Banshee Family Training Record

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Author's note: This is today's extra chapter, just finished writing.

Chapter 378 The Great Cauldron Displays its Power

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The bronze-colored cauldron began to tremble, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy. This included the spirit of the sun in the sky, the natural spirit in the surrounding air, but the main source was the spiritual energy contained within the body of the assassin whom Yun Chu'an had just killed, as well as the infinite power contained in his three souls and seven spirits!

The complex spiritual energy brewed around, eventually converging at the entrance of the round cauldron. In the blink of an eye, it formed a clump of illusory, transparent, yet thick and sticky illusory substance, like rice cake.

Yun Chu'an carried the cauldron away, evading the pursuit of the large seal. He opened his mouth and took a deep breath, swallowing the contents of the cauldron and absorbing them all.

"Um--"

Spiritual energy surged forth along with vitality, flowing through his limbs and bones in the blink of an eye. The sudden surge of spiritual energy from within his body made him groan involuntarily.

Finally, this spiritual energy gathered at the site of his back wound, and he felt the wound he had just torn open begin to heal again. A tingling, itchy, and numb sensation spread through his back, and the lost blood was replenished, making him feel full of strength in his arms.

"Hide!"

Zhu Yunqing called from behind. She gathered her spiritual power and bombarded the seal, barely stopping its descent. She then spat out spider silk and grabbed his arm.

Yun Chu'an did not dodge. He swung his sword to sever her spider silk, activated the lightning on his body, and once again unleashed the Three Thousand Spring Suns: "Fourth Sister, help me kill!"

He gritted his teeth and shouted, forgetting the pain as soon as his wounds healed, and once again urged the lightning forward. The assassins were all shocked, looking at the round cauldron in his hand. Some of the more knowledgeable ones recognized it: "A magic weapon of the Corpse Driving Sect! This man has long been involved with the Corpse Driving Sect!"

Despite making such a judgment, it didn't stop them from dodging. But dodging was exactly what Yun Chu'an wanted to see. Three Thousand Springs rushed over, and with a single strike, lightning surged. Another assassin in the early Foundation Establishment stage didn't even have time to scream before his life was taken!

"If you can't dodge it, kill him!"

Two mid-Foundation Establishment stage and one early-stage assassin remained alive. They were all seasoned veterans, and seeing that trying to outrun Yun Chu'an would only lead to their deaths, they immediately shouted and turned back to fight back.

Before they could actually do anything, the assassin who had just been killed had most of his spiritual energy and vitality absorbed and refined by the Three Talents Devouring Spirit Cauldron, turning him into a lump of rice cake-like substance, which was then completely absorbed by Yun Chu'an's beard.

New power surged into his body, and he was as if he had consumed a great tonic. He was radiant, his rotten heart pounded like thunder, and his eyes blazed with a fierce red light, making him look like a god or a demon!

Two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators approached him from the left and right, but at that moment Zhu Yunqing also arrived from the side, spitting out spider silk that wove into a large net, which slammed down on the three of them!

Yun Chu'an clashed with another person, their blades slicing across each other's bodies.

"Well--!"

As the lightning reduced the man's body to ashes, the opponent's longsword also cleaved him through the waist, blood gushing out. Yun Chu'an cried out in pain, but the next moment the man's spiritual power was also refined, turning into a highly nourishing substance that replenished his body.

Despite being constantly injured, as long as he didn't die, he fought with increasing ferocity and continued to rush towards the next enemy.

Deep in the forest, the mid-Foundation Establishment assassin, who had been fatally wounded by Hua Caiyan and had only just recovered, returned. However, upon arriving, he saw Yun Chuan kill an enemy of the same level as himself with a single strike.

Immediately, the man was incredulous, yet his heart trembled. Looking in that direction, his fighting spirit began to waver: "What on earth is going on with him!"

Another cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage distanced himself, his heart trembling with tension: "I don't know, he seems to have a magic weapon from the Corpse Driving Sect. He's been hanging on by a thread, just not dying!"

"Try again! Cut off his head!"

"I understand, you go first!"

