Of course, the idea of uprooting the tree was something Wen Jingshu only briefly entertained.
She feared that this divine tree was intricately linked to Cangwu Island, and moving it rashly might bring irreversible consequences to the island.
Was she really going to leave just like this?
If she truly left like this, Wen Jingshu would feel somewhat unwilling.
“Why don't I just break off a branch and plant it in the Shengsheng Bead?”
Having made up her mind, Wen Jingshu was just about to climb the tree to break off a branch when she saw the giant tree's trunk emit a burst of white light.
The white light gradually grew blinding, forcing her to close her eyes.
Once the white light dispersed, Wen Jingshu opened her eyes to see a bead radiating a seven-colored light.
Sensing the familiar aura coming from the bead, Wen Jingshu's face lit up with joy.
This was... a sub-bead of the Yinian'an!
The first sub-bead had the effect of breaking barriers and slicing through space; the second sub-bead could manifest a clone, assisting her in multitasking. She wondered what kind of surprise this third sub-bead would bring her.
Wen Jingshu's heart pounded wildly as she reached out to touch the colorful bead.
Sensing Wen Jingshu's aura, the bead joyfully darted straight into her dantian before she could even make physical contact.
At the same time, a flood of information poured into Wen Jingshu's mind.
This sub-bead was named the Hundun Bead. It could convert any spiritual aura between heaven and earth for her own use, or utilize the bead to output spiritual aura of any attribute.
In other words, Wen Jingshu could use this bead to convert the six attributes of metal, water, fire, earth, wind, and ice spiritual qi or immortal qi into the lightning or wood spiritual qi or immortal qi she needed—or even demon qi and devilish qi!
As long as the spiritual aura existed between heaven and earth, it could be converted with the help of the Hundun Bead!
Conversely, she could also use this bead to convert her own lightning and wood spiritual qi or immortal qi into spiritual qi or immortal qi of the other six attributes.
With a wave of Wen Jingshu's hand, the lightning element in her palm instantly transformed into pure earth element. With another thought, her wood immortal qi converted into metal immortal qi.
Even though she was accustomed to seeing numerous magical and treasure tools, Wen Jingshu couldn't help but praise, “What a fine treasure!”
Earlier, she had complained that her lightning spiritual root was too distinct, and using it too much would expose her identity. But now, with this treasure in hand, she could pile on as many alter egos as she pleased!
She had even bypassed the bug where orthodox spiritual cultivators couldn't use demon qi or devilish qi to cultivate!
After confirming that taking the Hundun Bead would not cause any other negative effects, Wen Jingshu exited directly through the tree trunk's portal.
The moment she stepped out of this pocket dimension, a wave of killing intent rushed straight at her face.
Wen Jingshu was startled, but then she felt rather speechless.
Seriously, why did these people always camp at the entrance to assassinate her? Couldn't they fight her fair and square?
Fortunately, her deception-detection skills had been honed to perfection during her time as a talisman cultivator; otherwise, she really would have been injured by them.
The attacker was a magic cultivator holding a lotus-shaped magical tool. An azure flame tightly enveloped the tool in his hand.
The flame was bewitchingly beautiful—it was a rare exotic fire!
“Hmph, you dodged quickly.”
“Little girl, I don't care who you are. Hand over the treasures on your person, and this lord can still leave your corpse intact.”
Only Void Refinement Stage cultivators could refer to themselves as 'this lord.' The male cultivator before her was actually at the same cultivation stage as her master.
Although there was a vast difference between their cultivation levels, Wen Jingshu felt no fear in her heart.
On the contrary, she was brimming with battle intent!
Previously, to temper herself and protect her secret identities, she had rarely used her lightning spiritual root and wood immortal root together.
Even when she did use them together, she rarely relied on magical treasures or talismans that exceeded her actual strength.
For instance, high-grade talismans, high-grade offensive magical treasures, and even pills—she only consumed those she could currently refine herself.
She lacked a sense of security. Relying on trees would make them fall; relying on people would make them run; relying on external strength was no different.
If one day she lost all her treasures and had to start from scratch, she would only suffer if she had grown too accustomed to relying on high-grade external assistance during battles.
However, this time was different. This was a high-stakes match. Wen Jingshu could first fight using sixth-grade talismans and magical treasures, and only resort to higher-grade treasures if absolutely necessary.
With this in mind, she first slapped several high-grade defensive talismans onto herself, then activated the defensive hairpin on her head, the defensive robe on her body, and the speed-boosting spiritual boots on her feet.
