The girl selling goods at the market had never seen money before.

Upon hearing this, Bai Jinxuan said, "Grab my hand."

Without thinking much, Jia Ruolin reached out and squeezed Bai Xiaoye's soft little hand.

In fact, Bai Jinxuan had already noticed a problem when the Shadowless Cloak and the Mask of No Return were activated.

The Shadowless Cloak can overlay its effects onto other artifacts, and the Shadowless Cloak automatically dissipates after the Mask of Innocent Transformation ends... There seems to be a priority concept when these artifacts are functioning.

Just like wearing clothes, you add layers on top of each other. Normally, the cape is the outermost layer of clothing, but when you transform, it's like putting on a new coat. When the transformation ends, you have to put it back on.

In other words, the Night Walker can also achieve a similar effect. Its effective area is the 'Shadow Chariot' it is in. In this concept, as long as other people are pulled in, they can be teleported together.

She transformed the Night Walker into black mist, enveloping herself and Jia Ruolin, attempting to pull her into the shadows.

But it failed.

Only he himself entered the shadows; Jia Ruolin remained standing outside.

Since teleportation isn't an option, then we'll have to resort to smuggling.

Bai Jinxuan quickly came up with a new idea. She reappeared as Bai Xiaoye, emerging from the shadows, but this time she brought a cart with her.

On the cart was a cargo box, large enough to hold Jia Ruolin entirely.

"Go in."

"Huh?" Jia Ruolin was a little surprised. "You don't mean to sneak into the underground city like this, do you? How could you possibly get in? There are detection devices there; not even a fly could get in!"

"I am the Shadow, believe me."

The girl's confidence left Jia Ruolin speechless, her mind racing.

Yes, she's a Shadow, she couldn't possibly be unaware of the dungeon entrance detection system, yet she still made this choice; she must have her own reasons...

Just trust the shadows.

Jia Ruolin made up her mind, nodded, and huddled down inside the cargo box.

Seeing this, Bai Jinxuan tried again to pull herself and the box into the shadows, but she failed again.

It seems that the Night Walker can only teleport items and inanimate objects like corpses; living people like Jia Ruolin cannot enter the shadows.

But it doesn't matter, I can still sneak into the city. The cargo box is partially shielded by the Shadowless Cloak, so the guild can't tell.

She pushed the cart toward the entrance to the dungeon. Since she was now the manager of the Witch's Apothecary, unlike ordinary explorers, she could skip the queue and go directly through the special passage by showing her magic mark as the manager.

Having a status makes all the difference; the checks become much more lenient. Thanks to Bai Jinxuan's strong mental fortitude, Jia Ruolin was led into the underground city in an extremely absurd way.

Upon arriving in the city, she went straight to the Witch's Apothecary and released Jia Ruolin.

Upon discovering that the outside world was the underground city, Jia Ruolin was shocked. The Shadow had actually brought her to the underground city silently. No wonder Bai Xiaoye was so confident. The core members of the Shadow probably had far more methods than she had imagined!

The greatness of shadows needs no further explanation.

While Jia Ruolin was expressing her feelings, Bai Jinxuan's emotions were somewhat complicated.

Although the delivery went very smoothly, she still thought of one person—Long Jinming.

If it weren't for this bastard, she wouldn't have needed to go through all this trouble; she could have just let Jia Ruolin walk down openly and honestly.

It's all his fault! He's made my plans so complicated!

She clenched her fists and fiercely instructed Jia Ruolin: "You usually stay on the third floor. If there's anything, just direct the employees below to do it. Don't let the union know your location. My sister is still on the 8-star wanted list. This is union territory, so be careful."

"Well, I see."

Jia Ruolin nodded seriously. As a junior manager who had escaped from the spider web, she certainly knew how terrifying the union was.

For her, maintaining the peaceful life she has with her mother is enough; there is no need for her to go out.

After asking Bai Xiaoye for some details, the handover was completed. Now her task was to expand and strengthen the Witch's Pharmacy.

Watching Bai Xiaoye leave under the lights of the witch's apothecary, she turned to look at the potions in the warehouse, her eyes gradually sharpening.

The dream of turning her life around was within reach; she knew this might be her only chance in her life.

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"That concludes the matter."

The third level of the dungeon,

Bai Jinxuan held the back of her head with both hands, her body submerged in the medicine.

With Jia Ruolin managing the witch's apothecary and Zhou Kai guarding the underground mine, all she had to do was lie down and collect the money.

As for potion replenishment, it's incredibly simple. He just takes Tong Yishan to the second level of the dungeon every now and then to kill some monsters, collect materials to earn credits, and in the meantime, he gets the life essence of the Rafflesia, corrosive potions, and medicinal bath crystals.

Besides these, there are tree spirits, squid sundews... Oh my, these predatory plants are really something, I love them to death.

Speaking of which, I'm still a little short of 500 credits...?

