Taking everything with her was clearly unrealistic. She was alone, facing so many Unity cultivators, with no chance of winning. So she had to be low-key, first testing the waters before making any moves. Song Wanníng narrowed her eyes, the cold light fading as she summoned Long Ling.
"Sister, I'll help you find the best ones."
Long Ling excitedly slipped out. It hadn't seen so many treasures in a long time.
"Good."
Song Wanníng patted Long Ling, her gaze softening.
Long Ling immediately got to work, closing its eyes to sense the spiritual energy. Soon, it marked several targets. "These have the densest spiritual energy, definitely not ordinary!"
"Besides spiritual treasures, sense the demonic treasures too."
Song Wanníng reminded.
Long Ling pouted, "Sister, are you still thinking about Baili Shang?"
"Hm?"
Song Wanníng looked at it with curiosity. "This plan was his idea, and it also distracted Huo Yang. Do you think I want to keep all the benefits for myself?"
She raised her brow, finding Long Ling's reaction strange.
Long Ling felt a bit embarrassed under her gaze. Sister was right. But Xiao Jin said these men were no good. Baili Shang obviously had designs on Sister. They had to be careful and make sure Sister wasn't deceived.
Under Sister's stare, Long Ling grew more guilty and quickly began sensing the treasures with the strongest demonic energy.
Soon, a few more items were marked.
Song Wanníng glanced at them with satisfaction. If it were her, she would have been fooled by some illusions. She chose one treasure and reached out cautiously.
But the treasure slyly flew away, refusing to be touched. She chased it a few rounds but couldn't catch it.
Song Wanníng knew this method wouldn't work, but her real focus was on whether the elder guarding the pavilion noticed. Could he see inside through the formation?
But the truth was, the elder couldn't detect anything inside. All treasures required points to redeem, so they couldn't be stolen or snatched. Besides, since these were treasures, privacy was expected.
Once certain the elder couldn't see inside, Song Wanníng grew bolder. Just because treasures were hard to take didn't mean her internal world was useless. Plus, the treasures' aura couldn't be sensed outside, making it a perfect tool for theft. She closed her eyes and immersed herself in her internal world. Here, she was the absolute ruler.
She pretended to unconsciously drift near the glowing orbs, as if passing by. Many orbs sneered at her approach. Some looked at her with disdain. Song Wanníng moved calmly through the orbs, slowly lowering their defenses.
When the time was right, she quietly used her internal world and struck like thunder, quickly swallowing the orbs inside. Because her movement was so fast and the orbs were isolated inside her internal world, the others didn't detect any spiritual fluctuations.
Seeing this worked, Song Wanníng didn't hesitate.
She moved quickly among the orbs, taking them inside her internal world whenever they weren't paying attention. Within minutes, over twenty orbs vanished. But among countless orbs, this number was insignificant.
A dark gleam flickered in Song Wanníng's eyes as she continued gathering them. Yet her actions soon caught the attention of other orbs. A wide space opened around her as the orbs all avoided her, refusing to let her get close. She tried several times more, but they kept their distance.
After a long struggle, she managed to seize quite a few more. However, time was running out. Worried she'd alert the elder guarding the pavilion, she decided to give up.
The Huo family was powerful; she couldn't be reckless or she'd end up harming herself.
Knowing when to quit was good.
Song Wanníng stopped wasting time, tidied her appearance, and then decisively left the treasure pavilion. The moment she appeared, the elder's divine sense locked onto her. That powerful gaze swept over her as if seeing right through her. She remained calm and strode toward the elder's position.
Everyone leaving was subjected to a routine check, since it was a treasure vault. Being cautious was normal. But no treasure aura was detected on Song Wanníng. The elder frowned and asked, "Jinchuan, didn't you find anything you liked?"
Everyone knew Huo Jinchuan since he grew up here. The elders were all familiar with him.
Song Wanníng shook her head. "Not enough points. I'll come back to choose once Father returns."
Without enough points, she'd have to ask Patriarch Huo. After all, Patriarch Huo had plenty of points. As Patriarch Huo's child, no one could say anything about that.
The elder nodded, assuming Jinchuan was after some great treasure that required many points.
"Alright, go ahead."
He waved his hand, unaware much had already been taken from inside the formation.
Song Wanníng gave a faint bow and then quickly left the treasure pavilion. With the treasures in hand, she had to leave immediately. Who knew how soon the theft would be discovered?
But running straight out after coming from inside the pavilion could raise suspicion.
A thoughtful gleam flashed in Song Wanníng's eyes as she pondered how to make an excuse to leave. At that moment, she overheard some disciples discussing Patriarch Huo.
"The Patriarch's selfishness caused the deaths of the Grand Elder and Elder Huo Yuan. Now the Young Master acts like nothing happened…"
"I heard he even went to the treasure pavilion."
"Tsk. It's really unfair to the Grand Elder, who cared for the Young Master so much!"
