I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 197 - 169: Unexpected Gains

Jiang Yuebai remained unfazed, noticing over a dozen chain fragments scattered around, covered in verdigris, exuding an aura stronger than any magic treasure she’d seen.

Moreover, within the baby’s wrist folds, there was a copper bracelet of the same material.

The baby noticed Jiang Yuebai’s gaze, looked down at its wrist, and its innocent expression vanished. Suddenly, it leaped up, baring sharp teeth, pouncing towards Jiang Yuebai.

A dark red fire ring emanated from Jiang Yuebai, and before the baby could get close, it was forcefully knocked back. The Earth Evil Fire ignited its body, causing it to let out a shrill howl and roll on the ground.

The whole body melted like a candle, suppressing the Evil Fire.

It lifted its collapsed face, glaring at Jiang Yuebai with fear and malice.

Jiang Yuebai made a slight move, and the baby spat out a yellow, viscous liquid.

The Fire Silk instantly spread out, burning the yellow liquid into black smoke. As the smoke rose and touched the leaves above, the leaves immediately corroded into mud.

Jiang Yuebai retracted the Fire Silk, and the baby had already disappeared.

"What kind of monster is this?"

There was a commotion from the center of the Ten Thousand Poison Forest. Jiang Yuebai didn’t chase the baby, rapidly collecting the dozen or so chain fragments around her.

Just as she hid behind a tree, there was a loud explosion, and amidst the flying sparks and splintered wood, a figure burst out and heavily crashed by a pond, its aura very weak.

The person’s face was covered by disheveled hair, with the upper body charred and full of gaping wounds, while the lower body was missing.

Jiang Yuebai’s expression slightly trembled, immediately rushing out from behind the tree.

Moh Baichun suddenly lifted his head, his eyes fierce, raised his hand, and shot out a sleeve dart. It exploded mid-air into countless flying needles, their tips glinting with poison.

Jiang Yuebai spun around, the Fire Silk igniting the Earth Evil Fire, blocking all the poison needles.

"Elder Moh, do you still remember this item?"

Jiang Yuebai held up the Puppet Wooden Doll that Moh Baichun had given her years ago. Moh Baichun’s pupils contracted sharply, and his raised arm froze in mid-air.

"She’s over there!"

Shouts rang out as a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment and a Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator charged together.

Seeing Jiang Yuebai, the two male cultivators showed no hesitation, unleashing their deadly moves, determined to kill both Jiang Yuebai and the severely injured Moh Baichun.

Jiang Yuebai’s eyes narrowed, knowing that in the Ten Thousand Poison Forest, there were all sorts of people looking to pick a fortune. She immediately swung out the Tailang Whip.

The Earth Evil Fire Wave surged and roared, shattering all the magic artifacts of the two.

Before they could react, the Shadow Moon Mother and Child Blades emerged from the fire wave, aiming straight for their faces.

The two were aghast, dodging separately, finally escaping the undetectable attack of the crescent moon shapes, only to see, beyond the dispersed fire wave, six identical figures scattered around, each holding a Talisman Treasure, fully activated.

The Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator quickly summoned a silver bell, shaking it vigorously.

The clear bell sound stirred up waves of sound, jolting Jiang Yuebai’s Divine Sense, her spiritual energy injected into the Talisman Treasure was immediately disrupted, the five illusion bodies dissipating under the sonic waves.

The Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator tossed up a golden seal, which expanded several times above Jiang Yuebai’s head, crashing down with the power of the Five Mountains Collapsing.

Boom!

Trees toppled, soil and rocks shattered, creating a large pit in the ground.

Jiang Yuebai dragged Moh Baichun using the Sky-Breaking Flash, stumbling to a distant spot, a Cannibal Flower from above snapping at them, only to be severed by Jiang Yuebai with a single stroke.

The commotion was too great, the opponents feared attracting more people, relentlessly pursuing, attacking with all their might.

With the people getting closer, Jiang Yuebai prepared to draw her sword to counter, but was held back by Moh Baichun.

"Wait... a little longer."

Jiang Yuebai looked down, noticing Moh Baichun’s other hand with five fingers dug into the soil, poised to strike.

The two approached within thirty meters, Jiang Yuebai gripped the Evil Wind Saber tightly.

In the blink of an eye, within ten meters, Moh Baichun’s grip on Jiang Yuebai tightened.

Three meters away, murderous intent approached, the glow of the magic artifacts in the two’s hands piercing Jiang Yuebai’s eyes.

"Now!"

