“Damn you—! Why don’t you quickly resummon me?! I feel like I’m almost going to die for real from those vicious rats!” Tang Li Xue’s perfect copy complained to the real Tang Li Xue angrily.

“What the heck are you talking about? You still have [Sun And Moon Aegis]’s deadly blow protections, so how could you die that easily?!” Tang Li Xue replied nonchalantly to her perfect copy.

“You do not know how stinky those rats are! They probably had not taken a bath for hundreds or even thousands of years! Even with [Sun And Moon Aegis]’s deadly blow protections, I almost died instantly from their unbearable stench!” Tang Li Xue’s perfect copy gnashed her pearl-white teeth while her slender body shuddered in fear and horror.

It seems getting swarmed by those unbearable stinky [Wretched Ghost Rats] had left a deep trauma on her.

Tang Li Xue felt pity for her perfect copy, but when she wanted to pat her perfect copy’s shoulder to comfort her, she suddenly halted her movement and quickly kept a distance from her.

Tang Li Xue’s perfect copy: “…..”

“Cough, cough… Uh, you’d better take a clean bath as soon as possible first. Uh, don’t forget to bring Lucia and Little Loki to take a clean bath along with you.” Tang Li Xue uttered to her perfect copy as she released Yaya, Lucia, and Little Loki from her System’s pet space.

As for Tang Li Xue and Yaya, they were mostly fighting using their ranged skills from Lucia’s back, so they did not have any close contact with those [Wretched Ghost Rats].

Tang Li Xue’s perfect copy still wanted to scold the real Tang Li Xue for another hour, but she also could not stand the [Wretched Ghost Rat]’s unbearable stench on her body.

In the end, Tang Li Xue’s perfect copy grabbed Little Loki and Lucia before she quickly ran using [Moonlight Flickering Dance Step] plus [Wind Burst Step].

When Tang Li Xue’s perfect copy, Little Loki, and Lucia were taking a clean bath on the Water Floor, Yaya headed back to the Wind Floor to play with Wind Guardian, while Tang Li Xue went out from the [Nine Elementals Immortal Pagoda].

Tang Li Xue had not forgotten that there was still Lu Xingchen inside her mid-rank space pouch, so she had to find a place to throw away this baggage first.

This time, Tang Li Xue chose to dump Lu Xingchen even further away from the dense forest where she had buried the [Nine Elementals Immortal Pagoda].

Then Tang Li Xue recalled the ghastly dark valley that her perfect copy had explored before.

Tang Li Xue activated her [Ethereal Form] plus [Void Barrier] to turn herself completely invisible and undetectable, then she traveled toward the ghastly dark valley at a very fast speed using [Moonlight Flickering Dance Step] plus [Wind Burst Step].

It did not take long for her to arrive at the ghastly dark valley.

Tang Li Xue did not step deeply into the ghastly dark valley since she did not plan to explore this gloomy place.

Tang Li Xue canceled her [Ethereal Form] and [Void Barrier] before she dumped Lu Xingchen out of her mid-rank space pouch.

“Hehe, thank you very much, Miss Fox~! If not for you… Eh, what is this place? Uh, this does not look like a good place…” Lu Xingchen happily greeted Tang Li Xue, but his expression immediately changed when he sensed the uncomfortable atmosphere of the ghastly dark valley.

“I called this place Death Valley. This is only the periphery area, so there is no danger here. If you head deeper, you will face a lot of powerful undead skeletons, so you’d better be careful.” Tang Li Xue kindly explained to Lu Xingchen.

She did not dump Lu Xingchen here to play a prank on him or harm him.

She just did not want to give Lu Xingchen any chance to locate the dense forest where she buried her [Nine Elementals Immortal Pagoda], so she decided to dump him here to confuse him.

“A lot of powerful undead skeletons? What an interesting place~! Miss Fox, do you want to explore this interesting place together with me?” Lu Xingchen smiled and asked Tang Li Xue.

But Tang Li Xue shook her head and refused Lu Xingchen’s offer without any hesitation.

“No, I have something more important to do, so I have to go now.” Tang Li Xue replied to Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen frowned and asked again in an unwilling tone: “Where do you want to go? Then, can I just go together with you?”

Tang Li Xue rolled her topaz blue eyes and replied firmly in one word: “NO!”

