Chapter 181 Something that doesn't belong to this world. Old Ancestor Ling once wanted to use it...

The moment the Spirit Stone was acquired, a beautiful figure appeared before my eyes.

Jiang Xiaoyi's gaze subtly shifted from the spirit stone held in Ji Mingran's hands to her charred fingers, and finally settled on her hair, which was frizzy and disheveled from being struck by lightning.

A pair of delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly. "Why do you always get so dirty?" Accompanying Boss Jiang's lazy words was a warm, soft light.

The charred skin grew back, and the filthy, messy hair fell smoothly down his back.

The burning pain from the charred meat and fried skin disappeared instantly, and his whole body felt refreshed and clean again. Ji Mingran looked down at himself, then looked up and smiled, "Thank you for your help, boss."

"Hmm." Jiang Xiaoyi drawled out her words slowly, "You came back specifically to take the Spirit Stone?"

"Boss Jiang, weren't you busy guarding against evil spirits? How come you have time to come over?" Ji Mingran gripped the spirit stone tightly with all ten fingers, speaking rapidly, "Of course I'm not taking it without asking; I planned to take it first and then ask, but you came really quickly. So, can I borrow it? With you and my senior brother here, supporting the Realm Formation shouldn't be a problem, although it will require some effort."

Jiang Xiaoyi stared at her for a long time, then suddenly said, "I heard you found the key that Elder Ling dropped during the Spiritual Cultivation Competition?"

"The key?" Ji Mingran was completely baffled.

Jiang Xiaoyi gestured with her index fingers and thumbs, indicating: "A wooden die about this big."

Ji Mingran suddenly realized, and took out a wooden die from the exquisite brocade pouch: "You mean this?"

Jiang Xiaoyi carefully examined the wooden dice, then softly hummed in agreement. "You've already obtained the Spirit Stone and the Key. Come with me."

Is this wooden die a key? Ji Mingran picked up the wooden die with one hand, looking at it from left to right. It didn't look like a key at all.

Jiang Xiaoyi had already turned around and said, "I know you're in a hurry, but come with me. It won't take up your time. There's something you might be interested in."

Ji Mingran thought for a moment, then followed.

Boss Jiang activated the teleportation array directly, but without taking her along. Ji Mingran had no choice but to summon her own array to follow closely.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Mingran and Jiang Xiaoyi arrived at the Yaofeng Suspension Bridge.

Ji Mingran glanced at the suspension bridge not far away and wondered to herself, "Is Boss Jiang going to take me back to Luanfeng?"

The spiritual energy around the suspension bridge was suppressed, so she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to climb the rope.

But before he could even take half a step forward, Ji Mingran was completely engulfed by the light.

What's going on? How come Boss Jiang can use formations?

Ji Mingran turned around in surprise, and Jiang Xiaoyi's face, which was trying not to laugh, came into view. "So you can be startled by things, huh?"

A slender, pale fingertip touched her forehead, and Jiang Xiaoyi couldn't help but chuckle, saying, "Didn't expect that, did you?"

She said smugly, "How could the restrictions on Luanfeng Peak affect the Peak Master of Luanfeng Peak?"

Ji Mingran blurted out, "What about Senior Brother Sanyang?"

"Oh, maybe he wants to challenge himself. Your senior brother takes a down-to-earth path of cultivation."

Ji Mingran felt that this was just an explanation that Boss Jiang had made up on the spot.

Before she could ask any further questions, the light dissipated, and her feet landed on the soft earth covered with lush green leaves.

The rustling sound of bamboo leaves reached my ears.

Did Boss Jiang bring her directly to the bamboo forest behind Guancai Garden?

What are you doing here?

Boss Jiang continued walking forward, and Ji Mingran had no choice but to follow.

Bamboo shadows and dappled sunlight chase each other, and Luanfeng remains tranquil and serene, a stark contrast to the outside world.

Watching Boss Jiang's back, and following him, Ji Mingran felt as if he had returned to his little world.

Returning to the time when I could peacefully learn from Boss Jiang.

Ji Mingran silently calculated the time in her mind. She also remembered that if the two of them were to be alone quietly, Boss Jiang would soon suddenly ask her some nonsensical questions.

