252: Chapter 252 About to Break Through to the Primordial Martial Saint Level

"What do you mean by growing old alone? I am dedicating my entire life to the Dao, alright!" Ji Ziyue pouted, saying with some dissatisfaction.

"You're done for; you've been brainwashed!"

Chen Hu shook his head and said.

"What do you mean by that?" Ji Ziyue quickly asked.

"Let me ask you a question: why do you Cultivate?" Chen Hu asked, looking at Ji Ziyue with a smile.

"To become stronger, of course." Ji Ziyue said without hesitation.

"And what about after becoming stronger?" Chen Hu asked again.

Ji Ziyue fell into deep thought: "Become the Hehuan Sect Saintess, then inherit the position of Sect Master."

"And then what?"

Chen Hu asked again.

This time, Ji Ziyue was stumped, and a sense of confusion appeared in her eyes.

At this moment, Chen Hu's voice sounded: "Don't you think your life is too monotonous? A person's life—the Dao shouldn't be everything. In my opinion, the Dao is just a tool, an auxiliary tool to fulfill one's own wishes."

"Hmph, nonsense. You are not pious towards the Dao. No wonder you are older than me, yet your cultivation is only at the Early-stage Bone-Refining Realm!" Ji Ziyue retorted with a cold snort.

"Who said I am only at the Early-stage Bone-Refining Realm?"

Chen Hu smiled slightly, then released a wisp of his aura.

After feeling this aura, Ji Ziyue was completely stunned. She was silent for two breaths before asking in disbelief: "You are in the Blood Refining Realm?"

"That's right, you didn't sense it wrong!"

Chen Hu said with a triumphant smile: "Do you still think my cultivation is low now?"

"Fine, you are indeed quite capable!" Although Ji Ziyue didn't want to admit it, she answered without going against her conscience.

Chen Hu continued to bluff: "Life is short; one should try everything so that after death, one won't have any regrets. Take you for example, even if you dedicate your whole life to the Dao, without having tasted love, family affection, or having been a wife, a mother, and a grandmother, wouldn't you feel that you lived this life in vain?"

Hearing Chen Hu say this, Ji Ziyue couldn't help but show a thoughtful look.

But soon, she banished the thoughts from her heart and glared at Chen Hu: "You are truly wicked, actually trying to corrupt my Dao heart!"

"Don't you dare wrong me!"

Chen Hu said with annoyance: "I was also doing it out of kindness; I didn't want you to live your life in such a desolate way!"

"Tch, I won't listen to your nonsense!"

Ji Ziyue pouted and retorted.

"Alright, since you don't want to listen, I won't say anything more. We can count as friends, so let me treat you to a meal!"

Chen Hu didn't continue bluffing because the waiter had already brought the food he ordered.

"Waiter, add another set of bowls and chopsticks!"

After the waiter brought the bowls and chopsticks, Chen Hu invited Ji Ziyue to eat.

After the meal, Ji Ziyue proposed to leave.

However, at the moment of parting, she turned her head to look at Chen Hu: "Although you wanted to corrupt my heart of seeking the Dao, you are not a bad person. Goodbye, may we meet again if fate allows!"

"Alright, see you if fate allows!"

Chen Hu waved his hand. This meal he treated was quite meaningful, as Ji Ziyue's favorability had already risen to 76 points.

"Bang!"

With a soft sound from the window, a figure darted into the courtesan's room.

The red-clothed courtesan, who was sleeping on the bed, was suddenly awakened. Upon discovering that the intruder was Ji Ziyue, she said with annoyance: "I say, Senior Sister, can you come later? I haven't even woken up yet."

Looking at the languid Hong Ling'er, Ji Ziyue said with annoyance: "It's almost noon, and you're still sleeping."

"Senior Sister, have you forgotten? This is a brothel; everyone sleeps during the day and works at night." Hong Ling'er rolled her eyes and said.

"Right, I have something to tell you!" Ji Ziyue said: "Don't go provoking that Chen Hu!"

"Why?"

Hong Ling'er asked in confusion. Suddenly, she seemed to think of something and became spirited. She sized Ji Ziyue up and down with her eyes and teased: "Senior Sister, you haven't developed romantic feelings, have you?"

