I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 197 Inventory (asking for monthly ticket)

Having found the direction to Huangsha City, Jiang Yi activated the Leaf-Blinding Technique to completely conceal his figure and aura.

Her protective aura pushed aside the cold wind, and she stood there quietly, letting the Tribulation-Breaking Sword slowly move forward.

Before examining the sword-nurturing gourd, Jiang Yi first briefly assessed her current situation and clarified her thoughts.

She has now entered the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. The Heart Tribulation is the first hurdle for Foundation Establishment cultivators, and also a gift from the Heavenly Dao, allowing cultivators to advance directly to the mid-stage after overcoming it. Everyone is like this.

This current stage is called 'divine tranquility'. When the mind is calm and not easily influenced by external factors, it is also the best time to hone one's true essence and spiritual consciousness.

Once you reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment, you will begin the 'fusion' process. With the Dao Foundation as the core, you will fuse True Essence and Divine Sense to form a Qi Pill within your Dantian, preparing for the breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm.

Her current problem is that when she begins to integrate in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, she cannot only integrate wood-type true essence; she must achieve a balance between earth and wood, otherwise it will definitely create hidden dangers for Core Formation.

She has advanced to the second level of her major "Sleeping Immortal Skill" and now possesses two special abilities: sitting and lying down like a mountain and experiencing a dreamlike state.

Sitting or lying down as still as a mountain ensures peace and safety. The dream of Huangliang in this year allowed her to experience the eight sufferings of life from the perspective of an ordinary person. Seeing more of this led to a calmer mind, and the improvement in her state of mind was enormous.

The "Azure Emperor's Longevity Scripture" has its own spiritual energy cycle and does not require deliberate cultivation. It is currently at the second level. The first level has three mid-level spells, and the second level has the high-level "Spring Rain" and the high-level escape technique "Shadow Transformation with the Wind".

The Zhenyue Sword Technique is a Yellow-grade Earth-type sword technique. Although it has a Foundation Establishment chapter, its grade is too low, and she doesn't have enough energy for it, so she has given up on it.

The "Heavenly Gang Subduing Demon Sword Manual" is a Heavenly Grade Sword Manual without any attributes. Currently, I am mainly cultivating it. I have reached the first level in sword techniques, mental cultivation, and spirit refinement. Footwork and sword formation will follow later. The matching Heavenly Gang Magic Sword is being forged by my master.

The difficulty lies in condensing sword energy from thin air; a way needs to be found to speed it up.

Finally, there's the "Dragon Whip Technique," a yellow-grade, attribute-free beginner whip technique. It's something to learn for fun, to amuse your master.

Fortunately, she could cultivate both the Sleeping Immortal Technique and the Azure Emperor Scripture on her own. Hua Gu and Hong Li could also help her condense Yin-Yang True Qi and temper her body with ice and fire while cultivating in the Yin-Yang Pendant.

The life force generated by Hong Li's alchemy can assist in the cultivation of the Azure Emperor Scripture, all without requiring her to expend any energy.

Therefore, she should focus her attention on the "Heavenly Gang Demon Subduing Sword Manual" for now. This technique must be practiced at night, and the mental cultivation method is combined with the Sleeping Immortal Technique. She can improve by sleeping soundly at night.

However, both sword techniques and the condensation of divine sense into a sword require initiative. During this period, she discovered that practicing sword techniques while simultaneously condensing divine sense into a star sword doubled the efficiency, as the first level of both corresponded to the Big Dipper.

Next, she can decide based on her mood and circumstances. She can sleep when she wants to, or practice swordsmanship at night when she wants to. There's no need to rush. As long as she lives long enough, she will eventually achieve great success.

After reviewing the cultivation techniques, the next step is to examine the magical treasures and artifacts on my person.

Needless to say, the Green Wood Cauldron and the Heart-Piercing Mirror are among the magical treasures. Other treasures include the Tribulation-Breaking Sword, the damaged Rock-Patterned Silk Armor, the Leaf-Blinding-the-Vision, and the Heavenly Timing Instrument, which is almost completely depleted of energy.

The Heavenly Gang Sword needs Heavenly Star Meteorite Iron to improve its quality, and the Heavenly Timing Instrument might also require Heavenly Star Meteorite Iron essence. This is currently just speculation. Heavenly Star Meteorite Iron is too precious; we can only wait for stars to fall from the sky and cannot actively collect it. It's all up to fate.

The magical artifacts include a golden leaf fan and a green vine whip, a set of mid-grade tortoise shell array flags, a demon-controlling copper ring, and a demon spirit mirror.

There are also the Talisman Treasure: Broken Jade, several Thunderfire Pearls, the Mountain-Suppressing Talisman, the Puppet Talisman, and the Evil-Suppressing Talisman given by Pu Ning, as well as a Beast Skin Talisman that can conceal one's cultivation level.

All the various demon species, the remaining Moon Soul Cold Spring, alchemy materials, etc., are with Hua Gu and Hong Li. The demon spirits and demon species of the two pairs of siblings, Qin and Zhang, have been used by Hong Li to refine the Spirit Inheritance Pill. There are no particularly valuable magical imprints.

The remaining items are the notes on the Hundred Beast Spirit Fire, the manual for raising Lan Yao given by Xuan Hui, and the ancient books that Hua Gu collected in the Qingdi Palace. Among them, the array diagram of the 'Five Elements Forbidden Array' is very important.

