My Wife Might Be a Saintess

Chapter 374: Chapter 373: I Treat You as a Friend, But You Insist on Being My Senior

On the balcony, Duan Qiao looked at Dandan and said, "Have you accepted reality yet?"

In the beginning, Dandan was aware of its predicament, but it showed no deference, acting completely fearless.

Duan Qiao had originally wanted to throw it away to spare itself the trouble.

But now, the calamitous Great Demon had taken action.

His only reason for acting was to see if he could crack it.

So don’t even think about reasoning with the Great Demon. It’s useless—unless you’re the mistress.

Jiang Zuo had already gone inside; otherwise, Duan Qiao wouldn’t have dared to lecture Dandan.

With its shell cracked and facing an absolute crisis, Dandan submitted to Duan Qiao.

"Listen up," Duan Qiao said, feeling very proud to see Dandan’s submission. "Balcony Survival Rule Number One: you can provoke anyone, you can even provoke the Great Demon, but you must never, ever provoke the mistress. If she says one, you absolutely cannot say two."

Shi Qi and Shiba nodded. This made perfect sense to them. Dandan hopped about, seeming to only half-understand.

"Balcony Survival Rule Number Two: the mistress is the key to our survival. As long as the mistress is around, no matter how big the trouble, we have a chance of making it out alive."

At this, Sweet Potato also nodded. It felt the mistress was both kind and terrifying.

Afterward, Duan Qiao continued to educate the newcomer, Dandan, making it understand just what kind of place this was.

In short, it was a place where you had to tread carefully if you wanted to survive.

And just like that, Duan Qiao, the Balcony Overlord, gained another underling—and a seemingly remarkable one at that.

Unfortunately, on the balcony, its only practical value was as a fried egg. On days when the mistress wasn’t home, it was hard to say if it could even survive.

Duan Qiao felt a little helpless. One careless mistake and its new underling might "exit the balcony."

As the Balcony Overlord, it was a bit worried for this newcomer.

’So, what in the world am I, the great Duan Qiao, even doing?’

Duan Qiao collapsed to the floor, feeling its bridge-life was a sea of darkness.

’I’m starting to forget what I’m even supposed to be doing.’

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Jiang Zuo paid the egg no mind. He would deal with it when someone came looking for it.

’Any Sword Cultivator who cares about this egg must have a weakness in their Sword Dao. Otherwise, why would a Sword Cultivator need a Sure-Hit Egg? It’s a heretical path.’

’A Sword Cultivator should be like Jian Shisan, bringing down countless tribulations with a single sword, felling every foe under heaven.’

’All others are either just for show or follow heretical paths. Those who actually succeed in Entering Dao are as rare as a phoenix feather.’

’People like that usually don’t get far.’

Speaking of Jian Shisan, Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but look up. He had been Crossing the Tribulation for many days now and still hadn’t emerged.

Normally, advancing from Tier Six to Tier Seven required a Celestial Tribulation, but stepping into Entering Dao at Tier Seven did not.

Likewise, advancing to Inquiry at Tier Eight also didn’t require a Celestial Tribulation.

However, for a Tier Seven Daoist to step into Tier Eight with the heart of Inquiry was equivalent to a dual promotion, so the Celestial Tribulation would certainly be no simple matter.

Tier Seven or Tier Eight were merely realms of Cultivation, whereas Entering Dao or Inquiry were realms of the Dao.

They were not the same.

It was just that Entering Dao required Tier Seven, while Inquiry required Tier Eight Cultivation.

Someone at the level of Inquiry was definitely Tier Eight or higher, but a Tier Eight could still be just at the level of Entering Dao.

Even among those at Tier Seven, or among those at Tier Eight, the difference in power could be like heaven and earth.

One cannot advance from Tier Seven to Tier Eight without Entering Dao, nor from Tier Eight to Tier Nine without reaching Inquiry.

That was why advancing past Tier Seven was exceptionally difficult.

For someone like Jian Shisan to directly enter Tier Eight by achieving Inquiry was exceedingly rare.

"I wonder how much longer it’ll take," Jiang Zuo said, shaking his head.

