Chapter 64: Li Yunxian is assisting the hunters?!

The response to Li Yunxian’s words was, naturally, a relentless barrage of attacks from everyone.

But with the Speed Artifact Tortoise Shell activated, along with a Speed Talisman, Li Yunxian moved incredibly swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, she reached her new target without the slightest pause and struck with several sword slashes.

Clang, clang—the treasures on that person’s body were all swiftly plundered by Li Yunxian.

“Ginkgo!!!” The robbed Hunter was instantly filled with bitter grief.

They had betrayed their own kind, all for the things on their bodies. What Li Yunxian took was truly their lifeline.

Some didn’t even bother targeting the Xuefu students or their attacks, instead focusing directly on Li Yunxian.

They quickly realized that the idea they had of the Silver Ginkgo Fairy being especially good at escaping was no lie.

Whether it was them or the students, every attack narrowly missed its target, not even scratching a sleeve.

The Hunters spat blood as they watched their belongings all fall into Li Yunxian’s hands, powerless to retrieve any of it.

They felt the severity of Li Yunxian’s strength.

And they realized their comrades around them were thinning rapidly.

At this rate, not only would their belongings be lost, but they themselves would perish!

The fury that had been pressing on their foreheads waned, and the remaining Hunters attempted to flee, but……

Just as one finally found a gap to escape the battlefield, the Hunter coughed up blood in shock as the figure of the Silver Ginkgo Fairy suddenly appeared before him again.

With a graceful kick, she sent him tumbling back into the fray.

The Hunter was stunned: “Ginkgo!! Aren’t we on the same side?!!” His belongings had been robbed, and now, even trying to leave was forbidden.

Li Yunxian’s voice was clear and sweet: “I don’t kill, and I don’t burn. How does that make us allies?”

The Hunter spat blood.

Right—she doesn’t kill or burn, she just robs and kicks people when they’re down!!

Everyone present could clearly feel that Li Yunxian’s power level was definitely above the rest.

They, the Hunters and the Xuefu students, had no chance of negotiating—but with Ginkgo, it was different.

“Ginkgo, save me! Save me!! I’ll be your servant, sign a Contract of Master and Servant with you!”

“I have a treasure vault outside. Just save me, and I’ll give it all to you!!” One of the Hunters shouted at Li Yunxian.

By this point, Li Yunxian had already robbed all the Hunters’ belongings and, seeing only three Hunters left on the battlefield, knowing her fellow students could handle them, she gracefully turned her back on them.

“No need, I still have many future comrades to look after—they’re way more interesting than your treasure vault~”

***

Besides, these Xiexiu lived day-to-day, never knowing if they’d see tomorrow. Their valuable possessions were always carried on their person; treasure vaults were likely full of junk.

Li Yunxian had suffered losses like this in the cultivation world before.

Not a single word from these Xiexiu could be trusted.

Not long after Li Yunxian left, the battle between the Tian Tong students and the Hunters ended.

Besides the one who had died unexpectedly at the start, another student also fell in battle.

All nine Hunters were wiped out.

When the students later cleaned the battlefield, they found three additional bodies of Qi Cultivators.

It was presumed that the Silver Ginkgo Fairy was responsible for those.

The students stood silently, looking at the corpses.

It was the first time they had experienced the death of comrades, and their expressions were grim.

Yu Juanshu threw two balls of fire, burning their fallen comrades’ bodies, while the others silently collected the ashes.

Xie Man couldn’t help but wipe her tears.

She had only just met these two today, but realizing they had once lived together at the Xuefu, maybe even attended the same teacher’s class, stirred emotions that no normal person could suppress.

Xie Man instinctively reached out and grabbed Du Rong’s arm, seeking comfort.

But when she turned to see Du Rong’s expression, she was stunned.

She noticed that Du Rong was smiling.

And it was that uncontrollable, excited kind of smile.

For some reason, Xie Man suddenly felt a chill all over.

Du Rong didn’t notice Xie Man’s mood—in fact, he didn’t care. All he knew was that Xie Man was loyal to him, that she belonged to him.

Seeing Xie Man looking at him, he couldn’t help but share some good news he had just discovered.

