Chapter 80: Jiang Taigong Fishing

Jiang Taigong Fishing

Ruan Ci had never calculated how many words she had to say in a day. If she spent most of the day cultivating, sometimes she could even say nothing. But Qin Fengyu was very painful about this thousand-sentence agreement, often unable to help chatting with Ruan Ci. When the two started chatting, she felt distressed that she had said too much. Ruan Ci asked her, "Then what do you do when you come from the sect?"

Qin Fengyu said, "That was easy to handle. Usually, I was on the road. I came alone, and there was no one to talk to on the way. Every day I found an hour to finish these thousand sentences with myself. Don't say, I am used to telling myself my cultivation insights, because I can only say a thousand sentences, I have to think carefully, and I always feel that I have gained more than usual."

She spoke very fast, finishing a whole sentence without a pause. Ruan Ci wanted to ask if Qin Fengyu kept talking in one breath, whether an hour of talking only counted as one sentence, but soon held back. Foundation Establishment cultivators had already transcended the scope of mortals. As long as the spiritual energy supply was sufficient, it didn't matter if she didn't breathe. Qin Fengyu could talk forever, and it would only count as one sentence. The one who suffered was Ruan Ci's own ears.

"I was thinking, if this place is always an illusion to us, then it doesn't pose any danger to us," she changed the subject, "Look, we are walking on the road now, only this road is real, and the beasts in the mountains won't bother us. In the Hengze Heaven, we only need to guard against attacks from others. In that case, with Yu Niang by my side, isn't this trip to the Hengze Heaven very safe for me?"

Qin Fengyu laughed, "If this place is always biased toward illusion for you, then how should you collect the Hengze Jade Dew? However, what you said is not entirely wrong. As long as we don't reveal our identities and don't try to seize the Hengze Jade Dew, then this trip will indeed not have any danger. But for us, it is equivalent to wasting several years of time and the precious opportunity given by the sect. If we don't make contributions and go back, the sect will not give extra rewards besides the monthly allowance. If you want to cultivate, you can only rely on the Grandmaster to support you."

Ruan Ci imagined it and frowned, "It seems I can only rely on myself."

Qin Fengyu laughed secretly, "Junior Martial Uncle, this is inside the cave-heaven, even if you speak ill of the Grandmaster, he cannot sense it."

The two talked and talked, and soon left the city gate. The Hengze Heaven occupied a vast area, with cities everywhere, mountains and wilderness connected in the middle, and many exotic beasts and monsters surviving. The geography was vast and rich, almost no different from the outside. However, Ruan Ci and Qin Fengyu still hadn't integrated into the environment, and the exotic beasts in the mountains turned a blind eye to them. The two soon found many blue stones on the hillside—these blue stones did not contain spiritual power, and were clearly stones that could be picked up at will by the roadside. If it weren't for the shadow residents' willingness to trade, such stones would definitely not be able to buy any goods.

"You say, why are they so good to us?"

Although they had found the blue stones, neither of them could pick them up. Qin Fengyu was not in a hurry, found an open space on the hillside, pulled Ruan Ci to sit down, and said thoughtfully, "Is it really because we guessed their origin, so we can take more things away from the Hengze Heaven?"

Ruan Ci said, "If I were them, I would also want to try my best to pass on what I have, and leave more traces of myself in this world. After all, what is left here is only an imprint of me, the real me no longer exists. Now I am just evidence of past existence. For me, what is more important than spreading the traces of my existence? Even if I can have an impact on one more present-world cultivator, for me, there is one more person in this world who misses me."

Qin Fengyu nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, if I can pass on the Dao lineage, maybe one day, when my Dao lineage produces a Dao Ancestor, I can condense and recreate myself from the imaginary number..."

Although this hope was extremely slim, if the weapon refiner had such a thought when passing on the art, then Qin Fengyu, who had learned it all, would have to bear such a trace of cause and effect. She just watched the excitement, and if she could get a little, she would get a little. As for cause and effect, she didn't want to be stained with even a trace, let alone, no one knew why the Hengze True Person died here. If he died in the struggle of the Great Dao, and this Dao lineage had a grudge with some line among the seventy-two Dao Ancestors today, could Qin Fengyu bear such cause and effect?

These considerations, even if not explained, both could think clearly. Speaking of this, Qin Fengyu also smiled at herself, "In the end, it was reckless. Sigh, walking out, every move is a thousand causes and effects. If you really want to care, you can't care. But this place is of great importance, and what cause and effect can span two universes is really scary. I was timid for a while. Now thinking about it, I am eager to try, and I really want to take over this Dao lineage. I think it will be very fun."

She sometimes said her thoughts without reservation, just like talking to her inner monologue. After finishing, she refuted herself, "Qin Fengyu, Qin Fengyu, your teacher's Dao path is broken, and you carry his cave-heaven trust, how can you do such useless things just because it's fun."

Ruan Ci was amused by her, and took turns resting with Qin Fengyu to refine spiritual power. Qin Fengyu heard that she was already at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment in the blink of an eye, and was very envious, laughing, "This is having great fortune, crossing three or four levels in just a few months. Even I didn't have this creation back then."

