Chapter 150: Realizing the magical power and returning to the old place
one year later.

One day, Ji Chang opened his eyes and a look of joy appeared on his face.

He stood up gently, the magic power in his body surged, and as he moved, he seemed to turn into a bright blue light.

The next moment, he appeared outside the cave.

At the same time, Ji Chang's mind moved, and several blue sword shadows appeared around him.

They circled around Ji Chang, exuding a sharp aura that made people feel a sense of solemnity.

"I have finally cultivated this Jade Water Sword Escape to the minor success stage. Although its speed is much slower than that of Cloud Python Gu, the Jade Water Sword Escape is derived from the Danwen magical power [Jade Water and Green Blade]. Practicing this spell will help me to condense my magical power after I form the Dan."

"It's a pity that I am not proficient in water and sword arts. The Jade Water Sword Escape is derived from the Danwen magical power [Jade Water and Green Blade], which is quite difficult to practice."

When Ji Chang practiced "Five Poison Fragments", he made good progress, not only because he had practiced for decades and had rich experience.

Moreover, because the art of poison and the art of alchemy are quite similar, Ji Chang has a good attainment in the art of alchemy, so he can learn by analogy and make rapid progress.

Shaking his head, Ji Chang returned to the cave and began to comprehend the magical power of the Danwen [Blood Disaster].

Although [Blood Disaster] is not part of the inheritance of "Bi Tao Sutra" like [Green Water and Green Sword], it is a separate inheritance of magical power.

Therefore, there is no such thing as lower-level spells.

However, Ji Chang can directly comprehend and study this Danwen magical power.

Although his own cultivation is insufficient and his foundation is too poor, it is very difficult for him to gain insights.

Even if he could master this magical power, it would be difficult to activate it with his current foundation-building stage cultivation.

However, while Ji Chang was comprehending the Danwen magical power of [Blood Disaster], he was also able to improve his understanding of water and even luck.

This kind of perception is not only the mastery of supernatural powers, but also the understanding of this school.

If Ji Chang had enough knowledge of waterways and luck, and had some inspiration, he might be able to create a second-level spell with some of the power of [Blood Disaster] based on this.

The Green Water Sword Escape that Ji Chang has mastered now might have been created by a certain cultivator who comprehended the elixir pattern magical power of [Green Water and Green Sword].

In addition, if Ji Chang has sufficient foundation in the waterway, his practice would be much more efficient.

Ji often heard that in the world of immortal cultivation, there were some cultivators with poor spiritual roots but high comprehension, and their progress in cultivation was also quite fast.

Although Ji Chang's comprehension was not very strong, he could directly comprehend the Danwen magical power such as [Blood Disaster]. As long as he made some progress, he would be much better than those cultivators who could only practice first-level and second-level spells.

……

A few days later, Ji Chang was immersed in cultivation as usual.

At this moment, the sound of light footsteps broke the silence, and Liu Xuexuan came hurriedly.

She was wearing an elegant green dress, the hem of which danced lightly in the wind.

However, there was a hint of anxiety and worry on her beautiful face, which was completely different from her usual gentleness and calmness.

"Master." Liu Xuexuan called softly, her voice trembling slightly, and it was obvious that she was not calm inside.

"There have been rumors recently that the Immortal City has begun to disperse the foundation-building monks."

When Ji Chang heard the news, he did not respond immediately, but slowly opened his eyes.

He saw Liu Xuexuan standing in front of him, her face full of worry.

However, Ji Chang's heart was not greatly disturbed by this.

This news was not surprising to him.

He had known this months ago.

A few months ago, Zhou Jingxing killed the Black Water Dragon, and Liaogu Immortal City was established in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

When Ji Chang was spying on Zhou Jingxing, who was in charge of building the fairy city, he overheard his conversation with Qi Zhicheng, the elder of the Huangquan Sect.

According to the content of their conversation, after Liaogu Immortal City is established, Baishui Immortal City will have to take the initiative to drive out the foundation-building monks.

This is to force the remaining foundation-building cultivators to settle in Liaogu Immortal City and participate in the development of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Of course, the Zhou family was unwilling to do that.

Baishuixian City originally granted various privileges to the foundation-building cultivators in order to attract them and make the fairy city prosperous.

But now, how could Baishuixian City be willing to actively expel the foundation-building cultivators that it had absorbed with great difficulty?

But this was an order from Qi Zhicheng, the elder of the Huangquan Sect, and it was for the important matter of opening up the Ten Thousand Mountains.

How could the Zhou family disobey orders?

Moreover, according to Ji Chang's observation, when they made this plan, the Huangquan Sect also gave the Zhou family a lot of benefits as compensation.

Otherwise, the Zhou family would not be so happy. It would have been delayed for at least a few years or even more than ten years.

Ji Chang stood up and stretched his body.

"It's almost time to join in the expansion of the Hundred Thousand Mountains."

Ji Chang thought in his heart.

A few months ago, when Liaogu Immortal City was established, a contribution list was added to the development order issued by Huangquan Sect.

