Chapter 33: Framed, Facing a Crisis?
Song Jiulai wasn’t sure if all cultivators in Yunzhou Continent were this kind.
At any rate, every Senior Sister she had met so far was beautiful and kind-hearted.
Song Jiulai subconsciously asked, “You gave me yours, what will you do when you go back?”
Lin Qian smiled, “I’ve been with you for seven or eight days, I still have the ability to protect myself. Don’t worry, I have special methods to contact fellow disciples, and I’ll go back with them then.”
Song Jiulai still wanted to be polite, “This is too precious…”
Lin Qian said, “It’s actually fine, the help you’ve given me during this time is enough. If we meet again next time, can I follow you?”
Song Jiulai didn’t mind, “Yes.”
Lin Qian left the Tier 2 Qi Replenishing Pill for Song Jiulai and departed.
Song Jiulai sighed, “System, there are still many good people in this world.”
The System chuckled without speaking.
Then, the face-slapping came as fast as a tornado.
This face-slapping wasn’t because Lin Qian had a problem, but rather…
As soon as she left, Song Jiulai started having bad luck!
After Lin Qian left, Song Jiulai found that her chances of encountering Demonic Beasts had drastically decreased. She could have shown off her skills, but now there weren’t enough Demonic Beasts.
She wandered in a certain area for an entire afternoon and only encountered three First Order Demonic Beasts.
They weren’t even enough to fill the gaps between her teeth.
However, after Lin Qian left, she could freely pick wild Spirit Herbs and gather wild materials that might be sellable.
As long as they were ripe and not difficult to harvest.
For example, there was a wild Spirit Wood that could also be used for Artifact Refining.
There were also many materials that could be used for Alchemy.
She began to issue tasks to the Sect’s Players, such as asking Players to help her sell Spirit Herbs and Demonic Beast Materials. Considering how disgusting Demonic Beasts were and affected aesthetics, she dissected them herself, leaving only the crucial material parts.
Selling one type of material, regardless of quantity, would only yield one Point.
Only tasks for different materials were issued.
Players gradually realized that this “mother” was a bit stingy…
However, despite their complaints, Players followed the principle that even a mosquito’s leg is meat and were happy to act as free errand runners.
Then they discovered that the Sect Master had temporarily enabled a currency exchange system, but it wasn’t pay-to-win. Instead, Points could be exchanged for Spirit Stones.
However, it took 10 Points to exchange for one Low-grade Spirit Stone, and conversely, Spirit Stones could also be directly exchanged for Points.
Players: ?
Mom, aren’t you a bit outrageously stingy?
No matter how poor our family is, we can’t be this desperately poor!
But despite the Players’ complaints, if Song Jiulai didn’t set the prices high, and Players accumulated too many Points later on, her Spirit Stones might not withstand the exchange.
Spirit Stones are money that needs to be earned externally, but Players will definitely get Points if they do tasks long-term, it’s not cost-effective!
Some Players kept trying to exploit bugs. Song Jiulai, on First Mountain, was extensively harvesting and hunting. All First Order Demonic Beasts became her fallen foes. Where she passed, not a blade of grass grew; even locusts would have to bow to Song Jiulai as their master.
The basic Soul Cultivation Method given by the System continuously circulated within Song Jiulai’s Body. Song Jiulai discovered that after every battle, her speed of replenishing Spiritual Energy became faster and faster.
She even had a premonition that she was getting closer to that profound feeling of Breakthrough.
On the third day after Lin Qian left, Song Jiulai finally confirmed.
—Lin Qian brought her good luck.
She really couldn’t encounter Demonic Beasts!
After searching for a morning, all her Spiritual Energy was used for fleeing, and she only encountered two First Order Demonic Beasts.
First Mountain only had a large map; there was no mini-map. She could only rely on her memory to recall the directions she had been, feeling like the surrounding area had been thoroughly picked clean by her.
Just as she was scratching her head, wondering whether to venture deeper, she suddenly felt something was wrong.
Before her was a dense forest, and she was by a forest stream. She had just finished picking a wild First Order Water Lingzhi here, which was one of the materials needed by the Beast Taming Sect.
It only grew by the water in deep forests.
