285: Chapter 137: Circling Around the Tree Three Tis_1 285: Chapter 137: Circling Around the Tree Three Tis_1 After everyone had left, Jiang Wang was eager to unfold the letter.
Halfway through the action, he suddenly stopped.
It didn’t bother him before, but now that he knew about the will concealed within the Tongtian Palace, he felt uncomfortable.
This was especially true for sothing as private as reading a letter.
After a mont of contemplation, his consciousness plunged into the Tongtian Palace.
“Jiang Yan, I need to read a letter now, so I must find a way to seal you off temporarily.”
He had an idea in mind, but he needed Jiang Yan’s consent first.
Otherwise, if Jiang Yan thought he was up to sothing and overreacted, destroying both of them, it wouldn’t be good.
If Jiang Yan disagreed, he had no other imdiate solution, but he was sure to feel displeased.
To his surprise, Jiang Yan was quite agreeable: “I understand.
When necessary, like if you’re about to have ‘an encounter’ with your pretty little maid without damaging the Dark Candle, feel free to seal off completely.
However, I hope you’ll inform every ti before doing so, to avoid any misunderstanding.”
He switched to a more negotiating tone: “You have no idea how unbearable it feels to be stuck inside the Dark Candle, seeing nothing.”
Jiang Wang ignored his tedious joke and said, “Your request is reasonable.
If you can understand , naturally, I can understand you too.”
“Jiang Wang, I am you, and you are .
We both are people who respect promises,” Jiang Yan said aningfully, then fell silent.
“As long as you understand yourself,” Jiang Wang replied.
His words also carried depth—if you truly are like , then of course I am a man of my word.
But if you’re not like , I won’t hold myself to promises either.
A man without credibility is nothing, and Jiang Wang, of course, believed in the ethical standard that one’s word was worth a thousand pieces of gold.
But it also depended on the recipient.
Towards an entity like Jiang Yan, whose roots and bottom were unknown, making unilateral promises blindly could lead to a pitiful end without even knowing how it happened.
He had agreed to Zhongxuan Sheng, so he could travel tens of thousands of miles to Qi Country and help him win the Heavenly Abode Secret Land.
He had agreed to Lian Que, so he could return the command token without reluctance.
He had agreed to Zhu Bijing, so he could drop everything and set out to hunt down Hu Shaong imdiately.
But Jiang Yan was different.
The conditions reached with Jiang Yan were the result of negotiations, not voluntary promises.
The nature was different.
As for how to seal off Jiang Yan’s awareness of the outside world, the thod Jiang Wang considered was based on the flower sea concept.
The inspiration still ca from the Divine Soul Fla Flower.
If one could replace Path Origin power with Spirit and Soul Power to execute the Divine Soul Flower Sea, then it should naturally have the effect of a predestined battlefield.
Concealing awareness would be even easier.
Jiang Wang never neglected his morning and evening practices and frequently rehearsed Dao Technique and swordsmanship whenever he had a mont.
He had an intimate familiarity with all the Dao Techniques he’d mastered.
With the successful experience of the Divine Soul Fla Flower, the spread of the Divine Soul Flower Sea within the Tongtian Palace was foreseeable.
He only attempted it slightly, and it was a success.
At this mont, within the grandiose Tongtian Palace, the Entwined Star Spirit Snake moved back and forth between the nine great Star River Dao Spirals.
The Dark Candle sat alone in one corner, engulfed by the stunningly beautiful Divine Soul Flower Sea.
If this scene could be manifested, it would undoubtedly be one of the rarest landscapes in the world.
Having temporarily shielded Jiang Yan’s awareness, Jiang Wang felt his mind lighten considerably, experiencing the joy of “returning to nature.”
Even as he opened the letter, he thought of singing a tune to enhance the mood, but considering how unpleasant it would sound, he decided against it.
…
From Anan’s letter, it was clear that her handwriting had beco much neater, showing that she had not neglected her studies at Lingxiao Pavilion.
She chatted about her recent favorite foods, acted coquettishly, and complained about how tiring it was to practice martial arts.
In the end, she hinted indirectly—”Qi Country is so far away.
By the ti I get a reply from you, brother, it might already be October.”
Yun He’s travels between the two places certainly didn’t take that long; the young girl’s intentions were not difficult to guess.
October…
October thirteenth was her birthday, and all she wanted was for Jiang Wang to spend it with her.
But Jiang Wang could only sigh in secret.
A round trip to Yun Country would take at least half a month.
