Chapter 2: Going to the Northwest Continent

After getting approval to go out, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing also began to let his subordinates find materials and refine pills.

Although he had not established a sect, Grandpa Jiang was a six-star Dou Saint, so naturally, there were many alchemists who came to join him.

Even for eight-grade alchemists, the Jiang Family had two.

Thus, the entire Jiang Family began to get busy.

On the evening of the third day, after Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing received the pills he needed from the alchemists, he returned to his room and was about to start practicing.

On the Dou Qi Continent, one could replace sleep with practice.

He took off his silver long robe, sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and entered a state of practice.

On the Dou Qi Continent, practice could be divided into two types. One was the shallow practice Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing was doing now, where one could use their soul power to sense the surroundings while practicing; if they sensed someone approaching, they could freely stop practicing.

The other was, naturally, deep practice, which required seclusion. Deep practice was most afraid of being disturbed; if disturbed at a critical moment, at best, one would exit the state of practice, the Dou Qi practiced previously would dissipate, and the practice would fall short of success; at worst, one's realm would regress, and it would be several times harder to improve in the future.

He was heading to the Northwest Continent tomorrow, and his grandfather should have arranged everything.

Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing did not need to think so much; his only task now was to improve his strength as quickly as possible to deal with the great war more than ten years later.

Having been reborn for so many years, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing had naturally determined what time period of the original work it was now.

There were still about ten years until the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared, which meant Xiao Yan should have already taken Yao Lao as his master.

He didn't know his specific strength, but his realm shouldn't have reached Great Dou Master yet; he was either in the Magic Beast Mountain Range or the Snake-People Tribe.

"Knock, knock-knock."

Not long after he started practicing, three knocks on the door broke the silence, causing Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing to immediately exit the state of practice, open his eyes, and look toward the door in confusion.

Although it wasn't just him and his grandfather in the manor, if someone came to find him at this time, it could only be his grandfather. This was also where his confusion lay.

What business did his grandfather have coming to find him so late? Could it be the things he mentioned preparing for him? If so, why couldn't he give them tomorrow?

Unable to guess the reason, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing stopped thinking about it. He couldn't just leave his grandfather at the door, so he went to open the door without any delay.

After opening the heavy door, as expected, his grandfather, Grandpa Jiang, was looking at him with a smile.

"Grandpa, why are you here?"

Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing asked first and welcomed his grandfather into the room to sit down.

Following Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing to sit on the chair, Grandpa Jiang waved his hand, a golden light flashed, and two pitch-black storage rings appeared in Grandpa Jiang's hand. He handed them to Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing and spoke at the same time.

"Open them and take a look. These are some cultivation resources I specially prepared for you these days, as well as things you might need while out."

Grandpa Jiang smiled with a hint of pride, as if he had already imagined the surprised expression on his grandson's face.

Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing subconsciously took them and subconsciously weighed them.

Well, there was no imagined heaviness; after all, they were storage rings, and no matter how many things were put inside, their weight would not change.

But without Grandpa Jiang saying it, he guessed that there must be many pills and treasures inside.

With his grandfather's strength, the quantity of things he had spent two days preparing must be quite large.

Picking up the pitch-black storage ring, he probed his soul power into it, and just one glance made Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing gasp in surprise.

The shelves inside the storage ring were filled with jade bottles of all sizes, and a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out.

Looking at Grandpa Jiang's proud expression, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, these many pills must all be fifth-grade or higher, right?"

Grandpa Jiang, having seen the surprised expression on his grandson as he wished, then answered Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing.

"Xing'er, the lowest here are sixth-grade pills. Grandpa spent these two days getting all the pills you might need while out gaining experience. With these pills, it should be enough for your time out."

Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing looked at his grandfather without saying any words of thanks; there was no need to be so polite between relatives.

"When you are out, Grandpa won't be by your side. Safety first; if you are in danger, crush the jade slip to summon Grandpa, and Grandpa will definitely rush to help you immediately..."

His grandfather's words were standard; as the saying goes, "a mother worries when her child travels a thousand miles," and for his grandfather, who had watched Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing grow up, this affection was naturally even deeper.

This was the first time his grandson had left his side; although he was reluctant, he knew that fledgling eagles would eventually fly on their own.

"Grandpa, I will definitely pay attention to safety. Don't worry, I'll only be out for a year or two, and I'll be back to see you soon."

Then the following scene was one of "grandfatherly kindness and grandson's filial piety"...

Early the next morning, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing packed his things and opened the door; Ji Feng was already waiting outside.

