I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 246: Chapter 216: Nanzhi’s Ordeal

”Going into monkhood?”

Xie Jingshan’s eyes shone terrifyingly.

”That’s right! I must be the reincarnation of a Buddhist Relic, and some villain is trying to ruin my Buddhist fate using such despicable means to defile my purity! I, Xie Jingshan, will never let the villain’s scheme succeed. In this life, I will remain pure, shun women, and dedicate myself to Buddhism!”

Jiang Yuebai: ......

”Anan, let’s not pay attention to him. Tell me about you. Your father... how did it suddenly happen...” Jiang Yuebai cautiously asked.

Lu Nanzhi’s eyes remained calm, revealing no emotion, ”He was ambushed.”

Jiang Yuebai’s brows furrowed even tighter; the calmer Lu Nanzhi appeared, the more it hurt her heart.

”Have you found the person who ambushed uncle?”

Lu Nanzhi slowly shook her head. ”I don’t know...”

Jiang Yuebai looked at Lu Nanzhi, feeling as if she didn’t care much about her father’s death, though she couldn’t tell if it was just an illusion.

”Have you been okay during this time? Have the people from the Lu Family bullied you?”

Lu Nanzhi forced a faint smile. ”Don’t worry, I am currently an irreplaceable chess piece to the Lu Family. They are eager to pamper me, how would they bully me?”

Jiang Yuebai sighed helplessly, ”What are your thoughts about breaking off the engagement?”

Lu Nanzhi’s eyes dimmed, remaining silent, but at this moment, Jiang Yuebai suddenly sensed a suppressed hatred emanating from Lu Nanzhi.

Xie Jingshan couldn’t help but speak, ”She’s unwilling to say it, so I will. Her father was on his way back from breaking off the engagement when the mishap happened.”

”Xie Jingshan!!” Lu Nanzhi shouted sternly.

Xie Jingshan, usually frightened of Lu Nanzhi, stood his ground this time, refusing to back down.

”You shoulder everything on your own; can you really handle this alone? I should tell Jiang Yuebai everything so she can scold you awake!”

Lu Nanzhi’s fists clenched, her eyes turning red, the atmosphere between her and Xie Jingshan was ’tense like a drawn sword’.

Jiang Yuebai stood and tugged on Lu Nanzhi’s sleeve, ”Anan, the bond of friendship grows stronger through mutual troubles. I know you don’t want to bother or burden us, but whether it’s truly a bother or a burden is for us to decide.”

”Even if we can’t help much, at the very least, we can listen to you, offer suggestions, and if it comes to it, Xie Jingshan and I can find a way to bag up Fang Mingyi for you to vent your anger on.”

Xie Jingshan nodded eagerly, ”Yes, just thinking about that dog Fang Mingyi makes my fists clench! You have no idea how he’s humiliated Lu Nanzhi.”

Lu Nanzhi turned her head, exhaled deeply, quickly wiped the tears at the corner of her eyes, and sat down again. After a long while, she began to speak slowly.

”My father was unfaithful and indulgent. To my mother, he wasn’t a good husband. As the head of the Lu Family, he did many cruel and ruthless things in secret, but towards me... I can’t quite say.”

”After my Foundation Establishment, I returned home and knelt outside his room for half a month. Later, we talked all night as father and daughter. My father said he had no choice, that he never wanted to depend on the Fang Family.”

”But on the day I was born, the people from the Fang Family were visiting the Lu Family. News of my Water Spirit Body reached them. At the time, the direct lineage of the Fang Family hadn’t had a talented descendant for many years. They immediately proposed marriage, using both coercion and enticement to establish the engagement.”

”That night, I told my father many things I had never said growing up. In the end, he agreed to go to the Fang Family to break off the engagement and give me my freedom. But I never expected that his departure would be his end...”

Jiang Yuebai squeezed Lu Nanzhi’s hand; she turned her head, fighting back tears.

Jiang Yuebai asked, ”So, was it the Fang Family or the Lu Family who acted against your father?”

Lu Nanzhi laughed bitterly, ”No matter who, such colossal powers are beyond what you or I can shake. Even if the Heavenly Interence Sect were to support me, it wouldn’t suffice against them. Little Bai, Jingshan, you don’t need to worry about me. It’s not just about the revenge for my father’s death, but my hatred for my own weakness, for being unable to challenge such giant Immortal Cultivation Families, and for them imprisoning me, taking away my freedom...”

Xie Jingshan said, ”The power network of Immortal Cultivation Families is deeply rooted, bound by bloodlines, more stable than Sects. Moreover, the Fang Family has several highly Cultivated Old Ancestors in the Upper Realm. Even if they can’t come to the Earth Spiritual Realm themselves, they have other ways to interfere.”

