My Wife Might Be a Saintess-Chapter 59 - 58: Are You Ready to Go In?

"If you find the entrance, we’ll give you a Fourth-Grade Spirit Stone as a reward. If you can’t find it, then it doesn’t matter how long you stay," said Steward Liu.

Jiang Zuo frowned. ’This reward is seriously galling.’

’Once the entrance is found, they’ll all just swarm inside, and the reward will be reduced to a single Fourth-Grade Spirit Stone. They’ve really played their cards well.’

The other two people also frowned, but they said nothing.

Jiang Zuo had a good idea what they were thinking, because he had his own plans as well.

The two of them then began to inspect the courtyard, while Jiang Zuo stood to one side.

Before long, Jiang Zuo left the courtyard.

Steward Liu naturally saw Jiang Zuo leave. He sneered inwardly. ’A mere 1.3 wants to try his luck?’

Steward Liu then looked toward the other two. In truth, quite a few people had already come today, but there had been absolutely no progress.

He knew these people were aware he’d set a trap with the reward, but it didn’t matter. Once someone found the entrance, they would surely try to haggle for a higher price.

But to this day, no one had.

Jiang Zuo hadn’t actually left. Instead, he went just outside the courtyard.

There was a tree by the edge of the courtyard. Jiang Zuo leaped into it, looking down at the yard from his high vantage point. He could see Steward Liu from the tree, and Steward Liu saw him as well.

Steward Liu’s eyes still held a trace of disdain, but Jiang Zuo paid it no mind. Steward Liu was beneath his notice.

As he stared at the courtyard, Jiang Zuo’s brow furrowed once more. ’I can’t see it. There’s nothing out of the ordinary.’

Just then, Sweet Potato, who was munching on an apple, called out, "SQUAWK."

Jiang Zuo looked at Sweet Potato. "You saw something again?"

Sweet Potato nodded. "SQUAWK."

’To this day, I still don’t know what Sweet Potato is seeing. An aura? Unlikely. With my Innate Two Qi, I’m extremely sensitive to auras.’

’So, what else is there besides an aura? An Array?’

’With my level of insight, how could I possibly fail to spot the traces of an Array?’

Just then, Jiang Zuo heard the middle-aged man say to Steward Liu, "Could there be an Underground Palace or something? Can’t we just dig a hole straight down?"

The woman had also returned to the courtyard. "It’s no use. I just tried digging. There’s no Underground Palace down there. This place is completely ordinary."

Steward Liu frowned. "Still no luck? Is the entrance really moving?"

The other two cultivators sank into deep thought.

If the entrance was truly moving, then finding any clues would indeed be impossible.

’A moving entrance?’ Jiang Zuo mused. ’I don’t think so. I’ve already looked. There are no signs of an Array. Everything here is completely natural, aside from some faint traces of previous tests.’

Then, an idea struck Jiang Zuo. ’Completely natural?’

Jiang Zuo jumped down from the tree and returned to the courtyard.

Neither Steward Liu nor the others paid Jiang Zuo any mind. The two cultivators were even considering giving up.

The reward was good, but they had no connection to the client and didn’t want to waste too much time. Doing so would only cut into their profits.

This was why so many people had accepted the job, yet not a single one had remained.

Jiang Zuo walked up to the woman and asked, "You’re from the Spiritual Control Sect?"

The woman frowned. "What do you want?"

"Can you summon a flying Spirit Beast?"

Jiang Zuo’s tone and questioning attitude annoyed the woman, but before she could say anything, he added, "If we succeed, I can take you into that place with me."

His words shocked all three of them.

But their shock quickly turned to disdain. ’A mere 1.3 Cultivation dares to say something like that? He’s just grandstanding for attention.’

The woman didn’t believe him either, but she had nothing to lose. There was no harm in trying.

She then said with renewed interest, "You’re saying you’ll get me inside, and you don’t want the reward for finding the entrance?"

Jiang Zuo said nonchalantly, "Only a Seventh-Grade Spirit Stone would be worth my effort."

"You..." Steward Liu glared at Jiang Zuo and said coldly, "Do you think saying that will make us believe you? Make us regret that our offer was too low? How naive and foolish."

Jiang Zuo ignored him, turning back to the woman. "If you agree, then summon a flying Spirit Pet."

The woman smiled. "Fine, but it’s very fierce. If anything happens, I won’t be held responsible."

A moment later, a huge eagle was summoned. Its strength was close to Tier Two.

The instant it appeared, Jiang Zuo leaped up and landed on its back.

The eagle was furious and was about to fight back when suddenly, a "SQUAWK" echoed.

The eagle trembled and then froze, not daring to move an inch.

Jiang Zuo looked at Sweet Potato in surprise. "You have the ability of bloodline suppression? Descendants like you are rare."

Indeed, innate bloodline suppression was a rare sight in this day and age.

For both humans and beasts, many things had been lost to the river of time as the ages passed.

Awe for the heavens and earth, fear of gods, reverence for ancestors—such things were disappearing among humans and beasts alike.

Thus, never mind a mere descendant; even the direct offspring of a Holy Beast couldn’t necessarily trigger their bloodline suppression.

Resistance and immunities developed to everything over time.

The reason Sweet Potato succeeded was not just because it had inherited this Talent, but more importantly, because this eagle had low intelligence.

Only the ignorant feel awe, fear, and reverence.

Of course, there was another kind of ignorance that led to fearlessness.

After that, Jiang Zuo rode the flying eagle high into the sky.

The woman, meanwhile, looked on in astonishment. Only she knew that Jiang Zuo was carrying a powerful Spirit Beast.

Yet she hadn’t sensed it at all from the very beginning, which astonished her.

High in the sky, Jiang Zuo looked down at the courtyard once more, and then he smiled.

’Just as I thought. The reason I couldn’t see any traces is that this place is completely natural.’

’There is no Array here, not even a natural one. What’s here is momentum—the great momentum of Heaven and Earth.’

’With my current abilities, it’s impossible to perceive the great momentum from within it. You can’t see the mountain’s true face when you’re standing on it. Only by getting outside of it could I see.’

’So, all I have to do is resonate with this great momentum, and I’ll be able to get in. Those two got really lucky, accidentally resonating with the great momentum of Heaven and Earth.’

Resonating with the great momentum of Heaven and Earth was both difficult and simple at the same time.

It was simple in that one could get in just by chance, like those two women did.

However, to enter and exit at will, one needed a thorough understanding of these principles, as well as the correct method to trigger the resonance.

’I don’t know if anyone else can do it, but I certainly can.’

Having gotten a clear look at the great momentum of Heaven and Earth, Jiang Zuo had the eagle descend. Before long, he was back on the ground.

The moment Jiang Zuo stepped off, the eagle immediately retreated.

Arriving before the woman, before she could open her mouth to ask, Jiang Zuo said directly, "Are you ready?"

"Huh?" The woman was a bit slow to react.

"I’m taking you inside."

Now the woman was even more astonished. ’Is he for real? I just can’t believe it.’

At first, she’d expected Jiang Zuo to make some excuse and say he couldn’t get in yet. Who would have thought the very first thing he’d say after landing was to ask if she was ready?

The woman quickly recovered and said with a smile, "Can this spot be sold? I don’t necessarily have to go in myself."

Before Jiang Zuo could answer, Steward Liu cut in, "Apologies, but we have no interest in buying such a laughable ’spot’."