230: Chapter 216 230: Chapter 216 Jiang Tang saw the Jiang Family Head’s excited expression; the pills in this storage bag were some of the supreme elixirs he had crafted during his recent seclusion.
Because he possessed the Xuanming Spiritual Fire and his cultivation had grown higher, backed by powerful spiritual energy, crafting a batch of pills would yield at least ten supreme elixirs, and the process from inscription to pill crafting no longer took an hour, but had been reduced to half an hour.
During over a day’s seclusion, aside from time spent on cultivation, he had crafted a considerable amount of pills.
Knowing that his supreme elixirs were in high demand, he wouldn’t have toiled so hard just to sell them; he could simply raise the prices.
His fervent production of pills was aimed at quickly mobilizing the Saint Sect for his ambition, and now there was the first member ready to join.
“Jiang Family Head, do you have a place to stay in Immortal Venerable City?
With your current level of cultivation, you cannot ensure the safe delivery of these pills back to your clan.”
The Jiang Family Head snapped back from his excitement and understood what Jiang Tang meant: with his level of cultivation, he could not even protect his personal wealth, let alone safeguard so many precious pills he was carrying.
He said frankly,
“Our family owns a small shop in Immortal Venerable City.
Can we enhance our cultivation there?
Will we be protected from being robbed in Immortal Venerable City?”
Jiang Tang, having heard the Jiang Family Head’s question, didn’t reply immediately.
Immortal Venerable City had experienced terrible incidents before, and the relationships within were complicated.
With the Jiang Family carrying so many pills, he couldn’t guarantee that no one would attempt to rob them.
At the auction site in Immortal Venerable City, a single supreme elixir was sold for a high price.
The Jiang Family Head carried many such pills, which could amount to a fortune, and they were exactly the kind of elixirs that cultivators desired.
Who could guarantee that in the face of such hefty interests, nobody would try to rob a person of such low cultivation as the Jiang Family Head?
Jiang Tang, despite his high level of cultivation, could still become a target for others, especially if there were significant profits tempting them.
Otherwise, he could end up as a puppet for others, compelled to craft pills for their clans.
“Jiang Family Head, I think you and your elders should stay in that family shop for a while, until you’ve improved your cultivation before making any further plans.”
“We can stay there again for a while, but can we receive protection during our cultivation in our shop in Immortal Venerable City?”
The Jiang Family Head was not a coward, but being in possession of treasures made him wary of those who had nothing to lose.
“I’ll imbue you with a certain qi to safeguard the pills on you.
However, make sure the news of your acquisition of these pills doesn’t spread.”
As Jiang Tang said this, he also entertained the idea of sending an avatar to protect the Jiang Family Head and several elders.
“Thank you, I’m extremely grateful.
With your protection, Master Jiang, we can stay here at ease for a while.
We will work hard to grow stronger.”
After sending off the elated Jiang Family Head, Jiang Tang fulfilled his promise; he masked the aura of the supreme elixirs on him and had his Divine Sense follow him.
Should there be any disturbance near them, Jiang Tang’s avatar would automatically protect them.
Xuanyuan Mengting, who had just entered the doorway, brushed past the members of the Jiang Family and noticed that this low-level cultivator, the Jiang Family Head, had emerged from a meeting room of the Holy Pavilion.
Yet, she did not sense the presence of supreme elixirs on him.
Disregarding such a lowly cultivator, and being a stranger, Jiang Tang’s supreme pills were not something that anyone could afford to purchase; otherwise, he wouldn’t have to pay a high price to buy pills himself.
Xuanyuan Mengting’s gaze was now fixed on the people in the meeting room.
She had just received a reply from Jiang Tang and rushed over in a hurry.
After waiting for an entire night, she pondered a lot.
She asked herself, did she like Jiang Tang?
If she didn’t, why would she agree to the family’s arrangement?
Previously, she did not like the idea of being used as a bargaining chip in deals involving her lifelong matters, nor did she favor marital alliances.
She had once said she wanted to find someone she liked, someone to spend her life with as her companion.
The path of cultivation was long for cultivators.
Perhaps this companion would need to be by her side for a thousand or even ten thousand years.
If capable of Ascension, even longer.
A person without ability couldn’t keep pace, and she would not take an interest in the incapable.
Xuanyuan Mengting concluded that she might have fallen for Jiang Tang, perhaps for his dashing charm as well as his capabilities.
Xuanyuan Mengting entered the meeting room and stared intently at Jiang Tang, feeling that his cultivation had become even stronger.
How did he cultivate?
Is he insane?
People who increase their cultivation so quickly can’t be afraid of failing to Ascend, can they?
“Miss Xuanyuan Mengting, please come in and take a seat.
Did my dashing appearance captivate you?”
Having met Xuanyuan Mengting a few times, Jiang Tang felt that this girl lacked the haughty demeanor of typical ladies of big families.
Perhaps she did harbor some pride, but she never looked down on him.
In a friendly gesture, he joked with her and had already classified her as a friend.
“Hmph, you’re not the most beautiful and dashing man in the Cultivation World as far as I know.
What’s more, handsome and charming men in the Cultivation World are often fickle-hearted.
Surely you aren’t also one of those lowly philanderers, are you?”
Xuanyuan Mengting coquettishly rolled her eyes at Jiang Tang, which in this instance was a display of disdain.
“Miss Xuanyuan Mengting, I don’t yet have a partner, nor a girlfriend.
However, before I marry, having a few girlfriends doesn’t seem like a problem, does it?
And surely it’s okay for a capable man to have multiple wives!”