Chapter 122 Post-War Summary
Old Sane was not a good storyteller, and this could have been a deeply touching story, but because of his dry telling it, it was completely uninteresting.
Especially those details that may be interesting to others.
For example, did he do anything inappropriate when he was dating Mrs. Samina?
For example, after Mrs. Samina lost her lover, she spent every day with her old lover. Did anything happen that would please a bad guy like Lao Jiang?
However, Jiang Xia did not ask any further questions this time.
In fact, he was not very interested in these details. What he was interested in were some truths about the Red Moon World hidden in this story.
For example, the mysterious "Dream of the Red Moon" that has been mentioned several times.
Lao Jiang frowned, thought for several seconds, and asked:
"Master Fleming and Lady Samina, are they still alive?"
"Well, they're alive!"
There was light in Sarn's eyes again, and he said:
“Just now, when Samina got rid of the magic alienation, she told me in person that she and Fleming were in the Fog City.
Not just them!
The thirteen witch hunters who passed away back then are all still alive!
They trapped the Red Moon!
Because of their sacrifice, the red moon was suppressed between reality and dreams, and the world was able to survive for more than ten years.
She asked me not to rescue them.
She asked me to take Helya away from this world, saying that this world was terminally ill and beyond salvation.
But I won't run away again.
My brothers, my former lovers, are in that city, and I will go to save them.
or.
Go and accompany them."
After Sarn finished his story, he turned to Jiang Xia and said:
“I can give you everything, including this sun emblem and its making method, the demon-killing holy artifact Fleming used, his spirit-possession book, and so on.
I can give you everything.
I have told you our story as you wished and satisfied your curiosity, so here is the reward for telling this story.
I want you to take Helya away from this world.
I don't know why Samina told me that the world was doomed, but if that was her idea, then I was willing to follow through.
Take the lady away!
Her life has just begun. She doesn't owe the world anything. Instead, the world owes her a lot. She deserves a happy life.
Take her to your world and let her live a good life there.
This is my final plea.”
"Look at what you said."
Jiang Xia stood up, stretched his shoulders, blew out a smoke ring, and said to Old Saen calmly:
"I'm a businessman, not a human trafficker. It's hard for me to do anything if you just throw an innocent girl to me. And there's something I don't know whether I should tell you."
Old Jiang pointed to his head with some regret and said to the old witch hunter:
"My employees and I communicated using secret techniques. Everything you just said was heard by them. What's worse is that they had their voices broadcasted...
It’s okay if you don’t understand.
These are all high-tech.
You just need to know.
Helya heard everything you said just now."
"you!"
Sane suddenly jumped up and swung his fist to hit.
But Lao Jiang curled his lips, spread his hands, and said shamelessly:
“The poor little girl has already lost her parents, and now her adoptive father is determined to die. I think this is very tragic, and I think she should be able to choose her own life.
You, or me.
No one is qualified to plan all this.
You may think that what I said now is bitchy. I don’t deny it. Sometimes I also like to stand on the moral high ground and make speeches. After all, I am just an ordinary person.
But I think what the charming Lady Samina needs now is not a love-struck old man who is willing to die for her.
But a protector who is willing to survive for her and her daughter.
You already feel guilty.
You shouldn't rub salt into the poor girl's wounds, and don't throw your own responsibilities onto a girl who is less than 20 years old like a coward.
This kind of man is the worst.
listen.
Helya is crying.
You've probably never had to deal with a violent teenage girl, have you?
I mean.
You're in big trouble, old Sarn."
The old witch hunter glared at Jiang Xia, who was smiling. He limped to the ground holding the ashes in his arms, and ignored the sun emblem in Jiang Xia's hand.
After watching him leave, the silly wolf demon turned around and looked at his boss.
It wagged its half-bald tail and asked:
"Boss, why are you doing this?"
"Because if I bring another person back, Pomegranate will go crazy."
Jiang Xia sighed and said:
“Su’s troubles haven’t been resolved yet.
If I get into trouble again, Pomegranate won't be able to protect me. We are weak, and if we want to keep the secret of this small spiritual world and hold on to this source of wealth, we have to keep a low profile.
Than taking the poor baroness back.
It's obviously better for our business to have her here."
"Really?"
The wolf demon tilted its head and stared at Jiang Xia. After a few breaths, it said:
“I don’t believe it!
You must have other ideas, boss. Are you attracted to Helya? Don't want to make her sad? That girl is also very pretty. By your human standards, she is an exotic beauty. "
"Don't talk nonsense."
Jiang Xia glared at the outspoken employee, tossed up and down the good equipment dropped by the BOSS in his hand, put his hands behind his back with satisfaction, and walked slowly to the ground.
As he walked, he said:
“I just thought it was fun to do.
Okay, the contract is fulfilled.
Let's go, it's time to go home, this thing is really good, I think its power is no less than the Green Silk Sword Net."
