Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 112

Chapter 112: Full of Love and Affection

Under the simple loft in the Spiritual Medicine Garden, Jiang Hao was processing a spiritual medicine while listening to what Miao Tinglian wanted to ask.

“Junior Brother, the way you’re handling it isn’t quite right. Although it works, it’s only a temporary solution. Go get some Blue Lotus leaves and bury them around it, then treat it like this, and it will cure the wilting of the spiritual medicine,” Miao Tinglian kindly advised.

Jiang Hao: “…”

He learned something, but if he cured it, so what?

Without doing actual work, there would be no bubbles.

Just like the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower in the courtyard, it won’t produce bubbles without being watered.

After saying thanks, Jiang Hao asked Miao Tinglian about her purpose.

“Senior Sister, what would you like to ask?”

Miao Tinglian also became serious.

“Junior Brother, are you familiar with Senior Brother Mu Qi?”

“I am an inner disciple; I rarely see true disciples,” Jiang Hao replied tactfully.

He wasn’t familiar with him.

“Then, Junior Brother, have you heard anything about Senior Brother Mu Qi and other Junior Sisters or Senior Sisters?” Miao Tinglian inquired.

Does she need to ask so clearly? Jiang Hao set aside the spiritual medicine he had processed.

After pondering for a moment, he answered.

“No.”

“I also think there probably isn’t anything,” Miao Tinglian muttered.

But she felt puzzled; whenever she looked for Mu Qi at night, he was always cultivating.

It wasn’t like this before.

After a moment of doubt, she asked again.

“Is there anything else that’s unusual?”

“Does getting injured count?” Jiang Hao couldn’t think of anything else.

“Injured? He’s injured?” Miao Tinglian asked somewhat excitedly.

Realizing she had lost her composure, she regained her calm.

“Junior Brother, could you tell me about it?”

Then Jiang Hao told her about how Senior Brother Mu Qi had been injured in the mines.

After listening, Miao Tinglian stood up, seemingly ready to find someone.

Before leaving, she kindly reminded him.

“If any fairy suddenly approaches Junior Brother or wants to do something with Junior Brother, you should be careful. I heard that a woman used this method to kill someone, and the Hall of Enforcement has found some clues and is currently tracking to confirm. Also, Junior Brother, you should keep your eyes wide open when looking for a dao companion. We’re going to continue to be sect mates, so just call Senior Sister if there is someone, and I’ll help you keep an eye out.”

After saying this, Miao Tinglian quickly left.

She must be going to find Mu Qi.

Jiang Hao was taken aback by her behavior; could she really not be an undercover agent?

Appraisal.

Before Miao Tinglian left, the appraisal was completed.

【Miao Tinglian: One of the Tiansheng Sect’s Saintess candidate, at the mid-stage of Golden Core cultivation. She betrayed the Tiansheng Sect for Mu Qi and joined the Tianyin Sect, becoming an inner disciple of Duanqing Cliff. She has been troubled by Mu Qi for some time and, upon receiving your hint, wants to immediately check on Mu Qi’s injuries. She helped you because she wanted to thank you for introducing her to the sect, plus you seem naive, and since you have no grudges with Mu Qi, helping a junior like you is a happy affair for her.】

“Is she actually a good person?”

Jiang Hao was somewhat shocked.

But soon he sensed something was amiss; the appraisal result mentioned he had no grudges with Mu Qi.

If he did, he might have seen the terrifying side of Senior Sister Miao.

Being a candidate holy woman of the Tiansheng Sect and managing to defect successfully, then smoothly joining the Tianyin Sect—she was not someone simple by any means.

It just seemed that her mind was full of love and affection.

Such a person, if abandoned by Senior Brother Mu Qi, would not only be pitiable but might also turn completely dark.

That would be the most terrifying.

If one day, Senior Sister Miao suddenly came to him to ask if all men in the world were heartless, the crisis would have arrived.

