The Hehuan Sect Enchantress’s Short-Lived Spirit Pet 62

Chapter 62: Misunderstanding Resolved

The more Ji Zhu thought about it, the more excited she became, her eyes sparkling, full of a joyful expression.

She was already trembling with excitement at this idea!

“Alright!” Ji Zhu replied, but after she had replied, she thought of something and said very warily, “Then how do we split it?”

She suddenly thought of cooperating with a “platform” and had to be careful. Otherwise, it was very likely that in the end, she would be eaten to the point where not even a scrap was left, and would even have to pay a large sum in compensation!

Seeing her wary little gaze, Jiang Bai was a little comforted in her heart. Fortunately, she was not that stupid.

“So petty,” Zong Yuxin couldn’t help but chuckle softly. “I will provide you with all the alchemy consumables, and the proceeds from the sale of the pills will be split 30-70. I get three, you get seven. How about it?”

Hearing her say this, Ji Zhu thought for a moment and felt that it was quite reasonable. But after all, she had not really experienced much in this world, and she did not understand many of the unwritten rules. She immediately went to the enchantress’s side and asked in a small voice, “Is this split reasonable? Is she honest?”

Jiang Bai: “…” This person was blatantly seeking external help in front of the other party.

She raised her hand and rubbed her temples, and said in a seemingly casual and low voice, “It’s fine.”

She even felt that this Zong Yuxin was purely helping Ji Zhu and had no intention of making any money at all.

A 30-70 split, but she would provide all the materials needed for alchemy, which meant that all these costs would be borne by Zong Yuxin herself. In addition, with the subsequent management and operating expenses, the thirty percent that Zong Yuxin would get would very likely just cover the costs.

To be so good to Ji Zhu, was it really because she looked like the sister she wanted?

Since the enchantress had already said so, Ji Zhu naturally believed her unconditionally. She immediately said to Zong Yuxin, “Alright! 30-70!”

Zong Yuxin looked at the interaction between the two of them, and the smile on her lips became even more intriguing. But looking at the two of them’s clueless appearance, her smile deepened.

“What pills can you refine? Make a list of the medicinal herbs you need, and I’ll have someone prepare them and send them to your residence tomorrow.”

“I can refine pills below the sixth grade,” Ji Zhu said, taking out a brush and paper to start listing the medicinal herbs she needed.

However, as soon as she said this, she had really shocked the two opposite her. Zong Yuxin asked, “Are you a fifth-grade alchemist?”

When she said this, there was a hint of disbelief in her tone. After all, Ji Zhu looked very young, yet to be a fifth-grade alchemist at such a young age, this was bound to make people feel shocked.

Ji Zhu looked up in confusion. “No, I’m a sixth-grade.”

Pills below the sixth grade did not consume that much spiritual power, so she could mass-produce them. But for pills above the sixth grade, it was not possible. That would be too tiring!

Jiang Bai sat on the side and curled her lips into a faint smile. She knew that the person opposite her would have this reaction. After all, she had also been stunned for a moment when she had known that she could refine a sixth-grade pill at that time.

Zong Yuxin looked at the two opposite her with a complicated gaze. No wonder these two would get together. How many people could catch up to this talent?

“Alright! That’s all for now!” Ji Zhu handed the list she had made to Zong Yuxin.

When Zong Yuxin took it and looked at it, her face stiffened for a moment. Then, she raised her eyebrows slightly and glanced at Ji Zhu, pursed her lips, and still did not say anything. She just glanced at it and then handed it to Su Ning, telling her to make arrangements.

When Su Ning saw the handwriting on it, she understood why Zong Yuxin’s face had been so strange just now.

This handwriting… Zong Yuxin hadn’t written like this since she was three.

Seeing that none of them were speaking, Ji Zhu stared at them with wide eyes. “Do you have any opinion!”

Zong Yuxin couldn’t hold it in, and her eyes and brows were full of a smile. “No. Someone will deliver the things to you tomorrow. When you’ve finished refining them, you can notify our people to come and get them at any time.”

As soon as her voice fell, Su Ning came forward and handed Ji Zhu something that would make it convenient for her to contact them at any time.

Since the matter had been discussed, there was no need to stay any longer. The two parties said their goodbyes, and Ji Zhu followed the enchantress back to the small courtyard. After the matter of selling pills at the market earlier, the news of her coming to Xiling City should have already spread.

