Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 75

Chapter 75: Discovered Using Divine Ability

The first failure of his daily appraisal was with this woman.

He wasn’t discovered at that time, which made Jiang Hao less worried.

Trying again now should also go unnoticed.

But worry was inevitable.

Soon he activated his divine ability, attempting to appraise the woman in front of him.

The feedback from the divine ability was not quick, but it didn’t just show question marks.

After a few breaths, he received feedback.

【Hong Yuye: ??????】

Although it was still a bunch of question marks, it wasn’t without gain.

At least he knew her name.

This also meant he could continue to appraise in the future.

But he would have to wait until he broke through to Nascent Soul.

Who knows how long that would take.

He could only continue to cultivate some good things or find a way to work in the mines.

But the more good things he cultivated, the easier it was to get caught in a vortex.

The best scenario would be to have the power to stop the vortex when it erupts.

“Are you using a divine ability?”

Hong Yuye’s sudden voice startled Jiang Hao.

It even made his heart skip a beat—was he discovered?

“You seem a bit flustered,” Hong Yuye said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

“No,” Jiang Hao shook his head to hide his unease.

He couldn’t understand how he had been discovered.

Seeing Jiang Hao no longer so composed, Hong Yuye said with a smile.

“It seems you’re quite puzzled. Both divine abilities and techniques have their costs. You’ve expended energy twice under my watch, did you really think I was blind?”

Jiang Hao remained silent.

He felt both fortunate and unfortunate. Unfortunate because he couldn’t deceive her, but fortunate because she didn’t know about his appraisal divine ability.

“Didn’t you finish reading the book I gave you?” Hong Yuye asked.

“I’ve been pondering the beginning, I only glanced over the rest,” Jiang Hao replied truthfully.

“I thought someone who likes to hide like you would read it thoroughly at least once,” Hong Yuye shook her head and slowly said.

“No wonder your use of divine abilities is still so crude.”

What does she mean… Jiang Hao wondered.

Can divine abilities be concealed like cultivation levels?

“Do you want to go mining?” Hong Yuye suddenly changed the subject.

Jiang Hao almost agreed on impulse, but he restrained himself and shook his head.

“I would prefer to stay here and take care of the flowers for senior.”

“Not a single word of truth,” Hong Yuye walked to the corner, pulled out Jiang Hao’s discarded Half-Moon blade, examined it, and then walked towards the house.

“Serve some tea.”

Jiang Hao exhaled, took out the Red Sleeve Fragrance, brewed it, and poured a cup on the table.

Glancing over, Hong Yuye picked up the cup and took a sip. Without speaking, she simply continued to drink her tea.

Seeing this, Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

“How did you raise this rabbit?” Hong Yuye casually asked while holding her teacup.

“I feed it spirit stones,” Jiang Hao replied.

“Is that all?” Hong Yuye took another sip of tea, still appearing nonchalant.

After hesitating, Jiang Hao spoke softly, “I hang it up to feed it.”

Giving Jiang Hao a fleeting glance, Hong Yuye fell silent for a moment before speaking with renewed interest.

“What else can you raise?”

“I’m not sure,” Jiang Hao shook his head.

He really couldn’t be sure.

He could raise anything for which he could determine the method, but he was helpless if he couldn’t figure it out.

“Go find something interesting to plant,” Hong Yuye suddenly said.

Where can I find that? Jiang Hao sighed.

He also wanted to plant something interesting and good, but he couldn’t find anything.

The Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower was ridiculously precious.

“If I like it, I’ll take it away.”

Hong Yuye said seriously, looking at Jiang Hao, “Do you have any objections?”

Jiang Hao: “…”

“No?” Hong Yuye put down her teacup, her voice turning cold.

That vast aura appeared along with her tone.

“As the senior says,” Jiang Hao nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Jiang Hao was now listening, Hong Yuye stood up and walked away.

“Don’t worry. I won’t let you help for nothing. When the time comes, whatever you want to learn, I can give you the corresponding thing.”

Jiang Hao did believe her promises.

The Nameless Secret Manual and the Heavenly Saber Seven Forms were both given by her.

They were extremely important to him.

He didn’t consider himself at a loss.

“By the way,” Hong Yuye said, looking at the empty teacup on the table.

“Remember to prepare better tea for me next time. I will come often to see my flowers. You know what happens when you anger me.”

“I will bear it in mind,” Jiang Hao replied respectfully, nodding his head.

Afterward, Hong Yuye disappeared from the spot, leaving the courtyard.

“Ouch, that hurts, what happened to Lord Rabbit? Ah… my face…” The rabbit cried out in pain as it got up from the ground.

Assured that the rabbit was fine, Jiang Hao paid it no more mind.

He felt that the rabbit passing out might have been Hong Yuye’s doing, as she probably didn’t intend to let the rabbit see her.

“Plant better things?” Jiang Hao sighed.

He would have to check out the displayed treasures in a couple of days.

He really wanted to find a purple bubble. Having one more divine ability could improve a lot of things.

Cultivation could only be endured over time.

With the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower, it wouldn’t take too long.

But before going back to his room, he glanced at the corner and noticed that the Half-Moon that was there was now gone.

Was it taken again?

A beauty by nature, yet playing the thief.

After Hong Yuye left, Jiang Hao’s heart finally settled down completely.

Such an obvious difference in state of mind made him feel the need for the tempering of time.

Sitting in the training room, he took out the Nameless Secret Manual and began to read seriously.

This time he intended to read the entire book, without the need to practice or rush to understand.

As Hong Yuye had said, read it first and then see.

He did nothing else all night but read.

It wasn’t until morning that he finished reading.

Gently closing the book, Jiang Hao began to ponder.

“The text doesn’t explicitly mention divine abilities, but it does talk about special techniques and special consumption, which probably refers to divine abilities.”

“I was mistaken. I thought special consumption was something else.”

If it was about divine abilities, he should have noticed.

Without that woman’s reminder, he wouldn’t have paid attention to special consumption.

That is to say, divine abilities also consume something, and each divine ability consumes something very different.

There’s spirit, physical strength, cultivation, blood energy—every part of the body can be a point of consumption, even the external environment.

Some even require a comprehensive consumption.

As long as you understand what you are consuming, you can try to hide it.

Integrating it with the body’s breathing and the extension of the spirit’s consumption can greatly reduce traces.

If the consumption is already small, then it can be done in the span of a breath and making it impossible for others to trace.

“The person who wrote this book must be an absolute genius.”

Holding the book, Jiang Hao couldn’t help but be amazed.

He had much to learn, with his immature state of mind and lack of knowledge.

These were his weaknesses.

If it hadn’t been for the need to identify Senior Sister Ming Yi today, Jiang Hao would have tried to identify the Nameless Secret Manual to see if it was written by Hong Yuye.

If so…

He would have to be even more careful in the future.

……

After a while, Jiang Hao brought the rabbit with a bruised face to the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

He met Senior Sister Ming Yi in the attic.

Without any hesitation, he activated the appraisal.