Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 173 - 171 Master Yan Long
Chapter 173: Chapter 171 Master Yan Long
“Argh~~~”
From the water, a cry of agony came from Little Blackie.
In an encounter, the Ink Jiao Dragon, a Second-stage Middle-stage Spiritual Beast, suffered a great loss. Its head was forcefully pinned in the water, its scales cracked, and crimson blood seeped out.
“Roar—”
From the water, a huge creature rose up with countless splashes, a demon beast with soil-golden scales all over its body, exuding a dense demon Qi, its head resembling a dragon’s but grotesque.
However, this creature was not a true dragon but a descendant of the Dragon Clan with mixed bloodlines.
Ning Daoran suddenly stood up, his gaze coldly fixed on the spiritual beast in front of him.
The Earth Rock Dragon, a Third-tier Early-stage Spiritual Beast.
If he hadn’t remembered wrong, this Earth Rock Dragon’s master was Master Yan Long, a Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator who had joined the Xiyu Pavilion as a Guest Elder a few years ago.
But why did this Earth Rock Dragon hurt his own spiritual beast as soon as it appeared?
“Buzz!”
Ning Daoran quickly lifted the Azure Dragon Spear, sensing the panic and fear of Little Blackie trampled in the mud underwater, his heart suddenly blazed with nameless rage. Only he and Old Lu had the right to discipline Little Blackie. When did it become someone else’s turn?
Moreover, Little Blackie had received permission from the Xiyu Pavilion to temper its body within the Jade Spirit Spring; it hadn’t done anything wrong.
“Old Lu!”
Ning Daoran’s figure flashed, and he shot toward the Earth Rock Dragon like lightning. The power from the Evergreen Technique poured into the Azure Dragon Spear, and with a violent thrust, he fiercely struck the forehead of the Earth Rock Dragon.
“Boom—”
A loud noise followed, the scales on the forehead of the Earth Rock Dragon shattered, splashing blood.
Even if it was a Third-tier Early-stage Spiritual Beast, it still bled after taking such a heavy hit from Ning Daoran!
From the side, a white light flickered, and Big Stupid Deer, using Bear Form strength, formed a huge white bear image around it and fiercely slapped the flank of the Earth Rock Dragon.
Immediately, the Earth Rock Dragon retreated continuously in the water, letting out a painful howl.
…
“Stop!”
A voice full of authority came from afar, and then, a figure dressed in earthy yellow robes broke through the air, predictably the master of the Earth Rock Dragon, the legendary Master Yan Long.
Master Yan Long, exuding the aura of a Golden Core, his eyes coldly looking towards Ning Daoran.
“You, an outsider, not only let your spiritual beasts trample recklessly on the spiritual energy of my Xiyu Pavilion’s Jade Spirit Spring but even dared to hurt my spiritual beast. Do you think the Xiyu Pavilion has no one?”
“What a joke.”
Ning Daoran sneered, “It seems like it was your Earth Rock Dragon that started it, wasn’t it?”
“So what?”
Master Yan Long’s eyes filled with mockery, “The spiritual energy in the Jade Spirit Spring is limited. If your two spiritual beasts absorb it all, what about the other people’s spiritual beasts? As a Guest Elder, I ought to take charge of this matter!”
“Have you misunderstood something, senior?”
Ning Daoran calmly responded, “I entered the Jade Spirit Spring to temper spiritual beasts with a token.”
“So what?”
Master Yan Long scoffed, “If they permitted it, and I do not, then it is not allowed. Not to mention hurting your spiritual beast, even if I killed your spiritual beast, what could you do?”
“You disgraceful old man, insolence does not pay.”
Now Ning Daoran was genuinely infuriated, resolved to teach Master Yan Long a lesson today, even if it meant revealing some of his true power.
“I’ll be waiting for you two hundred miles north.”
