Banshee Family Training Record

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Chapter 711 Dongfang Yue's Breakthrough

"What's more, in the last moments of my life, I was able to see you grow up, become independent, and find such a good husband. I have no regrets and leave this world with joy and contentment."

As the Duke of Jin spoke, he raised his hand and gently stroked his daughter's hair, his voice trembling: "This is... a happy funeral. You should be happy for your father."

Sheng Linglong held her father's old, withered hand, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls. Her voice choked with emotion, but she couldn't utter a single word. She had said everything she needed to say when she last saw him, and she knew that now was the moment of final farewell.

Looking at his daughter who was sobbing uncontrollably, the Duke of Jin could understand her emotional turmoil. Even though he had already reached the Nascent Soul stage, when faced with his parents' inevitable demise, had he ever behaved any better than his daughter?

At this moment, he understood more and more what his mother meant when she looked at him with a smile from her sickbed when he was in the Nascent Soul stage and told him not to cry, but to laugh.

He said no more, slowly shifting his gaze to Yun Chu'an, his voice hoarse: "I entrust Linglong and this country to you."

"Help me take good care of them."

Yun Chu'an nodded solemnly to him, "Chu'an will certainly live up to the mission."

Upon hearing his assurance, the Duke of Jin smiled and closed his eyes.

At that moment, his expression froze forever. The spiritual energy swirling around his body also ceased its fluctuations forever.

Realizing that her father had left her forever, Sheng Linglong could no longer control her emotions and burst into tears.

Yun Chu'an opened his arms and hugged her tightly, feeling her body trembling in his embrace, and he kept taking deep breaths.

He tried to ease her deep sorrow with his embrace. Sheng Linglong buried her face in his chest, and soon, large tears completely soaked his clothes.

……

Qingyun Sect, main peak, in a certain forest.

Dressed in a simple white, fitted sword outfit, Dongfang Yue sat cross-legged on a futon beside the cliff, eyes closed, meditating and cultivating her inner energy. Before her was the rising sun, behind her was a vast forest, and all around her was a rich spiritual energy.

Just moments ago, she had consumed a precious "Dragon-Tiger Core Formation Pill," a valuable medicine that would help her break through to the Golden Core realm. At this very moment, Dongfang Yue felt a blazing heat within her dantian; her breakthrough moment seemed to be truly approaching.

She was quite excited, but she remained patient and continued her practice, step by step.

Finally, when the spiritual energy was compressed to a critical point, a brand new golden core was officially formed in her dantian.

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At that moment, Dongfang Yue suddenly opened her eyes, her large, dark eyes flashing with a bright light. Excitement filled her chest, making her body tremble.

Finally, after countless failures, he successfully formed his core and entered the rare Golden Core realm!

She stood up, wanting to let out a long, joyful howl towards the mountains and forests ahead.

Just then, a flash of light appeared behind her, and a tall, voluptuous woman with a shapely, mature body wrapped in a fitted sword outfit appeared behind her.

Dongfang Yue turned her head and looked back. Upon seeing the person who had come, she immediately smiled sweetly and softly called out, "Mom..."

As she spoke, she stepped forward, opened her arms, and threw herself into Nangong Wan's embrace.

Nangong Wan held her, a smile playing on her crimson lips. After all, Dongfang Yue was her own daughter, though her talent was far inferior to Yan Shuiyi's, she was still her flesh and blood.

She gently stroked the girl's head, her heart filled with mixed emotions: "Congratulations, Yueyue, from today onwards, you are also a genuine Golden Core cultivator."

Dongfang Yue released her mother, blinked her beautiful eyes, and bounced slightly, her heart pounding with joy: "Then, Mother, can I now...?"

She longed to follow in Yan Shuiyi's footsteps. After Yan Shuiyi broke through to the Golden Core stage and went off alone to investigate the whereabouts of the "Ruthless Sect," this girl became increasingly anxious, feeling that she was being left further and further behind by her beloved senior sister.

Therefore, during this period, she could be said to have racked her brains and tried every means to improve her cultivation level, striving to advance to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.

Her purpose in doing this was to quickly catch up with Yan Shuiyi and continue to stay by her side.

