435: Chapter 338 435: Chapter 338 All nine women had expressed their opinions, and Dugu felt he couldn’t go without giving his own.
After all, it wouldn’t do to seem as if he didn’t exist.
“Jiang Tang, why not establish the Saint Sect with our family!” he suggested.
Dugu had already called him “brother-in-law” multiple times.
In the beginning, besides the bashfully joyful Dugu Yan’er who had tacitly agreed, the other women usually rolled their eyes at him.
The moment he spoke now, aside from Dugu Yan’er’s joyfully nodding and tenderly gazing at Jiang Tang, the other eight women voiced their opposition, saying, “No way, if we’re to establish a Saint Sect, it should be within my family.”
The voices of the eight women were so unified, when all eight spoke at once, it was as if it came from a single person.
Jiang Tang just listened to them speak but didn’t agree with what they said.
He felt that before doing anything, one must investigate thoroughly and then make a decision.
He intended to scout during the day and wait to explore at night, to find out the reason behind the screams.
This was just one place to explore; there was still another location he hadn’t looked into.
He didn’t want to jump to conclusions too hastily.
Although he wanted support, he couldn’t rely solely on his own abilities.
However, he didn’t want his Saint Sect to become another’s sect, which would make him feel as though he was marrying into their family, which didn’t sit well with him.
Jiang Tang desired to build a harem but not through such a demeaning method as marriage into another family.
If that were the case, would he still need to strive so hard?
He could just put in a little effort for a few hundred years, but that was not why he had crossed over into the Cultivation World to begin with.
When Jiang Tang first arrived in the Cultivation World, despite the hardship, he chose to continually grow stronger rather than depend on others or become a kept man.
He had seen his own appearance in the mirror.
Even though he wasn’t very high-tier, he could have lived comfortably by marrying into a rich family in the Mortal World.
But having the label “pretty boy” stuck to him would sap all his fighting spirit.
He would have ended up as a parasite, only capable of enjoying life.
Where would he be today then?
Now that he was of the Mahayana level, capable of tearing through space, he had never actually done so.
Chaotic disruption of the laws of heaven and earth would bring disorder to the Cultivation World.
Jiang Tang wanted to pursue a career but not to misuse his formidable powers for evil.
He didn’t want others with ulterior motives to use his name for nefarious deeds.
Mahayana might sound impressive, but there were still many steps to Ascension, each more difficult than the last.
Any misstep could render all his efforts in vain.
Jiang Tang always believed that doing good and charitable deeds would be helpful.
If one cannot even do good as a human, they have no right to become an Immortal.
Good Immortals, like humans, should be responsible.
Jiang Tang’s venture wasn’t limited to Alchemy; he wanted to expand and strengthen all aspects, just like other Immortal Sects.
Currently, he only knew Alchemy and hadn’t acquired other skills to teach others, but he believed that one day, abilities he was unfamiliar with would emerge from the space for him to learn and grow stronger.
Even if other powers appeared in the space, he still wouldn’t have the time to learn and practice them.
The two little beings within his space were already busy creating Supreme Elixirs for him, which were in high demand in the Cultivation World.
Supreme Elixirs were not his sole objective.
He had heard that before Ascension, the mighty ones had learned to create Immortal Pills.
Otherwise, how would there be legends of Immortal Pills from thousands of years ago?
He didn’t believe that it was just because of the weakening atmosphere that people couldn’t ascend.
He thought that the cataclysmic disruptions prevented Ascension and that restoring the heaven and earth might change everything.
These were just Jiang Tang’s current speculations, and he felt he shouldn’t dwell on such matters now, as his powers were not yet sufficient.
“Let’s make a decision after observing tonight, and since we haven’t scouted the other location yet, let’s not rush to conclusions!” he said.
“But…” Dugu Yan’er started to say something more but was stopped by her brother, who tugged at her sleeve.
Her brother had only made a suggestion to test Jiang Tang, not expecting this man to have such a strong sense of his own opinion.
