The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 339 - 338 The Four Demon Guards Struck by Reality

Chapter 339: Chapter 338 The Four Demon Guards Struck by Reality

The master and disciple chatted privately for a long time.

When they came out again, Xie Jiuniang’s expression was calm.

Returning to her cave dwelling, she checked on the Enlightenment Tea Tree and Cleansing Spiritual Grass, watered them with some Spiritual Spring Water, and then sat cross-legged, her thoughts drifting far away.

Chaoyan had just told her that the Sect had approached the Nangong and Su Families this time, demanding a substantial compensation.

When they approached the Lin Family in Yaoguang City, there was a bit of a hitch. The Lin Family refused to acknowledge Lin Ba as one of their own, as he had been expelled from the family a hundred years ago according to their family records.

Therefore, the Lin Family would not accept responsibility for Lin Ba’s mistakes.

Chaoyan told Xie Jiuniang that the Lin Family had a Divinity Transformation cultivator serving at the border, and without sufficient evidence, the Sect couldn’t possibly coerce the Lin Family into submission through force.

The Nangong and Su Families swallowed their anger because the Tianxu Sect had directly caught them red-handed.

"Little Jianjian, I’ve noticed a problem," Xie Jiuniang suddenly said.

Jian Lingyan asked, "What problem?"

"Every time something happens to me, the Sect makes a fortune."

"Heh heh."

Jian Lingyan scoffed, "I smell sour grapes coming from you."

"Tsk!"

Xie Jiuniang said with a laugh, "Dare you say you aren’t feeling sour?"

"Sour! Bitterly sour," Jian Lingyan admitted, thinking of the vast sum of Spirit Stones that had nothing to do with him.

Xie Jiuniang sorted through the data of several families, compiling it into a thick booklet.

Over these twenty years, the Lin Family of Yaoguang City had lost a Divinity Transformation cultivator.

The Wu Family’s veteran Divinity Transformation cultivator Kongyu had his path to immortality severed.

The Su Family lost two Divinity Transformation cultivators.

The Nangong Family lost a Divinity Transformation cultivator and a Semi-Immortal Artifact.

And the Gongsun and Ao Families, whose ancestral lands were destroyed, were not completely without threat. For now, they still had powerful Divinity Transformation cultivators, with the Gongsun Family retaining Lord Wenzhong. One Divinity Transformation cultivator from the Ao Family was missing, and another was serving at the border.

"Twenty years have passed, things are not as they were."

Xie Jiuniang felt a bit less weighed down.

Even the most powerful forces could crumble, provided the method used was right.

It may not be known without calculation, but totaling up the losses of the Divinity Transformation cultivators from the seven families could be astonishing.

Whether or not it was related to her, in total, the seven families lost nine Divinity Transformation cultivators.

Actually, there was more. There was the Tree Demon of the Gongsun Family who had reached the Peak of Divinity Transformation—whether dead or alive, it was uncertain, only that it had vanished. And there was the Ao Family’s Guardian Giant Whale, each of which could be a lord of its domain when considered alone.

The losses of these families were not just these.

In addition, there were the vast amounts of resources and the "responsibilities" extorted and forced upon them by Tianxu Sect.

If you asked which of the seven families was most annoyed by the Child of Destiny, they despised the Tianxu Sect the most.

In the eyes of certain people from the aristocratic families, the powers of the Tianxu Sect were like a bunch of hypocritical bandits. Just give them an excuse, and they would skin a layer off the victim.

Like slicing flesh with a dull knife, it was painfully unbearable, yet one couldn’t die from it.

The people now were probably living in constant apprehension, but that did not stop them from wanting to kill her.

Next, she needed to think carefully about what to do.

Xie Jiuniang channeled her Spiritual Power into the Great Sun Golden Flame.

Having caused a stir with the Contracted Beast issue, she hadn’t left Zhengyang Peak lately.

"Dog owner, it’s right for you not to go out. The stories about you have spread everywhere again, heh heh heh," Jian Lingyan said with schadenfreude.

Xie Jiuniang arched a brow, "Tell me, what is everyone saying?"

"Some people actually worship you. Their values really are something else," Jian Lingyan said disdainfully, deliberately choosing some rather unflattering comments to relay to Xie Jiuniang.

Xie Jiuniang sighed for no reason, "I’ve noticed you’re no longer that naïve little Sword Spirit you used to be."

"Of course, I have recalled many things," Jian Lingyan boasted, but halfway through, sensing something amiss, forcibly swallowed his words back.

Xie Jiuniang gradually recovered the Spiritual Power she had expended.