As soon as she put the Water Lingzhi into her Mustard Seed Bag, the hairs on her back stood on end.
From the forest on the opposite bank of the stream, a wounded man suddenly darted out. His left half of his face had been corroded by some kind of pus, making him look extremely horrifying.
The other party was wearing a dark blue robe, with no Sect insignia, and it was unknown which cultivator he was from.
Song Jiulai instantly became somewhat wary.
Even though the other party was wounded, the person before her still exuded a pressure that indicated a higher Realm than hers, though not as strong as Senior Sister Qiao, whom she had met that day, who was at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Song Jiulai deduced that the other party was either at the Mid or Late Stage of Qi Condensation.
Furthermore, as soon as the man saw her, his gaze held a dangerous appraisal.
Suddenly, the man threw something, and a Tier 2 ‘Earth Lingzhi’ emitting a faint glow was tossed in front of her.
Earth Lingzhi, which emits strange sounds at night and attracts certain Demonic Beasts, is also one of the wild medicinal herbs needed by the Beast Taming Sect.
It’s quite rare, and one plant can sell for fifty Low-grade Spirit Stones on the market.
Song Jiulai: ?
The next second, Song Jiulai understood how malicious the other party was.
After throwing the Earth Lingzhi, the man accelerated his Spiritual Energy and fled directly.
Then, a strong fishy smell suddenly appeared from the direction he had fled, and a black ‘Magic Horned Snake’, about ten feet tall, a Tier 2 Demonic Beast, appeared.
Song Jiulai knew why Earth Lingzhi was rare.
Because that’s what the Information stated.
Magic Horned Snake: Slightly bald forehead with a pus-filled boil, highly venomous Demonic Beast, large body, and its expelled pus gives birth to highly venomous small snakes, often catching people off guard. After death, the pus from its head will corrode all surrounding life forms and requires purification. It often appears near Tier 2 spiritual medicine like Earth Lingzhi. Due to its speed and splitting attribute, it is considered a peak Tier 2 Demonic Beast.
Song Jiulai’s pupils contracted.
She cursed, “Beast!” almost simultaneously with the System.
That man actually wanted Song Jiulai to be his shield.
However, the beast had already fled far away, and Song Jiulai was currently at the Early Qi Stage, likely unable to outrun this Magic Horned Snake.
The Magic Horned Snake’s cold, equally black vertical pupils instantly locked onto Song Jiulai.
Song Jiulai: “…”
The next second, the Magic Horned Snake launched an attack.
Its speed was astonishingly fast; its massive body was no less than a small mountain in Song Jiulai’s eyes.
Song Jiulai let out a pained cry, “You damn thing, recognize who you’re attacking! Did I pick it that you’re coming after me?!”
However, how could a Demonic Beast without Spiritual Intelligence understand such things?
While cursing, Song Jiulai’s speed was not slow. Knowing she was in an extremely dangerous situation, she instantly unleashed the largest Fireball she could currently muster at the Magic Horned Snake.
“Bang—”
The direct attack launched by the Magic Horned Snake didn’t even swerve. Perhaps it hadn’t expected the cultivator with such a weak aura to conjure such a large Fireball. After being hit, it swayed its head and let out a series of intense ‘hissing’ sounds.
A large amount of pus overflowed from its mouth, falling onto the ground. It was dark green, like paste, emitting black smoke with a strange Aura. Small snake bodies tumbled within it, quickly growing into thumb-sized small snakes.
Song Jiulai understood why the man’s face had been corroded like that.
This bought her a moment of respite. She turned and ran into the deep forest.
The System wasn’t in a hurry, “My current Energy can teleport you once, do you want to?”
“No!” Song Jiulai gritted her teeth, “I’ll try. If it doesn’t work, then I’ll run.”
In her entire life, she had never suffered such a loss, to the point that her first thought wasn’t to immediately flee for her life.
Instead, she wanted to find that man.
Even if she couldn’t defeat him, she would make him lose a layer of skin.
Today, she would spend all the money she earned, buy pills, and drag him until she found him!
And…
She thought of that Earth Lingzhi.
Ordinary cultivators couldn’t do it, but she could rely on Players to throw medicine remotely. If she didn’t try, what if there was a chance?!
