Starting with magical girls, I'll reign supreme for eternity.

Chapter 193 The Richest Man in Beihai (6,000)

Jiang Si had actually wanted to try to reach full bloom for a long time.

However, the danger of his first attempt at full power forced him to stop.

Many things happened afterward—including the iris incident—which convinced Jiang Si that the Disaster Management Bureau truly had a solid foundation.

The incubator can not only forcibly help magical girls reach full bloom, but also forcibly seize the power and life of magical girls who have reached full bloom.

Isn't this just forced indoctrination?
Even in the world of cultivation, to advance to a high realm in one go without a solid foundation is tantamount to courting death.

Basically, it's either the higher-ups finding lower-ups to be scapegoats, or they becoming bait; a single sigh can change a world, a single curse can bring prosperity or decline.

The problem lies in the subsequent forced seizure of the fully-developed magical girl's power and life, which is clearly a cannibalistic approach.

Have you not seen the ethereal beauty of the Purple Mansion Immortal on Wangyue Lake? He did not understand the power of the Purple Mansion True Man's spiritual sense, and mistook the superior cultivator for a good person, thus revealing the great treasure he possessed, which led to his decades of arduous cultivation being extinguished in a single day.

Do you not see the Azure Ear Sword Immortal Li Chijing, who forged his immortal foundation with the radiance of the moon and the moonlit sword intent, whose fame is beyond compare? A Qi Refining Sword Immortal, he slays demons in the Southern Frontier, and his sword intent is renowned throughout the land, deterring many families on the lake from coveting the Li family of Li Jing. In the end, he was nothing more than a human pill.

The upper cultivators treat the lower cultivators as a great medicine, consuming them immediately once their cultivation is complete.

And it's quite obvious that full bloom is the threshold.

Once the fully bloomed state is reached, the incubator will eagerly devour the power and life of the fully bloomed magical girl.

Moreover, magical girls often find it difficult to resist on their own and need other magical girls present to stop them.

Whether it can actually be stopped is also questionable.

After all, according to Qingluan, the incubator at that time was not Iris, so it was possible that it could not obtain the full-blown magic power with Iris, and thus could not compete with Iris. Jiang Si had encountered an incubator with full-blown magic power in the North Sea Disaster Strategy Bureau.

When a magical girl is unguarded against her incubator, the incubator will gain the same power as the magical girl as she reaches the Full Bloom stage, since the two share magical energy.

On the other hand, based on previous information, once a magical girl truly reaches the Full Bloom stage, she doesn't actually need the incubator to break off relations to extract her power.

The same applies to Hibiscus herself; she simply lost her power and died within a week, and it had nothing to do with the incubator.

Iris's situation was rather unique at the time. She was knocked down from her full bloom state just as she stepped into it, and the incubator was eager to take her power, which led to the incubator forcibly taking it. If Iris had remained in her full bloom state, the incubator probably wouldn't have needed to break off relations with her.

In any case, be wary of the fact that the incubator can extract the magical girl's power.

Even if it's not their own incubator, they can still absorb the magical girl's power.

This is also why Jiang Si has been pursuing other powers all this time.

Whether it's the forced removal of personal reality by the Magical Girl Killer or the forced absorption of magical girl powers by the Incubator, it shows that there are quite a few ways to deal with magical girl powers in this world.

Under someone else's system, you are ultimately at their mercy, and the slightest misstep could lead to utter ruin.

Now, his own strength is comparable to that of a peak-level being in full bloom, and he also possesses the abilities of the Calamity Dragon and the Golden Calamity Dragon King.

Once we get our hands on all the witch's potions, we'll also have the witch Shion's trump card.

In this way, even if the incubator has a way to deal with Magical Girl Shion, it cannot deal with Jiang Si, Disaster Dragon, Golden Disaster Dragon King, and Witch Shion.

If we could also harness the power of the residue for our own use, that would be even better.

As our ancestor Qingyun once said, the more trump cards you have, the better.

The wisdom of our ancestors is undeniable.

Judging from the fact that the other incubators didn't react much after the Iris's power was stolen by the incubators.

The incubators are not necessarily of the same mind.

Even the incubator codenamed Xiao Qi, who told the Qingyun Sect about the old world, did not actually exchange information with other incubators.