Along the way, Ji Zhu was muttering to the enchantress, her eyes sparkling with excitement from time to time. As for Jiang Bai beside her, her face was indifferent, and she only wished that her ears were deaf.

Returning to the small courtyard, Ji Zhu happily took out the twenty percent of the spirit stones she had obtained from selling pills today and said, “Here, this is your reward!”

She had said she would treat the enchantress to a big meal, but today’s meal was treated by Zong Yuxin, so Ji Zhu had no choice but to give the enchantress the cash equivalent.

Looking at the spirit stones that Ji Zhu had taken out, Jiang Bai was speechless for a moment and said, “You can keep them yourself. I didn’t do anything. I don’t need you to give me a reward.”

She had thought that this person was finally not that stupid, but now it seemed that was not the case. She was still as stupid as ever.

What had she done to deserve twenty percent of the spirit stones?

“No. Your handwriting is beautiful!” Ji Zhu shook her head. “Your handwriting has increased the value of my pills!”

Jiang Bai did not want hers, but instead took out a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone and set them up on the table, and said faintly, “You haven’t practiced your calligraphy for an hour today. Hurry up and practice. After you’re done, you still have to do the horse stance.”

Ji Zhu: “…”

No matter how she cursed in her heart, Jiang Bai’s face did not move in the slightest. She even personally helped her grind the ink and made a “please” gesture.

Ji Zhu: “…”

**

Ji Zhu practiced her calligraphy resentfully, and Jiang Bai was on the side, teaching her how to write. Gradually, Ji Zhu felt that this was quite good. This way, the enchantress would not have time to think about that salty pig trotter’s scheme against her!

But…

As she wrote and wrote, Ji Zhu felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She was always holding back a breath of anger and really wanted to ask the enchantress, but for a moment, she didn’t know how to open her mouth.

Seeing that the words she wrote were getting more and more sloppy and floating, Jiang Bai sighed lightly. “If your heart is not calm, you can’t practice calligraphy well.”

Hearing this, Ji Zhu simply put down her brush and looked at the enchantress resentfully. “I’m very annoyed right now!”

“Why are you annoyed? Is the weather bad today?” Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow slightly, signaling for her to look at the weather today. The not-so-hot sunlight made one’s body warm, and in addition, with the gentle breeze, it should be a sunny and beautiful day.

“Those two are going to harm you. Why are you still so calm!” Ji Zhu couldn’t hold it in anymore. When she said this, she gritted her teeth, wishing she could bite the two arrogant and smelly men to death!

Hearing that she was so restless because of this, Jiang Bai looked at her for two seconds and said, “If I’m not calm, then what should I do? Rush over and kill them now?”

She had fought with them before. They would definitely not come to see her alone so easily again. Even if they did, they would have made full preparations. It would not be that easy to kill them.

Ji Zhu’s eyes were slightly red with anger, but she just couldn’t stand that the two of them dared to treat the enchantress like this!

“Alright, why are you worrying about these things? It’s none of your business,” Jiang Bai said faintly.

It’s none of your business.

Ji Zhu was immediately wronged. She looked at the enchantress’s indifferent expression, her nose sore and stuffy, and she wanted to cry.

She was clearly concerned about the enchantress, but the enchantress’s attitude was really so heartbreaking!

“Isn’t he your Daoist couple? Why aren’t you sad at all?” When she said the words “Daoist couple,” the sourness in Ji Zhu’s heart was even worse. The two words were gritted, as if she wanted to crush them and swallow them whole.

“Daoist couple?”

Jiang Bai’s eyes widened slightly. “Where did you hear that he is my Daoist couple?”

This person not only liked to watch gossip, but also liked to listen to nonsense.

“Huh?”

Ji Zhu was bewildered by Jiang Bai’s words for a moment. “Aren’t you dual cultivating with him? If you’re in a dual cultivation relationship, what else is it if not a Daoist couple?”

Thinking of how the enchantress had not refused the dual cultivation that the salty pig trotter had proposed back then, she was so angry her mind went blank.

She had clearly done so much, but the plot that should have been changed had not been changed. It was really a blow to her defense!

Jiang Bai: “…”

She took a deep breath, her face extremely ugly. “Where did you hear these rumors! When have I ever dual cultivated with him? Is he even worthy of dual cultivating with me?”

