Chapter 206

A giant python had a bump on its head that transformed into a single horn.

A white crane's body size increased by dozens of meters.

Demonic energy began to run rampant.

Those Archons who had been introduced into Shushan also benefited, with countless spiritual energy pouring into their bodies.

Their law-based abilities were stripped away, but they evolved toward the innate supernatural powers of demonic beasts.

Everything in the entire Shushan was evolving crazily.

The seven veins also increasingly took on the appearance of pillars supporting the sky, growing to tens of thousands of meters.

I don't know how much time passed, but this change gradually dissipated.

The Shushan Blessed Land had completely transformed into the Shushan Small World.

And the size of the Shushan Small World was already ten times that of Teyvat.

The Archons opened their eyes, feeling their current powerful strength, and couldn't help but excitedly bow toward the direction of the seven Shushan veins.

Zhongli and the others also ended their cultivation, feeling their completely restored injuries and increasingly refined strength.

After sighing with emotion, they bowed toward the direction of Tongtian Peak, then returned to their rooms to continue honing their techniques.

On Jiang Yan's side, he had also successfully finished accepting the insights of the *Huangting Yujing Scripture* at the Refining Void and Combining Dao level.

With this, subsequent cultivation would be even more handy, and breaking through to the peak of Refining Void and Combining Dao would also be a matter of course.

Slowly opening his eyes, Jiang Yan saw Ganyu in front of him with eyes full of worry.

Jiang Yan smiled and raised his hand to rub Ganyu's horns.

"Have you finished your cultivation so quickly?"

Ganyu lowered her brows shyly and muttered:

"Just now, I saw that your aura was changing quite intensely, and I was a bit worried."

Jiang Yan felt a warmth in his heart and looked at Ganyu steadily for a long time.

This little Qilin's thoughts were actually always very obvious, without any concealment.

Jiang Yan actually didn't reject Ganyu, but before, he had to prioritize Shushan.

And now, the Shushan Blessed Land had transformed into a small world, so many things didn't require Jiang Yan to personally labor and worry.

Now, it was time to consider himself.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Yan said softly:

"Ganyu... do you remember a special cultivation method I mentioned before, called dual cultivation?"

Ganyu thought for a moment, nodded, and said:

"I remember, you previously said that Shenhe has a Pure Yin Body, and also said that there is an evil sect in the cultivation world called the Hehuan Sect, which specializes in dual cultivation."

Jiang Yan gently raised his hand to hook Ganyu's chin and said in a low voice:

"Actually... I know dual cultivation too."

Ganyu's eyes widened in surprise, and then she pounced on Jiang Yan.

Sometimes, lovers don't need many unnecessary words.

A look, an action, and they can understand each other's thoughts.

For example, Ganyu...

129. One Month Later, Shushan Opens Its Mountain Gates!

The evolution of Shushan into a small world was a good thing for everyone.

More abundant spiritual energy, more perfect laws, and a clearer world situation.

Even, because of the moment the Blessed Land evolved, many precious spiritual herbs were born, and many animals benefited, evolving into demonic beasts and spiritual beasts.

The happiest one was Baisheng; his Beast-Taming Art could finally be put to use.

For the Shushan disciples, the spiritual energy brought by the moment of world evolution.

Allowed their cultivation to reach a higher level; although no one successfully broke through, it was likely not far off.

But good and bad are relative; for some existences, although world evolution is a good thing, there are still some troublesome matters.

For example, those Archon subordinates whose strength was below the level of Refining Qi and Transforming Spirit.

They had just experienced the great event of world evolution.

Opening their eyes, they saw that the animals they had been free-ranging had also benefited and evolved.

It was originally a double blessing.

Unfortunately...

These animals seemed to have evolved a bit too much.

Not to mention that they were all fierce beasts at the very least, they even evolved into some demonic beasts at the early stage of Refining Essence and Transforming Qi.

Now, these Archon subordinates were worried.

Their average strength was at the middle stage of Refining Essence and Transforming Qi or above, but the problem was, they weren't cultivators like Cloud Retainer and the others.

At most, they were stronger than Archon subordinates at the same level, but in the end, they couldn't compare to cultivators and demonic beasts.

Simply put, others had bodies full of True Essence and demonic power, while they had bodies full of a mixture of elemental energy and spiritual energy.

Archon subordinates at the late stage of Refining Essence and Transforming Qi only felt a little pressure, but those at the middle stage...

That was truly a reversal of offense and defense.

The animals they used to free-range and catch to eat from time to time.

Suddenly became impossible to beat.

Not only could they not beat them, but they had to be chased around.

These Archon subordinates were naturally complaining bitterly and could only hurry to the territories of other powerhouses to seek protection.

However, for the Archons, this was not a problem; they were actually hoping for more and more Archon subordinates to come and join, bringing the demonic beasts from their jurisdictions.

Although these evolved animals were more powerful, overall, they could still be dealt with.

Moreover, after eating them, the improvement to themselves was greater; if they were lucky, eating a demonic beast could even allow them to purify the power in their bodies and transform it into true demonic power.

For a time, the Shushan world was in turmoil.

However, these matters had nothing to do with Shushan for the time being; at most, the Merit Hall would release many missions regarding the demonic beasts of the Shushan world later on.

On Tongtian Peak, Jiang Yan was lying in the lounge behind the sect's main hall, holding the somewhat exhausted Ganyu.

Although Ganyu looked exhausted at the moment, she was in high spirits.

Her eyes were bright, and most importantly, her cultivation had reached the peak of Refining Essence and Transforming Qi, even stronger than Xiao by quite a bit.

This breakthrough shocked Ganyu as well.

She knew the gap between each realm too well; if she cultivated step by step, with her talent, it would probably take a few years to reach this level.

Now, after one dual cultivation session, she had reached the peak of Refining Essence and Transforming Qi directly.

"Are you a bit surprised?"

Jiang Yan gently rubbed Ganyu's horns, and the latter came back to her senses, nodded, and said:

"Yeah... I broke through to the peak of Refining Essence and Transforming Qi all of a sudden, and I'm even about to reach the realm of Refining Qi and Transforming Spirit..."

"This is normal."

Jiang Yan smiled and rubbed against Ganyu.

"Your Primordial Yin plus my Primordial Yang, naturally the breakthrough is fast."

In fact, it wasn't just Ganyu who was about to break through.

Jiang Yan, who had just received the insights of the *Huangting Yujing Scripture* at the Refining Void and Combining Dao level, was also about to reach the peak of Refining Spirit and Returning to Void because of this dual cultivation.

As long as he cultivated a little bit these next few days, he would definitely reach the peak of Refining Spirit and Returning to Void.

"Primordial Yang..."

Ganyu's face was slightly red, but from the bottom of her heart, she was still a little secretly happy.

She quietly hugged Jiang Yan tighter, wishing she could burrow into his body.

Jiang Yan patted Ganyu's back, pondered for a moment, and said softly:

"Ganyu, you should go back to Liyue tomorrow and help me bring a message to Ningguang and the others."

Hearing this, Ganyu became serious.

Jiang Yan continued:

"Tell Ningguang and the others to prepare; in one month, Shushan will open its mountain gates to recruit one thousand outer sect disciples."

"After the initial selection in Liyue, those who pass the moral character check will be sent to the Shushan world to participate in the Heart-Questioning Array assessment."