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Upon hearing this, Ali finally spoke, her neck stiffening, her little pink fists clenched, her large, watery eyes wide and sparkling, her brows full of spring-like affection, her gaze radiant and captivating.
"When does Sister Ali plan to go find the big bad guy to fulfill the bet?"
"I want to go with Sister Ali!"
“I have more experience in this area than Sister Ali, so I can give Sister Ali some pointers…”
Yun Ying smiled brightly and continued to tease.
Seeing Ali's shy and timid appearance, she found it quite amusing.
"It's already very late today..."
"Let's go tomorrow..."
"Besides, my brother has just broken through to a higher level of cultivation, and now is the time when he needs to familiarize himself with and master this power. How can we disturb him?"
Ali steadied herself and forced herself to find an excuse.
"Sister Ali, just don't forget to bring your little sister along..."
Yun Ying shrugged, appearing indifferent.
She's determined to watch this drama unfold; no one can change her mind!
The academy is located at Qixia Peak.
The fact that she couldn't detect any trace of Jiang Che last time left a deep impression on Haiyue.
Therefore, she has been keeping a close eye on Jiang Che's movements during this period of time.
Although Haiyue couldn't see anything about Qingyun Manor because of Jiang Che, she still keenly noticed the aura and commotion caused by the breakthrough.
"They've already broken through to the Golden Core stage so quickly...?"
"He's indeed a gifted little fellow..."
"I'm genuinely curious to see how far you'll go in the future..."
Haiyue's lips curled slightly upward as she gazed into the distance, her eyes piercing through the void, giving her a complete view of the situation surrounding Qingyun Manor.
After examining the area for a while, Haiyue quickly withdrew her gaze, muttered to herself, and then continued reading the book in her hands.
It's still that same storybook, "How to Be a Responsible Sect Leader."
"The book says... that geniuses should be appropriately rewarded to motivate them and make them feel recognized..."
"But... why does this reward feel a little strange?"
"Huh, how come I never noticed before that this is an indecent fictional novel?"
"Oh, oh!"
.....................
Inside the training room of Qingyun Manor.
Jiang Che slowly opened his eyes, a golden light flashing in them as he gazed into the distance, piercing through the void.
With his divine sense extended, everything within his field of vision was laid bare before him.
No movement within a radius of a hundred miles can escape his divine sense!
After breaking through his cultivation level, Jiang Che's physical body, soul, and even the quantity and quality of spiritual energy within his body improved by more than a dozen levels compared to before!
The ocean of spiritual energy in the lower abdomen's dantian disappeared, replaced by a dazzling golden elixir, radiant with celestial light, imbued with Daoist charm, and crystal clear.
The Golden Core contained an unimaginable amount of spiritual energy, more than ten times the amount it contained before!
With the cyan attribute "Iron Wall" attached to him, Jiang Che's physical attributes are much stronger than those of other cultivators at the same level.
With the combination of the "Close to the World," the "Taiyi Sword Technique," and the "Western Chu Sword Song" which he had cultivated to perfection, Jiang Che was confident that he had no rivals within the same realm, and even fighting against opponents of higher realms would be a piece of cake!
"System, view my entry panel..."
Jiang Che focused his mind and communicated directly with the system in his mind.
[Host: Jiang Che]
[Cultivation Level: Early Golden Core Stage]
[Entries: Transmigrator (Gold), Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune (Purple), Peerless Young Master (Purple), Prodigy (Purple), Purple Sword Immortal (Gold), So Close Yet So Far (Purple), Talisman Master (Purple), Taiyi Sword Technique (Purple), Iron Wall (Azure)...]
"It's time to experience this powerful force..."
After observing the various changes in his body and reviewing the entry panel, Jiang Che seemed to be deep in thought. With a flash, he left the area of Qingyun Manor and appeared a hundred feet above the ground.
Moonlight poured down as Jiang Che walked on clouds, each step covering a thousand feet, and in no time he left Chang'an City.
After leaving Chang'an, following the directions in his memory, Jiang Che transformed into a stream of light and headed towards the Ten Thousand Mountains he remembered.
An hour later, after traversing 30,000 li, Jiang Che finally arrived at the Shiwan Mountains, located northeast of Chang'an City.
Standing tall above the endless void, Jiang Che stood with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance. His divine sense spread out, covering a radius of a hundred miles, yet he had only managed to detect a tiny fraction of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
"No wonder that disciple advised me against venturing deep into the heart of the Ten Thousand Mountains..."
Jiang Che muttered to himself, seemingly lost in thought.
There are many legends about the Ten Thousand Mountains, and the stories vary widely.
Legend has it that the Ten Thousand Mountains are so named because there are as many as 100,000 mountain ranges of all sizes in this region, stretching endlessly. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator could risk losing his life if he ventured deep into the heart of the mountains.
The Ten Thousand Mountains are located in the northeastern corner of the Heluo region, connecting the Heluo region, the Three Kingdoms region, the Great River basin, and the East Wind Sea.
It is a backyard where all kinds of monsters live, and there is never a shortage of high-level monsters, even seventh and eighth-level monsters.
The Ten Thousand Mountains have always been regarded as a dangerous and terrifying forbidden area by all cultivators in the four regions including Heluo. Few people dare to venture deep into it without authorization, and at most they can only explore the outer perimeter of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Few cultivators who ventured deep into the area, whether at the Nascent Soul or Deity Transformation stage, returned alive. Having come to realize the terror of the Ten Thousand Mountains, this region gradually became a forbidden area shared by the four states.
