Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 167 - 165: Green Moon Three Heroes

Chapter 167: Chapter 165: Green Moon Three Heroes

“Meh-eh—”

The sonorous cry of a deer echoed in the wind.

Big Stupid Deer, with its heavy body, rolled over the Snake Demon’s form like a little train in an instant.

The Snake Demon tried to raise its head, but the weighty hooves of the deer stomped down on its skull “patter patter patter,” crushing it back to the ground with each step.

After stomping around for more than a dozen circles, Big Stupid Deer suddenly turned and executed an incredibly fluid motion of lowering and then raising its head.

The already battered Snake Demon was pierced by the sharp antlers and thrown into the air.

In the sky, Lin Sheng gripped a large sword, the True Yang Furnace Technique surging powerfully, turning the blade of the great sword into a fiery red color.

“Crack!”

With one slash, the Early Second-stage Snake Demon was decapitated.

“Quick, let’s go, there are more over there!”

Ning Daoran turned into a tunneling light and charged to the left, sure enough, an Early Second-stage Snake Demon was carrying a baby girl out of a shack, its forked tongue flicking across the girl’s face.

For a moment, the baby girl was scared witless, crying loudly.

Ning Daoran swept the area with his Divine Sense and saw that the baby’s parents were already dead inside the shack, merely Spirit farmers without Spirit Roots, pitiable people lingering at the edge of the workshop.

“What’s this?”

The Snake Demon raised a palm covered in scales and tapped the baby girl’s head, smiling, “Foundation Establishment Expert, would you like to see this baby girl beheaded?

Aren’t you Human Clan Cultivators, who always speak of benevolence and righteousness, supposed to rescue the weak? How about this, if you take your own life, I will spare this baby girl. What do you say?”

“What are you talking about?”

Ning Daoran cleaned out his ears and said with a smile, “Go ahead and kill the baby girl, none of my business, she’s not mine after all.”

“Ts-ts-ts, do you hear yourself? Is that how a person should speak?”

The Snake Demon grinned and said, “So, that’s all there is to you Human Clan Cultivators, huh?”

“Of course.”

Ning Daoran responded, “I’m cultivating my own immortality. What do these mortals have to do with me? If I were to miss my path to seeking immortality because of these messy mortals, what kind of mental state would that even be to cultivate immortality?”

While speaking, Ning Daoran’s lips twitched slightly upward, “Brother Snake, incidentally, do you fancy the idea of being split in two in death?”

“What do you mean?”

The Snake Demon instantly became alert.

However, in the next second, a line of blood-colored silk noiselessly rose from the ground, sweeping across the Snake Demon’s body!

“You…”

The Snake Demon was stunned, feeling something seriously wrong with its body.

In the following second, its body split open from left to right, like a specimen vertically segmented, and the creature’s body slumped lifelessly to the ground, leaving scattered broken innards.

Ning Daoran drifted over, caught the baby girl, and quietly retracted the Spirit Cage Silk.

“Junior Brother Ning…”

Lin Sheng flew in, aglow with tunneling light, and, looking at the corpse of the Early Second-stage Snake Demon, was full of shock.

One Snake Demon had been easily slain with the joint effort of three Foundation Establishment cultivators. How could this be explained?

“Senior Brother Lin.”

Ning Daoran smiled faintly, “Actually, I’m not so bad at combat techniques. I’ve cultivated some techniques for killing, too. This Snake Demon died from my surprise attack; otherwise, it would probably have taken some time.”

“That’s good to hear!”

Lin Sheng didn’t bother to think too much and laughed, “I always said, my best friend Lin Sheng couldn’t possibly be weak, could he?”

“Let’s continue.”

After handing the baby girl over to an Outer Disciple, Ning Daoran once again became a beam of tunneling light and, along with Big Stupid Deer, continued to slay Snake Demons everywhere.

Lin Sheng was equally courageous and diligent; after slaying two Second-order Snake Demons, he faced no equals among the First-tier ones. Wielding a large sword, his whole body aglow with flames, he was virtually unstoppable!

…

Late at night.

“Hum~~~”

A large array ramped up, and the Second Order High-Grade formation protecting Yellow Dragon Square was activated by Han Bing.

