I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 606: Chapter 554: Guest Elder

The handsome male cultivator with Moh Baichun stood up and asked in confusion, "Who is this?"

Moh Baichun coughed to hide her shock, "An old friend, just a bit surprised to meet suddenly."

She immediately sent a voice transmission to Jiang Yuebai, "This is the Xiong Family’s marriage ceremony. If we fight here, neither of us will come out well."

Jiang Yuebai hummed in her heart and transmitted back, "It’s good you still remember me. Don’t worry, as long as you compensate me for my past losses, I’ll let bygones be bygones."

Back then, she was young and naive. Out of gratitude for Moh Baichun’s early guidance in the puppetry path, she saved her from pursuers in Chaotian Domain. But Moh Baichun deceived her for healing her injuries and sold her to the Poison Doctor Xue Liuzhi.

Although Moh Baichun didn’t deal a death blow, leaving her with a way out and compensating her with the Sword Sky Puppet and the secret Silk Control Technique, it was too much, making her feel all her sincere emotions were fed to a dog.

Since then, she basically stopped meddling in others’ affairs. Moh Xinhei truly taught her a lesson.

Moh Baichun glanced at the handsome male cultivator beside her again and decisively transmitted,

"Deal!"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Yuebai’s face immediately brightened up, and she walked over warmly and intimately.

"Senior Sister Moh, I missed you so much!"

Jiang Yuebai hugged Moh Baichun’s arm, raising her eyebrows looking in a way that said she wasn’t letting her go.

The handsome male cultivator laughed upon seeing this, his smile as pleasant as a spring breeze.

"So you’re Elder Wuchen’s junior sister, I am Zhuge Ziqian, nice to meet you, fellow Daoist."

Jiang Yuebai, still holding Moh Baichun’s arm, smiled in return, "My Daoist name is Wangshu, sorry for the intrusion."

Moh Baichun attempted to pull her arm free, but unable to shake off Jiang Yuebai, she could only use her other hand to tuck her hair behind her ear.

"Junior Brother Ziqian, I would like to catch up with Junior Sister Wangshu, if you could..."

"Understood, I’m being tactless. Please, both of you."

Zhuge Ziqian bowed and quickly left, leaving the pavilion to Jiang Yuebai and Moh Baichun.

"Tsk tsk tsk, your gaze was practically pulling threads."

Teased by Jiang Yuebai, Moh Baichun abruptly withdrew her hand and set up a sound insulation barrier, "What’s wrong? This lady has been cultivating hard for almost two hundred years, can’t I find a man to toy with? Mind your own unfinished business!"

Moh Baichun revealed her true colors, lifting her skirt in a peculiar frustration, constantly glancing at Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yuebai chuckled, glancing at her reconstructed legs, "Messing with someone from the Zhuge Family, aren’t you afraid they might break your legs again?"

"Cultivators, male and female, separating and coming together is nothing unusual. You, a smelly little girl still wet behind the ears, wouldn’t understand the joy of your elder sister!"

Jiang Yuebai’s eyelids drooped, "Moh Baichun, how about we have a fight now? If you can beat me, I’ll call you my ancestor, not just my elder sister. But if you don’t dare, then stop acting like a superior."

Moh Baichun looked at Jiang Yuebai, who advanced to Nascent Soul before turning a hundred, definitely a fierce character.

She regretted not using some means to keep this girl under her wing back then and felt a bit... inexplicably annoyed.

When she recalled the time when Jiang Yuebai solved the Divine Mechanism Lock at her stall and was thrilled to get a broken Flying Core Boat, it seemed unbelievable.

At the time, Jiang Yuebai was just entering the Dao, a small fry at the Qi Refinement stage, while she was already a Golden Core Great Master.

Now, she finally advanced to the early-stage Nascent Soul, only for this girl to...

Moh Baichun’s heart couldn’t take it and needed to ease up!

She wiped her face and patted beside her, "Alright, alright, sit down. I apologize. Let’s first talk about how you ended up in the Upper Realm."

Jiang Yuebai didn’t care much and sat down to say, "I came with my sect’s Supreme Elder. What’s your story?"

Moh Baichun muttered, "I had a fortuitous encounter while forming my nascent soul, it was unexpected but pretty good. The puppetry path in the Earth Spiritual Realm reached its limit, nothing new to do. The Zhuge Family ranks in the top three in the Upper Realm’s puppetry path, so I made some acquaintances and stayed as a guest elder."

