I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 709: Chapter 656: Lv Ying’s Predicament (June Monthly Ticket 3000 Bonus)

Baipu Domain, Toad Village.

In the backyard of a shop at the corner of the street, a young-looking female cultivator, dressed in blue with silver ornaments, knelt before a middle-aged woman wearing dark purple Witch Clan attire.

”Shopkeeper, I won’t leave!”

The purple-clad female cultivator turned around, the moonlight illuminating a weathered face. Though her beauty retention techniques were effective, they were unable to conceal the traces of time in her eyes, and some gray hair adorned her temples.

She looked down at the person kneeling at her feet, who, like her, had Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation. Only she was truly young, while herself was already at an age where half her body was in the grave.

”Get up, Nian’er. If it weren’t for knowing you were Tao Fengnian’s descendant back then, I wouldn’t have taken you in until today.”

Lv Ying pulled Tao Nian up from the ground. She had saved Tao Nian from the Ten Thousand Mountains years ago, and Tao Nian, to repay the favor, had stayed at her shop; it had been almost thirty years now.

”Take this letter to the Heavenly Interence Sect and find the current Sect Master. Once he reads the letter, I’m sure he’ll take you in. If you don’t want to go to the Heavenly Interence Sect, then go to the North Sea to find your friend. Wherever you go, leave here as soon as possible.”

Tao Nian shook his head, ”Shopkeeper, since you know the Sect Master of the Heavenly Interence Sect, why not ask them for help? If the Heavenly Interence Sect is willing to intervene, they will surely return Xia’er unharmed.”

”Or I can help you find the Mountain and Sea Building. Since they were willing to save us before, they must have a way to get Xia’er back.”

Lv Ying smiled bitterly, shaking her head slightly, and walked slowly to the side, ”Why trouble others? To those big shots, our matters and we small people aren’t worth the favor cost.”

”Moreover, although Xia’er has called me mother for sixteen years, she is indeed the biological daughter of the Snake Village Female Chief. Here is the Witch Clan; even the Mountain and Sea Building can’t resist the Witch Clan’s rules. Seeking help from anyone is the same.”

Lv Ying turned around and took out an Elixir Bottle she had prepared long ago from her sleeve.

”Luckily, I didn’t take this Lifespan Extension Pill myself. It would be a waste; keep it for yourself. Leave this place of trouble early; you are still young and have opportunities. Don’t ruin your future for me.”

Tao Nian continued to shake his head, pushing the Elixir Bottle back.

Tao Nian knew Lv Ying intended to infiltrate the Snake Village alone to rescue Xia’er.

Xia’er was a child Lv Ying picked up from the Ten Thousand Mountains sixteen years ago and cared for as her own daughter. She never concealed Xia’er’s origins.

Xia’er was different from ordinary children. Lv Ying once told Tao Nian that Xia’er was discovered in a snake nest and was bitten all over by various venomous snakes, yet she didn’t die from multiple snake venoms.

Since then, Xia’er attracted snakes naturally and was able to communicate and even control groups of snakes.

Furthermore, both her saliva and blood were poisonous, and places she touched would remain toxic. She was practically a natural poison body.

Lv Ying went through countless hardships to raise Xia’er, treating her truly as a biological daughter, and Tao Nian had witnessed all this.

And Xia’er treated Tao Nian as her own sister.

Not long ago, Xia’er went to the mountains to pick herbs and catch bugs to help alleviate Lv Ying’s burdens, encountered people from Snake Village, exposed her physique, and her identity was also revealed.

Only then did Tao Nian learn that Xia’er was the biological daughter of the Snake Village Female Chief and an Extraordinary member of the Snake Clan. Before her birth, the Snake Village Female Chief thought her father was someone else, until she was born with the same birthmark as that Extraordinary member.

The Witch Clan hates the Extraordinary. The Snake Village Chief feared exposure and discarded Xia’er in the snake nest.

However, Xia’er’s special physique led the Snake Village to make an exception and keep her, imprisoning her in the Snake Village dungeon, still undecided on her fate.

Lv Ying regretted not taking Xia’er away from the Witch Clan back then, but Tao Nian understood; after all, Lv Ying worked hard for half her life to open the shop, how could she easily abandon it?

