Chapter 148: Dragon Sparrow

Boom!

The stone wall collapsed, and the underground palace shook crazily!

Jiang Jian's expression was icy; his figure disappeared again before the black hair could reach him!

The palace maiden's hair was extremely sharp, directly crushing an entire towering stone wall!

"Only know how to run?"

She turned around gently, gathered her robe sleeves, and the smile on her pale little face faded.

Boom!

Right behind her, in the collapsed stone wall, frost-white flames roared out!

These frost-white karmic flames soaked into her hair.

In an instant, a scorching white fire ignited!

Sizzle!

Most of the palace maiden's hair was burned away!

And it was spreading rapidly toward her head!

Boom!

The palace maiden flicked her sleeves to extinguish the flames, looked around, couldn't find Jiang Jian's figure, and felt somewhat irritable.

Although she was in the Spring Realm, her ghost power was deep.

But the "Inch by Inch to the End of the World" talent was simply too strong.

Unless Jiang Jian had killing intent and took the initiative to attack.

Otherwise, she couldn't find Jiang Jian's location at all!

"Green Frost."

"Sword Fall."

In the underground palace, a soft whisper came.

The stealth duration of Inch by Inch to the End of the World had reached its limit!

Dozens of meters away, Jiang Jian appeared.

In the palm of his hand, the sword formation roared!

A massive amount of transparent sword Qi rose one after another, crazily blasting toward the palace maiden!

Clang!

Clang!

Ding-ding-dang-dang sounds rang out, continuous and unending!

The palace maiden stood barefoot in the air, her body shrouded in a pitch-black light screen, showing disdain: "Are you tickling me?"

Jiang Jian's expression sank slightly.

The power of the Green Frost Sword Formation was originally scattered.

Dealing with Star Ring trash in the Spring Realm was already somewhat lacking.

For a true Spring Realm creature like the palace maiden, the threat was very small.

The gap between the Spring Realm and the God-Given Realm was huge.

The God-Given Realm only had one cultivation acupoint, the Shenque acupoint.

The Spring Realm, however, had two cultivation acupoints, Shenque and Spring.

The two major acupoints were connected to each other and supported each other.

The gap between them could not be measured by simple spiritual essence limits.

"The farce should end."

The palace maiden snorted coldly, and the ghost power light screen around her body suddenly exploded!

All the transparent sword Qi was shattered into powder!

As ghost power boomed.

Her figure instantly distorted, appearing in front of Jiang Jian, and she flicked her robe sleeves fiercely!

This sleeve blow was extremely powerful!

Jiang Jian could even hear the terrifying explosion of the air tearing!

"Inch by Inch to the End of the World!"

In a flash of lightning, the black light dissipated!

Boom!!!

The palace maiden missed, but an invisible wave roared out!

Half of the palace chamber was directly blasted into collapse!

Falling rocks and wood were continuous, as if there were an earthquake!

"Hanging Mountain!"

An icy voice sounded above his head.

Jiang Jian appeared at the top of the palace chamber, holding a small seal with both hands, Shenque spiritual energy pouring in crazily, and smashed it down toward the palace maiden!

The limit spiritual essence of 113% of the God-Given Realm was all used to control the Hanging Xuan Shan Yin!

The terrifying power it exerted was unimaginable!

The small seal grew with the wind, becoming larger and larger.

When it smashed onto the palace maiden's head, it almost filled the entire palace chamber!

The surrounding air made a booming explosion.

Countless streams of spiritual energy scattered and surged!

Boom!!!

Crack!!!

First, there was a dull boom.

Then, another crisp cracking sound pierced the eardrums!

The Hanging Xuan Shan Yin exhausted its strength, shrank rapidly, and spun back into Jiang Jian's hand.

On the floor of the palace chamber, a square deep pit appeared.

The deep pit was sunken very deep.

In the middle of the pit bottom, the palace maiden knelt on one knee, her face even paler.

Her ghost power barrier was smashed to pieces!

The pitch-black light screen dissipated, and she sat there like an ordinary mortal girl.

The palace dress lay scattered on the ground, piled up like clouds.

Pitch-black hair hung down, fluttering like snow.

