The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 181 - 180: Miasma Valley

Chapter 181: Chapter 180: Miasma Valley

Xie Jiuniang and Xuanyuan You looked at the ground littered with demonic beast corpses.

The two exchanged glances.

And then they quickly began to scavenge.

While Xuanyuan You wasn’t paying attention, the Broken Sword flew back and entered her Contract Space.

The departure of Jian Lingyan was in obedience to Xie Jiuniang’s command, to protect those disciples who were not enemies. Xie Jiuniang wanted revenge, but had no intention of implicating the innocent, to avoid unnecessary karma.

"Are you done picking up?" Xie Jiuniang stopped.

Xuanyuan You, unable to contain his joy, "All done."

"Then let’s go. The smell of blood is overwhelming here, and there are demonic beasts coming," Xie Jiuniang reminded him.

The two jumped onto the Little Flying Boat.

Then, a Kirin Cub also stepped onto it.

The Water Kirin communicated through its consciousness, "Master, I picked up 108 demon cores, do you want them?"

It picked up more than her in such a short time?

Xie Jiuniang looked down at it in surprise, "No need, you keep them. When we leave the Secret Realm, you can exchange them for resources you need at the Sect."

"Thank you, Master." The Water Kirin was delighted and circled around her affectionately several times.

Xuanyuan You pinched a few Dust Cleansing Techniques for himself, "This Little Kirin really likes you."

"Can’t help it, who made me so outstanding."

Before Xuanyuan You could react, Xie Jiuniang added, "Let’s go find the caves of the beasts that were killed."

"Still the Little Profiteer thinking things through," Xuanyuan You thought of several Nascent Soul-strength demonic beasts, their territories must contain good things, "But how will we know the locations?"

"Don’t we have it?" Xie Jiuniang motioned towards the Water Kirin.

The Water Kirin was just a front; the real confidence came from Jian Lingyan. With just one loop around, most of them could be found.

The two humans and one beast began to scour for resources.

With Jian Lingyan to avoid danger in advance.

Xie Jiuniang successfully scavenged for a while, but alas, only three Spirit Plants that the Sect needed caught her eye. Finding the territories of several Nascent Soul-strength beasts took some time.

Xuanyuan You went from initial surprise to numbness, "Little Profiteer, this Water Kirin is impressive, finding treasures with unerring accuracy and even avoiding danger."

"Is that so?"

Xie Jiuniang looked down at the Water Kirin by her feet.

It was somewhat useful, but not much, far less than Little Jianjian. Not only that, but Little Jianjian also found a Spiritual Vein; however, Xie Jiuniang didn’t mention this to Xuanyuan You.

Jian Lingyan had already run off to dig up Spirit Stones.

Being bound by a contract, they couldn’t stray too far from one another.

Xie Jiuniang threw out a small palace, claiming she wanted to rest for a bit.

Xuanyuan You asked, "How long has it been that you’re already tired? It’s not even dark yet."

"Haven’t you noticed that it hasn’t gotten dark in a long time? It’s been over twelve hours, right?" Xie Jiuniang laid out a reclining chair, and once she lay down, she didn’t want to move.

The Water Kirin laid beside her, adopting the same languid pose.

Xuanyuan You was taken aback.

He walked under the eaves of the palace, looking up at the sky. Because they had been continuously searching for resources, they had lost track of time. Thinking back, it had indeed been a long time since the sky in the Secret Realm had darkened.

Xuanyuan You asked anxiously, "Could there be some changing happening in the Secret Realm?"

"Who knows?"

Xie Jiuniang was not as worried as he was.

She transmitted a message to Jian Lingyan to speed up but warned to stop at the right time and not to sever the Spirit Vein. As long as the Spirit Vein was not cut, it would recover over the years.

Earlier, apart from scavenging for resources, Xie Jiuniang had also learned of the conditions of certain people who had been teleported away, like Su Songting, Nangong Qi, and Gongsun Xue, and others.

Some were lucky and teleported to safe places.

Others were not so fortunate.

