I Cheated While Cultivating

For Zhou Heng, this notification was no less than the sound of heaven.

At that point, the Seal Wraith, the ghost that caused tremors within Yellow Wood City for the past few days finally died to Cheng Jiangjian’s Stardust Divine Punishment Technique.

Of course, if it weren’t for Zhou Heng’s quick wits that temporarily repelled the Seal Wraith with his blood, it would have been another ending now.

“Are you okay, Mr. Zhou?” Cheng Jiangjian came to Zhou Heng. She was about to take a pill out of the brocade bag.

“I’m okay.” Zhou Heng quickly shook his head and waved his hand to refuse. He did not want to take another pill worth three thousand taels, as he could not afford it.

He had used his internal qi to reverse his qi and blood this time. It was not the same as last time where he had forcibly used acupuncture to reverse his qi and blood, so he recovered faster.

He just needed to go home and cook two pots of lotus root and ribs soup, and he would be fine after drinking it.

“Your level of cultivation has improved a lot, Mr. Zhou.” Cheng Jiangjian smiled slightly. She did not continue to persuade him otherwise and turned around to look at the pitch-black birdcage.

It was the sudden betrayal of the sixth class’s secret treasure that caused the mutated Seal Wraith to escape. It almost made this operation go up in smoke.

“It’s contaminated.” Cheng Jiangjian took a closer look at the secret treasure and shook her head as she thought it was a pity. She took out a palm-sized jade gourd from her brocade bag.

‘Huh?’

Zhou Heng recognized this gourd.

At the arena where he had competed with Sun Zhengpin, Cheng Jiangjian had used the liquid in this jade gourd to drive out the evil creature parasitized in Sun Zhengpin’s body.

‘Has the sixth class’s secret treasure become something similar to an evil creature?

‘Did the Seal Wraith contaminate it just now?’

Zhou Heng could only speculate.

At the same time, Cheng Jiangjian had already picked up the jade gourd. She waved her hand and a green light was seen spilling out of it.

These were drops of clear emerald-green liquid that had a golden shine. When the drops of liquid gathered together, it looked like a ray of light. All the liquid fell on the pitch-black birdcage.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

It was painful to hear. Thick blackish-purple smoke emerged from the contaminated sixth-class secret treasure and gave off a foul smell. The birdcage began to rot and gradually collapsed.

Soon, the pitch-black birdcage became a pile of ashes.

Zhou Heng could not help but marvel at the scene. ‘A secret treasure contaminated by a ghost can only be destroyed?

‘The contamination of ghosts is too deadly.’

Wu Zongshan had already escaped. He saluted Cheng Jiangjian and said, “Thank you, Star Messenger.”

Then, he looked at Zhou Heng and said sincerely, “Of course, I have to thank you as well, Mr. Zhou. If you hadn’t stopped the ghost just now, it would have been a catastrophe.”

“It’s my pleasure, so don’t you mention it, Lord Mayor.” Zhou Heng smiled and did not take credit. He already got what he wanted.

“How can I not? With your achievements, the government must reward you.” Wu Zongshan shook his head and said, “It will be a dereliction of duty if I ignore a hero like you.”

‘The mayor is so enthusiastic.’

Zhou Heng was a little surprised. After thinking for a while, he said, “Then, I should stop being polite and accept it. But I think you will focus on wrapping this incident up first, so you don’t have to worry about me, Mayor.”

The existence of ghosts could not be known. In the past two days, the Seal Wraith had caused a lot of disturbances in Yellow Wood City, and they needed to be dealt with.

The situation last night only had a small impact as Wu Zongshan had concealed it on the spot. However, reasonable explanations were needed for the locking down of the city gate this morning, the incident that involved Murderer Zhou Heng, and the disappearance of Shopkeeper Qian.

“Thank you for your understanding, Mister,” Wu Zongshan smiled and said. His impression of Zhou Heng became better.

“Now that it is over, I should leave too.” Cheng Jiangjian waited for the two to finish their discussion and bade them farewell. “Thank you for your help.”

She turned around and left. She jumped out of the city wall and disappeared.

‘She left just like this?’

