Chapter 791: After Binding the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 792: Fantasy World Passerby A (12)
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Main Character:
Shen Yao
Shen Yao displayed a belated rebelliousness, the key being that the Black Feather Snake couldn't beat her.
Xiao Hei: ……
Xiao Hei was helpless, but the two of them, one person and one beast, their Eldest Brother is Shen Yao.
The Black Feather Snake could only hiss and stay atop Shen Yao's head pretending it didn't exist; as for crises encountered along the way? There were none at all.
The calamity cultivators who entered the Secret Realm suffered misfortune once again; the previous calamity cultivators had none who could leave, and these calamity cultivators also didn't know how a soft steamed bun like Shen Yao could have such great ability; the information gap between the two sides was fundamentally unequal, and by the time they truly exchanged blows, only shock, shock, and more shock remained.
Mhm
Only the calamity cultivators were shocked; Shen Yao didn't have this feeling at all, after all they were just a group of rats whose nature is to bully the weak and fear the strong; Shen Yao could make them submit even just by making a move.
"I, I was wrong, please spare my life, Senior."
"The contents of the Jade Slip, I know them all, Senior……"
People explode at the end of their lives; the calamity cultivators caught by Shen Yao were also unwilling to die easily, they could always seize all sorts of opportunities to demonstrate their value; unfortunately Shen Yao simply didn't give them the chance to finish speaking; anyone with no use was killed outright.
The Black Feather Snake replaced the Flaming Lion as Shen Yao's execution beast for the whole process of killing, arson, and destroying corpses to wipe out traces; the Black Feather Snake's extreme poison possesses the ability to corrode and digest human corpses; these calamity cultivators ultimately still met the end of having not even bones left.
Clap clap clap
Lightly clapping her palms, Shen Yao picked up the Black Feather Snake again and placed it back atop her hair, letting it coil around the hairpin as jewelry.
"Xiao Hei, you agree with my handling method too, right."
"Hiss hiss hiss"
"I knew it; compared to Xiao Huo, Xiao Hei's ability is still more low-key."
"Hiss hiss"
"Alright alright; in a few more days we'll go find Lu Yan to rendezvous; guaranteed we won't wander off."
"Hiss hiss hiss"
"Tsk, you're just a snake, what do you know? Listen to me and there won't be any mistake."
"……"
Shen Yao turned around and left; her time was tight, she still had to rush toward the next destination.
The calamity cultivators in the Secret Realm are rapidly perishing at an abnormal speed.
At first no one paid attention, but as time grew longer and longer, the calamity cultivators realized something was wrong.
When the signals they sent couldn't reach anyone, and searching only yielded empty air, the calamity cultivators simultaneously gave rise to a contradictory yet lingering fear; it was time to leave the Secret Realm.
"Are you crazy? With so many treasures, we are notorious calamity cultivators!"
There's no logic of a wolf letting a fat sheep at its mouth go; they, calamity cultivators, have always been greedy.
"Want to take treasures, but you need the life for it. We fundamentally can't contact anyone else; what does this indicate?"
"No, it's merely a few mistakes; perhaps they're trapped and temporarily can't break free;" so many calamity cultivators, how could something happen.
Perhaps it's not that they don't believe something happened, but they're unwilling to believe this assumption; calamity cultivators dying irrevocably in a confirmed safe Secret Realm — which Big Shot would be so idle?
Know that calamity cultivators don't exist without backing; as long as a force can be developed and grown, behind it there must exist a trump card to rely on.
The Qingchuan calamity cultivators are extremely famous in the Central State region and have existed for many years without being thoroughly exterminated; that shows the Qingchuan Force also more or less participated in it.
After all, killing and arson bring golden belts; calamity cultivators earn more than painstakingly exploring Secret Realms; with so many Qingchuan Forces, who would really have a grudge against money.
At most occasionally their own side also suffers some losses; they try their best not to spread overly cruel facts under the sunlight.
People differ from people; some are born as aristocratic scions with no worries about eating and drinking, able to cultivate and contract exotic beasts; some are cold-door weeds, relying entirely on their own efforts to climb, yet still not necessarily reaching the former's feet.
The gathered calamity cultivators argued endlessly, ultimately missing the chance to leave.
Shen Yao hiding to the side watching: ……
How to put it?
It's just that she completely doesn't understand the calamity cultivators' brain circuits; perhaps it's the utter recklessness from years of robbing in Qingchuan without ever flipping too many cars; anyway Shen Yao can't think of any benefits to being overly arrogant.
The Black Feather Snake hiding on Shen Yao's hairpin pretending not to exist began to hiss hiss hiss.
It was urging Shen Yao to hurry up and act; they're extremely busy; after resolving this batch of calamity cultivators below, they still have to go other places.
Shen Yao: ……
"Who? Come out!"
