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

Chapter 81: Breakthrough in Sequence, Obscuring the Sky and Sun; A Century of Seclusion Completed (Second Update, Please Subscribe!)

Xiaopei County, Jiangzhai.

The two major opera troupes from Shuangcheng were originally scheduled to perform for ten days, but Jiang Tu had completely lost the mood to listen to the opera.

Standing in the corridor, listening to the singing on stage for half a day, I found every word of the lyrics and melody unpleasant to the ear, and felt only annoyance. So I waved my hand and dismissed them all.

The servants obeyed the order and quickly dismantled the platform and removed the chairs. In less than half an hour, the high platform that had been there for seven days was completely dismantled.

The bustling atmosphere at the Jiang residence has completely subsided.

Before leaving.

Jiang Tu generously gave each of them an extra fifty taels of silver, which was quite a sum even for a large opera troupe. Considering the income from ten days of continuous performances, it was already a big business. The two troupe leaders thanked him profusely and packed their gear to leave.

The troupe that mainly performed literary plays was the Qingmei Troupe from Taiji City. Before leaving, the troupe leader, Guo Yan, very astutely bowed to Jiang Tu.

Master Guo was in his thirties, slender, yet possessed a delicate and refined air about him, with small, quick steps and gestures that exuded a woman's charm and grace.

Without decades of apprenticeship and dedicated study, one could never achieve such skill and physique. He was indeed a top-tier male dan performer in Jiangzhou, a renowned star, and was known throughout Jiangnan as "Little Guo Dan".

"Master Jiang, if I may be so bold as to ask—is it that our performance was not good enough, and did not meet your expectations?"

Just as Jiang Tu was about to shake his head, Guo Yan quickly added, "If Master Jiang is not satisfied with the existing repertoire, we can write a new play just for you, and then stage it! Although I am not very talented, the playwrights in our class are quite good at writing plays. As long as Master Jiang is willing, there is nothing we cannot write or stage."

Jiang Tu originally had no interest in this, but after he mentioned it, he unexpectedly discovered that there was also a high-end way to play with exclusive custom-made music. As the saying goes, money can make the devil turn the millstone, which is indeed true.

In a daze, he recalled what his wife had said before she left—that her favorite couple was a talented man and a beautiful woman.

After a brief moment of contemplation, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he said, "Very well, then please have your troupe write a play about the love, hate, and grudges between a talented scholar and a beautiful woman."

Guo Yan's eyes lit up, and he quickly took out paper and pen to carefully write down the requirements.

Looking back on the couple's life, Jiang Tu, on a whim, casually offered some words of advice to express his grief, saying, "Let's name the female lead Ning'e. Hmm—let's write that she is a half-immortal with a thousand years of cultivation, but she fell into the mortal world because she was tainted by a mortal heart. She spent her life with her husband, but her husband was ultimately just a mortal. Without cultivation, he could not cultivate immortality, let alone enjoy longevity."

"Decades have passed, her husband has grown old, and the couple has been separated by life and death. In order to find her husband, the heroine searched high and low, experiencing countless disasters and hardships. With the guidance of an immortal, she overcame all the evil and finally found her husband's reincarnation."

"Unfortunately, the couple did not recognize each other when they met again. Ning'e walked up to him and said, 'Husband,' and the drama came to an end."

After he casually finished telling the story, the courtyard fell into a brief silence.

Guo Yan, perhaps deeply moved, appeared exceptionally excited, his heart pounding, and exclaimed, "Master Jiang—wonderful! Wonderful! You truly are an expert in our play, a first-rate connoisseur among our audience!"

"This kind of drama, with its love stories of talented men and beautiful women, its grudges and feuds, and its elements of gods, ghosts, foxes, folklore, strange phenomena, and supernatural forces, is the essence of Jiangzhou Jiang Opera! Especially the last act, where the heroine exhausts all her efforts to find the husband she longs for in her next life, only to find that they do not recognize each other and can only call out 'husband' from afar, leaving the lingering aftertaste and endless contemplation for the audience—it's wonderful!"

To be honest, he thought that even if Master Jiang did order a new play, he would only want to order a short one at most.

But Master Jiang's request is enough to write an entire play!

This book has at least four chapters—and it wouldn't be difficult to elaborate on it further, creating eight or ten chapters, ensuring that every chapter is full of twists and turns and full of fun!

After that, the play was written and rehearsed, and all expenses during that time were covered by Master Jiang. His opera troupe would have enough to eat for at least two years!

With this in mind, he became even more spittle flying everywhere, showering the audience with flattery and praise.

"I, Guo Xiaodan, have been performing in the world of opera for twenty years, and this is the first time I've met someone as knowledgeable about opera as Master Jiang! He's truly a kindred spirit!"

