Chapter 801

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

First she encountered the Spirit of Shanglu in Shanglu, then she met the Wuzheng in Wucheng; so now arriving in Huaiqing City, the appearance of the Millennium Moonlight Cicada is also within expectations.

System: ……

What "within expectations"! This is clearly searching for legends from ten thousand years ago; how did you not discover there are so many happenings in the wild ridges?

The System complained, "Host, we really should seize the time and hurry on our journey, instead of stopping everywhere to rest and reorganize," otherwise it's really hard to say whether they are doing it on purpose or unintentionally.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao propped her chin, "Do you think hurrying on the journey can solve these problems?"

Don't joke; this is clearly guidance from fate!

"The Millennium Moonlight Cicada, a spiritual object that has been disappeared for who knows how many years, now appears in Huaiqing City.

Host, how could there not be some plots and schemes in this?"

The System screamed at the top of its lungs in Shen Yao's mind, afraid that if it wasn't careful, its own host would once again be inexplicably dragged into messy affairs.

Shen Yao was annoyed by the System's noise into changing her posture, "Even if there are plots and schemes, this is the Millennium Moonlight Cicada, which can absorb moonlight to purify spiritual power, also act on the Shenfu to enhance aptitude and potential, and is moreover a rare and excellent Spirit Gathering Array; even placed ten thousand years ago it would be a strange treasure countless forces would vie to snatch, and now that it appears, its original value will increase countless times."

System: ……

It's over, the host's heart is moved, she obviously wants the Millennium Moonlight Cicada!

Shen Yao did not deny her desire; the Millennium Moonlight Cicada not only has outstanding capabilities, is a natural auxiliary strange treasure, and its whole body is treasure, especially the Moonlight Cicada Exuvia — the skin shed when the cicada molts — which beautifies and preserves youth, is one of the important raw materials for Beauty Pills.

Regarding the Millennium Moonlight Cicada from ten thousand years ago, the most widespread legend is that the Moonlight Cicada hatches in a hundred years and molts in a thousand; yield is extremely low, value extremely high, only major sects would carefully raise and cultivate them, wild numbers are pitifully few.

Later the Moonlight Cicada lost its trace with the collapse of the cultivation world ten thousand years ago and finally went extinct.

Unexpectedly, they could now actually find traces of the Moonlight Cicada in such a small place as Huaiqing City.

"What is so special about Huaiqing City?" Shen Yao wondered; could it be that there are still creatures here with strength no less than the Spirit of Shanglu and the Wuzheng?!

But those two above, one is half-dead and one is nowhere to be found; their situations don't seem too good either.

"Who knows? Perhaps there is something here the Moonlight Cicada needs. Besides, the world is vast and nothing is strange; maybe the Moonlight Cicada just likes remote places."

The System's appearance of stiff-necked nonsense-making was exactly like someone who lost an argument and had to argue back in a fluster; Shen Yao marveled that the Seven Emotions and Six Desires the System always wanted, right now it's imitating them quite well?!

"These Moonlight Cicadas don't count as Millennium Moonlight Cicadas," the prefix "Millennium" makes a world of difference for the Moonlight Cicada.

Without it, it's just an ordinary Moonlight Cicada; although its capabilities and effects are similar to the Millennium Moonlight Cicada, its affinity and effect differ vastly from the Millennium Moonlight Cicada.

With it, it is the true Millennium Moonlight Cicada, the strange treasure everyone strove for ten thousand years ago; once it appears it can cause a sensation.

"Host, take them on the road; after carefully cultivating them for a few hundred years they'll become Millennium Moonlight Cicadas."

The System felt that although this period was a bit long, as long as the host went to enough worlds, she could still see the Moonlight Cicada evolve into a Millennium Moonlight Cicada.

Anyway the host's space has already evolved, able to put in some living things in a short time (people no, that belongs to acting against heaven); it felt the Moonlight Cicada was quite suitable.

Shen Yao: ……

Not to say one way or another, in the aspect of not acting human, she still can't compare to the System.

Before it was clamoring about conspiracies and schemes, then it turned around and talked about the feasibility of taking the Moonlight Cicada; this kind of face-changing operation by the System is still ahead of its time.

"The Moonlight Cicada can't be taken," they came to do a mission; the World Consciousness often settles rewards when they leave and additionally gives a gift.

If at this time they continue eating and taking, hmm, Shen Yao worries about the Tasker's reputation, and simultaneously affecting the completion rate of other mission worlds.

Creak—

The room door was pushed open; Lu Yan hurriedly walked to the front of Shen Yao, who had taken off her shoes and socks and was sitting on the couch feigning sleep.

Hm?

Long eyelashes brushed over eyelids; Shen Yao looked at Lu Yan with a puzzled face.

"We must leave immediately," Lu Yan grabbed Shen Yao's wrist and led her toward the doorway.

Because there was no time to explain the specific reason, and when sending Shen Yao onto the carriage, Lu Yan raised her hand and touched Shen Yao's cheek, letting her go first and take care of herself.

Shen Yao: …… So mysterious; could it be there are still experts in Huaiqing City?

