I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 113: Chapter 95: Qii Ming Surrenders

”Wooden Jiang, you got reprimanded by Master Lingjun again today, didn’t you? Hahaha.”

”Master Lingjun has a bad temper to begin with, but you insisted on asking.”

”Exactly, and I don’t think he was wrong. You have no talent in Array Dao, what were you even asking? Whether the Spirit Gathering Array and the Five Elements Replenishing Array can be combined?”

”If they could be combined, why would there be two different arrays in this world?”

As soon as Master Lingjun’s class at Heavenly Gang Peak ended, Jiang Yuebai was mocked by Qii Dabao and a group of idle old Inner Sect disciples.

Jiang Yuebai couldn’t be bothered to argue; they were just talkative. Lv Ying had told her when she was young that if others laughed at her or spoke about her, she wouldn’t lose a piece of meat.

Eventually, she’ll astound them with her brilliance in Array Dao and make them regret!

And Master Lingjun, he’ll have to answer her questions then!

Leaving the lecture hall of the Inner Sect, Jiang Yuebai sat on a paper crane, leisurely flying back, savoring the insights gained in today’s class.

The reason she asked that question was because she wanted to engrave a Spirit Gathering Array on a Spiritual Farming Puppet, still using the Divine Mechanism Stone as the core, but have the spiritual energy consumption come from the Spirit Gathering Array.

However, she had overly simplified her thoughts; each Spiritual Farming Puppet had different talisman arrays and attributes due to varying uses.

For example, the Rain Puppet’s talisman array was of the Water Attribute, and since a puppet is not a human, it can’t transform the spiritual energy attribute.

The Five Elements Replenishing Array could manage this, but this array was meant to quickly replenish corresponding spiritual energy during combat. The replenishing speed was too fast and intense for Spiritual Bamboo, and it would crack from the strain.

The Spirit Gathering Array, on the other hand, was much more stable and could gently and gradually increase the density of spiritual energy within the array, making it crucial for her to solve how to combine them.

The paper crane landed outside the Ten Thousand Laws Hall, and Jiang Yuebai brought a jar of newly-brewed Spiritual Wine to Mountain Lord Qionglin, played with it for a while, and chatted before leaving.

It was mostly her talking, while Mountain Lord Qionglin licked its paws beside her, occasionally letting out a soft roar in disagreement.

When Jiang Yuebai returned to Huaxi Valley, it was dusk, and she put away the paper crane and walked into the valley.

After taking just a couple of steps, she suddenly whipped out an Earth Escape Talisman, appeared behind someone, and kicked the person cloaked in a cape to the ground.

Clang!

The Absolute Wind Saber was drawn, pressing against the person’s neck.

”Who are you? Have you been following me all this time?”

The hood fell, revealing a face that Jiang Yuebai found somewhat familiar. She frowned, pondered for a moment, and then pressed the blade down harder.

”Are you the servant from Jia Xiuchun’s side?”

Blood trickled from the neck, and Qii Ming quickly raised his hands, ”Don’t misunderstand, Senior Sister Jiang, I’m here for Qii Yue, I am her brother, Qii Ming.”

”You and Qii Yue are siblings?!”

In a flash, countless thoughts raced through Jiang Yuebai’s mind, and she broke into a cold sweat.

”Don’t get the wrong idea, Qii Yue is not Jia Xiuchun’s person. She has always detested me, her brother,” Qii Ming explained anxiously.

Jiang Yuebai looked coldly at Qii Ming, who met her gaze squarely and without evasion.

”What do you want from me?” Jiang Yuebai still didn’t retract her saber.

Qii Ming swallowed hard, his eyes scanning the surroundings, ”Firstly, to express Qii Yue’s gratitude to Senior Sister Jiang, secondly to ask you to pass some Spirit Stones to her, and thirdly... you must be curious why Jia Xiuchun hasn’t bothered you lately, right?”

After a moment of thought, Jiang Yuebai withdrew her saber, leading Qii Ming to a secluded spot behind the pond at the entrance of the valley, where the Guardian Valley Spiritual Toad was snoring away.

Qii Ming nervously glanced at the Guardian Valley Spiritual Toad and wiped the blood from his neck.

”Let’s start with the third matter.”

After some deliberation, Qii Ming responded, ”Lin Xiangtian and Jia Xiuchun are refining a secret potion, which will take about three months, leaving them too occupied to deal with anything else.”