She was at the perfection of the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, but it only took eight hundred years, and naturally she had some encounters, but it didn't seem enough in front of Ruan Ci. Qin Fengyu let Ruan Ci cultivate more, "You are a weapon cultivator, the green sword will naturally refine spiritual energy for you, unlike us, absorbing spiritual energy here is half the effort, far more difficult than in the outside world."

After Ruan Ci entered the Hengze Heaven, she already felt it. The spiritual energy here had no Dao rhyme, but it had an obscure taste that couldn't be said clearly. She could absorb it directly, but the speed was not fast. Only the Donghua Sword was like a fish in water here, and the speed of transporting spiritual energy did not slow down at all. She touched the bracelet secretly and thought, "Even Dao rhyme is gone. It seems that although the Dongyang Dao Ancestor covered the Langhuan Great Heaven, he did not fully control it. The Langhuan Heaven was after all a Great Heaven brought by the Five Elements Dao Ancestor from the old universe. These cave-heavens and treasures left over from the old universe, except for cultivators who also have the roots of the old universe, no one can control."

She couldn't help but slowly let out a breath, a little more relaxed than just now. She secretly thought about the many thoughts that had gradually formed in her heart since the destruction of the sect as her knowledge grew. It was just that her strength was low now, and thinking was useless. Knowing some things was enough. After a moment, she immersed herself in the inner scene world, forgetting both things and herself, and wholeheartedly refining the drops of spiritual beads rolling down from the high platform.

Refining spiritual energy is naturally repetitive and very boring, but spiritual energy entering the pool is like drinking fine wine. Ruan Ci followed the secret method taught in the "Qinghua Secret Record", introduced sword Qi, and washed and refined it in the Jade Pool. Only in this way could the sword Qi and her own spiritual energy be integrated into one, and after the Golden Core, refine the restrictions with Qi. The process of introducing sword Qi is also a stimulation to the spiritual sense, and the drops of spiritual dew can nourish the sea of consciousness. The spiritual sense was tempered, and then met the sweet dew. After one such cycle, she was refreshed, but looking at the fourth-level high platform, only a tiny bit more was built.

Cultivating the Dao is difficult, not only in the struggle, life and death on the line, no one can fully control their destiny, but also in the loneliness and difficulty of cultivation. Especially for Ruan Ci, re-refining Donghua and getting the feedback of the divine sword is undoubtedly faster than her own closed-door cultivation, and the insights in life-and-death fighting are equally precious. But she is also unwilling to relax her practice. After all, the remaining Donghua Sword is ethereal and hard to find, and her own cultivation, although slower, is down-to-earth. As long as she is willing to spend effort, she can see progress.

She didn't know how long she had been practicing, but she suddenly felt someone disturbing in the energy field. It was Qin Fengyu's aura. Ruan Ci temporarily stopped her cultivation, released her spiritual sense, and said, "Someone is coming?"

"Yes, two people are coming up the mountain," Qin Fengyu said, "They should be disciples of the En Sect, let's go meet them."

With her, a great expert at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, as long as they were not surrounded by hundreds of people, there was no dangerous place in the Hengze Heaven. Ruan Ci followed Qin Fengyu to the foot of the mountain and indeed saw two cultivators, wearing right-lapel costumes, chatting and laughing as they came up the mountain. Their spiritual sense should be very limited. Ruan Ci and the two arrived close before they noticed, and hurriedly set up a defensive posture, but in Ruan Ci's view, the defense was full of loopholes and was not her enemy in one move.

However, they had been waiting here for two days, not to intercept and kill such innocent passers-by. Qin Fengyu had a thousand-sentence agreement and was unwilling to waste her tongue on such things, standing coldly on the side. Ruan Ci said, "Two fellow Daoists, I wonder if you can do us a favor, we have spiritual jades to reward."

The gap in cultivation between the two sides was too obvious. The two cultivators were trembling and dared not resist. Following them back to the hillside, they collected the blue stones. Ruan Ci took them to the spiritual tool shop in the city and signaled the person to use the blue stones to buy the mask.

The clerk collected the blue stones and handed the mask to the small cultivator, who then handed it to Ruan Ci. This time she could grab the mask, but when her fingers tried to touch the remaining spiritual tools, they still passed through, and she couldn't hear what they were saying.

Qin Fengyu ordered one person to take the remaining blue stones and go to find the weapon refiner, trying to use the blue stones to buy the weapon refining method. In this way, the silver and goods were cleared, and there was no need to bear the cause and effect—she was still a character who liked to do things. Ruan Ci did not stop her, and signaled the small cultivator to follow her to other shops to look for things that caught her eye. Although the treasures here, if they could all be bought with blue stones, would be like a gift for the two women, and they only needed to send the middleman a few spiritual jades, in her view, this kind of thing could not be done too much, otherwise it might cause unexpected changes. After all, such a good thing that allows one party to take advantage often hides some traps.

