Chapter Twenty-Two: The Road Ahead

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  The horse carriage swayed slightly, Jiang Shigui was a restless person, looking left and right, especially at Zhou Liang, but didn't dare say anything. It wasn't until Zhou Liang's previous performance that he truly understood what it meant to have someone outside of people, and what it meant to have heaven outside of heaven.

  Zhou Liang instead liked his straightforward personality, and smiled slightly, saying: "What's wrong, just say what you want to say, don't be so evasive!"

  Jiang Shigui rubbed his head and asked with a slightly foolish expression: "Your strength, why is it so great!"

  Zhou Liang didn't expect that Jiang Shigui would hold it in for half a day and then say something like that, couldn't help but laugh and say: "Born to be, aren't you the same?"

  "Yes, but how come I'm not as strong as you!"

  "Just practice more!"

  "Practice?"

  Looking at Jiang Shigui's appearance, Zhou Liang couldn't help but burst out laughing again. After thinking for a moment, he thought that it was rare to meet a famous person and could be considered as forming a good relationship. In the future, Jiang Shigui would become famous for his strength, born with great physical power and possessing the powerful characteristic of the Dao Flower. Therefore, he achieved remarkable success. Since they had met, and Jiang Shigui had even kowtowed to him, it wouldn't be right if Zhou Liang didn't teach him something. What should he teach? In his previous life, Zhou Liang knew that not everything was suitable for Jiang Shigui. Ah, the "Easy Tendon and Bone Tempering Chapter" would do. The "Easy Tendon and Bone Tempering Chapter" was his foundation, but it was impossible to pass on all of it. Selecting a few movements that could be used in the Sword Immortal's path was still possible.

  "Like this, Brother Jiang, I have a few loose moves here, try practicing them against me, who knows if they'll be effective!"

  Jiang Shigui was simple-minded, but at this time he listened to Zhou Liang's words and followed his plans. Whatever Zhou Liang did, Jiang imitated him, and the movements were also very simple, only about four or five actions.

  When Zhou Liang said this, he was shielding his surroundings. No matter what, it was a move within the Taoist canon, and Zhou Liang didn't dare to casually pass it on to the mortal world. Who knows, it might cause a huge stir, and under the law of karma, it would affect him instead. As for Jiang Shijin, he was just adding flowers to the brocade, no problem.

  Even Zhou Liang didn't expect that his unintentional move would create a miracle, Jiang Shigui's power, after being specifically strengthened, surged violently, and with just his power, he overpowered all the heroes. In his past life, he was only a relatively well-known cold door great sword cultivator, but in this life, his dazzling brilliance became legendary.

  There was no way to practice on the horse-drawn carriage, but Jiang Shijin was gesturing enthusiastically. Zhou Liang smiled as he watched his series of movements, especially the focus in his eyes. It seemed that in his past life, his ability to become famous had a lot to do with his concentration.

  After passing through this valley, the journey became very smooth. By about afternoon, we arrived at a port called Weiyang. This is a transportation hub, with cars and horses coming and going in all directions. The merchant teams made a brief stop here to exchange some goods, which reduced their profits but saved them a lot of time and energy.

  Settled in the inn, Jiang Shijin got off the car and ran into the yard, just about to take action, but was blocked by Zhou Liang. Jiang Shijin didn't understand, and Zhou Liang said lightly: "Don't do it in front of people!"

  "This!" Jiang Shigui hesitated for a moment and said: "Then I'll leave, following the carriage is too slow!"

  Jiang Shigong's strength, if he went all out and took a shortcut instead of the official road, was indeed very fast. Zhou Liang also knew that Jiang Shigong had memorized the map and had a keen sense of direction, which was why he could travel thousands of miles to reach Shaolin Temple in the end.

  "Alright, you go then, but don't go to Songshan!"

  Jiang Shigui widened his copper bell-sized eyes and stared at Zhou Liang, saying: "If not to Mount Song, where else would we go?"

  "Zhongtiao Mountain, White Cloud Cave!" Zhou Liang said leisurely. This was exactly the sect of Jiang Shigui's past life, and it was the most suitable for him, far surpassing the Shaolin Temple in the mortal world by many times.

  "Zhongtiao Mountain, White Cloud Cave!" Jiang Shigui was somewhat dazed, but finally, his expression became determined and he said: "I'll go to Zhongtiao Mountain, I should leave now!"

