Find You Another Wife

At Cheng Moyang's words, the short Young Master Yang's lips curled slightly. "It should be very interesting, especially if we do what we did last time and have Fang Yong handle it.

"Wouldn't that be even better?

"And we wouldn't have to dirty our hands."

After a pause, he said with some regret, "We've deliberately kept our distance from Fang Yong lately. Who knows when he'll come looking for us?"

Cheng Moyang smiled. "Let's go to the little courtyard. He passes by there often."

Sure enough, they had not been cultivating in the little courtyard for long before they saw Fang Yong pass by.

Fang Yong immediately approached them with easy familiarity. "Young Master Cheng, what have you been using to cultivate lately?"

Cheng Moyang smiled at the question. "I've been cultivating at the Spirit-Gathering Hall."

After a pause, he asked, "What about you, Young Master Fang?"

Hesitation flickered in Fang Yong's eyes before he said, "I've been cultivating at the Spirit-Gathering Hall too."

"Really?" Young Master Yang said with a smile from beside them. "You're no ordinary person either, Young Master Fang. Since we're all cultivating at the Spirit-Gathering Hall, let's go together sometime."

Fang Yong smiled and nodded. "All right."

Only then did Fang Yong leave.

They watched him go.

Young Master Yang chuckled. "I doubt he's ever even stepped through the Spirit-Gathering Hall's gates."

Cheng Moyang shook his head. "Walking alongside us and going to the same places doesn't make him one of us."

The two left with smiles.

This was only the beginning. Things would get even more interesting later.

Jiang Man had obtained the token, but dared not breathe a word of it.

Naturally, he had to keep something like this hidden.

After all, no one in the entire Azure Cloud Pavilion had known about the trial.

That meant those above had no intention of letting those below know about it.

There were some things no one wanted to share with everyone.

The more Jiang Man understood, the more he felt his gamble had paid off.

Though Mr. Zhao charged a steep price, at least he got things done.

Some people took the benefits and offered nothing but empty gestures.

"Normally, he might not qualify to compete for a slot like this, but with the Rearing Method you gave him, his standing rose a few notches, which made him eligible," Old Yellow Ox said.

Jiang Man swallowed a Spirit-Gathering Pill and continued cultivating.

His fifth gourd was not even half full yet.

To secure this opportunity, he wanted to reach the Qi Refining Sixth Layer as soon as possible.

"So, really, I earned this opportunity myself?" Jiang Man guided the spiritual qi within his body.

"You can comfort yourself that way," Old Yellow Ox said.

But very soon, he suddenly froze. "It's here."

"What's here?" Jiang Man, who had been about to cultivate, was rather surprised.

"Your wife's tricks are here again." Light began appearing on Old Yellow Ox's body as he spoke. "Once I've stabilized it, draw the light out."

Since this was not his first time, Jiang Man had gained some experience.

Soon, he drew the light out.

It gathered into a ball in his hand, then shone on him.

Her voice came through again. "Husband, you're still alive? Did that evil god you're rearing tell you the Magpie Bridge opens once a year? It lied to you."

As her voice faded, the light vanished.

Jiang Man: "..."

"What did she say?" Old Yellow Ox asked.

"She said you lied, Brother Ox, and that the Magpie Bridge doesn't open once a year," Jiang Man answered truthfully.

There was no need to conceal something like this.

Compared with that fairy, he still leaned toward trusting Old Yellow Ox first.

After all, he relied on him quite heavily at present.

"She's lying to you. She wants to drive a wedge between us," Old Yellow Ox explained.

Jiang Man did not particularly care, either.

"You think she's the one telling the truth?" Old Yellow Ox asked.

Jiang Man shook his head. "I don't know. In any case, the Magpie Bridge definitely isn't open right now."

If it were, she would have come long ago.

Why would she need to keep using these tricks?

"The warier you are of me, the easier it is for her to use her methods and track down our location. When the Magpie Bridge is closed, her methods aren't very apparent, but once it opens, she can use that wariness to pinpoint us quickly," Old Yellow Ox explained.

