[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness":3,"chapter-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1896":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1124498,1453,"Chapter 1896: Chapter 1498 Jing Dajiang: Taking You to Meet the Lady_2","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1896",1896,"\u003Cp>Jiang Hao did not think too much about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, some disciples from the academy would come to seek his guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those with dilemmas also came to him for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao treated everyone equally, diligently fulfilling the role of a senior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, more often, he was drinking tea with the Dean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dean was filled with emotion, feeling that ever since Gu Jin joined, the academy had begun its rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jin brought back many things after his outings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These helped the academy to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Dean was also grateful to Jiang Hao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had never taken action in all his years at the academy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his presence alone made the academy feel profound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao felt somewhat awkward; indeed, he had done nothing, and sometimes he could have intervened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he never did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it could easily attract Karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The academy's development was not as smooth as it appeared on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many battles were fought in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years passed by, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baiye City also began to expand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some powerful figures settled in Baiye City, hoping for the academy's protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in turn, they would become part of the academy's combat force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a win-win arrangement that the academy usually agreed to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So there Jiang Hao sat in the attic, watching time flow rapidly like a river in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Jing Dajiang studying hard, cultivating, and occasionally going out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with his two close brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every time they returned, they would be silent for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they would continue to diligently study and cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were truly talented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cultivation improved by leaps and bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, compared to the brilliance of Gu Jin, they seemed ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred and fifty years later at the academy, Gu Jin stepped onto the Vast Heaven Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he came back, he told Jiang Hao that he had met a strong warrior of the dragon race outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hit it off and became sworn brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Jiang Hao did not say much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red Dragon had already become sworn brothers with Gu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred and fifty years had passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jin's cultivation speed was not shockingly astounding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it still attracted countless jealousies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people believed that Gu Jin certainly practiced forbidden arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even some claimed they saw with their own eyes Gu Jin refining a whole city of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How else could his cultivation progress so fast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They have so many resources, why can't the disciples with once-in-a-millennium talents ascend to the Immortal Platform in just over two hundred years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They demanded an explanation from the Western Astronomical Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dean, with Jiang Hao in tow and in front of Gu Jin's face, angrily said, \"What level are they to compare with you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, my disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they really destroy the academy, you can run away by yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They won't be able to catch you then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It would be too troublesome to rebuild the academy, so it's fine if we don't.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these two hundred years, Jiang Hao felt time had passed quickly, yet he had experienced almost everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like listening to the Dean insulting other sects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How worthless, what caliber, what roles, what trash - extremely vulgar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not at all like someone who studies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jin did not learn anything from his master, only these phrases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone came to ask the Dean a question, he would say something outlandish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it would make people ponder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then someone truly gained an insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cultivation soared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, everyone pondered the Dean's words carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao watched, finding it unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he recalled what Gu Jin had told him, that anything said by someone from the academy seemed logical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, their cultivation spoke for itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, the Great Elder, diligently dedicated, was not as effective as the Dean's random ramblings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone said the Dean's words were profound and worth contemplating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wise man should be like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own words, plain and simple, yet nobody felt he was remarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn't bother him; he was indifferent to fame and wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another fifty years passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, Baiye City had developed the embryo of an Ancient City, but it was still very small compared to the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Western Astronomical Academy had been refurbished several times, becoming ever larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own residence also expanded and rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never refused the treatment given to the Great Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year, Jiang Hao heard some news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had ascended to immortality deep within the Mountain Village, inducing the path of immortality, with a True Dragon manifesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless celestial phenomena occurred, and great luck from the West descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far, three special channels of great luck had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Immortal who caused the phenomena was being hunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reportedly, True Immortals took action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Western Astronomical Academy, the Dean was the strongest face-forward, with a middle-stage Human Emperor cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still personally led a team out of the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire academy was now in the hands of Jiang Hao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Hao entrusted the academy to Jing Dajiang to manage well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months later, Jing Dajiang had managed everything in an orderly fashion, even starting to recruit disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Jing Dajiang, some very promising talents had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, three months later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Dajiang mentioned an exceptionally perceptive disciple with profound knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Jiang Hao learned that this person's name was Shan Qinghe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao did not go to meet him; after all, he was just a common disciple, not yet worth a visit from the Great Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Shan Qinghe was the future Mr. Tao of Heavenly Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became a traitor, and the apparent reason for his betrayal was the pages of an ancient book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was only the overt reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, it was suspected that it had something to do with the Child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back now, his defection might have been related to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jiang Hao had left behind something, to win him over, he wondered if it would have worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was too risky, and there was no need to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His task was to see what Gu Jin would eventually discover and why he entered the sea of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three years later, the Dean and his team returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't find the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because no matter how fast they rushed, they could only follow behind and were utterly unable to get close.\u003C\u002Fp>",1086,"2026-06-03T11:46:43.028Z","2026-06-03T11:46:50.449Z",1,"novelbin.me","b4dcada449c66748886649c07c185bfc9e9c9be53fc43f8112cfb23cbb1868b6","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1897","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1895",2139,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-cover.jpg"]