Banshee Family Training Record

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"Hey--"

"Wow, this wolf demon is incredibly strong!"

……

These all sounded like human speech, and in addition, there were many screams of the little wolf demons, as if they had been badly beaten.

Upon hearing the sound, Yun Chuan rushed forward and saw five men and one woman fighting back and forth with several wolf demons in the forest path.

He was about to join in when he took a look using the "method of observing qi" and almost fainted on the spot!

Holy crap, who the hell are these people?!

The woman, with an ordinary face and wearing coarse linen clothes, was surrounded by spiritual energy, especially around her face, which clearly indicated that she had cast some kind of spell on her face.

This spell should be able to change her appearance, making her unrecognizable to others. Yun Chu'an also couldn't see through her true face, however, the "method of observing qi" was never used to look at faces, but rather to observe spiritual power and cultivation level!

Her attempt to disguise herself only made her fluctuating spiritual energy more directly and proactively reveal her cultivation level. And judging from the intensity of her spiritual energy, she probably possessed... quite a bit of...

The minimum level is Qi Refining Level 7!

She alone could slaughter everyone in this wolf demon camp, including Yun Chuan!

"Ah, brother—!"

Not far away, the female cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining, who was being attacked by three wolf demons, seemed to be trembling with fear, retreating repeatedly, her voice trembling with sobs as she kept shouting loudly.

"Don't be afraid, little sister, I'm here to help you!"

Behind them, a male cultivator shouted and suddenly punched a wolf demon on the head, knocking the latter unconscious.

He suddenly turned ferocious, baring his teeth and shaking his hands repeatedly: "Ugh, this wolf demon's head is so hard, it's practically made of copper and iron, my fingers are about to break!"

Looking closely, Yun Chuan could immediately deduce that his cultivation level was at the ninth level of Qi Refining. Looking at the guy's ferocious face, he felt a thousand complaints welling up inside him.

"Fuck you, are you kidding me? You, a mere Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, are trying to fight a little wolf demon who's not even at Qi Refining Level 1? You think you can break your own finger?"

Who would believe it!

He was utterly speechless, but what followed was even more outrageous. A small wolf demon threw a punch, striking a male cultivator behind him in the abdomen. Instantly, the cultivator opened his mouth, raised his head, and vomited blood like a fountain towards the sky!

"Ugh—!"

His body flew backward, crashing to the ground and rolling seven or eight times before he shakily raised his hand: "These guys are so strong. It seems we were careless this time..."

Yun Chuan took a closer look and realized that the person's cultivation was clearly much more profound, far surpassing the two he had just seen, and even giving him a feeling that only Zhu Yunqing could possess.

He had no way of judging the other party's cultivation level, but this only made an even more terrifying conjecture surface in his mind.

Foundation building period!

The man who had just been beaten to the point of vomiting blood by his little wolf demon subordinates was a damn Foundation Establishment cultivator!

Gou Ba, what are you acting like? As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, do you think your natural protective spiritual power can kill my little wolf demon?

And what happened? You were acting like you got beaten to the point of vomiting blood? And you even exaggerated it so much?

There's no way a person could have that much blood in their body, right?

Yun Chu'an had a million curses he wanted to utter, but he suppressed his terrible mood and glanced to the other side. He saw that besides the three of them, there were three other burly men with thick hair and stern faces. They were not using their spiritual power, but were just using their fists and feet to beat up his wolf demon.

Their acting wasn't overly exaggerated, but Yun Chu'an could still see the spiritual energy gathered above their heads. The light and its thickness were unfathomable. He estimated that one of them was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and the other two were most likely Foundation Establishment cultivators!

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Author's note: First update.

Chapter 58 Three Foundation Establishment Stages

Realizing what these little wolf demons were beating up, Yun Chu'an's heart nearly stopped beating.

Three Foundation Establishment stages!

We don't even know if they're in the early or late game!

If these three were to really get serious, they could probably flatten this entire mountain!

Thinking of the raging waves he witnessed at the Weihu market that day, caused by the battle between late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, he felt a little breathless.

