Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 151 - 121: Cyan Cloud Hero

Evening of October 16, 2017

Rumble rumble rumble rumble...

In the Sword World, four Wind Gathering Arrays, under the pressure of invisible force, slowly merged into one. The elaborate lines shining with ghostly light on the ground gradually revealed a new pattern after being shattered and twisted, occasionally emitting a sound like muffled thunder.

This process lasted for about half a day, and it wasn't until the evening of the 16th that the new advanced Wind Gathering Array finally showed its preliminary outline.

Compared to the truly advanced product, the Spirit Gathering Array, this four-in-one Wind Gathering Array lacked a bit of purity in utilizing the Power of Heaven and Earth, but it compensated with greater efficiency. For the perfect state of the Sword World, the advanced Wind Gathering Array wasn't very significant, and in Wang Jiu's original plan for the Sword World's reformation, this type of advanced structure wasn't considered very important.

However, after yesterday's battle with Li Wanqing, Wang Jiu realized he had somewhat neglected the early stage construction.

Back then, when he leaped from the Nine Provinces Sword God to the Celestial Divine Sword, with the power of a blood sacrifice, the entire peak stage of the Sword World was almost achieved in one fell swoop, without the concept of early and mid-stage construction.

Of course, now it was impossible to have the Jiu Immortal Venerables gather the essence of Jiuzhou using the Myriad Immortals Alliance's power to perform a blood sacrifice for him. The reconstruction of the Sword World would be a grand project spanning over a hundred years... Initially, Wang Jiu didn't take this matter to heart; he was immortal, and time wasn't an issue. Later, after a spar with Li Tianya, he realized that even though he was immortal, there could still be crises like Red Blood—though as long as he didn't cause trouble, he generally wouldn't encounter many masters capable of using Red Blood.

But last night, even sparring with a little guy from the Cloud Surge Realm, he got caught off guard—although it didn't impact the outcome, it was worth being cautious. If at that time his Sword Qi were a bit stronger, or if he had a few more variations, he wouldn't have needed to rely on the Tree Spirit to loosen the soil and could have directly crushed with his violent Sword Qi.

Thus, Wang Jiu adjusted his reformation plan, prioritizing some early stage structures to enhance initial combat capabilities.

And after completing the advanced Wind Gathering Array, he could take the opportunity to build some structures purely for combat, such as...

While considering the next step of the reformation plan, Wang Jiu heard a hurried knocking on the door again.

Turning his head to look at Shen Qingming, who was bedridden due to a severe spinal injury caused by over-practicing the Immovable Tyrant Body, Wang Jiu had to walk to the courtyard gate and open the Zao Hong Sect gate.

This time, it was a stout middle-aged man in his forties, with a grateful expression akin to meeting a reincarnated parent. He held a banner in his hands, his whole body trembling with excitement.

Upon seeing Wang Jiu, the stout middle-aged man was first stunned by the appearance of the Sword Spirit True Form, then after a while, he came to his senses and respectfully asked, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Wang Jiu's residence?"

Wang Jiu replied, "Yes, may I ask who you are?"

"Ah, I'm Hong Renfeng, the shopkeeper of the Immortal Phoenix Tower." The middle-aged man first introduced himself and then asked, "I presume, sir, you must be the Honored Guest Elder, Mr. Wang Jiu, of the Li Family. With such an appearance, I'm afraid there's no second like you in all of Cyan Cloud City. Well, this banner, along with these small gifts, is a token of our small appreciation, please accept it!"

Even though Hong Renfeng was an innkeeper, he obviously wasn't good with words. It was unclear how long he had been rehearsing this speech, which he delivered fluently yet awkwardly, making it quite embarrassing.

Wang Jiu, however, didn't rush to accept the gift, asking, "Why are you giving me gifts?"

"To thank you for helping me vent the pent-up anger I've had for years!" Hong Renfeng spoke, his eyes turning red and his voice trembling. "Who would have thought, who would have thought that there'd finally be someone in Cyan Cloud City who could put that wicked woman in her place!"

"Wicked woman?"

Hong Renfeng hesitated for a moment, then sighed, "Ah, I forgot, Mr. Wang Jiu, you are the Honored Guest Elder of the Li Family... but frankly, even your Li Family must find that woman extremely troublesome, right? It's really bizarre; born with such exquisite features, but insists on liking women, such a waste..."

As he spoke, a faint buzzing sound came from Hong Renfeng's waist. The middle-aged man clapped his hands and said, "Sorry, the wife wants me home for dinner. If I'm late again, I'll have to kneel on the washboard... I'll chat with you more next time if possible. Oh, by the way, in the future, when you eat at the Immortal Phoenix Tower, you can enjoy VIP discounts..."

Afterward, the middle-aged man left the Green Willow Alley, humming a tune, swaying his body proudly.

Holding the banner and gift package, Wang Jiu still felt puzzled. But before he could close the door and turn back to discuss with Shen Qingming, someone else approached from afar.

