The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 299 What do you call me now?
"It seems we're heading to the Golden Core region."

Jiang Man looked at the token, having no intention of going back to change it.

With my own primordial spirit cultivation level, I'll definitely be able to complete the mission better if I go to the Golden Core area.

He has no shortage of elixirs or spiritual resources.

Naturally, there's no need to do any busy tasks.

Time is running out; we must improve our spirit and cultivation as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the destiny of an unparalleled genius will catch up.

The other party has been holding back for so long, they are indeed very determined.

It's the end of October now.

The deadline is the beginning of the year after next.

It only takes about a year and a half.

By the time they turn thirty, their destiny as peerless geniuses should have caught up.

Jiang Man felt a little dazed; he was almost thirty without realizing it.

I woke up at the age of eighteen and have been cultivating ever since, so I have no sense of my age.

Besides, they've been married for ten years.

My relationship with Ms. Himeko isn't particularly close, but it's still fairly harmonious.

At least you don't have to worry about the other party killing you.

Thinking this, Jiang Man used a secret technique to summon the Seven-Colored Bird.

Then they discovered that the other person had arrived.

Can I write letters here?

The rainbow bird is quite something.

I don't know what to write yet, I'll write it later.

Now it's time to accept the mission.

An iron token won't do; he needs to use the Zhenyue Division's token to receive it.

Jiang Man looked around. This place was like a city, with markets, houses, and even a small courtyard for teachers.

Although the sky was azure, there was a faint, indistinct curtain of light.

Outside, there was a mountain range, mostly barren, with only a few small areas showing signs of green.

Jiang Man inquired and confirmed the location of Zhenyue Division.

It is in the center.

Standing in front of the old, dilapidated pavilion, Jiang Man looked at the three characters "Zhenyue Si" on it and felt somewhat surprised.

Is Zhenyue Division really that simple?

He tried to sense it and found that Zui Fusheng's token could also be used here.

In other words, he has certain privileges here, if he so chooses.

I just don't dare to use it.

He has a reputation for being a drunkard in the local area, making him easy to target.

We need to find a way to overcome the distance; only in this way can we use the Drunken Life Token safely.

For example, even though he himself hadn't returned, Zui Fusheng was able to return to the sect without anyone noticing.

So as long as we kill the Bai family patriarch at that time.

No one would guess that it was Jiang Man who did it.

However, I definitely can't do that myself; I need to wait for the Magpie Bridge to open and ask Tingfengyin.

I don't know if he has a solution.

It doesn't feel easy.

Jiang Man then entered Zhenyue Division.

A woman sat at a table near the entrance, staring at him.

That look is so familiar. Isn't that the look of that senior brother from just now?

After a moment's hesitation, Jiang Man tentatively asked, "Do we need to register?"

The person opposite nodded, looking utterly bored, and asked, "Has the aura of an evil god appeared again? Where, and on what scale?"

Jiang Man found it strange. Was the aura of an evil god so rare and common here?
He then shook his head and said, "I'm not here to report on the situation; I'm here to receive a mission."

The person on the other end seemed surprised and asked, "Accept the mission?"

It seems quite strange.

Jiang Man took out his Zhenyue Commander's badge.

It is an iron token.

"Disciples of the Zhenyue Division?" the woman exclaimed. "This is the first time I've seen Zhenyue Division disciples come to this place to do a mission normally."

"You weren't sent here directly to work for us, were you?"

Jiang Man nodded, explaining that he was completing a sect mission.

"Then why did you come to receive the mission?" the woman asked.

Jiang Man nodded.

The other party asked what task they wanted.

Jiang Man explained simply: "I want a mission that allows me to exchange for the 'Nine Star Body Refining Technique'."

Upon hearing this, the woman, who was about to search for the mission, suddenly looked up at Jiang Man: "Nine Star Body Refining Technique?"

Jiang Man nodded: "Yes."

The woman closed the notebook and said, "To accept this mission, you need to fly through the sky for nine days and nine nights and shout 'I'm here!'"

Jiang Man was taken aback and said, "Senior Sister isn't joking?"

The woman looked at Jiang Man and said, "You're not joking with me, are you?"

Jiang was puzzled.

The woman explained, "How could there be such a high-level mission in this place? Even if there were such a high-level mission, it wouldn't be enough to exchange for such a high-level cultivation technique."

"Otherwise, wouldn't it be better if everyone just came to take on a task?"

Why would you bother earning spiritual resources for decades?

"Maybe it's too difficult?" Jiang Man asked tentatively.

The woman nodded: "That makes sense, but it's not that difficult now. Would you still accept it?"

"If it gets that difficult, can you let me know?" Jiang Man asked.

He then gave the other party one hundred spirit resources.

Seeing this, the senior sister narrowed her cold eyes slightly: "What are you saying, junior brother? We support such an ambitious person. I will inform you of this kind of task as soon as possible."

"In addition, junior brother should also be mentally prepared."

"Such a task is unlikely to occur."

Jiang Man nodded.

We can only try our luck.

