Chapter 220 - 154: Meng Qiewei: Select a Direct Lineage Woman for Him?

Jiang Man is in league with an Evil God.

The moment she heard this, Yu Wanyi felt she was finished.

’I thought I was taking refuge here, but it looks like I’ve walked straight into the tiger’s den.’

’The person I’ve invested in is in league with an Evil God. As his investor, I’ll probably be questioned too.’

’This is not good.’

’But would a prodigy like Jiang Man really need to get involved with an Evil God?’

’Besides, he has a Fairy for a partner. There’s absolutely no reason for him to get involved.’

’And his demeanor... he doesn’t seem like the type who would ever submit to an Evil God.’

So, she came to a conclusion.

’This woman must have a grudge against Jiang Man.’

Ren Qian looked at Huo Bingzhi and asked, "Besides Jiang Man, is there anyone else?"

"No one else for now, but I can go out and continue searching. I have a knack for this sort of thing," Huo Bingzhi said.

"Then why didn’t you say so from the beginning?" Ren Qian asked.

Huo Bingzhi said earnestly, "Because I was sure you’d be able to get to the bottom of it yourselves."

Ren Qian nodded, then had someone take Huo Bingzhi away.

"Why are you still taking me away? I’ve already reported an underling of an Evil God! Why won’t you clear my name? I have evidence! I’m not lying! I have a way to prove he’s in league with an Evil God!" Huo Bingzhi shouted.

And then she was taken away.

Yu Wanyi looked at Ren Qian and said, "Senior Brother, I think there’s been a misunderstanding."

"There’s no misunderstanding." Ren Qian looked at Yu Wanyi and said calmly, "Jiang Man is indeed in league with an Evil God."

Yu Wanyi was stunned for a moment. "I think I should probably leave now," she said. "I won’t stay any longer."

Ren Qian: "..."

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By this time, Jiang Man had already returned to his residence.

The extent of his injuries was more severe than he had anticipated.

If he hadn’t just tempered his body with the Hundred Refinement Stone, he feared he really wouldn’t have been able to break through the darkness.

His body would have been unable to bear the strain.

In other words, achieving the Golden Core required a sufficiently high level of overall strength.

Physical Body, Spirit, and Cultivation—not one could be lacking.

Jiang Man recalled what the Old Yellow Ox had said about practicing a series of related Cultivation Skills, then fusing them to achieve the pinnacle of their power.

On top of that, he still needed to cultivate a Promotion Skill.

Right now, all he was missing was the Seven-Star Body Refining Technique.

’I don’t know when I’ll be able to get it. If it doesn’t appear in the upcoming major competitions... I’ll have to spend Spiritual Source to buy it.’

Suddenly, Jiang Man felt that his remaining thirty thousand Spiritual Source seemed a bit insufficient.

After that, Jiang Man began to recuperate, though he still took out his books to study.

He was, of course, studying Giant Swordsmanship.

Now that he had a Spirit Sword and had learned the Sword Control Technique, all that was left was Giant Swordsmanship.

Although he couldn’t use it for Magical Combat, he could use it to fly while carrying the ox.

It would make escaping with the Old Yellow Ox much more convenient.

「Two days later.」

Jiang Man had recovered significantly.

The strength of his Physical Body and Spirit allowed him to recover faster than most.

But Ji Hao had told him it would be best to learn a few recovery-type Magic Skills.

He especially recommended a Magic Skill that enabled automatic regeneration, allowing for slow recovery from serious injuries.

That way, he wouldn’t find himself helpless and unable to self-rescue if he were seriously injured and alone.

It would also allow him to return to his Cultivation faster, widening the gap between himself and his peers.

Jiang Man naturally took this advice to heart and inquired about the price of such Magic Skills.

He learned there were none for the Foundation Establishment Realm, and those for the Golden Core Realm were astronomically expensive.

He then concluded that as long as he was strong enough not to get seriously injured, such Magic Skills were a complete waste.

However, on the second day of his recuperation, Jiang Man suddenly heard a knock on his door.

He instantly activated his True Martial Skill, a crimson sun materializing faintly behind him.

If the person on the other side made a move, he could immediately counter with a Secret Skill Attack.

’The only problem is that channeling the True Martial Skill takes time,’ he thought. ’I don’t know if I’ll be fast enough.’

However... the knocking started and stopped in an instant.

Once his True Martial Skill was active, Jiang Man opened the door.

A box was sitting on his doorstep.

This caught him completely by surprise.

「Inside his room.」

Jiang Man opened the box from a distance and found a statue and a letter inside.

The statue depicted a young girl, her eyes covered by a light veil, with a compassionate expression on her face.

She stood there, one hand reaching into the void, as if chasing after something.

Jiang Man frowned. The statue was rather strange.

’I wonder what it does.’

He couldn’t sense anything from it, however.

Then, he took out the letter to examine it.

It read: "I know you are the one chosen by the Immortal Spirit. The Immortal Spirit needs your strength now, and in turn, it will grant you strength. When you are desperate and powerless, let your blood fall upon this effigy, and the Immortal Spirit will pave the way for you."

Jiang Man pondered for a long time before he understood one thing.

’The Immortal Spirit is the Evil God.’

"So, they know I’ve had contact with the Evil God. How? Is there a traitor? Or does making contact with the Evil God automatically notify its other followers?"

Jiang Man felt the latter was more likely.

He then touched the statue, activating the Celestial Mirror Hundred Books.

The book’s pages turned to the very last one.

Text materialized on the page.

[Dream Token, condensed by a special lifeform to prolong its pathetic existence. This token allows a person to enter a corresponding dream upon falling asleep. The method is somewhat clever, but not worthy of being recorded.]

’A special lifeform?’

’That’s probably the Evil God.’

’Something that only activates when you’re asleep. Just as I thought—it’s trash.’

Jiang Man immediately went to find Mr. Yan.

She looked at the object and remained silent for a long time, feeling that events were straying off course.

’This isn’t something an Instructor for the Outer Sect Seven Peaks should have to deal with.’

「Seven days later.」

Jiang Man had completely recovered.

He had also clashed with some Evil Demons and Outsiders.

They were a group of Ancient Method Cultivators with a wide variety of techniques, even coordinating with each other through Arrays. Even he had to be careful when facing them.

Furthermore, Jiang Man learned from Mr. Yan that even the youngest among them were fifty or sixty years old.

The ones with higher Cultivation were even over a hundred years old.

That was why fighting them was so taxing; they used Arrays to combine their strength, allowing them to unleash power that surpassed others of the Same Tier.

Being unable to instantly defeat three opponents of the Same Realm was nothing to be ashamed of.

While explaining this, Mr. Yan muttered to herself, ’Is it really so strange that he couldn’t instantly defeat three hundred-year-old opponents of the Same Tier? Why am I even explaining this to him?’