As soon as Jiang Yanran finished speaking, a semi-transparent projection appeared out of thin air in front of her.
Ling Yi looked Jiang Yanran up and down.
But all I got to see was emptiness.
Jiang Yanran was completely shrouded in Black Robe and wore Iron Face.
Aside from height, nothing else can be discerned.
Jiang Yanran also looked at the four or five-year-old child in front of her and frowned.
Just as he was about to speak, Ling Yi asked, "What's the next line after 'Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger'?"
Jiang Yanran was taken aback.
"A pagoda to suppress the river demon?"
"Wrong, that was an old code word. Now it's all 'Little Kun Stewed Mushrooms'!"
Jiang Yanran's lips twitched slightly beneath the mask.
"So you really are a time traveler!" Ling Yi added.
Jiang Yanran shook her head. "If I said I wasn't a time traveler, would you believe me?"
"The perfume, soap, sugar, fireworks, and stuff like that, you must all be in that business, right?"
"Yes!" Jiang Yanran nodded in agreement.
He then added, "But I'm really not a time traveler."
Ling Yi looked incredulous.
If you're not a time traveler, would you know the secret codes? In this world, there's no such thing as "Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger" or "Pagoda suppresses the River Demon."
Believe it or not, I am not a time traveler.
"Besides, this matter is actually not important to either of us."
"I want to know how you convert Genki into Spiritual Qi. You know, some people have studied this for hundreds of thousands of years without finding a way to convert primordial energy into Spiritual Qi."
"If we had found this method back then, we wouldn't have perished."
"Even if we are alive now, it's nothing more than clinging to life, or rather, waiting to die in despair."
"Even I, if it weren't for Jiang Hai, the transmigrator you mentioned, I'd probably be dead long ago."
"Hmm?" Ling Yi became interested upon hearing Jiang Yanran's words.
Jiang Hai, a time traveler, from ten thousand years ago?
The story here seems quite interesting!
Tell me more!
"Are you going to say it here? That's not how you treat a guest."
But Ling Yi shook his head. "You're not a guest."
It wasn't that Ling Yi was afraid of Jiang Yanran, but rather that he didn't want Ling Yun Ling Yi know about the transmigrator.
Otherwise, it would inevitably make Ling Yun suspect that she was also a time traveler.
There was another issue: his Divine Seal technique had failed to work on Jiang Yanran.
Or rather, it's been blocked.
Within Jiang Yanran's soul, there exists a special Guard force that can keep the Divine Seal out.
Anyone who is beyond Ling Yi's control is dangerous.
Ling Yi would never allow Jiang Yanran to enter his home.
What if Jiang Yanran has some tricks up her sleeve? Stealing from our house is a minor issue; what if she hurts my sister, or uses her to control my sister and threaten her?
In his previous life, Ling Yi learned from countless life-and-death experiences.
Never trust someone too easily.
Especially a stranger who comes to your door on their own initiative.
Among those in the same industry, far too many have stumbled and fallen into disarray.
"I have no hostility towards you," Jiang Yanran said.
Ling Yi didn't speak, but instead communicated with his system in his mind.
"System, why did the Divine Seal fail?"
[ The Divine Seal isn't invincible, host. Not only does the opponent possess a method of Guard their divine soul, but I also sensed a shared origin.]
"You mean, she has a system on her?"
[Yes, but this person is very strange; his soul is strange, and his Aura is strange too.]
[I'm processing this, it will take some time. Host, please hold her off and don't let her stray more than a kilometer away from you.]
Ling Yi nodded slightly.
Seeing that Ling Yi remained silent, Jiang Yanran frowned.
In fact, Jiang Yanran had no ill intentions towards Ling Yi whatsoever.
But it was clear that the child in front of him didn't believe it.
Or rather, this is a very vigilant time traveler.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yanran took a deep breath, and a flash of blue light appeared on her body.
The original Black Robe and mask have disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, she transformed into a Piu-piu fairy in a long blue dress.