Ning Daoran and Lin Sheng hurried back to Wind Stopping Tower, looking worn from travel.

Along the way, people in shops within the Square felt a bit more at ease seeing Foundation Establishment Experts sweeping through the air.

“Fellow Daoist Ning…”

Through a window of Xiyu Pavilion, Chen Ping’er smiled sweetly, “Ning Daoran is actually in the workshop, too.”

“Mm.”

Ning Daoran nodded, “Senior brother and I have been assigned to defend the workshop. Is Xiyu Pavilion alright?”

“We’re fine.”

Chen Ping’er shook her head with a smile, “Mu Xue and I stayed to guard the shop, while the Supreme Elder returned to defend the family territory, and Lady Xingtong and Yun Lan have gone back to protect the Main Altar of Xiyu Pavilion.”

“I see.”

Ning Daoran said, “Demons have already infiltrated the workshop, so be extra careful. I cannot be too distracted, you need to take care of yourselves.”

“Junior brother.”

Lin Sheng’s mouth curled into a grin as he transmitted his voice silently, “This lady… speaking to you in such a soft and delicate tone, no wonder junior brother you refused Junior Sister’s offer to become Daoist partners back then. It turns out you prefer such alluring types.”

“Senior Brother, what are you talking about?”

Ning Daoran replied helplessly, “My acquaintance with Chen Ping’er is just a chance encounter, there’s nothing between us.”

“I understand, Senior Brother understands.”

A certain 130-year-old forever single man exposed a look of a know-it-all, making Ning Daoran quite uncomfortable with all this nonsense.

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…

For three consecutive days, outside Yellow Dragon Square, a horde of Demon Beasts fiercely attacked the array.

Yet under the watch of Ning Daoran, Lin Sheng, Han Bing, and others, the Workshop remained as secure as a bastion, guarded by an array.

One afternoon, at the Wind Stopping Tower.

A corpse lay on the floor of the top level, covered with a white cloth, stained with bloodstains.

Zhan Hong, an Inner Sect Disciple, at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement, with a Fourth Grade Spirit Root.

This kind of disciple had a great chance of achieving Foundation Establishment and was highly valued by the Sect as a Foundation Establishment Seedling.

Who would have thought that he would die at the edge of the Workshop?

“Who did this?” Lin Sheng gritted his teeth, his eyes seething with fury.

“It’s not very clear.”

Lin Yun said, “In the past few days, a large number of Snake Demons infiltrated the Workshop. Although most have been slain, everyone remains on edge, and the Cultivators within the Workshop live in trepidation.

In these days, there have been Loose Cultivators who have fallen into Robbery cultivation, looting around the Workshop amidst the chaos. Zhan Hong’s fatal wound was caused by a Magic Artifact, and I suspect it was the work of those Robbery cultivators.”

“We will have to be busier these next few days.”

Ning Daoran frowned, “As long as we frequently patrol outside, those Robbery cultivators will naturally be deterred.”

“Mhm.”

Han Bing and Lin Yun nodded in agreement.

However, at that moment, a Sound Transmission Talisman flew into the Wind Stopping Tower from several Cultivators outside the array. The group of three claimed to be the “Green Moon Three Heroes,” said to be Loose Cultivators roaming around Qingzhou.

Upon hearing that Yellow Dragon Workshop was under attack by a Beast Tide, they specially came over to assist.

Not long after, three figures appeared in the Wind Stopping Tower’s first-floor living room.

Two men and one woman, each outwardly displaying the cultivation level of Early-stage Foundation Establishment.

The two men were tall and handsome, while the woman, carrying the demeanor of a Jianghu heroine, wore a hat that concealed her face. However, she had an eye-catching figure, curvaceous with abundant charms, moving with a lively bounce.

The group stated their intentions, willing to wait in the Wind Stopping Tower for deployment orders to assist the Chaotic Sect in repelling the Beast Tide.

However, after Ning Daoran observed them unobtrusively with Pupil Technique, he immediately understood.

All three had cultivated some Concealing Breath technique, their true cultivations being two at Mid-stage Foundation Establishment and one at Late-stage Foundation Establishment — and moreover, they were all in disguise.

