Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

1394  Were You Concerned About Me? (2)

"No problem," Jiang Hao said. "I'll definitely go through fire and water. I'll even find the person behind the stone tablet."

"Remember…" Hong Yuye said icily. "Take care of my flower. If anything goes wrong during the Great Era, you know the consequences."

With that, Hong Yuye vanished from where she stood.

Jiang Hao looked around and heaved a sigh of relief when it was clear that she had left.

Although it had not been life-threatening, her presence had terrified him this time.

He finally calmed himself.

Yet occasionally, scenes would still appear in his mind.

He could only think that she had taken his book of charm techniques and learned them by chance.

The next day, Jiang Hao looked at the blueprint of the formation in his hand and waited quietly.

Soon, the spirit beast arrived with Xiao Li.

"Senior Brother, you were looking for me?" said Xiao Li and looked around nervously. "Senior Sister isn't here?"

Jiang Hao nodded.

Then, he said, "Have you been studying formations properly?"

Xiao Li was stunned. She looked up at the sky but did not answer.

She could not lie to Jiang Hao, so she chose not to answer.

Jiang Hao handed over the blueprint in his hand.

"Set it up near the courtyard according to this blueprint. If you succeed, I'll ask Cheng Chou to take you back to visit your village."

"Really?" Xiao Li was excited.

Then, she took the blueprint.

She looked around. She could not understand what was going on.

Then, she sat on the ground and began to study the blueprint. From time to time, she drew on the ground.

After half a day, Xiao Li was biting her finger in deep thought.

Jiang Hao just watched.

He did not disturb her.

The spirit beast hung upside down on the tree and looked at the array formation. It crossed its arms in front of it.

"What's the point of learning this?" said the spirit beast. "I have many friends in the underworld. Nothing is difficult for me."

Jiang Hao believed it.

After all, the spirit beast had divine powers.

Difficult formations could not defeat it.

"It's not working! Senior Brother, if I succeed, I can go and sweep the graves of my parents, right? But if I can't, they'll miss me!" Xiao Li bit her finger in agitation.

Jiang Hao looked at her and felt sorry for her. He felt bad for making things difficult for her.

After all, he could not understand the formation at all.

The next day, Xiao Li was eating a peach and seemed troubled by something.

After finishing the peach, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

She jumped up and laughed loudly. "I got it! I really got it! I'm so smart!"

She started drawing again, and eventually, a light flashed, and everything on the ground disappeared.

Xiao Li jumped up in joy.

"Senior Brother, I know how to do it!" she said excitedly and looked at Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao, who was drinking tea, was quite surprised.

He had intended to let Xiao Li study the blueprint for a few days. If it did not work, he had planned to let her go.

As for returning to her hometown, it would be an advance payment for something else in the future.

She could just continue to study it after coming back.

Who would have thought she would learn it the very next day?

"Did it?" Jiang Hao asked calmly. "Then start drawing and explain why as you go."

Xiao Li said, "Senior Brother, do this first, then… do this again. Here, there, and this. Turn around and do this again…"

Xiao Li walked around the courtyard while she explained the formation.

Back in the yard, Xiao Li drew the final step. Then, a light flashed, and the core appeared in front of Jiang Hao.

"Senior Brother, it's done!" Xiao Li patted the dust off her hands and smiled.

Jiang Hao looked at her and was silent for a long time.

Xiao Li felt a bit uneasy. "Is something wrong?"

"Not at all." Jiang Hao picked a peach and offered it to her. "Here. Go on now. When the time comes, Cheng Chou will take you back to your village."

Things were not very safe lately, but he would not stop Xiao Li if she wanted to go.

Xiao Li had the Archean Abyss Dragon Pearl, and he had replenished it with the power of a True Immortal. Nothing could threaten her.

In addition, Jiang Hao remembered the Red Dragon's words.

Having Xiao Li around him might be more dangerous.

Someone might find out that she was a Forbidden Dragon.

It might be better to send her away for a while.

As for the array formation…

He still did not understand it.

Xiao Li's talent for formations was unimaginable.

But fortunately, the core was in his hands, and it allowed him to control the formation.

It could also imbue it with the power of a True Immortal. Ordinary people would not be able to sense the power of the formation, let alone a True Immortal's power.

With that, the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower would be a little safer.

He did not need to stop any powerful experts from appearing.

He could not stop powerful people from trying to take it away anyway.

But if the formation could stop some of the people, it was good enough.

Days passed, and Jiang Hao noticed that the Longevity Fruit had changed.

Originally, ants would appear every seven days for a tree, and they went through their cycles of transformation.

But they kept cultivating that one tree at the moment.

The fruit would fall, and ants would replace each other, but the tree remained the same.

Jiang Hao did not know if it was a good or a bad thing, but the ants seemed to have changed.

It was time to see what would happen in the end.

Around early December, the snow stopped.

However, it had not melted yet.

Jiang Hao cleared the snow on the paths and left the rest behind.

He sensed the stone tablet vibrate.

There was a gathering that night.

Jiang Hao did not care too much. He headed to the Spirit Herb Garden.

This month, some disciples had reappeared, and some Branch Masters were beginning to take charge of their branches again.

The remarkable Senior Brother of the Cliff of Broken Hearts had also returned.

Senior Brother Mu Qi was also able to get off the bed, and he began to help the Cliff of Broken Hearts get things in order.

Some people had even started looking for Senior Brother Bai Yi.

It was said that the Cliff Master was out of danger and would return in a year or two.