Chapter 13: Morning Welcomes Purple Qi, Evening Guides Red Clouds

The sun finally sank in the west, and the whole earth entered the night with a sigh.

Inside the Tongtian Palace, the small earthworm finally swam through its long journey and spat out a round and full grain of Dao Yuan.

The time when the sun rises and when the sun sets are the best times for cultivation in a day. The sun is warm but not harsh, and gentle without causing harm, especially for beginner cultivators, it can protect their Dao channels very well. There have been cases where people cultivated at noon and ended up having their heart fire stirred by the sun's true fire, burning their bodies and destroying their meridians.

This is what is known as absorbing the purple aura in the morning and guiding the rosy clouds in the evening.

Even with Jiang Wang's physique trained in martial arts since childhood, he felt his blood energy being squeezed to a certain critical point, beyond which it would damage his vitality. The earthworm in the Tongtian Palace also looked a little wilted.

Of course, at this critical point, the body does not feel weak. The Dao Yuan nurtured in the Tongtian Palace are like tiny hearts, pumping power at all times.

All of this made Jiang Wang deeply understand the teachings he received in class, that from blood energy to the birth of Dao Yuan, it is a sublimation of power, and the prerequisite for humans to become extraordinary.

It is said that true martial arts practitioners do not nurture Dao Yuan, but purely polish their physique and temper their blood energy, which is a different path altogether.

In this era, lords rise together, sects stand tall, and various schools of thought contend. It can be said to be a prosperous age of cultivation. Of course, for Jiang Wang, who is in the State of Zhuang, he has no other choice.

Jiang Wang carefully manipulated the Dao Yuan to move within the Tongtian Palace, to fill in the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Array Diagram that he had long memorized. This process was not easy. This is because a person's mental power, like their blood energy, has its limits at a certain stage.

For a cultivator like Jiang Wang who has just embarked on the path of the extraordinary, moving the Dao Yuan twice a day is the limit. Any more would lead to mental fatigue, and in severe cases, could even damage his mind.

Jiang Wang knew that the foundation array diagram he had chosen took a long time, so he dared not delay, and proceeded with extreme caution. If there was even a slight mistake, he would have to start over.

And he did not give himself time to start over.

He only had two chances a day to arrange the array points, and he could not miss even one! Even if the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Array Diagram was much more complicated and difficult than the Gui Yuan Array.

If someone were to cultivate with Jiang Wang at the same time, and they chose the Gui Yuan Array Diagram as their foundation, then on the basis that their arrangement of array points was perfect, they would definitely be much faster than Jiang Wang.

Jiang Wang didn't know if his choice was right, but since he had made his choice, there was no turning back. He could only move forward, and only do his best to the best of his ability.

Fortunately, he was doing well. When today's last meridian-opening cultivation ended, dozens of Dao Yuan had been suspended in the Tongtian Palace, each one full and plump, like ripe rice in the autumn fields, exuding the smell of harvest. All of these will be his resources for "reaching the heavens".

But for Jiang Wang, he had one more important thing to do.

At this time, the dormitory was empty. Ling He and Du Yehu had both gone on missions. Having joined the inner sect, they were of course even more eager for Kai Mai Pills.

And Jiang Wang's mind sank, and he entered the Taixu Illusion.

Today is July 15th, the challenge day of the month. If there were no surprises, today he would face a challenge from the owner of the Qingyu Altar. He would smoothly—be demoted.

It was still the familiar scene, the magnificent starry sky.

Jiang Wang sat cross-legged, silently watching the sundial phantom, waiting for the moment the challenge arrived.

He wanted to see the strength of the real powerhouses in this world. Although he had "heard" such fierce battles in the Huanzhen Temple, he had never seen them with his own eyes. Dong A's attack that time, his opponent had no power to resist.

Sitting cross-legged in this starry sky, he felt his heart also become vast.

When humans first looked up at the starry sky, history began to charge forward. Compared to the vast galaxy, everything in the human world is so small and illusory.