As he walked forward, he tore off his clothes to cover the prosthetic metal on his left arm, and then looked at the cooled sun emblem in front of his eyes.
Jiang Xia said with satisfaction:
“Although it looks like a weapon against Ghost Attack.
It should also be a product of the spirit possession technique. I really underestimated their knowledge. They can make something like this. Even if they take it to the Bitter Wood Realm, it will sell well. "
"It's not just about special attacks on ghosts, boss."
Liu Hui followed behind Jiang Xia, wagging her tail and saying:
"Look at my hair, it's almost burnt off. I'm a demon general after all, and my hair is not easily destroyed.
But it was provoked by that thing and got burned like this.
It should also be able to suppress monsters. Well, to be more precise, it should be able to suppress the evil spirit in my body. It looks very similar to the thunder method practiced by Taoist monks.
It is the most powerful and masculine spiritual energy, which can restrain all evil and filth.
But if you think about it, you will know that it is definitely not that easy to make. Moreover, boss, you have such a good thing, but all you think about is making money. "
Liu Hui complained:
"You don't look like a cultivator at all. Shouldn't you care about how it can help your practice? Maybe if you practice with this kind of spiritual energy, it can give your spiritual power some masculine strength."
“I care.”
Jiang Xia tossed the sun emblem in his hand. Old Saen seemed to have forgotten about it and did not come to ask for it. Or perhaps the old butler had no intention of taking it back.
Maybe this emblem.
It was the reward for Jiang Xia saving him.
These arrogant old guys can't save their face, that's it.
Old Jiang answered confidently:
"Without money, I can't buy elixirs. If I don't spend money, what's the point of cultivating immortality? Am I going to endure the same life as them? Spend five or six years to break through Qi training, and another twenty or thirty years to reach the state of true existence?
My time is so precious, how can I waste it like this?
Why would you want to do something stubborn if you can spend money to become stronger? If you only make money but don’t spend it, what’s the point of living like this?”
"you……"
Liu Hui didn't know what to say for a moment.
A few seconds later, it continued:
"Boss, you can't do this. Just relying on pills to boost your spiritual power will have side effects. If you don't spend time to temper it, your spiritual power will be empty and you will only have an empty realm.
If anything happens, you're done.
Besides, spiritual practice has been about cultivating the mind since ancient times.
It was still easy before. I heard the elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect tell his disciples that if their state of mind is not up to par, at most they can reach the spiritual realm, and when facing the thunder calamity of heaven and earth, they won't have even one in ten chance of success.
Your spiritual power is weak and unsystematic, and when a thunderbolt strikes you, you will be dead."
"Don't scare me."
Jiang Xia shook his head and said:
"Wang Liufu told me that thunder tribulation can be resisted by magic weapons. In other words, it's still a question of whether you have money to buy equipment.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying about wealth, friends, Dharma and place in spiritual practice.
Even when cultivating immortality, wealth comes first.
You say that my practice is wrong. I think you don’t understand what practice is. The difference between humans and animals is that we can use tools, and there are tools that can help you resist thunder tribulations.
You have to be naked yourself.
This is no longer a question of the way of cultivation, it is a question of the brain.
Practice.
It's a result-oriented thing.
The process is not important at all.
Liu Hui, you are my good employee, so you don’t have to worry. Work hard, and when you pass the tribulation, I will give you benefits.”
"Oh, this is good!"
The simple wolf demon wanted to persuade his boss to return to the "right way" of cultivation, but when he heard his boss say that he would give him benefits to help him overcome the demon calamity, he immediately smiled with joy.
The bald tail even wagged more violently.
"Boss, I will remember what you said. When I overcome my tribulation, I will ask you for the magic weapon. You must not refuse to give it to me!"
Monsters like this practice body tempering and cultivation, seizing the world's fortune to strengthen themselves.
The calamity that was to come upon it was more severe and terrifying than that for human cultivators. Now that Jiang Xia made a promise to make it easier for Liu Hui to overcome the calamity, it was naturally very happy.
Wild monsters don’t have such good treatment.
"Liu Hui, do you think this lord monster is as powerful as the cultivators in the True Realm over there?"
When they reached the ground exit, Jiang Xia played with the sun emblem and suddenly asked.
The wolf demon imitated Jiang Xia, shrugged his shoulders and said:
“I have never fought with human monks.
But I have seen the monks of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect sparring with each other. To be honest, these monsters have only one way of attacking. They just rely on their magical powers to attack randomly. If a real fight came, they would definitely be no match for the experienced monks.
But boss, don't think that monsters are not powerful.
We won so easily today, all because old Saen had a weapon that could control ghosts. If we didn't have this magic emblem, we would have been in trouble.
Boss, don’t forget that ghosts can possess other people… Oh, I forgot. Boss, you are not familiar with these things, so you naturally don’t know how difficult they are to deal with when they go crazy.”
