I’ve Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] 31

31: Traveling Together

After Yun He accepted the thank-you gift, Qiu Wu took her leave, leaving a foolishly grinning Yun He in her place.

“Senior Sister, I have six spirit swords here. See which one you like,” Yun He was in a state of extreme happiness, as if she had just picked up a spirit stone that had fallen from the sky.

“I have my own sword. You can keep them,” Mo Xiao primarily cultivated sword intent and the way of the sword. As long as her way of the sword was accomplished, whatever she held in her hand could become her sword.

“It’s no harm to have one more. Senior Sister can keep it as a spare,” Yun He said, taking out all six swords from her storage ring.

The swords Qiu Wu had given Yun He were all high-grade spirit swords that could only display their full power in the hands of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. It seemed a bit too extravagant and wasteful for her, a Golden Core stage cultivator, to use them all.

“Alright, then this one,” Mo Xiao knew Yun He’s personality and chose the one that looked the most ordinary.

Yun He chuckled, then walked over to Zuo Wuyi. “Little Junior Sister, you’re cultivating so fast. Maybe you’ll be at the Nascent Soul stage in a few years. I don’t have anything good to give you, so I’ll give you a sword in advance. You can pick one yourself.”

“Thank you, Senior Sister,” Zuo Wuyi did not refuse, but directly chose the one she found most pleasing to the eye and put it into her storage space.

On the other side, the Great Elder of the Indefinite Sect and Yun Yu also began to negotiate. The Great Elder’s attitude was quite good, and he patiently listened to Yun Yu’s account of the events.

Yun Yu’s words were half-truths. She hid her identity and only claimed to be a friend of Yun He. “Although we didn’t meet Family Head Hu, that doesn’t stop us from revealing the truth, right?”

The Great Elder smiled. Now that most of the Hu family was dead or injured, the Cheng family head had lost his life, and the only remaining one of the three major families, the Wang family, was the mastermind, this situation was both a bad thing and a good thing for them.

“Fellow Daoist is right. I was misled by a villain before, and seeing the city lord’s cultivation crippled… I was offensive in my words. I hope you can forgive me,” The Great Elder now had no intention of opposing Yun Yu.

Even if not for the monk’s sake, for the Buddha’s sake. The fact that one of them was a disciple of the Inquiring Dao Sect was enough for him to make a judgment.

“Since the Indefinite Sect and the Fenghua City Lord have an alliance, you should be able to step in and take charge of the situation when necessary, right?” Yun Yu said with a smile on her face. “Come to think of it, we were just acting out of righteousness. To handle this matter properly, we’ll have to trouble you, Elder.”

“Fellow Daoist, you don’t have to be so polite. Since we are allies, the Indefinite Sect has an obligation to thoroughly investigate this matter. After all, the city lord became like this because of the Wang family’s malicious use of him. I will definitely avenge the city lord for this,” the Great Elder said righteously.

If he wanted to maximize his own interests, then the city lord’s matter had to be blamed on the three major families. This way, the Indefinite Sect would have a suitable reason to completely take over Fenghua City.

“Great Elder, you are truly wise and righteous,” The smile in Yun Yu’s eyes was only on the surface, while the depths of her eyes were full of disdain.

Sure enough, in the face of sufficient benefits, so-called justice can be changed. These righteous sects really have no principles.

Yun Yu looked down on the Indefinite Sect’s way of doing things, but as someone who had benefited from it, she didn’t say much. After maintaining a superficial friendship, she planned to leave Fenghua City and continue on her journey with Mo Xiao and the others.

Yun He had originally planned to return to the sect for a period of seclusion, but she showed great interest after hearing that Zuo Wuyi was going to the extreme cold lands.

“What a coincidence. I’ve heard a similar rumor. I remember there were two sword cultivators who had a competition in the extreme cold lands. After finding that they couldn’t determine a winner, they cultivated and lived in seclusion there together, and finally perished together during a lightning tribulation,” Yun He said, stroking her chin. “I remember the other sword cultivator seemed to be a metal spiritual root.”

“Then is Senior Sister going with us?” Zuo Wuyi asked. Is there going to be another shining third wheel between me and Mo Xiao?

“Hehe, Little Junior Sister, what do you think?” Yun He looked at Zuo Wuyi with a smile.

Thinking of the spirit sword in her storage space, Zuo Wuyi could only nod. After all, she had taken something from her. Besides, since there was already one Eldest Senior Sister, having one more senior sister shouldn’t make much of a difference. She still couldn’t do what she couldn’t do.

“Um, I just heard that you’re going to the extreme cold lands. Can I go with you?” Qiu Wu, who was passing by, stopped and asked tentatively.

“Fellow Daoist Qiu, you’re going to the extreme cold lands too?” Yun He’s reaction was quick this time. “Are you also looking for an inheritance?”

Qiu Wu shook her head. “There are many artifact refining materials in the extreme cold lands. I want to go and collect some.”