They whispered complaints, full of blame for Huo Yang and his son.
After all, who could understand risking so much to resurrect a dead person and causing such losses?
Song Wanníng's lips curled into a sharp smile.
The excuse had come right to her!
She immediately put on a serious expression and slowly walked out.
The disciples talking froze in shock. After regaining their senses, they hurriedly explained, "Young Master, we didn't mean that."
"Yes, we... we were just feeling sorry for the Grand Elder."
They stammered, blushing.
Why was the Young Master here when they thought he was in the treasure pavilion?
Song Wanníng snorted coldly, her eyes sharp and icy.
"The Grand Elder died because of my father and me. I will avenge him! I'm going to kill those two bitches right now!" With that, she turned sharply and flew toward the exit.
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So, a little random ramble from me ( ･ω･)ﾉﾞ
I rarely go searching for new novels to read ever since I started posting on Webnovel. If you haven't noticed yet, my favorite tags are NoCP first, then FemaleMC. Those two are my "core" tags, so whenever I go hunting for something new, I always start with those. After that, I'll look at "sub tags" or other tags that pair well with them, like #Infrastructure, #Historical, #Xianxia, #Rebirth, #Game, #Counterattack, #Transmigration, #System, #Apocalypse, #QT (quick transmigration), #BehindTheScenes, and #Entertainment. Basically, all those are genres I love, as long as they're built around a NoCP + FemaleMC setting.
It's already been 157 days since I uploaded my very first translation, I Became a Fairy and Lived Forever in the Fairy World, up to my latest project, The Cube Queen's Apocalypse Feast. And in all that time, I honestly haven't gone looking for new novels—I've just been focused on translating nonstop, from the moment I wake up at morning/noon until I crash at morning. I haven't had a job this whole time (◞‸◟;), so honestly, your donations on my Ko-fi and Patreon are my main source of income. That's also why I can pour all my time into translating. This is what my schedule has been like: I usually sleep around 4 am and wake up at 6 or 7. If I have something to do in the morning, I just sleep for those few hours. If I have no activities or my sleep quality was good, I go back to sleep and don't truly wake up until 2 pm in the afternoon.
Out of my ongoing projects, 3 are the ones that need the most attention: Troublemaker's Guide to Immortality and The Cube Queen's Apocalypse Feast both already have more than 200 chapters queued up in drafts, while True Heir of Chaos: From Villainess to Empress has around 100 (because I've been rushing to finish Mom's Apocalypse Survival Log and Reborn as the Fallen Idol, I Leaned Into the Chaos!). And for the 2 projects that are serialized, I've also stocked up plenty of draft chapters for those like what I said yesterday.
So, since I've been feeling a little "free," I wandered over to xxsypro, which is usually where I search for novels rather than other sites. The reason? The filters there are actually useful! You can pick "state" (all, serial, completed), "property" (all, free, paid), and even "renew" (last update within 3 days, 7 days, 15 days, or a month). There's also word count filters (like within 200k, 200k–300k, 300k–500k, 500k–1m, 1m–2m, or more than 2m), plus sorting options like "Comprehensive Popularity," "Best Seller," and "Most Favorites."
You can even narrow it down by "type" (Ancient Romance, Modern Romance, Fantasy Romance, Sci-fi, Fairy Tale, Short Stories, Game Competition, etc.), and "labels" (Popular Tags, Profession, Identity, Character, Background, Plot, School, Style). For example, under "Popular Tags" you'll see things like System Flow, Farming, Strong Women, NoCP, Game Alien World, Quick Wear, etc. Basically, the filters are complete, easy to understand, and—most importantly—actually clickable (unlike some sites that write categories/tags but don't let you click them… so annoying).
Anyway, since I was already there, of course my first stop was the NoCP section, and wow, there were tons of new novels with really interesting intros. And now I'm kinda tempted to add another serialized novel project to translate. Don't worry, if I do pick one up, it'll definitely be something with a smaller chapter count or word count. I'm not crazy enough to throw myself at a monster-length novel right now with the way things are (¬_¬;)
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And guess what… I just came back from browsing the NoCP section, and my eyes were literally sparkling ☆:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:☆. I found 13 new novels with less than 200 chapters and 7 more that already have over 200 chapters. The intros were so good, my soul got hooked instantly.
Not to mention if I start diving into other sections like Female Supporting Role, Strong Women, Cultivation, Infrastructure, Playing Pig and Eating Tiger, Empress, Boss, Game Otherworldly, Apocalypse, Counterattack, Heroine, Super A, Rebirth, Entertainment, and Vest… that's basically heaven on earth for me (≧◡≦).
Of course, sometimes "NoCP" isn't listed under the tags. Instead, you'll see it written in the description/intro like "无CP", or sometimes not mentioned at all, which means you have to either catch the hints in the intro or rely on your NoCP radar being strong enough (lol).
Anyway—decision, decision, decision. (Important things must be said three times!) (╯✧▽✧)╯