Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting from Immortal Martial Arts

Chapter 106: A Review of the Standoff!

"Bang!"

Jia Ping, standing to the side, kicked Zhou Jia away along with his long sword, and roared, "You fool! Your lord forbade you to die, yet you dare to commit suicide?"

"Are you perhaps going to defy the order?"

Zhou Jia flew back to his knees and bowed his head: "This humble general dares not, but is ashamed to live on!"

Jia Ping kicked again: "Then go find the thief and kill all his blood relatives!"

"Only by offering the enemy's blood to my soul can I atone for my sins!"

Jia Tang shook his head. The person whose name was on the Tiger Tally and Jade Register was loyal and steadfast, but he was not a puppet. He had his own thoughts and principles of conduct, but everything was based on him as the highest principle.

"The former acting commanders of the two prefectures and their subordinates, return to your posts immediately!"

"only!"

"Open the secret chamber and lead everyone out."

Upon hearing the sound, the five elders concealed themselves, as it was not appropriate for them to be exposed to the ordinary people of their tribe.

Jia Ping accepted the order and set off, opening the secret chambers one by one. When all the clansmen and relatives came out and saw Jia Tang, they were all overjoyed and wept.

They had been living in constant fear and anxiety during this time, but now everything is alright, their pillar of support has returned!

Jia Tang looked at the three girls who looked aggrieved, especially Xi Chun who was clinging tightly to his arm, and tried to comfort them one by one with a headache.

Lin Daiyu, with red and swollen eyes, watched with a smile from the side.

I haven't had a moment of relaxation this past month.

After the group chatted for a while and the clansmen left, Jia Tangzai's gaze swept over the surrounding worshippers and tiger guards.

This journey to explore the immortal world lasted a hundred days. One hundred and three people went, and eighty-two returned. All of them embarked on the path to immortality, and none of them remained in the mortal realm.

Moreover, many external warriors emerged, and some even reached a later stage.

In the other world, the highest level is the Primordial Spirit True Person, which is equivalent to the fourth level in the main world. Their numbers are relatively small, but they increase as you go down the ranks. Apart from the ghosts and monsters that roam the mortal world alone, most of the other demons have their own territories and lesser demons, and you can kill a whole group of them at once.

Although it often takes three or four demons to condense the same level of blood energy, the sheer number of them is overwhelming!

As Jia Tang pondered this, he sat cross-legged in front of the Five Directions Flag with his eyes slightly closed, carefully sensing the message conveyed by the Tiger Tally.

Using the fourth-tier combat power limit as the minimum anchor, the Dragon-Tier Qi consumed based on the number of people going and the exploration time is divided into three levels: 300 strands, 600 strands, and 900 strands. The low level requires 100 people and 30 days, the medium level requires 300 people and 60 days, and the high level requires 500 people and 90 days.

For every tier increase in combat power cap, all stats multiply tenfold!

The time flow rate is constant at a ratio of 1 to 10, and it can be activated once a year; this year's activation has already been completed.

The Humanity Dragon Tiger Qi is based on purifying the resentment of humans within alien races. Among them, there are 296 strands of the third-tier eight heads, 340 strands of the second-tier forty-two heads, and 350 strands of the first-tier, totaling 37 strands, for a total of 673 strands.

"It takes the purification of the resentment of ten thousand mortals to obtain a wisp of dragon and tiger energy. Six hundred and seventy-three wisps are nearly seven million mortals who died because of demons."

Jia Tang felt a little heavy-hearted. This was only the accumulation of demons killed along the way. There were many more unexplored territories and even more Yanhuang people who had been killed!

Humans who die in battle due to the changes in the world and the dynasties will not harbor resentment. Only those humans who are eaten raw as cultivation resources will harbor resentment. Every cross-world journey thereafter will be a life-or-death struggle against demons.

Demons feed on humans, while we feed on demons; this is the cycle of cause and effect.

"Tiger Bro? Fu Bro? Are you perhaps a rare human treasure from ancient mythology?"

