My Cultivation Starting from Archery-Chapter 437 - 178 Skill: Controlling Immortals_5

Outside the back courtyard gate, the voices of two maids could be heard.

Chen Sansi put away his belongings and went to open the wooden door, "What’s the matter?"

"Master, are you alright...?"

"You scared us to death!"

Si Qin patted her chest, Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that his recent training session had lasted several days.

Previously,

even if Chen Sansi was in seclusion training martial arts, he would still need to eat every day, and it was always expensive items like beast meat and supplemental medicine.

Si Qin and Mo Hua would bring meals three times a day and leave them in front of the courtyard gate, and the master would fetch and eat them whenever he was free.

But this time...

For so long, there was no sign of activity, and the food delivered was untouched.

The two of them did not dare disturb him carelessly.

After holding out for five or six days, worried that something might have gone wrong, they gathered their courage and knocked on the door.

"No worries, I was healing,"

Chen Sansi made up an excuse, "Lately I might often seclude myself like this, I will take care of my food in the mountains, so there’s no need for you to worry."

"Yes, master."

Si Qin and Mo Hua responded.

First, Chen Sansi went to the military camp to make several pots of medicinal broth for his subordinates, then he headed to the Governor Mansion to inform his senior brother before embarking for the ends of the earth. By the time he reached his destination, he estimated he would have entered the Early Stage of Qi Refining. As long as he was careful, scouting the route should pose no problem.

"This journey alone is too perilous for you, Junior Brother,"

Fang Qingyun put down the book in his hands, "I have found two people for you, to travel together so you can look out for each other."

Chen Sansi asked, "Who are they?"

"Ning Xiang, Zhaozhao,"

Fang Qingyun said calmly.

"Them?"

Chen Sansi had recently declined Ning Xiang’s request for redemption. He did not expect they had approached his senior brother, "Are they reliable?"

"That Ning Xiang..."

Fang Qingyun spoke leisurely, "was originally the intended successor of the fiftieth Tower Master of Seeking Immortal Tower, but then the current Tower Master took over all the resources. Not long ago, some people from Seeking Immortal Tower went to Ziwei Mountain, and the Tower Master went elsewhere.

Ning Xiang seized the moment when the main fort was least guarded, and went back to take the ancestral treasures and some resources.

Now, she is being pursued by Seeking Immortal Tower.

I promised her that as long as she safely accompanies you on this trip, our master would protect her.

Cultivators are most cunning, and they are no exception.

You might go there again for a visit and talk to them.

If they can make proper assurances, having someone accompany you would be beneficial."

"I understand."

Given that,

Chen Sansi did not rush to leave, and instead went to Red Sleeve Tower again that night.

"General."

This time,

Ning Xiang and Zhaozhao, seemingly unexpected, were very formal.

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"We’ve seen the General."

Ning Xiang bowed respectfully.

Zhaozhao followed suit, though her movements were somewhat unstandard.

"General,"

Ning Xiang said with great humility, "I know you have concerns, so I went to General Fang. Now, General Fang has taken the place of your master in agreeing. Can the General give us a chance?"

"Actually, regardless of how it seems, through our interactions, we have formed a bit of a connection with you,"

Chen Sansi paused, "But how can I trust you?"

The events at Ziwei Mountain were still vivid in his mind.

At that time, he had sincerely cooperated with the Seeking Immortal Tower and even saved the life of a eunuch, but what did he receive in return?

A backstab.

Chen Sansi would not easily trust their promises just because the two in front of him were women who seemed harmless. Last time it was just relics, but this time he was actually heading to the ends of the earth, likely venturing into the Cultivation World.

The temptation for a cultivator was immense, and he was well aware of it. Thus, the likelihood of betrayal was too great.

"General, I am serious."

Ning Xiang’s eyes brimmed with tears, pleading pitifully, "General, if you just agree to take me in, I can give you anything."

"If you continue like this, there’s no need to continue this conversation."

Chen Sansi turned to leave.

He noticed.

When Ning Xiang spoke with her head down, the spiritual energy within her was subtly manipulating, probably using a small spell to confuse the mind, thus making her appear particularly sympathetic.

"Wait!"

Ning Xiang knew she had been seen through.

She seemed to make up her mind, "I am willing to sign a Blood Covenant and willingly become a slave."

"Blood Covenant?"

Chen Sansi nodded, "Continue."

"General, you might not know what a Blood Covenant is."

Ning Xiang explained earnestly, "With special paper and ink, along with a cultivator’s essence blood and a spell, followed by swearing an oath to the heavens, the promises made must be fulfilled. If someone breaks the covenant, it will cause fatal harm to the cultivator of a lower realm."

"Master..."

Upon hearing this, Zhaozhao’s expression tightened, "Master, aren’t you..."

"Shut up."

Ning Xiang continued, "As long as the General agrees, my life will be yours. How about it?"

"Is it worth it?"

Chen Sansi spoke candidly, "What’s the difference between giving your life to someone else and being dead?"

"Since it’s all about dying, why not fight for a breath?"

Ning Xiang’s face, filled with resentment, said, "I have only one condition. If I truly die, either you destroy the ancestral item on my body, or if you wish to keep it for your own use, and if one day, General, you are powerful enough, please avenge me... at least do not let them have it."

Chen Sansi could tell.

This woman indeed harbored deep hatred towards the master of Seeking Immortal Tower.

If that was the case,

once he verified the truth of the Blood Covenant, perhaps he could agree.

It wasn’t that he wanted to hold someone else’s life in his hands, but "once bitten, twice shy", when the time was right and there was genuine mutual trust, it wouldn’t be too late to terminate the covenant then.