Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

1477  Do I Have a Heart Demon? (2) [Liu: So, what exactly is going on? I didn't hear anything about that, and I have no idea where the signs are coming from.]

Jiang Hao was also surprised.

However, Chu Jie was a person with great luck. If there was really a great calamity approaching, she would be the first to face it.

That was her destiny.

If she was unwilling, she would not be able to become a person with great luck.

But she was still weak.

There was no need for her to throw her life away unless there was no one left to pave the way for her.

Chu Jie also understood this. She was also preparing for the future.

The good fortune, opportunities, and future she currently enjoyed would all have to be repaid.

The gifts from the heavens always came with a price.

Jiang Hao frowned. He had not heard anything about it either.

'I wonder if Senior Dan Yuan has discovered anything.' He thought.

The people in the chat could not come up with a reliable speculation, so Jiang Hao returned to attend to his own affairs.

A month later, Jiang Hao arrived at the Spirit Herb Garden. He looked at the busy Cheng Chou and felt a little emotional.

Recently, he'd been recalling scenes from when he was five years old, and a desire to find his family surfaced in his heart.

He even wanted to go back and see them.

But that place was long gone, and his home no longer existed.

Besides, they might have been buried long ago.

'Could it be that I'm about to ascend to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, so I'm developing a Heart Demon?' He thought.

He could not figure out why he was feeling this way.

If he had to pinpoint a reason, it would be his upcoming ascension to the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

In less than two years, he would be ready to attempt the breakthrough.

Ascending to the next realm a glimpse of the Dao and full capacity of cultivation and lifeblood.

But it did not mean there would not be a Heart Demon.

Jiang Hao shook his head and brushed off the thoughts.

Instead, he found Cheng Chou and asked if he had any cultivation issues. He also taught him some self-defense techniques and offensive spells.

Cheng Chou found this a bit strange. "Senior Brother, there's no rush for this."

"Is that so?" Jiang Hao did not say anything more.

Recently, he had not gone to the Lawless Heaven Tower, nor had he asked Jiang Xue to cooperate with him, but she seemed to have chosen to cooperate voluntarily.

He did not know why.

He had heard that the people at the Lawless Tower were gradually reducing the benefits of cooperation.

She could not bear it and confessed.

The unusual behavior of the first two people had pressured her, and since there were benefits to cooperating, she had no choice but to comply.

The Lawless Tower realized that they could find more people to deal with similarly. If the first few were tamed, the others naturally gave in.

Meanwhile, Yan Yuezhi walked to the backyard.

It was getting more and more difficult for her to enter the backyard.

Fortunately, she was skilled at trials, and training at the snow mountain had also provided her with additional skills.

She was not forbidden from entering the backyard, so it was not impossible, but it still took some time for her to find the path.

In the backyard, Jing Dajiang and the other men looked at the person who had just arrived. They scowled as if they had swallowed a mouthful of dung.

"You've really disappointed us. The Great Era is upon us, and instead of focusing on your cultivation, you're here to talk to us old men," said Jing Dajiang bitterly.

Yan Yuezhi did not mind his words and simply handed over a letter.

Jing Dajiang took a look at it and threw it away.

"We won't do it."

Yan Yuezhi remained unfazed and said, "This great calamity..."

She did not get to finish her sentence.

"Has anyone ever told you that you always come bearing bad news?" Jing Dajiang asked.

Yan Yuezhi shook her head. "I don't remember anyone mentioning it. No one besides you has ever said that, Seniors."

"Well, they probably think so. If you keep this up, people will start to dislike you," Jing Dajiang said earnestly.

At this moment, the bearded elder nearby chimed in, "Do you think she hasn't been told that because she only ever comes to find us?"

Jing Dajiang was speechless.

"I thought she was promising, but it turns out she's a lost cause," he said in disappointment.

He then told Yan Yuezhi to go back and reflect on herself.

After Yan Yuezhi left, Jing Dajiang looked troubled. "The Great Era has just begun, so why is there talk of a great calamity? It doesn't make sense."

"What do we do now?" the bearded elder asked.

"How about we expel this young girl from the academy?" Jing Dajiang suggested.

"Great idea, but what do we do now?" the beardless elder asked.

Jing Dajiang was speechless.

'What do we do?' He thought. 'Find the Sect Master, of course.'

But he was still deeply puzzled.

What could this great calamity be?

A natural disaster or a man-made one? Where would it happen?

Months passed, and Jing Dajiang still had not figured out what was going on.

He contacted the people at the bright Moon Sect, and they concluded that the Heavenly Path was in chaos.

But there were no signs, no clues, and no way to detect anything.

