Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

By the time he finished explaining, Senior Sister Xia had poured a cup of tea for Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao told her that he had seen it by chance. He mentioned in passing that there were a lot of treasures being unearthed recently. It was unusual because they did not find too many treasures in the past.

He also mentioned that he had just come out of seclusion. He told her that it felt like something big might have happened in the mine.

The Senior Sister sighed with emotion. Then, she frowned.

She seemed to have thought of something.

Jiang Hao took his leave and returned to the second floor.

The next day, the people from Law Enforcement Hall arrived for an inspection. They had reason to believe there was a traitor in the midst.

The search began.

After a day, they returned empty-handed.

Jiang Hao did not know the details, but he knew this was Senior Sister Xia’s doing.

This was all he could do.

He only hoped that he could stall the progress of the Great Thousand God Sect, even by a little.

At night, in a house near the mine, the disfigured woman said, “They’re suspicious. I think they have noticed that something is strange.”

“How do you know?” asked an old man.

“I’m not sure. But I sensed six people’s gazes on me in the mine today. Just to be safe, let’s assume they are after us. The people from the Law Enforcement Hall were there too. We must be careful. We might have dug out too many treasures. Make sure you dig fewer treasures until everything seems normal again to them. Take it slow. Don’t rush it.”

The others nodded silently.

Around early June, Jiang Hao noticed that the number of treasures being dug out had decreased after the visit from the Law Enforcement Hall.

It was getting fewer every day.

In the end, only five or six treasures were delivered in a day.

The managers at the mine said that the place had been almost completely excavated.

Jiang Hao sighed. It seemed he had managed to slow down the enemies, after all.

However, it also impacted him. He got fewer bubbles than before because there were fewer treasures this time.

Fortunately, he still got some bubbles from digging.

He only got two bubbles at most in a day.

That was still incredible.

He was now an immortal. He could not get bubbles from cleaning ordinary treasures.

He did not pay too much attention to the people in the mine. He did not want to make the enemy suspicious.

He only needed to keep an eye on one of them and appraise them every few days to see their progress.

On that day, Senior Brother Bai Yi found him.

“Junior Brother Jiang, you haven’t had a break in a long time, right?”

Jiang Hao was surprised by the question but realized it was indeed true.

He did not dare to rest. Taking a day off would mean losing a day of progress. He did not have time to lose.

How could he dare to take a break?

If he was not ready on the day the merit from the cauldron was used up, he would die.

“Take a break today. It’s important to rest. Otherwise, your cultivation will suffer,” said Bai Yi.

Jiang Hao lowered his head and nodded.

He could not refuse his senior.

It was troublesome to offend him.

After Bai Yi left, Jiang Hao suddenly sensed a familiar scent in the air.

“Looks like your condition has improved a lot. Your cultivation realm has increased? Are you still at the peak of the Golden Core Realm?”

It was Hong Yuye’s voice.