The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 286 The Old Ox: The Other Side Refuses to Receive the Message
At the foot of Yunxia Peak.

The sesame seed cake shop was busy all day long.

I make sesame seed cakes every day.

Business has been good lately, and they don't want to waste the opportunity.

Naturally, we'll put all our effort into its production.

Every little bit helps.

It wasn't even opening time yet when a few people suddenly showed up.

They cordoned off the area around the shop.

They also took Song Qing and the other man into custody.

Song Qing and Tang Feng were both stunned.

I felt somewhat helpless, and even more so, I felt a sense of powerless fear.

Faced with these people, they didn't even dare to speak recklessly.

At the mercy of others.

"I will ask, and you will answer," a woman holding a long knife said to the two.

Upon hearing this, Song Qing immediately nodded: "Senior, we haven't done anything."

"Whose shop is this?" the woman asked.

“Jiang, Jiang Man’s senior,” Song Qing replied.

"What are you doing?"

"Selling, selling sesame cakes, really sesame cakes."

"To whom?"

"He was just a guest."

The woman looked at the pile of sesame cakes, paused for a moment, and then said, "Who would buy so many sesame cakes?"

Song Qing and the others remained silent.

In fact, they had thought about these kinds of questions as well.

but.
If it can be sold, who cares about all this?

If they don't sell them soon, they won't be able to survive here.

That would be a terrible thing. Besides, what do other people do with what they buy sesame cakes for?

The woman looked at them and said coldly, "Some people say you are colluding with an evil god."

Upon hearing this, Song Qing and the others turned pale.

Although they were unaware of the crime, the fact that it had attracted such a commotion suggested it was likely a capital offense.

Song Qing trembled all over: "Injustice, injustice."

However, the people surrounding the shop were at least in the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

Even a calm exhale carries a trace of spiritual pressure.

The pressure made Song Qing and his men tremble.

-

At this moment, Jiang Man was squatting in the courtyard, looking at the fluffy spirit pet on the ground.

His brows furrowed.

Today, the spirit beast egg was completely shattered, but what emerged was not a ferocious monster, but a fluffy little monster.

It lay on the ground, its silver-gray fur flowing like ink and mist, the most eye-catching feature being the tuft of white fur on its head.

Furthermore, her bright, glass-like eyes, though slightly vacant, made it impossible not to look at her more.

"Is this really a dog? It looks a bit like a cat." Jiang Man looked at the old ox beside him with doubt.

“The Heavenly Dog is not a dog,” the old ox replied.

"Does this dog have any intelligence?" Jiang Man asked.

Judging from its blank expression, it doesn't seem like a spirit pet.

Could it be that there was an accident at birth and he became mentally disabled?
"His intelligence is average, and his Tengu bloodline is rather thin, but the intelligence problem can be solved," the old ox said without looking up as he ate his grass.

Jiang was surprised: "Old Huang can also gain intelligence?"

“Not really, and even if I could, I wouldn’t dare to do it. But Zhao Tiankuo can. He needs more people to influence your senses so that you will do things for him, so he will enlighten this celestial dog,” the old ox explained.

Jiang Man looked at the dazed spirit pet and sighed: "Actually, this is quite interesting. Being too smart might cause headaches."

Upon hearing this, the old ox looked up at Jiang Man and said with emotion, "I deeply understand what you mean."

Jiang Man remained silent for a long time, gazing into the other person's eyes.

That's when I remembered that I used to be a fool too.

Jiang Man decided not to mention these things, and as for the celestial dog, he didn't pay much attention to it.

If you can raise them, then raise them; if you can't, then forget about it.

Jiang Man was about to begin his cultivation when Ren Qian arrived.

Upon arrival, he immediately asked, "Did you use the pancake shop to collect spiritual resources from other evil gods' subordinates?"

Jiang Man was taken aback.

Got caught.

Not good.

"How were you arrested?" he asked curiously.

