Chapter 10

The locust monsters were pierced by the colorful spirit blade, and the pain and sense of danger made them struggle wildly.

- Contains Locust Monster - in glossary.

- Spirit Blade - not in glossary.

However, the more they struggled, the deeper the wound became.

- No new.

The girl staggered to her feet, her pallid face making her expression even colder.

- No.

She slowly raised her hand and said, "Fire."

- No.

As flames burst from her fingertips, the colorful spirit blade erupted in matching colorful flames, and with a boom, the locust monsters screamed.

- Spirit Blade again.

They writhed in pain on the spot, even jumping up.

- No.

The foul smell of blood and burning merged, giving off an even more stench.

- No.

Yuan Yao once again drew her black longbow, firing dozens of arrows at the locust monsters.

- Yuan Yao - in glossary.

- Black long bow - generic object.

After a moment, Yuan Yao put away her longbow, limped over to one of the dead locust monsters, and used magic to control the spirit blade to cut open its corpse.

- Yuan Yao, long bow (generic), Spirit Blade.

Soon, she saw a beast core inside its body.

- Beast Core - not in glossary.

A late-stage second-rank beast core.

- Second-rank late-stage Beast Core - includes Beast Core.

Yuan Yao finally showed a hint of a smile.

- Yuan Yao.

After Yuan Yao had gathered twenty-three beast cores, she then summoned her natal magic artifact back.

- Yuan Yao, twenty-three Beast Cores, natal magic artifact.

"Phantom Spirit." Yuan Yao called out.

- Phantom Spirit - in glossary.

- Yuan Yao.

In an instant, the colorful spirit blade rope quickly transformed into a sword shape and landed before Yuan Yao.

- Spirit Blade, long sword (generic), Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao reached out and grasped it firmly.

- Yuan Yao.

Immediately, she put away the sword and then performed a Pure Dust Technique on herself.

- Long sword (generic), Pure Dust Technique - not in glossary.

She found a relatively clean spot and sat down.

- No.

She took out a healing wound pill given by her Third Senior Brother from her storage space, swallowed one, and then began treating the wound on her ankle.

- Third Senior Brother - not in glossary; but it's a rank title. Should we include? The glossary only had Eldest Senior Brother. But Third Senior Brother is a title. According to instruction, we should list official & sect ranks/titles. So we need to include "Third Senior Brother". Also Healing Wound Pill - in glossary.

- Storage space - generic.

Her sock was almost stuck to the wound; when she gently pulled it apart, the pain almost brought tears to her eyes.

- No.

She gritted her teeth and silently cursed Xie Yan a few times.

- Xie Yan - in glossary.

If she had known, she would have poked a few holes in him.

- No.

She cleaned her wound, applied medicine, and bandaged it.

- No.

After finishing all that, two hours had passed, and the surrounding atmosphere remained grim and terrifying.

- No.

Yuan Yao decided to rest for a moment in place.

- Yuan Yao.

She seemed to recall something, took out a second-rank beast core, and tossed it lightly.

- Second-rank Beast Core - not in glossary.

This beast core aids cultivation, as it contains refined spiritual power.

- Beast Core, spiritual power - generic.

In the Ninth Province, a first-rank beast core can sell for ten to twenty-five low-grade spirit stones, while a second-rank beast core doubles in value, fetching one hundred to two hundred fifty low-grade spirit stones.

- Ninth Province - in glossary.

- First-rank Beast Core.

- Second-rank Beast Core.

- Low-Grade Spirit Stone - in glossary.

Yuan Yao lowered her gaze at the beast core in her hand, pondered for a moment, and decided to refine it.

- Yuan Yao, Beast Core.

Although she usually pretended to be lazy, she also secretly read books and knew how to refine beast cores.

- Yuan Yao, Beast Core.

Yuan Yao said she would do it, and immediately sat in meditation to begin refining the beast core.

- Yuan Yao, meditation (generic), Beast Core.

…

- Ellipsis, no.

Meanwhile.

- No.

On the other side of the Baseless Secret Realm.

- Baseless Secret Realm - not in glossary.

The night was cool as water, and several bonfires had been lit in the forest.

- Bonfire - generic.

Groups of cultivators sat together, chatting and laughing.

- Cultivator - in glossary.

Only one person remained stern-faced, the firelight flickering over his cold brows and eyes, adding an air of mystery.

- No.

The girl beside him whispered, "Eldest Senior Brother, you needn't worry too much; Senior Sister Yuan has many protective magic artifacts given by her master, so she'll be fine."

- Eldest Senior Brother - in glossary.

- Yuan Senior Sister - generic title+name? Not a separate entity.

- Master - generic.

- Protective magic artifact - generic.

Song Yan remained silent.

