He wanted to travel the world with his sword in hand and see interesting things.
After leaving Dong Yang City, Zhao Jiuge started to ponder.
He thought about a lot of things. About when he first walked onto the path of cultivation, about when saw Ling Bo Re at the cold pool, about his encounter with Su Su, about the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect and his time with Bai Qingqing, and also about the warmth of his senior sister Fu Hongling.
However, there was still no news of Bai Qingqing, Ling Bo Re had left a wound on his heart, and his senior sister had gone out to attempt to break past the bottleneck she had been stuck at for many years.
Perhaps thanks to her woman’s initiation, when Su Su saw the absent-minded Zhao Jiuge, she seemed to know he was thinking about something. She didn’t make a sound and instead was playing with Little Black.
Sometimes, one could only lament about how strange fate was. Everything seemed to have its own purpose.
Zhao Jiuge didn’t intend to speak and continued to walk. There was no trace of people in the mountains, much less any light source.
However, both of them were cultivators, so they didn’t care about any of this. Zhao Jiuge’s heart was subtly changing with the passage of time.
It was spring and the wind was whistling through the night. It added some music to this young man and young woman walking through the mountain at night.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Jiuge suddenly asked Su Su, “Su Su, when did you breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm? How do you cultivate so fast?” His voice contained a bit of envy. Seeing the people around him and the top disciples from the other holy lands all at the Nascent Soul Realm, it would be strange for Zhao Jiuge to not feel anxious.
“Yo, the blockhead finally talked. I thought that if I didn’t talk, you were going to continue ignoring me.”
Su Su rolled her eyes at Zhao Jiuge.
Zhao Jiuge scratched his head. He had been thinking about his own matters and had completely forgotten about Su Su. Now it looked like someone was angry.
Zhao Jiuge looked at Little Black, who was sleeping in Su Su’s arms, and slowly said, “I was thinking about matters, deciding where to go next.”
“Hmph, I think you’re thinking about big beauty Lin. As for where to go next, didn’t we already decide to go east and then circle back around?”
Su Su wasn’t going to believe Zhao Jiuge, and her words were rather aggressive. She purposely put up a tough front.
Looking at Su Su’s expression, Zhao Jiuge’s eyes were filled with laughter. He deliberately raised his head and sniffed the air, then he somewhat exaggeratedly said, “Eh, it's the middle of the night in the mountains, why do I smell a jar of vinegar [1]?”
Hearing this, Su Su immediately stopped and put her hands on her hips. She stared at Zhao Jiuge and angrily said, “You stupid blockhead, tell me what you promised me that day!”
Zhao Jiuge immediately turned his head to avoid the topic. Whether he was in the right or not, he would be the one to suffer if he continued to argue.
Seeing Zhao Jiuge silently walk forward, Su Su let out a cold snort. Her eyes contained a teasing smile.
A young man and woman with flying swords on their backs walked through the mountain to the east at night while carrying a tiny, sleeping monkey.
After leaving Dong Yang City, there was nothing urgent left to do. Zhao Jiuge didn’t blade soar but leisurely walked.
After two days, they were still within the Yan Province.
Su Su was sitting next to the edge of a crystal-clear steam. Her feet were in the stream and she was leisurely kicking her feet in the water.
Little Black was jumping around on a tree next to the stream. Zhao Jiuge was standing barefoot in the cold stream, bent over, trying to fish.
Due to how he grew up, Zhao Jiuge was very good at cooking in the wild, so much so that even Bai Qingqing was full of praise for him.
The two of them suddenly noticed powerful spirit force fluctuations. This immediately made them nervous. The outside world was full of danger and not safe like the sect.
Pei Su Su and Zhao Jiuge quickly gathered their things and came back to land. Little Black saw this and obediently jumped into Su Su’s arms.
Zhao Jiuge frowned slightly and cautiously said, “These spirit force fluctuations are not small, and there are several people. I don’t know what they are doing.”
“It’s not far away. Why don’t we go take a look? Then we’ll know what’s going on.” Pei Su Su’s eyes were filled with curiosity. She wanted to go see what was happening.
Zhao Jiuge only thought for a moment before nodding in agreement. Although he was uncertain, he also wanted to know what the situation was. However, he was still on guard.
Then the two of them moved toward the source of the spirit force fluctuations with Little Black. They both hid their spirit force. Little Black seemed to understand the situation and surprisingly didn’t sleep or make any noise. He gently cling to Su Su’s silk-like hair while his little, black eyes shined.
