My Fairy Growth System

She had already indirectly caused the death of one, and without slaying that old ghost, her thoughts would only grow more obstructed.

Traveling at the speed conferred by the Foundation Establishment Stage while employing the Water Escape Technique, Yu Qingtan returned to the underground space where the black market was located within the time it took to brew a pot of tea.

However, the purple-robed elder, sensing the fleeting fluctuation of spiritual power within the fire net, hurriedly accelerated the speed at which he drew the net closed.

But, even as the fire net shrank to the size of a single person, there was no response from within.

His face grew unsightly as he remained on guard in all directions while asking the cultivator surnamed Du, "Is your Steel Ground Technique really effective against the Earth Escape Skill? Where is the person? Why can’t I see them?"

The cultivator surnamed Du responded, "Fellow Daoist Gao, that person only used a First Stage Earth Escape Skill, which allows one to burrow three Zhang beneath the ground at most, unlikely to escape under my Steel Ground Technique. Didn’t you also feel the fluctuation of spiritual power in the fire net? They must have escaped using something like an Escape Talisman."

"That despicable thief!" The cultivator surnamed Gao had actually guessed as much but was somewhat reluctant to accept the reality in his heart.

Seething with anger, he returned to the ground, and after sending out a Message-Transmitting Flying Sword, he entered the barely intact cultivation room in the backyard. There he set up a small Second Stage Alert Defense Formation and, with two Medium Grade Spirit Stones in hand, began to meditate to recover his spiritual power.

The other three Foundation Establishment Cultivators each returned to their respective shops as well.

At this moment, Yu Qingtan was lurking underground not far from the cultivator surnamed Gao.

Seeing the Alert Defense Formation, Yu Qingtan sighed; this was also why she hadn’t directly snuck in earlier to launch a surprise attack on the cultivator stationed there.

Fortunately, soon a Message-Transmitting Flying Sword arrived, and after the purple-robed cultivator checked the information within, the flying sword flew back.

The purple-robed elder’s face wore an unsightly expression as he deactivated the Alert Defense Formation, getting ready to leave.

Yu Qingtan had been waiting for this moment—the instant the purple-robed elder deactivated the Alert Defense Formation, she surfaced directly beneath him using the Earth Escape Skill and unleashed the Decay and Flourish Technique.

Luo Xiang’s mastery of the Decay and Flourish Technique was extremely high, likely fully accomplished, as it could be released without the need for hand seals.

The purple-robed elder also reacted swiftly, rapidly increasing the distance between them and activating a body-protecting technique.

The protective shield formed by the body-protecting technique was inferior to a Spiritual Artifact armor, but the advantage lay in its quick activation.

But it was too late; the purple-robed elder, already having consumed much of his spiritual power, began to show a change in his condition as wrinkles appeared on his face.

"Decay and Flourish Technique!"

Paying no mind to the shock in his heart, Yu Qingtan’s attack followed closely behind. Enjoy exclusive chapters from NovelBin.Côm

Yu Qingtan held the Cherry Red Sword, her movements suddenly quickening, agile and swift, her sword energy crisscrossing as she struck at the purple-robed elder.

The Heavenly Fragrance Sword Art, fourth move, Clear Song Shattering Geese.

The purple-robed elder, with most of his spiritual power dedicated to suppressing the sinister energy of the Decay and Flourish Technique in his body, failed to dodge in time, and the protective body shield around him was torn to shreds.

However, he was an experienced character who, in a critical moment, avoided vital areas while forcefully gathering his spiritual power to cover himself with his Spiritual Artifact armor.

Yet there were two deep sword wounds on his shoulder and right thigh; even more wrinkles appeared on his face, and his hair began to turn white.

"Daoist Du, save me!" the purple-robed elder shouted.

Yu Qingtan wouldn’t miss the opportunity to kick an enemy when they were down, moving swiftly forward, her long sword with a sharp sword energy piercing directly towards the purple-robed elder.

The Heavenly Fragrance Sword Art, first move, Silver Toad Spitting Water.

A small hole was punctured through the protective shield of the purple-robed elder’s Spiritual Artifact armor at his left thigh, and Yu Qingtan took advantage of the moment to strike another Decay and Flourish Technique into the elder through the hole.

The purple-robed elder’s hair turned almost instantly white, and a decayed aura emanated from his body.

