[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl":3,"chapter-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-69":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Great Jin's Most Iron Rice Bowl",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1896843,2531,"Chapter 69: Awakening","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at the Mountain Spirit trembling in her arms and said helplessly, \"Stop being afraid. Didn't you say the Monkey King died ages ago? The power of that Buddha Hand has likely dissipated by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just touched it; the Buddha Hand has already loosened, so it probably holds little power left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the Mountain Spirit suddenly lifted its head and asked anxiously, \"Immortal, did you touch the Buddha Hand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi replied, \"How could I have known what it was? I just wanted to get a clearer look. Although the Buddha Hand didn't appear very large, it weighed as much as a mountain range; I had to exert great strength just to budge it slightly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit propped up its chin, lost in thought, then gradually relaxed: \"If the Immortal can shake the Buddha Hand, its remaining power must indeed be minimal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi said, \"Exactly. I was thinking of going up there to remove that Buddha Hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the Mountain Spirit was startled: \"Why does the Immortal wish to remove the Buddha Hand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi explained, \"I examined it closely just now and found it quite mysterious. I want to take it down and study it carefully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit shook its head frantically: \"Immortal, you cannot do this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked, puzzled, \"Why not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit replied, \"Although the Monkey King is dead, his bones have merged with this stone cave. Now that spiritual energy is reviving, it has triggered the Monkey King's domain, which still requires the Buddha Hand to suppress it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked, \"What would happen if the Buddha Hand no longer suppresses it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit shook its head: \"I do not know, but I feel a great disaster might occur.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked up at the cave ceiling; she simply felt that anything capable of suppressing the Monkey King must be extraordinary and wanted to observe it. As for actually removing the Buddha Hand, she wasn't sure she could accomplish it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, I won't touch the Buddha Hand. I'll just take advantage of being here to look at it a few more times and see if I can figure anything out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Hua Changxi about to resume practicing the Somersault Cloud, the Mountain Spirit hurriedly grabbed her: \"Immortal, it's time for breakfast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at him while picking up a spiritual fruit, Hua Changxi remarked, \"Your meal times are quite punctual.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit took the spiritual fruit: \"Because I must take good care of myself. Immortal, you haven't been taking good care of yourself; you haven't even slept properly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi laughed bitterly: \"I have no choice. If I don't hurry and cultivate, how can we escape that old Daoist?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit tilted its head: \"But as long as we stay inside the cave, that old Daoist wouldn't dare enter. Immortal, you are pushing yourself too hard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she pushing herself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi could indeed feel her own anxiety, stemming from the unknowns of the cultivation world and her lack of self-trust; she didn't know if she could adapt to this world of cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only constantly improve her strength to cope with and resist those potential dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Hua Changxi continued practicing the Somersault Cloud, while the Mountain Spirit leisurely ate spiritual fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near noon, a massive amount of smoke suddenly surged into the stone cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit was startled. Hua Changxi, who had been standing on a cloud examining the Buddha Hand at the cave ceiling, quickly flew down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal, it's the scruffy old Daoist. He's setting fires outside the cave, trying to burn us to death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the pile of branches stacked at the cave entrance, the Mountain Spirit jumped in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's brows knitted together: \"He doesn't intend to burn us to death; he wants to smoke us out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is that smell? It stinks~\" The Mountain Spirit pinched its nose and quickly flew away from the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's expression darkened: Poisonous smoke. That old Daoist was actually using poison smoke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fat child, come here. Take this pill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit took the pill: \"What is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi replied, \"A detoxification pill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit quickly swallowed the pill, then ran to the entrance and shouted curses at the old Daoist outside: \"You old Daoist, your heart is too black! You actually tried to poison us to death. Just you wait; once I become powerful, neither you nor your descendants will ever set foot in Mount Wuzhi again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the Mountain Spirit's shouts, Jiang Guanyun's expression turned extremely ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such robust energy did not resemble signs of poisoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Mountain Spirit had only just been born and its cultivation was still very low; it should be unable to resist poisonous smoke. The only possibility was that the little girl who stole his Mountain Spirit carried detoxification pills on her person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well. Let's see how long you can hold out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Guanyun increased the release of poisonous smoke. Just then, a message talisman from the Jiang family arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learning that the Demon-Suppressing Army had joined forces with the Qingzhou Army and had begun pressuring other factions to withdraw from Mount Wuzhi, Jiang Guanyun, who had originally planned to slowly force the Mountain Spirit out with poison smoke, decided to speed things up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eldest, Second, come immediately to the Third Peak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capturing a newly born Mountain Spirit was something Jiang Guanyun never expected to fail at. Had it not been for that wild girl suddenly interfering, the Mountain Spirit would have long been refined by him, and Mount Wuzhi would already belong to the Jiang family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jiang family could not yet confront the imperial court directly; he had to capture the Mountain Spirit and seize Mount Wuzhi quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent that wild girl