"Ah I?"

The last cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage was incredulous, but seeing the resolute eyes of his two superiors, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and face Yun Chu'an head-on with his sword: "Give me your life!"

But at that moment, dazzling golden lightning erupted from Yun Chu'an's body, enveloping him and instantly killing the man on the spot.

The two mid-stage assassins didn't even make a move. Seeing Yun Chu'an's overwhelming and unstoppable aura, they exchanged a glance and immediately made their own judgment: "Retreat!"

Immediately, they used their shrinking-the-ground-to-inch technique, one on the left and one on the right, to escape.

But Zhu Yunqing was still on the side, how could he let them go so easily? The giant spider used all eight of its legs to propel itself into the air and then sped forward, spitting out spider silk as it headed straight for the black-clad assassin.

On the other side, beside the black-clad assassin who was about to escape, a fiery red iridescent light suddenly appeared: "Don't even think about escaping!"

The colorful flying daggers had arrived, catching the assassin off guard. He had completely forgotten that there was an enemy he needed to guard against.

He quickly sheathed his knife to parry, and the flying knife barely grazed his arm. Although it did not cause him much injury, it successfully stopped him from escaping.

The next moment, Yun Chu'an arrived with the boundless lightning of the Three Thousand Springs, the golden lightning engulfing him, and in an instant, the guy turned to ashes in the lightning.

"Ah--!"

He didn't even have time to greet Hua Caiyan. When he turned his head to look into the distance, he saw that the assassin on the other side had his arm stuck to Zhu Yunqing.

He still wanted to live, but Yun Chu'an arrived quickly. In desperation, the man shouted, "I surrender! Don't kill me!"

At the critical moment, Yun Chu'an's blade stopped in front of his neck: "Give me a reason not to kill you!"

His eyes were bloodshot, and he was consumed by rage. The assassin dared not delay and quickly cried out, "I can tell you many secrets, about our organization, and many other rumors..."

This behavior was actually very contrary to the rules of their line of work, but at this moment, in order to survive, he couldn't care less about such things.

Yun Chu'an raised an eyebrow: "Saying these things is courting death. What do those things have to do with me?"

"Tell me the most useful information: are there any other assassins around? Who hired you to kill me?"

His face darkened, and the assassin hurriedly said, "That's all. We thought we were enough to deal with you, but we didn't expect..."

His face was embarrassed, his feelings were extremely complicated, and then he put on a fawning expression.

Yun Chu'an was not pleased by the man's flattery at all, and said coldly, "Enough with the nonsense, let's get to the next question!"

But this question really stumped him: "This... I don't know either. In our organization, the person who receives the mission and the person who executes it are not the same person, precisely to prevent the leakage of customer information and the resulting crisis of trust..."

He became increasingly flustered as he spoke, and hurriedly said, "However, if you are willing to spare my life, I can cooperate with you. The two of us can work together to find out who the mastermind is..."

He was willing to do anything to survive, but Yun Chu'an just stared at him coldly.

“You’re no longer of any use,” he said, then brought the knife down, ending the man’s life.

The latter's eyes widened suddenly, as if he couldn't believe how decisively he had acted. Unfortunately, from the very beginning, he hadn't promised this guy anything.

Beside him, the giant spider trembled, curled up into a ball, and then turned into green smoke, continuously shrinking. In no time, Zhu Yunqing reappeared in front of him.

However, at this moment, her condition was clearly not good either. Her face was pale, and she was clutching her abdomen, indicating that she had just been seriously injured.

Yun Chu'an stepped forward and supported her, his face full of worry.

Hua Caiyan also rushed over from the side. She was the weakest, but she was also the least injured in the battle just now: "Fourth sister, are you alright? The pills are here."

Chapter 379 To be a woman, you must be generous!

As she spoke, Hua Caiyan took out a healing pill from her storage bag and personally fed it to Zhu Yunqing. Seeing that they were all safe and sound, Yun Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, composed himself, and went to the side to search the bodies of the assassins.

