In the shadowy Dense Forest, a stunning Young Woman in a bright yellow dress darted swiftly through the trees, her figure flickering in and out of sight.
Under the pitch-black night, she looked like something out of a dream.
“Pretty lucky, caught a Body Tempering Realm Ferocious Beast.
That should be enough for Ruo Shui to eat.”
Xiao Minghuang’s face lit up with joy as she returned to the Camp.
Ye Ruoshui had already set up the Tent, started a campfire, and laid out all the pots and pans, just waiting for Xiao Minghuang to bring back the prey.
As soon as she saw Xiao Minghuang’s figure appear, the little girl immediately ran up to her.
“You’re lucky, you got a Body Tempering Realm Ferocious Beast!” Xiao Minghuang smiled slightly and took the Ferocious Beast’s corpse out of her Storage Bag.
“Your Highness, you’ve worked hard.
Take a break!” Ye Ruoshui took the ingredients and gently reminded her.
But Xiao Minghuang shook her head.
“This place is unfamiliar and might not be safe.
I need to go patrol.”
“Be careful, Your Highness.”
Xiao Minghuang nodded, turned, and disappeared into the Dense Forest.
In fact, besides patrolling, she had a more important reason.
Ever since the Opportunity-guiding Compass had been activated, she’d only found one Opportunity in the Great Xia Capital, and nothing since.
But just now, while she was hunting, the long-silent Compass suddenly started to shake, pointing in a direction.
After settling Ye Ruoshui, Xiao Minghuang immediately followed the Compass’s guidance.
…
After some time exploring, Xiao Minghuang arrived at a hidden Mountain Cave.
The Mountain Cave was damp, with slippery green moss covering the rock walls, as if it was often soaked in water.
As she went deeper, she finally found the Treasure hidden inside.
It was a Water Lingzhi that had grown for a hundred years.
It grew in a cold pool, the air thick with moisture.
Its leaves were crystal clear, the stem pure white and flawless, obviously packed with medicinal power.
“This is really good stuff!” Xiao Minghuang picked the Water Lingzhi, put it in her Storage Bag, and smiled.
“Looks like I should get out more.
If I just stay home, it’s hard to run into any Opportunity.”
Just as Xiao Minghuang was about to head back, the Compass started moving again.
“There’s another Opportunity!” Xiao Minghuang paused, then quickly reacted.
She immediately followed the Compass’s guidance and kept going.
This time, the Opportunity was farther away.
Xiao Minghuang walked for nearly half an hour and still hadn’t arrived.
“Looks like this Opportunity is right at the edge of the Compass’s detection range.”
As Xiao Minghuang kept moving forward, the Compass finally stopped spinning.
What she saw was a Mountain Cave taller than a person, hidden behind a huge boulder.
It was extremely well concealed—if not for the Compass, Xiao Minghuang would never have found it.
Xiao Minghuang walked into the cave, guessing to herself, “Could it be another Spiritual Medicine?” But after just a few steps, she heard a commotion.
After reaching the Qi Refining Realm, Xiao Minghuang’s Divine Sense had improved, and she could hear the sounds deep in the Mountain Cave clearly.
“Second Brother, among the people we caught this time, there’s a woman at Body Tempering Seventh Realm.
Please let me have her.
The Cultivation Method I practice needs women with Cultivation for their yin energy.”
“If you want, I won’t take a share next time!” “Third Brother, as long as Big Brother agrees, Second Brother has no objections!” …
Hearing the voices from inside the Mountain Cave, Xiao Minghuang frowned.
“Looks like this is a bandit den?” “A Cultivation Method that needs Cultivation… Could this be the Stronghold of Beiyang City’s Evil Cultivators?” Xiao Minghuang thought for a moment, her expression changing.
Beiyang City sat at the border between the Northern Mountains and the Great Xia plains, wedged between towering mountains.
Other than a few scattered villages along the main road, the rest was wild, uninhabited Forest.
If a few Evil Cultivators hid in the Forest, even a massive search would have a hard time finding any trace of them.
But as luck would have it—
These Evil Cultivators, or maybe this Mountain Cave itself, was hiding some kind of Opportunity, and Xiao Minghuang had followed the Compass right to them.
“Look everywhere and find nothing, then stumble on it without effort.”
Xiao Minghuang sighed.
She’d come here to wipe out the Evil Cultivators of Beiyang City, and hadn’t expected to run into them so soon.
The next moment, she suppressed her presence, lightened her steps, and quietly crept deeper into the cave.
After turning a corner, Xiao Minghuang saw a faint light.
Getting closer, she spotted a burly Strong Man radiating the aura of Body Tempering Seventh Realm, leaning against a rock and dozing off.
Xiao Minghuang sniffed, and a foul, bloody smell hit her nose.
“That smell… doesn’t seem like an animal.
Is it human blood?” Her gaze landed on the Strong Man—the stench was coming from him.
“Just the person I need to question.”
Xiao Minghuang’s figure flickered, and in the next instant, she was standing on the table behind the Strong Man.
The Strong Man seemed to hear something, shifted a bit, and mumbled, “Don’t mess around, little beauty.
I’m tired today.
I’ll love you tomorrow.”
Standing on the table, Xiao Minghuang’s eyes flashed coldly.
She raised her arm, and a faint golden light appeared at her fingertip.
After reaching the Qi Refining Realm, she could already channel Spiritual Energy outside her body.
Even without touching her enemy, she could take their life.
A faint Golden Light wrapped around slender fingertips, pressing against the back of Strong Man’s neck.
It seemed to carry an immense force, making the burly man completely unable to move.
All of a sudden.
Strong Man jolted awake.
Before he could figure out what had happened, he felt a tremendous power clamping down on the vertebrae at the back of his neck.
It seemed like with just a bit more pressure, his head would be separated from his body!
“I ask, you answer.
If you lie even once, you die on the spot!”
In the pitch-black Mountain Cave, Xiao Minghuang’s voice sounded calm, but it was as chilling as the midnight reaper, coming to claim souls.
“…Yes.” Strong Man stammered.
“Who are you people? What are you doing here?”
“We’re Cultivators from near Beiyang City.
We came to the mountains to hunt Ferocious Beast.
Since the City is too far, we stayed in the Mountain Cave for the night.”
Xiao Minghuang said flatly, “Oh? Is that so?”
The pressure on the back of Strong Man’s neck grew even stronger, making his heart pound with fear.
He trembled as he said, “…Yes, yes! Female Hero, please don’t kill the innocent.”
“That’s not right, is it? Those civilians you kidnapped and killed so cruelly—aren’t they the real innocents?”
Her words were laced with killing intent.
The murderous aura was so intense, it was like a sharp Sword, almost piercing through Strong Man’s body.
Under such heavy pressure, Strong Man shook uncontrollably, barely able to stand.
A stream of foul liquid ran down his pant leg.
At the same time.
Xiao Minghuang noticed that besides the thick smell of blood in the Emptiness, there was now a sharp, pungent stench.
She covered her nose, impatiently saying, “This is your last chance.
Tell the truth, now, or die!”
This time, the Strong Man didn’t dare hide anything.
He told her everything, detail by detail.
After a round of interrogation, Xiao Minghuang had a general understanding of what was going on in this Mountain Cave.