The misfortune came in different forms.

Some fell into swamps; some ended up in pits of miasma; or some landed right inside demonic beast dens, being chased and hunted. Like the isolated Xie Ying, who was ducking a Foundation Establishment-strength demonic beast in pursuit, looking quite ragged.

Xie Jiuniang pretended not to notice.

She didn’t show any intention of extending a helping hand.

Xuanyuan You didn’t bother her anymore and went upstairs to close himself in for cultivation.

And Xie Jiuniang, who claimed to rest on the surface, was actually spreading out her divine sense, eventually locking onto the target who had kicked her when she was down—Gongsun Xue.

Gongsun Xue was teleported to a place called Miasma Valley.

It was only three to four miles away from where Xie Jiuniang was at the moment.

Right now, Gongsun Xue had wrapped herself up tightly, only revealing a pair of eyes, and was searching for a way out of the Miasma Valley. The valley was a bit strange, judging by the looks of Gongsun Xue, it seemed like she lost her way.

Not flying with a sword?

She seemed like a cultivator whose spiritual power had been restricted.

There must be some reason behind her predicament.

Looking down from the heights into the valley, one would only see it enshrouded in grey mist, making it impossible to see clearly, and the silence all around made it not hard to sense the danger of the valley. Xie Jiuniang had asked Xuanyuan You to check earlier.

He said his divine sense couldn’t reach the bottom of the valley.

The grey mist blocked the exploration.

However, Xie Jiuniang’s divine sense had encountered no obstacles and had reached the bottom of the valley.

Could it be the uniqueness of her divine sense?

There were fortunes at the bottom of the valley, and poisonous spirit plants were everywhere.

There were several strains of detoxifying sacred herbs, like the Seven-Leaves-One-Branch-Flower she had obtained from Mo Chuan years earlier, of which there were three here. Xie Jiuniang didn’t want Gongsun Xue to get any of this stuff.

Xie Jiuniang left the little palace alone.

She moved through the mountain forest and soon arrived at the top of a cliff, looking down at the Miasma Valley below.

She activated a flight charm.

Xie Jiuniang took a detoxification pill first, then with a thought, the Time Leaf appeared in the palm of her hand.

She infused spiritual power into it to activate foresight.

[She leaped down and flew into the miasma mist with her sword.

Once inside the mist, she could see only about a yard of the scenery with her naked eye, but fortunately, her divine sense could still explore the surrounding environment.

Just as she was about to head in the direction of Gongsun Xue.

Suddenly, her hands and face began to feel itchy.

It seemed as though the detoxification pill she had taken had no effect? Only when she checked with her divine sense did she realize that the skin exposed to the air, her hands and face, were actually covered with a layer of tiny insects.

Damn!]

The next moment, Xie Jiuniang interrupted the foresight.

It was the sight of the dense insects on her body that had scared her.

Coming out of it gave her goosebumps all over, and she felt uncomfortable all over; she had not expected the area below the grey mist to be so dangerous.

Thinking of the grey insects seen in the foresight, Xie Jiuniang instinctively resisted going down.

She sat cross-legged on top of a rock.

Xie Jiuniang waited for her spiritual power to recover.

She put on a mask and donned a cloak, pulling up the hood.

She then took out a strip of cloth and wrapped her hands, trying not to expose her skin, and activated foresight once more.

[She leaped down and flew into the deep valley.

The first thing she did was to put up a spiritual force shield to keep the grey insects away from her.

As she walked on, she noticed that the insects were devouring the spiritual energy on the surface of her spiritual force shield.

This caused her to expend more spiritual power in her output.

She then took out an insect-repelling talisman, activated its power to circle around her, and in an instant, the grey insects scattered and vanished without a trace.

Just as she was about to head towards Gongsun Xue’s direction.

She passed by several spirit plants, excavating each one, then after a while, she smelled a strange fragrance and was about to head in that direction when suddenly, a cloud of black mist swept toward her...]

Xie Jiuniang once again cut off her foresight.