Chapter 277: Threatening Zhuang Yuzhen Again

    On the fifth floor of the Lawless Tower.

    Jiang Hao stood in front of the first prison cell.

    He saw that Zhuang Yuzhen was weak and covered in many wounds.

    But even such severe injuries had not caused him any substantial harm.

    Surface wounds were just that—surface wounds; they couldn’t touch the core.

    Thump, thump-

    Jiang Hao knocked on the wood and said softly.

    “Are you awake?”

    Hearing the sound, Zhuang Yuzhen lifted his weary head, and his lifeless eyes became spirited after reflecting Jiang Hao’s figure.

    He leaned back and said.

    “You finally came.”

    “I have some questions I want to ask you,” Jiang Hao said straightforwardly as he sat down and took out a book:

    “Here are some questions I’ve recorded. Since I’m not very bright, I was hoping you could help me answer them.”

    “Not very bright? Answer?” Zhuang Yuzhen laughed.

    “Do you think I’m your master? To teach you cultivation? Would I teach you?”

    “It’s not about cultivation; it’s about formations.” Jiang Hao picked up the book to show Zhuang Yuzhen.

    Upon seeing the formation, Zhuang Yuzhen’s eyebrows furrowed, and he said with some disbelief, “Where did you get this formation?”

    “If you teach me, I might tell you,” Jiang Hao said with a smile.

    The matter of cooperation was not a secret; there was no harm in telling.

    “Did the people from Corpse God Sect come to you for cooperation?” Zhuang Yuzhen directly stated the truth.

    Then he resignedly said, “Well, it’s about time for the Corpse Realm Flower to bloom.”

    Jiang Hao: “...”

    The other party wasn’t surprised at all, it seemed he had never expected the people from Corpse God Sect to come to his rescue.

    But thinking about it, Jiang Hao felt something was off.

    It was normal for the Demon Sect not to save people, but the Corpse God Sect was also a sect of immortals.

    Would such a sect really not save their own?

    With this thought, Jiang Hao activated his appraisal.

    【Zhuang Yuzhen: Teaching Elder of Corpse God Sect, his cultivation has been dissolved and absorbed by the Lawless Tower, leaving only the power of the early Nascent Soul stage. Seeing the formation in your hands, he knows that people from his sect have arrived. When his disciples make contact with the people from the sect, the Corpse Heart will be transferred out. As long as those people observe the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower in the name of the sect, there is a chance to release the Corpse Heart and be reborn. He is now planning to stall for time with you. As long as you are not by the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower, others will have a better chance.】

    Jiang Hao: “...”

    So there was this aspect to consider.

    Jiang Hao smiled faintly and gestured to Zhuang Yuzhen with a beckoning hand.

    Seeing this gesture, Zhuang Yuzhen’s face turned somewhat ugly; he felt as if he had been seen through.

    Indeed, Jiang Hao put down his hand with a hint of regret and said:

    “I forgot you can’t come over, so let me tell you something else. After I say it, you will be very willing to teach me about formations.”

    Here we go again, Zhuang Yuzhen already had a psychological shadow.

    “I heard...” Jiang Hao moved closer to the cage and whispered.

    “Before the people from the Corpse God Sect arrived, an undercover agent from their sect died outside our sect’s gates.”

    Hearing this, Zhuang Yuzhen was stunned.

    His eyes widened in anger as if he was about to explode.

    Seeing this, Jiang Hao couldn’t help but smile wryly.

    He then gathered his books, planning to leave.

    “It seems you no longer wish to teach me, so let’s meet again if the opportunity arises.”

    Since it wasn’t working out here, he could only go back and continue his studies.

    For him, there was no loss; at the very least, he had dealt another blow to Zhuang Yuzhen.

    Letting him continue to live in agony.

    “I’ll teach, I’ll teach!”

    Zhuang Yuzhen said loudly as if he was afraid that Jiang Hao would leave without looking back.

    It was always like this.

    And each time, the separation lasted longer than the last. If he left this time, it might be years before he could see him again.

    So, even though he was angry and wanted to know what was going on, he had to hold back.

    “It’s quite surprising, but since that’s the case, make sure you teach me well. It’s fine if you want to delay for time; it’s useless anyway,” Jiang Hao said with a smile.

    Zhuang Yuzhen: “...”

    He knew he had been seen through.

    This person obtaining the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower was no coincidence.

    Afterward, he took Jiang Hao’s books and began to read them, frowning after a moment.

    “Is this just the beginning of the formation? There’s much more to come. How long have you been studying it?”

    “I just started not long ago,” Jiang Hao replied.

    Zhuang Yuzhen nodded, then looked at the formation with questions.

    The more he looked, the more he frowned.

    He turned to Jiang Hao and asked: “Do you have any foundation in formations?”

    “None,” Jiang Hao shook his head.

