After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 34 - Soft Rice

Chapter 34: Soft Rice

(TLN: Soft Rice, usually means a man relying on a woman.)

“I’ll offer an extra thousand spirit stones,” Jiang Huai said slowly after pondering for a moment.

The Blood Sandalwood Flower was the most important ingredient in Jiang Huai’s prescription, crucial for improving the spiritual veins of Wen Wanwan’s sister, Wen Fufu, and indispensable.

Elder Qin sighed deeply, his face showing difficulty, “The key point is, Li Qiusheng doesn’t really need the Blood Sandalwood Flower. He only said so because he knew you wanted it.”

Elder Qin used to be a member of Alchemy Mountain and naturally understood the stakes.

Li Qiusheng was the eldest son of Li Xiaqian, the sect master of Alchemy Mountain. Elder Qin, also a member of Alchemy Mountain, found himself in a difficult position, caught in the middle. Moreover, the herb was no longer in his possession but in the hands of Alchemy Mountain.

Recently, Jiang Huai had injured Li Qiusheng’s younger brother, Li Qiuyuan, at the inner sect competition, not to mention his old grudges with some of the younger disciples and elders of Alchemy Mountain. That’s why Elder Qin looked so worried.

“Is the Blood Sandalwood Flower in his possession now?” Jiang Huai asked.

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll go get it from him,” Jiang Huai said with a light laugh.

“I’ll handle this matter. Elder Qin, don’t worry. Please take care of the rest of the herbs.”

Elder Qin seemed to want to say more, but seeing Jiang Huai’s relaxed expression, he simply nodded.

Alchemy Mountain was one of the five major branches of Tianxuan Sect, and its sect master, Li Xiaqian, was a seventh-realm combined body cultivator. He had only two children, Li Qiusheng and Li Qiuyuan, and naturally cherished them greatly.

Jiang Huai then remembered that not only had he had a conflict with Li Qiuyuan a few days ago, but he had also beaten Li Qiusheng before. Without his instigation, those disciples would not have bullied Zhao Shiyi so much.

He had fought many Alchemy Mountain disciples that day, and anyone who dared to come up had their tendons picked by him. Almost half of the Alchemy Mountain disciples were his enemies. Despite this, Jiang Huai still headed to Alchemy Mountain.

Not alone, though, as Luo Qingyu was still clinging tightly to his arm.

After a short while, Jiang Huai arrived at Alchemy Mountain. The disciples guarding the mountain asked his purpose, and he said he wanted to see Li Qiusheng to get something. They let him pass, but soon a large group of Alchemy Mountain disciples gathered and headed towards the main hall.

Jiang Huai reached the summit, where many Alchemy Mountain disciples were already standing before him, and Li Qiusheng, the one he was looking for, was sitting in a chair with a pot of wine on the table, lazily reclining, with a Junior Sister gently massaging his shoulders.

Li Qiusheng was dressed in a black robe and was quite handsome. Rumor had it that he had been involved with many female disciples of Alchemy Mountain.

In front of Jiang Huai stood over a hundred Alchemy Mountain disciples, with Li Qiuyuan among them, while Jiang Huai had only Luo Qingyu by his side. Jiang Huai’s gaze fell on Li Qiusheng, who did not look at him but lazily squinted his eyes as if admiring the moon in the sky.

“Did you take my Blood Sandalwood Flower?” Jiang Huai spoke indifferently.

Li Qiusheng did not respond, and the female disciple behind him continued to gently massage his shoulders. He kept looking at the moon, ignoring Jiang Huai’s words.

Seeing that he remained silent, Jiang Huai was not impatient but just quietly watched him. Clearly, he had more patience than Li Qiusheng. After about half the time it takes an incense stick to burn, Li Qiusheng finally lowered his head and looked at Jiang Huai in front of him.

“The Blood Sandalwood Flower is an item of the sect. I bought it with spirit stones. When did it become yours?”