Hearing her put herself and Xiao Ge together and thinking that they were going to dual cultivate, Jiang Bai really wished she could twist her head off, for fear that she would go out and say something nonsense.

Ji Zhu’s eyes widened bit by bit, and she looked at the enchantress in a daze.

The enchantress didn’t dual cultivate with that salty pig trotter?

The two of them were not together?

Ji Zhu was bewildered, and her mind gradually went blank.

Jiang Bai looked at her suddenly stand there in a daze and did not react. She was too lazy to say anything more to her, but just warned, “Don’t you go out and talk nonsense. If any more rumors spread, I’ll settle scores with you!”

She had originally thought that the rumors she had known were already outrageous enough, but she had not expected that there would be even more outrageous ones.

Jiang Bai’s warning did not enter her ears. Ji Zhu still looked at her in a daze, unable to say a single word.

After the enchantress had returned to her room, only then did Ji Zhu slowly come back to her senses. After blinking her eyes, her face slowly fell, and she was so upset she was about to cry.

So…

Had she misunderstood the enchantress?

Ji Zhu became more and more upset. She sniffled and held back from crying. Now, carefully recalling the scene back then, although she had not seen the enchantress refuse, she had not heard the enchantress agree either.

Ji Zhu pouted, slowly squatted down, and curled herself into a ball. What should she do…

Ji Zhu looked up at the enchantress’s room. Thinking of how she had run away and left the enchantress alone, and had even made her look for her for so long, how sad she must have been…

Ji Zhu really wished she could go back to that time and give herself a few punches!

Ahhh, how could I have been so blinded by lard at that time? Why was I so sure that the enchantress would accept that salty pig trotter!

Ji Zhu’s eyes gradually turned red, and she buried her head and sobbed softly.

What should I do, what should I do, what should I do now…

Ji Zhu’s mind was in a mess. She had no idea what she should do now. Should she go and confess her identity to the enchantress?

But with that came many other problems. How should she explain it to her?

But if she didn’t confess, should she continue to deceive her like this? But she couldn’t deceive her for a lifetime!

At this moment, Ji Zhu really wished that there was someone who could discuss it with her and let her hear an outsider’s opinion.

Ji Zhu cried out silently in her heart. She was really a great sinner!

Thinking of how the enchantress had been looking for her for so many years, and her missing cat notices were all over the streets and alleys, she felt so sad. The enchantress had really been so benevolent and righteous to her.

**

Jiang Bai in her room still didn’t know what a mess Ji Zhu was going through outside. She took out a communication mirror to contact Qiong Yin, who was far away in the Hehuan Sect, and asked about the current situation in the sect.

Qiong Yin looked at Jiang Bai in the mirror. Seeing that her face was not very good, she just briefly explained the recent events in the sect and then asked, “A-Bai, what’s wrong with you? Your face is very bad.”

Hearing her words, Jiang Bai rubbed her temples. “Are there many rumors about me and Xiao Ge outside now?”

Qiong Yin looked at her with a worried gaze. “There are. Most of them are from the Immortal Sword Sect.” The scope of the spread was naturally also the most in the Immortal Sword Sect.

Hearing her Senior Sister’s confirmation, Jiang Bai’s face darkened.

“A-Bai, I’ve also told Qiyu about this matter before. Qiyu’s meaning is that she will come forward to suppress this kind of rumor on the Immortal Sword Sect’s side.”

Jiang Bai’s brows were still tightly furrowed, but she felt that this was still not enough. Not only on the Immortal Sword Sect’s side, but to be known by Ji Zhu, there must have been many such rumors outside.

In these years, most of her attention had been on finding the little cat, and she had not paid too much attention to these things. Although she knew a little about the rumors, she thought that she had done enough not to attract any speculation.

She had not expected that Xiao Ge would be so shameless as to spread these news. Could it be that he thought that she would agree to dual cultivate with him because of these remarks?

How ridiculous.

Temporarily putting this matter aside, Jiang Bai looked at Qiong Yin in the communication mirror, her gaze slightly dark, and she said with some worry, “Senior Sister, when you contacted Changsun Qiyu, did she ever say anything to you?”

“Huh?” Qiong Yin was slightly stunned, and then she thought for a moment. “What did she say to me? What aspect are you referring to?”

