After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master

Chapter 89: What a coincidence

“Brother, you…”

Jiang Huai stood far away, glancing at Lin Ji, who was ridden by Hong Shao. After her death, Lin Ji’s body trembled, and he quickly withered away. Jiang Huai had killed many evil cultivators and knew a little about them.

Lin Ji must have been controlled by Hong Shao’s gu, so he had to obey her. Now that the gu’s master was dead, he couldn’t survive either. Jiang Huai wanted to save him but it was too late. Lin Ji was dead the moment Hong Shao died.

He sighed deeply, watching the main gu insect crawl out of Hong Shao’s neck. Considering Hong Shao could play like this with late-stage Nascent Soul techniques, this gu must be a good item in the evil cultivator circles.

The methods of evil cultivators are particularly strange, and Jiang Huai had no intention of studying this gu. Previously, many cultivators in the Eastern Region killed evil cultivators and obtained their gu. Out of curiosity, they were overwhelmed by greed and became new evil cultivators. Jiang Huai took out a Fire Dragon Talisman, infused it with a weak spiritual energy, and in an instant, flames engulfed the entire cave.

He walked out of the cave, Bai Li sensed the heat behind her and looked at him puzzled.

“That woman was Lin Ji’s master, an evil cultivator who cultivated with gu. She just killed those fat and thin monks and wanted to kill me, but I killed her. After she died, Lin Ji also died,” Jiang Huai summarized briefly, and Bai Li nodded.

She trusted Jiang Huai completely. Now the two waited outside the cave, letting the fire consume everything. After a stick of incense had burned, the fire brought by the Fire Dragon Talisman finally extinguished. Jiang Huai and Bai Li re-entered the cave, which was now only ashes. They found the storage rings in the ashes.

Generally, high-level storage rings can only be opened by their owners, but lower-level storage rings can be pried open by Jiang Huai. He took out a Lock Opening Talisman he carried, stuck it on the four storage rings, and in an instant, all the treasures burst out.

Jiang Huai briefly counted them. There were more than twenty thousand spirit stones and some low-level spiritual treasures that he didn’t need, so he didn’t take them. Selling them would be too much trouble if someone recognized them as belonging to their friends or relatives, and they weren’t worth much anyway.

Besides, the two of them also got a total of seven golden scale fruits.

This was the most valuable harvest. There were two paths for Jiang Huai’s tenth layer of Immaculate Golden Body cultivation: one was to cultivate speed, which required Wind Spirit Fruits, and the other was to cultivate defense, which required Golden Scale Fruits. Anyway, Jiang Huai planned to cultivate both.

Bai Li didn’t need the Golden Scale Fruits, so she simply gave them all to Jiang Huai.

In addition, Jiang Huai also saw an authentic Hehuan Valley cultivation method. This method was not an evil cultivator’s technique.

Jiang Huai and Bai Li found a safe cave and, out of curiosity, they cuddled in the cave and flipped through this Hehuan Valley cultivation method.

“So simple,” Bai Li commented.

“Simple? Some of these positions seem difficult, like this one.”

“Where is it difficult?”

Bai Li said, easily lifting her leg to the side. Jiang Huai turned to look, and her leg was raised so high it was almost a straight line with the other leg. But this movement also lifted her skirt, revealing the black lace underwear beneath.

He had almost forgotten that as a member of the snake tribe, her flexibility was naturally top-tier.

“Put it down quickly, that position is so indecent.”

Bai Li lowered her leg, then reached out to poke Jiang Huai’s arm and rub her belly, looking up at him.

Jiang Huai took out the beef jerky he carried, and Bai Li happily grabbed a big handful, sitting at the entrance of the cave, looking up at the illusory moon in the secret realm’s sky, swinging her legs. She was still wearing the suspender dress Jiang Huai gave her. Jiang Huai sat down beside her, and Bai Li shared a piece of beef jerky with him, which he bit into.

He glanced at Bai Li’s cheeks inadvertently, feeling that her eyes seemed to quietly reveal a hint of loneliness.

“What’s wrong? Missing home?”

Bai Li thought seriously, “A little, but not too much.”

“How long have you been in the Eastern Region?”

“Over four years,” Bai Li replied softly.

She was a demon from the Western Region and was not accustomed to everything when she first arrived in the Eastern Region. She had to hide carefully and had encountered several dangers. Compared to Jiang Huai, who often slept soundly on Guangxue Mountain, Bai Li had been exploring and cultivating in various secret realms, which is why she had the cultivation of a late-stage Nascent Soul. Moreover, her sword skills were honed in life-and-death situations. If she were in Jiang Huai’s sect, ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators would not be her match.

“Have you ever thought about going back to have a look?” Jiang Huai asked softly.

Bai Li shook her head like a rattle-drum.

“No, if I go back now, I’ll just be caught by my clan and given to the dragon clan. I’ll go back when I reach the eighth realm. By then, no one can control me.”

“That’s good. But don’t you find it tiring to be constantly on the move?”

“I’ve thought about visiting your sect too, but I heard that the clan leader has already reached the Eastern Region and is at the Ziyun Pavilion buying information about me. You’re too famous in the Eastern Region, and staying by your side for too long would definitely lead to being discovered. Moreover, I need to explore more secret realms to rapidly increase my cultivation.”

