A life of leisure is worse than a life of flowers and splendour

Unfortunately, I was inside the formation, and with someone nearby breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I couldn't go out and try any powerful spells. I was afraid of affecting Fatty, and I was also afraid that I wouldn't be able to keep an eye on him. I could only practice using my spiritual power to do small things, like using wood spiritual power to weave a rocking chair for myself to lie in, trying to weave a cage, trying to strengthen the vines' toughness, and practicing the process before using the Explosive Flame Technique, striving to be able to condense more Explosive Flame fireballs instantly.

Tired, Du Shuangshuang simply sorted out the things she had found while searching the corpses before, and also searched the corpses she had picked up later, keeping the useful things and stuffing the useless things into the storage bag that had previously contained the corpses. She then threw the corpses aside and disposed of them with a fire.

The first two corpses contained nothing of value, just over 500 spirit stones, a pile of empty jade boxes, and several bottles of elixirs. Du Shuangshuang didn't dare try their elixirs. They were mainly from one of them; the other was even poorer, and the storage bag was quite clean. There was a formation, a banner, and some other items Du Shuangshuang couldn't identify, but they didn't look valuable. In short, besides the spirit stones and two storage bags, she couldn't even use the formation herself. It was just a pile of junk, things Du Shuangshuang had no use for or didn't know about, all piled together.

The demon cultivator he encountered last had quite a bit of stuff. He had a storage bag and a storage belt containing over a thousand magic crystals, though he had no use for them. He also had over three thousand spirit stones. He also had six earth-armored beasts, two second-tier and four first-tier, and a small jade box of earth crystal ginseng. He also had several bottles of elixirs and boxes of dried meat—no idea what they were. Du Shuangshuang didn't dare eat any of them, fearing they might be human flesh. She'd read in novels that some demon cultivators specialized in consuming the flesh and blood of cultivators. She wasn't sure if that was true, so she consigned them all to the bag of useless supplies.

Du Shuangshuang only packed up the spirit stones, earth armor beast, jade crystal ginseng, the empty jade box, and storage utensils, and put the rest into the useless storage bag.

I put the items I was going to hand in into the storage bag and sorted them out before putting them into the storage ring. The storage belt was a men's belt, quite nice, made of some animal hide, inlaid with jade and gemstones. It had quite a bit of space, but it wasn't suitable for my personal use. Du Shuangshuang tried to put it into the ring, and it actually fit.

The storage bag was just an ordinary bag with a spatial array added to it, making it a relatively low-level storage device. The storage bracelet and ring were both made from Qiankun Stone, but they also had different levels. Lower-level items could be placed inside higher-level storage equipment. Du Shuangshuang had tried it before, and her storage bag could fit inside the ring and bracelet, but the ring wouldn't fit inside the storage bracelet, and the bracelet couldn't fit inside the ring.

He had a storage bag hanging on his body for show, which contained only a dozen low-grade spirit stones, a few spirit rice cakes, and a bottle of three fasting pills.

There were 6596 pieces of wood essence left. Du Shuangshuang took out 1000 pieces and threw them into the ring. The remaining 5596 pieces were collected by Du Shuangshuang using the jade gate and put into the storage bag.

There were 1980 pieces of Ji Earth Essence of various sizes, and 500 pieces were collected and placed in the ring. The remaining 1480 pieces were placed in a jade box and put into the same storage bag.

Besides the ones he'd planted, there were 1286 jade crystal ginseng plants, large and small. He'd kept 500 of them for himself, as they would be very useful for his future bodybuilding, so he wanted to keep more. He packed the remaining 786 plants into jade boxes, affixed them with restraining talismans, and placed them in the storage bag. The bag was almost full, and he could probably fit a few dozen more. He had several more storage bags, so Du Shuangshuang didn't insist on filling them up and simply placed them in the ring.

I'd used up nearly one-fifth of my jade boxes. Luckily, I'd already saved quite a bit, and the sect had given everyone a thousand jade boxes and forbidden talismans before entering the secret realm. I'd also collected a few from several demonic cultivators, so now I had almost enough.

Geng Jin Du Shuangshuang did not use the jade box, but took out a storage bag separately, piled the things into the storage bag, and then put it into the ring.

There was too little Xin metal, so Du Shuangshuang was reluctant to take it out.

The armor and meat of the second-level earth-armored beasts were processed. There were 15 in total, and Du Shuangshuang planned to hand over 10 of them. Not counting the first-level beasts she had raised, there were a total of six, and Du Shuangshuang planned to hand them all over. The armor was directly thrown into the storage bag, and the meat was placed in the jade box and placed in the storage bag, and then placed together in the ring.

As long as he was not dead, others could not see this ring unless he took the initiative to make it appear. However, he did not know whether there was any detection equipment in the sect and whether it could be detected.

We'll see what happens with the things in the ring. If it doesn't work, just hand it in. It would be even better if you can keep it.

Everything else is easy to deal with, but what I care about most is the earth-armored beast meat. If possible, I will try to eat more of it in the secret realm. It is so delicious that I am drooling just thinking about it.

I must go there again if I have the chance. I can’t even think about getting a third-level one, but I’ll have to get a few second-level ones.

