Chapter 691 - 638: Jiang Yuebai, Worthy of Her Reputation
The Land of Chaos is located at the southernmost part of the Earth Spiritual Realm, a remnant of the Ancient God-Demon Battlefield, and the only place Jiang Yuebai had not explored before departing from the Earth Spiritual Realm.
At that time, she was only at Late-Stage Golden Core Cultivation and unable to withstand the turbulent currents of the Land of Chaos. A slight mistake could result in being torn to pieces.
Now she has reached Mid-Stage Nascent Soul, undergoing tremendous changes inside and out. As she stands amidst the misty gray fog and raging whirlwinds, she finds she doesn’t even need Protective Gang Qi.
The wind howls as Jiang Yuebai strolls leisurely through the turbulent gray fog. Her Divine Sense detects desolation all around, the ground littered with gray rocks and scattered bone fragments, desolate and lifeless.
A bolt of lightning suddenly streaks across in front of her, tearing a black rift in the air. The currents are immediately drawn to the rift, whirling and slicing everything nearby into powder until the rift in the void closes by itself.
"Spiritual Energy, Yin Qi, and Demonic Qi mixed together, and it seems there’s a faint hint of Muddy Qi—indeed chaotic. I remember, Master once discovered a Chaos Erosion Spiritual Fruit here."
Back then, during the Wind and Cloud Meeting at Kongfang City, she needed the Green Cicada Flying Coin from the Kong Family. Master wanted to trade with them, using the Chaos Erosion Spiritual Fruit.
That fruit is only produced in the Land of Chaos in the Earth Spiritual Realm, capable of helping Peak Nascent Soul cultivators devour and merge the Five Elements Qi within their bodies to transform into Yin Yang Qi, thus increasing the success rate of Divinity Transformation.
Especially as the fruit carries a trace of Chaos Qi; if it can be preserved, it can aid Divinity Transformation cultivators in walking the Chaos Dao.
However, the Chaos Qi within one fruit is as thin as a strand of hair, too sparse for Divine Sense to detect, let alone preserve.
What makes it precious is mainly its ability to increase the success rate of Divinity Transformation.
"Master once told me the approximate location..."
With sand and wind obscuring her vision, Jiang Yuebai frowned and summoned the Lotus Platform above her head, instantly forming a vortex that wildly devoured the surrounding turbulence, sucking everything into the depths of the Lotus Platform!
The variety of energy within the turbulence is quite comprehensive, some of which can be converted into Chaos Qi for her cultivation.
With a single draw, her surroundings instantly became clear. Jiang Yuebai finally spotted the volcano Master had mentioned, continuously spewing rolling ash, veiling the entire world in gray.
She summoned the Taihe Umbrella to protect herself and transformed into a gust of wind using the Carefree Travel technique, rushing toward the volcano.
Along the way, the Lotus Platform kept on absorbing the surrounding turbulence, dispelling the clouds and mist of the Land of Chaos, rendering it no longer chaotic.
This place is home to some special supernatural beasts that have long absorbed various energies from the turbulence, making them fierce and bloodthirsty.
Jiang Yuebai saw several Nascent Soul cultivators practicing here, hunting beasts, and searching for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. After careful observation, she realized she didn’t know any of them and quietly avoided them.
In less than half an hour, Jiang Yuebai reached the side of the volcano and entered through a crack in the ground, according to Master’s past description.
The underground lair of the Fire-Eating Beasts twisted like a maze. Jiang Yuebai released Jixiang to find a path. Crossing most of the Fire-Eating Beasts’ nests, Jixiang found the seal left by Master, eating along the way.
Master left the seal during Early-Stage Nascent Soul, blending almost seamlessly with the surroundings, but Jixiang’s extraordinary nose detected some clues and reported back to Jiang Yuebai.
Treasure hunting and array breaking are Jixiang’s specialties. Jiang Yuebai assisted from the side, and after unlocking the seal, she saw a short tree rooted in the rocky mountain, bearing five unripe green fruits of varying sizes.
"There used to be no conditions for cultivation; now, with the Lotus Platform Small World and more abundant and pure Chaos Qi than here, transplanting it into the Lotus Platform would certainly make it grow faster and better."
Jiang Yuebai decisively acted, uprooting the entire Chaos Erosion Spiritual Fruit Tree, leaving only a small naturally-grown seedling as a root.
