Chapter 790: After Binding the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 791: Fantasy World Passerby A (11)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Lu Yan actually discovered some rather hidden information in these jade slips.

The most important among them was the reason for the inexplicable increase in the Qingchuan Secret Realms. The jade slips indicated that the reason the secret realms suddenly opened so many that had never appeared before was because a Spiritual Treasure was born in Qingchuan, and the function of this Spiritual Treasure was to provide energy for the secret realms.

Although this news sounded somewhat absurd, after verification by the wedding guests, it was confirmed to be true.

Spiritual Treasure?

What kind of Spiritual Treasure could provide the energy to open secret realms?

After all, it is truly difficult for a secret realm to operate. Most secret realms in the Jiuzhou Continent are blessed lands or treasures passed down from ancient times. After the long passage of years, their own spiritual charm has almost completely dissipated.

According to the operational theory of this world, some secret realms, after continuous exploration and consumption, will completely disappear and return to the Void within a certain time.

The main reason for the many Qingchuan Secret Realms is the existence of a natural grand array here. Legend has it that the main purpose of this array is to provide energy for the numerous secret realms, and the array is connected to the Earth Veins. Unless the Earth Veins are damaged, the secret realms will certainly exist.

And the new secret realms that have appeared in Qingchuan one after another now are not powered by the array. They all come from a brand new system, hence the Spiritual Treasure speculation in the jade slips.

Shen Yao pinched her chin, deeply feeling that the Spiritual Treasure most likely shared the same origin as the Earth Vein Master. It's just that compared to the Earth Veins which cannot move and can only serve as a power source, the Spiritual Treasure is somewhat like a power bank, able to be taken away by people.

System: ……

The System was truly convinced by the Host's brain hole; how could everything be associated, and the associations even fit the actual situation very well.

"Host, shall we?" The System planned to search for this Spiritual Treasure around Qingchuan.

"Can you track its traces?"

It wasn't that Shen Yao looked down on the System; it was just that for this kind of Spiritual Treasure with an extremely high probability of possessing self-awareness, the System's ordinary detection methods would simply not take effect.

The System is ultimately Artificial Intelligence; what it uses the most are modern technological means, while this type of Spiritual Treasure follows the Metaphysics or even the Immortal Cultivation path, known as Metaphysics.

Isn't it said that the end of science is Metaphysics? Actually, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that saying.

The System was choked by its own Host's counter-question. Mhm, although the System really wanted to loudly declare that it could certainly detect the Spiritual Treasure's location, but, but, but, the words come back around again—some things are not that absolute either; the world of Metaphysics has no room for modern technological means to unleash their usefulness.

"Alright, this matter isn't that simple." Even if the content in the jade slips was one hundred percent true, relying on just the two of them, it would be very difficult to get their hands on the Spiritual Treasure. Who wouldn't want a treasure sufficient to be brought back as a family heirloom? The highest probability is that the few top forces above mutually restrain each other and split it equally, while other small fish and shrimp can only serve as cannon fodder.

Shen Yao did not intend to be cannon fodder; Lu Yan obviously did not have that intention either.

Finished reading the relevant content in the jade slips and tossed it to the back of her mind, Lu Yan continued to focus on the secret realm before him, seriously searching for the spiritual resources the Gale Wolf needed.

This secret realm is primarily wind-element; the vast majority of spiritual resources growing inside are predominantly wind-attribute. The Gale Wolf can be said to be like a fish in water here.

"Awoo!"

Drool flowed from the corners of the Gale Wolf's mouth; its two bulb-sized eyes stared fixedly at the fruit tree not far away.

Fist-sized, crystal-clear fruits hung one by one on a not-too-tall tree, flashing five-colored light under the sunlight, and emitting a special fragrance outward.

The Gale Wolf restlessly pawed the ground with its claws. To one side, Shen Yao and Lu Yan's expressions remained unchanged; they were observing the strange beasts around the fruit tree.

They're all wind-attribute strange beasts? Looks like this is indeed a Wind Abundance Fruit Tree.

The legendary Wind Abundance Fruit Tree blooms and bears fruit once every hundred years. When the Wind Abundance Fruit is picked, the fruit tree will wither and die, finally randomly appearing in another place in the secret realm, continuing the cycle again.

This Wind Abundance Fruit Tree right now was the result of Lu Yan searching in the secret realm for a long time. Because the last time the Wind Abundance Fruit Tree appeared was in the eastern region of the secret realm, who would have thought this time the Wind Abundance Fruit Tree would run directly to the far western side, almost causing them to miss it.

Waving a hand to signal the Blazing Lion and Gale Wolf to cooperate, the Black Feather Snake hidden at Lu Yan's wrist launched a sneak attack from the dark. Lu Yan moved first to initiate the attack, directly treating the strange beasts surrounding the Wind Abundance Fruit Tree as enemies.

The strange beasts obviously did not want to fight Lu Yan. Their purpose for coming over was very simple: just to get a share of the soon-to-be-ripe Wind Abundance Fruit. If they fought and missed the Wind Abundance Fruit, what then?

