Even though she had been shocked by Chu Liang many times, Jiang Yuebai always thought she would no longer be surprised. However, this man always managed to astonish her anew.
She couldn’t help but recall her own experience when she first practiced the technique of shrinking the earth into inches.
At that time, she had just entered the early stage of the Golden Elixir realm, and her master began to teach her immortal arts. However, he didn’t expect her to succeed quickly, but hoped that she could try to comprehend the Dao through this.
But Jiang Yuebai studied diligently, day and night, and finally understood the existence of the “Distanceless” Dao within three months, and mastered the technique of shrinking the earth into inches within half a year.
Her master even praised her celestial body as a gift from heaven and earth.
What about Chu Liang?
It had been less than a month since she taught him the technique of shrinking the earth into inches, and he had already mastered it.
She remembered that after she mastered the Distanceless Dao, she still practiced a lot for a whole month to accurately control the direction. How could he not need to do the same?
Not only was he fast, but he also seemed unsatisfied.
It was really infuriating.
Facing Jiang Yuebai’s anger, Chu Liang looked innocent.
After a pause, Jiang Yuebai said, “Forget it, I won’t argue with you about this. I called you here today for something important. I heard that Yang Yuhu from Penglai has been looking for you?”
“Yes.” Chu Liang nodded.
It was not surprising that his movements in Yanbo City had been leaked, after all, Lin Bei was with him at the time.
“He probably wants to recruit you to join Penglai, right?” Jiang Yuebai asked, “Did he promise you unlimited resources and that you only need to concentrate on cultivation, and you can reach the Dao realm twenty years earlier?”
“Eh? How did you know, sister?”
Chu Liang was slightly surprised. He hadn’t mentioned this conversation to Lin Bei.
“Penglai’s people said the exact same thing to me. In fact, they try to recruit every genius in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.” Jiang Yuebai said.
“Um…” Chu Liang pondered for a moment, but in fact, it was not the same.
Yang Yuhu said that with unlimited resources, he could reach the Dao realm ten years earlier… Who was he looking down on?
“I just want to remind you not to fall for this.” Jiang Yuebai continued, “Penglai’s conditions seem superior, but once you go there and your progress slows down, all their preferential treatment will disappear immediately. And because you are an outsider, they will not have any patience with you. Many geniuses have become mediocre there.”
“I see.” This was the first time Chu Liang had heard of this.
Everyone’s growth trajectory is different. It’s possible that someone who progresses quickly in the Divine Intent realm may perform averagely in the Golden Elixir realm. But it’s normal for Penglai to not continue to be patient with an outsider.
As long as they can dig out geniuses from other immortal gates, they can ensure that their status as the first immortal gate will not be weakened. As for the subsequent development of this person, they won’t care too much.
This is a very insidious competitive strategy.
Actually, Penglai doesn’t care about having one more genius, but as long as the competitors have one less, it’s enough.
People who leave for benefits are abandoned for benefits, and there’s nothing to say.
Like disciples of Shu Mountain, no matter how long they stay in a realm, Shu Mountain will never completely give up on them, unless they want to leave the mountain themselves. But if you are an outsider, you will not be treated with such patience. As Chu Liang said, once you leave your birthplace, you become a rootless person.
“Don’t worry.” Chu Liang smiled, “I won’t leave Shu Mountain. Does Penglai have such a beautiful and gentle sister?”
“Hehe, Xi Miaoxian of Penglai is a famous beauty, and many people say she is the number one beauty of our generation.” Jiang Yuebai blinked and said with a smile.
“Is that so?” Chu Liang showed a thoughtful expression, “Yang Yuhu didn’t tell me this…”
Jiang Yuebai’s smile gradually sharpened, becoming like a knife hidden within.
“Haha, just kidding.” Chu Liang hurriedly said, “How could I not have heard of Xi Miaoxian’s name? I’ve heard long ago that she and Yang Shenlong are childhood sweethearts, who would dare to have such an idea? Besides, I absolutely don’t believe there is a woman more beautiful than Sister Jiang in this world! As long as Sister Jiang is in Shu Mountain, I will be in Shu Mountain!”
