The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 386 - 385: Wannian Medicine Pond

Chapter 386: Chapter 385: Wannian Medicine Pond

After leaving Old Yan.

Chaoyan brought people to his own cave dwelling, "Alright, tell me what you’ve done this time?"

"Nothing much, just stole the treasury of the Medical Immortal Valley’s secret ground, and then casually blew up their forbidden area." The matter with Medical Immortal Valley, she believed, wouldn’t take long to spread.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t hide anything.

Chaoyan felt a mix of emotions, a bit proud yet also bittersweet.

His disciple was far more impressive and powerful than he had been at her age. Such deeds were only something he’d dreamt about when young and never actually done. Could this be considered "the student surpassing the master"?

Actually, Xie Jiuniang didn’t know.

The destruction of the Medical Immortal Valley’s forbidden area spread even faster than she had anticipated, and the higher-ups of Tianxu Sect had already received the news; Chaoyan also knew from Chaoruo, but the outside world didn’t know as many details as Xie Jiuniang had provided.

For example, the theft of the Mo Family’s secret ground hadn’t been revealed.

The version that spread was that Medical Immortal Valley suddenly came under attack, its forbidden area had been flattened by a mysterious person using Thunder Explosive Beads.

Chaoyan then said, "There’s news that the incident at the Mo Family was done by the Lin Family."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I went there disguised as Lin Wangchen." Xie Jiuniang mentioned, as if it just occurred to her.

Chaoyan’s mouth twitched slightly.

Lin Wangchen sure had some bad luck running into his disciple.

It’s just that the Lin Family wasn’t exactly innocent either.

Xie Jiuniang remembered something, "Master, may I ask you a question?"

"What question?"

"The people we sent to the Northern Region last time, was there a traitor among them?"

"There was a bit of a problem, someone among them had some family relation to the Nangong Family of the Northern Region, and your senior uncle didn’t find out." Chaoyan did not elaborate further.

Xie Jiuniang understood.

With family relations, one might drop a hint or two, trying to do a favor.

And look what happened, it turned into a big problem.

Fortunately, Chaoruo reacted promptly, and although it didn’t lead to a greater loss, a significant amount of resources was still lost. Chaoyan hadn’t gone into detail about this with Xie Jiuniang.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t ask any further.

After all, it was already in the past.

Chaoyan personally escorted Xie Jiuniang out of the Sect Secret Ground.

This time, Xie Jiuniang’s excursion to cause trouble in the Medical Immortal Valley and Mo Family was a secret departure from the Sect, publicly announced as a retreat.

She had just returned to Zhengyang Peak.

Jian Lingyan suddenly became as frantic as if gone mad, "Wow wow wow wow, dog owner, hurry back to the cave dwelling, hurry back!"

"What’s the matter?"

Xie Jiuniang headed straight to her cave dwelling.

Upon opening her dwelling, she saw a plump little toddler lying on the only straw mat in the cave, sound asleep and snoring away.

Broken Sword flew out, circling the little fatty joyfully twice.

Once sure it was the genuine article, it tapped on the little fatty’s head with the sword.

"You little rascal!"

Jian Lingyan pretended to be angry and tapped again, "You made this divine sword worry about you, you deserve a beating!"

The little fatty, groggy from being woken up, immediately grinned upon seeing Broken Sword, showing a mouthful of tiny white teeth, "Sword Sword! Giggles."

With a pounce, he hugged Broken Sword.

"Let go of me, I’m still mad at you," Jian Lingyan playfully scolded the little fatty.

One chasing, one fleeing, it was a familiar scene.

Xie Jiuniang looked at the little fatty with confusion.

This kid, could he actually be an Immortal Artifact?

She went forward, lifted the little fatty with one hand, examining him from left to right, but couldn’t make heads or tails of him. The little fatty was exceptionally well-behaved in her hands, giggling and trying to please her.

Xie Jiuniang poked his chubby cheek, "Tell me, where did you go?"

"Garden, house missing." The little fatty replied with a babyish voice.

Xie Jiuniang raised an eyebrow, "The Spiritual Medicine Garden in the Mo Family’s secret ground, moved out?"

