Chapter 138: Chapter 137: Boss Po Xiao’s True Identity, an Ordinary Person?

Even though Jiang Zuo had lived for countless ages, he couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed by this bizarre situation.

He had been trying to figure out a countermeasure, but this Demon Cultivator Mo Yan was just busy spinning all sorts of melodramatic tales. Heh.

So, Jiang Zuo took out the Nightmare Fruit without hesitation. He called out to Mo Yan at the perfect moment, then crushed the Nightmare Fruit in the most fitting way.

The fruit would then automatically lock onto someone with a Nightmare Specialization, and Mo Yan happened to be one.

Mo Yan was then enveloped by the fruit. Her feeling that life had gone dark wasn’t just a delusion—the fruit itself was black.

Jiang Zuo’s actions stunned everyone, especially his last words: "Is that so?"

What did that mean?

As long as Chi Xue Child and the others weren’t complete fools, they could put two and two together. They knew that Jiang Zuo was married and that he was attending this time as an ordinary person.

Putting all the clues together, everything perfectly matched the profile of the ’ordinary man who married a Holy Land Disciple’—except for the fact that he was clearly a powerful expert in disguise.

So, the three of them instantly thought of one thing: Mo Yan was screwed.

Meanwhile, Liuyue Xue was incredibly relieved. She was glad she wasn’t a talker; otherwise, she might have just brought trouble upon herself as well.

Soon, the fruit’s effect dissipated, and Mo Yan stood before Liuyue Xue, completely unharmed.

Everyone: "????"

What was going on? Was she completely fine?

On second thought, it made sense. Po Xiao’s Cultivation was only at Tier One, while Mo Yan was Tier Two, after all.

He must have just been trying to scare her.

Suddenly, they felt that Po Xiao wasn’t so scary after all. They had just been frightening themselves.

Heh.

At that moment, Mo Yan looked at Liuyue Xue, pouted with teary eyes, and said, "Mom, I’m hungry."

Liuyue Xue was completely dumbfounded. "Eh???"

Mo Yan hugged Liuyue Xue and said pitifully, "Mom, I want to eat dumplings. I’ve never had them before."

"Eh? Eh?? Eh???" Liuyue Xue was aghast and quickly scrambled away from Mo Yan.

’She was younger than Mo Yan, how could she be her mom?’

’Pfft, how could she have a daughter as old as Mo Yan?’

’Pfft, pfft, pfft, she wasn’t even an adult yet.’

Seeing Liuyue Xue run away, Mo Yan looked dejected. She then turned to Chi Xue Child. "Dad, Mom doesn’t want us anymore. Are we going to starve to death?"

Chi Xue Child stared at Mo Yan in shock. Then, he patted her head and said in a world-weary tone, "It’s Dad’s fault. We’ll have instant noodles for dinner tonight."

Blade Master Hai Bian: "..."

Liuyue Xue: "..."

Jiang Zuo: "..."

Mo Yan looked at Chi Xue Child and said aggrievedly, "Yanyan wants to eat dumplings."

’Yanyan?’

Hearing those words come from Mo Yan’s mouth made Blade Master Hai Bian want to throw up.

Then he looked at Jiang Zuo in shock and asked, "Fellow Daoist Po Xiao, Mo Yan is...?"

Jiang Zuo said flatly, "She’s just turned into an idiot."

Blade Master Hai Bian: "..."

Chi Xue Child: "..."

Liuyue Xue: "..."

’Isn’t that a bit too ruthless? That’s way more terrifying than any blade.’

Chi Xue Child’s alertness shot up to maximum in an instant. ’Didn’t I just say something I shouldn’t have too?’

’Will I end up becoming siblings with Mo Yan?’

’And then call Blade Master Hai Bian ’Dad’ and Liuyue Xue ’Mom’?’

’If word of that got out, shouldn’t I just go and die?’

Chi Xue Child was already preparing to escape.

But Mo Yan kept pestering him. "Liuyue Xue, take your daughter away!" he yelled.

"She’s *your* daughter!" Liuyue Xue retorted, getting agitated.

She had never seen such a technique. Turning someone into an idiot?

It was terrifying just to think about.

Jiang Zuo had no intention of explaining anything to these people. He took out a box and tossed it to Liuyue Xue. "Is this the box you were looking for? Inspect the goods."

Liuyue Xue: "..."

’So, Po Xiao really is that ordinary man who married a Holy Land Disciple?’

