Severing Karma, Mystic Inner Overlord Body

Jiang Changsheng meticulously made a small nest for the snake egg on his bed, surrounded by bedding. Since he began cultivating immortality, he had hardly slept, spending his nights sitting in meditation, absorbing Qi, which replaced sleep, leaving him refreshed in the morning.

He began to look forward to the hatching of the snake egg, injecting spiritual energy into it daily to nourish the snake embryo.

The peaceful days were broken half a month later.

"I am Liu Luoyin, having heard that Daoist Changsheng killed the demonic Ghost Eye Evil King, I have come to pay a visit."

A clear, cold voice came from outside the house. Jiang Changsheng opened his eyes. He had long sensed the other party searching for his house, but since they posed no threat to him, he had not spoken up.

Jiang Changsheng's voice floated out: "May I ask what brings Miss Liu to me?"

In the courtyard, the snow was white and thick. A woman stood in the snow, dressed in elegant purple clothes, like a wandering martial artist, holding a sword. Her face was pretty, but her brows revealed a cold killing intent, keeping people at a distance.

Liu Luoyin said, "When I was young, the Evil King slaughtered my entire family. I have wandered since childhood, learning martial arts, originally intending to seek revenge on the Evil King, but I heard that he was killed by Daoist Changsheng. I would like to ask Daoist Changsheng for guidance. Regardless of victory or defeat, this grievance will be settled from now on. If the Daoist needs my help in the future, I will definitely take action."

Jiang Changsheng was stunned, wondering if he had misheard.

What the hell?

I helped you get revenge, and you want to spar with me to settle the karma?

Jiang Changsheng replied, "I'm sorry, I don't like sparring with others. I am a cultivator, and martial arts are just a hobby of mine. Please go back, miss. As for the favor, there's no need to keep it in mind."

Fortunately, he killed the Ghost Eye Evil King, otherwise this silly girl would have died if she had sought out the Ghost Eye Evil King.

There was still a gap between their True Qi levels, although not a big one, but there was also an age gap between them, which meant a difference in experience.

Thump!

Liu Luoyin suddenly knelt on the snow, her face expressionless. "If the Daoist does not agree, then I will kneel here until I starve to death, dying within your temple."

As her voice fell, the courtyard fell into silence, even the sound of wind and snow disappeared.

Not far behind, Qing Ku frowned when he saw this scene. He was about to step forward to stop her when the door opened, and Jiang Changsheng, dressed in a blue Daoist robe, walked out.

The nearly seventeen-year-old Jiang Changsheng had grown up, his figure tall and straight, his face handsome, the Taihang Sword hanging at his waist, and the Kirin Whisk in his hand. Liu Luoyin subconsciously looked up, her eyes falling on Jiang Changsheng, and she couldn't help but be stunned.

Their eyes met, and the wind and snow on the mountain seemed to stop.

Jiang Changsheng frowned and asked, "Miss, why bother being so unreasonable? I have, after all, helped you."

Liu Luoyin withdrew her gaze, her cheeks slightly red, and stood up, saying, "I know, I am not ungrateful, and I am certainly not your opponent. I just want to settle a matter of my heart. Even if the Daoist injures me, I will not complain, and I will definitely repay you in the future."

Jiang Changsheng's frown deepened.

Liu Luoyin directly drew her sword, waiting for Jiang Changsheng to make a move.

Jiang Changsheng sighed and said, "Then go ahead, use your full strength, lest you feel regret in the future."

Upon hearing this, Liu Luoyin's lips curled up, and she immediately leaped up, quickly waving her sword with her right hand, streaks of sword energy killing towards Jiang Changsheng in visible forms, tearing through the wind and snow.

At this moment, Liu Luoyin suddenly felt everything slow down. She watched Jiang Changsheng raise his leg, the movement not fast, but giving her a sense of unstoppable momentum.

Jiang Changsheng raised his left leg and kicked out, dozens of leg shadows shattering the sword energy in mid-air, hitting Liu Luoyin.

"Puff—"

Liu Luoyin spat out blood and flew backwards, falling heavily into the snowdrift.

She clutched her chest in pain, trying to stand, but spat out another mouthful of blood and fainted.