“Manman, just now I kept feeling that the sword in that woman’s hand looked very familiar.”

“I remembered.”

“That’s Li Yunxian’s sword!” Du Rong said this, unable to hide his excitement.

He had been on the Life-and-Death Arena before, and had feared Li Yunxian when she advanced with her sword. So the memory of that plain Old Sword was very deep.

“Li Yunxian is dead,” Du Rong said excitedly.

A Sword Cultivator’s sword, even if it’s just an Old Sword, wouldn’t be casually given to others.

So death was the only option.

Thus, Du Rong made his judgment with absolute certainty.

Xie Man looked at Du Rong’s expression and couldn’t help but say, “That woman likes robbing others. Maybe she stole it.”

As soon as these words came out, Xie Man was viciously glared at by Du Rong.

He hated hearing that.

He didn’t like Xie Man contradicting him.

But Du Rong had to admit that what Xie Man said made sense.

That Ginkgo woman had said with absolute confidence that she didn’t kill or burn, and none of the other Hunters had denied it.

Maybe she really didn’t kill.

“We need to find that Ginkgo!” Du Rong decided and quickly relayed the message to Yu Juanshu.

Yu Juanshu didn’t respond: “First, get Mo Sui and the others to a safe place.” Mo Sui was one of the two other surviving students, “Then go to Wangtian Cliff.”

“That’s where our teacher mentioned before he left. There are residual Martial Intent of the Whip energies on the cliff. If they go to perceive it, it will benefit them greatly.”

None of this was attractive to Du Rong.

He instinctively knew his father favored him; whatever he wanted, he could have. So these opportunities didn’t interest him much.

Du Rong directly revealed his discovery to Yu Juanshu.

In Du Rong’s eyes, Yu Juanshu must hate Li Yunxian just as deeply as he did.

Upon hearing the news, Yu Juanshu was stunned.

During the battle, he had also sensed that the Ginkgo seemed overly familiar with his whip technique.

Now, with Du Rong’s information, recalling the way “Ginkgo” wielded the sword every time…

“She… should be Li Yunxian.” Yu Juanshu pursed his lips and reached that conclusion.

Why she changed appearance and why they couldn’t sense what cultivation path she was on didn’t matter.

***

After reaching the fourth layer of Qi Cultivation, one could use sorcery, and combined with all kinds of strange Magic Tools, this was not surprising.

And the fact that Ginkgo was Li Yunxian explained why she never attacked the students throughout the whole time.

Even when robbing, she only targeted the Hunters.

Du Rong was stunned.

Although he had been cursing Yu Juanshu for being useless, he knew Yu Juanshu’s strength and discernment, and knew he wouldn’t make judgments lightly.

After Yu Juanshu’s words, Du Rong immediately believed him.

He was wildly overjoyed.

“Li Yunxian is assisting the Hunters?!” That was an extremely grievous crime.

Upon hearing Du Rong’s words, the whole room fell silent.

Especially the two other surviving students, who looked at Du Rong as if he were a fool.

Setting aside whether Li Yunxian was truly Ginkgo—still debatable—even if it were true…

She was assisting the Hunters…

Would those fallen Hunters on the ground agree?

They would surely want to somehow pour all the nonsense out of Du Rong’s head with their last breath.

Everyone unanimously ignored Du Rong’s demands, and Du Rong was furious again.

Ignoring Xie Man’s soft attempts to comfort him, he glared hatefully at Yu Juanshu.

Before his father left, he had explicitly instructed Yu Juanshu to take care of him.

And yet…

Du Rong silently stared at Yu Juanshu’s back.

He recalled those two pitiful students who had fallen and lost their breath.

They had quietly died inside the Secret Realm.

BZ…

Why couldn’t Yu Juanshu die like that?

Meanwhile, Li Yunxian had already found a cave to rest in peacefully and took the opportunity to inventory her haul from the day.

Looking at the twenty or so Storage Artifacts in front of her, along with the spoils the Hunters themselves had gathered inside the Secret Realm…

Li Yunxian suddenly realized that the materials she had exchanged from the game to try to redeem herself seemed somewhat unnecessary.

The stuff she earned today through looting had already exceeded the various materials she had exchanged.