Shaking his head, Jiang Hao could only hope that Senior Brother Mu Qi wouldn’t let the danger erupt.

However, encountering a woman like Senior Sister Miao might not necessarily be a good thing.

It would probably be quite troublesome in the Demon Sect.

Jiang Hao imagined that if he had a dao companion, with his own strength, he would definitely be unable to protect her.

When fleeing for life, whether to bring her along would be a difficult choice.

So, it was better to be alone.

Then he thought about the murder case, and indeed the Hall of Enforcement knew about it, but it was surprising that they only had clues and had not yet caught the person.

This indicated that the perpetrator really had something to rely on; otherwise, they wouldn’t dare to kill so casually.

……

A short while later.

After organizing some spiritual medicine, Jiang Hao was checking for anomalies in the spiritual field.

Bang!

A sound of someone falling came from behind.

Turning his head, he saw a young girl weakly falling to the ground.

“I-I’m so sorry,” the girl apologized incessantly while kneeling before Jiang Hao.

After observing her closely, Jiang Hao noticed she was weak and pale.

She was overworked.

“Go rest over there,” he said calmly.

The girl looked at Jiang Hao with disbelief, then gratefully said,

“Th-thank you, Immortal.”

She was an ordinary person, around fourteen or fifteen years old.

How she came to the Tianyin Sect, Jiang Hao did not know, but there were generally three possibilities:

Sold here, kidnapped, or born into servitude at the Tianyin Sect from a young age.

She must have been new to the Duanqing Cliff Spiritual Medicine Garden; otherwise, she wouldn’t be so surprised.

However, Jiang Hao didn’t care about these things; what concerned him was that there were no wars happening now.

Why would someone be overworked?

He looked carefully at the people in the Spiritual Medicine Garden and noticed that some were missing.

After he inquired, he found out that some people had been transferred to other places to help, and the number of people in the other Spiritual Medicine Gardens had decreased.

“Killed?” Jiang Hao frowned.

Ordinary people being killed was not something the Hall of Enforcement would concern itself with.

This was something each vein had to handle on their own.

Did the other Spiritual Medicine Gardens not want to get involved, or were they unable to?

Problems could arise elsewhere, but they couldn’t happen here.

It was a pity that Cheng Chou wasn’t around; otherwise, he could have had him monitor the situation daily.

Afterward, Jiang Hao called over a rabbit and asked it to take a look around the area to inform him immediately if it found anything.

Then he sent someone to Duanqing Cliff’s outer sect to find some people to come and help.

These days, because of the Xuantian Sect, he hadn’t paid much attention to the Spiritual Medicine Garden; otherwise, such an oversight wouldn’t have occurred.

Before long, the rabbit hopped over.

“Master, I’ve found something.”

So quickly? Jiang Hao looked at the rabbit in surprise.

Then he followed the rabbit outside.

They walked along the main road, and soon, in the area where ordinary people lived, they saw a middle-aged man lying on the ground.

“Vital energy is weak, spirit extension is feeble, doesn’t seem like overwork, more like illness.”

Jiang Hao came over and squatted down to check.

In his confusion, he began to examine the man’s body.

Indeed, the man was sick with a persistent high fever.

After Jiang Hao transferred a strand of spiritual energy, the man finally woke up.

“I-Immortal master?” the middle-aged man said in panic.

“Have you encountered anything unusual recently?” Jiang Hao gestured for him not to worry.

After a brief conversation, he found out that the man had been having dreams lately.

He often dreamt of a woman seducing him.

Always the same woman.

Seduced in dreams?

Jiang Hao was somewhat surprised; what kind of technique was this?

And what was the point of targeting ordinary people?

Cultivation?

Impossible, who would use ordinary people for cultivation within the sect?

These ordinary people were meant for labor; using them for cultivation would have significant consequences.

Just go out and find any city, and you could do as you please.

This was a common occurrence.

Otherwise, why would the Tianyin Sect be known as the Demon Sect?