I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 136: Chapter 118: Pulling Out All the Stops

Jiang Yuebai followed Qii Ming into the hall, where Qii Ming led her to the main seat.

Jiang Yuebai was surprised and said, ”You want me to sit here? Are you sure?”

She still remembered that half a year ago when she just returned to the sect, she received the Spiritual Cultivation Master Token to pay respects to Lin Xiangtian. Lin Xiangtian sat in the main seat, with Jia Xiuchun kneeling beside him, serving like a country tycoon.

Qii Ming said, ”This is the wish of Elder Lin.”

Jiang Yuebai sneered and sat in the main seat nonchalantly, patting and looking around, feeling quite uncomfortable.

”Please have a seat, Elder Lin will be here shortly, I will wait outside,” Qii Ming excused himself.

Before the tea had cooled, Lin Xiangtian strode in.

As he stepped into the room and saw Jiang Yuebai sitting in the main seat, she didn’t even look up at him but was instead playing with a token in her hand, the words ’Jiuchuan’ shining brightly at him.

Lin Xiangtian’s eye twitched, his back couldn’t straighten, he cleared his throat before saying, ”Congratulations on taking first place in the tournament, honoring your master, truly well-deserved, a joyous occasion indeed, it is my small gift, hoping you would accept it.”

Lin Xiangtian produced a rather large wooden box, handed it to Qii Ming, and instructed him to present it to Jiang Yuebai.

The box opened to reveal various medicine bottles.

”I don’t own much, just some Elixirs. Here are three Foundation Establishment Elixirs I stored away, ten bottles of Upper-Level Yuan Nourishing Elixirs, and ten bottles of Upper-Level Dust Suppressing Elixirs, most suitable for late-stage Qi Cultivation practitioners like yourself.”

”Also, there are ten Face Stabilizing Elixirs, ten Healing Holy Medicine Nine Flower Jade Dew Pills, ten Awakening God Elixirs for quick Divine Sense recovery, ten Green Wave Soul Cleansing Elixirs for soul injuries, and ten doses of Dragon Power Bone Forging Powder for body refining.”

The sheer volume of items made Qii Ming’s hands tremble, nearly failing to hold the box.

Just three Foundation Establishment Elixirs alone would drive someone mad. Qii Ming had served Lin Xiangtian and Jia Xiuchun for many years, yet hadn’t obtained a single Foundation Establishment Elixir until now.

Not to mention the Upper-Level Yuan Nourishing and Dust Suppressing Elixirs, and the rare Nine Flower Jade Dew Pill, often used by injured Nascent Soul Cultivators for recovery; for cultivators below Nascent Soul, as long as they still have a breath left, one pill could restore them completely.

Everything else was a rare treasure, Qii Ming even suspected that Lin Xiangtian was offering his last reserves.

Spending a fortune just to appease the young woman in front of him, who was even younger than himself.

Reflecting on Qii Yue’s allegiance to Jiang Yuebai, in just four months she went from an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple to the Heavenly Interence Sect’s most sought-after Direct Disciple.

Forcing a once-feared Golden Core Master to personally apologize to a Qi Cultivation practitioner.

This kind of prowess, truly defying the heavens, astonishing!

Qii Ming steadied his thoughts, slightly lifted his head, and found Jiang Yuebai completely unmoved. She casually opened the box of Foundation Establishment Elixirs, glanced at it, and then instructed him to put it aside.

Jiang Yuebai, half-smiling, asked Lin Xiangtian, ”Elder Lin, you’re giving me such a large gift, making me both confused and anxious, what’s your intention?”

Lin Xiangtian hesitated for a moment, then looked up, ”Let’s speak frankly. I wish to settle old scores with you today, and from here on, part ways. These Elixirs are my token of sincerity.”

Jiang Yuebai replied straightforwardly, ”Alright, I’ll accept Elder Lin’s sincerity, but Elder Lin should know what I truly want.”

Lin Xiangtian’s face darkened, he took out a sky-blue long-necked bottle from his sleeve. Once activated, wisps of smoke drifted out, gradually forming Jia Xiuchun’s upper half.

Her eyes were lifeless, unaware of anything.

Jiang Yuebai stood up in shock, ”You’ve extracted Jia Xiuchun’s soul?”

Lin Xiangtian said, ”This treacherous woman repeatedly did evil in my name, I forgave her considering her years of service, yet she still committed a grave mistake.”

”The matter of Tao Fengnian was already judged by the sect, and I bore no grudges, but this treacherous woman acted on her own during my closed cultivation, troubling Tao Fengnian repeatedly, and in the end... In conclusion, I erred in not disciplining her sooner.”