The two looked around, and none of them were satisfied. The small cultivator was gradually able to talk to the shadows. He said to Ruan Ci, "Disciple just heard this group of people talking, it was still vomiting and dumb, without any meaning. At this time, I can understand a few words, and the other party seems to be able to understand some of my... my meaning."

Perhaps it was difficult to convert between the two languages. When he spoke to Ruan Ci, the pause was a bit more than just now. Ruan Ci looked at him and nodded slightly, saying, "If I were you, I wouldn't say too much."

The mask had been exchanged, and the acquaintance was not deep. Ruan Ci took out ten spiritual jades from her arms as a reward for his half-day running errands, and turned to find Qin Fengyu. Qin Fengyu was still stealing teachers at the smelting furnace. She still couldn't hear the voice and couldn't communicate directly with the weapon refiner. The weapon refiner only cared about doing things. She watched from the side. If she had any questions, she needed the middleman to convey them. The middleman was already able to answer the weapon refiner fluently. On the contrary, the communication with Qin Fengyu was much more difficult. Ruan Ci looked and couldn't help but frown. After Qin Fengyu learned it, she also took out a hundred spiritual jades to send the small cultivator away, and the two went out of the city together. Only then did she ask, "If they continue like this, will they not be able to return to the present world?"

Qin Fengyu shook her head and didn't answer, squeezing a sentence from her teeth, "Nine hundred and ninety-seven sentences..."

Ruan Ci no longer teased her to speak. She had been cultivating these days, and Qin Fengyu used her daily quota on talking to herself. Thinking that she spent most of it on learning weapon refining today.

The two found a place to sit in the teahouse on the street and adjusted their breath. Seeing that the time was about to pass midnight, Qin Fengyu suddenly gasped and said loudly, "This is the step of integrating into this place. After they take the medicine, they will integrate faster and more fiercely than us. Sometimes it is even difficult to extricate themselves. Later, they will completely treat themselves as shadow residents in the Hengze Heaven. If the desire to go to the shore cannot overcome the impulse to stay here, then he will indeed never be able to return."

"It was just like this just now. The medicine has started to take effect. Their conversation with us will gradually become difficult. When they completely treat themselves as shadow residents, we won't be able to hear them when they talk to us. At that time, I'm afraid we can only distinguish their identities from the left-lapel and right-lapel."

Qin Fengyu said two sentences in a row, and then happily slapped her thigh, shouting, "Ha! Just right, those two sentences were yesterday's! —We have absorbed a lot of spiritual power, and we will gradually be stained with the spiritual rhyme of this place. However, because the process is relatively slow, we won't lose ourselves. The real danger has just begun."

Ruan Ci also understood what she meant. Now the two are walking in the city, and the energy field is actually empty except for themselves. If a cultivator approaches, it is like those two small cultivators, and they can find it in the blink of an eye. The so-called ambush and sneak attack is of course out of the question, but once integrated into this place, being in the city is equivalent to being among hundreds of cultivators, and it is difficult to guard against the approach of those with intentions. This is not like the Dao city market in Zhou Tian, most of which are under the jurisdiction of the Dao Palace, and are also shrouded in the spiritual sense of Nascent Soul cultivators. If the cultivation has not reached the Nascent Soul realm, they dare not start a dispute in the city at all.

"The meat of the play is still behind." She also nodded in agreement, and put on the mask at will. With a thought, she transformed into a handsome young man, "But there will be no lack of disputes at this time, Yu Niang, be careful."

Qin Fengyu was clearly distracted by the weapon refining technique she had just stolen. Hearing this, her expression moved slightly, and she looked at Ruan Ci with a bit of surprise. Clearly, she didn't expect that Ruan Ci was at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, and her spiritual sense was already so broad. Although the two people's mental efforts were different, Ruan Ci might be fully sensing the surroundings, but this range still moved Qin Fengyu.

"Indeed," she sensed for a moment and couldn't help but smile slightly, "It's really unkind. Look, Junior Martial Uncle, good people are really hard to be."

In the energy field, except for the two women in the city, there were only the auras of the six people who attacked. The auras of the two small cultivators had disappeared. They had just integrated into this place and were about to talk about business with the shadow residents. Theoretically, they shouldn't have gone far, but suddenly disappeared. Soon after, others came. The connection can be said to be clear.

Ruan Ci said indifferently, "Jiang Taigong fishing, this is not bad."

She and Qin Fengyu looked at each other, each pulled out their magic tools, and their figures gradually disappeared into the air, and even their auras became blurred, appearing and disappearing, lurking in a corner of the field, just waiting for the six people to arrive.

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, everyone. This chapter sends out red envelopes. I am really letting myself go when writing this article, thinking of where to write. The feeling of stepping on watermelon skin is so happy! But because of the chapter division, the foreshadowing period may indeed feel a bit slow, please forgive me, take more red envelopes...

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Yesterday I watched "Fairy Eater", a daily food article, the plot is a bit flat, it feels like a business game, that is, once you are distracted, there is no urgent mood to continue reading.

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