Chapter 111: Senior Sister Li’s Strange Hobby
After chatting for a while and confirming that Li Guijiao was even more timid than before, Luo Xue could only return with the puppet.
Only then did she learn that Li Guijiao’s cave wasn’t actually dug under the restaurant.
She had gone to the royal mausoleum of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, cracked the formation there, modified it slightly, and turned it into a formation she could completely control.
And, for safety, Li Guijiao had sealed all the entrances and exits of the mausoleum.
The only way in and out was through a teleportation formation constructed with specific runes, like a door with a security lock.
As for the coffins of those poor emperors, she had piled them up in a corner.
Li Guijiao wasn’t afraid of graveyards, because she felt that living people were much more terrifying than the dead…
Luo Xue could only say that there was definitely a reason why Hei Pao dared to let Senior Sister Li venture into the Demon Abyss alone… Her master truly understood her disciple.
After teleporting Luo Xue to the outskirts of the city, the silent puppet Li Guijiao slowly opened her eyes.
Her wooden expression gradually became lively, until finally, it was no different from a real person, except that her strength was only at the peak of the Innate Realm.
“Hey, hey, Little Junior Sister, can you hear me?”
The puppet Li Guijiao blinked, her mouth opening and closing slightly, making a sound.
“I can hear you, it’s just…”
Luo Xue’s expression was strange.
Why didn’t the mouth movements match the words?
“This is a mass-produced model, the quality isn’t very good.” Li Guijiao said. “As for ‘Sect Master’ level puppets, I can’t control too many at the same time.”
“Right now, ‘Master Zou’ is still building a refining formation at the Evil Spirit Sect. It’s a good thing they have enough Foundation Establishment cultivators. Otherwise, even ‘Master Zou’ wouldn’t be able to complete a formation of that scale.”
With the entire Evil Spirit Sect’s disciples as batteries, Li Guijiao could freely construct formations without being limited by her own cultivation.
“I see…”
Luo Xue nodded slightly.
Just then, Nangong Mengxiang, finally sensing Luo Xue’s aura again, rushed over.
As soon as she landed, she saw two “Luo Xues.”
One was the previous ghostly girl, and the other was the ordinary girl Luo Xue had just disguised herself as.
“Uh… which one is Little Martial Aunt?” Nangong Mengxiang scratched her cheek.
“Me,” Luo Xue stepped forward and patted Li Guijiao’s shoulder. “This is my Senior Sister, but it’s inconvenient for her true body to appear, so she’s using a puppet.”
“Oh, oh… you must be Little Martial Aunt’s Senior Sister. Little Martial Aunt often mentions you. Come, come, this is a small meeting gift…”
Nangong Mengxiang took out a half-eaten chicken leg and handed it to Li Guijiao.
Li Guijiao was stunned, then hesitantly took the chicken leg.
“Tha… thank you…”
She actually gave her a gift. It seemed that Little Junior Sister’s friend wasn’t a bad person…
“Nangong… where did you learn such social etiquette?”
Luo Xue wanted to facepalm.
“Sister Shangguan said that you should prepare a meeting gift when you first meet an elder. Since she’s Little Martial Aunt’s Senior Sister, she should also be an elder.” Nangong Mengxiang said. “I don’t have anything else on hand, only this roasted chicken leg I just bought. It’s very fragrant!”
“…But Senior Sister is using a puppet, she can’t eat the chicken leg.” Luo Xue said helplessly. “Also, why didn’t you give me one?”
“Because I forgot at the time.”
Nangong Mengxiang said matter-of-factly.
“It’s okay, I… I can teleport it back and eat it.” Li Guijiao hurriedly created a small teleportation formation and carefully placed the chicken leg on it. “Thank you for your kindness, Nangong… Martial Niece?”
“Just call her Nangong.”
“Right, right, just call me Nangong.” Nangong Mengxiang echoed, then looked at Li Guijiao’s appearance and nodded. “So this is Little Martial Aunt’s Senior Sister’s appearance… I was wondering how Little Martial Aunt’s terrible disguise skills could create such a pretty face.”
“Hey…”
Luo Xue’s face darkened. Why was this woman suddenly revealing her embarrassing past?
She had tried creating her own disguises, but she couldn’t make a decent-looking face no matter what.
The ordinary face she had created before was already considered one of her better attempts. The others were even worse, so she could only use Li Guijiao’s disguises.
“Actually, I also created this face, hee hee… It seems Little Junior Sister isn’t very good at this.”
