THE CULTIVATION OF BESIDE DEVIL CULTIVATOR
250: The Show Begins
It was early September. There were still more than ten days left until the mission of the sect.
Jiang Hao stood in front of the peach tree. The peaches have grown, but they are not yet ripe.
He picked the fruit and tasted it. It tastes sour but with a little sweetness.
‘I think the fruit will be very sweet when cooked this time.’ With each incarnation, the taste of peaches increases.
Jiang Hao activated his Daily Valuation ability. He wanted to see how many spirit stones were needed this time.
[Eternal Peach Tree: Related to the ancient Peach Peach Tree. It has the characteristic imprint of the god tree. Sweet fruit. Leave the fruit on the tree and create a Spirit Gathering Formation in the surrounding area with 14,700 spirit stones. It can activate the characteristic imprint of the god tree and begin its incarnation. After seven incarnations, it would turn into a true Eternal Peach Tree. Planting it next to a sacred object will make its incarnation more successful.]
'14,700 spirit stones.' Jiang Hao frowned.
Although he had sold quite a lot of talismans, he only had around 10,300 spirit stones.
He still lacked four thousand spirit stones.
If he paid a thousand to the Law Enforcement Hall, he would be short of five thousand spirit stones for incarnation.
'The rewards for this sect mission are better. Maybe I will get about three hundred spirit stones..it is still not enough.’.
For Foundation Establishment Level disciples, the reward was usually several hundred spirit stones.
The Golden Core Realm disciple would get around a thousand. Those in the Primordial Spirit Realm would gain even more.
However, no one knew that he was in the Primordial Spirit Realm, nor could he tell anyone.
Recruiting disciples gave him more spirit stones. Last time, he received three thousand spirit stones from the Cliff Master when he went for recruitment. It was the kind of payment one received in the Primordial Spirit Realm.
When the Corpse Natural Flower bloomed, he received five thousand spirit stones as a gift. He somehow needed to find a way to get four thousand more.
He had no choice but to wait and see how it turned out. If he could not gather enough spirit stones, he would have to wait until next year.
He walked to the corner of the courtyard, where he planted bamboo shoots. He also judged it. It is a regular bamboo shoot and needs to be watered occasionally.
There were holy objects and spiritual energy abound in his place, so he didn't need to care too much about it.
“Teacher, I noticed that the outside world is vast. Why don't you go out and explore?” asked the spirit beast while jumping in front of Jiang Hao.
“I will take you to a bigger place in the future,” Jiang Hao said with a smile.
“Will you come with me too, Mister?”
Jiang Hao smiled but did not answer the beast.
He watered the Heavenly Fragrant Dao Flower and left the house. He turned around and said to the beast, “You will soon become a Golden Core demon.”
The rabbit, who was about to reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm, was indeed getting closer to the Golden Core Realm.
“Master, you're kidding! I'm just an ordinary demon.”
Jiang Hao headed to the Spirit Potion Garden. On the way, he met Miao Tinglian.
“Young Brother Jiang, there is something I want to discuss with you,” he said.
“What's up, Senior Brother Miao?” Jiang Hao was confused. As far as he knew, the Corpse Realm Flower should be fine by now.
“I want to give you something.” He handed over two thousand spirit stones to Jiang Hao.
"What is this for?" Jiang Hao asked in surprise.
Two thousand spirit stones was not a small amount. Why would he suddenly give her so many spirit stones?
Usually he needed a lot of time to earn that much income. If he only relied on the sect resources, he would need five years to earn that much income! “This is also,” Miao Tinglian said as she handed him some pills.
Jiang Hao was stunned. “Pil Revitalization Heavenly?”
“That's because of the Corpse Natural Flower,” said Miao Tinglian. “You told me how and where to do the transplant to keep them alive. So many students now approach me to ask that. I took a lot of money from them. So, I want to give a fair share to you, Young Brother Jiang.”
Oh.Jiang Hao hesitated. “Can I exchange it for spirit stone?” Miao Tinglian was silent.
“The market price of pills in the sect is currently four thousand, but I will give you five thousand spirit stones,” he said.
Miao Tinglian hesitated. “Young Brother Jiang, don't let anyone know that you get so many spirit stones. It might be dangerous for a Foundation Establishment Level cultivator to carry so many spirit stones. You may be attacked or worse. You better spend it soon.”
“Thank you for the warning, Senior Brother Miao.” Jiang Hao nodded thankfully.
He also knew that it was unsafe to have too many spirit stones as a cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
It was fortunate that not many people knew that his master had given him five thousand spirit stones.
Many will be envious.
Jiang Hao sighed in relief as he received five thousand spirit stones from Miao Tinglian.
In total, he received 7,000 spirit stones from Miao Tinglian. After deducting the four thousand he needed for the peach tree from the spirit stone he had just received, he would have the remaining three thousand. He could pay a thousand spirit stones to the Law Enforcement Hall and still have two thousand left over. He could use it to buy more talisman-making materials. It'll be safer that way.
It was already mid-September when Jiang Hao finally went to the Law Enforcement Hall.
This time, he met Liu Xingchen, but there was a difference in his aura from before. Its aura was a merging of dark aura and dragon aura.
The remnants of the True Dragon soul and the witch soul seemed to be working together.
“Halo, Young Brother Jiang. I heard you specifically requested the mission of the sect?” liu Xingchen said.
"Yes." Yeah." Jiang Hao nodded.
He activated the Daily Assessment on Liu Xingchen.
[Liu Xingchen: True Disciple of the Heavenly Faction. Born with dragon aura. The remains of the True Dragon soul and the witch soul within his body had sensed a deadly threat. They exerted their influence and summoned the rest of the soul to gain control of his body. The three intend to cooperate and take over his body completely. Realizing this, he had wandered around the Devil's Nest and mine to find the rest of the other souls to increase their courage. The reason he is on good terms with you is to approach the Heavenly Fragrant Dao Flower to pay close attention to him. He suspected that the death of Du Yong and another unknown Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator had something to do with you. His interest in you is growing.]
Jiang Hao had no idea what Liu Xingchen was thinking. But he knew that Liu Xingchen was very confident in his abilities. Wasn't he afraid of causing trouble?
Perhaps that was the arrogance of a True Disciple.
If the remnants of the True Dragon soul and the magician soul knew that Liu Xingchen knew of their plan, Jiang Hao had no idea what they were going to do.
Jiang Hao did not know what kind of deadly threat they were feeling.
It was amazing that Liu Xingchen tried such a thing. However, this last piece of information was a little worried about him.
Du Yong's death had been investigated, yet no one had yet approached Jiang Hao to question him.
'Is it because he died outside the sect?'
“I heard there will be another junior next year who will follow the recruitment mission,” Liu Xingchen said.
'This is my chance to obtain three thousand spirit stones.' Jiang Hao sighed inwardly.
“By the way, Young Brother Jiang, do you remember Du Yong?” Liu Xingchen suddenly asked.
"I remember. He often comes to the Broken Cliffs to see the Spirit Potion Garden,” Jiang Hao said calmly.
“We investigate and discover that he is an undercover agent. He was killed outside the sect not long ago,” Liu Xingchen said. “We're looking for the main body of the person who used him as a clone and a spy. We haven't found him yet. You are quite close to Du Yong, so you are clearly being watched.”
After speaking for a while, Liu Xingchen said goodbye and headed to the mine. “I'll go now. There's important business I have to take care of.”
Jiang Hao suspected that “thing important” was to find the rest of the other souls in his body to have. He was both surprised and impressed by Liu Xingchen.
However, Du Yong's case made him somewhat worried..