Raise a sword!

Jiang Peng slowly opened her eyes and found herself lying in an unfamiliar room.

I tried to get up, but found that my whole body ached.

However, the noise of getting up disturbed Qian Laosi in the room.

"Brother Jiang is awake?"

Jiang Peng asked in surprise, "Why is it you?"

Qian Laosi laughed and said, "The people from Cangshan Sect have all gone to clean up the mess. Several streets in the city have been damaged, and many people affected by the disaster are seriously injured and need medical treatment. As an outsider, I am caught between staying and leaving, so I took on the task of taking care of Brother Jiang."

Jiang Peng shook her head slightly and said, "I'm just exhausted, I'm not injured, I don't need anyone to take care of me."

After saying that, Jiang Peng immediately began to regulate her breathing on the bed.

Half an hour later, the spiritual energy in his body had recovered to about 50%, and the soreness in his body had also been relieved a lot.

However, Jiang Peng did not finish adjusting her breathing.

He discovered that after unleashing that all-out sword strike, his meridians seemed to have widened, and his spiritual power had also increased.

This discovery caught Jiang Peng somewhat off guard.

Only after internal inspection did Jiang Peng realize that his cultivation level had actually increased by more than 20% while he was asleep.

According to his original plan, he would need at least two or three more years before he could attempt to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

But now, that timeframe has been reduced to about a year.

"The progress of Qi Refining to Level 7 has quietly exceeded 50%."

Jiang Peng frowned deeply, somewhat puzzled as to what caused this sudden surge in cultivation.

Could it be that someone fed him some kind of magic pill while he was unconscious?

"Brother Qian, who visited me while I was unconscious? Did they give me any medicine?"

Qian Laosi shook his head, only saying that Sun Yinxi, Song Lian and others had come to see him, and Ni Chang had also checked on Jiang Peng's condition, but none of them had given him any medicine.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Peng narrowed her eyes slightly, a guess forming in her mind.

With a flick of his wrist, a black magic sword the size of a palm floated in his hand. If one looked closely, one could see several tiny, pale purple flames burning in Jiang Peng's palm, while the flames continuously merged into the magic sword.

"Since it's not a pill, there's only one reason why my cultivation level has increased... Sword Nurturing Technique."

Jiang Peng had always regarded the sword-nurturing technique as her trump card in combat, but she never imagined that this technique could also increase her cultivation level.

Was it because he had been concealing his strength and accumulating power for a long time before suddenly unleashing that sword strike?

Or was it because he constantly nurtured his sword with purple fire, a process that lasted a long time, until it finally unleashed its full potential?

I thought about it again and again, but I still couldn't figure it out.

"In the end, I was still a bit too naive." Jiang Peng got up and left the room.

If you have any doubts, you should naturally ask your teachers.

With Elder Qin still in the sect, and now that Jiang Peng is in Da Cang City, she has become familiar with Peak Master Ni Chang.

...

Inside the Imperial Palace of Dacang City.

After Jiang Peng explained his purpose to the guard, he was quickly led to the inner garden of the palace, where he met Ni Chang fishing by the pond.

Ni Chang was accompanied by a middle-aged man dressed in luxurious clothes.

Hearing footsteps behind her, Ni Chang turned around and glanced at Jiang Peng before waving.

"come over."

As Jiang Peng approached, before he could even speak, Ni Chang pointed to the middle-aged man beside him and said, "This is His Majesty of Cang Kingdom."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Peng gave a slight bow.

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"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Junior Brother Jiang, you are too polite. Compared to a genius like you, I, a mere mortal emperor, am nothing."

Jiang Peng didn't say anything, but just looked at Ni Chang next to her.

Ni Chang simply shook her head and said, "Junior Nephew Zheng, after the Cang Kingdom's losses are reported to the sect, the sect will naturally provide compensation... As for the matter of the number of disciples within the Cang Kingdom that you mentioned, I feel it is inappropriate."

The emperor of Cang Kingdom seemed to want to argue something, but Ni Chang waved her hand.

"I will bring this up with the sect leader, but the specifics are not up to me... Alright, you may leave. I still have something to discuss with Junior Nephew Jiang."

Upon hearing this, the Emperor of Cang Kingdom sighed softly, but quickly composed himself, his expression softening.

Before leaving, he looked at Jiang Peng and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Jiang, if you have some free time, why not stay in Cang Kingdom for a while..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ni Chang frowned and said, "This kid is busy. He's not someone you can recruit."

Upon hearing this, the emperor of Cang Kingdom looked surprised, but said nothing more and immediately left quickly.

But as he left, a hint of envy crept into his gaze as he looked at Jiang Peng.

After the Cang Kingdom Emperor had gone far away, Ni Chang said to Jiang Peng, "The Cang Kingdom's royal family changes every thirty to fifty years. These people were all true disciples of the Cangshan Sect in the past, but for various reasons, they no longer have the possibility of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Such disciples are granted worldly riches and honors by the sect in recognition of their past merits. This is the origin of the Cang Kingdom."

"Now they want to go even further, even sending their own disciples with extremely poor talent into the sect." Ni Chang's face showed a mocking expression.

Jiang Peng asked in surprise, "Extremely poor talent?"

"Low-grade spiritual roots are the kind that can never break through to the late stage of Qi Refining in their entire lives. They are usually young women from aristocratic families who are sent here, hoping that these disciples will seduce some of the sect's geniuses and take them back to be their sons-in-law."

"These true disciples who once contributed to the sect have now become leeches clinging to the sect, utterly useless, yet constantly siphoning off the sect's benefits to feed themselves."

Jiang Peng pursed her lips slightly and remained silent.

He knew that there were various factions within the sect, but he never competed or fought for anything, and his master was also a solitary figure. Therefore, he had only heard about the struggles within the sect and had never experienced them firsthand.

"Are you wondering why I'm telling you all this?" Ni Chang noticed Jiang Peng's somewhat strange expression.

Jiang Peng nodded slightly.

"You're a decent guy with good character and some ability. I think you're alright, so I'm going to give you a push." ​​Ni Chang gestured for Jiang Peng to sit down in the seat next to her.

After sitting down, Jiang Peng picked up a fishing rod.

Ni Chang continued, "Senior Brother Liu from the Pill Hall has gone."

Jiang Peng was taken aback, then realized that Ni Chang was referring to the Grand Elder of the Pill Hall.

"Uncle Liu is gone? Wasn't it said he could live for a few more years?"

"When news of Zhao Shan'ao's affair reached back, Uncle Liu was so angry that he suffered a heart attack, which aggravated his internal injuries, and he died."

Ni Chang added, "Your master doesn't have many years left to live, so you should know more about this than I do."

Jiang Peng sighed.

Just as the Peak Master of Rainbow Peak said.

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