Cultivation! My Augmented Statuses Have Unlimited Duration

by Stayrr

Jiang Li takes a meal and gains the status [Satiety]. [Satiety: Restores 1 Stamina per minute. Duration: ] He no longer has to eat. He sticks a talisman on himself and gains the status [Armored Horse Divine Travel]. [Armored Horse Divine Travel: Increase movement speed by 1000%. Duration: ] Taking pills, gaining spiritual qi, refining the body, nurturing the soul, and increasing

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Chapter 71: Divine Punishment!

Sizzle! Sizzle!

A violent spiritual qi stimulation suddenly emitted from the black zombie's body. The expression of the "parasite Guo An" changed drastically as he tore off the black zombie's clothes. Underneath were densely packed three-colored talismans.

Triple-attribute wind, fire, and earth spirit talisman traps!

It was the talisman trap that the sect cultivators had placed on the corpses during the battle in the Mother River!

It was what Jiang Li had asked Yan Hong to purchase for him before leaving the sect.

This kind of thing was most suitable for making human bombs!

"Guo An" screamed in terror: "Stop! Kill us and you will die! Everyone will die!"

However, Jiang Li's method of setting the talisman paper trap was still rusty. Once it was activated, there was no room for regret.

Moreover, he had no intention of listening to his enemy.

"So you guys feel fear too!"

He only had time to control the black zombie to say this last sentence before the terrifying spiritual qi exploded!

In the confined space, the power of the talisman trap was perfectly displayed.

Terrifying pressure and temperature erupted. In the underground cave, dozens of Scripture Storage Valley disciples died instantly!

If a Foundation Establishment cultivator were to defend with all their might, there was a chance that they could survive such an explosion.

However, the abandoned Foundation Establishment bodies had all their strength sucked dry. How could they withstand such power?

As for the disciples who had just replaced their bodies, they were only at the mid or late-stage Qi Refinement realm and had not established their Dao Foundation. They were unable to resist at all.

On the ground, Jiang Li, who had just arrived from afar, saw that the large tree on the ground was instantly blasted by the flames. A blast wave that carried a heatwave assaulted his face, and it roasted his hair until it curled up slightly.

He braved the heat and approached. The soil on the ground was still emitting a scorching temperature. Rain droplets the size of beans splattered on it and instantly vaporized.

At the spot where the tree disappeared, the originally sealed underground cave had its cover lifted, revealing the sky.

Although he had seen the explosion of such a talisman trap through the black zombie's perspective, he still marveled at it with his own eyes.

It was a pity that the black zombie was really dead this time.

With a wave of his hand, the pitch-black chain flew out from nearby. It automatically circled around his body a few times before wrapping around Jiang Li's waist.

On the chains were the last two full Soul Capturing Bags.

At that time, the probability of the black zombie exploding was too high, so Jiang Li naturally could not leave anything on it. After putting all the souls into the coffin, Jiang Li hurriedly jumped into the pit to search.

The inner sect disciples were all wealthy people. Although the explosion just now was fierce, the body of a Foundation Establishment cultivator was not that easy to destroy completely. Moreover, there was a high chance of getting the magic artifacts they used.

This was a considerable amount of wealth.

The self-destruction this time not only consumed the spirit talisman trap worth hundreds of spirit stones, but also destroyed the black zombie that Jiang Li had nurtured for a long time.

Of course, that black zombie's combat ability was ordinary, and it was gradually unable to keep up with Jiang Li's battle.

However, after the incident at the Mother River, Jiang Li had obtained quite a bit of Yin Corpse Blood. After injecting the Yin Corpse Blood into the black zombie's body, it actually allowed its stiff body to become agile again.

Coupled with the Zombie Puppet Technique, the Five Senses Technique, and the cover of the Wood Armor Technique, it could already be used as a convenient puppet.

To be honest, he felt a little heartache to lose it just like that.

Facing such losses, if he did not plunder sufficient loot, it would be a huge setback to him.

When Jiang Li was searching for loot in the pit, a voice sounded above his head, "You sent the signal?"

Jiang Li raised his head and saw three sect elders rushing over together.

"Elders! The eleven traitors are all here!"

He held a tattered corpse in his hand. He stepped on the wall of the pit and easily jumped back to the ground.

He threw the corpse to the ground and cupped his hands to the three elders.

Perhaps due to the collision, a slightly deformed token immediately rolled out of the corpse.

The corpse's white hair had already been completely burned away. The clothes on its body were severely damaged, and it could be vaguely seen that it was indeed white. At the chest area, there was a "Storage" word that was half burned away.

One of the elders raised his hand and the token landed in his hand.

The other two jumped down from the hole and chose a few intact corpses.

After a simple inspection, they confirmed that there were indeed a few traitors in the inner sect.

"You did well. Did you find Duan Shuang?" One of the elders asked.

Jiang Li cursed in his heart. If he really met that elder, how could he still be alive?

However, he did not show it on his face but replied humbly, "Elder, I didn't find him…"

Boom!

Jiang Li had yet to finish speaking when an extremely terrifying thunderclap suddenly resounded in the sky!

In the thick, dark clouds that had been churning for three days, countless lightning serpents slithered crazily, weaving a silver net that could light up the entire city.

Jiang Li's face suddenly turned ghastly pale, and his vision was blurry while his limbs were powerless. A strand of silent terror suddenly enveloped him! It seemed like no matter where he was, he would be unable to escape death.

[Enshrouded by the Divine Punishment Lightning Tribulation Cloud. Added Status: Pressure of the Lightning Tribulation]

[Pressure of the Lightning Tribulation: All attributes lowered by 70%. Duration: 2 hours] ( )

Jiang Li thought to himself: "Divine Punishment? Lightning Tribulation?!"

That guy said that he would die if he killed all of them! Was that what he meant?!

F*ck! But those guys practically massacred the entire city! Shouldn't killing them be enforcing justice on behalf of the heavens? Why would there be a lightning tribulation?

Jiang Li looked at the two notifications and was stunned.

The three sect elders were also confused.

"Damn it! Lightning tribulation! It's the Lightning tribulation!"

"That Duan Shuang bastard! Did he kill 10,000 people?! He actually triggered the lightning tribulation!"

"Fool! Such a huge lightning tribulation! How can only 10,000 people die!"

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I should have known! I should have known! This is the tribulation cloud of the lightning tribulation!"

"That guy tricked us! Who would have thought! Which tribulation cloud could condense for three days before striking? Damn it! Duan Shuang, you *@#$! What did you do!"

Under the envelopment of the tribulation clouds, the expressions of the three elders were rather ugly. As they conversed, they cursed with every sentence.

"Alright, alright, 500 disciples are still in the city! If all of them die, we will really become sinners! We must dismiss the disciples as soon as possible!"

"The tribulation hasn't started yet. Once it begins, no one can escape!"

"Duan Shuang! Duan Shuang! Find him and kill him! The divine punishment will end if he dies!"

"Oh, right! Hey, what's your name?"

The three elders scratched their heads anxiously. As they spoke, they finally recalled Jiang Li who was still at the side.

"Elder, my name is Jiang Li."

Spiritual flames appeared on the elder's hand. He pressed the slightly deformed inner sect disciple token in his palm a few times before raising his hand to throw it to Jiang Li.

After some thought, he took out a talisman from his pocket and threw it at Jiang Li.

"Jiang Li, you're an inner sect disciple now!"

"This is my treasure! Take it and run! Don't die!"

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Chapter 72: Armored Horse Divine Travel

[Affected by the Ancient Armored Horse Talisman. Added Status: Armored Horse Divine Travel]

[Armored Horse Divine Travel: Increase movement speed by 1000%. Duration: 10 minutes] ( )

Jiang Li had just received his inner sect disciple token when a special purple talisman paper landed on his body. In an instant, an invisible force overflowed from the talisman paper and poured into his body in a barbaric manner, especially his long legs.

He could not help but grunt at the strange feeling.

That force was extremely powerful, but it did not cause him any harm. Jiang Li felt as if a hydrogen balloon had been squeezed into his body, and his body weight was so light that he could barely feel it.

The sudden weight loss made Jiang Li feel light and unstable. He could not help but take a step to the side.

However, Jiang Li's foot suddenly erupted with an unfamiliar and powerful force without any warning. His entire body was actually flipped over by that force, and with a bang, he directly smashed into the neighboring residence.

Jiang Li: ???

The three elders: ???

It was that elder again. He speechlessly pulled Jiang Li out from the pile of rubble.

He said after placing him on the main road of Cloud Stream City, "Don't try to turn. You don't have the ability to control the power of the Armored Horse Talisman. Run straight in this direction!"

The elder pointed out a direction for Jiang Li. According to the map of Cloud Stream City that Jiang Li had noted down, he should reach the northern city gate from this direction.

"Thank you, Elder."

Jiang Li was also shocked by the scene earlier. He had naturally seen the notification on the interface. The 1000% speed increase surprised him greatly. That was the status with the greatest increase so far.

Jiang Li was already very surprised that this elder gave him the inner sect disciple token so readily.

Now, he even used such a powerful ancient talisman paper on him. This made Jiang Li, who was used to being cheated, feel even more overwhelmed.

Could it be that a mere change in identity could make these elders' attitude towards him change so drastically?

Jiang Li did not understand this, but he did not have the time to care about anything else.

It was good for him that the sect kept its promise. After all, this was also considered an outer sect competition. Regardless of the grade of the spiritual root, whether it was the mid-stage Qi Refinement realm or the late-stage Qi Refinement realm, as long as he won, he would be admitted to the inner sect. This was not a big deal.

After thanking that elder again, Jiang Li slowly released the hands that were grabbing his pants.

It was as if he was afraid that the legs would run away by themselves.

The principles behind this Armored Horse Talisman were unknown, but the exaggerated speed increase was clearly not something that a disciple in the Qi Refinement realm could master.

Right now, Jiang Li could still feel and control his legs, but that was only when they were not moving.

His speed was raised ten times in an instant. It was not something he could adapt to so easily.

Right now, the tribulation clouds above his head were still churning. He did not have the time to familiarize himself with the power of the Armored Horse Talisman!

He could only follow the instructions of that elder and did not even think about turning around. After calming down for a moment, he took a step forward.

Whoosh!

Jiang Li practically transformed into an afterimage as he shot forward.

In just two steps, he had crossed more than twenty meters and stepped on the puddle that was more than half the height of a person.

However, Jiang Li did not fall into the water because of this. Instead, a huge splash exploded beneath his feet as he continued to walk on the water. He ran into the distance as if he was flying, and his speed did not decrease at all.

"Old Zhong, that's an ancient talisman, right? You're really generous."

An elder raised his hand and shot out rays of white light towards the sky. That was the signal to inform the outer sect disciples to retreat.

His expression was solemn, but his mouth was still busy talking. He was surprised by Elder Zhong's generosity.

"Since he completed the mission, he's an inner sect disciple. No matter what, we can't let him die here easily."

"That talisman's crafting method is special and can't be replicated. It's useless to us. Why not let him use it? It can protect his life and be considered as our aid to the outer sect disciples."

Everyone knew how dangerous this mission was. If someone failed to join the inner sect and died here, the enthusiasm of the outer sect disciples would undoubtedly be a huge blow.

Another elder looked at the huge hole that Jiang Li created and said, "You're right. Moreover, I think that Jiang Li's natural talent is not bad. Perhaps he can achieve something by joining the inner sect in the future."

Ordinary people, even with the Armored Horse Talisman, would at most be slightly faster. They would not be able to achieve such an effect.

Moreover, they had seen the situation in the huge pit just now. Other than the 11 rebels, there were also many outer sect disciples who had died here.

However, not only did Jiang Li survive, he even successfully killed 11 rebels.

Although he did not know the details, Jiang Li definitely had something extraordinary about him.

However, this was not the time to discuss Jiang Li's talent.

"All outer sect disciples! Leave the city immediately! The sect's flying ship is already waiting outside the city!"

Spiritual qi wrapped around the sound waves as it spread out. The white retreat signal in the sky was extremely eye-catching.

However, the meaning behind this shocked all the outer sect disciples in the city.

They were in the city, so they had heard the explosion just now. It was not as if they had not seen the rolling thunderclouds in the sky.

The sudden pressure of the lightning tribulation affected them more than Jiang Li.

Now, each and every one of them was under extremely terrifying suppression. From their bodies to their cultivation levels, they had already fallen to roughly the level of mortal martial artists.

When they heard the shout of the sect elders, they walked out of their temporary houses with desolate expressions.

Because their feet were constantly trembling, they could not run fast even if they wanted to.

This was especially true for the group of outer sect disciples who had always been staying in the city lord's mansion. They were located in the center of the city and were the furthest from the city gate.

At this moment, with their bodies weak and their legs trembling, the vast sea in front of them became a natural chasm that separated them from the path to survival.

Perhaps many of them did not know what lightning tribulation was, but the fear that came from their biological instincts was enough to let them know that if they stayed any longer, they would definitely die.

Boom! Boom!

At this moment, two loud sounds came from afar.

Then, the water in the city started to decrease at a visible speed, soon, it reached the point where they could walk normally.

It was the three elders who had relied on their own Dao techniques to forcefully break through the ground and draw the water in the city into the underground river, using this to create a chance for the outer sect disciples.

After some discussion, the three of them decided not to send the flying ship into the city.

Although it was quicker, the drawback was even more obvious.

The might of such a lightning tribulation was incomparably terrifying. To a Qi Refinement realm disciple, the damage caused by a single lightning tribulation was undoubtedly fatal.

Lightning tribulations could not strike consecutively, so even if the lightning tribulation began, they would not be targeted by the divine punishment. Since they would only face the aftermath of the tribulation, even with the unlucky deaths of a portion of the people, the others still had a chance of escaping the tribulation cloud's range.

But if everyone was taken into the flying ship, they would be separated.

Once the lightning tribulation suddenly started, it would discover such a group of ants gathering together and not leaving the range of the tribulation cloud. If they flew to such a height, it would probably be seen as provoking the lightning tribulation and the airship would be shot ruthlessly.

At that time, the casualties would be even greater!

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Chapter 73: Anomaly with the Souls

Due to the timely actions of the sect elders, a large amount of water was expelled from the city. The outer sect disciples walked out of the streets in groups and ran out of the city as quickly as they could.

At this moment, Jiang Li, who should have charged out of Cloud Stream City first, suddenly paused for a moment while running at high speed.

This pause lasted for a very short time, but it was enough to destroy his body's balance under his extreme speed. He was thrown out by the inertia that he could not control and rolled a distance before barely stopping.

Jiang Li carefully stood up. The dark color on his skin slowly faded. If he had not defended in time, he would have fallen to the ground.

He took out a small coffin from his bosom. It was this coffin that had suddenly produced a force that tugged at Jiang Li, causing his balance to be destroyed.

"That shouldn't be the case. Didn't I already refine this coffin? How could such a thing happen?"

Jiang Li was a little puzzled.

Right at this moment, the coffin shook once more, and a weak pulling force appeared. It pointed in the opposite direction as Jiang Li's target.

What…

Jiang Li was slightly surprised and bewildered. He had already sensed that the force that resisted leaving earlier was not from the coffin.

To be precise, the source of that power should be the souls of the 300,000 weak souls in the coffin!

"They… are refusing to leave the city?"

The lowest level of ghost souls could not express their desires, but the increasing frequency of the pulling was clearly pointing to this.

Through his connection with the coffin, Jiang Li could sense that the 300,000 souls were spinning and fluttering in the small coffin space, forming a terrifying soul vortex.

A human soul that had just died was insignificant, but 300,000 souls together represented a completely different meaning.

Furthermore, in the center of the soul vortex formed by more than 300,000 souls, a wisp of red fog was constantly rising and spreading.

Was that… resentment?

In the Ghost Wood Art that Jiang Li mainly cultivated, it had mentioned this kind of red fog before. Jiang Li had also specially learned a little about this.

Resentment represented uneasiness, despair, sorrow, and all other emotions that were different from the good side of humans.

Every person had resentment in them, but it was extremely rare to see it materializing before the naked eye. It was said that this kind of thing could completely drive a cultivator crazy with a single breath.

Even in ancient times, only the last few levels of the 18 Levels of Hell were covered in this red mist-like resentment energy all year round.

"Don't tell me these souls want revenge? There is already a lightning tribulation helping you take revenge, don't get involved in this mess, okay?"

However, the unintelligent ghosts did not understand Jiang Li's comforting words at all. They only spun faster and faster in the coffin.

This was awkward. The coffin in his hand was moving faster and faster. If he continued like this, his legs would be out of control and he would not be able to escape from Cloud Stream City.

Boom!

Another explosion sounded in the sky. Jiang Li's face that had recovered turned pale again.

The pressure of the lightning tribulation appeared again.

After removing the negative status again, Jiang Li suddenly discovered that the concentration of Yin qi around him seemed to have increased greatly?

After being stunned for a moment, he immediately transferred the Yin attribute spiritual qi into his eyes.

Looking around, wisps of Yin qi were floating over from the entire city, gathering more and more around the coffin.

Could it be… the influence of the Heavenly Tribulation?

A city of people had died in a short period of time in Cloud Stream City, so there was naturally no lack of Yin qi. If it was a cultivator who had a Qi Perception Technique, it would not be too much to say that the Yin qi in this city was soaring.

However, this Yin qi was clearly unable to resist the might of heaven and earth like the tribulation lightning. Once the tribulation lightning descended, the Yin qi that filled the air would completely disperse.

Now, could it be that the Yin qi was forced out by the Lightning Tribulation and wanted to find a way to escape?

Jiang Li suddenly had some guesses.

In any case, these souls were unwilling to leave now. Perhaps they wanted to see the culprit who killed them die under the lightning tribulation before they were willing to stop.

Then, if he left this coffin in the city…

Jiang Li remembered that there was an annotation on the map. The Feng Shui Yin Gate of Cloud Stream City was there, in that direction!

After Jiang Li adjusted his direction, he took another step forward.

His body turned into an afterimage as he instantly crashed into the neighboring residence.

Due to the change in direction, there was no longer a street in front of him, but row after row of residential buildings.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Moving in a straight line at a high speed seemed to perfectly complement a charging technique like the Mountain Crushing Scripture. A faster speed greatly increased the force of collision.

The walls made of mud bricks and stones were like paper as they were easily pierced through layer after layer, but Jiang Li's speed did not slow down much.

Before long, Jiang Li braked again. After rolling for dozens of meters, he stopped in front of a dilapidated small temple.

This was it!

The Feng Shui layout of the city was also quite meticulous. Typically, they used Yang buildings like the Yamen[1] and temples to suppress the Yin Gate.

The location of the Yang node was usually where prisons and execution grounds were built. The positive energy could be used to disperse the evil spirits.

When he saw the small temple, Jiang Li knew that he had found the right place.

With a shake of his hand, he threw the coffin in his hand. The small coffin expanded in the wind and smashed into the temple, shattering the limestone floor.

Jiang Li formed another hand seal.

Yin Burial!

The third ability of the coffin was activated. The entire coffin sank into the ground as if it had fallen into quicksand. There were no traces of soil being turned on the ground.

Now, he had to leave quickly!

Jiang Li patted his thigh and took a deep breath before his figure transformed into an afterimage and vanished on the spot.

Boom!

A moment later, a third thunderclap sounded in the sky. The rainstorm suddenly became heavy.

In the next moment, a thick bolt of lightning descended from the sky and struck somewhere in Cloud Stream City.

The lightning tribulation had finally begun.

The ground seemed to tremble as a result. Wherever the lightning struck, the soil would be charred and explode. The surrounding residences collapsed, revealing an ordinary old well in the center.

Boom!

Another bolt of lightning struck, and the well immediately exploded. A figure flew out.

The figure did not dodge. He faced the descending tribulation lightning and continued to rise up as if he was not affected at all.

When the bolt of lightning completely dissipated, two cores could be seen around him, one white and one gold, hovering above the figure's head. These two cores had blocked the full power of the lightning tribulation for him.

Furthermore, the two cores were still spinning and gradually fusing!

[1] Yamen refers to the headquarters or residence of a Chinese government official or department.

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Chapter 74: Lightning Tribulation Golden Core Refinement?

"Is he crazy? He actually spat out the Golden Core under the lightning tribulation! Wait a minute! When did he become a Golden Core cultivator!"

As soon as the lightning tribulation began, the three elders of the Scripture Storage Valley immediately rode their artifacts and flew out of the city.

At this moment, they saw the rebel cultivator, Duan Shuang, flying into the sky while enduring the lightning tribulation. While they gritted their teeth, they also had a strong sense of doubt.

Exposing the most important Golden Core directly under the lightning tribulation was no different from courting death!

If his Golden Core was destroyed, what was the use of having a physical body?

Furthermore, in the sect's records, Elder Duan Shuang was only in the True Core realm a few days ago. How did he become a Golden Core cultivator in just a few days?

"It must be a demonic cultivation method. I really didn't expect that the talented and righteous Duan Shuang would slaughter an entire city of mortals just to cultivate a demonic technique!"

"How unfortunate for the sect!"

Other than this reason, the trio could not think of any other explanation for the short-term breakthrough in his cultivation and the large-scale death of humans.

Elder Zhong raised his hand and struck out a small copper mirror above his head. After it instantly collided with a fine bolt of tribulation lightning that was striking towards them, the small copper mirror erupted with brilliance and actually reflected the bolt of tribulation lightning to an empty area not far away before exploding.

Immediately, they flew out of the area enveloped by the tribulation clouds of Cloud Stream City and were no longer affected by the aftershock of the lightning tribulation.

The small mirror spun and flew back. It was caught by Elder Zhong, who was heartbroken, and stuffed back into his bosom.

The power of the scattered lightning from the lightning tribulation was naturally far inferior to the official lightning tribulation, but it was also a power that they were not willing to face easily.

"It can be said that he brought this upon himself to suffer the wrath of the heavens. However, for him to do such a thing and bring shame to the sect, it's truly detestable!"

The three elders turned to look at Duan Shuang, who was in the middle of the tribulation cloud, their expressions were quite ugly.

Although the Scripture Storage Valley was a sect formed by rogue cultivators, they had set strict rules to restrict their disciples since they established their own sect.

Over the past 200 years, sect cultivators rarely did anything outrageous. Instead, they often did things like slaying demons and devils to protect mortals.

In the Four Major Sects of the Great Mountain Region, their reputation had always been good, second only to the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak and Benevolent Travel Temple… They were at least ranked in the top three.

This time, such a vicious demonic cultivator appeared in the sect. The reputation of the cultivation world would definitely be greatly affected.

As they watched the tribulation lightning strike Duan Shuang's head one after another, they only felt a sense of satisfaction in their hearts. They wished that the divine punishment lightning tribulation would directly reduce their opponent to ash!

"Old Chen, what's wrong with you? With such a great punishment, even if he becomes a Golden Core cultivator, he definitely won't survive."

Elder Zhong suddenly discovered that the other elder among the three had not spoken since Duan Shuang appeared. His expression was solemn, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

"Look at the other Zombie Core above his head."

With the three elders' cultivation levels, it was not difficult for them to cross half a city to see the two cores above Duan Shuang's head.

The golden one with a hint of black qi was naturally his Golden Core.

However, the other one was the same size as the Golden Core and was completely pale-white in color. Thick corpse qi surged around it that could not be melted. It was the Golden Core zombie demon's Zombie Core that he had snatched a few days ago.

The other two elders only felt that Duan Shuang's artifact must have been damaged in the previous pursuit. At this moment, he had no other way to resist the lightning tribulation, so he released his Golden Core and Zombie Core to shield himself.

However, this Elder Chen was experienced and knowledgeable, he saw some clues from this.

"He might not be courting death… have you heard of the lightning tribulation core refinement?"

Elder Chen considered his words and said this with some hesitation. Clearly, he was not very confident.

"Lightning tribulation to refine the core like a pill? How is that possible? Furthermore, he doesn't have a furnace!"

When Elder Chen said this, the other two elders immediately did not dare to believe it.

They had heard of the lightning tribulation and pill alchemy separately, but when these two completely different terms were put together, they would only subconsciously feel that it was absurd.

This was divine punishment, this was a lightning tribulation! Facing this kind of tribulation, even surviving was a thousand hardships. How could he borrow this kind of violent power of heaven and earth to refine his core?

"When refining the Golden Core with the lightning tribulation, it's not like refining spirit pills. I don't know the exact details, but according to the ancient texts, there are great horrors and great fortune under the heavenly tribulation."

"If he really borrows the power of the lightning tribulation to refine the Zombie Core and Golden Core together and achieve a fusion of yin-yang, we will be in big trouble!"

Elder Chen said what he was truly worried about. When the other two elders heard this, they also frowned deeply.

Seeing the Golden Core and Zombie Core above Duan Shuang getting closer and closer, they could not help but become serious.

Elder Zhong guessed what the other party meant. However, looking at the lightning tribulation that was still falling from time to time and turning the escaping outer sect disciples into ashes, he still asked hesitantly, "Elder, what do you suggest?"

"Although we're not completely sure, in order to prevent any accidents, we should return and kill Duan Shuang while he's distracted by the lightning tribulation!"

Elder Chen was quite a vicious person. He wanted to forcefully attack when he was undergoing tribulation. This was a famous kind of behavior for harming others without benefiting himself.

The tribulation clouds did not know one's goal. As long as one entered the range of the tribulation clouds, they would be treated as a provocation and get attacked. The closer one was to the tribulation cloud, the more violent the lightning would be. Therefore, unless there was deep hatred between them, very few people would take the risk to do such a thing.

In his heart, Elder Zhong really wanted to refuse. In a great battle between high-level cultivators, even if he won, he would have to pay a terrible price. If the lightning tribulation could directly kill the other party, that would be for the best.

However, looking into the distance, the two cores floating above Duan Shuang's head did not shatter even after seven or eight bolts of lightning had already descended. This made him hesitate.

In their impression, Elder Duan Shuang was a young and promising junior. He was never an impulsive and brainless person.

This sudden defection might be because he was prepared.

Duan Shuang had strangely taken the risk of attracting the wrath of the heavens and slaughtered the citizens of Cloud Stream City!

Other than cultivating demonic technique, he might have… deliberately attracted the Heavenly Tribulation! He wanted to use the tribulation lightning to refine that damned Golden Core of Life and Death!

What if… what if it was really as Elder Chen said, and the other party succeeded?

The consequences would be unthinkable!

Thinking of this, the elder who felt heartache for his precious artifact finally became determined.

"This… Alright! Isn't it just divine punishment? Let's strike that guy down and uphold justice!"

In the end, they gritted their teeth and took out their respective artifacts.

The reason why the three elders were sent out by the Scripture Storage Valley to pursue Duan Shuang was naturally because they all had the strength to suppress him.

Of the three elders, two were at the Golden Core realm and one was at the True Core realm. With the three of them working together, even the intact Duan Shuang could only flee for his life.

Now, even if Duan Shuang relied on special methods to heal his injuries and even increase his cultivation after sacrificing the citizens in the city, he would still be able to survive.

However, his artifact had been damaged during the pursuit and he was also plagued by the divine punishment. He was definitely not their match.

A bronze mirror, a bamboo umbrella, and a bracelet. These three protective artifacts floated above their heads. A thin layer of spiritual light poured down and formed a layer of spiritual qi barrier around their bodies. The three elders turned into flowing light again and rushed towards Duan Shuang in the center of the tribulation cloud.

As soon as they left, the northern gate of Cloud Stream City exploded. A figure flew out of the city gate like a cannonball.

A scattered bolt of tribulation lightning blasted the ground a square inch behind his feet, pushing his already absurd speed even faster from behind.

As a result, Jiang Li did not lose momentum even after crashing through the city gate. Instead, he flew out for another hundred meters before ruthlessly crashing into a hard rock.

The rock was smashed into pieces, and Jiang Li who barely escaped death spat out a mouthful of blood.

Lying in the rubble, every part of his body was in pain. His body even twitched from time to time.

Jiang Li opened the interface and saw that his health points had decreased by one-fifth.

To him, the collision just now was barely acceptable. Even if he was injured, it was at most a superficial wound. He could recover in a few breaths.

However, the bolt of lightning just now was truly a little terrifying.

This was still under the circumstances that he had not been hit directly. The bolt of lightning had struck the ground behind him. Just the shock of the lingering lightning bolt had already caused him such injuries.

The power of that bolt of lightning was really too difficult to defend against. The defensive ability that he was proud of was simply unable to withstand a single blow from the lightning tribulation. It was penetrated in an instant!

If he was really hit head-on, even he would not be spared.

Fortunately, he had already left the confines of the tribulation cloud. As long as the cultivator targeted by the divine punishment did not bring the tribulation cloud to him, he should be safe.

"Eh? Those three rays of light are the sect elders, right? Why have they returned?"

Jiang Li, who was lying on his back in the rubble, just happened to see the three elders of the sect who had charged back into the city with defensive artifacts.

"Could it be that they want to save more outer sect disciples and kill Duan Shuang to end the divine punishment?" Jiang Li thought in his heart.

Even though the outer sect competition arranged by the sect this time was truly a little unfair, they probably had some expectations towards the loss of their disciples, and it was impossible for them to have the intention of sending everyone to their deaths.

To the Scripture Storage Valley, there were casualties every day. It was not a big deal if more than ten outer sect disciples died this time.

However, the 500 disciples here were the strongest 20% of the entire outer sect.

If the losses were too great, or rather, if all of them died, then in the next ten years, there would be a huge gap between the outer sect disciples.

Even the sect could not accept this.

"But are all the elders of the sect so fearless? They charged forward while enduring the lightning tribulation. Looks like not all the elders are as unreliable as Elder Red Hair."

Jiang Li's current health recovery speed had already reached 2 health points per second. In theory, as long as he had approximately 260 seconds, he would be able to recover from all injuries. That was less than five minutes.

Therefore, he only lay quietly in the rubble, feeling the pain in his entire body gradually ease. He planned to admire from this angle what a top-notch battle between Core Formation cultivators was like.

However, before long, his expression changed.

"Holy f*ck! How unreliable!"

The three elders flew extremely quickly and did not take much time to approach Duan Shuang. They did not hesitate to cast their spell techniques and unleash their magic artifacts.

Their attacks were extremely fierce. The three-colored spiritual light tore apart the air above Cloud Stream City like a rainbow, looking extremely magnificent and shocking!

However, Duan Shuang was not a dead person. He was also a Golden Core cultivator and could fly, dodge, and counterattack.

It did not matter if he flew, but the tribulation clouds above him also moved along with his footsteps.

Golden Core cultivators could move 300 meters in an instant. Under the circumstances of their intense battle, the tribulation clouds above their heads started to move about repeatedly, sometimes enveloping Jiang Li, and sometimes even moving further away.

The sense of danger that appeared and vanished in an instant repeatedly stimulated Jiang Li's nerves, and it was uncomfortable to the point he almost spat blood again.

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Chapter 75: The First Permanent Negative Status

Although his body was still in intense pain, if he was struck again, he would probably die here.

Helpless, Jiang Li could only endure the pain and get up. He raised his leg once again and prepared to run towards the distant flying ship.

Fortunately, the effects of the painkillers were still working. Although Jiang Li had only taken a normal amount of medicine and it was not to the extent that he could not feel any pain, with such a layer of relief, at least it would not affect his movements from the pain.

Wait a minute…

Right when Jiang Li was about to take a step forward, he suddenly thought of something, and he carefully turned 30 degrees to the side before transforming into an afterimage and charging out.

Jiang Li's speed was very fast, and his figure quickly left the vicinity of Cloud Stream City. After pulling out a safe distance, he braked again and rolled to a stop.

Due to the angle that he had turned previously, Jiang Li did not directly approach the flying ship that had already landed and was waiting for him. Instead, he was 700 to 800 meters away. There was also a low mountainside as a cover, allowing him to hide himself without being discovered.

[Armored Horse Divine Travel: Increase movement speed by 1000%. Duration: ] ()

Naturally, his idea involved the powerful buff that was just obtained.

This buff could directly increase Jiang Li's current movement speed by ten times.

Although this effect only worked on running on the ground, it was hard to control and could only move forward at a uniform speed.

However, even so, this Armored Horse Divine Travel was definitely a status that Jiang Li was unwilling to give up on.

The effect of the talisman paper was too violent when the speed was increased by ten times, and the current Jiang Li was utterly unable to control it.

Forget about hiding his speed, he could not even walk normally.

As for this ancient talisman paper, it should be able to last for a day in ancient times. It was enough for an ordinary Daoist to travel thousands of miles in a day.

However, times had changed. Most of the power of this talisman had already disappeared. Even if Elder Zhong used some special methods to recharge the spiritual qi in the talisman, it could only last for ten minutes.

What would happen ten minutes later? Or rather, what would happen after he returned the torn talisman paper to Elder Zhong?

The effect of his [Armored Horse Divine Travel] would not disappear…

Then, wouldn't his secret be exposed after taking a casual step?

Jiang Li could not accept such an outcome. However, he could not accept abandoning this powerful status either.

After thinking about it, there was only one solution.

He had to use some negative statuses to suppress and counteract his [Armored Horse Divine Travel]'s buff! At the very least, he had to reach a level where he could control his own speed.

Jiang Li's sinful right hand reached into his bosom again and started to search.

Fortunately, this was not something that he had just thought of. Before burying the coffin underground, he had already taken out this thing from inside.

No, not waste pills.

This time, Jiang Li took out four golden needles that were more than two feet long.

That's right, these were the golden needles that the parasitized Guo An used to seal the black zombie's movements.

[Name: Seven Golden Life Locking Needles]

[Type: Dharma Artifact]

[Grade: Medium-Grade Yellow-Rank]

[Note: There were seven needles originally.]

This artifact should have seven needles in a set. When combined together, it should reach high-grade Yellow-rank in power.

However, three of them were stuck in the black zombie's body. When the black zombie self-destructed, they were destroyed by the powerful might of the talisman trap.

Now, there were only four golden needles left, and they had fallen to the medium-grade Yellow-rank.

Magic treasures were different from medicinal pills. Every single one of them was of considerable value. Jiang Li guessed that Guo An most likely did not have such wealth. This should be the magic artifact of an inner sect disciple. It had only been transferred to Guo An after he had changed his body several times.

He remembered that once the golden needle pierced into the black zombie's body, the black zombie's speed would slow down. It should be a control-type artifact that limited speed. It was just right to use it now.

He grabbed a golden needle and stabbed it into his thigh without hesitation.

Guh!

When the golden needle entered the flesh, Jiang Li deliberately avoided the thigh bone. Under the circumstances that Jiang Li did not activate his dual defense, the sharp medium-grade Yellow-rank golden needle did not encounter much resistance and directly pierced through his thigh.

"Ouch… it hurts so much. But… I won't die from this!"

"It's fine… it's fine. I have pain relief."

Jiang Li watched as his thigh muscles twitched spontaneously under the stimulation, but the pain he felt was barely within his tolerance range.

With a sigh of relief, he looked at the interface.

[Seven Golden Life Locking Needles stabbed into the right thigh. Added Status: Golden Life Lock on the right thigh]

[Golden Life Lock: Movement speed of the right leg will be reduced by 70%. Duration: 6 hours] ( )

Only 70%? Jiang Li could clearly feel that if he moved his right leg, he would still be sent flying by the strength of the armored horse.

Jiang Li compared the effects of the golden needle between him and the black zombie. The effects were very different.

Jiang Li was only affected by a single right leg, and the effect was far from being enough to suppress the Armored Horse Divine Travel status.

But thinking about it, it made sense. He did not know how to use the complementary needle technique, so he was unable to unleash the full might of the artifact.

His own strength and resistance far exceeded the black zombie, and he also had a large number of status enhancements.

If there was no difference between him and the zombie, he could kill himself out of shame.

But now, he would have to suffer.

Jiang Li sighed and picked up another golden needle. He stabbed it ruthlessly into his left thigh.

[Seven Golden Life Locking Needles stabbed into both thighs. Added Status: Dual Golden Life Lock on both thighs]

As this was a set of artifact needles, they produced greater effect when used together. Thus, when these two golden needles were pierced into the legs, the effect was greater than separately using them.

