Chapter 213: That’s Just What’s Most Important To You
Ming Zhaoshuang’s conscience twinged slightly. “Excuse me, Daoist Wen Ye, although you gave me one hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones, I have already accepted that commission.”
If the commission was not completed, Ming Zhaoshuang would have to compensate tenfold in demon stones.
Moreover, commissions have a tracking function, and the tracking function of Heaven Rank commissions naturally cannot be easily resolved by them. At that time, Xie Yanning was adamant about locating herself, so they either had to complete the commission or perish, otherwise their whereabouts would be exposed for life by this commission.
Therefore, Ming Zhaoshuang and Xie Yanning absolutely had to have this Huan Bird’s demon core.
As she spoke, Ming Zhaoshuang saw Mimi had already voluntarily and automatically tearing at the Huan Bird’s corpse, swallowing its flesh and blood bit by bit, appearing extremely ferocious.
Ming Zhaoshuang did not stop her.
After all, Mimi was a ferocious beast to begin with, its true nature was such, tearing at a Huan Bird destined to die was better than it eating people.
In the cultivation world, the law of the jungle was, after all, a rule.
Ming Zhaoshuang did not have the strength to protect all the weak. She could only protect the small corner of the world she wished to protect.
In a short while, Mimi had already found the Huan Bird’s demon core.
It was bloody, emitting three colors: cyan, red, and purple.
Mimi seemed to find it a bit dirty, rubbing it with its fur, and presented it to Ming Zhaoshuang as a treasure.
This master would not scold her for eating demons, she is so kind, *mrowl mrowl*.
Mimi would follow its new master for a lifetime!
Ming Zhaoshuang chuckled, patting its fur stained with bloodstains, and cast a cleansing spell, instantly making it white.
She said, “I don’t mind being dirty.”
It let out another *mrowl*, seemingly very moved.
The new master, like the old master, did not dislike its dirtiness and petted its fur.
Mimi liked the new master very much.
After its cries, it happily went back to tearing at the Huan Bird’s corpse.
Mimi remembered that this little bird still had something strange clinging to it. Mimi will rummage, Mimi will search, Mimi will please the master!
Mimi found it!
Sang Biao found a fragment from the top of the Huan Bird’s head.
It looked like refined dragon bone.
He excitedly carried it over to show Ming Zhaoshuang, saying, “This is a divine tool fragment. It’s what made the Huan Bird’s strength greatly increase, but for Mimi, no matter how much its strength increased, it’s not as powerful as Mimi!”
Ming Zhaoshuang coaxed her, “Yes, our Mimi is the most powerful!”
Mimi immediately perked up its tail.
*Wuwuwu*, Mimi was truly, truly moved. Although the new master’s praise for Mimi wasn’t as elaborate as the old master’s, she was really earnest. Mimi would truly dedicate itself to the new master.
Ming Zhaoshuang placed this fragment in front of Qin Feilong.
Qin Feilong’s eyes lit up with joy. “This is indeed a fragment of the Primordial Brush! And it’s the most important one!”
Ming Zhaoshuang knew the plot well and understood that the Huan Bird and Yan Ao and Wen Ye had likely fought each other to a mutual destruction, and then coincidentally encountered Xie Yanning, who was fleeing. Xie Yanning then conveniently eliminated all three of them and took the Primordial Brush fragment.
However, Xie Yanning must not have been in good condition at that time and was being pursued by people from the Demon Realm, so she coincidentally met Qin Feilong. Under such pressure, Qin Feilong was forced to reveal his last trump card.
However, what was that trump card?
Ming Zhaoshuang furrowed her brow. She couldn’t recall this detail when she was writing her notes. Now, guessing this far, she still couldn’t figure out what trump card Qin Feilong was missing.
Moreover, Qin Feilong had been on the brink of death just now, and he hadn’t used it, which was enough to show that this trump card was a passive skill.
Ming Zhaoshuang thought, and then said to Qin Feilong, “This is of no use to us. You’ve already shed blood to block the lightning, so it’s yours.”
The main reason was that although the Primordial Brush fragment was the bone of a divine beast, it had already been refined and could not be made into other divine tools, so it was indeed of no use to Ming Zhaoshuang and the others.
After all, that stubborn Primordial Brush didn’t recognize her.
Although Qin Feilong was annoying to look at, his talent and efforts were undeniable. He was a legitimate Dragon-like Arrogant Protagonist male lead and was from their Ming Ye Sect, so Ming Zhaoshuang naturally had to protect him.
