On a withered small mountain peak, Liu Bai sat cross-legged, his gaze fixed on the blue light screen in front of him that only he could see.
"Although the experience points from these spiritual soldiers are not high, their numbers are great. Somehow it feels even faster for leveling up than directly killing a spiritual king."
This discovery made Liu Bai feel both amused and helpless. After all, let alone a spiritual king, even spiritual generals were difficult to find. For someone like him who did not need spiritual enlightenment to advance in cultivation, there was no need to spend effort hunting spiritual kings.
Of course, he still had to target large gathering points, because such places usually had far more spiritual soldiers.
These were all living experience points.
"As for cultivation level, it is better not to advance for now." After much hesitation, Liu Bai closed his system panel.
There was no other choice. Most of the spiritual soldiers were at the Heaven Fusion Realm, while he himself had already reached the peak of Fusion Heaven Realm. The experience he gained from killing spiritual soldiers was already reduced significantly. If he advanced into the Heaven Transformation Realm, he suspected he might not even be able to gain experience from them at all.
With his current strength, he was already capable of handling any existence within the Spiritual Illumination Realm. For the sake of experience, he would maintain his realm for now.
In fact, waiting until after the hunting trial to make a breakthrough would be satisfying, giving him a strong sense of accomplishment.
"Hm? This fluctuation in spiritual power… someone is fighting."
He turned his head toward the left. Beyond the endless white mist of spiritual energy, Liu Bai sensed a disturbance in the air. Judging from the aura, the battle was likely not between students of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy and spiritual soldiers, but a fight between humans.
Such things were not uncommon in the Spiritual Illumination Realm, and Liu Bai had encountered them before, so he was not overly concerned.
However, what he did not expect was that the battle fluctuations were growing stronger, and clearly heading toward his direction.
This scene made Liu Bai scratch his head helplessly as he muttered, "What is going on? Is this my protagonist aura activating? Am I supposed to play the hero saving a beauty, or will this turn out to be the oriole behind the cicada?"
Although he joked, Liu Bai did not make any movements. He still sat there cross-legged, one hand resting on his knee and the other propping up his chin, his eyes dull as he stared toward the source of the approaching fluctuation.
Soon, flickering figures appeared before Liu Bai. To his surprise, the heavens did not seem to intend on granting him a clichéd hero-saving-the-beauty scenario. Instead, the one being surrounded was a man, a rather handsome youth. As for those attacking him, they were a group of graceful young women.
"This… is somewhat unexpected."
Liu Bai sucked in a cold breath. The group of maidens each wielded long whips, relentlessly lashing the young man. If not for the terrifying spiritual power contained in each whip strike, Liu Bai might have thought the group was indulging in some strange hobby.
At this moment, both sides of the battle noticed Liu Bai sitting on the mountain peak. The maidens, however, did not halt their assault, nor did they acknowledge him.
Instead, the handsome young man being beaten spotted Liu Bai and looked as if he had seen a savior. He immediately cried out for help, "Brother, brother up ahead! Please lend a hand to save me. These are the demonesses of the Illusory Moon Pavilion. Brother, save me!"
Liu Bai's eyes widened, and his calm expression showed a hint of fluctuation.
"I cannot save you. Do not come over here. This has nothing to do with me."
The handsome youth: "(;OдO)! (;OдO)!"
The Illusory Moon Pavilion was one of the top factions in the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy. If that was all, Liu Bai would not have been particularly afraid. But the pavilion was entirely composed of women, specifically women who were only interested in other women. That made matters different.
If that was still tolerable, the fact that they were hostile toward men entirely made Liu Bai unwilling to approach.
He had no intention of crossing paths with a group of people he considered abnormal.
"Hmph, Hua Zi'nan, you cannot escape. Our big sister has already been informed and is on her way. When she arrives, you will have no chance of escape."
One of the maidens, dressed in a long red gown and possessing delicate features, snapped her whip and shouted coldly.
From her eyes, Liu Bai noticed that her gaze toward the youth resembled looking at filth. The hatred was evident.
