Covering Moon Sect, Meng Yiran Becomes a Disciple of a Late-Stage Core Formation Cultivator!

The light in the scene slowly faded.

Before her stretched an enormous swamp shrouded year-round in dense dark-green mist.

Strange, stunted shrubs grew all around, while murky bubbles occasionally rose from the black mudwater with gurgling sounds.

The air was thick with a nauseating stench of decay.

Meng Yiran stood atop a slightly raised patch of dry mud, both hands tightly gripping her Snake Staff martial soul.

Her neat, short dark-blue hair was covered in droplets from the damp mist around her.

Her tight combat attire accentuated her striking figure, but in this environment, she had no mind to spare for her appearance.

"Cough, cough..."

Covering her mouth and nose, Meng Yiran could not help coughing violently twice.

The dark-green mist around her was poisonous.

Even though she came from Beast Academy, which specialized in poison, and had grown up following her grandfather and grandmother through toxic miasma, she still felt dizzy and lightheaded. The circulation of soul power within her body had become sluggish and difficult.

Outside the canopy.

On the Douluo Continent, within Beast Academy.

The Unrivaled Dragon Serpent Couple—Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Grandmother Chao Tianxiang—were supporting each other as they stared unblinkingly at the light screen in midair.

Chao Tianxiang's wrinkled face was filled with worry.

"Old man, Yiran has been teleported into poisonous miasma."

"Even Shi Nian, a seven-ringed Soul Sage, couldn't withstand the poison in this cultivation world. Yiran is only level thirty—can she hold on?"

Meng Shu clenched the dragon-headed cane in his hand, his palm drenched in sweat.

Gritting his teeth, he seemed to be comforting his wife—and himself.

"Don't be afraid. Yiran's martial soul is the Snake Staff. She naturally has some resistance to poison."

"Besides, the canopy said it would choose people with deep fortune. That child Yiran has always been lucky since she was little. She'll surely turn danger into safety."

Though he said so, the panic in Meng Shu's eyes was impossible to hide.

The first four had each died more horribly than the last.

He truly feared that in the next instant, his precious granddaughter would follow in their footsteps.

Meanwhile, in the scene.

Suppressing her dizziness, Meng Yiran carefully used her Snake Staff to probe the muddy path ahead, trying to find somewhere she could step and leave the swamp.

Just as she took two steps forward, the black mudwater ahead suddenly began to churn violently.

Splash!

Amid a spray of water, a gigantic toad as large as a carriage leaped out of the mud and blocked Meng Yiran's path.

The toad's entire body was dark red, its back covered in fist-sized poison sacs. A cold, savage gleam shone from its bulging eyes.

A lower-tier second-grade demonic beast—the Blood Poison Toad!

In terms of cultivator realms, it was equivalent to an early Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The moment she saw the monster blocking her way, Meng Yiran's face turned pale as paper.

She could clearly sense that the energy fluctuations emanating from the creature were terrifying beyond measure.

"Hiss..."

At that moment, the Blood Poison Toad let out a strange hiss. A barbed crimson tongue shot from its mouth like lightning, streaking straight for Meng Yiran's face.

It was unbelievably fast.

Meng Yiran had no time to dodge. Relying solely on her combat instincts, she raised the Snake Staff horizontally before her chest.

Bang!

A tremendous force slammed into the Snake Staff.

Meng Yiran gave a muffled grunt and was sent flying, crashing heavily into the mud more than ten meters away.

Her arms had gone numb, and she could barely hold onto the Snake Staff.

Yet before she could catch her breath, the Blood Poison Toad had already opened its enormous mouth, and several poison sacs on its back abruptly contracted.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Several clumps of purplish-red venom shot toward Meng Yiran like arrows.

"First Soul Skill, Tongue Blade!"

At the critical moment between life and death, the yellow soul ring beneath Meng Yiran's feet lit up.

From the mouth of the snake head atop her Snake Staff shot a sharp blade of light half a meter long, attempting to cut apart the venom.

But the instant the light blade touched the venom, it gave off a series of sizzling sounds and was directly corroded into nothingness.

The remaining drops of venom splattered onto Meng Yiran's arm.

"Ah!"

Meng Yiran cried out in agony.

Though she had tempered her body with venom since childhood, granting her skin considerable resistance to toxins, that meager resistance was still utterly insufficient against the natal venom of a second-tier demonic beast.

The purplish-red toxin burrowed madly through the wound and into her meridians.

In just a single breath, Meng Yiran's entire right arm had turned a horrifying bluish-black, and the discoloration was rapidly spreading toward her heart.

She collapsed weakly into the muddy water, her vision beginning to blur.

Am I going to die here too?

Meanwhile, on Douluo Continent.

Seeing Meng Yiran collapse into the mud on the light screen, Beast Academy immediately erupted into a despairing uproar.

Snake Grandmother Chao Tianxiang's vision went dark, and she nearly fainted on the spot.

