If Mo Yu, who guarded her food so fiercely, saw this, she would certainly pick him up and teach him a lesson!
“Senior Sister, it’s best when you come. Shopkeeper Jiang even gives you good tea, while Shopkeeper Mo won’t even give me a sip of water.” Seeing that Mo Yu was absent, this fellow began complaining to Feng Qiwu.
Jiang Chan gave him a faint, knowing smile. “Boy, I haven’t mistreated you here. Look at these spirit fruits. Have I ever limited how many you can eat? Stop taking your blessings for granted.”
Jiang Chan pointed to a plate of spirit fruits beside her. These were specialties from the forest of magical beasts, from its inner region at that. Ordinary people really could not find them. Eating them could strengthen the body.
The junior brother shrank back. He still dared exchange a few words with Mo Yu, but at the sight of Jiang Chan, the hairs on his back practically stood up. She seemed very approachable, yet he was a little afraid of her.
Perhaps this was a sixth sense?
Seeing the little tyrant not dare say a word in front of Jiang Chan, Feng Qiwu did not even lift her eyes. The first time she had seen her junior brother being so obsequious, she had been a little surprised.
But later, when she saw him acting cute and wheedling before Jiang Chan and Mo Yu, using every trick he could to get his hands on the valuable things he spotted, Feng Qiwu could hardly bear to watch.
Although sword cultivators practiced arduous cultivation, they had free time too. Feeling an affinity with Jiang Chan, Feng Qiwu came to sit in her shop every few days.
Jiang Chan had a very good impression of Feng Qiwu, quite apart from her being the mission’s target. Feng Qiwu taking the initiative to approach her saved Jiang Chan considerable trouble.
“Your cultivation is stable now. Has your sect arranged for you to go out and gain experience?” Jiang Chan blew on the tea leaves in her cup, asking what seemed a casual question.
“Yes. An elder discovered a small secret realm, just right for Foundation Establishment disciples to undergo trials. My father plans to have me try it too.”
“That’s good. Prepare properly, and be careful when you’re out there.” Jiang Chan could roughly guess which secret realm this was. It had appeared in Xiao Jin’s memories too. There was nothing particularly valuable inside. It was simply somewhere for the young disciples to broaden their horizons.
She would have liked to accompany Feng Qiwu, but this secret realm had a cultivation restriction. Golden Core cultivators could not enter at all, so Feng Qiwu would have to go on this trial alone.
Jiang Chan sighed imperceptibly. Xiao Jin’s mission was to protect Feng Qiwu, but in Jiang Chan’s view, sword cultivators had extremely powerful fighting abilities.
As long as Feng Qiwu gradually grew stronger and she dealt with Gu Miao’er, then gathered some natural treasures for Feng Qiwu, this first mission could be completed.
“Apart from your Sword Sect, will any other sects participate in this secret realm trial?” Jiang Chan tapped her fingers on the table. This cultivation world had an unwritten rule. Once a sect discovered a secret realm, basically every sect would send disciples to take part in the trial, and any resources obtained belonged to those disciples.
Unless something unexpected happened, Gu Miao’er, as a talented disciple of the Yunshui Sect, would certainly take part too.
“Besides our Sword Sect, there are other sects, such as the Yunshui Sect, Beast Taming Pavilion, Artifact Refining Sect, and so on. They’ll all have disciples participating.”
“I see.” Jiang Chan nodded. Wasn’t participating in a trial much like taking a joint examination between schools in modern society? Except that trials carried risks.
“I recently heard a rumor. Apparently, Tang Yubai, the Yunshui Sect leader’s disciple, and the talented young girl Gu Miao’er are deeply attached to each other and very much in love. Do you think the two of them will participate in this trial?”
In Xiao Jin’s memories, Tang Yubai was an utter scumbag. Fully aware that he had a fiancée, he still carried on affectionately with Gu Miao’er. Later, when Feng Qiwu was hunted by cultivators, Tang Yubai had never helped her. Instead, he had kicked her while she was down.
Feng Qiwu lowered her eyes. She knew she was engaged to Tang Yubai. Although she had met him only a few times and felt no particular affection for him, she had fulfilled her duties as his fiancée.
Now, hearing Jiang Chan bring this up, Feng Qiwu could not describe how she felt. Sad? Not in the slightest. Instead, she felt a sense of relief.
The young disciple puffed out his cheeks. “This Tang Yubai is no good at all. He already has a fiancée, yet he’s still fooling around with another woman!”
Feng Qiwu lifted her eyes. “Be quiet. We’ll discuss this when we return. What do outsiders’ affairs have to do with us?”
The young disciple said no more. He simply ran aside, fuming, and wiped a table as though he wanted to polish a flower into it.
Feng Qiwu stood up. “It’s getting late. I should head back. I’ll probably come again after returning from the trial.”
Jiang Chan raised her eyebrows at Feng Qiwu’s composure. She took a jade box from her sleeve. “We get along well, so I won’t stand on ceremony with you. This is a Nine-Revolution Purple Gold Pill. As long as you still have a breath left, taking it can bring you out of danger.”
The junior brother wiping the table immediately brightened. He rushed to Jiang Chan’s side. “Shopkeeper, you even have something like this up your sleeve? You really hide your abilities!”
Jiang Chan pushed his head away. “Keep your distance, boy. How could I make my way in the world without a few trump cards? If you knew everything about me, how could I keep going?”
The young disciple looked at her longingly. “Shopkeeper, considering how diligently I’ve worked these days, when will you give me a Nine-Revolution Purple Gold Pill? I can buy it from you!”
Jiang Chan spat at him. “Get out of the way! Do you think my pills are so easy to obtain?”
Feng Qiwu also smiled faintly. Without making a fuss, she accepted the jade box Jiang Chan handed her. “In that case, thank you. I’ll help inquire about Soul-Nourishing Wood.”
Watching Feng Qiwu carry her junior brother away, Jiang Chan lay down on the reclining chair behind the counter. It was so comfortable. No wonder Mo Yu fell asleep while lying in it.
“You’re certainly generous. How long did you spend refining that Nine-Revolution Purple Gold Pill? You finally managed to produce a top-grade one, then turned around and gave it away. If you have too many, you can give me one!”
Mo Yu lightly kicked the reclining chair. Although she was teasing, there was no envy in her tone. Spirit beasts rarely used pills in their cultivation, almost always advancing through their own steady, hard work.
Jiang Chan lifted her eyelids. “What choice do I have? I have to ensure her safety, don’t I? If something happens to her, it won’t benefit my cultivation either.”
As for this mission to protect Feng Qiwu, Jiang Chan really had no solution. With her little body, her fighting ability was pitiful. Apart from treasure hunting, she had almost no skills at all.
For now, she could still suppress Feng Qiwu through her cultivation. Once Feng Qiwu reached the Nascent Soul stage, she would basically be beaten effortlessly by her. So asking Jiang Chan to protect Feng Qiwu was truly beyond her abilities.
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