Coincidentally, he was incredibly lucky.

You'll definitely encounter it.

Jiang Man then left to wait for the other three to arrive at the mission gathering place.

After everyone left, a middle-aged man approached the woman and asked, "Junior Sister Mo, was someone just here?"

Junior Sister Mo lowered her head and rubbed her hundred spirit sources, saying, "Yes, someone wants to take the most difficult task, but the difficulty here is too easy, so he doesn't want it."

The man chuckled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Junior Sister Mo shrugged and said, "I'm not making this up. I don't know if he's really capable or just messing with me. Anyway, if you have any particularly difficult tasks, preferably the kind that can be exchanged for a high-grade Nascent Soul cultivation technique, remember to let me know."

"Let me see if he answers."

"It would be better if there were a punishment for failure, so that I could be sure he wasn't just making fun of me."

That's what she said, but she didn't really take it to heart.

This kind of task is practically impossible to encounter.

It can't be that if she just wants to try it, she'll actually get this task, right?
Is she some kind of jinx?
The middle-aged man shook his head: "This task is too difficult. Also, I received news that the aura of an evil god has appeared. I'll go take a look. Be careful and vigilant."

"The Black Spirit Abyss is showing signs of disturbance recently, and unrest could occur at any time. We must not do anything to cause trouble."

Junior Sister Mo nodded emphatically: "Senior Brother He, you should go quickly, I understand."

One day later.

Senior Brother He has gone missing.

three days later.

The remaining soul lamp went out.

The Zhenyue Division was immediately alarmed and began sending people to investigate.

Next comes the reporting.

Five days later.

Then all the soul lamps of the relevant personnel were extinguished.

The Zhenyue Division was shaken.

The Soul Lamp was left behind specifically for evil gods.

The extinguishing of the flames signifies that they have all fallen under the influence of the evil god's power.

If this continues, death is inevitable.

The Zhenyue Division was mobilized immediately, a situation that was extremely unusual.

This has never happened in all these years.

There are only about thirty people in Zhenyue Division here.

One of the high-end combatants has reached the Void Return stage, and three have achieved the Perfected Primordial Spirit stage.

Since they are only responsible for some evil god auras, they don't need to be particularly powerful.

The guards are the people from the sect.

The real powerhouse is over there.

However, they know very little about the evil gods, and even the powerful ones have blind spots.

In certain areas, the evil gods are actually hesitant and timid.

However, it was necessary to issue advanced tasks.

The moment Senior Sister Mo received the mission, she was stunned.

"They're here, they're really here." She never expected such a mission to actually happen.

For a moment she felt a little panicked. Was she really a jinx?

Now she doesn't dare to think too much, for fear that it might come true again.

After hesitating for a moment, she contacted Jiang Man. At the same time, Jiang Man, who had already waited for the three mission members, suddenly received a message.

They said the mission from Zhenyue Division has been assigned.

If you can find a lost person while exploring a certain area, you can choose a superior magic spell.

If we can rescue them, we can choose a top-grade cultivation technique; the Nine Star Body Refining Technique is not included.

However, if they were all rescued alive, they can apply for special treatment.

In addition, one will receive 100,000 spirit resources upon completion.

There is no penalty for failure; everything is based on one's own safety.

Jiang Man was somewhat surprised; the mission had come so soon?
It has nothing to do with him, right?

This isn't called great fortune, this is more like a harbinger of disaster.

However, he naturally accepted the task.

The area he was in was some distance from the area he was responsible for, but it didn't seem very far.

I'll try to go and take a look when I have some free time.

I just hope they're still alive.

Otherwise, if I don't make it out alive, I'll have suffered a huge loss.

"Junior brother?" someone reminded Jiang Man at this moment, "Isn't it time to set off?"

Jiang Man immediately came to his senses.

Standing in front of him was a man named Xie Zhixu, who looked to be in his early thirties.

He is widely recognized as having reached the late stage of the Primordial Spirit realm.

There was a man and a woman beside him.

The man was bald and looked quite thin. His name was Qin Ge, and he was said to be a sword cultivator. He claimed to be in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

The woman appeared rather aloof; her name was Xia Jian, and she described herself as being in the mid-stage of the Primordial Spirit realm.

However, this cultivator seems quite weak.

These people do not possess any powerful magical abilities; they are simply ordinary primordial spirits.

However, their combat strength is uncertain.

Jiang Man didn't know their scores either.

Otherwise, one could roughly understand his strength.

However, they are not easy to mess with in the mid-to-late stages, so it's best not to rush into conflict.

In particular, their cultivation levels are all self-proclaimed; who can know just how strong they actually are?

"We can set off now," Jiang Man said.

After that, the group traveled on their swords.

On the way, Xie Zhixu asked curiously, "Speaking of which, what is your cultivation level, Junior Brother?"

Jiang Man calmly replied, "Late stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

Upon hearing this, the three who hadn't paid much attention before all turned to look at Jiang Man.

They seemed somewhat skeptical.

Jiang Man smiled slightly.

