The Arrogant Immortal-Chapter 77 - Impurity-Free Body

Xie Jiuniang sighed solemnly, “True, if you were smarter than me, I should be calling you master.”

“Dog owner!” Jian Lingyan was so angry that his sword body spun around.

Xie Jiuniang glanced over again, “Well said, I am indeed the dog’s owner.”

“Huh?” Jian Lingyan was confused for a moment.

By the time he realized what was happening, Xie Jiuniang had already swiftly slapped on an Invisibility Talisman and activated a Hiding Talisman, disappearing from view.

Jian Lingyan was so angry that his sword body heated up.

Under normal circumstances, he would have dashed forward to knock on his owner’s skull. But at this moment, she was about to engage in petty theft and couldn’t afford to make a big commotion.

Xie Jiuniang used her consciousness to instruct Jian Lingyan to lie in wait in the opposite direction from the Great Tortoise Shell, about a mile away, and do nothing until she contacted him.

Thus, a group of people engaged in fierce conflict remained oblivious that someone had stealthily approached the Nine Apertures Heart-Connecting Lotus, and in an instant, plucked it and stashed it into her Storage Bag before darting away.

Normally, picking high-grade Spirit Plants required skill to avoid damaging the quality of the plant. If not done properly, the medicinal effects would dissipate quickly.

No one would pick like Xie Jiuniang did, with such brute force.

Doing so meant that the plant had to be consumed immediately, or it amounted to a waste of resources.

The moment Xie Jiuniang succeeded, she made a swift getaway, intentionally throwing a Teleportation Talisman in the direction of Jian Lingyan while she quickly returned to where the Great Tortoise Shell was buried, hurriedly crawled in, and blocked the entrance.

Outside, someone finally noticed something was amiss. They hadn’t yet determined a victor, but the item had already disappeared!

“It’s not good! The Nine Apertures Heart-Connecting Lotus has been picked!”

“Who is it?! Who’s the bastard that did this? Come out!”

“Stop fighting, everyone stop!”

In the midst of the battle, someone shouted abruptly.

Wu Yu clenched his Heavy Sword, his face ashen.

To fight tooth and nail, only to serve others?

On the other side, Gongsun Xue was just as enraged, her face frosty as she yelled, “Scoundrel! Which scoundrel did this? Come out!”

Several people immediately spread their Divine Sense to search around.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Divine Sense could cover around ten miles, but underwater it was greatly affected. Especially in the waters of the Tianshui Secret Realm, where they could at most inspect within a two-mile radius.

Coincidentally, there was a slight disturbance somewhere.

It was like something had dropped suddenly, then quickly disappeared.

Wu Yu, acting on impulse, darted towards the source of the disturbance, and in a few breaths, he arrived at the spot.

“No one?” Wu Yu’s eyes were cold and stern.

Gongsun Xue quickly followed him there.

Other than a stone that had been flipped, no other traces were visible.

Underwater, they could not find much. It was not like on the land where they could track someone based on their lingering energy.

A few more people arrived.

Someone speculated, “Could it be a feint, a distraction to mislead us?”

“The thief might not be alone.”

“Search! Spread out in all directions and continue searching!”

The disciples of the Minghua Sect, from both factions, stopped fighting and began to search for the thief who had stolen the Nine Apertures Heart-Connecting Lotus.

Earlier, Xie Jiuniang had used their contract to send a message to Jian Lingyan, asking it to cause a slight disturbance. Just a small disturbance was needed, and it shouldn’t be too deliberate.

So Jian Lingyan created a little noise and then circled back to the Tortoise Shell, proudly claiming credit, “Haha, I’ve drawn all their attention over there. How did I do? Pretty good, right?”

“Mmm, pretty.”

Xie Jiuniang offered perfunctory praise.

At the moment, she was gazing at the Nine Orifice Heart Lotus with covetous eyes.

The Nine Orifice Heart Lotus was one of the rare Spirit Plants that could be consumed directly; its medicinal properties were not only gentle but also without side effects.

A moment later, having admired it enough,

Xie Jiuniang remarked sentimentally, “It’s so beautiful; it’s a pity I have to eat it.”

Just as Little Jianjian said, what you eat becomes truly yours. That was the plan when she set up the Tortoise Shell in the first place.

If left any longer, the medicinal effectiveness would start to fade.

She put a petal in her mouth, chewed a few times, and then swallowed.

Nine petals, she finished them quickly.

Xie Jiuniang smacked her lips with lingering enjoyment and said, “It’s slightly sweet with a hint of fragrance, a nice texture. It’s indeed a top-notch Spirit Plant. Should I write down my experience and have someone read it to Wu Yu and Gongsun Xue?”

Isn’t that a bit too mean?

Jian Lingyan suspected that her unscrupulous master was fully capable of doing such a thing.

Outside, Wu Yu and the others were searching everywhere.

The scope of their search was continually expanding.

The whole group could never have imagined that the culprit behind all the trouble was hiding not far from the scene of the fight.

Xie Jiuniang honestly stayed hunkered down inside the Tortoise Shell without leaving.

It wasn’t easy for three consecutive days.

Her body kept exuding black filth, and she had to suffer a bout of diarrhea every hour or two.

The inside of the Tortoise Shell reeked.

Jian Lingyan didn’t have a sense of smell, which was fortunate, as Xie Jiuniang almost passed out from the stench. She quickly blocked all her senses and applied the Dust Cleansing Technique to herself repeatedly.

Xie Jiuniang asked, “Little Jianjian, haven’t they withdrawn yet?”

“Still searching,” Jian Lingyan replied.

“What do you mean?”

“It could mean they’ve searched too far, I don’t know. But there’s one person who has stayed outside the whole time, less than half a mile from here.”

“Who is it? What do they look like?”

“It’s a young man, looks about seventeen or eighteen, with two eyes, one nose, one mouth, one…”

“Stop! Stop, stop!”

Xie Jiuniang cut off Jian Lingyan’s peculiar description.

Jian Lingyan felt aggrieved.

It had been making an effort to describe. In its eyes, all humans looked more or less the same, only their soul auras were different.

After asking a few more questions, Xie Jiuniang finally understood who was outside.

It was that ruthless guy Wu Yu!

She couldn’t afford to provoke him, no way!

Six more days passed in the blink of an eye.

Xie Jiuniang finally stopped having diarrhea and stopped exuding black filth.

After a few Dust Purging Techniques, she felt clean, refreshed, and much more comfortable.

Xie Jiuniang continued her daily routine, “Little Jianjian, has that person left yet?”

“Nope,” Jian Lingyan answered.

“He’s really persistent, it’s just a Nine Orifice Heart Lotus, as if he’s never seen anything of the world,” Xie Jiuniang boasted shamelessly.

Jian Lingyan agreed deeply.

It didn’t find anything shameless about its master’s words at all.

Since she couldn’t leave, Xie Jiuniang began to meditate and examine her body.

Ever since she took the Nine Orifice Heart Lotus, the changes in her body were distinctly visible. By today, even without cultivating, there was a faint presence of Spiritual Energy wrapping around her.

The Nine Orifice Heart Lotus truly lived up to its reputation as a legendary Spiritual Medicine.

An Impurity-Free Body must have been achieved!