"Hand over everything you learned at the Zhuge Family as compensation." Jiang Yuebai demanded extravagantly.

Moh Baichun was so angered she laughed, "Do you think the guest elder contract I have with the Zhuge Family is just for show? I can’t teach, if you want to learn, pay up!"

"Oh, so if I pay, the guest elder contract becomes just for show? You really haven’t changed at all. Don’t forget, you owe me now, pay up!"

Jiang Yuebai extended her hand, and Moh Baichun, feeling guilty, pressed down on Jiang Yuebai’s hand, smiling, "Don’t be like this, my good junior sister. See, us meeting in the Upper Realm is also fate. Plus, it’s the Xiong Family’s joyous day today, let’s not talk about things that hurt our relationship."

"Are you trying to renege on the debt?" Jiang Yuebai squinted her eyes.

"How could I? As you know, people who cultivate the puppetry path are all poor. I have no background, and whatever property I saved went to buying materials to enhance my lifebound puppet. I couldn’t come up with spirit stones even if you wanted them."

"By the way, have you switched to cultivating the puppetry path now? Why do you want me to teach you everything I’ve learned from the Zhuge Family?"

Jiang Yuebai said frankly, "It’s still all because of the Sword Sky Puppet you gave me. I’ve been using it and it’s been handy, so I wanted to enhance it."

Moh Baichun understood, "Ah, that Sword Sky Puppet. It was indeed the best puppet I could make during my Golden Core stage. But if you want to enhance it, I can help you. That way, our grievances are settled, how about it?"

"No, I want to modify it myself." Jiang Yuebai rejected outright.

Moh Baichun scratched her head, "So you’re adamant about learning the Zhuge Family’s puppet techniques? I, as a guest elder, can’t even access it unless I’m willing to swear eternal loyalty to the Zhuge Family or exchange it for something equally valuable. You’re making it hard for me."

Jiang Yuebai thought for a moment, "Then recommend me to join the Zhuge Family as a guest elder."

Moh Baichun leaned back, examining Jiang Yuebai, "You? With your half-baked skills, I’m afraid you won’t even pass the Zhuge Family’s puppet exam."

"How would you know without trying?"

Moh Baichun nodded helplessly, "Fine, you want to join the Zhuge Family as a guest elder, but let me be clear. First, you need to pass their exam to qualify, and the contract starts at fifty years, like working in a shop. When they need you, you have to help."

"Of course, the Zhuge Family won’t force you, and their treatment is pretty good. They’re not too guarded against guest elders. As long as it’s not core techniques and secret arts, you can exchange and learn with enough contributions. I stayed because I admired the Zhuge Family’s conduct."

Jiang Yuebai considered it. Fifty years wasn’t long for her. Wherever she cultivated, it was the same.

Even someone as black-hearted as Moh Xinhei thought the Zhuge Family’s conduct was good, so it couldn’t be that bad. If something came up in the future, they could definitely negotiate; she could also work out a deal with the Zhuge Family for the Divine Soul cultivation technique.

"Deal."

Hearing this, Moh Baichun had no choice but to comply. She took out a pile of jade scrolls and picture albums from her storage bracelet and threw them into Jiang Yuebai’s hands.

"Since that’s the case, I’ll give you three days to read and memorize everything. After the Xiong Family’s marriage ceremony ends, I’ll recommend you to join the Zhuge Family. As for how the exam will proceed, that’s not for me to decide."

Jiang Yuebai smiled confidently, "Don’t worry, when it comes to memorizing and exams, I’m the best at it!"

Moh Baichun was noncommittal. The foundational stuff she gave Jiang Yuebai completely overturned what she learned in the Lower Realm’s puppetry path, practically starting from scratch and learning anew.

When she had no one to teach her before, it took her half a year to barely understand. And because of her extraordinary talent, she defeated many competitors and became a guest elder for the Zhuge Family.

Now giving this girl only three days was to make her retreat in the face of difficulties, to know that not everyone can learn the puppetry path!

The sound of rhythmic music echoed, and the sky exploded with images of phoenixes, marking the official start of the Xiong Family’s marriage ceremony.

Moh Baichun stood up to look at the twin towers, but Jiang Yuebai had no interest left in the ceremony, already engrossed in flipping through the heap of materials.

Seeing this, Moh Baichun shook her head and sighed.

However, she knew nothing about Jiang Yuebai’s learning ability!

"By the way, since the Zhuge Family requires an exam to enter, it’s not really related to you, you still owe me compensation!"

Moh Baichun: ......