Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 78 - 74 Everyone Around Me Is Cheating

Chapter 78: Chapter 74 Everyone Around Me Is Cheating

It was the start of a new day.

Perhaps because of the opened vital energy points, Jiang Shouzhong’s sleep had been getting better and better. Upon waking in the morning, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

Especially the flag hoisted high in the morning, which radiated an unbending and majestic presence that pierced the heavens.

Taking on ten girls single-handedly was no big deal.

"Eight points of the governor vessel and five points of the conception vessel are open. There are only seven points left to reach the twenty points needed for the realm of the Second Grade Martial Artist..."

Jiang played with his fingers and counted, "Based on this progress, maybe in about three to four days, I can open up the governor and conception vessels completely and step into the realm of the Second Grade Martial Artist. Hmm, doing nothing and just waiting to level up, this feeling is quite exhilarating indeed."

When he arrived at the Zhang family’s home, Zhao Di was concocting medicine in the kitchen.

Zhang Yunwu was, as usual, in the cottage, massaging his mother’s legs to promote blood circulation and loosen the joints.

To exhaust one’s capabilities for the sake of one’s parents was a given.

In terms of filial piety, no one would question the bullheaded and dull-witted Zhang Yunwu.

Having lost his father at a young age, he depended solely on his mother.

The year his father died, creditors nearly stripped the house of all its valuables. A few hooligans tried to take advantage of the situation but were scolded by Ms. Zhang. In a fit of rage, they beat her and her son.

At the time, the ten-year-old Zhang Yunwu shielded his mother fiercely, enduring a brutal beating without letting her come to any harm.

When he was twelve, he visited his hometown, and his mother fell ill in the middle of the night.

Zhang Yunwu carried his half-unconscious mother over mountains and across ice-cold rivers, walking more than twenty miles before finding a doctor.

At sixteen, a wandering monk, who was a temporary neighbor, saw how simple and naive he was and joked that if he could find two identical leaves, his mother would live for a hundred years.

Afterward, the leaves on both sides of that street were almost picked clean by him, filling up half the yard.

The monk, caught between laughter and tears, cured his mother’s leg and casually taught Zhang Yunwu three basic moves.

It was only later that people learned that this monk was a high monk from Vajra Temple.

Zhang Yunwu was slow-witted and reserved, never fought nor grabbed for anything.

He worked honestly at the county office for seven years without any change of status, laughing off any bullying he faced. But whenever someone he cared about was bullied, he would go into a frenzy to protect them.

That applied to Ms. Zhang, to Zhao Di and her daughter, and also to Jiang Shouzhong, whom he regarded as a brother.

Such a person sometimes is prone to become stubbornly fixated.

That’s also why Jiang had mistakenly thought Zhang indeed might hoard Demon Energy to save his mother.

"Jiang."

Zhao Di greeted him, her cheeks a bit rosier than usual from the steaming heat of the medicinal soup, giving her an extra bit of allure.

Before Jiang could respond, Zhao Di suddenly walked up to him, wiping a bit of moisture from her hands, and said in a low, anxious voice, "Jiang, I have something to tell you."

"What is it?"

Jiang looked at her curiously.

The woman recounted in detail the incident of the mysterious person appearing at grandma’s cottage the day before.

After listening to Zhao Di’s story, the man’s face turned grim.

He had thought that after the death of the rabbit demon, no one would focus on this place for the time being. Yet unexpectedly, someone had found their way to the Zhang family so quickly.

Fortunately, the person hadn’t done anything harmful.

However, what concerned Jiang more was what the mysterious person had said.

Since the Demon Energy on Ms. Zhang was just ordinary Demon Energy, it meant that the Demon Energy the rabbit demon had placed on Zhang Yunwu had nothing special about it.

So why then did the rabbit demon insist on taking back that bottle of Demon Energy?

Jiang was moved by a thought and asked in a low voice, "Did that person check your aunt’s body?"

Zhao Di carefully recalled the situation at the time and shook her head slightly, "He looked at her first, then he wanted to check, but for some reason, his face changed and then he left."

