When Li Yunxian woke up again, the bus was already about to reach the Capital City.
All the ruptured wounds in her body had been completely healed. Li Yunxian checked the flow of spiritual power inside her, and immediately felt a sharp pain.
Many of her meridians had been torn apart; this wasn’t something the portable medical pod on the bus could fix.
This meant that, for the time being, Li Yunxian had lost the ability to use her spiritual power.
Of course, there was also some good news.
Once these spirit veins healed, they would be much wider overall. She would be even stronger than most cultivators.
Li Yunxian got up from the medical pod. Not having regained much strength, she accepted help from her classmates and sat down in a seat nearby.
“Is there anything to eat?” Li Yunxian asked.
“Yes!” A bunch of people responded, and all kinds of snacks and bags quickly piled up around Li Yunxian. In the end, what was stuffed into her hand was a vanilla-flavored ice cream.
Li Yunxian looked at Lin Xiufeng.
Lin Xiufeng coughed, glancing up and down, “Well… a Mutated Ice Spirit Root can be used like this too.”
Laughter filled the bus.
While Li Yunxian ate to replenish her strength, she listened to her classmates chattering about what had happened after she passed out.
Li Yunxian was left a bit stunned.
She hadn’t expected that the “ancestor” mentioned by those two strange monsters at the peak of Foundation Establishment was actually nearby.
Although Li Yunxian’s soul was shattered, its strength remained. No cultivator below the Tribulation Crossing stage could hide from her.
But the actual range she could sense was no different from someone at Foundation Establishment perfection.
There was nothing she could do about that.
Fortunately, in the end, Duan Qiu, who was summoned by the Jade Token, showed up.
Otherwise… when that Condensing Cold Elder was refining her soul essence, he would have been killed by her exploding soul fragments, and those few Mountain Ranges near that stretch of highway would have been buried with her.
This world is really dangerous. Li Yunxian munched on her chips and thought to herself.
“How’s your body now?” someone next to Li Yunxian asked.
Li Yunxian shrugged and answered honestly, “My meridians are injured so I can’t use spiritual power for now. I probably can’t participate in the Selection Exam.”
The people around her blinked, “Ah? Well… it shouldn’t matter.”
“The Selection Exam doesn’t require everyone to fight in person. If we really got seriously injured, that’d just be pointless internal losses.”
“When we get to the Capital City, they’ll set up a platform. We’ll link our consciousness to it and compete according to the settings inside.”
Li Yunxian listened to this and was momentarily stunned.
Why did this sound a bit like Ten Thousand Things?
Li Yunxian touched her ‘watch’ and recalled that in Ten Thousand Things, the background was already an interstellar world.
Thinking about it… if this platform keeps developing, after her world reaches the interstellar era, there’ll probably be a system just like Ten Thousand Things.
Is this what they call ‘different paths leading to the same destination’?
As she was thinking, Li Yunxian felt the bus suddenly stop. She looked up and saw they had arrived at the gates of the Capital City.
The bus was stopped by guards.
“Hello, please show your driver’s license.” The guard looked at Duan Qiu with a wary gaze.
Duan Qiu:
After a round of inspection and confirming there were no problems, the guard’s expression softened, but he still hesitated, looking at Duan Qiu and not returning the license.
Duan Qiu: “?”
“Sorry, such dangerous driving isn’t allowed inside the Capital City. Is there anyone else here who can drive?” The guard spoke in a roundabout—but not so roundabout—way.
Duan Qiu:
In the end, the Foundation Establishment cultivators from Qingdao hurriedly contacted someone they knew in the Capital City to come bail them out and resolved the crisis.
Duan Qiu curled her lips, turned around, tossed another Jade Token to Li Yunxian, and waved, “Goodbye, little one~ My invitation still stands, you know.”
Before Li Yunxian could say anything, Duan Qiu disappeared in front of everyone.
Everyone stared at the Jade Token in Li Yunxian’s hand.
Deep in thought.
“Hmm… did we forget to tell Assistant Instructor Duan about Yunxian killing eight Foundation Establishment cultivators with one sword?”
This Jade Token can only defend against Foundation Establishment attacks—would it even be useful to Li Yunxian?
That was a very good question.
The bus entered the Capital City and stopped next to a Hotel near the General School Directorate.
Everyone got off and went inside to rest.
Without giving Li Yunxian any chance to refuse their help, the group from Qingdao simply treated her as one of their own and arranged for her to share a room with Yu Qiyao.
—In theory, it would’ve been fine to give Li Yunxian her own room, but everyone suspected that in her current state, she might not be able to take care of herself.
Li Yunxian didn’t refuse their kindness either. After settling down in the Hotel, she did as she’d said before and sent a message to Driver Zhao, who had already returned to Jincheng, letting her know she was safe.
Driver Zhao checked the time:
“Why are you so much later than expected?”
Li Yunxian replied truthfully, but skipped all the details: “We ran into some Hunters. But it’s okay, all of them were wiped out, and only a few of us were injured.”
Driver Zhao: “And you? Are you alright?”
Li Yunxian: “They put me in the safest spot! No way I’d get hurt.”
But she couldn’t help but get herself injured anyway.
Driver Zhao, unaware: “That’s good then.”
Li Yunxian had successfully reported her safety by only reporting her safety.
Finished, Li Yunxian put down her phone, washed up, and lay comfortably on the bed.
Ten Thousand Things, launch!
Li Yunxian appeared in her little house.