Oh, and she also has a second-hand alchemy furnace that Hong Li discarded. Keep it for hot pot; it's quite useful.

Hua Gu's Surging Wave Ruler is broken, Xuan Shui Sha is damaged and needs repair, Hong Li's Crimson Scale Armor is damaged, but the Crimson Cloud Ribbon is still there.

In the end, she left without a single spirit stone and still owed Zhao Cangyun five thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Then, Xin Wushuang and she were ambushed by five rogue cultivators. She killed three of them and obtained three storage bags containing a total of 249 spirit stones.

The leading cultivator can keep the high-grade earth-attribute magic weapon 'Black Sand Shield' and the one-time use magic weapon 'Fireball Pearl' (possessing peak Foundation Establishment strength) for his own use. The remaining two cultivators only have mid-grade magic weapons and some useless miscellaneous items, which will be packed up and sold for spirit stones later. The next goal is to go to Yellow Sand City to send a message to his master to let him know he is safe and to inquire about the follow-up of the Dream Immortal Sect.

I'll go to Songjiang City to visit Pu Ning, cultivate, and wait for the treasure hunt to begin. I just don't know if Shen Pu Ning is still in Songjiang City.

Search for clues about earth-attribute cultivation techniques. You can also look for clues about celestial meteorite iron in advance. If you don't have enough spirit stones, borrow them from your master. Also, find some ice and fire spirit items for the Yin-Yang Pendant.

Hua Gu and Hong Li haven't woken up yet. She guesses that it's very likely that when she was seriously injured by that Golden Core cultivator, Hua Gu and Hong Li took some of the damage for her, which is why their injuries were more severe than hers.

During the three months I slept in the mountains, my laziness and the green energy of Yi Wood prioritized my own repair, and the ice and fire spiritual energy in the Two Elements Fallen might not have been sufficient.

All of this ultimately led to Hua Gu and Hong Li's slow recovery. However, since she woke up, she has started to manually feed the demon seed and subconsciously transfer the Yi Wood Azure Qi in her body into the Yin-Yang Pendant.

I believe that Hua Gu and Hong Li will wake up soon.

There seems to be a lot to do right now, but she's not in a hurry. As long as she knows what she needs to do, she can take it slow.

Once she had cleared her mind, Jiang Yi felt a sense of peace and tranquility, and even the world seemed much clearer to her.

"The scenery over there is nice, let's go rest for a while."

Jiang Yi turned the Broken Tribulation Sword around and landed on the summit of a mountain. He sat down and looked at the distant mountains layer upon layer. It was these mountains that blocked the rampant yellow sand from Huangsha City, making this place beautiful with clear waters and distinct seasons.

After setting up the tortoise shell formation, Jiang Yi took off the sword-nurturing gourd from his waist and began to seriously refine it.

Previously, it was only a preliminary refinement, which allowed divine sense to probe in. To completely complete the refinement, one must follow the guidance of the runes on the sword-nurturing gourd and leave a complete divine sense imprint on it.

The mist gradually dissipated, and the morning light gradually painted the forest.

Jiang Yi sat cross-legged on the blue stone, the sword-nurturing gourd hanging in his palm, golden patterns rising and disappearing on the surface of the purplish-black gourd.

As the sun dipped westward and the distant peaks swallowed the setting sun, the last ray of golden light disappeared into the mouth of the gourd.

Jiang Yi let out a long sigh of relief, opened her eyes, and twisted her neck. "It was really exhausting, but I've finally finished the refining."

Jiang Yi took out a recording stone, activated it, and pointed it at himself. He then lit a stick of incense used by Hong Li for timing during alchemy, which could burn for an hour and had markings on it.

With everything prepared, Jiang Yi carried the sword-nurturing gourd and entered it.

In her previous life, she had also read novels, so naturally she wanted to verify the state of the sword-nurturing gourd outside after she entered, as well as the issue of time flow between the inner and outer worlds.

Jiang Yi landed in the center of a vast spiritual field, where the spiritual energy was so dense it turned into mist. The waist-high weeds rustled in the wind, bend over like waves.

It was dusk outside, and it was dusk inside as well.

One side of the lake is as calm as ink, and the three characters "Sword Washing Pool" on the stone tablet on the shore are mottled by moss, but there is a faint silver light swimming at the bottom of the pool, like an unsharpened sword in slumber.

A crimson aura emanated from a cave further away, and a plaque carved from stone at the cave entrance read 'Sword Tempering Platform'.

On the other side, the bluestone steps wind up the mountain, with abandoned terraced fields on both sides, only their irregular outlines visible.

At the end of the stone steps, in the plaza, a palace embedded in the mountain has only its eaves visible. The white jade palace doors are tightly closed, and the stone swords and bells hanging under the glazed tiles stand as steady as a rock in the wind.

Xiao Wujiu's courtyard was located on the edge of a barren field, with the Sword Washing Pool beside the house.

The clanging sound of sword energy came from above. Jiang Yi looked up and saw a sea of ​​clouds that blotted out the sky. The clouds were actually all formed from sword energy. As they collided and tore at each other, the sea of ​​clouds churned.

Through the gaps in the churning clouds, Jiang Yi saw the jagged outline of a floating sword mound. Several broken swords on the mountain vibrated and hummed, creating a lingering melody like the sound of a zither within the cave.

(End of this chapter)