Putting everything else aside, that enormous seal, measuring three meters square, was an invaluable treasure. Now it had shrunk back to a mere three inches square. Yun Chu'an had taken it, and although he didn't know how to use it yet, he had at least gained something.

Zhu Yunqing swallowed the pill, then suddenly turned his head back warily and whispered, "Let's go quickly. What this person just said might not be the truth. There might not be just one group of assassins; a second group might be observing us from the shadows!"

"Let's go home. Only when we get home will we be truly safe."

Yun Chu'an nodded, and with her in tow, they sped back home, their speed measured in inches. The charred corpses of the men in black lay scattered on the ground, silently testifying to the horrific scene of the previous battle.

Now that we're here, we're not far from home. Those assassins must have chosen this remote, mountainous area to make it easier for them to hide and dispose of the bodies afterwards, so no one would know.

They seemed never to have considered the possibility of failure, yet in the end, it all benefited Yun Chuan and his group.

While they were being ambushed by powerful enemies on the road, at the same time, behind You Wensi and the others, there were also many pursuers.

Some of these pursuers were spies sent by the Qin state, some were pursuers dispatched by the Zhao state government, and others were pursuers sent by several powerful families in Zhongmu City.

Seeing that they couldn't crush the Chen family in one fell swoop, some of them became afraid of the Chen family's power and wanted to curry favor. So they sent men and women to capture the remnants of the corpse-driving faction.

Due to the combined effects of various factors, this has truly put You Wensi and others in a difficult position.

"Ah……"

You Wensi, who was leading the flight, suddenly stopped and landed in the forest below, under a large tree. The others also stopped, their hearts filled with anxiety. The hunched old man asked, "Wensi, what's wrong? Why did you stop?"

You Wensi turned her head to look behind her. The forest behind her was empty, but she gritted her teeth and cursed inwardly, "You're a persistent ghost!"

Her senior, the alluring woman, nodded knowingly: "Are there still pursuers?"

You Wensi nodded, her heart filled with conflict. They were already very close to Huai Mountain, but if they went back now, these spies would probably find out everything about their hometown.

At that point, this place won't be safe either.

"Should I go and take them out?"

Ye Jinglan's eyes flashed, her pupils filled with murderous intent. You Wensi glared at her and immediately said, "What makes you think you can kill them? They're so far away. If you just turn around slightly, they'll turn and run away. Are you going to chase after them?"

"If you pursue them, there will be an ambush behind them. What will you do then? You'll end up with nothing but wounds!"

She deliberately tried to put her eldest daughter down, glaring at her and saying, "Use your brain more. If you really don't want to, then shut your mouth and do as we say!"

Ye Jinglan remained silent, lowering her head and saying nothing more. At that moment, the burly man spoke up, "I also sensed the presence of those pursuers. It seems we shouldn't go directly to Huai Mountain now."

"In that case, why don't we turn around and leave first, find a place to set up an ambush, or at the very least shake off these spies, and then continue on our way?"

You Wensi nodded: "That's what I was thinking too. I'm sorry everyone, my original intention was to get you all home as soon as possible, but it seems that since these guys are still haunting us, we can only..."

The heavily made-up, alluring woman said, "Junior sister, please don't say that. We're only causing you trouble by going to your home, so why should we complain?"

You Wensi nodded and said, "Okay, then let's turn around, deal with them, or shake them off, and then continue home!"

As she spoke, she took off again, speeding towards the distance.

The others quickly followed, thus delaying their return to Huai Mountain by several more days.

Meanwhile, Yun Chuan and the others had basically returned to Huai Mountain.

Everything went smoothly for them. Once they reached the depths of the mountains, they changed their clothes. Relying on the token they had obtained from Diao De'er, and his own credibility as "Master Mickey," he traveled without hindrance and returned smoothly to Huai Mountain.

Familiar mountains, familiar town, familiar courtyard walls—finally returning to a place he knew so well, Yun Chuan felt a strange sense of emotion rising within him. A false sense of security, a feeling of finally being able to relax, crept into his heart, numbing his vigilance.

