Banshee Family Training Record

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Chapter 46 Liu Meng's Breakthrough

The sun had completely set, plunging the entire land into darkness. Finally, after another full cycle of spiritual energy, the immense power that had gathered propelled their cultivation to a new peak, causing Liu Mengshen's soul to soar into the clouds, unable to land for a long time.

At this moment, her cultivation level also finally entered a new realm, reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining.

"call……"

After all this was over, Yun Chu'an let out a long sigh of relief. However, even though he had worked so hard on this girl's body for so long, and was drenched in sweat, he was not as tired as when he was practicing "shrinking the earth to an inch". On the contrary, his face was rosy, his eyes were bright, and he was full of energy, as if he had eaten a good meal and had a good sleep. His mental state was undoubtedly at its peak.

This is the benefit of dual cultivation. In particular, Liu Mengshen's realm is not only higher than his, but she also takes care of him in every way, allowing him to enjoy this great benefit that he shouldn't have been able to enjoy at his level.

Not only that, but just as he was practicing dual cultivation, the system notifications kept ringing, reminding him that his cultivation had improved.

Right now, he had no time to check how much he had gained. He held the limp girl in his arms, gently put her down, and patted her back to help her recover.

Liu Meng nestled in his arms, breathing softly, her breasts heaving up and down.

She was clearly three minor realms higher than him, yet now she was the one needing his care. However, this woman didn't seem to find anything wrong with it at all. After regaining her senses, she looked at the man and gave him a satisfied, silly smile.

Yun Chu'an retrieved their clothes and wrapped them around their naked bodies, then whispered to her, "You've successfully broken through."

Liu Meng nodded slightly, her voice languid: "Yes, it's perfect."

As she spoke, her small hand stroked his broad but not overly fleshy chest, a look of intoxication on her face: "You're progressing so fast by cultivating like this."

Yun Chuanxin said that was true; he felt his cultivation level had also increased dramatically. Just now, during the dual cultivation, his entire body, from the inside out, including his muscles and internal organs, was in a state of absolute excitement that was difficult to achieve normally.

As a result, the spiritual energy circulated within and outside them, and it also seeped in. After several major cycles, a considerable portion of it actually seeped into his five internal organs, forming a kind of faint but substantial spiritual energy structure.

If he hadn't discovered it early and acted decisively, breaking apart all the formed spiritual energy structures and releasing all the spiritual energy stored inside, he probably would have already uncontrollably broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining by now.

Upon hearing this, he could only offer Liu Mengshen a wry smile: "Yes, your cultivation has progressed a bit too quickly."

After saying all this, he sighed and temporarily put these troubles aside. Then another question came to mind: "Sixth Sister, there's something I don't understand. Why did Fifth Sister... help us cover for each other today?"

He was just about to help Liu Mengshen break through her breakthrough, and he was so engrossed in dual cultivation that he had no time to think about this issue, but that doesn’t mean he had forgotten about it.

Now, whenever he has a spare moment, this question inevitably resurfaces in his mind.

"Um……"

Liu Mengshen also recalled Hua Caiyan's strange behavior just now. She naturally knew that this vixen had always disliked Yun Chuan. Such a good opportunity to catch them in the act of adultery, she not only gave it up, but instead helped them instead...

She found it strange, but her little brain couldn't possibly guess what was going on behind the scenes, and she was too lazy to think about it. In the end, she could only shake her head and say, "I don't know, but it's a good thing. Oh, don't think too much about it."

With that, she closed her eyes, ready to sleep. Yun Chu'an sighed inwardly. Although she was determined to find out what was going on, now was clearly not the time.

Helpless, he helped Liu Mengshen change her clothes, escorted her back to the riverbank where she often stayed, and then kissed her goodbye, marking the end of the day.

Unfortunately, he underestimated the girl's enthusiasm. In the very end, she was still persistent, giving his body a thorough rub before finally being satisfied and letting him leave.

After finishing all this, he didn't dare go straight home. He went to a small river at the bottom of the valley, washed himself thoroughly, and then pretended to go back as if nothing had happened.

When he returned to the small town in the mountains, he had just set foot there when he heard heavy footsteps in the distance. It was Qi Qiao jumping around. Yun Chu'an turned his head and saw Hua Caiyan and Qi Qiao, one on his left and one on his right, rushing towards him under the moonlight.

What a coincidence, the two of them also came back at this time.

