Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

1469  Demoness: What Kind Of Love Do You Want? (1)

After dealing with Situ Jingjing, Jiang Hao returned to his courtyard.

He had obtained the Dew of the First Sun, and the situation with Shang An was resolved fairly well.

In just a short span of ten days, he had accomplished quite a bit.

He did not have anything special to attend to, so he planned to visit the Lawless Tower and continue working on his cultivation.

He hoped to advance to the Heavenly Immortal Realm without any unexpected accidents.

Being a Heavenly Immortal was quite prestigious, even among many first-rate sects.

It would give him a sense of stability and security.

However, compared to the foundations of the great sects and ancient clans, it was still insufficient.

For example, those from the Fallen Immortal Clan had powered up beyond comprehension. Not even one of them was in the Immortal Human Realm anymore.

With such formidable strength, even with tenfold courage, he would not dare to offend them.

Jiang Hao stopped thinking about these matters and began to sift through Situ Jingjing's storage treasures.

He found two magical artifacts: one was cracked, and the other had a faint immortal aura.

"They don't seem very valuable."

The cracked item was a woman's immortal robe, and it had been worn by someone else before.

The one with the faint immortal aura was a flying boat. It was quite exquisite.

It was beautiful, but there was only a slight immortal energy. In other words, it was not very useful.

However, it might be worth keeping in case it turned out to be useful in the future.

As for the immortal robe, he considered selling it. Perhaps it could fetch some spirit stones.

As for the other items...

There were some medicinal pills and other random items, but they were not very valuable.

"Where are the spirit stones? Really? Not even one?"

Jiang Hao searched through everything again but found nothing of value.

This left him somewhat disappointed.

It was as if he had gained nothing since selling these items would also take considerable time.

It was rather troublesome.

After confirming there were no spirit stones, Jiang Hao sighed and began to examine Nangong Qian's storage treasures.

He discovered Nangong Qian's name on an identifying token.

After a brief search, he finally found some spirit stones, but there were only 460,000.

There was hardly anything else of worth.

However, he did come across a book.

"They're so poor! How could they be so poor? Even I'm not that poor…"

Jiang Hao had always thought of himself as poor, but he never expected that these two Immortal Humans together would only have about 460,000 spirit stones.

They were unlucky.

Then, Jiang Hao looked at the book. It was a notebook.

After flipping through it briefly, he found that it was a record about a Dragon Nest.

The notes mentioned a hidden compartment left by the Heavenly Spirit Tribe in the Dragon Nest, which contained the path to the Great Dao, specifically left for their descendants.

It required a special physique capable of absorbing spiritual energy, along with the notes, to open the hidden compartment.

However, the direct descendants of the tribe could not possess this physique, and even if they did, they were forbidden from entering.

Going in meant death.

"So, they were using each other."

Jiang Hao closed the book and sighed.

He had not expected the relationship between a husband and wife to be so fragile.

It turned out that being Dao partners was just a facade. In the end, everyone was out for themselves, even if it meant sacrificing the other person.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hao couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Husband and wife are like birds sharing the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly separately."

It seemed quite accurate.

"Are marriages really that fragile?" A voice suddenly interrupted his thought.

Jiang Hao turned and saw a woman in a red and white dress descending from the sky.

"Greetings, Senior." He hurriedly got up and bowed.

Hong Yuye looked at him and asked, "Did you go out?"

"Yes." Jiang Hao nodded. "I took care of some matters, and I also completed the task you assigned me."

"Oh? Which task?" Hong Yuye was interested.

Hearing this, Jiang Hao walked over to the table and invited Hong Yuye to sit down.

Then, he took out a delicate box and placed it on the table.

He also set aside the book from earlier.

"What's inside?" Hong Yuye looked at the exquisite box.

Jiang Hao smiled but did not say anything. He gently opened the box, and the aroma of the tea filled the air.

"Because of the arrival of the Great Era, I knew that it wouldn't be easy to get the tea, so I went out to retrieve it myself. The journey was difficult and even life-threatening, but I did not retreat. Luckily, I could bring it back," said Jiang Hao.

"You've worked very hard." Hong Yuye chuckled.

"It's my duty to serve you, Senior," Jiang Hao said.

Hong Yuye did not look at him but inspected the tea. After a moment, she closed the box. "We'll drink it another day."

September Spring was not cheap. Fortunately, he still had some left. He had managed to buy some more of it too.

However, the prices were rising sharply.

It was 50,000 in the South lately and even reached up to 60,000 in the West.

Luckily, he had a golden ring in the West, so he could sell it there if he wanted to.

It would be more profitable than selling talismans.

"Are you planning to go treasure hunting?" Hong Yuye asked as she glanced at Nangong Qian's book.

"No." Jiang Hao shook his head and explained, "I came across this by accident; it belonged to Situ Jingjing's Dao partner."

"Oh?" Hong Yuye was surprised.

Jiang Hao did not hide anything. He told her that he had met Situ Jingjing in the past few days and completed Ying Yuming's last wish.

He told her about encountering Situ Jingjing and fulfilling Ying Yuming's final wish.

He also shared what he had learned.

Situ Jingjing had intended to abandon her Dao partner in pursuit of something better.

As for Situ Jingjing's special physique, it was likely the Spirit Devouring Physique.

"So, that was what you meant when you said Husband and wife are like birds sharing the same forest?" Hong Yuye asked after a moment of silence.

"Yes." Jiang Hao nodded.

"Do you think there are many couples like that?" Hong Yuye asked.

"Quite a few, I think. People are inherently selfish. Few are willing to sacrifice themselves for others," Jiang Hao said.

"Have you met someone who would willingly sacrifice themselves for others?" Hong Yuye asked with raised eyebrows.

"Of course, I have," he said. "I've also heard a lot about them. The Human Emperor was such a person."

Without the Human Emperor, the human race would not exist.

A person like the Human Emperor should not have died so early. He should have lived to a ripe old age. @@novelbin@@