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Chapter 1034 - 861: The Blessed Land Cave Heaven, an Immortal’s Life

"Did you make sense of it?" Qu Luming instinctively glanced down at his feet, verifying there was no energy fluctuation, and with a bewildered expression, he turned to look at his true self, hoping he could discover something useful.

Du Li simply shook his head, secretly communicating, "Looking at how there’s nothing mundane in this courtyard, it’s clear that Mr. Jiang’s origins must make him a significant figure in the Upper Realm.

His methods are surely not something we can easily comprehend. Were it not for his personal guidance, I doubt anyone on earth could find this place."

Is it real or not? He vaguely remembered Mr. Jiang mentioning that this small courtyard was located in the Human World where the night and Wilderness merged, but perhaps that’s not the case?

With a bit of skepticism, Qu Luming’s profound light instrument, a half-step divine artifact, flickered for a few moments, and indeed, he could not ascertain his current location.

From this, it could be deduced that this place is either a small space opened by extremely advanced space techniques that can block the profound light instrument’s probe;

or it’s arranged with an extremely powerful array;

or it might not be situated in the Wilderness World or the Human World at all, perhaps drifting somewhere in the void, thus making it untraceable.

"Mr. Jiang is indeed unfathomable!" he sighed in his heart, silently glancing at his true self.

It was also due to such an unfathomable man that methods allowing a clone to break free from the shackles of its true self, becoming independent and free, are possible.

This golden thigh must be tightly embraced!

As soon as Jiang Yuangang led the two into the small courtyard, Yan Xuan sensed it.

He jumped straight down from the treasure ship, wobbling over on his rear claws, shouting joyfully, "Master! Master, you’re back!"

"Bang!"

Like a little cannonball, he pounced on his master’s leg, rubbing his pretty bird head against the clothes before looking up to see the two people behind his master. One of them, a little ghost cultivator, looked familiar to him, so he mumbled, "Why are you here? Is there something urgent?"

"No, no!" Qu Luming said with a forced smile, "We’re following the gentleman to seek Miss He, there’s nothing urgent, you go ahead and speak with Mr. Jiang first."

Du Li was puzzled by why Mr. Jiang raised such an ill-mannered big tortoise as a spirit pet. It had no spiritual energy, which didn’t match its status. Soon he noticed the clone’s obsequious look and realized this tortoise should not be simple.

Sure enough, after Qu Luming finished speaking, he secretly communicated, "This is one of the Tribulation Crossing Realm peak great demon beast seniors I mentioned to you, one of Mr. Jiang’s spirit pets.

It’s just shrunken down to a tiny size now, with its aura restrained. Back when it attacked the No.7 operation station, its massive figure was several hundred feet long and terrifying, and it was said to still be holding back its true form."

Gasp! It’s actually at the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm? Its aura is really well-concealed!

Huh? Listening to the extraordinary tale, Du Li squinted his eyes to carefully observe, and discovered that the great demon beast had a bird’s head, a turtle’s back, beast claws, and a snake’s tail. Its small form could be seen in entirety at a glance, and upon close examination, he was sure he’d never seen it before. It seemed not to be a demon beast grown in the Wilderness World.

Looking at its peculiar and peculiar appearance, he suddenly thought of records about Black Tortoise in ancient books, could it be... this beast is the legendary turtle-snake! Also known as the Black Tortoise of the Four Symbols?!

Oh no, the Black Tortoise is a divine beast; it hasn’t ascended to become a god yet.

But it’s at the peak of the Tribulation Crossing after all, just one step away from ascension. If it truly ascends to become a Black Tortoise, could it lift the Wilderness World?

Du Li’s heart was stirred with excitement, hoping immensely for a divine beast that could save the world;

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuan saw Yan Xuan bouncing around energetically, puzzled, "How come you’ve already finished refining? Didn’t it always take you a long time before?"

He lifted his head, a little bashful, and said, "Actually, the little white snake was next to me, explaining cultivation techniques to everyone, specifically that Devouring Technique. I vaguely listened to a bit, pondered it, and found that this technique is about demon cultivators controlling their spiritual power to mimic a demon beast’s devouring instincts, so I gave it a try to control my internal spiritual power.

And what do you know! Skillfully using spiritual power to drive refining is much better than just relying on one’s dull inherent operation. My refining efficiency has improved a lot now. Anyway, you said as long as I refined it would be fine, and didn’t specify how to refine or prohibit using cultivation techniques, right?"

That’s true; the system’s issued tasks only mandated unblocking obstructions and atonement, without further detailed requirements.

Increasing efficiency is excellent; Jiang Yuan glanced at the special task’s progress bar, urging, "That’s great news, so you should quickly get busy while I take them for a tour around our courtyard."

Yan Xuan hesitated for a moment, blinking incredulously, "I haven’t had anything delicious yet! Master, I’m so obedient, diligently refining the Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice, and can’t even get a decent meal? No matter! I want flood dragon meat! Spicy, with lots of chili! Burn me with spiciness!"

Jiang Yuan: ...

You gluttonous clod, refining ice blocks just to curry favor for food? That’s for you to ascend to a divine beast!

The two people behind heard "flood dragon meat" and silently glanced at each other, seeing shock in each other’s eyes.

In legends, Immortals relish dragon liver and phoenix marrow with jade dew. In today’s End of Dharma Era, snake’s transforming into a flood dragon is rare enough, and a real flood dragon is even harder to find. Yet Mr. Jiang’s spirit pet can eat flood dragon meat!

Is this just living an immortal’s life in advance?

"You want it every now and then; the two flood dragons I got last time are almost finished." Jiang Yuan said helplessly, "How about trying some different flavors?"

"Is it difficult to get meat? I’ll just tell the little white snake to come and get me; watch me bring back all the flood dragons fit to be eaten for the master!"