610: Chapter 59: Hidden Treasure_1 610: Chapter 59: Hidden Treasure_1 When Jiang Wang ca to Qi Country, he crossed the Long River early on, passing through Fertility Country, Ji Country, You Nation…
all the way to Qi Country.
Actually, he did it with the intention to deliberately avoid Jinguo, traveling to the slightly northern part of the Central Region.
The three veins of the Taoist Sect stand together in Jinguo; in all the Taoist-associated countries, it is undeniably the core.
The newly escaped Jiang Wang from Zhuang Country subconsciously wanted to keep his distance from it.
Had he been familiar with the route beforehand, he could have simply followed the Long River downstream, taken the water route close to Sumr Country in the Southern Territory, and then headed north to Qi Boundary, which would have been much faster.
This ti, as Jiang Wang was leaving Qi Country to return, he again planned to bypass You Nation, avoiding as much contact as possible with the State Preceptor of You Nation, Zhao Cang, who concealed a dagger behind his smile.
Thus, the last route he planned ca very close to Jinguo.
Xiang Qian always had no comnts about the route; he was indifferent to whichever path they took.
The only opinion he had was about how they could rest a bit more.
However, Jiang Wang completely ignored this.
Since leaving Zheng Country, the only ti for rest had been during Jiang Wang’s cultivation practice.
Another day of travelling ended, and the two stopped in a forested mountain area.
The early winter night was very quiet.
Xiang Qian casually found a large tree and lay down on a branch.
Normally, he could fall asleep as soon as he lay down, but for so reason, he didn’t fall asleep imdiately today.
It wasn’t because of the environnt, as he was never picky about his surroundings.
The young man nad Jiang Wang was sitting cross-legged on a clearing in the forest, bathed in moonlight.
Traveling was actually a very tiring task.
Even though a Transcendent Cultivator’s physique was far superior to an ordinary person’s, traveling day and night over tens of thousands of miles would still bring about an irresistible fatigue.
And on this journey, aside from traveling, Jiang Wang was cultivating.
Morning and evening sessions, as well as familiarizing with Dao Techniques and refining his swordsmanship, he never slacked off.
Xiang Qian might not say it out loud, but how could he, being in the Yang Region, not know of the reputation Jiang Wang had established in Linzi?
In the small region of Green Sheep Town, even Dugu Xiao, who ca from a maid’s background, was treated politely by the new City Lord of Jia City.
Wasn’t it all because of Jiang Wang?
The already acknowledged pride of Qi Country, the Jiang Wang whose future was unlimitedly bright, was still working so hard.
Xiang Qian couldn’t deny the envy in his own heart.
It wasn’t the fa Jiang Wang had garnered that he envied.
He envied the unwavering determination with which Jiang Wang moved forward, while he himself had lost sight of his goals early on.
If only…
Xiang Qian paused, then finally closed his eyes again.
What are ‘ifs’ in the world anyway?
Just sleep.
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Unlike Xiang Qian, who was deeply troubled, Jiang Wang during cultivation was free of distracting thoughts.
If he regarded himself as the sea of the Five Mansions, with the Taoist veins ascending like dragons and stopping at the Heaven and Earth Lonely Island, which hung above the sea, and a great sun hanging high in the sky above the sea, that would be the location of the first Inner Mansion.
His spirit leapt into the Inner Mansion, where there was diversity within, not just the inside of a fiery ball.
It was a series of connected rooms.
The rooms weren’t big, with just four walls each.
The size, width, and even the light and dark, were all exactly the sa for each room.
This at one point made Jiang Wang think of Ji City from the Tian family, a city laid out like the character for “field,” with all rooms being identical, monotonously uniform.
He wondered if it was modeled after the Inner Mansion’s design.
Jiang Wang “walked” through a series of identical rooms, using his spirit to sense every detail.
This process was known as “cleaning.” Upon reaching the Inner Mansion Realm, cultivation began to require the use of spirit.
The process of “cleaning” the Inner Mansion was also a process of training the spirit.
If the spirit could be likened to an infant, after being born, it would remain in its “swaddling clothes” or within the confines of Tongtian Palace for a long period, and only after carving out an Inner Mansion could one be said to have left the “swaddling clothes” behind.
