Chapter 730 - 728: The Sect Master’s Useless Daughter (Part 2)
Unless both of them are in love with each other, even if her mother is the master of a sect, there’s no way to force a Heavenly Spirit Root disciple to marry her daughter.
A Heavenly Spirit Root, that’s the future of a sect. As long as you’re not foolish, you’d treat such a disciple well.
The Silver Moon Sect is a top-tier sect. Among the younger generation, there are two Heavenly Spirit Roots: one is the commissioner’s senior brother, the Sect Master Pei Feixue’s senior disciple, Xie Jiuqing.
The other one is the person in front, Jin Congmo, who has a Metal Spirit Root.
He was taken in as a direct disciple by the Supreme Elder Qi Feng, with exceptional talent and a high status.
In this world, spirit roots are divided into four types: four to five types are Mixed Spirit Roots, two to three are True Spirit Roots, a single spirit root is a Heavenly Spirit Root, and single spirit roots like Thunder or Ice are variant spirit roots, even better than Heavenly Spirit Roots.
The commissioner’s wish this time is simple: understand where the hatred from the Jin Family siblings towards her comes from, what they want besides scheming against her, and thwart their plans.
Then, kill them.
Finally, get along well with her parents, not be as capricious as before like a firecracker that would explode at any moment.
Jin Congmo, seeing Ah Chen sitting there silently, ended up feeding a pill to Jin Congshuang.
After swallowing a top-quality pill, Jin Congshuang’s face gradually regained its color, and everyone present became happy.
Liu Yao looked at the pill bottle with mixed feelings, thinking that if Junior Sister wasn’t fortunate to have a good mother, with such incomplete talent, she wouldn’t even be able to step over the cultivation threshold.
A bottle suddenly appeared in front of her. Ah Chen looked up to see Jin Congmo handing back the bottle.
There are ten pills inside, all top grade, extremely precious.
Following the commissioner’s approach, Ah Chen had no intention of taking them back, raising her hand to gently push it away: "Since Senior Sister Jin was injured because of me, let Senior Brother Jin keep these pills for her for now. Besides, you know I don’t lack these."
The commissioner’s father, Shen Song, has a Fire Spirit Root and is a top Alchemist, able to provide her with as many of such pills as she wants.
Jin Congmo’s master is a Supreme Elder, theoretically not lacking in resources, but Qi Feng is a Sword Cultivator and a training fanatic.
He provides things for his disciples but rarely shows up. To obtain such healing pills, one must spend a significant amount of money, unlike the commissioner.
"Junior Sister Pei, don’t blame yourself. Congshuang volunteered, and it has nothing to do with you." Jin Congmo said indifferently, "She would do the same for anyone else."
Ah Chen grunted and said no more.
Jin Congmo returned to Jin Congshuang’s side, guarding her.
Ah Chen extended her awareness, searching through the forests. The Bee King that attacked her earlier wasn’t slain. When Jin Congmo and others regained their senses, it turned around and fled.
Why was she attacked by the Bee King?
It was because she discovered honey; she wasn’t foolish enough to charge right in.
She first tested and found no danger, then planned to go forward to gather honey. The honey from these demon bees is precious, but that wasn’t her line of thought; she mainly thought it would be a good ingredient for roasting meat.
Just as she collected the honey, the Bee King rushed out from somewhere, attacking her directly.
Jin Congshuang was the closest to her and, at the critical moment, pushed her away to face the attack herself.
Jin Congshuang was only in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage; although much stronger than the commissioner, she still was no match for the Foundation Establishment Late Stage strength of the Bee King and got seriously injured.
That’s when the others reacted. Perhaps Jin Congmo’s Golden Core Stage strength posed a threat to the Bee King, as it turned and fled.
At least, that’s how it seemed.
But Ah Chen found the Bee King’s reaction very strange. Reflecting carefully, she realized that if it had attacked with the speed of its escape, the commissioner would definitely have been injured.
Then, since the honey was in her hand and Jin Congshuang never touched it, given the Bee King’s cultivation, Jin Congshuang wouldn’t have been able to stop it.
She thought the Bee King seemed unusual, as if it wasn’t attacking out of anger but rather completing a task.
Of course, no one else considered this possibility.
The Jin siblings’ scheming might be related to the Bee King’s attack.
Even more suspiciously, Jin Congshuang later coincidentally tamed this Bee King.
As long as Jin Congshuang hasn’t taken back the Bee King, it should still be in this forest.
She needed to find it and kill it!
No matter if Jin Congshuang raised it or not, it has to die.
Soon, Ah Chen found the Bee King’s location; it was hiding on a tree, appearing to be resting with its eyes closed.
There wasn’t a trace of anger over losing its honey.
After marking the Bee King, Ah Chen’s awareness returned.
Later, she planned to take that route, and she felt the sword in her hand, thinking to kill the Bee King as a favor to Jin Congshuang for revenge!
"Junior Sister Jin, you’re awake? How are you feeling?" Fu Yue’s joyful voice came through.
Ah Chen looked up to see Fu Yue’s face full of joy beside Jin Congshuang.
Jin Congshuang smiled and nodded, then stood up: "I’m fine, Brother Fu. Sorry to make you all worry."
She glanced around and quickly found Ah Chen, relaxing upon seeing her unharmed: "I’m glad you’re okay, Junior Sister Pei."
"Congshuang, it was because you took Junior Sister Pei’s elixir that you recovered so quickly." Jin Congmo handed a bottle of pills to Jin Congshuang.
"Thank you, Junior Sister Pei," Jin Congshuang took the bottle and approached Ah Chen, "but such a precious elixir should be kept by you."
Before Ah Chen could say anything, Fu Yue interrupted: "Master is a top Alchemist; Junior Sister doesn’t really lack elixirs. Junior Sister Jin had always been saving Little Junior Sister; this elixir should be used to heal you. Little Junior Sister owes you a life-saving grace, and she should give you a gift."
Anyone could tell from his words that he meant Ah Chen was being stingy and condescending by offering elixirs she can easily access to repay a life-saving grace.
The commissioner naturally understood, possessing her own pride. She originally planned to gift Jin Congshuang something.
Upon hearing this, she felt extremely displeased but didn’t forget to thank Jin Congshuang for helping her fend off the earlier Bee King attack, even though she didn’t really need the help.
The commissioner wasn’t sure how to respond to Fu Yue, but Ah Chen knew and wouldn’t let it slide.
"Brother Fu has said everything; when did I ever say the elixir was the thank-you gift? It was merely for Senior Sister Jin’s healing." Ah Chen’s tone was cold, and with a thought, a sword appeared in her hand, "This High Grade spiritual artifact is my thank-you gift for Senior Sister Jin."
She placed the sword into Jin Congshuang’s hand, leaving Fu Yue speechless.
A High Grade spiritual artifact was more than enough to repay Jin Congshuang’s help in fending off the Bee King’s attack.
"That’s too valuable," Jin Congshuang quickly shook her head, returning the sword to Ah Chen’s hand, "at the time, I didn’t think much of it and I’m not worth a High Grade spiritual artifact," her gaze then fell on the bracelet on Ah Chen’s wrist, "Junior Sister, this bracelet is beautiful, I really like it; how about giving me this bracelet instead, and then we’ll call it even."
Ah Chen lowered her gaze to the bracelet on her wrist, it was indeed beautiful.
If it weren’t, the commissioner wouldn’t wear this bracelet that made her so angry on her wrist.
