Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

1372  Demoness: Your Sect Master Is Going To Lose (2)

"Growing up together, we were indeed close when she was still weak. But after she survived that calamity, her special constitution emerged and attracted the attention of the passing Heavenly Spirit Tribe. She claimed she had the right to pursue better opportunities and left. We agreed because she was right, after all. Later, our family obtained a treasure. She found out and returned. She insisted that only the strong should possess it and claimed her strength warranted ownership. She reasoned that since we were family, it didn't matter who kept it. Since she grew up in our house, she knew it very well. She guessed the location where the treasure was kept.

"My mother wanted to stop her, but she killed her. She said that the strong preyed on the weak, so she couldn't be blamed. My father burned his life force to fight her. After that, she came along with her Dao partner. She claimed that since our family can't produce an immortal, it was better to fulfill her wish. She claimed she was a member of our family, after all. Our family was annihilated."

Jiang Hao sighed. "Weren't your parents too kind?"

"No." Ying Yueming shook his head. "I was blinded by foolishness. If I hadn't persuaded my parents, the outcome would've been different. I hate Situ Jingjing, but I also hate myself. I can't even sleep at night anymore."

Jiang Hao looked at Hong Yuye, who was standing beside him. Her brows were tightly knitted as if she did not like the story.

Ying Yueming sighed. "I thought it was always the other person's fault until now, but I have to acknowledge my own mistake as well. It's embarrassing, but we are going to die anyway. I've said everything I need to. Can I test you now?"

"Both of you can test me together." Jiang Hao looked at Ying Yueming and Chu Tianshan.

Power erupted from Ying Yueming, and Chu Tianshan moved too. He unleashed a forbidden technique he never thought he would ever use. The cost of it was his life.

Flames of power illuminated the surroundings.

This was their final blaze.

Then, a sweep of the blade restored calm.

Jiang Hao stood and looked at the three tombstones that had already been placed.

He did not insult the two people. He used his full strength to send them on their way.

"It's your turn now." Jiang Hao looked at Ji Nongyue.

"You have three binding techniques, that's enough," Ji Nongyue said.

"In a team, I treat everyone equally," Jiang Hao said earnestly.

Ji Nongyue handed over her binding technique regretfully. "You already know about my last wish. There's nothing more to my past. I grew up being used by my family. I hate them but couldn't bring myself to kill them. Even as their lives ended, I never understood familial love. Life holds no meaning for me. I can't find my light."

"Is that so?" Jiang Hao did not know how to comfort her.

Ji Nongyue nodded. "Yes. Will you help bury me? Also, can you think of something nice to write on my tombstone?"

Jiang Hao took out a brush and ink. He then summoned Ji Nongyue's tombstone and began to write.

"I hope in the next life, you walk as a flower and pass through seasons, silently resilient, with blossoms becoming landscapes and falling petals turning into poetry. How does that sound?" Jiang Hao asked.

Ji Nongyue's eyes grew misty as she read the inscription.

"Thank you, Senior," she said respectfully.

Jiang Hao nodded.

"Time to go." Ji Nongyue did not linger.

All four of them died.

Jiang Hao sighed.

He felt like a villain.

Then, he looked at Dongfang Xian'er and Ji Yuan.

"Any last words?"

A moment later, the Heavenly Blade rose and fell.

There was no sound in the courtyard anymore.

However, there was a new array formation.

They were all left behind by Dongfang Xian'er and the others. It all depended on whether the people from other sects would come.

If they came, they could capture them all while Hong Yuye was still around.

Without her, he would not dare to summon all these people to his courtyard.

Before she died, Dongfang Xian'er was furious.

"You two are liars!" she said.

Her death was quite calm.

The array was a sect mandate, and she complied.

Ji Yuan was defiant. He believed Jiang Hao was not that strong and that Heavenly Saint Sect members would come for their Holy Master soon.

Jiang Hao found arrays from the Ghost Shadow Sect and Falling Moon Sect.