Her contact with Changsun Qiyu was actually not very close. After all, Changsun Qiyu was out training and was often on the verge of danger. In fact, Qiong Yin did not dare to disturb her too much, and it was mostly Changsun Qiyu who had taken the initiative to contact her.

But as long as they were in contact, the two of them would share many of their own things with each other. There were too many things to say, and now that Jiang Bai had suddenly asked this, Qiong Yin did not understand which matter she was talking about for a moment.

Seeing Qiong Yin’s clueless appearance, Jiang Bai guessed that Changsun Qiyu should not have told her. For a moment, she didn’t know whether to tell her what she knew.

After thinking for a moment, she sighed lightly. This was Changsun Qiyu’s private matter after all, and Jiang Bai still did not want to go over her and tell Qiong Yin first.

“It’s nothing.”

Qiong Yin looked at the hesitant Jiang Bai, and it was really not like her. But since she didn’t say it, Qiong Yin would not ask any more questions. She just found out about Jiang Bai’s recent situation and then put away the communication mirror.

Jiang Bai came to the window and looked out. Ji Zhu in the courtyard was already gone. She couldn’t help but shake her head helplessly, not knowing where she had run off to be lazy again.

Ji Zhu, who was thought to be lazy, had now turned back into a cat, and was burying her head in the quilt like an ostrich, her whole body exuding a listless aura.

Even now, she still hadn’t figured out what she should do. Whether she confessed or not, the problems she faced were just as difficult to deal with.

However, before she could dwell on it too much, her room door was knocked on. Ji Zhu instantly and with a shiver turned into a human, and then she was stunned.

When she was about to face the enchantress, she had subconsciously turned into a human.

Perhaps because she had not opened the door for a long time, the room door was knocked on again.

Ji Zhu came back to her senses and quickly went to open the door. When she saw Jiang Bai outside, her eyes suddenly dodged as if she didn’t dare to look at her, and she was at a loss for words.

However, in the face of her appearance, Jiang Bai just treated it as her guilt for being caught slacking off and said, “Since your heart is not calm enough to practice calligraphy, then go and do the horse stance for another hour.”

Hearing her say this, Ji Zhu was surprisingly not angry at all. Instead, she said “oh” and obediently came to the courtyard to start practicing the basics as the enchantress had said.

Jiang Bai, who had seen her so obedient: “???”

What had made this person change her nature in such a short time?

Jiang Bai really couldn’t figure it out. Finally, she came to Ji Zhu’s side and stared at her distantly. Seeing that her gaze still didn’t dare to meet hers, Jiang Bai understood.

“Tell me, did you do something wrong?” If this person hadn’t done anything wrong, she would definitely not be so honest.

Ji Zhu: “!!!”

She even knew this!

Ji Zhu looked at her in shock. After so many years, and she had even become a person, how could she still be controlled by her?

After the shock, Ji Zhu’s eyes began to wander, and she stammered, “No, no.”

Ji Zhu still felt that it was better to hide it for as long as she could, and to die a little later.

“Heh,” Jiang Bai sneered. “Your tone doesn’t sound right.”

If this person had any confidence, how could she speak like a mosquito now? She would have been shouting until people’s ears hurt long ago.

Ji Zhu: “…”

She puffed up her cheeks, and Ji Zhu, who felt that she could no longer find any random reason to deceive her, simply closed her eyes and her mouth tightly.

As long as she didn’t speak, she wasn’t lying!

Jiang Bai: “…”

She looked at her distantly, did not say anything more, and turned to the side to practice calligraphy herself.

Ji Zhu, who had not heard any movement for a long time, quietly opened one eye. Seeing that the enchantress seemed to have no intention of pursuing the matter, only then did she completely open both her eyes in relief, and her heart relaxed a lot.

Fortunately, the enchantress had not continued to ask. Otherwise, the crime of her deceiving her would have had to add another lie.

Ji Zhu pouted, her mood a little low.

She found that she had really hidden a lot of things from the enchantress.

**

The days passed peacefully. The next morning, while Ji Zhu was still stretching her legs and moving her muscles, there was a knock on the door. Ji Zhu quickly went to open the door and was surprised to find that it was Su Ning who had come personally.

“Miss Ji, I’m here to deliver the medicinal herbs to you,” when Su Ning saw Ji Zhu, perhaps because of Zong Yuxin’s kind attitude towards her, even Su Ning, who had always had a serious and tense face, her face towards Ji Zhu also relaxed a lot, and her tone was not so stiff.