At first, all one could do was learn to “walk,” to toddle and take faltering steps.
Only then could one begin to “run,” and eventually “fly.”
However, Jiang Wang’s situation was different, because, with the blessings of the people of Green Sheep Town and having passed through the ordeal of the Red Mirror’s snowy calamity, his spirit was far stronger than that of an average Inner Mansion Practitioner.
While still in “swaddling clothes,” he was already capable of running and even flying.
At this mont, as he was “sweeping clean” his Inner Mansion, three hundred black Hidden Snakes road about, greatly reducing the ti needed for “cleaning the rooms.”
The number of “rooms” inside the Inner Mansion was endless, theoretically allowing for infinite exploration.
As said by the Buddhist Family, “In a single grain of sand, one can see three thousand worlds.”
In the most minute detail lies the possibility for limitless expansion.
The Inner Mansion, being the secret repository of the human body, was no exception to this principle.
But it wasn’t necessarily true that the more rooms one explored, the more powerful one beca.
After all, no matter how far one explored, only one secret repository could be chosen.
Within one Inner Mansion, there were multiple secret repositories, and one could freely choose one, but the ones passed by would never appear again.
So cultivators would walk on, continually abandoning and discovering, single-mindedly seeking the best secret repository.
Yet they found that later offerings were not as good as the first ones they passed, becoming increasingly dissatisfied and only falling deeper, ultimately wasting their ti as they moved forward in vain.
Therefore, in the Inner Mansion Realm, the advice Jiang Wang received from people like Zuo Guangshu, Zhongxuan Sheng, and even Guan Yan was to seize a suitable secret repository imdiately upon encountering it.
Greed has no bounds.
Tongtian Palace really resembled a palace, and the Inner Mansion, indeed, like a mansion.
Speaking just of Jiang Wang’s case, Tongtian Palace was ancient and lofty, while the Inner Mansion was cramped and complex.
Every room in the Inner Mansion was quite devoid of content, but at the sa ti, all the rooms had a soft glow.
The glimr ca from the shadow of a seed hanging from the ceiling of each room.
It was a fiery-red, sharp, and ellipsoidal seed, representing the Divine Power of Samadhi True Fire.
This Divine Skill illuminated ever room Jiang Wang explored in the Inner Mansion, helping him more easily discern the nuances.
With the aid of three hundred Soul Stealth Snakes, the number of rooms Jiang Wang had explored reached exactly one thousand two hundred ninety-six today.
A sudden surge of emotion overwheld Jiang Wang.
He relaxed his spirit, and his Soul Manifestation appeared at the furthest Hidden Snake.
The room was identical, yet it bore different marks.
The Divine Power Seed of Samadhi True Fire shifted from ethereal to real, manifesting in that room, illuminating all the intricacies.
Jiang Wang’s mind, at a certain mont, plunged into the vast emptiness.
In the boundless universe, two stars collided.
The trendous explosion that ensued, and the destructive force that spread far and wide, obliterated countless tangible and intangible entities.
However, those gazing up at the starry sky might only see a streak of light.
That was starfire.
Jiang Wang had found his answer.
Secret Repository: Starfire.
Once activated, this secret repository could last for a quarter of an hour.
Its effect increased the power of fire-related Dao Techniques by a full ten percent.
Jiang Wang possessed a Thorn Crown which could enhance the power of Dao Techniques by twenty to thirty percent.
But the initial rank of that technique was rely upper-middle grade, and although it had been improved through the exercises at the Stage of Dao Evolution, the effects were becoming increasingly limited.
For top-middle grade Dao Techniques like the Eight Tones Fla Sparrow or Flaming Sparrow Fetching Flower, the enhancent effects were extrely weak, and also increased the ti needed to execute them.
Therefore, Jiang Wang seldom used it anymore.
But a secret repository was different; a personal secret repository would grow alongside the cultivator and could always be used.
At different levels, it would maintain its effect.
Without hesitation, Jiang Wang grasped the bundle of starfire.
This may not have been the most powerful secret repository, but undoubtedly it suited Jiang Wang’s current combat system perfectly.
Despite the myriad choices ahead, he didn’t intend to look any further.
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