Banshee Family Training Record

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Before seeing him, he heard his voice. Yun Chu'an glanced at Ziyangcai and found that the latter's face was full of confusion, as if she did not recognize the reckless and frivolous fellow who had spoken.

They looked into the distance and saw a giant, two meters tall, leading a large group of half-human, half-demon creatures who hadn't even fully transformed into human form, walking into the mountain valley.

The burly man had dry, yellowish hair, triangular eyes, and wore a simple linen shirt, looking like a rural laborer.

However, the slightly exaggeratedly muscular shoulders and arms indicated that this guy was definitely not an ordinary poor old farmer, not to mention his impressive cultivation level.

but……

Yun Chu'an narrowed his eyes and scanned the other party's body with his Qi-observation technique. Even though this guy did not deliberately release his spiritual energy fluctuations, he could still see through his cultivation level at a glance.

Qi Refining Level 8.

Wait a minute, wasn't it supposed to be a snake demon in the early stages of Foundation Establishment?

He was puzzled. Looking behind the guy, he saw four burly men who were a head shorter than him, each pair being at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining. They should also be snake demons.

The two were both ram-headed, human-bodied demon cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining; their races were self-evident.

There was also a very short and thin guy with dark skin, holding a steel needle in his hand. He was at the sixth level of Qi Refining. He couldn't tell what race he was, but he was clearly not human.

Strange, why are there so many members who are not snake demons?

He looked at the purple hydrangea beside him with a puzzled expression, only to see the rat demon lady shaking her head repeatedly and saying in a low voice, "It's not him."

It really wasn't that guy?

For a fleeting moment, he suspected that the person in front of him was the real deal, but he wondered what methods he had used to mislead everyone, including Ban Zhi and Zi Yang Cai, into thinking that this guy at the eighth level of Qi Refining was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

He was puzzled, but kept a straight face, signaling her not to panic and to proceed according to plan.

So Ziyangcai stepped forward, cupped her hands in a puzzled gesture, and said, "I am the head of this field mouse family, Ziyangcai, greetings to this Lord Yellow Python."

The snake looked puzzled: "Purple hydrangea? Uh..."

He turned his head and looked at the other four snake demons: "Is that the name?"

The four people whispered among themselves, their tone uncertain: "Is it this? No way?"

"I remember this name, or am I mistaken?"

"Oh, I remember that name too, I think."

"Then that's correct, you're mistaken..."

……

The group whispered amongst themselves, yet everyone could hear them clearly. These snake demons didn't even know who they were supposed to be looking for after arriving here.

Ziyangcai grew increasingly confused as she listened. She took a half-step forward and asked in a low voice, "Um, may I ask who that snake clan lord from before is now...?"

Then they saw the big man wave his hand impatiently and say, "He's not coming. From now on, I will be in charge of these places and your families!"

He seemed to be in a bad mood. He glanced around and complained, "Why is everyone's cultivation level so low... Anyway, remember my name, I am Diao Desi. From now on, the things that my elder brother used to manage will be managed by me."

Chapter 157 We Two Mickey Mouses

Ziyangcai readily agreed, but couldn't help feeling confused.

Not coming? What does that mean?

Are you busy with something else?

Did you get promoted for your meritorious service?

Or did he make a mistake and get dismissed?

Ziyangcai's mind raced with countless thoughts as she glanced at Yun Chu'an without leaving a trace. The latter, however, felt a sense of relief; it seemed they had passed this hurdle smoothly. The person in charge had suddenly changed, and the one who had come now was someone they didn't know well.

This makes it much easier for them to cover up the past.

Clearly, the burly man had no suspicion whatsoever; he hadn't even remembered Ban Zhi's name. Then, he roared, "Alright, now, stand at attention and listen to my orders!"

As he spoke, his gaze swept around, seemingly intending to show off his power: "You all know what the family needs you to do, right?"

