Chapter 244 Finally Getting What One Wishes for After Much Endeavor
Yu Qingtan was very happy to see Jiang Yueli being so cooperative.
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Back when they were at the Blood God Cult's ruins, Fang Ling had mentioned to Yu Qingtan that he had become friends with Jiang Yueli.
Although he didn't elaborate, Yu Qingtan knew the reason.
When they had come out of the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, Jiang Yueli had been ambushed by Xiao Yan, the chief disciple of the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel, and was heroically saved by Fang Ling. Yu Qingtan had also gotten involved at that time.
Since she was a friend of Fang Ling's, and also an acquaintance of Yu Qingtan, and moreover, Yu Qingtan quite admired Jiang Yueli's temperament, she decided to lend a hand.
"Fairy Jiang Yueli is being too polite. Fairy Chunzhen also holds you in high esteem. They were bullying the lesser in numbers; I couldn't just stand by and watch. There's no need for a reward, I can exchange the Solar Crown and Moon Mist for the Star Brilliance with you,"
said "Fairy Chunzhen" with a smile.
"That would be great!" Jiang Yueli wasn't actually familiar with Jia Chunzhen. She had only heard of her before, and was surprised to find out how powerful she was and that she was so friendly. She immediately took a liking to "Fairy Chunzhen."
"I have a Third Stage Communication Talisman here, if we can't get in touch with the Message-Transmitting Flying Sword, we can use this talisman to make contact."
After exchanging the spiritual power necessary for the Message-Transmitting Flying Sword, Yu Qingtan took out a talisman and handed it to Jiang Yueli.
"Okay!"
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In the days to come, Yu Qingtan had a very smooth journey in the Sun Moon Star Secret Realm.
On the eighteenth day, she once again came across a fellow sect member, True Person Cai Zhongxiu.
After a round of "friendly negotiation," this early-stage Golden Core True Person Cai Zhongxiu also agreed to offer the Star Brilliance he had collected.
On the twenty-ninth and thirtieth days, Yu Qingtan successively found True Person Cai Zhongxiu, True Person Shi Jie, True Person Cheng Yu, True Person Yongxing, True Person Haotian, and Fairy Jiang Yueli, obtaining one thousand seven hundred, two thousand and fifty, two thousand, two thousand one hundred, three thousand, and one thousand five hundred portions of Star Brilliance, respectively.
Among them, True Person Haotian was also lucky to have met a fellow sect member, and through her help, managed to gather three thousand portions of Star Brilliance.
Fairy Jiang Yueli, however, had less luck and only found one thousand five hundred portions of Star Brilliance, which Yu Qingtan exchanged for all her Solar Crown and Moon Mist.
Yu Qingtan herself gained two thousand eight hundred portions of Star Brilliance.
Yu Qingtan had just managed to gather fifteen thousand portions of Star Brilliance and immediately refined a drop of Starlight Divine Water and crafted a Star Brilliance Robe.
The Starlight Divine Water was purple, and the Star Brilliance Robe was a light purple top, both shimmering with specks of starlight, which was extremely beautiful.
After refining the Starlight Divine Water, Yu Qingtan couldn't wait to mix the Solar Divine Water she had auctioned with the Moonlight Divine Water gifted by True Immortal Yueyue.
The golden Solar Divine Water, the silver Moonlight Divine Water, and the purple Starlight Divine Water touched each other, fused together, and slowly turned into a colorless and transparent liquid, forming the Three Lights Divine Water.
When the thirty days ended, Yu Qingtan, Fairy Jiang Yueli, and others felt a moment of dizziness and found themselves back in the skies above the Sun Moon Star Sea.
The Nascent Soul True Immortal who had opened the entrance to the Sun Moon Star Secret Realm for them was still waiting for them at the original spot.
After coming out, True Person Haotian and others didn't dare to trouble the "Fairy Chunzhen," who was an incarnation of Yu Qingtan; their masters' strength and status were no match for True Immortal Yueyue.
Besides, the sect encourages such healthy competition among disciples, and complaining about it would only make them appear incapable.
After bidding farewell to Fairy Jiang Yueli, Yu Qingtan flew straight to the abode of Fairy Chunzhen.
