Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 157

Chapter 157: Did the Female Demon Give Me a Lost Elixir?

In front of the courtyard, Jiang Hao was quite emotional.

Three months had passed without returning, and nothing here had changed.

The surrounding formations also had no issues.

After entering, he saw the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower had grown four leaves and had gotten a bit taller.

A refreshing fragrance permeated the courtyard, and the spiritual energy was denser.

The lotuses were also growing well.

“It seems the rabbit hasn’t been slacking off these days.”

Jiang Hao shook his head and chuckled.

At this moment, he came to the peach tree, and if there was any change in the courtyard, it was this tree that had changed the most.

Not in height, but it was now full of peaches, some of which were ripe.

They grew so quickly.

Picking a peach, Jiang Hao took a bite and found it crisp and delicious.

But aside from that, there was nothing special; it was just an ordinary peach.

Even growing in such an environment, it was quite ordinary.

“It seems that it needs to undergo nirvana, but I don’t know how to initiate it.”

Without hesitation, Jiang Hao activated his divine ability.

“Appraisal.”

【Peach Tree: Related to the ancient divine Peach Tree, it possesses a trace of the divine tree’s characteristics, and its fruit is sweet. Leave one fruit on the tree, and arrange a spirit gathering formation with four thousand nine hundred spirit stones around it to stimulate a trace of the divine tree’s characteristics and initiate nirvana. After nine nirvanas, it will become a divine peach tree. Being near divine objects makes nirvana more likely to succeed.】

“It seems I need to start the nirvana process.”

Looking at the appraisal, Jiang Hao was somewhat surprised.

What surprised him even more was that he needed to use four thousand nine hundred spirit stones for the formation.

There was also a condition that one fruit must be left on the tree.

If there were no fruits, would he have to wait until next year?

For a moment, Jiang Hao felt that the peaches wouldn’t wait for anyone, and if he didn’t want the nirvana to fail next year, he’d need to prepare four thousand nine hundred spirit stones in advance.

This was still without any changes; if there were more, the pressure would be immense.

“I thought I was well-off, but it turns out half went to feed the rabbit and the other half to the peach tree.”

Fortunately, he hadn’t rushed to hand over the compensation in full.

Three thousand wasn’t impossible, but he was worried that taking out three thousand at once would draw too much attention.

So, spreading it over three months wouldn’t attract notice.

At most, they’d gloat over his misfortune.

This way, they wouldn’t develop feelings of envy.

The better he did, the more others would begrudge him.

Eating the peach, Jiang Hao went to a corner of the courtyard, where he took out the scrapped Half-Moon No. 2 and stuck it into the ground as a decoration.

Having already had two taken, surely this one wouldn’t be taken as well?

Afterward, he went inside the house to check, and there were no problems.

On the balcony, Jiang Hao looked at the river in front of the courtyard, lost in thought.

“What kind of bubbles will appear after the peach tree undergoes nirvana? Gold or purple?”

“If nirvana is equivalent to helping the rabbit dig up its hidden bloodline, then it might be gold.”

“But the rabbit already has a bloodline; it’s just hidden, whereas the peach tree only has a trace of divinity, meaning it’s actually quite ordinary now. Can something so ordinary produce gold bubbles during nirvana?”

Jiang Hao wasn’t sure, but if gold bubbles did appear, it would be perfect, especially in combination with the rabbit, giving him two.

But if not, there should at least be purple.

Purple would be acceptable.

The more divine abilities, the better, as he had come to understand.

If he gathered three purple bubbles, he could get another divine ability.

“I’ll try it after some time.”

No longer pondering, Jiang Hao decided to take advantage of the fact that not many people knew he was back and make a trip to the library.

He needed to check what kind of elixir Hong Yuye had given him back then.

If possible, he wanted to save money to buy one.

The Scripture Pavilion.

Jiang Hao had been searching here for quite some time.

……

Evening.

He finally came across a description that seemed familiar.

