Weak Woman

Being able to see Jiang Li, the Pure Heart Saintess naturally wouldn't stay in the academy pretending to be an eighteen-year-old girl any longer.

After leaving the academy, she followed behind Jiang Li, and seeing that he was constantly depressed, she comforted him, "It's just losing a condition to me, it won't make you do anything bad."

Jiang Li said dejectedly, "I'm just lamenting my own arrogance for losing an opportunity to find the Immortal Realm."

"Find the Immortal Realm? Could it be that you've found some clues again?" The Pure Heart Saintess blinked her eyes, looking very beautiful.

She couldn't help but think of all the outrageous things Jiang Li had done in search of the Immortal Realm, such as hearing that collecting four Dragon Balls could connect to the Immortal Realm, so he borrowed the Dragon Balls from the Four Seas Dragon Kings, but even after playing with the Dragon Balls until they glowed, he didn't see a passage to the Immortal Realm.

Another example was hearing that one could become an immortal through self-disintegration, so he didn't resist at all and allowed the Heavenly Tribulation to bombard him, but the Heavenly Tribulation fizzled out and he wasn't injured.

Yet another example was hearing that sacrificing the people of one province could gain merit and ultimately ascend, so he found the person who spread the rumors and killed them on the spot.

She wondered what kind of rumors about becoming an immortal he had heard this time.

"Hey, hey, is Jiang Li there?" The Remote Communication Talisman rang again uncontrollably, and without guessing, it was the Dao Sect Master looking for Jiang Li.

"Not here, scram." Jiang Li said unhappily.

The Dao Sect Master's illusory figure appeared, looking no different from a teenager. He glanced at Jiang Li, "I'm looking for Human Emperor Jiang, what are you, a Dao Sect Emissary, interrupting for? Oh, the Pure Heart Saintess is here too, that's great, I can talk to you and not have to face Qingyu Daoist's dead face."

"If you still want me to go to your Dao Sect's Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference, you better be respectful to me."

The Dao Sect Master immediately put on a flattering face, "Brother Jiang, look at what you're saying, wasn't I specially coming to inform you!"

"According to my calculations, the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal will be able to refine itself once more in twenty days, and the Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference will open in fifteen days. You represent the Human Emperor Palace, and the Pure Heart Saintess represents the Red Dust Pure Land, what do you think?"

Jiang Li didn't answer, suddenly appearing behind the Sect Master's illusory figure, and found that he was indeed holding his hand behind his back, raising a middle finger.

"I knew you were talking bad about me behind my back!" Jiang Li spat and turned off the Remote Communication Talisman.

The Dao Sect Master wasn't worried when the connection was cut off. The Yin-Yang Heaven Seal refining itself once more was something that hadn't happened in thousands of years, so he wasn't worried that Jiang Li wouldn't come.

Sure enough, Jiang Li turned to ask the Pure Heart Saintess, "There are still more than ten days, how do we get to the Dao Sect?"

The Pure Heart Saintess naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to say fly over there. Not to mention Jiang Li flying at full speed, even she could reach the Dao Sect in just half a day.

She smiled lightly, "Let's take a Flying Boat, it's been a long time since I've ridden one."

Jiang Li nodded, "Okay, then I'll fly over first."

"..."

"I'm a weak woman traveling alone on a Flying Boat, aren't you worried about me encountering any danger?"

Jiang Li thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. A Body Integration stage cultivator, who would be revered as a national teacher in any Imperial Dynasty, what did that have to do with being a weak woman?

As for encountering danger, perhaps only Extraterrestrial Demons could threaten her.

It seemed that she was worried about encountering an Extraterrestrial Demon attack. Jiang Li was gratified by the Pure Heart Saintess's caution. If she had been so cautious about Upper River Town and Lower River Town in the first place, the subsequent events wouldn't have happened.

She's grown.

Although the Pure Heart Saintess's worries were minimal, Jiang Li couldn't bear to extinguish her hard-earned caution, so he agreed to ride the Flying Boat with her.

Only cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage have the ability to fly, and only then are they qualified to travel the Nine Provinces, otherwise, what kind of traveling is it to always sit on a Flying Boat.

The Flying Boat is a type of low-grade magical artifact. It's not difficult to refine, nor is it difficult to control. The only drawback is its high demand for spiritual energy. If it were a Spirit Transformation cultivator, they could of course provide a continuous stream of spiritual energy, but Spirit Transformation cultivators would never deign to do such a thing, so they can only use Spirit Stones to provide spiritual energy.

Flying Boats require a large number of Spirit Stones, so the ticket price is naturally not low. The minimum cultivation level for a cultivator who can afford a Flying Boat is Foundation Establishment Stage.

Jiang Li and Pure Heart Saintess picked and chose, and finally found a few Mid-Grade Spirit Stones in their Storage Ring to use as tickets.

Usually, Low-Grade Spirit Stones are used to buy tickets, but the two of them usually spend High-Grade Spirit Stones as a starting point. Their Storage Rings are filled with High-Grade Spirit Stones and Top-Grade Spirit Stones, with only a few Mid and Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Jiang Li didn't want to show off his wealth, but there was no way around it. He was so poor that all he had left were High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Sure enough, as soon as the two of them boarded the ship, they were targeted by several men with unkind eyes, especially when they saw the beautiful Pure Heart Saintess, they had malicious thoughts.

They communicated with their eyes.

Pull off a heist? Let's do it! A young monk with red lips and white teeth got up and saluted the men, holding prayer beads in his hand. He looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the jewel-encrusted, shiny kasaya dazzled the men.

"This little monk believes that one should not be obsessed with physical appearances. Beauty is nothing more than a pink skeleton, fleeting smoke. The more one indulges, the more one falls. Benefactors, please let go of your attachments."

The little monk's words seemed to have a strange charm, making people believe him involuntarily. The several fierce-looking men became dazed, and their facial expressions softened.

Another passenger, seeing the little monk using such trickery, also walked up to the men and shouted loudly, like a bell ringing in their ears, awakening the men.

The men came back to their senses and quickly thanked the passenger.

This passenger was wearing a white Confucian robe, holding a paper fan with ink characters, and had regular features. He was a typical Confucian scholar.

"Thank you, Confucianism Sect disciple."

In the Nine Provinces, only one type of person dresses as a Confucian scholar, and that is a member of the Confucianism Sect, one of the six great sects.

Confucianism Sect members take it as their responsibility to educate the world, emphasizing benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom. They often enter and exit various Imperial Dynasties to promote their doctrines. Among the six great sects, they are the most well-known, followed by the Buddhist Sect.

The Confucianism Sect disciple smiled slightly and said, "Sage Meng once said that the goodness of human nature is like water flowing downwards. There is no one who is not good, and there is no water that does not flow downwards. Although you all look fierce, and robbing and plundering is only out of necessity, I believe that you are all kind-hearted people. You must all believe in your hearts that you are good."

The Confucianism Sect disciple's words were like sleeping pills, drilling into their ears, making them drowsy, and unconsciously chanting "At the beginning of man, his nature is good."

A passenger with the surname Jiang coughed accidentally, and the strong men regained their senses again, their anger rising from their guts.

These two were actually using their Dharma on them, a monk advising them to let go of their attachments, and a Confucian scholar advising them to recall their kindness.

Did they really think that their Golden Core cultivation was for show! The strong men took out their weapons, filled with murderous intent, putting aside the matter of robbing Jiang Li and Pure Heart Saintess, and first dealt with the little bald donkey and the pretty boy! The little monk and the Confucian scholar sighed at the same time: "Why must you force us to take action?"

Nascent Soul aura was released, instantly causing the strong men to beg for mercy.