Inside the Yellow Court, Jia Tang's soul looked at the tiger tally hanging around his neck, whose effects were gradually becoming apparent, ignoring himself. He then stared at the blood-red light on the back of the tiger tally and began to calculate.

After the Li family auction, Jia Tang stopped extracting the inner cores of all demons and monsters and instead used the treasures from their caves to exchange for resources.

"In total, I have accumulated the following Qi and Blood Power: late stage of the third rank, one stage of the middle stage of the third rank, two stages of the early stage of the third rank, two stages of the late stage of the second rank, four stages of the middle stage of the second rank, nine stages of the early stage of the second rank, and approximately forty stages each for the early, middle, and late stages of the first rank."

"Of these, twelve were used to break through to the late stage of the second tier, and Jia and Jia Kang each used sixteen to break through to the third tier. Since the second tier wasn't enough to cover the third tier conversions, they ended up with a loss!"

"All remaining vital energy will be used to promote the Tiger Guards and their commanders!"

Jia Tang was both happy and helpless. His family retainers had all reached the third rank, but he was still not up to par. The main reason was that he was the master of the Tiger Seal, and his consumption was twice that of his family retainers.

However, his Tier 2 late-game form is not simply a late-game form.

In the middle stage, he could hold his own against Jia He, who had just entered the third stage. In the later stage, he could overpower Jia He and Jia Kang with 80-90% of his strength. For example, the only demon king in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm in the other world was killed on the spot after two days of fierce fighting with him!

Moreover, if Jia and Jia Kang are not pushed to the third tier, thus preventing the division of forces for advancement, it will be impossible to achieve the goal of all members entering the tier!

In any case, the outcome was ultimately good.

Excluding him, there were a total of ten second-tier warriors, four outer-tier warriors, and eight inner-tier warriors when they set off, making a full complement of eighty fifth-level blood refiners in the Golden Fire Tiger Guard.

Upon their return, there were two third-tier individuals, sixteen second-tier individuals, eight late-stage first-tier individuals, a dozen or so external-strength individuals, and the rest were internal-strength individuals!

"But besides using this Dragon-Tiger Qi to anchor itself in another world, can it also be used on the user?"

Jia Tang felt a surge of excitement, thinking, "What if this dragon-tiger energy is what is commonly referred to as the power of fortune?"

With good fortune upon you, extraordinary encounters will keep happening!

In this world, heaven and earth are reviving, and secret realms are constantly appearing. If one can accumulate one's own fortune step by step until it is extremely high, wouldn't exploring these secret realms be a way to acquire valuable items?

Jia Tang focused his mind on the tiger tally, trying each step. Just as he was about to give up, a wisp of golden light, which appeared somewhat illusory to the eye but had a substantial texture that his soul could see, transformed into the forms of a dragon and a tiger, and finally turned into a tiny golden flame that entered his body.

In an instant, Jia Tang felt as if he were immersed in a warm pool of water. A comfortable and lazy feeling burst forth from the depths of his body, soothing the depression in his heart, and his soul was also cheering.

The next moment, this feeling seemed to be forcibly taken away, stopping abruptly, leaving him with a strong sense of loss!

Jia Tang frowned, and a surge of powerful divine sense swept out, carefully scanning his entire body, inside and out, down to every detail!

"Surely a body that's been given a second chance at life wouldn't have some kind of backup plan or secret passage, would it?"

Having experienced the information explosion of his past life, he had read far too many conspiracy theories in rebirth novels.

Jia Tang scanned his body with a grim expression, but found nothing amiss!

This is really strange!

Jia Tang took a deep breath, suppressed his thoughts, and returned to normal. He instructed Jia Ping, "Distribute all kinds of Taoist techniques to the brothers. Let's study them and see if they can be used and how powerful they are."

With a wave of his hand, Jia Ping's spatial ring flashed with light, and the next moment dozens of jade tubes of different colors appeared and were distributed to everyone.

Low-level martial arts techniques: Black Water Technique, Blazing Flame Technique, Golden Edge Technique...

