novelraw Chapter 114 - 113: Ginseng Dao Fruit
Chapter 114 - 113: Ginseng Dao Fruit
The peerless female prodigy of the great Xuanyuan Dao Sect, Ji Xichan—who had swept through the major sects and earned a reputation for being invincible among her peers—was now proudly telling a man that her butt was more durable...
If word of this got out, it was hard to imagine how badly the illusions of those young prodigies who aspired to challenge her, and the noble scions of various sects who admired and pursued her, would be shattered.
Even Pei Yuhang found it incredible. He suspected he had misheard.
He sized up the young woman before him with a strange look, as if wondering if she had some sort of odd fetish.
Pei Yuhang gently helped Qing Yueqiu up, then said to Ji Xichan in a cold voice:
"I have no interest in discussing such trivial matters with you. The Sect Grand Competition is over. Shouldn't you be heading back, Miss Ji?"
Pei Yuhang didn't realize that his cold tone had, on the contrary, stimulated some strange competitive urge in the black-dressed young woman. She blocked his path, even pressing right up against him, allowing him to clearly smell the fresh lemon scent on her.
In front of the unconscious Qing Yueqiu, Ji Xichan's face flushed red, but she still asked stubbornly:
"Tell me… is my butt better at… enduring the punishment of your ruler than Qing Yueqiu's…"
"..."
BUZZ—BUZZ—
The vibration of the Transmission Token at his waist shattered the awkward silence.
Seeing the message was from Elder Liu, Pei Yuhang decided to quickly placate Ji Xichan and get away.
"Fine. Since you insist on asking, I'll tell you. Your butt... feels better to strike than Yueqiu's. Are you satisfied now?"
Even the battle-hardened Pei Yuhang blushed after saying something so "perverted," especially in front of a junior.
He hurriedly left with Qing Yueqiu, his flustered retreat making it seem as if he had been the one defeated by Ji Xichan.
Watching Sword Immortal Pei's scurrying figure, Ji Xichan suddenly realized just how wanton her own words had been.
She touched her burning-hot cheeks and muttered, "He actually said my butt was better… I never realized he was so improper before."
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"My apologies, Elder Liu. I was just leaving the venue for the Sect Grand Competition."
[There's no need to be so formal, Palace Master Pei. I've come to tell you some good news. Your head disciple won first place in the Sect Grand Competition, proving the potential of your Cold Palace Sword Mansion. The Dao Sect's monthly stipend for your Cave Mansion will be increased from 30,000 Spirit Stones to 250,000 Spirit Stones.]
A stipend of 250,000 Spirit Stones for a small Cave Mansion with only four Cultivators meant an average of over 60,000 Spirit Stones per person. This was an astonishing ratio. Even many top-ranking Grand Cave Mansions with a hundred members didn't enjoy such a per-capita allowance.
And unlike the dirty money he got from Shang Miaoyan, these Spirit Stones were clean!
Pei Yuhang was overjoyed. He was happier about this opportunity, which his head disciple had fought with all her might to win for the Cold Palace Sword Mansion, than he had been when he received a million Spirit Stones from Shang Miaoyan.
[Palace Master Pei, I have more good news for you. The Sect Leader is bestowing upon you a Ginseng Dao Fruit to treat the injury to Fairy Ye's Dao Foundation. When Fairy Ye had her accident, the Sect did not stand idly by. We specifically sent people into a Secret Realm to search for Heavenly and Earthly Treasures capable of healing a Dao Foundation.]
[We just recently found it, and it happens to coincide with the joyous occasion of your disciple winning the Sect Grand Competition. It must be fate.]
Pei Yuhang heard this but didn't respond much.
He knew Elder Liu was just being polite.
'There are over a hundred Cave Mansions in the Dao Sect, and every Pavilion Master is a Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator. After Liyuan's Dao Foundation was destroyed by the Celestial Tribulation, from the perspective of a sect with over a hundred Divinity Transformation experts, there was little need to rescue her. Rather than pour resources into saving a Female Sword Cultivator who would struggle to regain her strength even if healed, it was better to give those resources to other Divinity Transformation Cultivators who still had the potential to break through to a higher level.'
'As a behemoth of the Cultivation Realm, the Xuanyuan Dao Sect has never lacked for geniuses.'
'For the Sect Leader to suddenly agree to give me a Supreme Heaven and Earth Treasure that can mend a Dao Foundation… besides wanting to win over Qing Yueqiu, a monstrously talented disciple with the potential to surpass even Ji Xichan, there must be other reasons.'
Pei Yuhang was not one to beat around the bush. Or rather, most Sword Cultivators were as straightforward as their blades.
"Elder Liu, what else does the Sect need from me? As long as it is within my power, I will not refuse."
[As expected of Palace Master Pei, you're a straightforward man. In that case, I'll be direct. The Sect has discovered a new, very important Secret Realm.]
[However, that Secret Realm has a special rule, a threshold: only those below the Divinity Transformation Stage may enter...]
Upon hearing this, Pei Yuhang instantly understood the Sect's intentions.
'Since the Sect wants to select powerful experts from among the Nascent Soul cultivators to enter the Secret Realm, that means—'
[Correct. Since your head disciple, Qing Yueqiu, was able to fight Ji Xichan to a standstill at the Golden Core level, such a peerless genius is naturally within the scope of the Sect's talent selection. Once she breaks through to the Nascent Soul Realm, she will be qualified to enter the Secret Realm.]
[Of course, the Sect will not force her to participate.]
"When will that Secret Realm open?"
[That is currently confidential. However, we hope that Palace Master Pei's disciple can successfully reach the Nascent Soul Realm within a year.]
"..."
After a moment of silence, Pei Yuhang suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I cannot accept this Ginseng Dao Fruit right now. I must first ask Yueqiu for her thoughts..."
[There's no need to be nervous, Palace Master Pei. I understand your desire to protect your beloved disciple. But regardless of whether Miss Qing Yueqiu participates or not, the Ginseng Dao Fruit will be given to you. As I said before, this Ginseng Dao Fruit is compensation for Fairy Ye.]
[Palace Master Pei, you can head to the Ancestral God Pavilion now. Great Elder Xiao will give you the Ginseng Dao Fruit personally.]
[Furthermore, the Great Elder has a few things he wishes to say to you...]
'Great Elder Xiao is giving it to me personally?'
An image of a slightly balding, stern-faced old man appeared in Pei Yuhang's mind.
'Elder Xiao is giving me the Ginseng Dao Fruit… Could it be that because Yueqiu got the better of Ji Xichan in the Sect Grand Competition, the old man is in a great mood and wants to meet me personally?'
After a few more pleasantries, Elder Liu ended the Divine Sense communication. Pei Yuhang put away his Transmission Token and immediately changed the direction of his Flying Sword, no longer heading for the Cold Palace Sword Mansion but toward the Dao Sect's Elder Hall.
Since receiving this Ginseng Dao Fruit had nothing to do with Yueqiu... he certainly wasn't going to pass up this huge opportunity.
'If Liyuan consumes this Ginseng Dao Fruit, she will surely be able to completely repair the damage from the Thunder Tribulation. With the help of my dual cultivation, she could very likely ascend to Divinity Transformation again within twenty years.'
'At that time, I can take Liyuan and my disciples and leave the Xuanyuan Dao Sect. We can escape to a place Shang Miaoyan can't find, live in seclusion or establish our own sect, and pursue eternal life together.'