The Hehuan Sect Enchantress’s Short-Lived Spirit Pet 57

Chapter 57: Excessive 

Being hit by the bamboo stick again, Ji Zhu felt extremely wronged in her heart, almost exploding with anger.

The beatings she had never received before were all returned by the enchantress at once!

So angry. The enchantress had never hit her before!

Ji Zhu was so sad in her heart. Fortunately, her last bit of reason held on and told her that in the enchantress’s eyes, she was not the spirit pet she had raised, which was why the enchantress was so ruthless. Otherwise, she would have had to scratch the enchantress!

Ahhh, but it’s not much better now! Still so angry, so angry, so angry!

In the end, Jiang Bai couldn’t bring herself to hit her anymore. She looked at Ji Zhu with an indescribable expression, watching the person squatting on the ground, sobbing and rubbing the place where she had been hit. Finally, she threw the bamboo stick away, rubbed her temples, and thought about what to do.

Ji Zhu was in so much pain that she bared her teeth, but seeing the enchantress suddenly stop moving and not speak, her heart became even more apprehensive. She slowly moved to the enchantress’s side, tugged at her sleeve, and said, “What’s wrong with you?”

She, the one who had been beaten, hadn’t even called for a stop. Why had the enchantress stopped first?

“You…” Jiang Bai looked at Ji Zhu with a hesitant expression, and finally sighed lightly. “You should practice the basics first.”

“Huh?” Ji Zhu was bewildered. Were there any basics that she hadn’t practiced?

When the enchantress had her stand in a horse stance, Ji Zhu: “…”

So angry. She, a dignified Golden Core stage cultivator, was actually still practicing the most common horse stance!

So humiliating!!!

Jiang Bai took out a lounge chair and placed it on the side. When she lay down, the lounge chair would sway back and forth gently, looking extremely comfortable.

Ji Zhu looked at the enchantress resentfully. Didn’t this enchantress even pretend to do anything?

In fact, as if it wasn’t enough, Jiang Bai even took out some iced grapes and ate them slowly, glancing at Ji Zhu from time to time to supervise her and prevent her from slacking off.

Seeing her slender white fingertips pinching the grapes, Ji Zhu blinked lightly, her cheeks slightly hot, and she was too embarrassed to continue looking.

The way this enchantress ate grapes, why did it look a little lewd?

So lewd, so lewd.

Ji Zhu thought to herself. The more she thought, the hotter her cheeks became, and even her ears had a faint tendency to do so.

Seeing Ji Zhu’s suddenly evasive gaze, Jiang Bai asked slowly, “What’s wrong with you?”

This person was not angry when she looked at her like this, but dared not to look.

Strange.

“I, what’s, what’s wrong with me?” Ji Zhu stammered.

Jiang Bai’s gaze fell on her and examined her carefully, staring at Ji Zhu until her whole body was tense. She didn’t dare to glance in the enchantress’s direction, for fear that she would see the little thoughts in her heart.

Jiang Bai snorted with a laugh. “It’s best if there’s nothing.”

After saying that, she did not continue to say anything. She let the lounge chair sway gently. There was a protective shield around her, and the dazzling and harsh sunlight outside was filtered and only had a comfortable temperature when it fell on her. Gradually, she actually began to get sleepy and yawned a little.

No wonder the little cat always liked to sleep in a little bit of sun. It turned out that this feeling was really very comfortable.

However, she was comfortable, but Ji Zhu was not so well off. The enchantress did not give her a protective shield, so she had to face the harsh sun directly. Not long after, she not only felt her whole body was sore, but even her whole body was about to explode with heat!

Hot sweat was pouring out, flowing down her contours. The sweat on her neck even soaked her collar.

Ji Zhu’s cheeks were flushed red from the sun, and her eyes were watery as if she were about to cry at any moment. She breathed with her mouth slightly open. Even if her whole body was sore, she did not dare to stop on her own and could only grit her teeth and persevere.

Fortunately, she had a Golden Core stage cultivation. In addition, she had been baptized by a lightning tribulation, and her foundation had been tempered. Now, Ji Zhu’s constitution was much stronger than before. Although it was very uncomfortable now, it was not to the point of fainting.

In this hot afternoon, listening to the rustling of the wind blowing through the leaves, the bowl of grapes that Jiang Bai was holding was placed on her lower abdomen. She closed her eyes and actually fell asleep just like that.

She slept very lightly, very gently, and very peacefully.

