Ruby Blue

Ruby Blue was extremely particular about its growing environment: it needed a dark, dry place, away from light and ventilation.

This place perfectly suited its needs.

Only...

She wanted an endless supply of Ruby Blue. Simply picking it would be rather like using a treasured sword to slaughter a chicken.

"Linglong, is there a way to bring them directly into the space for cultivation?"

Jiang Lu asked directly in her mind.

"Master, you can take the entire cave environment into the space, but your strength is currently too low. I can only take in the places you touch."

Linglong's childish voice rang out.

Jiang Lu nodded, glanced around, and saw that the cave was not very large. She then reached out and ran her hand over its walls.

The spiritual plants around her, together with the stone walls bearing their stems, vanished before her eyes.

After the stone walls and Ruby Blue entered the space, Linglong recreated a cave exactly identical to this one for them.

The space would constantly change as more living things entered it, eventually becoming suitable for any spiritual plant to survive in.

In the future, there would only be more and more Ruby Blue.

Looking at the bare surroundings, Jiang Lu nodded in satisfaction. She was utterly penniless right now, so naturally, she would save where she could and take whatever she could carry away.

She nodded contentedly, unconcerned with the wreckage around her. Where was the mysterious atmosphere from when she had first arrived?

She continued deeper inside, passing through several bends.

Then she heard the howl of wind. Her expression changed, and she performed several backward flips, retreating to one side.

One hand braced against the wall and the other pressed to the ground, she stared warily ahead.

Along with the sound of the wind came a faint rustling. Slowly, a black-and-white spider emerged.

Its eyes were red, two sharp fangs protruded from its mouth, and fine white webs wrapped around its eight legs.

Scarlet Demon Spider!

An adult was a fifth-rank demon beast, but because of the outstanding toughness and strength of its webs, its combat power doubled again.

This one before her was only second-rank. It was probably just a juvenile.

Scarlet Demon Spiders were solitary demon beasts. The mother spiders scattered their eggs in places suitable for survival, where they hatched into little demon spiders on their own.

Moreover, to maintain control over their territories, each one stayed far from the others. There was no need to fear that killing it would immediately bring other demon spiders seeking revenge.

But if one became entangled in its web, they would slowly suffocate to death.

"Chi Li, Cangchen, flank it from both sides."

"Yes, Master!"

Without waiting for it to approach, Jiang Lu sent several streams of spiritual power flying from her hands. Fortunately, she had already reached the Qi Refinement Second Layer. If she were still at the Qi Refinement First Layer, she definitely would not have been able to detect its movements. She would likely have been ensnared the moment they met.

Still, a second-rank demon beast was equivalent to a Late Qi Refinement or Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator. She was no match for it now. Meeting force with force would be courting death; she had to outwit it.

As Jiang Lu attacked, she scanned her surroundings. It only attacked her because she carried nothing that Scarlet Demon Spiders feared, while Chi Li and Cangchen did.

Chi Li: What a joke. What I breathe is divine fire. Though my strength has yet to show itself, how could this mere demon beast possibly withstand it?

Cangchen: Chi Li's fire is fire, but my water is water too. This is Milky Way Water hanging above the Ninth Heavens—not something just anyone can touch.

For the moment, Jiang Lu knew nothing of the little schemes in the two spirit beasts' hearts and only focused on fleeing.

Jiang Lu suddenly spotted a stone pillar not far away. Got it!

She ran toward the pillar, then ordered Chi Li and Cangchen to create a wall of fire and a wall of water, trapping it within.

The two beasts nodded and waited at either side as Jiang Lu instructed.

The Scarlet Demon Spider let out a sharp cry and swiftly lunged at Jiang Lu.

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Jiang Lu continuously climbed and leaped up the pillar.

At the same time, she kept flinging spiritual power at it to hinder it.

The Scarlet Demon Spider continuously shot webs from its mouth onto the stone pillar, circling beneath Jiang Lu as it pursued her.

Seeing this, Chi Li and Cangchen surrounded it with water and fire, the flames and water gradually closing in.

Success!

Smelling the scorched odor spreading through the air, Jiang Lu's expression brightened.

The flames burned every strand of web it had spat out to ashes.

No matter how much the Scarlet Demon Spider wanted to wrap itself in webs and escape, it could not move.

Looking at the fire and water before her, something suddenly flashed through Jiang Lu's mind, but she failed to grasp it. For now, she only felt that these two spirit beasts seemed rather useful.

She had assumed their fire and water could merely restrain the Scarlet Demon Spider. She had not expected them to burn its webs away. Now, looking at its curled-up form, they had even burned it to death.

After quite some time, when the Scarlet Demon Spider had completely curled into a ball, Chi Li's fire swept over it. Before long, its form disappeared entirely.

Jiang Lu watched with an unreadable expression.

It seemed she had contracted two extraordinary beings. Reduced to ashes and scattered to the wind!

This was truly a fine tool for killing and looting. A cultivator's spiritual fire could dispose of an opponent, but it would always leave traces behind.

Yet as she sensed the air now, the Scarlet Demon Spider's aura had completely vanished, as if it had never existed.

If she ever needed to destroy a corpse and erase all traces in the future, with Chi Li around, she would have nothing to fear.

Chi Li: I am a dignified Divine Phoenix. Using me for killing and looting—isn't that like using a treasured sword to slaughter a chicken?

Their battle had already ruined the surroundings beyond recognition. After inspecting the area and finding no opportunities, Jiang Lu headed in the direction from which the Scarlet Demon Spider had come.

Cangchen widened its eyes excitedly.

"Master, it's right ahead!"

In the past, how could it possibly have cared for such things?

But now, a dragon fallen into the lower realm was bullied even by dogs.

Their personal storage spaces had been sealed. As a dragon clan member who slept hugging treasures every day, heaven knew how unbearably itchy its heart had been these past days.

But now!

At last, it had its chance!

Treasure, here it came!

Before Jiang Lu even drew close, she could sense the aura radiating from the treasure.

No way!

Was this for real?

As she approached, she saw glittering spirit stones piled all around!

They were mostly supreme-grade and high-grade spirit stones!

And judging from their appearance, they were mostly small pieces. The Scarlet Demon Spider had likely gathered them from all over the place.

There were also quite a few mid-grade and high-grade spirit stones scattered nearby. She had Chi Li burn away the webs with a single burst of fire, then collected all the spirit stones into the space.

She had never experienced the feeling of becoming rich overnight in her previous life, but she had finally gotten a taste of it in this one.

With these spirit stones, she would have the confidence to leave the Medicine King Pavilion and travel through various regions for training in the future.

Under Chi Li and Cangchen's expectant gazes, she gave each of them one.

The two spirit beasts excitedly hugged their stones tightly and curled up in the cloth pouch at her waist.

Seeing that there seemed to be no more treasures around, Jiang Lu continued onward.

That cave entrance had been so small that demon beasts could not enter. Yet a Scarlet Demon Spider had appeared now, so there was likely another entrance.

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