. If the control of the medicinal properties is not careful, the furnace will explode."
Bai Lan shook his head and sighed, "It is more appropriate for the senior to refine the pills in this alchemy manual himself. It will be difficult to find a successor in the cultivation world to inherit the senior's mantle for at least a year."
When she first started practicing alchemy, she followed Xuan Sha Zi's alchemy manual. Back then, reloading the save file several times a week after refining a batch of pills was commonplace.
After sweeping through the Pill Formula in the Library Pavilion of several powerful factions and trying to refine a few batches of normal Pill Formula, I found that I only needed to reload the game thirty or forty times to successfully refine it.
She could learn from her previous mistake, save her time to conserve spiritual herbs, and produce pills from every furnace explosion. Others, however, could not. If the probability of producing pills was only 50%, even saving her time once a week would only give her a 50% chance, not a 100%.
No wonder powerful figures like Sui Yun Jiuge wanted to kidnap Xuan Sha Zi himself to refine pills, because taking the pill refining manual from him was useless. The Dao of Alchemy genius of Xuan Sha Zi's level left behind things that normal Alchemist could not learn.
"Hmph, ordinary mortals are indeed unable to comprehend the mysteries within my alchemy scriptures." Speaking of his area of expertise, Xuan Sha Zi immediately hardened his tone. "It's not unreasonable for me to dedicate myself to the Spirit Taming Sect. My only request is that I bring Lian'er with me."
"Well, how could I be a bad person? Of course I would not refuse your request, senior. However, this matter depends on Lian'er's own wishes. If she is unwilling, senior will not force her."
Xuan Sha Zi raised his head. "Hmph, I am Lian'er's biological father! How could she not agree?"
He didn't believe that Gongsun Lian would rather live a miserable life with this witch in front of her, constantly threatened and living in fear in the Demonic Palace, than go with him!
"Ah! Then it's a deal. Ah, let's refine the pills. Senior Xuan Sha Zi, the future of the Pill Peak of the Spirit Taming Sect is entrusted to you." Bai Lan didn't care about Xuan Sha Zi's words; she just wanted Xuan Sha Zi to start refining the pills as soon as possible.