The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 302 Have you ever seen a peerless genius?

"Is this my mission?"

Jiang Man looked at Senior Sister Mo who was coming over, somewhat surprised.

I never expected the retribution to come so quickly.

Because he said he could save people in the woods, the other party actually let him go and explore.

"I didn't ask you to rescue anyone, just to gather information," Senior Sister Mo said calmly to Jiang Man.

She then continued, "Besides, you have the ability to make contributions, so why can't you gather information from the surrounding area? You can't possibly say that the credit wasn't earned by you, can you?"

This was the first time she had ever seen anyone dare to act like this.

Aren't you afraid of being held accountable later?

Jiang Man was naturally not afraid, because if they couldn't get out, they had to resort to extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.

I must improve my cultivation level. At worst, I'll be locked up for a while, plus compensation.

The most serious consequence would be losing one's status as a Zhenyue Division officer.

It's all worth it.

Without body-refining techniques, he cannot unleash his full potential.

Although the simplified method is barely usable.

At this point, naturally the stronger the law, the better.

For others, there isn't enough time to successfully cultivate, so they choose other methods.

He doesn't have this kind of trouble.

Naturally, they would try every means to obtain the Nine Star Body Refining Method.

He pondered for a moment and said, "What if I can't complete this mission?"

"We have to find some clues eventually. Everyone knows you've done a great service. When Senior Brother He woke up, he admired you, Junior Brother," Senior Sister Mo said with a smile.

The meaning is obvious.

Now that you've been proven to have falsely claimed credit, it would be a huge mistake if you didn't do something.

Given how things have developed, Jiang Man cannot refuse the mission.

Not only can we not refuse, we also have to do something about it.

The other person then left.

Jiang Man did not hesitate and decided to go and observe the grove of trees to see if he could find anything.

It's not just for the mission, but also for my own safety.

There is currently no information indicating why this place has been sealed off.

Afterwards, Jiang Man found Tao and the other two.

“I plan to take a look at the grove of trees nearby recently, but I also need to know about any changes or layouts around it, so you need to report to me every three days,” Jiang Man said, looking at the three of them. “If there are any changes, you need to inform me directly.”

"I will be patrolling later, and if I find that it's just going through the motions..."

"Then..."

Jiang Man did not continue speaking.

The rest should be left for them to figure out themselves.

However, he did want to know what was going on around him.

They've already accepted the mission, and it's a Golden Core level mission.

I've made a huge profit, so naturally I need to do even better.

Exploring the grove also needs to be done.

Then, incidentally, I'll improve my mental state and learn the Nine Star Body Refining Technique.

Tao and the other two were used to Jiang Man's orders; they were all easy tasks.

So he nodded in agreement.

As soon as Jiang Man left, they started complaining.

"I don't know if this senior brother is capable or not, but he's always causing trouble," Zheng Yan, with her dark skin, said helplessly.

"It's not too much trouble, at least it doesn't affect us much, and he doesn't make things difficult for us either," Song Wushuang said.

"The workload is saturated, especially with the recent martial law. Is something really going to happen?" Tao He asked.

The three of them speculated among themselves, but in the end, none of them came up with a reliable answer.

All we can do is continue patrolling, making arrangements, and reporting.

the other side.

Senior Brother He was quite surprised when he received the report: "He actually went?"

Junior Sister Mo nodded: "Yes, Senior Brother, do you think he's in danger?"

Senior Brother He pondered for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be that bad. When I came out, I saw him about to leave, so I don't think he would take too much risk."

"Let him try it first, and if it doesn't work out, then forget it."

"At most, the credit will be made up for later."

Junior Sister Mo pondered for a moment and then said, "What about me?"

Senior Brother He chuckled: "Who knows? The situation isn't optimistic right now. Let's see if we can get through this first."

After that, they stopped mentioning it.

Recently, the people from Zhenyue Division have all been going out to investigate the situation.

The problem has spread to more than just one place.

That place is the most dangerous; we can only explore it from a distance and then find other ways to get inside.

We need to get results quickly and find out what's going on.

However, no matter how they investigated, they didn't find much.

Three days later.

Senior Brother He returned looking quite exhausted.

He then received a report.

"Who reported that they couldn't come to Zhenyue Division?" he asked softly.

Junior Sister Mo said, "Maybe he's too busy. Whose is it?"

Senior Brother He reviewed the report.

Upon discovering it was Jiang Man, I became quite curious about what she would write.

Is it using all sorts of nonsense to highlight the difficulty, or is it mentioning some subtle discoveries?

Then he began to look it up.

"During my cultivation today, I sensed a change in the influence of the forest. It was three inches larger than the area I marked on my first day here. This shows that the forest can expand. Ordinary formations are useless against the expansion of the forest. I'm not sure what can be used to suppress it yet."

