Snake and Rabbit (7)

The academy was very important only because of the treasure that was there. As for the rest of the fighting between the female lead and the students, Yin Mei had no interest. If she had time, it would be a little fun to watch from the side, but right now Yin Mei had to focus on getting the treasure before the female lead.

Yin Mei thought that she might have gotten a little addicted to stealing the female lead's treasures? Oh well.

She couldn't bring the demon king this time, since she didn't want to interrupt his cultivation, so she could only alert the hidden guard captain before making her way to the academy.

This treasure that she mentioned was one of the best treasures in the story, at least at first look. This is because this is one of the treasures that didn't have as many secrets and wasn't so mysterious, but still very powerful. It was a sword made from the bones of an ice dragon. Because of the female lead's affinity, many of the treasures found here were treasures with an ice affinity.

The reason why no one else realized the existence of this super unbelievably good treasure was because first it was in a mustard seed space that was under the care of the academy, secondly it was in a tricky place to get to even inside that dimension, and thirdly, because it was in a sealed space, no one had been able to sense its existence.

There shouldn't be anything too dangerous, just that the location of the sword was in a bit of a tricky place to get to. That being said, Yin Mei couldn't be too underprepared. Even though she counted as having a pretty high cultivation, Yin Mei wasn't actually Bai Yu. She remembered Bai Yu's memories of fighting and the techniques she knew, but Yin Mei hadn't had a chance to practice them. As a result, she felt that when it came to an actual fight, the most Yin Mei could do was flee? Perhaps she could only exert a tenth of Bai Yu's true power at this time.

Well, preparing didn't take too long though, since she had already brought an unbelievable amount of life saving treasures with her from the demon world. She just took another glance before putting on an outfit that had all sorts of buffs and defensive formations embroidered on it. In addition, she wore a pair of pearl earrings similar to the ones she gifted to the female lead, as well as a few other defense and escape tools.

Thinking she was all good, she headed out for the academy. "Ughhhhh, why do I have to go out and do this? If only this treasure wasn't so important for the demon king..." Yin Mei mumbled to herself as she snuck through the school campus, wearing the appearance changing brooch and shadow manipulating cloak.

The good thing was that the formations guarding the entrance to the mustard seed dimension were a joke in Yin Mei's eyes. This was because Bai Yu's specialty lay in formations and talisman making. Yin Mei thought it was an odd speciality, but in terms of this ability, even the demon king had praised her talent (at the age of five, apparently).

Maybe it was because Yin Mei was in Bai Yu's body, but she also found formations and talisman making very easy. Even if she didn't, she still had the vast amount of knowledge on it in Bai Yu's mind. She didn't think such meticulous and detailed work suited the carefree Bai Yu, but she had to admit that when Bai Yu got serious, she was actually very talented.

"Hey, did you hear? That waste actually came to school today!" A student passing by said to his friend, mocking clear in his face.

Yin Mei hid in the shadows of a nearby building, eavesdropping on them after hearing the word "waste".

"Really? I can't believe the Prime Minister would actually let such a shameful person out of the estate. What was the emperor thinking, allowing a cultivation waste to attend the academy? It'll only drag down our reputation," the friend replied, his face warped in disgust.

They walked away, the sound of their chattering growing distant. "The female lead is already at the academy? I should hurry," Yin Mei thought to herself as she leapt from building roof to building roof. Actually, the female lead wasn't scheduled to discover the sword for the next few weeks at least, but Yin Mei was uncomfortable being in the same place as the female lead for so long. After all, she didn't have the big golden thigh known as the demon king with her at this time.

She couldn't only run slightly faster, soon arriving at the entrance to the other dimension, located inside a small tower. This dimension was an extremely simple dimension, slightly similar to a storage space. It contained various treasures to be rewarded to students that score high on certain exams. It was currently being watched over by two cultivators. From their appearance, they looked like twins, one with white hair and the other with black hair, very handsome.

Since their cultivation was lower than Bai Yu's, Yin Mei didn't think of them as too big of a problem. After all, cultivators couldn't sense the presence of those with higher cultivation, unless the person with higher cultivation specifically released their aura in a way that allowed them to be sensed. Currently, with Yin Mei using a special talisman, there was no way they would be able to sense her. She secretly took out an invisibility talisman, sticking it onto her body and activating it with a thin strand of energy. Taking a deep breath, she stepped out from the pillar she was hiding behind and walked up the stairs to the gate. The twin guards didn't notice her at all.

She entered the gate. There was only a faint ripple from her entrance, which merged with all the other ripples that flowed across the space of the gate. The first phase was over. It was easier than she thought it would be, but she also felt that it was expected. After all, even though this small Li Kingdom had a bunch of awesome treasures, they were still a small backwards kingdom without even a single Demigod practitioner (the highest level of cultivation one could reach in this lower realm).

