Chapter 170: White Dew Not Yet Dried

The mountain stream was cold and clear, the water transparent.

Amidst the chirping of birds and insects.

Jiang Jian's eyelids trembled; he opened his eyes, his head heavy.

The blurred scene in his eyes gradually became clear.

"How long has it been?"

He struggled to sit up, using his hands to support himself on the damp soil by the stream, looking around.

The surroundings were lush with green mountains and forests, flowers and grass covering the scene.

This was a small mountain stream.

He was sitting by the stream, his whole body covered in wet mud.

"Where is my identity device?"

Jiang Jian lowered his gaze, looking at his empty wrist, stunned for a moment.

As he pondered, the headache grew more severe.

He moved to the stream, scooped up a handful of cool water, and washed his face hard.

The cold air seeped into his marrow.

Making Jiang Jian's mind much clearer.

The headache still hadn't eased.

Sunlight fell, passing through the dense leaves, and the light and shadow on the ground were mottled.

"The spiritual Qi here is rich in the mountains and water; it doesn't look like Linjiang Prefecture at all."

Jiang Jian sensed slightly, his brows furrowing.

The mountains and forests here had extremely rich heaven and earth spiritual mechanisms.

Linjiang Prefecture didn't have such a place at all.

In an instant.

Jiang Jian guessed the reason.

"The surface and the Earth Realm intersected and separated."

"I used the World-Purifying Divine Fire to forcibly fix the Earth Realm portal inside."

"But the surface boundary wall that was adjacent had already separated."

"The two realms are vast and boundless; a slight movement would cause a huge deviation."

Jiang Jian's eyes revealed contemplation; he attempted to stand up, but felt his head spin, producing a sense of dizziness.

Activating the World-Purifying Divine Fire was too high a price.

Although his soul had been restored to completeness, the cracks on it were actually much more numerous than before!

His throat felt like it was burning; thirsty and dry, Jiang Jian frowned, scooped up stream water, and drank a large mouthful.

The cool stream water entered his stomach, slightly easing his thirst.

Jiang Jian moved his body, leaning against a rock, carefully sensing his Shenque.

The Shenque acupoint wall was still a transparent pitch-black color, thin as a cicada's wing, perfect and flawless.

Deep in the Yongquan, a pitch-black light ball floated, storing a massive amount of negative energy, which Jiang Jian had suppressed using the ice-blue light and forcibly stored inside.

"For a living person to drive negative energy, since ancient times, I have never heard of such a thing."

Jiang Jian sensed the terrifying light ball, his heart trembling.

With so much negative energy, this pitch-black light ball could be considered a spiritual essence treasure.

Moreover, it was a unique, extremely scarce, and precious spiritual essence treasure in the surface realm!

Thinking of this.

Even for Jiang Jian, in the depths of his heart, there was a faint lingering fear.

Previously, when he was in Cangzhou Prefecture of the Earth Realm, his death battle with Wujian Yin Lord.

Was actually extremely dangerous.

Not only was the Star Armor shattered.

The Su Xue Yi's protective formation was also shattered.

The gold-white long robe on his body had completely become an ordinary piece of clothing.

His cultivation was only in the Spring Realm.

While Wujian Yin Lord was a solid Divine Palace Realm!

Moreover, it was a powerful existence in the Divine Palace Realm!

Jiang Jian knew.

If they faced each other head-on, he would definitely not be Wujian Yin Lord's opponent!

But after his soul was complete, it provided a new foundation for all his cultivation methods.

Allowing Jiang Jian to barely deal with Wujian Yin Lord.

The World-Purifying Divine Fire made Wujian Yin Lord lose its defensive ability for a short time.

And the transformed Han Guang was the key to killing Wujian Yin Lord!

The Han Guang Divine Sword had a great restraint against evil spirits!

After its transformation.

Its storage was naturally full!

The Han Guang Divine Sword, with its storage full, slashed toward the unprotected Wujian Yin Lord.

Plus the restraint bonus against evil spirits.

And the spiritual essence blessing that surged after his soul was complete, along with the weakening and immobilization of the World-Purifying Divine Fire.

Only then did Jiang Jian achieve the magnificent feat of slaying a Divine Palace realm expert while at the Spring Fountain realm.

If it were on the surface realm, if it were an ordinary human Divine Palace Realm, Jiang Jian would have no confidence in winning.

After all.

Activating the World-Purifying Divine Fire was at the cost of occupying the ice-blue light and the spread of soul cracks.

If he couldn't kill it in a short time.

Then, in an instant, he would be defeated completely.

"If I don't activate the World-Purifying Divine Fire and Han Guang has no storage."

"My current combat power in the Spring Realm is considered quite good."

"But if I face an ordinary Divine Palace Realm that is not a ghost or evil spirit, I am still not an opponent."

As he pondered.

Jiang Jian carefully estimated and roughly understood his combat power.

If he faced an ordinary Divine Palace Realm like Director Liu of Hanjiang Prefecture, he could barely deal with him.

But wanting to kill him was almost impossible.

In this situation, his chance of winning was less than 10%.

If he faced Deputy Prefecture Master Jiang Wenjian, he would have no chance of winning at all!

Even if he activated the World-Purifying Divine Fire, it would be the same!

Because even if Han Guang's storage was full, under the huge spiritual essence gap, it was very likely it wouldn't be able to kill Jiang Wenjian.

And the World-Purifying Divine Fire went without saying.

