I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

"The merits are passed on to the Lion King..."

Jiang Lingzi narrowed his eyes and looked at Wei Tu. His calm expression hid his admiration for Wei Tu.

First, repaying evil with kindness shows impeccable character.

Secondly, he knew how to use these words to indirectly remind him that he should reward Lou Shiwang according to his merits without hurting his face. This shows that he has a high emotional intelligence.

Such a person could probably become a high-ranking official even in the secular officialdom.

A younger generation who understands the ways of the world may not necessarily bring him any benefits, but at least they will not cause any major disasters in the future.

Not to mention, Wei Tu has great potential.

"King Lou Shi died in the line of duty. How can I let you give up your merit points and donate them to Jianhuo Palace? Isn't this putting me in an unjust situation?" Jiang Lingzi pretended to scold and cursed Wei Tu.

Afterwards, he waved his sleeves and used his magic power to bring Lou Mingyue, who was standing in the audience, to the stage. He then began to commend Lou Shiwang for his merits and reward him with the Jianhuo Palace according to official business.

When rewarding the Jianhuo Palace, Jiang Lingzi did not give Taixu's high-level skills and secret techniques, but directly gave Lou Mingyue a chance to become a god.

This opportunity to become a god comes from the "legacy" of King Li Gui, and does not belong to the human race in the spiritual world. It can be regarded as a personal gift from Jiang Lingzi.

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior. After I return to the Sword and Fire Palace, I will personally make a statue for you and let my people worship it for eternity."

Lou Mingyue showed gratitude and thanked Jiang Lingzi.

But deep down, she was more grateful to Wei Tu at this moment, because she knew that without Wei Tu's help just now, with the "past grudges" between Lou Shiwang and Jiang Lingzi - even if Jiang Lingzi was impartial and did not forget Lou Shiwang's contribution, he would only be impartial and only give her a few merit points that were of little use to her, and would not be so kind as to give her this practical opportunity to become a god.

……

The commendation ceremony is over.

Next, Jiang Lingzi ruthlessly lowered the magic barrier and directly drove away Master Lan, Tianmei Xue Nu and others who were present, leaving only Wei Tu and Jincan Xue Nu.

It is clear at a glance which is near and which is far.

"Although half a month is not a long time, it is enough for me to explain some of the secrets of the spiritual world to you."

Jiang Lingzi said.

Hearing this, Wei Tu was a little surprised. He still remembered that when he asked Jiang Lingzi for advice in the cave in the far north, Jiang Lingzi had told him not to ask about matters in the spiritual world.

Why, it suddenly changed now?
If it were just him, that would be fine. After all, in Jiang Lingzi's eyes, as long as he didn't die, there was a 99% chance that he would ascend to the spiritual world in the future. Knowing some secrets of the spiritual world in advance was not a big deal.

But...why is the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl?
"Could it be..." Wei Tu thought thoughtfully, vaguely guessing that Jiang Lingzi would leave an opportunity for the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl after returning to the spirit world.

If it is really as he expected, the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl, who is now in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, will indeed find it easy to break through to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm in the future and reach the threshold of ascending to the spiritual world.

But now was not the time for him to think too much about this matter. After going it over in his mind, he bowed and asked Jiang Lingzi about the specific details of the cultivators in the human world ascending to the spiritual world, and whether he would be retaliated by the Mist Ghost Clan after his ascension.

“Revenge from the Fog Ghost Clan? Well... you have made remarkable contributions this time, so I do have this worry.” Jiang Lingzi nodded slightly, acknowledging Wei Tu’s concerns about what would happen after his ascension.

He killed five red-haired fog ghosts in one breath. With such an outstanding military achievement, considering that the fog ghost clan is targeting the human race in the spiritual world, how could they not hate Wei Tu, a junior?

After hearing this, Wei Tu smiled bitterly to himself. He was not just hated by the Fog Ghost Clan in general, but was truly hated to the core by Pei Hong, the Saint Son of the Fog Ghost Clan.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will be retaliated by Pei Hong after he ascends to heaven.

Therefore, if you don’t prepare for a rainy day now, it will be too late when you actually ascend to the spiritual world.

——It is true that the human race in the spiritual world will protect him as a meritorious official, but can Pei Hong’s revenge be the same as the ordinary revenge of the Mist Ghost Clan?
"If the two of you do not want to show up at the Ascension Well in Dusheng Immortal City, I do have a way to ascend without going through the Ascension Well..."

Jiang Lingzi thought for a moment and then spoke.

He also understood Wei Tu's concerns. With the strength of the human race in the spiritual world, they would not be afraid of the provocation from the Mist Ghost Clan alone. However... the difficulty lies in the fact that the Mist Ghost Clan and the Four-Armed Ape Clan have joined forces.

