I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 320 Pseudo-Spiritual Artifact (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
The day after the visiting card to Qianlong Zhenjun was sent out, Xiao Qinghuang knocked on Jiang Yi's door, inviting her to come over.

Xiao Qinghuang was the youngest disciple of Qianlong Zhenjun.

The sweet-looking Xiao Qinghuang felt rather embarrassed in front of Jiang Yi, and awkwardly held her jade flute the whole way.

Although we fought together on White Coral Island, the situation was critical at the time, and we didn't have time to think about anything else.

Now, when Xiao Qinghuang sees Jiang Yi, she is reminded of the time in the Jinzhengyuan Secret Realm when she mistook Jiang Yi for a demoness.

"Jiang... Senior Sister Jiang, it was my fault last time at Jinzheng Plain. I misunderstood you without clarifying the situation and spread rumors to others. I have never formally apologized to you. I'm sorry."

Jiang Yi reached out to help Xiao Qinghuang, who was about to bow, and said, "It's nothing. I also made some mistakes at the time and scared you."

"No, no, I should thank you for saving Senior Brother Kong Qing."

Xiao Qinghuang blushed, her smile gentle, and led Jiang Yi through the streets to the private courtyard where Qianlong Zhenjun was resting.

"Master is inside. Senior Sister Jiang, please go in by yourself. Qinghuang has other things to attend to."

Jiang Yi pushed open the door and entered, where she saw a quiet little courtyard with bluestone paving, ancient pine trees leaning against each other with gnarled branches, and a hexagonal stone pavilion in the center of the courtyard. Sitting in the pavilion was an old man with white hair and beard, wearing an indigo Taoist robe, his face marked with the deep lines of time.

He was holding a black chess piece suspended on the chessboard, his mid-Nascent Soul stage aura like a deep-sea undercurrent. When he saw Jiang Yi arrive, he put down the chess piece and said with a smile, "I had heard of your heroic deeds before, young friend Jiang. Seeing you today, I can see that you are indeed like a plum blossom tempered in the cold, showing your character and a lotus emerging from the mortal world, truly extraordinary. Not bad."

Jiang Yi smiled politely and greeted him respectfully.

Qianlong Zhenjun invited Jiang Yi to sit across from him at the chess table and politely inquired about the recent situations of Danxi Zhenjun and Jiang Yurong. Jiang Yi answered with composure and confidence.

After discussing the situation of the demonic tide a few days ago, True Lord Qianlong took the initiative to bring up the main topic, "I wonder what Young Friend Jiang wishes to ask you here?"

Jiang Yi got straight to the point, "I am a cultivator who has just started over, and it is time for me to form my core again. I was a sword cultivator before, and I still have my natal sword. But now I am cultivating the way of demon control. Forming the core is also the time to form a natal demon spirit. I want to know if a cultivator can refine multiple natal magic treasures or form multiple natal demon spirits when forming the core."

Qianlong Zhenjun leaned back slightly, stroking his beard as he pondered, “Your current situation is indeed somewhat peculiar. If the existence of your natal sword causes you to fail in forming your natal demon spirit, then the path of a demon tamer will likely be difficult to follow in the future. However, it would be a real pity to abandon your natal sword first, as it would also damage your spiritual root.”

Jiang Yi remained silent. She knew that her problem was difficult, and even her own master did not have a particularly good solution. Naturally, Qianlong Zhenjun needed to think about it for a while.

After a long pause, Qianlong Zhenjun shook his head with a wry smile, "I am too ignorant and have not been able to think of a good solution. There has never been a case like yours before, and there is no precedent to follow."

"Actually, I have an idea, but my cultivation is low and my knowledge is limited, so I need to ask for your guidance, senior."

"Oh? Please speak freely, let's treat this as a discussion of the Dao."

Qianlong Zhenjun was very kind. At first, he thought that Jiang Yi had two alliance leaders and two major immortal sects backing him up, so he had to meet him even if he didn't want to, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

However, after a few words of conversation, it was discovered that this girl quoted classical texts but did not show off. When discussing the demonic tide, her eyes were as clear as tempered iron. What was most remarkable was that when mentioning her own achievements, she would gloss over them in just a few words and attribute all the credit for guarding the island to her comrades.

This made Qianlong Zhenjun realize that he had been too attached to appearances.

Jiang Yi asked, "I'm wondering if it's possible to bind multiple demon spirits to a magic weapon. For example, if I were to find two fire-type demon spirits to bind to the Yaoling Sword, and then use the method of forming a natal demon spirit to add another contract with the Yaoling Sword, would that count as simultaneously possessing a natal sword and two natal demon spirits?"

Qianlong Zhenjun slightly opened his eyes, "This... I just remembered something, wait a moment."

As he spoke, True Monarch Qianlong gripped the storage ring on his hand and began searching through it with focused concentration.

Jiang Yi waited quietly; in fact, she had had this idea for a long time.

At that time, she thought that if she put Hua Gu and Hong Li into the Yin-Yang Pendant and then refined the Yin-Yang Pendant into her natal magic weapon, could she indirectly make Hua Gu and Hong Li her natal demon spirits?
However, even the person from the Xiao family who crafted the Yin-Yang Pendant couldn't achieve this, clearly indicating that this path is not feasible.

