In the Legacy Secret Realm.
Ji Shi was currently looking intently at the Pill Formations left behind by Jiang Huai. Jiang Huai arrived and looked at Ji Shi in front of him. Upon seeing him, Ji Shi smiled, “Come quickly and see if my imitation is correct?”
Jiang Huai came to his side and looked at the Pill Formations Ji Shi had created. The direction was correct, but there were still many flaws in various places. He explained them to Ji Shi bit by bit, and Ji Shi listened with particular earnestness, like a model student obediently listening to a teacher.
“How is your friend?”
“She has been healed.”
“That’s good.” Ji Shi asked casually and then continued, “I’ve been diligently studying your Pill Formations and discovered something.”
“Hmm?”
“Although I can also decipher the core Daoist magic used in your Pill Formations, it’s different from yours. It seems that no matter how I construct the Pill Formation, there’s always a mysterious obstacle that prevents me from refining perfect pills using your Pill Formations. I have a premonition, as if it’s because I haven’t been favored by the Heavenly Way, while you are someone favored by the Heavenly Way, which is why you can defy the rules like this.”
“Is there such a saying?” Jiang Huai had never thought of this before.
“But your method of Pill Formations is indeed very interesting. If time weren’t limited, I would really want to keep you here for a few more days.”
Jiang Huai smiled helplessly, took out a book from his Storage Ring. The book contained the core techniques of all his Pill Formations. He handed it over to Ji Shi in front of him, “You can study this slowly. All my insights on Pill Formations are in here.”
Ji Shi’s face immediately showed signs of ecstatic joy. After a moment, he suddenly asked in surprise, “Did you plan to pass on this method of Pill Formations long ago?”
“Actually, I’m not that selfless.” Jiang Huai answered with a hint of embarrassment, “I originally planned to sell it for a good price outside, but I never found a suitable buyer. Most buyers couldn’t afford it.”
“I’ll make a copy, and you can keep the original.”
Ji Shi opened the small booklet that Jiang Huai had taken out and, at an extremely fast speed, copied all the characters on it. He then returned it to Jiang Huai. Jiang Huai took his small booklet and put it away. After hesitating for a moment, he said softly and earnestly, “Thank you very much, Ji Shi Zhenren, for your help this time. I will do as you instructed as soon as possible.”
“There’s no rush. I can wait for a hundred years, and you don’t need to thank me. Your own talent is enough for you to complete the trial I left behind. It’s all fate.” Ji Shi shook his head. “Your Alchemy and Sword Dao start at a higher point than mine. I look forward to seeing you shine in the outside world one day. Perhaps after a thousand years, you will also have the day of the sword cutting through the Heavenly Gate and achieving Ascension.”
Jiang Huai just smiled helplessly at this. He had never thought about so-called Ascension. Since he was living well in this world, why would he go to another world to make himself unhappy? He was not pursuing the Great Dao of Longevity, only wishing to grow old together with the one he loved.
“Speaking of which, Ji Shi Zhenren… I have one small request.”
“Speak.”
“Is there a Dragon Blood Spirit Flower in the Dragon Burial Valley?”
“It’s on the Dragon Corpse Forest in the First Area. You can go and pick it there. The guardian of the Dragon Blood Spirit Flower is the Purple Rui Beast.” As Ji Shi Zhenren spoke, he lightly tapped Jiang Huai’s shoulder. Jiang Huai quickly felt a warm current flowing into his body, as if Ji Shi had left some kind of imprint on him.
“Many medicinal materials are planted in the Dragon Corpse Forest. These heavenly spiritual medicines are now ownerless. There was also a trial I set up there, leaving one spiritual medicine for the younger generation of cultivators to pick. Take my imprint to find the Purple Rui Beast, and the imprint will tell it that you are my friend. It will allow you to freely choose three spiritual medicines to leave with. This imprint will also protect you from being attacked by any Ferocious Beasts in the First Area. They recognize my imprint and dare not act rashly.”
