Could it be that I am the cruel villain?
Chapter 477 - 290: Ancient Evil Sword Immortal Summoning Ritual_2

Chapter 477: Chapter 290: Ancient Evil Sword Immortal Summoning Ritual_2

Ying Ling’s small face hidden under the veil was a bit embarrassed. She wasn’t raised in luxury; she had distanced herself from the mundane world since young, thus not needing to spend a dime on eating, drinking, or any needs.

Even if there were expenses, with her status, she could just take silver notes or silver from the storeroom, as these things were no different from trash to a cultivator; there was a heap left in the storeroom.

But she soon found a reason to argue back.

"As cultivators, since we have the ability, we should help the poor folks more. That old man earlier seemed like he’s over fifty. Forget about a string of coins, even if you gave him a few pieces of gold, so what? Do you still care about these mundane objects?"

He sighed towards the sky.

Jiang Feng just closed his eyes, his expression revealing a bit of despair.

"...Did I say something wrong?"

With the earlier lesson, Ying Ling’s voice was noticeably less confident. She indeed didn’t understand the hardships of the common folk.

She just waved her hand and walked directly into a dessert shop. Like before, after tasting a small bite, she ordered a few sweets, which made Ying Ling’s expression a bit strange.

Most girls love sweets, but she didn’t expect that a big man like Jiang Feng also had a sweet tooth.

He asked for a large batch of seemingly tasty snacks and raw materials. But this time, after throwing a moderate-sized piece of silver, he walked out of the shop.

"Got it?"

Shook her head.

Not expecting this young lady to understand, the man directly said, "Let me ask you, if with your current realm, you find a Heaven Rank Technique and gain the Great Emperor Inheritance, would you hand it over when surrounded by a group of Core Formation Stage cultivators?"

Shake head again.

"Such a heaven-defying opportunity is rare enough just to glimpse. Even if surrounded, there’s no way to let it go."

"Alright, then let me ask you again, what if it’s not a group of Core Formation Stage cultivators, but a group of Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators surrounding you, would you hand over the technique?"

"Yes, even if it’s an opportunity, you need to be alive to enjoy it. If discovered by others, especially those of such a high realm, naturally handing over the technique is necessary to save one’s life."

The response was without hesitation, as such matters of weighing pros and cons were naturally on her mind, but Jiang Feng just said one thing.

"Then do you think you’d be able to keep your life? Letting you go, wouldn’t leaking the news cause him more trouble?"

"This... you’re right. Once discovered by someone of a higher realm without the protection of master or sect, even taking one more look is courting death."

"Yeah, even with your pig brain you understand the principle of having a treasure and attracting trouble, yet you wanted me to give the old man gold ingots? Do you dislike that the old man has lived longer than you?"

Her cold little face froze for a moment.

Though she received a scolding, she wasn’t dumb. Usually, it was because she had little contact with the common world. However, Jiang Feng astutely explained it in a cultivation world way.

The words might be a bit roundabout, but the phrase "a man of no guilt bears guilt by holding a treasure" enlightened her.

"Let me explain again, so you remember when you go out in the future."

"Ordinary families at most have a yearly income of five liang of silver, if just for food, two liang are enough to feed a family of four or five for a year!"

"To exchange equivalently, the cash string I brought out earlier, in the concept of your Joyful Sect, is roughly equivalent to several outer sect disciples’ salaries."

"Conservatively estimated, even if it’s ten, let a Qi Refinement Realm disciple play with ten Spirit Stones in public."

"Spirit Stones in the morning, and the person is dead by afternoon, understand?"

She understood.

Though rarely in touch with the secular world, she was quite familiar with the cultivation world. The sect had a rule against flaunting wealth, especially when outside, as showing too much wealth undoubtedly leads to fatal disaster.

Ying Ling wasn’t entirely naive about the mundane world, idealizing it as too beautiful; she just...

Simply didn’t understand pricing.

Put simply, she was used to lavishness, completely having no concept of money.

"So what about earlier at the dessert shop... Oh."

A moment of realization.

Don’t show wealth to outsiders. Inside the shop, naturally, you can give a bit more. After all, money is useless to cultivators; tossing a silver ingot is no big deal. Inside the shop, it won’t attract other eyes, nor will it be known.