Du Shuangshuang was drooling as her spiritual sense happened to glance outside. She'd occasionally seen cultivators passing by these days, sometimes from the Daoist sect, sometimes from the Demonic sect, but she hadn't seen the few people Dao Zong knew well. She had no idea where her second uncle was, or if he was in any danger.

Suddenly, a stumbling, blood-stained figure flew through the woods on a sword. He was wearing Dao Zong's robes, a direct disciple! It was likely someone she knew. Du Shuangshuang immediately perked up and paid close attention. It didn't matter. It really was someone she knew!

Senior Sister Lingling, who was seriously injured, was stepping on branches and leaves, using her body skills to shuttle through the woods and fly towards herself. Three thousand meters, two thousand meters, she was about to fall to the ground. Du Shuangshuang clenched her hands. The two were not far away, but there was still a distance of a thousand meters, which was definitely out of reach with vines alone.

Lingling's heart was filled with despair. Was she really going to stay here? Falling into the hands of the demonic cultivators would be more terrifying than death. She hated herself for not being careful enough and falling into their trap.

Once a person lands on the ground, they will definitely leave traces, and it might not be possible to clean them up in a hurry. If they are far away, he can't do anything about it, but if they are close, Du Shuangshuang can't just watch. Without time to think about it, Du Shuangshuang directly got on the shuttle and flew out of the formation to pick up the person and then went back in. A thousand meters is a short distance, and the shuttle will take only a few breaths to go back and forth. Although the time is short, there is no guarantee that no one will see it. Du Shuangshuang's heart is beating so fast that it is about to jump out of her throat. During the whole process, her spiritual sense was fully open, and she didn't find anyone else. Du Shuangshuang couldn't help but relax. Before she could catch her breath, she saw two demon cultivators chasing her from behind. Du Shuangshuang didn't know whether the two had discovered her. According to common sense, they should not have, but she also didn't know how they determined the direction to chase her, or whether they had any special tracking methods.

Du Shuangshuang's forehead was covered in sweat, and her heart was beating faster. She glanced at Xiaopang, who was still in the Foundation Establishment stage. It had been three or four days, so Xiaopang should be almost there. She silently prayed in her heart, "Don't be discovered." Even if the other party couldn't break the formation, simply attacking it would have an impact on Xiaopang. If they discovered him and attacked the formation outside, Xiaopang had already set up a spirit gathering formation, so it shouldn't have much of an impact on him. Du Shuangshuang added a few more high-grade spirit stones to the invisibility formation. The two people chasing them were probably in the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if they were discovered, this formation would be able to withstand it.

Alas, this place is almost becoming a shelter.

Du Shuangshuang placed Senior Sister Lingling on her rattan recliner and discovered that she was seriously injured. After examination, it was found that Senior Sister Lingling not only had serious internal injuries, but also had overdrawn her magic power. Du Shuangshuang decided to treat her internal injuries first, and then let her recuperate in the formation to restore her magic power. During the treatment, Du Shuangshuang discovered that Senior Sister Lingling's wounds had strange energy fluctuations, which had been preventing her internal injuries from healing. Rejuvenation magic had little effect on her, so she stuffed her with a rejuvenation pill and a soul-replenishing pill, and continued to use the rejuvenation magic on her. After taking the pills, her injuries gradually improved, but she was still unconscious.

Only after Du Shuangshuang saw that her condition had stabilized did she have time to pay attention to the two people outside. These two people must be no simple people to have injured Senior Sister Lingling so badly.

Du Shuangshuang watched the movements outside nervously, holding two formation plates in her hands to maintain the operation of the formation.

The two demon cultivators wandered around the spot where Du Shuangshuang had picked up the person for a while, seemingly lost. They searched for something warily, their eyes trembling incessantly. They were clearly confused and frustrated at having lost track of Ling Ling. Seeing this, Du Shuangshuang breathed a sigh of relief. They must have followed the trail left by Senior Sister Ling Ling.

One of the demon cultivators frowned and muttered to himself, "How could the traces left by this person suddenly disappear? He was obviously injured so badly, how could he suddenly disappear?" As he spoke, he carefully observed the surrounding environment, trying to find some clues.

Another demon cultivator also echoed: "Yes, there is no other aura nearby. Could it be that she really disappeared out of thin air? Or has she left this place?" The two looked at each other, feeling a little tricky.

"If there was a teleportation talisman or something like that, I'm afraid he would have used it right from the start. He couldn't have waited until now. He must have hidden it, or he must have been rescued by someone."

After a heated discussion and weighing of options, everyone finally decided to continue searching. He was a direct disciple, possessing numerous equipment, including a Nascent Soul Sword Talisman. His worth must be considerable. Killing him would be a huge reward, and combined with the sect's reward, it would be a substantial sum. Furthermore, they had paid a heavy price to deal with this cultivator: one companion died instantly, and two others were gravely injured, their lives uncertain. If someone else were to take advantage of this, they would be furious.

The woman named Mu Nanyan was originally sent to deceive people, but she didn't expect that she would actually attract such a tough bone. As a result, not only was she seriously injured, but she also caused serious damage to their people. She was killed on the spot. Thinking of this, the two of them couldn't help but grit their teeth.

At this moment, they had only one thought in their minds: they must find that female cultivator!