I'm afraid that before Jiang Wenjian even made a move, his soul would have already shattered and cracked on its own.

If he didn't care and forcibly activated the World-Purifying Divine Fire, he would only have his soul destroyed, with no hope of survival.

The Han Guang long sword's storage was extremely important.

Having storage and not having storage were two completely different situations.

During the battle with Wujian Yin Lord, he slashed three times in a row.

It had already exhausted the storage after Han Guang's transformation.

Deep in the Shenque.

Han Guang turned into a sword-shaped light stream, hovering quietly.

"To fill the storage, compared to before, it is actually so much more difficult."

Jiang Jian frowned.

The current Han Guang was empty, with no storage at all.

Sensing slightly.

Jiang Jian was horrified to find that Han Guang's storage limit had increased many times compared to before the transformation!

At this moment, he needed an unimaginable amount of Yin Qi resources to refill Han Guang's storage!

"Refill Han Guang's storage as a trump card."

"Repair soul cracks."

"Refine dimensional space."

"Apply for an identity device."

"But for now, I must first figure out where this place is."

Event after event flashed through his mind.

Jiang Jian drank some more stream water, recovered some strength, and forced himself to stand up.

His whole body felt as if his bones were falling apart.

Bone-piercing pain spread through his limbs and bones!

Thump.

Jiang Jian fell back, splashing some mud.

Sensing slightly, both Shenque and Yongquan were in a state of spiritual Qi exhaustion.

Most importantly, his physical condition was also in a very poor state.

The cracks on his soul were too terrifying; as long as he had the slightest thought of cultivation, cracking sounds would come, making Jiang Jian's heart sink even further.

The next second.

Jiang Jian moved his body, grabbed some flowers and grass, cleaned them with stream water, and put them in his mouth.

The flowers and grass here were not dirty.

Even on the green leaves, there was crystal-clear dew.

"Shi Xuan had something strange about him long ago."

Leaning against the mountain stone, scene after scene flashed by.

Jiang Jian immediately realized that long ago, Shi Xuan had shown signs.

After he got the bracelet, his temperament changed.

It was just that.

This change was gradual.

Like spring rain moistening things, silently.

So during that time, the change in Shi Xuan's personality was not clearly expressed.

"Replace his mother and stay there."

"Was that really Shi Xuan's intention?"

Jiang Jian's expression was cold, and he rejected this matter in his heart instantly!

According to his understanding of Shi Xuan.

Shi Xuan would absolutely not sacrifice himself to replace his dead mother, become a dead person, and stay in Mount Jiuhua City forever.

These things were very likely brought about by the bracelet.

Or rather.

From the moment he got the bracelet.

Shi Xuan's subsequent behavior was no longer under his own control.

"Perhaps."

"His mother was not missing her son."

"It is also possible that she just wanted to find a scapegoat to find release for herself."

"After all, the dead only have residual consciousness and cannot be treated as normal people."

As his thoughts surged.

Jiang Jian threw these distracting thoughts out of his mind.

In the end, these were just his guesses.

No matter what the truth was.

These things had already dissipated like smoke.

They had nothing to do with him now.

Although the Earth Realm still had many secrets he didn't know.

For example, the special status of Shi Xuan's mother in Mount Jiuhua City.

For example, the origin of the Dead Man's Jade.

And for example.

What means the bracelet used to influence Shi Xuan.

Causing him to choose to enter the Dead Realm during the intersection of the two realms to replace his mother.

Jiang Jian didn't know these secrets.

But he understood even more that in the complex affairs of the world, it was impossible for an ordinary living being to be omniscient and omnipotent.

After eating some flowers and grass.

Leaning against the stone, he rested for a while.

Jiang Jian finally recovered some strength.

"The identity device must have been shattered in Cangzhou Prefecture of the Earth Realm during the battle with Wujian Yin Lord."

Thinking of this.

Jiang Jian stood up, walking with heavy steps, following the stream, and walked toward the outside of the mountain stream.

Without an identity device, it was hard to move an inch.

Moreover, Jiang Jian didn't even know where he was.

Now his primary goal was to find the prefecture government here and apply for an identity device.

When the two realms intersected and separated.

Jiang Jian used the World-Purifying Divine Fire inside the Earth Realm to forcibly fix the illusory portal.

But the surface boundary wall outside had already moved a long distance away.

Under a huge deviation.

His real landing point was already far away from the original Linjiang Prefecture.

"There is one more thing that needs to be thought of in advance."

Jiang Jian walked along the stream, thinking about another matter.

Before this.

Living beings who entered the Earth Realm had never come back.

Although in the Moon Realm, the Earth Realm Research Institute had released the hypothesis of using Dead Man's Jade to enter the Earth Realm.

But before he fell into Cangzhou Prefecture, no one had succeeded.

Jiang Jian didn't know.

Due to some special reasons and the recent turmoil in the Moon Realm.

This intersection of the surface and the Earth Realm was extremely stable.

The temporary boundary gate was even more solid.

The Qishen Star Palace naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

By this time.

There were already dozens of cases of living beings holding Dead Man's Jade entering the Earth Realm and returning safely.

"The activation method of the Dead Man's Jade can be reported truthfully."

"If anyone doesn't believe it, they can try it themselves."

Settling his mind.

Jiang Jian thought of a response and continued to walk out.

Half an hour passed.

Jiang Jian walked and stopped, turned around the mountain forest, and the view ahead finally opened up.

The stream flowed into the river.

The mountain scenery was green, and the village came into view.

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