Lai Pi cursed a few more times, then threw the two fasting pills into his mouth.
"Pah! This is it? Four hundred low-grade spirit stones, humph!"
Seeing him swallow the pill stained with his filth, Qi Yu couldn't help but feel nauseous.
She turned and left, not wanting to have her eyes sullied by this thing anymore.
After leaving the Spiritual Academy, Qi Yu, as usual, secretly went to several beggar gathering places and randomly threw silver coins to earn points.
Just as she was about to leave the place, a casual conversation among several beggars made her stop in her tracks.
"Hey, have you guys seen that disabled mother and daughter lately?"
"That lame woman who came out begging with her mute daughter? I don't think I've seen her."
"Could it be that she received money from that kind fairy again and left?"
"But it feels like they've vanished into thin air. Even if they weren't begging for food, they wouldn't disappear for so long, would they?"
"Now that you mention it, I feel like I've seen Liu Mazi these past few days..."
"And Li Ganzi and Tiedan too!"
"..."
Qi Yu hid on the roof of a house behind them, listening to them recount the recent mysterious disappearances, and fell into deep thought.
The amount of money she gave was very little, probably not enough to lift them out of poverty, and the number of people seemed too large.
Two words slowly surfaced in Qi Yu's mind—
Monster.
The demon that escaped from Qiankun Fort seems to have never been captured.
When she first entered Wucheng and rescued Gou Dan, the monster that appeared before her was a hideous monster. However, just a moment ago, the monster was still a normal human. After she threw the Mercy Sword, the monster did not fight her but fled directly. This shows that the monster was very cunning and did not want to fight.
This should be a mid-level monster.
The monster that captured An Rong'er that night needed to cover its face with a cloak and had an ugly appearance, so it must have been an ordinary low-level monster.
Monsters eat people. How many cannibals are lurking in this seemingly bustling and prosperous Wu City?
Beggars are already disliked by everyone, and in Wucheng, they are seen as a sign of shabby behavior. So who would care if there were a few less annoying beggars?
It must be these beggars who also rely on begging for a living.
Thinking of the little girl who couldn't speak but had bright eyes that day, and the woman with inconvenient legs but gentle features, Qi Yu felt heavy-hearted.
I'm afraid they're probably already in grave danger.
The system's points credit notifications continued to ring, but Qi Yu felt a sense of powerlessness.
If she faces numerous crises in this dangerous world, how much more so for these weak and vulnerable people?
The monsters are elusive and even Qiankun Fortress couldn't capture them, so how could she possibly save these people?
Qi Yu's hands clenched involuntarily as an idea suddenly came to mind.
Her eyes lit up slightly, and she made up her mind. She stood up and hurried to several other gathering places of beggars to distribute silver.
This time she gave even more, hoping that these people could live a better life until she was able to accomplish that.
Points are also her capital for achieving her goals.
By now, she had accumulated 4,000 points.
This translates to 40 merits.
Back at the Spirit Academy, just past dinner time, the disciples were wandering around digesting their food. When they saw Qi Yu, they all gave her strange looks.
Qi Yu looked back in confusion, but they avoided her gaze again.
Qi Yu: "..."
What are they doing?
As Qi Yu returned to the courtyard under the watchful eyes of the others, Gou Dan ran out as soon as he stepped inside.
"Sister, they say you claimed you would challenge Lai Pi, the best swordsman, to a duel at the sword tournament next month. Is that true?"
Wu Qianqian opened the door and came out, asking in confusion, "Qi Yu, Lai Pi has been in the academy for two years, and his swordsmanship is among the best in the Spirit Academy. Do you really want to compete with him?"
“Now some of the disciples have set up betting pools, betting on whether you or Lai Pi will win, and everyone is overwhelmingly betting on Lai Pi to win.”
Zhu Yu, who lived in the room next to Zhu Que's, also curiously peeked out. She had always stayed in Zhu Que's room and had never gone out, so she didn't know what had happened.
Qi Yu's expression turned cold. She hadn't expected Lai Pi to exaggerate the matter and portray it as her declaring war.
They even run gambling games; it would be a miracle if there weren't ulterior motives involved.
As for this person with ulterior motives, she had only been at the Spirit Academy for a few days, and the only people she had real conflicts with were Xu Shen Shen, Zhao Daming, Xiao Baichi, and Lai Pi.
She couldn't help but find it laughable that she had made so many enemies in just a few days; that was quite an achievement.
Seeing that her expression was off, Gou Dan said, "Sister, I'll definitely bet on you to win!"
Qi Yu couldn't help but laugh when she heard his words, "Where did you get the spirit stones to bet on me to win?"
After laughing, she added, "Someone is pressuring me. It seems I have no choice but to work harder."
Wu Qianqian asked with some concern, "Your strength is so different from his, can you really beat him?"
Qi Yu smiled and said, "There's still a month left. How will we know if we don't try?"
Today she did take advantage of Lai Pi's underestimation of her opponent, but during the sword competition, the spirit fire is too evil, and she must not use it to attack Lai Pi directly. Otherwise, if the spirit fire swallows Lai Pi, not to mention the system's punishment, Wu Rouwan and the teachers of the Spirit Academy will probably kill her on the spot as a demonic cultivator.
But she didn't think she would lose. With the cultivation speed of the Chaos Spiritual Root, her cultivation level would definitely rise significantly in a month.
As for swordsmanship, today she only suffered from insufficient practice and failed to master the appropriate sword techniques.
Qi Yu entered the room, opened the system shop, and spent 500 points to buy a celestial-grade sword manual, "Jade Carving Sword Technique".
Cultivation techniques are classified into four levels: Common, Superior, Saint, Immortal, and Divine.
Although there are cultivation techniques in the Scripture Pavilion of the Spirit Academy, most of them are of low grade, let alone immortal-grade cultivation techniques.
She carefully examined it for a while and exclaimed that it truly lived up to its reputation as a celestial-grade cultivation technique. Compared to the ordinary cultivation techniques in the Scripture Pavilion, it was like heaven and earth.
She immersed herself in the Jade Carving Sword Technique, summoned the Compassionate Sword, and began practicing each move.
For the past month, Qi Yu has been working tirelessly to improve his strength.
She used the alchemy furnace that Bai Shu had given her to refine a few more Bigu pills. She endured the strange taste of the Bigu pills, pinched her nose, and ate them, thus saving herself the time of eating.
Under the guise of sparring, she challenged Wu Qianqian, who possessed the Golden and Water Spiritual Roots, to a duel. She slowly activated her Golden and Water Spiritual Veins time and time again, eventually opening up all five spiritual veins and making her cultivation speed much faster than before.
He stopped sleeping and spent entire nights cultivating on his bed, working so hard that Xiao Hei felt embarrassed to just stay in the room all day doing nothing.
During the day, she practiced the Jade Carving Sword Technique non-stop, with Zhu Yu often acting as her sparring partner. Qi Yu's swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds.
Apart from going out to complete the daily good deed tasks, Qi Yu hardly did any other idle things, devoting himself wholeheartedly to increasing his strength.
Finally, the day of the sword tournament arrived.
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