"It's okay." Shi Yue explained to her that the ginkgo nuts could be stored for many days even if left outside. There was an awkward feeling between the two of them as they made small talk, which was unfamiliar but normal.
Li Yiru let out a breath, "He's gone." She sensed that the detecting spiritual consciousness had left them and was searching for someone else.
Since coming here, she hasn't had a good day. Not only is she injured all the time, but she also has to live in fear. Being targeted by a madman makes her feel suffocated.
Taxue in the space is still sleeping, and it is unknown when it will recover. Li Yirou is even more worried, afraid that it will not wake up.
Shi Yue saw the girl's eyes filled with inexplicable sadness and worry, and she felt a complex and unbearable feeling. She comforted her, "It has nothing to do with you. Whether you are here or not today, he will find a reason to kill someone."
"I thought the Yijian Sect was a sect in the Western Realm that cared about the people. I never expected their elders to act like this."
Li Yirou smiled bitterly, "At least the Sect Leader looks pretty good."
Shi Yue was older than her after all, and she shook her head, "He was just pretending, otherwise why didn't he give that man even a little punishment." In her mind, Sect Leader Lu should have severely punished that Foundation Establishment cultivator, and killing him would not be an exaggeration, but he didn't.
"Yeah, but in this world, it's good enough to be able to pretend." Li Yirou sighed. Shi Yue was stunned when she heard this, and soon followed with a sigh. This was indeed the reality.
"I was almost scared to death when you tested your spiritual roots." Shi Yue changed the subject, wanting to analyze with her whether it was possible for her to leave the Western Realm, and change the direction of the conversation first.
The girl saw that she had never seen anything bloody before, and she felt completely discouraged.
"Me too. Luckily, he wasn't there when I took him in to test his spiritual roots. And then he heard me mention that only wood spiritual roots are dark in color. I was so stupid."
Li Yirou didn't want to talk about it anymore, so she lied and turned to ask about Shi Yue's money-making. "Where in town can I buy Monster Beast Pills at a fair price?"
"They are just low-level monsters. The purchase prices don't vary much. A low-level dark monster pill costs 1 spirit stone, a faintly colored one costs 10 spirit stones, and a brightly colored one costs 50-100. That's about it." She learned about the prices of monster pills, furs, and the like when Brother Chen joined the monster hunting team, but she didn't pay much attention to them afterwards.
"What's the most profitable thing here?" Li Yirou asked about something important, something that concerned her ability to leave the Western Realm. Shi Yue thought for a moment and said, "Alchemy and weapon forging are the two most profitable things anywhere. Drawing talismans is also good."
...Li Yirou was silent. When refining pills, it was difficult to expect to refine normal pills with poisonous fire. If one wanted to hide the toxicity of the strange fire, the failure rate would increase exponentially.
She could consider refining weapons, but she was too worried that revealing that she possessed a strange fire would bring her new troubles.
"What about hunting monsters?" After a brief thought, she rejected these two ways of making money. She didn't want to attract new attention before solving one problem.
"That's very dangerous." Shi Yue carefully analyzed the situation for her. "You should leave as soon as possible and try those three things to quickly save up enough spirit stones to leave."
"Even if I leave here, he may not let me go." Li Yiru seemed to have made up her mind. Shi Yue just found it unbelievable. Did she want to cultivate to the level where she could defeat a foundation-building cultivator within three years?
Seeing Shi Yue's misunderstanding, Li Yiru explained that she just wanted to make money while improving her cultivation and leaving the Western Realm as soon as possible. After all, she had already seen the backwardness of this place.
The second largest town, Baiguo, only had a section of stone brick road, and the rest was dirt. It looked somewhat similar to the dining hall in her sect, except that the house was made of bricks after all, but it was not as high-end as other places in the sect.
"By the way, Sister Xiaoyue, where can I buy Monster Beast Pills?"
"Every morning and evening, there are people setting up stalls on that street to buy things..." Shi Yue saw that she had made up her mind. Since she was not a real sister, there was no way she could persuade her.
In order not to be disappointed, he walked with Li Yiru to the Baiguo Secret Realm outside the city. Manager Chen had already cleaned up the ground with some local monks who were willing to help.
Seeing Shi Yue coming, his originally heavy mood finally improved a little. When he was about to smile, he suddenly noticed the young man following Shi Yue. His face suddenly darkened, "Who is this!"
He didn't want the man to get close to Xiaoyue, always feeling that they had ulterior motives towards Xiaoyue.
Li Yirou glanced at him, not wanting to respond at first, but seeing that there were quite a few people around, it was a sensitive moment, so she decided not to show anything amiss. "This lady is worried that you'll be too tired to clean up by yourself. Coincidentally, I'm also at the first level of Qi Refining, so she asked me to see if I could help Manager Chen."
When Brother Chen heard that it was Xiaoyue who felt sorry for him, he felt relieved. "I've packed everything, Xiaoyue. I don't need any pretty boy's help."
...Li Yirou was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned back.
After all, she is also a first-level cultivator, which is considered lower-middle class in this town, so she can't be completely without temper.
Seeing that she was still acting, Shi Yue thought that perhaps people who have experienced hardships will become stronger and will not give up when facing reality no matter how difficult or dangerous it is. She didn't need to worry that she would not make a choice.
Li Yirou sat on a wooden bench in front of the teahouse, meditating quietly all night like everyone else.
It was almost dawn, and some people were meditating while others were sleeping on the side.
Li Yiru was actually thinking about the woman who died innocently because of her. She thought that this neighbor girl had cultivated to the first level of Qi and would not encounter any accidents alone. After all, she was carrying a huge amount of money at the moment, so she kept a wisp of her spiritual consciousness on her.
"My fellow Taoist, I want to go to the toilet. Can you help me look after this bamboo basket?" The woman came to her side quietly. Perhaps it was because Li Yirou accepted Shi Yue's invitation yesterday, which made the woman remember that she was kind-hearted.
Li Yirou nodded, put down the bamboo basket, and walked away quickly.
A few people saw the woman leaving and wanted to catch up, but Li Yirou stood up and stopped them, "What are you doing?"
His eyes were slightly cold as he stared at the cultivators with ill intentions, "Stop meddling in other people's business." Seeing that she was at the first level of Qi Refining and was alone, they knew that the three of them could definitely defeat her if they worked together.
The three of them had already agreed to take action against that woman.
However, Li Yiru followed the female neighbor's spiritual consciousness and found that she did not go to the toilet at all, but ran away!
Well, a corpse is actually of little significance except for expressing the grief of the living. The most important thing is that the money can be given to the relatives of the deceased woman and they can find a way to let the child grow up and join the sect.
Before Li Yirou could say anything, the cultivator with the highest cultivation level among them, the first level of Qi Refining, came up and pushed her. Li Yirou took a step back, dodging the attack, buying time, and reasoned with them: "That was the money that bought this woman's life! How can you be so cruel!"
"Yesterday, when that elder was killing someone, you didn't stand up, yet today you're trying to snatch compensation for a dead woman. Aren't you afraid that the head of the Yijian Sect will find out and send that elder to deal with you all?"
When everyone heard about the Yijian Sect, they thought of the Foundation Establishment cultivator who had killed countless people. They looked at each other and recalled the scene of yesterday. They were all a little scared, and the one with the lowest cultivation level had a panicked look in his eyes.
"How about, just forget it?" He was about to back out.
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