From this perspective, the incubators are not inherently intelligence-sharing individuals, and they don't care about the lives of other incubators. The incubators of the Qingyun Sect have almost all been suppressed and used as batteries, but the incubators of the Disaster Management Bureau haven't reacted at all.

Within the Disaster Management Bureau, there was no opposition to magical girls abandoning their incubators. Iris herself threw away her incubator, which led to the need for the incubator of the Azure Phoenix to guide her to full bloom.

It's clear that the structure is very loose, which suggests that the incubator itself may not be some real mastermind or ancient monster.

It's probably just a tool used by the hidden hand of the Disaster Management Bureau.

So whether they live or die, or are controlled or exploited, it doesn't matter. In fact, the Disaster Management Bureau doesn't really need incubators to collect magical girls' power.

Originally, they might really be used to cultivate magical girls, nurturing them to reach full bloom, and then the power of the fully bloomed magical girl would be automatically absorbed.

Whether it's the moment of awakening, a cataclysmic event, the arrival of extraterrestrial demons to protect the world, or the clash of powerful beings, each making their own moves.

Don't worry about whether these things are true or not. Shoot the arrow first, then draw the target. All you need is a result.

The magical girl was no match for them, so she bloomed in full glory.

Thinking about it carefully, it's definitely worth it. As long as one fully awakened magical girl is born and gains the power of full awakening, it's enough to make up for the resources and time spent cultivating many lower-level cultivators over a long period of time.

They probably have little interest in ordinary magical girls.

If he hadn't possessed the power of the Calamity Dragon, the Golden Calamity Dragon King, and the Witch Shion, he would have inevitably been drained of his life if he had dared to fully unleash his power.

Fortunately, I am very experienced and I saw the problem at a glance.

However, so far, Jiang Si has only gained a few more trump cards. In the realm of magical girl Mankai, she still needs to explore step by step.

As a system that has existed for thousands of years, the one used by the upper level to exploit the lower level is unlikely to be cracked so easily.

We must exercise the utmost caution.

Therefore, Jiang Sicai was very interested in the Mirror Kingdom's plan to fully bloom.

Although he had already embarked on the path of the fully opened Dao lineage he had deduced, and was confident that if he continued on this path, he would attain the highest Dao fruit and reach or even surpass the fully opened level, there was no precedent for this.

You can first look at the methods of achieving stable full opening in the traditions of other worlds.

Maybe we can join in.

The Mirror Kingdom can undoubtedly bypass the harvesting by the Disaster Management Bureau's incubators to preserve the power of the fully-bloomed magical girls.

It's just missing one area.

This is why Jiang Si was willing to give the prince a chance even though she knew he had lied to her.

Once I go to the Disaster Management Bureau and obtain the Mind Map, I can then use the technology of the Mirror Kingdom to try a method that allows me to bypass the Incubators' harvesting.

Now, the magical girl Shion might be able to easily take another step forward, stepping into the Full Bloom without any worries, and then nourishing her own lineage.

If it doesn't work, it can still serve as a reference for one's own lineage.

Of course, the Mirror Kingdom needs to conduct several experiments before that to ensure there are no problems...

Even with other forces protecting her, Jiang Si would never want to lose the power of the magical girl Shion.

He could sense that the potential of magical girls, as one of the most fundamental forces in this world, was far from being fully realized.

Full bloom does not necessarily mean the end.

If you examine the logic, you'll understand. If the incubator can harvest power, why not harvest the filthy magic of negative emotions or those grayish-white residues?
They clearly have that ability too.

Not doing so would mean that the value of those powers is far less than that of magical girls.

The fact that harvesting at full bloom indicates that even if the incubators were to go further up, they might not be able to maintain control.

The more you use it, the clearer you can feel that the magical girl's power has almost no upper limit.

Jiang Si had a premonition that in the end, she would still have to follow the path of magical girls and reach the pinnacle of success.

"Hey buddy, need a ride?"

On the dark streets, vehicles occasionally drove by, but there were hardly any people to be seen.

A taxi pulled up in front of him that evening. The driver, a middle-aged man, asked him a question in a friendly manner.

"I can't run as fast as myself."

The driver was taken aback by Jiang Si's words, then burst into laughter, "It's the middle of the night, there won't be any traffic jams, how could I not be as fast as you running?"

Then he saw the boy start running.

It travels at a speed far faster than a vehicle, as if it were about to take flight!
The driver rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, the figure was no longer visible.

