I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 162: Chapter 136: Spoils of Battle

The sound of slicing through the wind came, and Jiang Yuebai rolled on the ground to avoid the Bloodthirsty Ghost Claw.

Before her were blood light needles, like a storm of pear blossoms, while behind, the Yin Ghost swung its claws again.

The Cold Jade Pendant flashed with light, and a semi-circular ice shell appeared, blocking all the blood light needles.

Gray flames appeared out of thin air, instantly wrapping around the Yin Ghost’s body. Little Green charged out of Jiang Yuebai’s Sea of Consciousness, the lantern flew, devouring the Yin Ghost.

Jiang Yuebai suddenly looked up, only to see the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment female cultivator with the storage bracelet looking at her in shock.

It was the very same female cultivator who had been by Duan Yingfei’s side earlier. Seeing her unharmed, it’s certain she had been faking unconsciousness, hoping to reap the benefits.

”Black Dog Nail, are you from the Three Elements Sect?”

Jiang Yuebai was extremely surprised when she saw the Black Dog Nail just now; she had seen such hidden weapons on Song Pei’er before.

She quickly calmed down. With the secret realm open and many people’s eyes on it, contention between the sects was obvious. It’s no wonder a few Evil Dao disciples sneaked in.

Ding Yan put the storage bracelet into her sleeve, cautiously glancing at the green palace lantern hovering around Jiang Yuebai, secretly retreating.

”Little sister, you have a good eye and good skills. You’re taking on a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment while being just in the Early-Stage; I wouldn’t want to fight with you. How about I leave, and you take a good rest?”

Jiang Yuebai sneered, ”You take my things and still want to leave?”

Ding Yan also laughed, ”You’re forcibly activating a Talisman Treasure, I suppose you don’t have much energy left, right? Your Illusion Array is already crumbling; being too greedy can cost you your life.”

”I’ll give you back those words! Little Green, go!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Little Green’s Netherworld Yin Fire surged, charging at Ding Yan with incredible speed. Jiang Yuebai took out Spiritual Wine and took a big swig.

Ding Yan’s expression grew stern. She waved her hand, summoning a black banner. Seven Yin Ghosts roared with evil qi, pouncing on Little Green.

At the same time, Ding Yan swung the Seven Evils Banner, stirring a remnant soul from Duan Yingfei’s ashes, then forming hand seals. Her face lost its color, and black mist rose at her feet, seemingly some self-damage escape technique.

Jiang Yuebai wiped her mouth, ”Is the Three Elements Sect selling the Seven Evils Banners wholesale!”

With the Absolute Wind Saber in hand, Jiang Yuebai tossed out the Earth Escape Talisman, appearing in a flash behind Ding Yan.

Broken Water Three Blades!

Ding Yan’s brow furrowed, and a Bronze Ancient Mirror flew from her body.

Under the mirror’s light, two sword auras vanished without a trace, and the third was partially blocked by the ancient mirror itself, managing to tear through Ding Yan’s vestment robe, leaving a bleeding wound on her back.

Ding Yan retreated several steps, instantly regretting that she shouldn’t have stayed for the benefits. This little girl in front of her had too many vicious methods!

The seven Yin Ghosts let out horrific wails, being utterly restrained by Little Green’s Netherworld Yin Fire, and were devoured in no time.

Another Black Dog Nail was thrown, and Ding Yan, unwilling to tangle, bit her teeth and continued to activate the Five Ghosts Blood Escape Technique.

Jiang Yuebai used Earth Escape to dodge, shocked that Ding Yan’s technique could be continued even after interruption, but there was no way she’d let her escape.

After all, she had slaughtered a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator; she couldn’t let an Early-Stage run away, or where would her face be?

Birds scattered, and just as Ding Yan’s escape technique was about to activate, over a dozen Cloud Lark Puppets emerged from the white mist behind her.

Boom!

Black mist enveloped Ding Yan entirely, her eyes widened in terror.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Continuous explosions, flames reaching the sky, Jiang Yuebai saw the dismembered body fall apart; she was just a step ahead.

”Fortunately, I have many tricks, many cards in hand.”

Little Green gathered the souls, and Jiang Yuebai, leaning on her saber, took a breath of relief, immediately finding the storage bracelet and Ding Yan’s two storage bags from the remains.

Only then did she sit weakly to the ground, taking out a set of ordinary black samurai clothes, changing out of the tattered vestment robe, and sensed the battles of others through the Array Plate.

All had various degrees of injuries, but none were life-threatening.