Jiang Yuebai gritted her teeth, ”Is there really no way?”

Lu Nanzhi lowered her eyes, lost in thought.

Xie Jingshan sighed, ”I’ve consulted my grandfather about this. My grandfather said... The Heavenly Interence Sect has ancestral teachings forbidding involvement in Lu Family’s matters. The Lu Family can’t suddenly overshadow the Fang Family in strength, so the problem must be solved at its root.”

”Root?” Jiang Yuebai’s pupils trembled, blurting out without thinking, ”Is it to self-destruct the Spiritual Body?”

As soon as she said that, Lu Nanzhi suddenly stood up, emotionally agitated.

”Why must I self-destruct my Spiritual Body? I’ve done nothing wrong! Why should I bear all this? Just because I’m a woman? If anything is to be destroyed, it should be Fang Mingyi, the entire Fang Family!!”

Lu Nanzhi trembled all over, eyes filled with deep murderous intent, leaving Jiang Yuebai and Xie Jingshan speechless.

Jiang Yuebai and Xie Jingshan exchanged worried glances; neither of them had seen Lu Nanzhi like this before, anxious that she might go astray.

”Anan, why don’t we escape together, to the Witch Clan in the Baipu Domain? There, women are esteemed, and such troubles won’t exist. We can hide in the Ten Thousand Mountains where no one can find us.”

Xie Jingshan frowned, ”They can be found, remember the Fang Family in the Upper Realm...”

”Xie Jingshan!”

Jiang Yuebai smacked Xie Jingshan’s arm, frustrated. He didn’t dodge, nor did his brow furrow.

Xie Jingshan looked at Lu Nanzhi, ”Or you could go to the North Sea and find the Feiyan Pavilion Master. She shares your Water Spirit Body and is a Half-Step Divinity Transformation. Maybe she can understand and is willing to help you.”

Lu Nanzhi frowned, her fist gradually tightening.

Jiang Yuebai asked curiously, ”Who is the Feiyan Pavilion Master?”

Xie Jingshan explained, ”The Feiyan Pavilion Master is the North Sea Dominator; over half of the Eighty-One Islands of North Sea are under her control. Ninety percent of her Pavilion are female cultivators, and my mother is one of the Feiyan Pavilion’s people.”

”Yet, few know the Feiyan Pavilion Master comes from the direct lineage of the Fang Family. She almost took the position of Fang Family Head but couldn’t because she was a woman. I think she may currently be the only one capable of helping Lu Nanzhi through this crisis.”

Jiang Yuebai’s eyes brightened, feeling hopeful, immediately saying, ”Yes, let’s find this Feiyan Pavilion Master, right away.”

Lu Nanzhi suddenly avoided Jiang Yuebai’s gaze, ”Next month is the Wind and Cloud Meeting, I will be participating as well. This matter hasn’t yet reached the point of life and death, so there’s no need to rush. As for the Feiyan Pavilion Master... The Supreme Elder once took me to meet her, I have my plans for this matter. If I need your help, I will ask.”

Xie Jingshan was about to say more but got kicked under the table by Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yuebai said, ”Alright then, let’s set these worries aside and focus on preparing for the Wind and Cloud Meeting. If Fang Mingyi participates and I encounter him, watch how I’ll make him crawl in public!”

Xie Jingshan took a breath and leaned closer to Jiang Yuebai, asking, ”Did you really have a plan to bag Fang Mingyi, or was that just a joke?”

Jiang Yuebai raised an eyebrow, ”Are you doubting me? Provide me with Fang Mingyi’s usual whereabouts, and I’ll make it happen right before your eyes.”

Xie Jingshan excitedly raised his hand, ”Let’s make a pact; you can’t deceive me!”

Pa!

Jiang Yuebai slapped Xie Jingshan’s hand. Suddenly, Xie Jingshan got distracted, looking at his hand as his cheeks slowly reddened.

”Xie Jingshan, what nonsense are you thinking now?”

Xie Jingshan quickly shook his head, ”Jiang Yuebai, don’t you ever treat me too well, I must not fall for a villain’s trick!”

Jiang Yuebai looked speechless, ”Hurry home and find someone to check your brain; otherwise, shave your head and become a monk!”

Xie Jingshan chuckled foolishly, ”That’s good, that’s good; I least like rough women. You need to be a bit fierce with me, so I can separate you from the girl in my dreams.”

Jiang Yuebai: ......

Watching the two bicker, Lu Nanzhi’s bitter smile gradually faded, unconsciously curling up into a slight smile.