Chapter 239: White Cang Ape
White Cang Mountain Valley
“Congratulations, Daoist Friend Bai Cang, on your contracted beast’s successful breakthrough!”
A tree over nine meters tall, with a body entirely emerald green like jade, bearing white leaves like mutton-fat jade, was emitting a faint glow.
The Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree continuously gathered the spiritual energy in the mountain valley, like a vortex in the valley.
And at this time, the gathered spiritual energy was all absorbed into the body by the long-bearded White Ape under the tree.
Roars continuously sounded, and the aura of a third-order Calamity Beast continuously spread in this mountain valley.
Outside the Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree, there were two old men with deep auras, one of whom wore a white robe, with gray hair and beard, and joy hidden in his eyes.
The black-robed old man beside him spoke words of flattery, and Old Ancestor Bai Cang humbly said: “Without Fellow Daoist’s secret technique help, the White Cang Ape probably wouldn’t have broken through so easily.”
Yuan Ye revealed a smiling face, his pale face full of wrinkles, showing some aged appearance: “Why does Daoist Friend Bai Cang need to thank me? Why not thank Beast King Sect instead?”
Bai Cang’s pupils contracted, his face showing no change.
Seeing him like this, Yuan Ye simply made the topic clear: “The secret technique I gave you was modified from the Fuyue Peak cultivation manual remnant, Mountain Shaking Wood Ape Technique. Although the remnant is not as exquisite as the original, after my Yan Ying modifications, it has the quality of a third-order mid-grade cultivation manual. You have been with the White Cang Ape for a hundred years and have signed some beast contracts, but it is still not comparable to Beast King Sect.”
“Now that you have obtained Beast King Sect’s cultivation manual, with the contracted beast White Cang Ape, the mutual connection will likely allow a breakthrough to Dan Qiao Realm Second Heaven soon.”
Old Ancestor Bai Cang’s expression flickered uncertainly; he had cooperated with Yan Ying for a hundred years, and even this Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree was secretly shared with Yan Ying, with half the results going to Yan Ying’s people.
Although the remaining half belonged to him, he was also responsible for helping Yan Ying sell some stolen goods and gather some news.
Relying on this Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit, he had a very thorough understanding of the general forces in Lingnan Prefecture City.
He naturally knew that this Yan Ying hid beneath the major forces and surely had unspeakable purposes.
But he had no choice; at Dan Qiao Realm First Heaven, his lifespan was definitely less than the perfect number of five hundred, and he was already over three hundred years old. If he didn’t break through soon, he would perish from old age.
After a long time, Old Ancestor Bai Cang sighed: “Yuan Ye, what exactly are you doing secretly contacting various rogue cultivators these years?”
The two had been in contact for over a hundred years, and Old Ancestor Bai Cang knew deeply that he had no possibility of escaping the relationship.
Even recently, the movements and news of the major sects in Lingnan Prefecture City were provided by him.
However, it seemed their ambush and kill of Beast King Sect’s heavenly prodigy had not succeeded.
Yuan Ye’s hoarse voice said: “Why should kings, marquises, generals, and ministers be born noble? All the resources in Lingnan Prefecture are divided among their major sects—don’t you think that’s too much?”
“You’re crazy, wanting to overthrow Beast King Sect?”
Old Ancestor Bai Cang’s expression changed drastically; doing gray-area business or plundering a region wasn’t much, after all, the Archaic Martial Realm fundamentally respected the strong.
But making a move against the three major sects—did they really think Dan Qiao Realm was invincible?
Yuan Ye pressed his shoulder to comfort him: “Daoist Friend Bai Cang, don’t be afraid. Dan Qiao fellows are just the foundation; we have greater powers above us. Moreover, now Sacred Weapon Path, Hundred Caves Witch Sect, Three Flames Divine Palace, and other demonic path forces are eyeing the Hundred Peaks Barrier covetously. The three major sects have no time to care about us.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s our meaning.” Yuan Ye revealed his true intentions: “There are dozens of Dan Qiao rogue cultivators in Lingnan Prefecture, several Dharma Aspect rogue cultivator True Persons, each with their own forces. If we unite, we might become a sect—what do you think of calling it Yan Ying Sect?”
Chaos is the ladder to climb upward.
