"Wow! Zuo Qingya, you're amazing!"

Zuo Qingya felt both embarrassed and a little smug.

"Zuo Qingya, can you draw a talisman for me to see?"

"Huh???" Drawing talismans? She had no idea how to do that. The talismans she had were given to her by her mother. Using them would be like getting struck by lightning!

She should have known better than to pretend, but there was nothing she could do. There was only one solution: she had to learn how to make talismans.

Am I just digging a hole for myself? I'm really making trouble out of nothing. Why can't I just accept the assignment? Why do I have to draw a talisman? It's too difficult.

Seeing Zuo Qingya's conflicted expression, Xia Hua knew that Zuo Qingya was faking it again, but she didn't care. In the past, Zuo Qingya clearly didn't like studying, but she insisted on pretending to be a top student. Just for this top student persona, she didn't study properly at school and only studied at home by borrowing her own notes. Unexpectedly, she actually managed to establish this persona, which left Xia Hua speechless.

Xia Hua thought Zuo Qingya was probably going to cram on talisman-making knowledge tonight; she was really pretentious and loved to play around.

Xia Hua wanted to comfort Zuo Qingya, but Zuo Qingya made an excuse: "I'll draw it for you when I have time! I don't have any talisman paper or pen with me right now."

This answer is perfect; now I have time to learn how to draw talismans.

"Huh???" Seeing Zuo Qingya's fighting spirit, Xia Hua didn't dare to spoil it.

"Uh??? Okay then!"

"Zuo Qingya, your skin has gotten so dark. If I didn't know you well, I really wouldn't recognize you."

Zuo Qingya scratched her head awkwardly: "Hehe... It's nothing, I just accidentally used a fruit."

"Fruit? What kind of fruit is so powerful that it turned your skin black?"

Zuo Qingya pretended to take a fruit out of her backpack, "Here... is this."

"What kind of fruit is this? It's so black and oily. Can it really make a person's skin oily and black?"

“Ahua, just look at me, and you’ll know how credible my words are.”

Xia Hua laughed awkwardly, "Hehe, that's true!"

What is the name of this fruit?

"Black Lacquer Fruit".

"The name is quite fitting."

"Um……"

"Are you going to eat this?"

Zuo Qingya shook her head, "Just smash it on the ground."

"Oh!" Xia Hua returned the fruit to Zuo Qingya.

"Here you go!"

"Um……"

Xia Hua introduced Zuo Qingya to everyone.

"This is my childhood friend, Zuo Qingya."

Hello!

"Zuo Qingya, we know, it's the person you've been saying you're looking for! We all know."

"This dark-skinned guy is really quite unique."

Xia Hua pointed to the man at the head and said, "This is Zhang Tianzheng. You can just call him Brother Zheng."

"This is Ciyang, Brother Yang."

"This is Lu Xiaoyan, Sister Yan."

"Zuo Qingya, where are you planning to go?"

"Me? I'm going to the Apocalypse Shelter."

What are you doing there?

"I have something to do."

"oh!"

"Apocalypse Shelter, that's still so far away!"

"Far? Impossible! We should be almost there, how could it be far?"

Xia Hua sighed, "Zuo Qingya, you didn't get lost again, did you?"

Zuo Qingya laughed awkwardly, "Hehe, that's possible."

Xia Hua took the compass from Zuo Qingya's hand, looked at it, and spun it around 360 degrees.

He handed the compass back to Zuo Qingya.

"broken."

"Huh? Something's wrong? No way!"

"I've spun it 360 degrees, but the compass hasn't moved an inch! If it's not broken, what is it?"

Zuo Qingya imitated Xia Hua's earlier move and also did a 360-degree spin.

"Huh??? It's really broken? What a piece of junk."

Zuo Qingya angrily threw away the compass.

I called out to my little darling in my mind.

"My little darling, my little darling, what a broken compass! It broke after only a few uses."

"Host, it's normal for things to break! Nothing stays intact."

"How is this normal? I've only used it a few times."

"Host, if it breaks, just buy another one. You don't have many points anyway."

"Little darling, if you talk like that, I think you're cheating me out of my points."

"Last time I did that task, I spent all my points. It felt like I did the task for nothing, and I didn't even earn more than I spent."

"Host, our goods are also purchased from others, so making a profit from the price difference isn't unreasonable!"

Zuo Qingya snorted coldly: "Doesn't your system provide after-sales service?"

"Some things are responsible, some things are not. Take this compass, for example. Buying a new one is cheaper than repairing it."

"Uh???" Zuo Qingya was speechless.

"Ahua, which base did you come from?"

"The Chosen Land".

"Huh??? That's a really unique name."

"Then I'll skip Apocalypse Shelter and go to your base instead!"

"welcome."

The crocodile on the ground was already dead; it was killed when Zuo Qingya placed the stillness talisman on it.

Xia Hua looked at the dead crocodile: "Zuo Qingya, how do you divide this crocodile? You tell me."

Xia Hua originally wanted to give all the flowers to Zuo Qingya, but she was a little reluctant to part with them. After all, the group had fought for so long. Although they hadn't caused much damage to the crocodile, they had at least put in the effort. It would be really hard to give them away for nothing!

Zuo Qingya waved her hand dismissively: "You can all take them, I don't want them."

Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed, but they were still aware of their own limitations. With their strength, without Zuo Qingya's help, they would probably all be in trouble, either dead or crippled.

So everyone decided to give the crystal core to Zuo Qingya, and they would only want the materials from the crocodile.

"Give."

Xia Hua handed Zuo Qingya a water-based crystal core.

Zuo Qingya took it, looked at it, and then returned it: "Here, take this!"

Xia Hua asked in surprise, "For me?"

Zuo Qingya nodded: "Mm."

Zuo Qingya followed Xia Hua and the others to the Land of Chosen.

"Ahua, why is this place called the Land of Chosen Ones?"

"Because there are the most superhumans here, it's called the Land of the Chosen."

"Huh???" Zuo Qingya didn't expect this reason.

Upon entering the Chosen Land base, Zuo Qingya realized that it was different from the bases she had visited before; it was exactly the same as before the disaster.

And there are so many people with superpowers! Even the women and children chatting on the street are people with superpowers. It's even better than the base of my cheap dad.

“Cultivators?” Zuo Qingya sensed that some people were actually emanating spiritual energy, and she could even see their levels.

Most of them were at the Qi Refining stage, a very small number were at the Foundation Establishment stage, and a few were at a similar level to her.

Are you surprised?

Zuo Qingya nodded: "Mm..."

"This place is different from other bases."

"Hmm... this place is no different from before the disaster, because most of the people living here are cultivators."

"No wonder you weren't curious about my talismans at all."

"Come on, let me take you shopping."

When Zuo Qingya arrived at the mall entrance, she realized how ignorant she had been. She thought there wouldn't be many items, but there were actually quite a lot. It was no different from before the disaster. The only difference was that they only accepted crystal cores and didn't charge money.