Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: A Quick Way to Earn Spirit Stones

Jin Zhouheng stared at Jiang Hao, silent.

Instead, he was lost in a brief recollection.

He was not likely to leave alive. Perhaps he really wouldn’t have the chance to think of Yun Ruo Junior Sister again.

For a moment, images of Junior Sister Yun Ruo encouraging him flashed through his mind.

“Senior Brother Jin, if you win against this demon beast, I’ll cook for you.”

“How could Senior Brother Jin not be liked by anyone? I like Senior Brother Jin very much.”

“Senior Brother, do you think this sect attire looks good on me?”

As he remembered these things, a smile unconsciously spread across Jin Zhouheng’s lips, and at the same time, a blade light swept across.

Whoosh!

The silver blade light, like moonlight blossoming, pierced through everything, extinguishing the candlelight, and finally, all was calm.

Even Jin Zhouheng’s thoughts paused.

In his eyes, Jiang Hao was slowly sheathing his blade.

“You…”

He couldn’t say much more.

Because his life force was rapidly fading.

Clang!

Jiang Hao put away the Half-Moon, looking calmly at the man in front of him.

“Let it be.”

Upon hearing this, Jin Zhouheng’s vision began to blur, and he fell backward.

With a thud, he crashed heavily to the ground.

He saw the sunlight shining.

His last thoughts lingered on Junior Sister’s smile towards him.

Just… let it be.

Watching the man fall, Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

He wasn’t sure if Yun Ruo Senior Sister genuinely cared for that person, but the other party only remembered the kindness of Yun Ruo Senior Sister.

True or false, it’s all in the past.

Jiang Hao wasn’t heartless, but like others, he wished to survive.

Therefore, he couldn’t possibly put down his saber.

After reinforcing with several Ten Thousand Swords Talismans, Jiang Hao finally confirmed that the other person was truly dead.

He stood there for a long time, feeling a sense of unreality upon his promotion to Golden Core.

In less than a year, he had progressed from the early stages of Foundation Establishment to the early stages of Golden Core.

Once he calmed his mind, he went to look for his master.

This time he used the strength of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, and the sword technique was the first form of the Heavenly Saber, Moon Slash.

It was within expectations.

If it hadn’t been for the surprise attack, it would have been difficult.

After a short while.

Ku Wuchang looked at the Golden Core corpse, silent for a long time.

But then he glanced at the fatal strike before turning his head to look at Jiang Hao, his voice deep.

“Did you kill him?”

“Yes,” Jiang Hao nodded.

“Mid-stage Foundation Establishment?” Ku Wuchang asked.

Jiang Hao was displaying the cultivation of mid-stage Foundation Establishment, and he nodded slightly.

“It was an opportunity I encountered in the Demon Cavern.”

“And the sword technique?” Ku Wuchang asked again.

“I obtained a form of the nameless sword technique in the Demon Cavern,” Jiang Hao replied.

If his master wanted it, he could only write out the first form of the Heavenly Saber.

The woman hadn’t said it couldn’t be passed on, fortunately, it was only the first form.

But such chance encounters couldn’t continue, otherwise, his master would surely become suspicious.

Fortunately, his master didn’t ask further, only asking him to recount the specifics of what happened.

And so he did, almost without concealing anything.

Except for the matter of his cultivation.

“You chose to launch a surprise attack because you weren’t confident?”

Ku Wuchang stared at Jiang Hao and asked.

Facing his master’s gaze, Jiang Hao nodded in response.

“Yes.”

Afterward, Ku Wuchang took the corpse away, warning Jiang Hao to be careful as the people from the Hall of Enforcement would probably come looking for him.

Seeing his master leave, Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, he felt some regret. If his master had been willing to accept him as a true disciple, he would have been much safer.

At least that person from Tianhuan Pavilion would have had a hard time dealing with him.

Now, he could only rely on himself.

Returning to his courtyard, he looked at the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower, frowning slightly.

There were no bubbles.

Before sunrise, he thought he would have to wait a while, but the sun was already fully up, and still, no bubbles had appeared.

What was going on?

Aside from this, there was another matter he was curious about.

Did his master know that he was growing a Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower in his courtyard?

After a moment, he gave up thinking about it. Unless he asked, it would be difficult to know the answer.

…….

The next day.

Jiang Hao looked at the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower in the courtyard, still no bubbles in sight.

On the third day, the bubbles appeared.

【Cultivation+1】

【Vital Energy+1】

“Has it become once every three days?”

Three days passed again.

Indeed, he collected the bubbles once more.

It was proven that it had indeed become once every three days.

Not only the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower, but the time limit for the Snow Lotus to produce blue bubbles had also lengthened.

Previously it was once every three days, but now green and white bubbles appeared over three days.

It wasn’t until the ninth day that blue bubbles emerged.

This left Jiang Hao extremely astonished.

One month after advancing to Golden Core.

Jiang Hao looked at his cultivation and vitality, both over ten, and began to extract and cultivate.

He wanted to see if there was a difference between the current ten points and the previous ten points.

After extracting the cultivation, a vast amount of spiritual energy surged into his body, much more intense and powerful than the previous ten points.

Without daring to ponder further, Jiang Hao began to consolidate his cultivation.

The Primordial Heart Sutra operated, absorbing spiritual energy and vitality.

After a long time, Jiang Hao slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, he had completely consolidated his cultivation and understood that the reduction in bubbles was related to his realm.

Previously, accumulating a hundred would allow a direct increase in cultivation, and now it seemed to be the same.

As long as he accumulated four times, he could attempt to advance to Nascent Soul.

Only the speed had slowed down.

But it was much better than at the beginning.

Previously, it took him years to accumulate once, but now at most it would take a year, which was actually quite fast.

However, with a blade hanging over his head, not advancing quickly always felt dangerous.

Coming to the courtyard, he looked at the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower, thinking it would be nice if he had three Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flowers.

However, I can buy other spiritual medicines as substitutes. It’s just that I’m short on spirit stones. I’ve made about five hundred from selling spirit talismans recently, and together with what I had before, I now have a total of one thousand.

One thousand may seem like a lot, but it’s too little in front of a Golden Core.

Last time I checked, even a passable saber at the Golden Core level costs eight thousand… and a good one costs ten to twenty thousand.

How long would it take to save up the money?

Where do other Golden Cores get their spirit stones from?

Today, while visiting the Spiritual Medicine Garden, he casually asked Cheng Chou, who manages the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

He only replied with two words.

“Robbing people.”

So that’s how it is.

“By the way, there’s something I need Senior Brother’s help with,” Cheng Chou pointed towards the spiritual field.

“It seems like some kind of spiritual beast has appeared in the field and is running amok. We can’t catch it.”