“Why don’t you travel with your fellow Daoists from the Indefinite Sect, Fellow Daoist Qiu?” Yun Yu asked.

Qiu Wu coughed twice, her eyes darting around, clearly looking for an excuse. But Qiu Wu didn’t have a talent for speaking. After stammering for a while, she still told the truth.

“They don’t approve of me going out. They’d rather I stay in the sect all the time,” Qiu Wu said. “But I don’t want to just keep refining artifacts over and over again. I want to collect new materials and create some different weapons. The extreme cold lands are a bit dangerous for me, but it should be very safe if I travel with you.”

After a few simple questions, Yun Yu understood the general situation. “It’s not impossible for you to travel with us, Fellow Daoist Qiu, but I hope you will inform the people in your sect first to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.”

A Nascent Soul stage artifact refiner would be given special care even in the Inquiring Dao Sect, let alone in a sect with a shallow foundation like the Indefinite Sect.

“That’s simple. I’ll just leave them a letter,” Qiu Wu said with a relaxed expression. “If my senior brother and the others know that I’m traveling with you, he should be very relieved.”

Hearing Qiu Wu’s words, Mo Xiao and Zuo Wuyi both looked at Yun He in tacit understanding. These words sounded so familiar. It seemed that a certain someone had said the same thing when she was secretly leaving the sect.

Receiving the gazes of her senior and junior sisters, Yun He silently turned her body, pretending she hadn’t seen anything.

Hearing Qiu Wu’s words, Yun Yu didn’t think much of it. Since she had chosen to leave a letter, it could be considered as having informed them, which was enough to prove that Qiu Wu was following them of her own free will and not being coerced.

Yun Yu’s spirit energy boat could carry exactly five people. With Qiu Wu’s addition, there were now three people to drive the boat. For Yun Yu and Mo Xiao, this meant more time to rest.

As soon as they left Fenghua City, Yun Yu and Mo Xiao changed back into their usual female robes, and their forms of address also returned to normal.

“Ah, you are all disciples of the Inquiring Dao Sect?” Qiu Wu was a little surprised after finding out. “No wonder you are so powerful.”

“Don’t you think we deceived you?” Mo Xiao asked curiously.

Qiu Wu shook her head. “It’s very common to use a fake identity when traveling outside. If I leave the sect’s jurisdiction, I will also use a fake identity.”

“But there’s one thing I don’t quite understand. Why did you hide your origins, but Yun He didn’t? If you stayed together, it should be easy for people to see through the deception, right?” Qiu Wu asked.

Mo Xiao did not answer this question, but looked at Yun He. Speaking of which, Yun He was not part of their original travel plans.

“Cough, cough, that’s not important. Anyway, after leaving Fenghua City, no one will know what sect we are from,” Yun He was unwilling to lose face in front of Qiu Wu, and even less so to give her the impression that her lifesaver was a fool.

Qiu Wu nodded as if she understood. Seeing that Yun He had no intention of continuing the conversation, she took out a small pure black knife and a piece of ordinary material from her storage space and began to carve to practice her feel.

According to the original plan, after spending five days on the spirit energy boat, the five of them arrived at another large town, Nanfeng City.

Yun Yu planned to land in a remote forest as usual, and then walk a distance into the city, disguised as ordinary cultivators. But just as they lowered their flight altitude, the howls of demonic beasts and the screams of cultivators came first.

The originally quiet forest was filled with many demonic beasts with their bloody maws wide open. They attacked the cultivators in front of them with their sharp claws and teeth. Once they successfully defeated a cultivator, they would directly tear and devour them, a very bloody scene.

“It’s a beast tide!” Mo Xiao’s divine sense was the strongest. Before the mist had completely dissipated, she had already probed the situation below.

“The ones at the front are all Foundation Establishment stage demonic beasts. In the back, there are about a few dozen Golden Core stage demonic beasts,” Mo Xiao continued to report the situation. “There are only about a hundred human cultivators left. It looks like they can’t hold on much longer.”

“Senior Sister, lean a little to the east. There’s an open space there where we can land temporarily,” Zuo Wuyi said.

“Alright,” Yun Yu quickly maneuvered the spirit energy boat to descend.

The moment she landed, Mo Xiao drew her sword and swiftly cut down a Golden Core stage demonic beast that was pouncing towards them.

“Wuyi, be careful. There are many demonic beasts here,” Mo Xiao said. She did not blindly hide Zuo Wuyi under her wing, but under the premise of ensuring her life, she let her accumulate as much practical combat experience as possible and hone her sword moves.

“Alright!” Zuo Wuyi’s eyes became excited. She drew her sword and attacked the demonic beasts, completely entrusting her back to Mo Xiao.

Yun Yu and Yun He also charged forward, killing the demonic beasts as quickly as possible, trying to save more cultivators.

Qiu Wu was an artifact refiner. Although her cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul stage, her combat power was average. She only followed them, killing some of the weaker Golden Core stage demonic beasts.