Bai Jinxuan thought of the water element ice magic in the library. Unlike the fire element fire magic, ice magic not only has a variety of effects, but most importantly, it does not damage monster materials, making it a good way to make money.

Thinking about this, she suddenly realized why Tong Yishan wanted to team up with her.

So the other expeditions didn't want her! Good grief, all the materials were gone after one fire. No wonder most people prefer light magic, now I understand!

Forget about her, I'll just earn some more credits and master ice magic. Then I'll use dark magic as a backup and take the competition in one fell swoop. I'll then make Yao Yao do things for me, hehe!

She suddenly stood up and teleported to the fifth floor of the dungeon.

I've absorbed enough magic power; it's time to go to the fifth floor of the dungeon to train my body.

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Time flies. Bai Jinxuan, who studies both arts and sciences, caused a great stir when she first came to the arts classroom, but as time went by, everyone gradually accepted her presence.

In fact, many liberal arts students have a crush on her. After all, most liberal arts students are girls, and Bai Jinxuan, who is also a girl, has outshone a bunch of boys in the sciences, which makes them admire and worship her.

Besides, if the strongest girl in science comes to humanities, she'll be starting from scratch, and the other girls can act as 'seniors' and guide her.

However, it wasn't long before these liberal arts students realized something was wrong.

Apart from Tong Yishan, everyone was surprised by Bai Jinxuan's liberal arts scores. When Bai Jinxuan passed the traditional second-tier explorer training with magic three days later, they were stunned.

It turns out that Bai Jinxuan didn't come to the liberal arts department to join the girls' family; she really wanted to win the championship in both subjects in the competition!

Three days! More than half of the first-year humanities students couldn't achieve this in three months! Bai Jinxuan became a second-tier mage in just three days.

What is this if not a monster?

Bai Jinxuan explained, "There are commonalities between humanities and sciences. I'm just using magic in the way of martial arts."

At first glance, it sounds quite convincing, but when it comes to actually trying it, they don't dare to.

As I said before, if you can't even master one subject, how can you expect to learn many others? You simply don't have the time or energy for that.

Similarly, Bai Jinxuan no longer had the time or energy to deal with her classmates.

Maintaining this routine, Bai Jinxuan diligently practiced magic during the day and cleared dungeons at night. Even in the science classroom, she never forgot her ice magic, which created a new wave in the science community.

But Bai Jinxuan didn't care about any of that; all she could think about was becoming stronger.

The replica of the Shadowless Cloak, Red Night, allows her to avoid worrying about weapon damage. With it, she can basically solo all the monsters on the fifth floor of the dungeon.

Of course, she also encountered many new monsters along the way, and it was only then that Bai Jinxuan realized that the entire fifth floor was filled with dragons.

Predation on plants is only a very small part of it. In addition, there are dragon-type monsters such as silver dragons, ice dragons, and earth dragons. Each of them is more ferocious than the last. Even Hong Ye, who Tong Yishan said could kill a level 7 monster, could only barely break through the defenses of these dragon scales.

What impressed her most was the Silver Dragon Palace in a large cave, where three silver dragons coiled in a silver crystal hall.

They not only breathe frost, but also use ice magic and self-healing magic, attacking in a crossfire, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

Bai Jinxuan was only injured twice in her battles with monsters: once by a skeleton soldier and once by these three silver dragons.

Fortunately, the healing amulet can restore the user's status to full three times a day. Relying on it for sustain and ambushes, the user broke through their perfect coordination by using the smallest silver dragon as a breakthrough point. Then, by taking advantage of the negative effects of the potions, the user delayed the operation, found the weakness of the second silver dragon, and killed it.

The last silver dragon was the most troublesome. It was like a boss entering its second phase, unleashing all sorts of magic recklessly, which severely injured Bai Jinxuan, forcing her to reveal her trump card and replicate all the attributes of the silver dragon in front of her, transforming to fight it 1v1.

After crippling it by exchanging blood, Bai Jinxuan used a healing talisman while in her transformed state to fully recover. She then scratched it severely with a few claws, restricting its movement, before deactivating her transformation and finishing off the scene with a single strike.

It can be said that they played all their cards and gained a slight advantage.

After that, on the throne in the Silver Dragon Palace, Bai Jinxuan found a rare item—the Roar of the Silver Dragon.

It looks like a whistle, and its ability is to suppress monsters weaker than the Silver Dragon, meaning it works on monsters of rank 5 and below.

It's not particularly strong, nor is it particularly weak, so she just keeps it as is and doesn't plan to sell it. Anyway, she's not short of money for the time being, so keeping it as a collection is fine.

After defeating the silver dragon, Bai Jinxuan continued exploring the fifth level of the dungeon, but still couldn't find any trace of her parents.

A few days later, more and more people became adventurers, and buying houses in the city became a common topic in both the upper and lower districts.

As expected, the Witch's Pharmacy's business began to boom. With the profits, Bai Jinxuan opened another branch of the Witch's Pharmacy in the entertainment district. At this point, the prototype of the Witch Merchant Guild had been formed. Apart from supplying goods, she really only cared about collecting money.