Meng Shu's eyes reddened as he pointed his dragon-headed cane at the sky. His lips trembled, yet he could not utter a single word.

Shrek Academy.

Seeing the bluish-black color rapidly spreading across Meng Yiran's arm, Tang San could only shake his head helplessly.

"She can't be saved."

"The virulence of this poison has already far exceeded the limits of what her body can withstand."

"Once the poison reaches her heart, she has ten breaths at most before she dies."

Tang San delivered a blunt, definitive judgment.

The Shrek Academy group around him fell silent as well.

It seemed that this second group of explorers would be wiped out again.

This Mortal Cultivation World was simply a hell created specifically to slaughter the living beings of Douluo Continent.

Yet just as everyone, including Meng Yiran herself, believed that death was certain, a clear, melodious flute suddenly drifted over from the distant horizon.

The sound of the flute seemed to possess some mystical power, piercing through layer upon layer of poisonous miasma and reaching this swamp.

The instant it heard the flute, the Blood Poison Toad, which had been about to leap forward and swallow Meng Yiran whole, suddenly froze.

Then, a trace of humanlike fear appeared in its savage eyes.

Sensing danger, it hurriedly retracted its tongue and lay motionless in the muddy water, not daring to move even a fraction.

Immediately afterward, the dark green fog over the swamp was forcibly split apart down the middle by an invisible force.

A gigantic five-colored peacock with a wingspan of over twenty meters descended from the sky, its long tail feathers trailing behind it.

Reclining sideways atop the back of this extraordinary peacock was a breathtakingly beautiful woman dressed in court robes.

She held an emerald-green jade flute in her hand, with a vermilion mark between her brows. Her entire body exuded a mature, languid, captivating charm.

Yet the immense pressure she kept concealed was even more unfathomable than that of the poison wyrm from before.

A late-stage Core Formation cultivator!

Fairy Nishang of the Covering Moon Sect!

When the people of Douluo Continent saw this woman appear, they were all stunned by the picturesque, immortal grandeur surrounding her.

This was what cultivators were supposed to look like in their minds.

In the scene, Fairy Nishang sat atop the peacock, her beautiful eyes shifting as she casually glanced at the Blood Poison Toad lying below.

"This Blood Poison Toad is quite plump. I can take it back and use it to refine poison-repelling pills for the juniors in the sect."

She did not even lift a finger.

The enormous five-colored peacock opened its beak and spat out a beam of multicolored radiance, directly sweeping up the Foundation Establishment Blood Poison Toad and swallowing it whole.

Only after doing all this did Fairy Nishang's gaze fall upon Meng Yiran, who was barely clinging to life in the muddy water.

She had merely been passing by and had not cared whether a mortal lived or died.

But when her gaze passed over the snake staff Meng Yiran was clutching tightly, a hint of surprise flashed through her eyes.

"Hmm?"

Fairy Nishang lightly tapped the peacock's back and drifted down beside Meng Yiran as lightly as a falling leaf.

She extended a jade-white finger and lightly flicked Meng Yiran's snake staff.

"There are no traces of it being refined into a magical artifact, nor are there any spirit stones embedded in it."

"This thing was actually born alongside her soul?"

Fairy Nishang looked at Meng Yiran, a strange gleam flickering in her beautiful eyes.

"Not only does her soul possess the embryonic form of a serpent-type magical artifact, but her body is also a natural poison vessel."

"This constitution is quite suitable for cultivating certain secret arts of my Covering Moon Sect."

In the cultivation world, all manner of unusual spirit bodies and special constitutions emerged without end.

Fairy Nishang had clearly mistaken Meng Yiran's martial soul for some rare innate companion spirit treasure.

The dark bluish-green discoloration on Meng Yiran's face had already spread down to her neck.

Fairy Nishang smiled faintly.

"Since you happened to encounter me, this may be considered your little opportunity, child."

With a flip of her jade-like hand, a white pill emitting a delicate fragrance appeared in her palm.

With a flick of her finger, the pill turned into a streak of white light and flew straight into Meng Yiran's mouth.

The moment the pill entered her stomach, a miracle occurred.

In just two breaths, the deadly dark bluish-green poison in Meng Yiran's body receded completely, like ice and snow meeting boiling water.

Not only that, the immense residual medicinal power within the pill circulated through Meng Yiran's meridians, forcibly shattering the bottleneck that had halted her soul power's progress.

"Buzz!"

Meng Yiran suddenly opened her eyes, and a faint wave of soul power radiated from her body.

Level thirty-one!

A casually bestowed pill had not only neutralized the lethal poison of a Foundation Establishment-stage demonic beast, but had also helped her break through the threshold of Soul Elder!

Douluo Continent, Beast Academy.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, who had already fallen into despair, saw that their granddaughter was unharmed—and had even broken through.

The two embraced each other in excitement, tears streaming down their aged faces.

"She survived! Yiran survived!"

"She must have encountered an immortal who saved her!"