"So, in the future, don’t randomly toss gold or silver to people; it only gets people killed, understood?"

"Hmph."

A cold snort.

Even though she appeared quite unyielding, she took the advice well. However, Jiang Feng still continued to gather fresh ingredients along the way. Foods, whether meat or fruits and vegetables, were all carefully selected.

Full of doubts, she actually wanted to ask what exactly this guy intended to do, but couldn’t bring herself to ask. Seemingly aware of the woman’s confusion, the man only replied intermittently.

"Did you forget a very important question?"

"It’s that you’ve never seen my Senior Sister from the beginning, so you don’t know what kind of attitude she has."

"My Senior Sister is indeed a combative person, she usually likes to behave heroically, chopping demons and removing spirits, but even with that, thinking she’ll work for free is not too realistic."

"You people from the Joyful Sect are so clueless, not knowing to prepare some good offerings for my Senior Sister. To invite her back to action, offerings are a must!"

Feeling startled inside.

What kind of situation is Swordmaster Peak?

Jiang Feng already has a demon aura and characteristics of an evil cultivator, but now to invite the Sword Immortal back you need offerings!?

"Hehehehehe..."

"And you must know the news that my Senior Sister has temporarily left Dongliang City. To call her back naturally requires paying a sufficient price."

"So, I have to prepare the offerings and then perform a large summoning ritual to summon the Evil God!"

Eyebrows filled with doubt.

Bribe?

Ritual?

Ceremony?

This all sounds like something only an evil cultivator would do!

She certainly wants to meet Liu Jianxian personally, knowing Liu Tangxi’s reputation is widely spread and many major forces have benefited from her generosity. Even within the Joyful Sect’s territory, she has slain no less than ten top-tier evil cultivators.

Many people separate Swordmaster Peak and Purple Cloud Palace, including her. But with our amateur skills, what bribe could Liu Xianzi possibly appreciate?

Stayed silent, mainly because this kid Jiang Feng never speaks the truth, silently following behind the man, finally, after a long shopping round, the man returned to his residence.

Sitting in the courtyard.

This inn was entirely booked by Jiang Feng, you see, when he first arrived he tossed a piece of gold to them. When outside, he usually pays attention to spending, avoiding causing trouble for others.

But as long as no one else sees it, he is indeed generous, contrary to Silver’s description of him being stingy.

After returning to his residence, instead of resting immediately, he rolled up his sleeves and started working to prepare his Evil God summoning ritual.

Doo doo doo doo—

Nose twitched.

Sitting alone in the yard, in the basin were washed fruits and vegetables, and on the cutting board were marinated and neatly cut fresh meat of all kinds.

The sound of the kitchen knife hitting the chopping board, a big basin of meat and vegetables were quickly prepared by Jiang Feng’s hands, evenly slathered with seasonings, the pile of stuff left Silver completely dumbfounded.

"What’s all this stuff?"

Various powders, liquids, and crushed egg whites, yolks thrown into the basin, then...

Directly grabbed wildly with hands!

"Eww~ Aren’t you disgusted?"

Reluctantly stepping back a few steps.

She roughly figured out Jiang Feng was planning to cook, though at their realm popping elixirs is sufficient, even if they need to eat, they don’t need much, just a little taste satisfaction.

Mainly someone’s actions were far from elegant, a big mess of white, red, yellow meats and spices mixing together, as he kneaded it he actually poured in yellow wine and a flour-like substance.

Looked somewhat stomach-turning.

To this, Mr. Jiang merely rolled his eyes.

"Really a lady who waits to be served food, go go, play on the side."

Impatiently waved his hand, to which Silver just muttered and sat in a corner of the courtyard, she was curious what Jiang Feng could concoct.

The sky had completely darkened.

Skilled at lighting the fire, metal brackets, mixing drinks, even adding ice cubes, skewering cut pieces of meat on bamboo skewers, very soon the courtyard was filled with the aroma of meat.

Silver’s little nose twitched, though it looked unsightly, the aroma was quite nice, but does this have anything to do with the ritual?

Before she finished pondering, she saw Jiang Feng sneakily pull out a wrinkled talisman paper from his pocket.

"Senior Sister."

"Offerings ready! Please hurry back while it’s still hot for some BBQ!"