It was just a simple report, but Senior Brother He felt something was off.

Could the opponent be so perceptive as to detect a change of just three inches?
Day .

He received another report.

"During today's cultivation, I felt that the expansion of the forest in front of me was slower than in other places. I think the spiritual energy fluctuations brought about by cultivation can affect the expansion of the forest. I can try to use a pure spirit gathering array to try to affect the expansion. After a day of testing, it is effective, but the array stones are consumed in great quantities."

Eighth day.

"I was cultivating with great enthusiasm today when I suddenly sensed a change in the formation. It seemed that a gap could be opened in the forest, which confirmed that the consumption and gathering of spiritual energy affected the spatial changes in the forest. In addition, with the gap in the forest, I sensed the aura of an ancient well-like evil god. This aura is of great benefit to cultivation. I decided to go in to cultivate while continuing to observe. I will continue to investigate."

The reports left Senior Brother He astonished and suspicious.

He was stunned when he received the report on the eighth day.

Putting aside why this person always starts with cultivation, what does what he says afterward mean?
Is the aura of an evil spirit from an ancient well beneficial for cultivation?

Was he speaking human language?
Furthermore, how did he even get inside?

He sent people to check and found that the person was indeed missing.

They thought the other was doomed, but fortunately they brought back the other's aura, which allowed them to light a soul lamp to check if the other was lost inside.

The lights were on the first day.

It was destroyed the next day.

Everyone sighed, feeling that the other party was somewhat unaware of the situation.

However, on the third day, the soul lamp lit up again.

Then Senior Brother He received another report.

Then the lights went out again.

Everyone was stunned, not understanding what was going on.

I can only view the report first.

"Three days of non-stop cultivation have left me feeling refreshed and more advanced than my peers, even surpassing everyone at the same level. Cultivation here is twice as effective with half the effort. However, as I cultivate, I can more clearly sense the aura of the ancient well-like evil god, which seems to be spreading upwards. This is to lock the area and lock people's minds at the same time. I need to continue cultivating to confirm the situation."

After seeing this, everyone frowned.

Abyss-like locks the area, ancient well-like locks the mind.

If that's the case, then this place is in trouble.

They already had enough experience, and upon hearing the other party mention it, they immediately put it into practice.

Sure enough, there were signs of his mind being locked away.

At first he thought it was just that area that was affected, but now it seems that it really is targeting the entire region.

They began discussing how to respond.

As for the spirit-gathering formation, they had already begun setting it up to influence that area. Five days later, another report came in.

"Five days and five nights of sleepless cultivation allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of the situation here and to better perceive the source of the ancient well-like evil god's aura. I discovered a tree with a fruit on it, which should have come from the ancient well-like evil god. I decided to pick it and break the lock on my mind."

"No way," Team Leader He said immediately upon seeing the report.

They even wanted to send a message to Jiang Man to stop his actions.

But it can't be sent.

The opponent's soul lamp went out again.

I got caught up in it again.

He still can't figure out what methods the other party used to send the message.

Upon seeing these reports, Junior Sister Mo looked at Senior Brother He in surprise: "Senior Brother, did you run away on your own?"

Senior Brother He was taken aback.

Not to mention Senior Sister Mo, even the others were starting to have doubts.

Is it possible that Senior Brother He and the others have misremembered, and that they didn't actually fight their way out on their own back then?

Instead, Jiang Man stormed in when they were at their most desperate, and then they were brought out unconscious.

Thus, the brain automatically filled in the gaps, telling itself that it was they who had fought their way out, and then Jiang Man picked them up.

Even Senior Brother He had some doubts after hearing this, wondering if he was the one who actually fought his way out.

Jiang Man's current performance demonstrates that he is fully capable of coming and going freely.

Once inside, everyone else was out of contact. What was he doing?
He is cultivating himself, analyzing, and searching for the source.

You can also send messages back at any time.

Is it reasonable for someone like this to simply pick up people and bring them back?
This is not reasonable.

Why did Jiang Man, who can come and go as he pleases, find it when no one else did?
So the truth might be that Jiang Man really did rescue the people, but Senior Brother He and the others were seriously injured and interfered with by the evil god, ultimately mistakenly believing that they had broken out on their own.

Without giving it much thought, he immediately reported the matter, hoping to stop Jiang Man from taking the risk.

If that fruit really is the source of the evil god of the ancient well.

That must never be approached.

Even the most mentally strong person will get into trouble once they get close.

He then spent his entire life in mediocrity, trapped in his own mind and unable to make any progress.

It would be a hundred or a thousand times more painful than killing him.

