Chapter 23: Rift Mutation, Jiang Hanhan Plunged into Dire Straits

He drove back to the Riverside Villa.

After taking the Liaoshang Danya, Jiang Qin felt his body was a bit more comfortable, and at the same time his phone rang with a series of notification sounds.

【Your account has received a deposit of 120,000,000.00 yuan. Current account balance: 127,053,000.08 yuan.】

This was the money from the six spiritual artifacts sold to Modu Academy arriving in his account.

20 million per piece, 6 pieces equals 120 million — definitely a huge sum.

Han Wenqing's side moved fast too. Every single member of the Student Union transferred half of their Contribution Points to Jiang Qin — a full 35 transactions.

But actually, when you really calculated it, it wasn't that much — only 27,000 Contribution Points in total.

After all, Contribution Points earned through painstakingly completing missions would definitely be exchanged for cultivation resources at the first opportunity. If the Student Union hadn't robbed every freshman of 100 Contribution Points yesterday, they probably wouldn't even have had 10,000 Contribution Points.

"But this many Contribution Points are enough for me to use for a period of time. This protection fee really feels comfortable to collect…"

Jiang Qin cheerfully opened the exchange interface and began sweeping through the goods. Having read tons of novels in the library daily, ᴛᴛᴋ. ᴛᴡ pick whatever you want

Qiling Pills for cultivation — start with 100 of them!

As for Hailing Pills, with his talent 【Daoji Tiancheng】, his affinity for Spirit Energy was maxed out. Even if his Spirit Energy was depleted during battle, it could be replenished quickly, so he didn't need them.

S Ji Qiang Shen Ye that could strengthen the body — 500 Contribution Points per bottle, start with 10 bottles to test the waters.

Also 【Jinglei Step】 — exchanged that too!

Another 10 bottles of Refining Spirit Liquid…

Spending nearly 8,000 Contribution Points on all sorts of miscellaneous items in one go, Jiang Qin finally stopped his shopping spree and quietly waited at home for the delivery to arrive.

After only about half an hour had passed, the villa's doorbell was pressed.

A man in uniform stood at the door and handed over a box.

"These are the cultivation resources you purchased on the Zhenling Academy app. Please verify."

Confirming nothing was missing, Jiang Qin gave a five-star review, then carried the box and closed the door, returning to the living room to sit down.

"First, let's raise my realm a bit."

He tossed 10 Qiling Pills into his mouth and swallowed them. Vast Spirit Energy spread through his body, flowing along his blood to nourish Jiang Qin's limbs and bones.

He closed his eyes and began absorbing the medicinal power of the pills.

In less than 20 minutes, the medicinal power of the pills was perfectly absorbed by Jiang Qin. He grabbed another handful and stuffed them into his mouth, like a humanoid cultivation machine, recklessly absorbing without regard for consequences.

His realm also began to climb.

Yin Ling Liu Chong…

Yin Ling Qi Chong…

Yin Ling Ba Chong…

When the sky outside the window neared dusk, Jiang Qin finally opened his eyes. His realm had already reached Yinling Jiuzhong, and his strength had at least doubled compared to the morning.

Don't be fooled by how easily he advanced — if anyone else ate pills like this, they would have long since died from their body exploding due to the surging Spirit Power.

This is the value of Wanling Affinity!

But Jiang Qin wanted more than just this. He took the S Ji Qiang Shen Ye and walked toward the bathroom. After filling the bathtub with water, he opened a bottle of Body Strengthening Liquid and poured it in.

Golden liquid flowed out from the bottle, turning the water in the bathtub gold.

Jiang Qin stripped naked, sat in the water, and lay down, exposing only his head. At first he didn't feel anything, but immediately he felt needle-like pain coursing through his entire body, making his face contort in agony.

Despite being mentally prepared, he still sweated cold from the pain.

This was the Body Strengthening Liquid taking effect — seeping into his body through his pores, expanding his blood vessels and meridians. The more painful it was, the more obvious the effect.

Just this one bottle of Body Strengthening Liquid alone was equivalent to over a hundred bottles of B Ji Qiang Shen Ye.

After somewhat adapting to the pain, Jiang Qin gritted his teeth, reached out with trembling hands, opened another bottle of Body Strengthening Liquid, and poured it into the water, repeating this over and over.

