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A Good-For-Nothing? Who? 2

Between the valleys, within a lush green forest, the little master Ling stood amongst the crowd, basking in his status as a revered leader among the group. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gu Ruoyun walking out of the crowd.

A cocky smile bloomed on his delicate face. "Just you wait and see, Gu Ruoyun! When the time of our duel arrives, I'll make you kneel before me and call me grandfather!"

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Spiritual energy was abundant in the Heavenly Spirit Formation, far more than whatever was available in the world outside. If Gu Ruoyun were to cultivate here and utilize the help of the Qi Gathering Pill, she would definitely break through to level four in the Qi Collection ranks in less than a month.

As such, after entering the Heavenly Spirit Formation, she first convinced Luo Yin to go to another area for practice and found a cave for herself to cultivate in.

At this moment, Gu Ruoyun sat cross-legged in the cave, allowing faint wisps of spiritual energy to slowly engulf her body. They were absorbed into her open pores as it seeped into her spiritual ocean.

Gu Ruoyun felt an unspeakable sense of comfort as she watched the spiritual energy slowly pouring into her spiritual ocean.

Time passed as minutes and seconds rolled on. In that period of time, she remained hidden in the cave, cultivating. Most people who had not seen her for a long time had assumed that she had died in the claws of some demonic beast.

Just as everyone began to believe that she was already dead, a wave of faintly discernible spiritual energy washed over a cave not too far off from the door to the Heavenly Spirit Formation. While it's fluctuations were not great, anyone who was near the cave could feel it clearly.

"I've finally broken through to level four in the Qi Collection ranks."

Gu Ruoyun opened her eyes and murmured, "I wonder how much time has passed."

As she spoke, a demonic voice spoke calmly from within her soul, "It's been almost twenty days."

"Twenty days?" Gu Ruoyun shook, "I thought it's been a month, I didn't think that it's only been twenty days. This is all thanks to the Qi Gathering Pill. Without it, I probably wouldn't even be able to breakthrough. Even a month would not be enough."

After all, back in the East Peak Mainland, she needed a month and a half to break through. And even then, she was considered an absolute genius.

Gu Ruoyun's throat tightened at the thought. She had a feeling that her achievements in this life would be on par with her achievements from her past life at the very least.

"Mm?"

Suddenly, Gu Ruoyun felt a peculiar fluctuation of energy from deep within the cave. A hint of astonishment flashed across her face, "What a powerful spiritual energy! That... That's a spiritual weapon? But I didn't even sense its aura when I came in here. Could it be that I accidentally touched something while I was cultivating?"

In that moment, her heart nearly leaped from her chest.

"That's a spiritual weapon, it's not like any other weapon!" She thought to herself. After all, spiritual weapons carry spiritual energy. And if one were to obtain a high-class spiritual weapon, it would even contain a sword spirit that can materialize in battles. In a duel, if two opponents have the same level of strength, but one wielded an average weapon and the other a spiritual weapon, the latter will certainly win in the end.

Most importantly, spiritual weapons do not simply crop up everywhere like cabbages. You might even say that they were a rare find. Even Gu Ruoyun herself wasn't able to obtain one in her past life.

She certainly didn't expect to find such a treasure in just a few days. Most people would kill to have this.

"That is indeed the fluctuations from a spiritual weapon. Go take a look, little girl. Perhaps you'll find an unexpected reward."

"Alright."

Gu Ruoyun nodded. But what she couldn't understand was this — how could the members of the Weapon Refining Sect not know of the presence of this spiritual weapon? Otherwise, why did they not claim it as their own?

"No!" She thought.

"The Weapon Refining Sect prioritized refining weapons. They could not possibly miss out on a spiritual weapon," she reasoned, "So why has this spiritual weapon been left here for such a long time, and why hasn't anyone taken it away?"

However, once Gu Ruoyun laid her eyes on the spiritual weapon, she understood why it remained untouched in the Weapon Refining Sect's formation.

How should this be explained? The sword was indeed a spiritual weapon. But unfortunately, the spiritual weapon was completely worn out. Its surface was covered in rust and stains, like a formerly great cultivator who lost his spiritual energy and was now no different from the average person.

Of course, an observation like this would only apply to the average individuals.

But what was this to Gu Ruoyun? A genius from the East Peak Mainland, and the Master of the Ancient Divine Pagoda. Saving this once-majestic spiritual weapon was not a problem, all she really needed was time.

"Zixie, coincidentally, I don't have a weapon on hand. This spiritual weapon may have lost its spiritual energy, but it is still more powerful than an ordinary weapon. Besides, that strong spiritual energy I sensed must have come from the spiritual energy it absorbed during my cultivation. That's how it led me here!"

The voice in her soul quietened. After a long pause, Zixie's voice finally reached Gu Ruoyun's ears.

"Then you should take it first. We'll find a higher grade weapon for you in the future. While this may be a spiritual weapon, this one is of the lowest grade. It does not suit your status."

Gu Ruoyun could not help it. Her mouth twitched, and she rubbed her head exasperatedly.

"Does this guy think that spiritual weapons are as common as cabbages?" She wondered to herself, "One low-class spiritual weapon is enough to start a fight among many expert cultivators, what more a high-class spiritual weapon?"

"Let's go. I'm almost done with my cultivation. It's time that we leave."

Many people were already gathered outside the cave. Upon seeing Gu Ruoyun walking out from the cave, the crowd fell into a hush before erupting into a flurry of questions.

"Gu Ruoyun, what's a good-for-nothing like you doing in a place like this? I felt the peculiar fluctuations from the cave a while ago. Some precious treasure must have appeared in this very cave. Hand over the treasure and maybe I'll even spare your life!"

Gu Ruoyun knitted her brows and matched the voice that spoke to a young man in green amongst the crowd. Her lips curled up wryly.

"Son of the vice minister for the Department of Revenue and the little footman of that little master from the Ling Family. Who are you calling a good-for-nothing?"

The young man sneered, "Who else could I possibly be talking about? Are you not that good-for-nothing that everyone knows about? Gu Ruoyun, be tactful and hand over the treasure. Otherwise, I'll make you kneel and bow before me. Besides, your brother wouldn't even know if you died here, ha..."

Ha...

Before the last laugh was heard, the crowd heard a loud bang and the young man's body transformed into a streak of light and was flung into the sky with a whoosh before being violently thrown back onto the ground

The minds of the rest of the crowd went blank. They slowly turned their heads towards Gu Ruoyun's frail-looking body.

Gu Ruoyun swung her arms around as if nothing had happened, not even bothering to spare another glance at the young man on the ground.

"He's pretty strong. This slap actually hurt my hand."

The young man may be the little master Ling's footman but his powers were still comparable to that of the little master's. He was also a level five in the Qi Collection ranks. Gu Ruoyun was only a good-for-nothing at level three, yet one slap from her could send him flying through the air?

Even though she was saying that he's pretty strong and that he had actually hurt her hand, the crowd wondered if this woman knew that she was insulting him and not complimenting him?

"Ah right," Gu Ruoyun's gaze shifted as she smiled at the onlookers, "Did anybody else called me a good-for-nothing? Do you dare step out?"

In actual fact, once she signed a contract with the Ancient Divine Pagoda, Gu Ruoyun's body and soul were subjected to a cleansing process. Not only did it increased the strength of her soul, but it had also increased the capabilities of her body in every aspect. Unless someone suddenly broke through the Qi Collection levels and reached the rank of Martial Warrior, none of them was a match for her.

Seeing Gu Ruoyun in this current state, the people in the crowd only looked at each other. Not one of them dared to step out the entire time.