Immortal Mystery Sequence: I Establish a Divine Duty for Heaven and Earth

This moment.

Jiang Tu felt a very subtle connection with this world.

The feeling was mysterious and profound, like a connection between heaven and earth. He took a deep breath, trying to guide that sense of merging with the earth—

Swish!

His figure vanished on the spot.

Beneath the ground, a shadow darted past like a fish entering water, silently rumbling and then quietly closing in the soil where it passed, leaving no trace.

*Swoosh!* *Splash!*

He emerged from the ground at the doorway, bathed in the cool moonlight.

Jiang Tu was drenched in sweat, leaning against the door and panting heavily. His chest heaved and his legs felt weak, as if his body had been hollowed out, but he still couldn't help but let out a low cry!

"It's done!!"

Earth Escape Technique!

His first truly extraordinary ability! Comparable to Taoist magic!

Jiang Tu clenched his fist excitedly and cheered softly.

This ability excels in its functionality and mobility, allowing him to leave or escape at will... If he encounters real danger, he can immediately use earth magic to escape, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and fleeing at the speed of light, which is perfect for him!

Although it's only a few steps away now, and I do it once a day, the future looks promising!

The sensory experience of Earth Release is also superb. The moment he merges with the earth, the earth seems to become a part of his body. No, his body and the earth are integrated and inseparable! There is no suffocation as he had imagined. It is even smoother than breathing while standing on the ground.

The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly!

With firm roots beneath our feet, we have confidence in our hearts!

"Okay!" Jiang Tu wiped his sweat and grinned.

He's been appointed an eighth-rank "field official"!

More importantly, when he possesses true extraordinary abilities, the wonderful feeling of being one with heaven and earth makes him even more excited about breaking through to the next level. As his rank continues to improve, will he be able to truly integrate with heaven and earth and master the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth?

This is true transcendence, a quest for immortality!

Cool!

I can't wait!

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Silent all night.

The next day, as dawn broke, Jiang Tu got up, found a few farm workers nearby, and gave them instructions in the yard.

He planned to dig a cellar inside the house and a deep well in the backyard.

The farm workers, carrying hoes and shovels, formed a circle and listened to his instructions.

Jiang Tu explained in great detail how deep the cellar should be dug, how to reinforce the cellar walls, how to build beams on the cellar roof, where to dig the deep well and how deep, how to build the well ring, and how high the well platform should be.

His true thoughts were hidden beneath the surface of his words.

Next to the vegetable cellar, he planned to secretly dig another underground dry field, with a skylight to keep it sunny. In the future, the high-quality dryland crops produced in the field and those obtained through evolution and settlement could be transplanted into it and cultivated in secret.

In deep wells, water holes must also be dug on the side of the well wall to create paddy fields and introduce fresh water to prepare for aquatic products and rice seeds.

These things cannot be delegated to others.

The farm workers were only responsible for digging vegetable cellars and wells; he secretly did the rest of the work himself.

"Tu-ge'er, you've just got a farm and you're already doing all this construction, digging cellars and wells. You really can't stay idle! When other people get a house, they take the first year to rest and recuperate, but you're doing something else."

"Exactly! Are you in such a rush to get ready, are you planning to get married?"

"Hey, you know what I mean! I think that's exactly what Tu-ge'er is thinking. Just imagine, a new house, a new well, a new cellar, and the yard all tidied up, it'll be easier to talk to the matchmaker when they come over, right?"

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Yes, yes, yes! He should have gotten married a long time ago! He's almost thirty, how can he not even have someone who cares about him?"

"Hey Tu-ge, I'll introduce you to someone later! There's a girl in my wife's village, she's gorgeous! She's practically the most beautiful girl in the village!"

Jiang Tu responded with a smile, but a slight thought stirred within him.

He had mentioned getting married before, but that was just a casual remark to politely decline Manager Qian's advances. His real goal was immortality, to break through the evolutionary sequence and ascend to heaven. The desire of ordinary people to marry, have children, and continue the family line was meaningless to him, at least for now.

But the fact that these people brought it up repeatedly made him secretly wary.