“Mm-hmm! Thank you for your trouble, Sister A-Ning. Would you like to come in for some tea?” Ji Zhu nodded repeatedly and enthusiastically invited her in.

“No need. I still have something to do, so I won’t stay long,” Su Ning handed a space ring to Ji Zhu, and without much pleasantry, she left after she was done.

Ji Zhu looked at her departing back, her eyes slightly bright. “So cool!”

When she was with Zong Yuxin, that kind of magnetic field was really good for shipping!

Jiang Bai, who had come out of her room, looked at Ji Zhu standing at the door, and a question mark couldn’t help but appear in her mind. This person would actually wake up so early on her own?

Hearing the movement, Ji Zhu turned to look at Jiang Bai, took the initiative to explain, and even said with great excitement, “It was Sister A-Ning who came to deliver the medicinal herbs!”

Jiang Bai glanced at her sideways. She always felt a little unhappy when she heard Ji Zhu call someone else sister.

She closed the door, and Ji Zhu quickly came to Jiang Bai’s side, her eyes sparkling. “She’s so cool! I feel like she also likes Zong Yuxin very much!”

And she was also very obedient to Zong Yuxin. What was this?

This was a loyal dog!

Jiang Bai: “…”

Was this person out to train, or was she out to join in the fun and watch gossip?

Seeing that Jiang Bai did not respond and seemed to be not interested, Ji Zhu pouted and did not continue to speak. Her head drooped slightly, and she went to the side to prepare for her horse stance work.

If it were in the past, the enchantress would not have been so indifferent to the gossip she had shared, and would have even discussed it with her!

She would have even helped her get the melon to eat more comprehensively!

Jiang Bai’s gaze glanced at the entrance of the small courtyard, and her eyes drooped to suppress the anxiety in them. After all, the news of her being in Xiling City had only spread yesterday. It would take some time for the little cat to find her.

Ji Zhu didn’t know what the enchantress was thinking in her heart. After she had finished her horse stance, her whole body was almost soaked with sweat. The weight that this enchantress had added to her hands and feet was getting heavier and heavier. As long as she sensed that she was a little more relaxed, she would immediately increase the intensity for her.

At breakfast, Ji Zhu said in a small voice, “Can today’s calligraphy practice be a little later? I want to refine the pills first.”

She didn’t know if the enchantress would still enter the Xiling graveyard after knowing Xiao Ge and the others’ purpose. But according to Ji Zhu’s subjective consciousness, it was best for them to go in and snatch those opportunities before Xiao Ge did, so that Xiao Ge would not get those things and become more and more perverted.

It was just that this enchantress’s attitude was really unpredictable, and she didn’t know when she would go in. Ji Zhu just wanted to refine the pills as soon as possible, so that she wouldn’t be in a hurry.

“Mm,” Jiang Bai replied faintly. At this moment, she was not only waiting for the little cat to come to her door, but at the same time, she was also thinking about how to deal with those two, Xiao Ge.

Actually… she felt that the graveyard was not a bad opportunity. After all, who knew how many people had died in there in all of history. If they died in the graveyard, who could pursue the matter?

But the problem was, were their two lives really worth her taking that risk?

Jiang Bai’s gaze was slightly empty. If she wanted to get rid of the two of them in the graveyard, then she would have to go in as well. But the inside was full of dangers, and even she herself could not guarantee that she could get out in one piece.

So from this perspective, they were not worthy of her paying such a price. But to get rid of the two of them outside the graveyard…

Jiang Bai frowned. These two were after all pivotal existences in their respective sects, and there were too many eyes on them.

After eating breakfast, Ji Zhu began to refine pills. Smelling the faint bitter smell in the air, Jiang Bai felt that her mind was much clearer.

If her little cat could take human form, she would probably be sitting cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace like this, refining pills with a serious expression, right?

Thinking of that little one, a light smile couldn’t help but appear on Jiang Bai’s lips. But gradually, the light in her eyes slowly dimmed.

A little cat suddenly appeared in her hand, a little cat that was almost identical to Ji Zhu’s cat appearance.

Jiang Bai looked down, her fingertips gently stroking the little cat’s head. This was made from the fur that she had combed off the little cat when she had helped her comb her fur.

As long as she looked at this, it was as if the little cat was by her side.