“Why?! I have already completely severed my way back to the Azure Mist Continent and decided to stay with you in order to repay my life debt to you. Can you at least give me a chance to do that?”

Tang Li Xue’s pink lips twitched slightly in annoyance.

She almost blurted out that she never asked him to repay her that way!

If he really wanted to repay her, then he could just give her billions of high-tier spirit stones, and she would be really happy to accept them.

But after pondering it carefully again for a few moments, Lu Xingchen might not be really that useless to her.

Each time she bumped into Lu Xingchen, she would obtain bountiful harvests, so Lu Xingchen was actually an extremely good lucky talisman for her.

Well… Their last exploration of the cave secret realm looked bleak, but maybe it was because she got separated from Lu Xingchen.

“All right, stop looking so pitiful. I really have something important to do in the next few days, so I cannot accompany you. I will contact you through my Communication Talisman after I finish my important matters.” Tang Li Xue explained to Lu Xingchen as she took out her Communication Talisman from her space pouch.

Lu Xingchen’s eyes quickly brightened in excitement, and he also quickly took out his Communication Talisman.

After exchanging their contact information, Tang Li Xue bid farewell to Lu Xingchen and activated her [Ethereal Form] and [Void Barrier] again to turn herself invisible.

Lu Xingchen instantly felt empty and lonely as soon as Tang Li Xue felt him alone, but he also understood that Tang Li Xue probably did not trust him that much yet, since they had only met a few times after all.

“It is okay. We still have plenty of time. I can slowly gain her trust bit by bit.” Lu Xingchen smiled cheerfully as his confidence returned.

He could reach his current cultivation level without any powerful backing, not only because he was lucky enough, but also because he was very diligent, persistent, and resolute.

Just like his sword skill, Lu Xingchen had persistently practiced swinging his sword every day since the day he started to cultivate, and the number kept increasing every day.

At the beginning, he would swing his sword thousands of times every day.

Then, after practicing for ten years, he would swing his sword hundreds of thousands of times every day.

After he broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, he swung his sword millions of times every day.

This was Lu Xingchen’s way of living.

Once he decided to do something, he would never give up and persistently do his best to achieve it.

He believed that there was nothing he could not achieve as long as he put all of his effort and heart into reaching and getting it.

Lu Xingchen stared at the depths of the ghastly Dark Valley with a serious expression for a while.

“Lately, I find my strength is no longer enough to fight alongside Miss Fox. It was so shameful for me to always rely on her to save my life. It seems I have to train myself harder, so I can quickly get stronger.” Lu Xingchen muttered in a solemn tone.

Lu Xingchen decided to head deeper into the ghastly Dark Valley to train himself, but after he took one step forward, his step immediately halted.

“Oh, right… I almost forgot to ask Miss Fox’s name~! It is impolite of me to always call her Miss Fox, right?” Lu Xingchen chuckled as he took out his Communication Talisman and called Tang Li Xue using it.

…..

When Tang Li Xue was heading back to the location where she had buried her [Nine Elementals Immortal Pagoda], she suddenly felt that someone was contacting her through her Communication Talisman.

Tang Li Xue took out her Communication Talisman from her space pouch and checked it.

Her expression immediately turned dark when she realized that it was Lu Xingchen who was contacting her.

But it actually made sense since Communication Talisman had a distance limit, and someone who was close enough with her right now was only Lu Xingchen.

Tang Li Xue resisted the urge to sever the connection and picked up the call from Lu Xingchen.

“What do you want? Don’t tell me that you are in danger right now and want me to save you again?!” Tang Li Xue asked in an annoyed tone.

“No, no… I just want to ask for your name, Miss Fox. We have explored together several times, and you even saved my life, but I…” Lu Xingchen blurted to Tang Li Xue through the Communication Talisman.

Tang Li Xue quickly interrupted him halfway by saying: “My name is Tang Li Xue. You can call me Miss Tang or Sister Xue. You can just call me whatever you want. But you’d better not call me again unless you have something very important to tell me, like if you find extremely precious treasures.”

Tang Li Xue immediately hung up Lu Xingchen’s call and threw her Communication Talisman back into her space pouch.

After she returned to the [Nine Elementals Immortal Pagoda], Tang Li Xue immediately looked for Little Loki.

Tang Li Xue was very curious about what Little Loki had taken to make the [Wretched Ghost Rat King] so angry with them.

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