Yes! He's currently an ordinary farmer, and he's already 27 years old. If he keeps delaying marriage arrangements, it'll seem too fake.

In this world, if a middle-aged man has a house, land, and property but never gets married, anyone would grumble about it.

If you mutter too much, it's bound to arouse suspicion.

If you're going to put on a show, you have to go all the way.

What's next...maybe they'll have to create a "fake wife"?

Jiang Tu lowered his eyelids, pondering in his mind.

No rush, this matter needs to be considered in the long run. Once his foundation is more stable, it won't be difficult to find an excuse to "marry" a wife from another place.

Time stands still in the village.

Time flies, the world changes, and life is fleeting.

Jiang Tu worked diligently in the fields every day, getting along well with the farmers, tenants, and servants. He remained a hardworking and capable employer, sparing no effort in his work, treating people kindly, and distributing rice, grain, and meat during festivals.

Occasionally, he would go out on blind dates at the suggestion of matchmakers, just to go through the motions, have a meal, and then come back and give them a perfunctory answer.

The farm grew bigger year by year, from the initial two-story building to a three-story building, then to an inner and outer courtyard, and later a long corridor was built, a goldfish pond was dug, a few flowers and trees were transplanted, and a few small scenic spots were added.

The plaque for "Jiang Family Farm" has been changed to "Jiang Family Courtyard" at some point. Although it cannot compare to the grand mansions of truly wealthy families, it is undoubtedly the most impressive place on the small plot of land in Huai Shu Village.

The fertile land outside the courtyard also increased from the initial ten mu to twenty mu, thirty mu... and eventually to a full one hundred and twenty mu!

There are oxen plowing in the fields and sheep grazing in the fields. Various crops are planted in rotation according to the seasons, growing well and yielding a bumper harvest every year. In the distance, there is a row of newly built farmhouses and servants' quarters, with neat rows of blue bricks and gray tiles.

In the Jiang family's courtyard, nearly thirty farmers had been employed without anyone noticing, along with five servants who took care of their daily needs, cleaned the courtyard, fed the cattle and sheep, and guarded the gate at night. Each person performed their duties in an orderly manner.

Jiang Tu's story of starting from scratch as a factory worker is widely circulated among farmers, and everyone speaks highly of him.

"Tu Ge'er is such a kind person!"

"Absolutely! They never withhold wages, give out rice and grain during holidays, and occasionally host a feast for everyone. They're much better off than those rich families!"

"They really know how to farm, unlike those who have awakened to innate wisdom... They speak eloquently about making a living from the soil, and their knowledge is truly enlightening!"

There's another thing that's been the most talked-about topic among those around us during our leisure time.

Jiang Tu is already over thirty, and will be thirty-three after the New Year. He still has no wife or concubine, and no children. Everyone around him is very concerned about his marriage. People come to introduce him to potential partners in an endless stream, almost wearing down the threshold of the Jiang family's courtyard.

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The winter solstice of the 28th year of the Jingtai reign.

Snowflakes drift over the great river; winter has arrived.

The banks of the Lingjiang River were covered in white, with a thin layer of ice on the surface, crystal clear and reflecting the bright silver moonlight. The once bustling ferry crossing was much quieter, with a few ferryboats moored on the shore, their hulls covered in snow, and the north wind sweeping across the open fields, stirring up a sky full of snowflakes.

Icicles hung from the bare branches of trees along the roadside; occasionally, they would break, startling a few crows that would caw and fly away.

Smoke from chimneys was thin in the village, and every household had its doors and windows tightly shut.

Twenty miles outside of Dajiang County, in a desolate, dense forest, it was late at night.

Tap tap tap tap—

Run wildly!

A man dressed in rough peasant clothes is fleeing for his life through the dense forest.

He carried two men and women on his back, and four children under his arms. He was covered in blood, panting heavily. A deep, bone-revealing wound on his left arm emitted black smoke, continuously corroding the flesh and causing blood to seep out, staining half of his robe black and red.

But his steps were graceful and incredibly fast, covering four or five zhang in a single step, far exceeding the ordinary.