That means he didn’t have the chance to examine the aunt’s body.

Jiang Shouzhong’s eyes flickered ever so slightly.

"What do you think of Zhang’s distant cousin?" Jiang Shouzhong suddenly asked.

We Zhaodi was taken aback for a moment, a smile appearing at the corners of her eyes,

"He’s really a good person, helping grandma to cook the medicine, buying many gifts for the family, Xiao Yue’er likes him a lot too, and sometimes he even comes into the kitchen to help me cook. And he’s very knowledgeable. Xiao Yue doesn’t like studying, but she particularly enjoys listening to him talk about scholarly knowledge and stories..."

In a soft voice, Jiang Shouzhong murmured, "It seems, he’s quite popular with the ladies."

Handsome in appearance, knowledgeable, with a pleasant and approachable personality, willing to lower himself to do kitchen work, and good at winning over children...

One could say he appeals to people of all ages.

Jiang Shouzhong gently patted the woman’s fragrant shoulder, his smile half-reminding, half-testing as he said, "It’s fortunate that Zhang isn’t that type, otherwise you’d have trouble on your hands with all the seducers flocking around daily."

We Zhaodi smiled noncommittally, without responding.

Zhang Yunwu, who had finished his session with his legs up, came out of the little room and saw Jiang Shouzhong. He grinned and said, "Are you going to investigate a case, Jiang? Just wait a moment for me, I’ll go into the inner room to change my clothes."

"Investigate nonsense, you just stay at home these few days and focus on healing," Jiang Shouzhong replied.

Jiang Shouzhong intentionally emphasized the latter half of his sentence again.

He pulled Zhang Yunwu’s arm and sat him at the table. "Now’s a good time to ask you some questions about cultivation. How long did it take you to open up the governor and conception vessels when you first started? And how long did it take to move from Third to Second Grade Martial Artist?"

Although Zhang Yunwu was puzzled by the sudden question, he still answered truthfully:

"At that time, my master taught me a set of breathing techniques. It took me about one night to unblock the twenty acupoints of the governor and conception vessels, and I directly entered the realm of a Second Grade Martial Artist."

"How... how long?"

"One night."

"..."

Jiang Shouzhong, who had been marveling at his own incredible ability to ’afk’ level, suddenly didn’t feel like talking anymore.

Comparisons can be infuriating!

"That’s not right," Jiang Shouzhong suddenly came to his senses, staring suspiciously at the other person. "If you opened the governor and conception vessels in one night, why are you still at the Second Grade Realm? Aren’t you just treading water?"

Zhang Yunwu scratched his head, "I’m not sure what’s going on. Anyway, I reached the Second Grade Martial Realm in one night, and I’ve been practicing breathing and sitting meditation over the years, but I just can’t get any higher. Maybe I’m just slow."

Slow?

Jiang Shouzhong’s face twitched.

"How many people in the world can unblock the governor and conception vessels overnight? I reckon even the chief isn’t as formidable as you."

Zhang Yunwu was startled, then shook his head, "As far as I know, the chief didn’t even need to practice breathing techniques to expand her vessels. Her governor and conception vessels were naturally open, including most of the acupoints. They have been unblocked since the moment she was born."

Jiang Shouzhong’s mouth hung open, and he felt numb all over.

Why does everyone around him seem to be on a different level?

No wonder the girl didn’t know anything about the acupoints when he asked her previously.

After repeatedly urging Zhang Yunwu to stay home and heal properly, Jiang Shouzhong prepared to leave. As he was about to go, he stopped by the small room where Ms. Zhang was sleeping.

Looking at the gaunt and skeletal Ms. Zhang, Jiang Shouzhong pondered silently.

After a long while, his lips moved slightly, and he uttered a word.

Although the sound was very soft, someone who understood lip-reading could tell that this word... was "Demon."

In her stupor, Ms. Zhang’s eyes twitched imperceptibly.

Jiang Shouzhong tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Well hidden indeed.