Jiang Yuebai’s eyes lit up. Three months? Refining potions? Could it be that her scheme succeeded?

But that fake prescription was hidden in Lin Suwan’s book. Regardless of how Lin Xiangtian got it from Lin Suwan, it ultimately couldn’t evade her involvement.

Lin Xiangtian would inevitably call her over to inquire, and if he believed the prescription, she planned to pay a cost to let Lin Xiangtian agree to have Jia Xiuchun endure the Red Flame Technique eighty-one times, making him suffer the Heart Burning pain her grandfather once did.

Yet Lin Xiangtian hadn’t sought her out. Could it be...

Because Lin Suwan was Soul Lodged, unaware of the prescription’s origin, and fearful of revealing any flaws, nothing was mentioned.

Jiang Yuebai suddenly laughed; from the start, it was impossible to exclude her, but Lin Suwan being Soul Lodged inadvertently cleared her name.

This way, it lowered Lin Xiangtian and Jia Xiuchun’s guards, leading them further into the trap.

The so-called human potion recipe was just something she made up, not concocted randomly, but adapted from a corpse medicine formula found among Xie Jingshan’s miscellaneous books.

In those years in the mining fields, due to insufficient Spiritual Field fertility, she often took demonic beast carcasses back for compost, later even using human corpses.

She never ate the produce from human corpse fertilizer, only feeding it to the small beasts in the valley, observing their changes.

Once she began this scheme, she spent three years refining the prescription, experimenting on corpses to make it seamless.

The Cultivation Realm had no shortage of strange items; as long as the basic principles were plausible and the temptation great enough, Lin Xiangtian might take the risk to try.

”What’s Lin Suwan been doing lately?” Jiang Yuebai snapped out of her thoughts to ask.

Qii Ming, seeing it was inconsequential, did not hold back, ”Since her last mission, she’s been in seclusion and hasn’t emerged. Shen Huaxi visited a few times, yet she remains in seclusion.”

Jiang Yuebai nodded, ”Let’s discuss the other matters.”

At this, Qii Ming sighed in relief and took out a storage bag from his sleeve, offering it with both hands.

”In here are three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones I’ve saved. I’m aware of the situation at the Huaxi Valley Woodworking Institute and know how Qii Yue has been borrowing Spirit Stones to learn Divine Mechanism Stone crafting from you, but she outright refuses to take my Spirit Stones. I hoped Senior Sister Jiang could help pass them on.”

Jiang Yuebai didn’t take it, ”I don’t want to get involved in the affairs between you two siblings. Had I known she was your sister, I wouldn’t have kept her.”

Qii Ming’s hand trembled, and he spoke anxiously, ”Yue is innocent, please don’t hold a grudge against her, Senior Sister Jiang. I know that assisting evil makes me no good, but Yue’s hands are clean; I’ve always protected her well.”

”That’s why she always felt I was restricting her. Ever since Uncle Song, whom she served, perished, Yue hasn’t been happy and faced setbacks everywhere. I’ve tried to assist her several times, but she’s been extremely opposed to me. Even when she wanted to go to Huaxi Valley, I tried to stop her.”

”Initially, I underestimated Senior Sister Jiang, thinking you couldn’t contend with Jia Xiuchun and Lin Xiangtian. But since Yue insisted, I couldn’t prevent her. The recent events at Huaxi Valley proved Senior Sister Jiang isn’t an incapable person, and Yue has truly been happy lately. Seeing her happy makes me relieved too.”

”You must not be petty if you’re willing to teach Yue the crucial Divine Mechanism Stone crafting for Planting Puppets. I have peace of mind with her by your side. I only hope you take good care of her. I also understand that words alone are insufficient compared to actions that could earn your trust.”

Jiang Yuebai scrutinized Qii Ming, ”What are you planning to do?”

Qii Ming took a deep breath, steeling his resolve, ”If Senior Sister Jiang trusts me, just wait three days, and a grand gift will surely be delivered.”

Jiang Yuebai’s eyes flickered as she raised her hand to accept the storage bag, ”Alright, I’ll wait for your three days.”

Qii Ming bowed deeply, turned without a word, pulled up his hood, and left.

Yue, your brother isn’t afraid, nor does he wish to hinder you. Your brother desires your well-being above all and will strive to remove any obstacles for you.