Buquan Palace is where members of the Lu family specifically receive cultivation resources. If they wish to enter seclusion, they can apply in advance to receive a stipend for several years or even a hundred years. If seclusion exceeds a hundred years, they can receive a supplementary stipend upon emerging from seclusion. The same applies to going out for training.
After Lu Yunshen left, Ayao flew to Buquan Palace on her sword. In fact, given her status, she didn't need to come here in person. People like Lu Xuening and Lu Yunxing were all respectfully escorted here by the people of Buquan Palace.
If they need anything beyond the prescribed amount, they simply send a communication talisman. As long as it's not something that exceeds the prescribed amount, the people of Buquan Palace dare not refuse it.
But since Miss Yao is not favored, even if she comes in person, she can't get anything.
When Ayao arrived this time, everyone was very respectful, and they readily gave her the three years' worth of spirit stones. However, when she took out a list and asked them to produce the items listed, the steward of Buquan Palace made excuses and hesitated.
"Seventh Miss, the things you requested are no longer available. It may take three to five months to replenish them."
Ayao said, "Really? Then I'll go find my third brother. If he asks me why I didn't ask you for help, I'll use your words to tell him."
As he turned to leave, the butler's voice came from behind him:
"Wait, Miss Seven, I... I remember now. There are still some things on your list."
The Third Young Master had only once shown his fury for the Seventh Miss, and now no one dared to provoke him.
This usually gentle and refined man was surprisingly terrifying when he lost his temper. Not only did he personally execute forty-nine people, but more than ten Nascent Soul stage stewards of Buquan Palace were also dismissed from their posts. Buquan Palace was one of the most lucrative places, and he had no desire to leave it.
"Oh, so you've found all of them now!"
Ayao slammed the second list on the table without any expression.
"This, this..."
The deacon was dumbfounded.
Ayao said, "If I can't find them all, I'll ask my third brother for them. You can decide for yourself."
"Seventh Miss, wait a moment, I... I'll go check the storeroom right away."
The steward immediately changed his tune, took the two lists, and vanished in a flash.
Ayao sat down to the side, eating tea and snacks while watching the people from Buquan Palace collect the items from the list for her. She thought back to her past life when she always came here holding her breath, and felt so stupid back then!
In fact, she only needed to vent her anger here once to solve the problem. After all, even if her mother didn't like her, she wouldn't tolerate her subordinates deceiving their superiors and lining their own pockets.
At that time, she always worried that if she threw a tantrum, others would think she was vulgar, and she was afraid that no one would stand up for her, so she kept everything bottled up inside, which made her miserable.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, A Yao obtained everything she wanted and left Buquan Palace.
Upon returning to Yingxiu Peak, she immediately activated the peak protection array. She began cultivating, first imbuing the five puppets Lu Yunshen had given her with her own restrictions. With her mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation, controlling even one puppet, let alone five mid-Nascent Soul stage puppets, was extremely difficult.
Although these puppets consume spirit stones, they require divine sense to manipulate them, and the divine sense of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator is absolutely incapable of perfectly manipulating a Nascent Soul stage puppet.
However, she had a way to modify these five puppets.
After modifying the puppets, she manipulated them to refine pills, craft weapons, and create array plates and flags. In addition, she also cultivated the Phoenix Technique, the Nirvana Heart Sutra, and so on.
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Three years later
Demon Spirit Abyss is a notoriously dangerous place in the southern region of the Canglan Realm. It is home to a large number of high-level demonic beasts, as well as countless poisonous insects and plants. Even Nascent Soul stage cultivators dare not venture too deep into this place.
At this moment, in a valley somewhere in the Demon Spirit Abyss, flames soared into the sky, followed by angry roars of beasts. A sound wave, as if it had a physical presence, spread outwards, causing the surrounding mountains to rumble loudly.
A crescent moon hung high in the sky, and a huge purple dome descended from the heavens, covering an area of twenty miles. Array flags were planted on the mountainside, shimmering with purple light. Inside this dome, a giant fire lizard was fighting several cultivators dressed in white robes.
This fire lizard is already level eleven. A level eleven demon beast is equivalent to a human cultivator in the early stages of the Nascent Soul realm. This demon beast cannot be called a demon beast; it should be called a demon cultivator.
A purple figure stood on a high cliff. It was a young woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with long hair like a waterfall, skin as white as snow, and a beautiful face, like a fairy.
This girl in purple is none other than A Yao three years later. Three years later, A Yao has already reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. A few dozen days ago, she ended her seclusion and came to the Demon Spirit Abyss to hunt demonic beasts.
The Immortal-Locking Array covering the sky can suppress the enemy's cultivation level. The fire lizard's cultivation level was originally limited to around level ten, which is equivalent to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in humans.
"Human, I have already given you the Heavenly Golden Grass, why won't you release me? I have no grudge against you, why must you kill me?"
The fire lizard let out an old voice.
Under A Yao's control, the puppets, all at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, relentlessly attacked the fire lizard. Streaks of sword light illuminated the night. The puppets were tough, feeling no pain or fear even when injured; they only knew how to keep attacking.
Under A Yao's control, the white-robed puppets simultaneously formed hand seals, and one red magic circle after another appeared in front of them. As the red light of the magic circles flashed, a red chain shot out from the eye of the array and wrapped around the fire lizard's hands, feet and body.
The fire lizard's body erupted with intense heat, and with a roar, it turned the surrounding ground into a sea of fire. If it weren't for the Immortal-Trapping Array, the nearby mountains and forests would have surely perished.
Ayao's expression was indifferent. She slapped her storage bag, and talismans flashing with lightning flew out of her storage bag and into the sky, connecting to form a long blue snake.
There were a total of 356 thunder talismans in the sky. A Yao pointed her finger and cast a spell, and these thunder talismans formed a large circle.
This large ring, composed of numerous lightning-elemental talismans, emitted a blinding light, forming a massive lightning-elemental magic array. The sky rumbled, and the thunderstorm accumulated terrifying power within the clouds.
Although A Yao could not regain her former strength in a short time, she still had all her vision, knowledge, and experience. With the knowledge of an Immortal Emperor, she used 360 thunder talismans to summon the Taiqing Divine Thunder from the void.
Boom—
With a deafening roar, the sky was instantly illuminated by blue lightning, and a divine bolt of lightning descended from the heavens, striking the earth, causing the universe to tremble.
The fire lizard was enveloped in lightning, then its body convulsed and it collapsed dead.
Ayao gracefully descended from the height, and with a gentle flick of her finger, the lightning that enveloped the fire lizard condensed into a beam, landing on her fingertip and dancing on her fair skin.
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