A hundred years to bloom, a hundred years to fruit, a hundred years to ripen.

The strange beasts were waiting for this Wind Abundance Fruit to raise their own potential ceiling.

However, although the strange beasts didn't want to fight Lu Yan, they couldn't stand Lu Yan liking to madly harass them!

Strange beasts: ……

Very annoying. And most strange beasts are straight-intestined; encountering this kind of two-legged beast that circles around them and won't leave, the violent-tempered strange beasts finally didn't care about any Wind Abundance Fruit or not, turned their heads and bit down.

Lu Yan: ……

Lu Yan dodged in time and wasn't injured. It's just that he had drawn a lot of aggro during this period; the number of strange beasts besieging him grew more and more, making Lu Yan appear very bedraggled. After all, he still needed help buying time.

The Gale Wolf was already impatient, repeatedly signaling the Blazing Lion to hurry up. Those Wind Abundance Fruits hanging on the tree would ripen in another quarter-hour; it couldn't miss them.

The Blazing Lion's eyes signaled the Gale Wolf to calm down. Right now wasn't the time for them to act; rashly joining in would only disrupt the rhythm.

Shen Yao had already hidden far away and did not crowd over to expose herself. Although with Shen Yao's abilities, even standing there barehanded wouldn't result in anything.

The System was watching the chaotic battle before it. Mainly Lu Yan delaying, until he used his own methods to lure away all the strange beasts surrounding the Wind Abundance Fruit Tree. Then the Blazing Lion and Gale Wolf suddenly acted, killing out from behind the strange beasts and forming cooperation with Lu Yan to jointly slaughter them.

The Black Feather Snake continued hiding in the dark without revealing itself. Its target was the Wind Abundance Fruits on the Wind Abundance Fruit Tree, striving to snatch as many Wind Abundance Fruits as possible for the Gale Wolf, fully enhancing the Gale Wolf's own potential.

The scene before them was split into two battlefields: one filled with blood, the other peaceful and quiet.

Until a particularly rich fragrance suddenly emanated from the Wind Abundance Fruit Tree. The strange beasts that had been fighting to the death, eyes red with killing, suddenly became calm. They blinked their not-large eyes and used their walnut-kernel-sized brains to think: what did they come here for?

Damn! Wind Abundance Fruit!

Turning around, they rushed toward the already-ripe Wind Abundance Fruits, not even bothering with Lu Yan.

It's now. "Intercept them!"

Cannot let this group of strange beasts go over immediately; must create a picking environment for the Black Feather Snake.

"Roar!"

"Awoo!"

One wolf, one lion began to exert force madly. The huge flames and powerful spiraling hurricanes coming at them beat the strange beasts black and blue.

Strange beasts: ……

The Black Feather Snake seized the opportunity. With a whoosh, it appeared before the Wind Abundance Fruit Tree. Then, amid the furious roars of all the strange beasts, it opened its big mouth and swallowed all these Wind Abundance Fruits into its belly.

Mhm

Shen Yao looked at the few lonely Wind Abundance Fruits left hanging on the tree, her mind flooded with Lu Yan's operation; could Xiao Hei escape? Although his innate ability had improved a lot during this period, one versus many (mainly because he had pulled a lot of aggro) was still no small challenge.

The strange beasts began to frantically attack the Flaming Lion and Gale Wolf before them; even though many of those beasts were very fearful, the disappearance of the Wind Abundance Fruit completely enraged their last shreds of temper, and they were determined to make that fruit thief pay the price.

The Flaming Lion and Gale Wolf weren't really willing to fight the strange beasts to the death; seeing they truly couldn't stop them, they hurriedly dodged aside to give way, and by the time they retreated back to Shen Yao's side, the Flaming Lion was sticking out its tongue emitting heat, while the Gale Wolf howled 'wu ao wu ao' with its head raised, tattling.

Lu Yan had already returned; his originally bedraggled body had already recovered its graceful bearing; if Shen Yao hadn't watched the whole process of Lu Yan taking a beating (mainly stalling for time), it would be hard to connect these two images.

"Where's Xiao Hei?"

Those strange beasts had already completely ignored them; the remaining Wind Abundance Fruits had long been snatched away, and then they began to chase and kill the Black Feather Snake with all their might.

Lu Yan lightly tapped his own wrist. "Let's go."

Shen Yao:... That's it, you're back? The Black Feather Snake's previous ability was still sneak-attack poison; right now its stealth technique is even more perfected.

Since the objective had already been achieved, there was no need for them to stay any longer.

Then let's go.

Ignoring the mess behind them, Lu Yan and Shen Yao brought the three contract beasts away from the Wind Abundance Fruit Tree's location, continuing to search the Secret Realm for other spirit resources that could improve the Gale Wolf's potential.

Every search for spirit resources was a hard battle; Shen Yao, as a companion creature, was fine, but Lu Yan, as an Executor, appeared exhausted to the extreme on the surface.

Watching Lu Yan lean on her shoulder and fall directly asleep once again, Shen Yao wanted to say don't push so hard, but looking at the Gale Wolf's pair of longing eyes, hmm, she seemed to have no standpoint to admonish him.