Sure enough, just like now: "Have you ever wondered why a treasure cave is called a treasure cave?"

She would answer this question: "Because it contains the sect's heritage and various treasures and artifacts collected by the ancestors of past generations."

“Wrong.” Jiang Xiaoyi stopped and turned her face to her, a smile playing on her lips. “This secret was known only to the successive peak masters of Luanfeng. I didn’t have time to tell Sanyang back then, but I’m telling you now.”

Oh? Ji Mingran pricked up his ears to listen.

Jiang Xiaoyi leaned closer mysteriously and whispered, "The reason why the Treasure Cave is called the Treasure Cave is because it contains treasures."

...Ji Mingran gave a thumbs up: "As expected of the boss." Then he said something that was essentially meaningless to her.

Suddenly, Boss Jiang tapped him on the forehead: "Don't think I don't know you're secretly thinking about me."

Ji Mingran covered his forehead and said with dissatisfaction, "It's as if you didn't say anything at all."

Jiang Xiaoyi glanced at her with a half-smile, straightened up, took a big step back, and pointed her index finger downwards: "Throw your dice here."

Ji Mingran looked again and again at the spot that Boss Jiang pointed to; it was just an ordinary patch of grass.

She did as instructed, took out the wooden die, and tossed it gently.

The dice did not land, but suddenly stopped falling a moment after approaching the grass.

For some reason, the bamboo shadows that were chasing the sunlight suddenly gathered here.

One bamboo shadow overlaps another, forming a circular shadow with a diameter of half a zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) centered on the dice.

It's like a hole.

Boss Jiang pointed to the hole and said, "Go in."

Ji Mingran stepped forward and entered.

Suddenly, darkness enveloped her, and a feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed her senses. She felt as if she were falling continuously in a small space.

Before long, a faint voice echoed from all directions.

"Password."

It was the voice of an unfamiliar woman; her words, spoken in hushed tones, fell like pearls onto a plate, melodious and pleasant.

Ji Mingran frowned. Boss Jiang hadn't given her the password.

"I don't know the password," she told the truth.

The voice was quite considerate, "The password is the answer to the question. If you can't answer, you'll lose your life. Do you want to answer?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the surrounding space began to compress, making it difficult for her to breathe in the already cramped space.

What kind of question is this that you'd kill someone if they couldn't answer it?

She wanted to know. Anyway, Boss Jiang was out there, so there was no need to worry about her safety.

Ji Mingran: "Go ahead and ask."

The voice asked, "Tell me, which galaxy do you come from?"

The question exploded in Ji Mingran's mind like a thunderbolt.

Tell me, which galaxy are you from?

She didn't mishear? That voice was asking about galaxies?

The voice repeated, "Tell me, which galaxy do you come from?"

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Ji Mingran heard his own heart pounding like thunder.

Reincarnation has taken place over time, and some memories are long gone, but with his lips slightly parted, he can smoothly recite a series of coordinates without even thinking: "GMC-SOL-3".

"Congratulations. You got it right, fellow villager."

A frosty voice chuckled softly, “Although we’re not from the same galaxy, we have coordinates, which means we’re from the same hometown.”

A crack appeared in the darkness before us, and white light seeped in, soon filling the space with light.

In a flash, Ji Mingran realized that he was in the space inside the wooden die.

As his feet touched the ground, Ji Mingran opened his eyes, his breath caught in his throat, and he couldn't believe it.

An escape pod was placed in the rectangular white space.

How could there be something here that doesn't belong to the spiritual community?

"Ling Yi, the founding ancestor of the Dingsheng Sect, rode this thing into the spiritual cultivation world back then." Boss Jiang's voice rang out from behind.

Ling Yi, the old ancestor, suddenly reminded Ji Mingran of the person he had been talking about when he climbed the peak in the Qiankun Secret Realm.

No wonder the escape pod left by Ancestor Lingyi was hidden inside Luanfeng.

Jiang Xiaoyi walked to her side and said, “When I saw the scene displayed by the divination sword, I thought that perhaps you and she came from the same world. If so, you will be able to answer the password she set at that moment.”

A burst of applause filled the space. Jiang Xiaoyi said, "Congratulations to myself, I guessed right."

