Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

In the empty passageway, the sound of hurried footsteps, mixed with panting and cursing, came from afar.

The red-haired zombie king suddenly stopped chewing, casually tossed aside the half-body piece, and slowly stood up.

The little zombies behind it also began to stir.

Mo Fei's expression changed: "...Could it be that someone has accidentally wandered in again?"

Feng Qiguang said coldly, "That's possible. We were all sucked in, so there's no reason why others wouldn't be."

Yu Luoning sighed, "This place is sealed off by spiritual energy; it's a den of dragons and tigers for cultivators. Anyone who enters... will most likely meet a terrible end."

Before he finished speaking, a burst of fighting sounds erupted from ahead.

"Damn it, what kind of place is this?!"

"Run! A zombie at the tenth level of Qi Refining! We can't handle that!"

"If my spiritual power hadn't been sealed, I would have slapped that bastard to death."

The roar abruptly stopped, as if it had been abruptly cut off.

A short while later, three people staggered out, covered in blood, their clothes torn like rags.

The man in the lead immediately noticed the three people sitting neatly in the golden iron cage and froze.

"Fellow Daoist...were you captured by zombies?"

The three remained silent.

The man gritted his teeth, as if trying to rush over to save the man, but his companion shouted urgently, "Li Hu, forget about it! We can't even save ourselves! Let's go!"

Li Hu's eyes flickered with struggle for a moment.

The next moment, a small zombie was thrown out of another passage with a loud "boom".

The red-haired zombie king squeezed half of its body out of the darkness, a foul stench wafting through the air, and grinned.

"Hehehe~"

The three men turned pale instantly and ran away.

Inside the iron cage, Mo Fei watched with trepidation, feeling a sense of shared suffering.

Yu Luoning: "At least they weren't as pathetic as you. Back then, you were being hammered to the ground by the Zombie King."

Mo Fei snapped, "There are three of them, and I'm alone. How can you compare them?"

Yu Luoning said sincerely, "Don't make excuses if you're bad at it."

The three fought more and more chaotically, their punches and kicks hitting the zombie king were like tickling it, and they were instead struck by a palm, causing him to roll around and vomit blood, on the verge of collapse.

Yu Luoning suddenly raised her voice,

"Hey! Fellow Daoists! Would you like to come in and take shelter?"

Li Hu shouted as he dodged, "You mean... going to jail?!"

Yu Luoning retorted confidently, "Otherwise, why do you think we locked ourselves up inside?"

The three of them hesitated as they were being beaten.

Yu Luoning added, "But let me make this clear first, there's a fee to get in."

One of them almost laughed in anger: "Fellow Daoist, taking advantage of a crisis at this time... isn't that inappropriate?!"

Yu Luoning shrugged: "Then you can continue to get beaten up. I don't force people to buy or sell."

Mo Fei's eyes widened: "You really are a shrewd businessman! You ripped off everyone but me?"

Yu Luoning rolled her eyes, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, yet the three people outside could hear her clearly:

"Who's as rich as you? I'm pregnant, so I have to save up some resources for my child. You clearly have no experience managing a household."

Feng Qiguang was silent for a moment, and surprisingly did not refute it. His expression was... a little awkward.

The three outside were cornered by the Zombie King and finally gave in.

Li Hu gritted his teeth: "Top-grade spirit stones! I'll give them to you! Open the cage!"

Yu Luoning laughed and said, "You're a straightforward person! Come closer, or the Zombie King might kill you, or I won't give you a refund."

After saying that, she instructed Feng Qiguang to open the door.

The next instant, the iron cage shook, its body expanded outwards, the gaps opened and closed, and the three people tumbled in in a disheveled state before the iron cage closed again.

The red-haired zombie king pounced and slapped the cage.

"Bang!"

The iron cage remained completely still.

The Zombie King roared angrily, drool dripping from his teeth, pacing back and forth around the iron cage.

Six people were crammed into the iron cage.

Seeing that the iron cage did not grow any larger, Yu Luoning guessed that the iron cage probably could not expand and contract indefinitely, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

The newcomer looked grim: "Fellow Daoist, if you take advantage of someone's misfortune like this, you might need to ask for help in the future."

Yu Luoning raised her eyes and glanced at him indifferently.

"I'm the kind of person who always repays kindness with kindness and settles scores with scores. If you think I'm inhumane, please go outside; no one will stop you."

The man choked.

Yu Luoning withdrew her gaze, weighed the high-grade spirit stone she had just received, and her mood improved significantly.

"Alright, everyone. We're all in the same cage now, so let's focus on healing our injuries first. Once we can catch our breath, we can discuss how to get out."

Before she could finish speaking, Mo Fei couldn't hold back any longer. He turned to Feng Qiguang and said, "The incantation you just recited should have made this magical artifact yours. How can you bear to let her cheat people like this?"

Feng Qiguang scoffed coldly, not finding anything amiss whatsoever.

"What's wrong with her wanting to earn money to support her child?"

Mo Fei choked on his words, his face turning pale and then red, finally managing to stammer out, "...You two are truly ruthless."

The six people didn't have much peace for long before screams came from outside again, and two groups of people were being chased and rolled over by the Zombie King.

"Help--!"

"Fellow Daoist! Open the door! Save us!"

Yu Luoning: "One high-grade spirit stone. Pay first, then you can enter."

So the number of people in the small cage increased from six to twenty-three.

When there are many people, the heat, the smell of blood, and the smell of sweat mix together, and the air becomes stale.

But what is this bit of spoilage compared to spirit stones?

Yu Luoning tossed the newly acquired spirit stones into her Qiankun bag, weighed them in her hand, and almost burst out laughing.

She earned a full twenty high-grade spirit stones this time.

One high-grade spirit stone is equal to 1000 mid-grade spirit stones.

One mid-grade spirit stone is equal to 1000 low-grade spirit stones.

She counted on her fingers for a long time, but still couldn't convert it into the familiar gold and silver units.

"...Too much trouble, forget it."

"In short, I'm a rich woman now."

She looked up at the drooling zombies outside the iron cage and felt a strange sense of gratitude.

If it weren't for these troublesome little zombies, how could she have taken advantage of the situation—no, how could she have legitimately obtained so many high-grade spirit stones?

For a moment, she found these grotesque, fanged zombies rather endearing.

Crowded inside the iron cage, someone angrily cursed, "Damn it, this place is incredibly eerie. If I could use my spiritual power, I would have pulverized these demons and monsters long ago."

"What are we going to do now? It's full of zombies outside. We can't stay here forever, can we?"

"Many hands make light work. Fellow Daoists, why don't we all work together to come up with a solution?"

Someone pulled out a talisman, their tone filled with a sense of relief, as if they had grasped a lifeline, "I have a location talisman on me, my sect will come to rescue me soon."

Before he could finish speaking, someone nearby immediately poured cold water on his words, saying, "You failed to rescue the others, and now they've fallen in again."

The crowd paused for a moment, then erupted into an even louder argument.

Yu Luoning remained calm and did not participate in the discussion.

She kept her Qiankun bag closed while keeping a close eye on the group of people.

Having earned so many spirit stones from them, what if these people vent their anger on me? I might not be able to defeat them.

Although it was sheltered by the light of the phoenix perching.

But if he finds out he lied to him, he'll turn on him faster than any zombie outside.