I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 613: Chapter 561: Killing Softly

The next day at 11:00 AM, a small courtyard in Meihua Village.

Bai Jiuyou returned from outside with the Lotus Platform, sealed the courtyard, and casually tossed the Lotus Platform onto the stone table.

Jiang Yuebai emerged from the Lotus Platform, landing on the ground, and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

Bai Jiuyou frowned with anger, "Are you okay? You’re still not healed after taking medicine for half a day from such a minor injury!"

Last night, Jiang Yuebai escaped from the center of the battlefield, continuously activated space restrictions to flee beyond the range Divinity Transformation Cultivators could detect, then entered the Lotus Platform and released Bai Jiuyou, allowing Bai Jiuyou to disguise as an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator and bring the Lotus Platform back to Meihua Village.

Iron Palm Master is still outside spewing fire everywhere, shouting about wanting to kill the Chenzhou Wanderer.

Jiang Yuebai clutched his chest and gasped, "Iron Palm Master truly has some skills. His palm contained a unique Earth Vein Qi, exceptionally heavy and hard to resist. Although what’s left was absorbed by me, the internal injury is indeed difficult to heal."

"You’re asking for it by facing it directly! Serves you right!" Bai Jiuyou grumbled angrily.

Jiang Yuebai smiled pallidly, "Though injured, things have been settled."

Speaking of this, Bai Jiuyou suddenly asked curiously, "Is Iron Palm Master really a eunuch? Does he have that kind of relationship with True Monarch Dongyue?"

Jiang Yuebai burst into laughter; Bai Jiuyou was so curious that the Meihua Village discussion about the secret between Iron Palm Master and True Monarch Dongyue must be exploding.

She couldn’t believe Iron Palm Master would still have the face to stay in the Eight Immortals River!

"We’ve been delayed half a day, we should continue memorizing. Two days later, we’re going to the Zhuge Family for the assessment."

Jiang Yuebai said as he prepared to return to the Lotus Platform to continue studying, even heavily injured, she must study.

Bai Jiuyou suddenly grabbed Jiang Yuebai’s sleeve, "Hey, I’ve got an idea."

Jiang Yuebai raised an eyebrow, "Speak."

"I also want to study at the Zhuge Family."

Bai Jiuyou chuckled, continuing with her reasoning.

"Look, you’re going to the Zhuge Family to learn more advanced puppet manufacturing and also to learn from the Yin Yang Family’s Refining God Method."

Jiang Yuebai nodded, "Exactly."

"Recently, I’ve been reading those books and am particularly interested in the Armored Master’s lineage, especially those large armors made by the Zhuge Family that I really desire."

Bai Jiuyou’s eyes sparkled; she always had a fascination with big things because she’s small, wanting a big hammer, and now desiring big puppets and armors.

"So we’ll split up: you join the Zhuge Family as a Guest Elder, focusing on the Yin Yang lineage, while I’ll disguise myself as a common Qi Cultivation Cultivator and become an Armored Apprentice at the Zhuge Family, working hard for fifty years from the basics."

"In this way, same time, double efficiency—you can concentrate, and I can remain undistracted; in the end, we can exchange learning memories and insights. Isn’t that wonderful?"

Jiang Yuebai’s eyes shined, "Wonderful!"

Bai Jiuyou’s Chaos Sacred Body is like a clean container, its upper limit restricted by her original cultivation, up to Peak Nascent Soul.

The lower limit is determined by the amount of Spiritual Energy she fills in; she can easily disguise as a Qi Cultivation Cultivator, as long as no one pulls her hand to probe, relying solely on Divine Sense inspection, Divinity Transformation Cultivators might not see her real situation.

Additionally, having undergone Nirvana several times turning young, her bone age genuinely appears seven or eight years old, so in bone age tests for Armored Apprentices at the Zhuge Family, she doesn’t fear exposure.

"Wait, what will you do if you can’t grow later?" Jiang Yuebai asked.

Bai Jiuyou waved her hand, "No worries, when the timing is right, I’ll ’accidentally swallow’ a Face Stabilizing Bone Elixir, that’s minor."

"What about your eyes? Will you keep pretending to be blind?"

"Yes, at that time, I’ll carry a Cloud Lark Puppet and pretend it’s my eyes."

"Alright, I’ll look through books to see if there’s anything that can obscure your eye color."

"Okay."

Jiang Yuebai and Bai Jiuyou returned to the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, releasing three clones, continuing their focused study.

In the quiet courtyard, only a verdant lantern swayed under the plum tree, guarding against mishaps with the Five Elements Lotus Platform hidden externally in space.

Though Jiang Yuebai is full of enthusiasm for reading, she also needs rest after prolonged reading.

During her break, she often searches for the Nightmare in the Heaven Net Immortal Locking Array to "have a heart-to-heart conversation."

This Nightmare truly has some obstinance; she attempted to sleep several times to ask Anan about how to subdue it but never entered the dream.

Perhaps Anan is very busy lately, having no time for dream cultivation; she hasn’t sensed her; must wait a little longer.

Jiang Yuebai’s side is calm, year’s tranquility, yet Meihua Village has new discussion topics due to the battle that night, increasing business at teahouses and taverns severalfold.

Of course, everyone, in respect to Iron Palm Master’s Peak of Divinity Transformation power, dared not openly discuss but still transmitted privately.