“It was a man named Fang Yong who reported it. He seems to frequently leak information about you,” Ren Qian said.

Jiang Man originally thought it was done to curry favor with Bai Fengzhu.

I didn't expect it to be Young Master Fang.

That's strange. Does he have some way of making money?

Otherwise, why would you report yourself?
And how did he find out?
By guessing?

Not quite.

They might have guessed something from Song Qing and his group's behavior, but how could they be sure it was related to an evil god?
Is everyone a novice?

Jiang Man didn't think much of it and instead asked Song Qing and the others first.

If you get caught, you'll have to find a way to get out and go to jail yourself.

The transfer of Song Qing from Yunqian Division was a punishment, not a chance to enjoy a life of ease in the Hall of Law Enforcement.

“At first they denied it, saying they were innocent, but the person who bought the sesame cakes was arrested and was indeed a member of the evil god’s faction.” Ren Qian continued, looking at Jiang Man, “Then the evidence was conclusive, and Song Qing confessed that he colluded with the evil god.”

"However, the person hasn't been arrested yet; they're still at the shop location."

"The store has been sealed off and cannot operate for the time being. An investigation will take at least three months."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Man frowned. Song Qing had confessed, and now he was going to enjoy his life in prison.

Jiang Man then told the other party that Song Qing was just a Qi Refining cultivator, how could he possibly collude with an evil god?

They might not even know what an evil god is.

Therefore, it must be a problem with his boss.

In addition, he asked Ren Qian how much reward Fang Yong would receive for his successful report.

Ren Qian remained silent for a moment, thinking to himself that Jiang Man was truly unafraid of going to jail.

They are not afraid because colluding with evil gods means there is no way out.

However, he still told the truth that Song Qing was indeed too weak, and the problem should be attributed to Jiang Man, the boss.

Fang Yong was also rewarded with 50,000 yuan for his proper reporting.

Fifty thousand is a lot, but Jiang Man doesn't know why, but it feels a bit low.

After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, he no longer took 50,000 seriously.

Even if he can't come up with five thousand.

Finally, Jiang Man was to be sent to prison.

Ren Qian suggested bringing the old ox along as well.

Prevent accidents from happening.

Finally, Jiang Man looked at the newborn celestial dog.

The other party was taken to the prison cell of the Enforcement Hall in a daze.

Being imprisoned right after birth is a blessing in disguise.

When he grows up, he will be able to tell others that from the moment he was born, powerful figures from the Zhenyue Division came to escort him to the Law Enforcement Hall.

From then on, they had no worries about food and clothing.

On the way, Ren Qian asked curiously, "Junior Brother, who are you cooperating with?"

Jiang Man truthfully replied, "I don't know, they should be subordinates of the Great Evil God."

What is the purpose of this cooperation?

"Inform them of the location of the Immortal Path."

Upon hearing this, Ren Qian looked at Jiang Man in astonishment: "Through the subdued evil god?"

Jiang Man nodded, then said, "Does Senior Brother want to know? I can also find out who has the item."

Upon hearing this, Ren Qian shook his head slightly: "I don't need to know, but I will report the matter, and someone may come looking for my junior brother."

"As for collecting spiritual resources, Junior Brother, you can figure that out yourself."

"The shop can only be opened after three months, and usually no one cares unless someone reports it."

"There are other reasons why we arrested our junior brother this time."

Besides Jiang Manyi, what other reasons were there?
"Master Bai's targeting doesn't seem to be as aggressive as before. Junior Brother, you need to be extra careful and avoid leaving any hidden dangers," Ren Qian reminded him.

Jiang Man immediately thought of his new identity.

To some, he is no longer considered the peerless genius of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Instead, it was Meng Qiewei's husband.

There will always be people who try to test him.

Entering the inner gate is probably when this situation is most intense.