Actually, with his current strength, he really didn’t need the backing of the Top Ten Clans.
Putting it nicely, it’s backing, but all they really wanted was for Jiang Tang to become someone they could control, to be of use to their clans.
As a man, he didn’t want to be bound, and he didn’t even want his current behavior to be restrained.
Putting himself in their shoes, Jiang Tang, as a man of such strength, would not want to be controlled by others.
Dugu Yan’er was pulled back by her brother, somewhat unwillingly.
Seeing other girls, her eyes also held a trace of resentment, but no one said anything more.
These competitors, aside from vying for their clans’ interests, also wanted to compete for Jiang Tang’s favor.
They didn’t want their nagging to make Jiang Tang dislike them.
The man currently appeared to be liked by all nine of the women; perhaps others might consider him fickle-hearted.
Yet it was with their willing hearts that they stayed by this man’s side, and for no other reason.
Only for this man, such a powerful man, to gain benefits from their association!
They didn’t speak of status or the like; they all wanted to entice this man into doing something out of the ordinary.
Alas!
It seemed that this man had very strong willpower, debonair but not degenerate.
To initiate an embrace might be an act of pride for them as women, one that they could not bring themselves to do.
Sometimes Jiang Tang would embrace one of them, and then it would turn into all eight women hugging him, competing and getting jealous, a behavior that probably delighted this man.
Yet this man would never call one of the women to rest with him in a private spot.
They had followed him for a month now, and all the while, the man’s behavior toward them had been very gentlemanly.
At times, they wondered if it was because they lacked charm!
But this man, for the sake of his career, ignored the presence of beautiful women at his side.
This neglect wasn’t in treating them as non-existent, but rather, for the sake of his career, he put love and affection on the back burner.
Though they, as women, very much wanted to quickly give a man a love that was etched in his bones.
But as cultivators, they sought not only love but also growth in their cultivation.
They feared they were not worthy of the man before them, and that other women would snatch him away.
Now, among these nine women, each with their strengths, abilities of various degrees, and similar beauty, in the man’s eyes they were still weak, striving to be worthy of him.
Jiang Tang saw that it wasn’t evening yet.
In this hundred-mile radius, he had inspected all the mountains and found nothing special.
This wasn’t considered the Hundred Thousand Mountains; there were, however, a few dozen large mountains, with the deeper ones being taller than those on the outskirts near the villages.
These outer areas all belonged to the periphery of the mountains; the real untouched wilderness lay deep within.
There was one particularly tall mountain that seemed rather ordinary, yet his divine sense had probed down to the bottom.
Not only was it more ordinary than the other mountains, his probe revealed not a single demonic beast, only a few regular animals.
This result of his probe aroused his curiosity.
What could make this place so strange?
With such thoughts, Jiang Tang looked forward to the night with added curiosity.
Something would surely come to light when night fell.
There were too many of them to just sit around waiting; they needed to find something to eat.
Once satiated, they could rest on the flying arrow.
Perhaps it was Jiang Tang’s ever-improving abilities that caused the flying arrow to evolve.
Previously, it had just enough space for all of them, and there was no cover overhead.
As his powers strengthened, the flying arrow not only flew faster but also began to resemble an airplane with many windows and more complex structures.
The rooms one after another inside it allowed them to rest and let the flying arrow fly autonomously.
It could also hover above the clouds while they rested in the rooms within.
This was a different feeling than having a home and land on the ground; there was no need to buy a house in the high skies.
The flying arrow, serving as a house, also provided ease and freedom, coupled with a good defense function.
It could not be attacked by some large birds or ordinary cultivation poses.
Jiang Tang took out the tea brewing equipment from his space and made tea for everyone.
He also took out the meat they had prepared earlier and set up for barbecue.
For cultivators, having a Fire Spirit Root meant they could cook anything with ease.
Jiang Tang was no exception, but he wouldn’t use such a common method to cook.
He summoned the two most powerful fire spirits from within his body.