The two of them went downstream and traveled through the lush forest. They could hear people arguing but couldn’t see the situation. After Zhao Jiuge and Su Su snuck over a small, dirt hill, they could see everything before them.
They saw a small forest behind this dirt hill. The dense flowers and trees here were a mess; even some very thick trees were knocked down, exposing their trunks.
The open space in the middle was particularly eye-catching in this lush forest. There was a plant in the middle, and the two-meter area around the plant was a vacuum.
This planet was a total of ⅔ of a meter long and completely green. There were seven leaves branching off from its body, and each leaf was a different color!
The entire plant exuded a soft, colorful glow. It had a deadly sense of attraction..
“Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass!”
Zhao Jiuge bent over slightly and hid behind the dirt hill while looking at the plant. He was attracted by the seven-colored grass and completely ignored the two groups on either side of the grass.
“Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass? What’s that?”
Pei Su Su felt the abundant spirit force from it, but she didn’t know what it was exactly. There were far too many different kinds of natural treasures in the world. Even with her background, it was impossible for her to know everything.
“The Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass is a rare spirit herb. If it wasn’t for the fact that the body refining spell I use requires it, I wouldn’t know about it. The Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass releases a special aura into the atmosphere every 100 years to attract the surrounding cultivators and spirit beasts. From the looks of it, this one should be about 1,000 years old, which makes it even rarer. It must have not been noticed when it released its aura before, and now that it is 1,000 years old, the aura was very powerful, so it has attracted a lot of people.”
After Zhao Jiuge finished speaking, he swallowed heard and became restless. When he devoured the Arhat Divine Fruit, it was able to improve his Sanskrit Divine Body. He didn’t expect to encounter the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass here.
It has to be said that as his strength improved, spirit force would no longer be enough to condense more golden dragons or improve the strength of his Sanskrit Divine Body. He would require different heavenly treasures and large amounts of spirit stones to succeed. Facing the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass, Zhao Jiuge was ecstatic. It was simply asking him to take advantage of the situation! The opportunity to improve his strength was presented before him—how could he not take it?!
There were eight figures standing around the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass. They were divided into two groups and were in a standoff. It was apparent that they were fighting for the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass.
On the left side were three men wearing golden wores. There was a giant sword that pierced the clouds embroidered on each of their chests.
The man in the middle was tall and skinny. He was so thin, he looked like he was just skin and bones, but his face was filled with pride.
At this moment, the skinny man revealed a disdainful smile and said to the five on the opposite side, “If you know what’s good for you, leave. Otherwise, you disciples from the Water Moon Temple are simply asking for trouble.”
After he finished speaking, the skinny man chuckled. The two men beside him seemed to want to back up the skinny man’s threat. They grabbed their two giant swords and seemed like they were ready for a fight.
On the other side, the Water Moon Temple had a total of five disciples, three men and two women. They all wore faint blue clothes, and while the two female disciples had average looks, their temperament gave them their own charm.
It looked like it was the first time the two female disciples had encountered something like this. They were hiding behind the three male disciples in fear.
Among the three male disciples, the one in the middle was burly and his face was rather chubby. Compared to him, the others were rather handsome. If you ignored the burly man in the middle, then the disciples of the Water Moon Temple were all rather handsome and beautiful. At least compared to the three men on the other side, they were a lot better.
“Yu Zhengen, you… you… your Giant Sword Sect can’t be too arrogant. My Water Moon Temple found this Flowing Light Grass first. You dare to steal from my Water Moon Temple? Are you not afraid of being taught a lesson?”
The burly man looked ferocious on the outside, but he spoke like a scared little girl. Zhao Jiuge couldn’t help but be shocked. How did the Water Moon Temple have this kind of person?
Hearing this, the three disciples from the Giant Sword Sect all began to laugh. Their expressions and actions were filled with disdain.
“You guys did find the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass first, but you haven’t harvested it. Even if you had harvested it, why couldn’t I take it? Do you think a few unknown disciples like you can teach disciples of our Great Sword Sect a lesson?”
Yu Zhengen’s face was filled with mockery, but his gaze kept drifting toward the two female disciples from the Water Moon Temple.
“That’s right, my senior brother Yu is the Chief Head Disciple of the Giant Sword Sect. I don’t even know you guys, but you want to act tough before us. Maybe if your Water Moon Temple’s Qing Tianyang came, it might mean something,” one of the men beside Yun Zhengen said with arrogance.
At this moment, the auras from the three Great Sword Sect disciples overpowered the five disciples from the Water Moon Temple.
1. In Chinese, “eating vinegar” is also a way of saying “being jealous.” So he is implying he smells her jealousy.
He wanted to travel the world with his sword in hand and see interesting things.