Once they show up at the Ascension Well in Dusheng Immortal City, I'm afraid Wei Tu and the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl will immediately become famous in the human area.

By then, it will be difficult to conceal your identity even for protective purposes.

And Wei Tu and the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl alone are obviously not enough for the human race in the spiritual world to protect at all times at a huge cost.

Therefore, it would undoubtedly be a good thing if we could prevent the issue of identity disclosure from the root.

"any solution?"

"Senior Jiang Lingzi, please explain clearly."

Wei Tu was delighted after hearing this and asked hurriedly.

Having come up from the bottom of society to where he is today, he understands too well the principle that "a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind". If he could reach the spiritual world in obscurity, he would definitely choose this option instead of arriving through the Ascension Well.

Anyway, his merit points are registered in the Temple of Human Ancestors and will not disappear.

"This is not difficult. It is nothing more than walking the path I took back then."

Jiang Lingzi stroked his beard and smiled.

Having said that, Jiang Lingzi did not keep the audience in suspense and directly talked about the process of his ascension to the spiritual world.

It turned out that as early as nine hundred years ago, the Fog Ghost Clan had secretly invaded the human world and tampered with the ascension passages between the human world and the spirit world, making it difficult for the monks who ascended to the spirit world to reach the ascension well in Dusheng Immortal City...

Jiang Lingzi, who had not yet ascended to the human world, naturally did not know this secret. When he was about to ascend, he suddenly and inadvertently saw the presence of the "Red-haired Fog Ghost" at the other end of the ascension passage, so he stopped his ascension in fear and looked for another way.

Saving the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl in the secret realm and granting her the corresponding opportunity was a small thing that Jiang Lingzi did accidentally when he was looking for other ways to ascend.

Then, after hundreds of years of searching, Jiang Lingzi finally found a passage leading to the spiritual world and ascended to heaven as he wished.

"This ascension passage is in the 'Sangshen Ridge'. Strictly speaking, it is not an ascension passage, but a space crack opened up by the ancient demon when it invaded the human world from the spirit world."

As he spoke, Jiang Lingzi had already used his magic power to condense a jade slip, on which he had printed the information about the ascension channel. He made two copies and handed them to Wei Tu and Jin Canxue Nu respectively.

"Sangshen Ridge?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu was extremely surprised.

He had heard of the place called "Sangshen Ridge" when he came to the Great Yan cultivation world more than two hundred years ago.

Like the "Evil Land of Sinking Corpses", it is a famous forbidden and dangerous place in the Dayan cultivation world, containing a large number of space cracks and various chaotic laws and restrictions.

Moreover, unlike the "Evil Land of Sinking Corpses", the "Soul-Slaying Ridge" does not distinguish between inner and outer areas. Even if a god-transforming master enters this place, he will be extremely deadly.

It is a forbidden area within a forbidden area.

The reason why he was surprised was that it was hard to imagine what method Jiang Lingzi used to determine which space crack in "Sangshen Ridge" could lead to the spiritual world.

"Formation? Or Liyou Dao Body?"

He had some guesses in his mind.

In the two major battles with the Mist Ghost Clan, he had long seen that Jiang Lingzi was not an ordinary Void Refining cultivator, but a sixth-rank formation master with extremely high attainments, who had reached the level of "forming a formation with one thought".

Nine hundred years is not enough time for a cultivator to cultivate from scratch to the level of a sixth-rank formation master.

Therefore, it is very likely that Jiang Lingzi had already achieved great accomplishments in the art of formations before he ascended to heaven. That is why he was able to distinguish among the many space cracks in "Sangshen Ridge" that the space crack was the "shortcut" to the spiritual world.

"However, to ascend from the Soul-Destroying Ridge, you must have enough defensive means to support you. Otherwise... the space storm in the space crack alone will be enough to tear you... no, tear your body into pieces."

Jiang Lingzi looked at the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl and reminded her.

Only then did he remember that Wei Tu practiced both his magic and body, and that his fifth-level body refining was enough to block the "space storm" in the space crack, although he would still be seriously injured...

……

time flies.

Half a month passed quickly.

During this half month, Wei Tu and Jincan Xue Nu had nothing more to ask Jiang Lingzi. Jiang Lingzi also imprinted the secrets of the spiritual world that they did not ask about on jade slips for them to check at any time.

Afterwards, under a burst of dazzling light, Jiang Lingzi, who was on the bone altar, rose from the ground and went straight to the other end of the space channel.

At that end is the "Ascension Well" of Dusheng Immortal City.

However, at the moment of ascension, a fair and tender baby separated from Jiang Lingzi's body. With a flash of silver light, it landed on the head of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl and disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Wei Tu said to himself, "As expected."

When Jiang Lingzi descended to the mortal world, since he went there with his split soul, then when he left, the magic power he carried with him naturally would make it difficult for him to return to the spiritual world. This is the mysterious rule of heaven and earth.