  "Wait!" Zhou Liang said, handing over a package to Jiang Shigui. Jiang Shigui was stunned for a moment before opening it and finding five ingots of silver, each weighing 50 taels, genuine official silver with a silvery sheen on the surface, totaling 250 taels of silver. Even with Jiang Shigui's appetite, this would be enough to last him a month. Zhongtiao Mountain was much closer than Songshan, and in a month, he would have more than enough to spare.

  "Great kindness doesn't need to be thanked!" Jiang Shigui was also a very generous and carefree person, he took over the burden and turned around to leave. Looking at his tall back gradually disappearing into the night, Zhou Liang couldn't help but secretly smile in his heart. It seemed that this life had changed Jiang Shigui's fate, so these words pushed him onto the path he should take.

  Shaolin was very famous in the secular world, even some martial artists considered it an honor to enter Shaolin Temple. However, in the cultivation of truth, they were not even considered to be at a basic level. They had become too worldly and only had a few monks who had reached the level of Tong Qiao (a stage of enlightenment). On the other hand, the master of Baiyun Cave on Zhongtiao Mountain, who was also Jiang Shigui's previous life's master, was one of the eight freaks in the domain and a famous sword immortal. His more than ten disciples were all cultivating in different directions, which made him a representative of a great master.

  For someone like Jiang Shigui with slightly weaker intelligence, he could only follow Master Baiyun to regain his previous life's reputation as "Crazy Tiger".

  After Zhao Hu returned, he didn't see Jiang Shigui and was very surprised. Zhou Liang casually said that he had left, and Zhao Hu didn't mind either. No one would let Jiang Shigui follow him just because of his good looks, but rather it was to give face to Zhou Liang. He left, so be it.

  Weiyang is just a small water and land terminal, not big at all. Zhou Liang turned around and didn't gain much. On the other hand, Zhao's merchant team stayed here for two days. They had many things to deal with and also bought some local specialties. After finishing everything, they set off.

  He met a foolish tiger, but it was just a small ripple, and then it dissipated in his heart without leaving any trace. As the horse carriage headed north step by step, Zhou Liang sat inside, thinking more about his own future and what he should do next, surrounded by familiar yet unfamiliar scenery.

  Before that, after obtaining the Beast Spirit Dan and the Easy Tendon Exercise, his dream was to stand at the pinnacle of Xiuzhen, but at that time it was just a fleeting thought, now he really needs to consider this issue.

  Nowadays, the innate talent is much stronger than before. The Ninth Layer of Dao Base and the Eighth Layer are only one level apart, but their status is vastly different. One can only reach the stage of Tempering the Body, while the other can condense the Embryo, or even achieve the Golden Body, which is truly reaching the pinnacle. Is it just a matter of joining the Dao Gate like this? Zhou Liang feels that it's still too early. The mightiness of the Easy Tendon and Hard Bone Chapter has already been verified, and this is only the first segment of the technique. What about the subsequent ones?

  The beginning of the Easy Calf and Bone Chapter clearly states that once the true yuan is cultivated, the foundation of the Tao will be touched, and the Easy Calf and Bone Chapter will not be able to take effect. This is a hard rule. If he wants to cultivate the three sections of the Easy Calf and Bone Chapter, he cannot cultivate the true yuan. As a result, for a relatively long period of time, he will not have the ability to protect himself. The world of cultivating immortality seems warm and affectionate, but how many people know about its cruelty? The disciples of the sect are still okay, but the scattered cultivators can only maintain a superficial warmth, while behind their backs, they are all cruelly killing each other without any self-protection ability, which is really dangerous.

  What to do, Zhou Liang's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, the present and future were clearly visible, really having to choose was not easy after all, this required a decision.

  It turns out that Zhou Liang's eyebrows gradually relaxed, how could he forget that one, if it was like this, then there wouldn't be too many problems, just a bit more trouble.

  Thinking of this, Zhou Liang's heart became impatient and anxious. Unfortunately, the Wei camp they had passed through earlier was just a small water and land terminal in an ordinary human world, with no connection to the cultivation of truth at all. However, it was fortunate that after passing through a few more days, they would arrive in Huizhou, and after approaching Huangshan, they should be able to find what he needed.