Once these five fruits mature, they could greatly assist Master in future Divinity Transformation. Plus, she could attempt to cultivate them, benefiting her sect’s other Nascent Soul True Monarchs or selling them would be highly beneficial.
"It’s great to have such a reward right upon return!"
The path back was too long, so Jiang Yuebai directly activated the Michen Seal and appeared outside the volcano in a flash.
As fortune would have it, having just gained an advantage, she stumbled upon an Evil Cultivator.
At that moment, the Evil Cultivator was engaged in a fierce battle with a Righteous Dao Cultivator. Jiang Yuebai’s sudden appearance startled him, and he quickly retreated three steps back.
After Jiang Yuebai landed, she noticed that the Early-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator being pressured by the Evil Cultivator was a Sword Cultivator, wearing attire characteristic of the Guiyuan Sword Sect.
Looking back, she couldn’t clearly see the Evil Cultivator’s face, but noticed the banner in his hand, shrouded in ghost energy — surely one of the Seven Evils Banner from the Three Elements Sect?
It’s been a while!
And to think, even having reached the Early-Stage Nascent Soul, he was still using such a shabby thing as the Seven Evils Banner.
Tsk~ How impoverished!
"Who are you?"
The Evil Cultivator, with a sinister face, shouted in a low voice, on full alert.
The Sword Cultivator from the Guiyuan Sword Sect was also sizing up Jiang Yuebai, feeling he had seen her before. After a moment, he exclaimed in shock, "Jiang Yuebai! You’re that Jiang Yuebai from the Heavenly Interence Sect!"
Jiang Yuebai raised a brow in surprise. Had she remained this famous after all these years?
It was clear that this Sword Cultivator was very shocked and very awed upon seeing her.
Little did they know, Luh Changfeng, the Sword Cultivator, was astonished because the Jiang Yuebai known for ’corrupting’ the spirit of all sects in the Earth Spiritual Realm had appeared before him.
He had once declared, during the times when Zhuo Qingfeng from the Guiyuan Sword Sect was driving him mad, that if he ever saw Jiang Yuebai, who Zhuo Qingfeng hailed as a model, he would definitely let her taste his sword.
But seeing Jiang Yuebai’s cultivation level now, Luh Changfeng was overwhelmed with disbelief.
He recalled that Zhuo Qingfeng’s cultivation had been higher than Jiang Yuebai’s back in the day, although Jiang Yuebai had later surpassed him, but not by much.
And now Zhuo Qingfeng had just formed his Nascent Soul, but Jiang Yuebai had already reached Mid-Stage Nascent Soul?
To note, Zhuo Qingfeng was known as a cultivation fanatic who could suddenly sit up from unconsciousness due to injury, mumble sword techniques, strike twice, and then continue to pass out practicing!
Unaware of Luh Changfeng’s thoughts, Jiang Yuebai merely focused on the Evil Cultivator across from her and smiled slightly, "Is your Seven Evils Banner sturdy?"
As soon as she spoke these words, the Taihe Umbrella appeared above Jiang Yuebai’s head, spontaneously releasing a shower of white feathers. Like a galeforce, they struck toward the opposite side with immortal, dazzling white light.
The Evil Cultivator shuddered all over, hurriedly activating his Seven Evils Banner in an attempt to summon the seven evil ghosts to resist.
However, his move was too slow. He could not keep up with the Taihe Umbrella enhanced by the Carefree Travel technique, and before the ghost energy from the Seven Evils Banner could rise, the feathers had already reached him.
The moment the first feather touched the Evil Cultivator’s chest, his entire body, along with his Protective Gang Qi, exploded... Boom!
Flesh and blood flew!
The earth-shattering sound echoed to the sky. Luh Changfeng stood aghast behind Jiang Yuebai, witnessing the Evil Cultivator being crushed into pulp by the seemingly weightless feathers, even the ground beneath shattered, leaving a terrifying crater.
"The mass-produced Seven Evils Banner is indeed flimsy!"
Jiang Yuebai shook her head, sighed, then turned to glance at the stunned Luh Changfeng behind her.
Gulp!
Luh Changfeng shivered, quickly straightening his face, and cupped his hands in salute.
"Luh Changfeng of the Guiyuan Sword Sect, greets Senior Sister Jiang!"
Even though Jiang Yuebai was younger than Zhuo Qingfeng, and Zhuo Qingfeng used to call him Martial Uncle, strength dictates behavior!
Jiang Yuebai of the Heavenly Interence Sect, truly lives up to her reputation!