As for the small round bell Sui Qi had gifted her... she felt she probably wouldn't need to use it to deal with a mere Void Refinement Stage cultivator.
Sun Yang watched Wen Jingshu's movements, a faint sense of foreboding rising in his heart.
What was she trying to do? Fight him?
Then, he watched as Wen Jingshu flipped her hand, surrounding herself with over twenty various talismans, and even drew a sword?
Lightning could be faintly seen crackling along the blade, which was further enveloped in a layer of purple exotic fire.
Wait, didn't she say she was a talisman cultivator?
What was the meaning of pulling out a sword?
Even if she were a sword cultivator, judging by the sword's hum... she already possessed a Sword Heart?
Wait, a ten-year-old high-grade first-rank talisman master who was also a sword cultivator with a Sword Heart?
And her cultivation was actually at the mid Foundation Establishment Stage?
Was this even reasonable?
He had only been away from the mainland for a hundred years, staying on Cangwu Island—had the outside world already evolved to this extent?
“If you've set your eyes on this young lady's treasures, you'd better see if you have the life to take them!”
Hearing Wen Jingshu's arrogant words, Sun Yang's expression shifted slightly.
He had always believed that Wen Jingshu was a fake young mistress. She might have a few tricks up her sleeve, but not many.
If Wen Jingshu had stayed in the Sun family residence, he indeed would have had no way to make a move on her.
Yet, he had unexpectedly run into her in the Cangwu Forest.
He had been tailing her all along, relying on his superb stealth techniques.
He had followed Wen Jingshu into the spatial rift, but after entering, he couldn't find any trace of her and ended up trapped in a small secret realm instead.
Until Wen Jingshu suddenly appeared just now...
Realizing this, Sun Yang did not dare to be careless and struck first.
With a gentle flick of his finger, the exotic fire in his palm flared up violently, transforming into several fire serpents that trailed long tails of flame as they lunged straight at Wen Jingshu.
At the same time, the lotus magical treasure in Sun Yang's palm spun slowly. Its petals unfurled, scattering a sky full of azure fire runes. Layer upon layer of fire-attribute spiritual power sealed off most of Wen Jingshu's dodging space, making his offensive both fierce and dense.
Seeing this, Wen Jingshu utilized the movement techniques of the Xianguan Sword Art, shifting her feet rapidly to barely dodge the oncoming fire serpents. She swung her long sword, her overbearing heavenly lightning spiritual root cleaving directly at a fire serpent. Combined with the unique corrosive attribute of her Ziwei Starfire, she actually managed to disperse one of the fire serpents.
Unfortunately, the gap in their cultivation levels was simply too vast. With Wen Jingshu's current strength, she could only barely destroy a single fire serpent.
The talismans floating around Wen Jingshu shifted slightly, and eight Exploding Talismans flew forward to meet the remaining fire serpents, dispersing them one by one.
As the residual shockwaves swept over, the defensive talismans on Wen Jingshu's body flickered, absorbing the damage.
Using a seventh-grade defensive talisman just to block the residual shockwaves of a technique—she really was a spendthrift!
“This lord would like to see just how many defensive magical treasures you have!”
Sun Yang's heart sank heavily. He raised his hand to urge his magical treasure once more. The lotus magical treasure suddenly soared into the air, blooming to transform into a fiery lotus platform about a zhang wide.
A denser cluster of exotic fire danced at the center of the lotus. In the next instant, countless tiny fire blades shot out from between the petals, densely blanketing the sky and sealing off all of Wen Jingshu's possible evasion angles.
Wen Jingshu met the attack head-on. In an instant, she unleashed the first stance of the Thunder Brake Sword Art, Cloud-Falling Thunder Strike, sweeping it toward the sky.
She then channeled her wood immortal root to execute the wood-attribute technique Vine Entangle. Countless thorny vines rose from the ground, thrashing about to clash with the fire blades.
This was her first time using a wood-attribute magic cultivation technique. Empowered by her wood immortal root, the vines' strength doubled, and they actually managed to withstand over a dozen fire blades!
However, after this series of attacks, the spiritual power in Wen Jingshu's body was completely drained, yet the actual damage dealt to her opponent was zero.
Damned magic cultivators. They only needed to stand in a safe spot and fling spells. If she couldn't kill a magic cultivator in a single strike, she would have to face wave after wave of spell attacks!
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