Saving the White Moonlight Chapter 33

Tianyu City was not close to Fenghua Immortal Sect. With Yan Zhuguang’s strength at early Foundation Establishment, even if she traveled day and night, it would still take four or five days.
Yan Zhuguang’s current spiritual energy could not support her traveling without rest. Besides, if she headed straight for Tianyu City, her goal would be too obvious.
So even though she and the system both wanted to reach Tianyu City as soon as possible, they had no choice but to slow down and take a roundabout route.
Yan Zhuguang used the system’s weapon exchange voucher to exchange for a flying sword. Then, together with that flying sword, she took out all the bound items in the system inventory that could not be exchanged and sold them at a trading house for spirit stones.
After adding another digit to the spirit stone count in her inventory, which had been close to running dry, Yan Zhuguang nodded with satisfaction. Then she turned and found the place where the cultivation world posted missions. She accepted a mission that departed the fastest and whose destination was in Tianyu City’s direction, then set out without stopping.
After nearly half a month on the road, Yan Zhuguang finally approached Tianyu City.
Tianyu City was a large city. The strongest cultivator stationed in the city was at Spirit Division. The former sect master’s strength had been late Spirit Division. Who knew what he had encountered to actually fall near this place?
Something that could make a late Spirit Division cultivator fall was likely no ordinary matter. Also, the people of Tianyu City might not be willing to cooperate with the investigation. No wonder Yun Mixue had been delayed here for so long.
Tianyu City was a large city, and several smaller cities around it depended on it. Yan Zhuguang was currently in one of those smaller cities.
This small city was called Danye City. As its name suggested, the city focused on pills and refining. Countless pill shops, large and small, were scattered through the city, so the whole of Danye City was filled with a medicinal fragrance.
Yan Zhuguang walked out of a pill shop. She had just completed a mission escorting the fiancee of the pill shop’s young owner, and she had gained ten more low-grade spirit stones. It was not much, but to the current Yan Zhuguang, even a mosquito’s leg was still meat.
She was about to find and accept a mission heading to Tianyu City when someone called out to her.
The voice that stopped her was thin and soft. If Yan Zhuguang’s hearing had not been good, she might not have heard it.
“Miss Yan.” The owner of the voice panted lightly as she jogged out of the Pill Hall. She stuffed an old piece of paper into Yan Zhuguang’s hand. “Thank you for saving my life, Miss Yan. Qian’er has nothing to repay you with. I only have this drawing I obtained by chance. It may be useful, so please accept it.”
Yan Zhuguang pushed it back. “There is no need. Your fiance has already paid me for the mission. I should not accept this from you.”
This little girl, Su Qian’er, who panted after running two steps and blushed after saying a few words, was not part of the mission Yan Zhuguang had accepted from the mission board. Yan Zhuguang had happened to save her on the road.
At that time, Su Qian’er and several old servants had been chased everywhere by a ninth-level Qi Refining demonic beast. Yan Zhuguang had flown past on the flying sword rewarded by the sect. It just so happened that the Sacrificial Blood Spirit Vine seed still lacked a little power to break its shell and sprout, so she had casually thrown the seed out and let it devour the demonic beast.
Su Qian’er and the others had been frightened silly by the demonic beast. They only knew to lower their heads and keep running. By the time Yan Zhuguang kindly reminded them that she had already dealt with the demonic beast, they had already run some distance. After confirming that the demonic beast was gone, they did not care what had happened to its corpse. They thanked Yan Zhuguang again and again, allowing Yan Zhuguang to muddle through easily.
After that, Su Qian’er’s old servant requested to hire Yan Zhuguang to escort Su Qian’er to Danye City.
Danye City was near Tianyu City. Yan Zhuguang was only going there along the way, and she could gain a mission fee for free. Why not? So she agreed.
Yan Zhuguang could not be called a good person, but she did have some principles. Since she had accepted the payment, she would not accept extra thanks. Now that Su Qian’er had stopped her and forced this drawing into her hand, Yan Zhuguang did not even look at what it was before trying to return it.
Su Qian’er shook her head. “The payment was for Miss Yan escorting me on the road. You deserved it. But saving my life happened before I hired you, so that should also be repaid.”
“Please accept it, Miss. Otherwise, Qian’er will feel uneasy.” She covered her chest and coughed. “Besides, this drawing is very mysterious. Qian’er cannot solve its secret either, so I do not know whether it is a useless scrap of paper or a treasure. It may not be useful in Qian’er’s hands. It is better to give it to Miss Yan. Perhaps it can do more in your hands.”