"Hello--!"

Before Qi Qiao could speak, Hua Caiyan spoke first: "Where have you been? It's so late and you haven't come home at all. Qi Qiao has been looking for you all night!"

She took the initiative to speak, and Yun Chu'an picked up the conversation, saying, "I'm sorry, I was practicing Shrinking Earth to an Inch at the bottom of the cliff when I suddenly encountered an opportunity and felt something in my heart, so I found a secluded place to cultivate for a while. I lost track of time and made everyone worry. I'm really sorry."

Hua Caiyan cursed inwardly. Strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong with what he said; it could even be considered the truth. He wasn't lying!

What a despicable human being! He actually used the truth to deceive his wife and hide his affair. He is definitely not trustworthy!

She felt a surge of resentment, and her stereotypes about humans deepened. Seeing Yun Chu'an step forward and embrace Qi Qiao, she snorted coldly and said, "Remember not to do that next time. It's good that you're reunited. I have things to do, so I'll be leaving now."

With that, she turned and ran away without waiting for him to ask anything else, her anger rising. She quickly disappeared from sight.

Yun Chu'an held Qi Qiao's cold little hand and pulled her into his arms. After the vixen had gone far away, he lowered his head and pressed his cheek against hers: "I'm sorry, I made you worry."

Qi Qiao opened her eyes, sniffed, and smelled him. She felt something was strange, but couldn't quite put her finger on it.

She looked up at him with worried eyes and asked softly, "Are you... alright?"

This simple question immediately filled Yun Chu'an with extreme guilt, making him feel as if his heart was being pricked by needles.

I'm such a jerk. Qi Qiao was so good to me, how could I do something like that...

He blamed himself, lowered his head, and gently kissed her cheek: "I'm fine, nothing's wrong, don't worry, I can take care of myself."

As he spoke, he took her hand and led her home: "Let's go home. I just had a new inspiration, a new story, that I can tell you."

Chapter 47 The Method of Observing Qi

Although Qi Qiao had some doubts in her heart, she didn't know how to bring them up, so she didn't say much. Although Yun Chu'an had just had an intense dual cultivation session with Liu Mengshen, he had also shared in the benefits that the latter had gained when she broke through. At this moment, he was full of energy and radiant, and his condition was not only not bad, but even better than usual.

Therefore, there was no problem with him doing it with Qi Qiao again. In fact, because he was in excellent condition, he performed even better than usual, making the zombie weak and its bones feel like they were melting. In the end, the zombie curled up in his arms like an obedient kitten and refused to move.

After everything was over, Yun Chuan took her to work, and he also rested. Only then was the matter barely put to rest.

……

Deep in the mountains.

"Ha ha……"

The ragged man, panting heavily, limped along. He had a long, narrow face with a narrow chin, triangular eyes, and repulsive vertical pupils. His tongue occasionally darted out, but unlike a human's, it resembled a snake's forked tongue, as if exploring a potentially safe path.

His clothes were mostly torn, and his thin back was covered with horrifying sword wounds. The wound on his left leg was so deep that the bone was visible, which was the reason why he was unable to walk normally.

Even so, he still held a rope in his left hand, with a handsome young man with dragon horns on his head, wearing a brocade robe, but now also covered in dust and dirt, tied to the back of the rope.

This person was none other than the Wei River Dragon Prince who had been swallowed by the giant serpent and kidnapped that day. Naturally, the one leading him was the one who had kidnapped him, the powerful late-stage Foundation Establishment serpent demon who had wreaked havoc on the cultivators' market on the lake that day.

"I advise you not to resist any longer." Suddenly, the Dragon Prince of the Wei River spoke. Although his collarbone had been pierced and his magic power sealed, making him no different from an ordinary person for the time being, he had not given up the possibility of survival. "If you are willing to surrender, send me back to the Wei River and truthfully report the current situation of your ancestor, the snake demon, to your father."

"Well then, since you've repented and turned over a new leaf, your father isn't unwilling to be lenient and let you become a valiant general under the Wei River Dragon Clan!"

He said this in an attempt to recruit them, but all he got in return was a cold laugh from the snake demon.

He slapped the handsome face of the Weihe Dragon Prince hard, leaving five bright red handprints: "You think I'll believe you? Stop fantasizing. Just wait to die. Once I take you back to my clan, extract your bones and marrow, and refine you into a great medicine, then we might just shed our scales and transform into dragons, calling ourselves the local dragon clan!"

