Chapter 212 - The Willow Tree Has a Gender? (1/2)

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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The 14th of October, one in the morning.

After completing the exchange of Orirocks with the head monk, Jiang He brought along the black panther he had left with the Diamond Sect as he prepared to leave the mountain.

The head monk even personally escorted Jiang He’s group to the entrance of the mountain gates.

“Farewell!”

Jiang He offered the head monk a fist-palm salute, whereas the head monk put his hands together and bowed, saying, “Mister Jiang, I know of that Golden-Winged Roc—it had become intelligent even before we, the Diamond Sect closed off our mountain, and once rampaged across the Western Frontier. The disciples of our sect had even left the mountain in an attempt to slay it.”

“Its ability is simply extraordinary. Be cautious when you confront it.”

The head monk offered him a kind warning.

He had become exceedingly friendly towards Jiang He now—not even Wang Hou was shown such hospitality before.

Jiang He smiled in gratitude. “Don’t worry, head monk. I value my life a lot, and I won’t fight it until I’m confident I could defeat it.”

He turned, ready to leave the mountain when Corban flew in from the distance, exclaiming, “Please wait, Mister Jiang.”

Landing before Jiang He, Corban said, “Mister Jiang, the guru has asked me to relay his intention: if you intend to eliminate the Golden-Winged Roc, the Diamond Sect shall assist you.”

“There’s no need.”

Jiang He headed down the mountain, waving him off without turning his head. “It’s just one Golden-Winged Roc. I can deal with it myself.”

Jiang He spoke without concern, but the high monks and even the head monk of the Diamond Sect twitched.

The guru actually volunteered to help Jiang He eliminate the Golden-Winged Roc?

One should know that even when Wang Hou sought an audience before, the guru had merely sent one divine-tier disciple and a handful of average disciples to escort him down the mountain—even the Diamond Sect cultivation manuals that they gifted him were nonessential.

The head monks then looked up at the temple where the guru was, surprise showing in his eyes.

He had respect Jiang He plenty enough.

And yet, it turned out the guru had an even higher opinion of him?

Chen Jingzhou and the others who were going down the mountain with Jiang He were beside themselves in shock as well, though their expression appeared stiff.

It was only when they arrived beneath the mountain that Cheng Dongfeng came to his senses and muttered, “Jiang He, are you acquainted with the guru of the Diamond Sect?”

Jiang He shook his head.

“Why would he volunteer to help you if you didn’t? According to what I know, every guru past of the Diamond Sect was simply extraordinary, and there were even rumors that they were actually one and the same… their soul would reincarnate would after they passed on, whereas the disciples of the Diamond Sect would step out into to the world in search of the guru’s reincarnated body and bring him back to their sect.”

Jiang He did a double take and could not help asking, “Aren’t they a little too much, the Diamond Sect? The man already reincarnated—can’t they be given some space?”

Indeed, something crossed Jiang He’s mind just then…

The lamas of the Diamond Sect were no different from monks since they were prohibited from taking a wife and having children. It was alright for average disciples, but for someone who cultivated up to Void-tier, it meant living up to several hundred years. However, if the guru continued to reincarnate, wouldn’t he be celibate for several lifetimes?

Was that not too scary?

Nonetheless, Jiang He smiled as he stared at Yang Chengwei, “Well done, Little Yang—you’ve reached grandmaster already? From now on, there shall be three grandmasters standing guard over Lingzhou City?”

“Eh?”

Yang Chengwei blinked and asked uncertainly, “Bro Jiang, don’t you mean four?”

Even as he spoke, he counted with his fingers.

Cheng Dongfeng, Duan Tianhe, Bro Jiang, and himself…

Jiang He smiled but did not reply.

The kid was right in a way—he was still rank-nine, and more or less still counts as a grandmaster, even if that might not be the case tomorrow.

After all, Jiang He was concerned about whether he should deal with the threat that was the Golden-Winged Roc as soon as possible. That might cause him to have trouble sleeping like before, when he was so worried about the Sky Demon Cult coming after him for payback.

Ascending as soon as possible would solve that problem, and he could go home and farm in peace.

Jiang He then glanced at He Litong and Zhou Rui too.

They had improved significantly in the Secret Realm as well—He Litong had ascended up to rank-eight, with his aura becoming even more intense.

As for Zhou Rui, it was clear that her superpower had developed remarkably with the shroud of razor-sharp Sword Qi around her.