Qing Ku was so frightened that he immediately ran over and asked in a trembling voice, "Senior Brother, she..."

Jiang Changsheng slowly retracted his leg, shook his head, and chuckled, "She's not dead, take her away."

Killing people in Jing City is against the law, unless the person is a death row inmate like the Ghost Eye Evil King, or it's self-defense.

Qing Ku breathed a sigh of relief, but after squatting down, he stood up again and said, "No, I'll go get Senior Sister."

After speaking, he ran out.

Jiang Changsheng turned around and went back into the house, leaving Liu Luoyin in the snowdrift.

Before long, Eldest Senior Sister Meng Qiushuang and Qing Ku arrived with several disciples, took Liu Luoyin away, and the matter quickly spread. The disciples spread the word, gaining a deeper understanding of Jiang Changsheng.

This Senior Brother has become fierce after living alone!

Jiang Changsheng didn't seriously injure Liu Luoyin, he only shook her True Qi without hurting her internal organs. She would recover in a few days. The reason he did this was because he was afraid that Liu Luoyin would pester him endlessly, so he directly made her despair and cut off her thoughts.

Three days later, Liu Luoyin went down the mountain and did not come to find Jiang Changsheng again.

[Kaiyuan Year 17, Jianghu woman Liu Luoyin sought you out for a friendly exchange due to a grudge. You shattered her thoughts. You have overcome a karma and received a survival reward - martial art 'Mystic Inner Overlord Body']

Huh?

This counts as a tribulation?

It seems that if I hadn't been so ruthless, wouldn't I have had more involvement with her?

Jiang Changsheng imagined many possibilities, but he didn't regret it at all. There are so many women in the world, and one can't be distracted on the path of cultivation. After a hundred years, the other party will just be a pile of yellow earth, no need to think about it.

"This life is destined to be lonely."

Jiang Changsheng sighed with emotion, and then happily inherited the Mystic Inner Overlord Body.

The Mystic Inner Overlord Body is considered an internal martial art, using True Qi to temper the body, making it as strong as steel, difficult to pierce with knives and swords, and immune to all poisons. It sounds very impressive. Jiang Changsheng plans to practice it for two hours every day.

After the Dao Follows Nature Skill broke through to the fourth level, it entered a period of slow growth, and breaking through to the fifth level was nowhere in sight, but he was still young, so he could take his time.

His current spiritual power can already be described as vast. Compared with Qingxu Taoist Priest's bit of True Qi, it was like a small stream compared to a vast ocean, the light of a grain of rice competing with the bright moon.

He just didn't know who was stronger or weaker compared to the Tongtian Realm expert in the Imperial Palace.

The winter snow melted, and the spring of Kaiyuan Year 17 arrived. Jiang Changsheng also quietly passed his seventeenth birthday.

Seventeen years old, in the Jing Dynasty, was already an adult. Twenty years ago, there were many sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers on the battlefield.

In the courtyard, Jiang Changsheng was sitting cross-legged on top of a water vat. Upon closer inspection, there was a gap of three or four centimeters between his legs, his buttocks, and the surface of the water. He was floating in the air, but from a distance, it looked like he was sitting on the water.

His Daoist robe billowed non-stop, and visible heat overflowed from his pores, and the exposed skin jumped like stir-fried beans, which was quite terrifying.

He suddenly stood up and landed next to the water vat, his skin quickly returned to normal, and his Daoist robe was also steamed dry.

After a dozen or so breaths, the wooden door of the courtyard was pushed open, and Qing Ku walked in with an excited expression.

After so many years, his experience in the Jianghu has been put down. He is no longer so taciturn, and has returned to the liveliness of his youth. Since learning the Nine Seeking Heavenly Dragon Steps, his martial arts have advanced by leaps and bounds. Even if he is not outstanding among the disciples, it is no problem for him to be in the top ten.

Of course, the martial arts of the entire Dragon Arising Temple are very poor. Most of them only know fist and foot kung fu. Qingxu Taoist Priest's True Qi is equivalent to the True Origin Realm, and may be able to display the strength of the Spiritual Awareness Realm. The Eldest Senior Sister Meng Qiushuang is at the level of a First-Rate Expert.

Very weak, but fortunately it is located in Jing City, without so much competition from the martial world.