Yu Qingtan didn’t continue her attack because a huge spear glow of earthy yellow color was hurtling toward the area where she was.

Yu Qingtan had to use the Water Escape Technique to evade while simultaneously deploying the Clear Song Shattering Geese to defend herself.

Clear Song Shattering Geese was a sword move that served both offense and defense, blocking the unavoidable part of the spear glow’s power, but the Cherry Red Sword was now on the verge of collapse.

"Heavenly Fragrance Sword Art, Decay and Flourish Technique, are you a member of Tianxiang Valley? Who are you?"

The one who had just acted was naturally the Du-surnamed Foundation Establishment Cultivator. After his strike, he did not continue the attack but instead inquired.

Yu Qingtan’s ambush on the purple-robed elder actually took only a few breaths of time, but it had once again alarmed several other Foundation Establishment cultivators at the black market.

At this moment, the purple-robed elder already looked like an octogenarian or nonagenarian from the Mortal Realm, barely hanging on to life.

"Tian… Xiang… Valley, Ultimate… Path… Sect will… seek… revenge…"

Yu Qingtan did not heed their words. Seeing that the Du-surnamed Foundation Establishment Cultivator showed no intent to continue attacking, she unleashed a sword qi and finished off the purple-robed elder.

His Spiritual Artifact armor had formed a spiritual shield, which dissipated due to the lack of Spiritual Power to sustain it.

Yu Qingtan stepped forward, yanked off and stowed the purple-robed elder’s Storage Bag and Spirit Beast Pouch, then also collected his corpse.

"Fellow Daoist, conducting such wanton killing in the black market might break the rules. Even if you are from Tianxiang Valley, this shouldn’t be permissible, right?"

Seeing Yu Qingtan ignore him and kill the purple-robed elder, the Du-surnamed Foundation Establishment Cultivator felt embarrassed and spoke up again in a grave voice.

"If you want to fight, then fight; if not, scram!"

The invisibly cloaked Yu Qingtan shouted in the same middle-aged male voice as before.

She was extremely repulsed by the cultivators who had twice lent assistance to the purple-robed elder, but regrettably, with her current strength, killing a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was too difficult.

Having said her piece, Yu Qingtan used an Escape Technique to leave.

"Hmph!"

The Du-surnamed Foundation Establishment Cultivator snorted coldly but ultimately did not make another move.

The way Yu Qingtan dispatched the purple-robed elder, combined with the suspected Tianxiang Valley origins, made him very wary.

Back at her place, while her Foundation Establishment stage strength was still present, Yu Qingtan cleansed the residual Divine Sense from the Storage Bag and Spirit Beast Pouch; then, she took a short rest.

The battles of today left her constantly on edge, feeling very tired.

After a good rest, Yu Qingtan started to inspect her spoils of war.

This battle had nearly depleted her stash of over six thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones and cost her a Second Stage Escape Talisman.

However, just the purple-robed elder’s Flying Spirit Sword and Spiritual Artifact armor alone made the loot a windfall.

Both the Flying Spirit Sword and the Message-Transmitting Flying Sword were merely Second Stage Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts, valued at about 8000 and 5000 Spirit Stones respectively.

The main battle Flying Spirit Sword was a Second Stage Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact with a reddish blade and the hilt inscribed with its name, "Crimson Abyss."

The Crimson Abyss Sword was worth at least twenty thousand Spirit Stones. It was a pity that it was attuned to the fire attribute, but it was better than nothing.

Every time she used the Cherry Red Sword to execute the Heavenly Fragrance Sword Art, she couldn’t get through several moves without worrying about damaging the Cherry Red Sword.

The Spiritual Artifact armor was bluish with red patterns and named Xuan Chi Armor, also a first rank Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact.

As a defensive Spiritual Artifact, its value was higher than, if not equal to, the Crimson Abyss Sword.

The purple-robed elder’s Storage Bag was also a five-directional Storage Bag, containing over twenty-three thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones and one hundred and twenty Medium Grade Spirit Stones.

Two drops of Second Stage Spirit Dew.

One set of Second Stage Alert Defense Formation.

Three bottles of Second Stage Purple Spirit Pills, and one bottle each of Second Stage Spirit Revitalizing Pill and Healing Pill.

Three Second Stage Purifying Heart Talismans.

There were also many items unknown to Yu Qingtan and some that were of the first order.

All in all, Yu Qingtan had struck it rich.