Chapter 2242 - 2246: Princess Chang’s Surprise

"Young man, you’re something else! You managed to get two of the hardest-to-find Frosty Sky Fruits through sheer bluffing and trickery, haha! You’re indeed my disciple, Hu Yiqiu! Impressive!"

Hu Yiqiu patted Jiang Chen’s shoulder and laughed heartily.

Jiang Chen was momentarily stunned, then said with a wry smile, "Master, I racked my brains for half a day to get these Spirit Fruits, and in your words, it becomes bluffing and trickery?"

"Right, right, I misspoke. It’s cleverness, you got them with your clever mind!"

Hu Yiqiu quickly changed his words.

Zhang Yubo and Zhang Qingyuan listened to Hu Yiqiu’s laughter, finding it quite grating, and they all looked at Jiang Chen with dark expressions.

Pang Dahai and Lin Zhonghu, on the other hand, looked at Jiang Chen with appreciative eyes.

In such a situation, he could still carefully calculate the thoughts of those from the Domain Lord’s Mansion and the Wind Demon Sect vying for the Spirit Fruits and manage to get the Spirit Fruits he needed with both real and feigned acts. Such intelligence impressed them!

The corner of Princess Chang’s mouth also curled into a slight smile as she glanced at Jiang Chen, turned her head to Yuan Chong, and said softly, "Yuan Chong, you need to learn this."

"Yes!"

Yuan Chong bowed respectfully in response.

"This kid is almost a monster!"

Si Huang’er muttered softly, looking at Jiang Chen with intense interest.

Buzz!

At this moment, a vast Great Dao Aura emerged, causing everyone to turn their heads to look.

By the wooden stand by the southern wall, Yun Tao grasped the longsword tightly and fiercely thrust it toward the light shield above the grid of the stand.

Bam!

With a dull sound, Yun Tao’s longsword was rebounded by the light shield.

"This light shield is pretty sturdy!"

Yun Tao muttered in a muffled voice.

Jiang Chen called out, "Senior brother, what grade is it?"

"Earth Rank, Initial Stage Earth Path Combat Skills!"

Yun Tao replied and poised to stab the light shield again.

"Senior brother, the method of cutting tree leaves trains the stability of spiritual power distribution. This method is not suitable for this situation. You should try the spiritual power operational method for the horizontal climbing of the mountain wall."

Jiang Chen offered his guidance.

"Okay!"

Yun Tao’s eyes lit up, he nodded heavily, and his entire aura suddenly escalated to the extreme, Great Dao Divine Light erupted vigorously.

Under Yun Tao’s control, all the Great Dao Divine Light converged at the tip of the longsword.

The dark-tip of the longsword ignited a hint of earthy yellow light, which shone resplendently like starlight, a deep Great Dao pressure emanated from the light dot at the sword’s tip!

"This, this aura... This one attack almost already achieved the attack power of the Initial Stage of Virtual Refinement Realm!"

Lin Zhonghu exclaimed at Yun Tao, calling out in surprise.

The countenances of the powerful ones changed, showing a touch of astonishment in their eyes.

If a Late Divine Infant Realm cultivator, exhibiting an Earth Rank initial combat skill, managed to reach the attack power of the Initial Stage of Virtual Refinement Realm momentarily, they wouldn’t be surprised, but they could see that Yun Tao hadn’t applied any combat skills, he merely used a special concentration technique of the Power of the Great Dao, yet he still reached such an attack potency, which is truly astonishing!

"Senior brother, integrate the spiritual power as well. The integration of spiritual power with the Power of the Great Dao will result in unstable power. Use this instability explosively to smash this light shield! With your level of power mastery, you should be able to control this force without harming yourself!"

Jiang Chen spoke again.

"Okay!"

Yun Tao responded loudly, his body shook as streams of spiritual power converged into the light dot at the sword’s tip.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The longsword began to tremble violently, Yun Tao’s neck veins bulged, his face turned red, straining to control the now rampant power at the sword’s tip.

"This will trigger an explosion!"

"Reckless!"

The powerful ones shouted out in hushed tones.

Zhang Qingyuan looked at Jiang Chen with a gloomy expression, "Jiang Chen, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to use Yun Tao’s hands to destroy the Spirit Grass here?"

"Sect Master Zhang, just because you can’t do it doesn’t mean others can’t. With so many Unity Realm seniors here, could just a little explosion destroy the Spirit Grass here? You are underestimating these seniors, aren’t you?"

Jiang Chen stared intently at the light dot on Yun Tao’s sword tip, not looking back as he spoke.

"You..."

Zhang Qingyuan’s face changed, choked into silence.

Could an explosion of a Power of the Great Dao on par with the attack of the Initial Stage of Virtual Refinement Realm destroy the Spirit Grass in front of so many strong ones? It’s simply laughable!

The powerful ones flicked a glance at Zhang Qingyuan, a trace of discontent showing in their eyes, while Princess Chang also glanced at Zhang Qingyuan without much emotion.

This glance from Princess Chang forced Zhang Qingyuan to swallow back his words.

"Senior brother, it’s now!"

Suddenly, Jiang Chen shouted loudly.

Everyone looked closely to see that the light dot on Yun Tao’s sword tip already exuded a clear violent aura, about to explode the next moment!

"Ha!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Tao shouted and fiercely thrust the longsword into the light shield.

Boom!

Buzz!

A rumbling sound shot forth, the light shield shattered on impact, a brilliant radiance erupted from the stand, shattering all residual waves of the attack.

Huff, huff, huff!

Yun Tao almost collapsed, bending over while panting heavily, his face somewhat pale.

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, stepping over to Yun Tao’s side, reached out to help him up, and spoke softly, "After this, I think, senior brother, your mastery over power will enhance a notch!"

"Junior brother, you were right, I really feel my mastery over power has deepened now!"

Yun Tao grinned, wiped the sweat off his forehead, reaching for the jade slip on the wooden stand.

"I’ll go look for a Cultivation Technique too!"

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, turned to look at some of the Cultivation Techniques and combat skills on the wooden stand, and began selecting.

"Old drunkard, what are the things like cutting tree leaves, horizontal climbing of mountain walls?"

Princess Chang turned to Jiang Chen, eyes filled with curiosity.

Hu Yiqiu proudly smiled, "Those are training methods to improve power mastery that Jiang Chen invented. Remember I told you I greatly benefited from Jiang Chen’s training? I’ve been using that method too, it’s been a year, and though my power mastery improved only slightly, it’s still increased by five percent!"

"Increased by five percent in a year?!"

Princess Chang exclaimed, her eyes reflecting shock.

Everyone around looked at Hu Yiqiu in disbelief, eyes wide and mouths agape, showing none of the dignity of Unity Realm experts.

The improvement in power mastery becomes harder as one advances, even at Hu Yiqiu’s Late Integration Realm stage, a slight improvement would greatly enhance combat power, and this slight improvement usually takes several years or even decades, yet Hu Yiqiu improved by five percent in one year...

Crack!

Everyone simultaneously turned to look at Jiang Chen, who was selecting Cultivation Techniques and combat skills, their eyes burning with enthusiasm. As they turned too quickly, several of their necks made a crisp sound.