Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm - Chapter 351
Chapter 351: Chapter 350: Jiang Li and Pure Heart Saintess acquaintance
Jiang Li’s gaze at Bai Hongtu was also odd.
The Saintess of Pure Heart looked at Bai Hongtu with a strange gaze as well.
Bai Hongtu swore, he had not actually put his heart and soul into helping the Saintess of Pure Heart pursue Jiang Li.
Bai Hongtu’s professional expertise told him that if he wanted to write a touching love letter that was realistic, he needed to have genuine emotions.
He put himself in the position of the Saintess of Pure Heart and wrote nauseatingly sentimental sentences. However, he carelessly let his guard down at the very end of writing the love letter, he slipped out of the perspective of Saintess Pure Heart and returned to his own perspective.
Which led to the love letter being signed as Bai Hongtu.
But Bai Hongtu could not say that he bought an annual pass to the Union Sect just to prove that he was straight.
He still had some pride.
Without Bai Hongtu’s explanation, Jiang Li also knew this was another bungle Bai Hongtu had made.
Jiang Li earnestly advised the Saintess Pure Heart, “Your mind wasn’t the sharpest to begin with, and now you’re listening to Bai Hongtu. Isn’t this just adding fuel to the fire?”
Jiang Li seemed to be looking out for her, but somehow, the Saintess of Pure Heart did not feel comforted.
How did I become dim-witted? Even if my brain doesn’t work very well, I still emerged from a group of disciples of the Pure Land of Red Dust to become a saintess.
This alone should prove that I am the smartest among the Pure Land of Red Dust!
“I’m not saying you don’t have enough knowledge, but rather that you are innocent of the world’s malice.”
“Don’t forget the scene of our first meeting.”
The Saintess of Pure Heart could certainly remember the scene of her first meeting with Jiang Li; she had been high above, looking down on Jiang Li.
“As soon as you came down from the Pure Land of Red Dust, you were deceived by a demon cultivator, who sealed your cultivation and tied you to the roof. Thankfully, I happened to be passing by and rescued you.”
The Saintess of Pure Heart also remembered that at that time, Jiang Li had descended like a heavenly god. The malicious cultivator became fearful upon seeing Jiang Li and ran away.
“Back then, I was only at the Golden Core Stage, while the malicious cultivator was at the Nascent Soul Stage. Fortunately, a Nascent Soul Stage official from the Zhou Dynasty was with me. He is Ji Zhi’s uncle. The malicious cultivator knew that the Zhou Dynasty has the strongest demon-exterminating attitude and became fearful, hence, he hastily escaped.”
The Saintess of Pure Heart still remembered that at that time, Jiang Li defeated the malice cultivator with his weaker force, in his Golden Core body.
“Ji Zhi’s uncle fought bitterly with the malicious cultivator, both suffering heavy losses. The malice cultivator was seriously injured by Ji Zhi’s uncle but the situation wasn’t looking good for Ji Zhi’s uncle either, he could barely muster the strength to attack. That’s when I seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack and killed the malicious cultivator.”
“If I had arrived a bit later, you could have been used by the malicious cultivator as a sacrifice to break through to the Divinity Transformation Stage. It would have been very dangerous.”
The Saintess of Pure Heart also remembered that after Jiang Li saved her, he praised her for her potential.
“After I took you down from the beam, hearing how the malicious cultivator deceived you, I told you that you were indecisive.”
“Later, worried about you being deceived again, I changed my route and stayed with you for three months, teaching you what could be trusted and what couldn’t.”
In these three months, the Saintess of Pure Heart had her eyes opened wide. She had never imagined that the world outside of the Pure Land of Red Dust was so fascinating, or that people’s inner thoughts were more complex than the scenic beauty of the Nine States. More importantly, she was deeply attracted to Jiang Li.
During those three months, Jiang Li also had his eyes opened wide. He had never thought that a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator could be so naive. All he could say was that it was really something for someone who came from the Pure Land of Red Dust to be so naive about the world.