"Not necessarily experts, but Lu Yan will definitely encounter a blood disaster today."

After the System spoke in a profound and unfathomable way, it clicked its tongue twice urging the host not to take it lightly; their souls are bound, Lu Yan's life and death would also affect the host.

Shen Yao: ……

"Blood disaster?" The carriage had already left the inn and was heading toward the city outside.

Originally they planned to rest in Huaiqing City for a few nights; unexpectedly after only staying two days, they were on the road again in haste.

"Host, don't disbelieve," the System indicated; the entire Huaiqing City is shrouded in a layer of red light and blood qi, and these blood qi are gathering more and more; there are already quite a few ordinary people in the city faintly going mad.

"Is it related to the Moonlight Cicada?" Subconsciously thinking of the Moonlight Cicada, Shen Yao raised the back of her hand to prop her chin.

A pair of eyes observed the situation on both sides of the street; Shen Yao indeed saw red blood qi spinning three feet above the heads of the crowd.

"Of course no relation; this is Blood Sha Qi, opposite to the Moonlight Cicada's nature.

The Moonlight Cicada would find it extremely difficult to survive in such an environment; it is absolutely impossible for it to be caused by the Moonlight Cicada."

Although the System spoke with certainty, the result made Shen Yao even more puzzled and bewildered.

Shen Yao continued observing these blood qi, then discovered most of the blood qi emerged from human bodies; on one hand accumulating above people's heads, a part drifting toward the sky of the entire Huaiqing City.

Shen Yao frowned, turned her body to look toward the inn already out of sight range, revealing a thoughtful appearance.

"Turn around, go toward the East City direction!"

The servant driving the carriage braked hard, "Miss, we"

Shen Yao's voice was stern, "Go to East City"

"Yes."

The stopped carriage moved again, but this time the direction was not the South City gate, but the East City direction.

What is in the East City direction?

Moonlight Cicada!

"Host wants to take the Moonlight Cicada away?" The System watched the carriage get farther and farther from the city gate, shocked beyond measure.

"What are you saying?" Shen Yao half-sat in the carriage compartment leaning against a soft pillow, "I am clearly doing a good deed, risking my life to save the cicada from fire and water." As for how this fire and water came about? Don't ask.

System:...

So shameless, Host! Worthy of you!

The carriage got closer and closer to East City, pedestrians on the road grew more and more numerous, until the carriage was forced to stop, unable to move forward another half-step.

The Servant panicked, not knowing what to do. Especially since the surrounding people were all not right.

Shen Yao got down from the carriage, raised her hand and stuffed a Technique Talisman paper into the Servant, "Leave here, exit the city and wait for me."

The Servant took the talisman paper, the expression on her face still somewhat hesitant, "Miss, this..."

Shen Yao waved her hand, "Go quickly, if you're late, you won't be able to get out at all."

Servant:...?!!!

The carriage turned around and ran hurriedly toward South City. Shen Yao lowered her eyes, raised her hand to lightly smooth her hem and cuffs, then puffed out her chest and lifted her head, walking forward along the street.

The blood Qi gathered here was even more abundant, so thick it made one unable to catch their breath.

Shen Yao pinched her fingers, and a stack of Purification Talisman papers instantly appeared in her hand.

The talisman papers touched the blood Qi, floated in the air and self-ignited. Soon, a circle around Shen Yao became clean. Paired with her moon-white long dress, she looked like a Moon Immortal Maiden descended to the mortal world.

"Halt! Who are you?!"

The deeper she went, the stranger the scenery, until Shen Yao was blocked in her path by a person with blood-red eyes standing in her way.

"I am the person who came to help you solve the problem," Shen Yao said with a smile. Unexpectedly, that person suddenly went berserk, indicating they had no problem, and did not need anyone else to help solve the problem.

"Tsk tsk tsk, even thoughts are influenced, yet still saying there's no problem." The mouth is truly hard, the strength truly trash.

Shaking her head speechlessly, Shen Yao raised her hand, bypassed this person and continued forward. She did not want her simple action to seem like an active provocation, but that person actually struck out with a fist without a word.

Pa

Raising her hand to block and reflect the force back, Shen Yao lifted her leg and kicked, easily sending the person flying several dozen meters, crashing through several buildings before slowly stopping.

"I already said, I came to help you solve the problem, yet you just won't believe it."

With strength this strong, how could she be lying?

Perhaps she was kicked awake by that one kick. The man with blood-red eyes slowly climbed up from the ground, then no longer entangled, but limped away.

"Host, quickly kill it! It's going back to find helpers!"

Then a group of red-eyes will surround and beat your Host. Light wheel warfare alone could exhaust a person half to death.

"Kill what? I wish they'd come more. Best to wipe out all the Blood Puppets in East City in one net."

Even if the Moonlight Cicada grows into a Thousand-Year Moonlight Cicada, it is still a Fei Ji with low combat power. These Blood Puppets are the means used to eliminate the Moonlight Cicada. If she doesn't kill all the Blood Puppets that can pollute the Moonlight Cicada, how can she have the face to say she's solving the problem?