Nangong Wan knew what she wanted. She'd known it since they were little; Dongfang Yue was very close to Yan Shuiyi, sometimes even closer than she, as her mother, was. "You Lin have it? You Yongkong? You Lin Zaizai don't have it?"

She didn't feel there was anything wrong with this at all. On the contrary, she was happy because her two daughters had a close relationship and were like family. After all, this meant there would be fewer conflicts in her family.

As for her biological daughter's certain covetousness towards her adopted daughter, she was completely unaware of it due to her lack of understanding in this regard. Driven only by some instinct, she whispered, "Yue'er, don't worry. You've only just broken through; your cultivation level needs some time to stabilize."

"Furthermore, you need to further refine your swordsmanship and movement techniques, so that you don't end up like this..."

With each word she spoke, Dongfang Yue's expression grew increasingly displeased. Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer: "I can bring the sword manuals with me and learn them on the way! And when I see Senior Sister, I can ask her to teach me!"

She rattled off a whole bunch of things in one breath, then looked at her mother, pouted, grabbed her wrist, and started to whine, "Mom, please let me go, let me go find my senior sister..."

Her repeated pleas seemed to indicate that she had been cooped up in the Qingyun Sect for too long. Nangong Wan knew that this girl was restless, naturally active, and loved to laugh and play.

This time, it was really quite difficult for her to go into seclusion in the Qingyun Sect for nearly three years in order to break through to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.

Thinking this way, after hesitating for a moment, Nangong Wan finally softened her heart.

"Alright, alright." She sighed softly, "Then I'll agree to let you go, okay?"

Dongfang Yue was overjoyed and jumped up, giving her a light kiss on the cheek: "Yay! Long live Mommy!"

Seeing her daughter's overjoyed expression, Nangong Wan was also in a good mood. Holding her little hand, she whispered, "Your senior sister is currently in Qin, investigating the current situation of the 'Ruthless Sect.' You know Qin is a rather special country, so the situation there is somewhat delicate. It seems many cultivators are scrambling to join the 'Ruthless Sect' to gain powerful strength..."

"But no matter what, these seductive and heretical practices must be eliminated immediately..."

As she spoke, Dongfang Yue nodded repeatedly, but her mind was already filled with the joy of reuniting with Yan Shuiyi.

……

Inside the palace of the King of Jin.

Yun Chu'an was browsing through his system, searching for a suitable method of attack in the high-grade spirit stone shop.

The place was filled with a dazzling array of items, making it difficult for him to decide which was the best. In the end, it seemed that the most expensive item was the most suitable choice.

Thinking this, he suddenly looked up and softly called out, "Linglong, have you finished counting the high-grade spirit stones? Including those seized from Youqiong Kingdom, how many usable ones can we gather now?"

Not far away, Sheng Linglong tilted her head slightly, recalling for a moment, but she wasn't quite sure. After all, managing such a large country, she needed to keep enough high-grade spirit stones for future use.

“I haven’t made any plans yet. How much do you need?” she asked. “Just name a number, and I’ll set aside as much as I can for you.”

Yun Chu'an then asked, "Can we keep the 500,000?"

Chapter 712 Moving

Sheng Linglong's expression stiffened, then her gaze towards him became rather subtle: "A mid-grade spirit stone?"

Yun Chuan said, "No, it's top-grade."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Linglong's face was full of speechlessness: "Do you want to listen to what you're saying? Do you dare to listen to what you just said again?"

Yun Chu'an's expression was subtle. He shrank back, feeling a little guilty: "Actually, I need one million, but considering you might not have it, and I can sell a few more divine weapons to the West Sea Dragon King, I gave you a 50% discount..."

Sheng Linglong was speechless: "What are you trying to do? Break through to the Nascent Soul stage? No, breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage doesn't require that much, does it? One million high-grade spirit stones, that's enough to guarantee a Nascent Soul cultivator's advancement from the early to the late stages, right?"

Yun Chu'an turned his face away: "Uh... I've recently had some insights and want to develop a brand new offensive technique. It requires some resources, so... I need a little bit of high-grade spirit stones."

He lied. He never intended to develop it himself. His plan was clearly to exchange it directly from the system.

