Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 42

Chapter 42: The Female Demon Comes Too Frequently

Looking at the spiritual beast collar in his hand, Jiang Hao deeply felt the expense of raising a spiritual pet.

A collar for the Qi Refining stage cost nearly a hundred spirit stones.

His collar for the early Foundation Establishment stage cost five hundred spirit stones.

When a spiritual pet breaks through, it needs to be replaced quickly, otherwise, it’s easy to break.

For the middle stage, it would cost thousands.

The more Jiang Hao thought about it, the more surprised he was at the amount of spirit stones his fellow Senior Brothers and Sisters had.

“Fortunately, the books on talisman making aren’t exorbitantly priced.”

This time, the talisman-making book was a fine collection of six talismans.

These were six talismans suitable for Foundation Establishment and Golden Core practitioners, priced at one hundred spirit stones.

Lower than expected.

Compared to pill recipes, it was practically a giveaway.

Golden Core level pill recipes were exorbitantly expensive.

Perhaps pill refiners aren’t short of those spirit stones after all.

Artifact refiners, pill refiners, talisman makers—it seems only talisman making is the cheapest.

Having spent six hundred spirit stones today, Jiang Hao momentarily considered setting up a stall to sell some talismans.

But thinking of the rabbit in the Spiritual Medicine Garden, he gave up the idea.

The rabbit was more important.

Talismans could be sold at any time.

……

Baihua Lake.

Hong Yuye sat in the pavilion with a pitch-black saber placed on the table beside her.

It was the Shadow Saber that Jiang Hao had lost.

She picked up the saber and examined it for a long time, then lightly tossed it, embedding the saber into the flowerbed beside the pavilion.

“Speak.”

She spoke slowly, looking towards Bai Zhi, who stood with her head bowed outside the pavilion.

“Yes.”

Bai Zhi replied respectfully, feeling breathless just being near the Sect Leader, the invisible pressure making her fearful.

“After the debate at Tianqing Mountain, they suddenly started to act against us, and it’s quite possible that it’s because of the appearance of the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower.”

“It seems there are still many traitors,” Hong Yuye said calmly.

“I have failed in my duties,” Bai Zhi knelt on one knee to take the blame.

Hong Yuye didn’t look at Bai Zhi again, but instead raised her eyes to the white clouds in the sky.

“It’s still early, just continue to wait, as for Tianqing Mountain, that’s your responsibility.”

“I understand,” Bai Zhi nodded, and then brought up the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower.

“There have been no special changes at Duanqing Cliff, Jiang Hao’s cultivation has improved again, said to be due to an opportunity in the Demon Cavern.”

“It’s quite possible that he has the support of someone behind him, using the Demon Cavern as an excuse. Therefore, he still cannot clear himself of suspicion.”

“A Luoxia Sect undercover agent died at his hands again, at the early Golden Core stage, all of this is too coincidental.”

“Then continue to observe,” Hong Yuye withdrew her gaze to look at the flowerbed and continued.

“Since there’s been a conflict with Tianqing Mountain, go and get some of their techniques and classics.”

“Yes,” Bai Zhi responded with her head bowed.

A breeze blew through the flowers, and Hong Yuye seemed somewhat mesmerized.

Bai Zhi kept her head down, not daring to speak.

After a long time, she finally heard the Sect Leader break the silence.

“Bai Zhi, why do you think Tianqing Mountain dares to act against us?”

“Is it because the Tianyin Sect is not as strong as it used to be, or is Tianqing Mountain becoming increasingly powerful?”

“Neither,” Bai Zhi replied anxiously, explaining.

“For the past few decades, although Tianqing Mountain has been growing stronger, Tianyin Sect is by no means inferior to it. Overall, they are not as strong as our Tianyin Sect.”

As the acting Sect Master, whether it’s because Tianyin Sect is far from its former glory or because the rival is becoming increasingly powerful, both are her responsibility.

Not to mention the former, if others can become stronger, why should we be standing still? This too is a sin.

That’s why she is anxious.

“If it’s caused by the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower, I think there’s someone behind Tianqing Mountain,” Bai Zhi continued to explain.

“Otherwise, with Tianqing Mountain’s strength, they shouldn’t be so rash.”

Hearing this, Hong Yuye fixed her gaze on Bai Zhi, her voice devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

“Find out.”

“Yes,” Bai Zhi said with emphasis. Then she withdrew.

On her way back, Bai Zhi began to contemplate her next move.

She had originally wanted to send a female cultivator to test Jiang Hao, but she realized that the Sect Leader’s true intention might not be to test whether Jiang Hao was a traitor.

“The Sect Leader has deeper thoughts, but it’s unclear whether the person who plants the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower must be Jiang Hao, or if anyone will do.”

Since she submitted the list, in theory, anyone should suffice. But something felt off.

“The matter of the traitor should be put on hold for now; first, we need to deal with Tianqing Mountain and investigate the mastermind behind it.”

…….

In the afternoon, Jiang Hao took the rabbit away.

“If anyone is looking for a spiritual beast, tell them to come to me.”

Before leaving, he greeted the person guarding the Spiritual Medicine Garden, in case it could lure out a new undercover agent.

As for the rabbit, it would be useless after seven days. It could be kept or not.

After arriving at the forest behind his residence, he put a collar on the rabbit.

The collar could be adjusted in size, making it impossible for the spiritual beast to break free.

It could only be broken with strength.

By now, the rabbit had woken up and was staring at Jiang Hao, trying to break free from the collar.

It seemed to dislike the collar greatly, baring its teeth and looking powerless.

Jiang Hao watched for a while before throwing out a spirit stone.

Sure enough, the rabbit gave up struggling and bit the spirit stone, starting to nibble on it.

“Now I need to set a range for it.”

He planned to use the collar to set the range, which was also a function of the collar.

Five hundred spirit stones were somewhat valuable.

Otherwise, he would have to set up a trapping array, which Jiang Hao was not skilled at.

It would be time-consuming and laborious, and it might fail, allowing the rabbit to escape.

Sealing it for a short time was easy, but long-term would likely lead to accidents.

As he was about to start, a calm and pleasant voice came from behind, emotionless.

“What are you doing?”

Startled, Jiang Hao turned around and saw a woman in red. It was that woman.