The Emperor's Favorite: The Useless and Crazy Concubine Who Conquers the World

These ghosts were ethereal, emitting a cold, ghostly aura. Holding ghost forks in hand, they charged towards Lan Yunyan. Lan Yunyan remained calm and unleashed her "Star Wave Breaking the Ghost." The Star Wave sword shone brightly, sending streams of star-like sword energy darting towards the shadowy ghosts.

The sword energy collided with the ghost energy of the ghost soldiers, making a sizzling sound. Lan Yunyan took advantage of the ghost soldiers being restrained by the sword energy and moved quickly. The sword in his hand shuttled between the ghost soldiers like a dragon, and each sword could disperse a shadow ghost soldier.

After dealing with the phantom ghosts, Lan Yunyan continued to go deeper into the Spirit Demon Valley. In front of a cave in the valley, she felt a powerful demonic energy fluctuation.

She walked into the cave cautiously, only to see a huge "blood demon gorilla" inside. The gorilla was blood red, its muscles bulging, and its eyes flashing blood red. It was lying on a pile of bones, seemingly practicing.

Lan Yunyan knew that this blood demon ape must be one of the main culprits causing harm in the Spirit Demon Valley.

Undeterred, she set up a "Spiritual Sealing Formation" outside the cave to prevent the Blood Demon Ape from escaping. Then, she entered the cave, sword in hand, making a deliberate noise to attract the Blood Demon Ape's attention. Startled, it roared angrily and lunged at Lan Yunyan.

Lan Yunyan used the Lingxu Sword Technique's ultimate move "Starry Sky Illusion". She injected all her spiritual power into the Xinglan Sword. The spiritual patterns on the sword burst out with dazzling light, and a huge star-like sword energy slashed towards the Blood Demon Ape.

The Blood Demon Ape felt the powerful force of the sword energy and tried to block it with his arms. However, the sword energy was like a whirlwind, severing the Blood Demon Ape's arms and then piercing through his body.

The blood demon ape fell to the ground with a loud bang, raising a cloud of dust.

Lan Yunyan successfully completed the mission of "Exorcising the Evil Spirit in Lingyao Valley" and returned to Qingyun Sect with the spoils and mission rewards.

This mission greatly improved her combat experience and her soul power cultivation also reached a higher level.

Lan Yunyan returned to Qingyun Sect with the glory of victory in the mission and rich spoils, which caused quite a stir in the sect for a while.

Her name was praised by her disciples, and her outstanding performance and beautiful appearance became the focus of everyone's attention.

However, all this hurt the eyes of one person, and that was the clan leader's daughter Su Yao.

Su Yao was born pretty and charming. She had been loved in the sect since she was young and was used to being the center of everyone's attention.

But now the appearance of Lan Yunyan is like a brighter star, completely covering up her light.

Whenever Su Yao heard the disciples praising Lan Yunyan, an irrepressible fire of jealousy would surge in her heart, especially Lan Yunyan's otherworldly beauty, which made her even more jealous.

One day, Lan Yunyan was practicing as usual in a quiet garden within the sect. The garden was filled with colorful flowers, dancing butterflies, and a rich spiritual energy filled the air.

Lan Yunyan was immersed in a state of selflessness in her cultivation when suddenly, a group of masked men in black appeared like ghosts. They were agile and were obviously well-trained killers.

Before Lan Yunyan could react, they threw out a spiritual power restriction net and trapped Lan Yunyan inside.

Lan Yunyan tried to struggle, but the restriction net became tighter and tighter, and her soul power was temporarily suppressed.

"Hmph, Lan Yunyan, today is the day you die." A cold voice sounded, it was Su Yao.

She slowly walked out of the shadows, her eyes full of malice and complacency.

Lan Yunyan was startled, but remained calm and said, "Senior Sister Su Yao, why did you act like this?"

Su Yao sneered: "Why? Because of your charming face, you stole the limelight that belonged to me."

After saying this, she waved her hand, signaling her men to take Lan Yunyan away. Lan Yunyan was taken to a remote, abandoned pavilion within the sect.

The pavilion was dark and damp, with cobwebs everywhere and a foul smell in the air.

Su Yao ordered people to tie Lan Yunyan to a stone pillar, and then took out a sharp dagger. The dagger flashed with a cold light, and it was obvious at a glance that it was a murder weapon.

"Lan Yunyan, don't worry, I won't let you die easily. I will destroy your face first, making your face uglier than a ghost, and see how you can still seduce people in the sect." Su Yao said as she slowly walked towards Lan Yunyan.

Lan Yunyan knew she couldn't panic at this moment and had to find a way to escape. She quietly mobilized the remaining spiritual power in her body, trying to break through the restriction.

Just as Su Yao was about to approach Lan Yunyan, Lan Yunyan suddenly shouted, and her spiritual power burst out, breaking through some of the restrictions in one fell swoop. She struggled to break free from the ropes and dodged Su Yao's dagger.

"What are you still standing there for? Catch her for me!" Su Yao shouted angrily.

The men in black rushed towards Lan Yunyan. Lan Yunyan had no sword in her hand, but she used the "Spirit Wind Palm" palm technique from the Lingxu Sword Technique, and the palm wind was whistling, and she started fighting with the men in black.

She was agile, dodging left and right, and each palm strike could repel a man in black. However, the men in black were too numerous, and Lan Yunyan gradually felt overwhelmed.

At the critical moment, Lan Yunyan saw a vent on the wall of the pavilion and she came up with an idea.

She deliberately revealed a flaw to lure the man in black closer, then suddenly used the "Lingxu Step" and quickly rushed towards the vent.

Seeing this, Su Yao quickly threw the dagger in her hand. Lan Yunyan dodged to the side and the dagger flew past her arm, scratching her skin, but she ignored the pain and jumped into the vent with all her strength.

The vent was narrow and rugged, so Lan Yunyan could only crawl forward. Behind her, Su Yao and the men in black were chasing her closely.

After turning a few corners in the ventilation duct, Lan Yunyan found a fork in the road ahead. After a moment's thought, she chose the left passage.

There was a pungent smell in the passage. Lan Yunyan endured the discomfort and continued to move forward.

Finally, she saw a ray of light at the end of the passage. Lan Yunyan climbed out of the ventilation vent and found herself in a forbidden area in the back mountain of the sect.

The forbidden area in the back mountain is full of various powerful restrictions and dangerous spirit beasts, but Lan Yunyan has no choice at this moment.

She walked cautiously in the forbidden area, while looking for a way to get rid of Su Yao.