Chapter 198 Another day of fuss...
After another day of fussing, Xie Jiaoyue felt that if there really was a demon king in this world, with her actions of toying with the demon king's underlings, she would definitely not be as lively and energetic as she is now.
It would be impossible for this bunch of brainless things to evolve a healthy brain in a few million years.
Her external injuries had almost healed to the point where they no longer affected her mobility. Although her meridians, dantian, and internal organs were still injured, she maintained a semblance of peace by taking medication and barely managed to move freely with her last breath.
Oh right, and there's also the "ibuprofen" she secretly got behind Gong Shi Moyu's back.
She couldn't remember what the medicine was originally called, but it provided long-lasting pain relief, so it must be ibuprofen sustained-release.
Using the powerful effects of the drug, Xie Jiaoyue took a risk and, on the dark ground, followed the sense of direction she had left when she landed, as well as her understanding of the various sealing points of the Xie Clan territory, and with the help of the sealing point map, found the Demon Realm that corresponded to the Xie Clan territory.
She was draped in the fresh hide of a monster she had just killed, and squeezed into the sparsely sealed area. Small monsters could be seen just a few meters away in all directions.
She was under immense mental tension. The throbbing pain in her meridians made her concentrate all her energy and hold her breath, not letting a single pore escape her notice, for fear that she might fail to accomplish her mission and end up being devoured by the monster.
The stench emanating from her body, unique to magical beasts, gave Xie Jiaoyue a headache. The pervasive demonic energy also worsened her injuries, which, despite the presence of ibuprofen, could not be ignored.
She learned and imitated the monster's movements, circling around the chaotic area, and finally approached the seal.
It was a seal less than a meter square, and no one, nor any powerful magical beast, cared about it.
No, calling it a seal is too inappropriate, and calling it a black hole between realms is also a stretch. If Xie Jiaoyue had to describe it, she felt it was just a hole.
Yes, it's just a hole, one side is bigger than the other, and it looks like it was dug out from the cultivation world.
Xie Jiaoyue found it hard to believe. On this side of the cave, she couldn't see any calculation or deliberate intent belonging to intelligent beings, nor could she see any randomness in the chaos caused by magical beasts.
Schemes, emanating from the cultivation world, are reflected in the magical beasts, luring them one after another to that place that is not so suitable for survival, but is full of temptations.
Xie Jiaoyue didn't know much about sealing, but she acted faster than she thought. She took a spirit pill in her hand and threw it into the hole, detonated it with a spell, and then used both her hands and feet to throw soil from the demon realm into the hole.
She had a very simple mind. The two realms were just boundary walls made up of matter belonging to each realm.
Wow, it worked!
Like thousands of flying ants flapping their wings simultaneously, emitting a chaotic yet strangely harmonious buzzing sound, under the lure of a shared aura belonging to both the cultivation and demonic realms, the self-healing abilities of both realms were triggered, drawing out wisps of energy that ultimately healed the leak.
It's that simple.
Yet it is also perfectly reasonable.
For the three thousand worlds, these loopholes are like festering sores on the body of the world, which are difficult to cure. Once the right "medicine" is found, the world will immediately seize the opportunity to remove the sores.
Ultimately, they're all running perfectly well, so who wants to clash with each other?
Even if monsters are mindless, they are still the darlings of the demon realm. Who would want to send them to their deaths in the cultivation world in batches?
In the cultivation world, there's a saying: spiritual energy is already precious enough, and to have it wasted by demonic energy from who-knows-where is anyone willing to do that!
What was eroded was a substantial force belonging to the greater world.
Xie Jiaoyue almost laughed. If she had known this would happen, she would have simply sent a few cultivators to the Demon Realm, and all these problems would have been solved.
She coughed up some blood and looked around, only to see pairs of greedy eyes.
Oh my god, patching the leak still gave us away! Run!
Even among the top-tier families, the Wan family is undoubtedly number one. No matter how humble the Wan family disciples are, they still maintain their status and act like the most prestigious family. At the same time, they are under the strict control of the family rules and training, and rarely go to teahouses and taverns.
Anyway, it's just a place where low-level cultivators, mortals, and unreliable second-generation rich kids hang out. They're not the same kind of people as those who shoulder the future of the cultivation world.
This is what the Wan clan chief was thinking when he gave orders to his subordinates, and this is what the elders were thinking as they were drinking tea.
"The clan chief instructed me to handle this matter well. Our Wan clan has waited for so many years and has finally ushered in its own destiny. This continent, this great world, is leaky everywhere, but only our Wan clan's territory can finally begin to fill the broken seal."
What does this mean? It means that the Wan family is destined by Heaven! They are meant to rise to a higher level in this chaotic world!
Elder Wan blew on his tea, not even glancing at the person in front of him.