But after waiting half a day, nothing happened.

"Aren't they coming?" Jiang Hao wondered.

"They're watching from outside," Hong Yuye said.

Jiang Hao thought they were hesitant to come in.

The Sect Master's drop of water had killed an Immortal Human with just one strike.

It would be suicidal for weaker cultivators to enter the sect.

Jiang Hao heaved a sigh of relief. The stronger ones were afraid of the Sect Master, while Elder Baizhi and the Branch Masters would deal with the weaker ones.

"Senior, do you think there will be more people coming?" Jiang Hao asked.

"This is just the beginning," Hong Yuye said flatly. "More will come for you, regardless of the Heavenly Note Sect's fate."

"Because of your flower?" Jiang Hao asked.

Hong Yuye sipped her tea but did not answer him.

"Senior, are you not interested in the other treasures of the Heavenly Note Sect?" Jiang Hao was curious.

"They're unlucky!" Hong Yuye's eyes gleamed.

Jiang Hao nodded. That was true.

Most of the treasures in the Heavenly Note Sect were tainted with ill luck.

Hong Yuye was not interested in treasures with ill luck.

"Do you think there are many people like Situ Jingjing?" Hong Yuye suddenly asked.

Jiang Hao was not surprised by the question. He thought for a moment and said, "A lot. After all, she doesn't think it's wrong to seek benefits for herself."

"Was she wrong?" Hong Yuye asked Jiang Hao.

"Depends on perspective," Jiang Hao said calmly. "If she has harmed someone, they'll think she's wrong. If someone benefits because of her, they'll think whatever she did was right."

"What about you?" Hong Yuye asked.

"I am just an ordinary person. An ordinary person is bound by many emotions," said Jiang Hao and looked at Hong Yuye.

Hong Yuye did not ask any more questions.

Jiang Hao studied the techniques he had received. He needed to learn it as soon as possible, and then draw the River of Deathly Silence.

The river would arrive in three days, and he needed to be ready.

The courtyard was calm.

Outside the Heavenly Note Sect, thunderous roars continued.

The next day, Jiang Hao saw the sect's barrier break, and a True Immortal entered the sect.

Thunder roared as strikes fell.

At the same time, water droplets appeared in the sky.

Jiang Hao saw it clearly. There were six droplets.

An early-stage True Immortal died.

The sect was once again guarded.

The sect held firm.

Another day passed.

Jiang Hao sensed people watching his courtyard.

Uninvited guests arrived.

Bai Tuwu's fellow disciples brought a group of people over.

Their cultivation realms were all very high.

Jiang Hao walked out and activated the Heavenly Cauldron and the Ying-Yang Bracelet.

Under their shocked gazes, the blade rose and fell.

Then, he put away the storage treasure and returned to his courtyard to drink tea and read.

He used the Shifting Stars Technique to move the corpses somewhere unknown.

That night, Jiang Hao was still reading when a light flashed.

"Heavenly Note Sect, let me test your limits." A maniacal laughter followed.

Boom!

The protective array shattered under the light.

The aura of the Great Dao flooded in. It was unstoppable.

All formations dissolved under it as a middle-aged man strode in. He was radiant.

At the same time, thirteen water droplets bombarded him.

"Good timing," the middle-aged man laughed.

The aura of the Great Dao collided.

Boom!

The energy fluctuations were so vast that Jiang Hao instinctively wanted to find a place to hide.

"A Heavenly Immortal?" Jiang Hao could not believe it.

Why had a Heavenly Immortal appeared so soon?

Seventy drops of water emerged from the Hundred Flowers Lake.

However, the middle-aged man held black. White energy stirred in his hand and caused a storm of the Great Dao.

Boom!

The sky roared.

Jiang Hao could barely see but felt the enemy's overwhelming force.

"It seems like your Sect Master is going to lose," Hong Yuye said.

Jiang Hao sighed.

He hoped that the Sect Master could hold on a little longer.