“Do you really need that Blood Sandalwood Flower?”

“I do, for body refining.”

Li Qiusheng replied with a smile, his eyes playful, “Why, do you want it?”

“Yes.”

“Ten thousand spirit stones, I’ll sell it to you.”

As soon as Li Qiusheng said this, a burst of laughter came from the Alchemy Mountain disciples behind him.

They knew the price of the Blood Sandalwood Flower, a spirit medicine worth about three thousand spirit stones. Now, in Li Qiusheng’s mouth, the price had tripled, and they found it satisfying to vent their anger this way.

However, just two breaths after Li Qiusheng’s words, Jiang Huai took out a ten thousand spirit stone note from Ziyun Pavilion and said lightly.

“Take it.”

Li Qiusheng looked at the spirit stone note in his hand. They were still some distance apart, and he did not use spiritual energy to attract it.

Instead, he said playfully, “I haven’t finished yet. Besides the ten thousand spirit stones, there’s another condition.”

“Speak.”

“Three years ago, you came to our Alchemy Mountain and broke the tendons of many Alchemy Mountain disciples. Even if I’m willing to give you this Blood Sandalwood Flower, my Junior Brothers behind me won’t agree. Don’t believe me? I’ll ask them for you. Do you agree?”

Naturally, the crowd of disciples behind him responded in chaos, disagreeing.

“So, what do you say? How can you agree?” Li Qiusheng gently grabbed the slender wrist of the girl behind him, holding her palm in his hand and playing with it.

“Let him kneel and kowtow loudly!”

“Let him break his own tendons!”

“Let him crawl around Alchemy Mountain like a dog!”

The Alchemy Mountain disciples, emboldened by Li Qiusheng, shouted louder than the last, clearly finding it particularly satisfying to vent their anger.

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Jiang Huai’s composure was learned from Chu Xianning. He showed no sign of annoyance. The more annoyed a person is, the more vulnerable they appear. So he simply put the spirit stone note back into his pocket.

“So, you’re not planning to give me the Blood Sandalwood Flower?”

“Do you still plan to snatch it?” Li Qiusheng let go of the girl’s hand and sat up a bit straighter.

“Three years ago, I could break your tendons once, and even now that my cultivation is ruined, I can still do it. Do you dare to come up and try?” Jiang Huai looked at Li Qiusheng with contempt.

“Jiang Huai Senior Brother is so imposing. How could I have such courage?”

Li Qiusheng’s voice inevitably carried a sarcastic tone, “I wouldn’t dare to lay a hand on Jiang Huai Senior Brother. If something happened to you, your master would come to our Alchemy Mountain to seek justice. But this Blood Sandalwood Flower, I need to keep it for my own body refining, so… please, Jiang Huai Senior Brother, go back. Also, in the future, I want all the Blood Sandalwood Flowers in the sect. Jiang Huai Senior Brother, you should look elsewhere.”

Li Qiusheng was not as impulsive as Li Qiuyuan. Previously, when Li Qiuyuan and Zhao Shiyi were on a mission together, the method to torment Zhao Shiyi was also Li Qiusheng’s idea.

Li Qiuyuan was originally unable to bear Zhao Shiyi’s scolding in the Hall of Enforcement and wanted to take action, but Li Qiusheng stopped him. Private fighting was forbidden in the sect, but if they wanted to torment an ordinary disciple with no background, there were plenty of ways.

He didn’t want to get into a dispute with Jiang Huai, which could lead to Jiang Huai bringing his master to Alchemy Mountain to seek justice. But if he wanted to torment Jiang Huai, he had plenty of methods. Even if Jiang Huai’s cultivation was still intact, he would still be powerless.

As long as he dared to draw his sword now, he would be the unreasonable one. If the matter escalated to the Hall of Enforcement, no one would be able to favor Jiang Huai, especially now that Jiang Huai had lost his cultivation and his status in the sect had plummeted.

