Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

Many of them went back to their hometowns, and only a few worked from young until old age.

They worked from the Spirit Herb Garden to the canteen, and finally died of old age.

Birth, age, sickness, and death.

Sometimes, observing all this, Jiang Hao couldn't stay calm.

When people get old, get sick, as ordinary people, they have no way out.

In the face of destiny, they are helpless and powerless.

"Have you noticed anything?" Jiang Hao asked.

He was referring to the ordinary people in the Spirit Herb Garden.

"I have discovered one, but need further confirmation," Cheng Chou immediately replied.

Jiang Hao nodded.

Finding one is already good.

There were only three in total.

However, as they were not dangerous individuals, they were just let be.

It was considered a training for Cheng Chou.

Afterward, Jiang Hao went in to take care of the Spirit Herb Garden. He hadn't been here in a long time, and many people didn't recognize him.

Dusk.

Jiang Hao merged into the darkness, step by step, heading toward where his master was.

He still hadn't figured out how to give the medicinal pill to his master.

If that was the case, he might as well leave it at the doorstep.

He just didn't know what his master would think.

Upon arriving at his master's courtyard and seeing the closed door, he sensed a chaotic aura.

His master wanted to recover but was too severely injured to do anything about it.

Feeling everything, Jiang Hao's eyes were full of melancholy: "Ordinary people, when they get old and sick, become helpless and powerless... it seems immortals are the same."

After placing the item at the doorstep, Jiang Hao quietly knocked on the door.

Thud, thud!

Suddenly, the aura inside stalled instantly, then swiftly surged towards the door.

Boom!

A force struck out.

Blowing the door open.

Ku Wu Chang's figure appeared in the doorway, his face full of surprise and doubt as he looked around.

There was no one, nor any traces of aura.

But someone had just knocked on the door.

"Which Friend Xing is it? Why not show yourself?"

Ku Wu Chang's deep voice spread out.

There was no response.

However, soon he noticed a delicate box at his feet.

Puzzled, Ku Wu Chang picked it up.

With his guard up, the box was opened.

The fragrance of the medicinal pill overflowed, and in just a breath, Ku Wu Chang realized that his long-untreatable injury had actually eased up a bit.

This...

One month later.

Early December.

A light burst forth from the Cliff of Broken Hearts.

The aura of an Immortal Human spread out.

The Immortal Fate grew even denser.

Jiang Hao, who was tending to the spirit herbs, looked up slightly.

"The direction of my master."

"It seems that master's injury has healed."

Setting down the spirit herbs, he walked out.

Since many fellow disciples were heading there, he naturally followed suit.

After a short while.

Jiang Hao stood beside Senior Brother Mu Qi, looking toward his master's courtyard.

Senior Sister Miao Tinglian was also nearby, giving way to let Jiang Hao closer.

"Junior Brother, what do you think has happened to master?"

"It must be something good,"

Jiang Hao replied.

"Such dense Immortal Fate and the vast vitality, it must be that master's injuries have healed," Mu Qi said.

Indeed, as soon as the words were uttered, Ku Wu Chang's figure, covered by Immortal Fate, appeared before everyone.

"Congratulations to master for advancing further,"

Everyone bowed and respectfully congratulated him.

Jiang Hao did the same.

Subsequently, all the Branch Masters came over, and even Elder Baizhi himself arrived.

Jiang Hao and others naturally stepped back.

On the way, Jiang Hao talked with Senior Brother Mu Qi and the rest.

Then he voiced the question he had been curious about for a month: "Senior Sister Miao Tinglian, do you often introduce me to others?"

Upon hearing this, Miao Tinglian showed interest: "Yes."

"How does Senior Sister introduce me?" Jiang Hao asked.

"Handsome and dashing, with unparalleled talents, the destined number one of all history, and the jaw-dropping seed disciple bound to dominate an era," Miao Tinglian said earnestly.

Hearing this, Jiang Hao's brows slightly furrowed: "Isn't that a bit too much?"

"But I think I've put it quite modestly," Miao Tinglian declared with conviction.

Jiang Hao: "..."

Heavenly Note Sect asked him to inquire, did they think he held such views?

Afterward, he didn't care anymore.

The days that followed were remarkably stable.

The master had recovered, and everyone at Cliff of Broken Hearts regained their confidence.

All the previous anxiety and turmoil had disappeared.

Three months later.

March of the following year.

Senior Brother Bai Yi came back.

Although he was injured all over, his cultivation had improved a lot; it seemed he had encountered quite a few opportunities.

Jiang Hao saw him once and simply exchanged pleasantries.

What followed were ordinary days.

It was as serene as before the age of nineteen.

However, with the onset of the grand era, many changes occurred within the sect.

