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Ling Qingxue glanced at the two with disgust before taking out Lin Lang's weapon from her storage ring.
It was a mid-grade longsword, worth roughly several hundred thousand.
Seeing Ling Qingxue about to attack, Zhang Yuan's face was filled with malice.
"Your magical beast isn't with you right now. Without that beast, what can you, a mere First Rank late-stage cultivator, do against us? Brother Chao, kill her!"
Sun Chao slapped her back to the ground again, his icy gaze falling upon her.
"You bitch, how dare you order me around? If you do that again, I'll kill you!"
Zhang Yuan covered her face, aggrieved, not daring to speak again.
"Miss Ling, being my woman is your only choice."
Sun Chao smiled, his gaze constantly roaming over Ling Qingxue.
Ling Qingxue smiled too, her fingertips brushing against the blade of her sword.
"Come to think of it, I haven't killed many people in this life."
The moment she finished speaking, the aura of a First Rank peak martial artist surged from her body.
A flash of sword light followed, and the light faded from Sun Chao and his henchmen's eyes, leaving their corpses on the ground.
Seven kills in one strike—this was true mastery of sword killing.
Emitting sharp murderous intent, Ling Qingxue walked step by step towards Zhang Yuan, her sword dripping blood.
"He who kills shall be killed. You don't deserve to live!"
Zhang Yuan, gripped by terror, immediately knelt and kowtowed to Ling Qingxue.
"Qingxue, I was wrong. We were classmates, we studied together for almost three years, have you forgotten?"
"I'm also the one who gave you your magical beast. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have achieved what you have today!"
"Spare me, I promise I will never do anything to you again..."
The long sword severed her head without the slightest hesitation.
Ling Qingxue circulated her vital energy to dissipate the blood from her longsword before sheathing it.
"Teacher Wang said to always have a shred of kindness in your heart, but you don't deserve my kindness!"
She had already tolerated Zhang Yuan several times, so this path to death was Zhang Yuan's own choice.
You reap what you sow!
Ling Qingxue began looting the corpses, taking all usable resources.
Most of these people had nothing useful on them, except for Sun Chao, who was truly loaded.
His storage ring had a full fifty cubic meters of space and could recognize its owner; it was worth at least two million!
The storage space also contained a high-grade longsword, a large number of Vitality Pills, some spiritual herbs, etc.
The total value of the spoils from this single killing was definitely over five million!
This was also why Lin Lang's Wolf Fang Squad liked to rob people—high returns and quick results.
Ling Qingxue took all the corpses of Sun Chao and the others' magical beasts before leaving.
Killing was allowed in the secret place, but Sun Chao had some connections, and being discovered would inevitably lead to retaliation. There was no need to create more enemies for herself.
She casually found a clean spot to sit down and popped a Vitality Pill into her mouth to refine it.
Wu Liang hadn't returned yet, so she decided to wait for him there.
She might be the only one to have such an easy trial in the secret place.
A book appeared in her hand, from Sun Chao's storage ring, titled "Chronicles of Linjiang County."
This book recorded various local chronicles of Linjiang City and was a good read to pass the time.
About two hours later, Wu Liang returned.
"Damn it, I'm not going to kill those fast-running wolves next time! I almost died of exhaustion!"
The Storm Wolf's innate skill was speed; killing over thirty wolves running together was truly a test of stamina.
But at least he killed them all, and he estimated that he'd get around 280 evolution points.
Wu Liang looked at Ling Qingxue, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Little Xuexue, you're hiding here reading porn!"
Ling Qingxue frowned slightly. "This is the 'Chronicles of Linjiang County', not porn..."
"But its cover is yellow, isn't that porn?"
"..."
Ling Qingxue smiled helplessly, placing the beast corpses and some spiritual herbs from her storage ring on the ground.
Wu Liang stroked his chin with his little paw. "There seems to be that bitch Zhang Yuan's armored mantis in here. Little Xuexue, did you kill her?"
Ling Qingxue nodded while looking at the book.
"She came to my door with her people, and I killed her on the spot. These things belong to them. You can just swallow them; they'll provide some energy."
Wu Liang then opened his huge mouth and swallowed them one by one.
[Ding! First Level late-stage Ground-Stomping Ice Lion consumed. Estimated digestion time: 25 minutes!]
[Ding! First Level mid-stage Armored Mantis consumed. Estimated digestion time: 15 minutes!]
......
[Ding! Mid-grade Ice Heart Flower consumed. Strength +13, Spiritual Power +12, Evolution Points +10!]
Wu Liang licked his lips; the feeling of fullness wasn't bad.
"This Ice Heart Flower is quite good; it actually increased my spiritual power considerably."
Hearing this, Ling Qingxue was taken aback.
She was so engrossed in reading that she accidentally forgot to separate the spiritual herb that could enhance spiritual power...
Luckily, her spiritual power was still ahead, at least a hundred points higher than Wu Liang's.
Seeing Ling Qingxue's strange expression, Wu Liang leaned closer.
"You sure this book isn't what the cover's color shows? Why are you so engrossed in reading it?"
Ling Qingxue pouted and opened a page, placing it in front of him.
"This 'Chronicles of Linjiang County' records that many years ago, a dragon-like beast fell here, but no one has ever found its corpse."
"Then it must be fake. How could there be a dragon corpse but no one would see it? Could it be that it didn't die?" Wu Liang said dismissively.
If that dragon hadn't died, the entire Linjiang City would probably no longer exist today.
Clearly, the book was wrong.
But Ling Qingxue didn’t think so. Her eyes gleamed.
"No, the 'Chronicles of Linjiang County' might exaggerate, but it wouldn't write things randomly. Since this is the official history of Linjiang City, the dragon corpse is very likely to exist somewhere. I'm 60% sure!"
Hearing this, Wu Liang became serious.
"You don't think those Dragon Blood Fish are related to the dragon corpse, do you?"
Ling Qingxue looked surprised, not expecting that Wu Liang could make such a connection. His intelligence was in no way inferior to that of a human.
"That's right, those are called Dragon Blood Fish because they actually contain a very faint trace of dragon blood!"
"Before reading this county chronicle, I only guessed that dragon blood had been spilled in the secret place we found. Now it seems that the dragon corpse might have fallen into that place!"
Wu Liang immediately became excited, his eyes shining.
"Wow, if I could devour a dragon corpse, my level would skyrocket!"
"Uh, you're overthinking it. The dragon corpse fell into Linjiang City a long time ago, at least a hundred to three hundred years ago. It has probably long been corroded, at most leaving only dragon bones behind. But if you could devour the dragon bones, you should still see a significant improvement!"
The dragon bones were one aspect; the other was the spiritual herbs that grew nourished by the dragon's blood.
So many years had passed, and no one had discovered it yet. There must be a lot of spiritual herbs there; it was an excellent treasure trove!
If she could get it, even with only four months left, Ling Qingxue was confident she could break through to the Third Rank!