Bai Hongtu had heard the Saintess of Pure Heart talk about how she met Jiang Li and heard Jiang Li talk about how he met the Saintess of Pure Heart.
He felt like he was listening to two completely unrelated stories.
“I am telling you again, never trust a single word from Bai Hongtu.”
Bai Hongtu felt that Jiang Li had the audacity to slander him to his face.
At least he speaks the truth half of the time.
“Don’t let Bai Hongtu’s honest appearance fool you. This guy has plenty of tricks up his sleeve. Back when the old Human Emperor was testing us as candidates for the next emperor, all the ideas that drove the emperor up the wall were his, I just executed them.”
Bai Hongtu got anxious, “You’re talking crap. All the ideas were mine? Half of those ideas came from you. Not to mention, the idea to sell 10,000 combs to Old Buddha Sumi was yours!”
Jiang Li pretended not to hear.
The Saintess of Pure Heart firmly remembered Jiang Li’s statement. She could not trust a word Bai Hongtu says, including the previous comment.
The Saintess of Pure Heart gave Bai Hongtu a wary glance and pulled Jiang Li aside.
The next matter could not be heard by Bai Hongtu.
“What is it?”
“Master Hongchen wants to go out for fun.”
The charm of Fairy Hongchen was quite dangerous to the Nine States. Jiang Li had once said that if Fairy Hongchen wanted to leave the Pure Land of Red Dust, he would have to follow her.
Actually, the Saintess of Pure Heart could have communicated this matter with Jiang Li through the Remote Communication Talisman, but a conversation using a talisman could not compete with a direct conversation.
She would, as much as possible, look for opportunities to spend more time with Jiang Li.
“Where would the master like to go?” Jiang Li didn’t have much to do recently, and the tasks assigned by the system were all either “this task can be abandoned” or “this task is recommended not to be abandoned.”
He had simply abandoned them.
“On the third day of the third month, Penglai Fairy Island will be holding a Shangsi Festival on the island, the master wants to go there to play.”
Jiang Li had heard of the Shangsi Festival, a well-known gathering for female cultivators in the Nine States, which only allows women to participate.
Penglai Fairy Island has always been a major host for Shangsi Festival. It is very reputable among female cultivators.
Although cultivation does not differentiate between men and women, men can become immortals and women can also become immortals. However, looking at the numbers, only a quarter to a fifth of high-level cultivators are women.
Among those in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, only Yu Yin is a woman.
If census was taken ten years ago, there would not have been a single female among the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.
The position of Human Emperor is the same, of the seventytwo emperors, eighteen are women.
Under such circumstances, female cultivators naturally feel the need for solidarity. Over time, this has led to the Shangsi Festival.
As the largest female cultivating sect, the Pure Land of Red Dust naturally received an invitation.
However, the Pure Land of Red Dust, as the name implies, tends to be indifferent to changes in the outside world and seldom emerges. Its participation in the Shangsi Festival has been infrequent.
The Saintess of Pure Heart didn’t have much interest in the Shangsi Festival, she felt a lot of the participants in the Shangsi Festival liked Jiang Li, and were rivals for her affections.
She wasn’t particularly keen to attend a gathering full of rivals.
Originally, the Saintess of Pure Heart had no intention of participating when she received the invitation. However, she couldn’t resist Fairy Hongchen’s curiosity in insisting on attending the Shangsi Festival and not letting her go would be disrespecting the sect.
The Saintess Pure Heart had no other choice but to allow her master to participate.
Now that she thought about it, this seemed to be a good opportunity to increase her contact with Jiang Li.
“The Shangsi Festival… isn’t it inappropriate for me to attend?” Jiang Li hesitated.
The charm of Fairy Hongchen does not differentiate between men and women. Even going to a Shangsi Festival, which is all women, could cause a commotion.
The Saintess of Pure Heart immediately reassured, “How could it be? Everyone would be delighted for you to come.”
Seeing the Saintess Pure Heart’s firm attitude, Jiang Li agreed as well.
