Chapter 680: Jiang Ming's Fortunate Encounter — The Resourceful Clan Leader Jiang!

Realizing this, Wang Hong was startled into a cold sweat.

He recalled the saying: as long as the green mountains remain, one need not fear the lack of firewood.

To save his life, he could no longer spare a thought for Jiang Ming's true spirit, which was right before his eyes, and immediately chose to flee in panic!

However, before he could escape the depths of his mind, the surface of that grey-white Shi Zhu suddenly emitted an even more dazzling, terrifying treasure light that no one could look at directly!

Sensing the astonishing might surging from behind him,

Wang Hong's face changed drastically, his eyes filled with terror!

"No!!!"

He exerted every ounce of strength, madly burning the remaining saintly origin he possessed.

Yet all of this was ultimately futile, utterly useless!

In an instant, that boundless, resplendent treasure light enveloped his body!

Even though he struggled desperately, he could not stop his body from burning, his true spirit melting away at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Aaaaaah!"

Wang Hong could not help but let out wave after wave of heart-wrenching screams!

That searing pain from the erosion of his true spirit was something even he, a saint, found unbearable!

Looking back over his entire life, he had never felt pain of this magnitude.

Even when he had been gravely wounded by Nangong Sheng back then, it had not been a fraction of this!

However, the screams lasted less than ten breaths before vanishing without a trace!

At the same time, Wang Hong's body, along with his voice, disappeared from the depths of his mind!

Seeing this, Jiang Ming's eyes went wide, and he stood rooted to the spot in a daze.

He gazed at the grey-white Shi Zhu floating in the depths of his mind, his expression complex, and murmured, "I never expected that in the end, it was you who saved me........"

He had never imagined that not only did he need this Shi Zhu to raise his strength, but even when facing danger, he would likewise need its rescue.

At this point, he was all the more certain of the Shi Zhu's extraordinary nature.

With but a single flash of its divine light, it had caused a saint-realm expert—powerful beyond compare, someone he could not resist—to melt away in an instant.

The entire process was extremely fast; the opponent had not even a shred of power to resist!

From this, one could see how the Shi Zhu's grade far exceeded his imagination!

Just as Jiang Ming was marveling without end,

streams of warm current swept through his entire body, washing over his limbs and bones!

Jiang Ming's spirit jolted; he could feel the damage to his Primordial Spirit and the vital energy he had burned rapidly recovering.

At the same time, within the grey-white Shi Zhu, over a hundred strands of purple qi suddenly appeared!

Unlike the other purple qi, these hundred-plus strands also carried a faint golden sheen!

With but a slight probe, Jiang Ming could sense the tremendous power contained within them.

The essence of this power far surpassed ordinary purple qi, crushing it in comparison!

"What is this?"

Jiang Ming felt a twinge of doubt and instinctively tried absorbing one strand.

In an instant, some indescribable, ineffable change suddenly arose within his heart.

He carefully savored the mysteries within.

After several breaths, he finally made a discovery.

Jiang Ming was astonished to find that, after absorbing these special strands of purple qi, his Primordial Spirit's strength had actually grown!

Not only that, his cultivation speed had also increased by roughly five times over the baseline of absorbing ordinary purple qi!

"So that's it—ordinary purple qi can accelerate cultivation speed and strengthen the physical body......"

"Whereas absorbing the special purple qi formed from a saint's incomplete true spirit can increase Primordial Spirit strength and make cultivation speed even faster!"

Jiang Ming's eyes lit up, and his heart could not help but rejoice!

He had never imagined that this time he could actually turn misfortune into blessing and obtain such a fortuitous opportunity!

One could well imagine that, as his Primordial Spirit grew ever stronger, he would undoubtedly be able to condense his Primordial Spirit faster and step into the Primordial Spirit realm sooner!

Not to mention the powerful effect of doubling his cultivation speed!

Then, Jiang Ming gazed at these special strands of purple qi within the grey-white Shi Zhu, his eyes growing ever more fervent.

With the blessing of these special strands of purple qi,

over the coming months, he would no longer need to go out hunting fierce beasts, nor worry about his cultivation base falling behind within the clan!

Now, he only needed to focus on raising his artifact dao realm and formation dao realm!

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming gathered his thoughts and looked around once more.

Gazing at the formation dao true texts upon the octagonal stone platform, he once again fell into contemplation.

Yet this time, his contemplation differed greatly from before!

"Could it be because Wang Hong has completely perished?"

Jiang Ming instantly had a guess.

In the past, when he had studied these formation dao true texts, he had always felt some obscurity in certain places, encountering obstacles that slowed his comprehension.

But now, with Wang Hong having been absorbed by the grey-white Shi Zhu, everything had undergone a transformation.

Studying them again was like parting the clouds and mists; the former obscurity instantly became crystal clear, giving him an exceptional sense of ease, and his comprehension speed also sharply accelerated!

"I never expected that today I could still obtain such a fortuitous opportunity—could the clan leader, my lord, have foreseen this long ago?"

Jiang Ming sighed with emotion.

Looking back now at the scene from several months ago, there were truly many suspicious points.

With the clan leader's unfathomably powerful strength, how could he possibly fail to notice the anomaly here?

He must have long since detected Wang Hong's true spirit, and knowing that he could survive the calamity, he chose not to erase him in advance!

Of course, the clan leader could also have told him all this beforehand.

But considering the clan leader's shrewdness and resourcefulness—

He likely wished to temper me, letting me hover between life and death so that I might achieve a great awakening, and so he never told me.........

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming's admiration for the clan leader swelled even more, like a rushing river, endless and unceasing.

And like the Dahe bursting its banks, once it starts it cannot be held back!

Looking at the great figures past and present, none can compare to our own clan leader; to be valued by him is truly the greatest fortune of my life........

Jiang Ming sighed with emotion, then took out the Cangwu Token and found the clan leader's clan designation on it.

Because of his role as the garrison commander of Purple Mysterious, he now possessed the clan leader's clan designation.

This single point alone was enough to make countless clansmen green with envy!

Next, Jiang Ming used the Cangwu Token to quickly organize today's experiences into text and sent them to the clan leader.