943: Extra: Jiang Yu and Zhi Meng in their teenage years

"She's so strange..."

Jiang Yu blinked, her gaze fixed on the diligently busy Zhi Meng.

Too strange.

In a mountain hollow, ruined into a wasteland by Martial Skills, Zhi Meng held a large cleaver, chopping down Yao Beasts piece by piece, deboning them, and putting both high-value and low-value items into her storage ring.

Even the blood that accidentally dripped onto the ground, Zhi Meng actually collected it.

What was she collecting this for?

Surely no one would want it.

Jiang Yu floated before her, her immortal dress fluttering, shimmering with light, like a Heavenly God descending.

"Why do you chop the Yao Beasts into pieces? It's so much better to just put them directly into your storage ring; it saves time and effort. Look, you're covered in blood; anyone who didn't know would think you'd bathed in a pool of blood," Jiang Yu asked, puzzled.

Zhi Meng frowned, not wanting to bother with her, quickly tidied up the battlefield, carefully checked it to ensure nothing was missed, then left on her flying blade.

Jiang Yu pursed her lips, and Zhi Meng ignored her again, but she really wanted to be friends with Zhi Meng.

Zhi Meng's eyes were so firm, yet also held a terrifying ruthlessness.

Every time Jiang Yu saw Zhi Meng's eyes, she couldn't help but be curious and want to explore them.

Among the countless Outer Sect Disciples of the Star God Palace, in the vast crowd, she spotted Zhi Meng at a glance.

"Still following?"

Zhi Meng looked back, annoyed in her heart. Jiang Yu, a perfectly good Goddess of the Divine Palace, instead of Cultivating properly, why was she following her like a ghost, inseparable?

Could she have ulterior motives?

Impossible... As soon as this thought arose, Zhi Meng immediately dismissed it.

Anyone could have ulterior motives for her, but never Jiang Yu.

"Since she wants to follow, let her follow then. Perhaps..." Zhi Meng had a flash of inspiration, her eyes flickering.

After a moment, having made a plan in her heart, Zhi Meng adjusted her emotions, turned back, and a smile appeared on her tender young face: "Junior Sister, let's go on an adventure together."

"Okay! But I'm younger than you, so you can just call me Junior Sister," Jiang Yu said happily.

"Alright, Junior Sister."

Zhi Meng smiled radiantly, her eyes glinting with calculation, and said with a laugh: "Junior Sister, before we team up, we need to agree on how to distribute the spoils of war."

"Why?" Jiang Yu pressed, her beautiful peach blossom eyes full of curiosity.

"Because if we agree beforehand, the team will work harder, and there won't be disputes over uneven distribution of the spoils."

"Oh, oh, oh, I see. So how should we distribute them?"

"We'll hunt Yao Beasts together. Whoever kills the Yao Beast first, it belongs to them. Whoever gets the item guarded by the Yao Beast first, it also belongs to them. Isn't that fair? What do you think?"

"Okay, that's pretty good." Jiang Yu blinked, her thick black eyelashes long and curled, like two small fans.

Her peach blossom eyes were clear and bright, lively and spirited, exuding a soft glow.

"Then let's go!"

Zhi Meng's red lips curved slightly.

Stupid woman, you've fallen into my trap.

When you go to fight the Yao Beast, I'll go snatch the Spirit Medicine. When you've half-killed the Yao Beast, I'll step in and finish it off with one slash.

Thus, both the Spirit Medicine and the Yao Beast will be mine.

You won't even get a single hair.

That's for following me.

Hmph!

Zhi Meng thought viciously.

Two blossoming, stunning young women flew through strange mountains and perilous peaks, crossing vast mountains, rosy clouds, and cloud layers.

Zhi Meng was highly observant, listening to all directions, concentrating on finding traces of Yao Beasts.

She was very experienced in this, like a born hunter, able to judge whether there were Yao Beasts in the mountain range based on the environment and surrounding small animals.

Soon, Zhi Meng discovered a Yao Beast at Purple Mansion Perfection.

What made Zhi Meng even happier was that this fierce tiger guarded a Golden Spirit Fruit tree, a precious medicine containing the power of Geng Metal.

Each Golden Spirit Fruit was an priceless treasure, which could be put up for auction, even as a finale item.

This Golden Spirit Fruit tree before them had nine fruits, and all of them were ripe.

It was simply a Heaven-Defying Opportunity.

And this fierce tiger seemed to contain a trace of White Tiger Bloodline; its entire body was a treasure.

I'm rich, I'm rich!

Zhi Meng was ecstatic and called out to Jiang Yu: "Quickly, go kill it."

"Oh."

Jiang Yu stepped out, ignoring the fierce tiger's roar, her figure like a fleeting light. She pressed her palm onto the tiger's forehead, shattering its brain, then waved her hand to collect the tiger's corpse and the Golden Spirit Fruits.

This is great... Jiang Yu thought gleefully.