Even if Fourth Sister came, she couldn't solve this problem. Only Grandma Huaishan could possibly settle things with her!

However, if their cultivation level is so high, why are they pretending to be weak and getting beaten up here?

Could it be that there are some concerns or calculations involved?

Yun Chu'an guessed in his heart, then took a deep breath, thinking that he could probably only rely on himself to get through this hurdle.

Before he knew it, his palms were already wet with sweat.

Ahead, the six people appeared to be getting beaten up, but in reality, they weren't injured at all. While continuing their exaggerated acting, they whispered amongst themselves using a technique called "focusing sound into a line."

"Junior sister, is what we're doing really going to work?"

"Of course it's useful! We've been searching everywhere for the past few days without finding anything, but now, haven't we found the demon cultivator in the mountains?"

“I agree. Besides, there’s someone standing over there who’s been watching us for a long time. He didn’t turn around and run away. Doesn’t that prove our strategy was successful?”

"Hmph, that's right. You all try to keep quiet and just agree with me so I can get some information out of him and see how much he knows about this mountain."

The group continued their performance while chatting amongst themselves. Just then, the man they had been observing finally jumped out and roared, "Stop!"

Upon hearing this, the wolf demons who were ganging up on the six people immediately stopped and looked at him in confusion.

The six men stopped fighting and stared at the man in confusion. Then they saw him walk down the mountain and slap each wolf demon on the head: "I told you to guard the mountain and protect the place, not to beat people on sight. If you keep doing this, who will dare to come to our Huai Mountain as guests and exchange goods in the future!"

He continued beating and scolding them at the same time. A little wolf demon, confused and resentful, couldn't help but mutter, "But that's how it's always been done on our mountain. Forget about people coming; even passing monkeys get a beating first..."

Yun Chu'an immediately slapped him twice more: "You dare to talk back! You're guarding the mountain gate for me now! Go down and reflect on your actions!"

The little wolf demon left with a wronged expression, and the other wolf demons followed suit. Yun Chu'an breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly stepped forward with a face full of apology: "Everyone, I'm really sorry. My wicked servants are poorly disciplined and beat people indiscriminately. It's my fault for not disciplining them properly, please forgive me."

The six exchanged glances, looking at each other in bewilderment. They continued using their sound-gathering technique, cautiously discussing, "What is this person doing? Is he the master of these wolf demons?"

"Then he must be a wolf demon who has successfully transformed into human form, probably the wolf king here. But why is he behaving so politely?"

"Perhaps it's just an act. Let's not make any rash moves for now. Stick to the plan and follow my signals."

The only female cultivator in the team said this, then raised an eyebrow, about to lash out at Yun Chu'an: "Your wicked servant injured someone, and you think it's over in a few words?"

Under normal circumstances, this would be suicidal, since they had just been brutally beaten by these wolf demons and had little strength to fight back.

However, Yun Chu'an maintained the persona he was supposed to be, ignoring the other party's flaws, and quickly said, "Of course not, I still want to be kind to people and do business honestly."

“As the master, I must compensate for the servant’s injury.” With that, he took out a spirit stone bag and handed it over. “There are six hundred low-grade spirit stones in here. It’s a small gift as an apology. Please accept it.”

The female cultivator was speechless. She focused her voice and began to discuss with the others: "This person is so stingy. His wolf demon injured someone, and he only gives this little bit of compensation."

This left the others speechless: "My goodness, he's just a rogue cultivator, not some young master from a prestigious family. Besides, I think he's only at the fourth level of Qi Refining. It's not bad that he could pull out six hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

Another person chimed in, "That's right, this is a huge sum of money. Logically, we should be overjoyed and grateful to accept it."

The female cultivator pursed her lips, reluctantly accepted the gift, and then had no reason to complain. She continued, "Alright then, let's just drop this matter."

Yun Chu'an breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. It's better to resolve conflicts than to create them. It's a good thing for everyone to have one less enemy."

He continued, "My name is Yun Chuan, a wandering cultivator from the mountains of this region. I usually enjoy drawing talismans to exchange for cultivation resources."