However, it was still not enough!

[Seven Golden Life Locking Needles stabbed into both thighs…]

[Seven Golden Life Locking Needles stabbed into both thighs…]

[Quadruple Golden Life Lock: Movement speed of the legs will be reduced by 780%. Duration: 6 hours] ( )

The four golden needles offset the buff of Jiang Li's [Armored Horse Divine Travel] by 780% increase. The remaining increase was 220%.

This way, Jiang Li's movement speed would become about three times as fast as before. Although it was naturally very fast, with his own dynamic vision, he would only need to practice for a period of time to roughly master it.

The remaining portion of the effect could only be unlocked and used after his cultivation became stronger.

However, these golden needles could only lock a cultivator's speed for six hours. This was probably the time the Seven Golden Life Locking Needles could last without additional spiritual qi replenishment.

Jiang Li pressed for five seconds and for the first time, he made a negative status last for an infinite amount of time.

[Quadruple Golden Life Lock: Movement speed of the legs will be reduced by 780%. Duration: ] ()

If not for the fact that there was a minus button that could change the duration to zero and remove the status, Jiang Li would not dare to do this even if he was beaten to death.

After modifying it, Jiang Li removed the golden needles. Half a minute later, the four wounds automatically healed.

Only then did Jiang Li carefully stand up.

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Chapter 76: Battle of the Golden Core Realm

Jiang Li moved around tentatively. His body was still extremely light. With a light tap of his foot, he could leap several meters horizontally.

His movement speed was still very fast, but if he was careful, he would not fall.

If he controlled himself a little more, he could already walk at normal speed. It would not be so easy to see through him.

He carefully tore off the Ancient Armored Horse Talisman on his body and put it into his bosom. It was very likely that he would return this thing to Elder Zhong.

However, it had to be said that the purple talisman felt better to the touch.

After tidying up his things, Jiang Li trotted towards the sect flying ship that was waiting not far away.

Jiang Li walked up the gangway to the deck. There were a few inner sect disciples and elders on the ship. They were looking at the distant city where the four of them were fighting.

Over 500 outer sect disciples had yet to come out, and only Jiang Li had returned to the ship.

"Someone is finally back. Kid, show your token!" An inner sect disciple went forward and asked Jiang Li to show his token to verify his identity.

Jiang Li thought for a moment before he took out two tokens from his waist and handed them over.

"Two tokens? Hmm? There's also an inner sect token?"

"Your name is Jiang Li? Where did you get this token from?"

This inner sect senior brother was dressed in black and was also a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall. Perhaps it was because of his usual working habits, he felt suspicious when he saw this.

Could it be that this inner sect disciple token was forged by him?

At this moment, the only elder present heard the keyword 'inner sect disciple' and walked over. He took the token and verified it before returning it to Jiang Li.

"You're the one who completed the mission? You found the sect defectors?"

This elder's brain was obviously much more alert than that law-enforcement disciple. He immediately hit the nail on the head.

"Elder, the lightning cracker in the city was indeed released by me. After the three elders arrived, they used a token of the defectors to refine this inner sect token for me."

Jiang Li received the token and completely ignored that law-enforcement disciple. He only gave an affirmative answer to the elder.

In fact, chasing after traitors was the job of the Law Enforcement Hall. It was completely within the scope of their responsibilities.

However, the sect could not bear to part with the lives of the inner sect disciples, which was why the outer sect competition was changed and 500 outer sect disciples entered the city to risk their lives to search.

To be honest, these 500 outer sect disciples were actually sending themselves to death on behalf of the Law Enforcement Hall's disciples. However, it was one thing for them to not appreciate their kindness, but it was very excessive for them to be so arrogant.

"Looks like you've done quite well. You'll be an inner sect disciple from now on. Remember to work harder and cultivate."

After encouraging Jiang Li for a moment, the elder no longer looked at him, and he looked once more at the battle in the city.

The battle between Golden Cores and the might of the lightning tribulation caused the entire city to tremble! All the buildings on the ground shook!

In this situation, it was naturally Duan Shuang—who had fallen to the demonic path—who was at an absolute disadvantage.

Duan Shuang had just broken through to the Golden Core realm and had used a 'demonic cultivation method' to forcefully break through. His foundation was unstable.

Relying on the wonderful balance of the yin-yang effect of the Zombie Core and Golden Core, he was barely able to keep his Golden Core from shattering under the lightning tribulation.

Relying on tribulation lightning to refine the Golden Core and Zombie Core was extremely dangerous.

The main reason why he could achieve this was because the "spiritual root seed" in his body was inherited from the Golden Core zombie demon.

The Zombie Core and Golden Core were both his own items. Only then could he have some confidence in fusing the two cores.

Once the two cores fused, it would become the legendary Heavenly Lightning Indestructible Zombie Core. When the time came, his battle prowess would greatly increase and he would be able to resolve the siege. Where could he not go in this world?

However, there could not be any mistakes in an extremely delicate matter such as fusing the Golden Core. If he wanted to succeed, it would only be possible if no one disturbed him.

He was unlucky to have met a knowledgeable Elder Chen who recognized his methods!

Together with the other two elders, he withstood the lightning tribulation and attacked forcefully, catching Duan Shuang unprepared.

On one hand, he had to maintain the fusion of the two cores while resisting the lightning. On the other hand, he had to divert some of his attention to deal with the three cultivators who were not weaker than him or even stronger than him.

If not for the fact that his Golden Core Dao Heart could divert his attention to multi-task, and if not for the fact that his ice attribute spiritual root technique's defensive ability was outstanding, he would have probably died in the city by now.

Duan Shuang probably also knew that even if he faced the enemy with his full strength, it was impossible for him to defeat the three elders.

Therefore, after trying to collide a few times and injuring himself, he decisively gave up on counterattacking.

Instead, he used a large amount of spiritual qi to condense a dense ice crystal shield around him. He had two energy cores, and double the spiritual qi storage of others, which was a rare advantage in the battle.

The large-scale ice crystal formation that was condensed temporarily defended against the attacks of the three elders' artifacts.

The rebel cultivator, Duan Shuang, casually wiped away the blood that gushed out of his mouth and nose, and then began to speed up the merging of the Golden Zombie Fusion Core.

Boom!

At this moment, another bolt of tribulation lightning struck down!

Each tribulation was stronger than the previous.

If the first bolt of tribulation lightning in a tribulation cloud was only '1', then the final bolt of tribulation lightning would be '20' or even stronger.

Up until now, the power of the tribulation lightning was no longer the same as before. The silver bolts of lightning had already begun to mix with blue and purple colors.

At this moment, the rebel cultivator, Duan Shuang, had released more than half of his spiritual qi. The two Golden and Zombie Cores were emptied, so they could no longer completely block the tribulation lightning.

His entire body shook. As his body twitched, sparks flew.

However, this was not the most important thing. What was most important was the two cores that were the essence of his origin.

Crack!

A crisp cracking sound rang out. The Zombie Core was most afraid of the Yang-attribute lightning and could not withstand it. A crack appeared under the violent lightning energy.

But this was not the end. The cracks were still spreading, and the glass-like core was soon on the verge of breaking.

Then, another crack sounded. The Golden Core beside the Zombie Core also could not hold on and started to crack.

Guh!

The Golden Core and Zombie Core were breaking at the same time. That demonic cultivator, Duan Shuang, suffered an extremely terrifying blow. His head felt like it was about to explode. It was no longer bleeding from his seven orifices, but blood spurting out from his seven orifices!

Seven blood pillars shot out from the seven orifices of his head. There were even sizzling sounds.

The three elders were immediately overjoyed, believing that the battle was about to end.

In the next moment, their expressions changed drastically again!

On the other hand, Duan Shuang, who was extremely miserable and had blood spurting out of his seven orifices, suddenly looked up and laughed loudly.

"Hahaha! So that's how it is! So that's how it is! There is no creation without destruction! So that's how it is! Hahahaha!"

That was because just as the spiritual qi of the Zombie Core and Golden Core were about to be depleted…

The two pills that had kept a distance from each other and could not touch each other for a long time finally stuck together. With the shattering point as the breakthrough point, they truly began to fuse together.

That kind of fusion was clearly not ordinary. A large amount of spiritual qi and energy swarmed over. They began to use the cores that were currently fusing as the center to form a terrifying spiritual qi whirlpool that absorbed all the spiritual qi in the vicinity.

Even Jiang Li, who was standing on the flying ship outside the city, sensed the abnormal flow of spiritual qi, so it could be seen how large the influence was.

The ice crystal shield that was mostly shattered by the three elders started to grow rapidly under the replenishment of spiritual qi. In a short period of time, all their previous efforts were wasted.

The three elders felt their hearts turn cold. They already felt that something was amiss.

As the two cores gradually fused together, the bottle gourd shape gradually turned into a ball shape. The speed at which spiritual qi gathered was still accelerating. That might was so great that people who did not know would think that someone was breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

The three-colored spiritual light continuously shot out. The three elders had already given up most of their defense and risked being struck by lightning to attack with all their might.

However, in front of the seemingly endless replenishment of the ice crystal shield that was constantly increasing in value, it was still useless!

The three of them were really suppressed by Duan Shuang who had just broken through to the Golden Core realm while enduring the lightning tribulation.

If this continued, when the other party really succeeded in refining the two cores, who would be the one being pursued? It was really hard to say!

Swoosh!

At this moment, a long rainbow suddenly pierced through the sky. The power was not inferior to the combined attack of the three elders. It was a flying ship of the sect approaching under the lightning tribulation and striking fiercely at the ice crystal formation from afar.

The white sphere-like ice crystal formation seemed to have been bitten by a giant, and a large piece was suddenly missing!

Looking at the other two directions of Cloud Stream City, two flying boats were also flying over.

The three elders immediately reacted and flew back to the warship in three different directions.

It was because they had been caught in a mistake by fetching outer sect disciples. They subconsciously believed that the flying ship could not enter the tribulation cloud's range.

However, the lightning tribulation would only react to living beings. Without carrying a large number of disciples, the flying ship would not be targeted too much. A small number of lightning tribulations were still within their tolerance limit.

Now was not the time to consider losses. If the warship was damaged, they could still repair it.

However, Duan Shuang had to die! Looking at the exaggerated spiritual qi vortex, if they really let the other party accomplish what he wanted to do, all of them would die here.

The three warships were all carrying extremely powerful arrays. With sufficient spirit stones to support the expenditure, although the flying ship was not flexible enough, the attack power it could unleash was definitely far greater than a Golden Core cultivator.

The three elders with the highest cultivation levels returned to the flying ship. Under their control, the flying ship's array formation emitted an even brighter light.

Previously, during the battle at the Mother River, Duan Shuang had relied on the array formations on the ship to easily deal with the Golden Core zombie demons.

At this moment, the might of the even stronger warship was naturally even more terrifying under the control of the three elders!

Swoosh!

Three streaks of spiritual qi shot out from the bow of the ship and struck the dense ice crystal shield. The countless ice crystals shattered instantly, revealing Duan Shuang who was covered in blood.

Swoosh!

The heavenly lightning had already begun to attack the warship. There was no time to waste.

Without any hesitation, the bow of the three warships lit up again. This time, they aimed directly at the Heavenly Lightning Indestructible Zombie Core floating above Duan Shuang, which was almost formed!

Duan Shuang should have used his agility to dodge far away, but the Golden Core was suspended above his head and about to be refined. He could not react immediately.

Surrounded by three warships, no matter which direction he flew in, he would definitely be hit by one of the flying ships.

Although his body was strong as a Golden Core cultivator, it was impossible for him to survive this attack.

The situation took a turn for the worse. As such, he knew that his death was imminent. Duan Shuang steeled his heart and flew up to grab the Golden Core, stuffing it back into his mouth.

Under the pursuit of the three long arcs, his figure directly plunged into the tribulation clouds in the sky.

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Chapter 77: Executed

Duan Shuang's combat awareness was really powerful.

He was once an elder of the sect's Demon Vanquishing Hall and often drove a flying ship to slay demons. He naturally knew the pros and cons of the sect's warship like the back of his hand.

Although the warship was powerful, it had a fatal flaw. It was not flexible enough. If a high-level cultivator got close to it, it would likely be struck down without any ability to resist.

However, the flying ship had three elders presiding over it. It was not something he could break through easily. Furthermore, he was too far away and did not have time. He could only choose a direction to escape in.

North, south, east, and west were all dead ends, but he knew that when a warship's bow cannon was raised or lowered, its speed would be slower than the others.

This gave him a chance to live!

Duan Shuang did not choose an underground location that was obviously safer. Instead, he risked his life and plunged into the tribulation clouds above him!

The person facing tribulation charged into the tribulation clouds!

Such an act of courting death could almost be regarded as contempt for the heavens!

Then, three more pillars of light followed Duan Shuang into the tribulation cloud.

This sort of undisguised provocation was simply unbearable!

The three elders had already regretted raising the cannon, but it was already too late to stop!

In the next moment, it was as if the world was enveloped by endless lightning. Three bolts of lightning that were even more exaggerated than ordinary lightning struck directly at the three flying boats!

Boom! Boom!

The first was the intense sound of a cannon being stuffed into the back of the ear. However, after the momentary pain in the ear, the world became only a buzzing sound.

What followed next was weightlessness!

Jiang Li, who was staying in the flying ship's engine room with more than ten inner sect disciples and using his spiritual qi to supply the flying ship to reduce the expenditure of spirit stones, clearly discovered that everything in front of him was floating for a short period of time.

This meant that their flying ship was falling!

The tribulation cloud, which should not have any intelligence, seemed to have been angered and dealt a heavy blow to everything that dared provoke it.

None of the three flying boats were spared! Under the lightning tribulation, it was already the limit to keep the ship intact. However, a large number of runes on the ship were burned by the lightning. It was impossible to maintain flight.

The huge flying ship landed on the ground and glided for a long time in the ruined city before finally stopping. Fortunately, all the cultivators on the ship were safe.

Looking at Duan Shuang, he was obviously not so lucky.

He was originally the target of the divine punishment. Out of the lightning bolts that covered the sky and the earth, seven of them were headed towards him. That kind of power was something that even he could not resist after the "Heavenly Lightning Indestructible Zombie Core" was completed, let alone now.

As the three airships crashed to the ground, a black lump of coal fell from the tribulation cloud. Without sufficient imagination, one could not even make out the shape of a person from the lump.

"Is he still alive!?"

Elder Zhong, who was gasping for air on the flying ship, realized that the tribulation clouds in the sky had yet to disperse. He felt terrible.

The three precious warships of the sect had been struck down. How could that guy not die after bearing the brunt of the attacks? Was there still justice in this world?

He and the other two elders could not be bothered to protect the other disciples in the ship. They hurriedly transformed into streaks of light and flew up to deal the final blow to that guy.

However, before they arrived, the tribulation clouds in the sky began to slowly dissipate.

When they arrived, there were only a dozen broken pieces of coal on the ground.

After putting the pieces together, one could vaguely make out a shape that could barely be called a human.

"I can't find the fused Golden Core."

"With such a powerful thunderstorm, no matter how hard that Golden Core is, it can't possibly remain."

The three elders were a little disappointed. They had suffered such heavy losses this time, but their possible gains had all dissipated under the lightning tribulation. Anyone would find this hard to accept.

"Forget it. It's good that the mission is completed. I'll go search and rescue the disciples first. I'll count the number of people and see how many outer sect disciples I lose this time."

At their cultivation level, they basically did not need to worry about the sect's punishment anymore. The reason was very simple. There were not many people whose cultivation level was higher than theirs.

Even if it was the Scripture Storage Valley's Valley Master, he would at most say a few words to them and there would not be any substantial punishment.

In the flying ship that crashed, the uninjured inner sect disciples were all arranged to search for outer sect disciples.

The thick-skinned Jiang Li was naturally among them.

He had just become an inner sect disciple and his cultivation was low. In the beginning, that elder did not plan to let him out.

However, Jiang Li was abnormally persistent. He earnestly expressed that since he had already become an inner sect disciple, he should shoulder the responsibility of an inner sect disciple.

The elder was speechless. Since when did this become the responsibility of inner sect disciples?

However, since the traitor had already been executed, there was no longer any danger in the city. Since Jiang Li wanted to go, he would let him go.

Jiang Li first changed into a white disciple uniform. Due to the lack of a suitable size, it looked a little inappropriate for him to wear it.

However, this was still clothes that only inner sect disciples could wear. The word "Storage" on his chest and the inner sect disciple token on his waist indicated that his identity had undergone a huge change.

After leaving the flying ship, Jiang Li stood on the ground of Cloud Stream City again.

However, the current Cloud Stream City was filled with broken walls and ruined land. It was no longer the bustling city from a few hours ago.

At this moment, even if he compared it to the map, he would probably not be able to find the location.

Jiang Li channeled the Yin-attribute spiritual qi into his eyes. The Yin qi and death qi that filled the entire city had already vanished completely under the lightning tribulation.

He could not find the Feng Shui Yin Gate in that city with this method.

Fortunately, the Yin Burial Coffin did not seem to have been damaged by the lightning tribulation. Jiang Li moved through the ruins using his connection to the artifact and quickly rushed over.

Yin Burial Coffin, rise!

As Jiang Li struck out with his spell technique, a ruin suddenly exploded, and an ordinary grayish-black coffin flew out.

The coffin began to automatically shrink in midair, and when it landed in Jiang Li's palm, it had already transformed into a palm-sized piece of wood.

Jiang Li sensed the interior and was delighted in his heart. The concentration of Yin qi was more than ten times higher than before. It seemed that his thoughts were correct.

Due to the previous lightning tribulation, the Yin qi in this city was suppressed, and it was forced to find a place to escape.

There were not many choices. One was the Feng Shui Yin Gate, and the other was the Yin Burial Coffin that gathered the souls of most humans in the city.

At that time, Jiang Li had been obstructed by the ghosts and souls he collected, so he was unable to leave with the coffin in a short period of time. So, he took a gamble and buried the coffin in the Feng Shui Yin Gate.

With these two factors combined, the Yin Burial Coffin became the only place in this city where the Yin qi could escape to. Although most of the Yin qi was dispersed by the lightning tribulation, just the remaining portion was enough to benefit it greatly.

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Chapter 78: Red-Coated Rat

Eh? Did the coffin's space increase?

Jiang Li suddenly discovered that the things inside the coffin, like the damaged flying sword and the corpses of the cultivators, seemed to have become much smaller.

Upon a closer look, he realized it was the space inside the coffin that had enlarged instead.

He did not expect that filling a coffin with Yin qi and soul could have such an effect.

Or perhaps it was due to the special influence of the lightning tribulation that the coffin had changed.

It was not that there were no storage artifacts in the cultivation world, but they were indeed rare. As far as he knew, many Core Formation elders did not have such a thing.

Furthermore, the larger the space of the artifact, the higher the value of the artifact. Regardless of the reason, this was a pleasant surprise.

After putting away the coffin, Jiang Li started to roughly search Cloud Stream City, and he hoped that he could rely on the direction in his memories to find the location of the inn from before.

After he left, in order not to alert the enemy, he had not finished exchanging souls.

According to the speed of exchange at that time, during the time he left, he would have accumulated at least a few hundred to a thousand souls.

If the Soul Capturing Bag was not destroyed by the lightning tribulation, this could be considered a good harvest.

Squeak ~ Squeak ~ Squeak ~

At this moment, a huge rat in a red robe suddenly ran past the ruins not far away.

Jiang Li looked familiar. Wasn't this the talking rat?

He suddenly recalled what the rat had said about the dilapidated temple outside the city.

A few drops of lamp oil could allow the rat spirit to speak human language. Perhaps that dilapidated temple really had something good?

With a thought, the chains on his waist flew out automatically.

Jiang Li did not use the metal hook on the other end. This little rat spirit was only so big. It would not be good if he accidentally killed it.

The chains wrapped around the rat spirit that was flying through the ruins. The 1.5 kilograms of weight did not have the slightest ability to resist as it was easily swept back to Jiang Li.

With a plop, the red-coated rat fell to the ground. It raised its eyes to look at Jiang Li, but before Jiang Li could speak, the rat suddenly bounced up, its limbs frantically scratching the ground as it tried to escape.

However, how fast were Jiang Li's legs?

Seeing that the rat was about to run, he quickly kicked it and stepped on the tail behind it.

Squeak squeak! Squeak squeak!

This rat's luck was really not bad. Under the aftermath of such a terrifying thunder tribulation and the battle between Golden Cores, the entire city had been destroyed, but it could still keep its life.

However, perhaps because he was badly frightened by the lightning tribulation, when he saw Jiang Li, the 'master' who had treated him to a meal, he did not even greet him and just fled without any care.

Eh, wait a moment. The one who was greeting the small demons previously seemed to be black zombie.

Wearing a mask, his voice and smell were completely different from Jiang Li's actual body.

It was no wonder that the rat was so afraid of him. It could not recognize him at all.

At this moment, the red-coated rat realized that its tail had been stepped on. In its anxiety, it turned around and bit down.

However, it was not biting Jiang Li's shoe, but its own tail.

"Brother Rat, wait a moment. I don't mean any harm. Brother Rat, do you still remember this mask? I invited you to a banquet earlier."

Jiang Li hurriedly stopped the red-coated rat from hurting itself. He took out a mask and showed it to the rat spirit.

Only then did the rat spirit slowly calm down, but it still curled up on the ground and secretly raised its eyes to size up Jiang Li.

"Where are the gold, silver, and presents that I asked you to safeguard?"

The rat's head did not seem to be working well. Its bean-sized eyes darted around before it finally recalled something.

"Squeak squeak squeak. Master's immortal fortune is flourishing. Squeak squeak. The gold and silver presents are all here. They're all… they're all under the ruins."

The rat bowed to Jiang Li, but its action stunned Jiang Li. This posture… did not seem right.

Why did this look like the etiquette of a senior cultivator towards a junior?

"Oh, is that so? That's a shame. Brother Rat, do you still remember how many gifts we received during the banquet?"

Jiang Li's sudden question caught the rat off guard.

"There… are probably hundreds." The red-coated rat stammered and threw out a vague number.

Hearing this answer, Jiang Li's eyes narrowed slightly. When this rat heard that the banquet had gone on for more than ten days, it did not have the slightest doubt.

However, it was possible that it did not dare to question him.

"That's quite a lot. By the way, Brother Rat, last time, your brother borrowed a lamp oil from me. He said he would return it to me in two days. Do you know where it is?"

Jiang Li acted as if he was asking for a loan and spoke as if it was only natural.

"Ah… lamp oil. Master, you know that my family has just gone through that lightning tribulation. I'm afraid it can't be found now. When I find my brother's family, I'll definitely return the lamp oil to you."

When the red-coated rat said this, it was obvious that its memory was incomplete, so it could only follow Jiang Li's words and blindly speak.

"Is that so? There's no other choice. Brother Rat, if you have something to do, you should go first. Finding your family is more important."

"Yes, yes, yes! This rat will take its leave."

The red-coated rat was overjoyed. After bidding farewell, it wanted to leave. However, it discovered that Jiang Li's foot still had no intention of moving away.

[Name: Black Rat]

[Type: Rodent Spirit]

[Level: Unknown]

[Age: Mature]

[Gender: Male]

[Source of Nutrition: Omnivorous]

[Habit: Stealing]

[Note: Not recommended for consumption.]

After using appraisal, Jiang Li saw a line of familiar words.

"Brother Rat, I thought about it. Since we are fated to be together, I can't just sit by and watch what happened to you."

"Brother Rat, why don't you stay here for the time being and let me help you?"

Jiang Li still had the same smiling expression, but the chains on his waist began to clatter.

"There's no need to trouble you, master. I can do it myself."

The red-coated rat clearly also discovered that there was something wrong with Jiang Li, its pair of black bean eyes revealing a vicious glint.

Slam!

The bare rat tail was torn off, and the black rat's body instantly swelled up a few times. It suddenly jumped up from the ground, opened its pair of front teeth, and brandished a pair of pitch-black claws as it pounced towards Jiang Li's neck.

However, what came at it was Jiang Li's right hand that was covered in wooden armor.

"Don't stand on ceremony with me!"

Jiang Li, who was prepared, grabbed the rat by the neck and pressed it hard onto the ground.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

The rat was still struggling crazily. Its pitch-black nails scraped across the wooden armor, leaving large fragments. Even Jiang Li could barely hold it down.

It was not until the four golden needles pierced into the rat's limbs that the violent struggle finally slowed down and disappeared.

"Brother Rat, why are you so agitated? Look, you're already injured. You should quickly eat a medicinal pill to calm your nerves."

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Chapter 79: Another Seed

Squeak squeak!

The rat had four golden needles stabbed into its body. Jiang Li pressed it down hard on the ground, and its eyes kept bulging under the pressure.

Just as the blood had reached its limit, one of the eyes of the red-coated rat suddenly exploded. A black blood arrow shot towards Jiang Li's eyes.

Jiang Li instinctively raised his hand to block, but a portion of the blood still passed through the gaps between his fingers and shot into his eyes.

A burning pain instantly appeared. Jiang Li felt as if his eyeballs were about to melt, and his vision immediately became blurry.

[Both eyes are corroded by poisonous blood. Added Status: Blindness]

[Detoxification status triggered, Blindness removed. Added Status: Decreased Vision]

[Decreased Vision: …] ( )

This damned rat actually had such a disgusting method. Jiang Li hurriedly pressed the minus button for five seconds before his blurry vision recovered.

If he had not stabbed the four golden needles in time, he would have been defeated by a rat.

Due to an unknown reason, the rat suddenly became much stronger. Its speed and strength were extremely exaggerated.

If he was an ordinary Qi Refinement cultivator, his throat might be torn open in an instant.

Jiang Li wiped away the smelly poisonous blood on his face, took out a few waste pills, and stuffed them into the rat's mouth.

"Squeak! Wait! Wait! I have a secret! I have a big secret!" The rat struggled and screamed.

Jiang Li wanted to hear what else it had to say. However, after seeing the four golden needles being forced out of its body bit by bit…

Jiang Li no longer hesitated, and he tore off the rat's front teeth before pushing five smelly and pitch-black waste pills into its stomach.

The facts proved that even a rat who had lived in filth its entire life could not withstand the rich toxins of waste pills.

Soon, the rat started twitching. Its stomach heaved as if it was enduring immense pain.

The dirty and black fur began to gradually turn white. The originally bloated rat body was like a deflated balloon. It quickly shriveled and even became skin and bones, looking extremely miserable.

Bang!

A pale yellow seed was spat out from the mouth of the red-coated rat.

[Name: Spiritual Root Seed?]

[Type: Trash]

[Grade: Unknown]

[Note: Not recommended for consumption.]

As expected! Jiang Li was excited.

However, it was different from the bean-sized seed in Jiang Li's hand. The seed in front of him was almost the size of a durian seed. It looked round and smooth, and it smelled fresh and delicious.

Jiang Li knew that the thing had just come out of the rat's mouth. He felt disdain in his heart, but he could not help but bring it close to his nose to smell it.

With just a sniff, his entire body involuntarily trembled, and his soul almost rose to the sky.

That smell not only stimulated his sense of smell and taste to the extreme, but it also caused his spiritual qi to spontaneously boil. He had an irresistible desire for the source of the smell, as if eating this seed would allow him to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm on the spot.

No, no, no!

He would be doomed after eating this!

Jiang Li swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his mind finally prevailed. He forcefully suppressed the thought of swallowing the thing and threw the seed into the coffin.

This kind of temptation was much stronger than the previous spiritual root seed.

Even though he knew that this thing was fatal, it was still very difficult to resist it. It seemed that even if they were both spiritual roots, the difference between them was still very huge.

After putting away the seed, Jiang Li squatted on the ruins and breathed heavily. The desire had not completely dissipated, just like when a drug addict acted up. His entire body felt uncomfortable and empty.

He could feel his tongue and nose go numb. Just the smell was enough to keep him from tasting anything for weeks.

Really… What a terrifying thing.

After calming down for a long time, Jiang Li started touching the dying rat everywhere.

Where was the Golden Core? Where was the Golden Core?

'Brother Rat, you should be the 'reincarnation' of Elder Duan Shuang, right? You have such a huge Golden Core! There's no use in keeping it. Why not give it to me to safeguard it for you?'

However, after searching for a long time and even using his spiritual energy to probe, Jiang Li still did not find anything.

The Golden Core was really not in the rat's body.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Li did not take back the golden needles. He even used the chains on his body to tie up the rat before stuffing it into the coffin.

In the end, Jiang Li was still unable to find the Soul Capturing Bag. Instead, he encountered a few outer sect disciples who were lost on the way.

Although those outer sect disciples were not familiar with Jiang Li and did not even speak with him, they had met once before.

They were still extremely excited when they saw Jiang Li, but before they could even say the words 'Junior Brother Jiang Li', they choked on their words and changed it with expressions of disbelief.

"Senior Brother Jiang Li!"

Jiang Li was slightly unaccustomed to being called senior brother by an outer sect disciple who was much older than him.

However, the cultivation world was like this. Age was never a problem. He had fought hard for the sect's reward, so how could he give it up?

With a few people by his side, it was inconvenient for Jiang Li to do anything else, so he brought them back to the place where the flying ship had fallen.

At this moment, there were already quite a number of outer sect disciples who had gathered here under the guidance and help of others. However, all of them had pale faces and were in quite a bad state.

After all, he had just escaped death and the effects of the lightning tribulation had yet to completely dissipate. If his condition could recover, Jiang Li might even be even more suspicious and even feed them a few waste pills just in case.

At this moment, Jiang Li also saw Elder Zhong who was standing beside the flying ship and studying the extent of the damage.

He took out the purple talisman from his bosom and handed it over respectfully.

"Elder Zhong, thank you for the talisman."

Elder Zhong looked at the damaged ship with a pained expression. It looked like this ship could still be salvaged. However, even the sect would have to pay a huge price for it.

When he saw that it was Jiang Li, he squeezed out a benevolent smile and received the talisman.

Then, his face twitched again. This talisman was probably close to being unusable.

"What happened in the city? Tell me."

At that time, the lightning tribulation had arrived abruptly, so they did not have the time to ask about it in detail. Now that the matter had been resolved, there were still many questions and doubts.

It was time to understand what Duan Shuang had done in the city.

The other outer sect disciples were questioned by the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall.

As the 'winner' who had found and killed eleven defected disciples, Jiang Li definitely knew more. Moreover, inner sect disciples were not under the jurisdiction of the law-enforcement disciples, so it was naturally up to the elders to inquire about it.

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Chapter 80: Sin

"What happened in the city? Tell me."

Jiang Li had originally sought out Elder Zhong to provide information. The information he possessed was far from what he could handle by himself.

After all, this was an important matter. If the sky collapsed, it should be held up by giants. He felt that there were some things that the sect needed to prepare for.

Therefore, after tidying up his thoughts, he spoke about everything that had happened in the city.

"You're saying that 11 disciples disappeared every day?"

Jiang Li did not say the information about the spiritual root seed directly. Although there was already a lot of evidence regarding this matter, if he risked his life to verify it, it might be enough to make the sect believe him!

However, it could be seen from many places that this spiritual root seed was definitely not something that had only appeared recently. Furthermore, this thing could even control Golden Core cultivators. If this was not an exception, the things involved would probably be even more terrifying than Jiang Li imagined.

If a mere Qi Refinement realm cultivator revealed such a secret, even if this secret could really cause a huge change in the cultivation world, how could he not be killed along the way?

At that time, if he risked his life to verify it, he would really die.

On the other hand, Jiang Li could not explain why he knew so much.

His earliest understanding of the "spiritual root seed" came from a name identified by appraisal. Coupled with the bold assumption and careful verification later, he had a rough understanding of it now.

However, how could he explain the "appraisal technique" to the sect?

It was possible that the sect would suspect him and treat him as a traitor or discover some clues to investigate to the end.

It was very likely that he would expose his own uniqueness. In the end, he might become the first unlucky person to die during the calamity of the spiritual root seed. The gains would not make up for the losses.

Therefore, he only repeated the number '11' and described in detail the possibility that the "missing outer sect disciples" might be controlled or even possessed.

He hoped that the sect could pay attention to this and investigate in detail from the perspective of possessing someone's body. From there, they would uncover all the parasitic cultivators with spiritual roots that might be hidden in the cultivation world.

"In fact, I'm not sure how many disciples went missing on the third day. However, eleven people did go missing two days ago. Furthermore, the senior and junior brothers who went missing were all found in the cave where the rebels were hiding."

"It's said that when they disappeared, they were all scammed by disciples who were also missing."

Jiang Li added in more detail again. Elder Zhong clearly had his own thoughts.

Elder Zhong: "When they were found, were they all unconscious? No one was actually killed?"

Jiang Li wondered if Elder Zhong had gotten wiser, but he still answered quickly: "Yes, yes, yes. Moreover, the hair of all the unconscious disciples has turned white."

Elder Zhong: "Did they all betray the sect and attack you instead?"

Jiang Li: "Yes, yes. Their behavior and actions are completely different. They must be controlled by someone."

Elder Zhong: "Did the lightning tribulation suddenly start not long after they died?"

Jiang Li: "Yes, yes, yes…"

Wait, what? Why did he suddenly mention the lightning tribulation?

Jiang Li hoped that the other party would notice the method of controlling cultivators.

However, it was obvious that this elder's attention was not in the same direction as Jiang Li. He was clearly more concerned about their goal of controlling the outer sect disciples.

However, it made sense. Jiang Li had gathered some other information and learned that the spiritual root seed even possessed a terrifying power that could control Golden Core cultivators. Therefore, he naturally placed great importance on this.

However, the sect elder did not know about the matter of the spiritual root seed. In his understanding, it was just a few outer sect disciples in the Qi Refinement realm who were controlled by others. Wasn't that a simple matter?

Even he himself had two or three methods to do it, so it was not surprising that Duan Shuang, who was also a Golden Core cultivator, could.

He was more concerned about Duan Shuang's goal.

Jiang Li still wanted to say something, but when he thought about it, it seemed like if he said anything more, he would expose himself.

Jiang Li dared not reveal the fact that he was concerned about appraisal. Between protecting himself and protecting others, Jiang Li's choice would not be unexpected at all.

If he wanted to remind the sect, he could wait until he had a backer to officially acknowledge a master before finding a suitable opportunity to let the sect discover it.

After all, there were still more than two thousand ticking time bombs in the sect. As long as he handled it properly, he had a hundred methods to make them unable to stay and reveal their true colors.

Jiang Li was an inner sect disciple after all. Although saying this might feel like bullying others, it was not difficult for him to create trouble for a group of outer sect disciples with ulterior motives.

Of course, there was clearly a better solution. Jiang Li would not foolishly spout nonsense now and throw himself into the fire.

However, when Elder Zhong spoke about the lightning tribulation, Jiang Li was filled with doubt and interest towards it.

After giving an affirmative reply, Elder Zhong revealed an understanding expression.

"No wonder, no wonder it's like this. No wonder the lightning tribulation suddenly erupted after being entrenched in the sky for so long. I didn't expect that Duan Shuang would be so vicious."

Seeing that he did not continue, Jiang Li took the initiative to ask, "Elder Zhong, can you tell me about the lightning tribulation?"

"You don't know about the lightning tribulation? That's right, you've just entered the sect at this age. It's normal for you to not know about it since you haven't been taught about it in the Cultivation Hall."

Elder Zhong glanced at Jiang Li's slightly surprised expression, but when he saw Jiang Li's young appearance, he came to an understanding.

"You're an inner sect disciple now. There's no harm in knowing more about this divine punishment."

"Jiang Li, do you know what sin is?" Elder Zhong threw out a new term, causing Jiang Li to be at a loss.

"Disciple doesn't know. Elder, please enlighten me."

"Sin is the bad karma that arises from evil deeds. It has many forms, and divine punishment is the Heavenly Punishment that is triggered by the accumulation of sins…"

As Elder Zhong explained, Jiang Li finally understood many things that he had been unable to figure out previously.

