The Arrogant Immortal-Chapter 25 - Next time I will definitely use you to

There were three more days before the Tianxu Sect would recruit new members.

She swept all the Talisman-making tools on the table into her Storage Bag with a wave of her hand, and just as she was about to stand up, she suddenly froze, then took a closer look at the Storage Bag.

“Damn it!”

Where were her Spirit Stones?!

They had all disappeared, not a single Spirit Stone was left.

Xie Jiuniang hopped madly with fury. Apart from the original twenty thousand Spirit Stones she had, her mother had left her the one hundred thousand they had found.

Did she transfer them to another Storage Bag then?

The Storage Bag Xie Jiuniang was using now was no longer the one from Yunmu City; it had been exchanged for one with a fifty cubic meter space. The one hundred and twenty thousand Spirit Stones had piled up like a little mountain.

Could it be that the person behind this couldn’t handle the losses and used some method to take them back, even taking hers as well?

That didn’t seem right.

She had been in seclusion since returning.

She hadn’t stepped out of the door; how could the Spirit Stones vanish?

Not willing to give up, Xie Jiuniang noticed something in the place where the Spirit Stones had been…

Dust?

Dust?No, it was a pile of tiny pebbles, sand?

Xie Jiuniang’s pupils suddenly dilated as she wrapped those pebbles and sand in her Divine Sense and moved them out of the Storage Bag space.

After rummaging through the pile of pebbles and dirt, she uncovered the familiar yet strange Broken Sword.

Familiar because she had purchased it with a Spirit Stone.

Strange because the rust that once covered the blade was gone.

“Huh, although it’s broken, it seems like it could be used to chop vegetables now,” Xie Jiuniang said curiously, picking up the Broken Sword and muttering to herself as she examined it.

Suddenly, the Broken Sword flew up.

Bang!

As if angered, it used its blade to knock Xie Jiuniang on the forehead.

Dare she use it to chop vegetables? It would smack her dead!

“Ouch!”

Xie Jiuniang grimaced in pain, touching the sore spot on her forehead…

A bump was forming?

Pointing at the Broken Sword flying in mid-air, Xie Jiuniang said, “Broken Sword, you’re dead meat!”

“Stealing my Spirit Stones and daring to hit me? You better return my Spirit Stones to me, return them!”

“I’ll definitely throw you into a dung pit to wash you off; anything less wouldn’t appease my anger at this moment!”

Thus, a scene of chaos ensued in the not-so-large room.

There was a flying Broken Sword moving back and forth.

Dashing up and down, swerving left and right.

And a little hand was constantly trying to grab it, unable to contain its fury.

In a game of cat and mouse, the Broken Sword narrowly escaped being caught several times.

As time went on, the sword’s evasive speed decreased, and it seemed like it could not last much longer. Then, just as that delicate little hand was about to grasp its hilt,

The hilt and blade of the sword suddenly turned around.

Instead of grasping the hilt, Xie Jiuniang inadvertently grabbed the blade, realizing something was amiss, she promptly eased her grip.

But it was too late!

Intense pain spread from her palm, blood gushed out, perilously close—if she had slackened her effort even a tad slower, she might have lost her fingers.

The acute pain snapped Xie Jiuniang back to reality.

At that moment, she wanted to let go.

Yet the situation had spun out of control; it wasn’t as simple as wanting to let go and being able to do so. An unknown force had bound her, leaving her unable to move.

Blood flowed out, staining the sword.

The blade seemed to come to life, and her blood turned into tiny red lines as it merged into the sword, slowly spreading to every part of the Broken Sword as if awakening some kind of life.

Gradually, ancient Contract Totems appeared on the blade, followed by a thumb-sized, elusive dragon shadow that swiftly wound around the sword before entwining her right hand and, in the blink of an eye, merged with the Broken Sword into a stream of light that entered the back of Xie Jiuniang’s hand.

Consequently, a scorching heat emerged on the back of her hand, slowly revealing the imprint of an ancient Divine Pattern.

It was exactly the same as the Contract Totem that had appeared on the blade just a moment ago. The only difference was that in the center of the contract imprint, a domineeringly small sword traversed it.

The small sword on the imprint was complete, although the broken part appeared slightly dim.

The contract, complete.

Xie Jiuniang felt a connection with something inside the Broken Sword.

After sensing for a moment.

Inside the contract mark, a small exclusive space for the Broken Sword was automatically generated, which was very suitable for nurturing the sword.

The interior was like a cosmos filled with stars, with the Broken Sword hanging in the middle of this space, surrounded by flickering light points, as if encircled by ten thousand stars.

This small space was exclusive!

It was the Broken Sword’s private realm, even she, the owner, could not interfere with it.

Indeed, the Broken Sword possessed spirit.

By now, as the contract had been completed, the injuries on Xie Jiuniang’s palm had healed as if nothing had ever happened.

Yet, the blood loss had been too great.

Her little face turned somewhat pale; she found a blood-replenishing Elixir and took one, and finally, the wooziness subsided.

“Tell me, where do you come from?” Xie Jiuniang’s left index finger tapped the contract mark.

The Broken Sword was as silent as a chicken.

Xie Jiuniang tapped again, “Stealing my Spirit Stones and not settling the score with you yet, and now you’ve forcibly entered into a contract without my consent, huh…”

Playing dead, as if it hadn’t heard a thing.

No matter how Xie Jiuniang tried to coax the spirit within the Broken Sword to talk, it kept ignoring her, utterly aloof.

There was a reasonable suspicion that the thing had forcibly contracted with her just to avoid being thrown into a dung pit. Without the contract, it couldn’t activate the Divine Sword Space, leaving it without a place to hide.

Hah!

Interesting.

Very well, you’ve successfully piqued my interest. Next time, I will definitely use you to chop vegetables!

Xie Jiuniang was in exceptionally high spirits, deciding that once she had Spirit Stones, she’d fish for the Broken Sword’s spirit again. Now she was certain; the Broken Sword was more complex than she had initially thought.

Just as she was about to go out and take a look at the messy room, her mood instantly became less beautiful.

Well then, she could only clean up the mess first.

When Xie Jiuniang came out again.

The rented courtyard was as before, but eerily quiet.

“Dad, Mom?”

Xie Jiuniang realized Song Baobao had left. The formation of the room where Song Baobao previously stayed had been removed, and there were no traces of someone having lived there.

Mo Lan came out of the room, “You’ve finished your seclusion?”

“Qi Cultivation seventh layer, how is it?” Xie Jiuniang jumped beside her mother in an instant, then looked behind her, “Is Dad not here?”

“Relatives from the family have sent some of the younger generation over; your father said he would go and see if there’s any way to help.”

“Oh.” Xie Jiuniang didn’t show much interest.

The Xie Family had a residence in Xi’an City, which was especially for Xie family members to stay in temporarily. Xie Jiuniang had lived there in her previous life.

In this life, Xie Jiuniang did not want to go.

As good as the family could be, it was not her reliance; they had abandoned her in the previous life. Even if, from a broader perspective, the family’s actions were not wrong, and their difficulties were understandable…

So what?

They had abandoned her after all.