"May I ask how we should address you all?"

The female cultivator casually made up a story: "His name is Zhang San, his name is Li Si, his name is Wang Wu, his name is Zhao Liu, his name is Sun Qi, that's it."

Yun Chu'an persisted, asking, "May I ask how you are addressed, Miss?"

The female cultivator hesitated, wanting to speak but holding back. She had a plan for this, but it was really hard to give herself such an unpleasant name.

After a long silence, she finally mustered her courage and said, "My name is Zhu Ba."

This sentence almost made Yun Chuan laugh. He tried hard to suppress it and nodded: "Okay, Miss Zhu, gentlemen, it's an honor to meet you all. I just don't know what brings you to my remote little hilltop?"

The female cultivator introduced herself according to her pre-arranged identity: "We are traveling merchants who came here to buy medicinal herbs, pills, talismans and other items, and then sell them in big cities. We just didn't expect to be so unlucky. We encountered such a disaster on our very first stop here."

As she spoke, she rolled her eyes again, quite displeased. Yun Chu'an gave an awkward laugh and played along: "As the saying goes, no fight, no friendship. Since you are all merchants, I happen to have some stockpiled talismans that I want to sell, but I can't find a suitable buyer."

"Would you all do me the honor of sitting in my camp?"

This pleased the female cultivator, who immediately replied, "Then we shall respectfully comply."

After speaking, everyone turned and went up the mountain together. Yun Chu'an, being shrewd, led them to the wolf demon camp halfway up the mountain, where he would entertain them and hopefully avoid revealing more information.

When the wolf demons saw the outsiders coming, they all showed fierce expressions, but after being scolded by him, they all became obedient and dared not stop them anymore.

The houses in the camp were almost completely destroyed by the gray wolf king last night. Now they can only set up tents and a round table in the open space, and have a few wolf demons who know how to cook prepare wine and dishes.

Although they weren't particularly skilled in cooking, they could still set up a large pot, start a fire, add ingredients, remove any fishy smell, and skim off the foam. The meat dishes they made were somewhat unpalatable to Yun Chu'an, but in this era, they were considered rare delicacies.

The group of six looked at the messy camp and the wolf demons of varying cultivation levels, and clicked their tongues in amazement.

The female cultivator using the pseudonym "Zhu Ba" focused her voice and signaled to the others not to pretend to be mute and to try to get closer to this person. So, another Foundation Establishment cultivator took the initiative to speak and praised, "Senior Yun, you have such good skills. You have such power at such a young age, with countless elite soldiers and generals under your command. You are the king of this mountain. It is a life that even gods would find hard to change."

Yun Chu'an immediately broke out in a cold sweat, gave an awkward laugh, and said, "Not at all, you all are too kind. My relationship with them is merely one of employment and cooperation. Without spirit stones, they won't recognize me as their employer anymore."

Another cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining said, "Senior Yun, please don't be so modest. You are so young, yet you already have the profound cultivation of the fourth level of Qi Refining. We are far inferior to you!"

Chapter 59 Have you ever seen a zombie?

The two of them were exchanging extremely hypocritical pleasantries, which made Yun Chu'an break out in a cold sweat.

Beside her, the three cultivators with exceptionally thick hair remained silent, which made the female cultivator anxious. She gathered her voice and urged them repeatedly until one of them, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, finally spoke up: "Senior Yun has already achieved such cultivation, while we have wasted so much time and accomplished nothing. After thinking about it, we are extremely ashamed."

The last one, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, nodded in agreement, saying, "Our cultivation levels are low, so we still need to learn more from Senior Yun about his experience on the path of cultivation."

Several Foundation Establishment stage cultivators disguised themselves as low-level cultivators, addressing Yun Chu'an as "senior" repeatedly, causing Yun Chu'an to break out in a cold sweat, his hands and feet to turn ice-cold, his whole body to tremble, and him to curse inwardly.

You bunch of cunning old foxes, what the hell are you pretending to be?!

Hey bastards, if I weren't so badly outmatched, I would have slapped each of you across the face long ago!