But if he is given some time to shed his peerless genius destiny and advance to a higher realm, then within the inner sect he will be able to overcome obstacles and advance to the Golden Core and Primordial Spirit stages.

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Elder Bai, who was in charge of the disciples entering the inner sect, originally wanted to have someone take advantage of the problem at the pancake shop and then lead a group to besiege Jiang Man.

Try to hurt the other party in this way.

Even if it didn't work out, it would at least test his capabilities. However, today I unexpectedly discovered that his shop had been reported.

The shop was shut down, and the people involved were arrested.

"Who reported this?" Elder Bai asked, quite curious.

His subordinates quickly provided an answer.

Fang Yong from the outer gate.

"This Fang Yong might be useful. What is his cultivation level?" Elder Bai asked the person who reported.

"He's at the early stage of the Golden Core realm and will be entering the inner sect this year. I heard he'll be sharing a courtyard with Jiang Man, probably to gather more information for future sale," the man reported respectfully, bowing his head.

"Success?"

"Successfully entered."

"It seems the relationship isn't so strained. He does have some tricks up his sleeve. Let's ask him if he'd be willing to take on a big order and give Jiang Man a slow poison."

"What if he takes the spiritual source, then tells Jiang Man the situation and makes him pretend to take poison?"

Upon hearing this, Elder Bai raised his eyebrows and looked at the man beside him, and said with a smile, "This is a whirlpool. He is making it so obvious that he simply hopes someone will come looking for him."

He wanted to get involved himself, yet he wanted to profit from it without offending either side.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Now that we're here, there's no freedom.

Whether out of helplessness or due to circumstances beyond his control, if he were to accept the spiritual source, he would only have two choices.

Either Jiang Man is forced to ingest the poison, or he himself ingests it.

The man reporting lowered his head and did not speak.

In a whirlpool, you can't simply avoid danger just because you see it.

"Go find him; perhaps he's still waiting for you to come to him," Elder Bai said.

-

Endless mountain ranges.

On the flying magical artifact of the Ji family, Ji Shoumo and the others sat silently, gazing at the desolate mountain range.

They never went out.

At least they never crossed this endless, desolate mountain range.

Like a world utterly silent.

It lacked any spiritual energy, let alone any vitality.

They only had a vague understanding of what happened more than 300 years ago.

All that is known is that a great war broke out between heaven and earth at that time, and all life on earth was completely extinguished.

Countless sects were destroyed.

Blood flows into a river.

The four great immortal sects rose from the ruins and began to reshape the order.

Even so, a large number of cultivators perished and disappeared in the environment where spiritual energy was depleted.

Ordinary people are even more miserable.

If it weren't for the emergence of several extraordinary figures from the immortal sects who rewrote the cultivation methods, the situation would not have been able to be reversed.

The immortal sects, wielding simple techniques, traverse the lands of order, making cultivation accessible to everyone.

This stabilized the earth.

It has gathered new spiritual energy.

Afterwards, it began to spread, and the Immortal Sect was also responsible for restoring the land while suppressing the turmoil left over from more than three hundred years ago.

"This is the first time I've seen the outside world so directly," Ji Linglong said.

The others remained silent.

They often said in the Ji family that the Ji family's prodigy was a good-for-nothing, having given up his most prized sword skills and picked up a pen to join the immortal sect.

They got used to it and felt that Tianjiao was wasting his talent.

Now it seems that the other party is far beyond their comprehension.

They then began to study the information they had received.

"The message says that Jiang Man and Ji Meng are extremely important people in the family, and we need to protect them with all our might. We cannot show them the slightest disrespect," Ji Chenfeng said, looking at the two of them. "But they didn't reveal their specific identities. They only said that some people know the general idea and might take action against them from within the inner sect."

"Therefore, we must go to the Misty Cloud Sect."

"Nine times out of ten, it's about sharing a small courtyard with the other party."

"A Golden Core cultivator and a Nascent Soul cultivator in the same courtyard?" Ji Linglong sighed. "Isn't that bullying a child?"

