Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning-Chapter 251 - Have I Made You Wait?
Chapter 251: Have I Made You Wait?
The Hall of Enforcement was investigating Qu Zhong.
In theory, they shouldn’t be able to find anything, so Jiang Hao didn’t need to worry.
Otherwise, the suspicion on him would be even greater. But in the end, the Enforcement Peak couldn’t find any evidence.
Most likely, it would still end up on the watch list.
Having one’s freedom restricted was indeed troublesome, but to gain freedom, one would have to surpass that person from the Tianhuan Pavilion.
Once he did, the grievances between the Tiansheng Sect and the Luoxia Sect could be easily resolved.
And Zhuang Yuzhen couldn’t be allowed to escape; otherwise, it could lead to enmity with the Corpse God Sect.
That would be different from the Luoxia Sect. Even the Tianyin Sect might not be able to stop them.
After a short while...Jiang Hao arrived at the assembly point for the mission.
There were ten people assigned to this mission in total.
They came from eight different lineages.
Five men and five women.
It was unclear whether it was a coincidence or intentional.
By the time he arrived, four people were already present.
Three men and one woman.
The men were at the later stages of Foundation Establishment, and the woman was at the mid-stage.
After exchanging greetings with them, Jiang Hao stood to one side.
However, these people were somewhat cold towards him for reasons unknown.
In secret, he observed their auras, spirits, and behaviors to ensure that none were concealing their true cultivation levels.
Gradually, three more people arrived.
The remaining two were still nowhere to be seen.
Even when it was time to start, they had not arrived.
“Why haven’t the two from Bingyue Valley come yet?” grumbled a rugged man from Hengliu Waterfall, frowning.
“Maybe something held them up. Let’s wait a bit longer,” suggested a fairy-like woman from Yanyun Peak.
The others remained silent, with no choice but to wait.
After a short while, a frail man from Candlelight Alchemy Court said, Let’s not wait any longer. Let’s set off.”
“Let’s wait a little longer, we still have time,” cooed a seductive fairy from Tianhuan Pavilion with a charming smile.
Once again, the others fell silent.
Jiang Hao never spoke up, just quietly observing.
Most of these people were at the late stages of Foundation Establishment, with only one at the completion stage. freewёbnoνel.com
That was Senior Brother Wen Qi from Hengliu Waterfall, the rugged man who had spoken first.
Among the five men, none were at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, and among the women, only the one who arrived first was at the mid-stage, dressed in the attire of Candlelight Alchemy Court.
It seemed she was also a pill refiner.
Besides these observations, he noticed something else.
These people’s spiritual energy had a liveliness not found in other cultivators, and they were all quite young.
He casually appraised one of them, and sure enough...
All of these people were geniuses with either superior or excellent talents.
This was a team of geniuses, and if his position hadn’t been swapped, then he would be the genius Han Ming.
“No wonder they didn’t seem to care for me when I arrived; it’s a common trait among geniuses.”
Jiang Hao found his answer.
After a short wait, the two fairies from Bingyue Valley finally arrived.
They were dressed in white, with simple hair buns, chatting and laughing as they approached.
Seeing the two’s unhurried demeanor, Wen Qi from Hengliu Waterfall could hardly contain his anger.
“Do you realize you’re late?”
“So what?” retorted the taller fairy, staring down Wen Qi.
“Will waiting a bit kill you? No one else is complaining, only you talk too much.”
“Exactly, did we ask you to wait? If you didn’t want to wait, you could have left on your own,” said the other, more petite fairy from Bingyue Valley coldly.
“You...” Wen Qi from Hengliu Waterfall was furious, his aura of completion stage Foundation Establishment surging.
“What about it? Just Foundation Establishment completion stage, so what? Who isn’t at that level?”
The tall fairy from Bingyue Valley took a step forward, releasing her own aura of completion stage Foundation Establishment.
“Let’s go,” Wen Qi huffed and left on his flying sword.
The others followed suit.
Jiang Hao trailed behind at the end.
