Chapter 262: Return to the Fall

Chapter 262: Return to the Fall

As he rode Zhubi, Hui sorted through the treasures hed picked up in Chen Wuyas realm. Most of them he had no affinity with, or plain didnt know how to use. With his tiny size, he had to use his qi to hover them near him, rather than directly hold them, as most were too unwieldy for him. On the other hand, his tininess gave Hui a unique perspective into the treasures, and details that the normal-sized him might have missed stood out to the tiny him.

Peering up at a mysterious box with a revolving inner panel, Hui frowned, then put it back in his storage ring. I can sell the useless ones. Even if theyre only useless treasures, they should still be worth a few spirit stones. Maybe I can finally get out

of debt to the Sect Master

Hui sat there silently for a moment, shoulders slumped. After a second, he sat up and clapped his cheeks. No! Stay focused. Im going to bring them all back. I wont get depressed. Something this trifling couldnt focus!

Shaking his head hard, he went back to sorting through his loot.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

A glimmer of gold caught his eye. Hui drew out the treasure, and instantly, his face brightened. A group of golden needles floated above his head, mingling together like the finest straw. The gold needles! I got them! Just like Xixing suggested, I can try out spiritual medicine now!

Xixing

This time, his face twitched, and something prickled in his eyes. Hui slapped his face again and sniffed, forcing it back. Im okay. Im okay. Im okay. Im going to bring them all back. Its all going to be okay. Ill fix it. Ill fix everything.

He stored the needles back in his storage ring and pressed on, searching for anything else. For the most part, none of the treasures hed snatched stood out to him. Many were weapons he hadnt practiced with, or otherwise unsuited for him. Some, like a pair of black stones engraved with mysterious runes, were so esoteric he had no idea how to even use them for cultivation. One or two of them were scrolls that contained cultivation techniques. Hui scanned those, but none seemed particularly suited for him.

Well, I did just grab a bunch of treasures at random, without even paying attention to what I was grabbing. Id be quite lucky to grab a bunch of treasures that were all useful to me.

Not that these arent useful. All treasures are useful! Useful for spirit stones!

And no ones going to come after me, because the sect is gone.

Hui paused, looking at the treasure in his handa horsehair whip with a colorful handle. Frowning, he turned it over. Did I plunder my own sect, in essence?

What realm? a female cultivator shouted back.

Fourth, the cultivator shouted back. He paused, then nudged Zhubi over.

Zhubi flipped back over, resisting the cultivators effort to make him not play dead.

The cultivator pulled a face. He glanced over his shoulder at the female cultivator. Its, er it seems kind of useless, though.

The female cultivator wandered over. She looked at Zhubi and scowled in disgust. It looks like a worm. Gross.

Do you want me to kill it? the cultivator asked.

Its already dead. Tossing her hair, the female cultivator walked away.

The cultivator glanced at Zhubi. He nudged the snake one more time with his toe. I dont really need any fourth-realm snake scales I guess Ill let it go. Hey, grow big and strong and come back with fifth-level scales, alright?

Zhubi tilted his head a little, perfecting his play-dead stance.

Chuckling under his breath, the cultivator walked away. Louder, he shouted, Someone tell Ding Qinwen to fix the sensitivity of his perimeter. Thats the third time its gone off for a spirit beast.

Hui peeked out from under Zhubis coils and stuck his tongue out at the cultivators back. He patted Zhubis scales. Thanks, boy.

If that guy dared attack Zhubi, I would have taken his head, even if it left me in a bad situation! Hui vowed silently. From the moment Zhubi tipped him off his head, Hui had been awake, no longer trapped in the trance state. He held a half-finished talisman in his hand, but the other half was no more than nonsense scribbles. He glanced at it, then put it away in his storage ring. I got the feeling I wont be able to finish the play-dead talisman until Im at a higher realm. If I dont try for the offensive version, though I think I can finish that with another few months worth of contemplation.

Zhubi hissed quietly. With some effort, he flipped back over. Shaking himself off, he flicked his tongue at Hui and tipped his head.

Hui petted his head. Lets hurry up into the sect before someone else comes. Now that weve come this far, lets hurry up and find out what state everyones in!