Before leaving, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing still wanted to say goodbye to his grandfather, but was told by Ji Feng that his grandfather had gone out on business.

Thus, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing called out to Ji Feng.

"Then let's go, to the Northwest Continent."

"Yes."

Thus, Ji Feng tore open a space, and the two walked in.

In Grandpa Jiang's room, sensing Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing's departure with his soul power, he also silently walked toward the practice room inside the room.

He was old and couldn't bear these scenes of parting.

The eastern part of Zhongzhou was still very far from the Northwest Continent. After a month of traveling, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing and the other finally reached the border of the Northwest Continent.

"Young Master, ahead is the territory of the Northwest Continent. Where should we go first?"

Ji Feng held the map, pointing out their current location while not forgetting to ask.

Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing traced his finger on the map, finally stopping at an area labeled "Magic Beast Mountain Range of the Jia Ma Empire."

"Let's go to this Magic Beast Mountain Range of the Jia Ma Empire first and take a look."

Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing was not quite sure if his calculated time was correct, so he still needed to confirm the current timeline.

"Alright, Young Master."

Ji Feng did not ask more, immediately tore open a space, and then the two stepped into the space.

Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing felt that the bodyguard his grandfather arranged for him was quite good; he only followed orders and never asked too many questions.

About a day later, the two arrived at the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Searching with Ji Feng using soul power, they quickly found the Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King.

The two arrived in front of the Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King's cave and stood in the air, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing releasing his momentum.

"Roar~ Roar-roar!"

The Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King inside sensed someone provoking it and roared as it flew out of the cave.

Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing's gaze swept toward the huge magic beast in the air, which was seven or eight meters long, its body covered in a layer of purple crystals.

A ferocious lion head, strange purple beast pupils, a giant mouth full of fangs, and behind the lion body, a pair of huge purple wings, with a fire-red horn on top of its head, emitting powerful energy fluctuations.

However, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing discovered that the Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King's horn had been shaved off a portion.

The Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King was originally wondering who dared to provoke it on its territory, but as soon as it came out and saw two humans standing in the air, it immediately panicked and hurriedly retracted its vast momentum.

The sixth-rank Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King had long since gained intelligence and naturally understood what standing in the air represented.

"Two Dou Zong adults, I didn't know you were coming; it was this little beast's rudeness."

The Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King kept its posture very low, even somewhat humble; as for Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing's provocation just now, it dared not be angry at all.

Are you kidding? If only one Dou Zong had come, it might have been able to escape by relying on its strong defensive power and knowledge of the terrain.

But there were two Dou Zongs here; if it dared to be arrogant, it probably wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

"Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King, hand over the Companion Purple Crystal Source that is a specialty of your Purple-Crystal Winged Lion clan."

"Dou Zong adult, just three months ago, a human Dou Huang powerhouse and a Dou Zhe broke in here and snatched the Companion Purple Crystal Source."

Recalling those two people, a surge of anger rose in the Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King's heart.

The Purple Spirit Crystal that its Purple-Crystal Winged Lion clan could only shed a small piece of from its body every twenty years, and the Companion Purple Crystal Source it left for its cub to break through to the fifth rank, had just been stolen by two hateful humans.

However, in front of Dou Zong powerhouses, it dared not show it, fearing that these two powerhouses would misunderstand.

It honestly told the story of the Companion Purple Crystal Source being snatched.

Actually, as soon as the Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King came out, Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing saw the injury on its horn.

He guessed that Xiao Yan and Yun Yun should have already come to snatch the Purple Spirit Crystal and the Companion Purple Crystal Source.

But since they were already here, they had to confirm it.

So he ordered Ji Feng to enter the cave to check if the Companion Purple Crystal Source was still there.

Seeing Ji Feng enter the cave, the Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King originally wanted to follow, because its child was still inside the cave.

But with Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing still watching it, and the two's purpose likely being the Companion Purple Crystal Source.

It gave up the idea of following, only hoping that these two humans would leave quickly after confirming there was no Companion Purple Crystal Source inside.

"Young Master, as it said, the Companion Purple Crystal Source is indeed gone. Could it be that it hid the Companion Purple Crystal Source before coming out?"

Ji Feng did indeed see a container for the Companion Purple Crystal Source inside.

But there wasn't a drop of Companion Purple Crystal Source inside, and there was a small hole broken at the bottom of the container.

So it was hard for Ji Feng not to think that the Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King had hidden the Companion Purple Crystal Source itself.

Ji Feng looked at the Purple-Crystal Winged Lion King with unkind eyes, seemingly waiting for Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing's order.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3 =====