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Hearing him say that, Liang Qingqing became even angrier and slapped him across the face: "Fang Cheng, isn't it because you're useless? You've been given so many resources over the years, and you still haven't reached the Foundation Establishment stage, you piece of trash!"
The male cultivator called Fang Cheng was stunned by the slap. Listening to Liang Qingqing's insults, he couldn't help but lower his head. He knew that at this moment, all he needed to do was obediently take the scolding.
The other two cultivators, seeing this, didn't dare to utter a sound. To put it bluntly, the three brothers were nothing more than three dogs in this young lady's eyes; beatings and scoldings were considered lenient if they didn't perform their duties well.
Yun Yin followed at Ruan Qingyu's feet, watching her walk forward calmly. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is that all? That woman is too unreasonable. She even wanted to buy me. I'll go and eat her tonight."
Ruan Qingyu was focused on finding the sandfish, and upon hearing Yun Yin's words, she sighed helplessly: "There are plenty of people like that. If I were to fight each and every one of them to the death, wouldn't that be a waste of my time?"
Yun Yin lowered his head, but a cruel glint flashed in his beastly eyes. Since they were all food anyway, eating them would just replenish his spiritual energy. Humans and demons killing each other was perfectly normal, and judging by the murderous aura emanating from Liang Qingqing, even the Heavenly Dao wouldn't object to eating her.
After longing for her forty-nine sandfish for a long time, Ruan Qingyu finally found her familiar spot after dark.
Although there are few other plants or landscapes in the vast desert, there are many walls or caves formed by the sand.
The place Ruan Qingyu had been searching for was this cave. Once inside the cave, there was an underground river at the very bottom.
There are many sand-slippery fish in the underground river, which will make the sect mission much easier to complete. Soon, Ruan Qingyu and Yun Yin entered the cave. Originally, Yun Yin was thinking of continuing to enter at his full size.
Unfortunately, the cave looks spacious, but it gets narrower the further inside you go. If it doesn't shrink, the whole leopard won't be able to fit inside.
In the darkness, although Ruan Qingyu could see the road ahead, she still lit a flame in front of her to prevent any underground creatures from disturbing her and attacking her directly.
After walking for a long time, the man and the beast finally arrived at the underground river amidst the sound of flowing water.
“This is it. Yunyin, can you catch some?” Ruan Qingyu went down first. She had been to this underground river many times in her previous life, and each time there were only sand slippery fish. This was why Ruan Qingyu went down without exploring.
Amidst the mingling of darkness and firelight, Yunyin's beastly eyes gleamed. Looking down at the occasional yellow specks of light flashing in the dark river, he instantly recognized them as the slithering sandfish.
Ruan Qingyu was using the Phoenix Divine Fire to drive away the sandfish, hoping to catch those that jumped out of the water in panic.
Meanwhile, under the pressure of the demonic beasts, Yun Yin drove many sandfish into a puddle. When Ruan Qingyu turned around, she saw a puddle full of trembling sandfish.
"You controlled them?" Ruan Qingyu was somewhat surprised, then remembered that there were strict cultivation levels among demon beasts, and suddenly realized, "I forgot that you are also a demon beast."
After all, most demonic beasts cannot speak. These days, Yun Yin communicates with her in a way that is no different from a normal person. So much so that sometimes, even without seeing his leopard form, Ruan Qingyu would think he was a person.
"If I accumulate more spiritual energy, I'll be able to transform into human form." Yun Yin jumped back onto the shore, watching Ruan Qingyu count the spiritual energy one by one.
After confirming that the storage token contained enough spiritual energy, Ruan Qingyu looked at it and asked, "Are there any other ways for you to accumulate spiritual energy?"
When she brought it up again, Yun Yin didn't hide anything: "You can eat people or monsters."
These words were blunt, but for some reason, they sent a chill down Ruan Qingyu's spine. She slowly said, "If you eat whatever you want, I'm afraid you'll have a difficult time overcoming your tribulation."
Under the laws of Heaven, if one forcibly deprives another of their life force, resulting in more karmic entanglements than karmic ones, even if their cultivation is sufficient to transcend tribulations and ascend to immortality, they will still find it difficult to escape the heavenly lightning.
Seeing that Ruan Qingyu's expression only showed worry and no reprimand, Yun Yin felt much better: "That's natural. Those shrouded in black energy taste the best to me. Demonic beasts are simpler; it's survival of the fittest. If you can't beat them, they become food."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu's palm lit up, and she looked at the nearby map: "After leaving the vast desert, head east. That's the Hunyuan Mine Forest, the area where the monsters reside."
Yun Yin had never heard of the Hunyuan Mine Forest before, but upon hearing the word "demonic beast," his ears twitched. Was she taking him out to eat? He immediately stood up, his beastly eyes filled with eager anticipation.
Seeing his excitement, Ruan Qingyu couldn't help but smile slightly, and the two of them soon left the cave.
Three days later.
Putting away the map, Ruan Qingyu patted the head of the black panther beneath her: "If we walk for another half a day straight ahead, we should reach the Hunyuan Mine Forest."
Although the two had not yet reached their destination, the surrounding area had changed from a landscape of yellow sand to a lush forest. However, this place was clearly the outermost edge of the forest; if it were not close to the Hunyuan Mine Forest, the forest would probably not have grown so abundantly.
