Chapter 182

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Crack—crack-crack-crack—

The sound of the long whip tearing through the air rang out without cease, strands of pitch-black smoke dissipated, leaving only bleached white bones on the ground.

Shen Yao's expression remained unchanged; at this moment, her cultivation had already risen to Qi Refining Fifth Layer.

The pills she had taken earlier slowly changed, transforming into her own cultivation under the stimulation of spiritual energy.

As someone who had already cultivated techniques before, she was merely picking up where she left off now, without involving later cultivation breakthroughs, so it was still very easy.

The originally empty room returned to normal after Shen Yao took action.

Where was it uninhabited? It was just that these evil spirits would not manifest until nighttime.

The evil spirits, already invaded by demonic qi and completely reduced to puppets, had no consciousness; even if they appeared at night, they were nothing but killing machines.

Shen Yao acted without mercy; by the time the remaining seven noticed her, she had already killed from the village tail to the village center.

"This, this this this"

The timid were speechless, while the thoughtful secretly paid attention.

Zhao Chengjiu was one of the backup options Shen Yao had noted; his body also bore traces of spirit and demon qi, but because his aptitude was poor, the traces were mottled, and rashly consuming Buddha Light Petals would likely be too much for him.

He stood in front of the other six at this moment, looking at Shen Yao's appearance full of evil qi, and said in a deep voice, "Did you trade for good things from the Patroller?"

Shen Yao did not refute, "Don't enter the courtyard; inside are evil spirits that have not yet manifested."

"But you" — he hadn't finished speaking when he saw Shen Yao dive straight in.

The wedding guests looked at each other, finally asking Zhao Cheng quietly what a Patroller was.

Before Zhao Cheng could explain, an old man who had experienced a Strange Instance spoke up.

He described the meaning of Patroller once, then said they could trust the other party when entering a Strange Instance, but could not fully rely on them to save their lives.

"It still depends on our own survival in clearing the instance; the later instance missions are even harder."

"Patrollers are not omnipotent; ultimately, only our own strength can save us."

"That's how it's said, but we, we are just ordinary people; how can we obtain strength?"

Some were defeated before speaking, talking in low spirits, which was even more annoying.

"Wasn't it said there are Patrollers? Go find a Patroller, like that girl just now; maybe we can also obtain extraordinary abilities."

Someone was eager to try, feeling that since Shen Yao could, so could they.

"Who is the Patroller? Where are they? We don't know, how to find them?"

One blunt question after another was thrown out, and the wedding guests began arguing again, until Shen Yao finished clearing the courtyards around them, still without reaching a conclusion.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao raised her eyebrows, glanced at the wedding guests' relatively full mental states, and walked forward along this main road in the middle.

"Miss, I want to know where the Patroller is," Zhao Cheng caught up with Shen Yao, his expression nervous.

As he approached, he could feel more strongly the awe-inspiring pressure emanating from Shen Yao. It was an aura that made it hard to generate resistance; Zhao Cheng didn't know why, just felt extremely uncomfortable all over.

"He will appear at the village entrance."

Shen Yao could not temporarily restrain her own pressure; this was the harm of taking pills.

She urgently wanted to finish dealing with the troubles in the village, then find a secluded place for closed-door cultivation.

She didn't explain too much to Zhao Cheng, only mentioning that they must definitely enter rooms to stay overnight at night, then she continued to bury herself in killing evil spirits.

Zhao Cheng:...

Zhao Cheng conveyed the news he had obtained to everyone, and then a group of people hurriedly rushed toward the village entrance.

"Sigh, if only the Patroller had come in with us back then."

"Hey, what are you dreaming about, all seven of us, not one missing," back then only eight people had entered the village, yet the Patroller actually chose to hide in the village.

All seven tacitly forgot the existence of Xi Chen, and even Zhao Cheng didn't think there was anything wrong.

As the sun in the sky slowly slanted westward, Shen Yao successfully dealt with all the evil spirits in the entire Wangsheng Village.

Shaking the black long whip that had been used all the way, Shen Yao casually tucked it behind her hair.

The magic artifact, like strands of hair, could not be seen to be anything special from the outside.

Shen Yao muttered in her heart, her own cultivation was still too low; the magic artifact could not temporarily unleash all its usefulness.

The urgent matter was to continue improving her cultivation.

Village Entrance

Xi Chen had already met with the seven people, given out the corresponding Hidden Talismans as rewards, and exchanged several thin booklets for some money; he sat quietly by the stone tablet with his eyes closed, nurturing his spirit.

Shen Yao lightly placed her hand on Xi Chen's shoulder; the moment he looked up, she opened her palm, "My reward."

Xi Chen:...

Xi Chen didn't know a Big Shot had such a bad taste; helplessly he took out the item, "You can't use it."

Things for ordinary people were not suitable for Shen Yao, and unfortunately Xi Chen himself had no good things to give.

Thinking of this, Xi Chen felt somewhat ashamed and embarrassed; this trip of his indeed took great advantage.

Shen Yao didn't care; she casually found a place to sit and rest.

"Whether useful or not, the reward must be taken," this was her consistent principle of action.

Hidden Talismans were very similar to Concealment Talismans in the Cultivation World, only the talisman-making method was too crude, somewhat wasteful.

