The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 411 - 410: Secret Realm Slaughter God

Chapter 411: Chapter 410: Secret Realm Slaughter God

Xie Jiuniang had a very big question in her heart.

Several members of the Nalan Family had entered, and logically, faced with such danger, they should have crushed the Secret Realm Token and left, rather than losing their lives here. However, this question concerned the private affairs of others, and she wasn’t the kind to blurt out such inquiries.

Xie Jiuniang threw out a Puppet to scavenge the spoils of war and then handed the three bandits’ Storage Bags to Nalan Youfang, "Take a look inside the Storage Bags to see if there are any keepsakes from your clan members."

Nalan Youfang took them with tears, only removed her clan member’s keepsakes, and returned the other items to Xie Jiuniang.

"I don’t want them, you keep them," Xie Jiuniang didn’t need these items.

Nalan Youfang said, "There are also eight strands of Dragon Breath Grass in there."

"Mhm, I know," Xie Jiuniang shook her head.

Nalan Youfang choked up with tears, "Do you not know how rare Dragon Breath Grass is, which can be used to refine Calming Pills, outside?"

Xie Jiuniang nodded, "I know."

The hand that Nalan Youfang used to hold the three Storage Bags tightened, and her tears could no longer be held back, "If we had found enough Dragon Breath Grass sooner, they wouldn’t have had to die..."

"Enough, you mean how many?"

"We need ten, just ten for the family task, which would suffice for the clan’s use for a hundred years, this requirement is already very low. Yet, we’ve spent over a month and only got two, and no one in the clan dared to leave, wuwu."

It wasn’t that they couldn’t leave early.

Before entering the Secret Realm, they had sworn an oath: they would not leave the Secret Realm without completing their task.

Sect Disciples are each required ten strands, and here was a group of people needing ten strands together, who couldn’t leave the Secret Realm without finding them—how could they face the family?

Xie Jiuniang found this reasoning indescribably frustrating.

A sense of family honor was not wrong, but being too strong could also be a problem. For some reason, she thought this approach was quite foolish, yet it was a widespread phenomenon in the current Cultivation World.

It was probably her own issue that made her feel this was wrong.

Nalan Youfang, knowing she’d taken advantage of Xie Jiuniang, still accepted the items with gratitude.

The only ones who had entered the Secret Realm this time were herself and Uncle You, and for the two of them, getting another eight strands of Dragon Breath Grass was nearly impossible, mainly because they couldn’t defeat the guarding Demonic Beasts.

Xie Jiuniang observed their injuries, both quite severe, "With the injuries the two of you have, they won’t heal within ten days to half a month. It’s almost impossible to find a safe place to heal in the Secret Realm. Do you want to leave the Secret Realm early?"

"Should we leave early?" asked Nalan Youfang, her heart not willing to accept this.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t make the decision for her; she only suggested, "This depends on you, I’m just giving an opinion."

Nalan Youfang turned and looked at Uncle You, "What do you think, Uncle You?"

"Miss, the task for the Dragon Breath Grass is enough; let’s leave the Secret Realm. Our current condition will only burden Yuanxi," Nalan You spoke a blunt truth.

Nalan Youfang was jolted to realization, stood up, and bowed to Xie Jiuniang, "A life-saving grace, I shall never forget."

"You’re too polite, Sister Youfang,"

Xie Jiuniang told her to take care.

Nalan Youfang and her companion crushed the Token to leave.

Xie Jiuniang looked in a particular direction.

The scent of blood had attracted some Demonic Beasts, heading this way. She didn’t linger and chose to fly away on her sword.

In the following days, Xie Jiuniang continued wandering in the Secret Realm.

The Dragon Gate Secret Realm, which was extraordinarily dangerous to others, posed almost no threat to her. The reason was she would avoid any dangerous places and if a threat presented itself, she’d escape first.

Whenever people harbored malice towards her, she would deliberately show up as if to say, ’Jiang Taigong fishes for those who wish to be caught.’

A month went by, and she watched plenty of exciting events.

Struggles, betrayals, and killings, and more were staged daily in the Secret Realm.