Master Yan Long swept his sleeves, and suddenly a corner of the prohibition of the Jade Spirit Spring was lifted. He gathered up the Earth Rock Dragon and turned into tunneling light, heading north.
Ning Daoran lifted the disheveled Little Blackie from the spring water, and along with the White Deer, turned into tunneling light and chased after him.
…
In an instant,
Over a hundred miles away,
Master Yan Long was leisurely flying with his hands behind his back, but Ning Daoran behind him seemed to apply more force, his speed of tunneling light increasingly faster, almost catching up.
‘Is this person really in the Early-stage Foundation Establishment?’
Master Yan Long doubted in his heart and then sped up his tunneling speed further.
Ning Daoran, holding the Azure Dragon Spear, transformed into a fast-moving tunneling light, pursuing quickly.
He frowned, contemplating,
This Master Yan Long was only considered mid-tier among Golden Core Early Stage powers, not particularly outstanding_except for the Third-tier Early-stage Earth Rock Dragon, this was indeed this Golden Core Cultivator’s trump card.
After all, an Early-stage Third-tier Spiritual Beast’s true combat power isn’t far from a Mid-stage Golden Core. Coupled with Master Yan Long’s own strength, generally, his power was considered parallel to a slightly stronger Mid-stage Golden Core.
This was also the reason why Master Yan Long, serving as a Guest Elder over the recent years, managed to surpass the Golden Core Early Stage Supreme Elder Zhangsun Wang.
It was said that the pavilion leader of Xiyu Pavilion, Lady Xingtong, was a descendant of a branch of Master Yan Long’s family, which explained why shortly после returning from his long journey, he served as a Guest Elder at the Xiyu Pavilion.
Furthermore, Ning Daoran had also heard some gossip.
It was said that six years ago, Supreme Elder Zhangsun Wang was no longer satisfied with only having Fairy Yun Lan serving by his bedside; his gaze had set upon the even more charming Lady Xingtong.
Lady Xingtong’s husband had gone missing during a secret realm exploration in his early years and had been running Xiyu Pavilion as a widow ever since. Having consumed a Solid Color Pill in her thirties, her appearance remained at her most enchanting age.
Such a woman had a perilous allure to an old roué like Zhangsun Wang.
However, just as Zhangsun Wang was about to force Lady Xingtong into dual cultivation, Master Yan Long, who was wandering at the time, received a message from his descendants and hurried over without stopping.
After seeing Lady Xingtong, a branch descendant of his family lineage, Master Yan Long was particularly fond of her and regarded her as his own descendant, effectively treating the entire Xiyu Pavilion as his property.
Openly and secretly, this Guest Elder had long been at odds with Supreme Elder Zhangsun Wang.
Perhaps, this was also one of the main reasons why Master Yan Long had attacked Ning Daoran at the Jade Spirit Spring.
In his eyes, Ning Daoran was from the same lineage as Chen Ping’er and Fairy Yun Lan. Even his presence at Xiyu Pavilion was to trade for a Third-tier True Feather with Zhangsun Wang, which inevitably irritated Master Yan Long.
“Old fool, don’t you dare leave!”
Ning Daoran suddenly pushed his Wind Riding Leisurely Technique to its limit, and his tunneling speed instantly increased by more than 40 percent. With a “bang,” he burst through the air above Master Yan Long and struck down with a spear!
“You!”
Master Yan Long hadn’t expected such a formidable attack from a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.
He quickly summoned a Bone Shield magic artifact, which with a clang fiercely blocked Ning Daoran’s strike, and then swiftly summoned several spiritual artifacts to attack from all directions!
“Little Qing!”
Ning Daoran raised his left hand, and as the Green Ghost Flag fluttered, a huge green-clothed evil ghost emerged, hurtling straight toward the old Golden Core!
“What!?”
Master Yan Long was furious, “You’re even keeping an evil spirit!”
“None of your business!”
Ning Daoran charged forward, wielding the Jade Saber and True Feather Fan simultaneously.
