My Wife Might Be a Saintess-Chapter 38 - 37: The Correct Way of Cultivation, For Example, I’m Already 9.9
"Fellow Daoist, these hedgehogs are dangerous. Don’t—"
Chen Yi had been about to warn him not to take them head-on, but the words died in his throat when he saw Jiang Zuo cut down a large hedgehog with a single swing of his blade. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
Once that one died, the other hedgehogs descended into chaos and scattered in all directions.
Jiang Zuo pulled his blade free, looked at Chen Yi, and asked, "Don’t what?"
Chen Yi’s mouth twitched. He forced a smile and said, "The blood spray is pretty bad. Brother Zuo, don’t get your clothes dirty."
Jiang Zuo paid them no mind and turned to leave, tossing a single command over his shoulder, "Keep up."
The three were overjoyed and hurried to follow. If they stuck with this boss, even if they didn’t get the meat, they’d at least get the soup.
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「Somewhere on the outskirts of the Immortal Spirit grounds」
Jingyue said, "Isn’t it a bit much to just leave them behind? What if they run into real danger?"
Su Qi waved her hand dismissively. "It’s fine. I left a Magical Treasure on them. They won’t die."
Jingyue looked at her with disdain. "So you just gave away a Magical Treasure?"
"I had to. How could I not? I heard that if that Blood Demon hadn’t been caught last time, we would have suffered disastrous casualties. It was a great kindness, and we of the Yue Lian Holy Land always repay our debts."
"Then why did you scare them, you little brat?"
"Our martial uncle told me to. It’s their own fault for not telling us who helped them. So, Martial Uncle told me to teach them a lesson."
Jingyue nodded. "In that case, let’s go find the entrance to the legacy trial. And another thing—so he hasn’t messaged you back. Can you stop looking like some pouting, neglected wife? Focus! What am I supposed to do if you get your big sister here killed?"
"But he’s never ignored my messages before," Su Qi said, her voice full of grievance. "It’s been so long. No matter how busy he is, he should have found the time by now. Is he really dead set on divorcing me?"
"That would be for the best. The sooner you two divorce, the better for both of you." Seeing Su Qi’s crestfallen expression, Jingyue sighed in resignation. "Fine, how about this? When we get back, your senior sister here will help you think of a plan, okay? Now, focus."
"Really? In that case, can you try to say something positive? Stop analyzing everything until it ends in tragedy."
"..."
******
Jiang Zuo walked all the way back to the small hill from before. The Spirit Tempering Fruits were here, and since he couldn’t carry them all, he figured he might as well let these people have them.
Xiao Xiaomo, holding the Three-tailed Fox, asked, "What kind of fruit is this?"
"Spirit Tempering Fruit," Jiang Zuo said calmly. "You can each eat two. Any more than that is pointless."
Xiao Xiaomo then snapped a photo and sent it directly to the group chat. "Boss Po Xiao says this is Spirit Tempering Fruit. Do any of you recognize it?"
Liuyue Xue was the first to reply: "Where? Where?! I wanna go! I wanna eat!"
Xiao Xiaomo had already reported that they were safe right after escaping danger, so no one was currently worried about them.
Fairy Mo Yan: "What’s Spirit Tempering Fruit used for?"
Blade Master Hai Bian: "They’re used to temper one’s Spiritual Qi. The purer your Spiritual Qi, the better, so Spirit Tempering Fruit is something every Sect dreams of obtaining."
"Unfortunately, they’re extremely rare. Very few Sects possess this kind of Spirit Fruit."
Chi Xue Child immediately typed: "Share your location! I’m coming over too! Don’t you dare waste them!"
Chen Yi: "Our location is unstable. We’re on a small hill. You’ll have to find it yourself."
Chi Xue Child: "That’ll take forever! This whole place is covered in small hills."
Fairy Mo Yan: "@Boss Po Xiao, one Fifth-Grade Spirit Stone if you come pick me up. Deal?"
The entire group chat fell silent. That was an incredibly slick move, but would it work?
Jiang Zuo saw the message, of course. It was no different from accepting a commission, which he would normally agree to. But after flipping his coin, Jiang Zuo replied, "No. Too far."
Liuyue Xue: "..."
Liu Yiyi: "..."