Ever since the little cat had left, she had never really slept. Without the little thing sleeping by her side, Jiang Bai found that she could no longer fall asleep. Even if she lay on the bed and no longer cultivated, she still had no sleepiness all night.

Without that little thing, her heart felt as if a piece was missing, and she could not be at peace.

After a long-lost sleep, even if it was only for a short half an hour, when Jiang Bai woke up, she found that her state of mind had actually broadened a lot, and even the faint feeling of fatigue in her body had disappeared.

After she woke up, she did not open her eyes immediately, but instead continued to close her eyes and feign sleep, enjoying this rare and comfortable moment.

It was not until all her consciousness had returned that Jiang Bai opened her eyes. A compelling aura instantly spread out with her as the center. The trees trembled, and leaves fell one after another. Ji Zhu was also affected and lost her balance, falling directly to the ground, staring dumbfounded at the enchantress.

Jiang Bai stood up and looked at Ji Zhu, who had fallen to the ground: “…”

Ji Zhu didn’t care about her current situation and asked in a daze, “Why is your aura suddenly so strong?”

Jiang Bai raised her hand and a stream of spiritual energy helped Ji Zhu up. Her attitude towards her was also a little more friendly. “Because I’ve broken through.”

The moment she had woken up, she had suddenly found that her state of mind had broken through, and her cultivation had also reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. She even had a feeling that she was only one opportunity away from the Soul Transformation stage.

Ji Zhu’s eyes lit up with surprise when she heard this. “Really?”

The enchantress had actually reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage so quickly. Who was it that said the male lead’s talent was the highest, and others could only be his supporting characters!

It would be more like it if he were the enchantress’s supporting character!

“Mm,” Jiang Bai replied, and a curve appeared on her lips.

“That’s great! Enchantress, you’re so amazing!” This way, she would have a little more hope of surviving when she entered the graveyard!

Jiang Bai sneered and glanced at Ji Zhu sideways. “Don’t think you can rest just because you’re flattering me.”

Ji Zhu glared at her angrily. What kind of person did this enchantress think she was!

“Stop looking. Continue with your horse stance,” Jiang Bai said faintly.

Ji Zhu: “…”

At a time like this, didn’t the enchantress say to celebrate? Why was her attitude like this!

Ji Zhu, who was continuing with her horse stance, pouted and said, “Enchantress, you’re so impersonal.”

And she had even made her fall earlier, and she hadn’t even seen her apologize!

“Impersonal? Can it increase my cultivation?” Jiang Bai chuckled lightly.

Ji Zhu: “…I can refine pills. Shouldn’t you be flattering me?”

Ji Zhu was so angry. She was an alchemist! Who wouldn’t praise her when she went out? Only this enchantress was so infuriating and didn’t take her, a dignified sixth-grade alchemist, seriously!

“So what if you can refine pills? You haven’t reached the grade I need,” Jiang Bai said slowly, leaning against the lounge chair and swaying gently.

Ji Zhu: “???”

This enchantress really knew how to anger people!

Ji Zhu glared at her resentfully. “You just wait. When I become a ninth-grade alchemist, you’ll be the one begging me!”

“Oh, then you should work hard,” Jiang Bai said with her eyes closed.

Ji Zhu threw a punch heavily. Was this enchantress’s attitude looking down on her, not thinking that she could possibly become a ninth-grade alchemist?

“We’ll see!” Ji Zhu snorted lightly.

“You talk so much. It seems that the degree of your horse stance is far from enough for you,” Jiang Bai suddenly opened her eyes, stood up, and came to Ji Zhu. She tied a sandbag-like thing to each of her hands. The moment she tied them, Ji Zhu’s hands suddenly fell.

Ji Zhu quickly took a breath to stabilize herself, her face flushed red.

Ji Zhu wanted to accuse the enchantress, but she found that if she opened her mouth to speak, she would definitely let out a breath.

Jiang Bai nodded in satisfaction and patted Ji Zhu’s shoulder lightly. “Very good. Keep it up.”

Ji Zhu didn’t even have the strength to glare at the enchantress.

**

When the sun was setting in the west and the afterglow was gradually fading, the enchantress finally spoke and let Ji Zhu rest.

Before her voice had fallen, Ji Zhu had already collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, her face still not completely flushed, and her clothes already half-soaked with sweat.

Jiang Bai looked at her situation and still wanted to drive her up, not letting her lie down so quickly.