Many disciples went out, and each time they returned, their cultivation would improve somewhat.

The situation in the sect changed rapidly; disciples who had been rather ordinary before suddenly rose rapidly afterwards.

Opportunity and destiny were everywhere, offering endless possibilities to everyone.

And as time passed, Jiang Hao also heard a lot of news.

Whenever Cheng Chou heard something from other disciples, he would rush over to tell him:

"It's said that the previous green sun was created by Gu Jin, who is known as 'laugh three times'."

"Moreover, it's said that he did it to seize the treasures of the dragon race, using the green sun as a threat."

"Unexpectedly, he couldn't control it, killing himself and the people of the dragon race in the process."

"People outside think that 'laugh three times' got what he deserved, wanting to take others down with him, shameless and despicable."

Listening to this, Jiang Hao didn't feel much of anything.

"Brother, do you think 'laugh three times' is such a person?" Cheng Chou asked curiously.

"Perhaps so," Jiang Hao replied.

"But I've also heard another version which I think sounds more true," Cheng Chou said.

"What is it?" Jiang Hao asked.

"It's said that the people of the dragon race wanted to seize the great luck of Gu Jin from 'laugh three times,' and he used this supreme luck to suppress the green sun.

"Ignorant of the consequences, the dragon race seized the luck, and with no way to suppress the green sun, it brought about a huge crisis," Cheng Chou explained.

Jiang Hao was somewhat surprised upon hearing these words.

He could understand the first version; it was mostly likely released by the dragon race.

But the second version was clearly in his favor.

Of course, it was also possible that it was meant to affect the dragon race and prevent them from quickly regaining power.

One who defied the heavens caused such a huge stir; who knows what would happen if a few more of such dragons came along.

Another three months passed.

The beginning of June.

Eighty-four-year-old Jiang Hao felt that his heart was completely calm, unaffected by the brush with death.

That day, he received a message from Lawless Tower, asking him to make a trip there.

It was because Heavenly King Hai Luo had arrived.

"Why would Heavenly King Hai Luo come all of a sudden?" Jiang Hao was somewhat surprised.

Still, he chose to go to the Lawless Tower.

Hai Luo's location was still on the fifth floor, and he had been locked up again.

"An Immortal Human just goes in like that?"

Jiang Hao found it hard to believe, the Heavenly King truly didn't seem to care about his cultivation at all.

However, when he arrived, he realized he was wrong.

While Hai Luo's cultivation was suppressed, it was indeed that of a Human Immortal.

Senior Sister Yinsha said it was to allow him to act.

Heavenly King Hai Luo was willing to be a hitman, but whether he would cooperate with others depended on Heavenly Note Sect's ability.

"What does he need to cooperate on?" Jiang Hao asked curiously.

"Yes, he said he brought with him 'The End of All Things,' secrets of the Great Thousand God Sect, and those of the dragon race," Yinsha pondered and said, "The first two might be more important, but we're not in a hurry; now is not the time to clash with others."

Jiang Hao nodded.

He didn't want to provoke those two powers for the time being.

But he was interested in the secrets of the dragon race, to see if he could obtain them.

After all, it was time to start dealing with the Ancestral Dragon's Heart.

"Yo! Who is this? Cultivation in the early stage of Spirit Refinement Realm, quite impressive," a sarcastic voice came from the second cell on the fifth floor of the Lawless Tower.

Senior Sister Yinsha frowned and glared at Heavenly King Hai Luo.

"What are you looking at me for? What can you do to me? Inside the tower, you can't do anything; outside the tower, I could crush you with one hand," Heavenly King Hai Luo sneered.

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yuzhen and the others widened their eyes, watching with the demeanor of spectators at a play.

They might mock others.

But not Heavenly King Hai Luo.

Yan Shang watched curiously.

With a slight frown, Yinsha finally decided to leave upon seeing that Jiang Hao didn't mind.

Jiang Hao looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and said with a bit of emotion, "Heavenly King, long time no see."

It had been a long time.

Probably more than thirty years.

After the initiation of the twenty-five-year plan, Hai Luo had gone back, and it had been more than a decade since he had successfully ascended.

All together, almost forty years had passed.

The time Hai Luo had been away far exceeded the time he had spent here.

"Initially, I was at the full stage of the Primordial Spirit Realm, and you were at the early stage.

"Now, I'm at the middle stage of the Human Immortal Realm, and you're at the early stage of Spirit Refinement Realm.

"You've advanced too slowly.

"What can you use to suppress me now?

"I'm not targeting anyone in particular, but I just want to tell everyone present, you are all trash," Heavenly King Hai Luo taunted.

As his words fell, everyone on the fifth floor was stunned.