Chapter 88 - 79: Nourishing Stance Bow, Treading Mountains and Rivers, Skyrocketing Prepayment Progress, and the Girl Who Dug Up a Great Demon’s Ancestral Grave

Chapter 88: Chapter 79: Nourishing Stance Bow, Treading Mountains and Rivers, Skyrocketing Prepayment Progress, and the Girl Who Dug Up a Great Demon’s Ancestral Grave

[Repayment Condition: Affect an enemy’s mind and eyes with the Arrow Stance: Dusk Crows, then land a successful hit.]

[Current: (233/1000)]

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[The Tutor has comprehended the true form of Dusk Crows and gained insight. Advance repayment progress +113!]

[The Tutor’s arrow left the string, obscuring the ape’s vision. A direct hit from over a hundred paces. Advance repayment progress +31!]

...

In the dim jungle, Ji Xiu’s eyes seemed to overflow with a searing spiritual light.

With his Spiritual Sense active, the layers of cover in the forest felt like nothing at all. Everything was as clear and visible as the lines on his own palm.

He took a single step and shot down the Ancient Ape.

Five arrows in succession!

The handful of Enlightened Little Demons, whose cultivation spanned several decades in the Bone Tempering realm, all fell to his arrows!

At the same time.

It wasn’t just his "Arrow Stance: Dusk Crows" that was rapidly improving...

The Magic and Divine Technique he’d gained from upgrading his Primordial Daoist Talisman...

...was also on the rise!

[By activating Spiritual Sense to search the mountain and execute demons, the Tutor practices the Dao of ’Mountain Search’. Refinement progress has increased...]

[Current: 1%→7%!]

As the feedback washed over him, Ji Xiu felt his vision growing sharper and clearer.

He saw Centurion Gu’s pained expression, as if Ji Xiu were wasting his ’Treasure Arrows’.

But amidst this endless tide of feedback, this feeling of getting stronger, this frenzied grinding...

’Sir...’

’I just can’t stop!’

’All this Demon Essence Blood can help me perform another blood exchange!’

Ji Xiu licked his lips. He was a little confused as to why so many Demon Fiends were chasing such a beautiful girl, and why she was even here in the first place.

But that wasn’t important now. How could it compare to grinding his Arrow Skill and repaying his progress...

Suddenly.

Ji Xiu, his Spiritual Sense still active, froze. His eyes narrowed, and his gaze unconsciously...

...landed on the chest of the girl who had fallen to the ground, gasping for air with a joyful look of relief on her face.

His gaze was locked, unmoving.

[Spiritual Sense: Your eyes, imbued with spirit, can pierce through illusions. You can traverse mountain forests at night as if on flat ground. All spiritual objects within a radius of several hundred yards can be seen!]

And right now...

...on the girl’s chest was what looked like a layer of blurry static...

...and it was frighteningly bright!

At the sight, the color drained from Cai Ling’Er’s face:

’Shit, don’t tell me this master archer has taken a liking to my natural beauty?!’

’I’m doomed! The divination I did said I’d face "danger at every turn"—did it mean I’d have to sacrifice my virtue?!’

’No, no, absolutely not!’

’Although this young man is handsome, and looks a lot like the Prince Charming from my dreams...’

’...but without my parents’ blessing and a proper matchmaker, using the sky as a blanket and the ground as our bed is absolutely out of the question! Besides, there’s another person right there!’

The girl’s neck flushed pink, then she shook her head vigorously and cried out:

"Wait, Young Hero!"

"I am the direct heiress of the Cai Family of the Jade Shop, one of the Thirty-Six Professions of Jiangyin Prefecture! If you escort me to Anning County, I will be eternally grateful and ensure you are handsomely rewarded afterward!"

The Jade Shop’s business included stone gambling, antiques, appraisal, and more.

Naturally, that involved dabbling in feng shui, Geomancy, and divination—skills that often fall under the umbrella of "digging up ancestral graves."

After all, anyone in the business had a pretty good idea of how one usually got their start.

But outsiders wouldn’t know that!

Jadeite Cai!

In Jiangyin Prefecture, that name was a seal of quality!

Cai Ling’Er had assumed that her privileged background from the Prefecture City would have some effect.

But she never expected...

’The Jade Shop.’

’The Cai Family?’

Ji Xiu’s eyes narrowed slightly as he recalled the "enemy list" Master Duan had given him.

Instantly, he mentally tagged the girl as one of them.

The look in his eyes sent a shiver down Cai Ling’Er’s spine, making her tremble.

’Wait, Young Hero?’

’That look in your eyes...’

’It’s like you’re telling me exactly what you’re about to do!’

’Don’t do it! Not that!’