It was no wonder that cultivators did not casually kill mortals.

It was no wonder the sect only surrounded and did not attack when Elder Duan Shuang fled into the city.

This was because the cultivators were afraid of being tainted by this sin.

Sin was the measurement of evil deeds done by the intelligent beings of this world through the Heavenly Dao.

Generally speaking, killing one person would result in one unit of sin, while killing ten people would result in ten sins. One would more or less accumulate one unit of sin by committing minor deeds over time.

When a person had bad karma on them, they would not be able to see much difference when it was little. It would not affect them at all.

But if there were more than a hundred, that person would be covered in a black aura. Many people who were proficient in divination could tell at a glance.

This type of person would normally be unlucky for a period of time. For cultivators, they would only be able to make it through a few years of seclusion, but for mortals, it was very easy for them to have a bad end.

If there were more than a thousand units of sins, they would have a foul smell in their mouths and would live alone from then on, hated by everyone.

This kind of person had done too much evil. They would be surrounded by malevolent aura all year round. When everyone saw them, they would instinctively feel disgusted. Even their parents and family would not want to look at them anymore.

However, for cultivators, there were still methods that could deal with this. Some of the less complicated spell techniques could change their auras and hide this abnormality.

10,000 units of sins was basically exclusive to cultivators. No matter how cruel and brutal an ordinary mortal was, it was very difficult for him to kill 10,000 people.

At this level, the natural thing to occur would be the lightning tribulation that would cause countless cultivators to turn pale.

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Chapter 81: Limitation

10,000 deaths were not a big number in war, famine, or plague.

However, those were wide-ranging calamities.

If you were to kill 10,000 people with a knife alone, you would probably be exhausted. Therefore, in history, there were very few mortals who died from the lightning tribulation.

However, to high-level cultivators who were comparable to small-scale natural disasters, reaching ten thousand kills might actually be possible from an accident.

The terrifying scene of the great battle between Golden Core cultivators was still vivid in their minds. The aftermath alone was enough to destroy a city. The Cloud Stream City beneath their feet was the best proof.

If everyone in Cloud Stream City was still alive, fighting in the city was definitely not a suitable choice.

Jiang Li had learned from Elder Zhong that the one who had chased after Duan Shuang was actually only a Golden Core cultivator.

After Duan Shuang escaped into the city with serious injuries, that Golden Core elder did not dare to start a fight in the city and thus requested help from the sect.

Due to Elder Duan Shuang's original strength and serious injuries, the sect sent out three elders who were enough to suppress him.

They then sent out outer sect disciples to search the city. If they really found Duan Shuang's location, the three of them would immediately suppress him and move the battlefield as soon as possible to prevent mortal casualties and being tainted by sins.

However, who would have thought that Duan Shuang had cultivated a demonic technique and slaughtered all the citizens in the city? Not only did he recover from his injuries, but his cultivation had also improved. He had fought against the lightning tribulation for a long time before finally dying under it.

As for how Duan Shuang and the others only triggered the lightning tribulation after slaughtering more than 400,000 people in the city, the secret behind this fell on those outer sect disciples who went missing daily.

Apart from Duan Shuang himself, he also brought out 11 disciples from the sect.

Each of these 11 people would use special methods to kill 9,000 people every day. After changing their bodies, they would kill 9,000 more. Then, they would kill again and again!

Through this process, they changed their bodies three times in a row, they even deliberately protected the bodies so that they would not die. They temporarily divided the sins into more than forty portions.

The sins they had committed had clearly far exceeded the scope of the divine punishment, but they had taken advantage of the fact that they had not met the criteria of over 10,000 people per person. Therefore, the tribulation cloud had occupied the city for three whole days without any lightning strikes.

It was not until Jiang Li discovered their hiding place that a zombie bomb blew up all the abandoned bodies that they used to share their sins.

This sort of method was originally a cheap trick. It could be considered a bug that was neither light nor heavy to stall for time. It was impossible to hide from the Heavenly Dao permanently.

With Jiang Li's explosion, no one would bear the consequences of 400,000 evil deeds. It was impossible for the tribulation clouds in the sky to just disperse, so the blame was put on the only culprit who was still alive, Elder Duan Shuang. The lightning tribulation naturally began without any accidents.

Duan Shuang was indeed worthy of being called vicious by using this method to share his sins and slaughter mortals.

"Little kid Jiang Li, this calamity is a restriction of Heaven and Earth to cultivators. If you accumulate too much, even though it won't affect your cultivation speed, it will still form a barrier when you attempt to break through in your cultivation realm."

"Don't just think about staying below 10,000. If you can avoid accumulating sins, prioritize it."

After explaining the common sense of divine punishment and sin, Elder Zhong earnestly advised him to be kind.

Jiang Li fell into deep thought at the side.

After a short while, Jiang Li suddenly raised his head and asked, "Elder Zhong, is this also the reason why the sect restricts cultivators from interacting with mortals?"

Jiang Li had felt that it was strange earlier. The sects and powers in the entire Great Mountain Region were too protective of the mortal kingdoms. Or rather, they were too strict in their control.

Not to mention ordinary cultivators, there were definitely those who wanted to go to the mortal countries to be an Imperial Advisor or something.

Even if the cultivator was originally a member of the royal family, the sect forbade them from returning to the country. If they wanted to become a king, they would be directly attacked by the sect's forces!

As a result, there were almost no cultivators in the mortal kingdoms. At most, rogue cultivators would occasionally pass by and leave behind a legend. If they wanted to see more, there would be none.

At the very least, in the memories of Jiang Li's previous life, besides the spiritual root test, he had never seen any other immortals.

Although population, labor, gold, and silver, as well as spiritual root aptitude disciples, were indispensable cornerstones of the cultivation world, it should not be to the extent where the sects set such harsh restrictions on the rogue cultivators.

Now that he knew about the sin and divine punishment, Jiang Li finally came to a realization.

"You have a flexible mind. Your perception is not bad." Elder Zhong was slightly surprised and even praised Jiang Li.

Because of the existence of the sin mechanism, mortals actually had a way to deal with cultivators.

As long as one was not afraid of death or sacrifice, using 10,000 lives under suitable conditions could exchange for the life of a cultivator.

With hundreds of thousands of mortal lives, they could even exchange for a Golden Core cultivator's life or even higher.

This kind of thing naturally could not happen normally.

First of all, this news was not known by everyone in the cultivation world. At the very least, Jiang Li did not know about it. In mortal countries, there should be even fewer people who knew about it.

Moreover, even ants were striving to live, so who would be willing to die, especially so for such a large number of people? Nobody would send themselves to death for no reason. Other than a few extreme situations of life and death, very few Kings of mortal kingdoms could have such ruthless methods to completely control a country's citizens.

But if it was a country ruled by cultivators, it was different.

When he first arrived in the Southern Seal Kingdom, Yu Banxia had only released a useless fire bird and made half of the capital kneel down.

With some unorthodox methods, how difficult could it be for cultivators to make ignorant mortals respect him like a god? Coupled with some brainwashing, it was very easy to create an army that did not have any strength but was not afraid of death.

This was very terrifying. If he was surrounded by a few million mortal soldiers, would he kill them or not?

Or, what if a few high-level cultivators were lured into a flying trap and hundreds of thousands of mortals surrounded them?

Kill them and they would be struck to death by the lightning tribulation.

If they chose not to kill the mortals, what if these people used black dogs' blood and feces to pour on the cultivators? Which cultivator's Dao heart would be able to endure that humiliation?

Therefore, in order to prevent such a thing from happening, the sects and forces decisively divided up the territories, eliminating the possibility of rogue cultivators and demonic cultivators using the mortal kingdoms as weapons to disgust people.

"Elder, the casualties of the outer sect disciples have been calculated."

Just as Jiang Li was marveling at the 'punishment of the heavens', a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall walked over and reported to Elder Zhong.

Jiang Li saw that it was the Law Enforcement Hall's captain who had searched his house earlier.

The captain glanced at Jiang Li, and he was obviously slightly surprised when he saw the clothes Jiang Li wore and the token on his waist. However, with an elder present, he did not reveal it too obviously.

"Yes, how is it?"

"In this mission, a total of 223 outer sect disciples died and 94 went missing. Currently, 212 are confirmed to be alive, and 66 are seriously injured…"

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Chapter 82: Master

The loss of more than 60% of the outer sect disciples was indeed a huge loss to the sect.

The few elders gave all the outer sect disciples a sum of spirit stones on the spot and increased their benefits in the sect.

For all the survivors, this was a rare consolation.

While waiting, the flying ship from the sect finally arrived. With his current identity, Jiang Li at least experienced the feeling of staying in the upper room of the ship.

They took a gentle flying ship back to the sect. After the other outer sect disciples were exempted from the sect mission for half a year, they returned to their own places to recuperate.

Under Elder Zhong's lead, Jiang Li headed deeper into the sect.

The Long Clear Hall was the main hall of the Scripture Storage Valley. All the major and minor meetings in the valley would be held here.

Every year, the outer sect competition was neither big nor small. It had been a tradition for many years for outer sect disciples to be promoted to the inner sect and acknowledge an elder as their master.

While making it convenient to choose disciples, it could also allow the disciples to identify people and increase the cohesion of inner disciples.

Not to mention that this time, such an accident had occurred in the Outer Sect Grand Competition, so the outer sect disciples had suffered heavy losses. The sect naturally had to express their gratitude towards Jiang Li who was the only one to complete the mission and win this competition.

It was the first time Jiang Li had seen so many sect elders, and he could not help but feel slightly nervous.

This was especially true when he saw the Scripture Storage Valley's Valley Master. To be honest, even Jiang Li did not know his name. Normally, not many people in the sect dared to call him by his name. The Skill Imparting Elder seemed to have mentioned it before, but he had forgotten everything after hearing it.

Fortunately, no one would specially test if he knew the Valley Master's name, and it was not awkward to call him Valley Master directly.

Jiang Li stepped into the hall, and a majestic aura directly made him tremble.

It was not that someone deliberately released their pressure to scare him, but there were more than 30 to 40 elders at the top and sides of the hall.

As a small Qi Refinement cultivator, he naturally felt uneasy being stared at by such a group of high-level cultivators.

At the same time, he felt a little overwhelmed.

It was because other than the Valley Master, if any of the other elders came here, it meant that they had the intention to take a disciple. Jiang Li could choose any one of them to become his master.

He had a medium-grade spiritual root aptitude and could receive such treatment probably because of the unexpected incident in the "Outer Sect Grand Competition". The sect probably gave him some preferential treatment.

Jiang Li raised his eyes and glanced over, and he clearly saw that Elder Red Hair of the Alchemy Hall and Elder Weng of the Mystic Gate Hall were amongst them.

"Disciple greets Valley Master and Elders." Jiang Li bowed and cupped his hands.

"Disciple Jiang Li has joined the sect for less than half a year and has cultivated to the mid-stage Qi Refinement realm with the aptitude of a medium-grade spiritual root. This hard work is quite rare."

"Both the Skill Imparting Elder and Elder Weng of the Mystic Gate Hall have high praises for you. Previously, you even made contributions to the sect during the mission in the Southern Seal Kingdom."

"The sect originally wanted to take you in at that time. I didn't expect that in less than half a month, you would still stand here relying on your own efforts. I'm very happy to see that."

The Valley Master looked like an approachable middle-aged uncle, far from the dignified and inflexible image Jiang Li imagined.

Jiang Li was a little surprised by the Valley Master's understanding of him. Although this was definitely information gathered at the last minute, it still meant that the other party valued him greatly.

"Valley Master, you're flattering me. I'm ashamed. It's all thanks to the guidance of the elders. I was just a little lucky."

Jiang Li was modest, but the feeling of being praised by the Valley Master was really not bad.

"You are now an inner sect disciple. The treatment you received in the past is naturally no longer suitable for you anymore."

"From today onwards, your monthly allowance will be the same as your other senior brothers."

"In addition, since you've become an inner sect disciple, you naturally need to acknowledge a master. You have a dual-attribute Yin-Wood spiritual root. Originally, Elder Lin should be your best choice. However, Elder Lin is in seclusion all year round and has no intention of taking in disciples for the time being."

Jiang Li also knew that Elder Lin was the descendant of the corpse manipulation clan that had inherited the 'Coffin Burial Art '. His spiritual root attribute was the same as Jiang Li's, and if he took the other party as his master, he might really be able to obtain more help.

"How about this? I see that you've learned a lot of things. You've dabbled in alchemy, zombie puppet, and body refinement. In the future, it's best to focus on one aspect. You can tell me which you prefer."

When he spoke about the puppet, Jiang Li was a bit nervous. After all, his black zombie was refined from the corpse of an outer sect senior brother, so it was a bit inappropriate.

However, it was obvious that no one wanted to pursue this matter.

"I want to focus on body refinement."

Cultivating his body in the future was also Jiang Li's decision after careful consideration.

First of all, he had not given up on refining pills because of Elder Red Hair.

In the beginning, he had high hopes that an alchemist could earn a lot of money from cultivation novels he read.

However, after trying for a period of time without giving up, he helplessly discovered that he indeed did not have much talent in this aspect.

Elder Red Hair and Senior Sister Little Four had taught him well for a few days.

However, the final conclusion was that he could refine poison, but forget about refining pills.

In the cultivation world, many things could not be changed by hard work. Talent was talent. Without talent, no matter how much effort and resources one put in, it was useless.

On the contrary, he would often stare at the runes on the pill furnace in a daze or even have illusions. After being discovered by Elder Red Hair, he felt that Jiang Li should still have some talent in array formations and runes, but he could not say for sure how talented he was.

In terms of the zombie puppet, there were very few elders and disciples in the Scripture Storage Valley who mainly cultivated it. Elder Lin did not want to take a disciple either.

Other than that, only the Mystic Gate Hall had dabbled in this aspect. The corpse of the Golden Core zombie demon was currently being modified in the Mystic Gate Hall. However, because the Zombie Core had been stolen by Elder Duan Shuang, the power of the zombie demon puppet had greatly decreased.

Of course, the most important problem was that this Zombie Puppet aspect was unable to fully display the effects of Jiang Li's cheat. It was fine if it was used as a support, but if it was cultivated mainly, the gains would not make up for the losses.

As for body refinement, based on Jiang Li's current situation, he knew that relying on his plus and minus buttons, body refinement was practically a wide path. There was no reason to not choose it.

"Yes, I heard from Elder Zhong that you are indeed quite talented in body refinement. Why don't you become Elder He's disciple? He is proficient in body refinement and no one in the Scripture Storage Valley can compare to him. Even in the Great Mountain Region, only the monks of Benevolent Travel Temple can compare to him."

Jiang Li followed the Valley Master's guidance and looked at a super burly man whose entire body was covered in complicated tattoos.

The skin that looked as hard as metal and the bald head that could almost be used as a mirror made Jiang Li's scalp go numb upon seeing him.

The other party nodded at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li immediately reacted and immediately bowed to the other party, "Disciple Jiang Li greets Master!"

Jiang Li had heard of this Elder He before. He was the Head Elder of the Scripture Storage Valley's Demon Vanquishing Hall, the boss of Elder Duan Shuang. His iron fists were very powerful.

Not to mention other things, just his status as the disciple of the Demon Vanquishing Hall's Head Elder would bring him great benefits.

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Chapter 83: Free Buff

"Rise." Elder He's voice was serious but gentle. It did not have the loudness of a body cultivator.

However, Jiang Li's ears were sensitive due to the influence of the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra, and he seemed to have heard a few roars of ferocious beasts from that voice.

"Junior Brother He, I'll leave him to you in the future." The Valley Master said as he nodded in satisfaction at this result.

The Demon Vanquishing Hall had lost an elder and ten disciples this time, and they urgently needed new blood to replenish their losses.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother. This boy's blood vitality is vigorous and his skin is tough. One look and you can tell he's a good material for body cultivation."

"However, Jiang Li, once you become my disciple, you will definitely suffer a lot in the future."

Jiang Li had just stood up when a large hand that was like an excavator grabbed his shoulder from behind. It was the master he had just acknowledged.

This master's fan-like palm was abnormally stiff. He only casually squeezed it twice, and it caused Jiang Li's skin and muscles to hurt.

Jiang Li had several body refinement buffs on him at the same time. His blood vitality was always in a state of abundance.

As a result, he had to use the Meridian Relaxation Pill and Painkiller Pill to alleviate his discomfort of excess energy.

With this pinch, Elder He came to the conclusion that his body refinement talent was excellent.

"That's good to hear. Jiang Li, do you have any other questions and needs?" The Valley Master nodded and asked Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was just about to politely refuse when he suddenly recalled the matter of the formation runes, so he asked again, "Valley Master, can I still learn array formations?"

The Valley Master was also stunned. He had just said that he would let Jiang Li specialize in one area in the future. In just a short while, he actually wanted to add a new side cultivation program.

"You're quite greedy, kid. Fine, as a cultivator, you really can't be ignorant about the Dao of Array Formations. Otherwise, you'll be easily taken advantage of. However, you have to know which to prioritize. Don't ruin your cultivation."

The Valley Master casually pointed out a spiritual light and inserted it into Jiang Li's inner sect disciple token, giving him some authority.

"If you still have the energy to learn other things under Junior Brother He's training, you can go and learn them."

The Valley Master gave Jiang Li a few more words of encouragement, and after giving him one of the inner sect benefits, the Scripture Hall Token, he left with the other elders.

Jiang Li followed Elder He out of the hall.

"Jiang Li, what kind of body refinement technique are you practicing?"

Elder He wanted to test him. Every step he took was 30 feet apart, and his speed was extremely fast.

However, Jiang Li still had part of the enhancement of the Armored Horse Divine Travel on him now. His speed far exceeded cultivators of the same level, so he could barely keep up.

"I cultivate the Mountain Crushing Scripture." Jiang Li trotted over and answered truthfully.

"The Mountain Crushing Scripture is not bad for laying the foundation, but it's too incomplete. There's no way to reach the higher realms. What level are you at?"

When Elder He saw that Jiang Li could actually keep up, he increased his speed.

"Disciple is slow-witted. I've only reached the third level."

After Jiang Li replied, he discovered that his new master suddenly stopped. He himself rushed forward too quickly, only stopping after taking another seven or eight steps forward.

"You've only cultivated to the third level and you already have such muscles and bones?"

"Come over and punch me."

The more Elder He looked at Jiang Li, the more he thought about his assessment earlier. When he pinched Jiang Li's muscles and bones, he thought that his body had at least reached the sixth or seventh level. He did not expect that this kid had only reached the third level.

Didn't that mean that the disciple he casually took in was extremely talented in the field of body cultivation?

Body cultivators were indeed all impatient people. They were still walking in the public area of the inner sect. There were always people walking around. How could he test the strength of his disciple in public?

Moreover, why did body cultivators like to let others beat them up to test their strength? Was there no boxing machine that could appraise their strength?

"What are you waiting for? Come on! Do you think you can hurt me?" When he saw Jiang Li hesitate, Elder He could not help but urge him.

"Master, are you serious?" Jiang Li looked at the surrounding gazes and asked speechless.

He thought: I know I can't hurt you, but if others see this, they will think that I've gone crazy on my first day as your disciple.

"You don't say? Hurry up and attack! Remember to use your full strength!"

Jiang Li did not know what to say. Alright, perhaps being thick-skinned was also a necessity for body cultivators.

"Master, forgive me for my insolence."

Jiang Li took two steps back, then immediately lowered his waist and flexed his muscles. His figure suddenly rushed forward a few steps and raised his speed to the limit. He used the momentum of a demonic ape to punch his master in the chest.

Clang!

Judging from the sound, Jiang Li's punch did not seem to have hit a human at all. It was simply hitting a solid metal statue.

"Hey, I've really found a treasure!"

The eyes of the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, Elder He, lit up. He scratched his chest happily.

Jiang Li held his right hand and wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Master, my palm bone is broken…"

This was due to the Armored Horse Divine Travel buff.

Speed and momentum created power. The Armored Horse Talisman increased Jiang Li's speed, and the method of charging in a straight line with the Mountain Crushing Scripture had a huge increase in strength.

It would have been fine if the target of his attack was the fragile wall of mud and stone. Now, Jiang Li had utilized his accumulated strength to punch the body of a cultivator that was harder than steel, and the unlucky one would naturally be him.

"Haha, this minor injury is nothing. If you practice under me, I guarantee that you'll break a bone every day."

Elder He stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Li's right hand. He pulled and squeezed decisively, and Jiang Li's broken palm bone was brought back to its original position.

"Don't worry. Our Demon Vanquishing Hall has the best physicians in the entire sect. The Rejuvenation Hall is right beside us. They can even reattach a few bones for you."

Elder He originally only planned to casually pick up a disciple to fill the ranks of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, so he did not take Jiang Li seriously.

However, he noticed that Jiang Li's strength and speed were several times that of those at the same cultivation realm, his skin was abnormally tough, and his blood vitality was extremely abundant. After realizing that this kid was a genius at body cultivation, he unconsciously spoke more to Jiang Li.

"Cough, thank you, Master."

Jiang Li thought internally: Thanks a lot indeed.

Jiang Li looked at his palm that was red and swollen with heartache. The chain on his waist automatically flew out and wrapped around his hand as a form of binding.

After all, if he wanted to walk the path of a body cultivator in the future, he had to protect his fists.

"What is this chain for? A belt?"

Elder He reached out and pinched the chain in Jiang Li's hand, leaving a clear mark on it. He was curious why Jiang Li would bring such a thing with him.

"Master, this is my… artifact."

Elder He was speechless.

Jiang Li followed his new master back to the Demon Vanquishing Hall.

What entered their sight was not anything else, but three heavily damaged warships.

They were warships after all. Although they were the property of the sect, these ships were mainly used by the Demon Vanquishing Hall. Now that the hull had been pulled back, it was directly sent back to the Demon Vanquishing Hall to be repaired.

After passing through a few training grounds, they entered a quiet courtyard.

That was the location of the sect's Rejuvenation Hall.

Two beautiful female cultivators with gentle auras were treating the wounds of a few disciples. Jiang Li recognized those disciples. They were the most injured among the outer sect disciples. At that time, they had only received simple first aid in Cloud Stream City. After they were sent back, they had to rely on more skilled medical cultivators to treat them.

"Elder He, why are you here? Is this your new disciple?"

A female cultivator raised her head and greeted them. Two water balls automatically appeared in her hands, wiping away the blood on them.

After entering the inner sect, in the case of many, the disciples and masters were of the same lineage. Thus, disciples often called their elders uncle-masters.

However, the Scripture Storage Valley was not like that. This was a sect created by rogue cultivators. There were some family and friends here and there, but they often addressed each other as elders.

"Yes, this is my new disciple. One of his bones is broken, so he came over to ask you guys for help."

Elder He pointed at Jiang Li's right hand. Jiang Li released the chain, and the swelling on it had almost disappeared.

In fact, with Jiang Li's recovery speed, he could heal a broken bone in less than ten minutes. In a few minutes, even the traces would be hard to see.

However, he used the cover of the chains to move his broken bones slightly, preventing them from healing, and insisted on coming to the Rejuvenation Hall to receive treatment.

It was naturally for the sake of getting a free recovery buff.

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Chapter 84: Golden Wind Jade Dew

"Your bone is broken? It's a small matter. You can stand beside him. I'll treat you together."

The female cultivator from the Rejuvenation Hall glanced at Jiang Li's palm and immediately saw what was going on. Body cultivators at the initial stages of fist cultivation would often break their own palms and bones.

After checking that the broken end of his palm was properly connected, she got Jiang Li to stand beside the heavily injured disciple.

Jiang Li looked at the appearance of the other party's chest caving in and his entire body covered in blood, and then he looked at the reddened swelling on his right hand and realized that this was really a small matter.

Standing beside the disciple, the two female cultivators stood on the left and right side. Then, they formed hand seals and softly muttered spell techniques.

A ball of blue light representing Water-attribute spiritual qi and a ball of green light representing Wood-attribute spiritual qi blossomed in their hands.

Two meters away, an abundant aura of vitality assaulted his senses.

The disciples of the Rejuvenation Hall mainly cultivated healing spells, and they basically all had these two types of spiritual root attributes. Under normal circumstances, when the two of them cooperated, they could display even stronger healing effects.

They might not be able to resurrect the dead, but regenerating the body was extremely simple for them.

A moment later, the two spell techniques transformed into a gust of wind and rain that blew towards Jiang Li and the outer sect disciple.

Wood attribute spell technique, Golden Wind Technique!

Water attribute spell technique, Jade Dew Technique!

Specks of rain landed on Jiang Li's face and hands as the golden wind blew. He only felt a refreshing comfort seep into his limbs and bones from the surface of his body.

Jiang Li could not help but close his eyes and quietly feel the surging vitality and dense life force that radiated from his body!

[Under the effect of the Golden Wind Technique and Jade Dew Technique. Added Status: Golden Wind Jade Dew.]

[Golden Wind Jade Dew: Regenerates 10 Health Points per second. Duration: 30 seconds] ( )

The effects of spell techniques and medicinal pills were different. The effects of medicinal pills were lower but lasted longer.

The characteristics of the spell technique were immediate, but the effect did not last long.

To Jiang Li, the duration of the effect was not important. As long as the effect was strong enough, even if it was for a second, he could set it to unlimited duration with two taps.

[Golden Wind Jade Dew: Regenerates 10 Health Points per second. Duration: ] ()

Just this status alone allowed Jiang Li's recovery speed to increase by five times. When he went out in the future, he would really be fighting with people while drinking health potions constantly.

The fracture on his right palm was about to heal. In just a few seconds, the pain completely disappeared.

Looking at the outer sect disciple in front of him, the injuries on his body were also recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His internal organs stopped bleeding, the wound automatically healed, his bones reconnected, and his chest heaved.

This magical change lasted for 30 seconds before it stopped.

The normal effect of the Golden Wind Jade Dew was to recover 10 health points per second for 30 seconds. After the effect ended, a total of 300 health points could be recovered.

Jiang Li cultivated both body and Qi, so the theoretical "health points" of ordinary outer sect disciples was definitely not higher than his.

With this combination of the recovery techniques, no matter what, they could still pull him back from his heavily injured and dying state. After that, the disciple could lie on the bed and slowly recuperate.

It would heal faster if they cast it again, but judging from the exhausted looks of the two female cultivators, the expenditure of these two spell techniques was clearly not small.

There were many other seriously injured people behind them. They naturally could not exhaust all their spiritual qi on one person.

"Thank you, Senior Sisters," Jiang Li cupped his hands in thanks while his two senior sisters invited him to come often in the future.

After obtaining the [Golden Wind Jade Dew] status, Jiang Li's entire body felt as if it was bathed in a spring breeze. He then left the Rejuvenation Hall with Elder He.

After returning to the Demon Vanquishing Hall, Elder He led him deeper into the hall. They finally stopped in front of a luxurious courtyard.

"This will be your home from now on. Consider it a first gift from your master."

"There should be everything you need inside. If there's anything else you require, find the Affairs Hall and get someone to send it to you."

"Rest today and settle the outer sect matters that should be dealt with. Come find me tomorrow."

After Elder He threw a key to Jiang Li, he left in a hurry. After all, he was the Head Elder, so there were still many things to do.

After Jiang Li sent his new master off, he sized up this courtyard.

This courtyard looked quite large. The specification was very luxurious. It did not look like a place where disciples should stay.

He took a closer look at the bottom of the wall. Indeed, there was a circle of complicated patterns engraved on it. There was actually a protective array formation in this courtyard. This made it much more impressive.

Jiang Li sized it up for a moment and noticed that there was a wooden plaque in an inconspicuous corner at the entrance of the courtyard. It was broken and thrown to the side.

Jiang Li went forward and picked up one of the pieces of the signboard that had been broken. On it was a large word, 'Duan'.

There was even a clear 42-yard shoe print on it.

It was said that Duan Shuang was originally an elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall. After he led all the disciples and fled, the courtyard in the sect was naturally taken back.

After all the suspicious and valuable things were moved away, this elder-level courtyard naturally became empty.

This courtyard was the property of the Demon Vanquishing Hall. The sect would not reward him with such a thing.

Jiang Li was overwhelmed by the fact that the Demon Vanquishing Hall had arranged such a luxurious courtyard for him. It seemed that Elder He truly thought highly of his talent.

He went in and took a rough look. Other than the bedroom, kitchen, living room, and cultivation room, everything was arranged very neatly.

In the center of the courtyard was a small spirit field and a spirit spring pond. Although the spirit herbs and spiritual fish inside had been completely plundered, this spirit spring was already worth a considerable amount.

Jiang Li was very satisfied with his new residence. He found the core of the protective formation and embedded a medium-grade spirit stone into it. Then, he used the key to mark his residence, and the courtyard officially belonged to Jiang Li.

He turned and left the Demon Vanquishing Hall.

Jiang Li returned to the outer sect area and noticed that the entrance to his small building was already filled with people.

Among these people, he was familiar with some and had never seen the rest. There were at least a hundred outer sect disciples waiting at the entrance. It was obvious who they were waiting for.

A few sharp-eyed disciples noticed Jiang Li's return and immediately approached him eagerly.

"Oh my, Senior Brother! Senior Brother Jiang Li is back!"

"I said long ago that among our batch, our senior brother is the strongest. Isn't it easy for him to become an inner sect disciple?"

"What do you mean by 'your batch'? In the entire outer sect, Senior Brother Jiang Li is clearly the strongest."

"Senior Brother Jiang Li, this is a small token of my appreciation to show my respect. Senior Brother, don't despise it."

"There's also mine. I had eyes but did not recognize Mount Tai. I offended Senior Brother in Cloud Stream City and nearly caused trouble to you. Senior Brother, please forgive me!"

"Senior Brother Jiang Li, Junior Sister is stupid and isn't proficient in cultivation. Senior Brother, please teach me tonight."

Jiang Li immediately felt a headache when he was surrounded by this group of people. However, one could not be rude to a smiling person. They had specially come to give him gifts, so Jiang Li could not chase them away.

He was originally prepared to decline politely because even if he became an inner sect disciple, it was impossible for him to have the mood to take care of outer sect disciples he did not know at all.

However, when he saw their worried gazes, Jiang Li still received them one by one.

After he received it, sure enough, these outer sect disciples revealed relieved and happy expressions.

Everyone praised him again, and they made it sound as if he was the savior of the world.

However, they were sensible and knew that they might disturb Jiang Li. After they delivered the gifts, they left successively, and only left behind boxes in Jiang Li's original small room.

Only then did the room quiet down again. Jiang Li casually grabbed a few boxes and opened them.

Spiritual herbs, ores, sachets… Some even placed a spirit stone in a box. To outer sect disciples, this was considered a huge investment.

At this moment, the door of the hut opposite Jiang Li opened. Yan Hong's round figure walked over from the hut opposite.

"Cough cough, Senior Brother Jiang Li, may I come in?"

Yan Hong pretended to cough twice. Under the smile on his round face, there was clearly a hint of worry.

He was worried that Jiang Li would no longer take a liking to this friend of his after his identity changed. After all, there was a difference in status between inner and outer sect disciples, and they were already accustomed to this in the sect.

"Alright, alright. Why are you still acting like this with me? Come on in."

Seeing that Jiang Li was no different from before, Yan Hong finally relaxed and entered the house.

"Congratulations, Jiang Li. I didn't expect you to really enter the inner sect so quickly. Compared to you, my high-grade spiritual root is really too useless."

Yan Hong's cultivation speed could not be considered to be slow. It was only when compared to Jiang Li that the gap between them was enormous.

This was the typical example of taking a test with a friend. If they failed, you would be upset, but if they got first place, you would be even more dejected.

"Don't say that. I was just lucky. Without the talisman trap you bought for me, it's hard to say how I would've ended up this time. I should be thanking you."

Although the talisman trap was not a precious item, to be able to buy it in such a short time showed that Yan Hong must have spent a lot of his own spirit stones.

"Now that there are severe losses of outer sect disciples in the sect, the outer sect competition in the next few years should be much simpler. Don't be anxious. Work harder and you should be able to enter the inner sect soon."

Yan Hong's talent in business was indeed good. Now that he had an inner sect disciple like him as his 'backer', he should be able to survive better in the trading area in the future.

He believed that Yan Hong would be able to use the spirit stones he obtained from doing business to raise his cultivation speed very soon. In the outer sect which had suffered heavy losses now, it was probably only a matter of time before he advanced through the outer sect competition.

Jiang Li chatted with him for a long time and even talked about Lu Qianqian and the others.

Their small outer sect group had originally been pulled together by Yu Banxia. Now that he was dead, they had basically lost contact with each other.

Furthermore, because of Yu Banxia's betrayal, they had not been living well recently. They had basically cut off all contact with outsiders and only stayed in their rooms to cultivate.

Neither of them said anything regarding this.

Jiang Li actually wanted to know what Yu Banxia had encountered in the Southern Seal Kingdom. However, it was obviously not the time now, so he could only ask this question later.

Jiang Li thought for a moment before asking Yan Hong to help him purchase some things again, and then he left the sect.

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Chapter 85: Dragon Imprisoning Lock

After returning to the small courtyard, Jiang Li began to set up the formation. A layer of sparkling white light that was in a hemisphere enveloped the small courtyard before vanishing without a trace.

Jiang Li reached out to touch it, but he felt a layer of tough wall membrane within the perimeter.

After all, this was originally the courtyard of a Core Formation elder. The grade of the defensive array formation was quite high. Even high-level cultivators would find it difficult to silently penetrate the protective array formation and spy on the inside of the courtyard.

Jiang Li walked into the cultivation room. After opening another layer of array formation barrier, he could not wait to take out the Yin Burial Coffin. He opened the coffin lid and reached his right hand in to continuously search.

He was very interested in the spiritual root seed he had obtained from the red-coated rat.

Because other than Elder Duan Shuang, the other eleven rogue cultivators had already died under the black zombie's corpse bomb.

Jiang Li had carefully examined the hole before and tried to stuff the waste pills into it, but no other seeds appeared.

It was basically confirmed that if the host died, and the spiritual root seed did not escape in time, it would perish along with the host.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happened, there was a high chance that the spiritual root seed came from Elder Duan Shuang.

Although he still did not know how to use these two seeds, one had absorbed the essence of a Golden Core cultivator. It was very precious.

He had a Wood attribute spiritual root to begin with. Perhaps he could use some spell technique to safely use the spiritual root seed. Then, wouldn't he be profiting greatly?

However, he only took out one thing, it was the rat that had been tied up by ropes.

After searching for a long time, Jiang Li actually could not find the spiritual root seed.

Even the spiritual root seed from the Scaled Demon could not be found.

What was going on? Did the two seeds grow wings and fly away?

However, the coffin was a confined space. Even eight pairs of wings could not fly out.

Jiang Li shook his hand and threw the coffin as it expanded rapidly in the air. When it landed, it had already become a normal coffin that was more than two meters long.

Jiang Li casually pushed open the coffin lid. He thought for a moment before moving a table over and throwing it into the coffin. Only then did he jump into the coffin himself.

After the miraculous spatial change, Jiang Li landed on the table that he had thrown in earlier.

The Yin Corpse Blood in the coffin was at least half a meter deep. As it was the black zombie that entered in the past, it was unaffected by this.

Now that his main body had entered, even if he could remove the negative status, Jiang Li did not want to suffer the pain of being corroded by the Yin Corpse Blood for nothing.

Once he entered, Jiang Li discovered that the space inside had changed drastically. Previously, he had only sensed that the space inside had become larger from the outside.

Now, after entering, he realized that the length, width, and height had roughly doubled. In terms of space, it was eight times the original.

If he sold this coffin, Jiang Li estimated that he could use medium-grade spirit stones to create a spirit stone statue the size of a person.

Of course, he would not do such a foolish thing.

No, no. He was here to find a spiritual root seed. What was he thinking?

Jiang Li raised his eyes and looked around. He actually really found the location of the two spiritual root seeds in an instant.

Gasp!

Then, Jiang Li's heart trembled.

