The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 173 - 172: Easy to Fool, Rich and Naive

Chapter 173: Chapter 172: Easy to Fool, Rich and Naive

Xie Jiuniang and Xuanyuan You lay hidden near the Han Pool.

Since Xie Ying never arrived, neither did Xie Haoran, Tan Zirang, nor Xiang Xiaojun, and there were a few other Disciples with injuries who were also absent.

Lin Wangchen and Ren Bingyan came, followed by three Disciples in the later stages of Foundation Establishment.

Everyone who approached could clearly see the fierce battle between the Sword Sect Disciples and the Mysterious Ice Crocodile.

The Sword Sect Disciples seemed to be holding their own, but it was quite a struggle.

Xuanyuan You wondered, "Why aren’t they using their life-saving moves?"

"Life-saving items, once you use one, there is one less. We’ve just entered the Secret Realm— who would want to use it so soon? Besides, there are several Direct Disciples. You wait for me to use it, I wait for you... hehehe."

Xie Jiuniang laughed weirdly.

Xuanyuan You instantly understood and gave a sleazy smile in reply, "Hehe, the Little Profiteer is indeed smart. The more I look... the more I think those people from the Sword Sect are just like you said."

Each one has a life-saving technique but is too stingy to use it, and who knows if they’ll end up being killed because of it?

Xie Jiuniang was here solely because of Song Baobao.

This one could be considered the biggest sucker in history— dimwitted, loaded with money, and easy to fool. What a waste it would be if she died here.

So, when Song Baobao encountered danger, Xie Jiuniang would pull her out of trouble just in time, but no more than that. After all, with the grudges from the past life and not much time spent together, to say there were deep feelings would be a lie.

Unexpectedly, the one to unleash a powerful move at the end,

was not one of the Sword Sect’s prodigies, but Song Baobao!

Was it because it seemed like Song Qinglian was in danger?

Just as the Mysterious Ice Crocodile was about to swallow Song Qinglian, in a moment of desperation, Song Baobao threw the life-saving item given by the second ancestor of the Song Family into the crocodile’s gaping maw.

As expected, the Mysterious Ice Crocodile struggled violently a few times and then died.

The Sword Sect group was freed from their predicament.

Song Baobao was so distressed it hurt, but in order to save her sister, there was no choice but to accept it.

Xie Jiuniang, as an onlooker, saw things very clearly.

Song Baobao had been deliberately manipulated by her sister!

Even if Song Baobao hadn’t intervened to save her, Song Qinglian wouldn’t have died...

Xuanyuan You said, "I didn’t expect it, but Song Baobao was the one who couldn’t hold back in the end. She should have gotten the lion’s share, right?"

"Hah, dream on," Xie Jiuniang knew that Song Baobao only got taken advantage of.

As expected, the one who got the lion’s share was Song Qinglian, who took away the most valuable Demon Core from the Mysterious Ice Crocodile, leaving Song Baobao with just a small bottle of Demonic Beast Blood, which was dismissive to say the least.

Xuanyuan You watched the entire process with a look of indescribable feeling.

"This is so shameless..." Xuanyuan You despised Song Qinglian.

Xie Jiuniang agreed, "Those who call me shameless should witness this— this is what true shamelessness looks like."

Xuanyuan You felt deeply and nodded emphatically.

The Sword Sect didn’t immediately search the bottom of the pool for treasures.

It was Su Songting and his people who sensed others nearby.

Su Songting looked in one direction, "Disciples of the Tianxu Sect?"

"We’ve been discovered, Little Profiteer."

Xuanyuan You, eager to step out, was slapped on the back of his head by Xie Jiuniang, who forcefully pulled him back.

She then affixed a Hiding Talisman onto his back.

Xie Jiuniang whispered, "They didn’t notice you, dummy!"

Xuanyuan You was dazed for a moment before Xie Jiuniang pulled him away to a greater distance.

The first to step forward was Lin Wangchen.

Lin Wangchen called out loudly, "Friends from Sword Sect, we mean no harm; we just happened to pass by."

