My Wife Might Be a Saintess-Chapter 40 - 39: OP Is a Good Person, a Lifetime of Peace
Chi Xue Child was speechless. "Then what’s the point of changing it in the group chat? To show us? To show off?"
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "To remind you all."
Chi Xue Child had nothing more to say, but Jiang Zuo ignored their idle chatter.
He was focused on the picture Demon Cultivator Mo Yan had sent.
’Yes, this should be an Array, but this Array is useless to them. Its only function is to restrict the vine’s movement.’
In other words, the vine could only stay put and attack with its tentacles.
Jiang Zuo then replied, "It is an Array, but it’s just one that restrains the vine."
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan sounded dejected. "Sigh, it only restrains it? I thought we could go right in. I was even going to ask if Boss could get the Ten Thousand Flowers Fruit."
Liuyue Xue: "You want the Ten Thousand Flowers Fruit? The Ten Thousand Flowers Fruit can weaken bottlenecks and is most effective for Tier Four and Tier Five cultivators. What do you need it for?"
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan shrugged. "My master said it’s useful for me and told me to grab it if I could."
Jiang Zuo thought for a moment, then typed on the screen.
Po Xiao: "The Ten Thousand Flowers Fruit has an unusual side effect. It can cause a kaleidoscopic mutation in one’s spirit. Demon Cultivator Mo Yan is a Dream Nightmare Cultivator. Consuming the Ten Thousand Flowers Fruit would make her much stronger."
Liu Yiyi: "Let’s just forget it. If she eats that, I feel like we’ll all be having frequent nightmares."
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "It has nothing to do with me! You just have a guilty conscience."
Jiang Zuo looked at the picture, a coin in his hand. ’I want to go give it a try.’
He then headed toward the core of the explosion once again. After a long while, Jiang Zuo arrived at the shore of the lake where the vine was located.
A large crowd had gathered by the lake. Jiang Zuo even saw people who had suppressed their cultivation to Tier Three to get in. Fortunately, there were no Tier Four cultivators.
A natural 1.7 was a completely different concept from a suppressed 1.7. These kinds of people were a huge hassle because even after suppression, they could still actually cast spells.
Jiang Zuo didn’t rush in. Instead, he hid off to the side. Going in now would make him too big of a target. Failure would be one thing, but if he succeeded, he didn’t want to end up with a bunch of people tailing him.
Just then, Jiang Zuo saw someone make an attempt. It was a middle-aged-looking man who stepped onto the first wooden stake, warily scanning his surroundings.
The vine didn’t move. Then, following his intended path, he moved to the second wooden stake. The vine still didn’t stir.
He then followed the pattern of the Eight Trigrams, slowly approaching the center of the lake.
There was nothing unusual along the way. The man was ecstatic. He thought he had been right; he was about to get the prize.
The man was now only a single step away from the Sun Flame Stone. He was on the verge of success.
Perception No. 1 Group
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "Are you guys watching the live stream? That guy is about to succeed! Didn’t Boss Po Xiao say the Array was just for restraint? How did this person get in? I heard before that people who stepped in were attacked immediately."
Liuyue Xue: "Did Fellow Daoist Po Xiao misjudge?"
Liu Yiyi: "It’s normal to misjudge something, right?"
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "Ah, Yiyi Fairy, stop talking! You made me miss it on the stream!"
Liu Yiyi: "Why are you using my phone to watch the live stream? Can’t you use your own?"
Chi Xue Child: "The three of you are right next to each other. Why are you discussing this in the group chat?"
Liuyue Xue: "Talking is too much trouble. Typing is easier."
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "I’m not trying to discuss it with them. I’m asking all of you."
Blade Master Hai Bian: "Fellow Daoist Po Xiao is only a 1.3, after all. It’s normal for him to misjudge things occasionally, right?"
Xiao Xiaomo: "Stop arguing and watch the stream. Something happened."
Indeed, something had happened. Just as the man was reaching out for the Sun Flame Stone, the vine finally moved.