This was because the spiritual seed, which was the size of a durian seed, spun a few times in the air before it was caught by a Ghost Lantern Fish in a splash of water. Then, it was swallowed into its stomach.

Jiang Li was shocked. He had forgotten about this.

The dozen Ghost Lantern Fish had accidentally swam into the coffin during the underwater graveyard incident.

Jiang Li saw that they had a gentle temperament and were tenacious. They were able to survive in the Yin Corpse Blood and could be fed with only ghost flames. They were very obedient when they swam around in the coffin space.

Thus, he kept them in the coffin and used them as sources of illumination.

Previously, the black zombie had been lying in the coffin to watch over them so there was no trouble. He did not expect them to start acting up without the black zombie around. One even ate Jiang Li's spiritual root seed.

Guh!

Just as Jiang Li took out the chains to teach them a lesson…

The Ghost Lantern Fish that had swallowed the spiritual root seed poked its head out again and actually spat out the seed.

The seed rolled and flew in another direction. Another Ghost Lantern leaped out of the Yin Corpse Blood and caught the seed.

These Ghost Lantern Fish… were playing volleyball??

Sure enough, not long after, the seed was spat into the air again and tossed to the next Ghost Lantern Fish.

From the looks of it, these Ghost Lantern Fish were having a good time.

Jiang Li raised his hand and beckoned. The seed turned in midair and flew towards Jiang Li before being grabbed by him.

As the owner of the coffin, it was relatively simple for Jiang Li to control some things in the coffin space.

When the Ghost Lantern Fish saw that their toy was gone, they leisurely swam to the other side and played with another spiritual root seed with the other Ghost Lantern Fish.

Jiang Li looked at the seed in his hand and then looked at the Ghost Lantern Fish that were playing happily not far away. He was slightly at a loss for words.

It had only been a few seconds since he had held it in his hand, but the desire for it had already begun to grow again. The power of this seed was extremely overwhelming. Even a Golden Core cultivator would not be able to resist it.

Even if the spiritual root seed did not fancy fish, it should be able to emit a smell that would make living creatures fearful like how it dealt with the Maha Fish previously.

However, these extremely ugly fish could actually ignore the influence of the spiritual root seed and pass these two seeds around like toys.

It was true that nothing was invincible, there was always a natural enemy.

"To think that you would end up in this state!" He said to the seed in his hand.

Jiang Li suddenly recalled the scene when the Mother River descended into the graveyard. The entire graveyard was a land of death, and even the Golden Core zombie demon had been reduced to being a puppet of the unknown huge roots.

However, these Ghost Lantern Fish could not be affected at all and lived freely in the underwater graveyard.

Now, they could casually devour the spiritual root seed and were not affected at all.

It seemed that this Ghost Lantern Fish was no ordinary creature. Perhaps the key to solving the secret of the spiritual root seed lay with these ugly Ghost Lantern Fish.

This kind of spiritual fish had been missing for too long. He did not know if the information could be found in the sect's records.

Jiang Li found an iron box and placed the spiritual root seed inside. After locking it, he placed it at the corner of the coffin.

This thing's temptation was too strong. If one was not careful, it would be easy to fall for it. Jiang Li used various methods to test it, but he still did not find anything.

However, the desire in his heart was already unbearable. He could only put it aside for the time being and study it after his heart calmed down.

It seemed that the secret treasure hidden within the seed was indeed not so easy to retrieve.

Jiang Li put away the coffin and looked at the red-coated rat whose fur was completely white on the ground.

After thinking about it, he fed it a healing pill and ignored it. He also wanted to see if his body, which had been abandoned by the spiritual root seed, still had a way to live.

He meditated and studied the Heart Sutra for the entire night…

The next day, Jiang Li ran to Elder He's personal training ground early in the morning.

His new master was not punctual and had not come over yet. There was no one else in this special training ground so it was very quiet.

Jiang Li did not waste any time. After grabbing two rocks that were 500 kilograms in weight to warm up, he looked for a stone wall at the edge of the training grounds and repeatedly practiced the Mountain Crushing Scripture.

In the Scripture Storage Valley, other things were hard to find except for hard stone walls that were everywhere.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dull thuds continued.

The stone wall here was obviously much tougher than the one Jiang Li had crashed into in the outer sect. Jiang Li collided with it more than ten times, but he had only barely managed to crack a little. On the contrary, his shoulder was already red and swollen.

Compared to the power of the collision, his current body was already unable to keep up. He needed to practice more and make up for it as soon as possible.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, the swelling on his shoulder subsided, and his skin, muscles, and bones were strengthened slightly.

Jiang Li then lowered his shoulders and continued to charge.

About two hours later, when the sun was high in the sky, his master finally arrived.

"Master!" Jiang Li immediately bowed.

However…

Swoosh.

A familiar sound of chains colliding sounded. A pitch-black chain suddenly flew out and wrapped around Jiang Li's right ankle. The top of the chain was immediately locked, preventing him from breaking free.

Jiang Li raised his eyes to look over. Besides his good master, who else would do this?

"Master… what are you doing?"

Jiang Li felt that something was wrong, because the chains on his feet were still rattling. The other end of the chains was connected to a large iron cage covered in black cloth.

"What? A present for you, of course." Elder He jumped onto the iron cage, his expression looking rather pleasant as he answered.

Others only knew that the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, Elder He, had invincible iron fists and liked to fight, but what they did not know was that he actually preferred to watch others fight.

Especially bloody hand-to-hand combat.

"Jiang Li, the chain on your foot is called the Dragon Imprisoning Lock. That's a treasure that was found on the corpse of an ancient dragon. It's impossible to break!"

"If you can survive, this chain will be your master's gift to you."

Obviously, his master was truly unable to forget the chain from before, so he intended to give Jiang Li a good one today.

But… What did he mean by "survive"?

The answer was soon revealed.

The black cloth was pulled away by Elder He, and the iron cage's door fell. Accompanied by a rough roar, a huge ape more than four meters tall walked out.

Jiang Li could see that the other end of the Dragon Imprisoning Lock was clearly tied to the ape's left foot.

Roar!

Jiang Li looked at the huge ape with bulging fangs and bloodshot eyes. He swallowed hard. Was his master asking him to fight with this thing?

"Master, is this how you usually teach your disciples?"

Jiang Li wanted to cry but had no tears. His heart was filled with despair. What kind of master had he encountered?

"Don't worry! Your senior brothers and sisters have all gone through this. This Dragon Imprisoning Lock definitely can't be broken. I won't help you either."

It was no wonder Elder He was late by more than two hours. It turned out that he had gone to capture this thing. He smiled as he comforted Jiang Li, and then he kicked the ape on the butt, causing the ferocious glow in its eyes to rise explosively as it roared and charged towards Jiang Li.

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Chapter 86: Demonic Ape

Jiang Li thought to himself: With your guarantee, I feel much more at ease.

His master's "first lesson" was indeed a little fierce, but since he had such a master now, he could only accept it.

After all, compared to encountering such a situation outside the sect, it was undoubtedly an extremely good opportunity for Jiang Li to accumulate experience by having his own master watch over him.

Jiang Li knew that his master was definitely just scaring him when he said he would not help. If it was really a life and death situation, he would definitely act in time.

However, rather than being beaten to death by a monkey, it was better to let him beat the other party to death!

After that, Jiang Li calmed down and no longer hesitated or feared. He assumed the posture of the Mountain Crushing Scripture and smashed his shoulder fiercely towards the enormous ape.

When faced with adversity, the braver one would win. Since he wanted to walk the path of a body cultivator, he had to nurture the determination to risk his life!

Bang!

It sounded like the collision sound of a truck's hard rubber tire!

Jiang Li's body was like a baby as he crashed into the arms of the ape.

Relying on the ape's four-meter-tall body to hide his own body, Jiang Li cast an appraisal skill at the moment of collision.

[Name: Demonic Ape]

[Type: Ape Demon Beast]

[Age: Adolescence]

[Gender: Female]

[Source of Nutrition: Rotten Flesh]

[Habits: Cunning and Bloodthirsty]

[Danger Level: High]

Demonic ape? Hmph, the name was really compatible with its looks.

The power of the Mountain Crushing Scripture completely landed on the Demonic Ape's body, but the huge ape only took a few steps back. Its thick, city wall-like chest completely absorbed the terrifying power.

Two exaggerated ape claws grabbed towards Jiang Li, but Jiang Li nimbly avoided them. He stepped on the giant ape's body, leaped up again, and threw a punch at the demonic ape's face.

A fist struck and a fang broke on the spot.

The second punch was thrown, but a wet feeling came. Jiang Li's left fist entered the demonic ape's mouth.

Jiang Li cursed himself for being stupid. In an instant, he felt a sharp squeeze as if he had reached into a meat grinder. The smelly, sharp fangs were trying to cut off his arm.

The pitch-black hardened skin prevented the fangs from sinking in, but through the skin, the huge biting force acted on his arm bone, making Jiang Li feel like it was about to break at any moment.

Jiang Li wanted to pull away, but the pulling force only made his arm endure an even greater pressure.

He forced himself to remain calm. Instead of retreating, his left hand reached out and grabbed the demonic ape's throat!

Roar!

In the next moment, the mouth that was like a meat grinder instinctively opened. Before Jiang Li could feel any joy from freeing his arm, his body was slapped flying like a cannonball.

Even though Jiang Li's strength was formidable, he was utterly unable to gain an advantage when compared to the demonic ape.

The difference in size and weight made his disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat obvious.

Jiang Li, who was flying backward, was trying to regain his balance. However, the tightened chain on his right foot told him that something was amiss!

As a smart demon, the demonic ape could use weapons to a certain extent.

It grabbed the Dragon Imprisoning Lock, tightened the chain, and swung Jiang Li like a shooting star.

This momentum was so fierce that if it smashed into the ground, even an iron block would probably change shape.

Elder He, who was still standing on the iron cage, was about to step out several times, but he stopped and continued to watch with interest.

"Interesting, this kid has a strong body."

Amidst the dizziness, Jiang Li did not sit there and wait for death. Another chain flew out from his waist and flew in the direction of the Dragon Imprisoning Lock. It directly wrapped around the demonic ape's arms, causing the Dragon Imprisoning Lock's speed to decrease drastically.

Jiang Li's body immediately emitted a green light. Wood Armor Technique and Skin Hardening covered his entire body at the same time. He then assumed the posture of Mountain Crushing Scripture in the air to receive the collision.

Bang!

Dust filled the air, and a medium-sized hole appeared in the hard ground.

Cough cough cough!

Jiang Li rolled over and stood up. He coughed out the blood caused by the bleeding of his lungs.

The pain in his body told him that three of the ribs on the left side were broken.

The Wood Armor Technique was used again. A few wooden sticks fixed the ribs. This kind of fracture could completely recover in a few minutes.

Creak! Creak! Creak!

However, there was no chance for him to catch his breath in the midst of the fight. A wrenching sound came from the other side. Under the demon ape's immense strength, the chain binding its arms was slowly changing shape. It was probably breaking soon.

Jiang Li did not wait for his injuries to recover. He picked up a piece of rock that had broken off and smashed it towards the demonic ape's face.

The demonic ape that was fighting with the chains was struck by the rock that shattered on impact. The other half of the bared fangs were shattered by the collision, and it was unknown where it flew to.

Roar!

The demonic ape immediately became even more furious. However, at this moment, Jiang Li also followed closely behind the rock and arrived.

The rock was only a distraction.

The Mountain Crushing Scripture no longer targeted the chest, but instead collided with the left leg.

Even a strong ape would collapse after losing its center of gravity.

The four-meter-tall figure crashed to the ground with a bang. Jiang Li moved forward, and he paid no attention to anything else as he madly hammered the Demonic Ape's left knee.

He continued attacking until there was a crack!

The demonic ape's left knee was broken by Jiang Li forcefully. At the same time, the chain binding the ape's arms finally snapped.

Bang!

Jiang Li, who was still attacking its leg, was slapped flying by the ape.

Sharp nails that were more than two feet long scraped Jiang Li's body, but they were blocked by a layer of pitch-black skin, and only a few obvious white scars were left behind.

Jiang Li's Armament Skin could not even be easily broken by a Shu Mountain's flying sword of the same level. How could a demon beast's claws break through it?

Jiang Li was sent flying. After he landed, he did not return to continue fighting. Instead, he dragged the Dragon Imprisoning Lock and ran madly.

The thick and long Dragon Imprisoning Lock tightened with a clang.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

The chain was tied to the demonic ape's broken left leg.

At this moment, while being pulled by Jiang Li, the demonic ape immediately cried out in pain. It was in so much pain that it hurriedly pulled the Dragon Imprisoning Lock.

However, Jiang Li had been tricked earlier, so how could he still give the other party a chance at this moment? He continuously pulled the chain forward to worsen the injuries on the other party's broken leg.

Jiang Li had no advantage in strength, weight, or even defense. His only advantage in speed was limited by the Dragon Imprisoning Lock's range.

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Li could only fight the demonic ape in close combat and rely on his recovery ability to endure until he won.

However, Jiang Li did not want to do that. He sacrificed the chain in exchange for a few seconds of full output.

Using the move Mountain Crushing Demon Ape and a series of random punches, he finally broke the other party's left leg, causing the ape to lose its ability to move and strengthen his advantage.

Moreover, the Dragon Imprisoning Lock that had previously restricted him greatly was now a sharp weapon that directly struck the dragon imprisoning lock's vital points.

Growl~ Growl~

After a series of tugging, the pained demonic ape finally knelt on the ground and hugged the chains, looking like it was pleading for mercy.

It was as if it was not the ape that wanted to bite off Jiang Li's arm earlier.

"What will you do?" Elder He stood on the iron cage and muttered, feeling more and more satisfied with Jiang Li's talent in body cultivation.

However, if he still had the temperament of a child, he would have to suffer a little more.

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Chapter 87: Slap

The demonic ape curled up on the ground, holding its left leg with a wail, looking pitiful and weak.

If it was not for its exaggerated size that was much taller than Jiang Li while lying down, and if it was not for the words 'cunning and bloodthirsty' clearly written in the column of appraisal, Jiang Li might have really fallen for its trick.

The Dragon Imprisoning Lock scraped the ground, producing a series of metallic sounds.

An expression appeared on the demonic ape's hairy face, like it had succeeded in its scheme.

Although the demonic ape had been curled up and buried its face under its body, its ears were still focused on the outside.

It could clearly hear the clanging of the chains getting closer and closer to it. As long as the human was within ten meters of it, it was confident that it could instantly pounce on its prey and tear him into pieces.

Slam!

At this moment, a rock the size of a human head flew over and shattered into countless pieces on the demonic ape's body, flying in all directions.

Roar!

The demonic ape let out a low growl, but it still refused to rise. It waited for the right moment.

Although it was painful to be hit by such a rock, as long as it did not hit a vital spot, it could not cause any actual damage. Only by continuing to show weakness would the foolish humans let down their guard.

The cunning ape prided itself on its wisdom.

However, after Jiang Li threw out that rock, not only did he not stop at all, he even smashed it down from all directions, causing the giant ape to howl in pain.

Although the battle between Jiang Li and the giant ape did not last for long, the situation was sufficiently intense. Especially when Jiang Li was smashed into the ground, many rocks were shattered, and these became his convenient "ammunition".

If not for the fact that this ape was smart and protected its left leg well, Jiang Li would have smashed it there every time.

After a long time, the demonic ape felt its body tighten as if it was about to be buried by rocks.

That damned human, did he not know what compassion was? Under the stimulation of the pain, the fury in the demonic ape's chest rose.

Roar!

It could not tolerate this anymore!

The four-meter-tall cunning giant ape suddenly got up and rushed towards the rock to tear Jiang Li into pieces.

However, with a clang, the chains on its body tightened.

This demonic ape had actually been tied up by Jiang Li!

It turned out that Jiang Li had been circling around the ape just now. He relied on the rocks that he smashed to attract its attention and wrapped the Dragon Imprisoning Lock around it in circles.

Jiang Li had already played with chains for a long time, so his mastery of binding was quite good.

The originally loose chains instantly tightened under the ape's struggles. Now, it was not easy to untie them.

Being bound by chains and having its left leg broken, not to mention tearing Jiang Li into pieces, even if the demonic ape wanted to stand up at this moment, it would be unable to do so.

Realizing that it was trapped, the demonic ape desperately tugged at the Dragon Imprisoning Lock on its body, attempting to use brute force to rip apart all the chains.

But the chain was different from the one he had broken.

It was called the Dragon Imprisoning Lock. It was a chain that even the dragon race could not break free from.

Although there might be some bragging involved, it was definitely not something that a mere minor ape demon could shake.

Taking advantage of the fact that the demonic ape was chained up and unable to move, Jiang Li approached it and slapped it on the head.

Jiang Li had noticed earlier that the demonic ape's head was extremely stiff, and it was more than enough to be used to forge iron.

Therefore, if he wanted to deal an effective blow to it, he had to use "soft measures" to counter it.

He abandoned his fist and attacked with a palm that seemed to be harmless.

Slam!

Jiang Li's palm ruthlessly slapped the right ear hole of the ape. A stream of spiritual qi suddenly poured into the ape's ear, shattering the thick eardrums. The ferocious spiritual qi rushed straight into the depths of the skull.

A line of blood flowed out from the ear hole of the Demonic Ape. The giant ape was stunned for a few seconds. By the time it reacted, Jiang Li's round slap had already arrived.

With a crisp crack, Jiang Li's dual-attribute Wood-Yin spiritual qi poured into the ape's ears from the other side. The two spiritual qi collided with each other inside the ape's skull. The ape's skull was almost torn off.

The huge body finally crashed to the ground. Blood flowed out like a stream from both ears.

There was also some light yellow cerebral spinal fluid mixed in. It seemed that these two slaps were quite ruthless.

"Master, I won." Jiang Li took two breaths before he cupped his hands and bowed to Elder He who was still standing indifferently on the iron cage.

"Well done. As your present, this Dragon Confinement Lock will be yours from now on."

The first half of Elder He's words came from the distant iron cage. When he spoke the second half, he had already appeared beside Jiang Li.

With a wave of his hand, he undid the Dragon Imprisoning Lock on the demonic ape's and Jiang Li's bodies. The thick chain that was originally 200 meters long quickly shortened and became thin. In the end, it became roughly 20 meters in length and landed in Jiang Li's hands.

The chain was able to extend or shorten and become thicker or thinner. It was great!

"Thank you, Master!"

Jiang Li received the ordinary-looking Dragon Imprisoning Lock and hurriedly bowed to thank Elder He.

The strength of this chain was extremely shocking, and its grade was probably not low. In the future, he finally did not have to worry about his artifact being easily broken by others.

"Mm. Refine it properly when you get back. There are many ways to use it in your future cultivation."

In other words, Jiang Li would have to undergo this kind of combat training often in the future. Moreover, he had to lock himself up with the chain.

Jiang Li could not help but grumble in his heart. Just by looking at the unsatisfied expression on his master's face, he knew that his future opponent would probably find it harder and harder to deal with.

"Your strength is not bad. I'm very satisfied. You passed today's test."

"Now, dig out the demonic ape's heart and bury the body in the ground over there."

"After all, this ape lost its life for your cultivation practice. You should bury it yourself."

Elder He made another request. The direction he pointed at was a smooth and hard rock ground.

He wanted Jiang Li to dig a grave on a rock.

Jiang Li's face twitched, and then he looked left and right with an innocent expression!

"Master, where are the tools?"

Elder He glanced at him again and said with a smile, "As body cultivators, our hands and body are the best tools. If it's not completed, you can forget about going back today."

As soon as he finished speaking, he left behind an ice box before turning around and leaving. He took a few steps forward and vanished from Jiang Li's field of vision.

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Chapter 88: Slaughter and Burial

Use… his hands?

Jiang Li looked at his hands. His heart ached for his future "girlfriend".

So body cultivators were such bitter existences? If he had known earlier, wouldn't he have chosen to focus on other things?

Jiang Li sighed. After wrapping the Dragon Imprisoning Lock around his waist, he raised his fists and arrived beside the dying demonic ape.

"Friend, you're just lucky to have met me, Jiang Li. With me here, your slaughter and burial will be assured, so you can die in peace now!"

Jiang Li flipped the demonic ape over. He felt helpless against this huge body for a long time.

This damned ape's skin was really too tough. Jiang Li pounded at its chest for a long time before ending the life of the dying demonic ape.

Several of the bones inside had already been broken, but this skin still did not have any intention of tearing.

Alright, the method was still wrong. If he wanted to break through the tough skin with his bare fists, the effect would undoubtedly be twice the effort with half the result.

However, he really did not have any other means of attack.

Jiang Li's battles had always relied on the huge increase in attributes brought by his statuses to crush his enemies with the overwhelming difference in attributes.

Of course, that felt amazing.

However, as a body cultivator, he actually did not have many moves that he could shout out. It was really too lame. Jiang Li fell into deep thought. This situation needed to be changed. At the very least, he should name a few moves.

However, right now, he still had to deal with this ape corpse in front of him.

Jiang Li's nails were not sharp, so he could not tear it apart. Elder He also clearly said that tools were not allowed.

Jiang Li felt like he could neither do this nor that. He did not plan to play tricks the day after he acknowledged his master, that would leave a bad impression behind.

In the end, Jiang Li had no choice but to use his teeth. After he bit the skin, he started to desperately tear and even roll on the ground. He barely bit open a bloody hole in the skin of the demonic ape before his teeth loosened.

With a breakthrough, things became much easier.

Jiang Li's fingers dug into the bloody hole. The muscles on his body swelled up, and he leaned all his terrifying brute force under the effect of [Blood Bursting Force] onto the skin of the demonic ape.

The bloody hole expanded bit by bit, and the tough muscles and tendons were exposed to the air.

The crimson muscle color was as hard to the touch as rubber, showing Jiang Li that this guy had terrifying strength when it was alive.

However, it was still pointless. With one look, he could tell that this type of muscle was not something worth eating.

After that, Jiang Li suffered another round of frenzied torture before he finally tore open the muscles, broke the bones, and dug out the heart that was larger than a basketball.

The stench of blood spread out and flowed directly into Jiang Li's nose. Every time this happened, he wanted to get a buff that could allow him to hold his breath forever.

After stuffing the heart into the ice box, Jiang Li dragged the enormous ape corpse towards the direction Elder He had pointed out earlier.

After all, the Scripture Storage Valley was a canyon terrain. What was exposed to the ground were basically hard rocks and very little soil existed.

This region was naturally the same.

Jiang Li walked closer and realized that there were already more than a hundred stone tombs of various sizes in this area.

Jiang Li roughly looked at them. These graves that were dug out from the rocks and covered in rocks were only two to three meters in length and width. They could not even fit Jiang Li's demonic ape.

However, the bigger ones made Jiang Li walk a thousand steps before he could barely circle around the tomb.

It seemed that his new master's teaching method had been used for a long time. He did not know how his senior brothers and sisters had survived back then.

After putting down the ape corpse, Jiang Li found a rather spacious stone surface. A pitch-black color crawled onto his fists, and Jiang Li's fist smashed down.

A few small pieces of gravel flew out. Jiang Li moved his palm away, and only four small pits that corresponded to the joints of his fist appeared on the rock ground.

The rocks in the inner sect area of the Scripture Storage Valley were much tougher than the rocks in the outer sect area. Jiang Li's punch only had this effect.

It seemed that his master clearly wanted to give him a little suffering. With his fists, it was impossible to dig out a grave large enough to contain such a large ape corpse in a day with such hard ground.

Jiang Li was helpless. He looked at his fists, and he could only raise them and punch them on the ground one after another.

Ora! Ora! Ora! Rapid Fist! North Star Fist! Lightning Strike! Angel's Volley…

Crack!

The corners of Jiang Li's mouth twitched as he sucked in a cold breath of air. Earlier, his fist had smashed into a sharp piece of gravel, and at the same time that the gravel became even more fine and shattered, his middle finger bone had also broken.

Without a trace, he pulled the finger bone back to its original position. After waiting for a moment, the pain completely disappeared. However, for safety's sake, Jiang Li waited for a few more minutes before continuing to pound the ground crazily.

Elder He, who was hiding in the distance and quietly observing Jiang Li's actions, revealed a pleasantly surprised expression.

Beside him stood a beautiful disciple of the Rejuvenation Hall.

Jiang Li had clearly broken a few bones when he was fighting the demonic ape earlier.

After the battle ended, Elder He deliberately did not mention the matter of treatment to see how Jiang Li's will was. However, Jiang Li's relaxed expression made it seem as if nothing had happened.

Now, seeing him pound the ground, it was no longer a matter of willpower.

With such vigorous vitality and such an exaggerated recovery speed, he was almost comparable to the elder himself when he was in the Foundation Establishment realm back then.

There was also the ability to harden the skin. Although it was weak, the effect was not bad.

His disciple's physical body cultivation talent was probably far above his expectations.

After letting the female cultivator from the Rejuvenation Hall leave, the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall looked for a long time before he excitedly rode his magic artifact into the sky and flew towards the heavy mountain outside the Scripture Storage Valley.

"Next time, what demon beast should I capture?"

On this side, Jiang Li was still pounding the ground at an extremely high frequency. It was as if a construction team was working here, and an enormous wave of noises resounded.

His eyes suddenly flashed, and he immediately stopped pounding. He blew away some of the stone powder on his hands. On the eight joints of his fists, there were already eight thick fist calluses that looked extremely ugly.

"He's finally gone?" Jiang Li muttered in his heart.

Although Elder He was spying on him far away, he did not hide it at all. Therefore, as long as Jiang Li calmed down and sent a portion of his attention into the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra, he could easily capture that spying sensation.

These displayed talents were naturally intentional by Jiang Li. After all, these things could not be hidden from the eyes of high-level cultivators.

Thus, he revealed them openly.

In any case, whether the body cultivation talent was good or not did not have much to do with the grade of the spiritual root.

At most, Jiang Li would be considered a genius that had been undiscovered previously, and no one would want to dissect him because of their suspicions.

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Chapter 89: Anti-Demon Golden Skin

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When it came to talent, Jiang Li recalled that during the Immortal Ascension Assembly, the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak had viewed the Sword Heart talent as more important than the spiritual root.

It could be seen that in the cultivation world, powerful natural endowments were definitely not limited to the concept of spiritual root grade.

There was nothing strange about his talent in body cultivation.

It was not a big deal to reveal one's talent. There were countless cultivators and demon beasts with all kinds of magical talent in this world.

What Jiang Li had displayed so far was actually not much. He was still far from the level of overpowered main characters.

The main reason why Jiang Li was cautious was to prevent others from discovering the source of his talent. After all, that was his foundation. He could not let others know about it.

Previously, as an outer disciple, his standing was low, and his safety was not guaranteed. Naturally, he had to maintain a 'reasonable' low profile.

Now that he was an inner sect disciple and had taken the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall as his master, it was time for him to become dazzling in the eyes of outsiders with his strong backing.

In addition, only by revealing a portion of the secret could he better hide the more crucial part.

"Senior Brother Jiang Li, an outer sect disciple is holding your outer sect identity token from before and said he came to deliver something to you. He's right outside the hall now, do you want to let him in?"

At this moment, a disciple ran over and found Jiang Li.

Jiang Li turned around and saw that the person who called him senior brother was wearing a navy blue outer sect disciple robe and looking at his waist.

Oh, that was a registered disciple of the Demon Vanquishing Hall.

The Demon Vanquishing Hall often went out to carry out dangerous missions to slay demons and devils. The casualty rate was always high, so they recruited many outer sect disciples who were good at fighting to work for them.

According to incomplete statistics, the number of registered disciples in the Demon Vanquishing Hall should be the largest among the various halls.

That registered disciple handed over a familiar outer sect disciple token. This was indeed the token that Jiang Li had left with Yan Hong as a keepsake.

However, Jiang Li was slightly surprised.

He completed the purchase so quickly?

"Let him in."

Soon, a familiar-looking subordinate of Yan Hong was brought in.

Speaking of which, he should be the underling of the two of them. It was just that Jiang Li did not care about them, and they had only met a few times in total.

Along the way into the inner sect, this disciple should have been questioned quite a bit. At this moment, he was looking worried and his back was hunched. His eyes were staring fixedly at the ground, and he did not dare to look around recklessly. From head to toe, he showed fear and trepidation.

Only when he saw Jiang Li did his face reveal a pleasantly surprised expression.

"Jiang Li… Senior Brother Jiang Li."

"This is from Brother Yan Hong."

That disciple walked forward and handed Jiang Li a small cloth bag.

"Is Yan Hong returning so many spirit stones?"

Jiang Li opened the cloth bag and took a look. Apart from the things he wanted, there were also many spirit stones.

"The prices of goods in the outer sect trading area suddenly dropped quite a bit. We didn't spend too many spirit stones buying these things."

Jiang Li understood immediately after thinking about it. In order to support the heavily injured outer sect disciples to recover their strength as soon as possible, the sect took the initiative to lower the price of commodities.

Now, it seemed that this method was amazing and actions were taken very swiftly. It made the life of the entire outer sect much better.

Jiang Li took out two spirit stones and threw them over. That disciple hurriedly thanked him before leaving under the guidance of that registered disciple.

After they left, Jiang Li looked around and saw that there was no one around. He directly ran into the Demon Vanquishing Hall's bathhouse and took out the things in the cloth bag.

It was a bag of shiny powder and a box of golden-bright and dazzling paint. Both of them emitted faint Metal-attribute spiritual qi fluctuations. Just from the color, it was obvious that they were not cheap items.

When these two items were combined, they were a very practical consumable magical artifact.

This was something Jiang Li had found when he was in conflict with those outer sect disciples at the entrance of Cloud Stream City.

He still remembered the hand claw that the late-stage Qi Refinement realm disciple who ambushed him had stretched out.

The fingers were suffused with a faint metallic luster, and it was even to the extent that Jiang Li could sense a slight danger.

At first, he had thought that it was the effect of some Metal-attribute spell technique.

Later on, after asking around, he found out that it was actually a one-time use magic artifact.

After understanding these things, Jiang Li could not help but deeply sigh at the wisdom of the current generation of cultivators. There were indeed many strange and very practical things that had been invented.

This kind of 'coating'-type magical artifact was one of them.

It was said that there were quite a number of types of coating artifacts. Apart from the golden powder that could be used to paint golden hands, there was also poisonous powder that could temporarily make one's hand poisonous, and many others.

Jiang Li had always been very interested in such augmentation items. As soon as he returned, he got Yan Hong to help him purchase them.

The golden powder was produced by the Scripture Storage Valley's Weapon Refinement Hall, so it was not difficult to purchase.

However, the golden paint was a Buddhist artifact. It originated from Benevolent Travel Temple and could not be bought all the time.

This was also the reason why Jiang Li felt surprised earlier.

"My luck is really good this time. He bought it so quickly."

Jiang Li poured the golden powder in his hand into the golden paint. His finger reached into it and slowly stirred the two together, turning them into an even more viscous and blurry shape. However, when the two golden objects were mixed together, the color instead became dim.

Then, Jiang Li rolled up his sleeve, and as if he was applying sunblock, he evenly applied the blurry substance to his palms and arms.

This thing was very expensive and very little of it flowed into the market. Most importantly, its effects were durable and effective. It was a rare and luxurious consumable item.

This could be seen from the fact that the outer sect disciple who ambushed him had only applied his five fingers and practically used them as nail polish.

Although Jiang Li had spent quite a number of spirit stones, the amount he had bought could only barely cover his arms.

[Both arms have been coated with golden powder and paint. Added Status: Anti-Demon Golden Skin.]

[Anti-Demon Golden Skin: Skin hardness temporarily increased… Anti-Demon effect increased… Duration: 24 hours] ( )

Jiang Li's hands collided with each other. When they made contact, there was actually a slight metallic sound. The skin on his arms became visibly tougher again.

Moreover, because of the Buddhist golden paint, Jiang Li's current hands were simply even more terrifying than hot iron to evil beings like zombies and ghosts.

He decisively set the effect to an infinite duration.

After that, Jiang Li ran to the side of a water vat in the bathhouse and scooped some water from inside. He quickly washed away the coating on his arms.

The two hands collided again. The seemingly ordinary flesh-colored palm still emitted a crisp metallic sound. The hardness did not decrease at all.

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Chapter 90: The Trend of Becoming a Perpetual Motion Machine

Jiang Li clenched his fists and was very satisfied with this.

His cheat simply retained statuses like this.

He could continue to maintain their effects even after the original materials were used up.

For example, the food he ate made him full.

Once Satiety was given infinite duration, it did not mean that food would forever pile up in Jiang Li's stomach.

Jiang Li would still digest and excrete normally, but the effect of recovering his stamina would be preserved.

Just like now, even after he washed away the golden powder, the effects of the Anti-Demon Golden Skin would still remain.

His master wanted him to use his bare hands. In this case, despite having the buff, he was still considered to be fighting with his bare hands.

With his arms that had already been completely upgraded, Jiang Li returned to the place where the pit was dug. His fists turned pitch-black once more, and he started to madly slam on the solid rock ground again.

A large amount of shattered rocks splattered, and the effect was indeed different this time. The damage Jiang Li's fist caused to the rocks on the ground immediately multiplied by a few times, and the efficiency of work was much higher.

As the sun gradually set, the light was blocked by the cliff on both sides of Scripture Storage Valley. Jiang Li had already entered the hole he dug.

Gradually, Jiang Li found a very comfortable rhythm.

Because of the effects of several body refinement pills, Jiang Li's energy was in fact always overflowing.

Now, as he struck with both fists, he was not moving as quickly as he had at first.

However, if he maintained this frequency, Jiang Li would be able to perfectly balance his gain and expenditure of stamina. His fists were continuously punching to his heart's content.

It made him feel a pleasant sensation like a perpetual motion machine. Jiang Li even started to release spiritual qi around his body according to the speed at which his spiritual qi recovered.

Wood attribute and Yin attribute spiritual qi were not very active in comparison to others. The increase in attack was naturally inferior to the increase in Fire attribute and Metal attribute spiritual qi.

However, it was still Immortal Cultivation spiritual qi after all. Just blowing it out could kill ordinary mortals.

This type of "Qi Release" without any technique was not recognized by the interface as a single status, but it also increased his speed of breaking through the rock layer again.

The sun gradually sank into the ground as time passed.

Hours went by.

By the time the sun rose, but the incessant pounding did not cease.

More hours went by.

An entire day had passed.

During this period of time, a disciple came over to deliver food to Jiang Li, but he rejected it because he had eaten the Inedia Pills.

All of Jiang Li's internal organs, muscles, and bones were circulating at high speed like a functioning machine.

The hot blood in his veins flowed rapidly under the pumping of his powerful heart. His body continuously emitted a large amount of heat, but under the effect of the [Cool Skin, Jiang Li did not even feel hot.

This body condition felt like racing on the expressway at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

If he suddenly stopped, it would be like he had suddenly turned at a fork and entered a road that could only reach a speed of 20 to 30 kilometers per hour.

It would make Jiang Li feel very unhappy.

Thus, under the continuous punches, another day and night passed.

It was not until the sky lit up with the light of dawn that Jiang Li finally punched out one last time. After flattening a protruding rock, he stood in a huge hole of [4.5 x 3 x 2.5] square meters.

"This pounding was really enjoyable!"

Jiang Li looked at the results of his two days and two nights of hard work and sighed with emotion. After these two days of exercise, he felt his body become much stronger.

He opened his interface and saw that his Strength attribute had increased by 0.5, and his Constitution had increased by 0.4.

Now, it was much more difficult to raise Jiang Li's attributes, but the resulting effect was also world's apart from before.

He gained these attributes in just two days. This made Jiang Li extremely spirited. He wished that he could stay here and pound the mountain until he became invincible.

However, he also knew that he was not some bald guy who had no physical restrictions. The advancement he could achieve by relying on training would only become harder and slower gradually. It was impossible for him to really rely on the enhancement of a few Yellow-rank pills to be invincible in the world.

"I'm very tired, very tired. My hands and feet are soft and I don't want to move at all."