He didn’t care about these people, as he realized they wouldn’t pay him any attention.
His above-average talent wasn’t worth their notice.
They didn’t even seem interested in mocking him either.
Above-average talent and superior talent were worlds apart.
However, the last two fairies seemed not to be trifled with.
The tall one was named Ye Shan, and the petite one was Wan Xi.
Both of their talents were probably superior or more, but they were both inner disciples and had not become true disciples.
Thinking it over, there might only be one true disciple here, Han Ming.
But from their auras and spirits, these people were indeed not on par with Han Ming.
Despite Junior Brother Han’s fondness for appearances, he had experienced life and death, blood and flesh, all firsthand.
He had notable achievements in the attack on Tianqing Mountain.
In his quest for strength, he never stopped honing himself through tears, sweat, perseverance, and determination, all of which he had experienced and understood.
In the auras and spirits of these people, there was no such solemnity or resolve, and they truly did not compare.
But their attitude was normal; Han Ming was just too driven.
High talent, abundant opportunities, and still hardworking.
......
Shortly after, they arrived at Xiling Mountain.
They were met by a Golden Core Senior Brother.
He looked at everyone coldly, his eyes flickering with barely concealed killing intent.
But he didn’t say much else.
He simply instructed the others to follow him.
‘The reception is actually a Golden Core; this is a bit troublesome. Although it was the two Senior Sisters from Bingyue Valley who were late, here it’s considered everyone’s delay.’
When they reached the top of the mountain, the Golden Core Senior Brother stood in front of a spiritual field and said,
“This field is planted with three types of spiritual herbs, divided into ten areas. What you need to do is to cultivate these herbs with all your might, to ensure their growth.”
“The assignment lasts for three months. Within these three months, you must show up every day. Otherwise, you’ll have to go to the Enforcement Peak to submit your task and accept punishment. Now, come one by one and take a simple instruction from me.”
Ye Shan from Bingyue Valley was the first to step forward and took a copy.
Wen Qi was the second.
The others followed suit and took their books.
Jiang Hao was the last one.
When he approached the Golden Core Senior Brother, he handed over a spirit stone beneath the book as he received it.
“Sorry to have kept Senior Brother waiting,” he said, his voice tinged with apology.
Seeing this, the Golden Core Senior Brother was momentarily stunned but then discreetly accepted the spirit stone.
A small booklet was also passed along beneath the book.
After obtaining the booklet, Jiang Hao was overjoyed. He thanked the Senior Brother and then stepped back.
“Your task officially begins now.”
The Golden Core Senior Brother reminded them coldly before departing on his sword.
The group immediately began searching for their own spiritual fields.
This place was actually divided into ten areas, each a spiritual field, and everyone’s fields were adjacent to one another.
Jiang Hao found his spot at the end, where there were nine spiritual medicines.
Three were half a person’s height, with lush branches and leaves.
Three were coiled around the area, one to two meters long, making the spiritual field seem crowded.
The last three were the most ordinary, just palm-sized white flowers.
“Never seen them before.”
Jiang Hao didn’t rush to start working or to look around for Bai Ye’s traces.
Instead, he took out the book to confirm his task.
Only after completing the task would he consider doing anything else.
Moments later, Jiang Hao learned the names of the three types of spiritual medicines from the book.
But that was all there was—just the names.
No other information was provided.
While the others were still puzzled about how to plant, Jiang Hao opened the small booklet.
In a short time, he understood the purpose of the task and some habits of the spiritual medicines.
The task was to nurture the spiritual medicines with spiritual energy and breath, to determine how one’s talent affects specific spiritual medicines, and to decide whether personally cultivating important spiritual medicines is better for oneself to increase the chances of successfully breaking through major realms.
Looking at the small booklet, Jiang Hao felt as if it was filled with two words—Bai Ye.
It had to be said that Bai Ye was truly a peerless genius in this regard.
If he became the chief, not only would he be immovable, but the threat he posed would be terrifying.
