Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

Chapter 1190: Opening the Thirteenth Branch of the Heavenly Note Sect (2)

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Lord Beast also told me that if I persevere, my path will be limitless. All pain and attacks I endure will make me resilient,” said Lin Zhi.

“Your core was almost injured,” said Jiang Hao as he helped to replenish his lifeblood.

After that, he understood the whole story.

Lin Zhi and the others had headed back to the sect half a month earlier.

However, they encountered a strange forest on the way back. All three of them gained some benefits, especially Lin Mo and Zhao Qingxue. Their cultivation realms advanced by a lot. They were not far from the Golden Core Realm.

Before they could rejoice, beasts began to chase them in the forest. These beasts were weak at first but became stronger over time.

Lin Mo and Zhao Qingxue led away all the beasts to let Lin Zhi escape first. But Lin Zhi was worried about them and secretly lured away most of the beasts.

After fleeing for more than half a year, they finally returned to the sect.

“They were all simple beasts. It wasn’t a real deal. It was just a simple test,” said the spirit beast haughtily.

Jiang Hao knew that this forest might be the beginning of the chaos in the South.

But…

Jiang Hao checked Lin Zhi’s soul. Someone had left a mark on him.

Lin Zhi was much better now. He gave everything he had to Jiang Hao.

“I brought seven fruits. I ate one, and the rest are for you, Lord Beast, Senior Sister Xiao Li, Senior Brother Cheng Chou, Junior Brother Mu Yin, and Senior Sister Bing Qing.”

Jiang Hao understood where the mark had come from.

It was from these fruits. It was indeed a good thing.

They could temper the divine soul and provide a lot of help for future advancement. But the other party would probably come looking for them.

After collecting all the fruits, Jiang Hao told Lin Zhi to rest and stay at the Cliff of Broken Hearts for the time being.

There was no need to go to the mine. Staying at the Cliff of Broken Hearts was enough for now.

In the following days, Jiang Hao would regularly tend to Lin Zhi’s injuries, while Mu Yin often chanted scriptures beside him.

Jiang Hao was not sure what he was doing.

On the last day of December, Xiao Li finally returned.

She and Cheng Chou had not fared any better than Lin Zhi.

Cheng Chou was injured. Although it was not that serious, his spiritual energy was exhausted.

Fortunately, he was here. Otherwise, the consequences would have been dire.

If he continued to overexert himself, his future would be ruined.

Jiang Hao could only use the purple energy to guide him.

Although Xiao Li was not injured, she was in a sorry state.

The power of the Archean Abyss Dragon Pearl had long been exhausted.

It showed the extent of danger they had been in.

“Senior Brother, there was a pitch-black guy who said he wanted to eat me. He even said it was perfectly justified. I got angry and beat him up. He kneeled and begged for mercy, but later he absorbed something and became stronger. I was not afraid to fight,” Xiao Li said indignantly. “We fought him for a long time but couldn’t defeat him. Fortunately, I called for the spirit beast. Although it couldn’t reach us, it helped us.”

Jiang Hao was a little surprised. He looked at Cheng Chou.

Cheng Chou explained that when Xiao Li called out for the spirit beast, a talisman flew from the sky and killed the enemy.

That talisman must have been the one Hong Yuye sent.

“When was this?” Jiang Hao asked.

“Two months ago,” Cheng Chou said.

‘Only two months ago?’ Jiang Hao was surprised.

Hong Yuye had sent the talisman quite some time ago. Had it taken this long to reach Xiao Li?

It seemed that it was not easy for the talisman to find someone.

When he was almost done healing them, he asked a few more questions before letting Cheng Chou rest.

Xiao Li did not need much attention.

Jiang Hao was surprised that someone would think it was perfectly justified to eat Xiao Li.

He wanted to know more about it, but he could not get any more details out of Xiao Li.

Cheng Chou knew very little, too.

He could only give up.

If he wanted to find out more, he would need to let the Black Dragon meet Xiao Li and ask about it.

Perhaps he knew more about it.

But it was not time for that.

It would only be safer if the Black Dragon entered the Lawless Tower.

After a few days, their injuries were almost healed. Within half a month, everyone had recovered.

As for those fruits, Jiang Hao still kept them on him and waited for the other party to come.

The mark was always there. It was likely that the other party would not let Lin Zhi off easily.

These people had indeed caused him trouble.

He hoped they would not come back in the future after they went out.

However, Xiao Li’s return had a benefit: the peaches on the tree visibly decreased in quantity at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He did not know when she picked them. It seemed that she liked sneaking about when he was not home.