"It really should end."

Jiang Jian sneered, flicking his gold-white robe sleeves.

The Hanging Xuan Shan Yin between his fingers bloomed with green light!

"Wait!"

Zhou Lingling walked into the palace chamber panting, "Jiang Jian! Don't make a move yet!"

Jiang Jian held the Hanging Xuan Shan Yin and looked sideways.

Zhou Lingling didn't have time to explain; she grabbed Jiang Jian's arm and looked into the giant pit.

When she saw the girl's appearance clearly, Zhou Lingling's gaze trembled, pleasantly surprised: "Jiang Jian, we've struck it rich!"

Jiang Jian's gaze was calm, and he withdrew the Hanging Xuan Shan Yin.

Zhou Lingling couldn't suppress the joy on her face and explained: "The Shang Emperor's Tomb is large in scale and confusing; there are hundreds of entrances, and countless underground palaces."

"In each underground palace, Zhou family ancestors might appear, turned into spirit demons and ghosts!"

"It's just that the probability is extremely small!"

"It's all my fault for not explaining it clearly to you beforehand."

"Once you encounter a Zhou family ancestor, you must absolutely not harm them; you need to exit the underground palace immediately and report to the Council of Elders!"

"The Zhou clan member who discovers them will receive a massive resource reward!"

"The Zhou family ancestors here refer to the direct bloodline of the Zhou family ancestors above the tenth underground palace."

Zhou Lingling jumped into the deep pit, saying, "The previous skeleton clearly didn't belong to this category and was of no use to the Zhou family, so killing it was fine."

"But this one in front of us is a genuine Zhou family ancestor!"

As she spoke.

Zhou Lingling took out a jade pendant, protected herself, and walked toward the palace maiden.

She walked cautiously, but her tone was very respectful.

"Zhou Lingling of the Zhou clan, pays respects to the ancestor!"

"May I ask what your official title was when you were alive?"

Zhou Lingling stopped and asked.

When she was talking to Jiang Jian.

The palace maiden had always been watching coldly.

A few seconds later, the palace maiden said: "My official title?"

"Before being buried, the Emperor did indeed grant me a title."

She gathered her palace robe sleeves and took out a jade tablet.

On it were engraved the two characters "Qingyue".

Zhou Lingling's expression froze, her joy even greater: "Princess Qingyue!"

"The seventeenth daughter of the Shang Emperor!"

"After the Shang Emperor died, the new Emperor ordered her to be sealed in the outer layer of the mausoleum as a burial sacrifice for the Shang Emperor!"

"Among hundreds of entrances, I actually ran into you!"

Thinking of the massive reward she was about to receive and the immense importance the Council of Elders would place on it.

Zhou Lingling was even more excited and hurriedly walked up to carefully help Princess Qingyue up.

At this moment.

Liu Feng and Zhou Sisi entered the underground palace, saw this scene, looked at each other, and were somewhat horrified.

Jiang Jian, meanwhile, had a slight movement in his gaze and walked to the depths of the underground palace, where the burial objects were placed.

Here, a jade box was placed.

It was the burial object of Princess Qingyue.

"The aura of this spiritual item is somewhat strange."

Jiang Jian picked up the jade box, carefully sensing it, his gaze narrowing.

He had never encountered this kind of aura before.

"That was a token of love given by the Shang Emperor to my mother before I was born."

The palace maiden turned her head and said coldly, "When I died, it was also my only burial object."

Jiang Jian opened the jade box.

Inside the jade box lay a Dragon Sparrow jade pendant.

Perhaps.

Several thousand years ago, it was just an ordinary jade pendant.

But now.

This Dragon Sparrow jade pendant felt cold to the touch, and its brilliance flowed.

Deep in the black, countless Dragon Sparrow light shadows intertwined, and there was a faint hissing sound.

The Dragon Sparrow belonged to a type of phoenix.

It was fierce by nature, its wings were pure black, and it was the master of fierce killing and warfare.

Jiang Jian stroked the jade pendant lightly, and light shadows actually appeared on it.

It was a pitch-black phoenix.

Its gaze was cold and ruthless, and its figure shifted between reality and illusion.