Zhou Heng looked in the direction she left and thought that she was resolute.

“Please don’t misunderstand, Mr. Zhou.” Wu Zongshan smiled and said, “The Star Messenger has always been like this. She has a cold personality and doesn’t talk much. It isn’t because she is arrogant.”

“Huh?” Zhou Heng was really surprised. He asked in confusion, “She has a cold personality and doesn’t talk much? Uh, is that true?”

“Yeah, it is true,” Wu Zongshan nodded and said firmly.

…

After Zhou Heng left the city gate, he thought carefully and decided not to go to the martial arts school today.

He decided to go home first and read the Seal Wraith’s memory.

He wanted to see if there was any information about the ghosts.

It was to ensure that he would know more about this enemy when he encountered one in the future.

Of course, it would be best to not encounter it.

As Zhou Heng approached his house, he found a beautiful figure standing in front of the door.

It was Cheng Jiangjian.

However, she was no longer in her previous outfit, and her exquisite and beautiful face was not covered by a mask. Her hair was no longer tied up. It cascaded like a waterfall instead. She was wearing a Daoist crown that looked like a white jade lotus, and there was a red dot between her eyebrows.

The white Martial Arts Outfit that she wore had been replaced with a white Daoist gown with blue patterns. It was paired with a blue waist sash with white jade. Her brocade bag had changed to a small golden gourd, which had golden tassels hanging down on both sides. It was pinned to her waist area.

She seemed a bit less heroic but a bit more elegant.

Her previous self was the Star Messenger who wandered around the world, killing and exorcising ghosts and evil creatures. But now, she looked like an immortal who had hidden in the clouds on the mountains, who cultivated Daoism and comprehended mysteries.

Although Zhou Heng had seen Cheng Jiangjian’s face before, he still could not help but be stunned when he saw her in that outfit. For a moment, he did not even recognize her.

She was stunning.

Her outfit was more stunning than a paid costume!

“Ms. Cheng, what’s this?” Zhou Heng secretly used the Complete Reality Internal Energy Cultivation Technique to clear his mind. Then, he asked, “This outfit is the Daoist robe of Pious Sun Palace?”

“That’s right.” Cheng Jiangjian slightly nodded. Then, she smiled and said, “I was in a rush when I left last time, so I only left a letter without saying goodbye. I feel a little apologetic because of it. You saved me, so I should have bid farewell formally… um… as the disciple of Pious Sun Palace, Cheng Jiangjian.”

“Haha, you came at the right time, Ms. Cheng. I was wondering where to find you.” Zhou Heng smiled and said as well.

“You wanted to find me, Mr. Zhou?” After Cheng Jiangjian heard that, she smiled and said, “It’s not time for you to change the talisman that locks Yang energy yet, right?”

“I want to pay you the money.” Zhou Heng looked relieved and took out a silver note from his clothes. Then, he walked over and handed it to Cheng Jiangjian. He smiled and said, “I ate your Clear Micro Nourishing Shape Pill before. I can’t eat it for nothing, so I’ll pay you back the three thousand silver taels.

Although Zhou Heng loved money and was poor, he did not like the feeling of owing money even more. So after he got the three thousand silver taels, he had been waiting for the opportunity to return the money to Cheng Jiangjian.

“Huh? To pay me money back?” Cheng Jiangjian was surprised and looked at Zhou Heng in confusion. Then, she shook her head and said, “Actually, you don’t have to pay me back. That pill was nothing to me.”

“Then, I’ll give you these three thousand silver taels to show my gratitude to you for saving me twice.” Zhou Heng smiled and said. He did not force Cheng Jiangjian to accept it. Instead, he rephrased his words.

“Well, okay.” Cheng Jiangjian was a decisive person as well. She accepted it after seeing Zhou Heng’s determination. Then, she smiled and said, “I will treat these three thousand silver taels as the fee for your talismans in the future then.

“Take care, Mister. See you in twenty days.”

…

It felt good to owe nothing.

Zhou Heng was in a good mood. After moving his body, he returned to his room, planning to read the memory crystal that the Seal Wraith had dropped.