Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure

In Xue Fuyao's view, the reason the Zhang Family pursued her relentlessly in her previous life was her identity as a deposed princess.

As for the cultivation-world Zhang Family, they probably thought that crushing an ant to death was just a matter of convenience, and likely never kept her in their hearts.

In this life, the Zhang Family in the Mortal Realm was overthrown, and Xue Fuyao did not know whether the Zhang Family would still target her.

However, regardless of whether they would target her or not, it was better to play it safe for now, as it was not yet time for revenge.

Uprooting a cultivation aristocratic clan like the Zhang Family was no easy feat, but...

Xue Fuyao suddenly thought of something.

Although trying to deal with the Zhang Family with only her own ability was like an ant trying to shake a tree, she might be able to borrow strength to strike.

Because they slowed their pace, it took another five days before Shadow One and the others finally brought Xue Fuyao out of the Poison Miasma Zone.

The moment they stepped out of the Poison Miasma Zone, they officially left the Mortal Realm and entered the Cultivation Realm.

It was just that because of its proximity to the mortal realm, the spiritual energy here was extremely thin.

Even though Xue Fuyao had upgraded her talent, she had not yet begun cultivating, and on the surface she looked like an ordinary person.

She deliberately did this, of course, because there was a certain item that could only be retrieved with the identity of an ordinary person.

Led by Xue Fuyao, the group arrived at the nearest small town, Shihan Town.

In her past life, in order to avoid the Zhang Family's pursuit, Xue Fuyao had stayed in this small town for a period of time; she lived under an alias here, disguised herself as a man to work as a restaurant server for two years, and also thanks to that server status, she overheard quite a bit of gossip from the guests who came to dine at the establishment.

Although eighty percent of it was sheer boasting.

As for the remaining twenty percent, one piece of information was extremely important to her right now, and it was entirely genuine.

Xue Fuyao had Shadow One and the others change their clothes into clean ones, and the scent on their bodies quickly dissipated completely.

Because there were too many people, Xue Fuyao decided to let them enter Shihan Town separately, keeping only Shadow One and Shadow Two by her side to protect her.

Successfully entering Shihan Town, the population residing here was not small, and everyone walked with hurried strides, looking extremely busy.

"It feels about the same as the Mortal Realm."

Hearing Shadow Two's soft muttering, Xue Fuyao couldn't help letting out a soft chuckle and said quietly, "The biggest difference between the Mortal Realm and the Cultivation Realm is the spiritual energy."

Shihan Town was close to the Mortal Realm, so most of the people here were ordinary folks.

On the way to the inn, far off in the center of the town, a stone statue stood tall.

The statue looked very ancient, covered in the traces left by the passage of time.

Yet when Xue Fuyao saw the stone statue, her eyes lit up, and her gaze fixed on the statue's forehead.

On the surface, there was nothing on the statue's forehead; indeed, due to years of weathering from wind and rain, the facial features of the statue had even become somewhat blurred, but Xue Fuyao knew that hidden inside this stone statue was a great treasure-an eye.

To be precise, it was a Heavenly Eye.

In her past life, a gale blew the statue over, and the Heavenly Eye hidden inside was exposed, attracting countless sect factions to fight over it at the time, and who knew how many people died.

Xue Fuyao, however, had long since slipped away from that place of right and wrong amidst the chaos, and she learned of the subsequent events from others.

She found out that the object was called a Heavenly Eye, and it was a Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure.

Weapons in the Cultivation Realm were roughly divided into two kinds: one forged by a Forging Tool, and the other nurtured naturally by heaven and earth.

Once a weapon forged by a Forging Master succeeded, its grade was basically fixed, and only a tiny minority could continue to elevate their tier.

Meanwhile, weapons nurtured by heaven and earth were known as Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures, which were treasures capable of leveling up alongside their master.

Although the Heavenly Eye was a Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure, its demands on its master were extremely harsh: top-tier talent, and absolute zero cultivation when forming the pact.

As for the function of the Heavenly Eye, it was said to be able to see through illusions, making any demons, ghosts, and illusionary arts find nowhere to hide before the Heavenly Eye, and it could even see through the disguises of certain treasures.

Naturally, a Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure certainly had more than just these functions, since practitioners would never expose all their trump cards.

Even so, based solely on the Heavenly Eye's status as a Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure, Xue Fuyao had no intention of letting it go.

The group of three arrived at the only inn in Shihan Town.

Since they were not short on money, the three directly requested three premium rooms.

"Let's have a good rest here for two days before setting off."

Knowing that this was what the princess said for outsiders to hear, Shadow One nodded silently.

Yet after they went upstairs, several more people arrived successively from outside, coming with all sorts of identities; some came in pairs of two, and others came in threes.

These people successively occupied all the good rooms in the inn, leaving later arrivals with no choice but to stay in the worst rooms, and moreover sharing them among several people.

Upon hearing that only the worst rooms remained, and that they furthermore had to cram several people together just to be able to stay, Zhang Qin’er's expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

She wanted to flare up, but as if constrained by something, she forcefully stifled her anger.

"Strange, why are there so many guests today?" the clerk muttered softly.

At this moment, a customer who had come to dine smiled and said, "You fellow, more guests means good business. If your boss heard you say that, let's see if he docks your wages."

Hearing this, the clerk smiled sheepishly, "I just feel that there are a few too many people coming today, and they all look like people I've never seen before."

"Never mind where they're from or whether you've seen them before; as long as they pay, isn't that enough?"

"What you said is right."

By nightfall, when everyone had fallen asleep, Xue Fuyao still had not rested; she was waiting.

Around the dead of night, the outer door was suddenly knocked, and Shadow One's voice sounded from outside.

"Young Master, you must be hungry. Your subordinate has prepared a midnight snack for you."

Xue Fuyao went to open the door, and saw Shadow One standing outside, holding a food box from which an enticing aroma wafted out.

Shadow One nodded toward Xue Fuyao.

Seeing this, Xue Fuyao took the food box, closed the door, and returned into the room.

Opening the food box, the first layer contained a bowl of fragrant chicken soup, with some side dishes placed beside it.

Without even looking at these items, Xue Fuyao went straight for the second layer, where a pouch-shaped cyan Storage Bag was quietly resting inside.

She picked up the Storage Bag, immediately opened it to inspect the contents inside, and only after seeing the stone statue within did she set her mind at ease, sitting down by the chair to eat the food on the table in small, delicate bites.

After finishing her meal, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep with a sense of fulfillment.