Low-level Taoist spells: Fireball, Golden Cone, Wooden Spike, Ice Cone, Spirit Rain, Swift Movement, Golden Cloud Shield, Sound Transmission, Concealment...

Intermediate-level Taoist techniques: "Blazing Flame Technique," "Crimson Sun Technique," "Earth Prison Technique," "Entangling Technique."

Following the intricacies of the technique, the group began their practice by replacing spiritual energy with primordial energy. As time passed, various primordial energies of different colors condensed out of thin air within the secret chamber, manifesting as fireballs, sharp blades, or even a light rain—various Taoist techniques manifested within the chamber. These energies were controlled and swayed as they crashed into the defensive formation of the Five Directions Flags.

Everyone practiced with great enthusiasm, imagining how they would be able to catch their opponents off guard in future battles, where they would be fighting hand-to-hand.

Jia Tang sat cross-legged in front of the Five Directions Flags. He first deactivated the formation, then took out Xiaoqian's golden pagoda from his spatial ring. The surrounding energy began to flow into it.

After a short while, Xiaoqian, dressed in white, gracefully flew out of the golden pagoda and stood timidly behind Jia Tang, feeling the violent energy and vitality around her, her heart trembling.

"What just happened?"

"This servant does not know, but suddenly a scorching energy cleansed this servant's soul, and I almost couldn't withstand it. Now I feel that my soul is more complete."

Upon hearing this, Jia Tang pondered. "Scorching energy? Compared to the gentle spiritual energy of the foreign land, this energy is indeed more volatile."

It must be the nature of this vital energy that caused the weak ghosts to be unable to withstand the cleansing process and to be completely annihilated.

At this moment, stop thinking, unify mind and spirit, visualize the image of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Pole Azure Flower in your heart, recite the title of the deity with your soul, and form hand seals and chant incantations.

For some reason, only Jia Tang, Jia He, Jia Kang, Wang Dazhuang, and Qian Wujia, another second-tier commander of the Fire Tiger Guard, could barely use this spell; the rest could not.

As the incantation was uttered, the vital energy in the secret chamber suddenly surged, swirling around Jia Tang's body, and in the next moment, it was like a gentle and charming woman falling into Jia Tang's palm.

Jia Tang briefly sensed the protective spell and found that its power was even stronger than in the other world, which he guessed was due to the difference in the world.

Just then, Jia Ping's unenthusiastic voice rang out: "General, the cultivation method can be practiced, but the cultivators of this path are not like us martial arts practitioners who emphasize fighting and combat. They simply sit quietly and breathe deeply to comprehend the world."

Jia Kang chimed in, "According to the classification, their Golden Core is formed by the gathering of spiritual energy in their dantian, but we only begin to condense primordial liquid at the second stage. Just now, I tried to condense a Golden Core, and the primordial energy in my body became somewhat disordered."

Grand Elder Wang Heyuan pondered and said, "We can't compare them like that, because different systems will inevitably have differences. We can just compare them based on combat strength."

Li Jia said, "We can try to use the characteristics of cultivating tranquility and spirit in immortal cultivation techniques to comprehend martial arts supernatural powers. I expect we can gain some insights."

Jia Tang nodded and said, "That's right. I brought these cultivation techniques and Taoist arts to diversify our methods of fighting enemies and to extract their essence to enhance the foundation of our own martial arts, not to replicate them one by one."

"The other three skills, alchemy, weapon crafting, and talisman crafting, are intended to establish a systematic cultivation mechanism for us martial arts practitioners. They can take pills to accelerate blood and qi refining and improve combat power. It is not about abandoning martial arts and turning to immortality cultivation."

After saying that, he pondered for a moment and looked at Wang Heyuan, saying, "Grand Elder, bring a team of assassins from the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce and use spirit stones to create some Foundation Establishment cultivators to see the effect."

As they were talking, the expressions of the people around them suddenly darkened, and they looked up at the outside world with a chilling and murderous intent in their eyes!