Ziyangcai nodded repeatedly: "I know. If the Huang Mang family needs anything, we will send our bravest and most skilled members to accompany you on your expedition."

"Good to know!" Diao Desi said in a low voice. "Now, let's prepare the people. Ah, not too many."

His gaze swept over them, and he spat, "What a bunch of trash... You, and you, what are your cultivation levels?"

He pointed at Yun Chuan and Liu Mengshen, indicating that they should state their cultivation levels. In his opinion, among this group of rat demons, only the two of them could barely be considered to have cultivated into human form, and their cultivation and combat power should be quite good.

Liu Meng glanced at Yun Chu'an, who immediately displayed his Qi Refining Level 5 cultivation. So Liu Meng did the same, releasing his Qi Refining Level 6 spiritual energy fluctuations.

Among the group of minor demons brought by Diao Desi, their skill level was not particularly outstanding, nor did it arouse suspicion.

Seeing their cultivation levels, the burly man was very satisfied: "Good! Good! Good! Then with you, there are three! I didn't expect that there would be such a skilled person among a group of rats."

He squinted at the hydrangea: "You, what's your name again? And what are your names?"

Ziyangcai repeated her name, and Yun Chuan followed suit with her self-introduction: "My name is Mickey, and her name is Minnie. We both recently broke through to the next level and hope to serve the great Yellow Python family."

He flattered Diao De Si, who seemed quite pleased. He had visited several places on this trip, but some people, seeing that it wasn't his Foundation Establishment stage elder brother who had come, refused to acknowledge him, which displeased him greatly: "This is the proper attitude! Alright, you, you, and you, the three of you, follow my group, let's go, to the next place!"

"If we bring over another demon cultivator, we won't wait to be brought over; let's set off right away and take down those damn poisonous toads!"

Ziyangcai looked up, her eyes lighting up: "Is it that poisonous toad in the southeast, the one who said that in order to protect itself, it filled the area around its nest with poison, resulting in the entire pond and several surrounding rivers being poisoned and undrinkable?"

The ram-headed cultivator nodded, "It's their house. They didn't dare to be so presumptuous before, but they've become increasingly lawless lately. We have to take strong measures!"

For a moment, Ziyangcai also felt quite looking forward to it.

Diao Desi then called for Ziyangcai, Yun Chuan, and Liu Mengshen to follow, a situation they had anticipated during their prior discussions.

After all, the snake demons recruited families like the field mouse to be cannon fodder. As long as they didn't arouse suspicion and managed to get by with perfunctory excuses, everything would be fine.

Going with him wouldn't hurt. Even if he becomes suspicious during the battle, I can activate Yan Shuiyi's ring and kill him directly!

This guy is only at the eighth level of Qi Refining; he probably wouldn't even be able to detect Hua Caiyan's presence. In the worst-case scenario, he might not even need to activate the ring to kill him!

The three of them then joined the group, following behind the others, and set off together.

They walked for three to five minutes, covering more than ten miles of mountain road, and arrived at the entrance of another cave. The snake demon held a simple map, compared it with the markings, looked up and roared loudly at the people inside, ordering them to come out, as he wanted to conscript them to fight.

However, what came out was a giant ape at the ninth level of Qi Refining. Seeing that it was him and not his elder brother at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he ignored him and told him to go back. This made Diao De Si furious, and he cursed repeatedly, saying that he would definitely make him pay in the future.

Seeing his gritted teeth and helpless expression, Yun Chu'an became even more curious.

What's going on? Does this snake demon family really not care about these things, sending such an incompetent person to manage things here?

Or was this all a test by the snake demons, deliberately sending this person to see who obeyed and who disobeyed, and then reporting the results?

He was unsure, but he exchanged a glance with Ziyangcai. They both agreed that they should proceed with caution, so they decided to stick to the plan and remain unchanged in the face of any eventuality.

I don't care what the snake demon is planning, I just need to put on a good show so you can't see through our disguise.

