Banshee Family Training Record

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Yun Chu'an nodded: "Yes, Caiyan said she believes in her and that she can definitely take on this responsibility."

Upon hearing this, the woman immediately rubbed her forehead and sighed, "How could this be? She has only just woken up... There's no such thing. Sigh, what are you... what are you doing here?"

She sighed as she spoke, "Do you know that You Wensi and her group of demonic cultivators from the Corpse-Driving Sect have their eyes on you?"

Yun Chu'an's expression shifted, then his face lit up with delight: "Really? Ha, that's wonderful!"

As he spoke, his gaze slightly unfocused, he slowly and deliberately offered his conjecture: "Let me guess, those zombies that suddenly attacked us that day were sent by them, intending to kill someone, but I ruined it?"

Chapter 366 Lingering Warmth and Body Fragrance

"And just now, I destroyed and looted most of the secret passages, pills, and magic arrays here. So when they realized it was me, they panicked, but they were afraid of my lightning and didn't dare to come themselves. So they sent you here to assassinate me?"

Based on their previous experiences, the information gathered over the past few days, and the fact that they were attacked by Ye Jinglan alone as soon as they arrived, and so on.

Taking all this information into account, Yun Chuan slowly revealed his thoughts. Although they weren't entirely correct, the general outline was fairly accurate.

Ye Jinglan laughed upon hearing this, nodding repeatedly: "Smart! They can't figure out your strength, and they're afraid of the Golden Core cultivators outside, so they don't dare to take action themselves. They're still hiding in the deepest part of this tomb secret realm, trembling in fear!"

As she spoke, she chuckled softly, her tone laced with disdain. Even though those hiding below were all seasoned demonic cultivators who had fallen from the Golden Core stage, their strength far surpassing hers, their cowardly and sleazy appearance still filled her with contempt.

Yun Chu'an looked up at her face, knowing this woman's personality, and said nothing more. His pain gradually subsided, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He then began to worry about the future and their next move: "Big sister, besides this, what other plans do they have?"

Ye Jinglan came to her senses and then shook her head: "I don't know. Although You Wensi asked me to be her henchman, she doesn't trust me. Instead, she considers the people from the Corpse Driving Sect as her most trusted confidants."

"On core matters, she was always wary of me, so I didn't know much about her plans later on."

As she spoke, she sighed softly, "Although I practice martial arts diligently, I really don't have many good ways to deal with her."

Yun Chu'an's eyes darted around as he pondered, "Big sister, you see, they don't know my strength right now, so they don't dare to face me, 'Li Changsheng.' If I fake my death and pretend that you successfully killed 'Li Changsheng,' then You Wensi and those corpse-driving people will have no worries, and they will value you even less."

"At that time, it will be even harder for us to obtain any intelligence."

Ye Jinglan said, "Even if it weren't like this, Chu'an, I would never hurt you or Yun Qing. We are family."

Yun Chuan said, "I came here for the same reason, elder sister. I can make a little noise and force them to rely on you even more. At the same time, elder sister, I also need your help."

Suddenly, the woman's expression changed: "What? Tell me."

Yun Chu'an said, "Elder sister, do you remember that small round room we just came from?"

“There is a small package inside, which a man from Qin asked me to put in this tomb. However, there is another person who asked me not to put a package inside.”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Ye Jinglan's expression suddenly change, then turn murderous: "Oh? I haven't told you yet, have I?"

"I have a grudge against the Qin state, and thwarting their plans is my favorite thing to do."

As she spoke, she gritted her teeth, her killing intent palpable.

Yun Chuan was suddenly stunned. Only then did he belatedly realize that Ye Jinglan had never told him about her past, what her former family was like, or why she had ended up in Huai Mountain and joined the big family that You Wensi had built.

"Big sister, you..." He hesitated, but the ghost butterfly's voice was filled with an unyielding resentment: "Strictly speaking, I am also a Qin citizen. Heh, to be precise, I am a demon cultivator from Qin."

“We originally lived in a garden on a piece of land in Qin, cultivating ourselves in solitude and avoiding worldly strife. But the envoys of the King of Qin came. They seized our land in the name of the King, uprooted all the flowers, and turned it into a workshop for forging weapons. They told my family that the only way to survive was to fight for the King and expand the territory of Qin.”

