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Chapter 82 - Chapter 82: The Early-Death White Moonlight in a Cultivation Novel (Part 13)

Zhou Yanxi first put on a pair of gloves before daring to open the two storage pouches she had skewered with her blade—she was wary that someone might've tampered with them, just as she had done with hers earlier.

System: Host, you're seriously overthinking it. No one is more cunning than you!

Since the original owner of the pouches was dead, the restriction from their spiritual sense had already dissipated, allowing Zhou Yanxi to open them with ease—saving her the trouble of forcefully wiping spiritual imprints.

With that, she dumped everything from both storage pouches onto the ground, but the results were… disappointing.

All she got were:

300 lower-grade spirit stones

Two used men's cultivation robes

One unidentified, rusty sword

And two jade boxes

When she saw the jade boxes, Zhou Yanxi had been full of anticipation. But after opening them, she found only:

One 200-year-old ginseng root

One 100-year-old Qingling Fruit

These were low-grade spiritual herbs that could easily be bought with a few spirit stones in any market.

No wonder that guy had targeted her despite her deliberately shabby appearance.

As it turned out, that cultivator had also been tossed into the desert part of the secret realm. But unlike Zhou Yanxi, he had landed near the boundary of the no-spirit-energy zone and had a slightly easier time.

Realizing he was too weak to make real gains, he'd resorted to foraging for herbs while looking to ambush other unfortunates like himself.

Unfortunately for him, his very first target had been Zhou Yanxi—and now, he was reporting to King Yama.

Still, even mosquito meat was meat. Zhou Yanxi wasn't picky. She transferred the spirit stones and jade boxes into a new storage pouch.

She originally planned to throw away the two secondhand men's robes. After all, who'd buy worn clothes?

But in a sudden flash of inspiration, Zhou Yanxi had an excellent idea. She immediately shared it with her system.

System: Host is truly a genius. What can a mere working-class system do but obey?

"Ding! Detected two previously worn cultivation robes. You may exchange them for 200 points. Confirm exchange?"

Zhou Yanxi nodded furiously, afraid the system would change its mind the next second.

Then she exchanged the rusty sword too, gaining another 400 points.

As expected, with thick enough skin, even junk could be turned into points. If she ran into more clueless poor cultivators in the future, she now had a way to dispose of their trash loot.

After all, if the system had wool, she was going to keep shearing it. Now that it had opened this door for her, she wasn't about to stop.

Meanwhile, in a distant time-space, a man excitedly spent 300 system points to buy what was described as a protective "treasure robe".

But when he received the item, the product info read:

"Previously owned by an unfortunate male cultivator from the Canglan Continent. Non-refundable."

While it was technically usable, the fact that a used robe was sold at a premium made him deeply uncomfortable. He desperately wanted to drag the seller out and beat them senseless.

That unscrupulous woman—Zhou Yanxi—was currently in meditation, preparing herself mentally and spiritually for her next mission.

Yes, she still remembered her primary goal in this secret realm:To kill a late-Foundation-Stage spirit beast.That was the true objective assigned by her predecessor.

Treasure hunting could wait. She needed to handle the serious business first. Otherwise, the longer she delayed, the more it would weigh on her mind, possibly disrupting her focus during crucial moments.

Once she finished her meditation, she didn't immediately go after the powerful beast. Instead, she decided to warm up by fighting an early-Foundation-Stage beast.

After all, she still hadn't tested the unfamiliar blade given to her by Dao Lord Daoyun. Until now, she'd still been using the sword gifted to her by her senior brother.

At the same time, Yuan Hen was also out in the spirit beast forest, training with a few fellow disciples. He, too, was about to undergo a painful transformation of his own.

Back in the Shuangzi Secret Realm, Zhou Yanxi's first opponent was a Cang'er Ox, an early-Foundation-Stage beast. At first, her mastery of blade intent was far from perfect.

It took her half an hour of bloody combat, leaving her body riddled with wounds, before she finally claimed victory.

After the fight, she immediately stored the beast's corpse in her pouch and crushed a homemade Clarity Pill, dispersing the surrounding stench of blood.

She was extremely cautious—she didn't want to attract nearby beasts by the scent of battle.Fighting one-on-one was training.Getting mobbed by a horde was suicide.

After this battle, Zhou Yanxi also reflected on her earlier mistake:She should've used the "kite strategy"—hit, retreat, wear the enemy down. It would've saved her from being injured at all.

While the Cang'er Ox was slow, it had very high defense and monstrous strength. A drawn-out battle would've been the more efficient, low-risk approach.

The reason she targeted Cang'er Beasts was to fulfill Dao Lord Daoyun's assigned mission. The earlier battle was just practice.

But the mission was no easy feat. With her current strength, it bordered on reckless.

So Zhou Yanxi planned to lure out the Cang'er Beasts near her location one at a time, taking them down in batches to hone her blade skills—especially her ability to apply blade intent in real combat.

Cang'er Beasts, with their thick skin and high endurance, made the perfect sparring partners for this.

However, Zhou Yanxi didn't expect what happened next.

After carefully setting up a recording stone on a branch to document her progress, she engaged in a fierce battle with a late-Foundation-Stage Cang'er Beast.

Just as the fight reached its climax, a female cultivator ambushed her from behind.

But Zhou Yanxi, thanks to her training in Forging the Divine and enhanced senses from multiple past worlds, had developed an acute sensitivity to killing intent.

Even with her eyes closed, she could tell exactly where danger was coming from.

She dodged the sneak attack instantly and turned to see—

It was that same female cultivator who had fought over the Cleansing Spirit Grass with Li Haochen back in the market!

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