"Hua Zi'nan? That name does not appear on the Heavenly Ranking…"
Liu Bai frowned, for this was the first time he had heard the name. Judging by the handsome youth's cultivation, however, he was already at the mid-phase of Heaven Transformation Realm. On the Heavenly Ranking, that level of strength would definitely be within the top ten.
As for the "big sister" mentioned by the maiden, Liu Bai knew she referred to the Pavilion Master of the Illusory Moon Pavilion, Yue Qing, who ranked sixth on the Heavenly Ranking. Second only to Chu Lin, she was considered the strongest female among the academy's students and an admired figure for many of the girls.
Although Liu Bai had been at the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy for some time, he had not interacted with many senior students. With millions of students enrolled, most never even met each other before graduation. Thus, aside from rumors, Liu Bai truly knew little about the Illusory Moon Pavilion.
Upon hearing the maiden's words, Hua Zi'nan's expression changed drastically, his face showing shock and anger. "Hong Xiao, I have never once offended your Illusory Moon Pavilion. Do you truly intend to hunt me down relentlessly?"
This left Liu Bai speechless.
Why so frightened? This was still the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy. Even if he stood right here, did they dare kill him? At most, he would just suffer a beating.
"Hmph, you still have the nerve to speak." The maiden named Hong Xiao snorted coldly, her face filled with even more disgust. "For years you have been secretly peeping on the academy's female students, then painting their images and spreading them around. You even included private matters of some girls. For a scum like you, death is deserved."
Liu Bai froze for a moment, then his gaze toward Hua Zi'nan shifted strangely.
Was this not exactly like the disgusting voyeurs of his previous life, except instead of using phones, this one used his painting skills?
"It seems you really are not innocent," Liu Bai muttered with a frown.
"Injustice, I am being framed!" Hua Zi'nan cried out in grievance, his face contorted in misery. "I had their permission. And there were no indecent drawings, only normal portraits."
"Normal? Nonsense. Die!"
Perhaps recalling something unpleasant, Hong Xiao suddenly erupted in fury. With a wave of her jade hand, the fiery red whip roared like a dragon. The ground split apart under its force, a massive gash tearing across the earth as it lashed straight toward Hua Zi'nan.
Liu Bai's eyelid twitched. He immediately stood and retreated further away from the battlefield.
Judging from her reaction, it seemed Hong Xiao was one of the victims herself.
Yes, very likely.
But Hua Zi'nan was incredibly daring, provoking even members of the Illusory Moon Pavilion.
As the battle resumed, Liu Bai noticed something interesting. Hua Zi'nan actually fought through art. Wielding a paintbrush, he painted in the air, and the drawings manifested mystical powers that narrowly fended off Hong Xiao's attacks.
"Hm, what kind of cultivation art is this?" Liu Bai grew curious. This was the second time he had seen someone use painting in battle. The first time was from an anime in his past life.
"Galaxy Nine Heavens!"
Seeing that he could not break free, Hua Zi'nan grew anxious. With a grand stroke of his brush, a surging galaxy suddenly descended from the heavens. Endless starry waters poured down, carrying towering waves that split the skies apart, blocking Hong Xiao and her group.
"Ride the Wind and Break the Waves!"
Seeing that his technique had worked, Hua Zi'nan immediately rejoiced. He once again swung his brush, and a small boat formed entirely of spiritual energy appeared on the surging river. He leapt onto the boat, and under the raging waves and violent winds, his figure vanished in an instant.
As he left, a voice echoed from afar across the skies.
"Brother, run quickly. These women are unreasonable. If you stay, you will not be able to escape later!"
Liu Bai, who had only been spectating, was instantly left speechless. What was this? Trying to divert disaster onto him?
However, anyone with a sound mind would not fall for such a clumsy trick.
Sure enough, although Hong Xiao appeared furious, her intelligence was still intact. She merely glanced at Liu Bai before leading her people to continue chasing after Hua Zi'nan.
"Good, good. It seems these people are still rational and did not let some brainless development take place."
Liu Bai sighed in relief. Recalling the battle that had just taken place, he felt that even though he had read the original story in his previous life, his understanding of the true Great Thousand World was still far too shallow.
Abilities as mystical as those of Hua Zi'nan likely existed in countless numbers throughout this endless Great Thousand World.
