I'm just an ornamental fish in the water.

"Has Your Majesty summoned you?"

As Jiang Li followed Chi'er towards the back hall of the main hall of the Luoshui Divine Palace, she asked along the way, "What is it that requires your help, sister?"

"I don't know either. Her Majesty only said she wanted to see you."

Chi'er shook her head. As she spoke, they had already reached the main entrance of the back hall. She simply pushed the door open but did not go in, saying only, "Go in by yourself."

Seeing such solemnity, Jiang Li was a little puzzled. She thanked Chi'er and stepped into the back hall.

This is where the Empress usually rests. Its decorations are less solemn than those of the previous hall, but more exquisite.

Upon entering the inner hall, they saw the Empress leaning casually against a white jade platform, her hand supporting her chin, her eyes slightly closed, as if she were dozing.

Jiang Li didn't speak, but stood silently below the stage, waiting quietly.

However, the Empress opened her eyes and laughed, "Now that you're here, why didn't you call out to me?"

"Your Majesty is busy with official duties and has finally had a chance to rest. How could I, Xiaoyuer, dare to disturb you?"

Jiang Li bowed respectfully with a smile, then asked seriously, "May I ask what Your Majesty's purpose in summoning me?"

Lady Luoshui did not answer, but stared at Jiang Li for a few more moments, then asked with considerable surprise, "Your aura... how has it changed?"

"change?"

Jiang Li paused for a moment, looked down at herself, and asked in confusion, "I wonder what Your Majesty means?"

"You don't know it yourself?"

Lady Luoshui was even more astonished and pointed at Jiang Li.

Instantly, a beam of water burst forth from the Empress's fingertips, circling around Jiang Li and carrying a slight suction force.

Jiang Li understood and took the initiative to release his own original energy, allowing a wisp of water light to be drawn away.

This aura is the outward manifestation of Jiang Li's foundation. He built his foundation with the spiritual essence of Huai Huoshui Jun, so this aura is deep blue with a hint of scarlet.

The Empress's fingertips caressed this wisp of energy, and a faint light suddenly flashed across her fingers, carrying an inexplicable spiritual charm that Jiang Li couldn't understand.

The original vital energy is extremely important to a cultivator and should not be easily controlled by others.

But Jiang Li wasn't worried at all. To put it bluntly, if Lady Luoshui wanted to do anything to him, he wouldn't be able to resist anyway.

Moreover, Lady Luoshui is clearly not that kind of person.

All that could be seen was Lady Luo Shui's hands, glowing faintly, lightly flicking across that wisp of energy.

As Lady Luoshui moved, Jiang Li's wisp of primordial energy was slowly disintegrated...

The first thing to be dismantled was the water-elemental spiritual energy on the outside, followed by the wisp of ferocious malevolent energy within the core.

But it didn't end there. Under the influence of Lady Luoshui's actions, this wisp of malevolent energy was also disintegrated, leaving only...

"thunder?"

Jiang Li's eyes widened.

He was shocked to see that in the hands of Lady Luoshui, his own wisp of primordial energy had been completely dismantled, and a thin, white-incandescent lightning bolt, as fine as a hair, was emerging and swirling around the Lady's fingertips.

Jiang Li's original energy is almost identical to that of the ancient evil god because of the spiritual essence of the Huai Huoshui Lord.

Within the water element's energy, lies a core of ferocious and malevolent energy.

But when did another bolt of lightning suddenly appear?

Is this my original vital energy?

Even Jiang Li herself was puzzled.

"It is definitely the aura of thunder."

Lady Luoshui glanced at Jiang Li, casually returned the energy to him, and then said, "What I used just now was an ancient human shamanic secret technique, which is most capable of discerning and dismantling all energy. There is no mistake."

"But even Little Fish himself didn't know where the lightning came from."

Jiang Li frowned. Although the Qi of Thunder was something cultivators dreamed of, as it was the best Qi for both fighting enemies and cultivating oneself.

But the problem is, this sudden change really threw Jiang Li into a panic...

and many more……

Suddenly, Jiang Li remembered something and recounted the details of their river patrol in detail. Then she guessed, "Could it be because of that breathing technique?"