Jiang Huai’s eyebrows twitched. “Thank you, Ji Shi Zhenren.”
This trip to the Dragon Burial Valley could already be considered the most rewarding secret realm he had visited in all his years.
“I told you not to be so polite. I didn’t expect to find such an interesting Pill Formation method even after death. My residual soul can spend another hundred years here for amusement.” Ji Shi Zhenren chuckled and patted Jiang Huai’s shoulder. “Alright, you can go now. This piece of jade is also a key that can be used to open the Dragon Burial Valley Legacy Secret Realm. When you meet Yao Miao later, use this piece of jade to see me.”
Jiang Huai nodded lightly, clenched the jade given to him by Ji Shi, and left that space, returning to the cave.
Bai Li was sitting on a bluestone, her fair and tender jade hands supporting her cheeks, quietly waiting for him. Jiang Huai came to her side. “Alright, shall we go?”
Bai Li obediently nodded, got up, and walked out of the cave with him.
The weather outside the cave was sunny and bright.
Ji Shi Zhenren’s Legacy Secret Realm was located within the First Area. Previously, Jiang Huai and Bai Li had taken the Breath Concealing Pill and walked with trepidation. But this time, Jiang Huai had the imprint given by Ji Shi Zhenren, and his heart felt lighter. The Ferocious Beasts saw the two of them with kind smiles, showing no ferocity at all.
Bai Li, just like before, was hopping around inside the secret realm, her steps as light as a little girl’s. Jiang Huai casually picked two sweet Spirit Fruits, one for each of them, and steadily walked towards the Dragon Corpse Forest.
It was evening when they arrived at the Dragon Corpse Forest, and the sky had darkened slightly. In the Dragon Corpse Forest, there were already five or six cultivators. These cultivators were fighting with Ferocious Beasts, but it was not a life-or-death battle.
When Jiang Huai and Bai Li arrived, the rules of the secret realm were triggered, and a pre-recorded voice from Ji Shi Zhenren could be heard.
Although the spiritual medicines in the Dragon Corpse Forest were ownerless, to obtain them, one had to defeat a Ferocious Beast from the First Area, but without killing it. The Ferocious Beasts were also bound by the rules and would accept the challenger’s challenge. If they lost, they would hand over the spiritual medicine and would not take the cultivator’s life.
The Dragon Corpse Forest was planted with red maples, and the sky of the valley seemed to be dyed red by the maples. The dragon corpse was buried in the ground beneath their feet. Jiang Huai carried the imprint of the Purple Rui Beast. Not long after, a large purple-haired lion emerged from the dense forest. It looked at Jiang Huai and soon received the message transmitted by Ji Shi from the imprint. It spoke in human language and asked, “What spiritual medicine do you want?”
Jiang Huai looked around. In the medicinal garden in the center of the Dragon Corpse Forest, the lowest planted were initial-stage Heavenly grade medicinal materials. His eyes immediately fell on the Dragon Blood Spirit Flower. The quality of that spirit flower was very good, and it could resolve thirty percent of Chu Xianning’s hidden injuries.
Jiang Huai turned to look at Bai Li. “Do you want anything?”
He patiently explained the effects of the spiritual medicines to Bai Li, and what kind of pills could be refined from them. Bai Li shook her head after listening and replied, “No.”
So, Jiang Huai chose the Clear Night Zitan Flower and the Cold Jade Linglong Fruit. Both of these were high-grade Heavenly grade medicinal materials, rare and valuable, worth more than 500,000 Spirit Stones each. Jiang Huai planned to use the Clear Night Zitan Flower to refine two Clear Night Zitan Pills, which could be used to improve cultivation and comprehension, and were also very beneficial to the Soul. He would give them to Wen Wanwan and Wen Fufu.
As for the Cold Jade Linglong Fruit, Jiang Huai planned to use it to refine a pill to improve Bai Li’s cultivation, which was especially compatible with her Ice Soul Profound Body. The excess medicinal power could be used to condition Luo Yueguan’s body.
