I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

"Jiang Lingzi?"

Wei Tu was slightly surprised.

With the advance information from the ghost soul, he knew that the real Jiang Lingzi had ascended to the spirit world nine hundred years ago. It was impossible for Jiang Lingzi to exist in the human world at this time.

So, who is the "Jiang Lingzi" who passed through this broken jade at this time?

However, other gods did not have the same information channels as Wei Tu, and they were immediately surprised after hearing the words of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl.

After all, this is the hope of achieving the Great Divine Transformation and dealing with the Ghost Shadow Palace and the Fog Ghost Holy Land.

In addition, getting to know the senior master Jiang Lingzi would be of great benefit to their future path. And according to the previous description of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl, Jiang Lingzi was not a person with a strange personality, and his actions were quite righteous...

After a while, an illusory translucent figure floated out from the broken jade held by the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl.

This man had slightly gray hair on his temples and a thin body, and looked no different from an ordinary person. However, when he turned to look at Wei Tu and the others, his aura suddenly became more fierce, like a sword being unsheathed, clanging and making a clanging sound.

"Nine hundred years have passed. It has been nine hundred years in the other world. Apart from this young man in green robe, I didn't expect that the gods of the Great Yan cultivation world are still you guys..."

Jiang Lingzi's tone was indifferent, and the way he looked at Wei Tu and the others was not as if he was looking at a Venerable Huashen, but as if he was looking at the younger generation in the world of immortal cultivation.

But the practitioners present did not dare to raise any objection.

Especially after these words were spoken.

They could naturally understand what Jiang Lingzi meant by "nine hundred years in another world".

That is the ascension they have always dreamed of!
After hearing this, Wei Tu immediately dispelled some of the doubts that had just arisen in his mind.

Since this "Jiang Lingzi" could accurately tell the time of his ascension, it must be true and he is definitely a real person.

As for the ascended monks returning to the human world...

Although this task is difficult, it is not impossible to accomplish.

For example, the incarnation of the Weeping River Demon Lord, the Ghost God, can be summoned by the believers in the human world and his soul will be sent down to the human world.

For example, powerful people like Xuanling Fairy and Lingjiangzi also came to the human world in various ways and left their own "legacy" in the Dacang cultivation world and the Dayan cultivation world.

Although Jiang Lingzi's current level of cultivation is still far inferior to that of Xuanling Fairy, Lingjiangzi and other great men...but the human world is a lower world that is completely controlled by the human race in the spiritual world. Given Jiang Lingzi's current status in the human race in the spiritual world, it should not be too difficult for the human race in the spiritual world to do him a favor and teleport him back to the human world.

"Since Senior Jiang Lingzi said that he has already ascended to the spirit world, then... why did he suddenly return to the human world? Is there something important?"

Tianmei Xue Nu received Wei Tu's hint, paused, took a step forward, and asked about the sensitive issues that the cultivators were concerned about.

It is true that they are anxious to find Jiang Lingzi.

But actively looking for someone and passively meeting someone are two different things.

Now that Jiang Lingzi has shown up on his own initiative, it is inevitable that there are many doubts.

If Jiang Lingzi had not told them that he had ascended to heaven, and had come to find them now, they would not be surprised. After all, the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl and her companions had once gone to the Eastern Region and spread the message of looking for Jiang Lingzi.

As gods who have reached this level in the past world, they are definitely not simple-minded people who can be easily fooled by others to the extent that they have survived until now.

"You are quite alert."

Hearing this, Jiang Lingzi was not surprised. He nodded slightly, his eyes showing appreciation, "This time, I came to the lower world, naturally I came back with a mission. Well... to put it simply, the Mist Ghost Clan invaded our human world, how can the human race of our spiritual world sit idly by and wait for them to be captured? The Ghost Shadow Palace has the Mist Ghost Clan as helpers, and I am the helper of the cultivators in the human world."

"But you don't have to be surprised. The reason why I know that you are working together to deal with the Ghost Shadow Palace is because this remnant of jade contains a trace of my divine consciousness that I left behind a thousand years ago."

"Normally, this divine consciousness will be dormant. Only when the little golden silkworm is in danger and calls out my Taoist name, will the divine consciousness in this broken jade wake up."

"When Little Golden Silkworm and the rest of you went to the East Region to look for my whereabouts, my consciousness was gradually awakened by you, so I know all this."

"It is precisely because of this divine consciousness that I can anchor the spatial coordinates in the spiritual world and send down this soul fragment to the human world."

Jiang Lingzi explained sincerely.

The fog ghost clan.

The broken jade consciousness and the split soul...

The information gradually matched, and what was said was reasonable. The cultivators looked at each other secretly, nodded calmly, and temporarily chose to believe Jiang Lingzi in front of them.