"Fellow Daoist, have you heard? That Fang Family Iron Palm Master who married into the Xiong Family turns out to be a Sleeve Breaker!"

"No way, I just heard he’s a eunuch!"

"All’s correct, both a eunuch and a Sleeve Breaker, along with the Ghost Dao Cultivator Dongyue beside him..."

"Ah! Ah?"

"You can’t tell, right? If I didn’t know Iron Palm had issues in certain aspects, I would have thought that sickly-looking Dongyue was the one."

"Don’t judge a book by its cover!"

"Such a stark contrast!"

Throughout Meihua Village, cultivators gathered together with animated expressions, clicking their tongues in amazement. Yet, outsiders couldn’t hear a single word, leaving those uninformed utterly confused and bursting with curiosity to investigate.

Within the Xiong Family.

Bang!

Iron Palm Master slammed a palm down, shattering the tea table and rising in fury.

"I don’t care what method you use, you must immediately bring this Chenzhou Wanderer before me!"

Xiong Yanqing looked terribly troubled, "Iron Palm Brother, in such a vast Nine Rivers Realm, this person is really hard to find. If she escapes from Nine Rivers Realm, it will be even harder to locate her."

Iron Palm Master’s face turned red with rage, nearly exploding at the thought of the rumors outside.

But he had nowhere to vent this anger and had to suppress it forcefully.

Xiong Yanqing continued to persuade, "Rumors are the most harmful, Iron Palm Brother. Why not return to Loujin Realm to wait out the storm and come back once it’s blown over?"

Iron Palm Master suddenly turned and stared at Xiong Yanqing with wide-eyed fury, "If I go back now, is the Xiong Family unwilling to cooperate with the Fang Family on the disciple exchange? What do you plan to do about that?"

Xiong Yanqing hastily put on a conciliatory smile. Compared to the talented bloodline and divine skills of the Fang Family, the Xiong Family was somewhat weaker and couldn’t afford to offend them.

There’s already someone defaming him outside due to his friendship with Iron Palm Master. He doesn’t particularly care about those rumors, but the Xiong Family’s prestige can’t suffer because of it.

This matter can only be managed quietly; he can’t have Iron Palm Master proving himself publicly.

"Iron Palm Brother, I think we should pause the disciple exchange between our two families. That way, we can take more time to select the best disciples of the Xiong Family to send to the Fang Family."

At this point, it was irreversible.

Iron Palm Master, annoyed by the strange looks from outsiders, preferred to avoid rather than stay and be gossiped about.

"Chenzhou Demon! Someday, I will tear you to shreds!"

Iron Palm Master clenched his fist, still unable to swallow this resentment.

Soft knives kill invisibly without drawing blood—truly formidable!

Xiong Yanqing looked at Iron Palm Master, sighing silently. He thought that Iron Palm Master’s unrest might truly mean he had something with Dongyue and cared too much. It would likely hinder his breakthrough from Divinity Transformation to Refining Void, reflecting the mundane nature of people!

Iron Palm Master arrived gloriously but had no choice but to use the Fang Family’s urgent summon as an excuse to leave early.

Before departing, Iron Palm Master spent a large sum to place Chenzhou Wanderer’s name at the top of the Tianshi Star Alliance Demon Cultivator bounty list.

Once Iron Palm Master left, Zhuge Family received the news, and their clan leader secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If the Xiong Family united with the Fang Family, they would surely begin suppressing the Zhuge Family and seize resources from the Eight Immortals River Basin upon growing stronger.

Though temporarily deferred, it granted the Zhuge Family more time to prepare.

The Zhuge Family’s development had reached a bottleneck, making it difficult to ascend further in the short term. They needed to seek external breakthroughs and attract more talent while finding suitable allies.

The Zhuge Family’s clan leader felt quite distressed about it.

Meanwhile, in the residence of the Zhuge Family’s Guest Elder.

Moh Baichun sat in the courtyard, listening to her servant disciple report the outside occurrences. She waved the person away and thoughtfully stroked her chin.

She seriously suspected that Chenzhou Wanderer was Jiang Yuebai!

Unfortunately, she had no evidence.

"That brat, pretty impressive! The day it happened, she took out Dongyue by that night and drove away Iron Palm Master with just a few words—swift and decisive!"

The more Moh Baichun thought about it, the more she got goosebumps, shivering unintentionally.

"This girl, with her vengeful streak, is not to be provoked—too terrifying."

At this moment, Zhuge Ziqian entered the courtyard, immediately questioning Moh Baichun.

"Senior Sister Wuchen, could Chenzhou Wanderer be your junior sister?"

Upon hearing, Moh Baichun’s head buzzed–Zhuge Ziqian was smart. The day Jiang Yuebai was troubled by Iron Palm and Dongyue, promising not to implicate them, Zhuge Ziqian was nearby. It’s understandable to connect these.

However...

"What nonsense are you spouting? My Junior Sister Wangshu is as pure as ice and clean as jade, a new talent of the orthodox path. How could she be the ruthless Chenzhou Wanderer? It must be a coincidence. Brother Ziqian, please be cautious with your words—don’t let my junior sister hear."

If that Little Fox hears, you’re done for, silly brother!

Zhuge Ziqian was thoughtful, as Moh Baichun hurriedly made him sit and analyzed for him why Jiang Wangshu and Chenzhou Wanderer are not the same person.