Banshee Family Training Record

"To put it another way, at worst you'll just have to start over and go back to the first level of Qi Refining. Anyway, you've already reached the second level of Qi Refining, so at most you can get back to the first level in ten days to half a month."

She said this with apparent selflessness, which made Yun Chu'an's heart pound.

Can my cultivation technique be directly mastered by Fourth Sister in one step?

He looked forward to it, and then he heard Zhu Yunqing say, "Cheer up, I'm going to read the complete 'Pure Yang Skill' again. Make sure you remember all the parts you haven't heard before!"

Before Yun Chu'an could reply, she silently began chanting a spell. Yun Chu'an's heart raced; she couldn't believe things had gone so smoothly.

Without delay, he quickly memorized everything, storing it in his mind to form a completely new spiritual energy circulation loop.

……

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have learned the complete incantation. The cultivation technique "Pure Yang Skill (Incomplete)" has been transformed into "Pure Yang Skill".]

After a long while, the system notification sounded in his ears, indicating that the things he had been worried about and painstakingly planning these past few days had all been successfully completed.

The moment the system notification sounded, Yun Chu'an was still incredulous, unable to believe that everything had progressed so smoothly. He had really learned the complete technique so easily.

This……

That went too smoothly!

I thought things would be delayed even further...

He sighed inwardly. Even though the panel said "indifferent," Zhu Yunqing's friendly attitude towards him had repeatedly exceeded his expectations, making him sometimes wonder if his careful planning and precautions were all unnecessary.

No, it's not just about guarding against her; we also have to guard against Fifth Sister Hua Caiyan, and the most dangerous Granny Huaishan...

That's what he was thinking. The spider demon in front of him was initially teaching the incantation normally, but halfway through, her brows furrowed, and he didn't know what she was thinking.

"Have you memorized everything?" she asked finally.

Yun Chu'an nodded: "Yes, thank you for passing on your skills, Fourth Sister."

"No need to thank me. Since you are a member of the family, this is what you deserve." Zhu Yunqing said, and then added, "Remember, the path of cultivation is long and arduous. It is normal to encounter setbacks. But at times like these, never assume that everything is normal and try to reinvent the wheel."

"If you encounter any difficulties in your cultivation in the future, you can..." She glanced around at the other three women and found that one of them was a zombie, one was a willow tree, and the only one with the highest cultivation who had transformed into human form was the fox spirit Hua Caiyan, who harbored malice towards humans.

Helpless, she sighed and continued, "I will pass on another mantra to you. In the future, if you encounter any problems in your cultivation, whether good or bad, you can directly recite this mantra and come to me. I will answer your questions and resolve your doubts."

Yun Chu'an nodded: "Yes, I will keep Fourth Sister's teachings in mind."

"Remember? Ha, you'd better remember!" Zhu Yunqing suddenly sneered. "I told you last time that although those bandits are servants of the family, they are all vicious and ruthless thugs. You should deal with them as little as possible and be on guard at all times. Why didn't you remember?"

"You even drink and gamble with them, and let them know you have spirit stones. Don't you even understand the principle of not flaunting your wealth?"

She scolded her, and Yun Chu'an immediately looked embarrassed and lowered her head in shame: "I understand now, Fourth Sister, I will never do it again."

As he said this, he couldn't help but feel a little touched. It seemed that only someone who genuinely considered him a close friend would scold him like this.

Fourth Sister, in this demon cultivator family, are you someone I can trust?

He was unaware that Zhu Yunqing had later taught him this incantation and then sent him off to rest.

Yun Chu'an and Qi Qiao left hand in hand. After they had gone far away, the spider demon turned her head and looked at Hua Caiyan: "Didn't you think there were still some doubts about this matter? Now, you go and make a trip to those bandit camps yourself and investigate."

Hua Caiyan's face fell; she disliked dealing with humans the most. But then her eyes lit up, her expression brightening, and she asked with a grin, "These humans are indeed a bit unruly, and now they've caused this mess. Can I deal with some of them?"

Zhu Yunqing said, "As you wish, just don't kill too many. They'll still be useful to Grandma."

Hua Caiyan pouted, said "boring," and then turned and left quickly.