After leaving Dong Yang City, Zhao Jiuge started to ponder.
He thought about a lot of things. About when he first walked onto the path of cultivation, about when saw Ling Bo Re at the cold pool, about his encounter with Su Su, about the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect and his time with Bai Qingqing, and also about the warmth of his senior sister Fu Hongling.
However, there was still no news of Bai Qingqing, Ling Bo Re had left a wound on his heart, and his senior sister had gone out to attempt to break past the bottleneck she had been stuck at for many years.
Perhaps thanks to her woman’s initiation, when Su Su saw the absent-minded Zhao Jiuge, she seemed to know he was thinking about something. She didn’t make a sound and instead was playing with Little Black.
Sometimes, one could only lament about how strange fate was. Everything seemed to have its own purpose.
Zhao Jiuge didn’t intend to speak and continued to walk. There was no trace of people in the mountains, much less any light source.
However, both of them were cultivators, so they didn’t care about any of this. Zhao Jiuge’s heart was subtly changing with the passage of time.
It was spring and the wind was whistling through the night. It added some music to this young man and young woman walking through the mountain at night.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Jiuge suddenly asked Su Su, “Su Su, when did you breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm? How do you cultivate so fast?” His voice contained a bit of envy. Seeing the people around him and the top disciples from the other holy lands all at the Nascent Soul Realm, it would be strange for Zhao Jiuge to not feel anxious.
“Yo, the blockhead finally talked. I thought that if I didn’t talk, you were going to continue ignoring me.”
Su Su rolled her eyes at Zhao Jiuge.
Zhao Jiuge scratched his head. He had been thinking about his own matters and had completely forgotten about Su Su. Now it looked like someone was angry.
Zhao Jiuge looked at Little Black, who was sleeping in Su Su’s arms, and slowly said, “I was thinking about matters, deciding where to go next.”
“Hmph, I think you’re thinking about big beauty Lin. As for where to go next, didn’t we already decide to go east and then circle back around?”
Su Su wasn’t going to believe Zhao Jiuge, and her words were rather aggressive. She purposely put up a tough front.
Looking at Su Su’s expression, Zhao Jiuge’s eyes were filled with laughter. He deliberately raised his head and sniffed the air, then he somewhat exaggeratedly said, “Eh, it's the middle of the night in the mountains, why do I smell a jar of vinegar [1]?”
Hearing this, Su Su immediately stopped and put her hands on her hips. She stared at Zhao Jiuge and angrily said, “You stupid blockhead, tell me what you promised me that day!”
Zhao Jiuge immediately turned his head to avoid the topic. Whether he was in the right or not, he would be the one to suffer if he continued to argue.
Seeing Zhao Jiuge silently walk forward, Su Su let out a cold snort. Her eyes contained a teasing smile.
A young man and woman with flying swords on their backs walked through the mountain to the east at night while carrying a tiny, sleeping monkey.
After leaving Dong Yang City, there was nothing urgent left to do. Zhao Jiuge didn’t blade soar but leisurely walked.
After two days, they were still within the Yan Province.
Su Su was sitting next to the edge of a crystal-clear steam. Her feet were in the stream and she was leisurely kicking her feet in the water.
Little Black was jumping around on a tree next to the stream. Zhao Jiuge was standing barefoot in the cold stream, bent over, trying to fish.
Due to how he grew up, Zhao Jiuge was very good at cooking in the wild, so much so that even Bai Qingqing was full of praise for him.
The two of them suddenly noticed powerful spirit force fluctuations. This immediately made them nervous. The outside world was full of danger and not safe like the sect.
Pei Su Su and Zhao Jiuge quickly gathered their things and came back to land. Little Black saw this and obediently jumped into Su Su’s arms.
Zhao Jiuge frowned slightly and cautiously said, “These spirit force fluctuations are not small, and there are several people. I don’t know what they are doing.”
“It’s not far away. Why don’t we go take a look? Then we’ll know what’s going on.” Pei Su Su’s eyes were filled with curiosity. She wanted to go see what was happening.
Zhao Jiuge only thought for a moment before nodding in agreement. Although he was uncertain, he also wanted to know what the situation was. However, he was still on guard.
Then the two of them moved toward the source of the spirit force fluctuations with Little Black. They both hid their spirit force. Little Black seemed to understand the situation and surprisingly didn’t sleep or make any noise. He gently cling to Su Su’s silk-like hair while his little, black eyes shined.