Under the hole, Jiang Li repeated these two words in his heart, telling himself that he should be exhausted now. That was the normal reaction that he should have.

He slowly calmed his excited nerves.

Putting on a tired expression, Jiang Li jumped out of the hole.

Hmm… Alright, even if he hypnotized himself like this, Jiang Li only looked 'more tired'.

Carrying the huge ape corpse, Jiang Li threw it into the hole with "difficulty".

This thing had been cut open by Jiang Li previously. Now, it was exposed in the air for two days, and it was already smelly.

Jiang Li had no intention of being infected with the virus of the cultivation world. After burying the ape's corpse into the ground, he pushed the large number of rocks that he had thrown out of the pit earlier and gradually filled up the entire hole.

Finally! Success!

Indeed, it was easy to kill but hard to bury a corpse. Jiang Li deeply understood what this meant.

"Did you do all this yourself?" Right at this moment, an air-piercing sound came from behind.

It was Elder He who had disappeared for two days already flying back from who knew where.

In his hand was a huge iron cage.

A corner of the black cloth on the iron cage was fluttering with the rough breathing of a certain creature.

Jiang Li did not even need to think to know what was inside.

"Master, I did it myself." As Jiang Li replied, he stepped forward and tried to lift the black cloth to see what was inside.

However, he had only lifted it halfway when it was pressed down by Elder He. Through the gap, he saw a beast claw with scales growing on it.

"You didn't use any artifacts?" Elder He asked again.

Clearly, Jiang Li's digging speed was completely beyond his expectations.

"No, Master. With my little wealth, even if I had a magical artifact, I wouldn't be willing to waste it." Jiang Li shrugged to express his innocence.

Elder He also knew that it was impossible for Jiang Li to deceive him in the territory of the Demon Vanquishing Hall. If Jiang Li lied, he would definitely notice it. There was no need for that.

However, the problem was that he had taught many disciples, and there was no lack of talented disciples among them.

Every time he took in disciples, the first lesson was always killing and digging the grave.

However, the demon beasts he chose were definitely not weak. There were not many disciples who could win against the demon beasts.

There were even fewer disciples who could complete the digging mission while dragging their heavily injured bodies.

Only disciples who passed these two tests would become disciples he truly approved of and be taught powerful secret techniques to establish themselves in the cultivation world.

However, among those disciples, the one who finished the fastest also took five days and six nights.

That was because the demon beast at that time was relatively small in size. Moreover, after it was completed, that disciple directly fainted. Moreover, his entire body was mangled to a tragic state.

It was unlike Jiang Li who was fine after fighting the demon beast. After excavating the grave, he was still full of vigor. It only took him two days to finish digging!

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Chapter 91: Testing the Runes

"Not bad." Elder He sized up Jiang Li for a long time before he said this sentence that could barely be considered a praise.

After all, he was a master. He had to put on airs. Otherwise, how could he discipline his disciples without such an image?

"That's all. I'll allow you to rest for a day. Come back to me tomorrow at this time."

Elder He picked up the ice box that contained the demonic ape's heart from the ground, turned around, and vanished from Jiang Li's sight in a few steps.

Jiang Li did as he was told and could only turn around and leave.

In terms of his body, he was still in peak condition and did not need to rest at all.

In terms of his mind, although he only had the recovery status provided by a barely passable "Vigor Pill", it was unable to completely make Jiang Li give up sleeping. At most… he could only not sleep for seven or eight days.

However, it had only been two days since he slept. Jiang Li felt that he could still work hard for a long time.

However, his master seemed to have something on for the time being. At the very least, he could not teach him today.

When he walked to the outer area of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, Jiang Li suddenly discovered something interesting.

In the direction of the port of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, one could see from afar that there was a simple temporary dock where the three damaged warships stopped. There were many people gathered there, busy with something.

Jiang Li was temporarily free. After walking closer, he discovered that the people from the Weapon Refinement Hall were there, repairing the warships.

After showing the token, he successfully bypassed the "do not enter" sign and approached to take a look.

What surprised Jiang Li was that not all the elders and disciples of the Weapon Refinement Hall were gathered around a warship to repair it.

There was a group of people in a temporary workshop. They were drawing all kinds of complicated and exquisite patterns on wooden planks of the same size and size.

The design concept of such a large flying ship was completely different from that of ordinary magical artifacts.

Due to its size, it meant that it was nearly impossible for a single person to do it. There was a lot of work.

The best solution for such a huge project was to assemble them after processing all the parts separately.

The few elders who had truly grasped the most advanced refinement technique only needed to coordinate the overall situation and be responsible for the most difficult core array formation construction.

As for the entire complicated array formation, it could be divided into more than ten thousand simpler and basic runes. They could be distributed appropriately to the various parts of the flying ship and then handed over to the disciples of the Weapon Refinement Hall to control.

The disciples of the Weapon Refinement Hall did not really need to master too many things.

As long as one mastered a few basic runes, he could participate in the assembly line production of parts and only be responsible for the parts he was good at.

Such a refinement method could be used for transportation, construction, grotto-heavens, and other large-scale array formations. The efficiency of labor was very high.

Moreover, it had another advantage, which was that it was more convenient to repair.

Just like the three damaged flying warships, they were obviously not suitable for reforging like ordinary artifacts.

However, the cultivators could directly dismantle the damaged parts on the warship's hull and replace them with the new parts. It would be considered a success.

Jiang Li stood at the side and watched for a while. Perhaps it was because the runes on the wooden planks were relatively simple and basic, he did not feel dizzy anymore.

Instead, looking at the deep lines of the runes, he seemed to be able to see the spiritual qi flow inside.

It was a magical feeling, as if he instinctively knew that a rune on the wooden board meant "float".

He grabbed a wooden board. It felt heavy and hard to the touch, but after gently inserting a breath of spiritual qi, it instantly became as light as air.

After letting go, this wooden board floated in the air for a while before floating down like a feather.

Jiang Li did not have a Fire attribute spiritual root, and he did not possess the Fire of Heaven and Earth currently, so he was naturally unable to develop in the direction of weapon refinement.

However, the path of runes and formations were all interlinked. He could give it a try here. At the very least, he should confirm whether he had this talent or not.

Therefore, he went forward and found a disciple who looked to be the most skilled among the registered disciples.

"Junior Brother." Jiang Li went up and patted the disciple's shoulder.

That disciple held a rune carving knife and was carefully drawing a key point.

After being interrupted by Jiang Li, he used too much strength, and the rune pattern directly changed shape. Without any suspense, the entire wooden board was wasted.

"You… Hello, Senior Brother. Is there anything I can help you with?"

That disciple originally intended to curse, but as soon as he turned around and saw Jiang Li's white and elegant inner sect disciple uniform, all his displeasure vanished instantly, and he immediately welcomed him with a smile.

"Junior Brother, I'm sorry to have distracted you."

Jiang Li patted this 'junior brother' on the shoulder even though he looked to be at least 10 years older than Jiang Li.

"No, no, no. I was careless, don't worry about it." That disciple hurriedly waved his hand, not daring to really flare up.

Although he was a registered disciple of the Weapon Refinement Hall and had always been doing quite well in the outer sect, he still had to respectfully address the inner sect disciples as senior brothers.

"Ah, you can't say that. This issue was indeed my fault. Since you called me Senior Brother, how could I let you suffer a loss for no reason? If word got out, wouldn't I be laughed at by outsiders?"

The outer sect disciple had a helpless expression. It was one thing for this senior brother to disturb him while he was carving the runes, but why was he still not letting him off?

"Senior Brother, it's really fine. It's just a rune board. I can just carve it again."

"If there's anything you need me for, just tell me. I won't decline anything that I can do."

Clearly, when inner sect disciples commanded outer sect disciples to do things, there was no need to be so eccentric. They could just say it directly.

"Hey, Junior Brother, don't say that. I really want to make up for my mistakes."

"How about this? Junior Brother, teach me how to draw the runes on this wooden board. After I learn it, I'll carve another rune board for you. How about that?"

When Jiang Li said this, that disciple immediately understood.

This guy just wanted to test his talent in weapon refinement. He should have said so earlier instead of making him worry for a long time.

He had encountered more than one such situation.

There were quite a number of disciples who wanted to test their talent in the Weapon Refinement Hall and the Alchemy Hall. Every few days, there would be a few disciples who wanted to try their luck coming to seek their help.

Moreover, there were outer sect disciples and inner sect disciples among them.

If they were outer sect disciples, regardless of whether they succeeded or not, they would usually give a considerable amount of spirit stones as compensation for their time.

If it was an inner sect disciple, they would often scold the person after failing the attempt.

And so, he expected what would happen next.

However, this time, there were many inner sect senior brothers of the Weapon Refinement Hall present. This 'Little Senior Brother' probably would not go overboard.

However, he still put on an excited expression.

"Senior Brother is wise! Thank you, Senior Brother! Junior Brother will definitely do his best and not dare to hide anything."

In his heart, his heart ached for the spirit wooden board that was about to be wasted.

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Chapter 92: Spirituality

The disciple first took out a detailed talisman diagram and explained it to Jiang Li while comparing it to a finished wooden board.

The things to take note of, how to use the rune carving knife, how to send spiritual qi when drawing the corners of the runes, and many other points for basic weapon refinement.

This was only drawing the most basic rune. If it was expanded to a complete array formation, this would also involve the problem of linking the runes together.

The steps were complicated and the changes were unpredictable. The difficulty could only be described as terrifying.

Jiang Li took the small carving knife and learned from the others. He wrapped the carving knife and his palm together with a cloth.

That way, he could avoid touching the shavings that fell from the carving material.

In short, the details determined success or failure.

Jiang Li took a deep breath before spiritual qi spread out from his hand.

Yin-attribute spiritual qi filled the carving knife, making it sharper and more stable.

Wood-attribute spiritual qi seeped into the wooden board, allowing him to completely master the wooden patterns on this spiritual wood.

After roughly holding the talisman paper and gesturing it on the wooden board, Jiang Li's hand did not hesitate at all to start carving.

Stab~

An awkward scene appeared. Jiang Li did not consider his increased strength and directly used the carving knife to pierce the wooden board.

As long as he acted normally, only others would feel awkward.

Jiang Li immediately pretended to be nonchalant. He tried a few more times on the ruined piece of wood. After finding a suitable amount of strength, he threw away the piece of wood and took out a new wooden board.

Standing beside him, that outer sect disciple had a pained expression as he nervously watched Jiang Li's next actions.

He wanted to remind Jiang Li to pay attention to his strength, but he was afraid that Jiang Li would feel annoyed, so he could only put on a bitter expression and stand at the side while feeling anxious.

Jiang Li calmed his mind and carved again. Although the wooden board was quite hard, it was incomparable to his great strength.

As his carving knife continuously slid smoothly on the wooden board, large amounts of wood shavings flew about, and pure spiritual qi was steadily filled in.

This was the difficulty of drawing runes.

The smoothness of the rune path was the most important criterion to determine whether a rune was good or bad.

The best runes were those that could be completed with one move!

As long as there was a slight pause or even a break, there would be a relatively obvious flaw in the fluidity of the pattern after the formation.

Generally speaking, one would be considered to have passed if they stopped for less than ten times. Three times was considered excellent.

In this aspect, talent, focus, and technique could not be lacking at all. Most importantly, it was the mysterious point of 'spirituality'.

To put it in simpler terms, it was the talent for rune arrays.

15 minutes… 30 minutes… 45 minutes passed…

The blade in Jiang Li's hand moved fluidly, dancing more and more smoothly.

In front of his eyes, it was as if he saw a dot of spiritual light on the wooden board of runes. He did not think anything and only held the carving knife in his hand as he chased after that dot of spiritual light.

In this wonderful state, a spirit carving that looked like a work of art was born.

An inner sect senior brother actually ran to the area where the registered disciples were working. This abnormality quickly attracted the attention of the surrounding disciples.

The few registered disciples beside him were attracted over.

In the beginning, they might have come with the intention of admiring and sucking up to him.

However, as they watched, they realized that something was amiss.

The scene before their eyes caused the jaws of these outer sect disciples to drop.

"So fast. Is it really that smooth?"

"Senior Brother doesn't seem to have paused at all!"

"Senior Brother's runes are so beautiful. Why do I feel that his runes are different from ours? But they're clearly the same!"

"Senior Brother is so young, but he has a solid foundation!"

"Although Senior Brother is very young, he looks so handsome when he's seriously carving talismans!"

"Which elder of our Weapon Refinement Hall is this senior brother a disciple of? Why haven't I seen him before?"

"Senior Brother Da Mu, do you know?"

The few registered disciples later all looked at the registered disciple who stood beside Jiang Li from the beginning and asked him while trying their best to lower their voices and not disturb Jiang Li.

"This… this… I don't know."

This registered disciple, Da Mu, originally wanted to say that Jiang Li was not a disciple of the Weapon Refinement Hall. However, as he spoke, he was confused again.

It was really hard for him to believe that a person who drew runes for the first time could actually do it to this extent. This was unscientific and not logical in the world of cultivation!

He was more willing to believe that Jiang Li was actually an inner sect disciple of the Weapon Refinement Hall. It was just that Jiang Li had been rather low-profile earlier, and he had intentionally acted as if he did not know how to carve runes this time. The intention was to attract people's attention.

But in the next second, his guess was ruthlessly rejected.

"Wait a minute, doesn't he look like Senior Brother Jiang Li?" A registered disciple suddenly said.

"Be softer. Don't disturb Senior Brother's talisman carving."

"Senior Brother Jiang Li? Which Senior Brother Jiang Li?"

That disciple's voice was a little loud so someone beside him hurriedly stopped him. After noticing that Jiang Li did not react, he continued to ask softly.

"It's that Senior Brother Jiang Li, the only outer sect disciple to enter the inner sect this year. I was fortunate enough to see him once when I was setting up my stall in the trading area. It should be him."

Jiang Li's reputation was not great, but his deeds of winning the "Outer Sect Grand Competition" and finally becoming an inner sect disciple by himself were spread throughout the entire outer sect.

Especially those disciples who had entered the sect for three years, practically all of them worshiped Jiang Li as their role model.

They hoped that they would be the next to stand out.

Registered disciples were just outer sect disciples, so how could they not know Jiang Li's name?

"But… I heard that Senior Brother Jiang Li joined the Demon Vanquishing Hall? When did he join our Weapon Refinement Hall?"

It was a female disciple who asked this question. Then, everyone looked at her strangely.

"Have you forgotten that we are at the Demon Vanquishing Hall now?"

At this moment, Jiang Li finally finished his work. A beautiful curve connected the last bit of the circuit. The entire wooden board was covered in complicated spirit patterns, and they were densely packed but neatly arranged!

Huff!

He blew out a mouthful of spiritual qi, blowing away the fragments that fell on the wooden board. At the same time, he also poured spiritual qi into the rune path on the wooden board.

The spirit engraved runes on the wooden board immediately emitted a sparkling spiritual light. Then, the gravitational force acting on it was lifted.

After Jiang Li released his grip, the shimmering rune board still floated in the air without moving.

It was even more stable and lasting than the rune board he used as a reference.

"Junior Brother, I'll compensate you with this rune board. Thank you. See you again."

Jiang Li handed the wooden board in his hand to the registered disciple, Da Mu. After he finished speaking, he directly walked towards the elders of the Weaponry Refinement Hall not far away.

After all, he had already determined that he possessed the talent for rune array formations.

He could not keep learning runes from a group of registered disciples. That would be a waste of his talent.

Before this, when choosing a master, the Valley Master promised to let him study rune arrays. He even sent a white light into his inner sect disciple token.

That white light should be something similar to a letter of recommendation and a permit. Coupled with his status as the disciple of the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, it should not be too much of an obstacle.

Sure enough, after Jiang Li expressed his purpose for coming, the elders were a bit surprised at first. However, after seeing Jiang Li's token, they did not say much and directly agreed.

Although they were too busy right now and did not have the time to personally guide Jiang Li, according to his request, they still gave him the right to casually help and accumulate experience here.

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Chapter 93: Dreaming

[Basic Proficiency! Explanation of a Thousand Basic Runes]

Author: Scripture Storage Valley, Dongfang Guangling.

The elder of the Weapon Refinement Hall gave Jiang Li a thick book that could crush people to death with its weight.

This basic rune compendium was said to be very practical. The basic runes recorded in it were quite complete. Moreover, at the end of each rune, it introduced the exact effects, characteristics, and so on in detail.

Precisely because there was too much comprehensive content in it that if the enormous amount of information was kept in a jade slip, it was simply not something that a Qi Refinement realm disciple could withstand.

Therefore, this compendium was recorded using the most primitive form of a physical book. It was almost necessary for all newbies to read.

Jiang Li carried it in his arms and weaved through the crowd as he studied.

Sometimes, he would ask questions that he did not understand. Sometimes, he would take the materials and run to the side to practice alone.

Due to his identity and polite attitude, the inner sect senior brothers and sisters of the Weapon Refinement Hall did not hesitate to give him a lot of guidance and help.

As he practiced, time slowly passed. There were already quite a few wooden planks with rune carvings piled up beside Jiang Li.

There were many different types of successful rune boards, but most of them were abandoned failed products.

After all, he was only a newbie and had not received systematic guidance. From time to time, he would still make some low-level mistakes and fail. This was inevitable.

"Junior Brother Jiang Li."

After an unknown period of time, a small shout sounded. Jiang Li was in a daze. The blade tip tilted, and the entire wooden board was destroyed by the blade.

Jiang Li sighed and did not blame himself for being disturbed. This was already the fourth rune board he had failed consecutively.

The main reason was that his condition had deteriorated. Even if he was not disturbed, he would fail very soon.

This work of carving runes consumed a terrifying amount of mental spirit.

Jiang Li clearly had the vigorous energy to work hard for more than a week, but under the high concentration of drawing the runes, he was actually unable to endure it anymore.

He had just been forcing himself to focus and did not feel anything. At this moment, he stopped what he was doing and a wave of sleepiness immediately overwhelmed him.

Rubbing his temples, he looked at the inner sect disciple who called him.

"Junior Brother Jiang Li, haste makes waste. It's already late, so you should quickly go back and rest."

Only then did Jiang Li realize that the sky had already completely darkened. The disciples of the other Weapon Refinement Hall had already started to pack their things and leave.

"Thank you for your reminder, Senior Brother. I'll go back first."

Jiang Li had always been a polite person. After thanking him, he stood up and walked towards his small courtyard.

After he left, an elder walked over and asked the disciple who spoke to Jiang Li earlier.

"How many runes did he learn today?"

The disciple flipped through the rune boards on the ground before answering, "There are a total of seven different runes."

"Seven? He's a rare talent. It's a pity that he doesn't have a Fire-attribute spiritual root and can't refine weapons by himself."

Jiang Li returned to his small courtyard to wash up before lying on the bed.

Then, just like in his previous life, he instantly sobered up.

He had always been sleepy no matter what he did. Only when he was preparing to sleep did he feel especially awake. At this moment, he had an urge to take out his phone and scroll through it.

This kind of feeling made him very vexed because he was in the cultivation world and there was no phone here.

He thought for a moment. The only thing that he could do which was similar to using a phone was to listen to the Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra.

Sigh, in a situation where there was nothing to choose from, scriptures could also be used as novels to read.

Jiang Li did not get up. He lay on the bed and took out a jade slip from his pocket.

That was the jade slip that was recorded in the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra. When he entered the sect, the Valley Master had already given him the jade slip.

Jiang Li placed the jade slip on his forehead. At the same time, he immersed his mind into the scripture.

As he muttered the scriptures, a large amount of information surged into Jiang Li's mind!

[Slowly chanting the Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra: Level of Completion (0.9/3000), Completion rises by 0.1 everyday. Duration: ] ()

The completion percentage (0.9/3000) quickly became (7.8/3000).

When he combined the two portions of the scripture, Jiang Li was surprised to discover that more than half of the content of the first chapter of the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra had been filled.

He tidied it up bit by bit and could actually already recite it once.

For some reason, the sect did not persist in recording the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra.

However, according to his judgment, when the completeness of the scripture reached (10/3000), he should be able to proceed with the first stage of this Heart Sutra cultivation.

This was the spirit refinement cultivation method of a certain powerful figure from the ancient times. This made Jiang Li rather excited just thinking about it.

Therefore, his sleep became a mix of chanting while sleeping.

When Jiang Li was a mortal, he mainly cultivated a martial artist cultivation method called the 'Age Tiger Technique'. One of the techniques was called 'Sleeping Tiger', and it could allow him to divert a portion of his attention to cultivate while sleeping.

At this moment, he could listen to the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra using a similar method.

The only problem was that under the chanting state, his hearing would become abnormally sensitive. Even the slightest movement might cause him to awaken.

However, this kind of problem was changed after Jiang Li moved into this courtyard.

It was very normal for a reliable defensive array formation to have a soundproof effect.

After activating the defensive array formation, the environment in his courtyard instantly became extremely quiet. The leaves, insects, and bird calls from the outer sect vanished completely.

This way, no matter how sensitive his hearing was, he did not have to worry about being disturbed.

Amidst his muttering, Jiang Li quickly fell asleep.

However, his mind was still active. In his extremely clear dream, he seemed to have turned into a ghost that had no physical body. He moved around the courtyard aimlessly, floating everywhere.

The next day, Jiang Li woke up almost as soon as the sky lit up.

"Isn't it good to have abundant stamina and energy? It looks like I won't have the chance to experience the joy of sleeping till noon in the future."

Jiang Li sat up in bed with a depressed expression.

Under the enhancement of certain statuses, his mental and physical recovery speed far exceeded that of ordinary people.

In just a few hours, he was woken up by his vigorous energy.

Jiang Li rubbed his eyes, and then he suddenly thought of something. He looked at the limestone ground by his feet with a strange expression.

This sounded unbelievable, but Jiang Li dreamed yesterday that there were many treasures buried in this courtyard, and one of them was even beneath this limestone tile?

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Chapter 94: High-Grade Spirit Stone

"No way, it can't be true, right?"

"After Elder Duan's accident, this courtyard was searched by at least three groups of people. Even Elder Duan Shuang's jade bed was taken away to be confiscated. Could it be that the thing that was hidden hasn't been found yet?"

Jiang Li stepped hard on the tile, feeling that it was clearly solid underneath.

However, speaking of which, if the thing hidden by a Core Formation realm elder was too easy to discover, it would instead be abnormal.

Jiang Li actually expressed his doubts about his dream last night. After all, it was only a dream. Could it be that he was dreaming about what he thought about in the day?

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Li still squatted down and punched the limestone slab.

"Hmph, it's just a stone slab. Damn, it hurts!"

Jiang Li held his fist with an expression of disbelief.

He was a man who had dug a grave with his bare hands. How could he be defeated by a stone slab? This was not a fairytale.

Now, he seriously suspected that there was a problem behind the stone slab!

Otherwise, even the floor of a Core Formation elder's house could not be paved with such good materials.

Jiang Li thought for a moment before taking out the damaged flying sword from the coffin.

The material of the Shu Mountain Flying Sword was definitely top-notch. Even if it was in a damaged state, it was still the most suitable tool for Jiang Li to pry open the floor tiles.

He pushed the wooden bed away and stabbed the slightly bent flying sword into the gap between the bricks.

The limestone bricks were extremely tightly bound to the ground, and Jiang Li was actually unable to open it.

However, that did not matter. Jiang Li took a step back and first dug up all the eight limestone bricks around the tile before starting to dig up the ground from the side.

After dismantling its foundation from the bottom to the top, he finally seemed to have dug out something. The limestone slab suddenly relaxed and was directly lifted up by Jiang Li.

On the back of the limestone slab, a profound formation pattern was carved on it. After being lifted by Jiang Li, it still emitted a faint fluorescent light.

Concealment… Hard… Absorption…?

Jiang Li barely recognized these few runes in the formation patterns.

After temporarily putting the stone slab to the side, Jiang Li took out a small cloth bag from a hole in the ground!

This feeling excited Jiang Li even through the cloth bag.

With trembling hands, Jiang Li opened the cloth bag and two small hexagon-shaped crystals rolled out.

This crystal looked extremely similar to a spirit stone. However, in the translucent material, one could still see wisps of golden threads swimming around.

This… seemed to be a high-grade spirit stone?

Forgive Jiang Li for being poor, but so far, he had never seen a high-grade spirit stone.

That was a good item worth ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.

He brought the spirit stone to his nose and took a sniff. A stream of pure spiritual qi entered his nose, stimulating him greatly.

"Damn, it smells so good! This is definitely a high-grade spirit stone!"

There were many impurities in medium-grade and low-grade spirit stones. Without a specific array formation, it was impossible for cultivators to use them directly.

However, high-grade spirit stones were different. Pure spiritual qi could be swiftly refined by any cultivation method. The effects of recovering spiritual qi and increasing cultivation were far greater than basic medicinal pills.

This thing was too useful to him.

Jiang Li's eyes lit up.

Using high-grade spirit stones to cultivate was such a luxurious method. However, to him, it could not be calculated like this.

A person with top-grade spiritual root would need around five years to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm with the help of medicinal pills.

His current cultivation speed under the enhancement of his statuses could basically be considered to be on par with top-grade spiritual root cultivators who did not consume medicinal pills. Perhaps, it would even surpass some.

He did not know how long he would need to establish his Dao Foundation after using this high-grade spirit stone.

Jiang Li licked his dry lips and forced himself to calm down before putting away the two high-grade spirit stones.

The question was, why would Elder Duan Shuang, a person who was about to betray the sect, leave these things in the sect?

Could it be that he had originally been determined to die when refining the Golden Core and Zombie Core?

He planned to sacrifice his life to refine the Golden Core and then rely on the spiritual root seed to reincarnate as an innocent disciple. After he entered the Scripture Storage Valley again, he would rely on these savings to make a comeback?

It was terrifying to think about it.

Jiang Li thought about the spiritual root seed in the coffin and felt a little nervous.

To be honest, he was still not certain if the seed was actually from Elder Duan Shuang.

If it was his, the situation was fine. If it was not, the other party might have already secretly returned to the sect. Then, wouldn't Jiang Li die a terrible death if he occupied the courtyard where the elder buried his belongings?

Forget it, he did not want to think about this for now.

Even if Elder Duan Shuang really became another person, he would definitely only be an outer sect disciple who returned. As long as Jiang Li paid attention to any outer sect disciple who suddenly rose up, he could roughly guard against him.

After covering a few pieces of the limestone floor back to their original location, Jiang Li ran to another area and discovered that there was something buried there. He dug out everything one by one.

Looking at the items on the table, what else could Jiang Li say? The Bodhisattva Heart Sutra was awesome!

These hiding locations were so concealed that no other method could work and discover them.

The elder's courtyard was expensive to construct. Even if the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall searched it, they would not dare to destroy it casually. Therefore, they naturally did not discover what was hidden inside.

However, in Jiang Li's dream, these things could not be hidden. When he casually moved around the courtyard in his dream, he easily saw them.

Unfortunately, Jiang Li's dream was not a lucid dream. He was unable to control his actions in it, so he was unable to truly investigate all the places in the courtyard.

This also meant that there were very likely still some treasures left behind by Elder Duan Shuang in this courtyard. This made him involuntarily look forward to sleeping next time.

'Wait, did I forget something?' Jiang Li looked at the ray of sunlight that shot in from the window. A drop of cold sweat slowly rolled down his forehead. He instinctively felt that something was wrong.

After all that he did, the sky was already bright.

Jiang Li suddenly recalled that his master seemed to still be waiting for him. He was probably going to be late at this time.

He immediately knew that this was bad and rushed out of the door towards the training field yesterday, running over rapidly.

At this moment, Elder He looked at the pot of boiling medicine in front of him and fell into deep thought.

"Could it be that Jiang Li already knows what he is going to do today?"

"Who told him about it? They're getting more insolent."

As he spoke, Elder He scattered a handful of 'peppers' into the large vat and added two sticks of firewood to the bottom.

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Chapter 95: Beast Blood Diagram

Knock~ Knock~

Jiang Li did not find his master outside, so he directly found the main courtyard located at the side.

He knocked on the door and it opened automatically.

"Come in." His master's voice sounded. From his tone, it seemed that he was not angry with him for being late.

Jiang Li heaved a sigh of relief and followed the direction of the voice to find a quiet room that was surging with the fragrance of medicine.

"Master, what are you doing?"

Jiang Li opened the door and was directly pushed back by the water vapor that gushed out.

In the middle of the chamber, there was a huge vat that was obviously very old. It was filled with medicine that was boiling in the hot water.

When he looked closer, it did not look like medicinal soup at all. It was simply the scene of a Sichuan hot pot.

"What am I doing? Since you've become my disciple, I naturally have to impart some true abilities to you."

Elder He casually threw a jade slip over, and Jiang Li subconsciously received it.

On it were a few words written in ancient text, "Beast Blood Diagram"!

"Learn it as soon as possible, otherwise don't blame me when you end up cooked."

It seemed that the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall had another interest in scaring children.

It was not so easy to burn Jiang Li to death with a pot of red oil soup.

"Yes, Master."

Jiang Li found a meditation mat to sit on and placed the jade slip on his forehead. Soon, a stream of information that carried a barbaric aura surged into his brain.

Under the buff of the [Focused Spirit] status, Jiang Li's Enlightenment attribute was two points higher than normal, which practically made it three times stronger. His learning ability was greatly enhanced.

Soon, "Beast Blood Diagram Level 0" appeared in Jiang Li's cultivation method column.

As expected, this was a powerful ancient cultivation method.

After joining the inner sect, Jiang Li learned more about the hidden knowledge of the cultivation world. He knew that a huge change in the world had happened many years ago, and a long period of emptiness had appeared on the originally flourishing Immortal Way.

The current history of the cultivation world was actually not very long, and many things were naturally unable to compare to the ancient times.

Therefore, it was now generally believed that ancient things were all good things.

However, at the same time, the Beast Blood Diagram was also an extremely dangerous body cultivation method with a high mortality rate.

Jiang Li raised his head to look at Elder He's densely packed tattoos. Clearly, his master had already cultivated this method to an extremely profound level.

The so-called 'Beast Blood Diagram' used one's body as a painting scroll and the blood of demon beasts as ink material. One could collect demon beasts all over the world and use them to strengthen oneself. This path of cultivation was extremely domineering and barbaric.

After mastering it, one could obtain the help of a hundred beasts. That was an abnormally fierce battle strength!

However, as mentioned previously, the danger and high mortality rate of this cultivation method were also something that could not be concealed.

After organizing the many key points of the cultivation method in his mind, Jiang Li suddenly asked his master, "Master, if I hadn't defeated that demonic ape and completed the test of digging a hole, would I not have had the chance to learn this cultivation method?"

Elder He glanced at Jiang Li before he spoke, "It's not that you won't have a chance, but that you won't meet the prerequisites."

This was not Elder He being heartless.

According to the cultivation method, drawing the blood of demon beasts into the body was a rather dangerous thing. It was not that the temperature of the medicinal soup would boil a person to death. As a cultivator, there were a hundred methods to resolve this problem.

The problem was that if he wanted to retain the power of the demon beast in the blood, he would definitely be unable to completely eliminate the ferocity of the demon beast.

If a cultivator wanted to control this powerful external force, they had to rely on their will to suppress that irrational ferocity.

But there was no logic in a battle of wills. Sometimes, no matter how strong a person was, his collapse could only happen in an instant.

Therefore, if he wanted to cultivate the Beast Blood Diagram and ensure that his success rate was as high as possible, other than requiring tenacious willpower, the demon beast that was used as a material had to be killed by a cultivator personally. The help of others could not be permitted.

As for the thought of accumulating strength by killing a large number of weak demon beasts, it was at least impossible during the Qi Refinement realm. This was because Qi Refinement realm cultivators could only carry one demon beast mark at any one time.

Now, he finally understood why Elder He's first class was so tough.

Fighting was to sharpen one's ferocity, while digging pits with one's bare hands was to test one's will. If either one failed, it meant that this person was not suitable for this method.

After a while, after Jiang Li repeatedly confirmed that the cultivation method was familiarized, he stood up and removed his clothes.

"Master, I'm ready."

Jiang Li stepped forward and leaped into the boiling pot of medicinal soup.

Elder He raised his hand and touched it. His spiritual qi guarded the medicinal soup, not letting the expensive spiritual medicine lose a single drop.

Jiang Li felt alright soaking in the boiling medicinal soup. It was just like ordinary people soaking in a hot spring. It was a little hot and a little scalding, but it was still acceptable.

"Focus your mind!" Elder He took out the heart and reminded solemnly.

Jiang Li did as he was told. He calmed his mind according to the technique and waited for the change to happen.

Thump! It was the sound of something heavy falling into the water.

The basketball-sized demonic ape's heart in front of Jiang Li sank into the medicinal soup, and a dense bloody smell instantly filled his nose.

Under the medicinal soup, a dark red color spread out and enveloped Jiang Li's body.

It was as if there were hundreds of insects swimming around him, and they would bite the moment they had the chance. The itchiness and pain made one want to scratch them.

Body refinement cultivators were indeed unlucky. Unlike the comfortable feeling of Qi Refinement, body refinement cultivation methods were basically aberrations of self-torture. Whoever was more ruthless would become stronger.

As the demon beast blood seeped into Jiang Li's pores bit by bit, he also suffered a blood-colored intrusion in his sea of consciousness.

Before he could react, frustration, anger, hatred, and other emotions arose in his heart.

Jiang Li frowned as his mood suddenly became horrible. In his mind, he suddenly recalled the people and things that he had experienced.

However, it was not a warm and nostalgic feeling.

This time, for no good reason, he was dissatisfied with everything that had happened, disgusted with everyone he had met, and wanted nothing more than to kill every creature that had appeared before him.

Jiang Li's mind, which he had been quietly guarding, broke down on its own. His rationality quickly disappeared under the furious onslaught.

He waited in his sea of consciousness in frustration. All he wanted was for that damned beast to appear quickly and let him beat it up.

In his consciousness, the blood color gathered more and more. As he wished, it quickly turned into a blood-colored demonic ape more than four meters tall, roaring at him ferociously.

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Chapter 96: Tiny Ghost's Bewilderment

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In his consciousness, Jiang Li felt extremely vexed. He raised his hand and punched the giant ape.

Unexpectedly, the extremely ferocious blood ape was unable to withstand a single strike, and it was blasted into a bloody mist that covered the sky by Jiang Li's punch.

Jiang Li who had lost his target became even more furious, and the little bit of sanity he had was leaving him bit by bit.

"Vile disciple! Kneel down!"

The blood mist gathered again, transforming into his master who glared at him.

Jiang Li's fist smashed into it.

"Unfilial son! How dare you be impudent!"

The blood mist transformed into the father of this body's original host.

It was still destroyed by a punch!

"Jiang Li! You're just an idiot that I made use of!"

This time, it was Yan Hong.

Without any hesitation, he ended it with a punch!

"Jiang Li! Jiang Li! Jiang Li!"

Familiar faces appeared one after another, and they threw the most vicious and hurtful words at Jiang Li, causing him to unconsciously feel resentful towards everyone.

In the end, Jiang Li completely ignored them. With anger, he smashed the figures formed by the bloody mist back into bloody mist one after another.

His emotions also became more and more frenzied as he attacked.

Slam!

Finally, after an unknown period of time, an abnormality suddenly occurred. The fist that Jiang Li's body formed from his consciousness was constantly brandishing was suddenly grabbed by a blood red palm and forced him to stop.

"So that's all that you can do!"

In the outside world, when Elder He saw Jiang Li's expression change from anger to ferociousness, and then from savage to warped, he knew that Jiang Li had fallen into trouble.

To body cultivators, they would never fear a direct battle.

However, if they were to engage in some psychological battle or something like cutting away the inner demon, it would not be something that they were good at.

"I was careless. I didn't check that heart. Could it be that the demonic ape still has that kind of thing in it?"

Elder He flipped his hand, and a thin piece of ice appeared on his finger. After that, he stared fixedly at Jiang Li's expression. Once the situation lost control, he was prepared to throw the ice piece to stop the beast blood from entering his body.