A cold evening breeze blew by, and the driver shivered. He quickly rolled up the window and stepped on the gas.

Forget about making money, he immediately drove home!
"I've encountered a ghost!"

……

Jiang Si had no idea that her casual warm-up had changed the routine and work of a taxi driver who drove at night.

Later, legends of ghosts running away at night spread.

Of course, even if they knew, they probably wouldn't care.

After warming up, Jiang Si didn't rush back, but went to the Qingyun Sect instead.

I want to get some money.

Jiang Si didn't really need money in the past, so he never bothered to use Qingyun Sect's money.

After all, it doesn't concern his own cultivation. For minor things like weapon crafting and pill refining, he can get enough resources from the witch's guild, so it's not a big deal even if he fails.

There's no need to waste Qingyun Sect's money on things that aren't important.

Now, the ten black gold cards the prince gave him are fake, and he even took out a loan to buy witch potions for him. The loan has to be repaid eventually, and the prince can't be relied on, so he can only rely on Qingyun.

While it's possible to forcibly seize this potion, losing the identity of Si Mo Tu will make it much more difficult to obtain the Witches' Society's technology.

After all, the location of the Witch's Guild's stronghold is still unknown. According to Bing Tang's speculation, it might be in the Old World.

All their techniques are managed by the headquarters. The techniques that are distributed are either not critical or involve controlling memories through special methods, making them impossible to extract through torture.

It's like a witch's potion. If he hadn't infiltrated the Witch's Guild and had Xilan around, he wouldn't have known where to find this stuff, what it was for, or how to use it, let alone how to steal it.

Without such strict controls, the Disaster Management Bureau would have analyzed all the technology long ago...

If I had only relied on brute force to wipe out the Witch Society, I probably wouldn't have been able to obtain the power of the Witch Shion, let alone the Disaster Dragon and the Golden Disaster Dragon King.

This is the importance of super intelligence.

Those who don't know how to leave room for maneuver and plan slowly are either from a low-level perspective or have been cultivating their skills and power since birth. They've cultivated too much and lost their minds, or they're a combination of both.

He observed that the witch had many followers, some of whom possessed arrogant and violent powers, seemingly restrained by their own lineage. He guessed that even their minds had become water composed of filthy demonic energy.

To say that they are like Xiu Binghuo is an insult to the Binghuo tradition.

Because the Fire element is weak, yet extremely powerful!
Is there any connection between such people and strength within the Witch's Guild?
To harmonize mind and body, and spirit; to burn one's nature harms one's life and damages one's mind—hiss, this description feels so familiar.

Thinking back to Coco, whose strength has been increasing recently, but whose intelligence has been decreasing, I realize she's become more and more like a baby.

It's still a fire-attribute character that plays with fire.

Could it be that Coco was born with a fiery destiny?
I've already seen the cocoa maggots lying on the floor with their backs broken.

Could it be that the next one to return is Coco, who plays with fire and wets the bed...?

No, that's a bit biased. It feels like most of the magical girls I've seen are a bit silly.

It's more likely a matter of magical girls and witch powers.

In particular, magical girls are generally stronger, and using them every day can be mentally taxing.

They are worlds apart from cultivators like myself who primarily rely on wisdom. Ultimately, we are all controlled by the established order, but what use is cultivation if one cannot control the established order freely…

He had already made up his mind that if Coco slept on the floor in his room and wet the bed, he would go to Coco's room to pee.

Therefore, Jiang Si still planned to get some money from the Qingyun Sect to buy the witch potion in a legitimate way, in order to maintain her position as the Demon Slayer.

He wanted to continue to display his unique style as a cultivator and scheme for more benefits from the Witch's Guild that he was unaware of at the moment.

Of course, it would be even better if we could find the headquarters, which would save us a lot of trouble.

Upon entering the sect, one sees Bing Tang asleep, slumped over the table.

Hearing the sound, Qinghua peeked out from the mourning hall, cautiously glanced around, and then, upon seeing the sect leader, put down the game she was playing and tiptoed over.

"Lord Bing Tang has been busy for several days without sleep and just went to bed today. Sect Master, could you please wait a moment and let Lord Bing Tang rest? Please be understanding..."

Hearing Qinghua's soft plea, Jiang Si didn't say anything, just nodded.

He then sat down next to the rock candy.

