Director Wu looked somberly at the now lifeless xia bone, then raised his hand to dig a small pit and buried it right there.
“When the news of his disappearance first came back, his parents were still alive and were rushed to the hospital on the spot. When they came out, their hair had already turned white,” Director Wu muttered, recalling something from long, long ago.
“After that, in less than ten years, the couple passed away one after another.”
“At that time… I remember there were rumors outside the city about someone in the Foundation Establishment stage using xia bones.”
Director Wu had been through many things, but even today he found it hard to suppress his feelings of pity.
After speaking, he turned to say something to Li Yunxian as a warning, but then, upon seeing what Li Yunxian was doing, he was completely dumbfounded.
“What are you doing?” Director Wu asked in astonishment.
“Taking out the things I hid,” Li Yunxian replied, a joyful expression on her face.
“I originally thought none of these would survive.” She didn’t think any of the three Golden Core cultivators could escape her killing formation.
If it was just her alone, she wouldn’t have much chance going head-on against a Golden Core.
If she didn’t explode her own soul fragments, then she could only explode something else. So there really were quite a few good things buried inside this killing formation.
But since Director Wu was here, there was no need to use the best resources; Li Yunxian naturally chose to be economical.
“Half of my assets are in here.”
It was hard-earned wealth that Li Yunxian had accumulated again. Although she was never stingy when using it, she still felt some attachment.
Director Wu noticed as Li Yunxian circled the entire xia bone lair, flying items—spiritual materials and magical treasures, all without stopping—fell into her hands one after another.
Director Wu thought:
No… so many high-grade spiritual materials, magical treasures no lower than Superior Yellow rank, and a dense pile of spirit stones—this is only half of your entire fortune?
Does that make sense?
Director Wu had lived for hundreds of years but this was the first time he realized he was actually poor.
Suddenly, all his sentimentality disappeared.
Now, he only wanted to calm his envy toward the rich.
Then Director Wu realized he still didn’t fully understand Li Yunxian.
***
After collecting those spiritual materials and treasures, he saw Li Yunxian start rifling through the bodies of the alien tribes.
Her movements were extremely skillful.
It seemed as if she had done this thousands of times, even knowing exactly where these aliens might hide their magical treasures on their bodies.
Does the Tiantong Academy even teach this now?
Director Wu twitched the corner of his mouth.
This wasn’t even the end.
He saw Li Yunxian toss several storage magical devices toward him.
“You killed the xia bone, I dealt with the clone, so I take a third, these belong to you.” Li Yunxian threw the items she had found in the xia bone’s underground lair to Director Wu.
Then she continued her proficient ‘work.’
She took the spiritual essences and similar items from the magical devices she collected, sorted them separately, and put them into storage devices.
Li Yunxian tossed these back to Director Wu again.
“These things should be handled by you, right?” she asked.
Watching Li Yunxian distribute everything with such practiced ease, Director Wu twitched his mouth: he suddenly felt like he wasn’t here to help but to assist Li Yunxian.
Sigh.
“All cleaned up, let’s go.” Li Yunxian stood up and beckoned to Director Wu.
Director Wu was stunned.
Leaving just like that?
When he decided to come out and rescue Li Yunxian, he had expected a fierce battle and a hard fight to snatch her back.
Even the battle with the xia bone had lasted dozens of rounds.
But with Li Yunxian’s presence, she absorbed the clone’s attacks and even achieved a complete victory, making the whole process hardly grueling at all.
Director Wu still had more than half of his spiritual energy left.
To be honest, the difficulty of this matter didn’t even compare to the big drain he suffered catching Li Yunxian in Jin City a few days ago.
Director Wu couldn’t help but wonder if he, like the xia bone and others, had been pulled into some sort of illusion.
Li Yunxian looked at the motionless Director Wu in confusion.
“Anything else?” Li Yunxian asked.
Director Wu met her puzzled gaze, feeling his own thoughts were a bit silly, gave a forced laugh, and pretended nothing had happened as he extended his hand toward Li Yunxian.
“This thing, I forgot to return it to you.” Director Wu handed her the jade talisman.
It was the jade talisman given to her by Su Wenjing.
Relying on the attached fragmented spirit aura, it could still exert its function.
Li Yunxian casually took it.
The two of them stepped out of the xia bone’s lair almost simultaneously.
Outside the lair was lush greenery, with no trace of the alien tribes; only a few strange beasts could be seen faintly in the distance.
Director Wu looked back at the lair filled with corpses.
From now on… the alien tribes outside Jin City would not pose any threat for a long time.
Previously, Jin City was still tense due to the Xia Congyun banquet incident, a time of fear and paranoia.
But in an instant, everything changed.
Jin City was peaceful again.
As Director Wu was sighing, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet start to shake.
An earthquake?
Before he could think further, his instincts told him to immediately grab Li Yunxian and leave the area in an instant.
The next moment, an explosion like the end of the world swept through the entire mountain where the xia bone lair was located.
A massive energy rapidly expanded, tearing apart the mountain’s outline like a ferocious beast breaking free from its shackles and rushing toward the sky.
The struggling sounds of plants and strange beasts were drowned out by the roaring mountain.
Director Wu stood stunned, watching everything unfold.
When the dust settled, only a flat patch of yellow earth remained on the mountaintop.
“What escaped?” Director Wu quickly scanned the surroundings.
With such commotion, if it were a demon or monster breaking free from a seal, its cultivation would certainly be formidable.
However, no matter how Director Wu sensed, he couldn’t detect any dangerous aura.
Li Yunxian was even more surprised upon hearing this.
“I told you, after dealing with everyone earlier, I blew this place up,” she said. Was she not clear enough?
Right after they came out, Li Yunxian activated the device and detonated it.
She originally planned to wait until all the teachers from Wenwu came in a few days.
She would have already dealt with the Golden Core cultivators outside the city by then.
She intended to detonate it in front of them to maximize the impact.
The effect wasn’t as good as she had hoped, but life is full of disappointments. It’s not always good to have things perfect—so this will do.
Anyway, killing three Golden Core cultivators guaranteed that the alien tribes outside Jin City wouldn’t dare to make a move against her while her birth mother was still alive.
Director Wu, upon hearing this, was dumbfounded.
“Director Wu: ???”
“Did you make this??” Director Wu was shocked.
A Foundation Establishment stage cultivator could make something like this?
“It’s just a pure explosion, doesn’t require any skill. Apart from looking a bit more impressive, it can’t kill anyone.” Li Yunxian didn’t understand what Director Wu was so shocked about.
Seeing how Director Wu immediately reacted and was able to escape with her meant that this thing was very clumsy and couldn’t harm the Golden Core cultivators at all.
It was just good for destroying evidence.
Director Wu:
He was a bit curious about Li Yunxian’s definition of ‘non-lethal’ stuff.
Is this something a teenager could produce?
He wanted to find Li Tianying again.
This time, not to complain.
But to ask what exactly she was teaching kids?!
Li Yunxian didn’t know Director Wu’s secret grumbling. She said, “I also made sure the people above are properly buried, no need for their bodies to be exposed in the wilderness.”
“I’m too kind.”
Director Wu:
He looked at Li Yunxian, who was sighing with satisfaction. It was clear that the current situation was just the limit of these alien tribes outside Jin City, not Li Yunxian’s full capability.
Director Wu suddenly felt that the peace in Jin City was truly hard-won, and maybe it was better not to compete with Jin City over children.
Yeah.
Those are the children brought up by Jin City.
They have nothing to do with our Qin City.