“Full of passion and loyalty! A lifetime Shu Mountain person!”
…
After returning from Baota Peak, Chu Liang first went to check the progress of the plantation, and then returned to his room to continue his cultivation.
He first took out the Silkworm Baby, which was now the size of a palm, and placed the remaining corner of the Pengxian Ding on the table for the Silkworm Baby to gnaw on.
He fed it during his cultivation time.
Then he closed his eyes, entered the White Tower space, joined the two big-headed dolls who were cultivating day and night, and started to circulate the Heavenly Cycle.
During cultivation, he was unaware of the passage of time. When he was awakened by a “chirp” bird call, it was already afternoon.The white crane that had come to deliver the message tossed a book onto the table outside, greeted, and then left with a whoosh… It turned out to be the monthly report from the Seven Stars Residence.
Just as he was about to get up and fetch it, he suddenly noticed that the Silkworm Baby on the table had completely devoured the Immortal Cooking Pot. Not only that, it had also produced a ball of tough golden silk, and had wrapped itself up with it?
Wait a minute…
This seemed to be a cocoon?
It seemed that his guess was correct. After eating materials with sufficient spiritual essence, the Silkworm Baby had started a new round of evolution.
He wondered what form it would take this time.
After observing for a while, Chu Liang put the golden cocoon back into the White Tower space.
Although he had personally hatched the Silkworm Baby, as a male mother, he really didn’t understand the world of children. Apart from providing ample materials, he couldn’t help much. He could only hope that it would grow up strong on its own.
After putting away the golden cocoon, he went to fetch this month’s report from the Seven Stars Residence.
As soon as he opened it, he saw several eye-catching characters: “Monsters frequently appear in the land of Jiuzhou! The righteous path of the human world is on high alert!”
Nowadays, it was a time of many troubles, and the atmosphere of the Seven Stars Residence report had become serious.
As usual, he first looked at the All Treasures Record of the Human World.
There were no major changes in this issue of the All Treasures Record, except for a solemn declaration.
A rising star swordsmith in Wanshan City claimed to have forged a divine sword that could rank in the top hundred of the All Treasures Record, and had slain a great monster as soon as it was out of the furnace.
However, when the disciples of the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion came to verify, they found that the sword did not have such powerful power, and the so-called record of slaying the great monster might be fabricated.
Therefore, the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion announced that it would never include any of this swordsmith’s works in the ranking.
Initially, the All Treasures Record was just for ranking the magical tools in the world, without any verification, just based on the rumors of achievements. But as the influence of the All Treasures Record grew, many shameless people began to profit from this list.
For example, claiming to have defeated a famous magical tool on the All Treasures Record with a common magical tool, and making false propaganda. In this way, that common magical tool would also get a high ranking, and then he would sell the magical tool for profit.
Not everyone who buys magical tools has the ability to distinguish between true and false. When the buyer finds out that he has been deceived, he will feel that the All Treasures Record also has a responsibility. Over time, the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion decided that every magical tool on the list must be verified.
If someone makes false propaganda and deceives their way onto the list, they will be permanently banned.
The reason Chu Liang paid attention to this news was because the sword described above reminded him of the Red-Slaying Sword.
Just by allowing him, a third realm practitioner, to slay a sixth realm powerhouse, the Red-Slaying Sword definitely deserved the title of “divine sword”. But if someone were to come and verify it, he might also be banned.
Turning past the All Treasures Record, he came to the Jiuzhou Chronicle. There were quite a few major events last month, and none of them were good news.
The first one was the emergence of the Taowu.
There were divine beasts like Hakutaku in the world, and there were also fierce beasts like the Taowu. Born of the evil energy of heaven and earth, they were always terrifying, fierce, bloodthirsty, and cruel.
For many years, the Taowu had been living in the Evil Mountain, where fierce beasts gathered, and had not appeared in the world for a long time. This time, for some unknown reason, it suddenly left the Evil Mountain and disappeared, causing a lot of chaos among the fierce beasts of the Evil Mountain, and causing great harm to many places around it.
Following closely behind the Taowu was the disaster!
(End of the chapter)