Based on their apparent strength, if Elder Ning Qing was not back, their capabilities were no less than Ning Daoran and the others.

The intent of this group was not as simple as it seemed.

Ning Daoran promptly refused them and mentioned that Yellow Dragon Workshop was extraordinarily perilous at present, asking the trio to leave quickly, that heading east would be much safer.

“Junior Brother, they came with good intentions to help us withstand the Beast Tide, why refuse them?”

After the Green Moon Three Heroes left, Lin Sheng immediately questioned.

“Sigh, Senior Brother Lin, it’s difficult for me to explain this matter to you.”

Ning Daoran appeared troubled, “I just feel that these people’s intentions are impure; they are not as simple as they seem on the surface. If we were to keep them, it might bring calamity.”

“I have the same feeling.”

Han Bing pursed her red lips, “These three people are harboring ulterior motives, and they are not necessarily here to help defend the Workshop.”

…

Several days later.

The Beast Tide’s onslaught became increasingly ferocious, and Yellow Dragon Workshop’s defense pressure grew greater, with more and more Inner Sect and Outer Disciples perishing, worrying Ning Daoran, Lin Sheng, and the others even more.

Additionally, Elder Ning Qing was still drifting outside, unknown in his condition.

Just then, over a dozen Human Clan Cultivators appeared from the east of Yellow Dragon Workshop.

The leader, an old man, claimed to come from the Qingzhou Town Immortal Tower, bearing the Court’s edict to investigate the Robbery cultivation issue in Yellow Dragon Workshop. Furthermore, he would assist in resisting the Beast Tide and showed them a Court token from afar.

Lin Yun immediately opened a corner of the array, allowing the group to enter the Workshop.

Outside the Wind Stopping Tower.

Ning Daoran, Han Bing, Lin Sheng, and others went to greet them.

At this moment, everyone felt somewhat relieved; Yellow Dragon Workshop’s lack of combat power was no secret, to the point where Ning Daoran had already issued an order to gather Loose Cultivators within the Workshop for combat support.

Chen Ping’er and Yin Muxue both appeared on the battlefield, illustrating the desperate shortage of hands.

Now that Cultivators dispatched by the Court came to provide aid, it was like timely help during a snowstorm.

Ning Daoran might appear to have a low cultivation surface-wise, but he was the backbone of the group, so he stepped forward and respectfully greeted the old man with a clasped fist:

“This one is Ning Daoran, Outer Elder of the Chaotic Sect. I thank Fellow Daoist for rushing to assist from afar, but for the sake of protocol, I still need to verify your token. I hope you understand, Fellow Daoist.”

“Fellow Daoist Ning is being too courteous. It should be so.”

The old man reached into his sleeve to retrieve the token.

“Whoosh!”

Suddenly, a blood-colored Thorn Cone Spiritual Artifact was extracted by the old man, hurtling through the air straight for Ning Daoran’s heart. It was fast and precise, and just as the Thorn Cone was about to pierce his chest, Lin Sheng, Han Bing, Lin Yun hadn’t even reacted.

However, Ning Daoran slid half a step back with his left leg and tilted his body smoothly to the side, miraculously avoiding the assailant’s sneak attack as if he had foreseen it.

“You!”

The old man was enraged and instantly released the aura of a Late-stage Foundation Establishment!

“Be careful!”

Ning Daoran raised his leg and kicked, landing on the old man’s Protective Spirit Light, and both were forced to retreat several steps.

“Tsk tsk!”

The old man sneered, “How did Young Friend Ning know that I am not a Court Cultivator?”

“Didn’t a few Fellow Daoists already disguise themselves as the Green Moon Three Heroes just a few days ago at the Wind Stopping Tower?”

Ning Daoran narrowed his eyes and smiled, “How could you be forgetful of such matters in just a few days?”

“What?”

Lin Sheng was shocked, “You are the Green Moon Three Heroes?”

“This…”

Han Bing’s pretty face turned pale as she realized at that moment that their visit a few days ago was likely to scope out the place. Once they knew that only four Foundation Establishment cultivators were guarding the Yellow Dragon Workshop, they decided to make their move!