CULTIVATING IN SECRET BESIDE A DEMONESS

Chapter 1485: Perhaps Someone Is Waiting For Me (2)

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The voice was crisp and pleasant but a bit impatient.

Jiang Hao looked up and saw a woman dressed in a blue immortal gown walking out from within.

Her features were exquisite. Her skin was smooth, and her blue gown wrapped around her body perfectly. It fluttered in the gentle wind.

However, her eyes shone with dissatisfaction and some anger.

Jiang Hao simply looked at her and braced himself for her anger. Then, he bowed respectfully. “I’m a bit dull.”

“Dull? What cultivation realm are you in? You really can’t solve this maze?” she said in exasperation.

“Early stage of the Soul Ascension Realm,” said Jiang Hao.

“Huh?” she asked. “You’re at the Soul Ascension Realm? Do you think I’m blind?”

Jiang Hao did not answer.

“Or are you treating me like a fool?” she asked again.

Jiang Hao stayed silent.

“Have you gone mute? Can’t speak anymore?” the woman pressed on.

At that moment, Jiang Hao thought to himself that Hong Yuye was quite nice.

At least she would not keep asking him questions.

The woman then led Jiang Hao through the peach grove, where he saw a simple yet spacious courtyard.

In the courtyard was a stone table, and at the main seat sat a man holding a book.

When he noticed them, he put down the book and looked outside.

The moment their eyes met, Jiang Hao felt a sense of danger.

The man appeared to be an ordinary person on the surface.

“Take a seat,” the man said as he pointed to the seat opposite him.

Jiang Hao hesitated but eventually sat down. The woman took a seat at the side.

“Did I come here because of you, Senior?” Jiang Hao asked.

“Something like that. Of course, you can choose to stay here,” the man said calmly.

Jiang Hao frowned and asked, “Who are you, Senior?”

“I’m the master of this mountain peak. You can call me Peak Master, and this beside me is my wife,” the Peak Master said.

“You can just call me Peak Master’s wife,” said the woman.

“Is there a reason why you called me here, Seniors?” Jiang Hao asked them both.

“How do you feel about your luck?” asked the Peak Master.

“I think it’s pretty good,” Jiang Hao replied.

“Do you think someone can bear good luck without any reason?” the Peak Master asked again.

Jiang Hao remained silent.

“Don’t ask that yet. I have a question,” the Peak Master’s wife suddenly interrupted.

Jiang Hao looked over at her in confusion.

At this point, the Peak Master had already picked up his book and seemed indifferent.

“Do you have a Dao partner?” the Peak Master’s wife asked in curiosity.

Jiang Hao shook his head. “No.”

“No?” The Peak Master’s wife was surprised. “Have you ever met a beautiful woman who treated you well?”

“No.” Jiang Hao shook his head again.

“How can that be?” The Peak Master’s wife frowned. “Think carefully… In your younger years, did you meet any extraordinary woman after some misfortune?”

Jiang Hao thought for a moment and then earnestly said, “I thought about it, but no.”

“Has there been a woman who has always been by your side and wholeheartedly supported you?” she asked again.

Jiang Hao shook his head. “No.”

“Really?” The Peak Master’s wife was persistent.

“Really,” Jiang Hao said.

She was taken aback and then looked at the Peak Master beside her. “He says there isn’t anyone.”

“Mm…” The Peak Master responded absentmindedly. He was focused on his book.

“Listen to me! He says there isn’t anyone!” The Peak Master’s wife closed the book in his hands and gritted her teeth.

“Perhaps fate hasn’t made it so yet,” the Peak Master said helplessly.

The Peak Master’s wife, clearly dissatisfied, nudged him under the table with her foot.

Jiang Hao looked down and remained silent.

“Being able to come here shows that we share some fate,” the Peak Master said as he turned to Jiang Hao. “I’ll give you two choices.”

“What are they?” Jiang Hao asked.

“One, you can stay here, and I’ll have the Sect Master accept you as a disciple,” the Peak Master said calmly. “Two, I can send you back and allow you to live again.”

“Live again in my own body?” Jiang Hao asked.

“Yes.” The Peak Master nodded.

Jiang Hao lowered his head in thought.

“What is there to hesitate about? You don’t even have a Dao partner over there,” the Peak Master’s wife said sulkily.

“But what if I’m in a desperate situation and die again after being resurrected?” Jiang Hao asked.

“You may die again,” the Peak Master said regretfully. “Where I am and where you are… the distance is too great for me to interfere, but I’ll do my best to ensure you revive in a relatively safe area.”