He only used spiritual artifacts, which suited his identity.
As for Third-tier magical treasures, he refrained from using them for now. He feared accidentally killing Master Yan Long and thought it better to wait until he obtained the Third-tier True Feather tomorrow.
Thus, a great battle unfolded in the dense woods.
Upon the ground, the Earth Rock Dragon roared angrily as it joined the battlefield.
“Go!”
Ning Daoran’s left hand flicked, and the Silver Moon Flying Swords wrapped around his wrist whooshed through the air, descending like rain as they continuously attacked the Earth Rock Dragon!
The Earth Rock Dragon’s protective aura was dense, and its scales were extremely hard. Yet as it was continuously bombarded by the Silver Moon Flying Swords and later subjected to a barrage of Five Elements Techniques by Big Stupid Deer, it inevitably sustained injuries, with scales flipping and accumulating wounds.
“Ning Daoran!”
Master Yan Long was momentarily unable to suppress the early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator before him and saw the Earth Rock Dragon’s injuries worsening, which unconsciously filled his heart with regret.
However, having started the fight, he had little choice but to continue, lacking the dignity to simply call off the conflict.
Ning Daoran, however, was leisurely in the fray, continuously summoning an endless stream of spiritual artifacts to attack his opponent, even deploying First-tier Top-Grade Magical Artifacts, evidently playing to his advantage in treasures.
Moreover, his movement technique was too exquisite; although Master Yan Long summoned a magical treasure and several spiritual artifacts, most of the attacks were simply “dodged” away by Ning Daoran using his movement skills.
In the Cultivation World, there’s no such thing as an unavoidable spell; if an attack misses, it misses.
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Soon after, several figures and two flying boats appeared in the wind.
“Fellow Daoist Ning!”
Chen Ping’er was the first to arrive, urgency clear in her beautiful eyes, “Stop fighting, both of you…
Master Yan Long, please cease, Fellow Daoist Ning is an esteemed guest of our Xiyu Pavilion!”
Her words held little sway, as Master Yan Long didn’t plan to heed her at all.
“Great-uncle!”
At that moment, another figure appeared on the deck of a flying boat — a beautiful woman in a white long dress, looking pitifully anxious, it was Lady Xingtong:
“Great-uncle, please stop… Fellow Daoist Ning is our honored guest, and an elder of the Chaotic Sect; there must be some misunderstanding, don’t fight anymore!”
“Hmph!”
Master Yan Long felt somewhat relieved to stop, as he disengaged and rapidly recuperated his mana, inwardly shocked by the young man’s profound cultivation base—the mana seemed inexhaustible, truly a formidable junior!
However, he coolly said, “Young Friend Ning, I have witnessed your skills. The Chaotic Sect indeed deserves its reputation across the province. Since there is no life-or-death feud between us, I can’t bear to harm you, let’s call this duel off, shall we?”
“Should I then thank you, elder?”
Ning Daoran’s gaze was ice-cold, his opinion of Master Yan Long rather poor.
“Fellow Daoist Ning.”
Chen Ping’er approached, taking hold of Ning Daoran’s arm, “There must be some misunderstanding, don’t be angry anymore. Let’s return to Qingxin Building, I recently acquired a new music score, how about I play it for you?”
“Very well, thank you then, Fellow Daoist.”
Ning Daoran’s mood settled slightly as he turned and bowed, “Thank you, Master Yan Long, for the lesson. Once I advance to the Golden Core stage, I will surely seek you out for another match!”
Master Yan Long’s face turned ashen. How could he not understand why a minor cultivator at the early stages of Foundation Establishment, accompanied by a second-stage Early-stage Spiritual Beast, could withstand both himself and the Earth Rock Dragon? Was it really just because he had more treasures and high-grade cultivation techniques?
The saying of wealth complementing one’s cultivation path indeed held no falsehood—there’s too much injustice in this world!