    In truth, he had a little, but it wasn’t very useful.

    Zhuang Yuzhen didn’t say much more and began to instruct Jiang Hao in the formation.

    Not wanting to reveal anything, he didn’t activate his divine abilities.

    The more Zhuang Yuzhen taught, the more shocked he became at how poor this person’s talent for formations was.

    Jiang Hao wasn’t embarrassed; the formation was related to his future safety, and he had to master it thoroughly.

    After an entire month, Jiang Hao finally mastered the formation completely.

    He would ask Zhuang Yuzhen for guidance during the day and use his divine abilities to study at night.

    For safety, he even had Zhuang Yuzhen simulate various scenarios.

    To prevent any accidents.

    As a repayment, when Zhuang Yuzhen asked about the specific situation of the Corpse God Sect disciple, Jiang Hao gave him a sentence: the main body is on the run.

    The other party seemed to see hope again.

    Jiang Hao didn’t care.

    And Elder Bai Zhi from his side also needed an explanation.

    Zhuang Yuzhen revealed the method to break the seal of one of his magical treasures, and thus the Tianyin Sect obtained a complete and powerful magical treasure.

    In this way, Jiang Hao also made a contribution.

    Coming here often for a month, he wouldn’t be nitpicked.

    Afterward, he would study a new formation.

    ......

    Mid-October.

    Jiang Hao stood in the courtyard, where the peach tree had already matured.

    The rabbit would occasionally bring Xiao Li to steal peaches.

    Every time, they acted like thieves.

    The rabbit told Xiao Li that peaches picked this way were sweeter.

    And Xiao Li said they really were sweet.

    The rabbit indeed didn’t lie.

    Jiang Hao: “...”

    However, he always felt something was strange, feeling that the peach tree was growing more slowly, and then he activated his appraisal.

    The answer he got was that it needed to mature three times before it could undergo nirvana.

    Meaning it couldn’t undergo nirvana this year.

    Once every three years, would it be golden or purple?

    From what he could see, purple represented divine abilities, Golden Legend was for magical treasures, and Purple Gold Legend was for cultivation techniques.

    Actually, he preferred purple.

    Divine abilities could always be used, while some magical treasures were too powerful, and he had no chance to use them.

    But undergoing nirvana once every three years indeed gave him enough time to accumulate spirit stones.

    However, the bubbles appeared too late.

    They didn’t come out normally, and it felt like a waste to grow them.

    “Master, you need to go to the Spiritual Medicine Garden,” the rabbit urged from the side.

    “Why are you in such a hurry to go today?” Jiang Hao asked as he walked out of the courtyard.

    “Today there are newcomers, and I have to let them know who’s in charge of the Spiritual Medicine Garden,” the rabbit said proudly.

    “Friends on the road all know that in this area, Lord Rabbit is the only one in charge.”

    Jiang Hao smiled without saying a word.

    ......

    At this time.

    Gu Cheng and Fairy Qing You also headed to the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

    “I asked around, and the reason Jiang Hao occupies a spot is that he was the one who planted the Corpse Realm Flower,” Gu Cheng said.

    “He planted it? Really?” Fairy Qing You was quite surprised.

    “I don’t know, but it’s said that the flower bloomed at Baiyue Lake, so there’s a possibility that it was the intention of the person in charge of Baiyue Lake,” Gu Cheng pondered for a long time. Sёarch* The Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Upon hearing this, Fairy Qing You was astonished: “What do you mean? Does this person have something to do with the acting Sect Master of the Tianyin Sect?”

    “It’s hard to say. If he really is from Baiyue Lake, there are roughly three possibilities. First, Jiang Hao might truly possess the talent to cultivate spiritual herbs, and it just so happened that Baiyue Lake took it to experiment. Second, Jiang Hao might be related to the acting Sect Master. Third, Duanqing Cliff might be related to the acting Sect Master. The first guess would demonstrate his talent, the second would suggest his identity is extraordinary, and the third is rather inconsequential. But regardless of which it is, we still need to fully commit to guiding the formation,” Gu Cheng said.

    “However, no matter which possibility it is, his understanding of formations is really quite basic,” Qing You sighed, then curiously asked:

    “Senior Brother, which do you think is most likely?”

    “It’s hard to say, but the other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters think the third is most likely. It’s said that Jiang Hao has no background and was even used as a sacrificial pawn before. But...”

    Was the death of Junior Sister Fang really just a coincidence?

    Gu Cheng hesitated, then sighed.

    “Let’s just focus on completing our task and not worry about the rest.”

    Qing You nodded; the priority was to finish the task.

    There was no need to dwell too much on the other speculations.

    It was only Foundation Establishment after all.

    But the thought of having to teach him gave her a bit of a headache—if he couldn’t grasp the earlier formations, the later ones would be increasingly difficult.

    One day might not be enough.