“Go and move around. I’ll go and get something.”

The only good thing about being in this mountain forest was that there was no need to worry about food. If she wanted to eat something, she could just go and catch it.

With the enchantress’s departure, Ji Zhu’s chest heaved violently, but she still slowly stood up and walked slowly. The soreness in her whole body made Ji Zhu wish that this body was not hers.

When Jiang Bai returned and saw that Ji Zhu was still moving slowly, a look of satisfaction appeared in her eyes. Although this person was a little boisterous, she had done everything she had asked her to do. It would just be better if her mouth could say a few less words.

“What are we eating today?” Seeing her return, Ji Zhu couldn’t help but ask curiously.

“Pigeon soup,” Jiang Bai took out the things and began to prepare dinner.

Hearing her say pigeon soup, Ji Zhu swallowed her saliva. She had just consumed so much energy, so a nourishing pigeon soup was just right.

After walking for a while, Ji Zhu, who felt that her rapidly beating heart had calmed down a lot, stopped walking.

She came to the enchantress’s side and lay directly on the ground, saying with a wronged voice, “Enchantress, my hands and feet are so sore…”

The more she spoke, the more wronged she became, as if she were acting coquettishly with Jiang Bai.

It was important to know that in the past, when she was in this situation, the enchantress would have held her in her arms, and might even have given her a full-body massage.

“This is just the first day. It’s normal,” Jiang Bai said without turning her head.

Ji Zhu: “???”

Is this your reaction?

Ji Zhu closed her eyes, planning not to bother with the enchantress for five minutes!

Jiang Bai didn’t even look at her and just threw the medicinal herbs into the pot.

Smelling the increasingly fragrant aroma in the air, Ji Zhu quietly opened her eyes and asked, “Enchantress, is it ready?”

“Wait a little longer.”

“Oh,” Ji Zhu replied obediently.

Anyway, it had been more than five minutes. She could bother with the enchantress now.

She struggled to turn over and lie on her side to look at the enchantress, and after thinking for a moment, she asked, “How have you been in the sect?”

Jiang Bai: “…?”

Was this person’s topic jumping so big?

“What do you want to ask?” Jiang Bai said directly. If this person didn’t have some purpose, she probably wouldn’t be beating around the bush with her like this.

Ji Zhu coughed lightly and said with sparkling eyes, “I heard that your Senior Sister is a super beautiful person!”

“Does she have a Daoist couple?”

After so many years, she had not heard any news of Qiong Yin. She didn’t know how she was, and to what extent she and Changsun Qiyu had progressed.

The CP she shipped, she was naturally the most concerned about!

Jiang Bai turned to look at her. “Why are you concerned about this?”

“I’m concerned about everyone who is beautiful!” Ji Zhu said righteously!

Jiang Bai: “…You haven’t even seen her and you already know she’s beautiful?”

“Isn’t she beautiful?” Ji Zhu asked in return.

“…She is.”

“Then that’s it!”

Jiang Bai was choked by her and was a little speechless. Why did she feel like she was being controlled by her?

Her gaze fell on Ji Zhu’s eyes, and Jiang Bai was a little dazed.

Sometimes, she would unconsciously treat Ji Zhu as the little cat. Although she was very clear in her heart that she had to separate them, she would still have a subconscious behavior of being special to her.

This Ji Zhu… was really too similar to the little cat.

She had also suspected whether Ji Zhu was the little cat. After all, what she had and what she showed had too many overlapping parts with the little cat.

But…

She could only be suspicious and had no real evidence to confirm her suspicion.

She could only try her best to treat Ji Zhu as someone else.

“Tell me, tell me. Does she have a Daoist couple?” Ji Zhu took a pill to relieve the soreness in her body, struggled to sit up cross-legged, and looked at the enchantress with pleading eyes.

“Why should I tell you? This is Senior Sister’s private matter,” Jiang Bai snorted from her nose after she came back to her senses. She wanted to know so much, but she just wouldn’t tell her.

Ji Zhu was really about to be angered to death by this enchantress’s attitude. Was this person’s sense of guard so strong? No matter what she asked, this enchantress was always unwilling to tell her!

“Is this some kind of privacy that can’t be told?”

“Mm, I can’t say.”

Ji Zhu glared at her, but looking at the enchantress’s attitude, it was clear that Qiong Yin should be fine in the sect, which made Ji Zhu breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as Qiong Yin was in the sect, it was fine, so that she wouldn’t be in danger if she went out.