As Shen Yao lightly leaped and appeared before the crowd, the calamity cultivators panicked into a mess, finally sizing Shen Yao up and down.
"This"
A soft steamed bun delivering herself to the door? No, if she were truly a soft steamed bun how could she hide from them!
Swish!
All manner of weapons were drawn; blade tips pointed straight at Shen Yao alone (the Black Feather Snake was automatically ignored).
What followed was one side crushing the other; those who reacted released a move or half; those who didn't react knew nothing at all.
When the techniques dissipated, Shen Yao lowered her hand; the ground was littered with bodies in a messy heap.
The Black Feather Snake abruptly grew large against the wind; its pitch-black snake head spat scarlet snake letters; drop by drop, venom that could corrode the ground melted out holes.
The calamity cultivators were stimulated by the scene before them into screaming their throats raw; pleas for mercy rose and fell without end.
Shen Yao paid no heed; first she robbed the calamity cultivators clean of the treasures on their bodies; then she questioned them one by one; finally she uniformly handed them over to the Black Feather Snake for after-sales processing.
When the surrounding ground no longer showed a trace of the calamity cultivators' whereabouts, Shen Yao's mission was complete; she continued forward.
"So, this Secret Realm also has no more traces of calamity cultivators?"
One must admit, Shen Yao's initiative is super strong; Lu Yan can barely keep up.
"How's the search for the Gale Wolf's spiritual resources going?" Raising her hand to hug Lu Yan's arm, Shen Yao simply leaned half her body against Lu Yan.
"Everything went smoothly; we can leave the Secret Realm," continue to the next one.
Actually, the spiritual resources the Gale Wolf needs most have already been mostly gathered, but the Qingchuan Secret Realm is special; there are many other strange treasures here that don't exist in other Secret Realms. Lu Yan thought, since they've come all this way, they might as well gather more for future use.
For the next period of time, Lu Yan and Shen Yao kept roaming the Qingchuan Secret Realm.
Many cultivators come here every day. Shen Yao didn't deliberately lure bandit cultivators, but if she ran into them in the Secret Realm, she wouldn't hold back.
Word spread, and the news couldn't be contained. All the bandit cultivators in Qingchuan knew a restless Big Shot had appeared here, specifically hunting bandit cultivators, to the point where the arrogant bandit cultivators had to keep their tails between their legs — after all, who wants to lose their life?
"This way, is it this tree?"
It looks ordinary, yet it's actually a spiritual resource that can purify the Gale Wolf's bloodline.
"Not mature yet; we have to wait until evening." The flowers on the tree are what they need, only the maturation conditions are extremely harsh — not only time and environment restrictions, but also restrictions on who can harvest them.
Shen Yao:... Huh?
Nature is truly full of wonders; all kinds of strange treasures exist — this is what a xuanhuan world looks like.
Shen Yao and Lu Yan waited to the side until the bright light dimmed, and the flowers on the tree bloomed in brilliant colors.
It felt like a long time had passed, yet also like just an instant. Shen Yao very easily caught the moment the flowers matured; along with the maturation came a faint fragrance, like a pull rooted in the bloodline, constantly guiding the evolution of wind-type exotic beasts and exotic plants.
The Gale Wolf couldn't hold back and wanted to swallow the whole flower, but Lu Yan had no such intention. He collected the plucked flowers and stored them in his ring, then raised his hand and took Shen Yao away.
Behind them suddenly rang out cries of shock that sounded human yet not — turns out that originally ordinary-looking tree had transformed into a human shape.
Shen Yao:...?
The wonders in the Secret Realm always manage to surprise Shen Yao. Every time she thinks she's gotten used to it, reality plays out a scene reminding her she hasn't gotten used to it enough.
Lu Yan's ring space held more and more — all kinds of spiritual resources suitable for the Gale Wolf, and occasionally they'd run into precious strange treasures they couldn't use. As long as it didn't delay them, Lu Yan would collect and store them all; who knows when they might come in handy.
Busy and bustling, stopping and going. By the time they left the Qingchuan Secret Realm, they had toured the entire Secret Realm.
They didn't leave Lin An immediately. Lu Yan and Shen Yao chose to rest here, waiting for the Gale Wolf's potential to stabilize.
The flowers the Gale Wolf had been craving for so long were finally eaten, and just like the Black Feather Snake's hibernation and metamorphosis, the Gale Wolf also began its daily heavy sleep.
Lu Yan just checked a few times a day to confirm safety; the rest of the time he let the Gale Wolf develop freely. He never chose to interfere with external force.
Shen Yao found staying in Lin An boring, so she simply dragged Lu Yan along to stroll the streets.
Oh
Besides the two of them, that little girl from before was also called out as usual.
What Shen Yao lacks least are Spirit Pearls and Spirit Jade — a few Spirit Pearls a day is nothing worth mentioning.