That person was merely someone he had instructed his eldest disciple to do things; the eldest disciple had others he had called upon to handle matters, so it wasn't worth him expending much energy on them.
Dressed in smooth silk, yet without a trace of formation or spiritual energy, the mortal shopkeeper, Manager Zhang, was unusually arrogant. He asked hesitantly, "Daoist Master, what should we do about this? Please give me some guidance."
Elder Wan clicked his tongue.
These incompetent mortals are just stupid.
"Why do I have to waste my breath on such a small matter?" Oh well, he's just a mortal. He'll just explain a few more words. "With so many seals, why is it that only our Wan clan's seal is gradually being restored? We can just make some stories to promote it and increase the Wan clan's reputation. It's that simple."
Elder Wan was confident, for he had his own sources of information. In this vast world, only the Wan clan possessed this honor.
Even he couldn't figure out the reason.
He pondered for a moment, but heard no sound. He looked up and asked in confusion, "What? Still don't understand?"
Everything has been explained so clearly, what problems could there possibly be?
Manager Zhang's small, beady eyes darted around, and his voice was soft and weak: "Sir, Daoist Master, Lord..." Manager Zhang couldn't find the right title, so he just piled them all on. "This, this is not just a strange thing that happened to the Wan family."
Once he started speaking, the rest of the conversation flowed smoothly: "This strange thing happened in the Xie family long ago. In full view of everyone, that hole," Manager Zhang didn't know what to call it, so he used the most simple way of saying it, "that hole suddenly, a black mist mixed with colorful light diffused, and then everything disappeared. People stepped on it, no, ordinary people stepped on it and nothing happened."
Elder Wan: "Huh?"
How could that be? When did this happen? How come he didn't know?
Elder Wan chased the man away and then lashed out at his eldest disciple before sending him off to investigate the matter.
It's not good to not investigate, but what we found was shocking. We don't know what's wrong with the Xie family. With such a big incident, instead of quickly informing other aristocratic families, they quietly went to brainwash ordinary people.
Manager Zhang wanted to speak but dared not. Was the other person just keeping quiet? Even the three-year-old in the village could sing the rhyme about Xie's deeds. He felt that other aristocratic families probably knew about it as well. It was only because Wan was arrogant and conceited that such a fool was unaware of anything.
He secretly groaned inwardly. Under such circumstances, would Elder Wan still ask him to promote Wan's business?
He didn't even dare to think about how many people would laugh at his shop and the storyteller in it.
Ordinary people's lives matter too. They contribute a lot of silver to the Wan family every year. They shouldn't be cheated like this, right?
His mind was in turmoil, and at just the right moment, the devil's whispers rang in his ears.
Elder Wan said, "Enough. Let them promote theirs, and we'll promote ours. The Xie family is just a minor family that we don't care about. They only retain their status as a Heavenly-level family because of their ancestors. In reality, who still considers them a Heavenly-level family?"
As Manager Zhang walked out, facing the endless staircase, he glanced back and saw that no one intended to see him off. His face scrunched up in a bitter expression.
What kind of mess is this? He should just go bankrupt and run away; we can't afford to take care of him anymore.
After the bystanders had left, Elder Wan whispered to his eldest disciple, "Go and investigate this matter quickly. Find out what exactly is wrong with the Xie family. I'll go find the clan leader now."
"That's not appropriate. I'll go see the clan chief after you've found out some results."
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Xie Jiaoyue felt that things were getting smoother and smoother these days.
For example, the spiritual energy in her body circulated more smoothly; when she went to blow up the gaps in the boundary wall, the probability of being discovered by the monsters was lower; even finding a place to stay was easier for her, and her wounds healed more smoothly when she was injured by monsters.
If it were her past life, Xie Jiaoyue would have thought she was just lucky, and might have even bought a couple of lottery tickets. But in this life, she is a cultivator with some kind of divine inspiration, and she immediately understood that this was destiny!
Her luck was improving! Heaven was gradually turning in her favor. Xie Jiaoyue was deeply moved, almost bursting into tears. So this was what Chu Xingjin usually felt like? As long as he wanted to do something, he could accomplish it smoothly without any major problems. The odds of success were 50/50, but for her, it was 30/70.
My god, being the chosen one of destiny is so awesome.
After the initial excitement wore off, Xie Jiaoyue couldn't help but wonder why her luck had started to improve.
She lowered her head and looked at her face in the stream; in the water, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.
She deliberately started fixing the loopholes from Xie's territory. It would be best if Gong Shi Moyu could notice, but if he couldn't, it would be a way of protecting her own people first.
Now it seems that Gongshi Moyu is indeed worthy of being someone she grew up with; his mind is just as sharp as hers.
Of the easily repairable vulnerabilities, those belonging to the Xie family have been mostly fixed. Next, the operation surrounding the Xie family will begin.
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