Zhu Yunqing then looked at Liu Mengshen and said, "Your fifth sister is prejudiced against humans. I am usually very busy and can't take care of her. If Yun Chuan doesn't understand something and offends someone, you will have to take care of him."

Liu Mengshen's branches swayed up and down, as if nodding. Having said everything, she turned and left: "Alright, you continue your cultivation, I'm going back."

As she spoke, her body transformed into a wisp of green smoke and vanished into the woods, disappearing without a trace.

However, in a place Liu Mengshen couldn't even perceive, she suddenly stopped, stood in the dense forest covered with fallen leaves, frowned, and suddenly asked, "Elder sister, why did you call me just now?"

The woods were deserted, but then a woman's voice suddenly rang out: "You made a mistake, Fourth Sister. The flaws in his technique were probably deliberately designed by Grandma."

Zhu Yunqing's expression changed, and then the voice continued: "To some extent, the Pure Yang Technique is a technique so simple that it is almost perfect. It can simplify each part of it to form a fatal weakness, and still function normally. This is something that a beginner could not have accidentally created by being careless."

Knowing that her elder sister had higher cultivation and broader knowledge, and that her judgment would not be wrong, Zhu Yunqing's expression became complicated: "So, from the very beginning, Mother-in-law planned to harm him?"

“Hmm.” The girl’s voice rang out again from the woods. “But what Grandma plans to do with him isn’t important. The key thing is, Fourth Sister, you and I both know that the Pure Yang Technique is just a common practice that can be found anywhere…”

The voice didn't finish its sentence, but the meaning was clear: nominally, Yun Chu'an was already their family, but even for something like this, Granny Huaishan had to leave a back door.

What about her "family" members? Wouldn't she be more likely to leave something of higher value as a backup plan?

Zhu Yunqing composed herself, remained silent, lowered her head, and pursed her lower lip, lost in thought.

None of the members of the Huai Mountain demon cultivator family are actually blood relatives, after all, they are all of different races.

They were just a group of demon cultivators from all over the world, who were not tolerated by the righteous path, and had no choice but to stick together out of the instinct for survival.

Therefore, they do not completely trust each other. There are small cliques and conflicts within the family. Some members have been ousted, while new members have been brought in.

Now, judging from Yun Chu'an's experience, they can't help but wonder if Granny Huaishan had kept something secret from them when she gave them the things she had given them.

After all, this was her most common method. She deliberately left flaws in the techniques she gave those bandits, causing them to experience blood addiction from time to time, thus forcing them to be controlled by her.

Even though those guys were clearly no longer a threat to her.

Chapter 23 Qi Refining Level 4

"Let's be more cautious, elder sister."

Finally, Zhu Yunqing said, "Don't clash with her for now, but don't accept anything from her either. Once you break through to the Golden Core stage, we can all rest easy."

A voice from the shadows responded, "Yes, I will do it as soon as possible, before your remaining lifespan runs out."

Zhu Yunqing gave a bitter smile, a touch of melancholy rising in her heart. She nodded slightly, and the forest fell silent. After saying these words, her body turned into a wisp of green smoke and flew back to her mountaintop.

While everything went smoothly for Zhu Yunqing, on the other side, when Hua Caiyan descended the mountain, the bandits had already discovered the crime scene and were in an uproar. These guys had absolutely no criminal investigation sense, and the scene had been completely destroyed, making it impossible for them to distinguish what was useful.

When she saw the group of bandits, she ordered them to kneel down. She didn't say what Yun Chuan had done, but only asked them what they had been doing before, and what Yun Chuan and the dead man had been doing.

The bandits, of course, dared not hide the truth and answered honestly: they had been drinking and gambling together, and Yun Chu'an and the deceased had bad luck and lost several rounds in a row. Afterwards, they both needed to urinate, so they went out to relieve themselves. After waiting for a long time and not seeing them return, they went out to look for them and found this incident.

Hua Caiyan then inquired about who the deceased was before his death, and discovered that he was a gambler and a scoundrel. Several times, when he lost money, he refused to admit his debts. On several occasions, it was Yun Chuan who lent him money, which gave him a chance to turn his life around.

After hearing this, the vixen felt somewhat depressed.