"Not necessarily, perhaps others have also entered with their primordial spirits," Ji Shoumo said.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "The envelope repeatedly instructed us not to be rude. What do you think?"

The two remained silent, unsure how to respond.

Looking at the two of them, Ji Shoumo said, "Disrespect is definitely not acceptable, so try to be polite when speaking to him and don't be impolite."

"But we still hope they will cooperate with us on how to protect them."

"As for accommodation, try to stay close to them to prevent accidents from happening."

"The safest approach is to supervise them to make them stronger."

Others nodded.

Although I was somewhat unconvinced.

But we should still be polite.

The fact that it was mentioned multiple times in the envelope suggests it's not unfounded.

Taking matters into one's own hands can easily lead to unnecessary trouble.

Now we just hope they can cooperate, otherwise it would be too ugly if they really resorted to violence.

“Now that the situation is clear, can we start customizing a cultivation plan around them?” Ji Linglong asked.

The two nodded.

Then the discussion began.

Most of the time needs to be spent practicing, so rest time should be minimized.

In terms of spirit, the primordial spirit itself needs to be enhanced, otherwise it will be difficult to withstand the pressure.

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Early May.

Jiang Man successfully collected his third gourd in the prison cell.

The three aspects of spirit.

The fourth gourd cannot be opened.

Three is already the limit that the body and cultivation can withstand.

Now, the primordial spirit shines brightly within the body, causing discomfort to the physical body and making the golden core boil.

If one were to forcibly advance to the fourth level, it would likely cause chaos in one's power and physical body, leading to qi deviation and demonic possession.

If you want to continue to improve your spirit, you need to improve your cultivation level or your physical body.

If one reaches the mid-stage of physical cultivation, then one can push the upper limit of spiritual cultivation to the fifth level.

If one's cultivation level is at the mid-stage, the upper limit of one's spiritual power can be pushed to the seventh level.

If one's cultivation level is at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, then the upper limit of one's spiritual power can be pushed to the ninth level.

Then it can solidify.

However, Jiang Man plans to improve his cultivation level first.

Because the cultivation method is a superior method, the physical body method has not yet been obtained.

"You'll be entering the inner sect on September 1st," the old ox reminded him.

"Four months is running out of time," Jiang Man thought to himself.

If he has enough spiritual energy, he has a certain chance of advancing to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

But it's only a certain chance.

Because improving one's cultivation level is relatively difficult, I haven't tried it yet.

Furthermore, the techniques have not yet been learned.

“Senior, I am ready to listen to the cultivation method,” Jiang Man said, sitting down in front of the old ox.

Then the old ox began to explain the Nine Star Primordial Spirit Method.

This lecture was longer than the previous ones, taking a total of ten days.

Jiang Man spent another three days sorting things out.

Then he turned to Old Meng in the cell next to him and said, "Old Meng, watch closely, and see how I achieve great success."

The other person lay with their back to Jiang Man, completely ignoring him.

Jiang Man shook his head helplessly and looked at the old ox.

The latter lowered its head to eat grass, without raising it.

Jiang Man felt it was a bit of a pity, and then began to cultivate.

The speed of cultivation has not changed much.

Get started in one go.

Two layers, two passes.

The third layer, three layers.

The fifth time, four layers.

End of June.

After Jiang Man finished his final round of cultivation, it seemed as if stars were flowing around his body.

Finally, it converges and enters the body.

The Nine Star Primordial Spirit Technique has been perfected.

"It's much slower," Jiang Man remarked with considerable emotion. "It's almost a month slower than the visualization method."

The old ox turned a deaf ear.

Old Meng was like a dead man; no matter how much they called him, he wouldn't wake up.

Jiang Man asked Lao Huang to pass the message on to Zhao Tiankuo.

Old Huang was silent for a moment before saying, "They refused to accept it."

(End of this chapter)