Xie Jiuniang was quite a wonder.

Some had seen her being chased after multiple assassination attempts, yet not long after, she was back on her feet, lively and well, while those who pursued her never appeared again... The thought alone was terrifying.

Later on, Xie Jiuniang became a formidable killing god.

Her deeds spread through the Secret Realm, and nobody dared to chase after her anymore, even the Sect Golden Core Cultivators who had initially targeted her. Upon hearing news of her, they would walk in the opposite direction.

Today, as Xie Jiuniang was strolling around, she happened upon Zhan Chengxiu and three Sect Disciples being chased by a Nascent Soul strength Demonic Beast.

Xie Jiuniang lent a hand.

After escaping danger, they went to rest at Xie Jiuniang’s Law House.

As several people chatted leisurely, they touched upon a certain rumor.

Xie Jiuniang said angrily, "Who’s spreading these rumors? When did I become a killing god?"

"Exactly! The rumormonger has malicious intentions. My master has simply encountered a lot of robbers, that’s all," Jian Lingyan was equally indignant.

No wonder there hasn’t been a single mosquito in the past few days.

So, there were rumors being spread behind her back, how despicable!

The Sect Disciples looked at each other, bewildered. Wasn’t it true?

Zhan Chengxiu cleared his throat and said, "Junior Sister Yuanxi, this is just hearsay that we’ve come upon, don’t take it to heart."

"How can I not mind? Now there’s no one left who wants to kill me, and I’ve only scrounged up nine stalks of Dragon Breath Grass, still one short." Xie Jiuniang had not been focused on her duties since arriving in the Secret Realm, but instead had been preoccupied with dealing with the people arranged by the families, and she had not spent time looking for Dragon Breath Grass.

The nine stalks of Dragon Breath Grass she had were all spoils of war.

Zhan Chengxiu said despondently, "Dragon Breath Grass is hard to find, I’ve only found five stalks, and sometimes, even when I find them, I can’t defeat the Demonic Beasts guarding them."

Where Dragon Breath Grass grew, it was often in the territories of higher-order Demonic Beasts. Calculating the time, only half a month remained until the Secret Realm’s closure.

Zhan Chengxiu didn’t have ten stalks of Dragon Breath Grass, but he had found other opportunities, so this trip to the Secret Realm wasn’t entirely a loss for him.

The other three Sect Disciples were speechless about Zhan Chengxiu.

They focused on the wrong thing. The key point in the Little Profiteer’s words wasn’t the Dragon Breath Grass, but the absence of robbers.

Truly a formidable killing god!

Fishing in the Secret Realm, specifically targeting those who prey on others.

But having only nine stalks of Dragon Breath Grass was much less than expected; with the usual counter-looting, it shouldn’t be just this little.

They didn’t know that apart from the family members of several big families, all the Golden Core Cultivators who were hired with resources had to make a blood oath before entering the Secret Realm, prioritizing the assassination of Xie Jiuniang above all else. Thus, before killing Xie Jiuniang, they wouldn’t deliberately seek other fortunes.

Since the Dragon Breath Grass grew in areas controlled by high-order Demonic Beasts, to maintain their strength to kill Xie Jiuniang, they wouldn’t engage in unnecessary activities.

The nine stalks that Xie Jiuniang managed to gather were indeed from those families’ members.

Just as Xie Jiuniang was about to say something, suddenly...

"Brat, come find this Emperor in the Spiritless Ground," the Demon Emperor conveyed a message through their contract.

Xie Jiuniang was taken aback.

She tried contacting the Demon Emperor, "Senior Demon Emperor, weren’t you in Snake Abyss? How did you end up in the Spiritless Ground?"

After a while, the Demon Emperor did not respond.

Xie Jiuniang’s eyebrows knitted together as she looked towards the direction of the Spiritless Ground.

Earlier, while scouring the Secret Realm for people, she had passed by the peripheries of various dangerous places and had also passed by the Spiritless Ground, but she did not step foot inside.

The Demon Emperor went to the Spiritless Ground?

Then there must be something he needs inside.