Chapter 12

"Spiritual artifact?"

Jiang Yan nodded.

"Immortal cultivators cannot avoid fighting in their cultivation, and fighting requires a handy weapon."

"Weapons are also divided into levels, but it's too troublesome to explain in detail."

"If you have any needs in the future, I can also re-refine your weapons."

"Immortal cultivators have very high requirements for weapon refining. After all, this is a combat partner they rely on for survival."

"It needs various formations and various runes to be engraved. I think it should be much stronger than these randomly forged divine artifacts."

Jiang Yan said it very tactfully, but Zhongli could still see the dissatisfaction with these divine artifacts from his tone.

It was as if...

He felt heartache for the precious materials being wasted.

Zhongli felt that if he had the chance, he should try the weapons refined by immortal cultivators; maybe they would have more mysterious colors.

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

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

Ganyu was stunned for a while, shocked, and hurriedly stood up and walked to Jiang Yan's side, reaching out to touch him.

"Jiang Yan! Why did you put the sword into your stomach! It's too dangerous! No, where is the sword?"

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

"Do you people in Teyvat... not know what a Dantian is?"

"Dantian?"

Ganyu shook her head blankly.

"That is... where does your usual energy gather?"

Ganyu thought for a while and pointed to her Vision.

"If it's an ordinary Vision wielder, the power exists in the Vision, but we immortals, our immortal power is basically in the soul."

"..."

This time, it was Jiang Yan who was a bit shocked.

"Putting it in an external object, wouldn't the ability disappear if the Vision disappeared?"

"It seems to be like that."

Ganyu thought for a while and gave Jiang Yan an affirmative answer.

Jiang Yan pursed his lips and finally didn't continue to question the tradition of Teyvat.

Just skipped this topic and said:

"The true essence of immortal cultivators basically exists in the Dantian. The Dantian is the most important place for immortal cultivators."

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

"The wider the Dantian, the more power it can hold, and accordingly, the stronger the person might be."

"If the Dantian is destroyed, the immortal cultivator becomes a useless person, but because of this, the defense at the Dantian is the strongest."

"For immortal cultivators, any attack that dares to target the opponent's Dantian will be regarded as an endless battle."

"Even extreme ones will slaughter the opponent's relatives. On the path of immortal cultivation, there is always killing and blood."

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

"I just put the Primordial Jade Cutter into my Dantian."

"First, it is convenient to store and release, and second, it can also be warmed by true essence for future re-refining."

"If there is any very powerful magic treasure, immortal cultivators will generally put it into the Dantian."

"This can also use the magic treasure to protect, and even feed back to expand the Dantian."

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

Jiang Yan looked at Zhongli in confusion. It was fine if others didn't know, but if Zhongli didn't know, that was unreasonable, right?

How could he have lived for so long?

Unfortunately, Zhongli coughed with some embarrassment.

"I really don't know... but now, I know where my divine power is basically stored."

Jiang Yan smiled politely but not awkwardly and continued:

"Back to the topic, you should have all seen the abilities I showed just now."

As soon as the voice fell, Ganyu excitedly raised her hand and said with expectation:

"There is one ability you didn't show! That is the very magical divine sword that controls thunder when you were undergoing the Tribulation just now."

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

"And what kind of thunder would be golden."

It could be seen that Ganyu was indeed very excited and said so much in a row.

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 showed just now."

"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 indeed doesn't involve elemental power; that is a move to control heaven and earth and create something out of nothing to defeat the enemy."

"And everything you see me using, in the final analysis, is just the spells of immortal cultivators."

9. I am the master of the Shushan Sect, a cultivator of Refining Spirit and Returning to Void.

Zhongli and the others understood the matter of spells, and immortals also had many magical spells.

It's just that there were many spells involving elemental power.

But when it came to real fighting, spells were basically not used.

Elemental combat skills...

Are they considered spells?

But no matter what, it was rare to see spells born purely for fighting like Jiang Yan's.

No...

It should be that there were none at all.

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

"I said before, while immortal cultivators pursue longevity and immortality, they are also pursuing power."

"However, the combat ability of immortal cultivators is actually divided very meticulously."

"Like what I did just now, it is the most basic spell, and above it, there are supernatural powers."

As he said, Jiang Yan began to control the Five Elements Incantations again, and elemental power appeared just like before.

In the end, Jiang Yan gently stretched his hand under everyone's gaze.

Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth circulated in turn, and even occasionally evolved into the seven elements of Teyvat. ===== CHAPTER 13 =====

Finally, the soil bloomed with golden light once more.

Zhongli was somewhat dazed.

"This is..."

"The Five Elements generate and overcome one another; this is the most fundamental rule between Heaven and Earth, and also a technique that every cultivator must master: the Five Elements Incantation."

The elemental energy shifting in his hand settled into flame, and Jiang Yan flicked his finger lightly; this wisp of flame, like a swimming fish, wound its way and stuck to a large tree not far away.

Yet the next moment, everyone was somewhat shocked.

The tree wrapped in flames did not burn at all; it remained as lush and green as if it were still growing.

Jiang Yan chuckled.

"The Five Elements Incantation is not elemental energy; therefore, when the Five Elements Incantation reaches great success, the elements produced will not be like the elemental energy you manipulate."

"One thought brings life, one thought brings death."

Jiang Yan spoke softly, and with a shift of his intent, the flames surged more violently, completely engulfing the tree.

Yet, under this raging inferno, the tree grew even more vigorously.

If not for the confirmation that this tree was just an ordinary tree, Zhongli would have thought a Pyro Regisvine had moved here.

"The flames you see are not elements, but my True Qi—the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth."

"The marvelous uses of True Qi are infinite; for example..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the tree that had been growing so vigorously instantly turned to ash.