He had made this plan, and ahead, the snake demon led the way, crossing mountains and valleys, and came to a small cave. He called out repeatedly and finally summoned a caterpillar cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

This guy didn't seem to have a large family; he was just a lone cultivator living in the mountains. His cultivation level wasn't high either, so he had no resistance to Diao Desi's orders and obediently followed him.

Having finally gathered the people he wanted, Diao Desi's mood improved slightly. He then led them straight to their final destination.

In a valley nestled in the mountains, there lies an enormous pond, resembling a natural reservoir. The bright sunlight illuminates the poplar trees surrounding the pond, making their leaves appear even greener.

A light mist shrouded the pond, with a few duckweeds floating on it. The water was completely still, and there was no sign of human habitation. The quiet and secluded environment was so eerie that it could even send chills down one's spine.

Yun Chu'an glanced around and asked in a low voice, "Sir, what brings us here?"

The leader of the giant snakes, Diao Desi, took out a Guan Dao (a type of halberd) that was more than two meters long from his storage bag and held it in his hand. However, he was obviously not good at such a weapon, and his movements when swinging it looked awkward no matter how you looked at it.

He didn't hide anything and said directly, "In this pond lives a family of poisonous toads. In the past, they relied on the advantageous location and their potent poison to act arrogantly and domineeringly, refusing to submit to our Yellow Python family. Ha, how laughable! A small family that hasn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage dares to defy us!"

"My elder brother has wanted to wipe them out for a long time, but he's been too busy with official duties, and it's been so long that he still hasn't managed to exterminate this group of toads. So, he's handed this task over to me. This is my first time fighting against an enemy, so I must fight well and make it spectacular!"

He brandished his Guan Dao, feigning to boost morale: "Anyone who fights bravely will be richly rewarded by the Huang Mang family! On the contrary, if someone acts cowardly, my broadsword will be the first to not spare him!"

Chapter 158 How could you lose like this?

"Alright, let's go now. Go to this pond, and kill any toads you see. Don't let a single one escape!"

At Diao Desi's command, the group exchanged glances, knowing he was forcing them to step into a minefield, but they had no choice but to bite the bullet and step onto the pond.

The simple spell "walking on water" is something that almost any cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining can learn. Everyone present had already mastered it, and thus they were all able to walk steadily on the pond.

However, Diao Desi and his four snake demon subordinates remained motionless, watching these non-snake cultivators walk ahead.

They walked along the water for several hundred meters without making a ripple. The water was covered with duckweed, and even after parting it, nothing could be seen underneath.

However, Yun Chu'an lowered his head, looked at the water surface, and narrowed his eyes slightly. Although he could not see through the water, he could see, using the "method of observing qi", that there was a group of spiritual energy fluctuations of varying strengths lying in wait beneath the water.

Most of them were only at the third or fourth level of Qi Refining, but there were also two at the fifth level, two at the sixth level, and one at the seventh level, waiting there for orders.

The sheer number surprised him. This toad family didn't seem as weak as he had initially thought; there were so many little demons at the fourth level of Qi Refining!

It should be noted that even Qi Xiong's Black Bear Clan, with a Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge, does not have so many descendants at the third or fourth level of Qi Refining.

How exactly did this poisonous toad family manage to do it?

He didn't know, and no one could answer the question for the time being. Fortunately, these creatures had no interest in these cannon fodder walking across the water, and waited quietly there. Clearly, these poisonous toads also knew that killing cannon fodder outside the python family was pointless; if they wanted to kill, they should kill the real pythons!

Well, so it has nothing to do with me. I just need to remind Ziyangcai and Liumengshen later.

He continued walking forward. Seeing that they had gone so far without triggering anything, Diao Desi thought to himself that he had worried too much. He nodded, brandished his broadsword, and said, "Let's go forward too, lest people say we are cowardly cowards!"

As he spoke, he took the lead and stepped onto the surface of the pond, creating a series of ripples.

The other snake demons followed suit, rapidly closing the distance between themselves and Yun Chuan and the others ahead.

