Chapter 219: Pure Yin Maiden 【 Foreshadowing 】
After all, they had already been here for so long, and Yan Ao and the others hadn’t sent any messages. Instead, they cared more about why the two of them had knocked them unconscious.
Clearly, Yan Ao was telling the truth; he had no relationship with his Fifth Imperial Uncle.
Wen Ye immediately chimed in, “Exactly, exactly, we’re not bad guys.”
Yan Ao pouted, “It looks like you guys are more like bad guys, tricking us into fighting the Huan Bird, and in the end, you didn’t even leave us a monster core.”
He pointed at his own head and said weakly, “I was the one who put in the most effort. Once I tore that seal, I didn’t even know how to control myself, yet I still tore it.”
Wen Ye added, “Exactly, exactly. You attacked me for a mere twenty-three thousand demon stones, my heart truly aches.”
Seeing the relaxed tone of the two, Ming Zhaoshuang and Xie Yanning finally let down their guard.
Ming Zhaoshuang felt a bit embarrassed by their words, coughed lightly, and added, “Didn’t I draw some formation patterns for you? These are the secret techniques of Setting Sun Mountain Range. They’re much better than that monster core you used to please women.”
She still wanted to argue a bit more.
Xie Yanning put down her sword and said to Yan Ao, “I apologize, it was my fault, I was too impulsive.”
Yan Ao turned to look at Wen Ye, “Why didn’t you say she left something for you?”
Wen Ye: “Didn’t I tell you? You didn’t take it seriously at all! You even called me trash for getting knocked unconscious!”
Yan Ao hesitated, “Did you really say it?”
Wen Ye was helpless, “I really did say it.”
Yan Ao was confused, “Did you really say it?”
Wen Ye was exasperated, “I didn’t say I was a dog!”
Yan Ao started laughing, “Then bark twice for me.”
Seeing that the two were getting sidetracked again and would continue rambling, Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t help but interrupt, “Since the clients are you two, we don’t have the face to ask you for the demon stones anymore. Therefore, let’s just end the mission.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Yanning also placed the Huan Bird monster core in her hand in front of the two.
In any case, they were not lacking demon stones now. Although these twenty-three thousand demon stones were a lot, they were not unwilling to give them up.
That matter was indeed their fault.
Wen Ye and Yan Ao exchanged a look, neither of them reaching out to take the monster core floating in the air.
Wen Ye handed Ming Zhaoshuang a storage bag and said, “As you said, you left me some formations. Those formations are extremely high-level, no less than those stored by the Imperial Family of the Demon Realm. We didn’t come for nothing.”
“So, we still have to give you the demon stones that are due.”
Ming Zhaoshuang accepted it and smiled, “Good.”
Yan Ao finally took the monster core in the air and grumbled, “No more of this next time. I consider you friends, but you treated me like an outsider.”
Xie Yanning hesitated and asked, “You saw that I killed your Fifth Imperial Uncle, and you’re just going to let me go?”
Yan Ao said, “I told you, I have no relation with Fifth Imperial Uncle. Whether he lives or dies is none of my business.”
Wen Ye explained, “Yan Ao is from the Crown Prince’s lineage. The existence of the Fifth Prince is a threat to the Crown Prince. You killing the Fifth Prince is a good thing for Yan Ao.”
Qin Feilong heard this and only half understood.
He said, “Then why were you so aggressive and angry at us at the beginning?”
Wen Ye gave him a look and said irritably, “Tell me, who would be happy after being tricked?”
Yan Ao also pouted, “Exactly, I even risked half my life.”
Saying this, Yan Ao began to cough violently.
His current cultivation and disposition were simply unable to control the powerful bloodline of the Great Wind.
Seeing them like this, Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t help but smile, finding these two demon youths quite sincere. She said, “It was our fault in this matter. We should have told you beforehand. We apologize.”
“If you want any compensation, you can tell us.”
Yan Ao chimed in, “Exactly, exactly, what’s wrong with telling us beforehand? We’re not unreasonable people.”
Wen Ye helped him to a nearby armchair, “With your temper, if you had known they were also here for the monster core, you probably would have started fighting them directly.”
He turned to Ming Zhaoshuang and said, “Logically speaking, after you killed the Fifth Prince, you should have left quickly. A Shuang cultivates both Talisman and Sword Dual Cultivation and can even draw Heaven Rank formations. It’s unlikely she can’t draw a Teleportation Array. Since A Shuang hasn’t left the Demon Realm yet, there must be a reason, right?”