Within the Sea of Consciousness.

"Jiang Li, oh Jiang Li, so this is all you can do."

The blood-colored figure holding Jiang Li's fist suddenly changed its appearance. When it was clear, it discovered that it had a face identical to Jiang Li's.

"Who are you!" Jiang Li looked at the person who looked exactly like him and jolted awake.

Under Jiang Li's active cooperation, the [Focused Spirit] status finally played a role, helping him quickly suppress and eliminate those inexplicable negative emotions.

When he recalled his mad self from before, Jiang Li's forehead was covered in cold sweat. Sure enough, there were strange things in the cultivation world. With his little strength, he would fall into their trap if he was not careful. He could not be careless, he could not be careless at all.

He looked at the blood-colored Jiang Li before him, and his expression was solemn as well.

"Who am I? You're Jiang Li, so I'm naturally Jiang Li as well!"

"But in next to no time, you won't be Jiang Li anymore. In the future, I'll be the only Jiang Li in this world! Haha! Hahaha!"

The blood red Jiang Li looked at the vigilant and solemn Jiang Li before laughing complacently as if everything was within his control.

"You want to replace me?"

Jiang Li's consciousness body tried to continue attacking, using its fists to shatter the other party like before.

However, his opponent's strength was extraordinarily great. No matter how hard Jiang Li tried, he was grabbed by his opponent's fist and was unable to escape.

"It's useless, it's useless. Give up obediently!"

"You lost too much power in your madness. Do you know where that power went? It's all in me!"

"Now, I'm stronger than you, so disappear obediently! Give me this body!"

As if to prove himself, the blood-colored Jiang Li's figure suddenly started to grow taller. An even more powerful force appeared, completely suppressing Jiang Li's consciousness and making him unable to move.

"Give up. I am you, you are me. Give up. Don't work so hard. Let me live for you! I will fulfill your dream and fulfill your ambitions! Do it. Give your body to me!"

The blood-colored Jiang Li was still swelling up. After all, he was twice Jiang Li's height. He looked down at Jiang Li and guided him patiently with his words, trying to make Jiang Li give up resisting and be eaten by him.

However, after Jiang Li finished speaking, he noticed that Jiang Li was utterly unmoved. A wisp of a cold smile even appeared on the face of the consciousness body, and it just watched silently as the blood-colored Jiang Li continued his performance.

The blood-colored face leaned close to Jiang Li, almost kissing him as it questioned fiercely, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

"Aren't you me? Don't you know that I'm not afraid of death? Why would you ask such a stupid question?" Jiang Li was calm and composed now.

However, when he saw Jiang Li's expression, the other party could not hold it in anymore.

"Why aren't you afraid of me? You're about to be eaten by me! Why aren't you afraid of me?!"

Two blood-colored hands that were swollen like millstones grabbed Jiang Li's consciousness body fiercely, as if they were going to crush him into pieces in the next moment.

However, no matter how hard he rubbed, Jiang Li's consciousness still stood there without moving.

"Keep pretending. Aren't you pretending to be my inner demon? Go on, let's see if you can eat me."

Jiang Li opened his status bar and took a look. The two messages on it directly exposed the truth to him.

[Soaked in the blood of the demonic ape. Added Status: Mental Mania. Added Status: Ghostly Possession.]

[Mental Mania: Mind attribute decreased by 0.5 temporarily. Negative emotions will breed due to decreased rationality. Duration: 15 minutes] ( )

[Ghostly Possession: Mind attribute decreased by 0.5 temporarily. The ghost will attempt to steal memories. Duration: 15 minutes] ( )

This blood-colored Jiang Li was not some grand calamity of the inner demon. It was clearly a small and weak ghost. Apart from stealing memories and beguiling people, it could do nothing else.

"What do you mean?! If you don't admit defeat, I'm going to eat you!"

The blood-colored Jiang Li looked like it had swelled up greatly, but at this moment, it revealed a feeling of weakness.

"I didn't expect that the demonic ape's heart would contain such a ghost."

"Heh, it's your capability that my master didn't discover you. However, you're unlucky to have barged into my body like this!"

Jiang Li shouted until he broke the other party's leg. The blood-colored Jiang Li immediately panicked, "What ghost? I'm not a ghost! I'll let you off this time! Don't be complacent!"

The swelling blood-colored body shrank back as if deflated. Soon, it became a small ghost that was only half a meter tall. After releasing Jiang Li, it flew up and wanted to escape.

However, a root had unknowingly appeared and wrapped around the ghost's neck, causing it to instantly collapse as if it had been struck by lightning. It no longer had any strength to resist or escape.

"Compared to the tiger demon or demonic ape, the ghostwood tree is the true expert in playing with ghosts. You still want to leave after coming to me?"

In Jiang Li's consciousness, a sapling had appeared out of nowhere. It was the ghostwood tree sapling that he had meditated in his mind while cultivating the Ghost Wood Art.

Although it was only a sapling, it was not a problem to capture and enslave a tiny ghost.

After a short moment, Jiang Li slowly opened his eyes, and the blood traces on his eyeballs had already vanished.

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Chapter 97: Meeting Red Hair Again

"Master, it seems that I've succeeded."

Jiang Li crawled out of the medicine jar. Behind his broad back, a fierce and malevolent demonic ape tattoo appeared.

[Beast Blood Diagram has successfully recorded a beast's blood. Added Status: Demonic Ape Blood Tattoo.]

[Demonic Ape Blood Tattoo: Strength5, Constitution4, Speed2, physique will improve more quickly. Duration: 60 days] ( )

"Well done. It seems that the ghost did not affect you much."

Elder He put away the ice piece in his hand and went forward to check the tattoo on Jiang Li's back.

"Hehe, Master, you might not know this, but the Qi Refinement technique I cultivate is called the Ghost Wood Art. It's perfect for restraining such ghosts."

Jiang Li also turned his head to look behind him, but because of the angle, he could only see a tiny pattern on his shoulder.

"Master, how's my blood tattoo? Is there any problem?"

He could clearly feel that his body had become stronger, and the strength of his muscles had increased by a huge deal.

Moreover, there was a special power hidden within the tattoo on his back. If he activated it, he could even unleash an even more terrifying power.

"This first demon beast tattoo is pretty good. If you don't use it excessively, it should be able to last for about two months."

Elder He studied for a moment before coming to a conclusion. He casually picked up the clothes by the side and threw them onto Jiang Li.

"Study the secret technique of burning the blood tattoo yourself. Put on your clothes and go out to dig a hole. Familiarize yourself with this power."

"In addition, there's a movement technique here. Take it and learn it. I see that your speed is good, but you can't control it. If this goes on for too long, it will definitely become a hidden danger in the future."

This was the difference between having a master and not having one.

The movement technique that Jiang Li had been wanting for a long time was given to him by his master after just a few days.

After he happily received a jade slip, he cupped his hands again and left the room.

However, because he did not control his strength well enough, he almost stepped on the door frame when he went out.

Outside, the sound of Jiang Li pounding the ground continuously sounded.

However, the blow this time was obviously stronger.

The increase in strength and improvement of his physique made the lethality of his fists become more and more terrifying. The stiff rock ground was a fist pit, similar to an ordinary person striking foam.

Thus, Jiang Li fell into the cycle of cultivation.

Two weeks later.

Jiang Li's figure flew through the jungle. About ten meters in front of him, a petite flying squirrel was running for its life.

Jiang Li suddenly stepped fiercely on the tree trunk behind him. Under the enormous reaction force, he shot out like a cannonball, instantly pulling the distance between him and his target.

Boom!

A tree shattered into pieces under Jiang Li's punch.

However, the flying squirrel was extraordinarily agile. Surrounded by a green whirlwind, it slid close to Jiang Li's fist.

The skin between its four limbs opened up. With the support of the green whirlwind, it glided in the air, turning into a yellowish-brown shadow. It then flew towards the dense forest ahead and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Swoosh!

The Dragon Imprisoning Lock flew out of his waist and stretched out a hundred meters in an instant, catching the cunning flying squirrel.

The Dragon Imprisoning Lock was pulled back as the flying squirrel stopped struggling, it was obediently tied up by the chain.

Jiang Li grabbed it in his hand and put the flying squirrel into a small cage.

The flying squirrel was obviously experienced in this. It lay down in the cage and skillfully picked up a nut next to it and nibbled.

Jiang Li looked at the flying squirrel in the cage with a helpless expression.

"I still can't capture it without using the Dragon Imprisoning Lock. That movement technique is ridiculously difficult to cultivate."

This flying squirrel was not a wild demon beast, but a training demon rat raised by the Demon Vanquishing Hall. It was specifically used for training the disciples' movement techniques.

After sending the flying squirrel back to the Demon Vanquishing Hall for the registered disciples to feed it, Jiang Li ended his cultivation for the day. He stretched his muscles and walked out of the hall.

In the past two weeks, Jiang Li had been extremely busy. His time was fully occupied by various arrangements.

Qi Refinement, body refinement, runes, movement technique, and he also had to spend time every day listening to the Heart Sutra.

He was practically squeezing out time from the gaps between his teeth every day, and he was extremely exhausted. If it wasn't for his strength constantly improving rapidly, Jiang Li would have long been unable to endure such a lifestyle.

After leaving the Demon Vanquishing Hall, Jiang Li did not return to his room to rest, nor did he go to the outer sect to look for Yan Hong and the others to catch up.

Instead, he walked around the inner sect and finally entered the Alchemy Hall that he had been a pill testing disciple for a few months.

The temperature of the air was several degrees higher than other places, making Jiang Li feel extremely familiar. When the disciples at the entrance saw his clothes, they did not stop him at all and instead greeted him in a friendly manner.

After making a few turns, Jiang Li stopped in front of a pill refinement room.

"Greetings to Elder Red Hair, disciple Jiang Li would like to meet you."

Jiang Li addressed him as an elder, and his tone and expression did not reveal any displeasure towards the other party.

Speaking of which, Jiang Li was actually still a registered disciple of the Alchemy Hall.

Even though he had become an inner disciple, his identity did not disappear. Instead, it remained.

Even Elder He had always thought that Jiang Li had a certain talent in alchemy, so he simply let him keep this "promising" sub-class.

However, since he had officially acknowledged a master, it would be inappropriate for him to address other elders intimately.

"Come in." Elder Red Hair's voice sounded from the Pill Chamber. Clearly, he was a little surprised by Jiang Li's sudden visit.

Jiang Li pushed open the door and entered, but he did not see Senior Sister Little Four who was like a rabbit. Only Elder Red Hair was dealing with the spiritual materials in the Pill Chamber.

"Jiang Li, don't tell me you still want to learn alchemy? I told you before that you don't have that talent."

After Elder Red Hair created the "Hair Loss Hard Skin Pill", he received a large reward from the sect. It was said that he had even set up a long-term deal with the Benevolent Travel Temple. It could be said that he had made a killing.

Towards Jiang Li, this useful registered disciple (tool), he actually had a pretty good impression of him.

Previously, out of the intention of keeping this pill testing tool by his side, he had indeed taught Jiang Li alchemy for a period of time. However, due to his limited talent, it was left unsettled in the end.

On the other hand, after Jiang Li became an inner sect disciple, he still had some thoughts of going to the Long Clear Hall to observe the ceremony, and give it a try to become Jiang Li's master for the last time.

However, after Jiang Li became the disciple of the Demon Vanquishing Hall's Head Elder, he completely gave up on finding Jiang Li.

After all, who would dare to let the disciple of the Demon Vanquishing Hall's Head Elder test pills?

"Elder Red Hair, you've misunderstood. I came here to ask for a bottle of Spirit Melting Fluid from you."

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Chapter 98: Spirit Melting Fluid

"I came here to ask for a bottle of Spirit Melting Fluid from you." Jiang Li respectfully requested.

"Spirit Melting Fluid. What do you want that for?" Elder Red Hair stopped what he was doing and looked at Jiang Li in surprise.

Spirit Melting Fluid was an extremely dangerous pill refinement material in the cultivation world.

It was composed of three types of extremely dangerous spiritual liquid. They were allocated in a certain ratio, and the characteristics had undergone a huge change.

The pure Spirit Melting Fluid would not harm any physical object. Even mortals would not die if they touched it.

However, to an object rich in spiritual qi, it was simply like acid.

Even if a cultivator's Golden Core was soaked by it, it would turn into nothing after some time.

However, this wondrous liquid would show a different reaction after coming into contact with spiritual qi. After it was completely filled with spiritual qi, its nature would change and some other effects would appear.

"My spiritual root grade is not good. Cultivating Qi Refinement is difficult, so…"

Jiang Li did not finish speaking, but Elder Red Hair already understood.

"Are you going to break through?"

"That master of yours is really generous. He actually directly gave you high-grade spirit stones for your cultivation."

Elder Red Hair looked conflicted. He cursed Elder He in his heart.

It's one thing for you to be a tycoon, but why did you have to implicate me?

This was because Jiang Li had said "ask" the moment he entered, not buy. It could be seen that Jiang Li had no intention of paying him spirit stones at all.

Logically speaking, Elder Red Hair was not willing to pay for this.

However, when he asked Jiang Li to test the pills for him earlier, the amount of pills Jiang Li tested had clearly far exceeded the scope of the pill testing mission.

Although he had given additional spirit stones and compensation, and also obtained Jiang Li's approval, it was indeed not right for him to do so.

It would have been fine if Jiang Li had always been an outer sect disciple, but now, not only had he become an inner sect disciple, he had even taken the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall as his master.

Now that his status had changed, Elder Red Hair naturally could not deal with it so casually anymore.

Elder Red Hair hesitated for a long time before finally succumbing to the pressure of the words "Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall".

He walked to the medicine cabinet and started to search. Finally, he found a small pitch-black bottle in a drawer.

Then, he was suddenly stunned and recalled what Jiang Li had said when he entered the room earlier.

"Wait, how much did you say you want?"

"One bottle? Impossible! Do you know how many spirit stones the Spirit Melting Fluid is worth? I'll give you five drops at most, no! Three drops!"

Elder Red Hair's fiery red hair instantly blew up. The Spirit Melting Fluid was a material that could only be used by alchemists above the Core Formation realm. It could be said to be very, very expensive.

The price of this small bottle was not just two high-grade spirit stones. Even if the Elder of the Alchemy Hall was rich, he could not waste it so casually.

"Elder, that's too little. How about 30 drops?"

On Jiang Li's side, he even started bargaining with the other party.

At this time, he no longer showed the resolve to sacrifice everything for the sect's elder as a pill testing disciple.

The reason why he came to the Alchemy Hall to look for Elder Red Hair was because he really needed the Spirit Melting Liquid.

Secondly, he was relying on his master's reputation to specially come and visit this Elder Red Hair to get the material for free.

However, even he did not expect things to go so smoothly. Elder Red Hair was actually so easygoing despite the large amount that Jiang Li wanted.

Of course, Jiang Li was not stupid enough to think that the other party was making up for exploiting him or that Jiang Li himself had such great prestige.

The only possibility was that his master did have some standing in the sect.

In the end, under Elder Red Hair's pained expression, Jiang Li took away a porcelain bottle that contained ten drops of pure Spirit Melting Fluid.

However, the only thing that caused Elder Red Hair to feel gratified was that before he left, Jiang Li had helped him clear away the waste pills and ashes that he had accumulated in the Pill Chamber for a long time.

At least he knew how to respect his elders.

After returning to his small courtyard, Jiang Li activated the two layers of defensive formations and locked himself in the cultivation room that had the tightest defense.

He took out a small porcelain bowl and eagerly placed a high-grade spirit stone inside.

Jiang Li had specially gone to the Alchemy Hall to get ten drops of Spirit Melting Fluid to use these high-grade spirit stones.

In truth, after he obtained the high-grade spirit stones, he had already begun to use them to assist in cultivating the "Ghost Wood Art".

Using high-grade spirit stones to cultivate was indeed very smooth and the effects were obvious.

However, when Jiang Li absorbed a breath of spiritual qi and refined it, the process was actually not different from his usual Qi Refinement actions.

He regretfully discovered that the method of directly absorbing high-grade spirit stones to cultivate was an immediate effect. It could not become a status in the interface.

Since he could not trigger the status, it naturally meant that he could not change the duration of the status by using the "plus and minus buttons", thus losing his greatest advantage.

Therefore, he had to think of a way to turn the spiritual qi in this high-grade spirit stone into a buff.

Fortunately, he had learned how to refine pills in a few days. The matter of the Spirit Melting Fluid happened to be within his scope of knowledge.

Jiang Li took out a small bottle and dabbed a drop of Spirit Melting Fluid using a small hairpin.

He then moved the hairpin to the high-grade spirit stone in the small bowl.

The colorless and transparent liquid landed on the high-grade spirit stone.

Ssss!

With a slight sound, the high-grade spirit stone that Jiang Li had absorbed for two whole weeks without much change dimmed at a visible speed by at least two degrees.

As for the drop of clear and transparent Spirit Melting Fluid, it had turned into a rich milky white color. From time to time, two golden threads would flow through it.

It seemed like Elder Red Hair had not given him a counterfeit.

Jiang Li was very satisfied with the scene before him.

However, he did not immediately take action. Instead, he waited for a moment to let the drop of Spirit Melting Fluid completely react.

When the Spirit Melting Liquid was pure, whoever touched it would suffer from the Spirit Erosion Poison.

However, once it was completely filled with spiritual qi, it would lose the effect of spirit melting and become the first drop of spiritual liquid with an extremely high concentration that could be directly consumed by cultivators.

This was also the simplest and most wasteful method of using the Spirit Melting Fluid. Cultivators often used it to break through bottlenecks.

After waiting for a moment, Jiang Li picked up the spirit stone in the porcelain bowl and poured the drop of spiritual liquid into his mouth.

[Consuming a high-grade Spirit Melting Fluid. Added Status: Spiritual Qi Infusion]

[Spiritual Qi Infusion: 50 points of high-grade spiritual qi absorbed per second. Duration: 30 seconds] ( )

It was as if his entire body was filled with air from the inside. It swelled up bit by bit, and his meridians and Qi Sea were quickly filled with pure spiritual qi.

It made him feel as if he was about to explode.

Jiang Li hurriedly placed the dimmed high-grade spirit stone beside him.

First, he set the duration of this [Spiritual Qi Infusion] to infinite. Then, he immediately sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state, circulating the Ghost Wood Art with all his might.

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Chapter 99: Generously Refining Yin

'Too much! Too much!' Jiang Li cried out in his mind.

Why was he shouting in his mind?

It was because when he opened his mouth, a wave of pure spiritual qi would spew out from his throat. It was the type that could not be stopped.

The status of "50 points of high-grade spiritual qi absorbed per second" looked simple, but the effect was actually terrifyingly exaggerated.

The problem now was that there was too much spiritual qi entering his body. Jiang Li's mere Level 4 Ghost Wood Art was unable to refine it at all.

According to the cultivation speed of his medium-grade spiritual root, which was at the mid-stage Qi Refinement realm, it would be amazing if he could refine and increase his spiritual qi by one or two points every minute.

The principles behind the previous support cultivation statuses were also to gather more spiritual qi for cultivation. It could not essentially speed up the refinement of his cultivation method.

His cultivation was originally having equal input and output of spiritual qi. As long as Jiang Li cultivated, there would be no problem.

Now, as soon as the high-grade spirit Spirit Melting Fluid entered his stomach, the sudden increase in spiritual qi was equivalent to a reservoir opening the floodgates for this small swimming pool.

Forget about water, even Jiang Li's swimming pool would collapse under the pressure.

High-grade spirit stones were not things that Qi Refinement realm disciples should use.

It was one thing if there was a large gap of spiritual qi when he broke through to the next realm. However, if he diluted the Spirit Melting Fluid by more than ten times, it could barely be used.

This was also the common practice for ordinary disciples to use high-grade spirit stones to break through.

However, Jiang Li's actions just now were too ferocious and direct.

As a result, his entire body began to feel like a pressure cooker that had been pressed to the limit. The capillaries on the surface of his skin broke open in large numbers, and all the holes in his body began to leak spiritual qi that spewed out.

50 points of high-grade spiritual qi per second was definitely not something that he could endure.

If this continued, Jiang Li would probably explode.

Jiang Li was dumbfounded. To be honest, he originally thought that the more spiritual qi he had, the better.

But now, a drop of spiritual liquid was about to kill him?

Jiang Li's consciousness had already landed on the minus sign behind the [Spiritual Qi Infusion] status. He was hesitating whether he should directly eliminate this life-threatening status.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds.

Just before the status was about to disappear, Jiang Li released the minus button.

He noticed the spiritual qi that was becoming denser in the cultivation chamber.

Thoughts immediately surfaced in his mind.

His first thought was, if this spiritual qi leaked out, would it be discovered?

Then, the second thought that came to mind was that it would be great if he could collect and use this much concentrated spiritual qi.

Eh, wait a moment.

If he could not so much spiritual qi while cultivating his own cultivation method, he could use it for other things.

Jiang Li's eyes immediately lit up, and he took out the Yin Burial Coffin before tossing it out.

The coffin quickly enlarged, and when it landed on the ground, there was a muffled sound of collision.

Pushing open the coffin lid, Jiang Li dragged his bloated body and directly jumped in.

Yin Refinement Technique! Yin Refinement Technique! Yin Refinement Technique! Yin Refinement Technique! Yin Refinement Technique!

After Jiang Li flipped into the coffin, he did not force himself to cultivate anymore. He raised his hand and casted the Yin Refinement Technique consecutively.

This Yin Refinement Technique might not have a high grade effect, but it was not without reason that Jiang Li had chosen it back then.

The advantage of this spell technique was that it was a rather widely usable refinement method. There was basically nothing that it could not refine as long as the target was not alive.

In addition, among the many spell techniques that Jiang Li had, it had the highest cost to use.

When he was refining the Yin Burial Coffin back then, it almost sucked his life away.

However, it was very suitable to use it now.

The only unlucky ones were probably the ghosts in the coffin.

This Yin Refinement Technique was a spell technique that required casting materials. As for these spirits and ghosts, they were the best materials to cast this spell technique.

Jiang Li casually stretched out his hand, and he was able to capture seven or eight spirits. After he refined these souls into a strand of black light in his palm, he casually raised his hand and slapped them onto the coffin lid within the coffin.

Black spell seals were left on the grayish stone-like Bloodsucking Wood.

Every time he executed a Yin Refinement Technique, he would be able to form a passage to distribute the spiritual qi, and the pressure in his body would be reduced slightly.

After striking out thirty-six seals in a row, he placed six seals on each of the six coffin sides.

Jiang Li undid the Dragon Imprisoning Lock on his body, and similarly, he applied a Yin Refinement Technique on each of the ten metal rings.

The surging spiritual qi flowed into the magic artifact through the passage formed by the Yin Refinement Technique and continued to refine it. It was simply an unimaginable luxury for Jiang Li.

This kind of refinement that did not take into account expenditure also caused the two artifacts whose grades were at the Profound-rank to cheer like fish in water. The surface of the artifacts flashed with brilliant lights and vibrant colors, and their condition became better and better.

A large amount of pure spiritual qi flowed out, and the tearing pain in his body was mostly relieved.

However, it was still not enough.

Jiang Li looked left and right in the coffin space, trying to find a target worthy of him placing the Yin Refinement Technique mark on.

However, at a glance, other than the Yin Corpse Blood and a pile of corroded and damaged metal, he seemed to have nothing else to target.

'As expected, I'm still poor.'

At this moment, a corpse suddenly floated up from the Yin Corpse Blood as if it was sleeping.

He had a young, handsome face and thick eyebrows.

Out of 10, this brother could score at least 9.2 points in appearance. He was the kind where even a guy would feel that having a crush on him was not unacceptable.

Due to the soaking of the Yin Corpse Blood, the corpse did not show any signs of decay. Other than its pale face that was like paper, it looked no different from an ordinary person.

Looking at the clothes on the corpse's chest, there was a small sword embroidered with red threads.

This was the Fire Element Peak Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator who had perished at the hands of the Golden Core zombie demon during the battle at the Mother River…

Hmm… What was his name again?

Well, that did not matter.

However, if he used the Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator as the target now, what would he end up refining?

Could he keep the "Sword Heart" talent that the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak valued so much?

Jiang Li suddenly had this thought, and then he stretched out his hand and pulled the sword cultivator's corpse out from the Yin Corpse Blood.

He did not immediately use the Yin Refinement Technique to refine the corpse. Instead, a green ball of light the size of a lead ball appeared in his palm and slapped the back of the sword cultivator's head.

He raised his hand and condensed a green ball of light again, slapping it into the middle of the sword cultivator's brows.

The ball of light was none other than the seed of the Zombie Puppet Technique.

However, Jiang Li's current usage of spell techniques was extremely bold. He did not seek the best effect, but rather the greatest expenditure. As such, he formed the two super-large light balls.

After planting the seeds into his body, the sword cultivator's corpse slowly opened its eyes. Jiang Li immediately felt that the surging spiritual qi in his body had decreased again.

However, he was not shocked but delighted. This meant that the Sword Cultivator's Dao Foundation was intact!

"As expected of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's corpse. It really consumes a lot of spiritual qi to make this guy move."

If it was the original Jiang Li, he could barely control the Foundation Establishment corpse to walk. However, if he wanted to use his Qi Refinement realm spiritual qi to support the Foundation Establishment corpse in battle, that was simply a pipe dream.

But now, it was just what he wanted!

One by one, the Yin Refinement Technique was inserted into the major acupuncture points around the corpse. The sword cultivator's movements gradually became agile and powerful.

Under the continuous infusion of spiritual qi, the Foundation Establishment aura of the sword cultivator corpse slowly recovered.

Finally, after Jiang Li used the last Yin Refinement Technique, the continuously swelling spiritual qi in his body finally calmed down.

The bleeding and swelling caused by the overflowing spiritual qi also recovered quickly under the effects of various buffs. In just a few minutes, the obvious injuries disappeared.

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Chapter 100: Sword Cultivator Zombie Puppet

He familiarized himself with the feeling of having a large amount of spiritual qi emerging from his body and cleansing his meridians before quickly disappearing.

Jiang Li could only say that it was quite comfortable.

He opened the interface and saw that his Qi Cultivation Method, "Ghost Wood Art", had already gone from Level 4 to Level 5 after the previous struggle.

Jiang Li, who had just stepped into the mid-stage Qi Refinement realm, took another solid step forward.

Previously, his Mountain Crushing Scripture had surpassed the others due to multiple status buffs and reached the fifth level of body refinement first. Now, the two were equal.

Moreover, while Jiang Li distributed the spiritual qi, he still kept a small portion of it that was sufficient to support his cultivation at the limit in his body. His cultivation speed in the future would probably feel as fast as flying.

As long as he worked hard, he should be able to reach the late-stage Qi Refinement realm very soon!

He might not be able to reach Foundation Establishment within a year, but there might be hope to achieve it in two years.

Top-grade spiritual root cultivators usually needed more than five years to reach the Foundation Establishment realm. Wouldn't that mean that he was very impressive?

Feeling the constantly surging spiritual qi in his body, Jiang Li was also filled with anticipation towards the future of his Immortal Cultivation.

Ignoring all this for the time being, Jiang Li walked to the side of the handsome sword cultivator zombie and started to study it carefully.

"Is this the body of a cultivator who has forged a Dao Foundation?"

"Shu Mountain sword cultivators practically don't cultivate their bodies. Even so, after Foundation Establishment, their bodies can actually reach this level."

Cultivation also started from the basics. Establishing a Dao Foundation was the foundation of everything. There could not be any mistakes.

He did not know what grade of Dao Foundation he could forge in the future.

He controlled the sword cultivator's corpse to raise his arm again. With a thought, a ball of spirit fire suddenly swelled and burned in his palm, nearly burning his eyebrows as well.

The attribute of this sword cultivator's spiritual root was obviously fire. It was still beyond Jiang Li's expectations that it could have such power just by igniting it with spiritual qi.

"Could it be that wood supplements fire?" Jiang Li thought in his heart.

Could it be that the spiritual qi flow had passed through his body beforehand and contained some Wood attribute characteristics? After it was guided into the sword cultivator's corpse, the wood spirit started a fire, causing the power of the sword cultivator's spiritual qi to increase greatly?

The more Jiang Li thought about it, the more likely it was. He could not help but praise himself for his wit.

Buzz~ Buzz~

Huh?

Through the sword cultivator zombie, Jiang Li seemed to have captured something.

Something was not right. What was this feeling?

Jiang Li closed his eyes and placed all his five senses into the Five Senses Technique.

In an instant, his perspective changed, becoming the view of the sword cultivator zombie.

Buzz~ Buzz~

The faint buzzing in his ears became clearer.

It was as if something was transmitting a very faint signal to him.

What was calling him?

To be precise, what was summoning the sword cultivator zombie?

Jiang Li could not figure out what thing would summon a dead person.

He followed the call and tried to respond. Then, the two words became clear.

"Burning… Rainbow?" Jiang Li uttered these two words with the mouth of a sword cultivator.

Then, a faint connection formed through the sword cultivator zombie.

In an attempt, Jiang Li sent a stream of spiritual qi to an item closely related to the sword cultivator zombie.

In a corner of the coffin space, a flying sword with a slightly bent blade immediately floated crookedly, flying towards the sword cultivator with great difficulty.

"This… this flying sword can still be salvaged!"

Jiang Li was shocked. He had held this flying sword for so long and used it to cut his wrist and pry open the tiles, but he actually did not realize that it could still be fixed.

The flying sword landed on the sword cultivator's hand as if it had used all its strength and did not move at all.

However, Jiang Li was overjoyed. The difference between a sword cultivator having a flying sword and not having a flying sword was not small.

As long as it was not completely damaged, this flying sword could still be saved.

However, he still had to be careful when repairing the flying sword.

The implications of the Shu Mountain Flying Sword were huge. Once someone discovered that he had refined the Shu Mountain disciple into a puppet, even Elder He might not be able to protect himself with the might of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak.

Therefore, the matter of repairing the flying sword could not be left to others.

He had originally been studying in the Weapon Refinement Hall, but because he did not have a fire attribute spiritual root, he could not use spirit fire to refine weapons.

However, if he used the hands of this fire sword cultivator, he might be able to do it.

However, with the effects of the Five Senses Technique, it was too difficult to control the zombie to perform such intricate operations.

He would likely need additional support.

Jiang Li's gaze landed on a certain status on the interface, and he immediately calmed his mind and sat down cross-legged.

A few weeks later, in the battle arena of the Demon Vanquishing Hall.

"Junior Brother Jiang Li, please show mercy."

Opposite Jiang Li stood a young man who was around 18 or 19 years old. Similar to Jiang Li, he wore white clothes and had the word 'Storage' embroidered on the left chest. He was also an inner sect disciple of the Demon Vanquishing Hall.

However, the young man's face was filled with a helpless smile.

Because recently, his opponent, Jiang Li, had stolen the limelight in the Demon Vanquishing Hall.

All the disciples of the Demon Vanquishing Hall knew that two months ago, their Head Elder had taken in an absurd outer sect disciple as his personal disciple.

In the beginning, not many people paid attention to it, because the outer sect disciples who were promoted often had limited talent and strength.

However, Jiang Li was different. His cultivation method was ferocious, and his speed of improvement was terrifying. It was simply exaggerated to a shocking extent.

The sound of him pounding the rocks day and night almost caused the entire Demon Vanquishing Hall to not sleep well for half a month.

This was not the key. The important thing was that this junior brother had killed ten fierce demon beasts that were almost equivalent to the peak of the Qi Refinement realm in a row in half a month.

After that, perhaps because they were busy with work and did not have time to catch demon beasts, their master actually gave him a new cultivation mission.

That was to fight a random late-stage Qi Refinement realm disciple in the Demon Vanquishing Hall's battle arena each day.

He still remembered the scene of the first senior disciple from the Demon Vanquishing Hall, who had confidently gone on stage to "guide" his junior, being sent flying by a punch from that junior brother. It was really too tragic.

"Senior Brother, please don't say that. I seek your guidance."

Jiang Li waved his hand in embarrassment. His smile was as innocent as a child's.

Then, crackling sounds could be heard as the joints on his body emitted a fierce aura.

The clothes on his upper body were casually torn into pieces, revealing his extremely muscular body.

On his back, the sinister and ugly demonic ape had already disappeared a while ago, and now, it was replaced by the present "Lunar Bear".

Just as he had expected, the effect of the [Demonic Ape Blood Tattoo] did not disappear even after it was removed. On his status bar, there was another buff that was not inferior to the former.

Feeling the surging strength that was present everywhere in his body, Jiang Li was already thinking about what he should say when he was showing off in the future. Should he also come up with a few lines of poetry and recite them?

His happiness of getting free buffs, when reflected in this battle arena, was the endless fear of the opponents.

"Battle… begin!"

"Junior Brother Jiang Li, you can do it!"

On the side, a female cultivator from the Rejuvenation Hall who had been temporarily hired as a referee announced loudly.

Then, she started to cheer on Jiang Li, causing the senior brother opposite him to have an awkward expression.

Under Elder He's wise guidance, the entire Demon Vanquishing Hall was filled with boundless interest in the matter of competing in martial arts. Even the female cultivators of the Rejuvenation Hall beside them were deeply affected. Under their beautiful appearance, all of them hid a valiant heart.

Would anyone believe that there were disciples of the Rejuvenation Hall stationed here all year round for emergencies?

As soon as the crisp female voice finished resounding through the air, Jiang Li stomped on the ground, and his figure transformed into an afterimage that vanished on the spot.

Boom!

Fragments of stone flew everywhere, causing the surrounding disciples to retreat in fear of being injured by the aftershock on the stage.

A huge pit that was waist deep appeared where Jiang Li's fist landed.

He had broken through several stages of body refinement and had two blood tattoos to enhance his body. The power of his punch was incomparable to before.

However, when the dust settled, that senior brother was not here.

Jiang Li raised his head to look up. Sure enough, he saw that his senior brother was still rising to the sky on his magic artifact.

"Junior Brother, I'm sorry. The Head Elder doesn't allow you to use your artifact. Don't break the rules."

That senior brother dodged Jiang Li's punch and was terrified to the point his forehead was covered in cold sweat. On this side, he was standing on a red umbrella and constantly rising to the sky, and he was still shouting to Jiang Li not to use his artifact.

Jiang Li was speechless. The grade of the Dragon Imprisoning Lock was too high. It was used to bully his opponents, so Elder He banned him from using it.

Apart from the Yin Burial Coffin, Jiang Li did not have any other magic artifacts, so his movements were naturally restricted to the ground.

This senior brother had a good idea. He wanted to use a long-range spell technique to defeat Jiang Li after rising into the sky.

However, how could it be so simple?

"Senior Brother, I'm in a hurry today, so I apologize in advance!"

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Chapter 101: Parallel Mind

Jiang Li took out a thin stack of wood pieces from a cloth bag hanging on his belt.

Each and every one of them was engraved with exquisite, complicated magical runes.

Jiang Li spat out a mouthful of spiritual qi and blew it onto the stack of wooden tablets. Then, he suddenly shook his hand, and dozens of wooden tablets instantly scattered into the air. After flying to a certain height, they suddenly stopped, just like a floating staircase suspended in the air.

These were rune wood pieces personally carved by Jiang Li. The runes carved on them were naturally 'floating'. This thing could not be considered a magic artifact.

Dozens of wood pieces floated in the air. Some of them even floated beside the senior brother.

The senior brother of the Demon Vanquishing Hall immediately sensed that something was amiss. As he accelerated into the sky, he waved the artifact in his hand in an attempt to shatter the wood pieces.

However, it was already too late.

The rock beneath his feet exploded, and Jiang Li's figure transformed into an afterimage as he soared into the sky. The thin pieces of wood shattered with each step, but the foothold that was provided in that instant was sufficient to support his high speed flight.

With just a breath, Jiang Li appeared above that senior brother.

He put a hand on the other's shoulder.

"Go down!"