from causing further disruptions, he needed his eldest son, who was at the early Core Formation stage, and his second son, at the late Sea of Qi stage, to come and block her. Once he captured the Mountain Spirit, he would deal with that wild girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the stone cave, although Hua Changxi and the Mountain Spirit, having taken the detoxification pill, feared the poisonous mist no longer, the cave filled with choking, burning smoke remained extremely uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal, what should we do now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at the Mountain Spirit: \"How is your Somersault Cloud practice coming along? If we rush out, are you confident you can escape the old Daoist's pursuit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit shook its head: \"I don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi lacked confidence in this as well; they had only practiced the Somersault Cloud for one day. Although they could ride clouds, their speed was certainly not fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they couldn't remain trapped in the stone cave forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's hurry and practice the Somersault Cloud some more. Once we increase our speed, we'll rush out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the Mountain Spirit dared not be lax either; it practiced the Somersault Cloud earnestly with Hua Changxi again and again within the smoke-filled cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the cave, the poisonous vines had burned for three days and three nights. Seeing that Hua Changxi and the Mountain Spirit had not yet appeared, Jiang Guanyun's expression was somewhat ugly, but he was not overly anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The message talisman at his waist lit up; Jiang Guanyun knew his eldest and second sons had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Guanyun did not let his eldest and second sons approach the cave directly; instead, he used the message talisman to instruct them to hide on the left and right sides outside the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Jiang Guanyun began throwing tear-inducing talismans and foul-smelling talismans into the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the talismans flew into the cave, they turned into points of light and dissipated in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi had never seen this before and paused for a moment in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, Immortal, my eyes hurt so much...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few breaths, the eyes of both Hua Changxi and the Mountain Spirit swelled red and puffy; tears flowed out continuously like water from an opened tap, and they kept vomiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi activated her Wind Control Technique, trying to expel the foul gas from the cave, but every time she made the air slightly fresher, another talisman would be thrown in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi had Antidote Pills to deal with poisonous smoke, but against Tear-Inducing Talismans and Stench Talismans, she was truly at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That old Daoist is too wicked!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, even though Hua Changxi and the Mountain Spirit knew the old Daoist was blocking them outside the cave, they had no choice but to rush out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no other way; they truly could not stay in the stone cave any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fatty, in a moment, we will fly out, one on the left and one on the right. If the old Daoist chases you, I will help hold him back for a while; you must seize the chance to run quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal, I do not want to leave you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fatty, I originally came to Mount Wuzhi for training; sooner or later, I would have to leave. In the future, I will come back to Mount Wuzhi to see you. You must protect yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to endure the smell in the stone cave any longer, Hua Changxi and the Mountain Spirit made their preparations and rushed out of the cave simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Guanyun sensed the fluctuation of spiritual energy immediately and slapped a palm strike with a 'boom' toward the left, where the fluctuation was stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance was too close; Hua Changxi could not dodge and took a solid palm strike to her back, causing her to spit a mouthful of fresh blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking the old Daoist was chasing her, Hua Changxi ignored her injuries and rushed forward at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just after flying a few hundred meters, a huge net emanating spiritual light was cast out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not good, that old Daoist has helpers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's expression changed drastically; she condensed a Fire Lotus in her hand and slashed it directly at the huge net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the huge net encountered the Fire Lotus, it immediately caught fire and quickly burned open a large hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Hua Changxi breathed a sigh of relief, swiftly passed through the large hole, and escaped the coverage of the huge net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could catch her breath, a cultivator appeared and launched a fierce attack against her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Lotus was Hua Changxi's only means of attack; she could only condense another Fire Lotus and strike at the cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was her first time engaging a cultivator in direct combat; Hua Changxi dared not be careless, fearing the opponent might use some methods she did not understand to deal with her, so she kept slashing out Fire Lotus after Fire Lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one Fire Lotus, that cultivator could barely resist its assault, but as the Fire Lotuses increased, surrounding him in the middle, he could only watch helplessly as the flames engulfed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, save me~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Gaoyou was extremely unwilling to accept this; he was the eldest son of the Jiang family, a cultivator with a single Earth Spiritual Root of extraordinary talent. While others had just begun their cultivation path, he had already become a Core Formation cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the recovery of spiritual energy was intensifying, it was precisely the time for the Jiang family to expand its territory; at this moment, he was actually about to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he could not die; the Jiang family still needed him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi slashed out a full eight Fire Lotuses, layer upon layer surrounding Jiang Gaoyou; even though Jiang Gaoyou was filled with reluctance, being utterly powerless to resist, he could only allow the Fire Lotuses to burn him to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Jiang Guanyun, who was chasing the Mountain Spirit, heard his eldest son's desperate cry for help, and his face was filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wild girl was a Core Formation cultivator, and so was his eldest son; even if the wild girl's cultivation was higher than his son's, she should not have killed his son so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing that his elder brother had died, Jiang Gaoheng's expression also changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not get distracted; catch the Mountain Spirit first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Jiang Guanyun was saddened by his eldest son's death, compared to catching the Mountain Spirit, it seemed insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Gaoheng dared not disobey his father; he glanced in the direction where Jiang Gaoyou was hidden and said, \"Big Brother, I will avenge you.