A cluster of vines shot down, catching the man by surprise and surrounding him.
Everyone who witnessed this scene felt a sense of foreboding.
Jiang Zuo watched everything dispassionately. He knew this person was doomed. This was no ordinary vine.
Besides, he had never heard of the Sun Flame Stone being a companion plant to the Ten Thousand Flowers Fruit.
In other words, the Sun Flame Stone was, in all likelihood, the companion to this vine. As for the Ten Thousand Flowers Fruit, it was probably just planted there incidentally.
If that was truly the case, then this vine might be even more dangerous.
Jiang Zuo watched the man struggle to get out from within the vines, but he was completely trapped.
"Vile beast, let me out!"
The man swung his sword, hacking relentlessly, but he couldn’t sever the tentacles.
Then, a tentacle pierced through him and began to absorb him as nutrients.
In the blink of an eye, the man was reduced to a skeleton.
’It can absorb flesh and blood for sustenance... is this a Blood-drinking Vine? But it doesn’t look like one. Could it be a hybrid species?’ Jiang Zuo muttered to himself.
He truly couldn’t identify what species of vine this was at first glance.
After pondering for a moment without finding an answer, Jiang Zuo stopped dwelling on it.
At this, many people grew fearful, even backing away several meters, terrified that the vine’s tentacles would reach for them.
After absorbing the man, the vine returned to its quiet state, as if nothing had happened at all.
At the lakeshore, Jiang Ran was also present. He frowned; the man who had just died was one of his.
And he had died just like that.
’Is it really impossible to get? Am I just going to miss this chance?’ With everyone at Tier One, he didn’t believe anyone could obtain that item.
There was no way to attack from a distance.
"Can you make any more calculations? Is there really no Array that can be used to evade its attacks?" Jiang Ran asked a young man beside him.
The young man held an Eight Trigrams Plate and shook his head. "No, no method will work. Fellow Daoist Qian’s was the closest fit, but it was still wrong."
"Let’s observe a while longer. If it’s impossible, then we’ll forget it."
Afterward, Jiang Zuo watched many more people make attempts. Of those who went in, everyone died except for one cultivator who had suppressed their power from Tier Three. Just surviving and getting out was enough to become famous.
At this point, Jiang Zuo took out his phone. He was planning to make his move.
But as soon as he opened the group chat, he couldn’t help but frown. The scene was actually being live-streamed.
Po Xiao: "There’s a live stream of this place?"
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "Boss Po Xiao, we were just talking about you! It seems you were right. There’s no Array or anything."
Chen Yi sent a link: "Here’s the link. Nowadays, for any big event, if there are people who can’t participate, people who are bored, and an internet connection, someone will choose to live-stream it. They can make some money from donations, too."
Jiang Zuo was truly speechless. ’Good thing I hadn’t gone out just now.’
He opened the link and took a look. The camera angle perfectly captured the lake’s surface, and the video quality was surprisingly good.
He could even hear the streamer’s voice: "Fellow Daoists, this humble one is risking his life to stream this, earning money with my life on the line! Please don’t be stingy with your donations."
Sure enough, someone sent a donation right away with an attached message: Fellow Daoist, be careful and stay hidden. Your position is very dangerous; you could easily be discovered.
Jiang Zuo thought the same. He was wondering whether he should get rid of the camera.
However, the streamer spoke again: "Thank you for your concern, Fellow Daoist. I’ve already set it up. That’s just a camera. I myself am hidden very well."
"..."
Po Xiao sent the streamer a donation of ***: "Good guy, OP. May you have a long and peaceful life."
Streamer: "..."
’Why did those words sound so wrong?’
******
Far away, Demon Cultivator Mo Yan held her phone and said to Liuyue Xue, "Why is no one answering me? Did they all get arrogant?"
Liuyue Xue glanced at Demon Cultivator Mo Yan, then tapped on her phone: "@Demon Cultivator Mo Yan, The Fairy is right."
"..."