Jiang Tu: "————?"

A confidant? A master of the art?

me?

This was the first time in his life he had ever heard this Jiang Opera. He hadn't even looked at the script from beginning to end, and at most he had just made a few casual comments. How did he become an expert on opera?

This guy is a real suck-up!

Damn it!

etc----

Just then, he suddenly felt the golden light floating and trembling slightly on the sequence of golden strategies deep in his consciousness.

Jiang Tu's heart stirred.

What's going on?!

The golden light flickered briefly before dissipating.

This change is somewhat similar to his reaction when he first unlocked the farmer profession—could it be a sign that a new profession is about to be unlocked and a new sequence is about to begin?

In the first few years, he tried his hand at various professions and apprenticeships, trying out all sorts of low-class jobs but to no avail. He even studied opera for a while, learning the roles of male, female, painted-face, and clown, but never got any results.

But today it has become an unintended consequence?

Could it be that the requirement for Jin Ce to unlock a new profession is to receive praise from others?

Because Guo Yan, a top-tier actor in the industry, praised him as an expert in the play, it triggered a related career?

Or perhaps it was because of his deep affection for Ning'e that he poured his sorrow into a grand opera, which gave him the opportunity to unlock the secret.

In any case, we must seize any opportunity that arises!

The unlocking of new professions is definitely closely related to this play.

"Master Guo," Jiang Tu said solemnly, "this play must be written with utmost care and effort. Every aria, every line of dialogue must be etched in your memory and pondered repeatedly. If I find out—"

"If Master Jiang discovers that I have been careless in the slightest, he will surely pay with his head! Throughout the cities of Jiangnan, who doesn't know that I, Guo Xiaodan, am most devoted to opera? Every new play I produce is the result of my painstaking efforts; how could it be presented as a laughing stock without meticulous refinement? If there is even the slightest mistake, not only will Master Jiang not forgive me, but I will not forgive myself first!"

Jiang Tu nodded slightly and took out four silver notes from his sleeve, totaling four hundred taels!

Guo Yan was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly in gratitude. In such chaotic times, it was already difficult for them, who were engaged in the lower nine professions, to make a living. Even though the Qingmei Class was famous enough, it was still a problem to feed, clothe, and provide for hundreds of people.

"This money is for your Qingmei Troupe to write and rehearse plays. If the final product satisfies me, there will be a generous reward. You know I'm already in my seventies and don't have many years left to live! If I die before I see this play, my son will be the first to hold you accountable."

Guo Yan replied with utmost respect, "Yes, yes, yes! I understand! I will certainly do my utmost!"

As Jiang Tu watched him leave with his shift, he felt a surge of anticipation for this new profession and couldn't help but start daydreaming—

What kind of story could originate from a play about a talented scholar and a beautiful woman?

Could they really be going to let him go on stage and become an actor?

He had absolutely no interest in it, so naturally he couldn't muster any enthusiasm for it. He just hoped that unlocking new professions would bring him some surprises!

Time flies, time flies.

Since that day, Jiang Tu has turned down all other external affairs and devoted himself to cultivating his skills and nurturing Chen Dou. He even entrusted the underground seed field to Dou Bing for constant supervision and management, no longer personally overseeing it.

Day after day, his cultivation continued to improve.

In the blink of an eye, it was October of the first year of the Shenglong era.

Jiang Zhai's quiet room.

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Swish swish!

A surge of green light appeared, and Jiang Tu, sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes.

Lifespan: 73/159

"Cultivation Level: Rank 7 - Imperial Herbalist (14892/15000) → (15000/15000)"

At this moment, he felt countless spiritual lights flowing through his limbs and bones, and his seventh-grade realm was completely perfected.

Having accumulated thirty years of cultivation, he has thoroughly mastered and perfected it!

He then took out refined aged soybeans from his bag, the oldest of which was 95 years old.

A century can be separated by a mere hair's breadth.

At that very moment, the sequence of golden strategies trembled violently once more!

Golden light surged and spread outwards like a tidal wave, resembling a torrential downpour of rain and mist. Jiang Tu's expression hardened as he stared intently at the scene, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"Agricultural Road Sequence"

"Serial Number: 01"

Current evolutionary progress: Celestial Rank 6 - "Minister of Agriculture", Human Rank 7 - "Herbal Compiler".

Total number of cultivators in this sequence: 50004

"Influence Level of this Sequence: Iv2.9 (Success in both the overt and covert paths)"

"Harvestable Causality Value: 19884"

"Because the total number of cultivators in this sequence has exceeded 50000, you have acquired the second Dao Foundation slot in this sequence."

"With the total number of sequences exceeding 50000, the sequence is now complete and has unlocked a new ability that blots out the sun."

