Chapter 26: I’m very strong and I can definitely protect you, boss!

Li Yunxian stretched her body slightly and quietly cast a minor spell to conceal the fact that her meridians had fully recovered.

As long as one’s cultivation wasn’t beyond her level, they would easily spot the flaw.

Of course, this cultivation level referred not to Qi Refinement Stage Three, but to the completion of the Tribulation Crossing.

This disguise spell was based on spiritual perception.

As for why she needed to disguise it… well, naturally, it was because the Four Great Academies had sent her an Inviting Letter—and had promised to cure her illness!

Li Yunxian had no intention of giving up such an advantage.

After all, she had expressed her desire to choose Tiantong Cultivator University, and the other three academies had been gossiping and belittling Tiantong to force it to reluctantly agree to her choice.

Although Li Yunxian knew exactly what Tiantong’s Blood Pool was.

Having settled her physical issues, Li Yunxian finally remembered that she hadn’t yet explored the capital city.

She might have wasted half a day just staying in the city.

So, Li Yunxian weakly stepped outside.

Then… she was weakly escorted back.

Sorry, severely injured people don’t have the right to stroll around.

This was truly excessive!

She had even slipped out when most of the people in Kuicheng were still around!

What was this about students from other provinces coming to catch her?

Li Yunxian felt frustrated.

She suspected that even if she had escaped from the hotel, she would still be hunted by the city’s recruiters.

If they found her, it was inevitable that she’d be forcibly brought back.

Li Yunxian sighed deeply and pinched her nose before logging back into Wanwuwu.

As soon as her avatar fully materialized, a call request popped up in front of her.

It was Sheng Yu.

After adding her as a friend, it seemed Sheng Yu was camped out at the trading market, directly monitoring her online status.

Li Yunxian was speechless for a moment but eventually answered Sheng Yu’s call.

“Hey! I saw you online just now but you logged off immediately. Did something happen?” Sheng Yu’s concerned tone came through the line.

The feeling of being cared for was always comforting. Li Yunxian’s voice softened: “Nothing, just logged in to exchange some items in the mall.”

Sheng Yu was surprised: “Mall exchanges are so expensive. Why didn’t you just buy offline? Didn’t my family settle the payment for the pills they sold you? I’ll go talk to them right now!”

Li Yunxian blinked, feeling she might have inadvertently revealed her identity again.

But it was fine.

Sheng Yu was innocent and easy to fool.

“Wait, do your family settle payments directly to my terminal?” The terminal was the system Li Yunxian had obtained that connected to Wanwuwu.

In this interstellar world, it seemed to function as a sort of ID.

“Yeah,” Sheng Yu replied. “The terminal is the most convenient.”

“I’ll log off and check,” Li Yunxian said before ending the call.

Logging off, she opened the terminal. The display showed her bound information at the top, and her balance below.

The last time she checked her balance—right after crossing over—it was zero, but now it showed over a hundred thousand.

She understood how much purchasing power that entailed.

Judging from Sheng Yu’s hints, it should be even stronger than in-game currency.

That made sense. In the game, you could always grind to get rewards, but in reality, that wasn’t guaranteed.

Though she had already used some.

Li Yunxian puckered her lips.

If she ever ran short of game currency, she could consider using this money to buy game currency from others.

With that thought, she checked the transaction records.

Some of it came from Zhao Longhua, but it was a small amount, only around forty to fifty thousand.

The rest was all from Sheng Yu.

Frowning, Li Yunxian logged back into Wanwuwu and contacted Sheng Yu: “How did you manage to sell so many pills?”

She and Sheng Yu had only signed the contract a few days ago.

Sheng Yu was again surprised by the question: “Qingxing has been suffering from the Beast Disaster for months. As soon as the pills are produced, they’re sent directly to the front lines.”

“The prescriptions you gave me are for rapid healing and spiritual recovery, so we produce as many as possible.”

“Have you noticed fewer people online in the city every day?”

In many towns in Wanwuwu, people from nearby star systems would gather in one city. Usually, apart from trading, players rarely moved across cities.

Because various beast tribes near their own cities were common in their star system.

This was the best training ground for them.

Li Yunxian hadn’t noticed this.

After all, she had only returned a month ago.

She just felt that the towns in Wanwuwu had fewer people than Jincheng. Every time she went to the trading market, she would see familiar faces.

Now Li Yunxian understood why Sheng Yu seemed to have little in-game currency income.

In reality, Li Yunxian’s share was the same as in the game.

The over a hundred thousand earnings meant that including equipment manufacturing, material gathering, and the production of tens of thousands of pills—all of it was completed within a few days.

Even with interstellar time differences, the necessary personnel were fully engaged in the real world.

There was nothing more to say about that.

Li Yunxian analyzed various information from Sheng Yu’s words and replied vaguely, “I didn’t notice.”

Then Li Yunxian brought up a topic Sheng Yu was interested in, diverting her attention.

“If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up. I’m heading to the wild zone.”

This simple statement immediately shifted all of Sheng Yu’s doubts.

On the other end, Sheng Yu was excited: “I want to go too! Take me with you!”

Li Yunxian smiled and agreed: “Okay, meet at the west gate.”

Although she had no intention of taking disciples, from the earlier conversation she gained a more concrete understanding of the hidden dangers in the interstellar world.

If it weren’t for the people in Wanwuwu, Li Yunxian wouldn’t have been able to start cultivating and get to where she was now.

If she could help, Li Yunxian was willing to do so.

***

Li Yunxian looked at Sheng Yu, who was the only one standing at the meeting point, and sighed.

“Why are you the only one here?”

Sheng Yu chuckled confidently: “They’ve all led me before, so now I lead them.”

“The main goal is to unite in friendship and hold each other back.”

“Don’t worry, I’m strong. I’ll definitely protect you!”

She, Sheng Yu, was also a strong late Foundation Establishment stage cultivator!

Li Yunxian chuckled to herself.

With this level, claiming to protect her was a bit premature.

Watching Sheng Yu swing her sword and stab at the beast’s vital point, Li Yunxian’s wrist flicked slightly, and the sword blade flew out a moment earlier, piercing the beast’s weak spot first.

Seeing Sheng Yu’s “kill” taken away, she was completely flustered.

Just as Sheng Yu opened her mouth to complain about how unfair Li Yunxian was, her expression turned serious.

She swung her long sword, cutting down an arrow flying straight at her.

That was a weapon only humans used.

Sheng Yu’s face turned cold as she stared toward the arrow’s origin.

Li Yunxian gripped her sword tightly, quietly scanning their surroundings.

Ten Foundation Establishment cultivators—

[They were surrounded.]

The lack of spiritual perception in Wanwuwu was their only advantage here.

“Miaoying?” Sheng Yu said coldly.

“We’re here,” came the slow footsteps of the Miaoying Guild members approaching them, their faces filled with cat-and-mouse mockery.

“Such luck today, running into two Changguang pups.”

“Do you Changguang always go out only when you gather in a pack of zeros?” the Miaoying Guild members sneered.

Sheng Yu ignored their trash talk, taking a slow step back to shield Li Yunxian.

Li Yunxian was only puzzled by the words.

She looked at herself and Sheng Yu, then at the ten opponents.

They hadn’t said anything yet, but it felt as if they had said everything.

Miaoying Guild members:

They were cursing their cleanliness!

Anger mixed with shame!