Zhou Chen looked toward the source of the gaze, where a woman in a slim fitting purple dress stood.
With just a fleeting glimpse, Zhou Chen was momentarily stunned.
The woman’s appearance was the most devastatingly beautiful he had ever seen.
She had an oval face, cherry lips, a willow like waist, and legs like delicate wine glasses.
A pretty face, full breasts, and fair, tender feet.
Even though almost everyone in the cultivation world became handsome or beautiful after their bodies were tempered by spiritual qi, this woman’s beauty still stood out like a crane among chickens.
Perhaps only Nangong Wan could compete with her.
Without even needing to use his Eye of Insight, Zhou Chen could be certain that this person had at least a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation.
Those clothes were no ordinary items. They were likely a defensive magical artifact.
[Name: Zi Ling]
[Age: Thirty six]
[Spiritual Root: Dual Spiritual Roots] (Water, Fire)
[Cultivation: Peak late Foundation Establishment Stage]
[Cultivation Technique: Phantom Sound Art]
[Favorability: 0]
[Charm: 95]
[Comprehensive Points: 91]
Zhou Chen secretly sucked in a breath of cold air.
Was this woman the one hailed as the number one beauty of the Chaotic Star Sea, Zi Ling?
She truly possessed celestial beauty.
But soon, Zhou Chen looked away.
The gap in their cultivation was too large, and her reputation was too great.
He did not want to go looking for trouble.
However, Zi Ling was staring straight at him, an unidentifiable glint in her eyes.
"Are you a disciple of the Yin Yang Sect?"
Zhou Chen cupped his hands in a salute and said respectfully,
"Junior, Yin Yang Sect outer sect disciple, Zhou Chen."
Zi Ling nodded silently.
She did not engage in further conversation and turned to walk into the distance.
This old man was quite interesting.
It was her first time seeing a cultivator in the cultivation world who helped others out of kindness.
But it was merely interesting, nothing more than a casual question.
Zhou Chen did not dare to delay, taking several turns to exit the town.
He had originally considered whether to buy a defensive magical artifact.
But after thinking it over, he gave up on the idea.
Once Nan Qiao’s favorability increased in the future, he would eventually become an artifact refiner.
If he really wanted to use magical artifacts, it would be better to refine them himself.
Moreover, after a cultivator steps into the Golden Core Stage, they no longer use magical artifacts, but rather their own lifebound treasure.
With the enhancement of a Wind Riding Talisman, Zhou Chen’s figure flickered.
In a few flashes, he had fled nearly ten miles away.
A short while later.
A sudden gale rose within the dense mountain forest.
A moment later, Zhou Chen held four storage pouches, used an Earth Escaping Talisman to hide his figure, and departed.
After confirming no one was following him, he checked the storage pouches while on his way.
Adding the four storage pouches together, there were only fifty spirit stones, along with some low grade herbs and spirit talismans.
"So poor, yet they dared to come out and rob people."
They probably saw him pay four spirit stones for Li Ronger.
These fellows had developed thoughts of murder and treasure seizing.
But in a way, it also showed the hardships of being a rogue cultivator.
After rummaging through them, Zhou Chen found a golden great seal in one of the storage pouches.
"Is this a fragment of a magic treasure?"
When some Golden Core cultivators died, or when they fought powerful enemies, their lifebound treasures would be heavily damaged.
Unless a great price was paid to repair them, the magic treasure would be useless.
But since the cultivator was dead, who would be willing to pay a high price to repair a damaged magic treasure?
"Hmm, it seems I can try refining a talisman treasure."
This was truly an unexpected surprise for him.
Among first rank spirit talismans, there was a type called a talisman treasure.
Simply put, it meant storing the power of a magic treasure within a spirit talisman.
Although the power unleashed was less than a tenth of the magic treasure itself, an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator would find it hard to withstand.
However, the prerequisite for refining such a spirit talisman was to possess a magic treasure.
Furthermore, after the talisman treasure was refined, the magic treasure would be considered destroyed.
This was a spirit talisman that only personal disciples of great sects were qualified to possess.
After all, no one would hand over their lifebound treasure for someone to use in refining spirit talismans.
Only the old ancestors of those great sects, before their death, would refine their magic treasures into talisman treasures and pass them down to their disciples as life saving spirit talismans.
By the time Zhou Chen returned to the Yin Yang Sect, it was already evening.
Nan Qiao was quietly staying in the courtyard, cleaning up.
She did not know what else to do, as she was not a person of the cultivation path.
Even though she had followed Zhou Chen to the Yin Yang Sect, besides waiting for nightfall every day, she did not know what to do during the day other than cooking for Zhou Chen.
But compared to before, she was much happier.
She did not have to worry about money or survival, nor did she have to worry about being bullied by others.
Her black hair was blown by the breeze, revealing those eyes filled with charm.
Seeing Zhou Chen return, she ran to meet him and hugged him intimately.
Previously, Nan Qiao had not dared to approach Zhou Chen rashly, always acting with a hint of caution.
But through their recent contact, her attitude toward Zhou Chen had gradually shifted.
She knew that Big Brother Zhou was a good person.
"In a few days, I will test you to see if you have a spiritual root. If you do, I will help you step onto the Great Dao of cultivation."
There was no other way. Perhaps because Nan Qiao was a special target, the Eye of Insight could not detect her spiritual root.
Hearing his words, Nan Qiao began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Big Brother Zhou, can I cultivate too?"
She had never undergone a spiritual root test and did not know if she had one.
Although she had long prepared herself for her beauty to fade and for her to eventually die decades later, who would be willing to die if they could live?
As she trembled, those tempting curves made Zhou Chen swallow his saliva.
"Yes. As long as you have a spiritual root, no matter the cost, I will let you step onto the immortal path. I want you to accompany me."
He had considered this matter carefully.
As Nan Qiao was judged by the system to be a special target, she would surely have various uses in the future. A mortal’s lifespan was too short. It would be a pity for her to return to dust in a hundred years.
Besides, Nan Qiao’s gentleness and obedience indeed made him quite fond of her.
After all, how could a human truly be devoid of emotion?
Nan Qiao was half believing of his words.
But this did not stop Zhou Chen from completely occupying a place in her heart.
As a high and mighty cultivator, Big Brother Zhou not only treated her well but even wanted her to become a cultivator too.
Even if it did not succeed in the end, she could not deny Big Brother Zhou’s feelings for her.
[Nan Qiao’s favorability +3. Current favorability is 86 points. The host receives nine favorability points.]
[Favorability points available to the host: 56 points]
Nan Qiao did not know anything else, so she chose what she was best at.
The usually gentle as water Nan Qiao was exceptionally fierce and battle hardened today, actually fighting Zhou Chen to a standstill.
But the consequence of overestimating herself was that she soon fell into a coma.
Zhou Chen covered her with a quilt and opened a passage in the courtyard’s formation.
Bai Xue stood outside the courtyard, her white clothes like a painting, charming and cute, having already waited for a long time.
After tasting a superior Spiritual Energy Pill, she could no longer look at ordinary medicinal pills.
Bai Xue knew there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
If there was, one would have to eat one portion first, and then another.
So Bai Xue came to find Zhou Chen without any psychological burden.