After selecting the spiritual medicines, the Purple Rui Beast went to pick all three spiritual medicines and brought them to Jiang Huai, rolled up in its tail. Jiang Huai reached out and took them, softly thanking it. The Purple Rui Beast glanced at him and wagged its tail as it left.
The cultivators who were fighting with Ferocious Beasts on the side watched this scene in astonishment, filled with confusion and shock.
Why didn’t he need to go through the trial? It wasn’t fair!
Their trials were also nearing their end. There were a total of five cultivators present, but the one with the best result only obtained a low-grade Heavenly grade spirit flower. Even if it were sold on the market, it would only be worth 100,000 Spirit Stones. Unlike Jiang Huai, who simply asked, and the guardian beast sent three high-grade Heavenly grade spiritual medicines!
As everyone looked at Jiang Huai and probed his cultivation level of Qi Refining First Layer, some cultivators’ eyes quietly turned sinister.
Jiang Huai just smiled lightly at them. As he was about to turn, a voice came from behind him, “Fellow Daoist, please stay.”
Jiang Huai turned his head. “What is it?”
He turned back to look at the source of the voice and found that the white-robed cultivator looked somewhat familiar, with a slight resemblance to Ji Qingchen’s appearance. Jiang Huai was stunned and heard him say, “May I know how you made the Purple Rui Beast willingly hand over the spiritual medicines? Could you reveal a little?”
Jiang Huai scratched his head and innocently replied, “I accidentally entered Ji Shi Zhenren’s inheritance ancestral land and passed his inheritance trial. This is the reward he gave me, letting me take it myself.”
“Your cultivation… how did you pass the trial?” the person who spoke asked, looking at him with confusion.
“Oh, Ji Shi Zhenren’s trial only tests Alchemy talent and Sword Dao talent; cultivation level is not important, so I passed.” Jiang Huai patiently explained. “Are there any other questions?”
The white-robed cultivator looked at Jiang Huai in front of him. There was a slight hint of apprehension deep in his eyes, but the three high-grade Heavenly grade spiritual medicines were indeed too… tempting.
Not only him, but the other four Nascent Soul late-stage Rogue Cultivators present were all the same.
“Fellow Daoist… these three spiritual medicines, are you perhaps planning to sell them?”
“No.” Jiang Huai shook his head.
He smiled slightly. “I advise you not to get any ideas. I never fight for other people’s things, but if others want to snatch mine, I won’t be soft.”
“Fellow Daoist is joking, I was just asking.” The white-robed cultivator then smiled gently. A black-robed cultivator stood beside him. It was the black-robed cultivator who had been fighting with the Ferocious Beast, earning him the Heavenly grade spiritual medicine. With his own cultivation of Foundation Establishment late-stage, he didn’t really have the qualifications to enter the First Area.
The black-robed cultivator’s eyes were fixed on Bai Li beside him, not paying much attention to Jiang Huai. After a moment, he transmitted a message with his spiritual energy, quietly saying to him, “The girl standing beside him has the aura of the Snake Clan, but also a trace of dragon aura. She may have obtained a great opportunity in this secret realm and has the potential to transform into a dragon. Her current cultivation is only Nascent Soul early stage. Young Master… if you engrave a slave imprint on her while she is young, you can also enter the ranks of the Eastern Region’s number one prodigy in the future.”
“Snake Clan?” Ji Qingluo was startled. Combining this with Jiang Huai’s Qi Refining First Layer cultivation, he seemed to realize something and looked at Jiang Huai in front of him. “You are Jiang Huai from Tian Xuan Sect?!”
“Precisely.” Jiang Huai did not hide it.
It wasn’t that he wanted to stand there and talk nonsense with these people, but these people had already locked onto him with their auras the moment he obtained the spiritual medicines. They had not given him any chance to leave.