Until all 10 bottles of Body Strengthening Liquid had fully merged into the water.

The originally pale-golden water had already turned deep gold.

At the same time, a layer of fine, sticky black substance floated on the water's surface — impurities shed from his body.

An ordinary person would have long since fainted from this extreme pain, but Jiang Qin stubbornly gritted his teeth and endured. He would not allow himself to pass out at this moment — otherwise everything would be wasted!

If he couldn't even endure this bit of pain, what talk would there be of standing at the pinnacle of the martial path!

What talk would there be of protection!!!

Two hours passed before Jiang Qin walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, his eyes flashing with sharp light.

He felt his condition was better than ever before.

"Next is to verify whether my idea is feasible…"

Jiang Qin looked at the Refining Spirit Liquid on the table. Counting the 2 bottles obtained earlier, there were 12 bottles in total.

He picked up a bottle, opened the cap, and quickly consumed it, his throat constantly bobbing. The taste was unbearably bitter.

The effect of Refining Spirit Liquid was to purify the Spirit Energy within the body. After reaching the extreme, breaking through to the Divine Image Realm Realm would grant combat power far surpassing that of ordinary Divine Image Realm Realm Martial Artists.

Previously, because his body was too fragile, Jiang Qin couldn't take it. But now…

As bottle after bottle of Refining Spirit Liquid entered his stomach, his realm not only didn't rise, but actually began to fall.

In the blink of an eye, he dropped from Yinling Jiuzhong back down to Yin Ling Wu Chong.

But Jiang Qin's strength did not decrease because of this. The amount of Spirit Energy in his body had indeed decreased, but its quality had improved.

And as for what came next, Jiang Qin looked at the remaining Qiling Pills on the table, the corners of his mouth curving up slightly…

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A week passed in the blink of an eye. Apart from necessary cultivation, Jiang Qin would sometimes go to the Academy to attend cultural classes.

After all, in that small city of Tianyun Shi, the world he could access was limited.

For example, the so-called Otherworld Rift was actually a small world produced by the fusion of two worlds, existing as a special entity due to its rules.

According to the most widely accepted theory at present.

The other world is very likely an otherworld where Fierce Beasts reign supreme.

His realm had successfully stabilized at the ninth peak of the Spirit Guidance Realm, and he could break through at any time, but now was not the moment, because the blood pool also had the effect of strengthening the body. He planned to enter the blood pool before breaking through.

The peaceful days continued day after day, until this day was broken by a flurry of urgent doorbell rings.

Jiang Qin, wearing a white T-shirt, yawned as he went to open the door.

Outside the door, Steward Jiang sensed the situation and immediately felt as if granted a great reprieve.

"That's wonderful, Young Master. Thank heavens you're still at the Spirit Guidance Realm and haven't broken through, otherwise this old servant truly wouldn't know what to do."

"What happened?" Jiang Qin asked, his face full of confusion.

"Please get in the car with me first, I'll explain on the way. It concerns Miss Hanhan — it's extremely urgent!"

Saying so, Steward Jiang pulled Jiang Qin and headed outside, got into the car parked at the door, and sped straight toward the direction of Modu Academy.

Steward Jiang quickly explained what had happened.

It turned out that Jiang Hanhan, in order to gain combat experience, had formed a team and entered an Otherworld Rift for training.

Normally this wouldn't be a big deal — after all, the Otherworld Rift operates under the Heavenly Dao's rules. If the Rift is only second-tier, then the Fierce Beasts within can be at most second-tier peak. For these geniuses of Modu Academy, even the worst-case scenario would be enough to protect themselves.

But there's always an exception to everything.

As the fusion progress between the two worlds grows higher and higher, Otherworld Rifts occasionally become unstable — for example, a second-tier Rift might mutate, giving birth to a Third-tier Fierce Beast.

Yet the Rift entrance only permits second-tier Martial Artists to enter.

Jiang Hanhan had run into exactly this situation this time. Besides her, there were also several dozen new students of Modu Academy, all trapped inside the Rift as well. Only one person had managed to escape and bring back the news.

It had already been five days since Jiang Hanhan entered the Rift, and the Academy leadership had no choice but to notify the Jiang Family.

That was why Steward Jiang had rushed over in such a panic to find Jiang Qin.