The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 81 It really was foreseen.

Jiang Yuan has now quieted down, secluded himself for a long time, and rarely appears in front of the public.

Even when they come out, they hover high in the air for long periods, facing the sea in quiet meditation.

Perhaps only Cui Qinghe knew that he was visualizing the ocean and constructing a spiritual space.

At the Golden Core level, one must lay a solid foundation in their spiritual space and condense their nascent soul before they can cultivate a "spiritual domain," where they can evolve supernatural powers within their own spiritual space, and even materialize them to injure enemies.

After Qinghe advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, her spiritual space expanded to a radius of forty miles, allowing her to undertake some construction. Of course, she didn't move things in to build houses; she could only generate things based on her imagination.

This is why Golden Core cultivators need to travel and observe the wonders of the world, hoping to make them their own.

In his previous life, Jiang Yuan possessed a water sphere spiritual domain of over a thousand miles long during his late Nascent Soul stage, which could be used to trap enemies or to protect himself.

Jiang Yuan had also seen the Wood-type Spirit Realm, called Senluo Wanxiang. It released a vast forest that could suppress the enemy's cultivation level. Once trapped inside, any flower, tree, poisonous insect, or ferocious beast could harm the person.

In the early stages of cultivation, people intuitively believe that sword cultivators and fire magic are the most powerful. But once they reach the Nascent Soul level, they realize that wood magic is the most troublesome, with too many tricks up its sleeve, and those who are proficient in wood magic are almost immortal.

The water system is particularly profound. Among all the spiritual veins, the Yang water vein has the most acupoints, with a total of 134 on both sides.

In contrast, the Ding Fire Meridian has only eighteen acupoints on both sides, and these acupoints are all located in the most dexterous part of the human body: the hands.

Therefore, fire magic is the easiest to master in the early stages. Even cultivators without many fire-type acupoints can conjure a fireball.

However, once one reaches the Nascent Soul stage, their own potential is insufficient, and they often need to seek out external objects, such as a rare and wondrous fire from heaven and earth, as a means of attack.

Sword cultivators, on the other hand, only achieve the ability to break through all laws with a single sword strike after they have cultivated a true natal flying sword after reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

Apart from constructing a spiritual space, Jiang Yuan's seclusion was all about trying to open up the fire meridians and acupoints; he wasn't practicing fire magic, but rather thunder magic.

Lightning magic requires the fusion of water and fire. Currently, the water element foundation is sufficient, but the fire element acupoints are too few, which causes lightning magic to require a long time to form hand seals and its attack power is insufficient.

Jiang Yuan had seen Taiyi Sect disciples use lightning magic before. Even Foundation Establishment stage disciples knew it; it was a very rudimentary technique, similar to condensing a talisman in the palm of one's hand. Its killing power was mediocre and it was also very slow. Usually, it took three to five breaths of concoction while standing on a flying vehicle to unleash a single strike. In such combat, throwing a few fireballs would be far more effective.

Jiang Yuan pursues a powerful lightning technique that can be unleashed instantly. Once mastered, no one can form a hand seal to unleash a powerful attack in front of him; they will inevitably be interrupted.

Lightning Escape Technique is the fastest of all escape techniques, almost like teleportation. Although it consumes a lot of mana, it is an excellent means of fighting and escaping.

Lacking a fire-type demon core, Jiang Yuan set up a spirit stone gathering array in the training room, using a large number of fire-type spirit stones to help open up his acupoints.

Shen Wangzhi occasionally glanced at the spirit stone warehouse, and after half a year, there were hardly any red stones left in it.

It's not that he's stingy with spirit stones, since Jiang Yuan managed to snatch them back. But why would my brother, with a water-type spiritual vein, specifically choose fire-type spirit stones for cultivation?

When they sparred again, Shen Wangzhi realized how powerful Jiang Yuan's lightning technique was. Jiang Yuan could unleash it in an instant, and its power was astonishing. The electric arc was two zhang long and its end randomly forked, making it difficult to dodge.

