My Fairy Growth System

"I've really taken a loss this time!"

In the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, Yu Qingtan, whose injuries had mostly healed, thought.

With the foundation of Body Refinement at the stage of Foundation Establishment and after consuming a Healing Pill, it took only the time it takes an incense stick to burn for Yu Qingtan to be able to barely channel her Spiritual Power.

Under the effects of the Rejuvenation Spell, the Purification Spell, and the Decay and Flourish Technique, after less than the time it takes another incense stick to burn, her injuries had essentially healed.

Especially the Decay and Flourish Technique, "Decay" could cause enemies to age rapidly while "Flourish" could make one's own vitality burst forth.

As long as Yu Qingtan wasn't killed in an instant, her recovery ability was unspeakably strong.

Regrettably, due to Wang Ziru's self-destruction, she had lost many Spiritual Artifacts, including the Cloudflow Boat and the golden armor, but hadn't managed to salvage any spoils of war from Wang Ziru's body.

Even if it was just a Third Stage Heavenly Demon's self-destruction through its Demon Core, the power was comparable to a strike from a Late Stage of the Golden Core Cultivator.

If not for the cunning Yu Qingtan keeping enough distance, this incarnation would have definitely been annihilated.

After dealing with traces of the battle, Yu Qingtan picked up Xiao Tao and flew on her sword toward the earlier direction of that small lake.

Upon arrival, as expected, Yan Xi and the others were still unconscious.

Luckily, the previous presence of the Third Stage Heavenly Demon was so formidable that, for the moment, no other Cultivators or Demonic Beasts had come by.

The protective shield formed by Yan Xi's Ancient Treasure bracelet had also dissipated.

Yu Qingtan gathered up all the Storage Bags belonging to the Loose Cultivators and Yan Xi.

"Consider this compensation for rescuing you from the Heavenly Demon."

After all, she still did not take Yan Xi's Charm Treasure and Ancient Treasure bracelet.

Looking at Yan Xi's face, Yu Qingtan overcame her scruples, stripped off Yan Xi's goose yellow dress, leaving her exposed and in disarray.

"Smack–smack–"

Two resounding slaps landed on Yan Xi's face.

Then, she cast the Invisibility Technique and Breath-Concealing Technique and hid in the waters of the lake.

She had always remembered the grudge of Yan Xi's whip.

Yan Xi's face bore the prints of two palms, and her cheeks swelled.

Feeling the pain, Yan Xi gradually came to her senses.

Her face felt scorching with pain.

She took a look at herself.

"Ah–"

Yan Xi let out a piercing, high-pitched scream.

Feeling that something was amiss, she carefully checked herself.

Seeing that the dreadful things she imagined hadn't happened, Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

She surveyed her surroundings and only saw many unconscious Cultivators.

Wang Ziru and the man she had forced up from the ground had vanished without a trace.

"What happened?"

Yan Xi was somewhat confused but seemed to have temporarily escaped danger.

"Could it have been that male Cultivator who rescued us? But who took my Storage Bag and hit my face?"

Yan Xi was in turmoil, but she pushed those thoughts aside, tidied up her clothes and used a Rejuvenation Spell to heal the palm prints and swelling on her face.

Afterward, she started to help her fellow sect members recover.

By this time, Yu Qingtan, who enjoyed the show, had already left the small lake and continued to explore the Secret Realm.

On her way, she counted the contents of the Storage Bags belonging to Yan Xi and the others.

In total, there were 500,000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones, 800 Medium Grade Spirit Stones, three Second Stage Wasteland Crystals, fifty drops of Second Stage Spirit Dew, along with a pile of Spiritual Artifacts, Magic Artifacts, Elixirs, and Talismans.

Yan Xi's contributions alone accounted for about forty percent, including the Prairie Golden Lotus.

"Quite the little rich girl, with this, my battle with Wang Ziru is barely not a loss."

Leaving behind the Charm Treasure and Ancient Treasure for Yan Xi was mainly because she feared complications if Yan Xi were to fall in the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm.

Moreover, she and Yan Xi did not have a deadly feud.

Yu Qingtan smiled as she spent 300,000 Spirit Stones to copy Shi Kuang's Second Stage perfect "Devil's Penetrating Sound" Spell.