Moh Baichun released his hand, Jiang Yuebai saw the two strangely frozen in place, her Divine Sense faintly sensing invisible threads emerging from the ground, tightly binding the two, suppressing their Divine Sense and Spiritual Energy.

Jiang Yuebai stood up, drawing her sword, the Evil Wind Saber enveloped in Earth Evil Fire Qi, silently, slashing out a red streak of Sword Aura.

The two opened their eyes in horror, their bodies along with their protective magical artifacts being sliced into three pieces, crashing to the ground.

Moh Baichun relaxed entirely, fainting, his aura growing weaker.

Jiang Yuebai glanced into the depths of the Ten Thousand Poison Forest, quickly collecting the items on the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, the Soul Bottle storing their souls, the Fire Bomb Talisman burning their bodies.

In one swift motion, she returned to Moh Baichun’s side, conjuring five ghostly shadows around her.

Jiang Yuebai cut her palm, using her blood as a guide, single-handedly forming seals, the Five Ghosts swirling around, transforming into black mist enveloping the two of them.

Five Ghosts Shifting Technique!

The black mist dissipated, leaving no trace of the two by the pond.

Three Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived swiftly, searching the area briefly, shaking their heads, and proceeded to track in other directions.

After the three left, two more Foundation Establishment cultivators came, also found nothing, and continued searching elsewhere.

A hundred miles away.

Jiang Yuebai summoned the Flying Core Boat, using the Stealth Array to conceal their trail, quickly leaving the Ten Thousand Poison Forest with Moh Baichun.

The sky above the Ten Thousand Poison Forest roared continuously, with all the Golden Core Masters in a frenzy; those few Golden Cores who escaped from the relic probably wouldn’t survive.

Jiang Yuebai fed Moh Baichun a Nine Flower Jade Dew Pill, seeing her aura gradually steadied, she was finally relieved.

With Moh Baichun’s duration of unconsciousness uncertain, Jiang Yuebai meditated for a while, recovering her Spiritual Energy, before taking out the storage bags of the two Foundation Establishment cultivators to check.

Over a thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, various elixirs and talismans, the bell magical artifact that interrupted her casting, and the golden seal magical artifact that nearly crushed her, along with a sword and a saber, nothing particularly special.

What surprised Jiang Yuebai was that these two Foundation Establishment cultivators had acquired many magic treasure fragments, their aura similar to the chain fragments she found.

Besides that, there was an old, beast skin pouch.

"These two had quite the quick hands for looting; let’s see what good things you’ve stumbled upon."

Jiang Yuebai cut open the seal, pouring out a cracked bone scroll and a fist-sized, deep blue stone from within.

As Jiang Yuebai’s gaze fell on the stone, her vision began to blur, her Sea of Consciousness agitated, as if about to stir up a storm.

She hurriedly put away the stone, deciding to inspect it in a safe place later.

"A bone scroll? Could the sect from the relic be an Evil Dao Sect? With such a significant crack, it’s unclear whether the information inside is complete."

Jiang Yuebai picked up the bone scroll, imbuing her Divine Sense, seeing some Turtle Shell Script, she deciphered it word by word.

""Divine Soul Birth Thought Technique", Divine Soul Visualization, Divine Sense Birth Thought, diverging multiple Divine Thoughts, supplemented by the Soul-Shaking Stone to enhance the Divine Thought, allows simultaneous manipulation of multiple magic artifacts..."

The following characters were blurred and indistinct, Jiang Yuebai tried repeatedly, but it remained the same.

"If this method is real, it’s indeed valuable!"

She couldn’t activate the Talisman Treasure earlier, not only because the bell magical artifact interrupted her Divine Sense, but also because she couldn’t multitask in operating other magic artifacts.

If she could truly split off another Divine Thought, she could focus on activating the Talisman Treasure while also controlling other magic artifacts for combat.

It would be like becoming two people!

Jiang Yuebai grasped the bone scroll tightly, "I must find a way to repair the bone scroll; it records the information using an array, perhaps I could consult True Monarch Fuyi."

The unexpected loot brought joy to Jiang Yuebai’s heart, she carefully stored everything away.

"Ahem~"

Hearing the sound, Jiang Yuebai walked into the boat cabin, finding Moh Baichun already awake, lying on her back, holding her Dantian, her face pale.

"Elder Moh, what happened to your cultivation..."

Moh Baichun smiled wryly, sitting up, "Disturbing the Tai Sui truly brings misfortune, my Golden Core has cracked, temporarily falling to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment. If you wish to kill me and seize my treasures, now is the best time."

Moh Baichun lifted her gaze to Jiang Yuebai, eyes filled with scrutiny.