Chapter 10: Empty the Bag!
Ye Anping had been quite tense outside the formation until it was lifted. Only then did he relax completely, seeing Pei Lianxue waving at him and the charred remains in front of her. The plan went even smoother than he had anticipated.
If Wu You had reacted seriously upon seeing them, there might have been a chance of a counterattack. However, he didn’t. Throughout, Wu You didn’t consider the two Qi Refining cultivators, Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue, seriously. It was probably unimaginable for him to die at the hands of two Qi Refining cultivators in the end.
In the world of cultivators, killing someone across two realms was almost impossible, like low-level characters in an RPG game attempting to defeat a high-level character.
Yet, he and his junior sister achieved it.
“Brother! We did it!” Pei Lianxue exclaimed, running towards him. Without hesitation, he embraced and spun her around, praising her with a smile and saying, “Impressive.”
Pei Lianxue, holding the back of his neck, pouted, dissatisfied, “Brother, it feels like you’re treating a child.”
“Aren’t you a child? Only fourteen,” he replied.
“In a few months, I’ll be an adult,” she retorted.
Ye Anping chuckled indulgently, reminding her, “First, gather your energy to heal. The formation poisoned you. Although you have resistance, be cautious to avoid any lingering effects.”
“Yes, yes,” she grumbled.
Pei Lianxue felt her senior brother was being oblivious. In the typical novel, after a crisis, shouldn’t the main characters exchange glances or share a kiss?
This was the perfect time for a proposal. If her senior brother had said, “Junior sister, marry me when we get back,” she would have agreed.
“Stinky senior brother, you missed such a good opportunity. Humph!”
“What opportunity? Didn’t we handle it perfectly?” Ye Anping was puzzled, “Look, not even a scratch on us. The plan was flawless.”
“Ah,” Pei Lianxue sighed, giving up on further conversation. She sat down cross-legged to recover her energy.
Observing this, Ye Anping took a healing pill from his storage bag and handed it to her. Then, he approached Wu You’s body, squatted down, and used his sword to behead the burnt head after confirming the absence of breath.
After ensuring Wu You was completely dead, he scanned the surroundings with his spiritual consciousness. Seeing that all of Wu You’s talismans destroyed insects, he confidently reached for his storage bag.
Wu You’s bag didn’t have much— a Poison Sect identity jade, several cauldrons for cultivating insects, seven or eight decent-quality magic weapons, about three thousand spirit stones, and a golden page.
Ye Anping recognized every item. In the game, these were the drops after defeating Wu You. However, his bag contained all the items from the drop list this time. These items were excellent, but he and Pei Lianxue couldn’t use them during their Qi Refining period. They planned to auction the magic weapons at the black market and exchange them for suitable ones or spirit stones.
As for the poisonous cauldron and the remaining insects, Ye Anping burned them with a fire spell.
Finally, the golden page…
If Ye Anping guessed correctly, it should be the fifth fragment of the “Mysterious Yin Technique.” In the game, it was a quest item in the mid-game main storyline.
This page was supposed to be obtained by Feng Yudie after defeating Wu You, but now it was in his hands. He didn’t want to touch this protagonist’s great opportunity and even considered discarding it. However, thinking it over, Wu You was killed by him and Pei Lianxue.
When those individuals discovered that Wu You was killed at the hands of Pei Lianxue, they would surely approach Pei Lianxue to inquire about the location of this page.
“Hiss—this thing is neither here nor there.”
After careful consideration, Ye Anping took the golden page into his storage bag, planning to find an opportunity to give it away.
After dealing with Wu You’s storage bag, Ye Anping stood up, preparing to take Pei Lianxue back. However, just as he turned around, he saw it.
Earlier, the small golden figure resembling emergency food that had been following Feng Yudie flew towards them.
“…”
Looking at that small golden figure, Ye Anping felt slightly puzzled. Wasn’t this little figure a spirit companion?
Spirit companions shouldn’t be able to stray too far from their masters. Their current location, with Pei Lianxue, was at least half a mile away from Feng Yudie.
Could this little figure really run that far?
And why was it coming over?
Was it because it saw the formation he just used and ran over?
A quarter of an hour ago—
With a “pop,” due to the disappearance of the Holy Emperor Dragon body, Feng Yudie fell from mid-air to the ground without the dragon tail supporting her palm.
Xiao Tian immediately flew to her in a panic.
“Yudie!!!”
It quickly checked Feng Yudie’s injuries, only to find that her meridians were shattered, and the demonic cultivator’s insect had consumed nearly half of her soul. Now, her life was in danger, and she was on the verge of death.
“Ah?! Yudie… what… what should I do?”
Watching the chaotic injuries in Feng Yudie’s meridians, Xiao Tian anxiously stamped its feet in mid-air, subconsciously wanting to drag her to the town. But it forgot that it was a weapon spirit, visible only to Feng Yudie.
If it touched a person, that person would only feel a breeze. In other words, its strength was equivalent to a gentle breeze. This gentle breeze, at most, could shake the leaves. How could it possibly drag a living person back to town?
…
“Yi-ya!!!”
Xiao Tian pulled on Feng Yudie’s clothes, exerting all its strength, but in the end, it only lifted her collar half an inch.
After several attempts, it felt like crying. If no one came to save Feng Yudie, and when the demon cultivator returned, Feng Yudie would be done for. Perhaps even before the demon cultivator returned, Feng Yudie would die due to her current injuries.
“What should I do? What should I do?”
It wanted to go to the town to call for help, but no one besides Feng Yudie could see it, and no one could hear it speak.
Dragging her was impossible. Just now, with the appearance of the golden dragon, the cultivators and ordinary people around must have seen it, and they wouldn’t willingly approach this area.
The more Xiao Tian thought, the more anxious it became. In the end, it cried out of desperation.
“Wooooooooooo – what… suck – suck – Yudie, if you die, what will I do? Ah!”
At this moment, half a mile away in the southeast direction, a blue light pillar suddenly rose from the woods, causing a sudden tremor.
Xiao Tian quickly looked at the light pillar and murmured,
“Is that a water-based formation? Is there a powerful cultivator nearby?”
Xiao Tian was stunned for a moment, then immediately leaped from behind Feng Yudie and flew towards the light pillar.
“Yudie, hold on a little longer!! I’ll find someone to rescue you right away!! Hold on!!”
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