After searching the body of Gu Changqing for a while, Mu Jinyu found a small grass emitting a faint blue starlight.
It was the "Starblue Grass" that had caused the conflict between the two disciples of Mingyue Valley and Gu Changqing.
This grass was the main ingredient for concocting Second-Grade Elixirs and was quite valuable, worth dozens of Medium Grade Spirit Stones.
It was a decent harvest.
Mu Jinyu took it without intending to give it back to those two Mingyue Valley disciples.
Wasn't saving their lives enough?
Why should he give them his spoils of battle, where's the fairness in that?
Then, he searched the body again and found several Jade Pendants and some small items, which were all Defensive Artifacts with limited effects and not very valuable.
Finally, Mu Jinyu found a bag on Gu Changqing's body, and upon opening it, he saw that it was much more than it seemed; the inside of the bag was as big as a safe, not just palm-sized.
"Eh, could this be a Storage Bag?"
Mu Jinyu was surprised by the unusual nature of the cloth bag and inwardly exclaimed.
He knew that there was a Magic Treasure in the Kunlun Ruins known as the Storage Bag, crafted by Hedao Realm Experts using special materials. It could carry Mt. Sumeru in a mustard seed— a small cloth bag whose internal space varied in size, with smaller ones only as big as a backpack, and the larger ones rumored to be as big as a soccer field.
The little bag he currently held was indeed palm-sized, but its interior was as big as an ordinary safe, clearly categorizing it as a Storage Bag.
Mu Jinyu wasn't particularly shocked or surprised by this, as he typically used the Shennong Cauldron as a storage bag, though it was more troublesome to use, having to enlarge and then shrink it to carry it around.
With the Storage Bag, there was no need for such hassle; he could just stuff things inside directly.
In the Kunlun Ruins, Storage Bags weren't considered rare treasures— many people owned them; only those with exceptionally large spaces were considered valuable.
When Mu Jinyu first joined the Heavenly Sword Faction, had he accepted becoming a disciple of the Sect Leader, he would have been awarded a Storage Bag too, but he refused, providing no face to the Sect Leader. Annoyed, the Sect Leader allowed him to enjoy the treatment of an Outer Sect Disciple straight away.
Thus, he had not been allotted a Storage Bag.
It also led him not to see a Storage Bag until today.
After being briefly amazed by the Storage Bag, Mu Jinyu didn't think much of it and began to see what else was inside Gu Changqing's Storage Bag.
At first glance, Mu Jinyu spotted a Spiritual Medicine that made his eyes light up.
It was the last item he had been searching for over the past four days for his sect task, the Purple Cloud Pattern Pinecone.
The fruit looked a bit like an avocado from the outside, but it had purple cloud patterns on it, and when cut open, the core inside resembled a pine cone, hence its name.
It was the main ingredient for concocting a type of Detoxification Pill, not very valuable under normal circumstances. Normally, the price wouldn't be too expensive, but because it was rarely seen, it became extremely precious to those who needed it, and therefore its price far exceeded its actual value.
Mu Jinyu had not found the Purple Cloud Pattern Pinecone for several days and had decided to give up, planning to simply pick another task once he returned to the Heavenly Sword Faction.
Unexpectedly, he performed a good deed on his way back and found the Purple Cloud Pattern Pinecone while searching the corpse.
It could truly be said to be "finding a bright village beyond the dark willow trees."
"Haha, not bad."
Mu Jinyu laughed heartily and tossed the "Starblue Grass" and several defensive artifacts into the storage bag.
"Plunk!"
At that moment, the two disciples from Mingyue Valley, who had barely managed to get up and were planning to take the chance to leave, were preparing to cover each other's escape when they unexpectedly discovered that Gu Changqing had died at the hands of Mu Jinyu. Shocked by his laughter, they accidentally fell to the ground.
"Ugh..."
They emitted a painful moan, clearly from bodies already heavily injured, and with this fall, their injuries worsened.
Hearing their painful moans, the joyful Mu Jinyu suddenly snapped back to reality, remembering that the two people he had saved were still in critical condition.
"Are you alright?"
Mu Jinyu turned to look at them, saw their severe injuries with blood still oozing from the wounds on their backs, and watched as they lay on the ground too pained to speak. He couldn't help but sigh softly and stepped toward them.
As the saying goes, save someone to the end. Since he had intervened to save them, it didn't make sense to kill Gu Changqing and then ignore their plight, leaving them to fend for themselves.
Moreover, saving them did not require any expensive elixirs.
Mu Jinyu walked over to the two from Mingyue Valley, pretended to take out two useless pills from his pocket, stuffed them into their mouths, then channeled his True Yuan and used Life Source Energy to treat them.
Giving them the pills was just a diversion, intended to make them believe that he had saved them using the pills, not the remarkably effective Life Source Energy.
Soon, under the treatment of Mu Jinyu's Life Source Energy,
the critically injured disciples from Mingyue Valley felt a warm sensation all over, and the various injuries on their backs no longer caused them severe pain. They found it quite miraculous.
After Mu Jinyu withdrew his hands, they got up from the ground, endlessly grateful, and said to Mu Jinyu, "Thank you, Senior Brother from the Heavenly Sword Faction, for your rescue. Without your intervention, we might have already died an unjust death here in these wild mountains, with no one knowing we were killed by the Blood Sword Sect..."
Their tone was both relieved and frightened.
Mu Jinyu waved his hand and said, "There's nothing to thank me for. Strictly speaking, it should be considered that you saved yourselves. If, upon seeing me, you had recklessly rushed over to use me as a shield to buy yourselves time, I would not have cared about your fate!"
"But you didn't. Instead, upon seeing me, not wanting to involve me, you turned and ran in another direction. That's when you were injured by the people from the Blood Sword Sect. Since that was the case, I couldn't just ignore what I saw."
Hearing this, the two women from Mingyue Valley felt even more fortunate.
One of the women said, "Anyway, ultimately it was you, Senior Brother, who saved us. Moreover, during the rescue, you used two valuable pills. Rest assured, Senior Brother, once we return, we will gather enough spirit stones to compensate you for the loss of these two pills..."
Mu Jinyu waved his hand, indicating it was not important.
However, they insisted on compensating him for the loss, and Mu Jinyu, unable to persuade them otherwise and not wanting to waste time over such a trivial matter, reluctantly agreed.
Mu Jinyu said, "Alright, are you still planning to carry out your mission in the Yuntian Mountain Range? I'm leaving."
The two women quickly shook their heads, still visibly shaken, and said, "We are going back..."
Although their injuries had healed, they did not dare to stay any longer in the Yuntian Mountain Range, and of course, returning did not mean they planned to complain to their sect and trouble the Blood Sword Sect.
Mingyue Valley was the weakest among the Four Sects of Yan Kingdom, and it was unrealistic for them to confront the Blood Sword Sect over such a minor matter.