He glanced at the computer screen; it was full of files he couldn't understand, nor did he intend to. He was lying on the table, his hair pressed down by the rock candy, and there were even strands of hair around his mouth.

She looked tired and somewhat disheveled.

In the past, Bing Tang was quite concerned about her image.

"Hehe, isn't Lord Bing Tang handsome? Sect Master."

Beside her, Qinghua lowered her voice and whispered in Jiang Si's ear, "Lord Bingtang's skin is so nice, why don't you touch it? At a time like this, it's safe to do anything, you can even pinch Lord Bingtang's tongue..."

With nothing else to do, Jiang Si looked at her and said, "Qinghua, let's practice."

Qinghua, who had been grinning, knelt down with a "thud." "Sect Master, if I have done anything wrong, please tell me, and I will definitely correct it!"

"You don't have enough real-world experience."

Jiang Si commented, "Always hiding in the back controlling the puppets, without any real combat experience, is a big hidden danger. You should practice with me more."

"I'm not hiding in the back while controlling the puppet, boss. I'm also fighting hard. I definitely have a lot of real combat experience with Super Blue Porcelain..."

"Then you should show me in real combat."

Super Blue and White Porcelain was almost in tears. "The problem is I haven't finished my daily tasks yet, Sect Master. After getting beaten up, I'll be bedridden for days. I'm going to miss the Magical Girl Idol Project event. I heard they're even going to have a pre-event for your gacha pool..."

"To fight or not to fight?"

Although she had come up with a bunch of reasons, when Jiang Si asked, Qinghua nodded with a bitter face, "Fight! If the Sect Master wants to see it, then Super Qinghua will definitely fight. But in order not to disturb Lord Bingtang, let's go outside..."

"Row."

Five minutes later.

Jiang Si returned carrying the unconscious Qinghua, while Bingtang had already woken up. She glanced at the Qinghua in Jiang Si's hand, smiled helplessly, and picked it up.

When did you wake up?

"Just now." After checking Qinghua's body, there were basically no injuries; she had simply fainted.

Now I can finally go to sleep peacefully.

After all, Qinghua stays up late playing games every night, which is quite a headache for Bingtang. She's developed dark circles under her eyes these past two days, and she's been very busy, so she hasn't had time to take care of it.

Now that the sect leader has given him a good beating, he'll probably be behaving himself for a long time. At least he can finally go to sleep peacefully.

After placing the blue-and-white porcelain back on the floor of the mourning hall and covering it with a blanket, she came out and heard Jiang Si asking her, "How are the arrangements for the Disaster Management Bureau's mental imagery domain trial going?"

"It'll be in the next few days."

As Bing Tang spoke, she walked over and said, "I have already sent some inner disciples over to exchange ideas. Jin Cha also wants to help the magical girls in the Disaster Management Bureau improve, so she hopes that the disciples of the Qingyun Sect can teach them."

"Alright."

Jiang Si nodded in satisfaction, "You can teach more. My Qingyun Sect is meant to spread its teachings throughout the world, so that everyone in this great age can become like a dragon!"

"Our sect leader has the world in his heart and deserves to be revered for all eternity!"

"Not at all. If everyone in the world cherishes their own path, how can there be any room for progress? The cultivation methods of the Qingyun Sect are not given to them for nothing. By exchanging knowledge and skills, they can improve even faster."

Bing Tang looked at her sect leader with admiration, "As expected of the sect leader, so farsighted."

"In the novel 'Zhu Xian,' it was recorded that the ancestors caused trouble because of their sectarian prejudices and refusal to exchange cultivation techniques and insights. As a result, the path to immortality was right before their eyes, yet no one knew about it."

Jiang Si quoted classical texts and said in a deep tone, "We must learn from the mistakes of the past and never repeat them. Now, the methods of both the righteous and the evil paths are in my hands. Perhaps I can unite all forces and comprehend the Heavenly Book. We still need to communicate and learn more, and we must not be arrogant."

"Yes!"

Whenever their sect leader talks about cultivation, he always manages to utter truths that Bing Tang greatly admires.

She never thought that the sect leader was talking nonsense in this regard. She kept all of her sect leader's words about cultivation in mind and would definitely compile them into a book in the future as the golden rules of the Qingyun Sect to educate all the disciples.

"Oh, and about the Witch's Guild..."

Jiang Si originally wanted to talk about the witch's potion.