Little Fatty clenched his little chubby fists, "Move, move."

"Well done!" Xie Jiuniang beamed with joy in her heart.

Jian Lingyan now understood as well and circled around Little Fatty several times, asking excitedly, "Little one, did you really move things from the Mo Family’s secret ground? Besides the Spiritual Medicine Garden, what else did you take?"

Little Fatty tilted his little head, "Spirit Vein, pool, pool."

Instantly, both person and sword got it!

Jian Lingyan chuckled gleefully, and Xie Jiuniang was also delighted.

She had been regretting not taking those things, but to think that Little Fatty had done it, and had really let out a big sigh of relief.

At this moment, Xie Jiuniang still didn’t know about what had happened to Lord Bijie. If she had, she would have been even more pleased. Nothing made her happier than seeing an enemy’s misfortune.

She stayed in the cave dwelling for several days.

During these days, Xie Jiuniang was cultivating.

The Wannian Medicine Pond that Little Fatty had dug up had the effect of improving muscles and bones, which was akin to a physical refinement technique, subtly enhancing aptitude.

This was good stuff!

When it was time for a medicinal bath for the one sword and one child, Xie Jiuniang shamelessly followed them in.

However, it was all right for the sword and the child to soak.

Xie Jiuniang was different. Just smelling the strong medicinal fragrance in the pool invigorated the spirit. At first, soaking felt fine, but gradually, her body felt as if countless ants were biting her.

It was both painful and itchy.

From the surface of the skin to the deeper layers.

This kind of medicinal bath often granted greater benefits the longer one endured.

Xie Jiuniang bathed in pain yet pleasure, simultaneously cultivating to distract herself from the discomfort.

The spiritual energy in Little Fatty’s treasure grove was only average.

Continuing to cultivate there would be burdensome for Little Fatty.

Therefore, in order to speed up her cultivation, she directly used top-grade Spiritual Liquid.

The Spiritual Liquid she had previously used for cultivation was suitable for those at the Golden Core Stage. However, the top-grade Spiritual Liquid had very pure and rich spiritual energy, generally only suitable for Nascent Soul or Divinity Transformation Cultivators.

Xie Jiuniang was bold to use it at the seventh level of her Golden Core!

Of course, she dared to use only a small amount.

But the effects were still very noticeable.

Additionally, her foundation was solid, so as long as there was sufficient spiritual energy, her cultivation would naturally improve.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

Outside Xie Jiuniang’s cave dwelling, all was calm.

Unbeknownst to others, she had made another breakthrough, and, sensibly, after reaching the eighth level of her Golden Core, she stopped advancing and instead focused on solidifying her cultivation base.

She then used the surplus spiritual energy to temper her body.

She stayed immersed in the Wannian Medicine Pond all the while.

When Xie Jiuniang stopped cultivating and opened her eyes again, she was ecstatic with the changes in her body.

"My fussy master, what benefits did you gain?" Broken Sword was leisurely soaking in the medicine pond.

Xie Jiuniang suppressed the corners of her mouth that were turning up, "My body has become even more resilient, as have my Dantian and meridians. Also, there’s the Spirit Root, which seems to have grown a bit larger and has become purer."

Jian Lingyan wondered, "How come I don’t feel any benefits?"

"Oh, you did." Xie Jiuniang teased.

"Really? I didn’t feel anything."

"You did. Haven’t you noticed you’ve become even more glossy and bright?" Xie Jiuniang said while bluffing, and she tried to operate her Cultivation Technique. It flowed more smoothly than before, and the speed was faster too.

However, when she looked at the water in the medicine pond.

It was clear, the medicinal effects were gone...

It was just one sword and one child splashing around in the water.

The scene was simply incredible!

Xie Jiuniang examined the medicine pond.

Typically, such a medicine pond would have diminished effects after being used. To benefit again, one would have to add Spirit Plants and other heavenly treasures, wait for them to settle for some time, and then the medicinal effects would be restored.

Xie Jiuniang did not know the formula.

So, she left the Wannian Medicine Pond untouched for the time being.