"Tsk, don’t be hypocritical. Wasn’t it you who stole our Mysterious Ice Figs?" a disciple from Sword Sect barked angrily.

Lin Wangchen thought the Sword Sect disciple was making irrational trouble, "When did we ever steal your Mysterious Ice Figs? When we arrived, we did not see any figs."

"It was indeed us—" A disciple angrily attempted to accuse Lin Wangchen.

"Shut up!" Nangong Qi turned her head and snapped.

The matter itself did not favor the Sword Sect much.

"The objects in the Secret Realm are ownerless. How can you say someone stole from you? Is it because you were the first to find it and, realizing the danger, you went to notify others, only to have someone take advantage of the situation?" Nangong Qi’s words were a reprimand directed at her fellow disciples, implicitly mocking the Sword Sect, successfully letting the people from Tianxu Sect know that someone among them had surreptitiously obtained the Mysterious Ice Figs.

Nangong Qi then politely said, "Friend Lin, I heard there are thirteen, could you share a few with Sword Sect? The sect’s missions are hard to complete."

"That’s too bad, I also do not know who got them," Lin Wangchen replied regretfully.

Nangong Qi’s expression turned grim in an instant.

The Mysterious Ice Fig is a principal ingredient in making high-tier Barrier-Breaking Pills.

Barrier-Breaking Pills are primarily for addressing breakthrough issues with Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages.

Many cultivators who have long been unable to break through their realms, upon taking a Barrier-Breaking Pill, have an eighty percent chance of achieving a breakthrough to the next stage, provided their aptitude is not too poor. And in the Cultivation World, there are really too many cultivators who are unable to make a breakthrough for a long time.

The most important thing is that high-tier Barrier-Breaking Pills can increase the chances of a breakthrough from the Golden Core to Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, the Mysterious Ice Fig is very important to the Sects.

It is the most important of the three Spirit Plants required for the Sect missions.

This relates to whether the Sect’s high-level combat power can be improved over the next few decades.

Suddenly, Xuanyuan You received a soul transmission from Xie Jiuniang.

Xuanyuan You’s eyes flashed, appearing full of mockery, "Some Sword Sect disciples are really interesting, claiming that the first finders own the Mysterious Ice Figs? Were you truly the first to find them? Why didn’t you pick them immediately? Lying to shift the blame, could you please find a more plausible excuse?"

This... made sense.

Lin Wangchen and Ren Bingyan both thought of this.

They were almost misled.

Ren Bingyan said coldly, "Are you trying to extort us?"

Nangong Qi spoke up, "It’s not like that, my Sect disciple witnessed it with their own eyes..."

Xuanyuan You arrogantly interrupted her, "Witnessing our Sect’s disciple picking them? Who arrived first and who arrived later then? Is it that Sword Sect’s disciples arrived first and just stood by and watched someone else pick them? A group of you lost to one of our disciples, how incompetent must you be? Would anyone believe such an excuse?"

"That’s not how it is—"

The people from Sword Sect were left speechless.

They couldn’t find the words to retort.

Could it be that among them, a disciple had first discovered the Mysterious Ice Figs, sensed the danger at the bottom of the pool, and didn’t dare to pick them recklessly, so they notified the others to come over?

That disciple was the one who had just spoken out.

He had always been guarding nearby, who knew it would be silently picked like that?

And the very first Sword Sect disciples who rushed over, was there among them an idiot who, upon seeing the Mysterious Ice Figs getting picked, dared to shout and scream on the shore, thus alerting the Mysterious Ice Jiao at the bottom of the pool, leading to his own death?

But surely the deaths of a few disciples couldn’t have been in vain?

Xuanyuan You suddenly laughed, "I didn’t see the Mysterious Ice Figs, but I’m curious to know what treasures lie at the bottom of the pool."

Swish, swish, swish—

The Sword Sect’s disciples drew their swords in unison, their anger pointed towards the people from Tianxu Sect.

They had managed to kill the Mysterious Ice Jiao with great difficulty and were certainly not going to let outsiders take a share of the spoils.