Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Hong Yuye Sees Jiang Hao’s Name

Seven days had passed since the killing of Senior Sister Yun Ruo.

During these seven days, no one else had come looking for Jiang Hao.

He also learned that the Daily Appraisal had more powerful effects than he had anticipated.

He had secretly assessed some people, and since he didn’t encounter anyone special, he didn’t waste the assessments.

It’s worth mentioning that he used his divine power on himself to assess his condition.

【Current Status: Infected with the Tianjue Gu poison and Yang Gu, aside from women who possess the Yin Gu, you will be forced into a ‘Sage’ state】

Seeing the appraisal result, Jiang Hao sighed.

He knew how he got this Gu poison. It was from the pill that woman had made him swallow.

And the recent changes in his body were also due to the Gu poison.

Whether it’s a blessing or a curse is hard to say, because not long ago, Senior Sister Yun Ruo used a charm technique on him, but it didn’t work, thanks to the Tianjue Gu poison.

Otherwise, who knows what the outcome would have been.

There are many in the Demon Sect who know charm techniques; perhaps this is a good thing before his mind matures.

Beauty is often the Achilles’ heel of men.

Jiang Hao didn’t want to challenge his own weaknesses, knowing that failure could be life-threatening.

Casting aside the strange thoughts that flooded his mind, he opened the door to his room and headed to the Spiritual Medicine Garden to keep busy.

A visit there each day would make him stronger, and such efforts should not be interrupted.

However, just as he stepped out, he was stopped by someone.

Three young men blocked his path, each of them possessing a higher level of cultivation than him.

They looked serious, and a faint murderous aura emanated from them.

For safety’s sake, Jiang Hao activated his divine ability to identify the leader among them.

He was dressed in black, with eyebrows sharp as swords, and his face had well-defined features with a three-dimensional look.

He could be considered handsome.

【Liu Xingchen: A true disciple of the Haotian Sect, born with the aura of Dragon Slaughter, cultivation at the late stage of the Golden Core. Because he is bored, he becomes an undercover in the Tianyin Sect’s Hall of Enforcement. Currently seeking you out to temporarily appease the Tianhuan Pavilion’s wrath.】

Seeing the feedback from his divine ability, Jiang Hao felt a surge of emotions.

Wasn’t the Haotian Sect known as the strongest immortal gate?

Why would someone from there come to the Tianyin Sect as an undercover agent? Just out of boredom?

Shocked for a moment, he then bowed his head and greeted the three Senior Brothers.

“We are from the Hall of Enforcement, here about the incident seven days ago. We have a few questions for you and also to inform you about the subsequent situation.”

Liu Xingchen said to Jiang Hao with an expressionless face.

“Please speak, Senior Brother,” Jiang Hao replied, his mind racing with possibilities, but he maintained a calm demeanor on the surface.

The words “Tianhuan Pavilion’s wrath” worried him.

“Did you kill Junior Sister Yun Ruo?” Liu Xingchen asked.

“Yes,” Jiang Hao nodded.

“Why did you do it?” Liu Xingchen continued.

“She betrayed the sect and tried to pull me into her betrayal. I intended to refuse and control her, but I accidentally killed her,” Jiang Hao repeated the same story he had told before.

“She belonged to the Tianhuan Pavilion, not for you at Duanqing Cliff to handle,” Liu Xingchen said, staring at Jiang Hao with a voice full of cold indifference.

“This time you violated the sect’s rules by killing a disciple of the Tianhuan Pavilion. Considering there were reasons for your actions, you are stripped of five years’ worth of cultivation resources, and within three months, you must pay a thousand spirit stones to the Tianhuan Pavilion as compensation.”

“Additionally, since Yun Ruo was a traitor to the sect and you were the last to contact her, to prevent any possibility of sacrificing a pawn to save a chariot, you are not allowed to leave during this period and must cooperate with our investigation. If you leave without our knowledge, it will be treated as a defection from the sect. We will notify you when the investigation is over.”

Hearing this, Jiang Hao stood there stunned, finding it hard to believe.

He was being punished despite not having done anything wrong…

Cooperating with the investigation was one thing, but to also compensate the Tianhuan Pavilion with a thousand spirit stones?

As an inner disciple, he only received ten spirit stones a month during his Qi Refining stage.

Where would he get a thousand spirit stones?

‘Is this just the way of the Demon Sect? This action seems to be just for show for the Tianhuan Pavilion.’

Seeing that Jiang Hao had no reaction, another disciple coldly asked,

“Do you have any questions?”

Jiang Hao came back to his senses and replied softly,

“No.”

After that, the three from the Hall of Enforcement said a few more inconsequential things and then turned and left.

Watching the three disappear from sight, Jiang Hao let out a heavy sigh:.

“Is it because Duanqing Cliff is too weak, or am I just not valued enough?”

“It’s a bit of a bully move, a thousand spirit stones, there’s no way in three months.”

“What will happen if I don’t pay? Will the people from the Tianhuan Pavilion come after me?”

“Now at nineteen, I’ve successfully reached the Foundation Establishment stage, which is quite rare. I wonder if Duanqing Cliff will protect me.”

With various thoughts in mind, Jiang Hao arrived at the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

Now, he needed to not only improve his cultivation but also find a way to earn spirit stones.

At this moment, he deeply felt the trouble that beauty brings. Even killing couldn’t avoid such calamity.

With his current cultivation, resistance was impossible; the enforcer in charge was at the late stage of the Golden Core.

He, being only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, wouldn’t be enough to handle even one hand of his opponent.

As for exposing the other as an undercover agent… That would truly be seeking death.

In the world of cultivation, the stages are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Refining, and Return to Void.

Jiang Hao had not yet reached the higher stages and was unaware of thee specific higher realms.

…….

At the highest point of the Tianyin Sect, the Baihua Lake, on the central island, Hong Yuye sat in a pavilion, lost in thought as she looked out over the lake.
A gentle breeze blew, and a white figure landed behind Hong Yuye, bowing respectfully.

“Sect Master.”

Hearing this, Hong Yuye did not turn around but slowly spoke.

“What is it?”

“I have compiled a list of suspicious disciples and traitors for the Sect Master to decide upon,” Bai Zhi said, handing over the list.

The list contained detailed records of their origins, cultivation levels, and reasons for suspicion.

Taking the list, Hong Yuye lowered her eyes to read it, her gaze falling upon unfamiliar names.

There were undercover agents, traitors, and suspects.

After a brief scan, her eyes lingered on the last name: Jiang Hao, an inner disciple of Duanqing Cliff, living by the stream below the cliff, newly advanced to the early stage of Foundation Establishment.