He cursed inwardly, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles, even more uncomfortable than being in prison.

Despite the torment in his heart, he still had to put on a friendly smile, gesturing for everyone to sit down at the table. Then he took out the explosive talismans he had made, handing one to each person, and said, "Everyone, what do you think of the quality of these talismans?"

The group initially didn't notice anything unusual, but after receiving it, infusing it with spiritual energy, and examining it, they were astonished to discover its excellent qualities.

Given their current persona as "trading merchants," they had no reason not to accept such high-quality talismans. Therefore, the female cultivator, using the alias "Zhu Ba," sat up straight and said in a satisfied tone, "These talismans are excellent. We'll take them. Senior Yun, what price are you planning to offer?"

Yun Chuan said, "Although I live deep in the mountains all year round and don't go out much, I have heard that some things have happened outside, and the price of explosive tags has risen slightly."

"Given the quality of the talismans I possess, it's no surprise they're in high demand. I'll offer sixty spirit stones per talisman. Will you take them?"

After saying that, he feigned a nervous expression. The others gathered in a whisper and discussed among themselves. Before they entered the mountain, the price of explosive talismans in Weihu Market had already risen to seventy spirit stones, not to mention the high quality of his talisman. If they were really merchants, they had truly struck gold this time.

Unfortunately, they didn't have that intention; they had ulterior motives, so there wasn't much joy on their faces. They simply said they wanted it and asked how much stock he had left.

Yun Chu'an announced a thousand in stock and then took out several stacks of explosive talismans on the spot, trying to scare them. However, the female cultivator didn't even try to bargain and swallowed them all in one gulp.

The deal for 60,000 spirit stones was struck so easily, yet he felt no joy and was even more suspicious of the people before him. He merely feigned elation, ordering the wolf demons to bring out fine wine and food. He and the six men before him hit it off immediately, and tonight they would drink until they were completely drunk.

Of the six, three with exceptionally black, glossy, thick hair said they didn't drink alcohol and would substitute tea. The female cultivator also said she didn't drink, leaving only two people who seemed to enthusiastically drink with him.

Taking the opportunity, Yun Chu'an said he didn't mind, but there were too few people drinking, so he invited a few clever wolf demons and the gray wolf king Uwei to stay and eat together. This wolf king naturally knew how to transform, but his magic was not good enough. At most, he could only transform into a wolf-headed strong man who was more than two meters tall, and could not completely transform into human form.

The tent suddenly felt a bit crowded. Yun Chu'an was gesturing wildly, chopsticks flying, his face slightly flushed with drunkenness.

But all of this was a pretense. His eyes were constantly observing the expressions of the three men, and he noticed that the three men with thick hair not only did not drink alcohol, but also did not eat meat. Not to mention meat, they did not even eat the vegetables that were served as side dishes with meat and were greasy. They silently ate vegetables and gnawed on dry rations throughout the entire meal, as if they had very strict rules that could not be broken.

He already had a guess about the identities of these three people, but he remained expressionless as he answered their questions.

Time ticked by, and finally, seeing that the time was almost right, the female cultivator asked the crucial question: "Senior, we would like to come here to make purchases more often in the future, but we don't know where in these mountains is safe and where is dangerous. So, could you please give us some pointers?"

Yun Chu'an, his eyes glazed with drunkenness, seemed completely unguarded: "Sure, I know the general terrain of all the mountains in this area. You've come to the right person to ask me."

So the female cultivator asked, "We are not afraid of ordinary demon cultivators, but we are afraid that if we encounter ghosts or zombies, we will have difficulty dealing with them."

Zombies?

Yun Chu'an blinked, his face remaining impassive. He wondered if he was just being overly sensitive, or if it was just a casual remark from the other party.

Then, he heard another Foundation Establishment cultivator next to him ask, "That's true. None of us have any supernatural powers or spells. We can deal with flesh and blood enemies with just our fists and martial arts, but we are afraid of ghosts without a physical body and indestructible zombies."

"Please advise us, senior, so that we can carefully avoid any zombies in the area."

Zombies!

Zombies were mentioned again!