Looking back now, no matter how you look at it, it was Yun Chu'an who was honest, kind, and sincere in his dealings with people. On the contrary, it was his own family's wicked servants who were ungrateful and repaid kindness with enmity, and almost harmed a new member of the family.

If we fail to discipline the servants in the house, it is our dereliction of duty as old folks. In the end, it seems we owe them something.

Feeling frustrated, Hua Caiyan lost interest in continuing the investigation. She recounted Yun Chuan's ordeal in a daze, causing an uproar among the bandits. Then she announced the case was closed, declaring that all the bandits who had been drinking and gambling that night would be whipped, and that if such a thing happened again, they would be beheaded.

After finishing all that, she ordered the battered bandits to throw the dead man's body down the mountain to feed the fish, and that was the end of it.

The mountain returned to tranquility, and time slowly moved forward.

After obtaining the complete cultivation technique, Yun Chu'an's cultivation speed increased significantly. During his nightly dual cultivation, the imbalance of hot and cold in his lower back no longer caused him soreness, and his spiritual energy circulated smoothly throughout his body, far surpassing what he had experienced before.

Thus, within the spiritual energy vortex in his dantian, the second and third drops of liquid spiritual energy gradually condensed, each drop remaining independent and stable within the vortex.

This is proof of his rapid progress in cultivation. When he can maintain eight drops of liquid spiritual energy stably within his body at the same time, it means that his cultivation has entered the third level of Qi Refining.

The difficulty lies not in the amount of liquid spiritual energy. In fact, once a drop of liquid spiritual energy has been condensed, expanding it to eight drops or even more is a piece of cake.

The challenge lies in the fact that when he no longer consciously maintains it, these spiritual energies can still be stably maintained within the spiritual energy vortex in his dantian, neither merging with each other nor naturally dissipating.

This requires a lot of practice, and no one can guess how long it will take him to master this skill. There are no shortcuts on this path; he can only continuously absorb spiritual energy from the outside world and practice repeatedly.

As he attempted to advance to the third level of Qi Refining, the yang spiritual energy he could provide during dual cultivation became increasingly abundant. Consequently, his wife, Qi Qiao, gradually progressed to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Although she keeps her eyes closed and doesn't speak, Yun Chuan always believed that she was conscious.

At least during dual cultivation, she will be consciously moving, and the liquid spiritual energy that has already formed in her body will also consciously circulate along the spiritual energy in her body and be transported to her five internal organs.

When a cultivator reaches the point where, even without meditation, the spiritual energy vortex in the dantian can naturally generate new liquid spiritual energy, and this liquid can be continuously transported to the five internal organs—heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—representing the five elements, along with the circulation of spiritual energy within the body, it signifies that the cultivator has successfully broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Although the Qi Refining stage is divided into nine levels, each three levels constitute a major phase. The leap from the third to the fourth level represents a qualitative leap in both difficulty and strength, and it even carries certain risks: if your liquid spiritual energy bombards your vulnerable internal organs too quickly, it could damage them, and in severe cases, even lead to death!

Therefore, any breakthrough must be approached with utmost caution.

However, Qi Qiao seemed to have no such concerns. After all, she was a zombie and had almost no sense of pain. Yun Chuan felt that she seemed to be very skilled in this, and there was no incident of "her own liquid spiritual power damaging her internal organs." She successfully established a stable connection.

So, on that very night, when they finished their dual cultivation, the system notification sounded, indicating that Qi Qiao's cultivation had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining.

"call……"

After exercising, Yun Chu'an was steaming. He held Qi Qiao, who was half-naked and wearing only a red bellyband, in his arms, feeling both expectant and nervous.

Qi Qiao has made a breakthrough. How many new surprises will his beautiful wife bring him now?

Or perhaps, a shock?

He wasn't sure, and then he saw Qi Qiao slowly open her eyes again across from him.

Her eyes were still dazed, as if she had just woken up, but when she saw him, her eyes quickly lit up with surprise: "Husband."

Yun Chu'an put his arm around her shoulder: "Hmm, how are you feeling?"

