Encountering the Corpse Valley Encirclement

Mo Yi led Jiang Liu to a huge hot spring that was steaming. There, rows of small houses were built in front of the hot spring and connected to it.

Mo Yi led Jiang Liu inside with practiced ease, and soon everything was arranged, with Jiang Liu and Mo Yi each having a small room.

Jiang Liu enjoyed a relaxing hot spring bath. When he came out, there was a brand-new robe at the door. He picked it up and put it on. It fit him quite well, and he couldn't help but admire the owner of the hot spring.

Mo Yi came out not long after they arrived, and then took Jiang Liu to the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion they had visited before. It was the same place as last time, but this time, no girls were brought up.

Mo Yi took a sip of wine, looked at Jiang Liu and said, "Junior brother, now that you've advanced to the rank of Minor Grandmaster, do you still plan to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament?"

Jiang Liu asked in surprise, "Does that mean that once you've advanced to the Junior Minor Grandmaster level, you can't continue participating in the Martial Arts Tournament?"

Mo Yi shook his head. "No, that's not necessary. After all, the interval is so long. As long as you don't have a strength exceeding the ninth rank when you first participate, it's fine."

Jiang Liu nodded slightly. "That's good. I still plan to participate and see if I have a chance to visit the Technique Repository of the three sects!"

"Haha! Junior brother, you have great ambition! Let's drink until we drop today. Today, your senior brother wants to have a good chat with you." Mo Yi said, patting Jiang Liu on the shoulder.

That night, the two drank quite a bit and chatted for a long time. Mo Yi said most often that he could finally go out and have fun without worry, all thanks to Junior Brother Jiang!

Both of them got very drunk and slept at the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion that night.

The next day, when Jiang Liu woke up, he asked the innkeeper if his Senior Brother Mo was awake. The innkeeper simply handed Jiang Liu a slip of paper that read, "Junior brother, you continue to rest well. I've gone out to play, haha! Don't worry about settling the bill, there's still plenty of money left from last time."

Jiang Liu looked at the note in his hand with a helpless expression, not knowing what to say to this Senior Brother Mo Yi. He could only wash up and then return to the Exotic Beast Valley.

After returning to his courtyard, Jiang Liu continued to cultivate and consolidate his cultivation.

With a thought, a deep blue light screen appeared before Jiang Liu's eyes.

Name: Jiang Liu

Realm: Grandmaster (Minor Grandmaster 6/)

Divine Sense: 1.32 kilometers

Alchemy (Minor Success 20/500)

Medical Skills (Minor Success 71/1500)

Cultivation Technique: Annihilation by Thought (Heaven Grade, Peak Rank Entry-Level 3768/8000)

Eight Steps of Trampling (Earth Grade, Low Rank Mastery 508/6600)

Control Heaven and Earth (Earth-grade Supreme Minor Completion 696/4000)

Extreme Fist (Mid-grade Earth-level Mastery 406/7200) (Trait: Tiger's Fury)

Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop (Mid-grade Earth-level, Lesser Mastery, 1928/2400)

Beast Mastery Art (Heaven Grade, Peak Rank, Beginner Level 1725/5000)

Saintly Sky Art (Saint Grade Unskilled 3/) Holy Skill: Saintly Sky Strike

After advancing to the Grandmaster level, the Data Panel then displays one of the main hallmarks of a Grandmaster: Divine Sense.

According to Jiang Liu's understanding, Minor Grandmaster's Divine Sense is generally between 500 and 600 meters. When their Divine Sense grows to 1,000 meters, they can prepare to advance to the Grandmaster level.

His Divine Sense had already reached the standard of a general Grandmaster, but his spiritual power showed no signs of advancing. Perhaps his Divine Sense needed to reach a range of 1,500 meters before his spiritual power could advance?

Moreover, this Saintly Sky Art is really difficult to cultivate! It's a cultivation method completely different from the Heart Sutra, so it needs to be cultivated separately, and the progress is very slow.

Moreover, the main reason is that the cultivation method of the Saintly Sky Art is quite domineering, as it predatoryly absorbs the surrounding spiritual energy, which is why Jiang Liu dares not cultivate here for long.

For several more days, Jiang Liu didn't step out of the courtyard, using the cultivation resources provided by the Exotic Beast Valley to cultivate. Feeling his strength slowly increasing, Jiang Liu calculated the days and realized it was time to prepare to set off for Qian Province.