Just as Liu Bai was preparing to leave, a surge of even stronger spiritual energy rapidly approached.
Judging by the aura alone, the newcomer possessed strength at the peak of the mid-phase of the Heaven Transformation Realm. Without needing to think, Liu Bai already knew that this was the "big sister" mentioned by the girl in red, the Pavilion Master of the Illusory Moon Pavilion and the sixth ranked expert on the Heavenly Ranking, Yue Qing.
Very soon, while Liu Bai was still speculating, the owner of that aura appeared within his sight.
The newcomer wore a long light-blue dress. Her entire being exuded a chilling and aloof air, and the oppressive presence that surrounded her made people instinctively avoid gazing at her face.
When Yue Qing saw Liu Bai, she was slightly stunned.
She had been tracing the remnants of energy left behind from the earlier battle and had not expected to encounter another person here.
At first, Yue Qing did not care. She turned as if to continue chasing Hong Xiao and the others. But suddenly, her footsteps stopped, and her gaze once again shifted toward Liu Bai.
"Why does Fairy Yue Qing gaze at me so intently? Is there something you wish to say?" Faced with the direct look of a beautiful woman, Liu Bai showed no unease. He asked calmly.
"You are Liu Bai?" Yue Qing's words were straightforward, and they startled Liu Bai.
"You know me?" Liu Bai asked curiously.
In his memory, this was their first meeting. Even if she had heard of his name, how could she recognize him so easily?
"I heard about you from Chu Lin…" Yue Qing's voice was still calm, but her words explained Liu Bai's doubt.
"So that is the reason."
If it was Chu Lin, then it was not surprising.
It also seemed that Chu Lin had told her quite a bit about him. Otherwise, with her personality, she would not have taken the initiative to speak.
Yet another thought struck Liu Bai. According to rumors, was she not supposed to detest men? How could she have connections with Chu Lin? And based on the descriptions in those rumors, even if she knew his strength, she should not have paid him any attention.
Just as Liu Bai was pondering this, Yue Qing across from him seemed to have read his thoughts. She spoke directly, "You are confused… wondering why I am different from the rumors, correct?"
"Uh, indeed." His thoughts being seen through left Liu Bai a little embarrassed.
After all, the impression he had of her was not very favorable.
"I may like women, but that does not mean I detest men. Liking and disliking are not the same." Yue Qing's expression was still indifferent, as though she was already used to explaining this.
Liu Bai silently nodded. It seemed that rumors often strayed far from reality. People always treated what they heard as their first impression, and that often clouded their judgment of the truth.
"I heard from Chu Lin that Junior Liu Bai, you are a Fifth-Rank Spiritual Array Master. Is this true?" After clarifying matters, Yue Qing finally came to the main point.
There was naturally a reason why she had stopped upon recognizing him.
"That is correct. However, if I were to set up a fifth grade array right now, I would still require some preparation time…"
Liu Bai answered, deliberately holding back a little.
Yue Qing nodded. She had already heard as much from Chu Lin.
But that was sufficient.
"Our Illusory Moon Pavilion has discovered a large gathering point. According to rumors, a Spiritual King may already have been born there. I would like to request Junior Liu Bai's aid. Once the task is complete, I can offer you one million Spiritual Value, or if you wish, you may name other conditions apart from the Spiritual King Crystal Core."
Liu Bai raised his brows.
So it was for the Spiritual King Crystal Core.
That made sense.
However, if she knew that every spiritual soldier he killed left behind no Spiritual Light or Crystal Core because they were devoured by his cultivation method, would she still want his help?
As Yue Qing noticed Liu Bai's hesitation, her delicate brows furrowed slightly.
"Junior Liu Bai, do you have other demands?"
"That is not the case…" Liu Bai shook his head. "It is only that my situation is somewhat special, and I must explain to Senior Yue Qing in advance."
"Oh? Speak." Yue Qing assumed this was just an excuse to bargain for more benefits, and her expression grew colder.
"Hehe, it is like this. Due to the uniqueness of my cultivation method, all the Spiritual Light within the spiritual soldiers I kill is directly absorbed by me. Therefore, any spiritual soldiers I slay will not leave behind Spiritual Light."
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