54: A constant master, ever-changing disciples: Fang Wanrou

The book "Rules of the Blood Spirit Secret Realm" records the Secret Realm rules of the Blood Son Battle.

There are two ways:

The first is simple and crude: killing people.

The second is resources; the ratio of Spirit Crystal Ore resources obtained to kills is five hundred to one.

'Interesting, I didn't expect the Blood Son Battle to be so cruel.'

After finishing the five books, the sky had already turned slightly dark.

After Jiang Yan walked out of the book area, he glanced at the Sect mission board and left the Spiritual Object Hall.

'That god-awful Li Yi, you just wait. Sooner or later, I'll go out and give you a beating.'

Time passed like flowing water, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had gone by.

During this time, Jiang Yan kept a low profile. Aside from going to Fang Yu's dao field to Cultivate every day, he spent his time immersed in the book area of the Spiritual Object Hall.

By now, he had almost finished reading all the Cultivation Technique, Spell, and Martial Skill books of the entire Blood Cloud Sect.

Overall, there was almost no gain, but it could be considered that he had gained an understanding of the Blood Cloud Sect's origins, background, and related ways of survival.

Just as he walked out of the Spiritual Object Hall again, Qin Tai ran over excitedly.

"Senior Brother Su, I have successfully stepped into the Qi Blood Realm."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan smiled and cupped his fists: "Congratulations, Junior Brother Qin. I'll take you to Revered Master's dao field right now."

"Thank you, thank you, Senior Brother Su," Qin Tai said gratefully.

When Jiang Yan brought Qin Tai into Fang Yu's dao field, two unfamiliar backs were kneeling before Fang Yu, seemingly reporting something, while Fang Yu shook his head helplessly.

"Since fate is such, it only shows that my Revered Master-Disciple bond with him is severed," Fang Yu lamented with some regret.

"Revered Master, please restrain your grief," the two Disciples said respectfully.

Fang Yu's expression instantly returned to normal, and he waved his hand: "Alright, since it has already happened, go inform Yin Duo and the others to change the Disciple seating."

"Yes, Revered Master." The two Disciples stood up.

But as they turned around, they happened to see Jiang Yan and Qin Tai standing at the door.

Noticing that Yun Tianze and Qu Yang had turned and stopped, Fang Yu looked toward the door: "Oh, Su Chen is here. These are your Eldest Senior Brother and Sixth Senior Brother. Introduce yourselves."

Jiang Yan walked up and said respectfully: "Junior Brother Su Chen greets Eldest Senior Brother and Sixth Senior Brother."

"Greetings, Junior Brother," Yun Tianze returned the gesture.

Qu Yang ignored Jiang Yan, gave a cold snort, and walked straight past him.

"I'm sorry, Junior Brother. Your Sixth Senior Brother's personality has always been like this, and Old Seven was killed by an Evil Spirit during this mission, so he's in a very bad mood," Yun Tianze explained.

"It's no matter. Thank you for clarifying, Eldest Senior Brother." Jiang Yan cupped his fists.

"This is..." Yun Tianze looked at Qin Tai.

"This is Qin Tai, he's about to become our Little Junior Brother," Jiang Yan quickly explained.

Qin Tai hurried forward to salute: "Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother."

"Mhm, not bad. You guys Cultivate first; I have some business with your Third Senior Brother." After Yun Tianze finished speaking, he walked out of the dao field.

Jiang Yan and Qin Tai bowed to see him off. Only after Yun Tianze had left the dao field did the two turn back and bow to Fang Yu.

Fang Yu looked at Qin Tai and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, you didn't disappoint me. From today on, you are my eleventh apprentice."

Hmm?

Jiang Yan's expression froze slightly, and then he understood the meaning behind Fang Yu's words.

'Holy crap, these Disciple positions are actually a substitution system.'

Qin Tai didn't know about this and hurriedly kowtowed to acknowledge his Revered Master.

As Qin Tai finally became Fang Yu's Disciple, Jiang Yan also successfully moved up from the original number eleven to number ten.

As for how the original number seven died, he didn't care. After all, this sinister Sect was always like this.

As a new Disciple, Qin Tai naturally had to stay in the dao field to Cultivate. After bidding farewell to his Revered Master, Jiang Yan walked toward his own residence.

Just as he entered the small courtyard, a group of Disciples immediately saluted him:

"Greetings, Blood Son."

"Mhm."

Jiang Yan nodded and passed directly in front of everyone. Just as he was about to enter his room, he seemed to remember something and quickly turned around to call out his servant.

"I wonder what orders the Blood Son has," Luo Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"How many of you here have stepped into the first level of the Qi Blood Realm?" Jiang Yan asked.

Hearing this, Luo Zhuang's heart skipped a beat, and the others' expressions were the same as Luo Zhuang's.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Jiang Yan explained helplessly: "Don't worry, I'm not Yan Hao. I need my own forces to be stronger. If you can really defeat me, you can take this Blood Son position for yourselves."

