Mortal: Return of apprenticeship? Bug at the beginning

Chapter 112 Breakthrough! Late Jindan Stage!
After planting the returned colorful grass seeds in the cave, Jiang Tongyue continued to practice in the cave.

The effect of the Spirit Eye Spring in assisting cultivation was better than Jiang Tongyue had imagined. After only two months of cultivation, he successfully broke through to the late stage of Jindan.

After his cultivation broke through to the late stage of Jindan, Jiang Tongyue's strength suddenly saw a huge improvement.

Jiang Tongyue's current strength is enough to match the peak cultivation level of the early Nascent Soul stage. With the addition of the Great Freedom Black Gold Sword Gourd, he can even fight against a cultivator in the middle Nascent Soul stage.

Of course, if all of his trump cards were taken into account, not to mention the mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivators, even the late-Nascent Soul stage cultivators would fall into Jiang Tongyue’s hands.

Originally, after breaking through to the late stage of Jindan, Jiang Tongyue wanted to continue practicing in seclusion in the cave.

However, something happened suddenly and disrupted Jiang Tongyue's plan.

The old monster Qiong of the Yanyue Sect has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Old Monster Qiong had originally cultivated to the peak level of the late Jindan stage. In Luanxinghai's words, he had cultivated to the false infant stage.

However, after several attempts to break through the Nascent Soul stage in seclusion, Old Monster Qiong always failed. As his life was coming to an end, Old Monster Qiong was naturally worried.

This time, after obtaining the top-level spirit stone from Jiang Tongyue, Old Monster Qiong began to close himself off. After several years, he finally succeeded in breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

In this way, the Yanyue Sect gained an additional Nascent Soul stage cultivator. Especially since Old Monster Qiong's combat power was relatively strong among cultivators of the same level, it could be said that the strength of the Yanyue Sect had definitely increased a lot.

After Old Monster Qiong broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, several Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yanyue Sect naturally planned to hold a giant Nascent Soul ceremony for Old Monster Qiong to demonstrate the strength of the Yanyue Sect.

Although Tiannan is now plunged into war, and the countries surrounding Yue State have fallen into chaos because of the Six Demonic Sects and the Righteous Alliance, it is still no problem to invite cultivators from the Seven Sects of Yue State to participate in the Nascent Soul Ceremony of Old Monster Qiong.

Jiang Tongyue was a Jindan cultivator from Huangfeng Valley, and a Taoist partner with Nangong Wan, a Jindan cultivator from Yanyue Sect, so naturally the Yanyue Sect sent him an invitation.

Now Jiang Tongyue has just broken through to the late stage of Jindan, and has nothing else to do, so she can go and participate in the Yuanying Ceremony of Monster Qiong.

What gave Jiang Tongyue a headache was what gift he should prepare for the old monster Qiong who had just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Jiang Tongyue had a lot of treasures in his hands, including level eight and nine demon beast pills, top-level spirit stones of various attributes, and the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, one of the three sacred trees in the world of immortal cultivation...

Each of these was a rare treasure that a Nascent Soul cultivator could only encounter, but his relationship with Old Monster Qiong was not good enough to allow him to give these treasures away as gifts.

"Forget it, I'll just take a thousand-year-old spiritual medicine as a gift to Old Monster Qiong."

Suddenly, Jiang Tongyue thought of the thousand-year-old elixirs in his cave, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

Although the value of the thousand-year-old elixir is precious, it is not worth mentioning at all compared to the treasures in Jiang Tongyue's hands.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Tongyue came to the medicine garden, picked a relatively rare elixir from the previous year, and then sealed it in a jade box.

A month later, Jiang Tongyue quietly left the Bloody Forbidden Land and headed towards the Yanyue Sect with several of his disciples.

When Jiang Tongyue arrived at Yanyue Sect, there were already many Jindan cultivators from the seven sects of Yue Kingdom in the sect.

Jiang Tongyue asked several of his disciples to wander around the Yanyue Sect on their own, while Jiang Tongyue walked in one direction.

After arriving at a main hall of the Yanyue Sect, Jiang Tongyue finally saw the old monster Qiong who had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Even though Old Monster Qiong had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, he still maintained his original sloppy appearance.

"Old Monster Qiong, congratulations, you have successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, which has greatly increased the strength of the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world."

Jiang Tongyue walked up to congratulate Old Monster Qiong, and at the same time took out a jade box from the storage bag and handed it to Old Monster Qiong.

Old Monster Qiong didn't care about Jiang Tongyue's address, but couldn't wait to take the jade box handed to him by Jiang Tongyue.

"Tsk tsk, boy, I'm already very happy that you can come to participate in my Nascent Soul Ceremony. Why would you give me a gift?"