He arrogantly claimed that compared to other demon cultivators, snake demons had a more convenient shortcut to advancement: evolving into dragons to take their cultivation a step further.

However, snakes are always greedy. Even with a shortcut, they are not satisfied and want it to be even more convenient. So some snake demons found a way to directly extract the bloodline of the true dragon clan, refine it into pills, and help themselves shed their scales and transform into dragons, thus taking a shortcut.

In some ways, this practice is no different from the demonic path.

The Dragon Prince of the Wei River felt a chill in his heart, but he remained defiant: "You cannot succeed. Your father will not ignore this. Your actions are bringing annihilation upon your family."

"As you have seen these past few days, countless cultivators have entered the mountains to hunt down your trail and annihilate your people. How can we, the righteous cultivators, stand united and allow you heretics to run rampant!"

He roared angrily, but the snake demon only sneered: "Ha, you hypocrites who call yourselves righteous, this mountain isn't yours to claim. Want to come in? Then come on in and see if there are more of you than the demons in this mountain!"

As he was speaking, his ears suddenly twitched, and he grabbed the shoulder of the Weihe Dragon Prince, turned around and hid in the cave next to him.

In the distance, two black bears, their fur as black as charcoal, dressed in cloth and wielding steel knives, yet walking upright like humans, were patrolling and talking: "Hey, look, there are peaches over there!"

"Hehe, let's go try it!"

A greedy glint appeared in the snake demon's eyes, while at that moment, a hundred miles away, the first group of cultivators who were hunting him had already entered the mountains.

The outside world is in constant flux, with various forces stirring up trouble, while at home, Yun Chu'an is also preparing for his future.

"call……"

He sat cross-legged on a large blue stone, let out a long breath, opened his eyes, and looked into the distance. He saw Liu Mengshen walking gracefully towards him and waving at him.

He squinted and stared intently, then suddenly said, "Sixth Sister, run faster! Use your cultivation!"

In the distance, Liu Mengshen, who was still only wearing a sky-blue nightgown, was taken aback when she heard this. Then, she seemed to misunderstand his meaning and ran towards him in great joy.

She also used her cultivation, and spiritual power surged around her, making her almost become a blur, arriving in front of him in the blink of an eye.

Yun Chu'an continued to squint as he watched, muttering to himself based on the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from her: "At least the fifth level of Qi Refining..."

Now, without relying on the system, he can make a rough judgment about Liu Mengshen's cultivation level.

He was sitting cross-legged on the bluestone, not meditating, but practicing a new spell.

When Zhu Yunqing was taking him down the mountain, he told him that when traveling, it was best not to reveal his race or his cultivation level.

Obviously, everyone thinks this way, so when you're out and about, how do you determine the other person's cultivation level and whether you can beat them?

Yun Chu'an asked his fourth sister about this problem, but the answer he received disappointed him. The answer was that there was generally no way to do it, and one could only rely on experience. Even if there were, such a secret method would not be common, but would only be a closely guarded secret of many famous sects and noble families.

Just like his mimeograph machine, which he would never pass on to anyone else.

Yun Chu'an understood this, but did not give up. After mastering the two supernatural abilities, "Universal Hands" and "Shrinking the Earth to an Inch," he had some free time, so he searched through the system.

This search actually led him to a related spell called "Qi Observation Technique".

The Qi Observation Method was originally developed by some cultivators to observe the fortune of human emperors in order to predict their fate and the lifespan of their dynasties.

Later, some cultivators improved upon it, and were able to use it to observe the cultivation status of other cultivators in order to determine their approximate realm.

Indeed, as Zhu Yunqing said, this spell is so complex that it costs a full 50,000 low-grade spirit stones!

He had just earned 70,000, handed over 10,000, and had 60,000 left. If he bought this, he would only have 10,000 left to use!

Chapter 48 Harmony

In comparison, many new family businesses, such as alchemy furnaces that can produce elixirs, blacksmith shops that can make weapons and armor, or even sealed prisons that can be used to imprison prisoners so that their aura is not leaked at all and no one can find them, are all priced at less than 10,000 spirit stones, which is much cheaper than this spell.

But after weighing the pros and cons and thinking it over, in order to avoid appearing too conspicuous and to make better judgments when facing unexpected events in the future, Yun Chu'an finally decided to purchase the spell.

