It was one in the morning on the fourteenth of October.
After exchanging Orirocks with the head monk, Jiang He was ready to leave the mountain with the black panther he had left at the Diamond Sect.
The head monk personally escorted Jiang He and the others to the mountain gates.
"Farewell!"
Jiang He offered the head monk a fist-palm salute, while the head monk put his palms together and bowed, saying, "Mister Jiang, I know about the Golden-Winged Roc. It had gained sentience even before the Diamond Sect sealed the mountain, and had wreaked havoc at the Western Frontier. Our disciples had even gone down the mountain to hunt it down."
"Its power is extraordinary, so be careful."
The head monk kindly reminded Jiang He.
He had shown great goodwill towards Jiang He, something he did not do even with Wang Hou.
Jiang He thanked him and smiled. "Don't worry, head monk. I value my life very much, and I won't bother the Golden-Winged Roc before I'm sure I can handle it."
He turned and was about to leave the mountain when Corban flew toward him from the distance, iron staff in hand, calling out, "Please wait, Mister Jiang."
Landing in front of Jiang He, Corban said, "Mister Jiang, the guru has asked me to give you a message: the Diamond Sect would lend you a hand if you want to get rid of the Golden-Winged Roc."
"No need."
Jiang He waved as he walked down the mountain without even turning back. "It's just a Golden-Winged Roc. I can handle it myself."
Jiang He did not mind, but the faces of the many high monks and head monks of the Diamond Sect twitched.
The guru was actually offering to help Jiang He get rid of the Golden-Winged Roc?
After all, even when Wang Hou had requested an audience with him on behalf of the Hua Nation, the guru had only sent a divine-tier disciple to lead some average Diamond Sect disciples down the mountain, gifting them some unimportant Diamond Sect cultivation manuals.
The head monk looked up at the temple where the guru was, a look of surprise in his eyes. He had already thought highly of Jiang He.
Even so …
The guru actually thought more highly of Jiang He than he did?
Chen Jingzhou and the others who were descending the mountain with Jiang He were beside themselves in shock, although their faces appeared numb.
It was only when they reached the foot of the mountain that Cheng Dongfeng came to his senses and muttered, "Jiang He, you know the guru of the Diamond Sect?"
Jiang He shook his head.
"Since you don't know him, why would he help you? As far as I know, the generations of gurus of the Vajra Sect are all extraordinary. There are even rumors that … all the gurus of the Vajra Sect are actually the same person. After they pass away, their souls will be reincarnated, and the disciples of the Vajra Sect will go to the mortal world to find the guru's reincarnated body and bring him back to the sect. "
Jiang He did a double take, and could not help exclaiming, "Aren't the Diamond Sect people a little too ruthless? I've already reincarnated. Don't you want to give me some freedom? "
Jiang He suddenly remembered …
The lamas of the Vajra Sect were similar to monks in that they were not allowed to marry and have children. Ordinary disciples were still fine. Even if they cultivated to the Ascension realm, they would only live for a few hundred years. If that guru was really continuously reincarnating, wouldn't that mean that he had been single for several lifetimes?
Wasn't this too terrifying?
Jiang He turned towards Yang Chengwu and chuckled. "Not bad, Little Yang. You've reached grandmaster already? From now on, our Spirit State City will have three great martial arts masters. "
"Ah?"
Yang Chengwu blinked and asked in confusion, "Brother Jiang, shouldn't there be four Wu Dao Grand Masters?"
Even as he spoke, he pinched his fingers and counted.
Cheng Dongfeng, Duan Tianhe, Big Brother Jiang, and himself …
Jiang He smiled but did not explain.
It made sense.
After all …
He was still rank-nine for the time being and barely counted as a grandmaster, but that might not be the case tomorrow.
After all …
Jiang He was worried that if he did not get rid of the Golden-Winged Roc as soon as possible, his quality of sleep would be affected like how he was worried about the Sky Demon Cult's vengeance.
The sooner he ascended and solved the problem, the sooner he could return home and farm in peace.
Jiang He then glanced at He Litong and Zhou Rui.
Both of them had improved greatly in the Secret Realm as well, with He Litong having ascended up to rank-eight and appearing much colder.
Zhou Rui, on the other hand, had a sharp Sword Qi around her body, a clear sign that her superpower had improved greatly.
Jiang He offered them a fist-palm salute, saying, "Everyone, I'm in a hurry, so I'll be taking my leave. Farewell!"
Cheng Dongfeng, Chen Jingzhou, and the others all offered him a fist-palm salute.
Hence, Jiang He turned around and mounted the black panther, abruptly slapping its rump. With a 'hyah', the black panther shot away like an arrow released from a bow.
After running around forty kilometers, Jiang He had a thought —
Shing!
A scarlet sword light flew out from between his brows, turning into a scarlet greatsword. With a tap of his foot on the black panther's back, he leaped onto the sword.
"…"
The black panther's eyes widened at the sight, its jet-black eyes filled with disbelief. All at once, it did not know how to communicate its inner thoughts through acoustics.
"What are you spacing out for?"
"Jump on now! I'm wasting my time!"
The black panther leaped at those words and landed behind Jiang He.
Whoosh!
The greatsword turned into a scarlet sword light and shot into the clouds, and in the next instant …
"Aaaahhh!!!"
"Slow down, Master! Slow down!"
"I'm scared, I'm scared of heights …"
The black panther was shuddering as it sprawled over the sword light, staring down at the ground below in fear. Even its spirit communication was stuttering.
Speechless, Jiang He slapped it, yelling, "Idiot! Can't you just close your eyes? Why are you staring down when you're scared of heights …"
The black panther promptly covered its eyes with its front paws and communicated in delight, "Eh? Master, I feel much better now …"
Jiang He replied, "I really want to kick you to your death!"
His Royal Sword Flight was extremely quick, reaching two times the speed of sound even with the black panther. Since the mountain pass of the Diamond Sect was just over two thousand kilometers away from Lingzhou City, Jiang He started traveling with Royal Sword Flight at around 1.20am, and arrived home at 2.30am.
It was already late at night.
Reasonably speaking, it was the best time to go to bed, and Jiang He had wanted to go home and take a good bath before planting Orirocks tomorrow.
Even so, he realized that he was not sleepy at all …
After all, he had just woken up from the Secret Realm before returning.
"Whatever. I won't sleep since I'm not sleepy. Let's farm!"
Jiang He hence entered his farm.
Dumbo and Trumbo had already sensed Jiang He, and leapt towards him in delight when they saw him return.
Reaching out with both hands, Jiang He pushed them aside and asked, "Dumbo, did anything happen in the house in the last few days I was gone?"
"Yes!"
Dumbo stood up on its rear legs and spoke in human language, "Master, a Feral came out of nowhere two nights ago and actually broke into our house."
"A Feral?"
Jiang He's eyes twinkled and he frowned. "Could the Sky Demon Cult have come again? A Feral … could it be a powerful beast-tamer? "
Dumbo shook its head and said, "Not according to what I saw. That Feral was just rank-four, and the willow tree whipped it to death before I could do anything."
Jiang He turned towards the willow tree.
In just a dozen days, the willow tree had grown over six meters tall, its many drooping willow branches glowing faintly in the night.
As Jiang He stared at the willow tree, one of its branches quietly reached out and rubbed itself affectionately against his face.
"M-master …"
A rather shaky, shy, and crisp loli voice entered Jiang He's mind then.
Jiang He's spirit jolted …
The willow tree?
It even had a gender???
(PS: It's almost Eid and there are a lot of relatives in the house, so I only finished the second update after chatting with them. I'm on to the third.)
[You Practice Martial Arts, I Farm]
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