Chapter 230 - Meng Qiewei Is Here Again

The team had three members in total.Jiang Man had teamed up with Gao Rong from the start, and he never worried about the one empty spot.

He figured he could just grab anyone when the time came.

In theory, as long as they didn’t hold the team back, it would be fine.

From his current perspective, if he couldn’t carry the team, it just meant he wasn’t strong enough himself.

So, he had to work even harder.

Now, Gao Rong had brought over such a genius, and one at Foundation Establishment Perfection, no less.

Naturally, Jiang Man wouldn’t refuse.

After a brief introduction, they left.

Watching them walk away, Jiang Man said curiously, "Old Huang, that female genius doesn’t look poor."

"If not poor, then what?" the Old Yellow Ox said without raising its head.

"Who knows?" Jiang Man said with a smile. "What poor person has such delicate, fair fingers? Delicate skin is understandable, but not the fingers.

"Practicing Magic Skills and Cultivation Skills will inevitably roughen up the fingers to some extent.

"To keep them delicate, you’d need to spend a fair amount of Spiritual Source."

"Couldn’t she just be vain and spend a lot of Spiritual Source on her fingers?" the Old Yellow Ox asked.

Jiang Man shrugged and chuckled. "Then why not buy a decent set of clothes while she’s at it? Why insist on wearing something similar to mine?"

"She has an ulterior motive?" The Old Yellow Ox looked at Jiang Man while chewing on grass.

Jiang Man didn’t pay it much mind and simply resumed his cultivation. "It has nothing to do with me. These are all trivial details. As long as whatever she’s planning doesn’t affect my cultivation, it’s fine."

’As for her claim of not having a team... I’ll take that with a grain of salt. Who would believe that? Does Gao Rong believe her?’

Jiang Man had no idea.

After that, Jiang Man stopped overthinking it. After tempering his Spirit, he began to advance his Purple Mist Divine Light.

Jiang Man had already cultivated the Purple Mist Divine Light to the Sixth Layer back on the archipelago.

He continued to cultivate the rest, but advancing wasn’t so easy.

The cultivation speed for Purple Mist Divine Light wasn’t slow.

But he was still a long way from Great Success.

One day later.

Purple Mist Divine Light, Seventh Layer.

Three days later.

Purple Mist Divine Light, Eighth Layer.

Six days later.

Purple Mist Divine Light, Ninth Layer.

Eleven days later.

Purple Mist Divine Light, Tenth Layer.

「May 12th.」

Jiang Man assessed his recent progress and felt that if he continued cultivating like this, achieving Great Success with the Cyan Smoke Melody would be impossible.

’I need to go touch some treasures.’

’See if I can activate some of my Talent.’

’A Magic Skill Talent would be best.’

’Otherwise, I’ll only be able to use brute force in the grand competition, and it will be hard to even dodge attacks.’

’But where can I go to touch them?’

Jiang Man took a trip to the small courtyard to ask Mr. Yan.

The answer he received was that the grand competition for the First, Second, and Third Courtyards wasn’t held in the Outer Sect, but within the mountain range. Inside the mountains were the ruins of an ancient sect, and not only that, but some powerful, ancient artifacts as well.

Perhaps there would be treasures there.

Aside from that, there was the Inner Sect.

Within the Inner Sect were special places that contained unknown items.

Left for later generations to identify.

There was a possibility of treasures existing among them.

It was said that for some of these items, if you could identify them, you had a chance to take them away.

Jiang Man wasn’t concerned with any of this. Right now, his main focus was on finding treasures during the grand competition.

’For now, I can only pin my hopes on the grand competition.’

’First, I’ll continue to advance my Purple Mist Divine Light.’

’The Top-grade Cyan Smoke Melody is good, but in the end, I still need a powerful technique.’

’Otherwise, fighting is too strenuous.’

’It was just like before—I was completely on the defensive, just taking hits.’

’Unable to counterattack.’

Afterward, while continuing to temper his Spirit, Jiang Man began to advance his Purple Mist Divine Light.

Another ten days passed.

Purple Mist Divine Light, Eleventh Layer.

Thirty days later.

Purple Mist Divine Light, Twelfth Layer.

Fifty-eight days later.

Purple Mist Divine Light, Thirteenth Layer.

「July 10th.」

By this point, Jiang Man had collected another six thousand Spiritual Source, but he used it to pay rent.

Not only that, but during this period, one thousand of his original six thousand Spiritual Source had been consumed, and the courtyard’s Spiritual Energy Array had used up over a thousand more.

He was left with thirty-five hundred.

’I haven’t been this poor in a long time.’

On a happier note, the ninth Gourd in his Spirit was about to be full.

He had also taken the ten Elixirs.

With a month and a half left, he could definitely fill it completely.

"Old Huang, during my Foundation Establishment Stage, I’ve cultivated my first Attack-type Top-grade Skill to Great Success. I feel terrifyingly strong right now, but I don’t know how powerful it really is.

"How about I try it on you?" Jiang Man asked, looking at Old Huang.

The Old Yellow Ox, who had been eating grass, paused, then raised its brow and looked at Jiang Man. "I have a better candidate in mind."

Hearing this, Jiang Man was a bit surprised. "Who?"

"Open the door and see for yourself," Old Huang said.

Jiang Man subconsciously walked over and opened the main door.

The moment he opened it, he saw a woman in a blue and white Immortal Skirt. She tilted her head at him, her eyes crinkling into a bright smile.

Instantly, Jiang Man’s hand trembled and he slammed the door shut.

Old Huang lowered its head, nonchalantly chewing on some Spirit Grass. "Try using your Purple Mist Divine Light on her. Then you’ll know how powerful it is.

"The feedback will be much clearer than if you used it on an ox."

"Old Huang, you’ve changed. You’ve started joking around," Jiang Man said. After a pause, he asked, "When did she get here?"

"A while ago. I saw you were in the middle of your Cultivation, so I didn’t disturb you," the Old Yellow Ox replied casually.

Jiang Man fell silent for a moment, then opened the door and walked inside.

Today was July 10th.

Back in May, Old Huang had reminded him.

But he had been so engrossed in his Cultivation that he had completely forgotten.

He never expected Old Huang to set him up like this.

Upon entering, he saw a woman in a blue and white Immortal Skirt seated gracefully on a chair, the hem of her clothes fluttering in the gentle breeze from the window.

Her transcendent aura was completely out of place in this ordinary room.

Meng Qiewei glanced down at her attire, a smile on her lips as she spoke, "Husband, do you find something wrong with what I’m wearing?

"I was coming to see my husband, so I subconsciously dressed up a bit.

"Does my husband think I look beautiful?"

"Fairy, you are beautiful even without dressing up," Jiang Man answered honestly.

"And what about after dressing up?" Meng Qiewei asked with a smile.

Her smile gave Jiang Man a sense of crisis, but he relaxed considerably upon remembering that her power couldn’t reach him here. "Like a pearl wiped clean of dust."