"Covering up the sun: It can obscure the secrets of heaven on a large scale, serving as a means of concealment and protection for all sentient beings in the order of existence."

"Base cost: 100 causality points"

(Note 1: The cost of the "Covering the Sky" skill will increase with the range of its effect and the impact of the event it covers, with no upper limit.)

(Note 2: The phrase "blinding the sun" is applicable in both reality and evolution.)

Ok?

Jiang Tu's pupils contracted instantly.

New feature?!

It turns out that the "special changes" that Jin Ce mentioned in the previous sequence actually refer to the new abilities that Jin Ce unlocks after the sequence breakthrough. This "blinding the sun" is clearly used to conceal the secrets of heaven, with mysterious effects and a significant impact!

He realized with just a little thought that this ability was extremely useful.

He had previously speculated that the Sequence Gold Strategy itself possessed the ability to conceal heavenly secrets; otherwise, he would not have been able to deceive the two Daoist masters and hide himself from them. However, at that time, its ability to conceal heavenly secrets could only be applied to himself.

Now, the "sky-covering" effect can be applied to anyone simply by consuming the corresponding causal value!

Not to mention concealing his Jiang residence from outsiders, it wouldn't be impossible for him to conceal the entire Qingshan Lake, Yingfeng City, or even the whole of Jiangzhou!

That way, all the risks of secrets being leaked can be eliminated!

What amazed Jiang Tu even more was that the ability to block out the sun could actually influence evolution.

In the past, he could only observe evolution from an infinitely high place, without any ability to intervene. But now, by "blocking out the sun," he has the ability to indirectly influence the process of evolution!

If the agricultural path had been concealed from the very beginning, it would never have been exposed to the Buddhist and Taoist sects, and it would not have been driven to extinction, leading to Luo Jin's self-destruction and the suppression of Buddhism and Taoism!

The ability to completely block out the sun will provide all sequences with a truly safe and secure opportunity for stealthy development!

Cool!!

This new feature is so useful!

When the Sequence Influence Level breaks through Iv3, the Sequence will have a major breakthrough, and he may even unlock new abilities. I can't wait to see that!

Spiritual practice knows no time.

In the days that followed, Jiang Tu devoted himself to cultivating the precious seed of "Enlightenment Treasure Bean," nurturing it alternately with many refined aged beans, and constantly accumulating the resources in his hand. With each additional treasure bean, elixir, and aged bean, the chances of advancing to the next level increased.

In the second year of the Shenglong era, at the turn of autumn and winter.

Yingfeng City, Rong Residence.

Jiang Tu has been in seclusion there for three months. The reason he chose this place for seclusion is that it is the most prosperous agricultural area in the surrounding area, and it is also the core territory he manipulates behind the scenes, making it the least noticeable place to break through.

The house is guarded by several straw figures who are always there to provide support. Even if something goes wrong during the seclusion, it can be covered up. In addition, the "blinding the sun" technique can be used to deceive the heavens and the sea at critical moments, making it foolproof.

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As for the Jiang residence, it was temporarily handed over to Shirley to manage. To the outside world, it was only said that Master Jiang had gone to Yingfeng City to accompany his son to manage the business. Shirley had already been promoted to the eighth-rank Tian Jun and was assigned to Xiaopei County to take charge of the town, which was a natural progression.

In a secluded, enclosed room.

Jiang Tu sat cross-legged, counting his cards one by one.

Two hundred and thirty-seven aged soybeans, all over fifty years old.

Thirteen Enlightenment Beans.

Two Enlightenment Pills.

Twenty bottles of specially made premium pills for seclusion.

I've never fought such a lucrative battle in my entire life!

In addition, there is a superior green bean that has been nurtured for decades with painstaking effort and passed down from Luo Jin. It is about the size of a baby's fist, and its entire body is a deep, natural green color, with a rich spiritual energy that almost seems to emanate from it.

Just by holding it in his hand, he could vaguely sense his own realm loosening and his aura wavering, and the intention to break through to a higher realm was particularly clear!

A century-old soybean, finally matured on this day!

He took a deep breath, picked up a "Enlightenment Treasure Bean," put it in his mouth, and swallowed it.

Gudong.

Swish! !

A powerful yet gentle cultivation of the agricultural path surged forth, like a river bursting its banks, causing his limbs and bones to boil and surge, propelling his spirit and cultivation to rise simultaneously, and the sixth-grade gate before him was within reach.

Green light surged, inspiration burst forth, the earth leaped with excitement, and the rhythms of the agricultural path flowed freely in all directions.

He broke through to the sixth rank in seclusion and officially began his cultivation, becoming the number one agricultural cultivator of his time.