”Shopkeeper, if you plan to go to the Snake Village, I’ll accompany you. Xia’er is my sister, too!”

Lv Ying, seeing she couldn’t persuade Tao Nian, nodded in agreement.

The two discussed their plan of action and, under the cover of night, sneaked into the Snake Village, never to be seen again.

The male cultivator from the Mountain and Sea Building, who had been tailing them, waited from midnight to dawn. Fearing something had indeed happened, he returned to report and sought a female cultivator to use a business talk excuse to visit the Snake Village Chief.

Given that this was the Witch Clan territory, outsiders, especially male cultivators, absolutely must not offend any village chief. Once offended, the Witch Clan would rather not do business than allow the Mountain and Sea Building to remain.

Lv Ying’s grievances with the Snake Village were known to the Mountain and Sea Building folk. They had advised her to wait, but she refused, leaving the Mountain and Sea Building with no options.

*

Heavenly Interence Sect.

Jiang Yuebai received the message from the Mountain and Sea Building, read through the context and background, retrieved the invitations for the two sects from her master, and after requesting him to write a special handwritten letter, she promptly set off with Yun Shang through the Transmission Array toward Baipu Domain.

Using the Transmission Array cost no longer mattered to Jiang Yuebai; she only hoped Lv Ying was safe.

The Transmission Array couldn’t transport them directly to the Snake Village, so they traveled for another day upon reaching Baipu Domain before finally locating the Mountain and Sea Building within the Snake Village.

Jiang Yuebai regretted she couldn’t just storm straight to the Village Chief’s residence; although she had the ability to rescue people, she couldn’t annihilate the entire Witch Clan.

Given her current status, mishandling this issue could attract formidable foes to the Heavenly Interence Sect.

While the Witch Clan appeared internally disunited, facing external threats, they would unite and unanimously resist.

Simultaneously, the identity of Chenzhou Wanderer was no longer feasible.

First, many in the Earth Spiritual Realm knew Chenzhou Wanderer was her; at least, those who had seen her true appearance could easily investigate.

Second, was what the Mountain and Sea Building had just informed her: Lv Ying was alive, and also imprisoned in the Snake Village dungeon.

Initially, they intended to kill her for trespassing the Snake Village, but Tao Nian, in a desperate moment, claimed Lv Ying was the intimate friend of True Monarch Wangshu from the Heavenly Interence Sect and stated True Monarch Wangshu would soon arrive.

That was when the Snake Village folks hesitated, daring not to kill them outright, but first imprisoned them.

As for how Tao Nian knew, it was merely a guess based on some events Lv Ying occasionally mentioned, combined with implicating the Heavenly Interence Sect’s most renowned name due to the situation.

True Monarch Wangshu, who just annihilated the Three Elements Sect of the Outer Sea Thirteen Islands, was undoubtedly the best choice.

”Tao Nian? Did you say the female cultivator accompanying Lv Ying is named Tao Nian?”

Jiang Yuebai confirmed again with the old Steward of Mountain and Sea Building, feeling the surname Tao... quite coincidental.

The old Steward nodded, ”That Tao Nian is a Loose Cultivator; her origin hasn’t been thoroughly investigated yet. If the True Monarch requires, I can immediately let Hongyan Building investigate.”

”No need, we should first visit Snake Village and focus on rescuing people.”

Just about to leave, Jiang Yuebai suddenly remembered another matter, thinking swiftly.

She pulled out a portrait and handed it to the old Shopkeeper.

”Could you please ask Hongyan Building to investigate who this person is, and whether he has appeared in the Earth Spiritual Realm?”

The old Shopkeeper respectfully received the portrait, depicting the scoundrel Jiang Yuebai married during her dream realm experience on the Mystic Truth Stele within the Heavenly Spear Realm.

Hard to find him in the Upper Realm, maybe the Earth Spiritual Realm could offer clues.

After exiting the Mountain and Sea Building, Yun Shang stopped Jiang Yuebai, reminding her, ”The Snake Village Chief is the most difficult to deal with among the Witch Clan’s Five Great Villages. She’s also the most vicious and murderous, and has a peculiar habit you must be cautious of.”

”What habit?” Jiang Yuebai asked.

Yun Shang grimaced, ”Devouring both men and women!”