When she used "Love's Protection" previously, she also learned two of Shi Kuang's Spells, "Great Resonant Sound" and "Devil's Penetrating Sound", which were a defensive and offensive combination of sound and soul system spells.

Unfortunately, they required playing the zither to cast, and she hadn't had the chance to use them in combat before. Read exclusive adventures at empire

After a day's travel, Yu Qingtan left the prairie area and entered the forest area.

In the distance, one could vaguely see a thousand-foot-tall High Mountain.

Thousand Beasts Mountain.

For Qi Refining Cultivators, there was a Hundred Beasts Mountain.

Both were the endpoints for exploring the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm.

In the forest area, there were several Third Stage wild plants.

The kind that could move; if encountered, one could only consider themselves unlucky.

Yu Qingtan advanced cautiously, and then, a rainbow radiance appeared in her sight.

The range of the radiance was vast, likely visible within a ten-mile radius.

Yu Qingtan instinctively felt that there must be something fishy about this.

Her exploration of the Secret Realm wasn't very fast; it was unusual that other Cultivators hadn't discovered and taken the treasure emitting such radiance yet.

In hesitation, a small group of Loose Cultivators not far away also spotted the radiance and excitedly moved towards it.

Yu Qingtan, who had concealed herself behind a large tree using the Breath-Concealing Technique, chose to follow them.

Soon, a box emanating a rainbow glow came into everyone's sight.

The box was under a large tree so wide that it required several people to encircle it, its branches covered in vines, with numerous, uncounted snakes resting on them.

"Sharp Snouted Viper!"

Someone among the Loose Cultivators recognized this black, highly venomous species of Demonic Beasts.

Sharp Snouted Vipers, with their black color and reverse-pointing nasal tips, had hooked teeth that struck like swift arrows, and their sting caused instant death.

Gazing closely, there were thirteen Second Stage Sharp Snouted Vipers on this tree, plus hundreds of First Stage ones.

Yu Qingtan, hiding in the shadows, felt goosebumps all over her scalp.

She disliked snakes the most, especially so many of them.

Moreover, she faintly felt that something wasn't quite right. If it was only these Sharp Snouted Vipers present, the rainbow box wouldn't have remained until now.

Regrettably, the group of Loose Cultivators couldn't care less, as they each picked up their Spiritual Artifacts, Talismans, or cast Spells to attack the Sharp Snouted Vipers.

While dodging the attacks, the Second Stage Sharp Snouted Vipers revealed their fangs and sprayed venom in retaliation, but the Loose Cultivators were prepared.

Protected by defensive Spells, Talismans, or Spiritual Artifacts, the venom posed no threat to them, and instead, twenty or thirty First Stage Sharp Snouted Vipers died in the first wave of attacks.

Just as the Loose Cultivators were about to launch a second wave of attacks, tough vines suddenly shot out from the ground they stood on, piercing through their defenses easily, entering through their rear ends and emerging out of their mouths, turning them into skewered bodies.

"Ah~"

"Ugh~"

After a brief series of screams, all the Loose Cultivators lay dead.

Their bodies were then dragged underground by the vines, causing the surface to tremble and then settle, indistinguishable from before.

From a distance, Yu Qingtan frantically cycled her Breath-Concealing Technique, not even daring to breathe too loudly.

"Third Stage wild plant, Man-Eating Snake Vine, actually using treasure as bait!"

Yu Qingtan was shocked to her core, and after waiting for another quarter of an hour with no abnormal movement, she cautiously left the area.

Afterward, Yu Qingtan proceeded even more carefully, trying her best to avoid both Demonic Beasts and Cultivators.

Luckily, she didn't encounter any more Third Stage wild plants and, after two days, she successfully exited the forest area and arrived at the foot of Thousand Beasts Mountain.

Unfortunately, new trouble emerged.

The perimeter of Thousand Beasts Mountain was bordered by a bottomless Nameless Abyss, with only one path leading up the mountain.

Currently, the path was blocked by people who had set up a checkpoint, and beside it flew a flag that read:

"Loose Cultivators wishing to ascend the mountain, the toll fee is 10,000 Spirit Stones per person."