However, at this moment, Yun Chuan observed that the spiritual energy fluctuations beneath the water suddenly began to move very violently!

The poisonous toads that had been lying in ambush have made their move!

They were incredibly fast; the underwater world was their natural domain. Yun Chu'an's heart leaped into his throat. He grabbed Ziyangcai and Liu Mengshen's hands and yelled, "Danger! Get out of the way!"

Although neither of them understood what was going on, the trust they had built up over time made them roll forward and dodge without hesitation.

The next instant, the toads' ambush troops burst out of the water!

Two astonishing splashes suddenly erupted from the calm water beneath their feet. Two ugly men, shirtless, bald, and with huge pustules on their backs, jumped out of the water first, their eyes wide open. Then, the pustules swelled rapidly and burst one by one!

bang bang bang-

In an instant, dark green poisonous mist filled the area around the five snake demons!

Faced with such a deadly attack, the snake demons were shocked and instinctively began to breathe in the surrounding spiritual energy and circulate their cultivation techniques to deal with the powerful enemy. As a result, they involuntarily inhaled all the poisonous gas into their lungs!

In an instant, a strong burning pain appeared in their lungs. The snake demons felt their minds were foggy and their hands and feet were numb. For a moment, they were even somewhat unable to control themselves!

Following closely behind the poison, two men at the sixth level of Qi Refining, wearing straw raincoats and wielding long swords, with calm expressions but murderous intent, charged straight at the five snake demons. Except for Diao Desi, the other four were unable to dodge in time and were all stabbed, with large amounts of blood splattering. These guys had already fallen into a complete disadvantage in the first round of combat!

"Damn it! Cough cough—! Get out here now!"

Diao Desi was the strongest, and after Yun Chuan warned him, he immediately rolled away to dodge. Although he was lucky enough to avoid being hit by the subsequent blades, the area covered by the poisonous fog was too vast, and he couldn't dodge it in time, inhaling a large mouthful of poisonous gas. He was now coughing uncontrollably!

He struggled to wield his large halberd as he walked out of the poisonous fog, observing the enemy situation on the battlefield. But at that moment, some enemies were still waiting for him!

“Quack—!”

A giant poisonous toad, comparable in size to an elephant, suddenly burst out of the water and crashed into Diao Desi, causing him to lose his balance and be knocked back into the area with the densest poisonous fog.

The python had originally wanted to quickly breathe in some clean spiritual energy to recover, but now it had no choice but to continue fighting despite the terrifying venom!

It wasn't just the five snake-clan cultivators who were attacked; the giant toad seemed to signal a general offensive, and then more poisonous toad cultivators jumped out of the water.

Many of them haven't even taken human form yet. They appear with only the third level of Qi Refining cultivation, but they are fearless and charge at them, brandishing the daggers held in their claws!

There were more than twenty cultivators, twice the number of them. For a time, everyone was forced into a fierce battle, struggling to defend themselves and in a very sorry state!

In the distance, only Yun Chu'an and his two companions, who had dodged forward from the start, had escaped unscathed. Now, catching his breath, he looked up and scanned the battlefield with his Qi-gazing technique, and his heart suddenly tightened.

This poisonous fog was released by these poisonous toads, who are naturally immune to it and even have some amplification from it.

With the balance of power shifting, even if the giant toad that suddenly appeared, as big as an elephant, only had the cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining, it could still overpower and beat Diao De Si all the way!

Damn it, judging from this, we're going to lose!

The thought of that outcome filled him with dread. Regardless of whether Diao Desi could leave alive after losing the fight, even if they retreated safely, the person in charge of the Huang Mang family would be furious if he returned home in such a disheveled state.

After that, the powerful snake demon in the early stage of Foundation Establishment will likely have to return to this position.

He wanted to stay with his family in the field mouse family for a few more days, so it was best for the snake demon not to lose today!

"Dream Body, disperse this poisonous fog!"