Chapter 11

"Spirit weapon?"

Jiang Yan nodded.

"Cultivators cannot avoid combat during their training, and combat requires a handy weapon."

"Weapons are also graded, but it is too troublesome to explain in detail."

"If there is a need in the future, I can also help you re-forge your weapon."

"Cultivators have very high requirements for weapon forging; after all, they are combat partners that one relies on for survival."

"With various arrays and runes engraved, I think they should be much stronger than these somewhat randomly crafted divine artifacts."

Jiang Yan spoke very tactfully, but Zhongli could still see the dissatisfaction with these divine artifacts in his tone.

It was as if...

He felt heartbroken seeing precious materials being wasted.

Zhongli felt that if there was an opportunity, he should try a weapon forged by a cultivator; it might have a more mysterious quality.

Just as he was pondering, Zhongli saw Jiang Yan pinch a seal, and the Primordial Jade Cutter instantly turned into a stream of light and entered his abdomen.

This scene not only stunned Zhongli, but everyone else was also dumbfounded.

Ganyu was stunned for a while, then turned pale with fright, hurriedly getting up and walking to Jiang Yan’s side to touch him.

"Jiang Yan! Why did you stick a sword into your stomach! That’s too dangerous! Wait, where is the sword?"

Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment, looking at Ganyu and the others in surprise, and said:

"You people in Teyvat... don't you know about the dantian?"

"Dantian?"

Ganyu shook her head, looking blank.

"That is... where do you usually store your energy?"

Ganyu thought for a moment and pointed to her Vision.

"If it's an ordinary Vision wielder, power is stored in the Vision, but for us immortals, our immortal power is basically in our souls."

"..."

This time, it was Jiang Yan’s turn to be shocked.

"Stored in an external object? Doesn't that mean if the Vision disappears, the ability disappears too?"

"It seems so."

Ganyu thought for a moment and gave Jiang Yan a definitive answer.

Jiang Yan pursed his lips, ultimately not continuing to question the traditions of Teyvat.

He just moved past the topic and said:

"A cultivator’s true essence is basically stored in the dantian. The dantian is the most important place for a cultivator."

"The dantian is not like a Vision, nor is it like your immortal power in the soul. The dantian is inside the body; it is an organ that everyone is born with."

"The wider the dantian, the more power it can contain, and correspondingly, the person can be stronger."

"If the dantian is destroyed, the cultivator becomes a cripple, but because of this, the defense at the dantian is the strongest."

"For a cultivator, any attack that dares to target the opponent’s dantian will be seen as a fight to the death."

"Some extreme ones will even slaughter the opponent’s entire clan. On the path of cultivation, killing and bloodshed are always unavoidable."

After roughly explaining the importance of the dantian, Jiang Yan continued:

"Just now, I stored the Primordial Jade Cutter in my dantian."

"Firstly, it is convenient to store and retrieve, and secondly, I can use my true essence to nourish the Primordial Jade Cutter so that it can be re-forged in the future."

"If there is any very powerful magic treasure, cultivators will generally put it into their dantian as well."

"This way, they can borrow the protection of the magic treasure, and even use it to help expand the dantian."

"By the way, do you not know about the dantian either?"

Jiang Yan looked at Zhongli, puzzled. It was one thing for others not to know, but for Zhongli not to know? That didn't make sense, right?

He had lived for so long, after all.

Unfortunately, Zhongli coughed in slight embarrassment.

"I am indeed unaware... but now, I do know where my divine power is basically stored."

Jiang Yan gave a polite but not awkward smile and continued:

"Let’s get back to the point. You should have all seen the ability I demonstrated just now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ganyu raised her hand excitedly, looking expectant:

"There is one ability you haven't demonstrated! It was that magical divine sword that controlled lightning during the tribulation."

"Jiang Yan, is that your weapon? But I didn't detect any elemental energy from it."

"And what kind of lightning is golden?"

It was clear that Ganyu was very excited, having said so much in one breath.

Jiang Yan shook his head with a smile and said softly:

"That is not my weapon. In fact, it is similar to the Sword Control Art I demonstrated earlier."

"That is also one of my spells, called the Divine Sword Art of Controlling Thunder."

"You guessed right; the Divine Sword Art of Controlling Thunder does not involve elemental energy. It is a move that controls heaven and earth, creating something from nothing to defeat the enemy."

"And all these abilities you see me using are, in the final analysis, just spells of a cultivator."

9. I am the Sect Leader of Shushan, a cultivator who has reached the state of Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness.

Zhongli and the others understood the concept of spells; immortals also knew many magical spells.

It was just that most of them involved elemental energy.

But in real combat, spells were basically not used.

Elemental Skills...

Are they considered spells?

But in any case, spells born purely for combat like Jiang Yan’s were rare.

No...

It should be that they didn't exist at all.

Jiang Yan saw the thoughts of Zhongli and the others and explained softly:

"I have said it before: while cultivators pursue eternal life, they also pursue power."

"However, the combat capabilities of cultivators are actually divided very meticulously."

"Like what I just did, that is the most basic spell. Above that, there are divine abilities."

As he spoke, Jiang Yan once again manipulated the Five Elements Spells, just as the elemental energy had appeared before.

Immediately, Jiang Yan gently stretched his hand out under everyone’s gaze.

Golden light turned into water dew, water dew condensed into grass and trees, grass and trees burned into flames, flames decayed into soil...

Finally, the soil bloomed with golden light again.

Zhongli was somewhat enlightened.

"This is..."

"The Five Elements generate and overcome each other. This is the most basic rule between heaven and earth, and it is also the spell that cultivators must master: the Five Elements Curse."

The elements changing in his hand stopped at the flame. Jiang Yan flicked his finger, and this wisp of flame, like a swimming fish, snaked and stuck to a large tree not far away.

But the next moment, everyone was shocked.

The large tree wrapped in flames did not burn at all, remaining as green as if it were alive.

Jiang Yan gave a light laugh.

"The Five Elements Curse is not elemental energy. Therefore, when the Five Elements Curse is perfected, the elements produced will not be like the elemental energy you manipulate."

"One thought to create, one thought to extinguish."

Jiang Yan said softly, and with a thought, the flames became more surging, completely enveloping the tree.

But the tree grew more vigorously under these raging flames.

If it weren't for confirming that this tree was an ordinary tree, Zhongli would have thought that a Pyro Regisvine had moved here.

"The flames you see are not elements, but my true essence, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"True essence has infinite wonderful uses, for example..."

Before he finished speaking, the large tree that was still growing vigorously turned into ashes in an instant. ===== CHAPTER 15 =====