She took a deep breath: "Those guys still haven't forgotten to try and trick us. Those who excel in killing the enemy can be promoted and given titles. But our flower field has already been destroyed. What use are those things now?"

"Not to mention, promotions and titles are nothing more than carrots dangling in front of a stupid donkey. In the end, all of these belong to those noble families and kings. As for us demon cultivators from the countryside, our fate is only to become cannon fodder."

She spoke with a deep hatred in her voice. Yun Chu'an roughly understood the grudge between the two, nodded, and said, "Then it would be best if you did this, elder sister. The person who asked me not to put things in here said that Qin might want to use us to launch a war against Zhao and annex the country."

"Obviously, it's an extremely troublesome thing. I can't open the package myself, but what you do next is up to you."

Ye Jinglan gave a confident smile: "I know, I'll open that package."

As she spoke, her expression shifted, and she smiled as she looked at Yun Chu'an: "Why don't we go and open it now? Chu'an, why don't you go and see what's inside?"

Yun Chu'an was curious, but in the end he suppressed his curiosity and shook his head: "No, I'd better not go and see. Knowing these things won't do me any good."

Ye Jinglan nodded, and then chatted with him for a while, learning what he was doing recently and what his plans were.

The two exchanged basic information, agreed on reasons, and discussed how to appease the corpse-driving faction and their own people. The rest of the matter was not delayed.

Yun Chu'an's minor injuries had almost healed. He then stood up, turned around, and said, "Let's go, eldest sister, let's go back and carry out our plan."

Ye Jinglan nodded, turned around and walked away, but before she had taken two steps, she suddenly stopped, turned back and looked at him again: "Oh right, this is for you."

Yun Chu'an's expression shifted, and then he saw the woman reach her own smooth, white neck, untie the thin red rope that was covering her, and pull her out.

His gaze followed the red rope downwards and saw that the lower end of the rope extended into her cleavage. At that moment, as she exerted her strength, a white jade pendant jumped out from her cleavage.

"Here, take this." She said. "You Wensi gave it to me, saying it can counteract the erosion of the Yin energy here. Actually, my cultivation is enough, so I'm not afraid of this, but your cultivation is too low. Wear it, just in case."

Yun Chu'an was taken aback, then declined, saying, "No need, elder sister, I've already bought a magic item to resist yin energy myself..."

Ye Jinglan said, "That's still better than leaving it here and being useless. Listen to me, even if you don't use it, you can give it to Caiyan to use, it's the same."

As she spoke, she forcefully shoved the pendant into Yun Chu'an's hand. Touching the jade pendant, he felt the lingering warmth of Ye Jinglan's touch, and even a faint scent of her body emanating from between her breasts, which wafted into his nostrils and stirred his desires.

He struggled to suppress the thoughts that were rising within him, and was about to say something when the woman in front of him immediately turned around and vanished like a gust of wind: "I'm leaving first. Leave things to me. You should all leave quickly too. Your safety is the most important thing."

With that, she disappeared again at the end of the corridor. Yun Chuan didn't linger and quickly followed, returning to the small circular room. He found it empty; the things Chen Shuling had given him had been taken by Ye Jinglan.

He didn't say much, then turned around, walked through the corridor covered in bloody hands, and came to the other end, where he waited quietly.

He didn't have to wait long. Soon, familiar figures appeared one after another in the distance, and Zhu Yunqing and his group quickly passed through the blood-handed corridor to meet him.

Chapter 367 The Magnificent Crown

Upon seeing him, Hua Caiyan spoke first, her voice filled with excitement: "Chang Sheng!"

After her, the female cultivator who led the way, the middle-aged male cultivator, the fat Taoist priest, and the cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage also came over, but they were all bruised and swollen, looking quite miserable.

Seeing Yun Chu'an, who was dressed in tattered clothes and covered in bruises, seemingly quite badly injured, the fat Taoist gave a wry smile and said, "Fellow Daoist Changsheng, I'm glad to see you still alive."

Yun Chuan said, "I was lucky. After passing through the Blood Hand Corridor, I used that terrain to block the black-clad man from coming over. Although these blood hands were weak, they could at least be considered as support. Although he was still inevitably injured in the end, the man couldn't figure out my strength. After fighting for a while, he retreated on his own."

