Volume 2: Indestructible Symbol Body 03 Zi Ling Fruit, Jian Zhong (Seeking Collection Below)

  "Ah——" The two were about to move forward, but they heard a mournful cry coming from afar. Jiang He looked up and saw that a man had just risen into the air, and suddenly countless golden lights appeared in the air, cutting him into a bloody pulp and letting him fall to the ground. On the ground, a black beast suddenly jumped up and swallowed the bloody pulp with one bite. The beast's head was round and pointed, its entire body covered in black skin. When it jumped up, there were two small wings under its head, and at the bottom, there were two thick hind legs.

  Just as the demon beast had not fallen, more golden light appeared and killed it on the demon beast. The demon beast let out a loud howl, and a large piece of blood dance appeared on its body, but it was only a flesh wound. As soon as the demon beast fell to the ground, those golden lights disappeared.

  "Huh? Last time Qianji Cave was opened, I hadn't heard of any demonic beasts. Could it be that they just appeared?" Zhang Zixin exclaimed in surprise.

  Jiang He saw those golden glows and felt very familiar, as if it was a kind of golden spiritual symbol. Jiang He thought that he was just too far away to be certain.

  "What's wrong, Jiang Shidi? Have you found something?" Zhang Ziyin asked, seeing Jiang deep in thought.

  "In the Five Elements, thick earth gives birth to metal. These people and beasts are all leaving the ground after being attacked by golden light. Thinking about it this way, the seal in the first layer actually has a traceable origin." Jiang He smiled and said.

  "That's good, there are many good things in this layer too. If the master can see the forbidden marks, he can gain more from this first layer." Zhang Zixin smiled and said.

  The two had just walked a short distance when Jiang He saw that among the weeds, there was a tall stem growing out of it, with a purple fruit on top. The fruit emitted a faint fragrance, and as soon as Jiang He took a breath, he felt his lungs being moistened.

  "Junior brother, this is a Purple Spirit Fruit. After eating it, you can strengthen your body and improve the quality of your magical powers. Go pick some." Zhang Ziyu said with a smile.

  "Brother Shi, don't you want it?" Jiang He asked.

  "This purple spirit fruit has no effect on me anymore."

  Jiang He listened and didn't say anything else, walked through the weeds, stretched out his hand to pick the Zi Ling fruit. At this moment, he suddenly heard countless sonic booms, "Duo Duo Duo..." This sound was all too familiar to Jiang He, Fire Rocket Symbol!

  Jiang He immediately retreated, but did not see any rockets coming down. When he looked up, he found a small blue tower floating above his head, emitting a crystal blue glow from its body. The rockets that appeared in the air shot onto the glow, causing ripples like water waves, blocking the rockets and dissipating them into fire spirits once again.

  "Junior brother, you can rest assured and go pick the Purple Spirit Fruit. Don't worry about the restrictions on the first floor of Qianji Cave Mansion." Zhang Ziyang said with a smile.

  "Thank you, senior brother." Jiang He no longer paid attention to the rockets that were still shooting over from outside, and reached out to pluck the Zi Ling fruit. As soon as he got the Zi Ling fruit in his hand, Jiang He felt a surge of scorching spiritual energy spreading outwards along his palm. The moment the Zi Ling fruit landed in his hands, those rockets immediately vanished.

  "Senior brother, how should this Purple Spirit Fruit be taken?" Jiang He asked.

  "Just eat it directly, how about you, young master, want to take it now?" Zhang Zixin asked.

  "Not bad, I can feel the rich spiritual energy in this Purple Spirit Fruit, it should be able to raise my cultivation to the peak of the 7th layer of Qi Refining." Jiang He smiled and bit into the fruit. The pulp of the fruit melted instantly as soon as it entered his mouth, a warm energy flowed down his throat and into his Dantian.

  Jiang He's internal organs felt like they were being scalded in boiling water, with intense pain and some over-the-top pleasure simultaneously assaulting his nerves. Jiang He didn't dare to delay, slapping a True Water Symbol on himself while circulating his basic techniques.

  The water spirit in the talisman poured into his body, greatly reducing the heat inside. The two pure spiritual energies of water and fire transformed into magical powers through the basic exercises. This magical power surged and churned, impacting Jiang He's dantian. This newly born magical power was even more refined than Jiang He's original magical power, completely replacing it and forming a layered ring of magical power.

