Chapter 78: You Can Only Like Me (4)
Jiang Zhiyan frowned: “How did she know I was in the Demon Realm?”
“Who knows, maybe you two are bound by some kind of contract?” the System speculated.
“I don’t think so,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at the communication jade. “If we were bound by a contract, how could I not know?”
“Is it possible that it’s not you who’s bound… but your communication jade?” The System checked Su Huo’s situation.
Jiang Zhiyan: ?
She looked at the communication jade in her hand and noticed a blinking red dot next to Su Huo’s name. She clicked on it, and seeing what popped up, she was a little shocked.
“Who designed this? It even has location sharing?” Jiang Zhiyan twitched slightly. “And it’s always been on.”
[Su Huo: Forget it, don’t come save me, I don’t think you’ll make it in time. If I die, half of my inheritance goes to Master, and half to you.]
After saying that, Su Huo sent her inheritance list.
Jiang Zhiyan looked at the list Su Huo sent and twitched the corner of her mouth again.
First item: Six men she was currently flirting with, followed by their names, heights, cultivation levels, sects, and personalities. Mm, there were even portraits, they all looked decent, but Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t interested.
Second item: Three magic weapons (worthless).
Third item: Owes sixty thousand spirit stones to the Wanbao Pavilion.
[Jiang Zhiyan: I’m coming to save you, pay your own debts.]
[Su Huo: Forget it, there are too many demonic beasts, you can’t beat them.]
Jiang Zhiyan put away the communication jade. She wasn’t particularly eager to save Su Huo, but she was going mining, and having an extra pair of hands would be helpful. It was really strange that the original owner would be friends with Su Huo.
The Joyful Union Sect wasn’t considered an evil sect in this world, but neither was it fully accepted by the righteous sects, both sides disliked it. The original owner was a direct disciple of the Myriad Swords Sect, one of the top sects in this world, currently the strongest in terms of overall strength.
Su Huo sat in the cave, looking at the cracks in the barrier, and sighed. As expected, one shouldn’t be too greedy, if she had left earlier, she wouldn’t be trapped here. She glanced at the storage pouches she had just found on the ground; if she could sell these, she would be able to pay off her debt to the Wanbao Pavilion.
Su Huo looked at the communication jade, at the red dot rapidly approaching, sat up, and took a deep breath.
She shouldn’t have told Jiang Zhiyan, what could a mere early Golden Core cultivator do? Was there someone else with her? Hopefully, there was, otherwise, they would both die here.
The demonic beasts outside suddenly became agitated and violent. Su Huo went to the edge of the barrier and saw a sword qi, with overwhelming force, clearing a path through the tide of demonic beasts.
Jiang Zhiyan landed gracefully. Before Su Huo could see clearly, with a flick of her wrist, she cut off the heads of three demonic beasts that were attacking her. She watched as one of the heads rolled to the barrier.
These demonic beasts understood the principle of seeking advantage and avoiding harm. Seeing Jiang Zhiyan’s power, they retreated two steps. Jiang Zhiyan swung her sword to the left, and they immediately turned and fled.
Su Huo’s jaw dropped even further, and she rushed out as soon as the barrier opened: “Did you break through?”
“No.”
“No? You seem much stronger than before.” Su Huo didn’t dwell on the question, exclaiming, “So cool, no wonder you dared to come alone, I’m almost in love with you, come here, let’s split the loot.”
“Split the loot?” Jiang Zhiyan asked back.
“No, I picked them up from the ground,” Su Huo pointed to a pile of storage pouches on the ground. “Their owners are all dead, so they unlocked automatically, I checked, there’s quite a bit of good stuff, and these storage pouches can be sold too, hehe.”
Jiang Zhiyan squatted down and checked, frowning: “Don’t sell the storage pouches.”
“What?”
“They have sect markings, just sell the contents inside.”
“Ah…” Su Huo sighed, slightly disappointed. “What are you doing in the Demon Realm? I remember the border is under martial law, does your brother know you’re here?”
“Mining Star River Ore, you’re coming with me.”
“Huh?” Su Huo frowned, her expression becoming serious. “Doesn’t that mean going deep into the Demon Realm? What if we can’t find it and can’t come back? Why do you suddenly need Star River Ore?”
“I want to refine a sword,” Jiang Zhiyan sheathed her sword. “Let’s go.”
Su Huo followed behind Jiang Zhiyan and couldn’t help but ask: “Just the two of us? Are you sure?”
“I’m sure.”
“The demonic beasts here are much stronger than the ones on the outskirts, think carefully.” Su Huo felt like Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t thinking straight, she hoped the other party would come to her senses.
