Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

After a simple talk, Hong Yuye fell silent. She focused on grinding more cinnabar.

Jiang Hao poured tea for her.

Hong Yuye stopped grinding and picked up the talisman brush. She then began to draw.

A red light appeared and wandered around the talisman.

A mysterious power bloomed inside.

It was as if there was a vast door releasing power inside.

Jiang Hao looked carefully, but he did not understand much of it.

After a while, the talisman was complete.

For a moment, the runes dimmed. There was no light coming from it anymore.

Hong Yuye gently picked up the talisman. After confirming that there was no problem, she waved it casually.

Whoosh!

The talisman flew out and disappeared into the horizon.

Jiang Hao was a little worried. He did not know if he would be discovered.

“Are you worried that someone from the Heavenly Note Sect will find out?” Hong Yuye asked.

“Elder Baizhi has become an immortal,” Jiang Hao said.

He did not say anything else.

“She just became an immortal. Other than her, there’s probably only the Sect Master who is strong enough. But you said she was dead, didn’t you? What’s there to worry about?”

“That is only a guess,” he said.

Although that was his guess, he still had to be careful.

There was a high chance that he might be wrong about it.

After all, there was news of the other party coming out of seclusion. There was almost no other news other than that.

Hong Yuye smiled but did not say anything.

Then, she drank her tea.

Jiang Hao did not talk too much and instead prepared for the gathering.

He wanted to go through the notebook to make sure he had not forgotten anything before the gathering.

The last gathering was around March last year.

A year and four months had passed since then.

It had been the longest gap between the gathering till now.

Many things had changed in that duration.

At midnight, the gathering began.

Without hesitation, Jiang Hao closed his eyes and entered the tablet.

Hong Yuye watched quietly.

She did not make any sudden movements.

….

In the East, a peak towered over the neighboring mountains.

The top was already covered in snow.

At that moment, a figure climbed up and gasped for breath.

Every step was difficult.

His arm was bleeding.

“Amazing!”

Bai Yi raised his head and looked at the endless mountain peak in shock.

The Heavenly Tower.

It was like an endless abyss.

Normally, a leap into an abyss would suffice, but here, one had to keep climbing upward.

He had felt fear for several months now.

There was nothing around but snow.

The edge of the mountain peak was completely devoid of spiritual energy, and cultivation would be sealed off.

“What exactly is up there?”

Although this place was strange, it greatly helped him.

Yet the higher he climbed, the more he felt an endless pressure as if he would be completely engulfed by the wind and snow.

Before long, he saw a protruding rock. It was a good place to take a break.

It took him quite some time, but he finally made it up. He felt chilled to the bone.

There was a statue that sat cross-legged. It was covered in snow.

‘Who is that?’ Bai Yi was stunned.

…

“Any cultivation issues?”

Senior Dan Yuan’s voice rang out.

Jiang Hao felt quite nostalgic. It had been a long time since he heard that voice, but no one responded.

A little over a year was not enough for the people in the gathering to ask questions about cultivation.

Then, he asked about the Four Great Monsters.

According to Liu, strange beasts were stirring up the sea overseas. They were extremely peculiar, but no one had been able to capture them yet.

It was hard to tell if they were anything like the Four Great Monsters.

After that was the trading segment.

Gui, who had experienced so much in the past year, spoke up. “I entered the Ancient Sword Cliff, obtained a dragon egg, as well as real dragon resources, and even acquired a means to suppress evil corpses.”

Everyone was surprised.

Gui was very lucky.

Gui sighed. “But I can’t hand over the items to you right away, Friend Jing. I dare not go out right now. So, I can’t reach the tower yet.”

Jiang Hao was surprised. With Gui’s strength, she should not have failed.

It seemed there had been unexpected events.

However, it was not urgent. A year or two more did not matter much.

Zhang said, “The Heavenly Corpse Pill has been delivered.”

“I received them,” Gui said. “Thank you so much.”

Currently, these were the only transactions in the gathering. The others were waiting. There was not much to participate in.

The gathering then proceeded to the discussion phase.

Jiang Hao waited quietly. These people must have encountered quite a lot in such a long time.

“The Twelve Heavenly Kings gained support from the Sacred Bandits,” Liu said.

“Is there a possibility for the Twelve Celestial Kings to become immortals after all?” Zhang asked.

Everyone looked at Jiang Hao. No one knew more about this matter than he did.

Faced with such a question, Jiang Hao furrowed his brows.

Was it highly likely?

That was not clear. It was his last resort.

It afforded him a glimmer of hope.

Jing’s silence made the others realize that the matter was not so simple after all.

Throughout history, no one had achieved such a feat, and it could not be accomplished with mere support from others.

“I have a question,” Gui said. “If the Twelve Heavenly Kings really want to become immortals, can such a person exist in history who could open the path to immortality?”

This question puzzled Xing and Liu.

It seemed so.

If one could not even open the path to immortality, how could that person give false hope to the Twelve Heavenly Kings?

Jiang Hao remained silent.

He was not sure. But there was indeed such a possibility.

When the time came, he could ask for help from the people at the gathering.

These people were not ordinary folks. Perhaps they possessed immense luck.

They could lend him a helping hand.

But it was too early to think about such matters.

“Let me tell you about the North. It’s currently in chaos, and I went to the Divine Corpse Sect. It was smooth sailing before entering the Ancient Sword Cliff. But after going in, as soon as I acquired the method to suppress the evil corpses, those evil corpses seemed to have noticed. Then they surrounded the Ancient Sword Cliff and waited for me to come out. They’re still waiting, but I don’t intend to go out,” said Gui.

Jiang Hao was surprised. He had not expected Gui to struggle so much.

“The Corpse Ancestor has already gone to the Divine Corpse Sect, probably for those evil corpses,” Zhang said.

Gui breathed a sigh of relief.

If he really came here, then she would be safe.

Of course, she would not venture out until the Corpse Ancestor left.

“There have been many incidents overseas lately. There’s news from the Twelve Heavenly Kings that King Mu Longyu’s token can be used to enter other warehouses of the kings. It seems they are deliberately spreading this message,” said Liu.

Jiang Hao listened attentively. It was indeed a message from the Twelve Heavenly Kings to him.

If he found time, he could go.

“There’s news from the Clear Sky Sect,” Xing said. “Shang An has left the Clear Sky School, saying he wants to go to the highest peak in the North. I don’t know the details yet.”

Shang An left the Clear Sky School and headed to the North.

Such people had their own paths to walk, and others would not understand their reasons.

Besides, they seemed to be able to sense when something was amiss.

He wondered if they could discover something new.