Moreover, even if it's only 10,000, it's still much better than before. Although the price was painfully high, he carefully weighed the options and gritted his teeth to buy it anyway.

Since the incident at the lakeside market, many outside cultivators have entered the mountains, causing panic and paranoia in the mountains. Who knows when a conflict might break out?

He naturally needed to make plans for this as soon as possible. Since he was suppressing his cultivation recently, he wouldn't be able to use all the spirit stones anyway, so he might as well spend them!

Having realized his current predicament, he no longer tried to save the spirit stones. After secretly cursing the system for being greedy, he paid 50,000 spirit stones, and the information on "Qi Observation Technique" appeared in his system.

Now, after many days of arduous training, he has made some progress. Just now, with the slightest movement from Liu Mengshen, he can almost see through her cultivation level. If she makes another move, then all the information will be exposed to him.

However, all of this happened in just a moment. In the next instant, Liu Meng, who had already rushed to his face, leaped up, opened her arms, and threw herself into his arms, hugging him tightly.

Yun Chu'an smiled and subconsciously opened his arms to hug the girl's petite but soft body. Then he felt her press her face close to his and rub against it.

During this time, whenever she had time, this girl would come to see him again and again, lingering with him and unwilling to part.

Yun Chu'an felt both enjoyment and pain regarding this. On one hand, having a beautiful girl who liked him accompany him during the lonely daytime was a happy thing, but on the other hand, he was also genuinely afraid of being seen by Qi Qiao.

Another thing is that after cultivating with him once, this girl has become quite addicted to it. Now, whenever she sees him, she insists on dragging him to cultivate non-stop, finding great pleasure and enjoyment in both body and mind.

Yun Chu'an wasn't looking down on her, nor was he feeling powerless. Apart from the time Liu Mengshen broke through, he benefited more from the dual cultivation.

However, this conflicted with his plans: his cultivation, which he had been suppressing well, was now showing signs of breaking through, which greatly troubled him.

Even though he had completely stopped cultivating for many days and focused solely on practicing his supernatural powers, the troubles of breaking through still kept coming at him all at once, causing him endless annoyance.

He held Liu Mengshen's soft body in his arms, and she snuggled gently against him. Suddenly, she looked up and smiled, "Shouldn't you teach me how to play that flute now?"

Yun Chu'an nodded, laid her soft body down beside him, took out a flute, and handed it to her.

Liu Mengshen loved music, and after listening to it so much, she wanted to learn some herself. These days she became more and more active, and she would pester him all day long, asking him to teach her.

He didn't object to it, and exchanged another flute from the system. It only cost a hundred spirit stones in total. His own skill level wasn't actually that high, but it was more than enough to teach Liu Mengshen, who had no foundation, one or two pieces.

The two then played together, the melodious flute music drifting into the distance. Liu Meng was immersed in the joy of being with her beloved, feeling so happy she felt like she was floating on air.

Time passed second by second, and the sky gradually dimmed. After a long while, Yun Chu'an glanced into the distance out of the corner of his eye and was suddenly startled. He hadn't expected time to pass so quickly; in the blink of an eye, it was already evening.

Oh no, Qi Qiao should be awake by now, and she's probably coming to find me.

With a sudden thought, he stopped playing, signaling to Liu Mengshen that his time was almost up. The latter put away her flute but refused to leave, coming over to hug him and rubbing against him.

She loved Yun Chu'an's scent, and wanted to cling to him like a koala, motionless. It was her nature as a plant; often, she didn't need much entertainment, just standing there basking in the sun was enough to satisfy her.

She clung to him lazily until the sound of heavy bouncing came from afar, indicating that Qi Qiao had arrived. Only then did she reluctantly climb off him and stand beside him.

Yun Chu'an's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, sank back into his stomach, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He turned his head to look into the distance, squinted his eyes, and used the "Qi Observation Technique." He saw a wisp of purplish-black spiritual energy rising gently on the horizon. Judging from its size, it perfectly matched the characteristics of "Qi Refining Level 4".

The closer one's cultivation level is to his, the more accurately one can perceive these methods. However, the greater the difference, especially if one's cultivation level is higher, the perception will become blurry and unclear.

So right now, I can clearly see the cultivation level of those cultivators who are one or two levels higher than me, and who I probably can't beat.

Anything higher than that is beyond my ability to see clearly, so there's no point in even considering it; I should just run away or surrender.