Volume 2: Indestructible Symbol Body Chapter 06: Open Up a Whole New World of Thought

  "What is the Gate of Life and Death?" Jiang He asked.

  "We'll know once we go in and take a look." Zhang Zixin replied.

  As soon as the two of them entered the grand hall, they found that the space inside was surprisingly large, with a distance of over 100 steps in all directions. In the center of the grand hall, there were two transmission arrays, one emitting white light and the other gray light. And in this grand hall, there were actually more than a dozen people meditating.

  "What is referred to as the Gate of Life and Death should be these two transmission arrays. One can transmit to the outside of the Qianji Cave Mansion, which is the Gate of Life. The other one transmits to the second layer of the cave mansion, which is the Gate of Death." Zhang Ziyin explained.

  "Zhang Shixiong, you're here too. I'm from the Blood Alliance, my name is Li Xiaohu." A young cultivator heard Zhang Ziyin speaking and immediately walked over.

  "Hmm, Li Shidi, who did you come with?" Zhang Ziyang asked with a smile.

  "I came with Road Brother, but he was transported to the second layer of the cave mansion. I don't know if I should go into the second layer now." Li Xiaohu said.

  "It's better if you don't go to the second floor, it's too dangerous. Just take a good look around the first floor." Zhang Zixin said with a smile.

  "Then I'll listen to Zhang Shixiong, who is this?"

  Li Xiaohu looked at Jiang He who was following Zhang Ziyi and asked.

  "Li Shixiong, I am Jiang He," Jiang He said with a smile. "I'm a disciple of the Tianfeng Sect's Qiyun Mountain branch."

  Unexpectedly, Li Xiaohu was shocked when he heard Jiang He's name and exclaimed: "Brother Jiang is actually Jiang He? Blue Wen Hao just entered the second floor from here a moment ago."

  "Haha, I'm really lucky. I met Lan Wenhao so quickly!" Jiang He smiled and seemed to not take Lan Wenhao seriously. Turning his head to Zhang Zijian, he said: "Senior brother, it's already so late, why don't we rest in this great hall for the night and go to the second floor tomorrow?"

  "Doesn't his junior brother want to go find Lan Wenhao for revenge now?" Zhang Zixin asked with a smile.

  "It's not time yet!" Jiang He said seriously.

  "Good! Good! A gentleman avenges himself after ten years, it's not too late! I was just worried that you wouldn't be able to hold back, but your tolerance is much greater than I imagined. Now I can rest assured."

  Zhang Zi laughed loudly, completely disregarding his surroundings. Some other people were startled by them and whispered to each other. Someone recognized that this was Zhang Zi, one of the top ten masters of the Tianfeng Sect, and didn't dare say anything.

  When it got dark, walking in the Qianji Cave Mansion was much more dangerous. More and more people came to the Gate of Life and Death, but the miserable cries outside also kept ringing out, apparently many people died in the Qianji Cave Mansion.

  Zhang Ziyang was oblivious to all this, sitting as if in a quiet room, and although others were speaking, they all instinctively lowered their voices.

  Jiang Heyou tried to calm down and meditate, but his mind couldn't settle. He thought of Gao Yuan's arrogant sneer on the highlands, then of Lan Wenhao's sinister killing intent. The faces of these two men kept flashing back and forth in his mind, making Jiang Heyou wish he could kill them immediately.

  A gentleman avenges a decade late, but a petty person takes revenge immediately! Jiang He also has a small tolerance for revenge and wants to take revenge immediately. However, his current strength is insufficient. Although he knows that Lan Wenhao has entered the second layer, as long as he enters, he may be able to meet him immediately, but he must suppress himself and try to avoid him.

  I currently only have a True Water Symbol and no other Spirit Symbols. If I were to encounter Lan Wenhao, it would be truly hopeless. No way, I need to make preparations.

  Jiang thought about it and no longer wanted to force himself to cultivate. He took out his storage bag, rummaged through it, and found that he had almost thirty special talismans, including the ones he originally had and those he later found on the two robbers.

  Jiang took out the cinnabar brush, just about to paint, when he suddenly thought that a talisman drawn with fresh blood would be even more powerful. He immediately put away the cinnabar brush and picked up the black sword, making a cut on his right index finger, opening a wound! He then began to paint on the special silk paper.

  Her ten fingers ached in unison, especially when Jiang He was drawing and had to keep touching the wound. The pain grew more intense under this strong stimulation, but Jiang He's mind became clearer instead. Although she could have finished the sketch with one swift stroke, she drew each line carefully, savoring the subtlety of every curve.

  The spiritual energy in the universe uses blood as a medium, constantly pouring into the specially made silk paper, and also many spiritual energies follow Jiang He's fingers, pouring into his body. As soon as these spiritual energies enter the body, Jiang He's kung fu automatically operates, converting these spiritual energies into magical powers stored in the dantian. And the magical powers in his dantian are constantly outputting, pouring into the specially made silk paper!

