The Arrogant Immortal-Chapter 30 - Im really ing thankful to you

Suddenly, Broken Sword came running out of the space and hurriedly circled around Xie Jiuniang, asking in a milky voice, “My Spirit Stone? Give me my Spirit Stone! It’s my reward.”

“What’s the rush?”

Xie Jiuniang rummaged around.

She took out a ledger and wrote down: Little Jianjian repaid 2000 Spirit Stones on a certain day of a certain month in a certain year, still owing 118,000.

The Sword Spirit, Jian Lingyan, was about to go mad with anger, “You’re lying to me?! I’m going to fight you…”

Xie Jiuniang struck with her stick and, standing with her hands on her hips, scolded righteously, “What’s all the fuss about? Who stole all my 120,000 Spirit Stones, not even leaving one for me? What now? Little Jianjian, are you trying to wipe your hands clean after eating your fill?”

Hearing this, Jian Lingyan felt guilty.

Sounding deflated by the scolding, the Sword Spirit timidly retorted in its childish voice, “But you still owe me one block, and the 2000 were supposed to be a reward.”

Upon hearing this, Xie Jiuniang almost broke into laughter, clearing her throat a few times to suppress it, “Alright, a single block is hard to keep track of, take it as a snack.”

With that, she tossed a Spirit Stone to it.

It immediately took the Spirit Stone and retreated into the Contract Space.

The Sword Spirit, Jian Lingyan, regretted making such a rushed contract out of fear of being thrown into a dung pit. Was it still possible to annul it now?

The master was too stingy, too ungenerous.

Wuuu… but it desperately needed spiritual energy to recover.

Xie Jiuniang sensed Jian Lingyan’s urgency and listlessness and took out a red fruit, taking a bite, “Little Jianjian, I don’t mind giving you Spirit Stones, but you need to trade something valuable for them.”

Jian Lingyan held its breath, suspecting its new master wasn’t quite right in the head. It was so destitute that it had to eat Spirit Stones, what valuables could it possibly have?

Xie Jiuniang continued to coax, “For example, bring me two volumes of divine-level cultivation techniques, a few sets of immortal-level swordsmanship, or concealment techniques and camouflage techniques that can’t even be detected by Divinity Transformation or below, I’m not greedy, really. Three Spirit Stones for divine-level, two for immortal-level, and one for those below that.”

Jian Lingyan thought she must be fooling a fool.

Were divine and immortal levels as common as wild grass by the roadside, ready to be plucked at will?

And just offering two or three Spirit Stones for them?

Hmph, it had consumed 120,000 Spirit Stones worth of spirit!

Xie Jiuniang then said, “Think it’s too little? We can negotiate the price.”

Jian Lingyan was tempted but it was of no use, as its memory was severely impaired.

It had lost ninety-nine percent of its Original Spirit Source and had been asleep for countless years. It was already a stroke of luck that it woke up before the last vestiges of its Primordial Spirit dissipated. Now, with a Contract Space to nourish it, as long as its master didn’t die, it would slowly recover.

So, Xie Jiuniang had fooled a lonely soul.

“Eh, is someone there?”

Four people, three men and one woman, walked out of the jungle.

The lead was a man with plain features, so plain that one would forget him after one glance.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t recognize any of them.

The man came to the water’s edge, took out a water bag to fill it, and said to Xie Jiuniang while filling it, “Fellow Daoist, what a fortunate meeting. My name is Cheng Huaixin, a local from Xi’an City.”

“My name is Xie Jiuniang, from Yunmu City.” Xie Jiuniang smiled harmlessly.

The other three people did not speak.

They also took out water bags and bowed their heads to fill them. It was a very normal attitude to have, the kind of caution one should have towards strangers.

Cheng Huaixin asked, “Fellow Daoist Xie, would you like to join us? It’s good to have someone to watch your back on the road.”

“This… wouldn’t be appropriate, would it?”

Xie Jiuniang looked towards the other three again.

The two other men didn’t show any expression, while the woman showed a look of reluctance.

Cheng Huaixin laughed heartily, “What’s wrong with that? We’ve met on the road, why not make friends if it’s fated?”