“Is the method of resurrection something you left behind, Senior?” Jiang Hao asked.

“Not entirely,” the Peak Master said.

“Then…” Jiang Hao hesitated before saying, “What about the other part?”

The Peak Master smiled and said, “As you said, you’re lucky. It doesn’t have much to do with me.”

“Do you cultivate quickly?” the Peak Master’s wife asked out of curiosity.

“Fairly quickly,” Jiang Hao said.

“And how quick would that be?”

“I managed to become an immortal in a hundred years…”

“Huh?”

“Is it too slow?”

“How old are you?”

“Eighty-two.”

She fell silent.

“And you said you were in the Soul Ascension Realm.”

Jiang Hao looked at her without averting his gaze.

Bam!

His head was suddenly hit by a wooden sword, which snapped him back to attention.

It hurt quite a bit.

“Have you thought it through?” asked the Peak Master. “Once you make your choice, there will be no turning back.”

“What’s there to think about? You don’t even have a Dao partner,” said the Peak Master’s wife.

Jiang Hao ignored her. After thinking for a moment, he said, “I have a question, Senior. What price must I pay for such good luck?”

“What price?” The Peak Master smiled and said, “Are there many people with good luck in your world?”

Thinking of Chu Jie and Shang An, Jiang Hao said, “Not too many, I think.”

“Don’t tell me you think that only good things are because of good luck?” The Peak Master’s voice was calm. “Consider the most extreme situations—without enough luck, how would those situations arise? But are those truly good or bad? Nothing is predetermined. It’s merely about what the recipient chooses. And having good luck doesn’t guarantee an extreme outcome. Don’t lock yourself into a particular mindset. No one knows what you’ll do. They can only predict the odds. Whether to turn left or right… it’s always about your choice.”

“Just like how you don’t have a Dao partner, so the odds are now low,” the Peak Master’s wife grumbled.

“Have you made up your mind?” the Peak Master asked.

Jiang Hao nodded. “Yes.”

“And what is your decision?” the Peak Master asked.

“Please, send me back,” Jiang Hao said as he stood up and respectfully bowed.

The Peak Master’s wife frowned but did not say anything.

“Why?” the Peak Master’s wife asked.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Hao said, “My home is there.”

The Peak Master’s wife fell silent.

The Peak Master stood up and asked, “Are you ready?”

“I’m ready,” Jiang Hao nodded.

Returning would be dangerous. He was probably still in the Earth Extreme Silent Pearl.

As long as the Heavenly Fate Misfortune Pearl did not explode and the Earth Extreme Silent Pearl could be controlled, he should survive.

But if the Heavenly Fate Misfortune Pearl had erupted along with the other pearl, there was no guarantee he would revive in his body safely.

It was another impulsive choice.

Previously, he had chosen to die together with Ao Shi. If he returned, he might end up dead right after.

“I hope we can meet again in the future.” The Peak Master waved his hand.

In an instant, Jiang Hao felt as if he was enveloped by chaos.

“Is there anything else you want to say?” the Peak Master asked.

Jiang Hao looked at the Peak Master’s wife and said earnestly, “I was sold to a demonic sect as a child, and I held much resentment back then. I was only five years old. Later, when my cultivation improved and my luck was good, I was able to return to my hometown. At that time, I really wanted to see them again, mainly to make them regret selling me. But I heard they had already left. I felt empty inside at that moment. If I delay, I might never see the people I want to meet ever again. I might never get to tell them the words I want to say. If my family were still alive, I want to tell them that I’m no longer a child and that I hold no resentment toward them in my heart.”

With that, Jiang Hao bowed respectfully.

At this moment, chaos surged and carried him into the endless void.

Jiang Hao glanced back, then turned away.

He needed to return.

Perhaps someone was still waiting for him.

But he did not know how long it would take for him to wake up.

Vaguely, he heard a conversation between the two people in the courtyard.

“Why didn’t you stop him?”

“He said it himself… He’s no longer a child.”

…

A few days later, high in the southern skies, the red light surrounding the green sun shattered, and a red shadow carried someone quickly left.

It disappeared like a flash of light.

With the red light gone, the green sun began to rapidly expand, and even the Supreme Heavenly Mirror could not hold it back for long.

Meanwhile, from within the green sun, a long blade emerged.

It was pitch-black and formless.

In the void, it seemed as if a man had grasped this blade.

He then swung it down.

A weak male voice echoed in the void.

“This is the last time. Watch closely… The seventh form of the Heavenly Blade… the Helpless Heaven!”

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