Just as Jia and the other two were about to kill the Flame Lion and the Ferocious Crocodile, a cultivator dressed in a dragon robe suddenly appeared between the two sides.

This man had a full forehead, bright eyes, hands behind his back, and a calm and composed expression. Dressed in a dragon-patterned robe, he looked majestic and imposing!

"Young Master Jia, these two scoundrels are to be handed over to me. They will be imprisoned in the imperial prison and executed at a later date to uphold the foundation of the state!"

Jia He raised an eyebrow, surprised, and asked, "Why hand it over to True Man Qiulong? This is spoils of war from my Jia family!"

Chen Kan, a third-tier martial artist of the Chen family, known as the True Man of the Coiling Dragon, said with a stern expression, "Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the king, and all things belong to the Chen family!"

Jia He narrowed his eyes, about to retort, when suddenly a cold voice echoed throughout the world!

"Oh?"

As the expressions of those watching the battle under the cover of night changed drastically, Jia Tang soared into the air like a dragon coiled and a tiger crouching. The guardian mountain lord of the Jia clan stood half-standing behind him, his cold tiger eyes following his gaze!

"As the Martial Hegemon of the Great Zhao Kingdom, I agree with the saying that all land belongs to the king."

"But the old prince says that all things under heaven belong to the Chen family? Has he forgotten the law established by the founding emperor that the dynasty governs mortals and cultivators belong to one clan?"

Chen Kan's eyes flashed coldly as he said, "With the Chen family holding sway over the Immortal Capital, these invading cultivators must belong to the Chen family!"

Jia Tang narrowed his tiger-like eyes, a cold smile playing on his lips: "Where were you when my Jia family suffered in the capital?"

"This master was in seclusion and did not notice in time!"

"Can!"

Jia Tang nodded slightly, his cold words chilling: "I didn't react to your words in time either!"

"Kill them! Anyone who tries to stop them will die!"

As Jia Tang spoke coldly, a blazing divine tiger suddenly flew out from the two mansions below, growing larger in the wind until it covered the sky, as if the entire celestial capital was shrouded in heavenly fire, heading straight towards Chen Kan.

Qiulong Zhenren frowned slightly, glanced at Jia Tang with cold eyes, and then retreated to avoid him!

The blazing, fiery divine tiger exploded where Chen Kan had been standing, sending a pillar of fire, dozens of feet thick, soaring into the sky and distorting the surrounding air.

"tread!"

A figure emerged from within. Jia Kang, his face cold, strode out, his eyes fixed on Chen Kan, his killing intent undisguised!

Just then, the towering pillar of fire split in two, transforming into a pair of tiger claws that could burn the sky and boil the sea, which descended from the sky and burned the Flame Lion and the ferocious crocodile to ashes!

The surroundings fell silent instantly, and many eyes in the shadows shifted between Jia Tang and Chen Kan in shock!

Who is Chen Kan? He is one of the three publicly known third-tier True Persons of the Chen Clan. He possesses a powerful earth-attribute dragon-shaped divine ability and can be considered one of the most outstanding cultivators in the world!

For example, more than 20 years ago, when the three generations of young masters of the Chen family suffered misfortune, and Jia Jing and Jia She, the three generations of Jia family descendants, entered the palace, it was this man who, with his imposing face, overwhelmed the capital and conveyed Emperor Chongwu's oral decree to summon the two generations of dukes of the Ning family to the palace!

Everyone present knew Jia Tang well, having witnessed firsthand how ruthless he was and how rapidly he progressed.

Furthermore, due to his status as a member of the Jia family, he was secretly treated as someone of a higher rank!

The second-tier generals of the Jia clan are equivalent to third-tier True Immortals. Now, with Generals Jia and Jia Kang entering the third tier, their power has surpassed its previous peak.

What about Jia Ping and Jia An? And Jia Tang himself?

The current standoff between Jia and Chen is causing everyone's hearts to slowly sink into despair!

The world is about to descend into chaos!

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