Over at Shrek Academy, Tang San watched the scene with mixed emotions.

Just moments ago, he had confidently declared that Meng Yiran was beyond saving.

Yet the other party had merely tossed her a pill and pulled her back from death.

This method of detoxification was not only a slap in the face, but also filled him with profound awe for the pill arts of that world.

In the image, Meng Yiran climbed out of the mud and looked at the beautiful woman before her, who seemed like an immortal descended to earth.

She was not foolish. Knowing that this woman had saved her, she quickly dropped to her knees.

"Thank you, Fairy, for saving my life."

Fairy Nishang looked at Meng Yiran and nodded in satisfaction.

"You do understand proper etiquette, child."

"I am an elder of the Covering Moon Sect."

"I see that your constitution is unusual and that you possess considerable spiritual roots. Are you willing to return to the sect with me and become my disciple?"

Meng Yiran froze upon hearing those words.

But when countless soul masters across Douluo Continent witnessed this scene, their eyes reddened with envy.

A disciple!

She was going to become the disciple of a great cultivator in the late Golden Core stage!

Zhang Tiezhu had merely been tricked by a Foundation Establishment-stage elder into becoming a cultivation furnace.

But now, this fairy, who appeared to hold greater status and possess greater strength, was actually taking the initiative to accept Meng Yiran as her disciple.

This was a true heaven-sent opportunity!

Spirit Hall, Papal Hall.

Bibi Dong watched Meng Yiran being taken onto the five-colored peacock by Fairy Nishang in the light screen, soaring into the heavens. A rare trace of envy appeared in her eyes.

"An elder of the Covering Moon Sect."

"That young man who instantly killed Li Si earlier was also a disciple of the Covering Moon Sect."

"It seems this is an exceptionally powerful cultivation sect."

Bibi Dong lightly tapped the table with her fingers as her mind raced.

"Meng Yiran has become the direct disciple of a Golden Core-stage cultivator. Her status in the cultivation world will be completely different from now on."

"As long as she can cultivate under that elder's protection for half a year."

"When she returns to Douluo Continent, she will likely bring back cultivation methods and resources beyond anything we can imagine."

Bibi Dong turned to look at the red-robed bishop below.

"Dispatch people to Beast Academy immediately."

"Bring Spirit Hall's generous gifts and pay a visit to the Unrivaled Dragon Serpent Couple."

"Tell them that Spirit Hall is willing to make an exceptional invitation for Meng Yiran to join Spirit Hall, and promises her the position of elder!"

Bibi Dong's decision was extremely decisive.

Someone with a cultivation world background who had learned cultivation world techniques was absolutely worth recruiting for Spirit Hall.

And not just Spirit Hall.

The Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Nearly every faction issued the same order at the same time.

Recruit the Unrivaled Dragon Serpent Family!

Beast Academy, which had originally only counted as a second-rate force on the continent, instantly became the prized target in the eyes of all the major powers across Douluo Continent because of Meng Yiran's fortuitous encounter.

In the Star Dou Forest, the Titan Giant Ape watched the heavenly screen and scratched its massive head.

"Big Brother, that big bird looks delicious."

The Sky Azure Bull Python glared at it.

"Eat, eat, eat. All you know is eating."

"Didn't you see how terrifying the woman on that bird's back is?"

"Her aura is stronger than many of the people who appeared before!"

"Humans really are too lucky. Why can't opportunities like this fall into the hands of us soul beasts?"

There was a trace of sourness in the Sky Azure Bull Python's voice.

Meanwhile, the scene on the heavenly screen did not shift away. Instead, it continued following Meng Yiran's perspective.

The enormous five-colored peacock spread its wings and soared above the clouds.

Meng Yiran sat on the peacock's soft back, watching the scenery rush past around her, her heart filled with shock.

It was too fast.

Even the agility-type Soul Douluos she had seen could only stare helplessly at such flying speed.

What amazed her even more was that there seemed to be a faint five-colored barrier around them, blocking all the fierce high-altitude winds outside.

Sitting on the peacock's back, she could not even feel the slightest breeze. It was so steady that it felt like taking a stroll on level ground.

Fairy Nishang lounged lazily against the peacock's feathers. Seeing Meng Yiran's wide-eyed, inexperienced expression, she could not help finding it amusing.

"Girl, what is your name?"

"Replying to Fairy, my name is Meng Yiran." Meng Yiran hurriedly lowered her head, her tone extremely respectful.

"Yiran? A rather elegant name." Fairy Nishang nodded slightly.

"Since you have already agreed to become my disciple, you need not call me Fairy from now on. Just address me as Master."

Meng Yiran was a clever girl. She immediately seized the opportunity and called out brightly, "Master."

The smile in Fairy Nishang's eyes deepened.

She raised her delicate jade hand and pointed at the vast, boundless land below.

"Yiran, look at this world. What do you think?"

Meng Yiran followed her master's finger and looked down. With just one glance, she was completely stunned in place.