With the major issues in Zhongxuan Sheng unresolved and the nurous troubles in Yang Country, he simply couldn’t extract himself from his duties at this ti.
He had no choice but to pretend he didn’t understand and picked out so delicacies from Yang Country and Qi Country to describe to her, promising to take her to try them soday…
that was all he could do.
Ye Qingyu’s letter rely ntioned offhand that she had participated in so trials recently and had seen so improvent in her strength.
The content was still mainly about Jiang Anan, updating on the little girl’s recent state.
Jiang Wang had entrusted his sister to her, and she had indeed given her all.
The letter ntioned—”It took a long ti to collect a Ground-grade Channel-opening Pill, truly a rare find.
We now have a Grade A Channel-opening Pill; is it okay to use it to help Anan open her channels?”
Jiang Anan had been training in martial arts for so ti and was under the exceptional guidance of Lingxiao Pavilion, which had solidified her foundations.
Thus, the matter of opening her channels had co up on the agenda.
Upon reading this, Jiang Wang imdiately entered the Taixu Illusion Realm and wrote a letter to Zhongxuan Sheng, inquiring about the price of a Ground-grade Channel-opening Pill and a Grade A Channel-opening Pill.
Limited by what he knew, he was actually completely ignorant of the grading system for Channel-opening Pills.
It was only from Zhao Rucheng that he had heard there were common and uncommon Channel-opening Pills.
He wanted to obtain a perfect Channel-opening Pill for Jiang Anan, to spare her so of the hardships of cultivation.
But exactly how perfect a perfect Channel-opening Pill was, Zhao Rucheng had not said at the ti, probably because it seed too out of reach.
So he didn’t know either.
Zhongxuan Sheng’s reply was a bit hasty, and from the still-burning battle intent in the handwriting, it seed he had just fought soone in the Taixu Illusion Realm, otherwise he wouldn’t have replied so quickly.
This chubby fellow had been working hard lately, probably related to Qi Country’s significant movents…
“Channel-opening Pills are classified into three grades: Heaven, Earth, and Mortal.
Heaven-grade Channel-opening Pills exist only in legends.
Earth-grade Channel-opening Pills are incredibly rare and hard to co by.
Mortal-grade Channel-opening Pills are divided into four grades.
Grade D represents the common Channel-opening Pills, Grade C is slightly stronger, Grade B is good, and Grade A is excellent.
Prices vary slightly from place to place, but generally speaking, the price of a Grade A Channel-opening Pill should not be lower than one hundred Pri Stones.”
The letter also included the recent Channel-opening Pill purchase prices posted by the Jubao Business Association:
Grade D Channel-opening Pill, one and a half Pri Stones;
Grade C Channel-opening Pill, ten Pri Stones;
Grade B Channel-opening Pill, thirty Pri Stones;
Grade A Channel-opening Pill, one hundred Pri Stones.
It was clear to see that as the grade of the Channel-opening Pills increased, so did their price.
As for the price of Earth-grade Channel-opening Pills, Zhongxuan Sheng didn’t even ntion it.
Such an item, once available, would be fiercely contested; sotis the price was aningless.
Well, this was the first ti Jiang Wang had seen Pri Stones being counted by the hundreds.
When he had risked his life and fleeced Prince Jiang Wuyong of Qi Country, apart from acquiring secret Dao Techniques, he had only earned ten Pri Stones.
That is to say, it would take ten such windfalls to afford Dao Origin Stones worth one Grade A Channel-opening Pill.
After “working hard” recently and even “robbing and killing” the masked Snake-Bone individual, Jiang Wang had thought himself quite wealthy.
But now, looking at it…
Ye Qingyu was willing to use a Channel-opening Pill worth one hundred Pri Stones to help Jiang Anan open her channels and even attempted to purchase an Earth-grade Channel-opening Pill but failed to acquire one…
What more could he, Jiang Wang, say?
He imdiately replied to the letter, first wishing Ye Qingyu courage and progress, with a long path ahead in her cultivation.
Then, regarding Jiang Anan—”When the ti is ripe and everything falls into place, let Anan proceed with opening her channels.”
He then expressed his gratitude, offering heartfelt but ultimately aningless thanks.
At the end, he wrote, “I will repay you for all the expenses soon.”
After a thought, he crossed out “soon” and changed it to “as soon as I can”.
After another thought, he changed it to “in the future”.
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PS: There will be an additional update at twelve o’clock tonight.
Ashen repays his debt, “soon”.
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