Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 380

Chapter 380: Who’s Really Taking the Bait

Scripture Pavilion.

“Is this place currently under the joint management of the Enforcement Peak, so Hua Le is a member of the Enforcement Peak?”

The Scripture Pavilion is managed in turns by different peaks, each having some people.

These past few years, it was the Enforcement Peak’s turn.

Upon arriving at the large courtyard in the back, he saw quite a few people lining up.

Roughly ten to twenty.

“So many people?” Jiang Hao was surprised.

He had thought there would only be a few.

After confirming with a Junior Brother in front, he joined the queue.

In front of him was a man in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Since they had never met, they usually distinguished by cultivation level.

The one with the higher cultivation level was considered senior.

This was the default, so as not to offend those with higher cultivation levels.

Only those who knew each other and were aware of the seniority did not need to do this.

Of course, they could if they wanted to.

For example, Han Ming, being a true disciple, could call other inner sect Senior Brothers as Junior Brothers, and no one would openly say anything.

However, Jiang Hao was curious about why these people were here.

It was not indicated how many spirit stones would be given for this task.

He had planned to make up an excuse about reading books, then look at some books with special scripts, and let the other party know he had difficulty reading them.

Then Xuanyuan Tai would find out and offer to help him.

Passive learning meant he wouldn’t have to worry about anything.

But with so many people, they couldn’t all be here to read books, right?

Since they were allowed to organize, the books probably weren’t anything particularly special.

“I don’t know if I can get in this time, they change people every few months, I don’t know how many they will change this time,” a nervous fairy in front said.

“There’s probably no hope, I have no idea what their standards are for recruiting, nor do I know why they want to change people. I was doing just fine before, and they just told me to leave without giving any reason. It seems they must change people every month to find others,” a middle-aged man said.

At such an age and still at Foundation Establishment, it seemed his path of cultivation was not smooth, but Jiang Hao felt his power circulation was still quite smooth.

Logically, he shouldn’t have been stuck at Foundation Establishment for so long without reaching completion.

At this moment, the middle-aged man sighed: “If I could be guided by that senior who reads again, I could advance smoothly. I hope I can get in this time.”

Senior who reads? Jiang Hao was quite surprised.

So there was a senior guiding inside, no wonder these people wanted to get in.

“Senior Brother, how did you get in last time?” a fairy in front asked.

The others immediately pricked up their ears to listen.

Jiang Hao did the same.

He knew very little about this place.

“Actually, I don’t know why, maybe at that time Senior Sister Hua Le was in a good mood? She just glanced at me and said I could enter,” the middle-aged man explained.

The others naturally didn’t believe him, thinking he must be reluctant to share, worried they might succeed in taking over the task of organizing.

“Next,” a man walked out with a look of dejection on his face.

Immediately, someone asked what the Senior Sister inside would ask.

“It’s just organizing books, but she asked me about forging techniques, which I know nothing about,” the person who came out said, quite annoyed.

Jiang Hao suddenly understood why they didn’t want people from the Candlelight Alchemy Court.

With the standard they were using to admit people, they could offend just about every Foundation Establishment pill refiner.

If a powerful pill refiner emerged later on, the people here would definitely suffer.

It didn’t matter to the other sects.

Geniuses wouldn’t come, and there was no need to worry about offending those with insufficient talent.

The recruitment and replacement of people here seemed quite arbitrary.

“I wonder if it’s intentional or not.”

Jiang Hao wasn’t in a hurry; he wanted to wait and see what their attitude would be when they saw him.

After waiting for a while, people came out one by one.

Each one had a bitter face, and some were even angry.

“What did she ask you?” people would ask each time.

But the answers varied.

“She asked my age, then told me to leave.”

“It was different for me; she asked about my cultivation level, then told me to leave.”

“Mine was even more outrageous; she told me to leave as soon as I entered.”

“I didn’t have to; she talked with me for a long time, then told me to leave.”

Everyone was baffled, not understanding what was going on.

They could only hope that luck would be on their side.

At this point, there were four people ahead of Jiang Hao. Just when he thought it would continue, someone came out and announced that it was enough for today and to come back tomorrow.

Jiang Hao was stunned.

This was indeed quite arbitrary.

……

The next day.

Jiang Hao came again, fortunately early, with only four or five people ahead of him.

Soon, the fairy who had been asking questions yesterday went in. She had her hair tied back in a large braid at the nape of her neck.

She looked quite young.

Her cultivation was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

After she went in, she didn’t come out, and someone immediately called for the next person.

“Go in,” someone said.

Jiang Hao lowered his gaze.

He didn’t observe anything.

Next was the middle-aged man who had entered once before.

He came out soon after entering, looking dejected.

Jiang Hao looked at him.

“I’ve already been in once; they won’t let me in again for a short time, told me to come back in a year or two,” he said, somewhat helplessly.

Jiang Hao nodded.

After a while.

Jiang Hao stood in the first position waiting.

He only walked in after the person inside came out and “Next” was called.

Inside the room, there were three people sitting, two Foundation Establishment at completion on the sides.

One male, one female.

And in the middle sat a mature woman, at the early stage of Nascent Soul cultivation.

So high?

Jiang Hao was quite shocked; no wonder they dared to offend Foundation Establishment so casually.

With such cultivation, they had nothing to fear.

His own strength was problematic; otherwise, he could have had an easier time.

At this moment, the woman was looking down at her books, seemingly indifferent to the newcomer.

“Junior Duanqing Cliff’s Jiang Hao pays respects to senior,” Jiang Hao said respectfully, informing her of his origins.

He didn’t believe she would ignore him.

After all, he was in the dark, and she was in the light.

Sure enough, Senior Sister Hua Le looked up at Jiang Hao.

Her eyes were calm, her breath steady.

There was no sign of any strange change, as if she truly didn’t care about the person before her.

“Why are you taking our task?”

“I want to read books,” Jiang Hao replied.

“Can’t you read books in the Scripture Pavilion?” she asked again.

“I think there might be more books here,” Jiang Hao said calmly.

Logically, she should accept him, so he didn’t need to worry too much about his answer.

If he were to be eliminated, it would mean that Xuanyuan Tai couldn’t influence Hua Le, or they no longer needed him.

Well, he’ll have to think of another way then.

“Do you find reading important?” the other person asked casually.

“I read in my free time,” Jiang Hao replied.

Indeed, he only read casually, to avoid being tied down by his answer today, he kept his response vague.

“Alright, it’s you,”

Hua Le stood up and said, “My name is Hua Le, you can call me Senior Sister Hua. Today it’s just the two of you, so we’ll leave it at that. Follow me.”

Jiang Hao looked to the side, the girl with the twisted braids was also there. Excitement was hidden in her eyes.

Clack, clack!

Hua Le’s footsteps were exceptionally clear. She walked towards another door. Jiang Hao hurriedly followed. On the way, he activated his appraisal ability, wanting to see the other party’s intentions.

【Hua Le: Xuantian Sect true disciple, entrusted with a significant duty by the Xuantian Sect, possesses a special treasure to investigate the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower, Nascent Soul early-stage cultivation. Undercover at the Hall of Merits of the Enforcement Peak, tasked by Xuanyuan Tai, has been waiting for a long time during her time at the Scripture Pavilion, finally waiting for you to come.】

After reading the divine power feedback, Jiang Hao was quite surprised. It turned out that the other party had been waiting for him all along. For a moment, he couldn’t tell who was using whom.