I really became a king.

Chapter 196 Is this a mountain?

Jiang Yi thought of Lin Yizhi, Tian Buyi, Su Qingfeng, and even Jiang Xuehen, Chu Kuan, Wang Daniu, Luo Yishou and others.

Strictly speaking, these people were not closely connected with the Emperor of Dali, Jiang Zhenyi. They were either retainers of the Prince Duan's Mansion, or members of the royal family or independent martial artists. Moreover, people like Jiang Xuehen and Chu Kuan were all recreated by him using the Vein Shaping Pill.

Logically speaking, loyalty is not a problem, at least for now, and Jiang Yi can feel it.

But if the moment really comes when he falls out with the Dali Emperor Jiang Zhenyi, I wonder if he can still maintain this loyalty.

Jiang Yi felt a sense of urgency. The Dali Imperial Capital was comfortable, but to him, it was also like a cage. In this "cage", Jiang Zhenyi was the sky, holding absolute power over life and death.

Therefore, he needs to find an opportunity to jump out of this cage. Once he leaves the imperial capital of Dali and has established a firm foothold in other places, especially in the Nine Frontiers, he will be able to fly freely as he pleases.

Before that, he needs to seize every opportunity to expand his foundation and improve his strength, so that if he really wants to take that step, he will have the strength to fight.

"Prepare for both situations. On the one hand, speed up the efforts to win over the people's hearts, and on the other hand, improve your own strength!"

Jiang Yi murmured something to himself, then turned his gaze to his hand, in which he was holding a black object, half the size of a fist.

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary piece of stone, but upon closer inspection, one can see that it is covered with mountains, buildings, and even grass, trees, and water.

But they are all black, which looks very awkward, especially the black trees, which make me feel uncomfortable no matter how I look at them.

This was found in the Lanshan Sect's treasure house. After Lin Yizi discovered it, he thought it was somewhat extraordinary, and then he quietly gave it to Jiang Yi.

It wasn't even recorded in the list, and Jiang Yi was very satisfied with Lin Yizi for this.

Jiang Yi was very fond of this dark object and felt that it was another rare treasure, whose value was even far greater than the Lanshan Sect's sacred weapon - the White Shadow Spear.

“Is this a mountain?”

Jiang Yi carefully looked at every texture on the "stone", including every blade of grass and tree. The more he looked, the more he felt that it was a mountain, just a miniature version of a small mountain.

Jiang Yi gently tossed the black stone while walking towards the secret training room in the dojo.

"Whether it is a treasure or not, we will know after seeing if we can bring it into the Shanshui Martial Realm..." So he needs to find a place where there is no one.

In the mountain and water martial realm, Jiang Yi quietly looked at the black stone in his hand, his face full of joy.

"It is indeed a rare treasure, but I don't know what it is used for?"

Jiang Yi turned the black stone in his hand over and over again, but unfortunately, even in the mountain and water martial realm, it still did not react at all. Apart from the vaguely visible mountains, flowers, and trees on it, it was really just like an ordinary stone, and there was nothing unusual about it.

"Then try refining it with the Treasure Refining Technique."

As Jiang Yi's thoughts turned, the golden little man who had been sitting quietly with his eyes closed in the center of the red lotus opened his eyes, pointed his finger, and floated in front of him.

Then he pointed again, and the lotus soul fire that was originally refining the [Luofu Cave Heaven Seal] suddenly split into a wisp, instantly wrapping the black stone.

"That's okay!"

Jiang Yi suddenly realized, and then took out another thing, which was the sword box he had made himself.

After receiving Jiang Yi's order, the golden man moved his fingers and another wisp of soul fire separated from the lotus flame, slowly tempering the sword case.

Jiang Yi became interested and threw out some precious refining materials, and the scene was still the same.

Looking at the four soul fires doing their own things, Jiang Yi was a little excited. Doesn't this mean that in the future, while refining weapons, he can also do other things such as refining pills, thus making multiple uses of one fire!
Jiang Yi also discovered the changes in the lotus soul fire. Originally there were nine flaming lotus petals, but after three strands of soul fire were separated, only six were left.

This means that the Lotus Soul Fire can be divided into nine at most. However, after one fire is divided into more than nine, the refining power is also weakened. Jiang Yi can feel that the speed of the [Luofu Cave Heaven Seal] is obviously slower.

Jiang Yi thought about it, then took back the sword box and refining materials, leaving only a wisp of soul fire to refine the black stone.

After discovering that the Lotus Soul Fire could be used for multiple purposes, Jiang Yi decided that after refining the Luofu Cave Heaven Seal, he would separate three strands of soul fire and begin to continuously temper and nourish the Blood-Transforming Flying Knife and the Sun and Moon Dual Wheels.

Although I am not sure what effect it will have, there may be unexpected gains.

And even if there is no gain, it doesn't matter. The soul fire comes from the blood power in his body. If it is nurtured for a long time, it will definitely improve its compatibility with him and make it easier to use.

Feeling that it might take some time to refine the black stone, Jiang Yi walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down.

Below the cliff is the rippling Qianyun Lake. The originally calm lake is now filled with rolling waves, and the sound of waves hitting the cliff can be clearly heard.

Qianyun Lake faintly had the surging momentum of a vast ocean.

At this time, in the surging waves of Qianyun Lake, a giant dark brown turtle was swimming freely. It was the alligator snapping turtle that was the size of the room.

After seeing Jiang Yi, the alligator turtle cut through the waves and swam rapidly towards the cliff.

Jiang Yi laughed loudly, leaped straight off the cliff and landed on the back of a giant turtle.

"Let's go and see your Qianyun Water Palace."

The alligator snapping turtle has been in Qianyun Water Palace for quite some time, and Jiang Yi is looking forward to seeing what changes will happen in the water palace.

Hearing Jiang Yi's words, the alligator turtle became a little excited. It stretched its neck and let out a loud cry, then carried Jiang Yi directly into Qianyun Lake.

"Huh? Why is there a tree?"

When they arrived not far from Qianyun Water Palace, Jiang Yi discovered the first change.

Originally, there was only a lonely stone tablet standing in front of the water palace with nothing else, but now there is a tree.

The tree is not tall, only about three meters, and its entire body is golden yellow, but from its appearance, Jiang Yi feels that it is very similar to a money tree.

"Where did this tree come from? Can you hide anything in your body?"

Jiang Yi asked curiously. He was very sure that this tree was definitely not from his Shanshui Martial Realm, but was brought in from the outside world.

The only possibility is that there is a mysterious space inside the alligator turtle's body, and this tree was brought into the Shanshui Martial Realm by the alligator turtle from the space inside its body.

The alligator snapping turtle was originally happily carrying Jiang Yi to its own water palace, but when it heard Jiang Yi's question, it suddenly slowed down, fearing that Jiang Yi would take the things in its water palace for himself.

Jiang Yi found it a little funny. He was not so greedy and would not really take over the alligator snapping turtle's things.

At this moment, the golden man suddenly sent him a thought: the refining of the black stone is complete!
"So soon?" Jiang Yi was surprised and delighted. He patted the huge tortoise shell under his feet and said, "Okay, we'll go to your water palace later."

After saying this, he didn't need the alligator turtle to see him off, and directly practiced the "Water Crossing Technique" to leave Qianyun Lake.

The alligator snapping turtle actually stretched its head out and breathed a sigh of relief in a human manner, then looked at the tree in front of the water palace, hesitating whether to retract it into its body. In the end, it seemed to feel that it had already been discovered by Jiang Yi, and there was no point in retracting it.

He ignored the tree and hurried into the water palace.

(End of this chapter)