"You're quite bold, daring to personally test a method of dubious origin."

Lady Luoshui nodded helplessly at Jiang Li and said, "Bring me that method to see."

"Yes."

Jiang Li hurriedly took out the peach charm, rushed over in a few steps, and handed it to Lady Luoshui.

"what?"

Lady Luoshui blinked in surprise, staring at the scriptures on the peach charm, her surprise becoming more and more obvious.

After a long while, he slowly exhaled and gave Jiang Li a complicated look.

"Your Majesty, is there some hidden danger?"

Jiang Li asked anxiously.

"Hidden dangers?"

Lady Luo deliberately dragged out her words, and seeing that Jiang Li was becoming increasingly nervous, she said, "There are no hidden dangers; on the contrary, it's a good thing."

"This breathing method is of a very high level. Even without visualization aids, simply practicing this breathing method will stimulate the flow of your original vital energy and bring profound blessings."

"The thunderous energy within your primordial energy also originates from this. It's likely because you only cultivated it once, so it's not apparent, and even you can't touch it."

"A method that directly points to the cultivator's origin is undoubtedly an extremely profound and mysterious method."

The Lady of Luoshui used the word "extreme" twice, which shows how high the status of this method is, even this lady was amazed by it.

As he spoke, he gave Jiang Li a complicated look and said, "First, King Yu bestowed upon me the spiritual essence of the ancient gods who were born from heaven and earth to help me establish my foundation. While running errands in the city, I met a true Taoist cultivator and obtained an inner elixir talisman."

"It's just a short trip out of the house, yet such a wonderful coincidence has occurred."

"Do you know that even one of these three blessings you have received points directly to the gate of all wonders on the path to immortality?"

Hearing Lady Luoshui say this, Jiang Li felt relieved. He scratched his head and smiled, "Thanks to Lady Luoshui's blessings, Little Fish was lucky enough to get three points, which is why I have such good fortune."

"Glib-tongued."

Lady Luoshui feigned a reprimand, handed the peach charm back, and said, "If I am not mistaken, the breathing technique on this peach charm should be a thunder technique."

"Thunder Magic?"

Jiang Li's eyes widened. Even though he only had a superficial understanding of cultivation common sense, he knew that thunder magic was the crown of all Taoist methods. It was the supreme method for exorcising evil spirits and warding off disasters, controlling clouds and rain, eliminating demons and punishing sins, and cultivating oneself.

It is precisely because of the applicability and status of thunder magic that almost every major cultivation path in Taoism has its own thunder magic.

The breathing technique that Jiang Li obtained was clearly a thunder technique derived from the Daoist breathing and visualization method.

"Thunder magic itself is a method of cultivating both body and mind, but unfortunately you only have breathing techniques and haven't obtained the visualization diagram, so you can only cultivate life and not nature."

"But that's enough for you. You are of the water element, which is gentle and soft. Although you have the support of the evil energy within the Wuzhiqi spirit, you still lack some of the sharpness."

"Now that you have this breathing technique, and practice it regularly, you will have an extra layer of thunderous energy on your core, which will completely fill in the gaps."

Lady Luoshui marveled at Jiang Li's good fortune, but still cautioned, "This time you were lucky. If you encounter a similar situation next time, never rashly practice any method of unknown origin. Do you understand?"

Jiang Li nodded earnestly and said sincerely, "Your Majesty's concern is deeply appreciated by Xiaoyuer, and I will never forget it."

Lady Luoshui smiled with satisfaction.

Jiang Li then remembered the important matter and asked, "I wonder what business Your Majesty has summoned Xiaoyuer for?"

Upon hearing this, the smile on Lady Luoshui's face turned serious.

"The City God of Xingyang County sent an official document, saying that when the ghost messengers of the City God's Palace were pursuing the evil spirit, the evil spirit escaped into the Luo River. Because it involved the Luo River God Temple, the City God of Xingyang issued a document requesting the Luo River God Temple to send someone to go into the Luo River to pursue it."

"I intend to send you."