She was too exhausted to fight and could only send the remaining dozen or so Array Soldiers to help.

Jiang Yuebai gripped a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone with one hand, recovering while quickly checking her spoils.

First was Duan Yingfei’s, the Shadow Moon Mother and Child Blades, a Seventh-Grade Magical Artifact, stronger than the Seventh-Grade Magical Artifact she had. Without her skill of sound listening and positioning, it was a kill with every strike.

The storage bracelet itself was more spacious than the space in her vestment robe, and it was the Storage Magic Treasure she had always dreamed of, worth the effort.

Jiang Yuebai, with her strong Divine Sense, easily erased the Divine Sense Mark on the storage bracelet, given Duan Yingfei was dead, and she explored inside.

Goodness, a rough estimate of over ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and five to six hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, along with a large supply of beast materials and Spiritual Medicine collected from the Land of Azure Flame.

These items are too varied, no time to sort through each now.

Besides the Shadow Moon Mother and Child Blades and the Vajra Umbrella damaged in a duel, there were only three Ninth-Grade Magical Artifacts left, which she could toss to the Lotus Platform for refining.

Lastly, there was a Jade Scroll, with the Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique ’Fiery Sun Heart Scripture’, uncertain if it belonged to the Hundred Yang Sect, along with an Artifact Refining related Jade Scroll and an ancient-looking Jade Scroll.

Jiang Yuebai felt a surge of joy, ”It’s actually the Jade Scroll for her finishing move ’Blade Flow Wind Kill’, a gold attribute high-level magical technique, could it be an ancient technique too?”

For Jiang Yuebai at the Heavenly Interence Sect’s Library, exchanging for techniques, low-level ones cost between one hundred to one thousand Contribution Points, mid-level ones between one thousand to ten thousand, and high-level techniques were only available to Direct Disciples, each over ten thousand Contribution Points.

”I’ll keep it for slow study.”

These were the valuable items in Duan Yingfei’s storage bracelet, and Jiang Yuebai then took out Ding Yan’s two storage bags.

Just like with Song Pei’er before, one storage bag contained all her personal items as a disciple of the Hundred Yang Sect: over a hundred Spirit Stones, a few talismans, and some bottles of elixirs, nothing special.

In the other storage bag was one Seven Evils Banner, one Condensing Light Mirror, a Ghost Spirit Sect Token, the ’Five Ghosts Scripture’ Jade Scroll, and a Black Feather Cloak.

The Seven Evils Banner could imprison seven Evil Ghosts, Jiang Yuebai had seen it before with Song Pei’er. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

”This mirror just now directly obliterated two of my sword auras in the mirror light, seems to be a Defensive Magic Treasure?”

The mirror looked ancient, its front was unclear and could not reflect a human image, with bronze rust covering its back.

The words ’Condensing Light Mirror’ were still in Ancient Cloud Seal Characters, the pattern like a Green Lotus, surrounded by Turtle Shell Script, incomprehensible and ancient, all indicating it wasn’t a current item.

At the moment, Jiang Yuebai couldn’t determine the Condensing Light Mirror’s grade, and could only temporarily sacrifice and refine it, planning to ask her master later upon return.

Finally, Jiang Yuebai didn’t know the purpose of the Black Feather Cloak, but upon taking it out, she felt that the black feathers on it resembled those of the Feather Clan she had seen.

Jiang Yuebai erased the Divine Sense Mark on it, draped it over her shoulders, and infused it with her Divine Sense, the black feathers instantly embraced her arms, forming black wings.

She stood and gently fanned it, a strange airflow surrounding her, lifting her feet off the ground.

”Is this a Flying Artifact? Can it be used within the Secret Realm?”

Despite the Flight Law restrictions in the Secret Realm preventing the floating power of Flying Artifacts, similar to when under a No-Fly Great Array, these wings weren’t restricted.

Jiang Yuebai waved the wings in attempts, finding their flight speed no less than a typical Flying Artifact.

The wings enveloped her hands, inconvenient for forming seals while flying, yet this was no issue for Jiang Yuebai.

”So, this is what it feels like to fly like a bird.”

Feeling the Black Feather Cloak had other uses, Jiang Yuebai had no time for much experimentation, replenished some Spiritual Energy, then gathered all the scattered Magic Artifact fragments to offer to the Lotus Platform, and headed with her blade to support the others.

With members from the Three Elements Sect appearing in the Secret Realm and infiltrating the squad executing array tasks, Jiang Yuebai couldn’t shake an ominous premonition.