  The law and power went in and out, and the quality was also improved a bit. The eighth ring of law and power in Jiang's dan Tian was also clearer.

  When the first fierce fire talisman was formed, the fire spirit energy contained within became even more powerful! The fire spirit energy shook open, causing everyone in the Gate of Life and Death to look over, and their gaze towards Jiang He also became wary. Although Jiang He was only at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, the power of this fire spirit energy fluctuation had surpassed that of the tenth layer!

  Zhang Zi remained still, just pursing his lips slightly, seemingly quite approving of Jiang He's actions.

  A spiritual symbol was drawn, but Jiang He's internal power only consumed one-third of his total power. Instead of continuing to draw, Jiang He reflected on the feeling he had just experienced while drawing the symbol. For ordinary disciples, drawing symbols requires a delicate balance between speed and slowness; if too slow, the divine energy from the cinnabar brush will dissipate, and if too fast, the lines will become distorted. Disciples with better skills can increase their speed of drawing spiritual symbols, and generally, the faster one draws, the more proficient they are. This was also why Zhou Suyun was surprised when she saw Jiang He's symbol being drawn in one swift motion.

  But this time, Jiang He deliberately slowed down the drawing speed of the talisman, each line separated from the others, but in the process of forming lines, he felt more clearly the communication between the lines and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

  With just one stroke, although it can't form a character, it's possible to add more later and turn it into a spirit symbol! Jiang He had an epiphany in his heart, and it seemed that the rule that the elder professor taught him about spirit symbols being unchangeable once drawn might not be correct after all.

  Thinking of this, Jiang He's heart moved and he took out a special silk paper again, also taking the cinnabar brush. First, he only drew the first line of the Fire Arrow Symbol. Suppressing his subsequent thoughts, he waited until the fire spirit energy around the special silk paper completely dissipated before slowly drawing out the next lines. What excited Jiang He was that although this Fire Arrow Symbol had much lower spirit energy fluctuations than a normal one, it was still a successful Fire Arrow Symbol.

  It seems that the saying "it's better to have no books than to believe everything in them" is also true here, what Professor Jiang said may be wrong.

  Jiang He's gaze fell on the six special silk papers that had already been painted halfway, previously thought to be misdrawn spirit symbols, but now looked at again, they were actually different.

  Looking at the few lines, each one is very natural and doesn't have the stiffness of a novice's hand, it shouldn't be a failed spirit symbol, could it also be separate lines? Jiang He suddenly had another idea in his heart, he put the six incomplete symbols together, carefully observing them. Indeed, among these six incomplete symbols, there was a similar core part.

  Carefully memorizing the lines of the six broken talismans in his mind, Jiang He combined the lines of the six broken talismans together in his mind, merging the identical parts, and incredibly, the lines of these six broken talismans could form a complete and intact spirit talisman.

  It's indeed a spirit symbol. I used to laugh at people who drew symbols that didn't work, but it turns out my understanding of spirit symbols was too superficial. Jiang He smiled self-mockingly.

  Thinking of the formed spirit symbol, Jiang He was eager to try. What kind of symbol is this? The structure is actually different from the five-element spirit symbols I've seen before. Why not try drawing it out and see how it goes?

  Thinking of this, Jiang He took out a special silk paper and began to draw according to the lines of that talisman. Although it was his first time drawing, with Jiang He's solid foundation, each line came out without any stagnation, just like he had drawn many times before. What surprised Jiang He was that this talisman absorbed not only one type of five-element spiritual energy, but a mixture of several types!

  It was soon drawn to the end of the first fragment, and it was necessary to transfer it to the second fragment. At this time, Jiang He suddenly realized that the turning line did not conform to his learned theory of line turning, could there be a mistake here?

  Jiang Heyi hesitated, and the talisman that had already been drawn began to tremble. Jiang Heyi was shocked, and in his gaze, the talisman turned into a pile of shredded paper. A burst of spiritual energy exploded from the silk paper, and with a gust of wind, it scattered everywhere.

  The talisman had just been partially drawn, and the spiritual energy it contained was still very weak. This spiritual energy lightly impacted Jiang He's body and face, completely different from any of the five elements' spiritual energies! Feeling this completely different spiritual energy that combined the five elements, Jiang He's understanding of talismans underwent a complete transformation. The five elements' spiritual energies were not just mutually restrictive, but could also be mutually beneficial. Jiang He smiled, knowing that his thinking had been constrained by the experiences of some unfortunate disciple.

  Now that his mind was opened up, he felt a brand new understanding of the five elements' spiritual energy had greatly broadened his horizons. A door to the mysterious symbols swung wide open before Jiang He's eyes.

  Building a brand new system of rules is indeed very difficult, this article took four or five hours to write, fortunately it's Sunday and I was able to finish writing in one go. Please collect, I'll try my best to write something different from the mainstream!