“Snow God Pill, consuming it can nourish divine powers, repair divine powers, and there’s also a certain chance of awakening new divine powers.”

“Just this one sentence?”

Confused, he asked the senior manager of this floor.

The senior manager was an elderly man with white hair.

Not the nicest person, but if you gave him a few spirit stones, he would become much more talkative.

This was something Jiang Hao had observed.

He handed over three spirit stones.

The old man glanced at him and said casually:

“Ask whatever questions you have.”

“Junior wants to ask about this Snow God Pill, is this elixir very rare?” Jiang Hao inquired.

“You’re thinking of using it to awaken divine powers?” The elder looked at Jiang Hao with amusement.

“Stop dreaming. There are many dreamers like you, but that’s impossible.”

“The elixir doesn’t work?” Jiang Hao tried asking.

He wasn’t concerned about awakening new divine powers; he had his own methods.

What worried him was the potential damage to his divine powers one day.

“It works.”

The elder seemed in a good mood and explained.

“For those without divine powers, the Snow God Pill can almost always help in awakening them. But there is no such pill.”

“No such pill?” Jiang Hao was astonished.

“Yes, none.” The elder said with a hint of regret:

“It’s lost, maybe only a few immortal sects have one or two pills left.”

So that was the case.

After thanking him, Jiang Hao left the Scripture Pavilion.

On his way back, he couldn’t help but marvel that Hong Yuye was even more extraordinary than he had imagined.

She could casually produce something that had been lost.

Passing through a crowded area, Jiang Hao suddenly overheard a conversation.

“Those people are asking me for spirit stones again, it’s so annoying. Why should I pay back the money I owe fair and square? A mere Foundation Establishment beginner dares to ask me for spirit stones?”

“Without our pill refining, where would they get so many elixirs for cultivation? And they still have the nerve to ask us for spirit stones?”

“Exactly, I don’t believe they would dare to provoke us pill refiners.”

“We’ve given up so much cultivation time just for their sake, to provide them with elixirs, and what do we get in return? Their scorn?”

Listening to the voices of a man and a woman, Jiang Hao was reminded of something.

Before he left, Cheng Chou seemed to have mentioned that people from the Candlelight Alchemy Court owed spirit stones and hadn’t paid them back.

“I said I would deal with it when I returned. It seems to be a troublesome matter.”

“I wonder if it has been dealt with.”

Hearing the conversation of the two just now, he knew that it was normal for pill refiners to owe spirit stones.

Pill refiners were indeed not to be trifled with, but in Jiang Hao’s understanding, pill refiners should be wealthy.

Why would they even skimp on the spirit stones needed to help cultivate spiritual herbs?

Thinking this, he arrived at the market, intending to buy some materials for talisman making.

The rabbit needed spirit stones, the peach tree needed spirit stones.

Plus the two thousand he owed to the Enforcement Peak.

In total, he needed twelve thousand.

Currently, he only had ten thousand.

He needed to earn spirit stones quickly in the next two months, otherwise, he wouldn’t even be able to pay off his debts.

“Junior Brother Jiang.”

Just as he arrived at the stalls, Jiang Hao heard someone calling him.

“Senior Sister Leng Tian?”

Seeing the fairy selling elixirs at a stall, Jiang Hao was somewhat surprised.

Senior Sister Leng Tian was indeed a pill refiner.

As Jiang Hao approached, Senior Sister Leng Tian asked:

“Do you still sell talismans, Junior Brother?”

“What kind of talisman does Senior Sister need?” Jiang Hao asked.

“Do you have the Hundred Thousand Swords Talisman?” Senior Sister Leng Tian inquired.

“I have five.”

“Give them all to me.”

After receiving the spirit stones, Jiang Hao felt a bit out of place, as if he, a shopper, was actually selling things to the stall owner.

However, seeing the elixirs at the stall, he just happened to want to ask why pill refiners always owed debts without repaying them.

Upon hearing his question, Senior Sister Leng Tian gave an answer:

“Because we’re poor.”