Then he asked, "And you? How did you get here?"

The female cultivator leading the way answered quickly, "After the first wave of attacks, we originally planned to support you, but several people were indeed seriously injured."

"But when we caught up, he suddenly turned back. Fortunately, we worked together to force him back and managed to escape here."

Beside him, the fat Taoist priest frowned and muttered to himself, "Who...who is that person? No way..."

He hesitated to speak, but the middle-aged male cultivator said with absolute certainty, "Those are the people from the Corpse-Driving Sect! Many things are already a consensus among everyone. Qin Haihou is indeed involved with the Corpse-Driving Sect, and there are also demonic cultivators from the Corpse-Driving Sect operating in this place. That old fox Chen Shuling let us in so that we could pave the way for him and be the first wave of cannon fodder in the fight against the Corpse-Driving Sect!"

Although his cultivation level was not high, his age gave him extensive connections, allowing him to ascertain a lot of information in advance.

Zhu Yunqing and Hua Caiyan looked at Yun Chuan, their eyes filled with worry. They were still unaware of the agreement Yun Chuan and Ye Jinglan had reached. The former pursed his lips, then suddenly looked up and said, "Since things have come to this, let's go out first."

"If we have truly touched upon the deepest secrets of the Corpse-Driving Sect, to the point that their own people have begun to personally attack us, then what follows is beyond our ability to handle."

She looked at Yun Chu'an, who nodded slightly and affirmed, "We've gone too deep. It's already a miracle that we've survived. The best course of action is to leave now before we attract even greater trouble."

The group exchanged glances, still somewhat unwilling to give up. Although they had already gained quite a bit this time, people are never satisfied; having gained something, they craved more.

Some of them wanted to object, but then they thought that Li Changsheng and the other two were a unit, and they had contributed the most to this journey, but on average, they received the least.

He didn't complain about getting too little, and he wanted to leave for safety reasons, so naturally no one else could say anything.

In the end, everyone could only nod in agreement, no one objected, and they followed in his footsteps, leaving.

They left quickly, while on the other side, Ye Jinglan returned without going too far.

She stood quietly in the eerie hall, its walls painted with images of demons, watching the doorway where they had left, lost in thought.

In reality, she was waiting. She didn't want to go back on her own initiative, and quietly waited for You Wensi to come to her.

She didn't have to wait long. Soon, the woman emerged from the shadows, striving to maintain the authority in her words: "Well, Jinglan, how's it going with what I told you?"

Behind her, three figures slowly emerged from the shadows: a hunched old man, a towering giant, and You Wensi's graceful senior sister. They all came over, waiting for her reply.

This is already the deepest and most central part of their entire mausoleum. A short walk further ahead is the control center that can operate all the mechanisms in the mausoleum.

If Zhu Yunqing and the others had walked a little further, they would have faced You Wensi and the others head-on.

Ye Jinglan responded frankly: "I couldn't deal with him. That guy ran too fast and hid in a passage full of bloody hands. I was blocked by the traps and mechanisms there, so I could only let him escape."

The atmosphere suddenly froze. The three who had arrived landed on the ground, saying little, but their dissatisfaction was obvious.

You Wensi felt humiliated and angrily said, "You are in the late Foundation Establishment stage, while the intelligence shows that he is only in the early Foundation Establishment stage. The difference in cultivation is so great, how could you let him get away?"

Ye Jinglan raised an eyebrow, showing no sign of panic: "This tomb is full of traps. I'm new here and don't know it well. I was even blocked by traps. It's already quite good that I was able to injure him and drive him away."

"What, do you expect me to easily break through all the traps there?"

What she said made perfect sense, but it couldn't stop You Wensi's bad mood. Just as she was about to explode, her senior sister suddenly spoke up, saying, "Wensi, stop talking. She's right. We really didn't consider this carefully."

"Moreover, we won't have to fear him for long. The other two bronze-armored corpses are about to emerge from their coffins, and our soul banners will soon be full of soul power. Even if he comes then, he will be dead!"

“And…” she looked at Ye Jinglan, “he did leave with serious injuries, right?”