The trend of the Righteous and Demonic Great War was becoming more obvious, and Lingnan Prefecture was definitely going to be in chaos; they might have their chance to rise.
Like under Sword One Sect and Nine Peaks Sect, the second-tier Spiritual Flight Sect and Crimson Flame Sect—which one didn’t rise in that great war back then.
Although Old Ancestor Bai Cang occupied a region, the spiritual vein under his feet was merely an upper second-order spiritual vein. If he had a sect’s backing, with a third-order spiritual vein for supply and formations to gather spirit, how could his cultivation be like this?
“How about it?”
“If it’s really like that, it’s not impossible…”
Rumbling
Before the words were finished, a sudden violent shaking came, and a heaven-shaking tiger roar sounded from outside the mountain valley.
Old Ancestor Bai Cang’s expression changed, immediately turning iron-blue, and a disciple’s alarmed shout came, with someone vaguely calling: “A third-order Calamity Beast is attacking the mountain—quickly go invite Old Ancestor!”
Yuan Ye frowned: “Probably the commotion from the White Cang Ape’s breakthrough attracted feral beasts to spy. Daoist Friend Bai Cang, how about we go out together to resolve it?”
“A mere Calamity Beast—I’ll be back soon. Daoist Friend Yuan, please wait here.”
Old Ancestor Bai Cang directly refused Yuan Ye’s offer to step out; he was still in a hesitant state, and if he let Yuan Ye act directly.
He might be set up by Yuan Ye, exposing their relationship.
At that time, even if he didn’t join, he would likely draw targeting from Nantian Prefecture City’s forces.
His figure flashed, turning into a beam of white light, heading straight outside the mountain valley.
“Hesitant old guy.”
Yuan Ye showed a mocking expression but stood calmly in place.
He was not worried at all that Old Ancestor Bai Cang would refuse his invitation.
With lifespan nearing its end, without their help, Old Ancestor Bai Cang’s aptitude meant this was the limit for his life.
The old thing feared death and definitely wouldn’t be content, so agreeing was inevitable.
The tiger roar echoing through the mountain valley sounded, and upon hearing it, Yuan Ye slightly frowned: “A third-order Tiger Beast isn’t easy to deal with, but there’s actually such a Tiger Beast in this White Cang Mountain Range?”
He raised his eyes to look at the Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree; over a hundred years, although Old Ancestor Bai Cang’s cultivation was lacking, he did have some skill in nurturing treasure plants, raising this Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree well.
“Seed Aperture Pills are best for solidifying foundations, if… Who’s there!”
Yuan Ye’s expression changed abruptly, a powerful aura immediately surging to the sky, his gaze locked on the rear valley entrance, where several blood-colored Blood Bees quietly flew out.
Whoosh
He reached out to grab, and a black shadow-like claw immediately seized it.
How could a Blood Bee withstand such an attack? It instantly turned into blood mist.
“Come out!”
Yuan Ye shouted sternly, and Su Yan’s figure emerged, wearing a bronze mask on his face.
“Give me the Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree, and I can spare your life.”
Su Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, carefully sizing up the person before him.
“Such big talk—I want to see what you’re capable of.”
Yuan Ye erupted, a black shadow-like figure shrouding behind him in the mist, not fully exposing his True Intent Beast Spirit.
He had keenly sensed that this person’s aura wasn’t strong, so he wanted to quickly capture Su Yan.
A ghost hand-like attack came head-on, and Troop Devouring Ghost Moth immediately appeared.
It was like a sharp dagger, instantly slicing through the ghost hand.
Yuan Ye’s expression changed greatly, a pitch-black weapon appearing in his hand, with a ghost head at the tail and a steel needle-like tip.
Ghost Face Cone!
Yuan Ye unleashed a Dan Qiao Realm attack, wanting to directly kill this monster insect.
Troop Devouring Ghost Moth wrapped its body in pitch-black Netherworld Power and charged straight ahead.
Courting death!
Yuan Ye sneered; the Ghost Face Cone was his Natal Spiritual Artifact, containing soul-corroding power—hit by it meant death.
Now this insect beast was so arrogant, wasn’t it seeking its own doom?