Especially under the silvery light of the full moon, Jiang Yanran, suspended in the air, appeared even more aloof and Transcendent.
Even though Ling Yi had lived two lives and seen many beautiful women.
Yet, he was still stunned by Jiang Yanran's appearance.
"This humble woman Jiang Yanran, greetings to fellow Daoist." Jiang Yanran bowed gracefully to Ling Yi.
" Jiang Yanran!" Ling Yi repeated the name.
This name sounds just like the Protagonist's!
"I was the sect leader of the Clear Garden Sect a million years ago, a powerful cultivator at the Mahayana Stage. I was just one step away from Ascension the Immortal Realm and escaping this calamity."
"What kind of calamity are you talking about?" Ling Yi asked with genuine curiosity.
Ling Yi waved his hand, and a coffee shop appeared out of thin air.
Then, he gestured for Jiang Yanran to proceed.
After all, it's not really appropriate to talk while floating in the air like that.
This café isn't actually a real café.
It is not formed by Illusion Array.
However, with the help of the runes from the Demon Hall, it can be completely mistaken for the real thing.
Not only can you not tell the difference between real and fake with your eyes, you also can't tell the difference by touching it.
Although the coffee shop is fake, the coffee is real.
This is the inventory in the rooms of Ling Yi &B.
There wasn't much inventory left to begin with, and Ling Yi didn't have many Upgrade Points, so he didn't want to waste them on this.
But things are different now. Ling Yi's savings have increased dramatically, so he doesn't need one or two Upgrade Points.
Jiang Yanran remained completely unmoved by Ling Yi's methods.
Instead, he stared at the coffee in front of him.
I picked up the teacup and took a small sip.
She then closed her eyes, her red lips parted slightly, and said, "It really is Spiritual Power, and such a concentrated kind of Spiritual Power at that."
Isn't it just coffee brewed with Spiritual Water?
It seems this so-called sect leader of the Clear Garden Sect hasn't eaten anything good either!
Ling Yi had no idea.
Even in ancient times, spiritual liquid was extremely rare.
More importantly, while it's easy to liquefy Spiritual Power, it's very difficult to brew tea with spiritual liquid.
When spiritual liquid encounters high temperatures, it will vaporize back into Spiritual Qi.
It is simply impossible to retain its liquid state.
It's not that there's no way to deal with it, it's just that it's extremely troublesome.
Few people would go to such lengths for a cup of spiritual liquid tea.
"This coffee is indeed very bitter."
Ling Yi blinked. "You still say you're not a time traveler?"
Since you don't like coffee, just switch to tea.
Ling Yi waved his hand, and a tea set appeared.
He then gestured for Jiang Yanran to proceed.
Since Ling Yi was just a projection, Jiang Yanran had to do the tea-making herself.
"Can you tell me about the catastrophe that happened a million years ago?"
This world cannot be reduced to a lower dimension without a reason.
There must be Old Liu behind this.
The more you know, the more vigilant you can be and the better prepared you can be.
While brewing tea, Jiang Yanran said, "We don't know exactly what happened, but suddenly, the passage Ascension the Immortal Realm Sealing."
"A sudden Sealing without any warning."
Jiang Yanran poured herself a cup of tea and took a small sip.
Her eyes immediately curved into beautiful crescent moons.
It seems Jiang Yanran is quite satisfied with this cup of Spirit Tea.
"After the Ascension Passage Sealing, all the Genki between heaven and earth was converted into Genki in less than a thousand years."
"Not only that, the rules governing the universe have become sluggish, making Dao Comprehension even more difficult."
"Without Spiritual Qi, no more immortal seedlings with Spiritual Root will be born in the mortal realm..."
Jiang Yanran recounted how cultivators in this world had disappeared over the past million years, and how they had progressed from Genki Martial Practitioner to Gang Yuan Martial Practitioner to Internal Breath Martial Practitioner.