Chapter 36 Part 1

Just as Xie Linlang finally broke down emotionally and fainted on the ground, scaring Shen He out of his wits, Le Qingping also found a safe spot to regulate her breathing and recover her Demonic Qi.

She flipped through the spoils from this expedition, her mood neither good nor bad.

Although she had obtained quite a few unused Spirit Pills and wondrous medicines from the Nine Spirits Sect, along with some Talisman Paper and damaged magic artifacts, most of it had to be handed over to the sect to settle accounts.

Her credit had long been deeply negative, and she had lost the right to exchange for good items from the sect. Previously, she had been using her master’s name to swap for materials, and Senior Brother Zheng turned a blind eye, but she couldn’t keep adding to her own Shizun’s external debts forever.

Le Qingping sighed. She still had to continue fishing for fat sheep.

After resting for a few hours, Le Qingping set out again.

The spot where she and Xie Linlang had emerged was at the edge of the abandoned building cluster on the eastern side of the Purple Radiance Mountain Secret Realm, where the space was inherently unstable.

Le Qingping searched briefly and found plenty of traces left by other cultivators.

As the exploration time in the Purple Radiance Mountain Secret Realm dragged on, the gunpowder scent within grew thicker. Everyone had gotten good stuff, and this was the perfect time to rob amid the chaos for maximum profit.

Le Qingping pinched a magic formula. The Silent Night Palace’s Night Sea Lightbirth Illusion Technique was truly perfect for hiding one’s form and watching the fun in such situations, and Le Qingping was one of the best at it. Her figure turned into a streak of flowing light, concealing itself in the shadows between the branches and leaves.

As she searched for her next fat sheep, the branches and leaves where she hid suddenly sagged slightly, as if something had landed on them.

Le Qingping focused her gaze. Hmm? A sparrow? No, why did this sparrow look a bit familiar?

Le Qingping quickly locked onto the target. Wasn’t this Zhang Daoyou, the one who had chatted decently with Shen He when entering the Purple Radiance Mountain Secret Realm?

That Zhang Daoyou was skilled in beast taming, and this sparrow seemed to be his spirit beast?

Le Qingping had just come out of the Nine Spirits Sect’s abandoned mountain gate secret realm, so upon seeing the sparrow, she instinctively thought of that Black Snake with an extra head.

The next second, the sparrow’s head really compressed slightly, its eyes on both sides shifting to the front, forming what looked like a human face.

Le Qingping jolted in shock and barely suppressed the scream that almost escaped her.

It turned out Zhang Sizhe had fixed his vision on the sparrow; he seemed to be observing a few cultivators fighting not far away.

After watching for a bit, Zhang Sizhe withdrew his technique, and the sparrow returned to normal.

Le Qingping secretly drew in a cold breath.

Although she had known before that Zhang Sizhe could use the sparrow to scout information, who would pay attention to a sparrow for no reason? She had no idea that Zhang Sizhe controlled the sparrow in this manner!

There were ordinary techniques on the market for commanding spirit beasts, and Le Qingping had learned one or two herself, but the effects were different from what Zhang Sizhe used.

On the contrary, Zhang Sizhe’s method was extremely similar to that of the Black Snake!

In an instant, Le Qingping thought of something, and her heart began pounding.

When she and Xie Yu had explored the secret realm earlier, they had left at least three small spaces unchecked.

Because neither of them were orthodox cultivators, they had no spiritual power, much less the Nine Spirits Sect’s secret arts.

But if Zhang Sizhe was connected to the Nine Spirits Sect, why couldn’t she go back for another round?

Le Qingping’s eyes darted around. She thought of her negative credit, the debts she owed the sect, and Senior Ying’s Puppet that she had no choice but to leave in the secret realm…

Weren’t cultivators gambling for a chance at life between life and death? Once one became a cultivator, settling for the status quo would eventually lead to being optimized by Heavenly Tribulation.

Le Qingping quickly made her decision. Opportunity knocks but once—time to do it!

She swiftly rummaged through her Storage Bag.

That secret realm could only be entered, not exited, so she had to prepare properly.

As one of the outstanding cultivators of Silent Night Palace’s next generation, Le Qingping quickly came up with a good idea.

Xie Linlang had used the connection with Senior Ying’s Puppet to break through space and escape, which inspired Le Qingping. She decided to draw a pair of Parent-Child Teleportation Talismans and use the connection between them for a mutual swap.

She was already skilled in runes and carried semi-finished rune materials with her. Le Qingping took out the Talisman Pen and, in this complex, danger-filled state, began drawing the talisman.

In the blink of an eye, a beautiful and profound pattern flowed from the pen tip, then clearly imprinted onto the Talisman Paper.

Demonic Qi poured out, surging into the Talisman Paper. The sparrow, startled, flapped its wings and flew away.

Le Qingping ignored the sparrow and the battling cultivators in the distance. She finished the talisman in one go, disregarded the probing cultivators who approached, and with a twist of her body, her pink skirt fluttered like peach blossoms. In the blink of an eye, she vanished.

No helping it—the more dangerous the surroundings, the higher her focus and talisman success rate.

Le Qingping swallowed a Qi Gathering Pill to replenish her Demonic Qi, then chose a valley that looked relatively safe and carefully set the talisman under a large rock.

Then, she followed the direction the sparrow had flown, searching meticulously bit by bit.

Zhang Sizhe was cautious and didn’t dare advance rashly. Moreover, he had already achieved his goal in the secret realm by obtaining the Nine Spirits Sect’s inheritance, so he found a stable spot to study Cultivation Methods while observing the surroundings.

Le Qingping got lucky. In less than a day, she spotted the familiar little sparrow again, and she pursed her lips in a smile.