Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 253 - 243: Choosing Cooperation

No time to lose, although it’s still daytime, Wang Wu quickly snuck outside the village. He already knew Madam Jiayan’s routine well.

She was a great teacher. Besides her daily morning cultivation practices, in the afternoon, she would teach her two daughters cultivation Daoist techniques.

He often thought he could be an auditor but never had the opportunity.

Right now, on a hillside outside the village, you could see the two little girls playing in a small grove, their favorite place. Every afternoon, they’d chase butterflies, catch bugs, pick mushrooms, and pick wildflowers here, giggling and rolling around like two little wild boys.

As for the lady, she would either sit in the window of the small building, gaze at the distant mountains, and daydream quietly, or play a tune on the zither, or still daydream, with a faint trace of gloom on her face, never seen her cultivating.

When her two daughters were finally tired from playing, she would either come downstairs and chat with them on the lawn before explaining cultivation Daoist techniques or directly take them back to the village for Daoist training.

As the lady finally prepared to come downstairs, he silently threw an array stone beside the six-year-old girl.

Moments later, the following dialogue occurred.

"Mommy, look, I found a broken array stone. I think someone deliberately threw it here so we’d find it."

"Really? What a clever girl. So what do you think we should do?"

"Let me, let me," the roughly nine-year-old sister hurriedly said, "First, this couldn’t be left by the manor protectors or servants; they wouldn’t make such a simple mistake."

"Second, it’s unlikely to be something you dropped to test us, mommy. We just learned how to engrave array patterns and distinguish array stones three months ago."

"Third, it’s also impossible for father to have dropped it; he’s busy with affairs and wouldn’t return without major reasons."

"So I guess — mommy, did a bad guy sneak into the manor!"

"Mommy, I’m scared!" The sister’s analysis scared the younger sister into tears.

And Wang Wu, who was prepared to audit, was left speechless.

"All right, all right, no need to worry. Mommy will protect you." Madam Jiayan smiled, picked up the little girl, and led her sister away, casually glancing back at the hillside where Wang Wu was hiding, her lips moved slightly.

"Come out and face me!"

With a feeling of mutual understanding, Madam Jiayan soon sent her two daughters to Nanny Xu and boldly stood under the big tree, giving Wang Wu much to ponder.

However, repairing the Five Elements Spirit Array was urgent, so he couldn’t care much else.

Taking a risk with the lady here was better than running away.

At the moment, he earth-escaped like a gopher, silently moving forward, manipulated the Five Elements Spirit Array for cover as he revealed himself. He didn’t use the face of the previous man, as he was here to negotiate, not to perform.

"Madam, pardon the intrusion, I need to discuss something important with you related to the Five Elements Spirit Array. An array stone will be damaged in a day, and I need your help."

Wang Wu spoke quickly to prevent any misunderstandings.

Madam Jiayan swiftly turned around upon hearing this, but she wasn’t too surprised and didn’t respond to Wang Wu. Instead, she violently assaulted him for three minutes and then for another full hour.

It was too brutal.

Until she lay there panting, her enchanting eyes filled with wistful enchantment gazing at Wang Wu. After a while, she suddenly burst into laughter.

"It was you last time too, wasn’t it? You’ve never been Young Master Yu, stop pretending. Tell me, who exactly are you?"

Wang Wu was about to speak when the woman shook her head, saying, "It doesn’t matter who you are. I don’t want to know. I was born a noble daughter, a cultivation genius, but had to endure the suffering of arranged marriages, reduced to a furnace for childbearing and bloodline continuation. My life is already ruined, so who you are really isn’t significant. Even if you are a demon, I wouldn’t mind."

"But you’re so fierce, are you really a demon? I’ve always heard the Elders of the Hehuan Sect most favor giant demons. Hard to come by. If you really are a demon, I thank you for fulfilling my wish before I die."

"Sorry, madam. I came to you because of the Five Elements Spirit Array—"

"I know the Five Elements Spirit Array has flaws, but so what? Why not enjoy the moment? Would you really refuse someone who is dying?"

Madam Jiayan’s words were a bit strange, and the more she spoke, the more wanton, wild, and absurd they became. She rambled on, laughing madly as if possessed by a female demon, trying to subdue Wang Wu but ultimately failed.

Another hour was wasted.

"Tell me, what is your aim? If you want to kill my husband Fan Chang, I can provide all his whereabouts. If you want to destroy the Jade Mountain Manor, I’ll coordinate from inside. If you want to kill me, I’ll end myself; you won’t have to lift a finger. I only ask one thing: spare my two daughters. They’re still young..."

Her hair completely soaked with sweat, stuck to her face, no longer resembling a fourth-grade cultivator.

Yet Wang Wu remained vigorous as ever. Sorry, he became a flower thief against his will, the woman insisted, what could he do? Just in these two hours, his Ice and Fire Spirit Root cultivation progress boosted to 20/100, a 9-point advancement.