After a pause, he added, "Once we've completely evaded her and I've recovered, I can find you another wife."

Jiang Man: "..."

He felt the old ox was painting him a pie in the sky.

After hesitating, he asked, "How can you recover, Brother Ox? Do you need my help?"

"Of course I need your help," Old Yellow Ox replied.

"What do I need to do?" Jiang Man asked curiously.

Old Yellow Ox glanced at Jiang Man and said casually, "Let's talk about that once you can survive this hundred-day calamity."

Jiang Man shrugged.

What held him back was not the Peerless Heaven's Chosen Destiny, but... poverty.

He did not even have a cultivation method.

If he had awakened while going through a wedding ceremony in a village, even ten lives would not have been enough.

Because he would have had no way to obtain any resources there.

Even after working hard for a month, once food and drink were paid for, he might not have been able to afford even a Spirit-Gathering Pill.

Inside the Cloudfront Office, not only were Spirit Sources easier to earn than outside, but Spirit-Gathering Pills were actually relatively cheap too.

He had discovered this after buying Spirit-Gathering Pills for some time lately.

He received preferential treatment everywhere in the Cloudfront Office.

Outside, it truly was a world dripping with blood.

No wonder Song Qing wanted to become Luo Xuan's guard.

Once he left, he might never have another opportunity like that in his lifetime.

"Brother Ox, what do you think the requirements for the Fate Pattern's next stage will be?" Jiang Man asked with some curiosity.

Old Yellow Ox did not answer at all.

Jiang Man asked no more, either, since asking would get him no answer.

After that came cultivation.

In the two months and more since he had awakened, he had spent almost all his time cultivating and earning Spirit Sources.

Or offending people.

Fortunately, everyone was working toward the upcoming slots, giving him enough breathing room.

In the days that followed, Jiang Man focused on cultivation.

During the day, he studied and cultivated; in the evening, he went to the Spirit-Gathering Hall.

Then he earned Spirit Sources to buy pills and continued cultivating.

The days passed one by one.

Every day, Jiang Man could see the water in the gourd increasing.

Forty percent, half, sixty percent.

Until November 13.

When Jiang Man finished cultivating.

The water in the "gourd" had reached ninety percent.

Tomorrow was the fourteenth. If he bought another Spirit Source.

He would more or less be able to enter the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

As his appetite kept growing, his Spirit Sources had to pay for food as well as Spirit-Gathering Pills.

He now had three hundred and fifty Spirit Sources.

Mainly because the Spirit-Gathering Hall had given him another hundred tonight.

One of the guards had something to attend to, so Steward Miao needed him to fill in for a day or two.

Fortunately, it was at the end of the month, so he was naturally willing.

Otherwise, he would have had to wait until he went to the Spirit-Gathering Hall tomorrow to reach three hundred.

There was nothing wrong with guarding a gate for a hundred Spirit Sources.

Of course, he had to hesitate for a while, or the other party would feel they had overpaid.

The next day.

November 14.

Jiang Man got up early in the morning.

He planned to take care of the Stable's work first.

But as soon as he arrived, he froze.

There was another person and another horse in the Stable today.

The person was naturally Fang Yong.

But the horse was not the one from last time. This one was silvery white.

An Illusory Moon Silver Mane.

A wild horse that had absorbed moonlight and become a spirit, its silver coat turned transparent under the moon, and it left afterimages as it ran.

It was extremely fast and had great endurance.

It was a mount many people dreamed of having.

How had Fang Yong gotten one?

"I'll pay you Spirit Sources for the feed it eats," Fang Yong said.

Jiang Man frowned and asked in surprise, "Young Master Fang, what are you doing at my place?"

Fang Yong was dismissive. He had not wanted to come, but the horse had gotten tired and insisted on heading this way, then wanted to eat the feed here.

Otherwise, why would he ever come here?

This was where things had gone wrong last time.

Just as he was about to speak, spots suddenly began appearing on the Illusory Moon Silver Mane's coat.

Then it let out a mournful cry.

Instantly, he turned to look at Jiang Man.

Jiang Man: "..."

So he came here to target me.