Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 18 Rat Prodigy

On the south slope, inside the courtyard, Jiang Chen was practicing. His body was like willow catkins, moving with the wind, attracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to gather.

"The tempering of the torso is complete."

At a certain moment, an idea came to his mind and Jiang Chen stopped what he was doing.

"Come to think of it, it's been two months since I came to this world, and today I've finally made some progress."

Jiang Chen clenched his five fingers into a fist and felt the changes in himself, a smile appeared on his face.

With the completion of the torso cleansing, his physical strength became even stronger, and he was considered superior among the first-rate ones. Only those with extraordinary physical talents could suppress him. However, for practitioners, the spiritual energy tempering the body and the increase in physical strength were just incidental.

"With the completion of my torso tempering, I feel like I'm getting closer to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This will make my talisman skills more accessible. I can even give the skinning technique, which I've been unable to master for a long time, a try again."

As his thoughts turned, Jiang Chen gained a deeper understanding of the practice of the spiritual realm.

The purpose of practicing at this level is not to increase the practitioner's strength, but to increase the practitioner's affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and to transform the practitioner's mortal body into a spiritual body, thus laying a solid foundation for future practice.

"To some extent, the cultivation of the Spiritual Realm has already increased the innate potential of practitioners, allowing them the opportunity to go further. From this point of view alone, the cultivation system of this world is not simple."

After seeing the tip of the iceberg, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"The next thing I need to do is to complete the cleansing of my head as quickly as possible and seek to cultivate my Qi. I have the Spiritual Spring Stone to help me create a favorable location, so I shouldn't be stuck at this step."

Glancing at the well in the yard, Jiang Chen felt quite satisfied. He had to admit that this unexpected spiritual object provided a great help to his practice. If it were not for the help of this spiritual spring stone, it would probably take him quite a while to complete the tempering of his torso.

The reason why Jiang Wang was stuck at this step was not only due to his own factors, but also because of the external environment which was a big problem.

"According to the cultivation knowledge left by Jiang Wang, there are things in this world called spiritual veins. The places where they take root are filled with spiritual energy from heaven and earth, making them a treasured place for cultivation. Unfortunately, spiritual veins are rare and don't seem to exist in the entire Qinghe County."

His thoughts wandered, and when he thought of the spiritual vein, Jiang Chen couldn't help but frown.

His predecessor came to Muyu Island for the possible treasures that his teacher Baihe Daoren had mentioned, and hid in a bandit's lair. However, he also tried to inquire about the information related to the spiritual vein from many sources, but unfortunately he got nothing.

"The previous incarnation of Jiang Wang's teacher, Taoist Baihe, once hinted that this land seemed to have suffered something, making it unfavorable for cultivation, and told Jiang Wang to wait for the right opportunity."

Thinking of some things in Jiang Wang's memory, Jiang Chen frowned even more tightly. It was at this moment that two low growls caught his attention.

"Going crazy?"

Turning his gaze towards the wooden cage not far away, Jiang Chen's eyes moved slightly as he watched the two mice madly attacking the cage.

Compared to before, these two mice have undergone tremendous changes. Not only has their fur turned black and red, but their bodies have also grown a lot. They look less like mice and more like grown-up cats.

At this moment, their eyes were bloodshot and they were banging against the wooden cage almost crazily, trying to escape.

"Has it reached the limit? But something seems wrong." With thoughts turning in his mind, Jiang Chen observed the changes in the two mice and did not rush to take action.

When they were on Muyu Island, many things were inconvenient to do because there were so many spies. After arriving in Jinsha Valley, many things were no longer restricted. It was also because of this that the two mice lived a very good life during this period, and they had blood and energy replenished every day.

Of course, only one of these two mice was one of the original three, and the other one was added later. Except for these two, the remaining dozens of mice died one after another during this period. Fortunately, there is no shortage of mice in this Jinsha Valley.

From this perspective, these two mice should be considered geniuses in the mouse clan, and they are also lucky, otherwise they would not have been able to survive until now. However, it seems that they have reached their limit now.

Roar, a low growl came from their throats, as if they were stimulated by something. The two mice, trapped in the cage and unable to escape, took a deep breath and their bodies swelled rapidly. If they were originally the size of kittens, now they are as big as calves.

With a click, a powerful force burst out, the wooden cage could no longer trap the two mice, and the cell door was instantly knocked open.

After breaking out of the cage, the two mice did not run away immediately, but instead locked their eyes on Jiang Chen. At this moment, their completely deformed faces were full of ferocity and bloodthirstiness. It was obvious that they regarded Jiang Chen as their prey.

Ho ho ho, a threatening roar came from its throat, and one mouse drooled. Unable to hold back, it suddenly exerted force with its legs and pounced on Jiang Chen like a tiger, wanting to swallow him whole. The other mouse was also tempted, but the scarlet light in its eyes flickered, as if it was struggling and hesitating.

Looking at the big rat rushing towards him, Jiang Chen's face showed no panic, only regret.

"The body hasn't reached its peak, but the mind is already disturbed. I never thought that absorbing alien blood and energy would have such a hidden danger. It seems that the Blood Flame Technique's ability to refine blood and energy hasn't reached its peak. However, this is normal. After all, the Blood Flame Technique is only a low-level talisman."

A thought arises and disappears, and Jiang Chen points it out casually with a finger.

The next moment, accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, the mad rat fell to the ground and was silent. This was the Mysterious Killing Finger.

After doing all this, Jiang Chen turned his attention to another mouse. He was very familiar with this mouse. It was not only one of the original three mice, but also the one that was scared to death by the Xuan Killing Finger.

At this moment, meeting Jiang Chen's gaze and feeling the familiar murderous intent, the dormant fear in his heart was awakened, as if he was poured with a basin of cold water. The originally mad mouse suddenly woke up, the scarlet in his eyes gradually faded, and finally returned to normal.

The mouse let out a whimpering sound. The mouse, which was originally in a daze, seemed to understand something at this moment. It immediately retracted its claws and no longer had any offensive posture.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen remained indifferent and continued to look at the mouse expressionlessly.

Seeing this, the mouse took another look at his cellmate who had fallen to the ground. After waking up, it gritted its teeth and walked into the cage on its own. The moment it returned to the cage, it moved its tail and closed the door that had been knocked open before.

After doing all this, it released its giant body, lay in the cage, and stared at Jiang Chen with its pair of dark little eyes, its face full of obedience and innocence.

Looking at such a mouse, a hint of curiosity finally appeared on Jiang Chen's face.

"Has it awakened its spiritual intelligence and is about to become a demon? Its spirituality is truly unexpectedly high."

"It seems that this crazy rat can only be regarded as a fake genius. You are the real rat genius."

After careful observation, Jiang Chen had some guesses about the condition of the mouse.

(End of this chapter)