It was just that the enchantress wouldn’t give her any information about her CP, which made her very unhappy and very angry!

“Here,” Jiang Bai ladled a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Ji Zhu.

Ji Zhu wanted to pick it up, but she felt that her arms were sore and weak.

Seeing her awkward appearance, Jiang Bai thought about whether she should help her cool the soup directly and let her drink it.

Before she could put it into action, she saw Ji Zhu control the soup bowl with her spiritual energy, and then use her spiritual energy to hold a spoon and scoop the soup one by one, trying to cool the soup faster in this way.

Jiang Bai: “???”

She looked at Ji Zhu’s action in astonishment. The spiritual energy was as flexible as her fingers. This degree of fine control, even she herself felt inferior.

She had not expected that Ji Zhu’s control of spiritual energy could be so fine. And then she thought of the alchemists’ control of the heat, and Jiang Bai instantly understood a lot.

She had also seen Qiong Yin refine pills before. Even Qiong Yin couldn’t maintain her spiritual energy in such a fine state for a long time. It was clear how high this person’s alchemy talent was.

Perhaps in the future, as long as she was given time to grow, she could really become a ninth-grade alchemist.

After the three races of humans, demons, and monsters had fought thousands of years ago, countless seniors had fallen, and many things had been buried and lost.

For example, in alchemy, many pill formulas had been lost. Since then, the highest-grade alchemist was only at the eighth grade.

To refine a ninth-grade pill, not only did one need a corresponding-grade pill formula, but the alchemist also needed to have extremely high talent.

At least, she felt that Ji Zhu already had the talent.

Ji Zhu used her spiritual energy to feed herself bit by bit. After finishing a bowl, she ladled another bowl herself, gave Jiang Bai a small sidelong glance, and snorted lightly. “Don’t think I’ll beg you!”

Jiang Bai: “…” Did she even think that Ji Zhu would beg her?

Jiang Bai couldn’t figure out what was in Ji Zhu’s head. After she had finished eating, seeing Ji Zhu’s pained and bared teeth appearance when she moved a little, she kindly reminded her, “Remember to get up on time at the Mao hour tomorrow.”

Ji Zhu: “???”

She turned her head in shock to look at the enchantress, as if she wanted to confirm if she was joking.

“That’s right, the Mao hour,” Jiang Bai repeated with certainty.

Even earlier than when she had had to get up for morning class before!!!

Ji Zhu shouted in her heart, but she didn’t dare to show it. She looked at the enchantress’s expression, on the verge of tears, trying to make her change this decision in this way.

“If you don’t wake up on time tomorrow, I will personally go and call you with a bamboo stick,” Jiang Bai smiled slightly.

Ji Zhu: “…”

She was no longer her palm pet!

Ji Zhu sniffled. The enchantress of the past would never have treated her like this. So angry, so angry.

Not wanting to tell the enchantress her identity, yet a little unable to bear the difference in her treatment of her, Ji Zhu herself was about to die of annoyance!

She resentfully threw herself back onto the bed. As soon as she was in the soft bed, Ji Zhu’s brain was about to turn into mush. She was dizzy and didn’t want to move at all.

So tired, so tired, so tired. The things that this enchantress had arranged for her were really so torturous!

**

Her whole body was really sore. Ji Zhu fell into a deep sleep not long after. Her brain had already become mush, and she had completely forgotten what the enchantress had said before. She was sleeping soundly and had no intention of waking up.

Time passed quickly. While Ji Zhu was still sleeping soundly, the sky outside had already reached the Mao hour. The sky was slightly bright, and a faint light came in from the window.

With a slight creak, Ji Zhu’s room door was pushed open. The figure was elongated by the moonlight that had not yet completely disappeared, and it was strangely twisted on the floor and the wall.

A very slender thing was held in the figure’s hand, and she walked into Ji Zhu’s room in the moonlight.

As she got closer, a sound of breaking wind sounded in the quiet morning.

“Ow!”

Ji Zhu was instantly startled awake and cried out in pain. She touched her shoulder and back, which had been hit and hurt, and tears came down.

“Enchantress, you’re too excessive!”

She had actually hit her!

Jiang Bai still held the bamboo stick in her hand. Hearing this, she just said faintly, “Have you forgotten what I told you?”

“I said that if you’re not on time, I will come and wake you up with a bamboo stick.”