In the next moment, a huge force emerged from Jiang Li's palm and pressed down on his shoulder. That senior brother's backbone suffered a heavy pressure that he should not have been able to endure at his age, and it instantly formed an exaggerated "S" shape before falling to the ground.

With a bang, a large amount of dust was created.

Jiang Li casually grabbed a piece of wood by his side and lightly placed it under his feet before slowly floating down.

"Junior Brother Jiang Li wins!"

The female cultivator from the Rejuvenation Hall, who was the temporary referee, announced loudly.

Jiang Li stepped forward and pulled his senior brother up.

"Senior Brother, I'm sorry. Are you alright?"

He put on a shy expression as if he was still inexperienced in the ways of the world. He did not show any arrogance because of his victory or even look down on his fellow disciples. Instead, he always acted very modestly and politely.

This was also the reason why Jiang Li's reputation in the Demon Vanquishing Hall was still extremely good despite beating up quite a number of people recently.

It felt pretty good to have an expert, who could beat them up, call them senior brother every day.

"Junior Brother Jiang Li, your strength has grown tremendously."

"No, no, Junior Sister Qi Yu, quickly heal me!"

The senior brother supported his waist and stood up. It was not easy for him to straighten his spine under the effects of the healing spell.

After he signaled Jiang Li with his eyes, he directly leaned towards Senior Sister Qi Yu's broad chest.

Slam!

How could Senior Sister Qi Yu not know this guy's character? She directly kicked his waist with practiced ease, causing the senior brother to grimace in pain and be unable to stand up for a long time.

"Junior Brother, don't listen to his nonsense. This guy can take a beating. You can feel free to beat him to death next time!"

Jiang Li smiled and hurriedly agreed.

The relationship between the Demon Vanquishing Hall and the Rejuvenation Hall had been close for a long time. There were also many disciples who directly became Dao Companions with each other.

It was said that many senior brothers had entered the Demon Vanquishing Hall because of the medical female disciples of Rejuvenation Hall.

After chatting with his senior brothers and sisters for a while, Jiang Li said that he had something to do and returned to his courtyard.

The reason why Jiang Li was so anxious was not because of anything else, but because…

[Slowly chanting the Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra: Level of Completion (9.9/3000), Completion rises by 0.1 everyday. Duration: ] ()

His Bodhisattva Heart Sutra's progress had already reached (9.9/3000). According to his estimation, he was only a few hours away from hitting a new level.

He was just one step away, naturally, he could not wait to rush back.

However, he still cautiously activated two layers of protective array formations. Only then did Jiang Li sit cross-legged in the cultivation chamber.

Jiang Li, who had obtained a small portion of Elder Duan Shuang's inheritance, no longer cared about the expenditure of those one or two medium-grade spirit stones. Safety was the priority.

Soon, with the help of the [Focused Spirit] status, the muttering in his ears became clearer. Jiang Li entered the meditation state again.

"Avalokiteśvara, when practising deeply in Prajñā Pāramitā, looked down and beheld that five Skandhas were all empty, and was saved from all suffering and difficulty."

"Because nothing is attained, he becomes a Bodhisattva; Through having relied on the Prajñā Pāramitā, he dwells without thought-impediments."

"Because there is no impediment, he is not afraid and he leaves distorted dream-thinking far behind, and in the end he attains Nirvāna, for all those who appear as him in the three periods of time."

The number 9.9 gradually blurred and when it was clear again, it was already 10.

The first level of the spirit refinement cultivation method, Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra, was finally complete!

Jiang Li could not wait to start cultivating it.

Because he had listened to the Heart Sutra for a long time, Jiang Li was actually quite familiar with most of the content. After reading it completely, he quickly understood many of the key points.

The characteristics of "Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra" lay in the two aspects of "Great Carefree" and "Bodhisattva".

This cultivation method was not like some unreliable ancient cultivation methods. It did not need some precious materials that had long disappeared from the ancient era.

This spirit refinement cultivation method was quite carefree indeed. It gives the ability to observe the sounds of all forms in the world. The main function was to develop a kind of understanding of life and the world. The deeper one's understanding was, the better the effect.

There was no material need during this period.

Of course, if he had the Bodhi Tree and Bodhi Seed to aid in his cultivation, it was not impossible for Jiang Li to sit idle for three years and ascend to immortality.

However, Jiang Li was poor and could only cultivate pitifully.

"Bodhisattva" referred to the cultivation goal.

"Great Carefree" referred to the method to achieve the goal.

As the saying went, a world in a single flower, a Bodhi in a single leaf. The concept of "Great Carefree" was to become one with everything and experience the withering of time, joy, separation, life, and death…

Yeah… that sounded a little cryptic.

In simpler terms, it was to separate a secondary soul akin to a parallel mind from his consciousness and throw it into the mortal world of all living things to reincarnate and comprehend the cycle of life.

The target could be a piece of grass, a worm, or a person. When it died and underwent reincarnation, the cultivator would be able to obtain a transformation and thorough comprehension.

It could be said to be a kind of lazy cultivation method that scattered seeds now to harvest fruits the following year.

As long as the cultivator's Enlightenment was sufficient, had enough fortuitous opportunities, as well as long lifespan and patience, they would be able to send out enough parallel minds to become an Immortal or Buddha by doing nothing.

It was indeed a great method.

Jiang Li was very satisfied with this Heart Sutra. After preparing for a moment, he closed his eyes again.

He planned to try circulating the Heart Sutra and create a parallel mind to see what it was like.

He silently recited the Heart Sutra in his mind, then he made an orchid flower gesture with his fingers while chanting.

The two eyeballs under Jiang Li's eyelids moved, and his brain felt numb as if it had split into two.

In his sea of consciousness, the main consciousness that looked exactly like him flashed with golden light.

Then, an extremely small Jiang Li jumped out from between his eyebrows.

This feeling was really strange.

The two minds were completely connected. He knew that he was himself, but he could think of two different things at the same time without interfering with each other.

This was not schizophrenia, nor did he develop multiple personalities. It was just the parallel mind of Jiang Li as an individual.

After Jiang Li carefully sensed that feeling, he realized that his worries from before were completely unnecessary.

The cloned consciousness would rebel against the main body? The sea of consciousness would become chaotic and turn him into a lunatic?

Using an analogy, would a player suddenly attack their main account's character using their sub account? Jiang Li was the only player controlling his characters, but he could now play on two accounts at once.

After all, it was an ancient mighty figure's cultivation method. How could there be such a low-level problem?

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Chapter 102: Mayfly's Dream

Jiang Li looked at his interface again.

[Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra Level 1 successfully cultivated. Added Status: Parallel Mind Level 1, Skill: Mayfly's Dream obtained.]

[Parallel Mind Level 1: Second consciousness active. Duration: 24 hours] ( )

Jiang Li looked at the interface and understood in his heart. He had just tried the Heart Sutra, so how could he be like the ancient mighty figures who could split their consciousness into three thousand incarnations?

It was only because of his high compatibility with the Heart Sutra that he was able to successfully circulate it in one go. This was already extremely fortunate.

However, it turned out that the parallel mind created from successfully circulating the 'Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra' could only last for one day.

Jiang Li did not directly start modifying the duration. Instead, he turned to study the new skill, "Mayfly's Dream", that appeared along with "Parallel Mind".

As the saying goes, a mayfly lives and dies quickly.

This skill was specially created to complement the parallel mind.

After using this skill, it would turn dim on Jiang Li's interface, and it would generate a status that could only exist for 24 hours, "Mayfly's Dream".

Only until the next time when the parallel mind was on standby with the main body that this complementary skill would light up again.

This was the method to throw the split part of Jiang Li's consciousness into other objects.

Jiang Li took out the coffin in his arms and hesitated for a moment before putting it back.

There was no hurry to cultivate the sword cultivator zombie puppet.

Jiang Li was rather curious now. How did it feel to use the Mayfly's Dream skill normally?

The sun set in the west. Jiang Li left the small courtyard and walked out of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, heading straight for the adjacent Rejuvenation Hall.

Unlike the rough men of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, the female cultivators of the Rejuvenation Hall were quite relaxed when cultivating. They were good at singing and dancing.

What Jiang Li wanted was the jade-green lotus pond in their territory.

It was midsummer. Jiang Li walked to the side of the lotus pond. In the quiet night sky, insects sang merrily.

Jiang Li stood beside the pool for a while and admired the thriving vitality of the pool for a moment. He seemed to have thought of something and turned around to leave hurriedly.

However, no one knew that in the moment that he stopped, the parallel mind had already silently fallen into the pool.

At the same time, at the bottom of the pond, a strong, healthy larva, after years of growth, made all the preparations and was furiously crawling out of its hiding place.

In the green pond water, a young larva twisted its body and stirred the water, slowly appearing on the surface of the water.

However, not long after it crawled out of the mud, a beautiful golden-spotted spirit carp swam towards it.

In this lotus pond, there was also a group of spiritual fish that were more interesting to look at than to eat.

Just as the mayfly larva felt that it was unlucky and was about to die before it could succeed, the spiritual fish did not even look at it. It swayed its fat body and swam far away.

It seemed that the senior sisters of the Rejuvenation Hall were overflowing with love and fed this group of spiritual fish too much fish food every day, causing them to be too full and ignore the larvae in the water.

The larva's swimming ability was average. It took a lot of effort before it finally floated to the surface.

However, when the feelers above its head touched the air, all its exhaustion was swept away.

A strong desire drove it to get out of the water.

Jiang Li originally wanted to resist that instinct and see what would happen, but he recalled the contents of the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra. The key to this cultivation method was to comprehend the process, not to stir up trouble.

Thus, he gave up on such meaningless thoughts and did not think in his own way. Instead, he followed his instincts.

The insect waved its small feet and climbed onto the stem of a lotus flower. It moved its legs and slowly moved its body up, finally breaking through the water membrane and completely exposed itself to the air.

At this moment, the sun had already completely set in the west. Only then did the fragile body of the larva not dry up from the scorching sun.

A warm, moist summer breeze gently blew past. The larva felt a sense of suffocation. The air without water made it impossible for it to breathe.

However, its instincts made it hold on to the stem tightly and not fall back into the water.

After a wave of suffocation, Jiang Li quickly felt that the discomfort was disappearing, and what appeared instead was the stiffness of his entire body.

His shell was hardening in the air, soon becoming a hard shell that completely enveloped him.

Then, he felt a warm itch inside the body. This feeling made him feel drowsy.

Jiang Li did not resist and really fell asleep just like that.

In the glory of the summer night, a mayfly was quietly transforming on the stem of a lotus flower.

After an unknown period of time, Jiang Li felt a suffocating feeling that was present everywhere, and it caused him to wake up from his slumber.

The shell on the outside seemed to be too small. It was the shell that pressed down on him until he could not breathe.

Jiang Li wanted to escape from the restrictions, but he instinctively pushed himself forward. He wanted to bite through the membrane in front of him, but he discovered that his mouth had already disappeared.

Helpless, he could only struggle with all his might. Soon, a hole appeared in the old shell above his head.

Jiang Li squeezed his body out of the small hole bit by bit.

He could sense that his strength far surpassed that of his young self.

His body and older parts separated from him bit by bit. Jiang Li took the opportunity to exert force, and his entire body escaped from the old shell.

A pair of beautiful insect wings unfolded, and a pair of long tails swayed with the wind, looking like an elf spirit in his dreams.

This was an insignificant insect, an ancient winged mayfly.

Under the summer wind, his insect wings kept spreading out and becoming stronger. When the first rays of sunlight shone, he was about to spread his wings and fly.

The current Jiang Li had no mouth. He could not eat, but his thin body seemed to be bursting with infinite vitality in the wind.

Finally, the morning light tore through the sky, and a gentle and warm glow scattered towards the pond. Jiang Li discovered that the lotus leaves on the rocks around him had already been filled with mayflies like himself.

At this moment, the morning light was like a signal. The mayflies in the sky danced in groups and shone brilliantly under the sunlight.

Seeing the swarm of female mayflies, Jiang Li… no, the mayfly could not hold it in any longer. It flapped its wings and rose into the air.

However, for the ancient winged mayflies, there were far more females than males.

As soon as this mayfly flew up, it was pursued by hundreds of female mayflies who danced around it.

One female after another came up to rub their heads against it. The mayfly followed its instincts and released everything that it had accumulated over the past six years.

Just like that, it had the greatest day of its life.

It was as if the ancient winged mayfly had spent its entire life preparing for this one day.

The mayflies' wild dance continued under the sun for an entire day. No one knew how their tiny bodies contained so much energy.

It was not until dusk that the mayfly finally stopped its wild dance and landed on a lotus leaf in exhaustion.

The interior of his carapace was already empty. It had used up everything on this day.

Having completed the mission of reproduction, the meaning of its entire life was fulfilled.

The mayfly quietly lay on the lotus leaf, and the glow on the insect gradually disappeared.

In the last light of its beady eyes, it saw yet another, vigorous larva emerging from the water.

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Chapter 103: Liquor Fire Sword Song

In a quiet room in a small courtyard in the Demon Vanquishing Hall, Jiang Li, who was meditating cross-legged, suddenly stopped cultivating.

After the temporary group dance of the mayfly ended, the parallel mind brought his experiences back to Jiang Li's mind.

From the moment it broke free from the safe and comfortable soil, to emerging from the water surface, to the transformation from a pupa, to the happiest day of its life, and finally when it died peacefully.

The day of the mayfly's life was also a lifetime. From its point of view, although it was not exciting, it was definitely fulfilling.

It was different from the research records of humans.

From the perspective of the mayfly, it did not actually have any thoughts. It only knew from instinct that it wanted to do this, that it should do this, and then it would do everything it could.

Growth, metamorphosis, emergence, reproduction, death, and reincarnation. These were all the processes of the tiny mayfly's cycle of life.

After experiencing this once more in his mind, Jiang Li sighed while his mood was inexplicably slightly depressed. He did not know if he had comprehended anything.

However, when he opened his eyes again, everything became exceptionally clear.

It was not that his vision had improved, but that he felt as if the world had lifted a veil over him, revealing more of its beauty and secrets.

He opened the status bar and saw that his Mind and Enlightenment attributes had actually increased by a whole point each.

How… How exaggerated!

After all, Jiang Li had been cultivating Qi Refinement for so long, and his other attributes had been growing all the way. However, in terms of Mind and Enlightenment, he had always been progressing slowly.

This was especially true for his Enlightenment attribute. Apart from the two points provided by the Focused Spirit status, the number had not changed at all.

However, it had only been a day since he had started cultivating the 'Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra', yet he had already achieved such a tremendous improvement.

In theory, not to mention a mere mayfly, even if he were to absorb the Mind attribute of a hundred or a thousand mayflies collectively, he would not be able to obtain such growth.

However, just as he had said before, this cultivation method emphasized on one word, comprehension.

Even though this was the first time Jiang Li had 'observed the ways of the world', so it was natural that he comprehend a lot, it was sufficient to prove how powerful this Heart Sutra was.

Jiang Li took a deep breath and released himself from the emotions of "dying once".

Only then did he circulate the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra and form a new parallel mind.

With his first experience, Jiang Li did not make any mistakes this time, especially after his Mind and Enlightenment had been improved, his circulation of the cultivation method became even more smooth and natural.

[Parallel Mind Level 1: Second consciousness active. Duration: 26 hours] ( )

The duration of the parallel mind had also increased.

Of course, this was actually not very useful.

Jiang Li pressed the plus button for five seconds, causing the duration of the parallel mind to become infinite.

He opened the coffin and controlled the sword cultivator zombie to crawl out. Only then did Jiang Li activate the skill, Mayfly's Dream, again and send his parallel mind into the zombie's body.

Five Senses Technique? There was no need for it.

Zombie Puppet Technique? It was irrelevant now.

When his parallel mind entered the body, it practically had an effect that was even more exaggerated than reincarnation.

The eyes of the Sword Cultivator slowly showed the spirituality that only living people had.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The sword cultivator and Jiang Li revealed identical expressions of pleasant surprise at the same time. Their palms touched their chests, and the heart within actually started to beat energetically again.

The cold body gradually recovered its temperature, and his pale skin quickly regained its color.

Jiang Li went up and touched it. Unlike the stiffness before, the body of the sword cultivator now had vitality and flexibility.

After retracting the parallel mind, this temporary "resurrection" would disappear.

However, at the very least, through his parallel mind, Jiang Li could clearly sense that "he" was alive.

Unexpectedly, the Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra had such an effect.

No, it should be said that such an effect was normal.

For example, among the legendary deities and Buddhas that he knew in his previous life, most of their essence souls would use corpses to resurrect.

There were very few cases of them forcefully taking over a living person's body. Those who did that were basically all evil beings.

Jiang Li guessed that the Goddess of Mercy was a Buddhist eminence to begin with. At the very least, in public opinion, these beings were particular about cutting off their flesh to feed the eagle and the tiger. They were also known as "benevolent".

If their major cultivation method could only seize the lives of others, then it would be too demonic.

So, they often used the dead to continue their lives.

Even if they were reincarnated, they would basically be reincarnated into the bodies of dead fetuses.

In that case, letting the sword cultivator's corpse revive temporarily was the basic operation.

As the body temperature rose, some of the remaining memories in the Sword Cultivator's brain surfaced bit by bit.

There were some voices, some images, and some words… They were chaotic and incomplete.

"Tang… Yan."

The parallel mind uttered these two words.

So this person was originally called Tang Yan?

Jiang Li nodded secretly. Perhaps he could investigate the life of this sword cultivator, Tang Yan, through the outside world.

He continued to sort out more things, but after all, it was a brain that had been dead for months. There were very few things left.

Apart from a large number of fragmented memories that could not be pieced together, in this brain, there were only two things that left the deepest impression that were still intact.

First, it was the name Tang Yan.

Second, it was a fire element sword cultivation method called "Liquor Fire Sword Song".

The parallel mind sat down cross-legged and tried to cultivate according to the cultivation method in his memory to familiarize himself with the Dao Foundation that had been preserved in this body.

Under the continuous infusion of Jiang Li's spiritual qi, it was equivalent to his clone holding a high-grade spirit stone and absorbing it constantly to aid in his cultivation.

This sort of treatment, even if he was a Shu Mountain disciple, could not be enjoyed by just anyone.

Swoosh!

Soon, the Fire Dao Foundation was activated again. A scorching aura spread out from Tang Yan's body, causing the temperature in the sealed room to rise rapidly.

"Liquor."

Jiang Li sensed the request of his clone, and it just happened that there were a few bottles of good wine in the coffin sent by the outer sect disciples.

He took one out of the coffin and threw it over.

The clone Tang Yan did not even open his eyes as he directly stretched out his hand to grab the wine jar. The clone and his main body's consciousness were completely connected. If Jiang Li saw it, it was equivalent to him seeing it.

Slamming the seal, the clone grabbed the mouth of the jar and drank it.

The strong smell of alcohol filled the air. Soon, the skin of Tang Yan turned red and hot, and an even hotter aura spread out.

Jiang Li who stood before his clone could not help but take two steps back. If he got too close, then perhaps he would be fine, but his clothes would burn.

With his combat style as a body cultivator who loved to tear his clothes, the expenditure of his disciple uniform was very rapid. He had to be a little careful.

However, to be able to reveal such an aura while cultivating, the power of Foundation Establishment cultivators was undoubtedly amazing.

Jiang Li, on the other hand, marveled at the strong smell of alcohol.

The legacy of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak was interesting. The sword cultivators of Tang Yan's faction all drank heavily. They cultivated qi and alcohol together. When the liquor fire sword technique was used, the power was abnormally shocking. Even among the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak, this was quite famous.

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Chapter 104: Three Punches

A while later, after drinking several bottles of strong wine, the alcohol smell in the quiet room slowly faded away, and was absorbed back into the body of Tang Yan.

After several Qi Circulations, the Liquor Fire Sword Song finally revitalized his exhausted Dao Foundation.

Under the continuous nourishment of endless spiritual qi, it would probably not be long before he could completely recover or even advance a step further.

But before that, Jiang Li had to do something.

"Burning Rainbow! Come!"

The flying sword that was placed at the side flew over and landed in Tang Yan's hand.

Without hesitation, Tang Yan opened his palm, and a ball of spirit fire that carried a strong fragrance of wine appeared. It completely enveloped the flying sword and burned fiercely.

Not only was the crimson sword not damaged because of this, but it also began to tremble excitedly.

How could a fire-attribute flying sword be afraid of fire?

Under the burning of the Liquor Spirit Fire, the curved sword body was currently recovering bit by bit. The chip that was created by the Zombie Core and Golden Core of the zombie demon was also slowly recovering to a flat state under the infusion of a large amount of spiritual qi.

Jiang Li stood at the side while holding the spirit rune carving knife. From time to time, he would reach his hand into the spirit fire and draw a mark on the sword.

The spirit runes engraved on the flying sword were abnormally complicated, as if it was a high-grade technique to draw out the cloud runes on the refinement material itself.

With Jiang Li's current level, he still could not understand it. However, his talent in spirit rune carving was indeed not bad. He could still reconnect a few broken marks according to the original lines.

After roughly four hours, after Jiang Li sacrificed the sleeve of his right hand, the broken spirit runes were finally repaired.

The spirit runes on the flying sword also began to glow with a faint red light.

However, the chip in the sword did not recover so quickly.

After all, it was created by the Zombie Core of a Golden Core zombie demon. It was fortunate that it did not break into two pieces.

Jiang Li roughly calculated in his heart. According to this speed, it would at least be around seven days before the sword would recover to its original state.

However, the cost of sustaining this spirit fire for seven days was definitely not something that an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator could withstand. They would definitely need to use spirit stones.

Just repairing this flying sword required so many spirit stones that an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator would probably go bankrupt several times.

However, for Jiang Li, it was fine if it took a longer time. He did not lack spiritual qi.

He temporarily stopped a portion of the spiritual qi that flowed towards the Yin Burial Coffin and Dragon Imprisoning Lock, and instead transferred it to the body of the sword cultivator, Tang Yan.

Double the spiritual qi and double the spirit fire naturally meant double the effect. In this way, it would only take more than three days to completely repair this sword.

He could still afford to wait three days.

The only problem now was that this room was getting hotter and hotter. He could not stay here any longer. He had to find another place to cultivate.

A few days later, Jiang Li arrived at the hall of the Demon Vanquishing Hall early in the morning. However, it was not that unlucky Qi Refinement realm senior brother who was waiting for him today.

It was a tall, dark-skinned senior sister.

Jiang Li hesitated for a moment before jumping onto the arena.

"Senior Sister, you are?"

Jiang Li had never seen this senior sister in the sect. However, the bright red tattoo on her neck made Jiang Li have some guesses about her identity.

However, the other party did not answer Jiang Li's question, and she just sized Jiang Li up.

"You're Jiang Li?" The female cultivator asked in a somewhat rude tone.

Jiang Li nodded in agreement, but he did not say anything else. He just stood there without moving or saying anything.

This senior sister in front of him had such an expression as soon as she met him. It was not pleasant and this was also not the way Jiang Li liked to interact with people.

Most of the time, the way people interacted with each other was set by the moment they met for the first time. So, in order to not suffer such cold treatment in the future, Jiang Li decided that he could not let the other party put on airs.

He was not interested in sucking up to others. The other party seemed to be used to the praises of others anyway. It was as if she would not respond unless someone started fawning over her.

Therefore, the atmosphere turned cold. The two of them stood there and stared at each other for a long time.

Jiang Li was expressionless, but in his heart, he sized up the female cultivator's appearance with interest.

Although she was tall, her defined and explosive muscles were still vaguely visible under her clothes.

This might be a body cultivator who was more specialized in agility.

Cultivation in movement techniques had always been Jiang Li's sore point. Clearly, all the other cultivation aspects were going smoothly, but only this aspect of movement technique caused Jiang Li to go mad.

Alright, his other cultivation went smoothly because of the statuses.

However, physical technique was most important in training movement techniques, so it did not benefit much from the statuses. Instead, his overly fast speed made him easily flustered and was an obstruction instead.

Judging from her aura, her cultivation level was not only at the Qi Refinement realm. If the opponent's speed was not inferior to his, he would be at a loss against such an agile opponent.

The awkward stalemate continued for a few minutes. Jiang Li was calm, but the other party was clearly not a social person.

Under her dark skin, a flush of blood was quickly rising. Clearly, there was still some social anxiety in her.

Jiang Li nodded to himself and ended the awkward confrontation.

"Senior Sister, you must be Master's disciple, right? I've been under Master's tutelage for a long time and haven't gone to greet you. I'm really sorry about that."

When interacting with this kind of arrogant, pampered, and slightly socially awkward senior sister, one had to first start an awkward conversation and remove some of her overbearing aura.

He could not give in to the other party's rhythm. Otherwise, it would be too late to turn the tables in the future.

Jiang Li's words were polite and powerful, and he took some initiative and position in their conversation.

The senior sister opposite him seemed to heave a sigh of relief.

Jiang Li was her junior brother in the end. It was impossible for her to start a conflict without distinguishing right from wrong, and she was afraid of falling into that sort of awkward conversation again, so she could only temporarily put aside her thoughts of establishing her senior sister's dignity.

When she opened her mouth again, her tone could not help but ease up.

"Yes, I'm Liu Mulan. You can call me Senior Sister Liu in the future."

The other party introduced herself simply. Her name sounded manly.

"Alright, Senior Sister Mulan." Jiang Li politely called out, causing Senior Sister Mulan to choke.

She wanted to refute him that she was "Senior Sister Liu", but it seemed that she could not find any fault with Jiang Li's way of calling her. If she deliberately emphasized it, it would be as if she was looking for trouble.

Therefore, after a moment of silence, Senior Sister Mulan still acquiesced to this title.

As for Jiang Li, he had unknowingly made the other party give in slightly.

It was a trick to create a "friendly" social scene in the future.

"I heard Master recently took in a new disciple, it seems your talent in body cultivation is not bad."

"What's your current cultivation level?"

Senior Sister Mulan took a few steps forward. The wind beneath her feet blew, and in a few flashes, she arrived in front of Jiang Li.

Alright, it was exactly the same as Elder He's actions back then. Both of them stretched out their hands to pinch him. Could this be the special greeting method used by body cultivators?

"Junior Brother's talent is mediocre. Currently, for both Qi Refinement and body refinement, I am only at the mid-stage."

Jiang Li moved his feet and evaded the other party's palm before continuing to ask.

"Senior Sister Mulan, where has Master been recently? I haven't seen Master for more than a month now. I miss him so much."

When he said this, Jiang Li felt extremely disgusted by himself.

However, the true reason was that the Lunar Bear Tattoo on Jiang Li's back was about to vanish. Jiang Li was still hoping that Elder He would return and get him a third tattoo.

That jar of medicinal soup was too expensive, and Jiang Li did not know how to mix it himself.

"Master has an important matter to deal with and can't return to the valley for the time being. He asked me to come back this time to teach you on his behalf and guide your next step in cultivation."

Since the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall had to go out for so long, things must be serious.

Could it be that another demon had appeared outside? Forget it, he was only in the Qi Refinement realm and could not care about this. His current goal was to improve his strength as soon as possible.

Since this senior sister had specially returned, she should also know how to make the medicinal soup. He should be able to obtain his next blood tattoo soon.

However, in the next moment, a small fist carried a vicious wind as it struck directly at Jiang Li's head.

Bang!

Jiang Li raised his hand and blocked the fist.

It felt stiff to the touch, but the force that came from it was not great. It should be that the other party had underestimated Jiang Li's strength and had deliberately reduced her strength.

"Senior Sister, what are you doing?" Jiang Li asked in surprise.

"Since we are disciples of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, exterminating demons is naturally the best cultivation style. However, your cultivation is still shallow and your strength is too weak. I'm not sure if you will be safe when following me around."

"If you can take three of my punches without falling off the arena, I'll bring you out of the valley."

"This is the first punch!"

Like teacher, like disciple. Could it be that his other senior brothers and sisters were also so violent?

The fist that was blocked by Jiang Li suddenly exerted strength again. From the small fist, a tsunami-like force surged over. Jiang Li was caught off guard and was pushed back.

"Second punch!"

Jiang Li finally managed to adjust his center of gravity and barely stopped at the edge of the arena. However, before he could do anything, Senior Sister Mulan had already arrived before him like a shadow.

If he was struck by this punch, he would definitely be sent flying. However, it was already too late to dodge.

Pew!

Jiang Li was quick-witted and spat out a mouthful of spiritual qi. The Yin-attribute spiritual qi sprayed onto the other party's face. Senior Sister Mulan's vision was obstructed, and she instinctively closed her eyes.

Jiang Li seized the opportunity to lower his body and dodge the fist, and then he used the momentum to use his Mountain Crushing Demon Ape. He used his tempered shoulders to fiercely smash into the other party's chest and abdomen.

Bang!

Amidst the muffled sound of collision, Jiang Li pushed his opponent back, creating two deep ravines on the rocky ground.

However… it did not send her flying!

Jiang Li cursed in his heart. This senior sister was definitely a body cultivator at the Foundation Establishment realm. Her strength was not inferior to his and was even stronger than him.

Without accelerating to accumulate force, the power of the Mountain Crushing Scripture was not enough to form an advantage.

"Junior Brother, your strength is quite impressive."

Senior Sister Mulan held Jiang Li's shoulder with one hand, preventing him from escaping. After rubbing her chest with the other hand, she clenched her fist and raised it high.

Boom!

Rocks shattered and dust surged. In a depression in the ground, Jiang Li held his head and grimaced in pain.

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Chapter 105: The Sign of a Kingdom's Demise

After a good few seconds, Jiang Li stood up from the pile of rubble. As expected, his disciple uniform had become tattered again.

"Are you really only in the mid-stage Body Refinement realm?"

The senior sister looked at Jiang Li who stood up and then looked at her fist with an expression of disbelief.

After taking a solid punch from her, this guy was actually fine?

There was also a force that made her chest feel a little stuffy. How was this guy still at the Body Refinement realm?

Although it was still inferior to her, it was already extremely exaggerated. This kind of strength could probably already fight against weaker Foundation Establishment cultivators.

It seemed that their master was not lying when he praised Jiang Li. This junior brother's talent in body cultivation was really exaggerated.

"You've passed the test. Go back and pack your things. I'll bring you out of the valley tomorrow."

Senior Sister Mulan was an impatient person. After she finished making the arrangements, she planned to leave. This time, she had not returned purely to fetch Jiang Li.

She also needed to bring other late-stage Qi Refinement realm disciples to participate in a long-term mission to eliminate demons in another sect.

"Alright, Senior Sister. However, I still have one thing that I need your help with."

Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Jiang Li stopped her. His tattoo needed to be replaced as soon as possible.

As he spoke, Jiang Li revealed the extremely dim blood-colored tattoo on his back.

Senior Sister Liu Mulan immediately understood.

She first brought Jiang Li to the Demon Vanquishing Hall's storehouse.

In the Demon Vanquishing Hall, there were still a few disciples who cultivated the Beast Blood Diagram.

The medicinal soup that was used to supplement the blood of beasts naturally could not be blended every time. The spiritual medicines had long been rationed and stored in the storehouse.

However, the cultivation of drawing the beast blood into his body was quite risky, especially for a newbie like Jiang Li. He needed someone to watch over him. Otherwise, it was very easy for accidents to happen.

Elder He was worried that Jiang Li would mess around and kill himself, so he did not give him the authority.

Although Jiang Li had already raised his Mind attribute once, so it should be easier to deal with it now.

After all, it was rare to face a ghost during the process. It was probably the karma of his predecessor who had done too many bad things that Jiang Li had such bad luck.

However, Elder He did not know where Jiang Li's confidence lay. Coupled with the few disciples who had died because of this, he naturally would not let Jiang Li take the risk.

After taking the spiritual medicine, Senior Sister Mulan asked Jiang Li to light the fire and boil it himself. She took Elder He's identity token and went to mobilize some people.

Jiang Li was horrible when it came to refining pills. Originally, he was afraid that he would make a mistake, but later on, he discovered that the refinement of this spiritual medicine was extremely simple. He just had to control the size of the flame and time the steps properly to throw the spiritual materials in. Everything would be fine so long as he followed the procedures.

That night, after the spiritual medicine was successfully boiled, Jiang Li carried out the third beast blood infusion under Senior Sister Mulan's care.

As for beast blood materials, he was not lacking either. Some time ago, Elder He had caught ten demon beasts that had almost reached the limit of the Foundation Establishment realm for him. After he killed them, the heart and blood essence were stored in an ice box.

Thus, he had many choices.

Different demon beasts had different characteristics and specialties, and they could also help Jiang Li in different aspects.

Jiang Li was good in strength, physique, and speed. Hmm… it seemed that every aspect was not an issue.

The only weakness he had as a body cultivator was the inability to move rapidly around a small area.

In the end, between the two choices of increasing his strength or covering weaknesses, Jiang Li chose the latter.

This time, nothing unexpected happened. The Lunar Bear blood tattoo completely disappeared, and a brand new tattoo appeared.

What appeared on Jiang Li's back was a slender and robust vine-tailed leopard.

The nimbleness and reaction speed of this feline demon beast was extremely exaggerated. At that time, it caused Jiang Li quite a bit of trouble, and he hoped that after he obtained its strength, it would be able to assist his movement speed.

The next morning, Jiang Li boarded the Demon Vanquishing Hall's warship.

He only carried a small bag to hide the truth from others. All of the other useful things were stored in the spacious coffin.

With spatial equipment, traveling away from home was convenient and fast.

This time, there were more than 30 late-stage Qi Refinement realm disciples with them, and he had fought most of them before.

However, they did not feel awkward when they met. Instead, they greeted each other with familiarity.

The flying ship rose into the air, accelerating in a certain direction.

According to Senior Sister Liu Mulan, for some reason, there were frequent demon attacks in the countries in the north of the Great Mountain Region. The commoners suffered heavy casualties, and it was at the stage where one zombie would emerge from every ten corpses buried.

In a few regions, the demons had gathered in large numbers, forming a substantial force.

The sect was worried that if they left it alone, there would be great dangers like zombie kings and demon kings appearing.

Thus, they were going to eliminate these hidden dangers and eliminate demons.

This region was very far from the sect. It was just that the four major sects of the Great Mountain Region were in charge of the four directions respectively. If anything happened, they could order the nearby small sects to be summoned, but they had to express their stance.

Jiang Li stayed on the flying ship for about five days before he finally felt the speed decrease.

The flying ship slowly landed on a mountaintop. There was a brand new house there. It should be the temporary residence of the sect.

However, when Jiang Li stood by the window and looked down, he saw a patch of lingering Yin qi enveloping a rather vast area nearby.

"Is this the sign of a kingdom's demise?" Jiang Li was a little uncertain.

According to the ancient books of Feng Shui, this dense Yin qi could only be seen when a country was on the verge of destruction or even after a country was destroyed.

In that case, his first demon suppression mission might last for a long time.

"Don't wander around at night. Three Qi Refinement realm disciples will act together. Jiang Li, follow me tomorrow."

After splitting up, the disciples each found a room to rest.

Senior Sister Liu Mulan originally wanted to take care of this junior brother of hers, Jiang Li, and let him stay next door.

However, Jiang Li tactfully rejected. He found a room at the edge of the temporary base and stayed there.

He had to do many things in secret every day, but he did not really want a senior sister in the Foundation Establishment realm to care about his life every day.

It would be terrible if something happened at night.

After all, the other party was his senior sister. It was impolite to resist, but if he did not resist, it would appear that he was not reserved enough.

Therefore, it was safer to maintain a distance.

At night, Jiang Li secretly left his room. After avoiding the cultivator on duty, he agilely entered the forest in the mountain.

After running far away and confirming that there was no one around, Jiang Li took out the Yin Burial Coffin and threw it on the ground.

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Chapter 106: Bodhisattva Heart Sutra = Demonic Technique?

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The coffin landed on the ground upright. After enlarging to a normal size, it was like a door frame.

The coffin lid opened automatically. A moment later, a graceful white-robed sword cultivator walked out.