System:...

So the problem Host speaks of solving is helping the Moonlight Cicada solve its problem?

"Also solving the problem for these Blood Puppets. I take the Moonlight Cicada away, the Blood Puppets lose their target. Isn't that solving the problem?"

System:...

What kind of solving the problem is this, damn it! In the end, isn't it still packing up the Moonlight Cicada and taking it away?

Just now only a few moves were exchanged. The Blood Puppets fled in defeat to call for help. Shen Yao's hem isn't even slightly dirty.

Continuing forward, Shen Yao soon encountered the Blood Puppets who had returned.

Perhaps they found numerous helpers. The Blood Puppets who just suffered a defeat were smug, opening their mouths to roar endlessly, making Shen Yao think of the Blazing Lion that makes a racket whenever displeased. Blood Puppets really are, not even as sensible as a Contract Beast.

No need for more words to know both sides are opponents. Shen Yao took out talisman papers again, Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers. Then her movements were like a ghost, constantly shuttling back and forth among the Blood Puppets, treating the Blood Puppets as human-shaped sandbags for beating.

Human-shaped sandbags were thrown everywhere. Shen Yao lightly clapped her hands.

Continuing forward, there were no more Blood Puppets here, only dense blood mist that would not disperse.

Shen Yao smelled the blood scent — spicy-sweet with a hint of heat. She suddenly felt a bit hungry.

Hm?

This, isn't right.

She shook her head, raised her hand to dispel the mist swirling around her.

Soon, the mist gathered again, even more surging and turbulent than before.

Shen Yao threw talisman papers like they cost nothing. The mist constantly dissipated and reappeared, until the mist seemed to lose heart, no longer making any move.

At this time Shen Yao had already walked to a pond's edge. The pond water turned from clear to turbid. Above it, Moonlight Lotuses were spreading their petals. The petal tips scattered white light, but this light wasn't very pure. Atop it was a faint sweet fragrance, making one feel refreshed and clear-headed upon smelling it.

Shen Yao couldn't help but take a deep breath, then held her breath and sealed her acupoints, quickly forming hand seals to knock these Moonlight Lotuses down into the pond.

Tsk

Almost capsized again!

Shen Yao secretly heightened her vigilance. The hand seals in her hand released continuously until the entire pond was shaved bald, with no more Moonlight Lotuses suspended on the water surface. Only then did Shen Yao step back one step, distancing herself from the pond's edge.

"Host, Moonlight Cicada!"

Don't forget the purpose of coming here. These Moonlight Lotuses are merely appetizers. The truly important thing is still the Moonlight Cicada hidden beneath the pond.

Unlike other cicadas, the Moonlight Cicada is an extremely special cicada species. They do not depend on Moonlight Lotuses, but where they stay, Yin-attribute Spiritual Objects similar to them will grow. Moonlight Lotus is merely one of them.

Shen Yao took out a square jade box from her space. The box surface was engraved with delicate patterns.

This is a Spirit-Sealing Box. In the Cultivation World, it is commonly used to seal living beings. Placing the Moonlight Cicada in this box can preserve the Moonlight Cicada's vitality for a short time without affecting it.

Taking the Spirit-Sealing Box, she also rummaged out a Spirit-Catching Net used for scooping things from her space. Shen Yao raised her hand and threw the Spirit-Catching Net forcefully forward. As the Spirit-Catching Net suddenly enlarged and sank into the water, a stream of Spiritual Power pulling outward continuously surged forth.

Just as the Spirit-Catching Net was about to emerge from the water, the mist that had been lurking in the surroundings suddenly exploded, and at the same time new Blood Puppets appeared, raising their hands to attack Shen Yao in unison.

The Spirit-Sealing Box in her hand was thrown out, and the next instant it returned to Shen Yao's embrace.

The Spirit-Catching Net in the pond was temporarily not hauled up; Shen Yao directly exploded, tangling with the limbs condensed from mist and the Blood Puppets.

The mist was clearly going all out, more forcefully than before, and the Blood Puppets also spared no cost targeting Shen Yao, not caring even if they died.

Shen Yao found this annoying; on one hand she observed the Spirit-Catching Net in the pond, on the other she dealt with the Blood Puppets and mist rushing at her and launching suicidal attacks, until a hand condensed from mist struck her back.

Pfft

Shen Yao spat out a mouthful of blood, her body flying out like a broken Cloth Doll.

Before Shen Yao could stand up from the ground, the Blood Puppets and mist pressed down, directly smashing a deep pit into the ground.

Rock fragments and dust scattered in all directions; Shen Yao once again took out Talisman Paper and scattered it behind her, until Shen Yao, clutching her chest, moved to the pond and raised her hand to take the Spirit-Catching Net away.

She did not expect this final attack actually came from the Moonlight Cicada inside the Spirit-Catching Net.

System:...?!!!!

The attack landed in front of Shen Yao and was blocked by a white light then dissipated; the hair at her temples on both cheeks was lifted by the air waves, and Shen Yao half-narrowed her eyes, "Caught it!"

Moonlight Cicada:...!!!