"Senior Brother, good news! Senior Brother Qiuhe passed the Martial Arts Imperial Examination and became the Martial Arts Champion. He also became in-laws with a third-rank official of the imperial court. He is extremely glorious. Eldest Senior Sister is preparing to take several disciples to visit him. Are you going?"

Qing Ku said excitedly. He still respected Meng Qiuhe very much. Although Meng Qiuhe betrayed the Dragon Arising Temple, he has been staying in Jing City. Whenever his fellow disciples meet him down the mountain, he would treat them, as if they were still fellow disciples.

Jiang Changsheng shook his head and smiled, "I won't go, you guys go."

Qing Ku said, "If you go, you can eat good food, there's meat."

Although the Dragon Arising Temple does not have the custom of abstaining from meat, usually there are only vegetables and fruits on the mountain, and the disciples have no money. It is also difficult to eat meat when going down the mountain, so they are very excited when they hear that they are going to visit Meng Qiuhe, and they are vying to go.

Jiang Changsheng still refused, and Qing Ku had to give up. He was also afraid of wasting time and missing the delicacies.

"How did he pass the Martial Arts Imperial Examination and become the Martial Arts Champion?"

Jiang Changsheng looked at Qing Ku's back and thought silently.

He knew Meng Qiuhe's martial arts, which were very ordinary in his eyes. How long has it been since he went down the mountain?

Chen Li said that the Martial Arts Champion is almost always contested by experts of the martial world. Previously, there were even top experts who won the Martial Arts Champion, directly joined the army as generals, and made meritorious deeds, attracting more martial arts experts to participate in the Martial Arts Imperial Examination.

Something fishy.

Jiang Changsheng shook his head and continued to practice, striving to cultivate the Mystic Inner Overlord Body to perfection as soon as possible.

Night fell.

Jiang Changsheng returned to his room. He was observing the snake egg. When will this little guy come out?

[Kaiyuan 17th year, your former Senior Brother Meng Qiuhe set up a scheme to plot against you, but you didn't go, avoiding a disaster. You have received a survival reward - the spell 'Spring Return Spell']

Huh?

Jiang Changsheng frowned when he saw this line. Meng Qiuhe defected to the enemy?

No wonder he could become the Martial Arts Champion.

Although he was a little indignant, he was more excited.

Another spell!

That's more like it, how can cultivators always practice martial arts?

In fact, it's good to have more small tribulations like this, which can make him stronger.

Jiang Changsheng immediately inherited the Spring Return Spell, and memories flooded into his mind.

The Spring Return Spell is a kind of first-aid spell. If a person has just died, it can help him to keep a breath and live for a while longer. Usually, the Spring Return Spell can only heal wounds and speed up blood clotting.

Keep a breath?

This is a divine spell!

Jiang Changsheng felt that he could go to solve cases.

That night, Jiang Changsheng was practicing the Spring Return Spell. Qing Ku did not come to him again. Meng Qiuhe just wanted to plot against him, so naturally he would not embarrass his own sister and other disciples.

A month later, Jiang Changsheng had completely mastered the Spring Return Spell, but his Mystic Inner Overlord Body was not yet fully developed and would require more time.

The snake egg still hadn't hatched. If he couldn't feel the life inside, Jiang Changsheng would have wanted to throw it away, or fry it up for a meal.

One day, Jiang Changsheng was practicing his skills when Qing Ku came to visit, looking angry.

"Senior Brother Changsheng, someone is provoking Dragon Arising Temple. The disciples are no match for him. He claims that Dragon Arising Temple is not worthy of being the only martial arts sect in Jing City and wants to replace us!"

Qing Ku was extremely angry, his only fist clenched tightly, veins bulging.

Jiang Changsheng frowned and asked, "In Jing City, there is still someone who dares to provoke Dragon Arising Temple?"

Qing Ku gritted his teeth and said, "The other party is a demonic Taoist Priest valued by His Majesty. He wants to open a Taoist temple in Jing City, but Dragon Arising Mountain is the only mountain in the city."

Thanks to Early May i for the reward of 100,000 Qidian coins~~~

The reason why Jiang Changsheng was switched at birth is about to be revealed, you can guess.