Anyway, there is no harm in believing it for the time being.

If the situation really becomes dangerous, who will care whether Jiang Lingzi is a senior master or a human messenger from the spirit world?
However, Wei Tu had more options than Qi Yaoxian and others. His eyes flashed slightly, and he immediately sent a voice message to ask Youshenfenhun whether Jiang Lingzi's identity was true or false.

"This person was able to bypass the divine senses of all of you who have attained the state of transformation and descend upon the remnant jade of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl. This kind of magical power is not something that an ordinary cultivator can control... He is most likely a visitor from the spirit world, but it is hard to say whether he is a descendant of spirits."

"After all, this part of my soul has been imprisoned by you in the Five Elements Infant Body. My consciousness cannot be released, and my magical powers are restricted by 99%. How can I test its authenticity?"

"Unless you release the restraints on me."

After explaining for a while, the ghost soul said unhappily.

Wei Tu turned a blind eye and ignored the last words of Youshenfenhun.

The authenticity of Jiang Lingzi's identity is important, but it is far less risky than giving the ghost soul freedom.

Now, after the ghost soul was imprisoned by him, it could still use the two super-standard magical skills of "spells" and "blood induction". Once it was set free and its strength was fully restored, he had no confidence that he could imprison this demon again.

"But the visitors from the spirit world...are enough."

Wei Tu pondered secretly and believed Jiang Lingzi's words 70%.

The remaining 30% is his necessary vigilance.

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Obviously, Jiang Lingzi also knew that it would be difficult to convince these thousand-year-old monsters in front of him with just his one-sided statement.

So, after explaining his reasons clearly, he didn't say any more nonsense and directly promised a generous reward to the monks present after destroying the Ghost Shadow Palace.

"There are countless Taoist traditions within the human race in the spiritual world, but only the Human Ancestor Hall ranks first. In the Human Ancestor Hall, only virtue is valued. This virtue is not something else, but the merit points bestowed by the Human Ancestor Hall after the human race has made contributions."

"This time, I have accepted the mission from the Human Ancestor Temple and will go down to the human world to eradicate the Ghost Shadow Palace and eliminate the influence of the Mist Ghost Clan in the human world. The points I will receive are 1,800..."

"As assistants, you will naturally get merit points after eradicating the Ghost Shadow Palace. However, in the human world, these merit palaces are just useless to you. You can only look at them but not use them. After all, the cost of transporting spiritual objects across the world is too high, and the gain is not worth the loss."

"However, I can help you exchange these merit points for specific cultivation techniques and secrets, or even ascension experience, and pass them on to you."

Temple of the Ancestors? Merit points?
The secret techniques of the spiritual world? Even the experience of ascension.

Jiang Lingzi's words instantly made all the gods present there's eyes turn red, and they looked eager to make something happen.

The skills they practiced were not bad within the Spirit Transformation Realm, and could even be said to be first-rate.

However, the world of immortal cultivation is constantly evolving.

The first-rate skills they possess are limited to tens of thousands of years ago and are not the same as today.

Moreover, due to the barrier between the spiritual world and the human world, the skills passed down by ancestors have gradually had some omissions and deviations due to historical reasons.

A difference of one word means a thousand miles of error.

Therefore, in fact, according to their estimation, the skills they practiced were at best second-rate in the spiritual world, and were far inferior to the new skills derived by the powerful human beings in the spiritual world.

Now, they have the opportunity to connect with the superior skills of the spiritual world. How can they not be happy and ecstatic?

As for the ascension experience, it is even more precious.

It is difficult to become a great cultivator and it is even more difficult to ascend to the upper realms.

But if one does not have the ambition to achieve great things, how can one reach the state of spiritual transformation?

On the surface, neither Qi Yaoxian, Lou Shiwang, Jincan Xuenu, nor Sanyan Zunzhe would say that they would have the hope of becoming a great god-transforming cultivator, but in their hearts... every god-transforming cultivator is undoubtedly conceited and would not think that their path has come to an end.

Wei Tu was also happy after hearing this.

He was not particularly coveted for the secret techniques and skills; what he really cared about was the merits of the Human Ancestor Temple as mentioned by Jiang Lingzi.

In his opinion, this item is not as simple as exchanging for treasures in the Human Ancestor Temple. It may be a subtle symbol of the cultivator's status in the human race in the spiritual world.

It may not be easy for a cultivator with many points to obtain excess status among the human race in the spiritual world, but it should not be difficult to obtain a status that exceeds that of an ordinary ancestor cultivator.

Otherwise, the Lord of Lingzi would not have gone to the trouble of transmitting the souls to the lower realm and given them generous rewards to encourage them.

However, the premise of all this is that the Jiang Lingzi in front of him is a real person, not an imposter.