This contribution list is ranked according to the contributions of the monks. The number of contributions is the meritorious service made by the monks who hold the pioneering order.

However, unlike merits, contributions will not decrease as merits are consumed, but will continue to accumulate.

The Contribution List is divided into the Tiangang List and the Disha List. There are only Foundation Establishment cultivators on the Tiangang List, and there are only Qi Refining cultivators on the Disha List.

Both lists have 100 positions. The cultivators who make the list can take part in the assessment every ten years. If they pass, they can join the Huangquan Sect.

In addition, the monks on the list have more privileges and can exchange for more precious spiritual objects and inheritances, and have higher priority when exchanging spiritual objects.

I heard that as long as one has enough merits, one can even receive guidance from a Jindan cultivator.

After the contribution list appeared, more foundation-building cultivators went to the Shiwan Mountains and participated in the expansion of the territory.

Even many cultivators from foundation-building families, after having already sent out foundation-building cultivators, also dispatched more foundation-building cultivators to participate in the expansion of territory.

However, even so, there are still many foundation-building cultivators, like Ji Chang, who hide in Baishuixian City and wait and see.

It is for this reason that Baishuixian City would take the initiative to drive away the foundation-building cultivators.

Although he has decided to go to the Shiwandashan Mountains and participate in the expansion of the Huangquan Sect.

However, Ji Chang did not act immediately, but asked Liu Xuexuan to prepare first.

Ji Chang was waiting for messages from several familiar monks.

……

A few days later, jade slips of messages from Hu Qingsong, Huo Youyi and Master Lu Dan arrived at Baishuixian City one after another.

The three of them have already participated in the development of the Shiwan Mountains.

As one of the first family monks to be recruited, Hu Qingsong participated the earliest.

At this time, the Chishuifang City, which was stationed at the forefront of the Shiwandashan Mountains, was located further south than the Liaogu Immortal City.

After years of experience, Hu Qingsong's cultivation has broken through to the middle stage of foundation building. Moreover, because he participated in the frontier development early and made many contributions, he ranked 73rd on the Tiangang List.

Hu Qingsong stated in the letter that in recent years, a place where a third-level great demon fell was discovered around the Chishuifang City, which attracted many cultivators to explore, and the situation has been very chaotic recently.

He suggested that Ji Chang first settle down in Liaogu Immortal City and then decide where to go.

Huo Youyi went to the Shiwan Mountains to open up new territories before Liaogu Immortal City was established. Although he came later than Hu Qingsong, he was also one of the earliest foundation-building cultivators.

She now lives in Liaogu Immortal City and earns merits by providing spiritual wine and elixirs. Huo Youyi complained in the letter that under the deliberate suppression of Huangquan Sect, the merits earned by providing spiritual wine and elixirs were very few.

If you want to earn a lot of merit, you must accept missions to hunt monsters, expand territory, and garrison in the market.

However, because there was a lot of fighting in the Ten Thousand Mountains, the prices of consumables such as elixirs and spirit wine were quite high.

If it is not used to exchange for merits, but sold for spirit stones, the profit will be quite good.

The price of some elixirs can be two or three times higher than in Baishuixian City.

In addition, Huo Youyi also said that there is not much order in Liaogu Immortal City, and the cultivators stationed in the immortal city are only responsible for defending against monsters.

Unlike Baishuixian City, there is no special law enforcement team to maintain order in the fairy city.

Even in Liaogu Immortal City, it is common to see people fighting in the streets.

She even heard that some monks with high contributions specifically targeted and killed monks on the contribution list in order to squeeze into the contribution list.

But whether it is the Jindan Zhou family or the Huangquan Sect, they all take a laissez-faire attitude towards these things.

Master Lu Dan went to the Shiwandashan Mountains to open up new territories much later than Hu Qingsong and Huo Youyi.

It was only after the establishment of Liaogu Immortal City that Master Lu Dan began to go to the Shiwandashan Mountains and participate in the expansion of the territory.

Like Huo Youyi, he also settled in Liaogu Fairy City.

However, he is not like Huo Youyi, who provides elixirs to earn merit.

He joined a monster hunting team and went on missions with some familiar monks to hunt monsters.

Upon hearing that Ji Chang was preparing to go to the Shiwanda Mountains to open up new territory, Master Lu Dan invited Ji Chang to join his team.

However, Ji Chang relied on the peeping Dao seeds to discover that Master Lu Dan's monster hunting team, in addition to normal monster hunting, also often did some part-time jobs.

Occasionally, he would play the role of a robber cultivator, intercepting and killing other foundation-building cultivators on the road.

According to Ji Chang's observation, there are quite a few cultivators who are engaged in robbing cultivators.

Among the targets that Ji Chang marked, as many as 30% of the cultivators who went to the Shiwan Mountains were engaged in robbing cultivators.

Moreover, according to Ji Chang's observation, if the pioneering order was not bound to the cultivator himself, the merit and contribution could not be transferred, and this situation would only become more rampant.