Hearing Su Chen say this, although everyone was much more at ease, who could guarantee that the Blood Son wouldn't secretly move against them?

Jiang Yan didn't care at all about what these people were thinking. Since they all wanted to be cowards, he would let them be.

Just as he felt he couldn't carry this group of pig teammates, a female Disciple from the second batch quickly stepped out of the crowd.

"Blood Son, my name is Fang Wanrou. This servant is at the first level of the Qi Blood Realm," Fang Wanrou said respectfully.

"Alright, then you come out with me tomorrow for training," Jiang Yan instructed.

"Yes, Blood Son," Fang Wanrou saluted.

Jiang Yan glanced at the crowd again, but unexpectedly, not a single other person stood up. He could only give up on this group of cowards.

As Jiang Yan returned to his room, the crowd quickly dispersed.

"Wanrou, are you crazy?" a female Disciple who was close to Fang Wanrou said.

"Miao Ling, I'm not crazy. I can feel that he has no interest in us at all, just like the way those Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters look at us," Fang Wanrou explained.

Hearing this, Miao Ling stopped trying to persuade her. After all, everyone's choices were different.

At night, just as Jiang Yan was preparing to sleep, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

"Tenth Senior Brother, it's me, Qin Tai."

Hearing it was Qin Tai, Jiang Yan hurriedly went to open the door.

"Did you find out?" Jiang Yan asked curiously.

"Mhm." Qin Tai nodded and said directly: "From the information leaked by several Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, Luo Qi died at the hands of an Evil Spirit, but the one who pushed him was indeed Cai Qingzhuo from the Yin Ghost Cave."

Hearing the answer he wanted, Jiang Yan understood what was going on.

In Fang Yu's lineage, except for him being a Blood Son candidate, the other Disciples were all servants, while Cai Qingzhuo had been an undefeated Blood Son for three years, with strength far exceeding Yun Tianze. Therefore, Yun Tianze and the others could only swallow their bitterness.

"Tenth Senior Brother, in another ten days or so, this year's final batch of Disciples will enter the Sect," Qin Tai reminded him.

Jiang Yan said indifferently: "It's fine. I reckon no one will compete with me for this Blood Son position this year."

"That's great. In the future, I won't have to change Revered Masters," Qin Tai said with a smile.

Jiang Yan didn't care about Qin Tai's words. In his view, Li Yi's purpose for letting him enter the Blood Cloud Sect was likely to have him fight his way out of the pack.

After seeing off Qin Tai, Jiang Yan soon fell asleep.

In the morning, just as the horizon began to brighten, Fang Wanrou appeared at the door of Jiang Yan's room.

When Jiang Yan walked out and saw Fang Wanrou, he was quite satisfied. After all, waking up earlier than him showed that the other party was very sincere.

"This servant greets the Blood Son," Fang Wanrou said respectfully.

"From now on, just call me Senior Brother. 'Blood Son' sounds too much like a bad guy," Jiang Yan said.

"Yes, this serv—"

Jiang Yan interrupted: "Don't use 'this servant' either. Just change it to Junior Sister."

"Yes, thank you, Senior Brother." Fang Wanrou cupped her fists in a salute.

Jiang Yan nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand: "Let's go. At this time, there are few people in the Spiritual Object Hall, which is perfect for taking on missions."

Jiang Yan didn't take on a support mission this time; instead, he took on a hunting mission in the Xuan Yin Mountain Range.

Seeing the mission token Jiang Yan received, Fang Wanrou was very shocked.

"Senior Brother, I haven't Cultivated any Spells that restrain Evil Spirits," Fang Wanrou hurriedly said.

"It's fine. I'm taking you along so you can help pick up the remains of the Evil Spirits," Jiang Yan said, then left the Spiritual Object Hall.

Hearing this, Fang Wanrou's delicate body trembled.

She felt as if she were hallucinating. Su Chen alone dared to face the Evil Spirits of the Xuan Yin Mountain Range?

"What are you dazed for? Hurry up and follow," Jiang Yan said, looking back.

"Yes," Fang Wanrou responded and quickly caught up with Jiang Yan's pace.

After the two showed their mission tokens and identity tokens, the mountain gate Disciples allowed them to pass.

Similarly, after Jiang Yan bought two horses in the market, he led Fang Wanrou toward the Xuan Yin Mountain Range.

Speaking of the outskirts of Xuan Yin Mountain, one had to mention the village where Jiang Yan used to live; the Evil Spirits there were mainly White Shadow Demons.

In the outer ring of the Xuan Yin Mountain Range, there were a large number of Wraiths. Going deeper, there would be Evil Spirits of the third realm and above.

As for why the various Immortal Sects didn't eliminate the Evil Spirits of the Xuan Yin Mountain Range, it was actually quite simple: they simply couldn't be completely eliminated. Moreover, Evil Spirits at night were exceptionally powerful, and without special means, it was difficult to kill high-realm Evil Spirits. Therefore, they could only try their best to clear the outskirts and outer rings to prevent the Evil Spirits from spreading.