As time passed, a new year arrived.

Jiang Hao checked his condition and found that he had twenty-three years left. It meant that the Mountain Sea Seal had taken effect. But he was already forty-seven years old.

After that, Jiang Hao went overseas to clean some treasures.

He returned when he had accumulated more than ninety points.

He wiped the treasures in the entire warehouse.

If the quality of the last few treasures were not bad, he would accumulate enough points to ascend to the peak of the Immortal Ascension Platform.

Another three months passed.

Around early March, Jiang Hao looked at his interface.

[Name: Jiang Hao]

[Age: 47]

[Cultivation: Seventh Stage of the Immortal Ascension Platform]

[Cultivation Method: Heavenly Sound Hundred Revolutions, Hong Meng Heart Sutra]

[Divine Ability: Nine Revolutions Death Substitution (unique), Daily Appraisal, Clear and Pure Heart, Reappearance of Hidden Spirit, Divine Might, Revival of Withered Tree, Heavenly Cauldron, Indestructible Vajra, Myriad Nature Forest]

[Lifeblood: 100/100 (can be cultivated)]

[Cultivation: 100/100 (can be cultivated)]

[Divine Abilities: 1/3 (cannot be obtained)]

“I can advance.”

During this period, he did not wipe any treasures.

He only kept applying the Mountain Sea Seal on the cauldron.

He also knew very little about matters overseas.

However, the Great Thousand God Sect did not do anything yet.

Back then, he naively thought that this matter would not blow up.

In the past few months, he noticed that the Great Thousand God Sect had not made any big moves, but the Heavenly Note Sect was waging a war.

They were capturing disciples of the Great Thousand God Sect everywhere. As long as it was related to the Great Thousand Spirit, they were unable to escape the pursuit.

If it was just ordinary disciples causing a minor disturbance, it could be overlooked, but all the Branch Masters had been tasked with the job.

Jiang Hao was almost called out to assist.

Such commotion was truly baffling.

How significant must the conflict of interests be to give the Heavenly Sound Sect the courage to confront the Great Thousand Divine Sect?

From the looks of it, the Heavenly Note Sect as a whole was definitely not a match for the Great Thousand God Sect.

If he had not caused some significant trouble for the Great Thousand God Sect, a war would have broken out.

Of course, the Heavenly Note Sect’s current actions were not far from declaring war.

“I really can’t understand why they want to fight.” Jiang Hao sighed.

However, it remained that way for a few years. The Heavenly Note Sect captured people everywhere.

There was always a big battle going on somewhere.

They had fought with the Heavenly Saint Sect, the Saint Bandits, Azure Mountain, the Blackheaven Sect, the Sunset Immortal Sect, overseas sects, and so on.

In these few decades, the sect had not had any peace at all.

Although the commotion was huge, it did not really affect Jiang Hao.

Even though the Spirit Herb Garden was a lot busier, it was still manageable.

Since there were more people in the Spirit Herb Garden, he was not that busy.

No one had mentioned anything about his candidacy for the seat of the top disciple in the past two months.

Many people knew that he was now a candidate at the early stage of the Primordial Spirit Realm category.

Not only had he advanced to the early stage of the Primordial Spirit Realm, but he had fought and won the candidacy for the seat of the top disciple. It surprised many people.

He did not know if he would get into trouble if his reputation started to grow.

However, he was fine as long as he was in Junior Brother Han Ming’s shadow.

He should be able to issue a challenge after a few more advancements.

After that, he would do things cautiously.

Three months later, around early June, Jiang Hao had not changed much.

He often glanced at the stone tablet.

Gui’s responses decreased, and there were new changes on her side.

Liu did not mention anything about overseas matters.

It seemed he had to wait for the gathering to happen to find out most things.

At the Hundred Flowers Lake, Hong Yuye received Baizhi.

At that moment, Baizhi looked excited. “Sect Master, most of us have entered the area. Most are on their way and are moving discreetly.”

Hong Yuye turned to Baizhi and said calmly, “You go there personally.”

“Yes.” Baizhi nodded.

This time, she wanted to go out.

Hu Yuexin was in the Great Thousand God Sect, so it would be risky for her not to go.

However, to her surprise, the Great Thousand God Sect did not retaliate.

It was different from what she had expected.

There might be some conspiracy, so she had to personally get hold of the item.

However, before she could leave, Hong Yuye suddenly said, “Have you thought about what kind of reward to give?”

“I’m still thinking about it.” Baizhi shook her head.

Hong Yuye looked at the person in front of her and said calmly, “If he’s willing, you can open a thirteen branch, especially for him.”