Being praised, Li Guijiao smiled shyly, but there was also a hint of pride in her shyness.
“Tsk.”
Luo Xue crossed her arms and clicked her tongue.
Why did she feel like she was being insulted again?
However, the friendly interaction between Nangong Mengxiang and Li Guijiao put Luo Xue at ease. Now, the only thing left was to deal with the Evil Spirit Sect.
“By the way, Senior Sister, what kind of pill are you refining? With an entire spirit vein… it would take at least a Nascent Soul cultivator to consume it, right?” Luo Xue asked curiously.
Li Guijiao was stunned.
“Consume it?”
“Like… eat it?”
“Ah, this pill isn’t for eating,” Li Guijiao said casually, “It’s for exploding. My goal is to at least collapse one of the temples of the Temple of the Nether Spirit.”
Luo Xue’s expression was like she had seen a ghost.
“Well, I was worried that Little Junior Sister might have been captured by the Temple of the Nether Spirit when I came,” Li Guijiao said sheepishly. “With this pill, I should be able to rescue you, right?”
“…”
Luo Xue was silent for a long time.
This wasn’t rescuing, this was sending her to her grave! An explosion caused by the spiritual power of an entire spirit vein…
“It’s just a backup plan, and I don’t need it now anyway. It can be used as an ultimate weapon, very useful!”
Li Guijiao clenched her small fists, her face full of excitement, as if she could already see the scene of this ultimate pill exploding.
Luo Xue couldn’t help but wonder if Senior Sister Li had developed some strange hobbies after coming to the Demon Abyss…
However, since the formation for refining the spirit vein would still take some time to complete, Luo Xue had nothing to do during this period, so she followed Li Guijiao around, collecting resources in the Demon Abyss.
As for their collection methods…
Similar to Nangong Mengxiang.
Nangong Mengxiang robbed, and Li Guijiao bombed…
…
However, without anyone noticing, some cultivators had already narrowed down Luo Xue’s area of activity to within the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
These cultivators…
Were spies of the Peerless Summit Sect.
More accurately, they were spies from the Law Enforcement Hall within the Peerless Summit Sect.
After Luo Xue entered the Demon Abyss, the Law Enforcement Hall spies received the mission to assassinate her.
If not for the commotion caused by the wanted notice, once Luo Xue’s spy token appeared within their detection range, they would have immediately launched a sneak attack.
The strength of these spies varied, but they were all at least at the Foundation Establishment Realm, and there were even some Core Formation cultivators among them.
Luo Xue and Nangong Mengxiang alone definitely couldn’t escape their attacks.
Unlike the other cultivators who wanted the bounty, the Law Enforcement Hall spies under the Grand Elder’s command were absolute radicals, the so-called sword fanatics in the eyes of the Demon Abyss cultivators.
Their mission was only to kill Luo Xue.
Therefore, the wanted notice issued by the Holy Maiden of the Temple of the Nether Spirit, intentionally or unintentionally, disrupted the Law Enforcement Hall’s plan.
Without the spy token, the Law Enforcement Hall spies couldn’t locate Luo Xue directly, so they couldn’t act.
However…
The spy token wasn’t the only way to find Luo Xue.
As spies deep within enemy territory, these sword fanatics weren’t truly crazy; they were the elite of the Peerless Summit Sect.
Investigation, reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, they were experts in all of these.
Unlike most amateurs, these professional spies had, through various channels and information, gradually narrowed down Luo Xue’s area of activity and even deduced her destination.
At the same time, during this period, the Demon Abyss sects in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were also in turmoil. More than a dozen sects were attacked by the same strange young girl, whose main method of attack was explosions.
After the attacks, most of the sects’ assets were looted, even a certain elder’s collection of thousands of storybooks wasn’t spared.
Her methods were appalling, and the crime scenes were infuriating.
These incidents also caught the attention of the spies, who became suspicious of this mysterious girl, as her methods carried a hint of the Peerless Summit Sect’s sword intent.
On the other hand, the spies were also doubtful.
Would someone who was wanted with such a huge bounty, someone who had the entire nine provinces and four domains in a frenzy, act so brazenly…
Of course, besides the spies of the Peerless Summit Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall, there were also spies from the various lineages of the Temple of the Nether Spirit pursuing Luo Xue.
Compared to the Peerless Summit Sect spies, who could only act in secret and had limited information, the Temple spies clearly had more complete information and had noticed the mysterious girl’s actions earlier.
