"Awooooo!"
As soon as Jiang Yuan's hand landed, the big black dog let out a terrified bark, and chickens and dogs scattered in panic at the village entrance.
"You, you, you let go of Xiao Hei!" In her desperation, Jiang Nian was about to hit Jiang Yuan. As the saying goes, you have to consider the owner before you hit a dog, and Xiao Hei is not an ordinary dog, but a member of the Jiang family.
Jiang Yuan released his grip as if nothing had happened. Upon seeing this, the big black dog turned and ran away, no longer behaving as it had before. After escaping, it glared angrily at him.
"You won't let go yourself, and you insist that I ask you to let go," Jiang Yuan said calmly.
"What do you mean by this? This is our clan's territory. What's wrong with me stopping you?" Jiang Nian didn't dare to be too presumptuous, because the other party really might have killed a Heavenly Spirit Realm Saint.
"Alright, I just came to take a look. Do you really think I care about entering your clan's territory?" Jiang Yuan wasn't interested in the clan's territory that Jiang Nian mentioned. He only came to see if the Jiang family would be destroyed in the catastrophe. Now that he saw that the Jiang family still existed, there was nothing to worry about.
"Young friend, have you visited our village before?"
The pine tree, which had been silent for a long time, spoke up, its voice carrying a sense of age that had a calming effect on the listener.
"Never been here!" Jiang Yuan answered decisively, then turned and said quietly, "Goodbye!"
Leaving without any regrets, the Jiang family no longer meant anything to Jiang Yuan. Now that he had been expelled from the family, he didn't want to have anything to do with it anymore. He would let his memories of a complete family remain forever sealed in this place.
"What a weirdo!" Jiang Nian muttered, rubbing her nose.
"That person just now seemed to be holding the secrets of life and death?" the big black dog asked, looking at its front paw which was missing a ring of fur.
"Are you scared out of your wits? How could a True Spirit Realm cultivator possibly grasp the profound mysteries of life and death? These are top-tier rules that even the Divine Transformation Realm struggles to master!" Jiang Nian was very dissatisfied with the big black dog's performance. He had come out to cheer on the dog, but now he had become the target of the other party's attempt to establish his authority.
The big black dog raised its front paw and sniffed, its gaze deep as it said, "It's true. Although I'm not sure if he has mastered the profound mysteries of life and death, he definitely has a treasure that can activate them!"
"Really?" Jiang Nian's expression turned serious.
"The clan elder is already like this, how could I possibly joke about it!" The big black dog said with a human-like sadness.
"Then let's hurry and go find him and bring him back. My great-grandfather's illness can't be delayed any longer!"
Jiang Nian was about to chase after it when she was stopped by the big black dog.
"Jiang Nian, let me go. You're a girl, you won't get the better of dealing with such vicious people!" Big Black Dog said, having mustered up his courage.
“How can I do that? My great-grandfather loves me the most. How can I watch him grow old?” Jiang Nian shook her head.
“I’m not sure if the other party has any secrets of life and death. In order to avoid everyone getting excited for nothing, I’ll go and find out first. Besides, my sense of smell can track his tracks. Bringing you along would only be a burden!” The big black dog said with difficulty. It wasn’t that it was worried that Jiang Nian would affect it, but Jiang Nian’s identity was special, and Ancheng had been quite chaotic recently. It dared not let her take any risks.
"Can……"
"Go back now, I'll let you know as soon as I have any news!"
The big black dog disappeared in a flash, leaving Jiang Nian with no choice but to give in.
"This dog really dares to follow us!" Jiang Yuan had already spotted the big black dog when it was moving. Although he didn't know the big black dog's purpose, its sneaky behavior was definitely not a good thing.
The big black dog kept a distance of about a kilometer from him, and Jiang Yuan pretended not to notice and continued on his way.
His next stop was the Ning family. As for why he went to the Ning family, it was because he had always been suspicious of Ning Yanlan's identity. Although Ning Yanlan was a wisp of the life soul of a companion god, she had her own complete life, with a family, parents, and even the entire trajectory of her life from infancy to adolescence, which puzzled him greatly.
He wanted to know whether Ning Yanlan was Ning Yanlan or whether she was the companion goddess.
Before coming here, he had a preliminary understanding of the Ning family. Before the catastrophe, the Ning family was not considered a powerful family in Ancheng, and there were no cultivators in the family. However, after the catastrophe, relying on the connections and wealth accumulated in the past, the Ning family quickly developed in Ancheng. It not only had the wealth of the top three in Ancheng, but also had its own team of Spirit Awakeners. However, compared with those powerful families, the Ning family's foundation was very weak. After all, the Spirit Awakeners under its command were all outsiders, and there were not many they could rely on when it came to a crisis.
"It seems that one of the Ning family's retainers possesses Insight!" Jiang Yuan suddenly remembered that there were nine people in Ancheng with the ability to gain Insight, one of whom was the Ning family's retainer, Kuiyuan.
He had no specific destination; he simply stopped in front of the Ning family's gate, a modern manor covering thousands of acres, where the Ning family and the forces they had cultivated were located.
"Hey, kid, are you here to apply for a position as a retainer?" A man in a formal suit asked, pointing at Jiang Yuan.
"I am……"
"Aren't you coming in yet!"
Before Jiang Yuan could finish saying "I'm here to see the head of the Ning family," he was pulled into the Ning family compound by a man who looked like a muscular man selling classes at the entrance of a gym who hadn't met his quota.
"You're really lucky, kid. Our patriarch is raising the salaries of his retainers recently. Even the lowest-ranking retainer gets three to five thousand Holy Spirit Crystals a month. You should be secretly happy!" The man in formal attire seemed worried that Jiang Yuan might have some concerns, so he immediately mentioned Holy Spirit Crystals.
"Is the Ning family always recruiting retainers?" Since Jiang Yuan was already there, he decided to make the best of it and inquire about the Ning family.
"It's not always like this, but if the number of retainers decreases, we'll recruit more. After all, there's a high mortality rate when we go out to train these days, so it's normal for the number of retainers to remain low!" the man in formal attire explained.
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