My Wife Might Be a Saintess-Chapter 50 - 49: Swapping the Saintess for Jiuxi

Su Qi pouted. "And to think you said your place was definitely safe with all those arrays. It hasn’t even been that long, and it’s already gone."

Jingyue came over to Su Qi’s side. "And who was it that said that kind of disguise would be useful? It still got stolen, didn’t it? Good thing I didn’t leave anything valuable at home."

"I’ll make a call and have someone go see what the situation is," Su Qi said.

Then Su Qi asked Jingyue, "Senior Sister, are you sure? Is this vine the thing you were talking about?"

Jingyue nodded. "I’m sure."

Su Qi asked nervously, "So?"

Jingyue laughed. "I can’t tell, hahaha."

Su Qi: "..."

Just then, Xiao Xiaomo, who had already regrouped with Chi Xue Child and the others, received a call. "Jiu Xi? Oh, right, there was something I needed to..."

Xiao Xiaomo had been about to mention that Po Xiao wanted to borrow the Balanced Glass Cabinet, but Jiu Xi’s next words left her stunned.

"Xiaomo, my Balanced Glass Cabinet was stolen! Do you have anyone on the outside? I can’t leave right now, and my senior and junior sisters haven’t returned yet. Can you find someone to go check on it for me?"

"St-stolen? What happened?"

"I don’t know either. We obviously had several arrays, and it was hidden very well. Even my master took a while to find it, but the thief seems to have located it instantly."

"In-instantly? The ar-arrays didn’t even work?"

"I’m not entirely sure. Please see if anyone’s free to go take a look."

"Okay."

Xiao Xiaomo hung up the phone. She had a bad feeling.

Demon Cultivator Mo Yan asked curiously, "What’s wrong? Get some bad news?"

Xiao Xiaomo looked at Mo Yan and said, "The Balanced Glass Cabinet at the Holy Land’s place was stolen. The thief is exceptionally good at finding things."

Mo Yan was dumbfounded, and Chi Xue Child and the others were equally astonished.

Mo Yan said sheepishly, "It’s just a coincidence, right?"

’A certain possibility had already occurred to her, too.’

Liu Yiyi looked at Mo Yan. "You’re the one who gave the address, aren’t you?"

Mo Yan jolted. "What’s it got to do with me? I just gave an address! Besides, we don’t know anything for sure yet, so you can’t just go slinging baseless accusations. Stop blaming me, a Demon Cultivator, the second something bad happens. Don’t Demon Cultivators have their pride?"

After a moment of thought, Chi Xue Child said, "Why don’t we just ask him directly?"

Mo Yan said flatly, "I’m not asking. You can ask him yourselves."

Liu Yiyi said irritably, "Are Demon Cultivators all this cowardly? And you have the nerve to talk about pride."

Mo Yan retorted indignantly, "This could get us killed! What if Boss Po Xiao decides to silence us permanently?"

"Fellow Daoist Po Xiao is only a 1.3. You’re a 2.1."

"Doesn’t matter, I’m not doing it. He seems strangely dangerous. Why don’t we just pretend we know nothing about this?"

Everyone: "..."

Xiao Xiaomo thought for a moment and said, "Let’s just wait until we get out of here. I’ll have Yang Mu go take a look."

*******

After securing the item, Jiang Zuo returned to the Tianhe Group. He realized now was the perfect time to pick up a commission.

Most people, after all, had gone to the periphery of the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion.

There were only two people in Marketing Department Two now. Jiang Zuo turned on his computer and was surprised to find there were still only three commissions. ’Even with so many people from the Marketing Department gone, there are still this many people posting jobs?’

Resigned, Jiang Zuo decided to see what the commissions were. He could ignore the first one—it was another Secret Realm commission.

Then, Jiang Zuo clicked on the second one. It read: Someone in Jiang City has trespassed into a Holy Land stronghold. Find this person. Providing a clue is also acceptable.

Jiang Zuo: "..." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Then he looked at the reward. A million in cash. ’Hmm, not much.’

But the second part of the reward made Jiang Zuo freeze. Three Fifth-Grade Spirit Stones—not that Jiang Zuo cared much about those. It was the sentence that followed: "Three Fifth-Grade Spirit Stones, plus dinner with the Saintess."

Jiang Zuo’s mood soured instantly.

’He remembered the Holy Land Saintess wasn’t supposed to get close to men, right? How could this one be so mercurial? No wonder she was replaced by Jiu Xi.’

Then, Jiang Zuo suddenly smiled—a cruel, excited smile.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Jiang Zuo accepted the commission. He then used the app to send a message to the client: "I know who did it, and I know what you lost. If you want answers, the dinner companion must be changed to Jiu Xi."

After sending the message, Jiang Zuo smiled again. ’The chance to kill Jiu Xi on the side is an unexpected bonus.’

As for the risk of being exposed and hunted down, Jiang Zuo didn’t give it a single thought. All he wanted was to kill Jiu Xi.

******

「Periphery of the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion」

Jingyue cried out, "Junior Sister, you little grumbler! How could you offer that kind of reward? If Master and the others find out, do you have any idea how miserable your big sister will be?"

"They’ll lecture me inhumanely for months! Months of non-stop lecturing!"

"Besides, doing this will displease my legions of fans."

"Not at all! They’d be overjoyed. Besides, the thing was stolen from your place, so you have to take responsibility."

"But this isn’t how you take responsibility!"

Su Qi said scornfully, "Senior Sister, if you’re so opposed to it, why are you just shouting from over there instead of coming to snatch my phone and change the reward?"

Just then, Jingyue was busy digging up Spirit Grass, showing not the slightest intention of changing the reward.

Her loud shouting just now seemed to have been nothing more than a token protest.

Jingyue was speechless. "Did you have to call me out?"

But before Su Qi could say anything, her phone buzzed. She smiled. "See? The Saintess’s title really works wonders. Someone already took the job, and they even sent a message."

Then Su Qi read the message, only to freeze on the spot.

Immediately followed by a surge of anger.

Now Jingyue was interested. "Come on, let your Senior Sister see what my fan had to say."

But one look was all it took for Jingyue to freeze as well.

Jingyue’s expression turned cold. "What is he trying to say? That I’m not as good as Jiu Xi? So what if she’s a married woman? Is that supposed to be a big deal?"

Su Qi, just as furious, tapped out a short reply.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo, who was busy plotting how to kill Jiu Xi, received a message. It was from the Holy Land client. A single glance was enough to leave him stunned.

It read: "Request denied. Take the job or don’t. If you’re not taking it, don’t bother us again, or we’ll block you."

Jiang Zuo almost coughed up a mouthful of blood. Of all the possibilities he’d considered, he had never once imagined they would actually refuse.

’My plan to kill Jiu Xi... dead in the water before it even started?’

Since they had refused, Jiang Zuo simply canceled the commission. He wasn’t going to waste his breath trying to persuade them. If this plan failed, he’d just have to wait for the next opportunity.

After canceling the commission, Jiang Zuo received an official message from the Tianhe Group:

First commission failure. Achievement Unlocked: [Failure Is A Mother]

Jiang Zuo: "..."

’Is this system mocking me?’

Ignoring it, Jiang Zuo began to check the third commission.

Back with Su Qi, Jingyue was clamoring, "Su Qi, look up that guy’s profile! I’ll have someone assassinate him! There’s no way this Saintess is inferior to that little shrew."

"Senior Sister, he just has no taste. Why are you getting so worked up? I’m angry too. The nerve of some people these days." As she spoke, Su Qi clicked on the user’s personal profile.