News from Shadow One

After entering the Library Pavilion, it was very quiet at this moment, but the number of people was not small at all.

Everyone flipped through the books in their hands rapidly, recording the contents on them at high speed.

After all, time was limited, and they had to memorize more content within the limited time.

Xue Fuyao bypassed the crowd, came all the way to the fifth floor, and began selecting from here.

Starting from the third floor, the number of people in the Library Pavilion plummeted, and by the fifth floor there were only a sparse few people left, all of whom were Personal Disciples of other Main Peaks.

Her appearance did not disturb these focused people, and everyone continued the actions on their hands.

As for Xue Fuyao, she started from the first row, reading through the books on the bookshelves one by one to find the things she needed.

Thunderclap Slash, Nebula Step, Azure Dragon Palm, Shadow Step, Phantom Sword Art, Pure Jade Ghost Hand, Spiritual Resonance Movement Technique.

Looking at the names of these cultivation methods that she had only heard of or even never heard of at all, Xue Fuyao could not help feeling excited in her heart.

She only felt that the names of these cultivation methods looked particularly formidable.

However, for something like a cultivation method, she still had to choose one that suited herself, so after some searching, she finally found what she wanted.

In terms of movement techniques, she chose Spiritual Resonance Movement Technique and Travel a Thousand Li by Day; the former was suitable for flexible positioning during combat, and the latter's name made it clear that it was more suitable for traveling.

For sword techniques, she chose Startling Swan Reflection. Although Xue Fuyao was not a sword cultivator, the weapon she used the most in her previous life was the sword, so choosing this one made it faster to get the hang of it.

Then she picked another boxing manual, a leg technique manual, and a whip technique manual.

These should be enough.

Xue Fuyao memorized all the contents of these books, went over them in her mind again, and confirmed there were no errors before leaving. She turned around, came to the first floor, and picked a few of the most commonly used spells, such as the Dust-Removal Spell and the Cleansing Spell.

Just as she was about to leave, a woman's voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Stop!"

Turning around, she saw Ye Qinfei looking at her with a pair of blazing eyes not far behind her.

Xue Fuyao looked around, pointed at herself in surprise at Ye Qinfei, and asked, "Something the matter?"

Looking at Xue Fuyao's pair of eyes that looked as if she remembered nothing, Ye Qinfei asked in surprise, "You don't remember me?"

Remembering her was a given, but the other party was obviously arriving with ill intentions, so it was better to pretend not to know her.

Thinking this, Xue Fuyao shook her head. "Should I know you?"

Looking at the innocent-looking Xue Fuyao, Ye Qinfei's chest heaved violently with anger. She had been searching for the person in front of her every day for this past period of time, searching for more than half a year, and now that she had finally met her, it turned out this person didn't even recognize her. It was simply too bullying!

"I am the person whose bracelet was snatched by you half a year ago," Ye Qinfei said through clenched teeth, raising her volume on purpose.

"Snatched? I never snatch other people's things (or so I'd like to think). Junior Sister, what evidence do you have? Slandering me out of thin air, I will pursue this to the end."

Although that matter back then happened because she rudely interfered, to take a step back, who told them to only focus on grabbing the bracelet and forget to pay for it.

Meeting Xue Fuyao's icy gaze, Ye Qinfei subconsciously fell silent. Her emotions had been too agitated just now, and she almost forgot the status gap between the two of them.

Yet she remained unwilling, because she could sense that that bracelet was very important to her. Losing it might change her entire future life.

Seeing that the other party no longer continued speaking, Xue Fuyao prepared to leave. Just as she took two steps out, she suddenly stopped her footsteps and turned to look at Ye Qinfei, who was still indignant.

"Junior Sister, I don't know why you harbor such misunderstandings about me, but I have never snatched anything of yours. If I hear any related gossip within the sect, no matter whose mouth it comes from, you will not be the innocent one. I mean what I say."

"You!!"

A trace of panic flashed across Ye Qinfei's eyes, because she indeed intended to spread some ambiguous rumors within the sect just now.

On the other side, after leaving the Library Pavilion, Xue Fuyao jumped up twice on the spot in excitement. It truly felt too exhilarating; was this what having backing felt like?

As for the warning just now, it was not groundless either.

The Ye Qinfei of her previous life was known as the Cold Snow Fairy, aloof and proud in deportment, cold in temperament, and icy toward everything.

This was the impression the Ye Qinfei of her previous life gave people, yet Xue Fuyao had witnessed Ye Qinfei's true face by a chance encounter, knowing she was not as pure and pristine as she appeared on the surface.

Consequently, she was hunted down for a period of time after being discovered.

At the time, however, Xue Fuyao gathered Ye Qinfei's pursuers and the Zhang Clan members together, making them kill each other off, while she took the opportunity to fake her death and fled to another place to live under an alias.

Ye Qinfei's most frequently used methods were spreading rumors to ruin a person's reputation, or saying ambiguous things in front of her pursuers, or revealing a trace of grievance. Without needing to do anything else, those pursuers of hers would naturally help her resolve it.

Returning to Green Bamboo Peak, Xue Fuyao began a new round of cultivation.

During this period, she received good news from Shadow One.

They had already found the UpperGrade Spirit Vein she mentioned previously. After discussions, they still decided to mine the spirit stones themselves first.

After all, these were UpperGrade Spirit Stones; it was simply too wasteful to give them away to others, so they had been concentrating on mining spirit stones during this period.

Naturally, they had not forgotten cultivation either.

The location of the UpperGrade Spirit Vein possessed abundant spiritual energy, not a bit inferior to those Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands.

Besides, according to the information provided by Xue Fuyao, they searched one by one. Although it wasted a little time, the harvest was truly not small.

At present, they had long since undergone a complete transformation.

Shadow One sent word that they intended to wait until reaching Foundation Establishment before joining different factions respectively, which would allow them to develop their own personal connections while cultivating.

Regarding this, Xue Fuyao did not stop them; Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators were indeed valued much more than Qi Refining cultivators.

However, she also instructed them that it was best not to join immortal cultivation lineages.

In lineages connected by blood ties, outsiders were catered to when useful in their eyes, but when useless, you were mere cannon fodder that could be sacrificed at any moment.

Originally Shadow One also wanted to have people send some mined spirit stones to Xue Fuyao, but she refused.

The current Xue Fuyao was not short of spirit stones. Not to mention the ones given by her master Xie Yichu, the Storage Bag left behind by her imperial concubine mother back then contained quite a few spirit stones, even including TopGrade Spirit Stones, which she hadn't even used yet.