In terms of strength, thanks to the combined effects of the high school uniform and Bai Jinxuan's intense competition in the fifth level of the dungeon late at night, he has made rapid progress, reaching near-Tier 3 in humanities and near-Tier 4 in science.

He wielded ice magic with impressive skill, and in the second weekly exam at No. 1 High School, he achieved a top 100 ranking in the humanities.

Tong Yishan had just passed Level 3 and wanted to brag about it, but when she saw that Bai Jinxuan, a science student, had only spent a week and her humanities level was almost catching up with hers, she lost her appetite and felt depressed whenever she saw Bai Jinxuan.

The same frustration was felt by most students in the humanities class.

That adorable little girl is gone. Soon she'll break through her own limits and become a double-subject champion. How can anyone compare?

In this way, Bai Jinxuan became famous in the first year of high school with an almost invincible attitude, and even in the second and third years, many people had heard of her name.

Her immense popularity led to the exposure on the forum that she worked at a very sweet and delicious shop, along with the shop manager's nickname for her – "Miss".

Although most of them are indeed young masters or young ladies from noble families, they are rarely addressed as such in public, especially at No. 1 Middle School, where waiters tend to be very low-key.

But the sweet and delicious shop manager is different. She never hides her interests. Just like when she first met Bai Jinxuan in the lower city, she didn't care about the time or place and kept talking about the young lady. As expected, the young lady virus began to spread.

First it was the liberal arts students, then the science students, and eventually, even when they went to the cafeteria for a meal, someone would shout, "The young lady has arrived, everyone get out of the way!"

If that were all, it wouldn't be anything special. With the competition fast approaching, the forum...

The rumors about him are increasingly outrageous.

What kind of comments are these: "Our No. 1 High School's young lady is going to open No. 2 High School's eyes!" "The young lady said she came to No. 2 High School to win both subject championships!" "What kind of No. 2 High School's saintess? I think she's not even a hair on our young lady's head!"...

What's even more disheartening than these rumors is that these people, having nothing better to do, went to the Second Middle School to declare war.

Extreme remarks like "You trash from No. 2 Middle School, your No. 1 Middle School daddy is here!" "You think you can mess with No. 1 Middle School? Just wait!" "No. 2 Middle School, get out of Star City!" spread like locusts throughout the entire No. 2 Middle School.

For a time, the school forum of No. 2 Middle School was in turmoil, with every student arguing with these extraterrestrial demons from No. 1 Middle School. Thanks to them, the name of the extraterrestrial demon leader became known to everyone.

—The young lady of Star City's No. 1 High School, a peerless genius, a silver-haired beauty, skilled in both magic and martial arts, reaching the pinnacle of Tier 3 strength. On her first day of school, she single-handedly challenged Coach Long, an 8th-tier teacher. Within a week, she began studying both arts and sciences, reaching Tier 2 in arts within a week. She stands above all others, invincible. If you can maintain eye contact with her for more than ten seconds, it proves you're already a strong person in your first year of high school...

In the end, the conflict escalated to such an extent that the administrators of the No. 2 Middle School forum were forced to step down, and the protective formation was activated to keep all the extraterrestrial demons from No. 1 Middle School out.

On the surface, the war is over, but while people can be stopped, the fighting spirit cannot. The two sides remain on the verge of exploding at any moment.

Seeing the news agency publish an article titled "[The biggest dark horse in the competition, just how terrifying is the young lady's strength!]" to boost morale, Bai Jinxuan was so angry she felt like vomiting blood. These people were always praising her for gaining traffic, to the point that even the rats in No. 2 Middle School knew that No. 1 Middle School had a very arrogant young lady.

This isn't a competition; it's a battle to protect students' human rights! They were just participating in a competition, and now, if they win, the students of No. 2 Middle School lose their human rights; if they lose, they lose their own human rights...

Which bastard is trying to smear her?!

Bai Jinxuan stared intently at the news agency's release ID.

Those news dogs will pay the price sooner or later!

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Volume 1: Chapter 142: The Girl from the Extraterrestrial Demon Realm

The competition finally arrived.

Under the influence of journalism, No. 1 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School were like wild beasts that hadn't eaten for three days, eagerly waiting for the forums on both sides to be unlocked.

Once the 'fences' that once bound them are opened, these frenzied beasts will immediately begin their battle on their respective forums...

If that were all, it wouldn't be a big deal. The most outrageous thing is that the hottest topic right now is the "Sect Grand Competition: The Genius Young Lady of One Sect vs. The Holy Maiden of Two Sects." I don't know why, but in the eyes of these people, I and Yao Yao have inexplicably become mortal enemies.

Sitting on the school bus, Bai Jinxuan sighed. The president of the news club was a senior high school student, while she was only a freshman. No one needed to give her face at all. She wanted to have a "friendly exchange," but all the messages she sent sank to the bottom of the sea without making a ripple.

Playing dead.