He didn't know how long it had been, but five black characters appeared on the sundial phantom—Challenger abstained.

Jiang Wang felt a sense of relief, and also a little inexplicable regret.

He had protected the contribution points produced by the Dongzhen Void Blessed Land this month, but that was perhaps only due to the powerful deterrent of the former owner of the blessed land. That fiery figure named Zuo Guanglie!

People who enter the Taixu Illusion basically conceal their identities in the real world. Except for themselves, no one knows what kind of reputation they have in the Taixu Illusion. So very few people know that the owner of the Dongzhen Void in the Taixu Illusion is the Great Chu genius Zuo Guanglie in the real world. And now even fewer people would know. Even if someone had made accurate predictions based on his fighting style before, they would now overturn them all.

Because generally speaking, when a person dies in the real world, their identity in the Taixu Illusion will also disappear. But Zuo Guanglie forcibly activated the power of the Zhurong True Body, almost burning through time and space, and because of a strong obsession, all kinds of reasons were mixed together, resulting in an accident. This prevented the Taixu Illusion from timely retrieving the Void Key, and it was branded by Jiang Wang. He also inherited everything Zuo Guanglie had in the Taixu Illusion.

Blessed Land Twenty-three, Dongzhen Void! This month's contribution points produced: 1850 points.

……

"Yan Dao Platform." Jiang Wang murmured in his heart.

A green bamboo table appeared out of thin air in front of him, but it did not seem abrupt at all. It was as natural as crops growing out of the ground, even though the process was ignored.

There was nothing else on the bamboo table, only an open jade book, which was now blank.

Jiang Wang had experience once before. He only had to visualize the technique he wanted to deduce, and then invest the corresponding contribution points, and the deduced technique would be presented in the jade book. The foundation array diagram, Zhou Tian Xing Dou Array, was obtained by deducing the Gui Yuan Array before.

Now that the foundation array diagram is not complete, the Dao vortex has not been formed, and he has one less Dao Yuan for each one he uses. It is naturally unrealistic to deduce Dao techniques. Even Jiang Wang himself only simulated them in his mind, and had never really practiced Dao techniques. After all, in the early stages of cultivation, Dao Yuan are too precious.

But he couldn't say that he would leave the contribution points idle for later. It must be known that the path of cultivation is one of non-progression and retrogression, and tomorrow and accidents, one doesn't know which will come first. Therefore, it is right to make oneself as strong as possible at every stage.

Jiang Wang thought for a while, and among the few sword techniques he was best at, he chose a sharp sword technique to deduce.

And the contribution points chosen to consume were, 1850 points!

The atmosphere of the entire State of Zhuang is one of valuing Dao techniques over martial arts. But Jiang Wang has no choice at this stage. If the foundation is not complete, he wouldn't dare to use even the strongest Dao techniques.

And since he chose to strengthen his sword techniques, he would do his best, sparing no effort.

The jade book on the green bamboo table instantly surged with many words. It was an ordinary sword technique that Jiang Wang had learned from the outer sect of the Maple Forest City Dao Academy, which was nothing special except for being sharp. But at this moment, the number of contribution points on the sundial phantom was constantly decreasing, and the words on the jade book on the green bamboo table also began to change wildly.

Jiang Wang stared intently, and those words actually seemed to evolve into individual figures, drawing their swords and dancing. The faster they danced, the more they seemed to merge into a ball.

Jiang Wang couldn't help but squint his eyes, and even had the illusion of being stung by the sharp edge!

When he blinked and looked again, the words on the jade book had calmed down, and what appeared in front of him was a mysterious sword art that he had never seen before, and had never even imagined!

When he was in the outer sect, Jiang Wang was recognized as the number one in sword techniques. But at this moment, as he flipped through this sword technique, he suddenly felt that what he had practiced before were all farmyard tricks, only suitable for farming!

The number of contribution points on the sundial phantom had been cleared to zero, but Jiang Wang let out a satisfied sigh.

Everything was worth it!