If you get cleaved, even if you don't die in the early stages of the Golden Core realm, you'll be paralyzed. If you get hit again, you're definitely done for.

Fortunately, the range of the thunder magic is a little narrow, not exceeding one mile, while the flying sword can still be used to injure enemies from ten miles away.

Therefore, the only way to spar with Jiang Yuan is to stay away from him.

However, during the sparring session that day, a major accident occurred. Jiang Yuan suddenly froze and didn't move. Fortunately, Shen Wangzhi retrieved his flying sword. Qinghe quickly flew over and caught Jiang Yuan, who had fallen from the sky. She hurriedly used her Rejuvenation Technique to check his injuries, but strangely, his body and meridians were perfectly fine.

Qinghe had seen Jiang Yuan mysteriously lock himself in a three-layered array several times, and even affix talismans to his head. He had just formed his core and was already desperately cultivating forbidden soul techniques, which must be to avoid karmic divination.

That was the Immortal Husband's biggest secret, and he never told it.

Qinghe quickly sent Jiang Yuan back to his secluded chamber and activated the three-layered array as well. Fortunately, Jiang Yuan woke up soon.

Qinghe asked anxiously, "What's wrong with my husband?"

Jiang Yuan was certain this time that Taibai Jinxing must have foreseen it, so he could only say, "It's nothing, it's just that there was a problem with cultivating the forbidden soul technique."

If one hadn't cultivated forbidden techniques of the divine soul, nothing would have happened. At most, Taibai Jinxing would have known where one was hiding. However, a divine soul barrier at the Golden Core level would be instantly shattered if it tried to block a Golden Immortal's divination.

This is why that spell is listed as a forbidden technique. It is usually only those who have committed serious crimes and fled their sect, or those who are extremely wicked and are being hunted by the world, who would risk practicing it.

If something goes wrong, it will directly damage the soul, making it extremely difficult to heal.

Jiang Yuan's soul already had old injuries. He had been floating in the stream for three years in his early years, resulting in a significant loss of soul power. After being resurrected in another body, he forcibly used his soul power to activate the peach wood hairpin several times, which caused his soul to be incomplete. Without the nourishing wood of soul-nourishing, he would not be able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

Although Jiang Yuan was unconscious for a while, his consciousness remained clear. Taibai Jinxing did not continue to pursue the matter, but instead quickly severed the cause and effect.

Little did Jiang Yuan know that Venus should have stayed obediently in the Western Paradise, but he insisted on returning to the Heavenly Court. On the way, he organized a group of old immortals to jointly submit a memorial, demanding that the star shuttle be replaced immediately.

Venus didn't know who he had offended, but while still on his way, he received an official talisman and was assigned a mortal tribulation.

There are many kinds of tribulations for immortals, but the tribulation of mortals is a relatively easy one. It means that one is reincarnated as a mortal for one lifetime, and after death, one's soul naturally returns to its rightful place as an immortal.

This can be seen as being banished to the mortal realm and detained for several decades, while in Heaven it was only two or three months, which can be considered a minor punishment.

Venus, unaware of what had happened and whether it was related to the Heavenly River Water Lord, briefly sensed the Peach Blossom Paradise, only to discover that Jiang Yuan had slipped away.

Of course, Venus had no time to calculate carefully. He was in dire straits himself. As long as Peach Blossom Paradise was not discovered by the Heavenly Court, what did it matter if a kid slipped out? Even the Green Ox had gone out before and was brought back.

As soon as Venus returns to Heaven, he will be thrown into the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains to be reincarnated.

Many years later, the Tang Dynasty will produce a poet immortal named Li Bai.

This is a later story, so let’s not talk about it for now.

Jiang Yuan spent another two months repairing the soul barrier.

After this unexpected incident, Jiang Yuan actually believed Lao Niu's words: it wasn't easy for Taibai Jinxing to predict his fate, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to wake up.

If a Golden Immortal discovers an escaped spirit, he can bring it back in an instant.

From then on, Jiang Yuan's mindset improved a lot. Why bother constantly guarding against the Golden Immortal's pursuit?

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