Return to the clan
Fang Cheng and his two companions were initially delighted that the black bear had attacked Ruan Qingyu again, but they were immediately filled with regret when the black leopard saved them once more.
Somewhat wary, Yun Yin watched as he put Ruan Qingyu down and then immediately surrounded her.
In an instant, Ruan Qingyu was first surrounded by swirling yellow sand that obscured her vision, then countless vines lashed out at her. While she dodged and weaved, another person managed to throw a fireball from between them.
Gritting her teeth, Ruan Qingyu took out three spirit stones from her bracelet and crushed them with her powerful wrist strength. She circulated her internal energy cultivation technique at high speed, striving to absorb all the pure spiritual energy around her.
Ruan Qingyu's phoenix wings unfurled once more, carrying her into the air to dodge Fang Yuan's sword strikes and kicking away the vine-like hands that lunged at her.
It was as if lightning had gathered in his palm, and a three-person-high fire phoenix palm struck towards Fang Yuan, forcing Fang Yuan and Fang He to retreat dozens of feet before the attack was completely neutralized, leaving them in a sorry state.
"Clearly only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, how can she wield such a powerful move?" Fang Cheng's eyes widened involuntarily as he stared intently at Ruan Qingyu, not daring to relax for a moment.
Fang Cheng hid the lightning-summoning talisman in his palm behind his back and summoned countless vines to wrap around Ruan Qingyu.
The overwhelming vines blocked Ruan Qingyu's view. Seeing that she couldn't avoid it any longer, she simply spread her hands to the sides and flew upwards towards the wutong zither in front of her.
Using the connection between the magical artifact and herself, Ruan Qingyu unleashed flames from above, burning all the vines before she was able to escape.
The vines had just been removed, and Ruan Qingyu's vision had just cleared when she saw three Xuan-level lightning-attracting talismans. In an instant, Fang Cheng ignited them, and the clouds in the sky quickly darkened, accompanied by thunderous lightning.
With a single swipe of his claw, Yun Yin knocked the black bear back. He then turned to look at Ruan Qingyu, who was dodging around with her phoenix wings flapping behind her back.
The black smoke emanating from his body indicated that he had already been struck by lightning several times, so Yun Yin rushed over. He stopped at Ruan Qingyu's feet, and when the next wave of lightning struck, he opened his mouth and inhaled the lightning into his abdomen.
Then, turning its head towards the direction the black bear had come from, it spat out the lightning it had just swallowed. The black bear did not notice any difference between the lightning and the one emitted by Yunyin, and crashed straight into it.
Instantly, the black bear was struck by the lightning summoned by the lightning talisman, causing it to tremble all over before finally collapsing after a long while. However, its still-undulating body indicated that the black bear was only temporarily dizzy, and if it did not leave in time, it would still be relentlessly pursued by the black bear.
Yunyin flicked its tail downwards, its dark beastly eyes fixed on the three people who were about to attack in the distance. It had witnessed the entire process of the three attacking Ruan Qingyu.
Now that he finally had time to deal with these people, he rushed forward before Ruan Qingyu could even speak. Fang Cheng was the first to be hit, stabbing Ruan Qingyu with his sword, almost causing her to fall into the clutches of a black bear.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Fang Cheng turned around and tried to run away, but Yun Yin easily pounced on him and splattered blood with a single claw. Fang Cheng's head rolled twice before being smashed to pieces by Yun Yin's claw.
"Big Brother!" Fang He and Fang Yuan were furious, their eyes bloodshot with rage. One charged forward with a long sword, while the other's palm unleashed a swirling cloud of sand that swept across the area around Yunyin.
Before either of them could even unleash their attacks, they were completely obliterated by the lightning spewed from Yunyin's mouth. Blinding purple lightning coiled and shifted around them.
Amidst their cries of pain, a moment later only a pool of black dust remained on the ground.
Behind her, Ruan Qingyu, who had been standing there tensely, watching her surroundings, finally relaxed her furrowed brows upon seeing this. Only now did she realize that her dantian was aching slightly, caused by forcibly absorbing spiritual energy and then using it in a relentless, draining manner.
Relaxing now, he finally couldn't hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood. In the blink of an eye, Yun Yin arrived beside Ruan Qingyu.
Seeing her pale face, the beast's eyes widened for a moment. Soon, using the connection between their soul cores, it transferred the gentle spiritual power within its body to Ruan Qingyu's dantian.
Ruan Qingyu had already closed her eyes, quietly feeling the gentle spiritual energy flowing through her body, passing through all her meridians and dantian, repairing those meridians that had developed minor cracks.
"I feel much better." Ruan Qingyu slowly opened her eyes, reached out and touched Yun Yin's head, a faint smile appearing on her lips.
"If you can't hold on next time, call me. That black bear is a bit strong, but I can still beat it." Yunyin flicked his tail, only then realizing that the two of them were not in a good situation.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu realized something, blinked, and quickly used her spiritual power to remove a section of the spider leg of the Eight-Eyed Ghost Spider, which still had some remaining limbs.
"Let's go. Now that you've knocked the black bear unconscious, let's leave here first, lest it wake up." Although Ruan Qingyu's voice was a little hoarse, she still climbed onto Yun Yin's back with his help.
In the blink of an eye, the man and the leopard disappeared into the nameless mountains.
Two days later, the doors of the Red Spider Lily Alliance reopened.
Zi Lian seemed to sense something and raised her head, quickly spotting the familiar black panther and Ruan Qingyu wearing a cloak, and was immediately surprised.