Its wings were dark black, its phoenix head held high, circling around Jiang Jian's fingers.

"This is a spiritual essence treasure!"

Jiang Jian made a judgment instantly!

After the year 2875, many water veins and spiritual veins formed on Earth.

Spirit demons and ghosts were gradually born.

Likewise.

Some extremely rare things would also appear.

Spiritual essence treasures were one of them.

Every spiritual essence treasure was precious to the extreme!

With a flip of his palm, Jiang Jian put it into his sleeve.

Zhou Lingling was meticulous; she walked up and asked: "Is there anything special about this burial object? Could it be a good treasure?"

Jiang Jian nodded lightly and didn't say much.

With the God-Witness Contract, this thing must be his.

What made Jiang Jian feel most pleasantly surprised in his heart was.

The black phoenix light shadow emitted by this Dragon Sparrow jade actually caused his Shenque acupoint to loosen slightly!

Zhou Lingling's gaze paused.

Being evaluated as a treasure by Jiang Jian.

This burial object must be of great value!

However.

Zhou Lingling knew better in her heart.

Discovering a Zhou family ancestor and subduing her without reporting to the Council of Elders.

She had already made a fortune.

The exploration progress of the Shang Emperor's Tomb was also definitely among the best.

"We've really struck it rich this time!"

"Hurry up and report to the Council of Elders!"

Zhou Sisi walked over, talked to Zhou Lingling for a while, and both showed joy.

Liu Feng walked to Jiang Jian, his gaze filled with admiration: "Classmate Jiang Jian, you actually subdued a Spring Realm ghost!"

He looked at the palace maiden, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't believe that you, all by yourself, did the work of a whole team."

The Spring Realm was not invincible.

But the prerequisite is that it requires a team of prodigies, four people with tacit cooperation, covering for each other.

Only then would there be a possibility of defeating a Spring Realm creature.

Furthermore.

During the battle, it tested the team members' cultivation foundation, on-the-spot response, and combat awareness extremely strictly.

A slight carelessness or error in cooperation, and the team would completely collapse.

But Jiang Jian, all by himself, faced the enemy head-on and defeated the Spring Realm ghost!

This matter shocked Liu Feng even more in his heart.

In his eyes, Jiang Jian surpassed all the Zhou family juniors, even including the extreme heaven-gifted talents at 104% of the God-Given Realm.

"This really is a windfall!"

The big and small bags on Liu Feng were all spiritual resources.

Jiang Jian looked at those things and was also somewhat tempted.

Inside, there were many spiritual items that were useful to him.

There were even more valuable things that could be exchanged for a massive amount of Alliance coins.

But the God-Witness Contract had the endorsement of the "Divine Power" of the Prayer Temple and was extremely fair.

Compared to these spiritual resources.

This black phoenix jade pendant was of immeasurable value.

It was already precious to an unimaginable degree.

"Why didn't she use this jade pendant just now?"

Glancing at the palace maiden from the corner of his eye.

Jiang Jian suddenly thought.

If the palace maiden had used this Dragon Sparrow jade to fight him.

Then he would absolutely not have been her match!

Her ghost power cultivation was very profound; she was a genuine Spring Realm ghost!

The reason he was able to defeat her.

First, it was by relying on his day and night cultivation, unceasing hard work, and accumulating spiritual essence to the limit of 113% of the God-Given Realm.

Once his Shenque spiritual essence was fully activated, it was like the roaring of the sea, pouring in crazily.

No matter what means were used, the power would skyrocket!

Second, it was by relying on "Inch by Inch to the End of the World".

Without this talent, it would have been extremely difficult for him to dodge the palace maiden's attacks!

Her killing methods were extremely strong!

Every time she flicked her robe sleeves, it was equivalent to a fierce blow from the Hanging Xuan Shan Yin!

His karmic fire light screen might be able to withstand it once or twice.

But without a movement method, he would sooner or later have his light screen blasted away and be killed!

Third, it was the Level 4 God-Given Weapon, the Hanging Xuan Shan Yin.

Fighting across realms was extremely difficult!

Generally speaking.