Fairy Mo Yan: "..."
They were all together, so if one couldn’t get a ride, the other two were out of luck as well.
Chi Xue Child sent an anxious emoji: "What about me? Fellow Daoist, look at me!"
Po Xiao: "Even farther."
Chi Xue Child fell to his knees in despair. Was he destined to miss out on the Spirit Tempering Fruits?
Such an amazing treasure.
Since everyone was too far away, Jiang Zuo lost interest in making a profit.
Jiang Zuo was now wondering where he should go next. ’There are more and more people here,’ he thought. ’The accuracy of my coin flips is being suppressed.’
He decided not to bother flipping the coin unless it was for something particularly important.
BOOM!!!
A massive explosion suddenly erupted in the distance.
Jiang Zuo and the others looked up to see that the Spiritual Qi in that direction was erupting, growing impossibly dense.
"Is that a treasure?"
Xiao Xiaomo and the others had no idea. "I’ll ask the group."
Then, Xiao Xiaomo pinged Chi Xue Child and Liuyue Xue: "@Chi Xue Child @Liuyue Xue, did you guys see that explosion?"
Liuyue Xue: "Someone probably found a Sun Flame Stone. A lot of people are here for it. That’s way out of our league. We should use this opportunity to look for other things."
Po Xiao: "Is it really a Sun Flame Stone?"
Liuyue Xue was surprised. "It’s possible. Hard to say for sure. Don’t tell me Fellow Daoist wants a piece of the action?"
Jiang Zuo didn’t reply. But if it really was a Sun Flame Stone, he was absolutely going to get involved. He needed Sun and Moon Essence, and a Sun Flame Stone’s greatest use to him was that it contained Sun Essence.
While most people saw the Sun Flame Stone as a rare material for Artifact Refining, Jiang Zuo only wanted it for the Essence of Sun and Moon.
Without any hesitation, Jiang Zuo started to leave. "You guys wait here for the others to arrive. And watch that fox for me."
With so many people converging on the area, Jiang Zuo wasn’t confident he could protect the fox. It was better to leave it in their care for now.
Xiao Xiaomo sighed and posted in the group, "Boss Po Xiao really went to fight for it."
Blade Master Hai Bian: "Isn’t Fellow Daoist Po Xiao being a bit reckless?"
Chen Yi: "Let me tell you all something. Boss Po Xiao is at 1.3 now."
Fairy Mo Yan: "You people clearly have no foresight. Elder Po Xiao is actually already at 7.1. His current Cultivation is just an illusion."
Liuyue Xue sent a head-patting sticker. "Fairy, face reality. You’ve clearly wasted all your years of cultivation. Fellow Daoist Po Xiao’s way is the *correct* way to cultivate."
"A minor realm a day."
"Take me, for example. I reached 9.9 ages ago."
"..."
Chu Qing: "Sister Liuyue Xue, isn’t the highest possible 9.7?"
"..."
******
Jiang Zuo rapidly approached the site of the explosion. There were bound to be a lot of people at the epicenter, many of them powerful.
With his current 1.3 Cultivation, a single 1.7 opponent was nothing to worry about. A whole group of them, however, would be a problem.
Many people had suppressed their Cultivation to get in, which meant a lot of them surely had Life-Protecting Treasures. That would make things even trickier.
The one thing Jiang Zuo had to avoid at all costs was getting bogged down in a battle of attrition against higher-level opponents. That was a fight he was guaranteed to lose.
"What right do you have to rob us? We were the ones who found the Moon Lotus Flower, and we’ve already picked it!"
The sudden voice made Jiang Zuo stop in his tracks. ’A Moon Lotus Flower?’
The Moon Lotus Flower wasn’t really a Spirit Medicine. Its function was closer to that of a Magical Treasure. The Moon Lotus Flower’s sole purpose was to absorb and store Moonlight.
’This is good stuff.’
’I’ll take it.’
With that, Jiang Zuo changed direction and headed toward the source of the voice.
It wasn’t long before Jiang Zuo saw them: four or five people surrounding a duo.
One of the two people being cornered was holding a pale blue flower. Jiang Zuo recognized it at a glance—it was definitely a Moon Lotus Flower.
What surprised Jiang Zuo even more, however, was that the two people were actually acquaintances of his.