Within a radius of ten thousand miles, there was no human habitation, and no trace of human activity whatsoever.
Jiang Che has always been a person who cherishes his life very much and never fights a battle he is not sure he can win.
Although his increased strength gave him unprecedented confidence, Jiang Che was not so arrogant as to want to go deep into the heart of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
While pondering, Jiang Che rode on the clouds, his figure flashing rapidly under the moonlight, and soon arrived directly at the nameless valley where he had found the Xuan Yang Fruit.
Jiang Che's figure floated down, first arriving at the outer edge of the valley, where he took out three sticks of incense from his system space, placed them on the nameless grave, and bowed three times.
Then he slowly turned his gaze to the nameless valley not far away.
The valley has a complex and rugged terrain, with ravines stretching for more than a hundred miles. The cliffs are thousands of feet high, reaching into the clouds and disappearing into the horizon.
Countless caves of all sizes are arranged in a row, deep and dark, appearing particularly eerie in the silent, pitch-black night, making one's scalp tingle.
Jiang Che retrieved the Amazing Immortal Sword he had previously acquired from the system space. Then, he leaped into the air, soaring thousands of feet above the ground, sword in hand. The wind whipped his robes, making them flutter, and his black hair danced in the breeze.
Jiang Che lowered his head slightly, looking down at the environment of the valley, and quickly made a plan in his mind.
He channeled the vast spiritual power within his golden core, raised his sword, and unleashed one of the ultimate killing moves of the Western Chu Sword Song!
In an instant, the sound of swords echoed throughout the void within a hundred miles, shaking the surrounding area. The weather changed drastically, and a terrifying pressure spread out, instantly engulfing the endless void around it!
"Buzz!"
With a resounding sword cry that echoed through the heavens, silvery-white sword energy manifested in the void, its sharpness fully revealed, vast and boundless, cold and domineering, poised to strike.
The sword aura was about a hundred feet long, with divine might and awe-inspiring power. The sword aura swept across the sky, traversing all directions, and its sword light was dazzling.
The moment the sword energy manifested, the bright moon in the sky was completely obscured, and the entire world was plunged into boundless darkness.
The terrifying sword energy swept across the land, engulfing all directions. Countless mountain spirits and wild monsters around them began to prostrate themselves on the ground, trembling in fear.
Jiang Che raised his sword and unleashed a powerful strike!
As if summoned, the silvery-white sword energy, with unparalleled force and devastating power, suddenly blasted towards the valley!
The sword energy arrived almost in the blink of an eye, instantly colliding with the valley!
"Boom!"
After a deafening roar, the world seemed to tremble violently. The booming sound of the explosion echoed everywhere, shaking the universe and stretching for hundreds of miles.
The aftershocks of the explosion began to spread in all directions, sweeping across the endless void, with beams of light shooting straight into the sky, clearly visible even from tens of thousands of miles away.
The nameless valley, over a thousand feet high, collapsed completely, countless rocks tumbled down, and the earth began to tremble violently.
Dead trees tumbled down the mountainside along with rocks, cliffs collapsed abruptly, and deep, bottomless ravines cracked into the ground, stretching endlessly.
A cloud of dust and sand billowed up, creating a terrifying scene reminiscent of the apocalypse.
After a long while, everything finally settled down. Jiang Che looked around and saw that the towering peak that had stretched for over a hundred miles had disappeared, leaving only ruins and desolation everywhere.
"Not bad..."
Jiang Che muttered to himself, then packed up the Jinghong Sword and turned to leave the dilapidated valley without looking back.
...............
Not long after leaving the valley, and before even leaving the Ten Thousand Mountains, Jiang Che stood a hundred feet above the sky and saw a somewhat eerie scene.
A little girl carrying a huqin (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument) was running away quickly, protected by a light blue energy shield. Behind her followed a burly man wearing armor, wielding a giant axe, and exuding a menacing aura.
In the darkness not far away, more than a dozen dark figures were constantly moving through the dense forest, chasing after the two.
The burly man wielding a giant axe was covered in blood and breathing heavily, seemingly seriously injured.
Seeing this somewhat familiar scene, Jiang Che frowned slightly and quickly came to a conclusion about the identities of these people.
The little girl, who looks about four or five years old, is probably Cai Wenji 1.2 inside the energy shield, and the man in armor is Dian Wei.
Cai Wenji was still holding the erhu (a type of Chinese stringed instrument) that her father had left her, while behind her were relentless assassins from the Wei capital. Their target was clearly the erhu in Cai Wenji's hands.
The leader of the assassins wore a hood, his face was cold and his expression was ruthless. He held two blades and moved with lightning speed. In no time, he caught up with Cai Wenji and Dian Wei.
"A-Dian, don't worry about me..."
"You should just run away by yourself..."
Turning her head to glance at the assassin relentlessly pursuing her, Cai Wenji's eyes were filled with tears as she desperately called out to Dian Wei beside her.
Since leaving Wei Du, she and A Dian have been hunted down by these Wei Du assassins for a full month.
Although they managed to escape danger each time, they were always in peril.
Because of her, A-Dian suffered extremely serious injuries.