Chapter 11: An Unexpected Gain
“Sigh!”
Su Lingxi let out a light sigh and plopped down on a nearby rock.
Without Su Yuebai, she suddenly didn’t know what to do.
“Your novice gift package has arrived in your spatial ring. Please check it.”
Just as Su Lingxi’s spirits were low, Xiao Bai reminded her in her consciousness.
A brief moment of joy dispelled some of her gloom. Su Lingxi quickly opened her spatial ring to check.
Soon, her expression changed from joy to confusion, and finally, with a hint of anger, she asked Xiao Bai, “This is a cultivation world. It’s one thing if you don’t give me cultivation techniques or pills, but you actually gave me a huge pile of snacks…”
“And it seems it’s not just snacks… body wash… hot pot base, and so on.”
Su Lingxi frowned and continued to ask Xiao Bai, “What’s the use of all this…”
“Hehe, aren’t I just afraid you won’t get used to life in this world? Here are some modern daily necessities to help you transition.”
Su Lingxi: “…”
“That’s not all. I also prepared a set of disguise techniques, a set of men’s clothing, and some spiritual crystals for cultivation.”
“This isn’t just any simple disguise technique. Only someone two or three major realms higher than you has a chance of seeing through it,” Xiao Bai explained.
“That powerful? Then if I cultivate back to the Mahayana realm, won’t this disguise technique be invincible?”
“Theoretically, yes, but it’s limited to you disguising yourself as a man.”
“I knew it [○?｀Д′?○]!”
For Su Lingxi, out of this entire novice gift package, only the disguise technique and some spiritual crystals were currently useful.
The disguise technique was, without a doubt, her best tool for hiding her identity. Without it, at her current cultivation level, she was afraid she’d be captured by people like Master Wang to be a concubine again.
At this thought, Su Lingxi shivered. Master Wang had left her with some psychological and physical trauma.
The spiritual crystals were even more self-explanatory. Besides being used for cultivation, they could also be used as currency.
Spiritual crystals were an essential item for exploring the world of cultivation.
Before long, Su Lingxi decided to leave the cave.
Before leaving, Su Lingxi changed into the soft armor Su Yuebai had left for her.
The soft armor was extremely comfortable to wear and even carried Su Yuebai’s faint, natural scent.
Xiao Bai said this soft armor was not as simple as it looked; at a critical moment, it could block a strike from a Soul Formation realm expert.
Su Yuebai was now at the Soul Splitting realm, so she naturally had no use for a protective armor of this level and had left it for Su Lingxi.
After leaving the cave, Su Lingxi looked at the snow-filled sky. She took a few steps, then turned back to look at the cave, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.
“Stop looking. What you need to do now is get stronger quickly. I sense something in the western part of the snow domain. Why don’t you go check it out?”
Xiao Bai’s sudden words reminded Su Lingxi.
This time, Su Lingxi didn’t argue with Xiao Bai. She circulated the spiritual energy in her body, and a light breeze rose from under her feet, carrying her straight to the west.
The western part of the Glacial Snow Domain was the territory of the Ice Eagle Beast King. Su Lingxi asked uneasily, “Although I have spiritual energy now, wouldn’t I just be courting death by facing a sixth-tier Ice Eagle Beast King?”
Previously, Su Yuebai had been forced to use a forbidden technique because of the Ice Eagle Beast King, causing her to lose a portion of her lifespan…
“Don’t worry, this time is different from the last. I have a feeling you’re going to pick up a huge bargain!” Xiao Bai’s tone was tinged with excitement.
Hearing Xiao Bai’s assurance, Su Lingxi finally felt a little more at ease and flew west.
Su Lingxi’s flying speed was relatively slow. It took her about half a day to reach the mountain cliff where they had picked the Ice Glimmer Grass.
“There’s a cave under the cliff. It seems like there’s some treasure in there!”
Xiao Bai was excited and, for a moment, actually ran out of Su Lingxi’s body to lead the way.
“Hey, wait for me.”
Xiao Bai ran so fast that Su Lingxi could barely keep up.
Following Xiao Bai’s steps, Su Lingxi indeed found a hidden cave under the cliff.
This cave was located beneath the precipice, and ordinary people would never notice it.
The cave entrance was enormous, a full hundred meters wide. Su Lingxi felt tiny standing in front of it.
Looking up, the inside of the cave was filled with long icicles. Just a few steps in, a cold more bone-chilling than the outside air washed over her.
But it was still within an acceptable range. Su Lingxi gritted her teeth and continued forward.
Xiao Bai, feeling the cold, had already retreated back into Su Lingxi’s body to give directions. Su Lingxi was speechless.
“It’s right inside!”
The cave was pitch black. After walking a few steps, Su Lingxi’s heart began to pound.
This place was really creepy…
Suddenly, Su Lingxi’s foot went soft as if she had stepped on something. She immediately took out a torch from her spatial ring and lit it.
The torchlight seemed faint in such darkness, but at least it provided a sliver of light, which calmed Su Lingxi’s nerves considerably.
She squatted down and looked carefully at her feet. What she saw gave her a shock.
She had stepped on something furry, and it looked a bit familiar.
It looked like… the Ice Eagle Beast King’s wing…
“Holy crap, run!”
Su Lingxi’s face instantly lost all color. She dropped the torch on the ground and turned with all her might to flee.
“Hey, no need to run. It’s already dead.”
“Dead?” Su Lingxi slowed down slightly, still not quite believing Xiao Bai.
She waited at the cave entrance for a while, and indeed, there seemed to be no movement.
So, Su Lingxi mustered her courage and slowly walked back. The torch was still burning on the ground.
Su Lingxi took out a few more torches and placed them on the walls, instantly illuminating a large area.
The Ice Eagle Beast King lay motionless on the ground, with no breath or any other reaction.
Still skeptical, Su Lingxi went up and gave it a couple of kicks, only then confirming that it was dead.
“It was alive and well not long ago. It was a sixth-tier spiritual beast, a hegemon in this Glacial Snow Domain, and it just died like this.”
Moreover, the body had no external injuries. The Ice Eagle Beast King’s expression was peaceful, and its death was not gruesome; it looked as if it had simply fallen asleep.
Since it was dead, Su Lingxi couldn’t be bothered to think too much about it. Perhaps some powerful expert had killed it.
Approaching the Ice Eagle Beast King again, Su Lingxi suddenly felt a familiar aura. This aura was very unique, it seemed to be… demonic energy!
After all, Su Lingxi had once stood at the pinnacle of the Demon Clan. Even though she had no demonic energy now, she was more familiar with it than anyone.
She saw a tiny slit on the Ice Eagle Beast King’s neck, separating its head from its body.
“This…”
Su Lingxi suddenly had a bold idea. Could Su Yuebai have done this?
After all, after receiving Su Lingxi’s Exquisite Heart, her strength had greatly increased. Facing a sixth-tier Ice Eagle Beast King would have been an easy task.
After all, a sixth-tier spiritual beast corresponded to the human Soul Formation realm, and Su Yuebai was now at the peak of the Soul Splitting realm.
Moreover, she had been injured while protecting her. So it was perfectly normal for Su Yuebai to seek revenge on the Ice Eagle Beast King after gaining strength.