”She committed many evil deeds and deserved to die. Today I’ve extracted her soul, you can deal with it as you wish, I won’t say a word more. Just let our animosity end here.”

Lin Xiangtian retrieved Jia Xiuchun’s remnant soul and tossed the bottle to Jiang Yuebai.

”This Soul Bottle is a Magic Artifact, capable of storing souls, I also give it to you. As for Suiwan, once she exits seclusion, I’ll have her come and apologize, after which I will send her back to the Lin Family, never to step into the Heavenly Interence Sect again. Is that satisfactory?”

Jiang Yuebai held the bottle, her heart coldly laughing, Lin Xiangtian was sacrificing a pawn to save a master, even personally extracting Jia Xiuchun’s soul.

To die at the hands of the one you love most, what must Jia Xiuchun’s final thoughts have been?

Lin Xiangtian had evidently erased the soul’s memories, solving the potential threat, preventing her from using Soul Search or other methods to uncover his secrets.

One step closer to ending this feud.

Jiang Yuebai saw the situation and decided quickly, ”Alright, Elder Lin is generous, as you say, let this be the end of our enmity.”

Not a chance!

Lin Xiangtian carefully observed Jiang Yuebai, weighing the credibility of her words.

Jiang Yuebai was now in high demand, Lii Jiuchuan was even placed high hopes upon by the sect, he couldn’t move against Jiang Yuebai now, only avoid, and proceed to enter seclusion immediately until he refines that Elixir.

By then, as a First Grade Golden Core, the sect would surely prioritize him, and even Lii Jiuchuan couldn’t touch him casually.

Jiang Yuebai took her leave with the items, Lin Xiangtian had Qii Ming escort her.

”Jia Xiuchun was willing to have her soul extracted.” Outside the hall, Qii Ming suddenly said to Jiang Yuebai. ”At times, I really admired her, if she didn’t meet the wrong person, with her special constitution and extraordinary self-healing ability, she would have made a name for herself in the Cultivation Realm.”

Jiang Yuebai asked Qii Ming, ”Now that Jia Xiuchun is dead, are you staying here? If Lin Xiangtian knows you informed me, he won’t let you go.”

Qii Ming’s eyes were bitter, ”I can’t leave for now, but don’t worry about me, I have my own plans. Maybe I might... forget it, I haven’t yet congratulated you on taking first in the tournament, and finding a great master, congratulations.”

Jiang Yuebai nodded, thought for a moment, and handed her self-made Huaxi Valley Token to Qii Ming. At the valley entrance, the Spiritual Toad would let people in upon seeing the token.

”Hold on to this token, if needed, you can seek shelter in Huaxi Valley.”

Qii Ming accepted the crescent-shaped token engraved with the words ’Huaxi’, silently giving his thanks.

After leaving the Elixir Hall, in a secluded area, Little Green suddenly emerged from the Sea of Consciousness and bumped into the Soul Bottle Jiang Yuebai kept in her lapel.

[Eat]

Jiang Yuebai held the Soul Bottle afar, fending off Little Green, ”Never seen you so impatient, Jia Xiuchun is worse than Lin Suwan, her soul must taste bad.”

[Tasty]

Little Green’s phosphorescence flared eagerly, constantly trying to near the Soul Bottle.

”How do you even judge if a soul tastes good or bad? This can’t be eaten, I need my master to check Lin Xiangtian’s gifts before using them, bear with it.”

[I’m broken]

The lantern shone with three words, pushing them in Jiang Yuebai’s face, showing the hole Ge Yuchan stabbed into it earlier.

”It’s just a pin-sized hole, don’t be dramatic, no eating means no eating.”

Jiang Yuebai was staunch, Little Green’s phosphorescence flared violently, uncontrollably colliding with Jiang Yuebai’s hand, swallowing the entire Soul Bottle into the lantern.

The scorching pain struck, Jiang Yuebai withdrew her hand.

The Soul Bottle fell, Jia Xiuchun’s remnant soul being absorbed by Little Green.

Buzz!

Jiang Yuebai’s Sea of Consciousness shook violently, like having her skull chiseled open slowly with a blunt tool, and even her bones began to crack audibly.

She cried out in pain, instantly drenched in cold sweat upon falling to the ground.

”Little Green you... bastard...”

Before fainting from the pain, Jiang Yuebai crushed her Life Token Jade Talisman fiercely.

In the Sea of Consciousness, the former wheat seedlings quickly withered, replaced by a strange plant bursting through the handful of soil in her Sea of Consciousness.

At that moment, Lin Xiangtian was preparing for seclusion, unaware that Jiang Yuebai, who just left him, was on the brink of death!