\" After speaking, he went to chase the Mountain Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after killing the Core Formation cultivator did Hua Changxi realize the old Daoist had not come to chase her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, she breathed a huge sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fatty, you are on your own now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having taken a palm strike from the old Daoist, Hua Changxi suffered severe injuries; her dantian and sea of qi trembled, and the circulation of her spiritual energy became unsmooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Condensing the Fire Lotus just now had also consumed a great deal of spiritual energy; severely injured and traveling through the unfamiliar terrain of Mount Wuzhi, she was in great danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hesitating repeatedly, Hua Changxi turned back toward the stone cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old Daoist had gone to chase the Mountain Spirit and would not be guarding the stone cave; compared to other places, the stone cave was the safest for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the old Daoist's poisonous smoke and talismans, Hua Changxi quickly expelled the unbearable air from inside the stone cave, then swiftly set up a Spirit Gathering Array, swallowed a Rejuvenation Pill to heal her injuries, and began sitting in meditation to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not know how much time had passed when, just as the spiritual energy in her sea of qi slowly calmed down, Hua Changxi heard a loud 'bang' of impact; she suddenly opened her eyes to see a spiritual net covering the cave entrance, with the Mountain Spirit seemingly trying to rush in but getting caught squarely by the net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal, save me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual net was retracted, dragging the Mountain Spirit away; Hua Changxi ran quickly to the cave entrance, only to see the Mountain Spirit grabbed by the nape of the neck by the old Daoist and held dangling in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal, save me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Held dangling by the old Daoist, the Mountain Spirit struggled, flailing its limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Jiang Guanyun and Jiang Gaoheng saw Hua Changxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Gaoheng looked at her viciously: \"Did you kill my big brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Hua Changxi's mood was not the panic she had imagined; instead, she was strangely calm, looking at them faintly: \"He wanted to kill me, and I killed him in self-defense; you should have expected this result long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You truly deserve to die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Gaoheng roared viciously, then looked at Jiang Guanyun: \"Father, kill this wild girl and avenge Big Brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the eldest son he had raised with great effort and care, Jiang Guanyun looked at Hua Changxi at the cave entrance with the gaze one gives a dead person: \"Wait until I refine and absorb the Mountain Spirit, and that will be her death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The death of his eldest son made Jiang Guanyun, who thought he could control everything, feel a loss of control, making him dare not act carelessly again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing further complications, Jiang Guanyun simply sat cross-legged outside the stone cave, preparing to refine the Mountain Spirit right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi saw through his intention, and her expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit also knew what the old Daoist priest intended to do; looking at Hua Changxi, it began to wail, \"Miss Immortal...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the stone cave, spiritual light gathered in the old Daoist priest's hand, which he suddenly thrust into the Mountain Spirit's chubby body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Spirit let out a miserable scream, twisting its body frantically, but no matter how it struggled, it could not break free from the old Daoist priest's grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, five-colored spiritual light began to drift out from within the Mountain Spirit's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as this spiritual light emerged, the old Daoist priest rapidly inhaled it into his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Immortal, flee quickly; he cannot move until he has drained me dry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cry from the Mountain Spirit shattered the last shred of hesitation in Hua Changxi's heart; she whipped her head around to look at the Buddha hand atop the stone cave ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she did not fear the Monkey King's domain, moving the Buddha hand aside should leave her unharmed regardless of what happened; having already formed a deadly feud with the old Daoist priest, it was better that he die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chubby child, hold on a moment; I will move the Buddha hand aside, release the Monkey King, and let him kill that old Daoist priest.\" With that, she shot upward like an arrow, riding a cloud to the top of the stone cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Hua Changxi's words, the Mountain Spirit was so frightened it dared not even cry: \"Miss Immortal, do not do this; the Monkey King will kill all living beings in Mount Wuzhi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas, Hua Changxi, who was pushing against the Buddha hand with all her might, trying to lift it higher, did not hear a single word of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Screech~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Buddha hand shifted slightly; Hua Changxi heard the sound of friction and exerted even more force, moving the Buddha hand inch by inch. At this moment, the opening covered by the Buddha hand slowly revealed a gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunlight flooded down, beams piercing through the displaced gap and shining into the stone cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the light within the stone cave grew brighter and more abundant, a moan filled with pain yet suppressed, restrained yet exhilarated, rose like a whisper, echoing in the ears of every living being within Mount Wuzhi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Mount Wuzhi fell into absolute silence; all living beings stared in terror toward the direction of the Third Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a single thought resonated in everyone's hearts: Some ancient existence had awakened from its slumber!\u003C\u002Fp>",3024,"2026-06-12T02:51:22.172Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","96c58d22801615a2f51f9c27be31312daa4d7213e07db01fcfbe5478c9a84d93","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-70","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-68",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]