"It looks like those people realized and now came to finish these two off completely." spoke JingJian, the rusty sword who was now given the name JingJian, meaning the sword of Jiang Jing Jing.
Soon an elder wearing another similar robes just like the elder who was injured descended from his flying sword.
Elder Tianyan was shocked that the person was just a little kid with a bone age of seven years just eligible enough to join sect assessment and she was already at Qi refinement late stage just a step away from foundation establishment although at her age this level of talent was amazing, he realized that it couldn't be this girl who harmed Zhongyan and his disciple.
So he retracted his pressure and asked the girl,"what happened here?"
while asking he easily broke up the level two formation made by the girl and checked on the condition of Zongyan and his disciple, to his astonishment they were now out of danger and even their injuries were more and less healed.
"I don't know great venerable master, when i came back they were lying here injured." spoke Jiang Jing cautiously.
"Did you treat them and created this level two formation?" he asked again directly looking her dead in the eye.
Jiang Jing Jing was not intimidated in the slightest,'Huh, if she could be just scared by intimidation, she would not be your aunt alive and thriving in the middle of this forest.' she answered without even a flinch,"Yes, i did, the formation stones were expensive you see, so what about five mid tire spiritual stones for the formation you just broke and one high level spiritual stone for treating that old man there." she pointed at elder zongyan.
As for her brother she did not include his treatment in her calculation, she was not that stingy he was her real brother for family she treated them for free.
Elder Tianyan was shocked and amused at the same time and he twitched his mouth ever so little,'what a stingy little girl, asking for money just as soon as she opened her mouth.'
As she was saying this elder Zhongyan also woke up and heard her words, firstly he was shocked that he and his disciple were saved by this little girl and wanted to thank her for her life saving grace, he was also thinking about taking her in his shelter but the kid was clearly a money grubber, however her next sentence clearly left him feeling ashamed for himself and pity for the child.
"You see i don't have any parents nor anyone to take care of me, those spirit stones were my hard earned money for the past three years and also i am a healer i treat people for a living, it is not like i am asking you to serve me as an ox for this life saving grace, i just included the expense of the spiritual stones for the formation and the herbs i treated you with.
Those spiritual plants were hard to come buy, i risked my life to search for them in this forest and now they are all gone."
Jiang Jing Jing spoke with big innocence filled eyes while speaking she bowed down her head as if in embarrassment.'It was like she didn't want to ask for money but you see she is just a little kid without any family and now that her money is gone how was she going to fill her stomach.'
JingJian who was sitting in the contract space twitched his lips,'what a shameless master he has got she is surely conning the two old foxes out of money.'
Jiang Jing Jing successfully invoked pity and tender affection in the heart of the two elders present, they really felt ashamed of thinking the child was narrow minded although talented.
Actually they would have compensated her handsomely, it was just that right now they didn't have anything valuable to give the little girl.
However before they would have compensated her handsomely now after seeing her pitiful appearance they would reward her exuberantly.
This performance was also calculated by the witty and cunning Jiang Jing Jing knowing that after her little act her coffers will be fuller than before
Elder Zhongyan was almost on verge of tears for the little girl,'suddenly he felt like he found a daughter he never had.'
'This girl tsk tsk... so innocent just asking for five mid tier and one high tier spirit stone for saving their lives, what if it was some treacherous person and not righteous daoist like them, they would have surely conned this little girl out of her life saving grace.' though elder Zhongyan.
Elder Tianyan however was looking at something else,'This girl she is born with a unique body constitution so much so one cannot see what her actual spiritual root actually was, and to be able to reach at Qi establishment at such a young age and also so much proficient in medicine she was really a young genius and in fact better than those direct disciples at his sect.
So he directly proposed an idea to her.
"Little girl, you are quite talented, how about this i will take you in as my direct disciple for saving Zhongyan and his disciple and also once you enter the sect i will also ask for a reward for you from the sect master."
Jiang Jing Jing was just waiting for this exact line, she showed a troubled expression and said, "Elder how can i be eligible enough to accept such grace, also i believe that becoming a direct disciple to an elder one must be worthy and achieve it with fair and just means i have not even participated in sect assessment, what if people question my eligibility and credentials?"
"However Little Jing is deeply honored by your proposal i am refusing it to not show disrespect to you but instead of my incompetency to take this position without proving my worth to take on the responsibility of this position."
Elder Zhongyan and Tianyan now felt that despite her young age this girl was very astute for her age and have self esteem and backbone few can have in the world of cultivation.
Where given the chance young cultivators will fight for an opportunity to become a direct disciple of an elder of a sect, she has the ability to refuse to elder Tianyan a person who was also a great respected elder of the sect.
Both of them were really satisfied with her calm and composed heart,'it was rare truly rare.'
Zhongyan lamented inwardly, 'why didn't he have such a cute little disciple who was this smart and astute at such a young age and wait, didn't the duty to fulfill this life saving grace should fall on him when did it become the turn of Tianyan this old fox to take in a disciple, if anyone should take her as the disciple it should be HIM HAH!.'