Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

Chapter 1741: Chapter 1422: Daluo Dao Fruit for the Demoness_2 Chapter 1741: Chapter 1422: Daluo Dao Fruit for the Demoness_2 “Senior, I have matters regarding cultivation and would like to seek your guidance,” Jiang Hao said.

“What is it?” Gu Jin was curious.

“I would like to ask how to condense a Dao fruit,” Jiang Hao asked.

“Condense a Dao fruit?” Gu Jin said, wide-eyed, “With enough understanding of the Tao, can't you just condense it? Are you unable to condense one?”

“It's not that I can't condense one; I just feel like condensing it is pointless,” Jiang Hao replied.

Gu Jin was silent.

“But lately, I've been thinking about condensing a Dao fruit concerning the life force,” Jiang Hao spoke up.

Gu Jin opened his mouth to speak but then stopped himself.

Finally, he said, “It's not difficult as long as you sufficiently understand the life force and then view yourself as a tree, condensing the Dao fruit upon the branches.

“It's akin to gathering the essence of the Tao, thus being able to condense the Dao fruit.

“The problem lies in how to merge oneself with the Tao.

“Thus, many can walk the path of Tao, but fail to let the Tao bear fruit from the tree.

“Of course, that's just part of it. As long as the tree appears, it can…”

Gu Jin continued to speak for quite some time.

Jiang Hao listened carefully.

In the end, he nodded to indicate that he had understood.

“Alright then, anything else? If not, go back and give it a try,” Gu Jin suggested.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hao had no other questions.

He would speak of it later.

As Jiang Hao left, Gu Jin closed his eyes:

“Daluo, still grasping the pathway of Tao, not confined to the fruits of Daluo Tao.

“How many years have passed? Has the great era reached its peak?

“Looking at the traces of the Tao, this man's age not reaching a thousand would be questionable.

“Hundreds of years in a great era, expanding across the heavens.

“I wonder how the Western Astronomical Academy is doing.

“The progress of the Tao is too rapid, both deep and dazzling.”

—

Back in the courtyard, Jiang Hao began to contemplate what Gu Jin had said.

He sat under the Immortal Peach Tree, looking up at the tree before him.

Condensing a Dao fruit required a tree.

However, Jiang Hao didn't plan on using himself as the tree.

That wasn't the path he sought to follow.

Of course, condensing a Dao fruit was also not the great Dao process he needed to pursue.

He merely wanted to condense a Dao fruit.

Afterward, while sitting under the tree, gazing at the divine Immortal Peach Tree, he began to deeply understand the Tao.

In an instant, his own Tao aura enveloped the entire courtyard.

Then, the Tao aura merged into the Immortal Peach Tree, seemingly turning into nutrients that nourished the tree.

At that moment, the divinity of the Immortal Peach Tree was activated, drawing in the Tao aura.

But this divinity was too weak to cause any significant effect.

Jiang Hao closed his eyes.

Afterward, both he and the Immortal Peach Tree arrived in a realm of nothingness.

There, dazzling stars flickered in and out of sight, with clear marks of the Tao manifesting.

At this time, Jiang Hao's Tao aura continuously surged into the Immortal Peach Tree, and he then guided it.

Tao nutrients began to nourish the Peach Tree.

Gradually, a flower appeared on the tree, then bloomed, and fruit emerged.

Three days to bloom, three days to bear fruit, three days to ripen.

At the moment the peach ripened, the aura of the Tao dispersed.

Jiang Hao also slowly opened his eyes under the tree.

He looked at the distinctive fruit on the Immortal Peach Tree, a smile forming on his lips.

“Success.”

He had condensed a Dao fruit.

But…

It had a significant impact on his body.

The path of Tao was comparable to the initial rupture and shattering.

Next, he reached out and plucked the peach.

Boom!

An invisible sound transmitted; the Tao collapsed and disintegrated.

Jiang Hao's face turned pale for a moment.

It seemed he had suffered a heavy blow.

Using the Immortal Peach Tree to condense a Dao fruit and then plucking it certainly required a price to be paid.

But this seed seemed to contain endless life force.

This was…

The Longevity Dao Fruit.

A true Longevity Dao Fruit, far stronger than any in the courtyard.

—

At the Heavenly Note Sect, Hundred Flowers Lake.

Under a gazebo, a figure in red and white looked at the teacup before them, then took out an envelope.

It was from Miao Tinglian.

It said the date was set.

Mid-February.

Go to the Cliff of Broken Hearts Spirit Herb Garden.

For a moment, she just looked, not knowing what she was thinking.

But as she looked, she often coughed lightly a couple of times.

