[{"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-1958":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},1124298,1453,"Chapter 1958: Chapter 1527 Gu Jin: Who Asked Your Age?","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1958",1958,"\u003Cp>Jiang Hao paid no mind to the Blood Demon beneath his feet as he walked step by step into its depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't certain of the current state of Gu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But caution was warranted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should the other party lash out unexpectedly, he would need to flee posthaste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that he wasn't sure how to defuse such a crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the other was benevolent or malicious was of utmost importance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If benevolent, there would be no issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if malicious, that would be quite perilous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao once again laid eyes on the figure of Gu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still as a statue, there was no sense of the vitality of a living being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after his arrival, the other quickly returned to normalcy, standing still with his hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus with his back to Jiang Hao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior?\" Jiang Hao bowed respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though in the era of Ancient and Modern Times, he was the Great Elder, after returning, he still respectfully addressed the other as senior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference in age was there, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You shouldn't have come,\" came the voice of Gu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying an endless vicissitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao was puzzled: \"What does senior mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you've survived, why bother coming here?\" Gu Jin added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao contemplated briefly and replied, \"Is it because I had a confrontation with Cheng Yun? That battle was indeed tough; I won against the odds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jin turned to look at Jiang Hao and said, \"Let's talk about the weather outside. When you came, was it raining?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Jiang Hao shook his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But when senior's name dissipated, it did rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's hard to imagine that the opponent was so powerful that even my Tao was eroded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, I am nothing more than an ordinary fellow disciple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ordinary fellow disciple? Aren't you Daluo?\" Gu Jin looked at Jiang Hao and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but if it indeed comes to a struggle, Daluo should still be able to cope to some extent; the junior still has his blade,\" Jiang Hao responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jin was silent for a moment before saying, \"Let's continue talking about the weather.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior seems to have become stronger,\" Jiang Hao ventured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name was killed by you, of course, I've gotten stronger,\" Gu Jin said earnestly, \"Sometimes, a name bears the weight of great luck, and although it seems beneficial, it's also a restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without a name, I'm naturally free now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Free from those restraints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet, I'm still unable to leave this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've turned into a prison, trapping him as well as myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps one day I'll be able to leave, and by then I should be comparatively stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, senior's strength far exceeds all worldly beings, and no one could possibly catch up. The junior has cultivated for four hundred and fifty years and has never seen a being as mighty as senior,\" Jiang Hao said admiringly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jin: \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who asked about your age?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are you mentioning these for no reason?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm here to seek advice on some matters from senior,\" Jiang Hao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go ahead, although I might not be able to answer you. You've experienced quite a lot recently,\" Gu Jin stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not too much experience; I just know of someone's existence, but not the specifics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So far, I still haven't found the Seeker,\" Jiang Hao said, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pondering for a moment, he then asked, \"I wanted to inquire whether senior might be able to open this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Jiang Hao took out the Ominous Coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the coffin, Gu Jin was slightly surprised: \"You still have this thing? How did you get inside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, I can't open it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior can't open it either?\" Jiang Hao was a little surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not that I can't open it, but it can't be opened normally. If forcefully opened, you yourself can manage to do so,\" Gu Jin commented, looking at the coffin, \"This is the Ominous Coffin; the dead cannot open it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The living of this world cannot open it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only corpse collectors or those living in that area can normally open it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, it's better to have the corpse collector open it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But usually, corpse collectors won't bother with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, corpse collectors aren't a constant; a new one arrives with each great era, they rotate in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So even if you've met a corpse collector in past ages and left something for later use, it wouldn't be very effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, this is a new era, and the corpse collectors from those times have all been replaced.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao nodded; this made things a lot easier to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the corpse collector...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As luck would have it, as long as this era doesn't end, the corpse collector shouldn't change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the current corpse collector is indeed an acquaintance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asking for their help should be no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if problems arise, there's an alternative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the only way is to enter that place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, do you know how to gain entry to that place?\" Jiang Hao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It used to be quite easy, but after the establishment of the Supreme Immortal Court, it's become difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could try your luck in various special places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This world is vast and boundless, full of wondrous sites,\" Gu Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao knew that entering that place now would not be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, with certain special objects, you could also be guided there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The stranger and more enigmatic the place, the higher the probability,\" Gu Jin commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao knew that the other was referring to the Corpse Realm Flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That place was indeed eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, beneath its sea lay endless caskets, suppressing something unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seemed like one place, yet not one place at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao had ventured into the Corpse Sea before, but it did not give him a feeling of oblivion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, it seemed that the Charm Goddess might also reside below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a sense of being forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the location of the caskets must be somewhat different from that place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also a shame that he did not encounter the Old Man Corpse Sea this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe the other party would have known quite a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao contemplated and realized there were many things he had not yet fathomed, uncertain of when there would be an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only lay low for the time being and enhance his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needs to find an opportunity to delve deeper into the Devil's Den.\u003C\u002Fp>",1089,"2026-06-03T11:46:44.214Z","2026-06-03T11:46:51.947Z",1,"novelbin.me","9172493132fa97cd7199a75ce66aed775081614ace9042038d8526c5cc69ad63","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1959","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1957",2139,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-cover.jpg"]