In less than three days, he broke through from the early stage of Foundation Establishment to the middle stage? This Ruan Qingyu truly deserves to be called a genius with a top-grade single fire spiritual root. However, thinking of the information she had found, Zi Lian frowned.
Bai Zhi's voice came from upstairs: "Miss Ruan, you've arrived even faster than I expected."
Ruan Qingyu looked up at the second floor and saw Bai Zhi flipping through the account books as usual. When she saw Bai Zhi look up, she couldn't help but smile.
“Yes, I’ve come to complete the mission. I’ve fulfilled my duty.” With that, Ruan Qingyu tossed the storage bag containing the spider legs of the Eight-Eyed Ghost Spider to Zi Lian.
Seeing this, Zi Lian quickly probed into it with her divine sense and nodded at Bai Zhi without any surprise. The next moment, she tossed a new storage bag to Ruan Qingyu.
"Miss Ruan, it's better to use this new storage bag. It won't get dirty from that filthy thing." Zi Lian smiled and came closer. Yun Yin quickly stuck his head out and shielded Ruan Qingyu with most of his body.
Bai Zhi quickly arrived on the first floor and handed the reward for the mission to Ruan Qingyu. Then she said with some regret, "We haven't made any progress on the matter that Miss Ruan asked us to do yet. Chen Tian has been cultivating in the basement of the Xuan Tian Sect for some time now. If our people go in rashly, there may be risks."
Ruan Qingyu was naturally familiar with that basement. Hearing this, she was not surprised and looked at Bai Zhi with a serious expression, saying, "Since the Other Shore Flower Alliance already knows my identity, they naturally also know some of Chen Tian's actions. Therefore, I hope that your organization can find out as much as possible about Chen Tian's future movements and send me any news as soon as possible."
Seeing her serious expression, but with a hint of coldness in her eyes, Zi Lian blinked and said, "Of course. Now that Miss Ruan is no longer staying in Sunset Black, we will use this mechanical bird as a means of communication from now on."
While sending jade slips is a common means of communication among cultivators, it carries the risk of being intercepted by powerful cultivators. This mechanical bird, however, relies on the other party's aura; if discovered by others, the mechanical bird will self-destruct upon sensing an aura amiss.
Ruan Qingyu gently touched the mechanical bird with her fingertips, and saw it move its wings as if recording her presence. Only then did she withdraw her hand: "Thank you."
Zi Lian blinked, the words she wanted to say swirling on her tongue, before finally asking, "Miss Ruan, may I ask what kind of demon beast or spirit beast you are?"
Immediately, Yun Yin stepped forward, his beastly eyes filled with unmistakable wariness. Ruan Qingyu's originally gentle expression turned cold: "Fellow Daoist Zi Lian, I don't understand what you're saying."
Seeing her expression suddenly change, as if she was about to make a move, Zi Lian quickly waved her hand: "It's not that I'm prying into Miss Ruan's privacy, but I am a demon cultivator myself. I've always felt that the aura on you is similar to that of my people, which is why I spoke up."
As she spoke, Zi Lian looked at Bai Zhi expectantly, as if waiting for the other party to speak up and help her out, but she saw Bai Zhi lower her eyes and continue to flip through the account book.
Ruan Qingyu felt slightly relieved, but her expression remained much colder: "Fellow Daoist Zilian, if you ask this, I can tell you with certainty that I am not the same kind of person as you."
Immediately, Zi Lian sighed regretfully, "I have disturbed Miss Ruan. The storage bag contained spiritual fruits that can promote the growth of young beasts. Consider it my apology to you."
With that, Zi Lian bowed and clasped her hands, then transformed into a streak of purple light and headed deep into the Other Shore Flower Alliance.
Immediately, Bai Zhi spoke up: "He has been searching for his sister for a long time. If Miss Ruan ever sees the purple-haired demon cultivator in the future, she can go to my Other Shore Flower Alliance to exchange for a free opportunity to help him."
Unexpectedly, this was the reason. Ruan Qingyu nodded and did not ask any further questions.
High in the sky, Yunyin weaved through the clouds. Ruan Qingyu, unusually relaxed, did not meditate or cultivate.
"Yunyin, did you also travel back and forth like this when you cultivated alone ten thousand years ago?" Ruan Qingyu's voice was extremely low, almost inaudible in the sound of the wind.
Twitching his ears, Yunyin answered in his mind, "Yes, that's how I used to train all over the place. Sometimes when I was hungry, I would go down and eat some demonic beasts and spirit beasts. Although there were not as many human cultivators ten thousand years ago as there are now, their cultivation levels were no less than those of demon cultivators. If it weren't for the strong physiques of demon cultivators, they would probably have been captured by human cultivators long ago."
When the topic of humans and demons fighting each other came up, Ruan Qingyu paused for a moment before asking, "How much has your cultivation recovered now?"
In the past few days, there have been constant unusual movements in the soul core within her body. Although the two are connected by a contract, the soul core seems to have been deliberately concealed by Yun Yin, and Ruan Qingyu was unable to immediately understand it.
Yun Yin usually answered quickly, but this time he paused for a moment before saying, "My cultivation has recovered by 30%, and I have barely reached the peak of the late Golden Core stage. However, it will take some time before I can break through to the Nascent Soul stage."
Late Golden Core stage? Recalling that the Ruan family patriarch's cultivation was only at the Golden Core stage, Ruan Qingyu subconsciously asked, "Then do you need to go to the Ruan family to take revenge first?"
The descendants of the Ruan family helped their ancestors restrain Yunyin for ten thousand years, and did a lot of things like drawing blood and skinning him. Now that his cultivation has recovered, he can fight the head of the Ruan family. If he wants to take revenge first, I have no reason to stop him.
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