Chapter 295: The Breeze Knows My Will, the Bright Moon Illuminates My Heart
“Good.”
Jiang Jian responded.
He then tapped the holographic screen and pulled up the communication link for his auxiliary identity device.
He forwarded Yao Tong’s dossier to Lu Qingqing.
“I have a clan uncle who works at the Tianjing Central Household Registry Department.”
“He can access the initial records and all change logs for every district across seventy prefectures on the surface.”
Lu Qingqing received the message and replied succinctly, “I’ll have him investigate this thoroughly and give you a reply as soon as possible.”
Jiang Jian said, “Thank you.”
Lu Qingqing smiled and said, “I’ll go to the auction first; we can chat later.”
The communication ended.
Jiang Jian stared at the screen, his brow furrowed.
On the screen was the photo of “Yao Tong.”
The girl’s appearance was identical to Jiang Zhao’s.
But her eyes were hollow, eerie, and terrifying, causing one’s spirit to tremble upon seeing them.
“What exactly is this girl?”
Zhou Qingyue stepped closer, her expression equally grave. “She looks exactly like your sister, Jiang Zhao.”
Jiang Jian said nothing, but swiped his finger to open the talent page for “Yao Tong” in the data Zhou Lingling had sent.
“Yao Tong, Level 1 Art: Transformation of Fate.”
“Transformation of Fate: Function unknown.”
“No record of this exists in the prefectural archives.”
Below the talent page was a note left by Zhou Lingling.
“According to investigation.”
“Yao Tong has never demonstrated her talent art in public.”
Zhou Qingyue stared at the screen and asked, “Transformation of Fate? Sounds strange.”
Jiang Jian’s face was expressionless. “It’s not just strange—it’s a major problem.”
He did not tell Zhou Qingyue the rest.
His Shenque and Yongquan.
Both cultivation realms.
Had long since reached fullness.
The reason he had not yet broken through to the Divine Palace realm was.
His caution regarding the physician’s lingering methods.
Jiang Jian knew well.
He must never underestimate the physician in the slightest.
In his memory.
This woman’s cultivation was earth-shattering, her mastery bordering on the divine, her medical skill approaching godhood.
Just in terms of spiritual essence cultivation.
She might very well have surpassed the Spirit Platform realm!
To deal with such a being.
A single misstep could plunge one into an abyss from which there would be no return.
Although the twelve crystal shards left by the physician within his Divine Illumination barrier had been completely stripped away by his Pure World Divine Fire.
Jiang Jian had reason to believe.
That for a substance like himself.
The physician might have left other hidden measures.
The existence of “Yao Tong” proved this.
The twelve crystal shards were internal controls.
And “Yao Tong.”
Was an external safeguard to ensure the drug remained effective!
The physician’s methods were too unfathomable for ordinary minds to comprehend.
At this moment, the twelve crystal shards had been stripped away.
Yao Tong might already have sensed it.
If he rashly attempted a breakthrough and fell into some undiscovered trap.
He would be utterly destroyed in an instant.
Jiang Jian was extremely cautious.
Before uncovering the truth about “Yao Tong.”
He dared not attempt a breakthrough lightly.
The memory of his failed Divine Palace breakthrough in the Academy World—nearly dying from backlash—was still vivid.
Clear as day.
“When you go to Taiping Prefecture, are you planning to find her directly?”
Zhou Qingyue said gravely, “To be honest, seeing her photo made me feel afraid. I advise you to be careful.”
Her true form was an ancient ghost.
Her soul’s origin was composed entirely of resentment and memories.
This girl, merely through a photograph, could instill fear in a ghost.
That alone proved how deeply strange and sinister she truly was.
Jiang Jian steadied his mind, shut off the identity device, and said, “At the border between Taiping Prefecture and Linjiang Prefecture, there is a small spatial realm called the Projection of Qishen Star Palace.”
“I’m going there to pick up my sister.”
Upon hearing this.
Jixue, who had been pretending to nap with closed eyes, twitched her tail, opened her eyes wide, and leapt up.
Her pupils glowed brightly.
“Jiang Zhao!”
Jixue’s voice was excited. “Her dress is so soft, she smells so good—I want to sleep beside her.”
Seeing this.
Jiang Jian was speechless.
Zhou Qingyue let out a cold laugh. “You little fox, you’ve been sleeping at my feet every day for over a year, yet all along you were dreaming of someone else.”
Jixue blinked her eyes. “She’s different from you.”
The ghost stepped closer, bent down, her jet-black hair cascading like a waterfall, and stared at Jixue. “Don’t I smell good?”
The gray fox fell silent, unable to meet her gaze, turning his head away and muttering, “I’m just a spirit beast—how could I tell the difference?”
Nearby.
Jiang Jian ignored them entirely and walked alone to the cultivation chamber to organize his resources.
The Earth Store Jade Seal represented authority over Yinshan.
He could freely access the resources of an entire Great Marvel Realm.
Although Yinshan’s Marvel Realm was rich beyond measure.