Ming Zhaoshuang did not deny it, “We want to participate in the auction.”
Wen Ye showed a look of expectation, “You want to bid for a Pure Yin Maiden?”
Pure Yin Maiden, what is that?
Before Ming Zhaoshuang could react, the System in her mind started chattering:
【 What the heck? There’s a Pure Yin Maiden at this auction! How can such a wicked transaction still be going on! Wasn’t the Pure Yin Ground destroyed by Feng He Du Xian tens of thousands of years ago! How can there still be Pure Yin Maidens! 】
Ming Zhaoshuang raised her eyes and looked at Xie Yanning, who clearly also knew about it and showed no surprise.
She asked doubtfully, “Pure Yin Maiden, what is that?”
Yan Ao was shocked, “You don’t know what a Pure Yin Maiden is?”
Xie Yanning explained to Ming Zhaoshuang, “A Pure Yin Maiden is the best Cauldron in this world. Dual Cultivation with a Pure Yin Maiden can greatly increase one’s cultivation. If one can obtain the Primal Yin of a Pure Yin Maiden, their bloodline and Spirit Root purity will evolve, and they might even evolve a Peak Grade Spirit Root into an Innate Spirit Root. It is truly a great treasure.”
After all, Spirit Roots determine a cultivator’s upper limit.
“The most important point is that children born to Pure Yin Maidens are mostly exceptionally talented, starting with Peak Grade Spirit Roots, and even Innate Spirit Roots. The cultivation and power of a Pure Yin Maiden can also be transferred to her child. However, the Pure Yin Maiden will also lose her value as a ‘Cauldron,’ growing old and dying within three years.”
“Therefore, whenever a Pure Yin Maiden appears, they are generally targets of contention in the Thirty-Six Heavens.”
The biggest draw of this auction in the Demon Realm was actually the Pure Yin Maiden, while the Nine-Orifice Lotus Root Silk was merely a prop.
Xie Yanning was aware of this, but she didn’t interfere.
The matters of the Demon Realm were too complicated and chaotic, far beyond her scope of management.
The more Ming Zhaoshuang listened, the more disgusted she felt. This was treating a Pure Yin Maiden like an item to be bought and sold, no different from the Shuangyu Village she had encountered before.
Of course, there was a difference. The transactions in Shuangyu Village were only done in secret, not daring to be brought into the open. However, the transactions involving Pure Yin Maidens were not only brought into the open but were even the highlight of the auction.
Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t help but exclaim angrily, “Pure Yin Maidens are people, living, breathing people! They are not items, how can they be bought and sold!”
She had long known that the Cultivation World was not as peaceful as modern China where she lived, but she never expected it to be so insane that even such transactions would be openly conducted.
Ming Zhaoshuang was not a rash person, and her words at this moment startled Xie Yanning and Qin Feilong.
Pure Yin Maidens are also people?
In what Ming Zhaoshuang had pointed out, Xie Yanning suddenly realized why she had always disliked the transactions involving Pure Yin Maidens.
Because Pure Yin Maidens are people, living, breathing people.
However, since the emergence of Pure Yin Maidens, almost everyone subconsciously did not treat them as people, but as items that could aid cultivation and extend bloodlines, even buying and selling them casually, never considering their human rights.
Qin Feilong also realized this belatedly.
The existence of Pure Yin Maidens was not a secret in the entire Thirty-Six Heavens. Qin Feilong had previously encountered literature related to this, but he had never completely detached them from the concept of an item like Ming Zhaoshuang.
After all, Pure Yin Maidens could allow cultivation to progress a thousand miles a day and refine bloodlines.
Not to mention that the beauty of Pure Yin Maidens was always rare in the world. Regardless of their utility, their beauty alone could cause frenzied competition in the Thirty-Six Heavens.
Therefore, even though most Pure Yin Maidens were exceptionally talented and had considerable cultivation, they still ended up as mere objects in the eyes of cultivators. In fact, in all recorded content, they were almost always viewed from a completely “objectified” perspective.
After all, Pure Yin Maidens were a very small minority, and even the entire Thirty-Six Heavens could not find many.
Cultivators cared little about the Pure Yin Maidens themselves, only knowing their item-like qualities that could satisfy their lust and aid their cultivation.