That day, Jiang Liu packed his belongings, put them in a bundle, and flew directly towards the council hall. He planned to set off for Qian Province that day.

As soon as Jiang Liu approached the council hall, he heard the sounds of people talking inside. Jiang Liu slowly walked into the council hall.

When the people in the hall saw Jiang Liu carrying a bundle, they knew that Jiang Liu was preparing to set off for Qian Province.

Elder Bai frowned and asked, "Are you going to Qian Province now?"

Jiang Liu nodded and said, "I don't know what might happen on the road, so I want to set off a little earlier."

Mo Han nodded slightly and said, "It's better to leave earlier, at least we won't be in such a rush!"

"Then be careful on your journey. Qi Province hasn't been very peaceful lately, so be especially careful of the people from Corpse Valley," Elder Bai said with concern.

Jiang Liu nodded, then bid farewell to all the elders in the hall. The elders returned the greetings one by one, and finally watched Jiang Liu leave the hall.

After Jiang Liu walked out of the hall, Elder Bai looked at Mo Han and said, "Valley Master, our Exotic Beast Valley has been deliberately targeted recently. I'm worried that someone might come after Jiang Liu."

Mo Han pondered for a moment and said, "You all have your own things to do, so it's not advisable to act rashly. However, I will keep an eye on things personally."

Hearing Mo Han say this, Elder Bai nodded in satisfaction and said nothing more.

Jiang Liu the council hall and flew directly to the Exotic Beast Plaza, then boarded the back of the Frostwing Dragon.

Jiang Liu thanked the Servant Disciple was taking care of the Frostwing Dragon, then gave the Frostwing Dragon a command. The Frostwing Dragon flew into the air, turned around, and flew directly out of the Exotic Beast Valley.

After the Frostwing Dragon flew out of the Exotic Beast Valley, Jiang Liu determined the direction and immediately ordered Qian Province Frostwing Dragon.

After flying along the Frostwing Dragon Ten Thousand Mountains for several days, Jiang Liu felt a bit tired, so he ordered the Frostwing Dragon to stop in the forest ahead, where he planned to rest for the night.

The Frostwing Dragon hovered above the forest. Jiang Liu Frostwing Dragon off its back and slowly plummeted into the forest. The Frostwing Dragon circled once in the air before going off to hunt for food.

As soon as Jiang Liu landed in the forest, he skillfully spread his Divine Sense to cover the surrounding area and explore the situation, preparing to find dinner for the night.

Before long, they found tonight's dinner: a deer. Jiang Liu leaped over and, with a swift movement, pressed down on the deer, causing it to fall to the ground. Then, he skillfully began to gut and roast it over a fire.

After finishing his long-awaited picnic in the woods, Jiang Liu sat down to meditate and rest.

Soon, night fell, and Jiang Liu began to cultivate using the Saintly Sky Art. The surrounding Essence Particles began to surge towards Jiang Liu frantically. Cultivating this Saintly Sky Art was much more domineering than other mental cultivation methods, as it absorbed the surrounding Yuan Qi in a predatory manner.

Jiang Liu quickly completed the Saintly Sky Art and could feel the Yuan Qi within his body surging. It truly lived up to its reputation as Saint Grade technique.

Jiang Liu glanced at the sky and realized it was almost midnight. He then began Soul Refining Technique, spreading his Divine Sense to its limit and starting to cultivate according to the posture of the Soul Technique.

Just as midnight was about to pass, Jiang Liu suddenly sensed a strange movement in his spiritual sea.

Jiang Liu quickly stopped his cultivation, leaped forward, and flew directly towards the source of the strange noise. He arrived at the location quickly and saw that it was an Exotic Beast that had appeared out of nowhere, which he was about to kill with a single blow.

Jiang Liu immediately realized something was wrong, because ever since he started cultivating, no Exotic Beast within a few miles dared to approach him, so how could there be Exotic Beast?

Jiang Liu raised his palm and chopped down at a large tree in the distance. With a loud "boom," the tree snapped at its roots, revealing a person behind it.

Jiang Liu recognized the man's distinctive face immediately; he was from Corpse Valley.

Sure enough, once the man in Corpse Valley realized his whereabouts had been exposed, he stopped hiding and waved his hand behind him. Two figures appeared behind the other two large trees behind him, and the aura emanating from them indicated that all three of them were Minor Grandmaster.