Time flies like an arrow, and it was already May. Jiang Liu had been cultivating in his small courtyard. Feng Yi came to see Jiang Liu several times, but Jiang Liu had sent him away each time. Jiang Liu felt that his strength was too low and that he needed to recuperate.
Therefore, apart from going to the Ascension Tower to buy cultivation resources when he was short of them, he did not go out again. During this period, his spiritual energy accumulation progressed by leaps and bounds, and he was closer to breaking through to the ninth rank.
The Wang Family did send a few messages, all replies from Anyang County. Jiang Liu didn't pay much attention and just dismissed them casually. He only instructed them to send two messages to Anyang County.
It seems that there are more and more disaster victims around Wind City, but most of them are flocking to the neighboring cities. Wind City is not greatly affected, but the prices are at least twice as high as when Jiang Liu first came to Wind City.
The supply of materials to the nearby cities gradually became insufficient, and a strange thing happened: martial artists kept disappearing.
When Jiang Liu first heard the news, he was a little surprised. Could it be the work of Corpse Valley? But then he remembered that the people of Corpse Valley in Wind City had been wiped out, so he stopped thinking about it.
That day, Jiang Liu was cultivating in his own courtyard when he felt his vital energy was almost full. He quickly got up, prepared what he needed to prepare, and then left the courtyard, heading towards the woods South City.
Jiang Liu sensed that he was about to break through to the ninth rank and was afraid that the breakthrough would cause too much of a commotion, so he wanted to go out of the city to find a secluded place to break through.
He walked out of the South City. He saw many more refugees on the road, and Jiang Liu sighed inwardly. He then quickly flew past, reaching the edge of the woods. He saw that some trees had their bark stripped off, indicating the severity of the disaster.
He went deep into the forest, found a big tree at random, leaped up, sat cross-legged on the tree, and began to practice his inner energy cultivation technique.
Gradually, the pressure of Jiang Liu's Yuan Qi grew stronger and stronger, eventually becoming uncontrollable. If Jiang Liu were to look inward now, he could see that the volume of Primal Qi Liquid in his dantian was growing larger and larger.
Now, most of the primordial energy in the dantian has been refined into liquid and fused together. With the addition of wisps of Primal Qi Liquid, it eventually reaches a peak, boom!
Jiang Liu felt a rumbling sound coming from his dantian, and immediately a Rank 9 Martial Practitioner's aura emanated from Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu circulated the mental technique again before finally suppressing his aura.
He quickly looked inward at his dantian and saw that the Primal Qi Liquid inside was spinning rapidly, constantly absorbing the refined Essence Particles into the liquid.
When the volume of a liquid grows to a certain extent, it's time to step into the Grandmaster realm. Because Jiang Liu has already cultivated his spiritual power to the Grandmaster Realm, he is spared the most difficult hurdle in advancing to the Grandmaster realm: the inner demon hurdle.
I glanced at the Data Panel:
Name: Jiang Liu
Realm: Martial Artist (Rank 6, Ninth Grade)
Alchemy (Minor Success 20/500)
Medical Skills (Minor Success 36/1500)
Soul Technique (Heaven Grade, Peak Rank Mastery, 642/1840)
Cultivation Technique: Annihilation by Thought (Heaven Grade, Peak Rank Beginner Level 18/8000)
Eight Steps of Trampling (Earth Grade, Low Rank Lesser Completion 539/2200)
Frost Nether Palm (Earth Grade, Low Rank Beginner Level 775/1100)
Exploding Fist (Mystic Peak-Grade- tier, Minor Completion, 1338/2000) (Trait: Tiger's Gaze)
Demon Quelling Blade (Mystic High-Grade, Minor Completion, 223/1600)
Flash Blade (Mystic Grade, Low Rank Dacheng 819/3000)
Beast Mastery Art (Basic Chapter) (Mystic Grade, Low Rank Level, Beginner Level 62/500)
Other than that, there haven't been many changes. I've mainly been practicing my inner cultivation techniques these past few months, but I haven't neglected my soul cultivation either!
Jiang Liu practiced all the techniques once, familiarizing himself with how to combine them with his increased strength. Then, he set off towards the Ten Thousand Mountains.