Bai Li chewed on the beef jerky in her mouth, looking up at the moon in the sky, and suddenly muttered softly, “It’s a bit cold.”

So Jiang Huai gently pulled her into his embrace, Her petite body made it so convenient to hold her.

“What are the demon clans like?”

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“Well, how should I put it, they’re quite different from your human clans. For example, demons don’t come together over some ethereal love like it’s written in your plays. Generally, among demons, as long as you are powerful, countless of your kin will want to be with you, to enjoy the feeling of being protected by you, and then to bear you many children.”

“Demons are usually belligerent, so it’s common for them to fight to the death over minor frictions. In this regard, humans are a bit better. They mostly just argue and scuffle, and it’s rare for them to actually take each other’s lives.”

Bai Li’s feet swung in the air beneath the hem of her skirt, probably because she felt uncomfortable nestled in Jiang Huai’s arms like that, so she shifted her body and placed both legs on top of his. Jiang Huai gently wrapped his arms around her waist, looking at the girl’s fair and slender thighs, and reached out to gently grab her swinging foot.

Bai Li looked at him warily.

“You’re not one of those weirdos who has a thing for girls’ feet, are you?”

“…I’m not, I don’t, don’t talk nonsense.”

“Then why are you holding my foot?”

“To massage and regulate your qi and blood.”

Jiang Huai gently pressed on the acupoints on the sole of Bai Li’s delicate foot. Bai Li’s waist stiffened slightly, then relaxed again, and she hummed and chirped.

“That’s actually quite comfortable.”

The two spent a good while in the breeze outside the cave before returning inside. They almost simultaneously crawled into the bedding, facing each other. Then Bai Li’s legs ended up draped over his waist, and Jiang Huai, not knowing where to put his hands, simply rested them on her bottom.

…….

The next day, early morning.

According to Jiang Huai’s plan, today they were to prepare to explore the second area.

Compared to the third area, the fierce beasts in the second area would be more violent, and their cultivation levels would be higher, mostly at the Nascent Soul stage, and there might even be Divine Transformation stage fierce beasts lurking. Fortunately, both of them had taken pills to conceal their auras, so the fierce beasts they encountered didn’t pay much attention to them.

Jiang Huai picked a colorful mushroom, and Bai Li curiously asked.

“What’s this?”

“This is a hallucinogenic little colorful mushroom, which can be used to refine hallucinogenic mist.” Jiang Huai patiently explained to Bai Li, picking two more spirit fruits by the roadside and reminding her.

“They’ll be a bit sour, but I think they taste pretty good.”

Relying on his memory, Jiang Huai had almost memorized all the things that would appear in most secret realms, making him a walking encyclopedia. Bai Li was like a child with a thousand whys, asking questions as they walked, with Jiang Huai answering them along the way.

Their harvest on the first day in the second area was quite good. Jiang Huai picked many precious spiritual herbs and even saw a pile of bones in the second area that looked quite old, clearly belonging to cultivators from the previous group who entered the Burial Dragon Valley. There were six cultivators in total, and judging by the density of the bones, Jiang Huai preliminarily judged that these were all late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Had they encountered some fierce beast that devoured them?

The two walked until noon when they suddenly saw an anomaly in the sky in the distance, with a rainbow light rising to the heavens.

Jiang Huai’s eyes lit up, looking at Bai Li.

“Let’s go, the Rainbow Lotus has bloomed.”

“Rainbow Lotus?”

“Yes, the petals of the Rainbow Lotus can directly enhance one’s spiritual energy cultivation when used in medicine.”

Jiang Huai and Bai Li almost instantly headed towards the Rainbow Lotus, but Jiang Huai’s speed was slower, as he only had the Immaculate Golden Body to rely on. When they arrived at the edge of the lotus pond, there were already four cultivators waiting there.

Among these four cultivators, there was a familiar face to Jiang Huai.

The corners of Jiang Huai’s mouth slowly curled up, looking at Ji Qingchen in front of him and the gray-clothed protector beside him, and he slowly said.

“You’re really unlucky.”

Bai Li drew her sword from behind, also smiling, “What a coincidence.”

Jiang Huai sneered coldly while Bai Li grinned fiercely. The ferocity in their eyes seemed to be carved from the same mold, and at this moment, they looked more like the villains.

Ji Qingchen also smiled lightly. He was only at the late stage of Core Formation, but the protector beside him was at the fifth level of Divine Transformation.

Ji Qingchen, seeing Bai Li in front of him, did not hide the greed in his eyes.

“Last time you escaped with your strange abilities, I’m curious to know, now in the secret realm, how will you run away?”

The atmosphere became tense in an instant, and the two people standing by the lotus pond frowned slightly.

“If you have grievances, take them elsewhere to settle, don’t disturb our lotus picking.”

The remaining two were both late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators with considerable age, clearly casual cultivators from the Eastern Region.

The gray-clothed cultivator glanced at Ji Qingchen, waiting for his opinion, and Ji Qingchen simply said.

“You two, get lost. This lotus is not something you’re qualified to touch.”

His eyes held an arrogant expression that was exceedingly provoking. Just as the two casual cultivators were about to react, the gray-clothed cultivator looked at them indifferently and said, “Scram.”

In the next instant, he revealed his fifth-level Divine Transformation cultivation, and the two casual cultivators silently closed their mouths and turned to leave.