"If you've eaten your fill, we might be able to go to the Hunyuan Mine to find some spirit stones," Ruan Qingyu said in a low voice. She only had twenty low-grade spirit stones and ten mid-grade spirit stones left in her pocket.
Since leaving home, if the Ruan family hadn't had some conscience and provided some dry rations, and if Ruan Qingyu hadn't had many ways to be self-sufficient, she probably would have starved to death long ago.
In comparison, the Xuan Tian Sect shows a slight humanity. However, it's still a drop in the ocean, and they'll struggle to purchase more if needed in the future.
This Hunyuan Mine Forest had already been almost completely mined out, which allowed all cultivators to enter and exit freely, but there were still quite a few rogue cultivators or cultivators with low cultivation levels who came to try their luck.
Fortunately, Ruan Qingyu vaguely remembered that around this time in her previous life, a major event occurred in the Hunyuan Mine Forest. A cultivator accidentally unearthed a new mine shaft containing countless spirit stones.
If it weren't for the argument with their companions that escalated the situation, that Lingkuang would probably have been swallowed up by them long ago. However, what happened afterward was beyond the control of these rogue cultivators.
It was quickly divided up by nearby sects and several major forces that arrived later. Ruan Qingyu visited that newly dug mine once after he achieved Foundation Establishment.
Now that I'm quite skilled at it, as long as I get there first, I can make a quick buck.
Listening to Ruan Qingyu's incessant chatter above his head, Yun Yin thought for a moment and said, "Only dig one lot? Isn't that too cheap?"
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu blinked and said, "Unfortunately, I would like to keep it all for myself, but the mine is too big for me to take with me."
Yunyin stopped, opened his mouth and spat out a small ball, which was surrounded by wisps of lightning.
After handing the small ball of lightning to Ruan Qingyu, Yun Yin said, "This is my little space. You can store things here as you please. Moreover, I have separated this space, so you can take whatever you want without my interference."
The purplish-black ball suddenly shrank and stopped on Ruan Qingyu's wrist in the blink of an eye, then transformed into a simple bracelet.
"You have a storage artifact?" Ruan Qingyu looked down at the bracelet that had no spiritual light, and subconsciously probed into it with her divine sense.
In an instant, the vast space was fully revealed under her divine sense, but this space was indeed too desolate.
Yunyin continued, "This space is considered a small secret realm. Back when my cultivation was still decent, I wanted to create a mobile spiritual residence. However, before it was complete, I was seriously injured. Now it's perfect for you to use. If you don't like it, you can just use it as a storage artifact."
After he finished explaining, Ruan Qingyu remained silent. Instead, she quickly forced a drop of blood from her fingertip with her left hand. She smeared it on the bracelet, and instantly the simple bracelet was imbued with a divine light.
The once dark and gloomy space suddenly brightened as if the sun and moon had changed. It's believed that in time, as Ruan Qingyu grows, this space will truly become a unique little secret realm.
"So, you actually have your own storage space, and you can even stay inside alive." Ruan Qingyu's words came out suddenly, but Yun Yin understood instantly.
However, he pretended not to understand and continued, "This space should be just right for you human cultivators. Now you can finally get this spirit stone mine."
Seeing that he had changed the subject, Ruan Qingyu didn't bring up the matter of throwing him in again. Nodding, she led Yun Yin and continued walking towards the Hunyuan Mine Forest.
Suddenly, Yunyin twitched his ears: "There are people fighting in the air ahead."
Immediately, Ruan Qingyu concealed her aura: "Can you see who it is?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Yin extended his divine sense again and looked closely. He saw four cultivators fighting against a Golden Core stage bull-like beast in a pit, or rather, it was a one-sided pursuit.
The pit was steeply sloped. The three of them protected the female cultivator they had seen before and fled outside, heading in the direction of Ruan Qingyu and Yun Yin.
Yun Yin rushed to Ruan Qingyu's side, intending to take her away first, but the four people were pushed straight to a spot not far in front of Ruan Qingyu by the roars of beasts behind them.
"Please help me, fellow Daoist!" The fallen cultivator struggled to his feet, only to see another person standing not far away.
But after seeing Ruan Qingyu's face clearly, he immediately stopped talking. This person had just had a falling out with Liang Qingqing a few days ago, and there was no way he would help her.
Liang Qingqing brushed the smoke from her eyes and looked at the bull-like beast charging towards them. A hint of fear flashed in her eyes, but she still looked at Ruan Qingyu: "Hey! If you can stop that beast, I'll give you a lot of spirit stones. Our Beast Taming Sect has many beasts that are even more powerful than your leopard, and we can give them to you!"
As they spoke, the three people on the ground gathered around Liang Qingqing again. After hearing her words, their eyes flickered uncertainly, as if they were struggling and questioning each other.
In her mind's eye, Yun Yin had already told her about the beast-like creature's cultivation level. Naturally, she wouldn't choose to confront it head-on at this moment, saying, "What does it have to do with me?"
Before the words had even finished, Ruan Qingyu led Yun Yin and fled in another direction. The bull-like beast, which only had a grudge against these four, naturally continued to pursue them.
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