As for the booklet, it was a common Five Spirit Roots Cultivation Method in the Cultivation World, crude and simple; even the characters on it, the original owner of this body still had some impression of them.

Sure enough, the Country in Reality and these Patrollers were in cahoots; they had once popularized cultivation methods among the common people under other pretexts in a roundabout way.

But the Spiritual Qi Revival in the present world was too slow; the concentration of Spiritual Energy never reached the Cultivation Bottleneck — unless there was someone like Xi Chen, born a genius; otherwise they could only keep trying after entering a Strange Instance.

Who asked for the Spiritual Energy concentration in Strange Instances to be high? Even though the Magic Qi content here wasn't low either.

When the day slowly darkened, everyone reacted and realized they couldn't stay Outside any longer.

Shen Yao had already found a clean Room to rest, and at the same time she didn't forget to pull Xi Chen along.

"What do you want to ask? Some things I can't say."

Xi Chen's feelings toward Shen Yao were extremely complex; he was a greenhorn Small Dishes who had just left the thatched cottage — who could have imagined he would Capsize in this Beginner Instance.

He also felt he couldn't resist, so Xi Chen stopped putting on airs; his whole person was instead more real than when he had just entered.

"Are you and the Management Bureau people one regiment? Why not activate other means? Relying solely on a booklet for self-study, the efficiency is very slow."

Xi Chen scratched his head, "Not one regiment, but we originate from the same source.

It's just that the Management Bureau's philosophy differs from ours, but facing Strange Instances, our purpose is consistent: improve everyone's Self-preservation capability as much as possible before Magic Qi invades comprehensively, protect this entire planet.

Other means have all been used — drawing blood, physical exams, doing Metaphysics — everything usable was used, but Spiritual Qi Revival is too slow, far from matching the speed of Magic Qi Invasion.

There are too many Ordinary People living in the present world, including some who have already mastered Magic Techniques; everyone's Spirit Root Quality basically belongs to the postnatally formed category.

As for the self-study you mentioned, Reality once taught it under names like Strong Body, but without Spiritual Roots it cannot be mastered.

Entering Strange Instances, there are us Patrollers or Instance Elderly; when encountering newcomers with the same Spiritual Root we give simple Guidance, but the same problem: Spiritual Energy and Magic Qi cannot be separated; the faster one learns, the greater the damage to the body; some people think learning is worse than not learning.

In short, there are many contradictions Inside; Magic Qi Invasion didn't just appear recently; nowadays this game mode using Strange Instances as a Template is already the most suitable method after Exploration."

They are human, not gods; some things also require a large amount of trial-and-error cost.

"Strange Instances pulling people — was that arranged by you?" Shen Yao thought of the Invitation Letter filled with Magic Qi.

Xi Chen shook his head, "It's the isolated-out places actively pulling people.

One can only say the chosen people are all those sensitive to Magic Qi."

Shen Yao raised her brows; sensitive to Magic Qi — that wasn't just having Spiritual Roots exist in the body?

No wonder.

"Then how did you enter?" It should be impossible to be an invitation.

Magic Qi also likes to Bully Weak Fear Strong; able to sit Happily eating Sweet pastries, who would be Willing to fight a battle first to eat the same thing.

Xi Chen pointed at himself, "Those who can receive an Invitation Letter enter following the Invitation Letter.

Those who can't rely on other external object means, but our Capability and numbers are limited; it's impossible for every Strange Instance to have a Judicator."

Previously Shen Yao had Speculated that Strange Instances might be independent existences isolated by some people in the Reality World using Secret Realms and Boundary Arrays; later Xi Chen's words also verified her idea wasn't wrong.

However at this very moment, combining that Invitation Letter to think again, Shen Yao's originally clear train of thought became chaotic beyond measure.

As if countless Threads were intertwined, making her unable to untangle this tangled hemp.

Hand lightly patted her forehead; Shen Yao put these annoying matters down Temporarily.

She continued pressing Xi Chen, striving to dig clean all the information the other party knew.

Xi Chen: …

Xi Chen's Expression was aggrieved, yet he couldn't do anything to Shen Yao.

Shen Yao did as she pleased, a Big Shot demeanor making Xi Chen eat his fill of Suffering.

The strategy for staying in the Instance seven days didn't change, but because Shen Yao killed extensively in Advance, the whole Instance became much safer; as long as they didn't court death by running Outside at night, passing peacefully wasn't anything difficult.

The big guys were all life-cherishing people, including Xi Chen, unwilling to expend effort dealing with these puppets whose Consciousness was occupied by Magic Qi.

Except Shen Yao; this person stayed in the room Meditating during the day, went out alone at night to kill monsters; her Behavior Style was completely different from others.

Xi Chen was directly dumbfounded; if not for Shen Yao still jumping around alive after seven days, he would have cried to death.

Xi Chen still hoped to continue exchanging for Benefits from the Big Shot's hands; they needed her.

Shen Yao: …

"Rest assured, we'll meet again," Shen Yao touched Xi Chen's pretty face, thinking such chances to take advantage weren't many; she had to seize them well.

Shen Yao, who essentially liked Beauties and was a face-con, finished teasing the person and waved her hand chicly.

The next second, Shen Yao returned to the Room bedroom again; the familiar Environment made her dizzy for a moment.

"Only an hour passed? Looks like Time Flow Speed is also a problem."