The Spring Realm could easily crush the God-Given Realm.

Even for him, defeating an opponent across realms required the superposition of many means to achieve.

Jiang Jian knew clearly that the Level 3 Green Frost Sword Formation, in his hands, could barely hurt the palace maiden.

But if he were in the Spring Realm, also holding the Green Frost Sword Formation, he would absolutely be able to blast through her ghost power defense!

And the Level 4 God-Given Weapon, the Hanging Xuan Shan Yin.

It didn't require him to reach the Spring Realm.

Even in the God-Given Realm, as long as there was enough spiritual energy and deep spiritual essence to exert its power, it could also hurt a Spring Realm ghost!

This was the most essential difference between a Level 3 God-Given Weapon and a Level 4 God-Given Weapon!

"If facing a human heaven-gifted talent the same as me, fighting across realms is almost impossible to achieve."

Jiang Jian's gaze narrowed, and he thought of many things in an instant.

On Earth, spirit demons and ghosts were subject to resource control, and their means were few.

Most of the time, they could only rely on source power to fight.

While human heaven-gifted talents didn't have this restriction.

Whether it was technological equipment, God-Given Weapons.

Or talent light balls, spiritual item support.

He had them.

Others had them too.

"Gu Qi."

"Zhang Yan."

"Both are Spring Realm heaven-gifted talents."

"If I fight them, what are my chances of winning?"

Jiang Jian's thoughts surged, recalling the scene of Gu Qi summoning heavenly thunder, and he tried to imagine the scene of him fighting him in his mind.

A few seconds later.

Jiang Jian reached a conclusion.

If it were the current him, facing Gu Qi of the Spring Realm, he would have about a 30% chance of winning!

If he had just raised his cultivation to the Spring Realm and, without any preparation, fought Gu Qi directly.

Then, his chances of winning would skyrocket to 70%!

If all resources and spiritual items required for the Spring Realm were fully prepared.

Then facing Gu Qi, his chances of winning could increase to over 90%!

"At the same realm, I won't fear anyone."

Jiang Jian settled his mind and looked toward the underground palace tunnel.

Having received Zhou Lingling's message, a Zhou clan elder had already rushed over in person.

"It really is the seventeenth daughter of the Shang Emperor, Zhou Qingyue!"

The Zhou clan elder entered the underground palace, recognized the palace maiden at a glance, and his expression was pleasantly surprised, "Pay respects to the ancestor!"

Zhou Qingyue stood up and looked at him coldly.

She was a ghost.

Although she possessed all her memories.

Her way of thinking, after all, was different from humans.

"According to records, Zhou Qingyue was originally a princess; the reason she was demoted to a princess by the new Emperor was to be a burial sacrifice for the Shang Emperor."

The elder showed a smile and looked at Zhou Lingling, "This time, you have made a great contribution!"

Zhou Lingling laughed: "Luck was relatively good."

The elder walked to Zhou Qingyue's side and said respectfully: "Ancestor, come back with me."

"We will go to the government office to apply for an identity device for you, allowing you to become a non-official citizen."

"Then spend some time earning honor points."

"You can become a true Earth citizen."

Hearing this.

Zhou Qingyue's expression was cold, and she asked: "Identity device? Non-official citizen? Earth? What is that?"

She was not afraid of death.

Therefore.

Although she sensed that the person in front of her could easily kill her.

She still didn't show any fear.

The elder was stunned for a moment and said: "These things, after returning to the family, someone will explain them to you slowly."

"In the family, there are also more than ten Zhou family ancestors."

"They are all spirit demons and ghosts, and they have all obtained Earth citizen status."

"So ancestor, please rest assured; among the other ancestors, there might be people you know."

The elder's gaze paused, and he continued, "By the way, the new Emperor after the Shang Emperor, your eldest brother, is one of the current Zhou family old ancestors!"

Hearing this.

Zhou Qingyue sneered: "Is that so? Then what if I don't return to the Zhou family?"

The elder's expression froze, and he said: "You are a Zhou family ancestor; if you don't go to the Zhou family, where else would you go? You don't have an identity device, and you will be beaten to death if you are outside."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 149 =====