When you're out in the world and don't have any points, your cultivation level is something you have to give yourself.

Because these people might be members of the Bai family, and there's a high chance they'll take action against me.

Can't we say something shocking?
If you have any concerns, you will hesitate.

If I just use this little bit of time to improve to the later stages, wouldn't that be great?

In any case, as long as they don't make a move now, they can't determine their cultivation level.

A few months later, is he no longer in the late stage of the Primordial Spirit realm?

"Really?" The thin Qin Ge was skeptical.

Jiang Man smiled without saying a word.

You can guess for yourself.

At this moment, Xie Zhixu smiled and said, "If Junior Brother were to say that he has reached the perfection of the Primordial Spirit, I would believe him."

"Perfected primordial spirit?" Jiang Man was indeed embarrassed to say that.

Because of his perfected primordial spirit, he was able to transform into Zui Fusheng to fight the Bai family patriarch.

However, he couldn't tell which of the three was the problem.

It's a pity I can't touch it.

Otherwise, touch it.

If the Heavenly Mirror Hundred Books were to provide a hint...

Although they may not be able to say everything, some key information can sometimes be revealed.

It depends a lot on luck.

The spiritual energy in the Black Spirit Abyss is extremely thin and chaotic.

Once absorbed, it poses a danger.

Therefore, even when flying on their swords, they dared not go too fast.

Occasionally, monsters would appear along the way.

These monsters are extremely powerful.

Although they are imprisoned here, they are not entirely free to do whatever they are told.

What's needed is to wear them down and then deal with them separately.

People from sects have to come in groups, otherwise trouble can easily happen.

After dodging several monsters, Jiang Man looked at the map, pointed to the right, and said, "My direction is this way, there shouldn't be too much danger now."

"Thank you, senior brothers and sisters."

"Junior brother, wait a moment. I'll pass on a talisman to you so you can know my location, or I can sense your location. If there's any danger, just call me," Xie Zhixu said.

Jiang Man did not hesitate.

The other person's hand landed in Jiang Man's palm.

Begin replicating the array patterns.

Jiang Man took the opportunity to open the Heavenly Mirror Hundred Books.

Not worth mentioning.

It's not worth mentioning, which means...
Jiang Man remained silent for a moment, unable to explain anything.

Once the array was successfully completed, Jiang Man flew away on his sword and parted ways with them.

Watching the person leave, Xia Jian asked coldly, "He said he's in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, do you believe him?"

Qin Ge smiled slightly: "Why don't you give it a try, Senior Sister?"

Xia Jian glanced at the other person and said, "I think you just want to give it a try."

"Stop arguing, you two. Let's keep going and finish our mission as soon as possible so we can leave," Xie Zhixu said with a smile.

The three then flew away on their swords.

On the way, Jiang Man examined the array patterns in his hand and found that there was no problem.

"Could Senior Brother Xie be ruled out?"

No matter how you look at these three people, you can't tell which one of them is targeting him.

Leaving aside Bai Qiufeng and the other two, someone must have been arranged to give Fang Yong Lingyuan.

Jiang Man stopped thinking about it and quickly went to the area he was in charge of.

There is a high platform here, with about four or five simple houses on it.

When Jiang Man arrived, three people immediately came to greet him.

All three of them were at the Golden Core stage.

They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw people.

"Are my fellow disciples waiting for me?" Jiang Manlu asked as he landed.

Junior brothers and sisters? The three of them were stunned for a moment.

People who come usually call them senior brothers and sisters.

“Junior brother, aren’t you being a bit presumptuous? I’m at the peak of the Golden Core stage,” the middle-aged man in the lead said.

His aura spread out, seemingly trying to suppress Jiang Man.

A dark-skinned woman standing nearby chimed in, "I almost reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm."

The last girl whispered, "I'm also in post-production."

Jiang Man nodded.

Then he took a step forward and came to stand in front of the three people.

His gaze sharpened slightly.

Instantly, the pressure belonging to the primordial spirit spread.

It felt like a mountain was pressing down on their shoulders.

The spiritual weight extending from the primordial spirit is even heavier than the spiritual energy in the later stages of the primordial spirit.

It could crush a Golden Core cultivator to death.

thump!
The three of them sank down until their knees were submerged in the ground.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Man asked, "What did you call me?"

The three were terrified.

Primordial spirit?

"Master, senior brother," the middle-aged man said with difficulty, bowing his head.

Jiang Man nodded and then helped the other man up: "Junior brother, you're too kind. Tell me what's going on here."

"There's nothing going on for now, but I heard something happened at Zhenyue Division. It's not far from here, so we need to be careful," the middle-aged man said.

Jiang Man nodded and said, "Show me the array we are guarding, and then let me see your preparations."

The three of them did not dare to hesitate.

They had expected someone to come and help with odd jobs.

Unexpectedly, a team leader arrived.

The difference between expectations and reality is too great.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

It's the 31st, the last day, and my extra monthly passes are about to expire.

Also, barring any unforeseen circumstances, there will be more tonight.

(End of this chapter)