It had to be said that the quality of the disciple uniform of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak was really good. The materials used were high-end and soft to the touch. Even if there was no wind, they would sway on their own.

He was even soaked in the thick black Yin Corpse Blood for so long but the color changed back to the original state after a simple wash.

This was probably what the elites of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak saw. Their equipment was always much better than others.

Jiang Li did not communicate with the sword cultivator clone verbally.

It was as if they were unable to see each other. Jiang Li put away the coffin and turned around to return to the peak of the mountain, whereas his clone lightly stepped on the ground and transformed into a white shadow that flashed down the mountain. The two of them parted ways.

After all, they were both the same person essentially. There was really no meaning in talking to himself.

Because they were too close to the temporary camp of the Scripture Storage Valley, if they were discovered, it was very easy to have a misunderstanding and accident.

The sword cultivator clone did not rashly mount his sword and merely relied on the martial arts beneath his feet to fly through the cover of the forest. His actions were exactly the same as when Jiang Li was cultivating in the sect earlier.

In any case, he was still at the Foundation Establishment realm. The speed of sword cultivators was actually not slow. However, due to the severe loss of memories, other than the Liquor Fire Sword Song, his clone was basically an empty piece of white paper. He had also forgotten all kinds of movement techniques, so he could only use the shallow movement technique that Jiang Li's main body knew to travel.

After descending all the way to the foot of the mountain, Jiang Li still did not let his clone rise into the air. Instead, he moved his legs and ran into the distance like a phantom.

The reason why he did not ride a sword was firstly because riding a flying sword with the Fire attribute was basically as conspicuous as shooting lightning at night. He would be easily discovered by others.

Due to certain considerations, he did not want to expose the connection between his clone and his main body. After all, the effect of the Heart Sutra was too powerful, and it was very easy to be feared by others.

Think about it, the enemy could kill your family, friends, parents, and loved ones, before taking over their lives.

Even if the killer was right beside you, you would still spend time with him intimately, how terrifying was that?!

If this sort of cultivation method were to fall into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, it would simply be an unparalleled demonic technique, the most vicious among vicious techniques.

In his shoes, if such a person existed, Jiang Li would also eliminate him quickly.

The second reason was that Jiang Li discovered that his clone's cultivation level was higher than him. Moreover, he still had the foundation of his original Shu Mountain movement technique. When he used the main body's movement technique, he could improve at lightning speed.

This kind of understanding and experience could be reflected to his main body in real time. It was very helpful to his movement technique cultivation.

Thus, in order to use the clone to cultivate the movement technique, the parallel mind had to work extra hard.

However, compared to spiritual qi, the stamina of the clone was limited.

After running for an entire night, the clone's stamina was almost exhausted. Only then did he step on his flying sword to rise into the sky and fly towards a certain direction.

While flying high in the sky, Jiang Li's clone was abnormally excited. Relying on the endless spiritual qi flowing out of his body, he continuously urged his spiritual qi to speed up, constantly making various difficult movements in the sky.

The low-grade Yin Refinement Art was obviously unable to allow the clone to receive his spiritual qi transfer from a distance.

Jiang Li searched in the Scripture Storage Pavilion for a long time before finally finding a suitable spell technique. Through the connection between their consciousnesses, he was barely able to do this.

In the air, there were no speed limitations or obstructions, allowing him to fly freely in an open space. That kind of refreshing feeling of rushing into a violent wind was really satisfying.

Jiang Li screamed in his heart. This was truly cultivation!

Honestly speaking, this was the first time Jiang Li had flown alone. In the past, in the sect, if one did not ride a flying ship, one would have to walk on two legs. Disciples were not allowed to fly on their magic artifacts in public areas.

Therefore, after Jiang Li obtained the Dragon Imprisoning Lock and the sword cultivator clone, he had only tried to float at a low altitude in his room. This was the first time he had flown so happily like today.

His clone flew towards his destination at extreme speed, and the main vision returned to Jiang Li.

At this moment, Jiang Li had already entered a forest formed from seven tall mountains not far away under the lead of Senior Sister Liu Mulan.

More than ten kilometers away from the forest, there was a rather prosperous human city. The area it covered was probably larger than the combined size of Cloud Stream City and the Southern Seal Kingdom.

"Is this one of the gathering places of the demons?"

After all, the demon gathering place sounded like a tiger's den. It seemed very dangerous for two cultivators to enter.

"I guess so. You'll know when you get in."

When Liu Mulan said this, she even looked at the city in the distance. Her eyes were surging with inexplicable emotions.

This mountain forest looked withered and yellow from afar. Jiang Li did not suspect her and only thought that it was the demons that destroyed the environment.

When he truly stepped foot into it, dense shock arose in Jiang Li's heart.

"The bark… is all gone."

Yes, this forest was very different from other places. The trees in this forest were almost without bark.

At first, Jiang Li thought that it was only a special type of tree that had no bark, but when he approached one, he saw that there were still a large number of tooth marks on the tree trunk.

"These… were all chewed through?"

Jiang Li took a step forward, wanting to take a closer look at the remaining tooth marks on the tree trunk.

However, there was a crack.

His foot stepped into something.

It felt a little… strange.

Jiang Li lowered his head and saw that the ground was covered by thick leaves. The leaves were blown away with a breath, and what he stepped on was a dried-up skeleton.

When Jiang Li had just entered the sect, he had done the deed of excavating graves, digging graves, and stealing corpses. He was not afraid of corpses.

Instead, he watched the skull carefully. The sparse teeth were almost identical to the tooth marks on the tree trunk.

Jiang Li blew out another long breath, blowing away a large number of fallen leaves.

The forest was completely dead. Under the dead trees, there were corpses everywhere.

Jiang Li had an idea of what happened, but he could not help but ask, "Senior Sister Mulan, what were they doing?"

"The people in that city and those who fled farther away starved to death."

So it was a famine, no wonder this was the result.

There was a famine even farther away. They fled here and ate all the food in the city. As a result, everyone became refugees.

Without food, they went up the mountain to dig grass roots and eat tree barks.

In the end, the grass was dug out and the tree barks were eaten. The tree trunk could not be bitten, so they starved to death under the tree.

It was not a good feeling to be hungry. Fortunately, he had the status of [Satiety] and [Inedia]. He probably would not feel hungry in this lifetime.

"Senior Sister, are they the ones we need to deal with?" Jiang Li asked.

"Yes, it's them."

Senior Sister Liu Mulan squatted down, took out a talisman, and pressed it on a corpse.

Sizzle!

The talisman immediately emitted white smoke. The Yin qi on the body completely dissipated, and the corpse completely collapsed.

"They died of hunger. Hatred and pain bound their souls, turning them into hungry ghouls that ate away at everything."

"It's daytime now, and the Yang qi is suppressing them so that they can't move. At night, they will get up and eat everything they can see."

"So, we have to send them to rest in peace. You have a Yin-attribute spiritual root. This should not be difficult for you."

That talisman paper was only to show Jiang Li. In fact, for body cultivators, crushing their skulls was more convenient.

However… all of them?

Jiang Li glanced at the corpses that covered the entire mountain and felt helpless in his heart.

Moreover, if so many corpses rose at night, he would probably be drowned by the tide.

Jiang Li walked to the next corpse and reached out to grab it.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

However, as soon as he grabbed it, the sound of burning iron could be heard between Jiang Li's palm and the skull. A moment later, the entire skeleton collapsed.

This was the effect of [Anti-Demon Golden Skin]?

This was the first time Jiang Li had experienced the anti-demon effect. It seemed quite effective.

In this period of time, Yan Hong later helped Jiang Li buy two more portions of golden powder. However, due to his interface settings, two similar statuses could not be stacked and could only be overwritten.

Therefore, if Jiang Li wanted to have the [Anti-Demon Golden Skin] on his entire body, he had to apply it all at once, not part by part.

Therefore, he still had not used the two sets of golden powder directly.

It seemed that this Buddhist product was indeed quite effective on ghosts and evil beings.

However, with such an exaggerated quantity, it did not seem like there was much use even if he could restrain them.

Jiang Li rolled up his sleeves.

Therefore, all he could do was to work overtime.

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Chapter 107: Caught

Jiang Li's nearly endless stamina displayed an obvious advantage here.

To him, constantly brandishing his fists all day and night was as easy as breathing. There was no actual loss.

In terms of stamina, even Senior Sister Liu Mulan, who was a level higher than him, was inferior to him.

When the sun went down at night, the Yang qi weakened and the Yin qi flourished.

Without the Yang qi's suppression, the countless ghouls lying on the ground started to get up.

The nose that had almost completely rotted sniffed, and all the evil beings looked at the living beings on the mountain.

How could a tree trunk that could not be chewed be as delicious as fresh human meat? Under the urging of their hunger, they attacked like a tide.

Some of the other disciples of the Demon Vanquishing Hall rode their artifacts and left. To them, who were only at the late-stage Qi Refinement realm, such a number of evil beings could easily crush them.

However, Jiang Li and Liu Mulan did not leave.

According to Senior Sister Mulan, slaying demons and devils was a cultivation method in itself. This was what she had been waiting for.

The reason why she brought Jiang Li out of the valley was to teach him how to cultivate. It was not to smash corpses like in the day.

It was precisely this kind of overwhelming corpse tide every night that was the cultivation opportunity they were waiting for.

The danger of these hungry ghouls was not high. Even if they stood still, it was hard to break through their defense. Therefore, although there were many of them, they did not need to stand back to back to defend.

The two of them separated, brandishing their fists like bulldozers as they began to push through the corpses.

At first, Senior Sister Liu Mulan was rather worried about Jiang Li. However, after observing for a long time from the side and noticing that Jiang Li could really take care of himself, she slowly relaxed.

Facing these sandbags that delivered themselves to their doorsteps, the feeling of training was indeed different. As long as one relaxed a little, there would be ghouls pouncing on them.

One such ghoul would slow a person down, impede their movements, and then more would stack.

A few, dozens, or hundreds of them would not give you any chance to catch your breath. If that happened, even Jiang Li would find it troublesome.

Therefore, he could not afford to make any mistakes when faced with the tide of corpses. He could only wave his fists and accelerate his body cultivation under the pressure.

Furthermore, the feeling of hitting a rock was different from hitting a 'person'.

There were countless moving sandbags for him to practice with. Jiang Li also discovered many small flaws in his original actions.

From the looks of it, these small flaws did not seem to matter much, but when it came to a life and death battle, perhaps a hair's breadth difference could decide victory or defeat.

Under Senior Sister Mulan's guidance, these flaws were quickly found and corrected.

As for the cultivation of the Ghost Wood Art, Jiang Li did not let it go. After all, in this world, Qi Refinement was the main path. He could not fall behind in this aspect.

However, he was different from others. For the sake of the pressure training of the corpse tide at night, he could only arrange the time to cultivate his Qi and continue listening to the sutra during the day.

With this cycle, time passed little by little.

Ten days later, the sword cultivator clone flew high in the sky like a shooting star and gradually slowed down. The flames on the flying sword's body extinguished as it slowly descended.

In the end, he could not stand his exhaustion and chose a valley that did not seem dangerous to land in.

The parallel mind clone could not benefit from the status buffs together with the main body. Although Tang Yan was at the Foundation Establishment realm, he was still a human.

After ten days of continuous flight, he could replenish his spiritual qi from time to time, so there was not much problem.

However, his physical and mental exhaustion were already quite severe. If he did not rest, his condition would worsen. If he met an enemy, he would fall into a very dangerous situation.

After landing in the valley, he casually waved Burning Rainbow and fiery sword qi flew out, splitting the grass and trees in the valley into pieces, almost causing a forest fire.

"Nothing jumped out here. It's safe."

Looking around, he saw a huge hollow tree lying on the ground.

It was the kind of withered tree that could allow a person to crawl whenever the protagonist in a movie was chased by a behemoth.

"This place is just right."

The clone did not bring the Yin Burial Coffin with him. It was not bad to have such a natural shelter while sleeping in the wilderness.

After entering the hole in the withered tree, the sword cultivator clone carefully released the Fire attribute spiritual qi and quickly roasted the moist tree hole. After burning all the insects and parasites in the tree hole, he stuffed the empty tree trunk with junk. After disguising himself, he fell asleep.

He slept for a long time.

The sword cultivator clone woke up after a bump.

Hmm… a bump?

After being stunned for a moment, Jiang Li started to feel that something was amiss.

The whistling wind outside and the slight rise and fall of weight indicated that the tree trunk he was on had been grabbed by something.

What kind of demon was so bored that it would pick up a tree trunk for no reason?

As he cursed, he also thought: Has the other party discovered me?

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Li did not act rashly. Instead, he drew his flying sword, Burning Rainbow, and dug a small hole in the tree hole.

The cold air in the sky instantly poured in. Looking down through the small hole, he was at least three thousand meters above the ground.

Gasp! It was so high. What had pulled him up?

He dug another small hole in the trunk.

What entered his sight were a few huge feathers the size of a basin reflecting a metallic luster.

A bird?

Jiang Li was surprised in his heart. Creatures in the cultivation world had always been rich in nutrition. In terms of size, each was more exaggerated than the previous. They simply grew without any fear.

Although he could not see the full appearance of the ferocious bird outside, he still had the experience of the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra.

With the sound of wings flapping in the air, Jiang Li constructed a model using his hearing. He could basically tell that this huge bird had a wingspan of at least 20 meters.

With this size, none of the demon beasts he had dealt with before could compare to it.

However, it did not crush the tree trunk with its claws. Why did it need to bring the entire tree trunk back? Why not just capture the prey?

Perhaps it wanted to build a nest?

Typically, birds would use dry branches to build their nests.

To this bird's size, an ordinary length like a tree branch was no different from a tree branch to it.

Due to water absorption, dry trees were harder to find than branches.

This tree trunk, which was dried by the spiritual qi of the sword cultivator clone for comfort, naturally attracted the giant bird's attention.

Jiang Li, who did not have any experience in this aspect, would not have expected that he would encounter such a thing even when sleeping in a tree.

If only he could use appraisal. The clone sighed and looked away from the small hole.

He took out a leather wine flask.

He raised his head and gulped it down. This was how the Liquor Fire Sword Cultivators prepared for battle.

This bird did not look kind at all. It was definitely a carnivore!

Jiang Li did not dare to guarantee that if he appeared directly, it would be calm and let his clone leave.

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Chapter 108: Chasing, Fleeing

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In a short while, he finished about five kilograms of hard liquor. His face was already red and the temperature around him was quietly rising.

Three thousand meters up in the air, a Golden-Winged Condor was flying towards its lair while holding a log.

This log was extremely dry, the best material to build a nest. Moreover, based on its many years of experience, there was definitely a fat worm inside the log.

When its child was born, it could directly eat the freshest food.

This made the Golden-Winged Condor very satisfied with its gains today.

But gradually, it felt as if the wood in its claws began to heat up.

The Golden-Winged Condor was somewhat puzzled. It lowered its head to look at the piece of wood on its claw. In its bird life, such a thing had never happened.

Eh? There was a sound coming from the wood?

Wine pierces the intestines and breaks the soul, fire surges in sword heart that dreams of a long song!

Boom!

The log exploded, and the roaring flames engulfed the giant bird.

Amidst the flames, a flying sword was held in the sword cultivator's hand as he stabbed it at the condor.

Success!

The sword cultivator clone was completely confident that it could not dodge the sword at this distance.

Ding!

However, although the sword pierced through, the tip of the longsword seemed to have hit a piece of steel plate, receiving an extremely great resistance.

Fire-attribute spiritual qi surged into the flying sword crazily as if it was free. The scorching temperature quickly rose, and the incomparably hard condor feathers were melted layer by layer.

The sword cultivator clone was surprised by the huge bird's terrifying defense. He held Burning Rainbow and stabbed forward relentlessly.

Pew!

Withstanding the intense screeching sounds from scratching metal, Burning Rainbow finally broke through the feather defense and successfully pierced into the flesh.

However… that was all.

Huff!

The Golden-Winged Condor flapped its wings, causing a violent wind that instantly tore apart the liquor flames.

As it continued to beat its wings, the huge bird head lowered and looked at Jiang Li. A savage killing intent was revealed in its sharp eyes.

He could not beat it!

The parallel mind quickly came to this conclusion.

Sword cultivators were known for their attacks. Even when he attacked head-on with his full strength, he could only barely break through the defense and cause a slight injury.

The result was very obvious.

No chance.

Run!

The clone made a prompt decision. He kicked the condor's stomach and used the counterforce to retrieve the flying sword. Immediately, he rode his sword and flew crazily against the direction of the wind.

Another advantage of a sword cultivator was that their Sword Kinesis Flight was extremely fast. The parallel mind also specially chose to travel against the direction of the wind.

The larger the condor was, the greater the wind resistance it would suffer. Only by escaping in this direction could he have a higher chance of success.

Shriek!

However, a sharp cry could be heard.

The clone, Tang Yan, looked back to see that the condor followed closely behind him. Its hooked beak opened wide, and it was about to devour the clone.

The bird flew faster than him even in this situation!

The clone held the sword hilt with one hand and let the flying sword carry him at the speed limit. His other hand reached into his pocket and took out two cloth bags. He bit the rope with his mouth and pulled.

The opening of the bag was released, and the items in the two bags were immediately and accurately thrown into the mouth of the condor.

Shriek!

The condor's speed immediately decreased drastically. It flapped its wings and stopped on the spot. It coughed violently before spitting out the waste pills and ashes that Jiang Li had thrown into its mouth.

However, by the time it flapped its wings again, the clone had already flown more than 2,000 meters away.

With a buffer of more than 2,000 meters, even if the flying sword's speed was slightly inferior to the condor, the gap was still there. Jiang Li was confident that he could persist for another day and night if it wanted to catch up to this 2,000 meters gap.

Two hours, four hours, six hours.

The clone kept turning back, but the condor continued to pursue him. The distance between them was slowly shrinking, and the patience of the condor truly made Jiang Li helpless.

Why was this monster so fixed on him? He was so tiny and had little meat. Why was it chasing so persistently?

In the cultivation world, it seemed that burrowing into the stomach of a large-sized demon was the standard solution. Since this was not the main body, if he really could not escape later, he would give it a try.

As he flew, the clone that had made up his mind suddenly saw a few faint shadows in the distant sky.

Soon, as the distance increased, the few black shadows gradually became clear. It seemed that they were a group of cultivators flying in the sky.

If it was under normal circumstances, Jiang Li would have rushed up and shouted, "Fellow Daoists, please wait!"

This was the standard way to divert trouble to others.

But he did not do so.

This was because, to be able to fly to this height on a magic artifact, the weakest person in that group would probably be at the Foundation Establishment realm.

If the other party discovered his intention and obstructed him instead, he would have to bear the consequences.

The parallel mind thought for a moment, then, he immediately turned 45 degrees and flew in another direction with the condor chasing him.

However, because of this maneuver, the condor caught up to him again.

"Senior Brother, he didn't come over."

Among the group of cultivators, a female cultivator spoke in surprise. The others who were with her were also surprised by the sword cultivator's change in direction.

They had clearly noticed the commotion here long ago. However, not only did they not panic because of this, they even discussed excitedly what the sword cultivator would do.

One chased while the other fled, which meant that the sword cultivator's strength was definitely inferior to the condor. Judging from his speed, it was obvious that he was also slower.

On the other hand, the expenditure of spiritual qi when a cultivator rode a flying sword was obviously much greater than when the condor flapped its wings.

As time passed, this sword cultivator would definitely die.

Therefore, most of the cultivators thought that the other party would rush over and implicate them.

This was originally a very normal thing, and it could not be said to be good or bad, but Jiang Li actually changed direction to avoid them.

This was very surprising.

They did not know whether to call him stupid or kindhearted.

"I've long heard of the unyielding character of the Shu Mountain Sword Cultivators. Now that I see it, they really live up to their reputation." The man in the lead said, "Junior Brother, Junior Sister, let's go help him."

Earlier, only he thought that the sword cultivator clone would kindly avoid them.

The reason was simple. He was a Shu Mountain disciple.

This man was not old, he looked tall and handsome. His appearance was not inferior to that of the sword cultivator clone. Most importantly, he had an indescribable aura of a leader.

If the sword cultivator clone stood together with him, no matter how handsome he was, he would instantly lose his luster.

On the left chest of his robe, there was a bold and vigorous "Storage" word.

As soon as he finished speaking, the man's figure dissipated like clouds.

The few cultivators behind him also took out their weapons and artifacts and flew in the direction where the sword cultivator clone escaped.

Moving the perspective back to the clone, Tang Yan.

This turn was not the biggest problem, it was that the wind direction had actually changed.

He went from going against the wind to going along with the wind!

Jiang Li cursed in his heart, but before he could think of a solution, a shadow struck the sword cultivator clone from above.

The clone looked up and saw that the condor had flown behind him at some point in time thanks to the wind.

Shriek!

This time, the condor had learned its lesson. It no longer used its mouth to peck him. Instead, it stretched out its sharp claws and pounced at the sword cultivator clone.

If he was caught by this, this clone that had yet to live long would probably be torn to pieces instantly.

The clone did not escape. He turned around and held his sword, swinging it wildly at the huge bird.

A drunken song filled with determination! The flames of war illuminate the world!

In an instant, more than a hundred streaks of Liquor Fire Spiritual Qi shot out. The condor collided head-on without dodging.

Huge patches of burnt bird feathers fell. Fire countered metal to begin with. Coupled with the might of the flying sword, if it was attacked too much, the condor would definitely be injured.

However, if the sword cultivator clone was hit once, he might die immediately!

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Chapter 109: Sword Heart

At the critical moment of facing life and death, the wildly beating heart of the sword cultivator clone suddenly slowed down.

From a critical state of more than two hundred beats per minute, there was a sudden plummet until his heartbeat became an extremely slow rate of once per three second.

However, not only did this intense change in his body not make his clone Tang Yan feel uncomfortable, his mind and body instantly calmed down.

Before his eyes, two huge claws that were even larger than his entire body enveloped him. However, the speed seemed to have suddenly slowed down by ten times as it slowly played frame by frame.

At the same time, the Burning Rainbow in his hand shook slightly, and then a joyous emotion connected with his consciousness. The flying sword in his hand, which was already extremely obedient, became even more easily manipulated.

It was a very wonderful feeling. The right limb felt like it was suddenly extended by several feet.

He could even clearly feel the violent wind blowing past the blade.

The clone suddenly felt extremely confident in the sword in his hand. Although there was no reason, he was very certain in his heart that the Burning Rainbow in his hand would definitely be unstoppable!

Swoosh!

With a slight tremble, sword light rushed forward with the flying sword in hand.

Using the fire sword qi that he had created through expending his spiritual qi to block its vision, the sword cultivator shifted to dodge the sharp claws. Then, he waved the Burning Rainbow in his hand and slashed out.

The golden metallic feathers, which were as hard as Kun steel, were slashed apart by the flying sword, followed by the skin, flesh, blood, and bones.

Before the blood could flow out, it was already evaporated by the scorching hot sword.

The smell of burnt flesh filled the air.

The sword cultivator's figure flashed past the building-sized Golden-Winged Condor, leaving a charred wound on the giant bird. This strike caused considerable damage.

Jiang Li stroked the flying sword as he gained a lot of understanding.

This was the… Sword Heart?

It turned out that other than tearing paper with a rusty sword, the Sword Heart talent could also do such a thing!

Jiang Li was extremely shocked by this. The amount of spiritual qi condensed from the sword strike earlier was actually far inferior to the spiritual qi used when his clone unleashed the first strike.

But the results of these two sword attacks were so different.

It was no wonder that the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak valued the Sword Heart so much.

It was effective on a target that was one realm higher and practically ignored the effects of defense. If he used it well, coupled with the powerful attack power of a sword cultivator, fighting above one's level was simply not a dream.

Shriek!

The condor cried out in pain, but after flapping its wings for a while, it still stopped and did not fall to the ground.

Damn it! Jiang Li cursed in his heart.

The sword strike from before had originally headed for its wings, but the condor was too large. Compared to it, a flying sword that was the size of a toothpick was too tiny to truly cause fatal damage!

The clone immediately activated the sword technique, wanting to take the opportunity to strike again.

However, things did not go as he expected. Just as the flying sword left his hand, his vision blurred and his heart beat wildly again. He was forced out of the Sword Heart state.

In an instant, Flying Sword Burning Rainbow's might decreased drastically, no longer as sharp as before.

After Jiang Li's mind recovered its clarity, the hand seals on his hand changed again and again. The flying sword no longer swooped down. After spitting out a wisp of spirit fire that reeked of alcohol, he immediately turned the sword around and flew back to catch the clone who was free falling.

In order to cut off the possible connection between him and his clone, Jiang Li did not provide any artifacts to his clone.

Therefore, if he wanted to use the flying sword to attack from afar, he would not be able to ride on the sword.

This was also the reason why Jiang Li had been practicing close combat with his flying sword.

If he continued to forcefully control the flying sword to attack, it would be a small matter if he could not break through the feather's defense. In the event the flying sword was stuck or even sent flying, he would not even have the chance to escape.

Just as the clone urged the flying sword under his feet to escape again, a cloud suddenly gathered beside him. Immediately, a graceful man appeared from the cloud and stood in front of the clone.

"Junior Brother, if you don't mind, please let us lend you a hand."

The sudden appearance of a cultivator naturally made Jiang Li instinctively wary.

However, when he saw the familiar clothes of the other party, he could not help but be stunned.

Wasn't this the uniform of an inner sect disciple of the Scripture Storage Valley? However, it looked like the style of the other party's disciple uniform was slightly different from Jiang Li's actual clothes, and it seemed to be even more elegant and noble.

'He called me Junior Brother? Did he recognize me?'

This was the first thought that popped up in Jiang Li's mind, but it was immediately ruled out.

This clone was very perfect. It should not be so easy to expose.

The other party had called him this out of the tradition of the four major sects.

"Thank… thank you, Senior Brother."

The clone stepped on the flying sword and cupped his fists in greeting. He did not think much before agreeing.

After all, with the reputation of the four major sects of the Great Mountain Region, very few disciples would kill each other to seize treasures because that would be too unwise.

Moreover, Jiang Li vaguely felt that he should know the other party.

Shriek!

The liquor flames that Burning Rainbow had just shot out was torn apart by the golden wings once more. The enormous condor's sharp gaze stared fixedly at Jiang Li as it pounced towards him from below.

A large amount of spirit flames erupted from the Burning Rainbow sword. However, before he could attack, a small golden seal was thrown out from the Scripture Storage Valley's senior brother.

It was as if he had casually tossed a stone.

However, after the golden seal left his hand, it swelled up with the wind!

In just a moment, it had already risen to a height of ten meters, and the seal smashed towards the condor below.

Jiang Li was shocked in his heart, and even his main body that was 500km away could not help but tremble.

He seemed to have heard of this seal when he was listening to his fellow disciples bragging in the Demon Vanquishing Hall.

Could this be the ultimate technique of the Scripture Storage Valley? Who exactly was this guy?

The golden seal that was enlarged hundreds of times collided with the condor.

Then, the situation became one-sided.

In front of Jiang Li, the condor that had acted tyrannically was smashed by a ten-meter golden seal. It fell towards the ground while shrieking in pain.

When the golden seal shrank and flew back, many unnatural distortions appeared on the condor's body. Blood spurted out of the bird's mouth, it had obviously been heavily injured.

Jiang Li was shocked by the might of the golden seal, but he did not forget to deal the finishing blow.

Turning around, he held the flying sword again and chased after the falling condor, quickly slashing out sword lights.

At this moment, the others from the Scripture Storage Valley arrived as well. Several artifacts left their hands and smashed into the condor.

After being heavily injured and facing attacks like these, no matter how tough its physique was, it could not withstand it at this time.

Under the ravaging of spiritual qi, the huge bird finally exploded with a bang. It shattered into pieces and was beyond dead.

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Chapter 110: Amnesia

Jiang Li heaved a sigh of relief and slowly landed on the ground on his flying sword. The huge bird that had chased him for half a day was finally dead.

Now, he understood why the sect's ships, be it warships or flying ships, had to contain so many offensive and defensive array formations.

The cultivation world was really too dangerous. If one did not have enough defensive ability to counterattack, would a large flying ship in the air simply be prey for demon beasts?

On the other side, the other disciples of the Scripture Storage Valley also landed. They did not pay much attention to the sword cultivator clone. Instead, they excitedly checked the scattered corpse of the condor.

The corpse of such ferocious demon beasts could often be dissected into many precious materials.

The feathers and beak were used for refining weapons, while the blood and powdered bone were used for refining pills. Both were quite good choices.

Furthermore, as the grade of the Golden-Winged Condor was not low, it was basically equivalent to a Core Formation cultivator. These materials would definitely be sold for a considerable price in the sect.

It was not until another cloud gathered and the man who was obviously the leader appeared that the other disciples stopped their casual actions and stood behind him.

"Senior Brother, and fellow disciples of the four major sects, I'm really grateful for your help today."

"I have yet to ask for Senior Brother and everyone's names. If there's a chance, I should pay you a visit in the future to thank you."

Jiang Li walked over as well. He put away the flying sword in his hand and cupped his hands to thank the few people from the Scripture Storage Valley.

"Junior Brother, there's no need to stand on ceremony. When we're out, as disciples of the same faction, we should help each other. The disciples of our Scripture Storage Valley are often taken care of by the seniors of other sects. How can we stand by and do nothing when this happens?"

"My name is Chu Yunxuan. I am the direct disciple of the Scripture Storage Valley's Daoist Wushe. They are all my junior brothers and sisters."

"I should be a few years older than you, so I'll shamelessly address myself as Senior Brother. Please don't take offense."

"It's fate that we met. Junior Brother, can you also leave us your name?"

The man in the lead spoke eloquently. Coupled with his bearing, he indeed looked like a cool spring breeze.

However, the name Chu Yunxuan caused Jiang Li to recall something, wasn't this the mysterious Eldest Senior Brother of the Scripture Storage Valley?

'Wait, I remember now. The Skill Imparting Elder mentioned before that the name of the Scripture Storage Valley's Valley Master is Daoist Wushe.'

'I'll remember this. In the future, if anyone asks who the master of the Scripture Storage Valley is, I will be able to answer.'

"Senior Brother Chu's cultivation is profound. The accomplished are the most revered in the cultivation world. This is how it should be."

"My name is Tang Yan. I am from… I am from…"

Jiang Li acted speechless as he spoke. He touched the small red sword on his chest, but he was unable to say the name of the sect no matter what.

Chu Yunxuan and the others looked at each other, not understanding what Jiang Li's performance meant. With his outfit, was there a need to guess?

Shouldn't he be proud to announce the name of a major sect? Why was he stammering?

However, Chu Yunxuan was indeed worthy of being Chu Yunxuan. This senior brother was indeed meticulous. When he discovered that Jiang Li was unwilling to speak about the sect, he took the initiative to interrupt Jiang Li's conflict.

"On the other hand, shouldn't the disciples of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak all leave the mountain in groups of five? Why is Junior Brother alone?"

Due to the strict requirements of recruiting disciples from the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak, there were not many disciples. In fact, they were not even as prosperous as some small sects.

Therefore, the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak was famous for being protective of their disciples.

For the sake of safety, if the disciples wanted to leave the mountain, their strength would be the number one factor.

The disciples of the Five Elements Peak formed a team with the ability to use the Five Elements Sword Formation proficiently. This was also the standard.

Therefore, it was actually quite strange for the sword cultivator clone to appear here alone.

However, upon hearing this, the clone revealed a look of confusion from the bottom of his heart, as if he really did not know anything about what Chu Yunxuan said.

"Shu Mountain… Five Elements Peak…?"

The clone muttered to himself. It seemed that because of these few key words, he recalled some memory fragments and appeared a little vexed.

Jiang Li was not pretending. His acting skills were not that impressive.

It was because in order to better understand life, the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra had an ability that could unilaterally block the memories of the main body, allowing the consciousness to temporarily become independent. According to the memories and encounters of this body, it would act naturally.

This was what he had done just now, making that amnesia expression come from the bottom of his heart.

"Junior Brother, what's wrong? If you need our help, just let us know."

Seeing the clone's expression, Chu Yunxuan also discovered that something was wrong.

But even if the Shu Mountain robes could be faked, the Shu Mountain flying swords could.

How could that powerful Shu Mountain Sword Technique be faked? The characteristics of the powerful Sword Heart were too obvious.

If this Tang Yan was not a Shu Mountain disciple, who could have produced a sword cultivator of this level in the Great Mountain Region?

"I… I'm fine. Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother Chu. I still have some things to do, so I'll take my leave now."

In his memories, the sword cultivator's clone subconsciously touched the wound on his neck. Then, as if he recalled something, he suddenly cupped his hands and bade farewell impolitely.

"Junior Brother, wait a moment. The Golden-Winged Condor usually lives together as a couple. With this male bird here, the nest and female bird should be nearby. Junior Brother should be careful."

Chu Yunxuan still wanted to ask Jiang Li to share the materials on the Golden-Winged Condor, but Jiang Li rejected. He said that he was saved by them, so how could he share the spoils of war?

Furthermore, the Yin Burial Coffin was not here. He could not bring the best loot away, and had no interest in the insignificant body parts. It would be a hindrance if he took it, so he might as well leave it.

Before he left, Chu Yunxuan reminded him to fly at a lower altitude so as to reduce the chance of being discovered.

After a few pleasantries, Jiang Li did not stay any longer. The flying sword, Burning Rainbow, automatically unsheathed itself and allowed him to step onto the sword.

The flying sword rose into the air and flew away, but he listened to Chu Yunxuan's suggestion. It flew close to the forest and stayed low, not flying high in the sky like a shooting star.

After the clone left, one of the disciples asked, "Senior Brother, don't you find that Shu Mountain disciple odd?"

"It's very strange. He's clearly a Shu Mountain disciple. I've fought with them before. The feeling of the flying sword and sword technique can't be wrong."

"But for him, it's as if he doesn't remember anything about the Shu Mountain. When we talk about these issues, he can't answer at all."

Everyone was not stupid. Jiang Li's strange performance was naturally seen and remembered in their hearts.

Even the outer sect disciples of the Scripture Storage Valley would know more about such general knowledge.

However, there were not so many melodramatic dramas in this era. Apart from the brain, cultivators mostly relied on their souls to memorize things. Therefore, memory loss was extremely rare, so they naturally did not think of it immediately.

"Should we not let him leave?"

A disciple suddenly came up with a dumb idea. He had long heard that Shu Mountain disciples were stronger. Now that he had met one, he wanted to give it a try.

The others immediately rolled their eyes when they heard this. This method was obviously unreliable.

"That Tang Yan can't even remember the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak, so how can he still remember our Scripture Storage Valley? If there's a misunderstanding, it won't be good if we get hurt or injure him!" The female cultivator calmly analyzed.

"Junior Sister is right. After all, this is the Shu Mountain's internal affairs. It's not good to get involved."

"The mystic realm we are going to this time has people from Shu Mountain present. At that time, we can just tell them about it."

Chu Yunxuan's words were final.

After the group of people plundered and dissected the condor's body, they all put it into Chu Yunxuan's storage artifact.

Although a storage artifact was rare, as the Eldest Senior Brother of the sect, he was still qualified to possess it.

After taking off again, they headed in the opposite direction of the clone.

The memory loss was naturally Jiang Li's intention. He wanted them to help spread it to the ears of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak.

After all, Jiang Li did not put his consciousness into this body, but he did not want to make him become a rogue cultivator.

After returning to the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak, wouldn't it be good for him to obtain the ancient legacy and cultivation methods of Shu Mountain?

It was not impossible for Jiang Li to return to the mountain on his own.

However, if he returned to the sect, he might be suspected by Shu Mountain and run into a lot of trouble.

It was better to send out the news and get them to send someone to pick him up.

People would always have more trust in what they took the initiative to find.

Although a sudden resurrection would still arouse suspicion and probing, at that time, Tang Yan had only fallen into the water after being attacked by the Golden Core zombie demon. His death was not confirmed. It was not so hard to accept that he had survived after being washed downstream.

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