Moreover, their first target was a peerless divine skill worth one million high-grade spirit stones.

"Stars Shoot and Thunder Strike, Purple Heaven Shakes and Shines."

In fact, the price of this secret technique itself is only 700,000, but to learn it, one must first learn a prerequisite technique called "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones". Its effect is self-explanatory. After learning it, one can blow a breath and consume hundreds of millions of spiritual power to create three avatars with similar strength to him in a short time to fight alongside him.

This thing also costs him 300,000 high-grade spirit stones, so the two together amount to one million.

Yun Chu'an looked at this skill and felt itchy to try it, which led to this question.

Upon hearing this, Sheng Linglong was speechless: "Why don't you reconsider? Is it really worth it with such a huge expense? Why don't you try to break through to the Nascent Soul stage first? I think that's more realistic and has a higher cost-performance ratio."

After saying all that, she still felt unsatisfied. After a moment, she suddenly said, "Why don't you see how many spirit stones I'm worth? Sell me and then go research your so-called new cultivation technique."

Upon hearing her complaint, Yun Chu'an's expression shifted. Realizing that the girl was finally in the mood for a joke, he quickly stood up, went over, and pulled her into his arms: "Not for sale! I wouldn't trade such a wonderful wife for any amount of spirit stones!"

As he spoke, he rubbed her cheeks, grinning from ear to ear. Sheng Linglong couldn't help but smile, reaching out to pinch his chest: "You smooth talker!"

Even so, the girl still smiled brightly, her lips curving upwards, as if spring had arrived.

That smile instantly dispelled most of the gloom in his heart.

Since the Duke of Jin passed away, the two of them kept the news a secret and pretended that everything was normal. Sheng Linglong never smiled.

In response, Yun Chu'an naturally put everything aside for the time being and stayed with her in the Jin Kingdom's palace every day, never leaving her side, and spending this most difficult time with her.

He didn't know when she would be able to get over the grief of losing her father, so he could only stay by her side.

Fortunately, Sheng Linglong's personality turned out to be far stronger than he had imagined.

At that moment, he held the girl's soft body in his arms and gently patted her back. Sheng Linglong knew that he had worked very hard during this time, and nestled against his chest, wanting to say thank you, but felt that stopping at words was too inadequate.

She reached down and took his hand in hers, then asked softly, "Are you in a hurry?"

She secretly pondered what other methods she could use to quickly obtain 500,000 high-grade spirit stones for him. Yun Chu'an put his arm around her waist and said softly, "I would say I'm in a hurry. The main problem is that I don't know when the King of Youqiong will rebuild his physical body or when he will return to fight again."

"Currently, the power of 'Three Thousand Springs' is no longer enough for me to defeat him. I need a more powerful method to fight against an enemy in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

This is the truth. Since Yun Chu'an could not kill Youqiong Guozhu with a single strike even when the Duke of Jin had already held off the ruler of Youqiong Guozhu, and he was prepared to use his magical artifacts and powers for defense when the two faced each other head-on, then Yun Chu'an really posed no threat to him.

He needs a more lethal approach.

After hearing this, Sheng Linglong smiled and then said half-jokingly, "How can you be so greedy? Your cultivation is only at the late Golden Core stage, yet you're already thinking about defeating an enemy at the mid-Nascent Soul stage."

Yun Chu'an lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead: "That was also to protect the territory we had worked so hard to conquer."

He had a plan in mind. If any of the enemies might launch a counterattack, the ruler of Youqiong, whose kingdom had been destroyed, would be the first. And if he managed to defend Youqiong, the enemies would assume that Jin now possessed two Nascent Soul level warriors, so much so that the Duke of Jin wouldn't need to take action himself; his son-in-law could handle everything.

Therefore, they are even less likely to act rashly.

Conversely, if one fails to safeguard it and loses it, then the secret that "the Duke of Jin has already passed away" will be exposed once again. Lin Yongyong, are you free? Lin Zai Zai, are you available...?

Therefore, he had to consider this matter.