Entering the dimension, it was like a starry night sky, the stars all different treasures. Yin Mei didn't glance at them, instead taking out a jade sword. The "slightly tricky place" that the dragon bone sword was in was in the border of this dimension and the void. It sounded complicated, but what she needed to do wasn't too hard...

Yin Mei took the slender and elegant jade sword, waving it slightly. The movement was rough, but somehow still exuded an elegance. It was slow, but also seemingly unable to be seen properly with the naked eye. A single slash, and the space rumbled as a black tear appeared where Yin Mei had cut with her sword.

She jumped into the tear of space after taking a deep breath and gathering up her courage. Inside was just endless darkness. Although it didn't look like much, it was actually very dangerous. After all, she was messing with space here. The demon king would have been very useful right about now, but since he wasn't here, she could only haphazardly wave around her jade sword in order to cut through the different dimensions.

She once again waved her sword, this time the tear filled with bright light instead of darkness. "Just one more and I should be through," she thought to herself, jumping through the tear again. Exiting and it was a world of pure light. She cut again, jumped again, and this time she was in what appeared to be a sword grave.

"It's good that nothing went wrong!" She thought, though she still had to find the sword and then exit without getting lost. This sword grave was only accessible with special methods, and was a place where swords went to die. Many swords pierced the ground, the majority broken or rusty. Only some appeared newer, but their light and shine were fading.

Some special people would come here to "revive" a sword, but this was very rare. Excluding the female lead, it had been several centuries since someone visited this place. Who would know that this usually inaccessible place could actually be found by cutting a few tears into space through the Li Kingdom Academy's mustard seed dimension?

"Hmm, now to find the sword among all these swords," Yin Mei said, tilting her head from side to side in thought. The female lead had found it because she had a natural affinity toward the sword, but Yin Mei had rather low affinity toward the ice element. Too bad the information didn't really mention where it was among the other swords, only that it appeared very ordinary and had a cold ice aura emanating from it.

Yin Mei groaned. It can't be that she would need to check every sword with ice aura, right?

She was complaining, but trudged along to do so anyways. In terms of complaining, Yin Mei was without equal, but she still got things done in the end.

She checked each sword with a little bit of cold aura. Those that still looked exceptional, she didn't bother with. She only looked at those broken and rusty swords, or those swords that looked extremely ordinary. She grabbed every single sword like this. Even if the sword resisted, she would directly overpower it and bring it with her anyways. It was only through her Jade Rabbit bloodline that this was possible. For Jade Rabbits, not only could they naturally feel and discover treasures, they were also acknowledged as the king of treasures... Yin Mei wasn't quite sure what that meant, but since she could acquire treasures like this even without them acknowledging her, she just thought it was very useful.

She continued like this for what seemed like days, before she finally came across a sword that she couldn't overpower. She knew that this had to be the sword she was looking for, as the sound of a dragon roaring came out of it, resisting her grasp.

"I finally found it!" She shouted happily. It was only that, how would she be able to take it out? She had found it because it was the one sword that could resist her, but also because of that, she wasn't sure how she could grab it and leave.

She wanted to scream in frustration. "Why does everything have to be so hard!? Is it so hard for you to cooperate with me? If you come with me, then His Majesty will be happy, I'll be happy, the system will be happy... everyone will be happy! You'll practically be like a hero saving the world, spreading happiness and smiles, is it so hard of a thing to do?" She stomped her foot in anger.

Who knew that talking like that would actually work, and the sword obediently flew over, hovering by her. She snorted. "It's good that you know the right thing to do." Although she grumbled like that, she was still both happy and surprised. She didn't think that venting out her anger like that would actually cause the sword to become so cooperative. She grabbed the sword, placing it in her storage bag with the other swords.

As for leaving...

Two weeks later.

Yin Mei finally returned to the manor, looking extremely exhausted. She didn't think that getting out of the sword grave and back here would actually be so hard. She didn't know how long she had been gone, but she had spent a lot of time running around different dimensions, completely lost. She had accidentally entered some people's storage spaces or mustard seed dimensions, and almost died along the way. Storage spaces weren't even supposed to be able to contain living people dammit! Of course, she did use the opportunity to grab all sorts of treasures and riches. After all, she deserved a reward after all that hard work she did right?

She could only be relieved that the assassination even hadn't happened yet. If it did, she would definitely be way too depressed and want to vent her anger out on someone.

"I'm finally home!" Yin Mei was almost moved to tears. The first thing she did was obviously... to go to the chef uncle and leech some cake off of him!

After her stomach was satisfied, she went to the entrance of the demon king's room, only to stop, unsure whether to interrupt him. If he accidentally got injured from being interrupted during cultivation, she wouldn't have enough lives to pay him back! But, it couldn't be that he planned on staying in closed cultivation for several years, right? Yin Mei immediately felt terrified, feeling this was very possible. No way, she still needed to rely on the demon king to kill off the male lead in a few days!

She paced back and forth, an anxious expression on her face.

The demon king: ... What in the world is she doing?