He still felt it was too slow and was desperately trying to speed up, as if a great fear was chasing him from behind, and that slowing down would mean utter destruction!

Night falls, towards Dajiang County—

Flames shot into the sky.

Thick smoke rose in the dark night, turning into thick columns of smoke that stained half the sky a dark red. Blood flowed everywhere, corpses lay strewn all over the ground, and cries, screams, and the sounds of collapsing buildings mingled together, still faintly audible from a distance.

Numerous eerie shadows roamed among the ruins.

Definitely not a living person!

The shadows moved stiffly, their joints twisted, some walked backwards, some had their heads turned around and hung on their necks, and some had their bodies swaying unpredictably, sometimes large and sometimes small.

Weird!

They numbered in great numbers, hundreds and thousands, spreading out across the land like a dark cloud.

Click!

A thunderclap ripped through the night sky, and a ghastly white flash of lightning illuminated the dense forest.

In the lightning, several grotesque and hideous faces could be seen in the distance. Their faces were as white as paper, with no eyeballs but two black holes. Their mouths were split open to their ears, revealing jagged sharp teeth. Their bodies were covered in blood and flesh, with white bones and bits of flesh hanging from them. Black water seeped out as they walked, dripping onto the ground with a hissing sound.

run!

Keep running!

Wang Congyun, who had been training down the mountain for five and a half years, gritted his teeth and kept walking. He dared not look back, but the strange roars, chewing, and crawling came from behind him like a tide, constantly approaching!

Click!

Suddenly, the bushes beside them made a loud noise.

A hideous face emerged, emitting a stench that assaulted the senses, with saliva dripping from it. The monster had three faces, one in front and one on each side, each with a different expression—some laughing, some crying, some numb—and six eyes staring intently at the child under Wang Congyun's arm.

"Ah—!" the children screamed in fright, desperately shrinking back.

The multifaceted monster darted out of the forest at incredible speed, rushing straight towards them!

Wang Congyun's pupils shrank suddenly. He had no time to dodge, let alone draw his sword. Both his hands were occupied, and there was someone on his shoulder. He was powerless to do anything.

This is the only way!

He bit his tongue, and a sharp pain exploded in his mouth. A mouthful of bright red blood gushed out, containing the purest and most powerful Taoist energy, which transformed into a blood arrow that struck the multifaceted monster that was rushing towards him!

The next moment, his aura plummeted, as if he had paid a heavy price.

puff!

The bloodline touched the monster's face, producing a piercing corrosive sound, sizzling and crackling—the three faces twisted simultaneously, flesh and blood rotting and black liquid splattering everywhere, instantly turning into a puddle of flesh that fell to the ground, creating a series of blood-smoking craters.

Wang Congyun, ignoring his breath, continued running wildly for several more miles before the eerie roars behind him gradually faded into the distance.

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Much later.

They ran wildly for forty miles to a secluded mountain stream. The cliffs on both sides were sheer, and the dry stream in the middle was full of jagged rocks. Moonlight leaked through the gaps in the canyon, illuminating the bottom of the stream in a pale light.

Wang Congyun hurriedly stopped, gently put down the man and woman he was carrying on his back, and carefully placed the four children he was carrying under his arms on the ground.

Then he collapsed on the pile of rocks, panting heavily, his chest heaving violently, his throat making a "hoarse" sound, sweat mixed with blood streaming down his face, and under the moonlight, his somewhat honest and thin profile was revealed.

At that moment, he was trembling all over.

I don't know if it was from exhaustion, fear, or both.

After catching his breath, he disregarded his own condition and struggled to get up. He carefully examined the injuries of the people he had rescued. The man and woman were both unconscious, while the four children were still conscious, but they were all trembling and huddled together, their eyes glazed over, as if they had lost their souls in fright.

Wang Congyun reached out to check the man's breathing; it was still strong and powerful. He only had some superficial wounds, none of which were fatal, and he was probably just too frightened...

But the woman was already six months pregnant, and this sudden calamity left her barely alive!

He's not long for this world!

What to do?!