After getting a general understanding of the situation in the Shiwanda Mountains, Ji Chang prepared to officially go to the Shiwanda Mountains.

But just before Ji Chang left, Baishuixian City began to drive away the foundation-building monks.

One day, Ji Chang was processing the spiritual herbs he had planted in the cave when he heard a burst of noise coming from outside.

He walked out of the cave and saw several foundation-building cultivators wearing Zhou family uniforms standing outside the door, talking to Liu Xuexuan.

Seeing Ji Chang walking out of the cave, one of the Zhou family cultivators stepped forward and bowed and said.

"Friend Han, please forgive me for disturbing you."

"According to the latest regulations of the Immortal City, all foundation-building cultivators must leave Baishui Immortal City. We are here under orders, please cooperate and leave."

"We understand." Ji Chang nodded, "We will abide by the rules of the Immortal City and leave immediately."

"Thank you both fellow Taoists for your understanding and support." The Zhou family cultivator breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that he was not willing to carry out such a mission.

"Please pack your bags as soon as possible and hand in your identity tokens first."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chang took out a jade token from his storage bag and handed it to the man.

Liu Xuexuan also took out her identity token and handed it over.

The monk took the token, checked it carefully, and then nodded to indicate that everything was correct.

"Fellow Daoist Han, Fellow Daoist Liu, thank you for your cooperation." The Zhou family cultivator expressed his gratitude.

Afterwards, several people left Ji Chang's cave.

Ji Chang and Liu Xuexuan returned to the cave and quickly dealt with the spiritual herbs they had planted and the spiritual snakes they had raised.

"These spiritual herbs have been cultivated for many years, but now I have to throw them away. I feel reluctant to do so." Liu Xuexuan sighed as she picked the spiritual herbs.

The spirit snake can still be stored in the spirit beast bag, and some time ago, Liu Xuexuan had just refined a second-level snake Gu, which almost consumed the spirit snake.

However, many of these medicinal herbs are not yet mature, so it would be a waste to pick them directly.

Of course, in the world of immortal cultivation, there are also some means of preserving vitality and transplanting elixirs.

But ordinary second-level elixirs are not worth using such means.

After packing up, the two left Baishuixian City and headed towards the Shiwan Mountains.

As for the maids in Ji Chang Cave Mansion, almost all of them were sent by various friendly foundation-building families.

Ji Chang dismissed them and let them return to their families.

Ji Chang gave them a lot of severance pay, so even if they didn't want to leave Baishuixian City, it wasn't a big problem.

Anyway, the ban of Baishuixian City has no restrictions on Qi-refining cultivators, it only targets Foundation-building cultivators.

Ji Chang was only accompanied by Liu Xuexuan, a concubine who had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

On the way out of Baishuixian City, Liu Xuexuan couldn't help but look back at the familiar city.

Liu Xuexuan spent most of her life in Baishuixian City.

So compared to Ji Chang, she was more reluctant.

But Liu Xuexuan still turned around and followed Ji Chang.

……

A few months later, the two arrived in Jiaozhou.

Ji Chang's figure stayed near Cangyufang City.

Looking at the market town on the lake not far away, Ji Chang felt quite emotional.

It just feels both familiar and strange.

Decades have passed, and today's Cangyu Market has changed a lot. Especially because the Huangquan Sect has expanded its territory into the Ten Thousand Mountains, it is much more prosperous than before.

Today, Cangyufang City is back under the rule of the Chen family of Jiaozhou.

The Chen family in Jiaozhou has developed well in recent years. In addition to Chen Biqi, the foundation-building ancestor, Chen Yinghu also broke through to the foundation-building stage ten years ago, before he was sixty years old.

In recent years, he has obeyed the call of the Huangquan Sect and went to the Shiwandashan Mountains to open up new territories.

If we simply compare the numbers, the Chen family has twice as many foundation-building cultivators as the Wang family.

The Wang family has only one foundation-building cultivator, Wang Changsheng. Because of the Huangquan Sect's call, he has been expanding the territory in the Ten Thousand Mountains. Now, like Hu Qingsong, he is stationed in the frontier city of Chishui.

If the Wang family and the Chen family had not been controlled by the Taizhou Han family, the Wang family, which had no foundation-building cultivator in charge, would have been swallowed up by the Chen family long ago.

However, according to Ji Chang's observation, Wang Changsheng has had good opportunities in recent years.

Now his cultivation has broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, and he has made many meritorious contributions, ranking 47th on the Tiangang List.

The foundation-building cultivators before Wang Changsheng were basically all in the late stage of foundation-building.

Ji Chang remembered that Wang Changsheng had a top-grade spiritual root aptitude. Perhaps with the opportunity of opening up the Ten Thousand Mountains, he would be able to condense a false pill in the future, and even have a chance to break through to the Jindan stage.

This time Ji Chang goes to Shiwandashan, maybe he will have a chance to meet him.

(End of this chapter)