However, the next moment, he suddenly widened his eyes, seeing Troop Devouring Ghost Moth grab the Ghost Face Cone.
Clanging sounds rang out, as if the Ghost Face Cone had lost its power, trapped in the quagmire of Netherworld Power.
Troop Devouring Ghost Moth bit down, and the tip of the Ghost Face Cone was bitten off by it.
Bad!
Yuan Ye still wanted to summon back the spirit tool, but Troop Devouring Ghost Moth had already locked onto it, with rolling Netherworld Power eroding and instantly severing his connection.
Yuan Ye directly suffered backlash, his true essence churning chaotically in his body.
“Return my spirit tool.”
He flew into a rage, his True Intent fully manifesting behind him—it was a pitch-black ferocious giant beast, with inverted horns on its head, face like a Ghost Ram, waves of mental fluctuations coming, stirring one’s mind.
Su Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, immediately recognizing the person’s origins: “Three Flames Divine Palace’s beast of Greed, Anger, Ignorance.”
Although the True Intent Beast Spirit of the Yuan Ye before him was different from Lu Wuxiang’s Anger Beast of Three Flames Divine Palace that day.
But that power to stir a martial artist’s emotions was identical.
Yuan Ye made no reply, the Anger Beast transforming into a hundred-meter dharma aspect, fully merging with him.
“Wrath Fire Palm!”
A massive hand seal attacked, aiming to kill Troop Devouring Ghost Moth.
Around Su Yan, Hundred Poisons Gu Seal emerged, connecting with Troop Devouring Ghost Moth, true essence continuously surging into Troop Devouring Ghost Moth’s body.
Soldiers Fall to Netherworld!
Countless weapons appeared in mid-air, falling like a sword rain.
Wrath Fire Palm raised a hand to strike, but the next moment was pierced through by countless weapon phantoms.
Yuan Ye along with his True Intent Beast Spirit was also pierced by this endless attack, his body covered in wounds.
One strike heavy injury
Yuan Ye’s heart had already given rise to intent to retreat; at this time, most of the Anger Beast’s body had dispersed into true essence mist, hard to condense for attack.
His figure exploded backward, enduring the pain on his body, wanting to flee this place.
Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower!
However, just as his figure moved, a black tower instantly fell on his head.
He raised his hand to block, but he was already at the end of his strength; the next moment, he was sucked into the Prison Suppressing Tower by terrifying suction.
Upon just entering, countless red chains flew out, binding him like a dumpling, true essence continuously drawn out along the chains.
Then little by little refined, merging into Su Yan’s body.
“Roar!”
White Cang Ape suddenly pounced, surging demonic essence blasting over.
A sharp glint flashed in Su Yan’s eyes, cyan scale patterns emerging around his body, simultaneously Insect Bone Armor Body attaching, his figure instantly arriving before White Cang Ape.
“Get lost!”
He gathered power into one fist, clashing directly with White Cang Ape.
The third-order Calamity Beast’s power came like a mountain collapse, but before Su Yan’s physical body power, it was actually hard to shake.
Under one fist, White Cang Ape’s figure flew backward.
Su Yan quickly closed in, forming a great hand seal in his hand, Hundred Tigers Breaking the Army Seal directly smashing onto White Cang Ape.
Cracking bone-breaking sounds came, White Cang Ape smashed heavily onto the ground like a meteorite, smoke and dust rising, a deep pit instantly appearing before them.
Su Yan raised his hand to summon, and Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower came to his side.
Suppress!
Countless chains emerged from Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower, shooting toward White Cang Ape, instantly binding it and dragging it into the Prison Suppressing Tower, directly suppressing it.
“After Subduing Tiger Ming King True Intent reaches Great Accomplishment, my physical body strength plus Insect Bone Armor Body is no longer afraid of Dan Qiao Realm First Heaven martial artists.”
Although it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, under continuous metamorphosis, Insect Bone Armor Body’s amplification was enough for his half-step Dan Qiao to contend with Dan Qiao.
Quick battle quick resolution; Su Yan had Troop Devouring Ghost Moth guard the entrance and quickly arrived before the Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree.
Besides the Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree, Old Ancestor Bai Cang had also planted some treasure plants in this mountain valley.
