Chapter 37: Another Trip Outside the City
(Jun POV)
A month has passed since the event of my meeting with Nie Li, I decide to leave him alone since I still need him to get the Demon Lord out of hiding. While I did change a few things, Nie Li should still be able to lure the Demon Lord out.
Still, if Nie Li ever decides to antagonize me, I won't hesitate to get rid of him. Even if I can't do anything to him in this realm, I can always move him into the Nexus using Kamui. Once he's there, he'll only be a sitting duck.
Even without Ziyun and Ning'er, Nie Li somehow still manages to provoke and humiliated Shen Yue. A few days after, words start to circulate that someone bought more than two-thirds of the Purple Haze Grass. I guess that without Ning'er support, Nie Li isn't able to buy it all.
The day after I heard that someone bought most of the Purple Haze Grass, my persona, Jian is called to the Alchemy Association. They told me that they receive a mysterious letter claiming about the benefits of Purple Haze Grass. After figuring out that everything on the list was true, they called me to see if I was the one that sent the list.
I deny that it was mine and told them to do whatever they like with the information. Because of that, most of the Association's members somehow got a stupid idea into their heads. They thought I was the one who sent the letter and is only denying it so the Association can benefit from it.
That made things a little awkward for me whenever I meet anyone of the Alchemy Association members. They looked up to me due to my knowledge of alchemy but now they are practically worshiping me. Since I can't do anything about it, I just left them alone.
After the Alchemy Association's little fiasco comes the treasure hunt. While I don't have to worry about Nie Li since he basically have real-life 'plot armor.' I was worried about my two friends that leading the group so when Chen Linjian ask me to go with them, I agree.
The start of the trip went pretty much the same. Nie Li convince Chen Linjian that we are camping in the Fox Bear grounds so we left the place. Nie Li trick Chen Linjian into thinking that the members of the Sacred Family that are following us are part of the Dark Guild. One of those people ends up dead while the rest ran away.
Along the way, I make sure to have Huyan Lanruo stay with Chen Linjian so she doesn't get any weird idea about Nie Li as she did in the story. It's quite easy to make them stay together since Chen Linjian like Huyan Lanruo. I just told Chen Linjian that the trip was a perfect time to get closer to Huyan Lanruo. Chen Linjian never separated from Huyan Lanruo afterward.
Things start to deviate from the story when we reach the Ancient Orchid City Ruins. To start off, there weren't as many Blue Arms Apes as there were supposed to be. Since this was the chance I've been waiting for, I have my True Body disguise as an ape and join the group of demon beasts that are going to attack us.
When the demon beasts start their attack, Nie Li shows off his archery skill as he did in the story. Since I'm supposed to be Glory City's genius, I couldn't let myself be out shown by Nie Li. I charge into the group of apes and gather their aggro while Nie Li snipe them from a distance. With us holding the apes back, Chen Linjian is able to make the group of students safely retreat.
When they retreat far enough that Nie Li crossbow won't be able to hit, my True Body secretly broke off from the group of apes. He sneaked up behind Huyan Lanruo and made sure Chen Linjian saw him. After giving a loud roar, he attacks Huyan Lanruo slow enough that Chen Linjian was able to push her out of the way. Chen Linjian was hurt in the process but my True Body made sure to not leave any big injuries.
Lanruo saw that Linjian was hurt protecting her so she used her demon spirit to try and fight off the 'ape'. It didn't go well for her. When my True Body was about to knock her out, Linjian somehow got up again and protected her. He pretends to fight Linjian for a while before showing a few openings. Linjian uses those chances to stab the 'ape' in the 'head'. Once the 'ape' dies, my True Body replaces himself with one of the many apes in the Nexus.
Back on my and Nie Li side of the fight, I pretend to be tired from all the fighting. Once Nie Li 'saw' that I won't last long I came up with the plan of luring the apes into the group that have been secretly following us. Once we reach the real Dark Guild group, we quickly escape. The apes who lost sight of us start to attack the Dark Guild.
When we joined up with the main group again, we saw a tired Lanruo taking care of a 'badly' hurt Linjian. Once Lanruo saw me, she ran up to me asking if I can help Linjian. I give Linjian and Lanruo a pill to recover their stamina and an herbal paste for Linjian. I then made Lanruo apply the paste for Linjian since he 'couldn't' do it when he's hurt and I have other people to tends to.
Once everything is dealt with, I took over since Linjian won't be able to do it anymore. No one argue otherwise because they all know who I am. I was able to easily lead them to the treasure 'using' the map. Everyone celebrated, Chen Linjian have Nie Li pick a treasure first since that's what he promised. Nie Li couldn't find the Spiritual Lamp after looking around so he chose some random treasure.
Everyone return to Glory City happily except for Nie Li, he didn't find what he wanted so he only acted like he was happy.
A day after we return to Glory City, Nie Li went straight for the Alchemy Association. He passed the Alchemy Master exam and made a deal with the Alchemy Association selling all his Purple Haze Grass. He didn't have any Alchemy problems to solve since I solved all of them. Instead, he uses the Purple Haze Grass to attract the attention of Yang Xin then attract her interest with his knowledge. Ever since then he has been going to the Alchemy Association to visit Yang Xin.
While Nie Li is doing his thing in the Alchemy Association, I continue to teach Ning'er and Ziyun. Once I start teaching them what I know about Laws, Yu Yan joins them too. Yu Yan's main cultivation technique focuses on the number of Laws she can comprehend so she got the most out of my teaching. Even though I can't just tell them what I know a Law is since it'll just confuse them, I can guide them to comprehend the Laws on their own.
Since I mainly focus on the Laws of Wind, Lightning, Ice, and Snow since Ziyun and Ning'er will benefit most from those Laws while Yu Yun can benefit from any Laws. Both Ziyun and Ning'er manage to comprehend the Law of Wind making them reach Demigod rank.
Yu Yun on the other hand, manage to comprehend all four of the Laws which lead to her comprehending the Laws of Water and Yin. Because of those Laws, she is also closing in on the Laws of Darkness and Yang. Even though she managed to comprehend those Laws, she is still working adding them to her Divine Spark.
So far Yu Yun's Divine Spark has the Laws of Fire and Light. She is working on the Law of Lightning since she knows that the one who controlled that Law is dead. She'll probably try for the Laws of Darkness, Earth, and Gold next if she manages to comprehend them.
On another note, I heard rumors of Chen Linjian dating Huyan Lanruo. After hearing that they finally got together, I went over to 'congratulate' them. After I'm done teasing them, I give them each a cultivation technique from my 'master'. I told them that it'll help them reach Legend Rank but in truth, it'll let them reach Demigod rank if they are talented enough. Once they reach Demigod rank, I'll ask if they want to join me.
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