Cultivation Kill

Shen Zige solemnly put the storage ring on her finger. Previously, when she was only at the Spirit Condensation stage, wearing it made her easy for others to covet it.

Foundation Establishment cultivators can wear them. In fact, the value of storage rings varies, depending on the size of the space inside. For example, Shen Zige's storage ring only has the space of a room, and its value is only equivalent to a spiritual artifact.

However, when cultivators at or below the Foundation Establishment stage choose between a spiritual artifact and a storage ring, most people would choose a spiritual artifact. Storage bags can also hold things, while storage rings are simply lighter and more convenient.

Of course, if the time travelers were given a choice, they would say, "Only children make choices! I want both the magical artifact and the storage ring!"

Shi Yuan stepped forward.

“Yuan Yingyun has returned to the Great Yuan Sect for some reason. When that happens, the two of us and Di Zheng will be wanted by the authorities, so we need to hurry up and escape now.”

Shi Yuan and Shen Zige, one at the peak of Spirit Condensation and the other at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, could not possibly stand against the Great Yuan Sect, which didn't even give face to the Star Realm Company!

“Yuan Yingyun used a random teleportation talisman directly, and I guess the other four people’s storage bags also have one.” Shen Zige took out three storage bags and opened them to look.

There really is something good here!

The three storage bags contained many treasures that Shen Zige had never seen before, and each storage bag contained one teleportation talisman, for a total of three.

"Do you have a teleportation talisman?" Shen Zige asked. "If not, I'll give you one. I have three."

"Yes, I also have a teleportation talisman in my storage bag."

"Hey, there's a golden teleportation talisman here." Shen Zige took out a golden talisman from her storage bag, with a teleportation array pattern engraved on it.

Shen Zige recalled that the golden teleportation talisman should belong to Yuan Yingwu.

"It should be a directional teleportation talisman. Don't use it recklessly. If you accidentally teleport to the main peak headquarters of the Great Yuan Sect, you'll be walking into a trap," Shi Yuan warned.

"I know."

Shen Zige poured everything from his storage bag into his storage ring. The bag contained materials, spirit stones, spirit tickets, and some strange bottles and jars, which he suspected were poisonous.

"Upgrade Stone!"

Shen Zige discovered something familiar and felt a surge of excitement; she could now upgrade the guiding sword to a spiritual weapon!

After the storage bags were emptied, Shen Zige threw them to Shi Yuan. Shi Yuan's storage bags were different; they could be nested.

Shi Yuan didn't stand on ceremony with Shen Zige and accepted the gift directly.

"Which way is the detective going?" Shen Zige asked.

"He jumped into the woods and ran very fast," Shi Yuan said.

The Starlight Palace is located higher than the forest, so it has a wide view. Looking out from the collapsed walls, you can see an endless forest!

It's impossible to go back now. Even if Shen Zige uses self-hypnosis, she'll probably still go after Di Zheng and Shi Yuan.

"Do you have a map and directions?" Shen Zige asked. "We'll fly to the nearby mountains on our swords; this should still be within the territory of the Great Yuan Sect."

Shi Yuan shook his head: "I don't know. This is different from the situation before we came. The Lotus Platform magic treasure must have the function of spatial teleportation."

After Shi Yuan finished speaking, he rummaged through his storage bag.

"A compass, bought at the time traveler's general store."

Shen Zige thought to herself, "You're not just buying things, you're moving the entire general store into your storage bag!"

"Will it work?" Shen Zige asked.

Shi Yuan held the compass in his palm, but saw that the needle kept turning slowly without stopping.

"We had no choice but to use the oldest method: observing the sun during the day and the stars at night."

Whether it's spiritual energy or spiritual liquid, it's collectively referred to as spiritual power within the body, meaning the source of power for cultivators.

Shen Zige waved his hand, guiding the sword into the air, waiting for him to jump on it and fly.

"Why not use upgrade stones to upgrade the sword to a spirit weapon first, and then fly on the sword? That would be faster!" Shi Yuan suggested.

Shen Zige thought he made sense.

Take out the upgrade stone and begin to melt it using fire magic.

Shi Yuan also joined in to help using fire magic.