This time, it was a young, strong man. When he reached the door and saw Wang Jiu, he nodded, snorted, and handed over a large gift box he was holding.

"What's this?"

The young man responded in a muffled voice, "Mr. Wang Jiu, this is for you, a token of gratitude."

"A token of gratitude? For what?"

"For eliminating evil for the people and punishing the Demoness."

"What Demoness?"

The sturdy young man didn't say more, but he clasped his fists tightly and bowed deeply to Wang Jiu, expressing silent gratitude, and then turned and left.

After this robust young man, quite a few more people arrived one after another, each bringing banners and gifts. Although the weight of the gifts varied, without exception, they carried heartfelt gratitude.

So much so that Wang Jiu became increasingly bewildered—what exactly had he done?

It wasn't until dusk, at the end of Green Willow Alley, that a familiar face slowly approached.

The person looked about sixteen or seventeen, with handsome features and an upright posture, already resembling an adult. Upon seeing Wang Jiu, he greeted him with a fist salute, "Chairman Wang, long time no see."

Throughout Cyan Cloud City, those who addressed Wang Jiu as Chairman Wang were few and far between. The visitor was none other than the third young master of the Qian Family, Qian Yu, who was currently Wang Jiu's business partner.

Recently, as the Spirit Cat Plan was promoted extensively, the two interacted frequently. However, as Wang Jiu began focusing more on his teaching tasks within the Li Family's Inner Sect, he paid much less attention to business matters.

Qian Yu, carrying a somewhat complicated expression, slowly walked up to Wang Jiu. Looking at the mountain of gifts behind him, he shook his head with a sigh. "Truly, Wang Jiu, no—I should say, truly the Bai He Demoness who drove countless people mad back in the day. Among these tokens of gratitude, who knows how many are imbued with blood and tears."

As he spoke, Qian Yu took out two Spirit Stone Coupons from his storage bag.

"This time, I am here on behalf of my second brother, to add to this pile of blood and tears. A total of one thousand spirit stones, as thanks for what happened with Brother Ye."

He paused and further explained, "Of course, Brother Ye's original words were 'Mr. Wang Jiu has bestowed upon me kindness as weighty as a mountain; I must gift him tens of thousands of spirit stones...' However, his concept of numbers is quite unique, so I took the liberty to change it to one thousand spirit stones, as this is all his personal funds amount to."

Wang Jiu asked, "What's the actual situation?"

Qian Yu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but shook his head: "Forget it, let him explain it to you personally. Besides delivering gifts, I'm also here to give you an invitation; tomorrow at noon, at Drunken Immortal Tower, Brother Ye wishes to drink with you. Would you be able to give him the honor of your presence? Of course, he should have invited you personally, but he's being closely watched by the old man and can't find time, only managing to get a half-day's leave tomorrow."

Wang Jiu accepted the invitation, glanced at it, and nodded: "Sure." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Well, that's wonderful," Qian Yu sighed and added, "Mr. Wang Jiu, regarding this matter which I'm addressing on behalf of the Qian Family, it's somewhat inappropriate... But regardless of anything, if you can subdue that Bai He Demoness once and for all, it would truly be immeasurable merit."

"???"

——

After sending Qian Yu off, Wang Jiu returned to the house with the mountainous pile of gifts and asked the bedridden Shen Qingming.

"Have you heard of Bai He Demoness?"

In the next moment, the little girl on the bed jumped up as if electrocuted.

"Sister Wanqing is back!? Where is she!?"

Speaking, Shen Qingming looked all around, browsing tensely.

Wang Jiu could only inquire further: "Why is Li Wanqing called Bai He Demoness?"

"Well, that's quite a long story."

Wang Jiu said, "Use the method I taught you to summarize the main points and central ideas, make a long story short."

Shen Qingming was silent for a moment: "Alright, simply put, she's a demented lesbian who started dressing up as a man at the age of 12, wildly flirting with girls throughout Cyan Cloud City. By the time she left the city at 15, she had nearly a hundred girlfriends, not counting those fleeting romances. Countless men's emotional lives were ruined, leaving them with lifelong shadows. It's said even her mentor at the time, Wuqing Daoist, almost fell for her tricks, his Primordial Spirit shaken by anger. Hence, Sister Wanqing is called Bai He Demoness."

Pausing for a moment, Shen Qingming added, "However, more than 2 years ago, Wuqing Daoist entrusted her to Yuqing True Master, a world-renowned educator, who perhaps could somewhat correct Sister Wanqing's terrible character... But, why do you suddenly ask about her?"

Wang Jiu thought for a moment, realizing that given Shen Qingming's intellect, explaining clearly in simple terms would be hard, so he decided to start from the beginning.

"She came looking for you last night."

"What!?"

Wang Jiu pointed to the bouquet by the bed: "That's from her for you."

Shen Qingming rolled right off the bed.