She tried circulating her spiritual power. Sure enough, the injuries to her body didn’t affect her here, and the meridian-widening effects were still present.
Also… it seemed she had now opened seventy acupoints.
They had been blasted open directly by her Soul Power.
***
However, in the game, fragments of her soul didn’t work; only her consciousness entered, and soul strength wasn’t counted.
So her Divine Sense abilities, which far exceeded her level in reality, would also be sealed during the Selection Exam.
After all, a mere Qi Refining stage cultivator shouldn’t have that ability.
Not bad.
Li Yunxian nodded, accepting this result.
Next, she had to go out into the wild to find some foreign races and see how much power she could exert in the game now.
But before that… she needed to go to the trading market and buy a sword.
When Li Yunxian first entered the game, she had no money, so she just grabbed a stick to use as a sword.
But did she still have any money left?
Li Yunxian hadn’t forgotten that she’d already spent the 20,000 game coins she’d advanced, buying all sorts of materials.
She was so poor!
Li Yunxian recalled the defensive Symbol Talismans she’d quietly retrieved from a hidden spot after getting off the bus in the Capital City.
Luckily, the attack hadn’t really affected the bus, so she hadn’t lost anything.
Thinking about this, Li Yunxian opened up her stats and was greeted by a balance of over three thousand game coins!
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Li Yunxian’s eyes widened.
She knew Symbol Talismans could make money, but she’d only been offline for a few days, just selling some basic stuff, and she’d already made so much!
Just then, she heard a ding-ding sound in her ear.
It was a call notification from the Ten Thousand Things system.
Li Yunxian glanced at the caller’s name, cleared her throat, and answered. She laughed awkwardly, “Brother Zhao, long time no see.”
From the other end, Merchant Zhao Longhua’s voice came through, “Yeah, long time no see. Boss Li, do you still remember you promised to sell me some Flash Thunder Talismans?”
Li Yunxian kept up the awkward laugh, “It’s just that there’ve been exams lately, no time, you know?”
Zhao Longhua didn’t dwell on what had already happened. He simply made his request directly.
“Would it be convenient for you to give me fifty Flash Thunder Talismans today?” Zhao Longhua asked.
Li Yunxian considered her current spiritual power reserves and felt it wasn’t a problem. She nodded, “Sure, Brother Zhao, let’s meet at the trading market. I’ll get the crafting materials from you there.”
Zhao Longhua, hearing the location, asked curiously, “Are you going to the trading market to buy something or to sell something?”
“To buy.”
Li Yunxian answered straightforwardly, “I need a Spirit Sword, so I’m going to pick one out at the trading market.”
Zhao Longhua agreed, “Alright, I have Spirit Swords too. I’ll bring some for you to check out as well.”
Doing business with a Merchant was always a pleasure, and Li Yunxian had no reason to refuse.
When Li Yunxian arrived at the trading market, Zhao Longhua was already there.
After a brief greeting, Zhao Longhua brought out the Spirit Swords he’d brought.
They were dazzling, each one gleaming brightly.
All of them were good swords.
“See anything you like?” Zhao Longhua’s voice was tinged with a hint of temptation.
He’d brought out all the best swords in the guild’s inventory, each one expensive, hoping Li Yunxian would fall in love with one and become a broke lady.
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Li Yunxian glanced over them, then looked up without hesitation, “Don’t you have any ordinary ones?”
Zhao Longhua: “Huh?”
“Are you worried about money? Don’t worry, just put it on your tab like before.” Zhao Longhua said kindly.
“No, I just want an ordinary one.” Li Yunxian didn’t care what he thought; she always had her own ideas. “I just want to see what the exam will be like.”
“During the exam, the teachers definitely won’t give us swords like these.”
That… made sense. Zhao Longhua was speechless.
People nearby who recognized Li Yunxian crowded over. After hearing her, someone took out what they were selling.
“Boss, if you want something ordinary, how about this sword?”
“I have one too.”
In the trading market, there were never enough buyers—only sellers.
Soon, several Spirit Swords were displayed in front of Li Yunxian.
She picked them up, weighed them, and chose one that felt right in her hand.
A hundred game coins, very affordable.
Once the transaction was done, others immediately asked Li Yunxian curiously, “Boss, are you here to sell something new today?”
Li Yunxian shook her head, “Just here to get some Talisman Materials for drawing Symbol Talismans, and to buy a Spirit Sword to practice in the wild.”
Upon hearing she was going to draw Symbol Talismans, everyone’s eyes lit up. Someone immediately asked, “Can you draw them right here? I’ve bought so many materials and I keep messing up.”
Li Yunxian had drawn Symbol Talismans in person at the trading market before, so everyone felt comfortable asking.
Li Yunxian agreed readily, “Sure.”
The more people drawing Symbol Talismans, the more the market could grow.
Zhao Longhua was eager for the Flash Thunder Talismans because in the region where Li Yunxian was, the market for Symbol Talismans had already stabilized.
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He needed Flash Thunder Talismans to open up markets in other towns and regions.
And so far, besides Li Yunxian, no one else had succeeded in crafting Flash Thunder Talismans.
If they were going to teach, the place where Li Yunxian and Zhao Longhua met was too small for so many people.
Li Yunxian wandered around and found that her old little stall was still the most suitable.
Everyone watched as Li Yunxian sat down at the familiar spot, their expressions a little odd.
OBO……
Come to think of it, Sheng Yu from the Changguang Guild used to wait here for someone, but these past two days the guild was busy raiding a boss, so she’d just been called away.
In a way, maybe that’s fate too?
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