She didn't go to see True Immortal Yueyue but just sent a message to her, indicating that she was going into seclusion.
"Considering how smoothly I obtained the Three Lights Divine Water, I'll spare your life,"
Yu Qingtan muttered to herself as she took out the real Fairy Chunzhen from the System Space, then she put Chunzhen's Storage Ring back on her finger, though she had already pocketed the Spirit Stones and other valuable items.
The fact that True Immortal Yueyue was so forthcoming with the Moonlight Divine Water made Yu Qingtan feel a bit guilty about outright killing her disciple.
Now that she had achieved her aim of getting the Three Lights Divine Water and revealed quite a bit about herself in the Sun Moon Star Secret Realm, she couldn't withstand True Immortal Yueyue's investigation and needed to make a quick getaway.
As for the misdeeds committed by Jia Chunzhen, Yu Qingtan wasn't some warrior of justice; at most, she'd give her a warning.
With this thought, Yu Qingtan wrote a note and placed it inside Fairy Chunzhen's storage ring.
Then, she collected all her clothes and other items back into her System Space, and her body dissipated.
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Within the dwelling of Xu Kexin of the Extreme Path Demon Sect's Weapon Peak, Yu Qingtan's figure appeared.
It was still daytime, and the "Xu Kexin" impersonated by Yu Qingtan left the seclusion to turn in a few weapon forging tasks and took the opportunity to gather some recent intelligence.
Then, she took on a few more weapon forging tasks before returning to her dwelling to enter seclusion once again.
That night, there were neither stars nor moon, and the sky was pitch-black.
In the latter half of the night, Yu Qingtan used her inherent divine abilities to reach Disaster Crossing Peak, to the room of Shen Wanning.
Shen Wanning was cultivating.
Shen Wanning had told her before that the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel had certain expectations for her cultivation progress. If she failed to meet them, she would be whipped by the scoundrel.
When she was first kidnapped, the lively Shen Wanning suffered many beatings because of this.
Back then, Yu Qingtan had clenched her teeth in anger, and Shen Wanning shed tears.
It was at that time, they had a close call with being discovered when the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel was conducting a divine sense probe.
Because the old scoundrel had given Shen Wanning a rather unremarkable but fast cultivation technique, the Water Origin Scripture, and had continually provided her with high-quality cultivation resources such as Spirit Dew, Shen Wanning had also reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Therefore, Yu Qingtan always felt a sense of urgency.
Fortunately, all of this would come to an end today.
To avoid any accidents, Yu Qingtan did not interrupt Shen Wanning's cultivation and waited until she finished before releasing a bit of Drunken Divinity Fragrance.
Shen Wanning collapsed directly onto the bed.
Yu Qingtan then took her into the System Space, and immediately dissipated that body.
In Tanxian Elegant Courtyard, where Qing Shuang had been in seclusion, she took out the unconscious Yu Qingtan and the Starlight Divine Water.
Then she dropped a whole droplet of Starlight Divine Water onto Shen Wanning's forehead and used the Purification Spell to control the divine water as it purified Shen Wanning's Sea of Consciousness and her entire body.
The Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel's Soul Constraint and tracking marks, everything was purified away.
Only then did Yu Qingtan feel relieved.
Besides its purifying and healing effects, the Starlight Divine Water was also very helpful for Shen Wanning's cultivation and Dao comprehension.
Looking at the sleeping face of Shen Wanning, Yu Qingtan couldn't help but show a smile.
Finally, finally, she had rescued Wanning from the claws of the demon.
Next, they could confront the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel without worries, but since her power was still lacking, it was time to collect some interest first.
Thinking of this, Yu Qingtan took out the disheveled Chu Yu, who had lost an arm, from the System Space.
She took out the Roaming Zither and used a burst of abrupt demonic sound to awaken him.
"You, you are Fairy Qingtan?" The True Immortal Chu Yu, upon regaining consciousness and seeing the figure in front of him, was quite startled, not even minding his severed arm.
Although the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel had not told him that the person he kidnapped was the best friend of Fairy Qingtan, he knew very well that falling into the hands of someone from the Orthodoxy would spell a tragic end.
"Take another look, who am I?" Yu Qingtan laughed heartily, as though she were a major villain, while her face underwent several changes.