Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

Chapter 1285: Beyond The Level To Deal With Immortals (3)

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Most of them were seriously injured. The rest either had minor wounds or were exhausted.

The path was too dangerous for them, and they were thankful that there had been fewer powerful demonic beasts along the way.

“Greetings, Fellow Disciples.” The middle-stage Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator immediately came over and bowed respectfully when he saw Jiang Hao and the others.

“Is something the matter, Fellow Disciple?” Jiang Hao asked politely.

“I wonder if all of you are heading out?” asked the middle-stage Foundation Establishment Realm man.

Judging by their demeanor, he assumed these four were likely not very powerful cultivators. They were probably at the late stage or the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

“Yes.” Jiang Hao nodded.

After hesitating for a moment, the old man took out a storage treasure and handed it over. “I wonder if you can take us with you?”

There were four thousand spirit stones inside.

Jiang Hao was surprised as he checked the storage treasure.

There were so many spirit stones.

It was rare for a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator to have four thousand spirit stones.

Usually, only those at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm would save up spirit stones to buy Heaven Rejuvenation Pills to advance to the Golden Core Realm.

The person in front of him was only in the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and he came from the market.

He had so many spirit stones.

“Follow us,” Jiang Hao sighed and said calmly.

After that, they divided the spirit stones among themselves. They each received a thousand spirit stones.

One thousand spirit stones were not a small amount of money.

With the caravan, their journey slowed down a bit.

The forest was secluded and deserted, so there was no problem being a little slow.

With Jiang Hao’s team with them, the old man found that he did not encounter any more demonic beasts.

Ten days later, they successfully walked out of the deserted forest.

There was no problem at all.

Everyone’s spirits improved significantly.

For a moment, the old man felt as if he had given away four thousand spirit stones for nothing.

“Thank you,” said the old man. “Where are you headed?”

“The Heavenly Note Sect,” Jiang Hao said.

“Then, we’re going in different directions. What a pity!” said the old man.

Seeing the old man hesitate, Jiang Hao asked, “Are you thinking about the spirit stones you lost, Senior?”

“No… no,” said the old man. “What is your cultivation realm?”

Jiang Hao did not answer and simply bid them farewell.

The old man sighed as he watched them leave.

Finally, he left too.

Four thousand spirit stones…

At that time, he had a total of five thousand spirit stones. He had given away most of it.

Whether it was in vain, he would never know.

Maybe he would never find out in his lifetime.

But he was alive.

One should not be too greedy.

Sitting in the carriage, Jiang Hao recalled the past ten days.

Ten days was not that long. The reason why he brought these people was not only for the spirit stones but also for the caravan.

There were old people, children, women, etc.

They had experienced joys and sorrows. To Jiang Hao, this short journey was only a few days, but to many people, it was a lifetime.

He had been on that path his entire life.

He would never be able to walk out of it.

Sometimes, people parted not out of resentment or hatred, but because they wanted the other one to have a happy life. They wanted the other person to survive.

For some people, death was an end, while for others, it was a new beginning.

In those short ten days, Jiang Hao felt he saw the boundary between life and death.

It made him want to keep walking the path of life.

The cycle of life and death was not the path to immortality.

Buzz!

Jiang Hao felt the Longevity Fruit seemed to sense something.

A mist began to appear.

…

At the Hundred Flowers Lake, Baizhi landed at the edge of a pavilion.

She lowered her head. “Greetings, Sect Master,” she said respectfully to the red figure in the pavilion.

“Is there a problem?” Hong Yuye poured herself a cup of tea.

“We found a treasure related to lifeforce in the mine outside,” said Baizhi and explained the situation.

“Bai Yi is bringing the core part here. He’ll arrive today. The others will go to receive it,” said Baizhi.

She paused for a moment before continuing, “But Jiang Hao is among the bait this time. I wonder if that’ll lure out the person backing him. Additionally, there’s news from overseas. It seems that Smiling San Sheng was ambushed and heavily injured. It seems that those who ambushed him are waiting for him to come and settle the score.”

“Who brought this news?” Hong Yuye asked casually while sipping her tea.

“One of the Twelve Heavenly Kings, King Mu Longyu. He came from overseas to see his wife,” Baizhi said.

“Hm…” said Hong Yuye nonchalantly and did not speak again.