"I feel great," she whispered. After the breakthrough, her fingers seemed to have become softer. She reached out and intertwined her fingers with his. "Thanks to my husband, I used to have so much to say, but I couldn't do it."

"But now, I feel that I can do it slowly."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chu'an's expression brightened: "You can maintain this relatively clear-headed state?"

Qi Qiao paused for a moment, then said, "It's a bit strenuous, but I can manage to keep going for a relatively long time."

As she spoke, she closed her eyes slightly: "If you need to concentrate on doing something, then you still need to maintain this state."

Yun Chu'an looked delighted, took her small hand, and said softly, "It's already very kind of you to talk to me like this."

Qi Qiao opened her eyes again and looked at him pitifully: "But I don't want to be so useless."

"I want to help you."

Yun Chu'an held her cold little hand, her expression hesitant: "About that... I'm not sure either, maybe I need to ask Fourth Sister tomorrow, um..."

As he was saying this, suddenly, a cold wind blew up outside the room, and the warm atmosphere just now vanished instantly. Yun Chu'an felt his hair stand on end.

Qi Qiao also tensed up, immediately closed her eyes, stretched out her arms, and reverted to her zombie form, ready for battle.

Then, a figure completely shrouded in a black cloak quietly appeared in front of him.

Grandma Huai Mountain, with her secluded thoughts.

Yun Chu'an held his breath; he was completely naked. He quickly took some clothes from the coffin, covered his private parts, sat up, and bowed to her, saying, "Greetings, Mother-in-law."

Qi Qiao seemed to only then realize what was happening, her body stiffening slightly as she bowed her head to Granny Huai Shan. The latter didn't say anything, but came over, reached out, and placed her hand on Qi Qiao's shoulder, remaining silent.

The air was so cold it felt like it was about to freeze. After a moment, she turned her head again, seemingly looking at Yun Chuan.

For a moment, Yun Chu'an felt as if he were being watched by some predator. His hair stood on end, and he got goosebumps all over. In front of her, he felt as if he was not a person, but a dish, a roast suckling pig that was half-cooked and ready to be served and eaten.

He could even hallucinate that at this very moment, Granny Huaishan was drooling, like a gluttonous beast that had been starving for a long time, staring at him.

After a moment, she suddenly spoke: "What's wrong with your cultivation technique?"

Chapter 24 Granny Huaishan's Scheme

You Wensi's voice wasn't hoarse, but to Yun Chuan's ears, it felt like a piece of iron rubbing against his brain. Enduring the pain, he quickly said, "It was my incompetence that caused the mistake in my cultivation. Fourth Sister scolded me for it and then helped me correct it."

This is all true, and Yun Chu'an is gambling. In the system shop, the complete "Pure Yang Skill" is equally expensive, but it is also among the cheapest. Moreover, neither Granny Huaishan nor Fourth Sister know about this skill, even though they do not practice it. This means that it is definitely not a precious thing, but rather a common item in the eyes of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

So he was betting that Granny Huaishan wouldn't have a falling out with Zhu Yunqing because of this cultivation technique.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, You Wensi murmured to herself, "Zhu Yunqing, huh..."

She stood there, seemingly lost in thought. The air suddenly became chillingly cold, and Yun Chu'an dared not say a word, simply waiting quietly.

Time passed slowly, and finally, the woman slowly spoke: "That's good. With her in charge, you won't go astray."

After saying that, she glanced at Qi Qiao again and said, "You've done a good job helping her break through. Don't overthink it, just focus on your cultivation."

After saying this, her body flashed and turned into black smoke, disappearing without a trace.

Yun Chu'an's heart, which had been pounding, settled back into his stomach. He then secretly grumbled to himself, "You said I did a good job, but you didn't even give me a reward. What kind of head of the family is this!"

But he dared not say these words aloud. Seeing that You Wensi had left, and knowing that his plan had been a great success, he breathed a sigh of relief. Many new conjectures surfaced in his mind, but then exhaustion overwhelmed him again. So he held Qi Qiao and lay down to sleep for the time being.

On the other side of the mountain, in Zhu Yunqing's cave.

Large, thick, pure white spider webs crisscrossed the space, resembling wedding dresses or pure white curtains.

But behind this lightness and beauty lies a deadly threat.