“Brother Cheng!”

The female cultivator stepped forward before Xie Jiuniang could speak, “Xie Dao Friend is gently refusing you, so don’t force her. It’s normal for someone to be cautious when meeting for the first time.”

Cheng Huaixin hesitated, “This…”

He looked towards Xie Jiuniang again as if waiting for her response.

If it were a real young lady, she might have explained herself and, after a few more invitations from Cheng Huaixin, would have most likely agreed just to save face.

But who was Xie Jiuniang?

Did she care about saving face?

Xie Jiuniang, as if after serious thought, said, “That sister is right, I do have my guard up against you all, so I won’t be joining you.”

Cheng Huaixin’s heart sank, but he immediately smiled and said, “No problem, we’ll meet again if it’s meant to be. We’ll take our leave first.”

With that, he took the lead and walked away.

The other two male cultivators quickly followed.

The female cultivator looked disdainfully at Xie Jiuniang and said in a sharp whisper, “You know what’s good for you, not dragging us down.”

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Xie Jiuniang, “…”

She played her part well, but didn’t realize she had been transparent from the start.

On the first day of the assessment, everyone’s energy was high, and they were eager to travel without stopping. Xie Jiuniang had openly stayed here for half the day, so anyone without special circumstances should have passed her by now, right…

To suddenly encounter four people who were slower than her, and all of them lacking water, wasn’t that strange?

Therefore, it was reasonable to suspect they were targeting her. But who did they belong to, the Lin Family or the Mo Family?

It’s hard to say, hard to say…

Meanwhile, the four people who had walked far away were fuming.

According to the orders from above, they were to find an opportunity to get close to Xie Jiuniang, discreetly obtain a Wooden Hairpin from her and not raise her suspicions.

Cheng Huaixin asked, “Axing, didn’t you say that if we did as you suggested, she would definitely agree to team up?”

The female cultivator said aggrievedly, “Brother Cheng, how could I know the target wouldn’t follow the script? If everyone shows that they welcome and like her, wouldn’t it look more like a weasel paying a New Year’s visit to a chicken…”

The three male cultivators were left speechless.

They could only think of another plan.

Xie Jiuniang resumed her journey, moving slowly. The four who waited ahead for her were getting impatient.

She had barely traveled a few li.

Xie Jiuniang heard a fight ahead, her Divine Sense swept over and saw Cheng Huaixin’s group confronting two Demon Crocodiles.

As soon as Cheng Huaixin saw Xie Jiuniang, he hurriedly shouted out a warning, “Xie Dao Friend, don’t come here, it’s dangerous!”

“Oh, alright.”

Xie Jiuniang turned and nimbly flew up into a large tree, sat on a branch swinging her legs, and then took out a Spirit Fruit.

Crunch, she took a bite.

Sweet!

Delicious!

The show was also entertaining.

These few people sure had a hard time luring the two Demon Crocodiles over.

The four saw that she truly had no intention of helping, and their frustration almost made them spit blood.

Cheng Huaixin still hoped Xie Jiuniang would reach out to help, and once they got rid of the two Demon Crocodiles together, they would share a bond from fighting Demonic Beasts, which would naturally lead to traveling together. Once they were together, they would have plenty of ways to get the Wooden Hairpin.

However, despite her young age, this little girl was quite strange.

Cheng Huaixin and Axing exchanged a look.

Axing and another male cultivator teamed up to kill one of the Demon Crocodiles, retreating as they fought.

Unconsciously, they moved closer to the large tree where Xie Jiuniang was sitting.

Axing’s foot unexpectedly stepped on a small mud pit in the grass, her ankle twisted abruptly, and she cried out, “Ah…”

In the midst of battling the Demon Crocodile.

Such a sudden twist was dangerous; it was time to save someone, right?

Xie Jiuniang was very close.

Instead of Xie Jiuniang coming to the rescue, a male cultivator dressed in green dropped from the sky with a spear, flipping the Demon Crocodile away.

The green-clad male cultivator glanced at Xie Jiuniang then looked down at Axing and asked, “Fellow Daoist, are you alright?”

Axing, “…”

Thank you so very much!