Qingchuan is lush and green year-round. The temperature here is suitable, with no obvious changes. Nor does it lack cultivators coming to explore Secret Realms. People come in endless succession, fearless of death. Thinking about it carefully, it's still amazing.
"Miss Shen, this is Qingchuan's destiny." Cheng Cheng doesn't have much fear of cultivators — this might also have to do with her having seen too many cultivators since childhood.
Qingchuan is famous throughout Zhongzhou; even cultivators from the few neighboring states choose to cross state borders to come here.
Cheng Cheng is an ordinary person without aptitude. She both envies and pities cultivators — envies their abilities, pities their lives.
How strange — an ordinary person actually sympathizes with powerful cultivators.
Shen Yao doesn't think there's any problem with that; she just feels Qingchuan is amazing. If Lin An is like this, are the other cities the same?
"Go see for yourself and you'll know." Since they've come out, Lu Yan doesn't plan to keep Shen Yao cooped up.
Besides, Shen Yao really isn't a weak woman. She just looks easily bullied on the outside, but if it really comes to blows, ordinary people are no match for Shen Yao.
The Gale Wolf still needs some time, but it can be taken along by the two of them.
Anyway, Lu Yan doesn't plan to enter Secret Realms during this period. Just moving among Qingchuan's many cities, even if the Gale Wolf can't fight due to upgrading its potential, they still have the Blazing Flame Lion and Black Feather Snake as main force — they're not afraid of any bandit cultivators at all.
Cheng Cheng once again had nothing to do, but she received the largest payment yet.
Not a free gift, but compensation for Cheng Cheng's patient companionship and information these days. Only, regarding what Cheng Cheng said, Shen Yao clearly gave too much.
"Take it."
Not knowing when they'd meet again, Shen Yao was used to doing as she pleased. Rarely meeting a kid she found pleasing to the eye — what's wrong with giving a little more?
Cheng Cheng:...
Cheng Cheng expressed thanks to Shen Yao with a respectful face. With so many Spirit Jade, their family could live very well in Lin An.
The carriage wheels rolled over the bluestone slabs on the ground. The group slowly left Lin An, heading for the next city.
This city named Ning'an City is only a thousand li from Lin An. It has many cultivators, and the power holders ruling this city are the same as Lin An.
"Why Ning'an?" Lin An is managed by the Lin Family and An Family, so naturally Ning'an City should be managed by the Ning Family and An Family.
"The Ning Family was wiped out in earlier struggles. Currently Ning'an City has the name only; in reality, all the power holders inside come from the An Family."
The An Family is not a Zhongzhou family. They come from the new core of the Jiuzhou Continent — Chen Zhou.
Lu Yan recalled the various intelligence he'd read, especially about Qingchuan. Because there are too many Secret Realms here, the large and small forces are intricately complex. The An Family and Lin Family, looking at all of Qingchuan, aren't particularly outstanding, but purely within the surrounding few cities, they're still very prestigious.
Lu Yan quietly told Shen Yao about Qingchuan's force distribution and how long they'd stay in Qingchuan. Barring accidents, they'd have to greet all these forces.
Shen Yao:...
Fine then.
Honestly, the large and small forces here are very much like individual countries — only there's no concept of a country here, but they can be discussed together.
Shen Yao was bored, so she chose to lean in Lu Yan's arms, her fingers lightly tugging at the ends of Lu Yan's hair, while talking about Ning'an City's specialty products.
Although they differ by only one character from Lin An, Ning'an City and Lin An are completely different. Cheng Cheng's tone held much yearning for Ning'an City — clearly Ning'an City is safer and more reliable compared to Lin An.
This might have to do with the An Family? It seems the An Family's contract beasts are mostly healing-type, and their public persona is gentle and benevolent.
The Lin Family leans more toward offense. Especially after the Ning Family's destruction, the Lin Family has acted even more domineering and firm. The surrounding several cities all have Lin Family forces. Ning'an City is one of the few cities where the Lin Family hasn't interfered.
"The Lin Family and An Family have a good relationship. Besides, the Lin Family needs the An Family."
You can offend anyone but not the wet nurse — otherwise, who'll treat you when you're sick or injured?
The An Family relies on their superb healing talent to live well in Lin An and Ning'an City, without being troubled by Qingchuan's other forces.
"Is that so? It's just that the An Family knows its place and hasn't expanded arbitrarily."
With only two cities, compared to other forces, the An Family can be called law-abiding and content with their lot.
Isn't this an invisible form of making things difficult? It's just that no one thinks much of it.
Shen Yao let out a light scoff, then felt a bit curious about what the An Family's situation actually was — who said wet nurses have no ambition? Many wet nurses have a heart for violent output; it's just that their capability doesn't permit them to act as they please.
"This time going to Ning'an City to visit the An Family," it's time to see the An Family people with my own eyes.
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