She took out the Time Leaf and activated foresight.

[As night falls, stealthily leave Zhengyang Peak for Fafeng, notice Lin Wangchen is in seclusion.

Knock out the disciples guarding the cave dwelling.

Use Little Fatty to sneak into the cave dwelling.

Drug Lin Wangchen, who is in the middle of cultivation, knock him out, use all sorts of torture on him for half an hour, and then leave...]

She emerged from the foresight.

Xie Jiuniang laughed in a sinister way.

Her mood had soured, and she felt like venting her frustrations on Lin Wangchen.

So, that very night, Xie Jiuniang told the four Great Demons not to follow her and once again sneaked off to Fafeng alone.

She easily found her way to Lin Wangchen’s cave dwelling.

As she had foreseen, she knocked out the disciple guarding the entrance, slipped into the cave dwelling, knocked the person inside unconscious, and then neatly proceeded to beat him up, using various forms of torture.

It wasn’t until she had released the pent-up frustration inside her that she stopped.

She saw Lin Wangchen lying flat on the ground like a dead pig.

Before leaving, Xie Jiuniang took out some ink and brush.

She wrote the character for "cheap" on his left cheek, and "person" on his right.

"Little Jianjian, how does it look? Nice, isn’t it?"

"So childish."

Jian Lingyan told itself that it was now a mature Sword Spirit, far above engaging in such juvenile acts that only a child would partake in.

Jian Lingyan said with disdain, "You’d be better off looting his possessions for something practical."

"I’m not interested in that stuff."

Xie Jiuniang truly wasn’t interested.

In her previous life, Lin Wangchen had a few good items on him, probably fortunes he found after achieving his Golden Core, but in this life, since his path to immortality had been cut off, those fortunes were forever beyond his reach.

After erasing her tracks, she quietly left Fafeng again.

She notably did not reactivate the Formation.

Come morning, when the disciple guarding the entrance woke up, the first thing he would see was Lin Wangchen’s miserable state.

Having walked some distance from Fafeng,

Xie Jiuniang stepped onto Broken Sword, "Let’s go back to Zhengyang Peak."

"Got it."

Compared to the erratic dog of a master, it considered itself a mature and steady spirit, "This family would really be lost without me."

Xie Jiuniang’s mouth twitched.

Just as she returned to Zhengyang Peak, she suddenly noticed a fire in the orchard halfway up the mountain, and upon scanning with her Divine Sense,

"Wow, is Xuanyuan out of confinement?" Xie Jiuniang directed Broken Sword toward the flames.

Laughter and cheerful voices came from the orchard.

A bonfire was burning brightly, with Demonic Beast Meat roasting over it.

It was the Xie Family’s young ones, Bai Mudan, Song Baobao, Xuanyuan You, and more than a dozen others.

In addition, there were Dashan and the Little Golden Monkey.

The Little Golden Monkey was currently perched on Xuanyuan You’s head, nibbling on a Spirit Fruit.

Xuanyuan You was animatedly sharing the latest gossip, which happened to be the astonishing news about the Water Kirin.

Hearing this, Xie Jiuniang, who was midway in flight, stopped.

Watching quietly from the shadows for a while, she turned Broken Sword around and headed back to her cave dwelling.

The four Great Demons in hiding were surprised.

"What is the young master doing..." Xiong Zhun wondered.

She Mei guessed, "Maybe she’s too shy to go out?"

"Probably doesn’t want to waste time," Jiu Lai hit the nail on the head.

Lang Kai agreed, "Ultimately, the young master is different from them. They can live carefree and comfortably, but the young master bears too much."

The Demon Emperor thought that sending the four of them would be sufficient to ensure the young master’s safety, but reality taught them that Nascent Soul strength alone was far from enough, as they never even had the chance to lift a finger.

It wasn’t that the young master hadn’t faced danger.

It was that in the face of such danger, they were essentially of no use.

Lang Kai suddenly said despondently, "I think we should send the message back."

"We didn’t know how many there were in the Human race at the stage of Divinity Transformation until we left the Central Region. We can’t protect the young master..." Xiong Zhun was equally disheartened.

The four Great Demons had been greatly demoralized this period.

In truth, they knew much more than Xie Jiuniang thought they did. If they didn’t possess some unique abilities, the Demon Emperor might not have valued them as much and assigned them to Xie Jiuniang’s side.

The explosion of the Semi-Immortal Artifact finally made them face reality.

After discussing, they unanimously decided to have Jiu Lai send a truthful message back to the Demon Emperor’s Palace.