Su Qian’er spoke while coughing and looked like she was having a hard time. Yan Zhuguang frowned. “All right.”
However, she then stuffed a small porcelain bottle into Su Qian’er’s hand. “This is a Jade Dew Pill. It may not be worth much to your fiance, but this is all I have. Consider it my return gift.”
The Jade Dew Pill had been given to her by Yun Mixue. But Yan Zhuguang had the Wood Spirit Body, so the Jade Dew Pill was rather unnecessary for her. She had barely used them. Giving Su Qian’er one now still left her with quite a few, so it was not much of a loss as an exchange.
After giving the Jade Dew Pill to Su Qian’er, Yan Zhuguang no longer delayed and turned to leave. Su Qian’er was in poor health, and with her strength, she could not keep up with Yan Zhuguang’s steps. She could only hold the Jade Dew Pill and watch Yan Zhuguang’s back disappear into the distance.
After Yan Zhuguang had walked far away, the system whispered sneakily, “Host, what kind of drawing is that?”
It had seen its host’s treasure-picking ability many times. Although this drawing had been given to Host by that weak little girl, the system firmly believed that anything that fell into Host’s hands would definitely not be simple.
“I do not know either,” Yan Zhuguang said.
“Eh?” The system was a little surprised. “Then why did Host give her a Jade Dew Pill?”
“I did not kill that demonic beast for the purpose of saving her. Strictly speaking, I should not have accepted any thank-you gift. But she insisted on giving one, so I could only give her something in return. That makes it a proper exchange. Otherwise, I would owe her.”
The system gave a vague oh.
Yan Zhuguang had no intention of fully explaining it to the system. She tossed the drawing into the inventory.
The drawing took up one slot. The name field read: A mysterious drawing. The system was so curious about that drawing that it felt itchy all over. It wanted to investigate it, but because it belonged to the host, it could not move it casually. The feeling was simply torture.
Yan Zhuguang turned and went to the mission board. She needed to rush to Tianyu City as soon as possible.
She had already been delayed on the road for half a month. According to the frequency at which Senior Sister returned to Fenghua Immortal Sect, it would not be long before Senior Sister went back to the sect. Yan Zhuguang did not want to miss Senior Sister by accident.
Every city had a mission board. Yan Zhuguang only needed to ask around a little before she learned where it was.
Unfortunately, Yan Zhuguang had come at a bad time. Because Danye City was very close to Tianyu City, missions heading to Tianyu City were already rare. When she had just arrived, the last mission going to Tianyu City had been accepted by someone ahead of her, so there were no missions left for her to take.
Yan Zhuguang thought for a moment. Since she had already reached Danye City, she did not need to find an excuse to go to Tianyu City. She could treat it as a chance visit while traveling. That likely would not raise suspicion anymore.
Although she had lost a bit of extra income, Yan Zhuguang did not feel it was a pity. Since there was no mission to take, she did not delay. She turned and headed out of the city.
Danye City was only half a day’s travel from Tianyu City. If Yan Zhuguang used her flying sword at full speed, she could cut that time by half. However, to deal with unexpected situations, she did not rashly go at full speed. She only flew on her sword at a normal pace.
Facts proved that her caution was correct. Not long after she left Danye City, Yan Zhuguang stopped.
It was not that she had decided not to go to Tianyu City. Someone had blocked her path.
“Be careful, Host! There is an ambush ahead!”
The system’s danger warning came in time. As soon as it spoke, Yan Zhuguang sensed danger. If she went any farther forward, she would definitely enter the enemy’s encirclement. Yan Zhuguang was experienced. Even if she disdained turning around and fleeing, she would not walk right into a trap.
She took out several low-grade spirit stones. Her fingers flicked a few times, and the spirit stones sank into the nearby grass and vanished. Then she took out several more spirit stones and did the same. Only when a mysterious aura flashed and disappeared did she stop spending spirit stones.
She held the flying sword rewarded by the sect in her hand. A clear look of wariness appeared on her face as she carefully walked forward a little farther, letting out a trace of the aura she had been holding back.
The people lying in ambush ahead finally realized something was wrong. Knowing Yan Zhuguang had sensed the danger, they stopped hiding. They jumped out from their hiding place and quickly chased toward Yan Zhuguang.