“Spirit-nourishing grass, meridian-opening lingzhi… all medicinal herbs for Seed Aperture Pills. This Old Ancestor Bai Cang does have some skill.”
Spiritual power continuously spread, extending underground.
Up!
Insect Realm Space activated, instantly pulling the Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree and large patches of spiritual herbs inside.
Things had just been stored, and the entire Insect Realm Space became very crowded.
It was almost impossible to put in anything else.
Su Yan slightly frowned: “Must advance to fourth-order Insect Master; this space alone is no longer sufficient.”
One thousand cubic meters of space might be larger than many people’s third-order storage rings.
But Su Yan was already preparing to turn Insect Realm Space into a carry-on space.
He made up his mind: after planting the Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree, he would contract the Dragon-Eating Worm.
This should complete the fourth-order Insect Master advancement.
……
Old Ancestor Bai Cang slashed his White Cang Sword toward the Rhinoceros Tiger.
Behind him, White Cang Ape True Intent emerged, like an old ape wielding a sword, moves full of spiritual power.
Rhinoceros Tiger shifted position, its reddish carapace tough skin directly resisting the strike, its single horn shooting red light like sword momentum straight at Old Ancestor Bai Cang’s brow.
Old Ancestor Bai Cang shifted position, dodging this attack.
“Vicious beast, do you really want to fight me to the death!”
Old Ancestor Bai Cang spoke hatefully, his gaze seeming to pierce through the Rhinoceros Tiger.
One person and one tiger had already fought dozens of rounds; this Rhinoceros Tiger was far more difficult than ordinary Rhinoceros Tigers, its carapace like Insect Armor, several times harder.
Even if the White Cang Sword wounded it, the blood would quickly heal the wound soon after, like a monster.
“Hand over the Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree, and I’ll leave.”
Rhinoceros Tiger showed no retreat; its task was to hold Old Ancestor Bai Cang here.
Not to mention that Old Ancestor Bai Cang’s skills were mediocre, which it wasn’t afraid of to begin with; with its master’s methods as backup, it feared even less the threats of the person before it.
“Vicious beast!”
Old Ancestor Bai Cang raised his sword to kill again, when several flying knives attacked from left and right, straight at his brow.
“Little thief, you dare!”
Old Ancestor Bai Cang swung his sword to block Xia Wan’er’s flying knives, and before he could pursue, a heaven-reaching sword light came from behind, its power approaching Dan Qiao Realm.
He turned and struck with one sword, shattering the sword light, hatefully looking toward the woman concealing her figure.
Too bullying; if not for the third-order Calamity Beast Rhinoceros Tiger holding him back, these two mere half-step Dan Qiao martial artists would have long been ground to dust by him.
Rhinoceros Tiger charged, forcing Old Ancestor Bai Cang to immediately defend.
They fought like this for another twenty or thirty rounds.
Old Ancestor Bai Cang grew increasingly anxious; if dragged on further, he might lose.
He suddenly shouted toward the mountain valley: “Yuan Ye, help me!”
The voice penetrated the mountain valley; speaking out at this time meant he was joining Yan Ying.
A powerful aura came from behind, and Old Ancestor Bai Cang abruptly turned, suddenly seeing a pitch-black insect flying at him.
Someone else?!
His heart jumped in fright, White Cang Sword blocking horizontally before him.
Clanging sounds
Troop Devouring Ghost Moth directly snapped White Cang Sword and devoured it with big bites.
Old Ancestor Bai Cang instantly lost color, his face deathly pale.
Fear continuously arose, and the next moment a phantom entered his shoulder.
Ghost Face Cone!
A Ghost Face Cone pierced into his body, and terrifying chill assaulted, his soul seeming frozen.
For a moment he couldn’t react, Troop Devouring Ghost Moth instantly struck him down, biting through his spine, leaving his whole body immobile.
Su Yan’s figure landed at this time, one hand grabbing his neck.
Suppress
Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower directly took him inside.
Xia Wan’er and Lan Yunyue appeared simultaneously, shock filling their eyes.
Just, defeated like this?!
“Spiritual Aperture Illuminating Fruit Tree obtained. You two return to the sect first; after returning, once your share of Seed Aperture Pills is refined, I’ll send them over.”
The two exchanged a glance and nodded: “Good.”