Ji Zhu sniffled, bit her lower lip with a wronged expression, and didn’t dare to say anything. But after a night’s rest, she felt that her body was even more sore and tired, and she didn’t want to move at all.

“What, you still want me to get you up?” Seeing that she didn’t move, Jiang Bai spoke again.

Ji Zhu’s eyes were sore. She gritted her teeth and forced herself to get up, and walked out without a word.

Now, with every step she took, she felt that she might just go weak in the knees and kneel down.

Seeing the suddenly changed Ji Zhu, Jiang Bai did not pay too much attention. She had her move her body, and then she continued the horse stance from yesterday.

This person’s basics were too poor. Perhaps it could be said that she had none at all. She had to train them.

Ji Zhu did everything without a word. Although she did as she was told, she did not give Jiang Bai a single glance.

Seeing the person who was clearly having a tantrum with her, Jiang Bai leaned against the tree trunk with her arms crossed not far away and looked at her. “Are you very dissatisfied with me?”

Ji Zhu closed her eyes and did not open her mouth, with a look of refusing to communicate.

Jiang Bai quietly looked at her. This person still had a little temper. Just because she had hit her and not let her sleep in?

She shook her head gently. If she wanted to be angry, then let her be angry. As a person who had met by chance, Jiang Bai felt that she had already done enough.

After Ji Zhu closed her eyes, Jiang Bai was no longer willing to look at her. She also closed her eyes and entered a state of meditation.

Her attitude of not asking and not caring made Ji Zhu so angry that her fur stood on end. Didn’t this enchantress feel that she should apologize?

She had just come up and had given her a bamboo stick, which had made her back ache faintly even now! In addition, she had not been beaten less yesterday. Ji Zhu only felt that her whole body was aching.

This enchantress’s hand was really not soft at all!

Ji Zhu, who felt that her self-esteem had been hurt, decided to ignore the enchantress. This enchantress did not consider whether the other party had any self-esteem at all!

When Ji Zhu had been in a horse stance for three hours, the sky was already completely bright, and Jiang Bai also began to prepare breakfast and other things.

The aroma of the food spread, and Ji Zhu swallowed her saliva. She closed her eyes to prevent herself from having a chance to look sideways, and she desperately told herself in her heart not to eat handouts.

This was what the enchantress had taught her!

She muttered in her heart, but as the aroma of the food became stronger and stronger, Ji Zhu’s stomach began to rumble.

Her face instantly turned red, and she wanted to cover her ears and steal the bell, wanting to express that this was not a sound she had made. She was a cultivator, she had abstained from food, and she would not be hungry!

This must be an illusion!

“You can stop now. Come and eat,” Jiang Bai glanced over and said faintly.

Ji Zhu took a deep breath. She really wanted to be stubborn and treat her words as wind in one ear and out the other, but…

But the enchantress would actually take the initiative to ladle a bowl for her!

Ji Zhu immediately dragged her sore legs and feet to the enchantress’s side. Seeing that she was making a very simple pork rib and scallion noodle, but the color and aroma were so enticing that her glutton was jumping with excitement.

“It’s, it’s just so-so!” Ji Zhu said stubbornly.

“Straighten your words first before you speak.”

“…”

Ji Zhu snorted lightly, sat directly on the ground, looking like a little tramp, holding the noodle bowl and blowing on it and eating it. She was a stark contrast to the Jiang Bai opposite her.

Jiang Bai: “…”

“Where are your manners?” Jiang Bai was puzzled. At least, she should have a proper sitting and standing posture, right?

Speaking of which, Ji Zhu looked at her with a resentful expression. “I’m in so much pain! And you’re talking about manners!”

Her whole body was already very sore, and she couldn’t even sit down and relax. Could that etiquette stop the pain!

Jiang Bai: “…”

She did not speak again and sighed lightly. “Is it that tiring?”

She had also been required to practice martial arts since she was a child. Even when she was not feeling well, she had never had such a big reaction as Ji Zhu.

“So tired! And sore!” Ji Zhu said angrily. Did this enchantress think it was very easy! She was about to die of exhaustion, and she still hit her! And she hit her so hard!

It was important to know that in the past, the bad woman had never hit her!

“Delicate,” Jiang Bai snorted coldly. She was crying out for that little bit of pain. If she were to fight with someone in the future, would she have to cry in front of them because of the pain?

Was she planning to make the other person laugh to death if she couldn’t beat them?