If Gou Cheng becomes the Dao Ancestor, the monkey will come to become his disciple.

Jiangchuan looked at the "Lifting and Vertical Technique",

He had already consumed his lifespan to elevate this technique to the 'perfect' level, and this time he continued to invest his lifespan to evolve and improve it, thereby creating a new technique.

[You invest your lifespan to comprehend and evolve the "Art of Lifting and Releasing"]

[Your understanding of the "Lifting and Leaping Technique" has reached the "Perfect" level. You have realized that the technique's effects are mediocre, with many flaws, and it does not meet your ideal goals. You have modified the technique based on your memories from your previous life... After three years of comprehension, your progress has been slow.]

[You continued to be patient, constantly expanding your thinking, various escape and speed-related techniques surfaced in your mind, and you refined and added to these techniques from various aspects, accumulating a wealth of experience.]

[You diligently studied for twenty years. One day, you suddenly had a burst of inspiration, and many wonderful ideas came to mind. You tried to create a new cultivation technique... Fifteen years later, you created a new cultivation technique that combined combat movement and speed enhancements, far surpassing other techniques of the same level.]

After creating the new technique, Jiang Chuan immediately stopped its evolution.

As before,

The numerous insights he gained about creating the new technique were like a sudden awakening, completely integrating into his being, allowing him to master the new technique instantly.

"This secret technique combines movement and speed, so let's name it 'The Secret of Movement' Basic Version 1.0."

"I hope that one day, this secret technique will be able to extend to the realm of space and time, traversing countless worlds, flowing against the currents of time, and reflecting the past, present, and future..."

Jiang Chuan muttered to himself that he was a big fan of "Covering the Sky" in his previous life, and he especially liked the "Nine Secrets" in the trilogy.

After deducing the basic version 1.0 of the "Illusory Character Secret" and the "Traveling Character Secret", he had consumed 80 years of his lifespan, leaving him with only 10 years of lifespan remaining.

Jiang Chuan looked at himself in the mirror. After consuming another 35 years of his lifespan, his physical functions and appearance had changed, but after using the "Illusionary Word Secret", he could still maintain the appearance of a middle-aged man in his forties.

"That's right, the need for the 'Youth-Preserving Pill' is not so urgent anymore."

Previously, due to the increase and depletion of lifespan, one's appearance would change accordingly. Now, with the "Secret of Illusion," one can maintain the same appearance indefinitely...

He yawned, stretched, and stepped out of the wooden house. The afternoon sun was warm and gentle as he gazed into the distance.

The adjacent No. 136 spiritual field had already been rented out.

The place was rented by a young couple who looked to be in their early twenties. It was said that their parents had also perished in the monster invasion, and the couple, with a three or four-year-old child, made a living by farming.

"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, five and a half years have passed since I arrived in this world."

Jiang Chuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

On his path of cultivation, he truly understood what it meant for "cultivation to transcend time, a thousand years passing in the blink of an eye."

Even with the cheat code of cultivating to the point of exhaustion, in order to avoid attracting attention and reduce interaction with Zhang Hao and others, he would often hang up a "closed-door cultivation sign" and hide in his room to study various cultivation techniques, alchemy, weapon crafting, and formations.

Perhaps because he was a time traveler, his soul was naturally powerful, and he also had a particular talent in comprehension.

When studying cultivation techniques that are more "science-based," such as weapon crafting, alchemy, and talisman making, one gains many insights, which is much more effective than when studying techniques that are more "humanities-based."

During the year of seclusion and cultivation, he not only studied all the various cultivation manuals he had purchased from Biyang Tower, but also made considerable progress in some of his skills.

With a thought,

A silver flying sword appeared in his palm, spinning around him as if it had a spirit, performing various complex movements, and finally lying obediently in his palm, radiating a cold and sharp light.

"I'm not far from mastering the Art of Weapon Maneuvering. I'll find a secluded spot and try flying on my sword to experience the exhilarating feeling of soaring through the sky..."

As Jiang Chuan was lost in thought,

Suddenly, he heard shouts of "Uncle Jiang!" calling out to him. Looking closely, he saw a kind-looking young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes waving at him from over a hundred meters away.

Jiang Chuan put the silver flying sword into his storage bag, concealed it with his clothes, and then smiled at the other person.

A moment later, the honest-looking young man ran up to him, panting, and said:

"Uncle Jiang, you've emerged from seclusion?"

The person who came was Xu Mu, who had just rented Lingtian No. 136 a year ago.

Hearing himself being called "Uncle Jiang" by someone who might be older than him, Jiang Chuan remained outwardly calm but inwardly felt helpless, nodding with a smile in acknowledgment.

"Yeah, just came out of quarantine. What's up?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Xu Mu's honest face, and he scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

"Uncle Jiang, could I borrow some spirit stones from you?"

Jiang Chuan was stunned and almost didn't react. Since he had been living a simple life of farming here, this was the first time someone had asked him to borrow spirit stones.

Or was it just a "neighbor" you met only once?

"Borrowing spirit stones?"

Seeing Jiang Chuan's indifferent expression, Xu Mu's dark face turned deathly pale in an instant, and tears welled up in the corners of the eyes of this strong, seven-foot-tall man.

Then, under Jiang Chuan's questioning gaze, he suddenly knelt down, kowtowing repeatedly, and explained:

"Uncle Jiang, I'm begging you, please lend a helping hand and save my Tiedan."

"Wait, what the hell??" Jiang Chuan was utterly speechless. He was completely baffled by Xu Mu's absurd actions and asked with a chill running down his spine:

"Xu Mu, what are you doing? Get up first, let's talk this out."

Xu Mu then stood up, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and spoke with a sorrowful expression:

"Uncle Jiang, my son Tiedan suddenly fell ill with the plague half a month ago. He was in a coma with a high fever and couldn't wake up. He also had intermittent fainting spells... My wife and I sold all our possessions and went to seek out miraculous medicines, but we still couldn't cure him. Now we have to spend spirit stones every day to buy herbs to keep him alive..."

"Uncle Jiang, I know it's presumptuous of me to ask you for spirit stones so abruptly, but I really have no other choice. I can't just watch Tiedan die; he's only three years old..."

"Uncle Jiang, please, I'll do anything you ask me to do from now on."

Hearing Xu Mu's explanation, Jiang Chuan frowned slightly. He hadn't expected that even after transmigrating to a world of cultivation, he would still encounter such a melodramatic situation.

He had met Tie Dan from Xu Mu's family once before.

That was a year ago, when he and his family of three visited him as their neighbor after they had just moved in.

A very lively and clever little boy.

When they met him, they kept calling him "Grandpa," which made him quite embarrassed and left a deep impression on him.

Jiang Chuan hesitated slightly. He was as cautious as possible about everyone and everything in this cultivation world, not wanting to get too involved in karma. But all sorts of things kept happening.

Seeing Jiang Chuan's conflicted expression, as if he was unwilling to help,

Xu Mu's expression suddenly darkened, the hope in his eyes vanished, and he kowtowed heavily to Jiang Chuan again, his tone sounding somewhat disheartened.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Jiang, I'm sorry to bother you."

After saying that, Xu Mu got up and was about to leave.