Afterwards, the Zhenyue Division sent out a series of messages, the contents of which were very simple: to stop Jiang Man from going to his death.

This person is far beyond the reach of ordinary members of the Zhenyue Division.

Continuing down this path will ruin your promising future.

However, these messages all went unanswered.

I don't know if the other party didn't receive it, or if they read it but didn't reply.

But three days later.

Those who investigated the grove immediately reported that the aura of the evil god in the grove was fluctuating.

Instead of expanding, it shows signs of shrinking.

Two days later.

The people who explored the entire area brought back exciting news.

The aura of the ancient well-like evil god was receding.

Then I saw that the direction of the fall was towards the grove of trees.

"The speed is very fast, it's not a normal drop, it's more like an attack," Senior Brother He said, looking at the test results.

In an instant, they all thought of a possibility.

江满
They've begun attacking the source of the evil god, the Ancient Well.

Over the next two days, they discovered that the aura of the evil god in the grove began to shrink, while the aura of the ancient well-like evil god in the sky began to churn and recede.

At first, it was done secretly, but this time it's happening much faster.

It seemed as if a fierce battle was taking place inside.

The Zhenyue Division began to isolate that area to prevent the return of the evil god's aura from the outside world.

Although they didn't know what kind of battle Jiang Man was going through, blocking these evil god auras was always the right thing to do.

The commotion was so great that the entire Zhenyue Division had no choice but to cooperate.

At this moment, the first man looked at everyone and said, "Didn't you say he was taking credit for something he didn't do?"

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

"What did he say when he received the award?" the man, who looked to be in his fifties or sixties, asked.

The junior sister Mo, who had been summoned, lowered her head and recalled for a moment, then said, "He said that his ability to rescue people from the forest shows that he is strong enough, but the fact that he can only barely rescue people shows that he is still too weak and needs to obtain the cultivation technique as soon as possible."

"In addition, he said, 'The pride of heaven strives for every moment.'"

"We can't wait for the process to finish."

Everyone fell silent.

For a moment, he was speechless with rebuttal.

When the other party was taking credit before, they had a lot of objections.

now
Facts speak louder than words.

He seizes every minute.

With the cultivation technique, he dared to launch an attack on the source.

At this moment, someone ran in and said, "Manager, we've noticed that the aura of the ancient well-like evil god has been forced out."

The aura of the ancient well-like evil god is normally like the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, difficult to detect, and invisibly affects everyone.

They locked their minds, making them believe that their path had come to an end.

He lived an ordinary life.

But as long as the source is stimulated, people can detect the scent.

"What level?" the leading man immediately asked.

"Similar to a dead evil god waking up and recuperating, without prior preparation, it could completely lock down the entire Black Spirit Abyss," the visitor said.

"What's the situation over there? Can we go in?" the leading man asked immediately.

The newcomer was silent for a moment before saying, "We can't go in. There are abyssal evil gods over there. Even if we go in, we will lose contact and our direction, and we won't be able to accurately find the source."

"This is beyond our control; we can only try to contain it now."

Everyone fell silent.

It was clearly beyond our control, but someone still managed to break in and even launched a direct attack on the source.

You're saying he's taking credit for something he didn't do?
People would say that the Zhenyue Division loves to joke around.

At this moment, another person arrived from the investigation team and said, "Something has changed. The aura of the ancient well-like evil god is spinning rapidly. If there are no accidents, it should have been stimulated by something and is about to enter a state of mutual destruction."

The man in the lead frowned and ordered someone to immediately notify Jiang Man to halt the operation.

We can't afford to be any more reckless; that's enough for now.

If he continues like this, he will ruin himself.

the other side.

Jiang Man radiated light as he walked step by step toward a large tree in front of him.

There was a fruit on the tree, and he felt that if he ate it, his evil god techniques would advance by leaps and bounds.

He certainly wouldn't miss out on something so good.

As for the lock weighing on his heart, he didn't even glance at it.

Even though these locks have turned into countless chains binding him.

He never cared.

As he walked, the chains broke one by one.

There was nothing that could stop him from advancing.

Otherwise, why would that tree be in such a panic?
However, he didn't have much time left and needed to deal with the tree quickly.

Otherwise, they might not be able to get out.

On the way, he received another message from Zhenyue Division. After a slight hesitation, he replied.

at the same time.

Senior Brother He and the others received Jiang Man's reply immediately.

"He's back," Senior Brother He said.

The leading man immediately stared at Senior Brother He and asked, "What did he say?"

Others were also curious.

Senior Brother He swallowed hard, his voice unsteady: "He said, have you ever seen a peerless genius?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Even at this point, does he still need to pretend?
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.

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