It is also for this reason that it is far from as easy as imagined for the cultivators in the spiritual world to descend to the mortal world.

And these "remaining magical powers" are what Jiang Lingzi believes will enable the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl to ascend to the spiritual world in the future.

After all, these "magic powers" supported Jiang Lingzi in breaking through the realm of refining emptiness in the lower realm. Even if some of them were consumed along the way, it should not be difficult for a middle-stage spirit transformation realm to break through to the late-stage spirit transformation realm with these powers.

“However, after refining these ‘Nascent Souls’ that carry other people’s magical powers, my own foundation will inevitably become impure in the future. Even if I can purify my foundation after ascending to the spirit world… it will inevitably still have a certain impact…”

Wei Tu thought secretly.

However, he also knew in his heart that without this opportunity, the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl would probably never be able to ascend to the spiritual world in her lifetime.

But he also had to sigh that fate was a cruel thing.

Before this, the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl had expressed many objections to Jiang Lingzi's use of demonic means to refine the Three Flames Ancient Lord, Li Guiwang and others, but she did not say it out loud due to the pressure of the situation.

Now, when Jiang Lingzi left, he accepted this "gift" again...

Of course, this is not a case of Golden Silkworm Snow Girl being hypocritical - this woman has always acted in a very righteous manner.

Furthermore, accepting magic power as a gift from others is very different from refining it into a "magic pill" with your own hands.

A qualified monk is often a doer rather than an idealist.

Half an hour later.

The ascension passage leading to the spiritual world disappeared, leaving only the "receiving formation" with exhausted spiritual power.

Wei Tu and the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl looked at each other, and without saying much, they nodded silently, and then looked at Master Lan, Tianmei Snow Girl and others who stayed in the distance.

"I will stay in the Snow Mountain for a while. If there is anything important, Miss Lou can send someone to the Snow Mountain to find me..."

Wei Tu spoke briefly.

After he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and flew away to the northern region of Dayan with the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl and the Sky Eyebrow Snow Girl.

Knowing the face but not the heart.

His words were meant to tell Master Lan that he and the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl had already joined forces, and anyone who dared to covet them would be struck by lightning.

It was simply that Jiang Lingzi had given too many gifts to the two of them, whether it was his "legacy" when he ascended to heaven nine hundred years ago, or his temporary teachings before his ascension just now... they were all coveted by the gods in the human world, such as Master Lan.

——Having no potential for ascension doesn’t mean you don’t covet the secrets of the spiritual world.

Now, he and the three incarnations of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl and the Sky-Eyebrow Snow Girl are stationed in the Great Snow Mountain. As long as Master Lan is sensible, she will keep this secret and not become their enemy.

A month later.

Wei Tu, the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl and the Sky-Eyebrow Snow Girl arrived at the Great Snow Mountain in the Northern Region and stayed there temporarily.

At this moment, Wei Tu and Jin Canxue Nu carefully took out the "Qian Jun Spirit Dolls" they obtained when they killed the Red-haired Mist Ghost, and placed them one by one on the table.

"These Qianjun Spirit Dolls were all obtained by Mr. Wei from killing people. I just used my hand to deceive Senior Jiang Lingzi... I feel guilty for this. Please take back these two Qianjun Spirit Dolls, Mr. Wei..."

The Golden Silkworm Snow Girl pointed at the two Qianjun spirit dolls in front of her and sent them to Wei Tu with her magic power.

Wei Tu neither rejected nor immediately accepted the generosity of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl.

He paused and told the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl how precious this item was.

"Each of these treasures is equivalent to a potential powerful Void Refining Master. Miss Shui, after knowing this secret, can you still honestly give all of these items to Wei?"

Wei Tu asked with a slight smile.

Treasures are tempting, let alone two potential "powerful masters of refining emptiness". If he were the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl, he would never be so generous as to not take any of them.

The words fell.

A look of hesitation immediately appeared on the face of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl.

But after half a breath, the woman bit her lips tightly again, with a more resolute look, "Since it is not mine, then there is no reason for me to steal it."

Wei Tu looked closely at the expression of the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl and saw that she did not seem to be faking it, so he shook his head and returned the two "Qianjun Spirit Dolls" that the girl had just handed to him.

Five "Qianjun Spirit Dolls" are more than enough for him to protect himself. If there are two more, his combat power will not increase exponentially.

Therefore, taking them all would not only be a bad thing, but would also create enmity with the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl in the future.

He could still tell which was more important, the two "Qianjun Spirit Dolls" or a fellow Taoist who could depend on him for life and death.

In other words, with the help of his friend, the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl, he did not lose the two "Qianjun Spirit Dolls" in a sense, but they were controlled by the Golden Silkworm Snow Girl. (End of this chapter)