Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 190

Chapter 190: Senior Sister Hong

Daily Appraisal activated.

Before the others came in, Jiang Hao received feedback from his divine ability.

For a moment, he was somewhat frightened.

【Heavenly Extreme Calamity Bead: A fortune-based artifact. In ancient times, someone gathered all the calamitous treasures and calamity-prone constitutions of the era and refined them for nine hundred and eighty-one years, converging all misfortunes into a bead during a year of catastrophic disasters. Staying close to it for an extended period will lead to a life entangled with misfortune, physical contact will drive the calamity deep into the bones, and any slight carelessness can lead to the destruction of both body and spirit. Intentional use of it will involve one in the bead’s karma and suffer its backlash. To control its influence, one needs to possess great fortune, suppress it with the Star River Formation and the grand momentum of mountains and rivers, or seal it with Primordial Purple Qi.】

This description made Jiang Hao hesitate to approach.

No wonder the Primordial Heart Sutra was instinctively operating.

It was resisting the surrounding misfortune; once misfortune entangled him, it would greatly affect his cultivation. And this relic might be the gathering of the Star River Formation and the power of mountains and rivers, all to suppress this Calamity Bead.

This thing, whether others dared to touch it he didn’t know, but he dared not.

Even taking it out would be troublesome. But the last sentence made him somewhat tempted.

Perhaps he could take it out.

The power of this thing is just too great; once it overflows, no one knows what might happen. But it’s also a deterrent.

For a moment, he was slightly curious if Hong Yuye could withstand the influence of the Heavenly Extreme Calamity Bead.

He thought about giving it to her as a gift.

For now, it’s just a thought; whether to take the bead with him is something that needs consideration.

At least he would have to wait until tomorrow.

By then, he could seal the Heavenly Extreme Calamity Bead and then appraise it to check if it’s safe.

If it can be taken away, there’s no need to abandon it. If it’s dangerous, there’s no need to take the risk.

By this time, the others had already come in.

Fairy Ye Ji stood next to Jiang Hao, positioned in a corner.

The white-haired elder and the goat-bearded elder walked in from another side.

Although they were surprised by the faint glow of the crimson bead, they still turned to look at Fairy Ye Ji.

“Little girl, I advise you to refrain from any tricks. I’ll be watching you. Don’t think about escaping.”

Fairy Ye Ji didn’t speak, just stood with her head bowed.

At this moment, the two Nascent Souls looked at the bead in amazement; they didn’t know what it was but had a faint sense that it was extraordinary.

There were many formations around the stone platform.

“The formation is about to fail. It will take some time to break through,” the goat-bearded elder approached the formation and provided an answer.

Jiang Hao wasn’t in a hurry; he would wait for them to break the formation before doing anything else.

“You guys come and break this formation,” the goat-bearded elder said after investigating and finding a simple defensive formation.

It was most suitable for Jiang Hao and the others to break.

Utilizing waste.

They weren’t ready to kill the two yet.

Jiang Hao didn’t speak; it was about the mine, and Fairy Ye Ji still had her uses.

Whether or not the crimson bead could be taken down, someone had to try.

Perhaps something terrible would happen upon taking the bead; for safety’s sake, it was still necessary to have someone lead the way.

The number of people was just right now.

Jiang Hao and Fairy Ye Ji didn’t say anything and went to the left side of the formation to start breaking it.

“Junior Brother, did you get hurt on your way here?” Fairy Ye Ji asked softly while breaking the formation, her expression casual as if making small talk.

“Just a minor injury,” Jiang Hao replied.

“Junior Brother, did you avoid the demons on your way here?” she asked again.

Jiang Hao could detect demons in advance, which was known to everyone.

So his journey here should have been the easiest.

“Mhm,” Jiang Hao nodded.

Most of the time, he indeed avoided the demons.

He only took action when encountering Golden Core and Nascent Soul.

After killing the short demon, he continued to avoid them.

“What mental cultivation technique does Junior Brother practice that makes you so powerful?” Fairy Ye Ji asked softly, then sighed.

“We don’t know if we can still get out alive.”

Do you want my mental cultivation technique?

Jiang Hao instantly sensed her intentions and whispered, “It was given to me by a Senior Sister, but it can only be passed on verbally.”

“Which Senior Sister?” Fairy Ye Ji asked with a seductive look in her eyes and a hint of confusion, making one unable to resist answering her question.

“Senior Sister Hong,” Jiang Hao replied.

After noting the name, Fairy Ye Ji didn’t speak further but continued to work on breaking the formation.

She occasionally glanced at the elders on the other side but did not speak, just quietly waited, waiting for them to fall into a predicament.

Unbeknownst to them, she had already retreated to an edge position.

When the formation on the elder’s side began to tremble, she said to Jiang Hao, “Junior Brother, come and take a look at this formation.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hao walked over.

“Is something wrong?”

He touched the formation; it was just an ordinary defensive formation.

“Junior Brother, if you move a bit forward, you can see it clearly,” Fairy Ye Ji said gently.

At this moment, they were on the stone platform, with the endless abyss at the edge.

Jiang Hao took a step forward.

Fairy Ye Ji stood behind Jiang Hao and slid her ring.

In an instant, countless mists appeared, enveloping the surroundings.

Without hesitation, she struck a palm towards Jiang Hao.

As long as Jiang Hao was sent flying and let out a scream, it would attract the attention of the two Nascent Souls.

And she was now near the doorway; in the moment they were distracted, she could escape through that door.

Then press that switch.

If she was lucky, she could successfully escape from here.

If not…

It was still better than waiting to die.

She had considered many problems, such as the two not being delayed by the formation and not immediately saving Jiang Hao but instead blocking her.

In any case, she had considered all possible issues and had some preparations.

However, she never considered that the person in front of her would be the problem.

Just when she thought her palm strike would be successful, she was shocked to find that she had hit nothing.

And the person in front of her had already vanished without a trace.

“How could this be?”

She could hardly contain her surprise, knowing that she had used her Golden Core power to suppress Jiang Hao, just in case something unexpected happened.

Even the sharpest senses were of no use.

“I’ll also give you a push, it’s only fair.”

An indifferent voice sounded behind Ye Ji.

At that moment, she felt a huge force pushing her from behind.

Suddenly, she was sent flying forward.

Then she found herself suspended over an abyss, feeling a tremendous suction force.

And then she began to fall.

As she turned her body around, she looked towards Jiang Hao on the stone platform, unable to accept what was happening.

Why?

What exactly was going on?

She couldn’t understand why Jiang Hao could dodge her attack, nor could she fathom why he would push her down.

Had he not been affected by her charm at all?

Reluctantly, she tried her best to control her body to prevent herself from falling.

“Junior Brother, aren’t you afraid of being investigated by the Hall of Enforcement for killing a fellow disciple?”

“Senior Sister, that’s not quite right. You pushed me, and I pushed you back. How does that equate to killing a fellow disciple?” Jiang Hao’s voice was calm.

“Putting aside the cause, isn’t the end result that Junior Brother pushed me into this endless abyss? If I fall, it would be entirely your doing. What’s wrong with saying you killed a fellow disciple?”

Fairy Ye Ji was somewhat panicked, realizing that no matter how she used her cultivation, she couldn’t escape the pull from below.

Now, she could only hope that Jiang Hao would be fooled by her and save her.

Thud!

A long spear flew towards her.

It pierced through her body, destroying her internal organs.

“What Senior Sister said just now was incorrect, but now it’s correct.”

Jiang Hao let go of the hand that had thrown the spear.

Ye Ji looked at the indifferent Jiang Hao in disbelief.

And then she fell into endless darkness.