"Romantic feelings my foot!" Ji Ziyue said with annoyance: "That Chen Hu is in the Blood Refining Realm. If you want to die, go ahead and provoke him!"

"What?"

Hong Ling'er exclaimed: "Senior Sister, you aren't joking, are you?"

"Do I look like I'm joking with you?"

Ji Ziyue said with annoyance: "That Chen Hu not only has high cultivation, but he is also quite good at bewitching people. You shouldn't have any contact with him either, lest you get bewitched by him and betray our Hehuan Sect. At that time, Revered Master will come to purge the sect!"

"Are you sure you are warning me, and not wanting to keep him all to yourself?" Hong Ling'er changed her posture and propped her head up with her hand.

"I think you're looking for a beating!"

Ji Ziyue was greatly ashamed and angry. She flashed to the bedside, grabbed Hong Ling'er's feet, and tickled the soles of her feet.

"Ah, haha, Senior Sister, I was wrong, spare me!"

Hong Ling'er, having her weak spot grabbed, immediately begged for mercy.

Even though she called Ji Ziyue Senior Sister, in fact, she was two years older than Ji Ziyue.

Both of them had entered the Hehuan Sect as orphans.

It was just that Ji Ziyue had good talent and was quickly taken as a Personal Disciple by the Sect Master, Ling Tianmei.

While her talent was far inferior.

Later, not wanting to be left too far behind by Ji Ziyue, she chose to Cultivate the "Hehuan Scripture".

Even though she took a shortcut, she was still not as good as Ji Ziyue.

But the relationship between the two had always been quite close.

Seeing Hong Ling'er begging for mercy, Ji Ziyue let her go, then reached out and sniffed in front of her nose, saying with disgust: "So sour!"

"Not at all!"

Hong Ling'er immediately said: "I am a fairy, even my feetsies are fragrant."

"Vain!"

Ji Ziyue said with a face full of disdain.

"Do you want to taste it? I guarantee it's fragrant!" Hong Ling'er teased.

"You're courting death!"

Ji Ziyue's expression turned cold. She reached out, grabbed Hong Ling'er's feet, and tickled her again.

After some playing around.

Ji Ziyue returned to a serious expression: "Hong Ling'er, listen well. What I said just now is serious. You had better not provoke Chen Hu. I will suggest to Revered Master that we abandon Linjiang Prefecture!"

"Isn't that too much of a pity?" Hong Ling'er frowned slightly: "After all, we have been planning for so long, are we just giving it up like this?"

"It's just a Prefecture City, not worth investing too much!"

Ji Ziyue said: "Besides, our Hehuan Sect doesn't have any intention of contending for the world. We are merely wanting to take advantage of the Dynasty's chaotic state to rake in some more wealth and resources. Our main targets are still placed on the Provincial City and the Royal Capital!"

Time flew by.

It was night again.

Chen Hu had already finished dinner at home.

He went to the city outskirts again.

The number of refugees recruited today was even greater, totaling 24,365 people.

After going through the process of recruiting subordinates, the number of Chen Hu's subordinates soared to 101,316.

Looking at this line of numbers.

Chen Hu couldn't help but show a thoughtful look.

After obtaining the subordinate points tonight, should he use them to Cultivate immortality?

After thinking about it, Chen Hu still gave up on it.

It wouldn't be too late to consume the subordinate points to Cultivate immortality after breaking through to the Hunyuan Martial Saint realm.

Subsequently.

Chen Hu also released 150 fat pigs, letting his subordinates slaughter them to feed these refugee subordinates.

Time flew by, and it arrived at early morning.

Looking at the 101,316 subordinate points that had arrived.

A smile appeared on the corner of Chen Hu's mouth.

"At most by tomorrow night, through the subordinate points, he will be able to raise his cultivation to the Hunyuan Martial Saint realm!"

"System, consume all subordinate points to raise my martial cultivation!"

The next moment, the Protective Aura in his body rapidly transformed into Saint Origin.

In a short while, over ninety percent of the Protective Aura, after undergoing Fusion with the attribute Origin Qi, had all turned into Saint Origin.

Only waiting for tomorrow, he would be able to officially step into the Hunyuan Martial Saint realm.