The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 219 - 218 You Finally Acted Like a Human Being

Chapter 219: Chapter 218 You Finally Acted Like a Human Being

Hearing this reason, Xie Jiuniang was completely baffled, "The Martial Prodigy Rankings are wrong?"

Silence suddenly fell around them.

It turned out not only they were thinking this, but even the person involved was doubting the accuracy of the Martial Prodigy Rankings.

While Xie Jiuniang was still pondering, she arrived at the main hall to see Master Chaoruo.

Chaoruo sized her up and, noticing that her injuries had healed, asked, "Has your cultivation base made progress again?"

"Heh, I owe it all to Master’s blessing," Xie Jiuniang flattered without any psychological burden, "Master seems more and more triumphant and vibrant."

Chaoruo curved her lips into a slight smile, "Speak your mind."

"How is my master doing? Is he all right?" Xie Jiuniang couldn’t help but inquire about Chaoyan’s condition.

Chaoruo said, "Your master is very well. You should worry about yourself instead. Have you completed the tasks he arranged for you before he left the Sect? If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can ask relevant people. If you really can’t solve it, you can come to ask me."

"Yes, thank you, Master," she replied.

Xie Jiuniang was a clever person.

She immediately vowed to dedicate herself to her studies.

It was just right—her cultivation had increased too quickly and she needed to consolidate her strength for some time.

As Xie Jiuniang was leaving, Chaoruo tossed her a Storage Bag filled with a generous amount of cultivation resources—it was part of the loot skimmed off from the Wu Family, and now she was getting a share of it too.

Xie Jiuniang happily accepted.

There was no reason to refuse free benefits. Returning to the cave dwelling at Zhengyang Peak, Xie Jiuniang inspected the resources Chaoruo had given her and kept the Spiritual Medicine and Spiritual Liquid, giving all the Spirit Stones to Jian Lingyan.

This time, it had exerted the most effort.

Jian Lingyan woke happily from its slumber upon hearing this.

"Stupid owner, you’ve finally acted like a human for once."

"Suddenly, I feel being human is meaningless," said Xie Jiuniang as she started to take back the Spirit Stones she had just handed over, "being the owner of a dog isn’t bad at all."

"No, I was wrong!" Jian Lingyan flew out of its Contract Space and swept up the Spirit Stones in a whirl."

Xie Jiuniang was about to enter a meditative retreat.

She received a Sound Transmission Talisman outside her cave dwelling. It was Xie Xu returning to the Sect, mentioning that there were messages from her parents, and suggesting they arrange a time to meet.

Just as she was about to turn around, another Sound Transmission Talisman flew toward her.

Who could this be from?

Upon receiving it, she realized it was from Bai Mudan.

Bai Mudan said she had something to pass on to her, likely from Bai Ruiting.

At that moment, a Little Immortal Crane flew over and joyfully nuzzled against her, its eyes shining brightly as if it was looking forward to something.

"Are you begging for food?" Xie Jiuniang chuckled softly.

It used to be raised by the Sect, but now it had become a house-raised pet.

Because Xie Jiuniang was mostly in seclusion, she only fed it occasionally; most of the time, it fended for itself.

She rummaged through her Storage Bag and gave all of the elixirs suitable for it, which Master Chaoruo had included in the resources, to the Little Immortal Crane.

"Caw!"

The Little Immortal Crane nuzzled her happily again.

At this time, several more Sound Transmission Talismans arrived.

Most were greetings from members of the Xie Family, and one was from Xie Haoran. Since her injury, this was the first time she had appeared before everyone, so quite a few people came to express their concern. The last one was sent by Xuanyuan You.

Xuanyuan You wanted to meet her for a getaway.

Xie Jiuniang automatically ignored this.

A getaway? What kind of getaway?

Did she look like the sort of person who had the time to play?

Xie Jiuniang replied to each one, and then set out to meet both Bai Mudan and Xie Xu.

Both happened to be at Zhengyang Peak.

When Xie Jiuniang got there, she saw Xie Xu playing with the Little Golden Monkey, which was sitting on his head, acting high and mighty. The Nascent Soul Spiritual Monkey Dashan did not intervene.

