I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 125 - 107: Inhuman Luxury

Ten miles outside Iron Palm Mountain.

Lu Nanzhi stopped and gripped the jade stone in her hand. The clear vibrations just moments ago suddenly disappeared, as she stood on the high ground looking towards the misty dense forest ahead in the mountain depression, something felt amiss.

Clang!

Two beams of sword light shot towards her from behind, Lu Nanzhi slightly tilted her face, and a wall of ice suddenly appeared behind her.

Ice shards splattered, the two approached hand in hand.

Same age, same appearance, if not for their clearly different attires, it would be hard to tell them apart.

"Lu Nanzhi, what a coincidence." Xu Qianjin flourished her light sword with a harmless smile.

Xu Qiancheng excitedly shouted with his tiger teeth showing, "Sis, stop babbling with her, let’s kill her first and then find Xie Jingshan and Song Zhi’ang."

Lu Nanzhi turned around, coldness radiated around her.

"Since we’ve met, draw your swords!"

*

Inside the tree hole.

As soon as Xie Jingshan saw Shen Huaxi, he pulled him aside and bent over.

"Quick, quick, I got slashed by a sword in the front, it’s been burning painfully all the way and I don’t know what’s going on, you must help me heal."

Yun Shang turned red and turned away, Jiang Yuebai frowned and shook her head.

"It hurts, it hurts, be gentle, gentle."

"Brother Jingshan, don’t move, there’s a broken sword blade inside, I have to help you take it out."

The previously tense and oppressive atmosphere in the tree hole became much more relaxed because of Xie Jingshan, Jiang Yuebai took Yun Shang aside and, turning her back to the groaning Xie Jingshan, asked about their experiences.

Yun Shang quickly and quietly recounted their encounter with Xie Jingshan just yesterday when he was surrounded by three sword cultivators and got a sword in his backside.

Yun Shang used a jade to track near Xie Jingshan, released insects from the dark, and called for Thunder Fire to support, only then did they repel the three sword cultivators.

"Before we entered the array, the jade reacted to another direction too, but this side was closer and more intense, so we... we came in." Yun Shang said reluctantly.

Jiang Yuebai nodded, "The other side must be Anan, I just hope she doesn’t get trapped again, there’s still time to go around, by the way."

Jiang Yuebai took out a spiritual rat and handed it to Yun Shang, "You better manage your cowardly stinky rat, it just pretends to be dead when I ask it to find the array’s eye."

The spiritual rat turned over and came to life in Yun Shang’s arms, squeaking pitifully.

Yun Shang tapped the nose of the spiritual rat, "Who told you to misbehave, not working and still wanting food from me, I don’t keep idle beasts under me."

As soon as she finished speaking, the spiritual rat’s eyes turned, and it went limp, flipping over and fainting again.

Yun Shang:......

Jiang Yuebai sighed, "Better roast it when we get back."

Yun Shang awkwardly stuffed the spiritual rat back into the spiritual beast bag, "No problem, Thunder Fire is not afraid of the outside mayflies, perhaps it can help you find the array’s eye."

"No rush, a three-ringed array will have three array eyes, indistinct and hard to discern, it’s best we catch both ends. Xie Jingshan, you’re good to go?"

"Ah ah! Ah? Good, good, I’m good now."

Jiang Yuebai squinted and turned secretly peeking, Xie Jingshan was tidying his clothes, his face flushed, saying to Shen Huaxi, "Nice craftsmanship, doesn’t hurt at all now, it actually feels quite nice."

"Ahem~ Brother Jingshan, watch your words, both senior sisters are here." Shen Huaxi said awkwardly.

Xie Jingshan looked baffled, "What’s it matter if they’re here, I didn’t say anything."

"Alright, let’s talk business, Xie Jingshan, come with me."

Jiang Yuebai pulled Xie Jingshan aside, set up three sound insulation arrays behind Shen Huaxi before asking, "Do you still have the mid-grade fire spiritual stone I gave you before?"

Xie Jingshan nodded, "Still there, you want to use it?"

"What grade is your magic sword?"

"Ah? No, not any particular grade." Xie Jingshan unnaturally hid the sword behind him.

Jiang Yuebai asked earnestly, "I need to use your sword as the array eye to break through, it’s crucial, you’d better tell me the truth."

Xie Jingshan stared at Jiang Yuebai for a moment before taking out the sword, "I told you, you’re not allowed to laugh at me. My sword isn’t a magic artifact but a quasi-spiritual artifact refined by my Old Ancestor, sealed with a trace of Huo Dou Essence Blood. It looks like a Fiery Sun Sword on the outside, so you can’t tell. But I definitely don’t rely on its power to bully others; my battle ranking was achieved through my real skills, truly, I’m not lying..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Yuebai snatched the sword out of his hand.

"Huo Dou is a fire element dog spirit, legend has it that he’s the Fire God’s envoy. What kind of shop does your family run that they can find nearly extinct things like this?" Jiang Yuebai was deeply shocked.

Xie Jingshan scratched his head awkwardly, "Not much, just refined a sliver thinner than a hair strand. I can’t yet unleash the power of this Essence Blood, only rely on this sword to convert the fire element sword qi with Huo Dou’s aura, which is stronger than usual spiritual fire. Also, it’s just a quasi-postnatal spiritual artifact; I need it to undergo heavenly tribulation when I form my core before it becomes a true acquired spiritual artifact."

