Going Up the Mountain (Bonus Chapter for the 10,000 Reward While Waiting for Sunset)

Xiang Yang suppressed his tangled thoughts and asked the young village chief to take him to the Jade Carving Site. Leaving aside Jade in Stone, Xiang Yang wanted to see just how miraculous that Daoist's jade carving was.

The mountain path was far from smooth. Qiong Mountain was a stone mountain, its environment treacherous and its slopes exceedingly steep. Ordinarily, the villagers climbed it only in groups, bringing ropes, iron hooks, and other tools.

Xiang Yang needed no such preparation. His cultivation had entered the innate realm, and he was a great master who had comprehended the primordial spirit. He could not quite do anything under heaven or above earth, but he already possessed the means to roam the world.

Judging purely by cultivation, this young village chief was also among the absolute best in the acquired realm. Though he had no secrets of lightness skill, his true qi was abundant, and divine ability arose naturally. He strode swiftly all the way, crossing steep slopes with endurance that never showed the slightest strain.

Yet Xiang Yang still found him too slow. Thus, he taught him a set of the Leaping and Soaring Technique. It was not some profound martial art—merely sending qi forth from the dantian into both knees and feet. As he sprang and leapt, true qi flowed and erupted. Though crude, it was still the foundation of lightness skill.

The young village chief learned quickly, and his cultivation was refined, dense, and mellow. In just a few words, he grasped the essentials of leaping. He could spring three to five zhang into the air, and when he drove himself forward, a single leap carried him seven zhang.

Upon suddenly gaining such divine strength, an ordinary person would surely be wild with joy, perhaps even getting one foot in