Liu Hui rubbed her aching, hairy forehead and pounded her curved legs. She said:
“When I was a kid, I saw a war beast demon ghost that was tortured to death by the monks in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. It possessed another war beast and almost overturned a mountain, causing a big incident.
Old Saan obviously also has experience in dealing with ghosts.
He didn't give the monster any chance to possess him at all. He used magic weapons from the very beginning. The monster was injured just now and tried to catch you, probably because it wanted to take over your body.
It obviously knows that you are the easiest to manipulate among us. If it weren't for Hanhan helping you block it... Boss, you would have suffered a lot today."
"Well, I'm pretty lucky."
Jiang Xia nodded. Although he won, doing a little review after each battle would definitely help him in the next battle. He put away the badge and looked outside.
I found old Saan half-kneeling on the ground, talking to the crying Baroness Helya.
Su was standing aside, treating old Sane's hands. He looked a little embarrassed. Hanhan, who had gone out early, put on a large denim outfit with the help of his lackey Huck.
Jiang Xia's eyes fell on Hanhan who was changing clothes, and he said:
"Liu Hui, what level of cultivator do you think Hanhan was before he was crippled? The monster's strange fire just now was thrown at him, but he didn't react at all.
His physique is a little too strong.
The ghost crashed into him and couldn’t even take over his body…”
"I can't guess."
The wolf demon shook his head and said:
"But Hanhan is definitely a physical cultivator, there is absolutely no doubt about that. And have you noticed, Boss, every time Hanhan faces a non-human, he is always excited and not timid at all.
I suspect that this has something to do with his previous life. It's a habit he developed. He's not afraid of monsters and demons at all... Speaking of which, Hanhan's situation is very similar to those of the beast taming generals of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
It is also a form of physical training.
Temper your body to the extreme, learn the ways of cultivating monsters, and even be able to transform into your true form as a monster.
But Hanhan’s practice has been abandoned. I checked for him and there is no trace left. Unless he tells me, no one knows who he was before.”
The two were talking beside a castle that had half collapsed in the previous battle. While they were talking about silly things, Jiang Xia saw Helya taking the ashes left by his mother from old Saen as if he was angry.
The baroness ignored Saen's plea, stood up and walked towards Jiangxia.
She strode up to Jiang Xia in an unladylike manner.
She lowered her head and handed the ashes in her hand to Jiang Xia. With a girl's unique arrogance, she said loudly:
“This is your extra pay, stranger.
I will not go with you. I will stay here and go with Uncle San to find my parents. Thank you for letting my mother's body rest in peace."
"Got it, boss."
Liu Hui stared with her one eye shining, and said to Jiang Xia in the communication:
“The magical power of that monster is very powerful, more powerful than all the ashes we have collected before, and it is also ranked among the best acquired magical powers I know.
Took it.
Burn again.
Whether it's the incarnation ghost or the white strange fire, as long as you get one, you will be rich!"
Jiang Xia looked at the ashes that were sent to him.
to be honest.
He was also a little moved at this moment.
When we teamed up to fight the BOSS, my own damage output was the highest.
It was only natural that he got the most valuable equipment, and it was Helya who took the initiative to give it to him, so he would not be cheated by others.
but……
"You can use it yourself."
Lao Jiang closed his eyes, not allowing himself to look at the glowing ashes.
He said to Helia:
"I don't have the habit of snatching things from employees. This is something your mother left for you. It's natural for you to use it."
"I don't want it!"
Helya shouted out of control:
"I don't want any power! I just want my mom and my dad. I want them to stay with me, not like this..."
"What are you yelling at me for? Why are you so loud?!"
Jiang Xia opened his eyes and stared at Lady Helya. He said angrily:
"If you want something, go find it yourself! Do your own things yourself! Don't you even understand this? Why are you looking so sad?
Burn the ashes, accumulate strength, and recruit people.
Don’t be a burden to old Saen anymore. He is both your father and mother, and he has worked hard for your life. Isn’t it tiring enough?
After your employee contract with me ends, whether you want to fight to death with him or be a boring rich lady, it has nothing to do with me anymore.
You are the last descendant of the Helford family. You can either revitalize the family or save your parents.
This is what you should do!
Why do you tell me?
Baroness, remember, I'm just your boss.
I'm not your father!"
Helya was stunned by the scolding. Old Saen, who was trying to stop her, also stopped. He looked at Helya with a complicated expression, and then at Jiang Xia.
The Baroness also lowered her head at this moment and hugged the ashes in her arms. The little girl felt aggrieved after being scolded and tears were about to fall.
But in the end, she did not choose to throw away the ashes, but wiped her tears, raised her head, sniffed, and said to Jiang Xia:
"Boss, I can't do it myself... Can you help me?"
"It's expensive to ask me for help."
Jiang Xia pulled out a handkerchief and threw it to the baroness.
He said:
"So, let's talk about it after you make enough money for me."
