Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning-Chapter 202 - Too Bitter

She was a Senior Sister without schemes and somewhat familiar.

“Junior Brother Jiang,” Zhou Chan greeted with a smile upon seeing Jiang Hao.

“Senior Sister Zhou,” Jiang Hao responded politely.

“Master asked me to give this to you,” Zhou Chan said, handing over a transparent box.

A ring?

Jiang Hao’s eyebrows furrowed as he took the box.

What kind of treasure was this?

He was somewhat curious.

“Junior Brother also knows that I don’t know what this is,” Zhou Chan said with a smile, then looked around and whispered.

“Did Junior Brother bring back a disciple named Lin Zhi before?”

“Senior Sister knows him?” Jiang Hao was quite surprised.

Then he realized that Zhao Qingxue, who is also one of Lin Zhi’s fellow townspeople and good friends, had been accepted into Baiyue Lake.

Senior Sister Zhou Chan, being in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, is considered the weakest.

Therefore, it’s understandable that she is accompanying the new disciples.

Although Zhao Qingxue is still an outer sect disciple, Baiyue Lake only has one outer disciple, so there’s not much difference from the inner sect.

Among the three, Zhao Qingxue’s status should be the highest.

Next is Lin Mo, who has been accepted into the Enforcement Peak.

If he’s lucky enough to enter the Hall of Enforcement, his future will be bright.

Only Lin Zhi is left, with average talent and treatment, and is bullied by others.

The difference is like night and day.

“It’s not that I know him, but my Junior Sister does. I wanted to ask if he’s doing well here,” Zhou Chan said somewhat embarrassedly.

“Why doesn’t Senior Sister ask him herself?” Jiang Hao inquired.

“My Junior Sister said she has asked him, and that Junior Brother Lin said he is doing very well.”

Zhou Chan sighed and continued, “But my Junior Sister heard from outside that her friend was being bullied, so she asked me to come and inquire.”

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Hao shook his head and said indifferently.

“I can’t help Senior Sister with this. I seldom go out and rarely have the chance to see Junior Brother Lin. But since he says he’s fine, he probably is.”

“Can I go see him then?” Zhou Chan asked.

“Of course,” Jiang Hao readily agreed.

After giving her the general location, Zhou Chan left on her own.

Returning to the Spiritual Medicine Garden, Jiang Hao took out the ring and put it on his index finger.

Instantly, he felt the ring resonating with the other two pieces of the Nine Heavens set, a sign of activation.

The process would take several days.

Only after appraisal could the full effects be seen.

The next day, Jiang Hao, along with his rabbit, went early to Lin Zhi’s residence.

He stood at a distance, wanting to see if there were any changes.

As dawn broke, Lin Zhi got up and headed to the forest; as an outer disciple, he had things to do.

Only someone like Xiao Li, who no one could deal with, didn’t have to work or attend classes.

After a glance, Jiang Hao didn’t notice anything and went to the Spiritual Medicine Garden to process the spiritual medicines.

In the evening, when Jiang Hao returned, he took a detour past Lin Zhi’s residence again.

This time, Lin Zhi came back limping, his clothes marked with footprints.

Jiang Hao glanced at him and then turned to leave.

After that, he passed by every day, sometimes seeing Lin Zhi, sometimes not.

At times he saw him cultivating, at other times being beaten.

He always endured silently, without resistance or blaming heaven and others, still striving hard in his cultivation.

Seven days later, Jiang Hao appraised the ring while passing by.

The set effect had been activated.

Exploring it, he discovered it was a storage ring.

To understand more, he needed to appraise it.

【One of the Nine Heavens Battle Armor Rings: When combined as the a pieces of armor, abilities are enhanced, reaching the Nascent Soul realm in all aspects. With Nascent Soul communication, the armor can be transferred onto the Nascent Soul at will. The ring can store various spiritual items and a large number of goods, and has a spirit-nourishing effect.】

“It can also be transferred to the Nascent Soul? That’s extraordinary.”

Looking at the feedback results, Jiang Hao was extremely surprised; this could become Nascent Soul armor.

The Nine Heavens Battle Armor was quite remarkable.

Afterwards, he communicated with the ring using his Nascent Soul, and indeed, with just a thought, the ring on his hand disappeared.

Seeing this, Jiang Hao’s lips curved slightly upward.

With this, he wouldn’t need to hide things inside the rabbit anymore.

But...

Elder Bai Zhi knew the use of the ring, and it would be troublesome if she started investigating.

“No, that’s not right. If I have enough value, the risk will be low.”

“Theoretically, it should be safer than hiding things with the rabbit.”

With this thought, he felt more at ease “picking up” things.

He then transferred various items into the ring: the Secret Whisper Slate, Heavenly Extreme Calamity Bead, Six-Sided Dice, 《Heavenly Saber Seven Forms》, 《Merge with Light and Blend with Dust》, an unnamed secret manual, as well as some spiritual medicines, pills, a large number of spiritual swords, and other goods, all into the ring.

As for the storage treasure, only spirit stones and some ordinary items were left.

After pondering, he also put the items from Mingyue Sect into the ring.

He transferred ten thousand spirit stones into it, leaving a few hundred as a facade.

“These are normal for the later stages of Foundation Establishment, although there are still a bit too many miscellaneous items.”

As long as they weren’t obviously stolen goods, he would keep them.

When he visited Lin Zhi again, Jiang Hao saw him cultivating, but the bruise on his mouth was much worse than before.

“He’s been beaten a lot lately, is it the master who ordered it?” the rabbit asked curiously.

“No, it’s probably because of his friend,” Jiang Hao said calmly.

Because of Zhou Chan’s visit, something was discovered.

Then Zhao Qingxue, with good intentions, probably didn’t know the severity and instead angered some people, leading to a serious situation.

As for the fear of offending Zhao Qingxue, that’s nonsense.

Not to mention that she’s only at the third level of Qi Refining, even if she remembers this incident six or seven years later, she would need to know who did it.

Others wouldn’t show their faces every time they took action.

Even geniuses need to know the severity of their actions, especially when it concerns an outer disciple whose cultivation cannot advance.

“He really is pitiful. I’ve never seen anyone more miserable than him, surrounded and bullied by a group. A friend from the road told me he hid and cried three times with tears streaming down his face,” the rabbit shook its head and sighed.

“The meat of such a person must taste terrible, too bitter.”

“Let’s go,” Jiang Hao said, stepping away.

His arrival had gone unnoticed.

And Lin Zhi’s recent suffering was all because of his good friend.

Genius...

Even someone as strong as Han Ming had to respectfully address others as Senior Brother when he hadn’t surpassed the inner sect, despite being a true disciple.

Could Zhao Qingxue compare to Han Ming?

Not even close, even if she tried to flatter her way up.

In the following days, Jiang Hao was busy collecting bubbles.

Most nights were spent crafting talismans.

He once attempted to make a Thousand Li Teleportation Talisman, but since there were signs of damage to his spiritual powers, he gave up on making it.

He could only continue to wait.

Without activating his divine ability, he couldn’t make the Thousand Li Teleportation Talisman.