Therefore, even though Wei Tu was excited after hearing about the huge reward, he still controlled his temper, took a step back, and hid himself among the crowd to make himself not so outstanding.

"Fellow Daoist Linggu, I have heard that there are many races in the Spirit Realm that are born with talents that are beyond the reach of ordinary people. For example, the human race can practice all kinds of methods. Then...what about the Mist Ghost Clan? What are the talents of the Mist Ghost Clan?"

Wei Tu calmed his mind and communicated with the ghost soul again.

In fact, he had already learned most of the information about the Mist Ghost Clan from the ghost god's soul when he searched Cao Dingxiong's soul.

But it is better to be cautious, so he needs to ask a few more times to make sure it is correct.

As soon as these words were spoken, Wei Tu soon heard the praise from the ghost soul.

"Friend Wei, you are indeed a cultivator I value. You have indeed noticed this clue."

After saying this, the Ghost God's soul wasted no time and explained to Wei Tu the innate magical powers of the Fog Ghost clan again.

The Fog Ghost Clan is a clan of natural-born ghosts. Their abilities are similar to their name. They are famous among all the clans in the spiritual world for their talent in hiding their bodies and disguising themselves as others.

In some races, the fog ghosts are not called "fog ghosts", but are called natural assassins.

"Then this Jiang Lingzi... is there a high possibility that he is a disguised member of the Mist Ghost Clan?"

Wei Tu narrowed his eyes and pondered.

From the beginning to the end, Jiang Lingzi in front of him did not reveal any flaws, but... no flaws are often the biggest flaw.

There is no other reason, it just happened to appear.

They had just failed in their search for Jiang Lingzi, when they suddenly saw the fragment of Jiang Lingzi's soul appear on the remaining jade of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl.

Even though Jiang Lingzi had explanations for all of this, and they were extremely credible, but... he had never heard of anyone calling a junior by his Taoist name.

The word "Golden Silkworm" in "Golden Silkworm Snow Girl" is her Taoist name, not her real name!
Of course, all this could also be due to his paranoia. After all, if you want to find flaws, even the most normal things will be suspicious once you become suspicious.

"Probably."

The ghost soul nodded, agreeing with Wei Tu's guess.

"According to Qi Yaoxian's estimation, the news that you destroyed the Ghost Shadow Palace's mountain gate and killed Cao Dingxiong will not reach the ears of the Ghost King in the corpse-sinking evil land until one and a half months later."

"But this does not take into account the Fog Ghost Clan."

"The Mist Ghost Clan and the Ghost Shadow Palace have always had a one-way connection. Cao Dingxiong doesn't know where the Mist Ghost Clan is or how to get there... If I were a member of the Mist Ghost Clan, I would not be able to support only the Ghost Shadow Palace in the Northern Territory. This is not safe."

The ghost soul expressed his own opinion.

His meaning was very simple. As early as when the six gods of Wei Tu dealt with Cao Dingxiong, the cultivators of the Fog Ghost clan hiding in the dark had already noticed this.

It was just that due to some restrictions, we didn't take action immediately.

Therefore, the current appearance of Jiang Lingzi is most likely a means for the Fog Ghost Clan to harm them, the gods who have transformed into gods in the human world.

"But the good news is that even if the Jiang Lingzi in front of me is fake, it doesn't matter..."

"Because your human race's descending spirits are expected to arrive soon."

The ghost soul smiled and asked Wei Tu to look at the fluctuations of spiritual consciousness on the broken jade.

Hearing this, Wei Tu was stunned at first, then a green light flashed in his palm and he looked in the direction of Jiang Lingzi.

Under the translucent soul of Jiang Lingzi, the spiritual consciousness on the ancient broken jade was fluctuating more and more violently, with a tendency to condense into a new soul.

However, under the suppression of "Jiang Lingzi", the trend of this spiritual consciousness to condense the soul was not successful and was constantly obstructed.

However, "Jiang Lingzi" did not seem to dare to use all his strength to destroy this spiritual consciousness, as if this spiritual consciousness was also quite important to him.

"Possessed by the Fog Ghost Clan?"

Suddenly, Wei Tu had an idea in his mind, and he thought of the common magical powers of the Fog Ghost Clan that the Ghost God's soul had mentioned before.

Possession is different from disguise, it is actually living in the body of the real owner. For this reason, after "Jiang Lingzi" appeared, he could not see any flaws of it with "Hun'e Evil Eye".

However, possession also has a time limit.

Over time, the real owner will continue to suffer backlash.

The consciousness of the Jianglingzi in the remnant jade is not enough to resist the cultivators of the Wugui clan, but if the real Jianglingzi is projected from the spirit world, it may not be possible. (End of this chapter)