Later, after obtaining the sword-nurturing gourd, Jiang Yi's idea resurfaced.

If the Two Elements Pendant is not working, could we switch to a more advanced magic weapon instead?

“Found it.” Qianlong Zhenjun took out an ancient jade slip. “This is something I obtained by chance back then. It records a method for refining pseudo-spiritual artifacts, which has some similarities with your idea just now.”

Jiang Yi accepted the jade slip from Qianlong Zhenjun with both hands, not rushing to examine it, but patiently listening to Qianlong Zhenjun's explanation. "This method involves fusing the demonic seed and soul of a demonic spirit into a magical artifact that has just begun to develop sentience but has always struggled to generate its own artifact spirit, thus forging a pseudo-spiritual artifact. The conditions for achieving this method are very demanding, but one thing is certain: this method can bind multiple pseudo-artifact spirits to a single magical artifact, depending on the artifact's own attributes."

Jiang Yi nodded to indicate that he understood. Many magical artifacts do not have a single attribute. If a magical artifact has both gold and fire attributes, this method can be used to bind two pseudo-spirits of gold and fire.

Qianlong Zhenjun said, "Although it couldn't directly solve your problem, the methods recorded here might provide you with some ideas and direction. We cultivators can't always follow the paths our predecessors have taken. The paths our predecessors trod were forged by them themselves. I hope that one day, you can become one of our predecessors."

Jiang Yi stood up and bowed in thanks, not wanting to disturb Qianlong Zhenjun's rest any longer, as he had expended a lot of energy during the previous demonic tide.

During the demonic tide, only one Nascent Soul True Monarch was left to guard each city.

When the demonic tide came to Yunzhan Pass, Qianlong Zhenjun was on the front line directly facing it. If he hadn't fought with all his might to block the most powerful part of the demonic tide, the cultivators behind him would have surely died.

After returning to the inn, Jiang Yi sought out the Heart-Piercing Mirror and studied the 'pseudo-spiritual artifact' technique given to him by the Hidden Dragon True Monarch together with it.

When she went to retrieve the Heart-Piercing Mirror, Duan Jin was deeply moved, and Jiang Yi felt that Duan Jin wanted to kowtow to her on the spot.

As time passed, people died every day at Yunzhan Pass, and new cultivators joined every day, including independent cultivators and people urgently transferred from cultivation families all over the country.

Shen Puning met her second sister, and Qi Tian's family, along with dozens of family disciples, escorted a new batch of supplies to Yunzhan Pass to provide support.

Jiang Yi and his group also experienced several attacks by the demonic tides. Although they escaped unscathed each time, none of them wanted to recall the most dangerous ones.

The most casualties were not among the human cultivators, but among the demon spirits around them.

Hua Gu became increasingly silent, always desperately standing at the forefront during each demonic tide, doing her best to protect everyone and the demons.

Whenever people see the Cloud Mist White Crane fighting bloody battles in the demonic tide, it's as if they see Jiang Yi, who once stood alone amidst all the demons.

Having witnessed such scenes many times, Hongli began refining pills day and night, stuffing life-saving pills into the demons and humans she cared about, and making Purifying Fire Pearls to sell to cultivators in need.

Despite being so busy, Hongli still managed to find time to repair Baozhu's armor, customize armor for Wanli, and make a pair of Xuan Tie wings for Zhenshan Duanjin.

Hongli treated all of these as her own demons and didn't charge them any money. She charged Cang Qingyue and the others for the market price when making protective gear and magical artifacts for their demon spirits.

Zhuang Chengxuan didn't have many spirit stones, so Hong Li made him write an IOU and also made a set of protective gear for his Blazing Golden Rooster. However, when taking measurements, the rooster would drool and couldn't help but lick them, which terrified Zhuang Chengxuan and the Blazing Golden Rooster.

Hongli's weapon-refining abilities are getting stronger and stronger. She has completely digested what the Heavenly Heart Ancestor passed on to her and has become a true weapon-refining master.

Chu Qianji's battle puppet was difficult to repair, so Jiang Yi gave him two Xuanjia soldiers and one defensive type, Budongshan, on credit, telling him to pay back the money after the battle.

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye. The demonic tide has struck forty-seven times in succession, each time more ferocious than the last, ten times stronger than in previous years.

The defenses around Baishan Island collapsed a month ago, and the cultivators fought and retreated, eventually reaching the edge of the Ten Directions Heavenly Net Formation.

Meanwhile, near the Nine Great Immortal Sects of Beixuan, strange changes in the heavens and earth occurred frequently.

A blood moon suddenly appeared in the sky above the Cangling Sect and lingered for three days.

The earth's veins at the entrance to Baizang Valley inexplicably collapsed, causing a gushing black spring to emerge.

The peach grove outside Tianya City withered overnight, turning into a blood-red carpet on the ground.

All these strange phenomena were multiplying, and the entire Northern Xuan Continent was shrouded in a sense of impending doom.

At the Immortal Alliance headquarters in Xichuan City, the leaders of the Immortal Alliance once again proposed the "Hibernating Dragon Plan." Danxi, contrary to her usual behavior, did not curse anymore.

Instead, Jiang Yurong, who was usually calm, drew her sword on the spot, cleaved the plaque of the Immortal Alliance headquarters in two, and left with a flick of her sleeve.

(End of this chapter)