Before he could finish speaking, Bing Tang interrupted him, "Sect Master, please close your eyes for a moment."

Seeing the mysterious yet expectant look on Bing Tang's face, Jiang Si nodded. "Hurry up, I have something important to discuss with you."

Don't worry, it'll be quick.

After he closed his eyes, Bing Tang walked behind him and made some rustling noises, fiddling with something.

"Are you done?"

"Right away, right away."

After waiting a little while longer, the rock sugar finally stopped.

"Alright, Sect Master, please open your eyes~"

Jiang Si then opened her eyes and was slightly startled.

Ten beautiful black and gold cards appeared in front of me, perfectly intact.

"Clang clang clang!" Bing Tang added her own voiceover, leaning over his shoulder and saying with a grin, "Look what this is, Sect Master! I've reissued all ten of those torn black gold cards for you!"

Jiang Si took the ten black gold cards and touched them.

It feels even better than before!
The previous black gold card was indeed a fake, a low-quality product; it just doesn't feel as good as the genuine one!

"Didn't you say it couldn't be done?"

"After all, I don't know if I can manage ten at once. What if I don't and disappoint you?" Bing Tang wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned on his shoulder. "If you succeed, consider it a little surprise. If you fail, I won't disappoint you. Of course, I can't agree to that."

"Indeed, it was a pleasant surprise."

"Hehe, I'm glad you like it."

Then Jiang thought of the twins.

And the prince's acknowledgment.

So he looked back at the rock candy again.

The girl blinked, looking expectant of praise.

Jiang Si stroked the black and gold cards, feeling the card numbers on them, and after a long while asked again, "Are these cards reissued?"

Bing Tang tilted her head. "Yeah, it's a newly issued card."

The hall fell silent for a moment, with only the two of them breathing.

Then Bing Tang chuckled: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I was just wondering what if it doesn't work? The card that someone else gave me might have a questionable origin."

"Don't worry, these ten black gold cards are absolutely fine. Each one is worth fifty million. You can use them however you want."

Bing Tang said in a low voice, "Anyway, it's a card given by someone else, so it doesn't matter."

Jiang Si finally stopped asking questions and simply nodded: "Okay."

Rock Sugar breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Jiang Si patted Bing Tang's head and praised, "Well done."

Bing Tang hummed smugly twice, then buried her head in his shoulder. "So what's the important thing?"

"It's gone."

"Ok."

"The Land of Mirrors wants the Miracle Seed of Iris to study the power of Full Bloom." Jiang thought for a moment, "I want to take the Miracle Seed of Iris and see if they have a way to bypass the Hatchery's Full Bloom and pave a true path to Full Bloom for magical girls all over the world."

"Isn't this the important business?"

After thinking for a moment, Bing Tang said, "I'll talk to Jin Cha. Stealing directly would have a bad influence, since we're partners."

"Row."

Jiang Si didn't care. If formal negotiations with Bing Tang didn't work, she could just go and get it herself.

The less trouble we have, the less trouble we'll have.

"And how long are you going to hold me like that?"

"One night."

Go to sleep.

"I do not."

Jiang Si glanced at the ten black gold cards, but ultimately let her hold them.

"Oh, right." Bing Tang, who had returned to her stool, lay down on Jiang Si's lap, then rolled over and looked up at the sect leader. "Qian Zhen Cao will also be going to the Disaster Management Bureau this time. It's been a long time since we've seen you. She and Jie Geng miss you very much."

"Tell her to get out."

"Oh dear, don't be so cold, the Thousand Needle Grass will cry."

Jiang Si snorted coldly, "It's not like she's participating in the Mind Realm Trial, why is she going to join in the fun?"

"I already said, I just wanted to see you."

Bing Tang tapped her sect leader's chin with her finger, "Be nicer. Qian Zhen Cao has been in charge of the development in Huaxi these past few days. She has put in a lot of effort. Qian Zhen Cao has also investigated some traces of the Witch Society and members of the Old World. She has worked hard, even if she hasn't done anything great. Don't always look down on her."

"I understand." Jiang Si then casually asked, "Has anything from the Old World been discovered in West China?"

"It seems to be an old world called Chongxu."

Is it special?

"Thousand Needle Grass said that it was a place where everything depended on money."

"Ok?"

Kunxu?

They seem quite copyright conscious, thinking that changing a word doesn't constitute copyright infringement?
(End of this chapter)