Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness - Chapter 1030: Raise The Price

On the fifth floor of the Lawless Tower, Yinsha led an old man to the sixth cell.

“Why don’t you just kill me?” asked Old Man Corpse Sea.

“Didn’t you say you didn’t want to die?” Yinsha asked.

Old Corpse Sea smiled faintly. “When did I say that?”

“If you wanted to die, why would we be wasting our time interrogating you here?” Yinsha retorted.

No matter what they asked, he only gave a vague answer.

Clearly, he knew a lot but was unwilling to talk.

Getting him to talk would be very difficult.

He was just an avatar, after all. There was no leverage to make him talk.

They would detain him for the moment and see if he would come around.

If he had no value, it would not be difficult to kill him.

Looking at Yinsha’s indifferent face, Old Man Corpse Sea narrowed his eyes.

He suddenly realized that these people did not care if he lived or died at all.

He had no advantage here.

He fell silent.

“Where is the person I want?” Yan Shang asked.

Yinsha turned to look at her. “There was a little accident. His status in the sect has changed. He is now an important person in the sect. We can’t make him do whatever we want.”

“What do you mean?” Yan Shang’s voice turned cold.

“Like I said, his status has changed, and that has saved his life for now. Even with our authority, it would require a great price to bring him in. We need to wait a bit longer. If you want him here quickly, there is a way,” said Yinsha.

“What are you trying to say?” Yan Shang asked with a sneer.

“You need to pay something in exchange,” Yinsha said seriously.

“What if I disagree?” Yan Shang asked.

“We can wait. Our Heavenly Note Sect values status the most. Given enough time, his status might become low again. Then, we can bring him in,” said Yinsha.

Then, she turned and left.

Zhuang Yuzhen watched Yinsha leave. He recalled something from the past.

Back then, she would only use a whip and made no promises to the captives.

It seemed she had changed. She had learned to make empty promises to deceive the captives into giving in.

The people of the Lawless Tower were the least trustworthy people in the entire Heavenly Note sect.

If there was no conflict of interest and the benefits outweighed the losses, only then would they keep their promise.

At the Spirit Herb Garden in the Cliff of Broken Hearts, Jiang Hao squatted in the spirit field and tended to the spirit herbs.

As a candidate for the top disciple position, he needed to complete a sect mission.

He did not care about leading a team.

Since becoming a Golden Core Realm cultivator, he had been chosen to lead teams whenever he went on a mission.

Unknowingly, his strength had become extraordinary.

As for when the mission would be issued, that would probably depend on the Task Hall.

He would likely receive it earlier than Xiao Li.

After all, Xiao Li had only recently completed a sect mission.

There was no concern for her to be able to complete a mission. In two or three years, she would be given enough resources to advance.

If she did not advance, she would be kicked out of her candidacy.

Three or four years without advancement would mean she could be disqualified.

The requirements were indeed very strict.

The same requirements applied to the top disciples.

He stopped thinking about it.

There was nothing to worry about. He could take care of the Spirit Herb garden as he had always done.

The Cliff Master originally wanted to see them but was currently in seclusion for cultivation. It was probably because of the events of last night.

Days passed, and a month flew by in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Hao worked from sunrise to sunset. He shuttled between his courtyard and the Spirit Herb Garden.

During his free time, he explained cultivation methods to Cheng Chou.

After confirming that the other party had a solid foundation, he taught him the Mountain Sea Lifeblood Cultivation Technique.

Compared to others, Cheng Chou was more suitable for this type of cultivation technique.

This would also help him improve quickly.

If she advanced within three years, Xiao Li would continue to be a candidate for the top disciple position in the late stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

She would have another four years after that.

She could enjoy six- or seven-years worth of resources as a selected candidate.

That would greatly benefit Cheng Chou.

As for reaching the peak of that realm, it was out of the question.

Four years wouldn’t be enough for Cheng Chou to advance to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Xiao Li would also lose her status as a candidate for the top disciple position.

More people were willing to listen to Jiang Hao’s lectures because he had been selected for the competition.

This was the effect of his new status.

Almost no one dared to cause trouble in the Spirit Herb Garden anymore.

It also made it much easier for Cheng Chou to manage the garden.

Even in the outer sect’s Spirit Herb Garden, he had not encountered any trouble lately.

It was all because of Jiang Hao’s new status.

Moreover, the fellow disciples of his branch were even more polite to him than usual.

Even if some of them were skeptical of the Blood Wish Path, they did not dare express their disdain openly.

This was when he had just been selected as a candidate. If he ended up becoming a top disciple, not only the Cliff of Broken Hearts, but the entire sect would greet him in respect.

It would become even easier to manage the Spirit Herb Garden at that time. He might get many top-grade herbs to cultivate.

He wondered how effective high-grade seeds would be in his realm.

Jiang Hao felt that he finally had a peaceful life.

Xiao Li went out with Cheng Chou to visit her village.

She went back every few years to check on her village house and the tombs of her old parents. If she did not, the tombstone and the house would be covered in weeds.

It would make it seem like there was no one left at the village house. Xiao Li liked to keep it clean in the memory of her parents.

Her parents would be angry if she just abandoned the place.

She naturally needed Cheng Chou to go with her. Perhaps when she was all grown up, she would not need Cheng Chou to accompany her anymore.

Ordinary people died away faster than cultivators. People disappeared, and the villages disappeared along with them.

Someday, the tombstone might disappear too.

‘I wonder if Xiao Li will be able to come to terms with it if that happened one day…’ Jiang Hao thought.

Another month passed, and it was early March.

On that day, Jiang Hao felt the stone tablet vibrate.

It was time for the gathering.

‘Finally!’

He had been waiting for it for a long time.

He needed Gui’s help to deliver a letter.

At midnight, after preparing everything, Jiang Hao entered the stone tablet.

At the same time, a figure in red and white appeared in his house.

She sat at the desk and looked at the stone tablet in silence.

It seemed as though she would enter the stone tablet herself, but she did not.

She propped her chin on her hands and closed her eyes.

Outside the Heavenly Note Sect, some people in black robes looked into the sky from a distance.

“The result of our investigation is almost here. There are some things related to Smiling San Sheng here, but I can’t fully focus on it. Even if it isn’t inside the Heavenly Note Sect, it should be somewhere nearby.”

A middle-aged man said, “We need to figure out a way to make some noise and attract people from the surrounding areas.”

At that moment, a woman said, “Smiling San Sheng has many enemies, including Feng Hua. She has been in the South for a long time. Contacting her might provide other solutions. Besides, people from the Great Thousand God Sect definitely have a purpose for coming here. Perhaps there is something remarkable here.”

“There must be… Even if there isn’t, we need to make it exist.”

To draw out Smiling San Sheng, they needed to have something remarkable at hand. They had to create a trap for Smiling San Sheng that he could not ignore