"Hey! Elder Dashan, Xiaojin."

Xie Jiuniang descended from the Flying Sword onto a large tree.

Now, this whole Spiritual Fruit Garden belonged to the territory of the Spiritual Monkeys, and things had changed quite a bit since they settled in.

There were two new treehouses and an additional wooden house.

Not far away, there was also a cave.

From both the cave and the wooden house wafted a faint scent of wine.

A large and a small monkey were clearly delighted to see Xie Jiuniang.

The Little Golden Monkey abandoned Xie Xu in a flash, running to Xie Jiuniang’s shoulder and behaving itself, not daring to act out.

Xie Xu felt sour, "Is it just bullying me?"

Xie Jiuniang’s gaze flicked over his tousled hair, and she couldn’t help but laugh, "Haha, I suspect so."

"Chi chi." The Little Golden Monkey cheekily bared its teeth at Xie Xu.

Xie Jiuniang sent a telepathic message to Xie Xu, "Try harder, so that the Little Golden Monkey will choose to form a contract with you on its own."

"Aren’t you its master?" Xie Xu sent back, puzzled.

Xie Jiuniang told him the truth about the situation.

Xie Xu hadn’t expected this; everyone had assumed that Elder Dashan and Xiaojin were Xie Jiuniang’s Contracted Beasts.

Xiaojin’s bloodline among the Spiritual Monkeys was clearly extraordinary.

Whether it would choose Xie Xu or not was still an unknown.

But feelings like these are developed through interactions, and since Xiaojin was still a cub, this was the ideal time to build a rapport.

All of the Monkey Wine that Xie Jiuniang carried had been given to her master, "Elder Dashan, can your wine be sold now?"

"Some can, but some can’t." Elder Dashan was able to communicate normally with Xie Jiuniang.

Xie Jiuniang exchanged some ordinary Monkey Wine with it.

She traded Spirit Stones for it; now, Elder Dashan understood that Spirit Stones could be used to buy things. During this period, the Elixirs needed by Xiaojin were all traded from Sect Disciples by Elder Dashan. It seemed that Xie Jiuniang had only brought them out and provided a stable home, but had not given them any resources.

Nevertheless, even so, Elder Dashan was satisfied.

He felt Xie Jiuniang was a good person.

Xie Jiuniang did not urge them to hurry and find a master, allowing them to make their own choice. If they disliked forming contracts with humans, they could live on Zhengyang Peak indefinitely.

She didn’t stay with Elder Dashan for long.

Xie Xu and Xie Jiuniang left together.

After walking some distance, Xie Xu handed Xie Jiuniang a Storage Bag.

Xie Jiuniang checked it; it was a batch of cultivation resources sent by her parents, most suitable for the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

That was the downside of hidden cultivation.

Just like now, the cultivation resources sent by elders were not very appropriate for her.

Luckily, she herself was not lacking in resources.

There was also a letter from her parents inside the Storage Bag.

Xie Jiuniang wasn’t in a rush to read the letter, putting the items along with the Storage Bag into a curio shelf inside the Small Tortoise Shell.

The Tortoise Shell had already been refined into a space.

Not only could people rest inside, but it could also hold some items, just like how she had placed what used to be displayed in her cave dwelling onto a curio shelf in the Turtle Shell Space; there were already more than a dozen Storage Bags on the shelf.

The items in these Storage Bags constituted the bulk of her possessions.

"Xiaojiu, when you got into trouble last time, I wasn’t there..." Xie Xu had always considered himself as an elder responsible for their care, yet when they were in trouble he was absent, which left a bitter taste in his mouth.

Xie Jiuniang knew his intentions were good, "Even if you were there, you couldn’t have helped."

Xie Xu felt a sense of helplessness.

The words were unpleasant, yet they were also the harsh reality.

Xie Jiuniang added, "The incident last time won’t be an exception; you all need to be more careful on a regular basis."

"The person behind the scenes has not been dealt with?"

"Wu Sheng escaped with a severed arm and was rescued by a Divinity Transformation cultivator." Xie Jiuniang didn’t know who that Divinity Transformation cultivator was.

But as long as they met again, Jian Lingyan would be able to find the person.