CSMCDB - Chapter 114
Chapter 114
Perhaps it was because she had gotten a new trick for earning Star Stones, but Wen Yuncheng wandered around for three days without encountering any new opportunities. Before finding any, she had 1947 cancel the shielding, so others would only think she was a little girl disguised as a boy. Of course… that was the truth.
During this time, she also discovered quite a few people were secretly asking about her. She knew this because a foolish Star Lord 2nd Layer cultivator came right up to her. Not only did he ask if she had seen Wen Yuncheng, but he also said that if she knew, he was willing to pay five hundred Star Stones for the information.
Heh, five hundred Star Stones.
Perhaps her expression was too obvious, because the cultivator became a little angry from embarrassment. "Five hundred Star Stones is already pretty good! I'll only get eight hundred for reselling the information!"
In that moment, Wen Yuncheng deeply felt how cheap she was.
So, Wen Yuncheng readily pointed in a direction and said that last night, while preparing to cultivate on the hillside ahead, she had seen someone with Mechanical Wings heading south.
With five hundred Star Stones in hand, Wen Yuncheng departed silently, hiding her deeds and her name.
Wen Yuncheng was just wandering around randomly when, upon stepping into a certain spot, the scenery before her eyes suddenly changed. The original plain turned into a forest, and a fruit forest at that!
A dozen or so fruit trees were encircled by a black, root-like piece of wood. Wen Yuncheng instantly realized she had triggered another opportunity, and this one… was likely only accessible through sheer luck.
Outside the black roots stood a stone stele. Inscribed on it were the three large characters for "Life Transformation Fruit."
Below that was written: "All who enter the forest are limited to taking three fruits."
The Huasheng Secret Realm, turning death into life. The key to this life was the "Life Transformation Fruit."
[Those whose lifespan is nearing its end can extend their life by five years by consuming it. Those severely injured and near death can be restored to their peak. Those suffering from grave illnesses can be reborn. Bringing the living dead back to life, regrowing flesh on white bones, turning death into life—this is the "Life Transformation Fruit."]
Wen Yuncheng stared blankly at the vast fruit grove. This, she thought, was probably the prestige of a Long Aotian. Before 1947's explanation, Wen Yuncheng thought the "Life Transformation Fruit" sounded like a peanut, and she hadn't considered this large grove particularly precious. Now…
"Three is just right." Wen Yuncheng calculated: one for herself, one for Lin Jinyu, and one for Yan Ling to repay a favor. Although it was a gift… Wen Yuncheng felt Yan Ling would be incredibly moved and give her a large sum of Star Stones.
[…You've already decided how to handle them? You're only taking three?]
"It says right here you can only pick three." Wen Yuncheng said earnestly, "Three is enough! 1947, one shouldn't be too greedy!"
1947, who had prepared a whole speech to persuade its little money-grubbing cub, only to be lectured in return: …
"How do I preserve them after picking them?"
[It will self-preserve after being detached from the Life Transformation Tree.]
Wow, fancy. Wen Yuncheng stepped inside the circle of black roots. Without bothering to choose, she picked a fruit from the tree closest to her. The Life Transformation Fruit was only the size of a palm, purplish-red in color, oval-shaped, and dotted with golden specks. The moment it was picked, liquid seeped from the broken stem, turning into a white light that enveloped the fruit, forming a white film on its surface.
Wen Yuncheng gave it a gentle squeeze. It was soft. She placed the Life Transformation Fruit into her storage ring, then picked two more from the nearest branches and exited the circle. She bowed toward the stone stele. "Thank you, Senior."
Then she turned and left.
Not long after Wen Yuncheng left, another person stepped into this place. Confusion and vigilance flashed through his eyes as he cautiously surveyed his surroundings. Upon discovering the Life Transformation Fruits and the stele, he was overjoyed.
He stepped into the forest and carefully selected the three largest fruits. But looking at the three in his hand, he felt that a fruit on another tree was actually the biggest one. The man looked at the trees full of Life Transformation Fruits, a flash of greed in his eyes. He abruptly unleashed all his Star Power, deploying three defensive-type spirit treasures. He reached out, snatching like lightning for several of the closest fruits.
He would just pick a few more, then flee immediately. Nothing would happen.
However, the instant the fourth Life Transformation Fruit left the tree, the dozen or so fruit trees vanished! The three fruits originally in his hand also disappeared. And that wasn't all—the black roots that had been quietly encircling the grove actually began to move slowly.
The man had no time for regret or heartache; he threw out his spirit treasures and prepared to flee. But he slammed hard into a restrictive barrier. He was trapped! Panic, fear, regret—he desperately attacked the barrier, but there was no way to leave this place!
…Maybe, maybe it will let me go after a while? He couldn't help but think hopefully. The frantic output of Star Power completely depleted his reserves. He could only sit down and try to recover. However, ten minutes, twenty minutes… he hadn't recovered a single shred of Star Power!
Not only that, but he could feel his life force constantly draining away. After just one day, he had become a white-haired old man.
The black roots writhed slowly…
Three days later, a skeleton appeared in the area encircled by the black roots. As time passed, the skeleton turned to dust and vanished. The black roots stopped writhing, and the fruit grove that had disappeared reappeared.
On the stone stele, the warning "All who enter the forest are limited to taking three fruits" seemed to have grown deeper.
Having obtained the Life Transformation Fruits, Wen Yuncheng felt this trip to the secret realm was worth it.