Qin Feilong was flustered and deeply moved. “Junior Sister Zhaoshuang, how can you be so kind? I haven’t done anything at all, how could I possibly be worthy of taking this most important fragment?”
Ming Zhaoshuang furrowed her brow. “It’s only the most important to you.”
The most important thing to them was actually the demon core.
It was just a matter of taking what each needed.
If anyone suffered the most, it was probably Yan Ao and Wen Ye. Yan Ao had almost given half his life, and Wen Ye had worked all day, only to be killed by Qiongqi with a single blow.
Thinking this, Ming Zhaoshuang drew a few more formation patterns and put them in Wen Ye’s pocket.
The formation patterns of Setting Sun Mountain Range were secret techniques not to be passed down. Giving him a few formation patterns was considered compensation, as she really couldn’t give up the demon core.
Mimi had not yet finished dismembering the Huan Bird, but Xie Yanning, who was meditating nearby, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
The crimson liquid splattered onto the greyish-black grass. Xie Yanning coughed violently, her face extremely pale.
Ming Zhaoshuang immediately rushed over, stuffed two Heaven Rank pills into her, and anxiously asked, “A Ning, are you alright now?”
Xie Yanning spitting blood had become a common occurrence, but Ming Zhaoshuang felt extremely alarmed every time she saw it, and it was the same now.
Xie Yanning pushed her hand away and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.
Her voice was weak, but she was unspeakably excited. “It’s a good thing, I’ve broken through to the mid-stage Void Refinement.”
Although her Origin was weakening further, she had still broken through to the mid-stage Void Refinement, which was a great thing for them.
Since Xie Yanning joined the Sword Sect in her youth, the hardships she had endured and the risks she had taken were beyond what ordinary people could imagine. Otherwise, even with her Innate Fire Spiritual Root, she wouldn’t have been able to break through to the Body Integration Stage at the age of two hundred.
She had expended her Origin, and although it was scarce, it was not non-existent.
Therefore, she did not take the current damage seriously.
She was only thinking of replenishing her Origin if she had the chance in the future, so as not to hinder her future cultivation.
Ming Zhaoshuang was not a Medical Cultivator, so she didn’t know Xie Yanning’s condition. Upon hearing her words, her eyes immediately lit up with joy. “That’s excellent. I believe A Ning will be able to cultivate as easily as drinking water in the future, ascending step by step.”
Xie Yanning smiled, “Thank you for your kind words.”
The two chatted happily for a while, and Mimi finally finished gnawing on the entire Huan Bird, tearing apart its skeleton, sharp claws, and feathers.
Xie Yanning said, “The most important part of the Huan Bird is its demon core, followed by its bone and blood, which are greatly beneficial to demonic beasts…”
Hearing this, Ming Zhaoshuang immediately looked at Mimi.
She should have known not to let her eat it!
Mimi let out a *mrowl* and immediately moved closer, obediently extending its large head. “Mimi is very powerful! Mimi has a Pure Yang bloodline. Although its bone and blood slightly increased Mimi’s spiritual power, Mimi’s cultivation is still stuck at mid-stage Mahayana and isn’t very useful, *mrowl*.”
Silly cat, who said it was praising your high cultivation.
Although Ming Zhaoshuang was speechless internally, considering the situation, she didn’t dwell on it and continued to look at Xie Yanning.
The latter continued, “Next is its feathers, which are materials for many alchemists and artificers. They should fetch about fifteen thousand demon stones. As for the skeleton and sharp claws, they are worth about eight thousand demon stones each.”
In that case, that would be thirty-one thousand demon stones.
Ming Zhaoshuang said with some disdain, “Wen Ye’s attack just now was worth sixty thousand demon stones. Why do we only get this much after working so hard for so long?”
Xie Yanning pondered, “After all, it’s a commission from a rogue cultivator, not from a system-managed noble family or sect. Noble families and sects have accumulated most of the wealth, so they don’t give much to rogue cultivators.”
Wen Ye is a Chiwen, belonging to one of the five great noble families, so they naturally couldn’t be compared.
Ming Zhaoshuang pouted, “Fine, less is less. Let’s sell these things first and gather enough demon stones.”
She certainly didn’t want them to spend so much time and get nothing in the end.
Xie Yanning raised her hand and set up a restriction on Wen Ye and Yan Ao.
She turned to Ming Zhaoshuang and said, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to Chongming Demon Market.”