Even if he still had fighting power thanks to the Immaculate Golden Body, what would it matter if he couldn’t advance his cultivation in the future?

Sooner or later, he would be surpassed by other disciples.

There was plenty of time in the future, and Li Qiusheng had plenty of time to avenge the sword from years ago.

Jiang Huai suddenly laughed, “Sometimes it’s said that the King of Hell is easy to deal with, but the little devils are troublesome. It’s not without reason.”

“Jiang Huai Senior Brother, you want this Blood Sandalwood Flower for Wen Wanwan’s sister, right?”

“It seems you’re quite well-informed.”

“My grudge with Jiang Huai Senior Brother isn’t just this. I once approached Wen Wanwan, hoping she would give me a chance to take care of her. Unfortunately, in the end, she turned to you. Jiang Huai Senior Brother, if you want this Blood Sandalwood Flower, it’s not impossible. Just go and tell Wen Wanwan to come to my cave tonight. I’ll have a good chat with her, and maybe if I’m in a good mood, I’ll give her the Blood Sandalwood Flower?”

“I may not have the chance to hit you now, but that doesn’t mean I can’t hit you in the inner sect competition.”

Jiang Huai’s smile had completely vanished, “In the inner sect competition, I will break every bone in your body. You won’t be able to get out of bed for a year.”

“I’m so scared,” Li Qiusheng laughed cheerfully, his late-stage Core Formation cultivation aura fully revealed.

Jiang Huai was about to say something more, but at that moment, the girl beside him suddenly stepped forward.

Her snowy white wrist bore her earth-grade famous sword, Qin Yu. With the stimulation of spiritual energy, her spirit sword formed instantly in her hand, which she gripped tightly. She took a step forward, and as Jiang Huai was about to speak, he heard Luo Qingyu speak.

“Wanwan is my good sister. How dare you insult her?”

Luo Qingyu took another step forward, her Ice Soul Profound Body fully activated, and everything around her began to freeze.

Li Qiusheng was taken aback.

“You insult my sister, so I’m going to tear your mouth apart.”

At that moment, Luo Qingyu’s dress fluttered with her spiritual energy, and her usually docile and cute face was now cold and stern.

The killing intent around her was palpable, and the sword in her hand glinted with a faint cold light. She moved forward step by step, like a vengeful ghost coming to claim a life.

Still a very pretty girl ghost.

“What do you want to do? This is Tianxuan Sect, this is Alchemy Mountain!”

Luo Qingyu let out a cold laugh, “You’re asking for it yourself!”

In the next instant, Luo Qingyu’s sword light had arrived, the blade grazing past Li Qiusheng’s lips, leaving a mark as blood began to flow uncontrollably.

Luo Qingyu gave the sword a slight shake, and the bloodstains on the blade disappeared, leaving behind tiny beads of frost.

Li Qiusheng’s wails echoed throughout the mountaintop hall.

Everything had happened so suddenly, and Luo Qingyu was… just too fast.

“You! How dare you… How dare you… you despicable, despicable woman…”

Li Qiusheng’s lips trembled as he reached for his sword, thinking that with his late-stage Core Formation cultivation, he could at least shake Luo Qingyu somewhat. After all, Luo Qingyu was only at the mid-stage of Core Formation cultivation, and he had only been caught off guard for a moment, which was why he had been humiliated like this.

Unfortunately, in the blink of an eye, Luo Qingyu’s sword thrust into his mouth once again. Luo Qingyu twisted the blade, turning it a full circle inside his mouth until it came out with flesh and teeth, and what seemed to be a piece of his tongue.

Only then did Luo Qingyu gently shake her spiritual sword again.

“I am Luo Qingyu, the only daughter of the Qingxuan Sect’s sect master. You dare to insult me?! Kneel now and kowtow a hundred times, and I will spare your life today. Otherwise, no matter who comes, you must die here!”

Jiang Huai stood to the side with his arms crossed, watching the scene with glee.

He never felt ashamed of relying on a woman.