Naturally, he himself was also aware that these feelings of security were false and he did not indulge in them. The three returned home and entered the main hall of Yun Chu'an's room. The first thing they saw was a letter on the coffee table with a few lines of delicate handwriting on it.

The group stepped forward, picked it up, and Zhu Yunqing immediately recognized it as Nie Ningshuang's notebook: "I took Yanyao and Suisui out to play with Yanshui and the others. Don't worry about me."

The three of them looked at each other, completely bewildered: "Yan Shui called out that Third Sister took the two children to play? No, what connection do these three have even the slightest bit?"

Yun Chu'an raised this question, to which Hua Caiyan shrank back and said, "Maybe...it's possible. Uh, Chu'an, don't blame me. Well, before we leave, I also asked my third sister to take care of Yan Yao..."

After all, she was the little girl she had taken in. Her maternal instincts had been awakened, and the little fox always took good care of Yan Yao—although her lame jokes couldn't make the little girl laugh at all, and the latter always preferred Yun Chu'an's embrace.

But no matter what, she always kept this girl in her heart.

So this time, she also asked her third sister to take care of the girl during this period.

That's what she thought, but she never expected that Yan Shuiyi would actually come by during this time, and it seemed...

They seem to get along quite well?

For a moment, Hua Caiyan was also a little confused.

"That's not surprising."

Zhu Yunqing said, "Although your third sister has been sickly and doesn't like to talk lately, and seems unapproachable, don't forget that before she fell into a deep sleep, she was actually very cheerful and lively. Although she sometimes spoke without thinking, she always made people feel warm and friendly."

"If it were her, it wouldn't be impossible for her to become friends with Yan Shuiyi."

Yun Chuan nodded and said, "That's true. Yan Shui looks like a fairy from the heavens, aloof and noble, and no one can get close to her. But once you get to know her, you'll find that she's also a very approachable girl who makes people feel warm and relaxed."

"Even if she's not very talkative, her easygoing and natural attitude makes people feel relaxed and comfortable being with her."

He made such an objective assessment, and Zhu Yunqing didn't think anything of it. It's true that the outstanding young disciples of the Qingyun Sect should have these wonderful qualities.

However, these words of praise made Hua Caiyan immediately react: "Don't praise her!"

She started jumping up and down, pouting and raising her little face, looking jealous and unhappy again.

Before Yun Chuan could say anything, Zhu Yunqing spoke up first: "Caiyan, don't be so petty. We've met Yan Shuiyi more than once, and what Chuan said is all true. She is indeed a friend worth getting to know better. Don't always be so upset just because Chuan praises her a few times."

"On the path of spiritual practice, one must have a broad mind to make the journey smoother."

Chapter 380 The Playful Flower Flame

Zhu Yunqing offered this advice earnestly, but Hua Caiyan was even more anxious: "Senior sister, you haven't experienced it, so you don't know how ambiguous his relationship with that Yan Shuiyi is in private!"

"If you don't keep a close eye on him now and stop him from contacting that woman, we'll probably have another mistress in our house in a few days!"

Seeing her so anxious, Yun Chu'an quickly raised his hand to stop her, saying, "Stop! This is all slander. There is no private ambiguity between me and her. There are always third parties present when we meet, okay!"

Zhu Yunqing also recalled that Yan Shuiyi had indeed given Yun Chu'an a ring as a life-saving treasure. But thinking about what happened later, she gently shook her head: "That was just a misunderstanding, Caiyan. Don't be so nervous all the time. Think about it carefully, is Chu'an really such a fickle person? If he is, has he ever been to the Hehuan Sect even once?"

Hua Caiyan was speechless; she couldn't refute this statement. Before Zhu Yunqing could finish, she added, "Even if he really were, put yourself in Yan Shuiyi's shoes. Would someone as privileged as her really be willing to marry into our family and humble herself?"

Hua Caiyan put herself in Yan Shuiyi's shoes for a moment, then lowered her head, her two ponytails drooping down. She still grumbled with dissatisfaction, "I know... I'm just easily jealous. After all, Yan Shuiyi is really so amazing and so beautiful, and you can see her anytime, and you even praise her in front of me..."