  First layer, second layer,... seventh layer, eighth layer. The law force ring of the eighth layer is ultimately just an illusion and has not condensed. The peak of the Qi Refining stage's seventh layer! It's clear that after the seventh layer of the Qi Refining stage, the improvement in cultivation is not simple. Jiang had been constantly drawing second-grade spiritual symbols before, absorbing a large amount of low-grade spiritual stones, causing his law force to grow extremely quickly. Adding to that a purple spiritual fruit containing a large amount of fire spiritual energy, he still hadn't reached the eighth layer of the Qi Refining stage.

  "Let's go, senior brother." Jiang He felt a bit disappointed. Zhang Zi smiled and said: "After the seventh layer of the Qi Refining stage, each subsequent advancement requires a large accumulation of yuanqi. This one Purple Spirit Fruit can roughly allow five or six sixth-layer Qi Refining stage cultivators to advance to the seventh layer, but it's very difficult for a seventh-layer Qi Refining stage cultivator to reach the eighth layer. Do you know why?"

  "Why?" Jiang and Qi asked strangely.

  "In the world of cultivation, eight is a magical number. Every eighth is a cycle, everything reaches its end and starts anew. The most mysterious way to deduce the past, present and future also has only eight trigrams. Although there are only eight trigrams, they can be used to deduce all things in the world."

  Once a cultivator reaches the eighth layer of the Qi Refining stage, an eight-layered cycle of Fa power will form a small circulation, opening up a channel connecting the human body with the vast universe. The Fa power will run automatically without the need for meditation practice. Therefore, although the Fa power at the eighth layer of the Qi Refining stage does not increase much, it is extremely difficult to advance further.

  After the eighth layer of the Qi Refining stage, one's Fa power must break through the small cycle and enter the ninth layer of the Qi Refining stage, which is also extremely difficult. However, once a cultivator reaches the ninth layer of the Qi Refining stage, the quality of their Fa power will greatly increase, and its might will be enhanced many times over. Of course, I am referring to those who rely on their own cultivation and enlightenment to break through, not including those who rapidly advance by relying on medicinal pills or spirit stones. In our eyes, those who rely on medicinal pills to elevate their realm are simply useless among those of the same rank."

  Zhang Ziyue smiled and explained, describing the characteristics of the eighth and ninth layers of the Refining Qi period, also serving as a reminder to Jiang He not to pursue rapid improvement in his cultivation by relying on external forces.

  "I get it, so Lan Wenhao is a useless person." Jiang He said with a smile.

  "Haha. Lan Wenhao's cultivation improvement isn't just relying on elixirs as you imagined, but his own practice. Next time you meet him, be careful, this time he didn't expect you to have so many spirit symbols in your hand, that's why he was beaten so badly. If you meet him again, it won't be easy for you to gain the upper hand."

  "Rest assured, senior brother," Jiang He smiled and said. "I won't underestimate anyone. Next time I see Lan Wenhao, who knows, maybe I'll give him a surprise."

  "Huh, what's that up ahead? There are a lot of flying swords stuck in the ground." After walking for another stretch of high and low terrain, Jiang He suddenly discovered that not far ahead, there was a patch of soft sandy ground, with flying swords stuck all over it.

  "That is Jianzhong, the flying swords on Jianzhong. Everyone can take one. Among these flying swords, there are first-class artifacts and sixth-class artifacts. What you can get depends entirely on your luck." Zhang Zi introduced.

  "Big brother, have you come for the flying sword before?" Jiang He asked.

  "That's not the case, but some brothers of the Blood Alliance have obtained it. According to their introduction, if you try to take a second flying sword, the one in your hand will self-destruct. Several greedy cultivators were blown up by these flying swords." Zhang Ziyin explained.

  Jiang was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect it to be so strange. If he came alone, after receiving the first flying sword, he would definitely want a second one. After all, who wouldn't want more of something they got for free? It seems that if he joined an alliance, sharing information could save him a lot of trouble.

  "Well, in that case, I'll just pick one and see how my luck is." Jiang He smiled.

  Zhang Zi said: "You take it first, if you can get a good sword, I'll also try my luck."

  Jiang He looked at the sword mound in front of him, his eyes sweeping over the flying swords one by one. These flying swords were all different colors, aside from the usual five elements' colors, there were also strange and unusual colors like dark green, sky blue, blood red, and black. After slowly looking through them, Jiang He finally made a decision, reaching out to grab one of the flying swords, saying: "This is the one!"

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