“It won’t be a problem.”
“Actually, I don’t really want to go…” What was the difference between going deep into the Demon Realm and dying here?
Jiang Zhiyan looked back at Su Huo: “We really won’t die.”
“You came to save me because you wanted me to help you mine, right?” Su Huo suddenly understood.
Jiang Zhiyan didn’t speak.
“As expected.” Su Huo complained, then said melancholically, “Let’s go, if I die, remember to retrieve my body, I don’t want to be buried in the Demon Realm, take my body back and bury me somewhere with beautiful scenery.”
“I told you, we won’t die.” Jiang Zhiyan summoned her sword, seeing Su Huo slowly taking out her magic weapon, pulled her up, and said, “Hold on tight.”
“What?” Su Huo didn’t hear clearly.
The next second, the sword shot off, and Su Huo screamed.
The System, looking at Su Huo, silently lit a candle for her.
Su Huo had cultivated for many years, she also knew how to fly a sword and enjoyed soaring through the air, but compared to Jiang Zhiyan’s speed, she felt incredibly weak.
She squatted on the sword, then lay down on it, hugging it tightly.
“Can you slow down!” Su Huo shouted.
“No, we have to get there today.”
“Why are we in such a hurry?” Su Huo closed her eyes. Although there was a wind-blocking formation, she still felt like her face was being battered by the wind.
Jiang Zhiyan deliberately avoided the demon cities. If they flew over them, they might be discovered by the City Lords, which would be troublesome, she didn’t want to alert anyone.
“Most of the Star River Ore in the Demon Realm is controlled by the Demon Kings, where are we going to find unclaimed ore?” Su Huo sighed. “Isn’t your sword good enough?”
“It’s a gift,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“For who?” Su Huo looked up sharply.
Now that there was gossip to listen to, she suddenly didn’t find the journey so terrifying.
“Someone you met the other day? There’s no need to give such an expensive gift,” Su Huo said. “Most of the people there are just casual acquaintances, not close friends.”
“No, I didn’t participate, I left directly,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“It’s normal that you didn’t like anyone there, you’ve always had high standards.” Su Huo blinked. “So who is it? Don’t tell me it’s your brother? Is there someone I don’t know about? Haven’t you won them over yet? I can help you think of a way.”
“Song Jin’yue,” Jiang Zhiyan said, interrupting Su Huo’s baseless speculations.
Su Huo: ???
“Huh?” Su Huo was confused, thinking she had misheard. “You and her made up? Didn’t you want to kill her before?”
“Am I that vicious?”
“Probably,” Su Huo couldn’t see Jiang Zhiyan’s expression. “What are you thinking? That’s Star River Iron! Come to your senses, why not keep it and forge a sword for yourself? Don’t you also not have a natal magic weapon? The Song family is in decline now, you can just buy her a high-grade spiritual sword.”
“A high-grade spiritual sword will eventually need to be replaced, it’s better to go for the best right away.”
“Why are you suddenly so good to her? Does she have something on you?” Su Huo felt that she was quite clever, otherwise, she would have died long ago considering the things she had done, but she couldn’t understand the reason for Jiang Zhiyan’s change.
“No reason, I just want to give it to her.”
Su Huo was silent for a long time.
“I’m speechless, Song Jin’yue is muddle-headed, and you’re also muddle-headed, don’t criticize her anymore, is there any difference between you two? No.”
“I already have a natal magic weapon,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“Haha,” Su Huo gave a dry laugh and lay down again.
“You can also use Star River Iron to refine a magic weapon.”
Su Huo closed her eyes: “Forget it, I’ll sell it, if I keep it, it’ll just be stolen, and our sect doesn’t have the ability to refine Star River Iron… wait, you mined this Star River Iron, who are you going to ask to refine it?”
“I’ll do it myself.”
Su Huo looked up at the back of Jiang Zhiyan’s head: “We’ve only been apart for a short time, why have you suddenly become so capable?”
“Improving secretly behind my back, I’ll rely on you in the future, protect me, thanks.” Su Huo looked down. “How can you tell the direction? The Demon Realm looks the same everywhere, have you been here before?”
“Just fly in that direction.”
Su Huo: …
She didn’t know how to retort.
Spiritual energy was scarce in the Demon Realm. Jiang Zhiyan took two Replenishing Spirit Pills along the way and flew straight to the location marked by the System.
Su Huo looked around, frowning: “It’s a good thing I have strong willpower, otherwise, I would have fallen into demonic cultivation on the spot.”
Jiang Zhiyan handed Su Huo a bottle of pills: “Take one every three hours.”