After Shen Zige established his Dao Sound Foundation, his spiritual power and spell strength increased by at least five times compared to the peak of the Spirit Condensation stage. He completed the smelting of the advancement stone in just one hour.

The subsequent fusion and recasting phases went smoothly.

Without needing to forge it, a gleaming sword appeared before my eyes. Since the upgrade stone I obtained this time was pure black, the new guide sword was also mostly black, with other colors concentrated on the hilt.

"Does it have any special functions?" Shi Yuan asked. "I see that other spiritual artifacts have special functions. For example, the Four Seasons Flower Fan that you obtained can seal and suppress, and the tortoise shell jade tablet that I obtained can summon a tortoise shell for defense."

Shen Zige used her divine sense to guide the sword.

“It doesn’t have any special skills; it’s still just a sword.” He canceled the sword control technique.

The guide sword fell to the ground, easily piercing through the ground and disappearing into the hilt.

Shi Yuan opened his eyes: "I think its special function is sharpness!"

Shen Zige used her sword control technique again to pull the guiding sword out of the ground, leaving a black hole the size of the sword blade in the ground.

"Not bad!"

Shen Zige held the guiding sword horizontally and leaped up: "Come on, I'll take you!"

“Okay, driver.” Shi Yuan said, jumping up and landing steadily.

Shen Zige almost threw Shi Yuan down; this guy still hasn't changed his habit of always trying to take advantage of others!

Flying on a sword, startling the birds in the forest, I roam freely under the clear blue sky.

Shen Zige flew above the white clouds. Looking down, the tall trees looked like tiny black dots, and the winding mountain range resembled a long snake.

"Can we fly a little lower?" Shi Yuan felt the wind blowing fiercely beside him, and he was swaying on the sword, looking like he was about to fall off.

"Do you have a fear of heights?" Shen Zige asked in return.

"This isn't a matter of being afraid of heights. I'm only at the Spirit Condensation stage. If I were to fall from this height of ten thousand meters, I would definitely be injured," Shi Yuan said. "You're asking anyone to fly at ten thousand meters without any safety measures—"

As soon as Shen Zige finished speaking, a strong gust of wind blew in, causing him to lose his balance and fall straight down from the sky.

What I feared most has come to pass!

After falling a thousand meters, Shen Zige flew over on her sword, grabbed Shi Yuan, and then they both plummeted downwards.

"Flying at an altitude of around 300 meters is fine; you won't get hurt if you fall," Shen Zige said. "Hold on tight, I'm going to accelerate!"

A sonic boom erupted, guiding the sword to supersonic speed, causing the forest below to recede rapidly—

Shi Yuan grabbed Shen Zige in time to steady himself, but Shen Zige's clothes were torn by Shi Yuan, and the wind rushed in, scraping his skin.

After flying for two hours, even with her early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation at the seventy-two acupoints, Shen Zige no longer had the spiritual power to continue flying.

"Go down and rest for a while," Shen Zige said.

"No need, look ahead, there are mountain peaks!" Shi Yuan reminded him.

Shen Zige looked closely and indeed there was a mountain peak on the horizon, but it was quite far away and looked as small as a sesame seed from where they were!

"Let's go down and recover some spiritual energy before going over there."

Just to be on the safe side, Shen Zige decided to recover some of her spiritual power before going over.

As the sword landed in the forest, many animals scattered and fled.

"Take Qi-replenishing pills." Shi Yuan tossed two Qi-replenishing pills to Shen Zige. "Given the unpredictable nature of Yuan Yingyun, we need to act quickly."

For a Qi-replenishing pill, one pill can restore half of the spiritual power, and two pills can restore it completely; but for a Foundation Establishment cultivator, two pills can restore at most one-fifth of the spiritual power, and the rest requires slow meditation.

It can restore one-fifth of his spiritual power, which is enough for Shen Zige to use now. If he meditates, he estimates it will take several days to recover.

One Qi-replenishing pill is roughly equivalent to 10,000 spirit stones, and ten pills are worth the same as a low-grade spiritual weapon!

Elixirs and rare herbs that replenish spiritual energy during battle are extremely expensive!

Shen Zige and Shi Yuan walked towards the distant mountain peaks.

"Looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death." Although Shen Zige and Shi Yuan walked very fast, it still took them half an hour to reach the foot of the mountain.