- Song Yan - in glossary.

Lu Xiangxiang bit her lip and asked, "Eldest Senior Brother, are you blaming me?"

- Lu Xiangxiang - in glossary.

- Eldest Senior Brother.

"No." Song Yan glanced at her and finally spoke.

- Song Yan.

Lu Xiangxiang lowered her eyes and said, "Eldest Senior Brother, I know you might have some prejudice against me, but could you not be so cold toward me?"

- Lu Xiangxiang, Eldest Senior Brother.

Even though she hated Song Yan, she could not accept his cold attitude toward her. Thinking of his past life, when he almost always granted her wishes, she felt an inexplicable bitterness well up in her heart.

- Song Yan.

In her previous life, after joining the Carefree Sect, she was still an innocent girl, so she had secretly liked Song Yan, that bright and graceful youth……

- Carefree Sect - in glossary.

- Song Yan.

But he instead regarded himself as a substitute for Yuan Yao.

- Yuan Yao.

Song Yan suddenly stood up, looked at her, and said, "Junior Sister Lu, you're tired too; rest a bit."

- Song Yan, Lu Junior Sister - title+name.

- (also Song Yan)

"Eldest Senior Brother!" Lu Xiangxiang's expression shifted, "Where are you going?"

- Eldest Senior Brother, Lu Xiangxiang.

"I'll go check the vicinity."

- No.

Lu Xiangxiang clenched her fists secretly, took a deep breath, stood up, and softly said, "Eldest Senior Brother, let me accompany you."

- Lu Xiangxiang, Eldest Senior Brother.

Song Yan looked at her for a few seconds, nodded, and said, "Good."

- Song Yan.

He simply couldn't put his mind at ease about Yao Yao.

- Yao Yao - nickname - not in glossary.

The Wuduan Secret Realm is perilous and unpredictable; Yao Yao is making her first sortie for training, and she has become separated from him—how could he rest easy?

- Wuduan Secret Realm - in glossary as Wuduan Mijing.

- Yao Yao.

Lu Xiangxiang looked up and gave a gentle smile.

- Lu Xiangxiang.

Song Yan was dazzled by her smile, feeling an inexplicable stir that made him somewhat uneasy yet also resistant.

- Song Yan.

"Stay close." Song Yan shifted his gaze and said.

- Song Yan.

Lu Xiangxiang's smile faded slightly as she gave a light nod.

- Lu Xiangxiang.

She watched Song Yan's slender, tall back, and her resolve hardened.

- Song Yan.

She intended to kill Song Yan within the Wuduan Secret Realm.

- Wuduan Secret Realm, Song Yan.

Those who disturb her heart, those who betray her, all deserve to die!

- No.

Lu Xiangxiang suddenly reached out and grabbed Song Yan's sleeve, pointing him in the opposite direction, "Eldest Senior Brother, why don't we go over there and have a look?"

Song Yan glanced at her, then immediately looked in the direction she pointed—there lay a vast expanse of pitch-black deep mountains that stretched beyond sight, exuding a somewhat gloomy and strange feeling.

He had a gut feeling that something was off.

"But just then Lu Xiangxiang spoke up: 'Will Senior Sister Yuan have been sent there? If so, wouldn't her situation be very dangerous?'"

Song Yan frowned slightly; he indeed had this worry.

"Let's go look for Senior Sister Yuan together." Lu Xiangxiang tilted her head to look at him, a dim and inscrutable flicker passing through her eyes, as she thought to herself: Song Yan, since you care so much for your junior sister, would you be willing to die for her?

"Let's go." Song Yan said.

Lu Xiangxiang snorted coldly in her heart.

Indeed, it was exactly as she had expected.

"Good."

…

In the dim passage, a faint patch of white could be seen nearby, and not far away lay the corpses of Locust Monsters.

The girl sat cross-legged, with a black Beast Pill hovering before her.

At this moment, the spiritual power within the Beast Pill was gradually refined by her, transformed into her own spiritual power.

As time passed bit by bit, after an unknown span, a faint footstep sound was heard.

A diagonal shadow appeared on the wall.

Yuan Yao suddenly opened her eyes, quickly steadied her breath, then put away the Beast Pill.

She braced herself against the wall and stood up, warily watching the person gradually approaching from afar.

To her surprise, the person coming over turned out to be a crouching youth who looked sneaky and furtive.

Yuan Yao's brow twitched; this sneaky and lewd movement made her feel… perhaps… she might know this person.

Soon, the voice of the 250 System confirmed it.

【Target individual: Cang Li, Awakening Value: 0.】

"Who?! Who's there?"

The youth's startled voice rang out.

He pressed himself against the wall in fright, panting heavily.

"Don't come over!"