Ye Jinglan nodded: "Yes, and he left unexpectedly, leaving behind quite a few things."

As she spoke, she took out the small package that Xu Yanwei had given to Yun Chuan, who in turn had given it to her, from her storage bag: "This thing should be an original burial item from this tomb's secret realm?"

The four men gathered around, looking at the package, unsure of how many treasures Qin Haihou had placed in his tomb during his lifetime.

"Open it and take a look," said the hunched old man. Ye Jinglan did not refuse and immediately untied it, revealing a small square pink box to everyone.

It was sealed, but could be easily opened with a gentle peel. There seemed to be some secret inside, but everyone exchanged glances, none of them knowing what Qin Haihou, this man whose wealth rivaled that of a nation, had done in his lifetime. So You Wensi suggested, "Let's open it and see what's inside."

So Zhu Yunqing tore off the seal and opened the box. Inside was a luxurious and beautiful crown made of pure white pearls and transparent crystals.

Moreover, it looks like a woman's product.

The four members of the corpse-driving faction exchanged glances, unable to understand but also harboring their own guesses.

“Oh, I think I guessed it.” Suddenly, the particularly tall and burly man spoke up, “This was probably something that one of Qin Haihou’s concubines liked to use when she was alive. After he died, this thing was also placed in his tomb as a burial item.”

Although this speculation was unfounded, the crowd wasn't particularly concerned about it anyway. While the crown was magnificent and expensive, its value was negligible for most of the people present, who were all former Golden Core cultivators.

"Just put it back where it belongs," You Wensi said. "This thing is valuable, but it's useless to our plan. The most important thing right now is to find a way to lure Chen Shuling into the trap."

The others weren't interested either. Ye Jinglan glanced around and couldn't help but wonder what Chu An's plan was. It seemed like this whole thing wasn't working.

As she was thinking this, a warm light suddenly shone from the crystal crown.

Streams of spiritual energy surged from above, penetrating the numerous barriers within the secret realm and being released into the outside world.

Immediately, the hunched, sinister old man's expression changed drastically: "This is bad! This is Qin's secret communication method! This thing is calling someone and locating this place!"

Chapter 368 The situation is tense

Inside the Qin State Embassy in Zhongmu City.

Xu Yanwei was dressed in a dark black official robe, the wide sleeves edged in red. He stood straight at the window, gazing at the distant blue sky, his heart filled with complex emotions. He recalled the face of "Li Changsheng" and tried hard to mentally prepare himself.

After all, he was born into a prestigious family and grew up in one of the most powerful vassal states in the Central Plains. The most dangerous things he could experience on a daily basis were just sparring and fighting among fellow cultivators, and he rarely committed murder to silence witnesses.

Even though he looked down on Li Changsheng's background, subconsciously he had never thought of killing him.

But now, he has to send someone to do it...

Calm down, Xu Yanwei. You have a huge responsibility on your shoulders. You must not be soft-hearted when it comes to what needs to be done!

Moreover, this matter could be entirely his own fault: he clearly appears to be a Zhao citizen, yet he worked for me, an enemy state, for a small benefit. He was blinded by greed and had no principles whatsoever, which is truly despicable.

If such a person becomes powerful in the future, he will likely harm even more people. Killing him now while he is still weak not only eliminates future threats but also rids the world of a scourge!

Yes, that's right, that's exactly it!

He tried to encourage himself and give himself confidence. However, just then, a sudden fluctuation of spiritual energy emanated from the distant mountains, gently but clearly brushing against his soul, causing him to freeze in surprise.

He then tilted his head slightly, looking towards the direction of the secret realm of Qin Haihou's tomb, and frowned.

The sealed box has been opened?

who is it?

Li Changsheng?

Realizing that this person might not have kept his promise and had presumptuously pried into the secrets of that thing, Xu Yanwei's eyes lit up, all the knots in his heart were untied, and he let out a long breath.

Ha, you really are such an untrustworthy person!

If you disrespect the Zhou rites, then I will kill you without any psychological burden!

"Let's go!" he shouted again, and without caring whether the people outside heard him, he leaped out of the room and sped off into the distance.

At this moment, at the entrance to that secret realm of the mausoleum.