No matter how hard they tried, there was no lead.

This made the situation even more frustrating.

In the end, Jing Dajiang went to find Yan Yuezhi.

"Why are you seeking me out, Senior?" Yan Yuezhi asked curiously.

"You're well-informed. Do you have any idea where the problem lies?" Jing Dajiang asked.

The unknown was always the most troublesome side of things.

Yan Yuezhi thought for a moment and said, "From what I understand, the chaotic state of the Heavenly Path might mean that it's temporarily impossible to investigate. It doesn't necessarily mean something is about to happen."

Jing Dajiang frowned. "So, the problem lies in the South."

If there was a major issue, it had to be in the South. However, Yan Yuezhi could not provide a clear answer.

The next day, many experts from the Astronomical Academy headed to the border between the West and South to investigate the situation.

Jiang Hao looked at the stone tablet in the Heavenly Note Sect and realized that both the Astronomical Academy and the Bright Moon Sect were making a move.

They were either at the southern border or the overseas boundary.

In any case, they were present in many places.

Moreover, they suspected it might be the End of All Things, but they had no detailed information on it, so they could not confirm anything.

Jiang Hao stayed within the sect and thought that whatever was happening would not affect him in the slightest.

He had been spending a lot of time in the Spirit Herb Garden lately and occasionally listened to Senior Sister Miao's nagging, so he did not leave immediately.

He felt that it was not such a bad idea to listen to her ramble sometimes and also talk to Senior Brother Mu Qi.

But he received news that Junior Brother Han Ming had long since advanced to the peak of the Primordial Spirit Realm and was planning to secretly break through to the Soul Ascension Realm before issuing a challenge.

Jiang Hao felt that Junior Brother Han Ming was becoming restless. He felt he had to reach the Soul Ascension Realm soon.

Unknowingly, he was already approaching the level of a top disciple.

The tenth top disciple, Manlong, was at the peak of the Soul Ascension Realm.

The further along they were, the slower their progress. So, it should not take long to catch up.

Once Junior Brother Han Ming reached the middle stage of the Soul Ascension Realm, he could challenge Manlong if the latter was still at the peak of the Soul Ascension Realm to become the tenth top disciple.

"Junior Brother, you've been acting strange lately," said Miao Tinglian.

"How so?" Jiang Hao asked. @@novelbin@@

"You're becoming more like our Master," Miao Tinglian said.

"Like our Master?" This puzzled Jiang Hao.

"You prepare too much in advance. For example, you've been explaining cultivation techniques to Cheng Chou more and more. He's only at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm, and yet you're already talking about him reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm. With his poor talent, he can't handle it right away. You know this, but you still seem to be in a hurry. Also, you used to dislike listening to me talk, but lately, you've been listening to everything I say. Are you ill?" Miao Tinglian asked.

Jiang Hao was surprised. 'Have I really been like this lately?'

Mu Qi asked, "Junior Brother, have you been feeling pressured by your cultivation recently?"

Jiang Hao shook his head. "My talent is average. I don't cultivate much."

He truly had not been cultivating much.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Perhaps I've just been missing my parents, whom I haven't seen in so many years."

"Your parents?" Mu Qi was surprised.

"Why don't you go see them?" Miao Tinglian asked curiously.

Jiang Hao shook his head. "I can't see them anymore."

Miao Tinglian fell silent.

Jiang Hao did not mind and said, "It's nothing… just a sudden thought. Maybe it's a Heart Demon from not cultivating properly."

"Then you should definitely find a Dao partner. It shows that you long for family. A Dao partner can be your family, and then you can have a child. If you're not up to it, your Senior Brother and I can help take care of the child, or you can let Xiao Li take care of it. She does have experience in taking care of that spirit beast, after all," said Miao Tinglian and took out some portraits. "Look at these and see which one you like. I can tell you that they're all very wealthy."

Jiang Hao was speechless.

After thinking it over, he decided to leave.

The following January, Jiang Hao turned eighty-two.

"We're close. It should be nearby." Ao Shi stood on the Black Dragon's head and looked into the distance.

The pearl in his hand finally reacted.

After searching for so many years, it seemed that the target had intentionally avoided him.

But after a thorough search, he had finally found them.

"Senior, if we find it, can I leave?" the Black Dragon asked.

This dragon had found other True Dragons during the search. A slight misstep could have cost him his life.

If not for the fact that this dragon was saving its food for later, that Golden Dragon might not have escaped.

"You can leave." Ao Shi did not care about the other party. This time, he would go alone.

There were no experts around, so no one could stop him.

Moreover, for safety, his power would cover everything in the vicinity.

No one could escape.