’She felt a strong urge to find out which Holy Land Disciple it was and ask her: ’Are you blind? Is this an ordinary man? If he’s an ordinary man, then what does that make the rest of us? Trash?’’

’It was all because they mistakenly thought he was an ordinary person that they lost a Demon Cultivator... er, wait, wasn’t losing a Demon Cultivator supposed to be a good thing?’

Liuyue Xue stopped letting her thoughts run wild. She used a special method to open the box, then handed it back to Jiang Zuo.

She decided not to inspect the goods. The very person they were commissioning was presenting the items for her to inspect; the pressure was immense.

Jiang Zuo looked at the contents of the box. They were indeed the Spirit Medicines he required, and their quality was fine.

Then, Jiang Zuo said to Liuyue Xue, "Where are the Spirit Stones?"

Liuyue Xue: "..."

She then looked toward Mo Yan. The Spirit Stones were with her; after all, Mo Yan was the only one with a Spatial Treasure.

Chi Xue Child immediately said, "Stop messing around. Take out the Spirit Stones first."

Mo Yan looked confused. "Spirit Stones?"

Chi Xue Child said, "They’re in the chain on your wrist. Go take a look, and take out the brightest ones."

Mo Yan then took out two Spirit Stones. "There are two."

Jiang Zuo took the Ninth-Grade Spirit Stone and left the Illusion Spirit Stone. Then he said, "She’ll be back to normal in about three days."

With that, Jiang Zuo left.

Watching Jiang Zuo leave, Chi Xue Child asked, "Should we... keep this a secret?"

Blade Master Hai Bian nodded. "Seeing as Fellow Daoist Po Xiao is pretending to be an ordinary person, we’d better keep it secret. Otherwise... three days as an idiot?"

"..." ’Become an idiot? I’d rather die.’ Then Chi Xue Child said, "Let’s go. Time to take your daughter home."

Blade Master Hai Bian: "She’s clearly *your* daughter."

Just then, Mo Yan turned to Blade Master Hai Bian and said sweetly, "Grandpa, Yanyan wants to eat dumplings."

Blade Master Hai Bian: "..."

’I’m clearly so young! By what right am I Chi Xue Child’s father?’

’Oh well. It’s not so bad when you think about it.’

Dark lines formed on Chi Xue Child’s face. He really wanted to beat this "daughter" of his to death.

Jiang Zuo, on his way back, felt rather helpless as well.

’This old man’s dignity... Forget it, it doesn’t matter. The priority now is to concoct the medicine. Since I’ve taken the money, I will naturally get the job done.’

To him, there wasn’t much difference between big matters and small ones.

Soon, Jiang Zuo returned to his small house. He spent a long time in the kitchen, carving a large number of Arrays. He even used some Third- and Fourth-Grade Spirit Stones for the sake of endurance.

Afterward, he took out the Array Stone that contained a Trapping Array.

Jiang Zuo placed the Array Stone on the Array, with Spirit Stones beside it as well.

Because it was an Array Stone used for Concealment, Jiang Zuo hadn’t carved any Runes on it for automatically absorbing Spiritual Qi to recover, which meant its endurance was poor.

He had just used it recently and it hadn’t been replenished yet, so he could only use Spirit Stones to sustain it.

After preparing all this, Jiang Zuo took out the Spirit Medicines. These were all precious and somewhat fragile Spirit Medicines. This time, Jiang Zuo didn’t use an induction cooker, but a pressure cooker instead.

Jiang Zuo placed the Array Stone that contained fire into the pressure cooker. He then began to guide out a wisp of the flame. Due to the effect of the Arrays, this wisp of flame swam around inside the pressure cooker like a fiery serpent.

Next, Jiang Zuo began processing the Spirit Medicines while the temperature inside the pressure cooker rose rapidly.

Jiang Zuo continuously added the Spirit Medicines into the pressure cooker. With each addition, a bit of the fire would be extinguished.

But the fire serpent seemed endless, constantly regenerating. By the time Jiang Zuo had put in all the Spirit Medicines...

The Spirit Medicines in the pressure cooker began to char, while within the fire serpent, a cluster of persistent mist was continuously liquefying.

Seeing this, Jiang Zuo sealed the pressure cooker.

Now he needed to control the external pressure to complete the final step.

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I can’t seem to write much lately, I’m a bit tired. I’ve already fallen asleep at my computer.

The guaranteed three daily Chapters are still coming. I wonder if I could ask for a subscription or something?