Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 165

Chapter 165: Successful Nirvana

In the past, Jiang Hao would have been concerned.

He might have even tried to warn this undercover Senior Brother. But times have changed.

Although he couldn’t determine Liu Xingchen’s thoughts, he felt that Liu Xingchen was temporarily ignoring the witchcraft, waiting to be possessed later on.

Looking at the divine feedback, Jiang Hao couldn’t believe how absurd some people were.

However, one thing was certain: being born with the aura of Dragon Slaughter made one susceptible to possession.

It also suggested that the mine was indeed unusual.

Mu Qi had obtained an ancient inheritance inside, and Liu Xingchen had been entangled by an ancient witch, which likely meant there were treasures inside.

“During the time Junior Brother was away, people from Xuantian Sect and others took their people away without making any demands. This shouldn’t affect Junior Brother. However, it seems many have remembered Junior Brother,” Liu Xingchen casually reminded, then chatted about some trivial matters, such as compensation for the failed mission.

It seemed like he was hinting to Jiang Hao that he was here to collect debts.

Especially after the debt debacle, Jiang Hao felt that if he didn’t repay his debts, it would be quite miserable.

Jiang Hao could only assure that he would repay the debts on time.

Before long, Liu Xingchen got up to leave.

Jiang Hao accompanied him part of the way, then headed alone to the Spiritual Medicine Garden, pondering along the way.

“So far, the biggest threat is Tianhuan Pavilion. As long as I avoid Tianhuan Pavilion, there should be no problem, at least for a few years.”

“After a few years, it’s hard to say unless the ‘Charming Body’ is found.”

“The situation with the Demon Cavern doesn’t seem to be a bad thing. It depends on when it’s my turn. It’s good to go in, but it would be even better to enter after advancing to Nascent Soul.”

“There’s also the Hundred Bones Forest. After so much time, they should have some reaction.”

After his contemplation, Jiang Hao arrived at the Spiritual Medicine Garden and began his daily routine.

……

Half a month passed.

Jiang Hao gradually sold common spiritual herbs, magical treasures, and talismans, making a profit of four thousand three hundred.

Subtracting the loss of one thousand three hundred, he still made a profit of three thousand.

Now he had thirteen thousand spirit stones.

In the early morning, Jiang Hao stood on the balcony, looking at the rabbit in the yard.

“It’s been a month since I returned, and there have been no problems. It’s time for the next step.”

He then went to the yard, caught the rabbit, and sealed its cultivation with his power.

Afterward, he hung it on a tree and suspended it in the air to prevent it from touching anything else.

Just after hanging it up, the rabbit woke up.

Seeing itself hung up by its owner, the rabbit wasn’t panicked; it even felt a sense of familiarity, as if it had grown up this way.

“What is Master planning to do?” it asked curiously.

Jiang Hao fell silent for a moment, then untied the rope from the tree and hung the rabbit from the house beam.

Because he needed to help the peach tree go through its nirvana in the next few days, it was risky to leave the rabbit hanging there.

It was better to hang it in its usual spot.

“From today onwards, you can’t eat anything other than what I give you, to prevent you from losing control. You’ll have to hang like this for these days,” Jiang Hao simply replied.

The rabbit now had spiritual intelligence, which made it more troublesome than before.

It might try every possible way to get down.

Even if it ate just one leaf, Jiang Hao’s spiritual stones would be wasted.

A hundred a day, such a loss would make him want to stew the rabbit.

So, there could be no accidents; relying on the rabbit’s self-discipline was out of the question.

“What am I supposed to eat then?” the rabbit asked.

Jiang Hao took out a hundred spiritual stones and said, “Eat all of these.”

The rabbit blinked and said, “Master, all my friends on the road know I don’t have a big appetite.”

Jiang Hao ignored the rabbit and handed over the hundred spiritual stones: “Eat.”

At first, the rabbit ate quickly.

After fifty stones, it started to feel pain.

After ninety, it looked at Jiang Hao with difficulty and burped, “Burp~ Master, Lord Rabbit can burst from this.”

“It’s almost noon, consider it lunch,” Jiang Hao said calmly.

In the end, the rabbit forcefully ate all hundred spiritual stones.

Only then did Jiang Hao leave the yard and head towards the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

……

A month passed.

The rabbit had gotten used to the life of having everything handed to it.

“Master, master, it’s time to eat,” the rabbit called out, shaking its body.

Jiang Hao checked and confirmed there were indeed only nineteen days left.

There had been no problems in the meantime.

Watching the rabbit eat another hundred spiritual stones, Jiang Hao then went to the peach tree.

All the fruits had ripened, and aside from the necessary one, Jiang Hao picked the rest and gave them to Xiao Li.

These days, Xiao Li hadn’t caused any trouble either.

Some time ago, he had given Xiao Li thirty spiritual stones to take to the canteen.

Feng Yang was shocked by the monthly meal expenses, but they were indeed paid every month.

However, the year was ending, and Xiao Li had advanced to the second layer of Qi Refining yesterday.

In a few more days, she could be sent back. But they had to wait for the rabbit to come down, otherwise, there would be no one to test Chu Chuan’s progress, which could affect his cultivation.

“I wonder how long the nirvana will take.”

Jiang Hao took out spiritual stones and began to set up a spirit gathering array.

These days he had spent a large number of spiritual stones, and the two thousand from the Enforcement Peak had all been repaid.

The rabbit had consumed three thousand, and another one thousand nine hundred were needed.

The peach tree required four thousand nine hundred. In total, twelve thousand.

Fortunately, those pill refiners had caused trouble, allowing him to earn quite a bit.

After setting up the spirit gathering array, Jiang Hao left the yard to collect spirit bubbles in the Spiritual Medicine Garden and organize the spiritual medicines.

Thanks to Senior Sister Miao, everyone’s workload had been greatly reduced.

With Jiang Hao’s participation, the others quickly took over the work, fearing they would have nothing to do and be sent away.

In the two months that Jiang Hao was on duty, they had not suffered any harm.

The newcomers from the past few months understood that with him in the Spiritual Medicine Garden, they were very safe.

Moreover, hearing that people from other Spiritual Medicine Gardens were often in fear, they felt they couldn’t leave this place.

Watching these people work, Jiang Hao couldn’t help but sigh.

Senior Sister Miao was really holding them back.

He needed to find a way to introduce some difficult-to-grow spiritual medicines.

……

At night.

Jiang Hao sat cross-legged at the door, looking down at the nameless secret manual.

Not long ago, Jiang Hao had contemplated the “Merge with Light and Blend with Dust,” and was currently stabilizing at the first realm, “Merge with its Light, Blend with its Dust”.

This realm would greatly increase speed and make it difficult to be detected.

The second realm was “Traveling Thousands of Li.”

There would be a qualitative breakthrough in speed, but the specifics would have to wait until after contemplation.

The third was “Retreat and Hide from the World.”

It seemed to be about moving undetected, but if related to the state of mind, it could mean blending into the crowd, merging with mountains and rivers, and traversing the earth.

Unfortunately, Jiang Hao had not yet reached that level of understanding.

“Master, master, it’s bright, it’s bright,” the rabbit suddenly shouted.

Jiang Hao looked up and saw that the peach tree had indeed started to glow.

Under the effect of the spirit gathering array, the tree’s power seemed to be mobilized, rapidly converging towards the last fruit.

The leaves began to fall, and the branches started to wither. Even the fruits were rotting.

This situation lasted until the morning.

The once lush peach tree had turned into a withered trunk, leaving only a faintly glowing fruit core on the ground.

“It seems to have been a success.”

Jiang Hao picked up the fruit core and began to identify it.