When Old Monster Qiong opened the jade box and saw a thousand-year-old elixir inside, a smile immediately appeared on his face, but he still said this.

The reason why Old Monster Qiong was able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage was because he used a Spirit Eye Spring to trade with Jiang Tongyue for a top-level spirit stone.

It can be said that he took great advantage of Jiang Tongyue. Even if the other party came to his Nascent Soul Ceremony empty-handed, Old Monster Qiong welcomed him with open arms.

Not to mention, Jiang Tongyue also presented a thousand-year-old elixir, which made Old Monster Qiong even happier.

"If you don't want it, give it back to me."

Jiang Tongyue curled his lips and said bluntly that he hated the old monster Qiong's face of being ungrateful after getting benefits.

Old Monster Qiong ignored Jiang Tongyue's words and directly put the jade box in his hand into the storage bag.

Afterwards, Jiang Tongyue looked at the other Nascent Soul cultivators in the hall.

In addition to the Nascent Soul cultivators from the seven sects of the Yue Kingdom, there were also several unfamiliar Nascent Soul cultivators present.

"Jiang boy, let me introduce you to these people. They are the great elders of Yuanwu State. Because of this Nascent Soul Ceremony, several fellow Taoists have come to congratulate me."

Seeing the look of doubt on Jiang Tongyue's face, Old Monster Qiong immediately stepped forward and introduced the identities of several people to Jiang Tongyue, but his tone was full of arrogance.

Jiang Tongyue did not continue to embarrass Old Monster Qiong, but greeted the Nascent Soul cultivators present with a smile.

"Is this Brother Daoist Jiang? I have long wanted to meet Brother Daoist Jiang, and today I finally got my wish."

These Yuanying cultivators from Yuanwu Kingdom also responded to Jiang Tongyue with smiles on their faces, and even addressed Jiang Tongyue as their peers.

In the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected. Although Jiang Tongyue is only at the Jindan stage, he killed a Yuanying cultivator from the Ghost Spirit Sect.

With such an amazing record of battle, the several Nascent Soul cultivators of Yuanwu Kingdom would naturally not put on airs as seniors.

If the Nascent Soul cultivators present knew that Jiang Tongyue had also killed a Nascent Soul middle stage cultivator, they would probably be so shocked that their jaws would drop.

"Senior, you are overpraising me. This little fame of mine is nothing at all."

Jiang Tongyue smiled lightly and immediately spoke very modestly.

"Brother, there is no need to be so modest. The Ghost Spirit Sect's Wang Tianwang is quite powerful. Even if I met him, I would have to flee in panic. But you can kill him directly."

At this time, Old Monster Linghu walked up and said to Jiang Tongyue.

Because of Jiang Tongyue's terrifying strength, Old Monster Linghu changed his tone and called Jiang Tongyue "Junior Brother".

"Huh? Congratulations to Senior Brother Linghu for breaking through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul."

Jiang Tongyue wanted to be modest again, but she just let out a sigh, and then congratulated Linghu Laoguai with a smile. Yes, Linghu Laoguai has now broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

This is all thanks to Jiang Tongyue. If it weren't for Jiang Tongyue's two top-level spirit stones, Old Monster Linghu would never have been able to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul in such a short time.

However, although the original old monster Linghu had cultivated to the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, he was still some distance away from the middle Nascent Soul stage.

If he wanted to cultivate to the middle stage of Nascent Soul, it would take at least several decades.

In the original novel, when Han Li returned to Tiannan, Old Monster Linghu had already broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

However, at that time, Old Monster Linghu was dying and even wanted to invite Han Li to return to Huangfeng Valley. After being rejected by Han Li, he actually took out three valuable treasures in exchange for Han Li's three attacks.

Old Monster Linghu did not say anything, but stroked his gray beard with a smile at the corner of his eyes.

Linghu Laoguai, who had broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, was in a very good mood. After all, he still had one and a half top-level spirit stones in his hand, which was definitely enough to help him cultivate to the late stage of the Nascent Soul.

And all this was because of Jiang Tongyue. If it weren't for Jiang Tongyue, he would never have been able to cultivate to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul so quickly.

Jiang Tongyue did not stay with these Nascent Soul cultivators for too long. Instead, he said hello and left the hall.

Arriving outside the main hall, Jiang Tongyue stopped a female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage and asked, "My nephew, is Fellow Daoist Nangong here?"

"To this uncle, Uncle Nangong wrote to me before, saying that she had made some progress in her cultivation and would be in seclusion for a while, so she would not attend the Nascent Soul Ceremony of Grandmaster Qiong."

This female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage who was stopped by Jiang Tongyue casually told him all the information she knew.

Hearing this, Jiang Tongyue felt a little disappointed but did not show it.

It is indeed a good thing that Nangong Wan has gained some insights into her cultivation.