This was her first adventure, and her first spoils of war obtained from teaming up with her Senior Sister.

Zhi Meng: "..."

Zhi Meng's smile gradually stiffened.

"Senior Sister, what's wrong?" Jiang Yu came before her, smiling, and noticed her eyes were gloomy. Jiang Yu asked, a little scared.

"No, nothing."

Zhi Meng forced a stiff smile, her eyes flickering, and said: "Junior Sister, your strength is amazing. You can even ignore the fierce tiger's innate Divine Ability. Have you Cultivated some Heaven-Defying Divine Ability?"

"No, I just thought its voice was a bit noisy, so I used my true Qi to block it out."

"...Hehe."

Looking at the innocent-faced Jiang Yu, Zhi Meng let out two fake laughs.

Acting.

Keep acting.

So good at acting.

Why don't you just ascend to the heavens?

Tigers are inherently the kings of beasts, and those with White Tiger Bloodline are kings among kings.

How terrifying is its innate Divine Ability? Simply put, it could shatter all Purple Mansion realm cultivators in front of it into dust.

Just look at where the sound waves passed: flowers, plants, and trees turned to dust, and a thousand-meter small mountain peak shattered into dust.

If Zhi Meng hadn't been experienced and anticipated the fierce tiger's roar early, hiding in the opposite direction, she would have already been shattered into a bloody mist by the sound waves.

Such a terrifying fierce tiger, and Jiang Yu actually said its voice was a bit noisy?

She was practically treating her like an idiot.

Zhi Meng's gaze subtly swept over Jiang Yu's immortal dress, hairpin, tassels, earrings, necklace, waist sash, boots... She didn't realize it until she looked, but she was shocked to find that they were all Advanced Magic Treasures beyond her comprehension.

Zhi Meng's eyes were almost blinded.

Zhi Meng understood.

It must be because of this entire set of Advanced Magic Treasures.

This time she miscalculated.

She hadn't expected Jiang Yu's strength to be so great, and her financial resources so abundant.

It wouldn't happen again.

Zhi Meng: "Junior Sister, I've thought about it, and I feel that the previous distribution was a bit unsuitable."

"What's unsuitable about it? I think Senior Sister's distribution is very fair."

"Hmph, if I think it's unsuitable, then it's unsuitable. We need to renegotiate the distribution, otherwise, we'll go our separate ways."

"Okay then." Seeing her angry, Jiang Yu had no choice but to agree.

Zhi Meng: "Unfair distribution can easily lead to internal strife, and even drawing swords against each other. Junior Sister wouldn't want me to stab you, would you?"

"No." Jiang Yu shook her head repeatedly.

"That's good then."

Zhi Meng's eyes darted around, and she said earnestly: "Junior Sister, you got so much entirely because I found it. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have discovered it, so I deserve the most credit. Therefore, you must give me seventy percent."

"This..."

"If you don't share, we'll go our separate ways."

"Okay, I'll share."

Jiang Yu reluctantly took out the spoils of war. She still wanted to collect them, as this was her first spoils of war after all.

If she shared them, Senior Sister would probably chop them into tiny pieces.

Bloody, how could she collect that?

Sure enough, Zhi Meng took out her large cleaver, took the blood, skinned and deboned, and separated the flesh and bones.

Jiang Yu couldn't bear to watch anymore, covering her eyes with her hands but couldn't help but secretly peek through a slit, her dark, round eyes darting about.

The two blossoming young women divided the spoils and made up, chatting and laughing all the way.

But Zhi Meng soon couldn't laugh anymore.

Because Jiang Yu found a Flood Dragon.

And the Spirit Medicine guarded by the Flood Dragon was even more precious than the Golden Spirit Fruit.

There was also a piece of Materials for refining Advanced Magic Treasures, which Zhi Meng didn't recognize, but it looked very Advanced.

"Senior Sister, according to what you just said, I discovered it first, I killed it, and I obtained it first, so the spoils of war all belong to me, right?"

Jiang Yu said with a smile.

Now she could collect them.

"No."

"Huh? Why?" Jiang Yu was bewildered.

Didn't they just agree on it perfectly?

"Jianghu rules dictate that we split it fifty-fifty when we meet, so you must give me half."

"Ah? But..."

But she had seen Zhi Meng hunt many Yao Beasts before, and she hadn't given her half.

Zhi Meng seemed to read her thoughts and said righteously: "That's because we weren't teamed up. How could I give you half? Now that we're teammates, of course, we have to split it half-and-half."

"Alright then!"

Jiang Yu thought about it and felt that what she said made some sense, but also seemed wrong.

She didn't want to share.

But if she didn't, Senior Sister would definitely go their separate ways again.

Zhi Meng joyfully took out her large cleaver.

With a flurry of sparks and lightning, she scraped off the scales, peeled off the skin, separated the bones and flesh, and collected the blood.

There were also the Flood Dragon's tendons, horns, liver, and intestines... the brain was also a good thing, all split equally.

The two sisters made up again.