We need to put it into practice and see how much the gap is between our current strength and what it was before.
After passing the crowd at the gathering point, the Jiang Liu flowed straight into the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
When Jiang Liu reached the fork in the road, he chose the middle road this time.
Not far inside, Jiang Liu saw a group of people fighting. He glanced at them and walked past them. The strongest among them was only at the sixth rank, and Jiang Liu didn't want to pay them any attention.
The two groups fighting were stunned for a moment as Jiang Liu flashed by, and then they resumed their fight.
Jiang Liu continued on his way, scanning the surroundings with his Divine Sense as he flew. After traveling about twenty miles, a strange movement came from Jiang Liu's Divine Sense sea.
Jiang Liu quickly went over and saw two Seventh Grade giant apes fighting each other. There was also a female ape nearby, jumping around scratching her ears and cheeks while chirping.
Jiang Liu found it amusing; this must be a story of love and hate between the three giant apes.
Jiang Liu walked for about ten miles when he suddenly felt a cold surge of energy shooting straight towards him. Jiang Liu dodged to the side and swept his Divine Sense over the area. He saw a giant python coiled around a large tree, its head held high and its blood-red mouth wide open.
The Three-Blossom Serpent, a ninth-grade Exotic Beast. Jiang Liu was overjoyed at the sight of the hunt, having finally found a ninth-grade Exotic Beast. He stood still, Eight Steps of Trampling, and took two steps in quick succession.
The Three-Blossom Serpent froze instantly, unable to move. Jiang Liu stepped forward and struck the Three-Blossom Serpent's crown with his Frost Nether Palm. A visible chill began to condense from the Three-Blossom Serpent's head all the way to its tail.
Then, shaken by Jiang Liu's aura, his entire body shattered with a bang, leaving only a blue ninth-grade beast core.
Jiang Liu was fairly satisfied with the power of his Eight Steps of Trampling combined with the Frost Nether Palm. He stepped forward, put away the beast core, and continued searching for high-grade Exotic Beast.
In Yuncheng, the headquarters of the Sun Moon Sect's Yunzhou branch, there is a separate courtyard where Xiahou Yi, the Holy Maiden of the Sun Moon Sect, is staying. At this moment, Xiahou Yi is wearing a thin veil, her body partially visible as she lies on a soft couch.
Her face was flushed with spring, and two men were gently massaging Xiahou Yi in front of her, one on the left and one on the right, clearly distinct. They were Feng Qijia and Pang Li.
Xiahou Yi shuddered at the thought of the days when he was kidnapped by Wei Yi, the feeling of being worse than dead, his vital energy sealed, and Wei Yi able to play with him at will.
And it took Ouyang Han a full two weeks to return and rescue her. Thinking back to the way Ouyang Han looked at her then, it was as if he were looking at a defiled piece of merchandise.
She was filled with barely concealed anger. After being rescued, she begged and pleaded for Ouyang Han's forgiveness, but he treated her like trash.
When she saw Ouyang Han walk out of her room, she secretly made up her mind to take control of her own destiny. So she decided to cultivate the supreme martial art of the Sun Moon Sect, the Mystic Yin Succubus Art.
The Mystic Yin Succubus Art is a technique of the Sun Moon Sect that uses yang energy to replenish yin. I had some reservations before and did not practice it, but now I can practice it without any worries.
Xiahou Yi sensed that the mood was right, so she beckoned to Feng Qijia and Pang Li, who understood and stepped forward. Immediately, a series of soft moans filled the room.
Outside the room, Ouyang Han watched everything unfold with a livid face. "Master!" Old Zhu stepped forward, only to be kicked away by Ouyang Han. Old Zhu lay on the ground, spitting blood, his left hand now the only thing left.
"We don't need to worry about her anymore. Let her do whatever she wants!"
"Yes, Master!" Old Zhu quickly stood up and replied.
After saying that, Ouyang Han disappeared from the spot.
Xiahou Yi, however, remained completely unaware of what was happening inside the room.
P. S.: Do you all like this change in the Holy Maiden of the Sun Moon Sect?