Afterwards, Jiang Tongyue wandered around in the Yanyue Sect and only met a few Jindan cultivators from the seven sects of the Yue Kingdom.

Nowadays, most of the Jindan cultivators from the seven sects of Yue Kingdom have gone to Jiang Kingdom to participate in the war with the six sects of the Demonic Path.

The remaining Jindan cultivators were responsible for patrolling the borders of Yue State to prevent cultivators from the six sects of the Demonic Path from infiltrating Yue State.

Therefore, not many people attended the Nascent Soul Ceremony of Old Monster Qiong this time, as well as the last Core Formation Ceremony of Han Li and Mo Yuzhu.

Jiang Tongyue, feeling a little bored, chose a secluded place and began to practice the Dayan Jue.

Ever since returning the Dayan Jue, it has been gathering dust in his storage bag. Jiang Tongyue did not spend too much effort on practicing it.

It’s not that Jiang Tongyue’s aptitude in the spiritual world is too poor. On the contrary, it seems that because of the time traveler, Jiang Tongyue’s progress in practicing the Dayan Jue is quite fast.

However, Jiang Tongyue really couldn't squeeze out much time to practice the Dayan Jue.

After all, with the Spirit Eye Spring and top-level spirit stones to assist in his cultivation, Jiang Tongyue's cultivation level can be said to have improved by a thousand miles.

In addition, Jiang Tongyue also has to take time out every day to draw intermediate talismans, so naturally he will not be distracted by the Dayan Jue.

Perhaps, when Jiang Tongyue's cultivation reaches a bottleneck, he will focus on the Dayan Jue.

Not long after, Jiang Tongyue stopped practicing and looked in a certain direction.

The Yuanying Ceremony of Old Monster Qiong has begun.

Jiang Tongyue didn't want to miss the excitement, so he stood up and went to where Old Monster Qiong and others were.

After making a few casual speeches, Old Monster Qiong left and was replaced by another Jindan cultivator, who was saying something on the stage.

Only Nascent Soul cultivators such as Old Monster Qiong and Old Monster Linghu entered a hall and began to exchange their cultivation experiences.

Jiang Tongyue was naturally among them, but most of the time he was in a state of listening.

Apart from Jiang Tongyue, there was no other Jindan cultivator present.

It can be said that Jindan cultivators are not qualified to join this exchange meeting, but Jiang Tongyue is an exception.

It has to be said that each of these Nascent Soul cultivators is not bad. Although their combat power may not be stronger than Jiang Tongyue, a Jindan cultivator, their understanding of the way of cultivation is obviously stronger than Jiang Tongyue's, and they all have their own unique qualities.

Jiang Tongyue gained a lot of insights into cultivation from these Nascent Soul cultivators, which helped him to go more smoothly on the path of cultivation.

Soon, this exchange meeting between Nascent Soul cultivators came to an end.

The Nascent Soul cultivators present did not stop and left the Yanyue Sect directly.

Old Monster Qiong had just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage and still needed to consolidate his cultivation. Jiang Tongyue didn't want to disturb him.

So, Jiang Tongyue also left the Yanyue Sect and planned to go to Jiang Kingdom to visit his two disciples and make a return trip.

The gold-eating bug in Jiang Tongyue's hand has not been returned yet.

Jiang Tongyue planned to give the gold-eating insect as a reward to Han Li. As for the black jade bead and Xin Ruyin, they were not within Jiang Tongyue's consideration.

After all, in today's world of immortal cultivation, the method of cultivating gold-eating bugs has almost become extinct, and only the Tuwu people in the Tianlan grassland have the method of cultivating gold-eating bugs.

Even if the gold-eating worm was given to Mo Yuzhu and Xin Ruyin, they would not be able to cultivate it.

Therefore, it would be better to reward these gold-eating bugs directly to Han Li. At least Han Li has the Palm of Heaven Bottle in his hand, which can continuously promote the growth of Colorful Grass so that these gold-eating bugs can continue to devour each other and then lay eggs.

After his cultivation broke through to the late Jindan stage, Jiang Tongyue's flying speed became incredibly fast. It would have taken him half a month to reach the Jiang Kingdom battlefield.

And now, Jiang Tongyue only spent a few days to reach the base camp of the seven sects in Jiang Kingdom.

However, he did not rush to see Han Li and Mo Yuzhu. Instead, he hid his cultivation and inquired about Han Li and Mo Yuzhu's recent situation in this camp.

After some inquiries, Jiang Tongyue was very satisfied with the performance of Han Li and Mo Yuzhu on this battlefield.

PS: Brothers, let me tell you something. In the next few days, the update may be limited to one update at a time.

Something happened at my hometown, so I have to go back for a banquet. I may not have much time to write.

However, I will try my best to keep updating every day.

(End of this chapter)