Before long, several people appeared. They were all at Foundation Establishment. Two were at early Foundation Establishment, and one was even at middle Foundation Establishment.
Seeing this, the wariness on Yan Zhuguang’s face deepened. She held the flying sword horizontally in front of her, but her feet retreated a few steps as if she were afraid. By perfect coincidence, she stood in the place where she had been standing when she set up the formation earlier.
When the people who rushed out saw her like this, much of the unease from having their ambush discovered faded. They were clearly experienced in killing and robbing. In the next moment, they surrounded Yan Zhuguang.
Yan Zhuguang bit her lip. “Who are you? I have no grudge against you, past or present. Why did you ambush me?”
The middle Foundation Establishment cultivator standing in front of Yan Zhuguang pulled his mouth open. “Does robbery need a reason? We just think you look easy to bully. Go. Do not waste words with her. A woman this pretty must have plenty of treasures on her.”
Loose cultivators in the cultivation world were unlike sect disciples. Most of them struggled hard for cultivation resources and were always calculating. Their hearts were the coldest, and they would not show mercy just because their target was a beautiful woman.
As soon as the leader spoke, the people on both sides of Yan Zhuguang moved. The two were good at working together. They held some strange, fine black threads, controlled them with spiritual power, and swept them down toward Yan Zhuguang’s head.
Yan Zhuguang hurriedly used the flying sword to block. She blocked one thread, but the second was already in front of her eyes. She dodged in a sorry state, but her arm was still scraped open.
Green light flashed, and the wound quickly healed. However, this did not make things easier for Yan Zhuguang. Under the attacks of the two fine black threads, more and more wounds appeared on her body, and she looked increasingly battered.
This woman was not a sword cultivator. The sword in her hand was only being used as an ordinary weapon. Her combat experience was also lacking. She could not even use spells to counterattack between blocking. Even better, from the look of her, she seemed to be a spell cultivator who mainly practiced wood healing techniques.
She was only an embroidered pillow with Foundation Establishment strength.
Seeing this, the middle Foundation Establishment cultivator finally relaxed completely. “Why have you not taught this young lady how to walk through the cultivation world yet? What are you dawdling for?”
The two early Foundation Establishment cultivators also sensed that Yan Zhuguang’s strength was nothing special. Their smiles turned a little lewd. “What’s the rush, boss? Let us play with her a little longer.”
Although the middle Foundation Establishment cultivator had not relaxed completely, he would not spoil his brothers’ fun. He opened his mouth and was about to say something when the woman suddenly showed a strange smile. No one knew how her body moved. Her whole person slipped like a swimming fish and instantly escaped the three-person encirclement.
The middle Foundation Establishment cultivator was about to move when he saw the flowers and grass around his two brothers suddenly grow wildly. In an instant, they blocked the sky and sun, forming a cage to trap them inside.
The two early Foundation Establishment cultivators still had not reacted. The middle Foundation Establishment cultivator, however, hurriedly moved and escaped from the encirclement at the last possible moment.
That man glared at the purple-clothed woman standing leisurely to the side and combing through her hair. How did she look the slightest bit wary now?
“You actually tricked us!”
Yan Zhuguang curved her lips faintly. “Have you never heard the saying? Do not provoke beautiful women lightly.”
“Do not get too proud.”
Before the man could finish speaking, he lowered his head in terror. At some point, a tender green sprout had appeared on his wrist and was swaying playfully. This also became the final sight he saw in his life.
Yan Zhuguang walked to the place where only a set of human-shaped clothes remained. With a beckon, the little sprout flew back into her heart. Yan Zhuguang summoned the storage pouch the man had left behind. She did not open it to look and directly put it into the inventory. Then she took out a fire talisman and tossed it onto the clothes. The remaining clothes quickly burned into ash.
The whole set of movements flowed smoothly and with great skill. Who knew how many times she had done it before?
After finishing this, she looked toward the flower-and-grass formation. Her fingers moved, and she was just about to form a hand seal when she suddenly heard a familiar, gentle voice.
“Zhuguang? Why are you here?”
Yan Zhuguang’s fingers paused. When she turned around, the calmness on her face had already become lingering fear. After seeing the owner of the voice, a few traces of surprise were added to her expression. “Senior Sister!”
On the surface, she was like this. In her heart, however, Yan Zhuguang felt a little uneasy. I wonder how much Senior Sister saw. Why did this unlucky system not warn me again?
The system whimpered.