Seeing Sheng Linglong's troubled expression, he reached down and gently pinched her cheek, saying, "No need to rush. Hmm, I have some high-grade spirit stones on hand. Let me think, 150,000, can you come up with that now? I'll practice first."

Sheng Linglong breathed a slight sigh of relief. 150,000 high-grade spirit stones, although still an unimaginable sum for them, at least the royal family had that amount of money in their reserves.

“I have them,” she said, then placed her small hand on Yun Chu’an’s hand and whispered, “However, we should also think carefully about how to increase our income. We can’t just rely on the West Sea Dragon King buying your weapons as our only source of revenue. What if she stops buying them? Wouldn’t we be left sitting on our laurels?”

“We also need to have more stable methods of our own. Now that we’ve captured the capital of Youqiong, I can’t leave Jinyang alone. Why don’t you go there and sort out the industries there?”

Yun Chu'an nodded slightly, then suddenly his eyes lit up: "That makes sense, in that case..."

At that moment, he began to seriously consider something.

Should we move?

Currently, there are two major cities within the Jin Kingdom, both situated at crucial points along the geological ley lines. Given Sheng Linglong's abilities, she can only manage one of them. Should she take her family and move to the current capital of Youqiong Kingdom to settle down there first?

That place is, after all, a vast city of cultivators, where all sorts of things are done. Settling down there will make things much easier, no matter what industry I develop in the future.

Moreover, only with someone in charge can the area be effectively governed. Otherwise, the powerful families there would divide up all the produce of that land, whether it be medicinal herbs, timber, minerals, spirit stones, or anything else, leaving them nothing at all.

He pondered this, and then explained his thoughts to Sheng Linglong in detail.

The latter, after listening, also found it quite feasible. Yun Chu'an gently kissed the girl, then set off back to Huai Mountain, intending to discuss with Zhu Yunqing and the others whether or not to move.

On Huai Mountain, the hearts of many young women have been heavy during this period of time.

Yun Chu'an originally said he was just going to the capital to investigate and would be back soon, but it seems he encountered some trouble and has not returned yet.

Moreover, I heard that a tremendous battle took place in the capital, with two Nascent Soul level kings besieging the capital and countless cultivators perishing in that battle.

Chapter 713 The older sisters can join the harem!

Although Yun Chu'an claimed in his subsequent messages to them that everything was fine, he also said that he had important matters to attend to in the capital and had not yet returned home.

Helpless, the family members could only do what they could in their tense state, and then wait for Yun Chu'an's return.

Finally, on this day, Yun Chu'an returned.

A streak of light flashed across the horizon, and soon, Yun Chu'an's tall figure landed on the mountaintop. Back home, Qi Qiao, who was instructing Diao Suisui on her cultivation techniques, looked up at him, and instantly a radiant smile bloomed on her lips, like spring flowers in full bloom: "You're back!"

Yun Chu'an stepped forward, gently kissed her cheek, and whispered, "Yes, I'm back."

As he spoke, he gently patted Sui Sui's shoulder and said, "I have a task for you: go and call all the older sisters over. We have something very important to discuss."

Now, seven or eight years have passed, and the little snake demon has grown up into a beautiful young woman.

Her figure was slender and graceful, unlike Zhu Yunqing's full and plump figure, or Ye Jinglan's heroic and dashing figure. Instead, she resembled Liu Mengshen, who was as graceful as a willow in the wind, but with an even greater lightness.

Even under Qi Qiao's tutelage, the girl wore rather conservative clothes that concealed her soft figure. However, when she walked in the mountains and occasionally swayed her waist, her figure could still be vaguely seen, breathtakingly beautiful.

Yun Chuan didn't feel anything about it. Perhaps it was because he had known her for too long. In his memory, Diao Suisui was still that poor little girl who was homeless, timidly following behind him, and nervously calling him "godfather".

At first, he was quite wary of her, but as time went on and his cultivation level increased, he realized that she was really just a pitiful little girl, so he stopped being wary and started raising her as his own daughter.

His thoughts on this were quite simple, however, Diao Suisui did not think so.

As Yun Chuan brushed past her and she caught a whiff of his scent, Diao Suisui felt her heart skip a beat.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, various erotic scenes flashed through her mind, and her breathing became a little rapid.