Its spiritual resources were almost entirely oriented toward yin energy.
Very few items were fully compatible with his own cultivation and usable without obstruction.
In addition.
There was a resource list gifted to him by the Lu family’s Night Ancestor.
Every item on it was a rare, universal spiritual material, perfectly suited for Divine Palace cultivation!
The list contained over twenty treasures.
Each one was of great use to him!
Jiang Jian carefully tucked the list away into his storage space.
Then he extended his palm, and with a slight mental nudge, light blazed forth.
Two paper figures emerged from the void, their faces twisted in eerie grins as they bowed to Jiang Jian.
The paper figures were a pair.
One boy, named Qingfeng.
One girl, named Mingyue.
“Master.”
The paper figures’ voices were ethereal, strangely beautiful.
Jiang Jian studied them and said, “Assume human form.”
The two paper figures answered without hesitation, “Yes.”
They transformed.
Smoke gathered and dispersed.
When it reappeared.
It had become a short-clad boy and a long-skirted maid.
Jiang Jian clearly sensed that their lives and deaths were entirely controlled by the token, at his mere thought.
“Qingfeng.”
Jiang Jian said in a low voice.
The boy stepped forward: “Master.”
Jiang Jian took out a bundle and said: “Go at once to the Second Realm and deliver these items.”
Inside the bundle were several ghostly spirit objects.
Though these items were small in size,
they contained immense ghostly power.
Qingfeng took the bundle, slung it over his shoulder, and said: “Master, please specify the exact destination and recipient.”
Jiang Jian said softly: “Her name is Shen Qingchanyi.”
“I do not know where she is now.”
“I can only confirm she is within the Second Realm.”
“She carries two swords.”
“One is called Zhao Ming, the other Han Guang.”
“Tell her the contents of this bundle are meant to refill Han Guang’s storage.”
Upon hearing this,
Qingfeng replied and asked no further questions.
His form twisted, then vanished into transparency, leaving the Cross-Realm Flycraft.
The Second Realm, as the coordinate anchor point,
had its world gate shattered by the divine power of Yujing Shangjun, and could no longer be sealed or closed.
The Earth-Moon Academy had also changed its system.
The formerly closed academy world was now fully open!
Any Earth citizen holding an identity device and paying a certain fee could enter to visit.
The world within had already undergone massive change!
Not long ago,
Jiang Jian gave Qingfeng the spirit-creature identity device.
With this device,
Qingfeng could enter the Second Realm as a spirit-creature and deliver the bundle to Shen Qingchanyi.
He did this because Jiang Jian had noticed
that the day before,
Han Guang’s storage had been drained by two full charges in a single day!
Though the Second Realm had suddenly become accessible to the outside world, causing upheaval among its native beings,
the sacred mountain of the Academy was still guarded by Shen Xi and others, so no major chaos had erupted yet.
Under these circumstances,
Shen Qingchanyi using up two charges of Han Guang’s storage in such a short time must have encountered extreme danger!
In Jiang Jian’s cultivation plan,
Shen Qingchanyi’s “Weaving Fate” technique was of great importance.
It could not only mend spiritual soul injuries,
but more importantly, it possessed a terrifying ability to restore spiritual soul source energy.
Spiritual soul source energy was a lifeform’s innate resource, extremely difficult to increase.
Yet once one reached the Divine Palace Realm,
Activating the Illusory Treasures and the Marvelous Realm Treasures required a massive consumption of spiritual soul source energy!
Jiang Jian himself possessed several treasures of immense power, which he could never use in daily life!
The Willow Branch could summon heavenly soldiers and generals.
The Earth Store Scepter could strangle spiritual souls and devour life essences.
Li Hen could control all waters of the world.
These treasures,
no matter which one was activated,
required enormous spiritual soul source energy.
And Jiang Jian’s true trump card, the Pure World Divine Fire,
required spiritual soul essence just to stir slightly!
Although the divine technique “Bright Mirror, Still Water,” passed down by the Earth Store Bodhisattva, could slightly offset this deficiency,
Jiang Jian knew better.
The things he would soon face were not merely physicians.
Those things were too terrifying.
Merely contemplating them was enough to choke the breath from one’s lungs.
Yet his current spiritual soul reserves were far below what this stage demanded.
Yet his current spiritual soul's foundation is far from meeting the expectations of this stage.
Jiang Jian opened his identity device again to review the data forwarded by Lu Chen.
This was the Star-Controlling Hall’s operational plan targeting Mercury.
The timing was set for one month from now.
One hundred Divine Palace Realm lifeforms, carefully selected from the Earth-Moon Four Realms, must enter Mercury under special concealment!
None of these lifeforms had “Seen the Divine Altar.”
Only thus could they evade Ba Xia’s demonic lord’s detection and slip in secretly.
The Star-Controlling Hall’s operation plan was even called insane!
These hundred lifeforms, hidden within Mercury, were to remain there for a full three years!
And the target of this operation
was the colonial core left behind by Saturn!
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