But because it didn’t match the other information they had about Luo Xue, they hadn’t paid much attention.
And now, the mysterious girl’s movements coincided with Luo Xue’s predicted area of activity, so the Temple spies couldn’t ignore this information any longer.
In short, unknowingly, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, a mortal nation, had gradually become the center of this brewing storm.
As for the instigator, the Holy Maiden of the Temple of the Nether Spirit, she hadn’t left her temple during this time, seemingly unconcerned about this matter.
She had taken in all the girls sent by the various lineages, keeping them in her temple for a while before letting them go.
The returning girls had part of their memories erased, and as fellow women, it was difficult to determine whether the Holy Maiden had… done anything to them.
Therefore, the various lineages could only temporarily assume that the strange wanted notice issued by the Holy Maiden for “Luo Xue” was purely out of her own fondness for this toy.
The possibility they didn’t dare to mention was… that this might be the Holy Master’s will.
Therefore, the lineages’ search for Luo Xue, initially perfunctory, gradually became more serious.
Luo Xue had been living quite comfortably during this time. The villainous trio formed by her, Li Guijiao, and Nangong Mengxiang had become infamous, leaving no blade of grass standing wherever they went, their wails echoing everywhere.
Their notoriety had reached the point where even dogs passing by would have their fur plucked.
Luo Xue was responsible for attracting attention and using the Nascent Soul will to delay Core Formation cultivators. Li Guijiao was responsible for explosions and looting treasuries, and Nangong Mengxiang was responsible for escaping.
Their cooperation was highly efficient. They had visited 70% of the Demon Abyss sects, although none were as miserable as the Evil Spirit Sect.
In fact, the competition between Demon Abyss sects was extremely cruel, and incidents of extermination and looting were common, but actions like Luo Xue’s and her companions’… were truly rare.
Of course, besides the Evil Spirit Sect, which had a genuine grudge against them, the other sects only had some of their resources and records stolen. There were no more incidents of sect residences being bombed.
Furthermore, the protective formations of the other sects were relatively intact, so Li Guijiao couldn’t infiltrate and modify them, at most just exerting some minor influence.
The only unlucky one, the Evil Spirit Sect, was still gloating that other sects were suffering the same fate as them, while also hoping that their upgraded protective formation could protect them from the villainous trio.
Little did they know that when the protective formation was completed, it would be the moment of the Evil Spirit Sect’s utter destruction…
Although these small sects were called sects, the resources within their residences weren’t much different from those of rogue cultivators, which seemed meager to Luo Xue and Li Guijiao, who came from major sects.
The combined inventory of more than a dozen sects could only be considered barely adequate.
The three of them divided the loot according to their needs. Luo Xue took most of the medicinal herbs, Li Guijiao replenished her formation and puppetry materials, and the remaining spirit stones were all given to Nangong Mengxiang.
It was at this time that Luo Xue finally understood why, despite body cultivators being so powerful and the talent requirements not being high, few people chose to cultivate this path…
She also understood why Nangong Mengxiang, despite robbing people every day, was still poor.
Spirit stones worth nearly 10,000 Earth-rank Qi Condensation Pills were consumed by her in less than half a month…
And according to Nangong Mengxiang, the effect was that she had slightly refined her internal organs, getting closer to Core Formation.
The Core Formation of body cultivators was different from that of ordinary cultivators. They wouldn’t form the traditional “Human, Earth, and Heaven” three cores, but a completely different Blood and Flesh Golden Core.
Utilizing the power of blood and Qi, they controlled their internal small world, their body itself becoming a world.
However, they couldn’t project the power of their small world to suppress lower-level opponents like ordinary Core Formation cultivators, which was considered a minor disadvantage.
After all, the attacks of lower-level opponents were like mosquito bites to Core Formation body cultivators, there was no need to suppress them.
Luo Xue directly consumed the medicinal herbs. Unrefined Demon Abyss herbs generally carried some toxicity, deliberately cultivated by the Demon Abyss cultivators.
This toxicity was usually removed during pill refinement, but to Luo Xue, it was a great supplement.
Unknowingly, Luo Xue had finished the Immortal’s Kowtow, her cultivation steadily increasing to the late stage of Spirit Condensation.
At this point, the advantages of the Calamity Poison Body were gradually becoming apparent. As long as she had enough poisonous spiritual power, there were almost no bottlenecks in her cultivation advancement.
Luo Xue understood that previous Calamity Poison Body predecessor even more now. This almost insane speed of improvement could easily make one lose themselves.
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