The two of them went downstream and traveled through the lush forest. They could hear people arguing but couldn’t see the situation. After Zhao Jiuge and Su Su snuck over a small, dirt hill, they could see everything before them.
They saw a small forest behind this dirt hill. The dense flowers and trees here were a mess; even some very thick trees were knocked down, exposing their trunks.
The open space in the middle was particularly eye-catching in this lush forest. There was a plant in the middle, and the two-meter area around the plant was a vacuum.
This planet was a total of ⅔ of a meter long and completely green. There were seven leaves branching off from its body, and each leaf was a different color!
The entire plant exuded a soft, colorful glow. It had a deadly sense of attraction..
“Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass!”
Zhao Jiuge bent over slightly and hid behind the dirt hill while looking at the plant. He was attracted by the seven-colored grass and completely ignored the two groups on either side of the grass.
“Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass? What’s that?”
Pei Su Su felt the abundant spirit force from it, but she didn’t know what it was exactly. There were far too many different kinds of natural treasures in the world. Even with her background, it was impossible for her to know everything.
“The Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass is a rare spirit herb. If it wasn’t for the fact that the body refining spell I use requires it, I wouldn’t know about it. The Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass releases a special aura into the atmosphere every 100 years to attract the surrounding cultivators and spirit beasts. From the looks of it, this one should be about 1,000 years old, which makes it even rarer. It must have not been noticed when it released its aura before, and now that it is 1,000 years old, the aura was very powerful, so it has attracted a lot of people.”
After Zhao Jiuge finished speaking, he swallowed heard and became restless. When he devoured the Arhat Divine Fruit, it was able to improve his Sanskrit Divine Body. He didn’t expect to encounter the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass here.
It has to be said that as his strength improved, spirit force would no longer be enough to condense more golden dragons or improve the strength of his Sanskrit Divine Body. He would require different heavenly treasures and large amounts of spirit stones to succeed. Facing the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass, Zhao Jiuge was ecstatic. It was simply asking him to take advantage of the situation! The opportunity to improve his strength was presented before him—how could he not take it?!
There were eight figures standing around the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass. They were divided into two groups and were in a standoff. It was apparent that they were fighting for the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass.
On the left side were three men wearing golden wores. There was a giant sword that pierced the clouds embroidered on each of their chests.
The man in the middle was tall and skinny. He was so thin, he looked like he was just skin and bones, but his face was filled with pride.
At this moment, the skinny man revealed a disdainful smile and said to the five on the opposite side, “If you know what’s good for you, leave. Otherwise, you disciples from the Water Moon Temple are simply asking for trouble.”
After he finished speaking, the skinny man chuckled. The two men beside him seemed to want to back up the skinny man’s threat. They grabbed their two giant swords and seemed like they were ready for a fight.
On the other side, the Water Moon Temple had a total of five disciples, three men and two women. They all wore faint blue clothes, and while the two female disciples had average looks, their temperament gave them their own charm.
It looked like it was the first time the two female disciples had encountered something like this. They were hiding behind the three male disciples in fear.
Among the three male disciples, the one in the middle was burly and his face was rather chubby. Compared to him, the others were rather handsome. If you ignored the burly man in the middle, then the disciples of the Water Moon Temple were all rather handsome and beautiful. At least compared to the three men on the other side, they were a lot better.
“Yu Zhengen, you… you… your Giant Sword Sect can’t be too arrogant. My Water Moon Temple found this Flowing Light Grass first. You dare to steal from my Water Moon Temple? Are you not afraid of being taught a lesson?”
The burly man looked ferocious on the outside, but he spoke like a scared little girl. Zhao Jiuge couldn’t help but be shocked. How did the Water Moon Temple have this kind of person?
Hearing this, the three disciples from the Giant Sword Sect all began to laugh. Their expressions and actions were filled with disdain.
“You guys did find the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Grass first, but you haven’t harvested it. Even if you had harvested it, why couldn’t I take it? Do you think a few unknown disciples like you can teach disciples of our Great Sword Sect a lesson?”
Yu Zhengen’s face was filled with mockery, but his gaze kept drifting toward the two female disciples from the Water Moon Temple.
“That’s right, my senior brother Yu is the Chief Head Disciple of the Giant Sword Sect. I don’t even know you guys, but you want to act tough before us. Maybe if your Water Moon Temple’s Qing Tianyang came, it might mean something,” one of the men beside Yun Zhengen said with arrogance.
At this moment, the auras from the three Great Sword Sect disciples overpowered the five disciples from the Water Moon Temple.
1. In Chinese, “eating vinegar” is also a way of saying “being jealous.” So he is implying he smells her jealousy.