Her complexion growing paler.

Sometimes tiredly closing her eyes, yet unable to fall asleep.

After such a long time,

she felt someone appear behind her.

She tucked away the envelope.

“What are you looking at, senior?” Jiang Hao stepped forward.

At that moment, the complexion of the Heavenly Note Sect hadn't improved much.

Jiang Hao didn't ask but simply sat down and said, “Would senior like some tea?”

“Did you specifically come to make tea for me?” Heavenly Note Sect asked, looking at him.

Jiang Hao shook his head, “No, I came to give you a gift. It's of no use to me, so I thought to show it to you.”

The Heavenly Note Sect looked at him, “Is your cultivation damaged?”

“A minor matter,” Jiang Hao told the truth.

To him, these were indeed minor issues.

The Heavenly Note Sect didn't ask further about that and just said, “Has your senior sister introduced you to a couple?”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hao was taken aback and said,

“Sister Miao just enjoys messing around with these useless things.”

“What do you intend to do?” the Heavenly Note Sect asked, picking up the teacup.

Without much thought, as he had already prepared the tea, Jiang Hao replied, “Initially, senior sister performed a great favor; I don't know why she's so persistent.

Reluctantly, I will have to see.

However, I plan to use strength to interfere a bit with the perceptions of those coming.

To send them an opportunity.

It's compensation for the trouble Sister Miao is causing them.”

“You're quite kind-hearted,” the Heavenly Note Sect chuckled.

Jiang Hao calmly said, “I never intended to go.”

“Now that you are so powerful, do you intend to find a couple?” the Heavenly Note Sect asked.

Jiang Hao lowered his eyes, silent, and then said,

“It's still not enough; I stand no chance facing Gu Jin.

Moreover, I can't see through the secret code stone pieces.

There's still a long road ahead.”

The Heavenly Note Sect chuckled, but didn't speak.

In the evening,

the tea had all been drunk.

Only then did Jiang Hao take out a box and say, “This is for you, senior.”

“What's this?” the Heavenly Note Sect asked.

“A fruit from the Immortal Peach Tree, it looked rather good, so I brought it for you,” Jiang Hao said calmly to the person before him.

The Heavenly Note Sect took the box, placed it in front, and slowly opened it.

But, at the moment of opening, the Tao aura surged vibrantly, full of life, capable of changing the season.

The Longevity Dao Fruit, condensed from vitality.

“This….” the Heavenly Note Sect turned to Jiang Hao, “Where did you get this?”

“I spent nine days condensing it,” Jiang Hao admitted truthfully.

The Heavenly Note Sect: “…”

Nine days?

To condense a Daluo Dao fruit and pick it,

many people spend their whole lives and can't condense a Dao fruit.

Even if they are fortunate to condense one, they can't consume it to become stronger.

For a moment, the Heavenly Note Sect didn't know what to say.

Finally, she asked, “Can I eat it?”

“Yes,” Jiang Hao nodded, “It indeed is just an Immortal Peach.”

Hearing this, the Heavenly Note Sect immediately began eating.

“Is it sweet?” Jiang Hao asked curiously.

“Sour,” the Heavenly Note Sect replied.

With that, Jiang Hao didn't know what else to say.

After all, he wasn't certain whether the fruit was sour or sweet.

He could only bring it along and see.

Once she finished eating, Jiang Hao returned to his dwelling.

Mid-February,

early morning,

Jiang Hao heard a knock at the door from the outer sect disciples.

Today, Jiang Hao was drawing talismans on the second floor.

It was quite boring.

The secret code stone pieces were, for some reason, unresponsive.

No chats, no gatherings were visible.

He couldn't see any messages from the different departments.

“Sister Miao, I'm coming downstairs, it's mid-month already, hurry and open the door,” Miao Tinglian's voice came.

Jiang Hao, rather helplessly, replied, “The door isn't locked.”

Thus, the door was finally pushed open.

The arrivals were naturally Miao Tinglian and Mu Qi, bringing Yi along.

These two were treating Yi more than their own daughters.

However, now Yi came in holding clothes, which completely baffled Jiang Hao.

“Sister, come downstairs and change,” Miao Tinglian said.

Jiang Hao: “???”

“We're meeting the fairy guard; of course, you should dress more grandly. What if she doesn't like your ordinary appearance?” Miao Tinglian said earnestly.

Jiang Hao: “…”

That won't happen; she can't even see me.

After some reluctance, Jiang Hao put on the clothes.

Indeed much better than his usual plain robes.

“I'll bring her over in the afternoon. Think carefully about what topics to discuss; don't neglect her,” Miao Tinglian instructed earnestly.