Jiang Yuebai carefully inspected the crimson long sword, a magic artifact above is a magic treasure, and above a magic treasure is an acquired spiritual artifact.

The spiritual artifact is embedded with micro arrays that are self-circulating and can connect with heaven and earth’s power, even a Nascent Soul True Monarch may not own one.

"Xie Jingshan, if you weren’t my friend, I would have killed you to seize the treasure."

Xie Jingshan rolled his eyes, "If you weren’t my friend, I wouldn’t have told you the truth. Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch couldn’t see through the reality of my sword."

Jiang Yuebai beamed with delight, "With your sword as the array core, this Mayfly Dragon Binding Array can be broken. Give me all the fire spirit stones you have on you."

Xie Jingshan rummaged around, in addition to the three hundred mid-grade fire spiritual stones Jiang Yuebai had originally given him, he found three top-grade fire spirit stones.

The top-grade fire spirit stones burned silently like pure flames in Xie Jingshan’s palm, their pure fire spiritual energy made Jiang Yuebai’s Dantian contract intensely, yearning strongly.

"Xie Jingshan, your family’s shop is not that simple, right? With spiritual artifacts and top-grade spirit stones, you’re really wealthy, aren’t you afraid I would kill you?"

"A quasi-spiritual artifact isn’t a spiritual artifact! If you would really kill me for this little money, then I’ve misjudged you."

Jiang Yuebai took the top-grade fire spirit stones, "Only you would consider this little money! Once the competition is over, I want to check out your family’s shop. Do you have any other fire element magic artifacts or magic treasures on you?"

Xie Jingshan shook his head, "Really none, a sword cultivator only cultivates one sword in a lifetime, so of course, I want to be pure. So, there’s only the sword and spirit stones, a few bottles of elixir, and I don’t need materials to cast the sword, so I don’t have spiritual ore either. Also, my Old Ancestor set a restriction on the sword, only I can activate it."

"Understood, once the array forms, I’ll have you wreak havoc everywhere."

Jiang Yuebai returned the sword to Xie Jingshan, stored the spirit stones, removed the sound insulation array, and briefly explained her plan to Yun Shang and Shen Huaxi.

"The Mayfly Dragon Binding Array is a water array. Although gold and water form a triple loop, its fatal flaw is lacking fire defense. Elder Lii told me, everything in the world has its counter. Even though water suppresses fire, if the fire is strong enough, it can suppress water in return."

"This array uses gold to generate water, moisten wood with water; water holds the balance. If I can seize its wood spirit energy to aid fire energy, I can burn through this array. Initially, I only had a thirty percent chance, but..."

Jiang Yuebai glanced at Xie Jingshan, "Xie Jingshan’s sword is good, and he has a fire spirit root. With his help, I have a seventy percent chance to break the array. However, there is still a problem."

"Oh, stop keeping us in suspense, just tell us quickly," Xie Jingshan urged.

Shen Huaxi patted Xie Jingshan to calm him, "If Senior Sister Jiang needs help, feel free to ask."

Yun Shang nodded, "I can help too."

Jiang Yuebai said, "Hee Wangchen is well-versed in array dao. To ensure foolproof success, I need to split the forces and find the array master Hee Wangchen, to prevent him from having the chance to change the formation. Junior Brother Shen, this task can only be entrusted to you."

"What?" Before Shen Huaxi could respond, Xie Jingshan questioned, "Shen Huaxi is a medical cultivator, he doesn’t have the ability to battle the array, he..."

Jiang Yuebai shot him a glance, Xie Jingshan reluctantly closed his mouth, while Yun Shang quietly observed them.

Shen Huaxi chuckled, "Senior Sister Jiang, you and I have no grievances, so why do you always guard against me and resist knowing? I just helped you, and now you’re eager to send me away?"

Jiang Yuebai replied cautiously, "Junior Brother Shen misunderstood, I think only you can do it because I’ve witnessed your concealment techniques. Moreover, I’ll have Yun Shang lend you her eighth-level spiritual beast Thunder Fire to help find Hee Wangchen and fend off any other persons you might encounter. If it seems impossible, just come back."

"Why doesn’t Yun Shang accompany Shen Huaxi?"

"Xie Jingshan, you..."

"That works too."

Shen Huaxi agreed, Jiang Yuebai wished she could strangle Xie Jingshan but thought better of it to avoid affecting his competition, so she didn’t remind him.

Initially, she planned to let Shen Huaxi go alone, hoping he would die midway, but now Yun Shang had to go too.

Shen Huaxi spoke directly to Yun Shang, "Senior Sister Yun, it’ll be tough for you, I will follow behind to support and treat you."

"What?"

Yun Shang was dumbfounded; she had just been watching the underlying tension amongst the three, pondering if there was something going on and imagining half a story from a script, and suddenly she was pulled into it.

Things had already progressed to this point; Yun Shang prioritized the bigger picture and didn’t oppose.

Jiang Yuebai couldn’t be too obvious, so she secretly instructed Yun Shang to be cautious of her back, and to return promptly if there was danger, watching them leave the tree hollow together and disappear into the white fog.

In the tree hollow, only Xie Jingshan remained. Jiang Yuebai glared at him, "You sit still with your sword in the center, no matter what happens, do not move. Inject as much fire spiritual energy as possible into the sword."

Then, Jiang Yuebai took out a large number of array plates for the Wood Array and Fenghuo Formation, centering on the tree hollow, and began arraying.