Because she was carrying a great treasure, Wen Yuncheng stopped using her Mechanical Wings and measured the secret realm with her own two feet. She also encountered situations where several people were chasing one person, but Wen Yuncheng didn't get involved in the excitement or act out of misplaced kindness; she just quietly stayed away from the conflict.
Until she was followed again.
[…Someone's following you again. Should be a Star Spirit 2nd Layer.]
"???" Wen Yuncheng looked bewildered. What had she done? Ten days had passed since she got the Life Transformation Fruits. All she'd done was find a pool of water that aided cultivation and then told Lin Jinyu its general location.
[They probably saw that your strength is too low, yet you've stayed in the secret realm for so long.]
In this secret realm, there were people who worked hard to find opportunities, and naturally, there were also people who worked hard to snatch them.
Wen Yuncheng sighed deeply. Why bother? Why did they have to bother? Just because she was only a Star Lord 1st Layer, did she look that easy to bully?
"Your Excellency, how long are you going to follow me?"
No response.
Wen Yuncheng gave a helpless smile. Did this person want to follow her to a remote, deserted place? Or maybe wait until she was cultivating at night to make a move? …Too bad she didn't cultivate. Wen Yuncheng couldn't be bothered to get entangled with this person and simply called out loudly, "This Star Spirit 2nd Layer senior who has been following me all this way, are you really unwilling to show yourself? Heh, you've already decided to kill for treasure, yet you're still so timid…"
"Kid, you really are carrying a great treasure. To think you could discover my presence…"
It was an old man in gray robes. He took a golden-furred mouse from his robes. The mouse squeaked, its eyes staring intently at Wen Yuncheng.
[…A Golden Treasure Mouse. This thing is extremely sensitive to treasures like spirit fruits. Although the Life Transformation Fruits are in your storage ring, it probably smelled a faint scent on you.]
"This old man won't bully you. Hand over your storage ring with both hands, and you can leave." The old man shook his head, putting on an "I'm so benevolent" act that made Wen Yuncheng feel nauseous.
Wen Yuncheng rolled her eyes and threw out the Mountain River Seal with force. The man let out a cry of surprise. "A Profound-rank spirit treasure? A fine item! This old man will look after it for you!" As he spoke, his withered, branch-like hand shot out, intending to snatch the Mountain River Seal directly.
The Mountain River Seal was bound to her equipment template, so Wen Yuncheng wasn't worried at all. As the old man attacked the Mountain River Seal, Wen Yuncheng released Number One and Number Two, ordering Number Two to charge south and leave. Then she quickly took out a Star Cannon, charged it, and fired!
"Number One, freeze rounds."
The instant Number One fired the freeze rounds, Wen Yuncheng also activated her LingSha Bracelet to release the shadow clone. The old man's expression changed drastically. "You're Wen Yuncheng?!"
Wen Yuncheng didn't say a word. She set up the Ex-S Viper Cannon and fired!
She threw a stun grenade. Amidst the sea of energy from the Star Cannon, the old man forcefully spat out a mouthful of essence blood. His own Star Power erupted at full force, and a shield of Star Power rapidly condensed in front of him! He himself retreated rapidly.
"Crack…"
After one volley from the Star Cannon, the Star Power shield shattered completely. Wen Yuncheng controlled the Star Cannon to fire at full power while she herself maneuvered her Mechanical Wings into the air, throwing a flame exploder and grenades at the old man.
"Kid, where it's possible to forgive, you should…"
His answer was another volley of freeze rounds from Number One!
The old man was thoroughly enraged. "You're just a Star Lord 1st Layer relying on external tools! This old man will kill you!—" He twisted his body, took out a blood-colored long saber, and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the blade. Pushing his movement technique to its limit, he ignored the attacks from the Star Cannons and lunged straight for Wen Yuncheng.
Perhaps he thought that as long as Wen Yuncheng was dead, the unmanned Star Cannons would pose no threat? —Well, he was right about that.
But Wen Yuncheng was waiting for him to get close.
The instant the old man rapidly closed in, Wen Yuncheng immersed her entire consciousness in her sea of awareness. The Flying Sky Shuttle shot out, transforming into a silver glint that plunged directly into the old man's brow! At the same time, however, the blade gleam from the blood-colored saber in the old man's hand also slashed out. But in the next second, as the Flying Sky Shuttle launched its attack, Wen Yuncheng swapped places with Number One and instantly recalled it.
The blood-colored saber fell from the air. The old man's eyes were vacant. He hung in the air for two seconds as the full barrage from the Star Cannons landed on him. He plummeted straight down, silent.
50 experience points, 1 integral point. No mission notification for killing a member of "Fu."
"Really…" Wen Yuncheng pocketed the old man's storage ring. She would sort through the spoils later. She had originally wanted that Golden Treasure Mouse, but the old man hadn't protected the little creature at all. Under the firepower of the Star Cannons, not even a complete corpse was left.
Tally the profits, destroy the corpse, clean up the battlefield. Wen Yuncheng recalled all the Star Cannons, swapped places directly with Number Two, then dismissed Number Two's summon, vanishing from the spot in an instant.
As long as these greedy lone wolves came one by one, Wen Yuncheng was more than happy to welcome them. She felt the old man's storage ring and found that the balance on the Star Stone card wasn't that high, only eight hundred thousand Star Stones. Then there were some daily necessities and clothes, as well as a handwritten cultivation manual. Wen Yuncheng glanced at it; this technique had been collected by Star Academy. It was called something like "Heaven-Seizing Fist." The name was domineering, but its power wasn't that great. However, inside this large storage ring was a smaller one, ten cubic meters, only half full, and packed entirely with spirit herbs and spirit fruits!
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