He felt the Holy Land was safer with Jian Shisan present.

After all, Jian Shisan was truly strong.

Back then, if Jian Shisan had been willing to step into that realm, even Qin Tian might not have been his match.

’Still, if I were to fight him, it wouldn’t take me more than three moves to win.’

In his previous life, Jiang Zuo was actually very fair when facing challenges. He always accepted them by fighting at the same realm as his opponent.

At his peak, his power was something these Cultivators could never even imagine.

His power had long since transcended the system of Cultivation.

Back then, Jian Shisan had always understood this, which was why he had asked Jiang Zuo if he could reverse time and space.

If even Jiang Zuo couldn’t do it, then no amount of time would be of any use to him.

Jiang Zuo had already reached a level beyond his comprehension.

And so, he chose release.

Back then, Jiang Zuo had actually been quite fond of Jian Shisan.

He had no friends, and he thought that perhaps Jian Shisan could be one.

Unfortunately, Jian Shisan had no such intention and had merely used him as a borrowed blade.

But after returning, Jian Shisan should have technically been his senior, given his connection to Su Qi.

But Jiang Zuo treated him as neither a senior nor a junior.

’I still think we can be friends.’

’Unfortunately, Jian Shisan still doesn’t see it that way. He actually wants to be my senior.’

’A guy like that deserves to be single for life.’

Jiang Zuo now planned to head to the marketing department. He had been running all over the place with Su Qi lately and had barely had any time for commissions.

’Actually, Tianhe Group is quite interesting.’

Jiang Zuo also planned to find the landlord when he had time. It was time to talk about the house.

’But would buying the house require Su Qi’s signature?’

’If she doesn’t sign now, I’ll definitely have to add her name later.’

That was just Su Qi’s personality; of course, *their* house had to be in *their* names.

’Wouldn’t that cause discord?’

If someone else tried to gift Su Qi a house that wasn’t theirs, she wouldn’t even give it a second glance.

She might even end up crippling the person.

If they were stubbornly persistent, she might even leave them permanently injured and in a coma.

After that, Jiang Zuo arrived at Marketing Department Two. There were more people in the department now.

The Holy Land Priest event was over, and the matter in the Celestial Cloud Mountain Range had come to a perfect close. Naturally, these people had returned to their regular duties.

As for East Water Island, no one had gone there to stir up trouble.

At that moment, Jiang Zuo saw that Ximen Linglong had also returned to work.

However, she had supposedly returned to the Spiritual Control Sect. Jiang Zuo felt he needed to confirm if Zhong Yiyang was back as well.

If he wasn’t back, Jiang Zuo would have nothing to eat.

Jiang Zuo sat down at his desk. His certified Cultivation was 2.1, so there should be plenty of commissions available to him.

But just as he opened his computer, a commission popped up.

Jiang Zuo took a look and saw that it was a commission from Daoist Crazy Python.

"Daoist Crazy Python?" Jiang Zuo quickly recalled who that was.

It was the man who had invited him to team up and fight for entry into the Ancient Battlefield.

A Cultivator who valued honor and righteousness.

A month had passed, and Jiang Zuo hadn’t given the matter a second thought. He hadn’t expected the other party to actually send an invitation.

Since the man had sent an invitation, and he had agreed to it back then, there was nothing more to be said. If the commission was suitable, he would naturally accept it.

Then, he clicked open the commission:

Fellow Daoist Po Xiao, we were unable to contact you, so our only option was to send this commission through Tianhe Group. The request is for you to lead us to a certain pocket space and help us seize a tablet.

We hope you will contact us as soon as possible after seeing this.

As for the reward, Jiang Zuo took a look.

One Sixth-Grade Spirit Stone, plus one million in cash, and all spoils acquired along the way.

Relatively speaking, this Daoist Crazy Python was far more sincere than his junior brothers and sisters.

The man knew how dangerous that place was and understood how powerful Jiang Zuo was. So for them, this was a huge price to pay.

A Sixth-Grade Spirit Stone to hire a Tier Two Cultivator—only a madman would be willing to do such a thing.