"Still need to pay attention to your body," even if a cultivator is strong and sturdy, exhausting oneself time and again is hardly a wise move.

Lu Yan had always been mature and steady; now being told this by Shen Yao he was somewhat embarrassed, but he did not regret it; only by improving his strength could he bravely face all matters.

These days, although life in the Secret Realm was bitter, it was either being injured or on the road to being injured, but the improvement in Lu Yan's capability was also real and visible to the naked eye.

If it weren't for considering the three contract beasts' capabilities and that they would enter other Secret Realms later, needing to preserve strength to cope with danger, Lu Yan could have been even more ruthless with himself.

Shen Yao:...

System:...

"Host, how come the men you find are all this kind of ruthless personality?"

They look clear-browed and gentle, but actually their temper is stubborn and they refuse to listen to reason; who knows if it's your own Host's some strange buff attraction.

The System's grumbling made Shen Yao roll her eyes; this is complaining about her aesthetic judgment? Heh, you should know the System gets rich rewards all thanks to her pair of eyes; what's wrong with Lu Yan? Compared to the various all sorts of people they've met along the way, he's also a very sought-after high-quality man.

High-quality man Lu Yan:... Hm?

Still unaware that he had been categorized by Shen Yao into the ranks of high-quality men, Lu Yan was currently planning the next arrangements; the Secret Realm before them had already been explored to the limit, next was to actively leave this Secret Realm and head for other Secret Realms.

Shen Yao had Lu Yan give her two days of free activity time before leaving.

Hm?

"There are still a few slipped-through-the-net bandit cultivators; I always feel they can't be let off too easily."

Since they've done the deed of robbery, they must be prepared to be counter-robbed; Shen Yao previously went to the trouble of luring them just to give these bandit cultivators a lesson.

Before, when they first entered, she didn't spare effort finding trouble with bandit cultivators; later, after joining up with Lu Yan, Shen Yao chose to keep following Lu Yan around; now that Lu Yan is leaving, Shen Yao definitely can't leave other hidden dangers behind.

Lu Yan agreed to Shen Yao's request and also actively participated.

"The Jade Slip's information still needs to be cross-checked with these bandit cultivators more," hmm, absolutely not because he also wants to act on behalf of Heaven, it's just a coincidence.

Shen Yao:...

This person, is really quite bad~

Shen Yao has a cheat (System positioning); finding those bandit cultivators is one find, one accurate.

Lu Yan only thought this was Shen Yao's special ability; thoughtfully, he did not pursue the question.

Two people, one responsible for catching, one responsible for interrogating, and finally the Flaming Lion served as the corpse-destroying trace-erasing tool beast; cleanly they pulled off a one-stop service.

"I, I'll talk, spare, spare my life!"

"Roar!"

"Xiao Huo, don't be so irritable; wait until nothing more can be squeezed out before breathing fire."

"Roar!"

"Alright alright, not blaming you, just telling you to think more when things happen."

"Roar!"

"..."

Shen Yao looked at the Flaming Lion speechlessly; truly a big head with empty brains, grew the appearance of a smart beast for nothing.

Flaming Lion:...?

Xiao Huo doesn't care; Xiao Huo just wants to fire-roast bad people, preferably fire-roast them for a longer time.

You should know this group of bandit cultivators not only attack people, they're even more ruthless to beasts; the Flaming Lion is a bit stupid but that doesn't mean the Flaming Lion is a stupid person.

Those bandit cultivators have so many strange beast body parts on them; they definitely haven't done little killing and fighting.

Hmph!

They just deserve to be fiercely fire-roasted!

The Flaming Lion worked even harder at fire-roasting next; basically Lu Yan's side had just finished asking, and the next second the bandit cultivator was scorched outside and tender inside by a wave of scorching flames, unable to even speak.

After repeatedly confirming there were no more bandit cultivators in the Secret Realm, Shen Yao then clapped her hands, grabbed Lu Yan by the hand, indicating they'd been inside for a period of time and should go out and change places to continue working (Game Dragon).

Lu Yan didn't say anything, only instructed Shen Yao not to attract too many bandit cultivators in; a person always has a time when strength is exhausted, and it's impossible for him to always be by Shen Yao's side.

Two people three beasts turned and left the Secret Realm, conveniently bringing a full load of Secret Realm harvest.

One part of which was naturally chosen to be sold on the spot; the remaining part was the Gale Wolf's spirit resources, all needed for the Gale Wolf's use.

Xiao Hei completed the Wind Abundance Fruit mission and once again transformed into a bangle; along the way there were obviously times he made a move, to the extent that when entering the New Secret Realm, Shen Yao even overlooked that what she was holding in her arms wasn't the furry Flaming Lion, but the Black Feather Snake serving as a hairpin ornament.

Hm?

"Xiao Hei?"

"Hiss hiss hiss"

"Alright, you rest peacefully; we'll continue going to find trouble with bandit cultivators."

"Hiss hiss"

"Alright alright, Lu Yan isn't here, won't let him know."

"Hiss"

"..."

Won't listen, won't listen, she'll just be self-willed.