Su Huo opened the bottle, took a pill, and swallowed it. Her mind cleared up considerably, and she looked at Jiang Zhiyan: “If you like girls, do you want to consider me?”
Jiang Zhiyan ignored her and looked around.
The reddish-black land was cracked, and looking down, she couldn’t see the bottom, thick demonic aura occasionally erupting from the cracks. No one knew what was beneath the surface.
Only pure-blooded demons could adapt to this environment, even for ordinary demon cultivators, it was harsh and easy to lose their minds. It was a great challenge for Jiang Zhiyan and Su Huo.
“We can only stay here for three days at most,” Su Huo said. “So have you found the ore yet?”
“Over there,” Jiang Zhiyan pointed to a small hill not far away. “Underground.”
“How do we get down there?” Su Huo’s jaw dropped.
“Split it open,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“Such a big commotion will definitely attract attention,” Su Huo frowned. “Think clearly.”
“We’ll use an array to cover the entire hill first.”
Su Huo extended her hand: “Please, I can’t help you with that, I can only be your manual laborer.”
“Mm,” Jiang Zhiyan nodded, but didn’t move.
This Star River Ore mine would eventually be claimed by the male lead. There was a monstrous beast guarding it, which was why the Demon Kings hadn’t touched it yet.
“Stay outside, there’s something inside the mountain, you can come in after I deal with it,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“Okay,” Su Huo nodded vigorously. She wasn’t good at fighting, such things weren’t suitable for her. “Be careful.”
“Mm.” Jiang Zhiyan took out a chessboard from her storage pouch and flew to the top of the mountain. She threw the chessboard down, and it rapidly expanded, covering the mountain.
Su Huo watched from afar as Jiang Zhiyan tapped twice in the air and disappeared.
She wondered how much Jiang Zhiyan had spent on this Star River Ore. Su Huo looked around, took out her life-saving magic weapon, and concealed her aura. If she encountered any demons here, she would probably die.
Jiang Zhiyan surveyed the mountain in front of her, made a quick analysis, raised her sword, and slashed at the mountain several times. The mountain began to collapse, and a pure black demonic beast, covered in scales, jumped out and shook itself. It was half the size of the mountain, or perhaps, the mountain was formed because of it.
It opened its large mouth and roared at Jiang Zhiyan, clearly very unhappy about being woken up. She didn’t know how long it had been since it last brushed its teeth, the stench was overwhelming, thankfully Jiang Zhiyan had held her breath in advance.
“I want the Star River Ore,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
It roared again. Jiang Zhiyan threw the Demonic Sword she had prepared earlier. The beast’s eyes widened, and it closed its mouth, clearly recognizing the aura of the Demonic Sword. While it was stunned, she attacked the weak point marked by the System with her own sword.
Jiang Zhiyan’s sword intent was “destruction,” having nothing to do with “righteousness.” She couldn’t tell the beast’s cultivation level, after thirty or forty consecutive attacks, a wound finally appeared on its “weak point,” the difference in their strength was quite significant.
And it also reacted. There was only the Demonic Sword, no Demon Lord, and because of this, it became even more furious at this “little thief” who had taken the Demonic Sword and dared to provoke it.
Jiang Zhiyan nimbly dodged its attack and retrieved the Demonic Sword.
It roared; Jiang Zhiyan couldn’t understand its language, but she could sense its emotions, it was angry at the Demonic Sword.
The Demonic Sword also understood, but it felt wronged.
Jiang Zhiyan changed the direction of her sword, which transformed in her hand and rapidly absorbed energy from the surroundings. A second later, she fired an energy blast at the beast.
The blast pierced through the beast’s armor, the un extinguished flames burning its flesh and bones. The beast recoiled in pain, enraged, and lunged at her.
Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow: “As expected, this thing is very useful.”
System: …
Where did Jiang Zhiyan get this cheat weapon?
The Demonic Sword, which had wanted to regain its face, was a bit dejected. It had once been the top weapon in both realms, but now it was surpassed by this unknown object.
“Me,” the Demonic Sword suddenly spoke.
Jiang Zhiyan: ?
The Demonic Sword flew out and stabbed into the beast’s left eye.
“Is this considered healthy competition?” Jiang Zhiyan fired a few more blasts at the beast, and the Demonic Sword, not to be outdone, stabbed into its right eye.
The beast wanted to swat the Demonic Sword to the ground, but the Demonic Sword was much more agile than this massive creature. During their struggle, it shifted its body, revealing a deep hole, from which a faint blue light emanated. A single blue light wasn’t very noticeable, but together, they looked like a galaxy.
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