Ji Mingran brushed his hand over the beautifully shaped, streamlined escape pod.

It's called an escape pod, but it's also a single-person interstellar spacecraft.

"It's so well preserved." There are absolutely no signs of impact.

Jiang Xiaoyi also curiously examined the strangely shaped magical artifact: "This thing was destroyed in pieces back then, but she was unharmed. Later, she became a weapon cultivator, repaired it, added many functions, and hid it here. That's why Old Man Deng named this place the Treasure Cave."

"After a while, everyone thought it was a place to store the inheritance, but it is actually here."

"How do I open this?" Boss Jiang reached out and tapped and knocked.

Ji Mingran pressed his palm against the black, single-line curved glass and softly recited the coordinates again.

The glass door opened, revealing the entrance.

Boss Jiang peered over and pointed to the recessed hole in the dashboard. "This should be it, the place where the Spirit Stone is kept. I don't know how to use it, but my master told me that Ancestor Ling wanted to use it to return to his hometown, so he embedded a Taoist technique related to time and space. Only the Spirit Stone can activate it."

Ji Mingran climbed into the seat, put the spirit stone into the recess, and the aircraft emitted a low hum. Hundreds of buttons clicked and emitted red, blue, orange and green light spots.

The aircraft played a robotic voice: "Please enter the destination coordinates."

The screen lights up.

Ji Mingran lowered his eyes and stared at the numbers and letters appearing on the screen. The aircraft was indeed usable. "She wanted to use this aircraft to go back to her hometown, but how did it end up staying here?"

Jiang Xiaoyi leaned against the front cabin of the aircraft and looked down at her: "Ancestor Ling modified this thing to perfection and found that she had found her home here. In the end, she said that this thing was left for those who would leave their hometown in the future."

Ji Mingran pursed her lips. Old Master Ling had settled here, and she wanted to settle down too, but...

Jiang Xiaoyi said meaningfully, "A high-quality spiritual weapon can save cultivators a lot of energy. For example, it can be used to forcibly open the Transcendent Array."

Ji Mingran met those fox-like eyes with upturned corners; Boss Jiang really knew her plan.

She originally intended to use the Spirit Stone to forcibly open the Transcendental Array and return to her planet.

While it is extremely difficult to find the exact world among the three thousand minor worlds, a connection can always be established by relying on the mutated species here.

It will be more strenuous, which will inevitably cause her great exhaustion and loss.

Ji Mingran had already planned to fight a desperate battle.

But if we had this flying vehicle, "Boss Jiang, may I borrow the spirit stones?"

Jiang Xiaoyi crossed her arms and asked directly, "Are you still planning to pay it back?"

Ji Mingran was taken aback: "Of course."

Jiang Xiaoyi asked again, "You'll return it yourself?" She emphasized, "You'll return it yourself?"

Ji Mingran said in a low voice, understanding the meaning behind Boss Jiang's words: "Yes."

Jiang Xiaoyi looked at her intently. "Spirit stones can be lent out, but the time limit is not fixed. There is only one condition: you must return them in person. Your senior brother and I will support you until the day you return them."

Ji Mingran raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Yes, Master."

Jiang Xiaoyi took two steps back.

Press the button, and the aircraft slowly glides forward.

"Mingran, you are my best disciple, the best disciple in the spiritual cultivation world." Jiang Xiaoyi shouted from where she stood. "The best, without exception, do you understand? So you must come back in perfect condition. Otherwise, I will lose my position as the number one master who has cultivated such an outstanding disciple."

"Hang in there, this thing can only seat one person. I'll come with you once I've gathered everyone! Don't rush!"

After chuckling, Ji Mingran looked through the cockpit glass and nodded emphatically.

Enter the coordinates and start driving manually.

The spiritual stone resonates with the spacetime magic of the flying machine.

The aircraft pierced through the wooden die in an instant and flew across the sky.

......

The interstellar journey happened faster than she had imagined.

The spiritual community quickly forgot about it and gradually disappeared.

And at that moment, the dim planet gradually came into view.

Not only the planet, but the outline of the colossal mutant on the planet is also faintly visible.

Memories of his death gradually surfaced.

She died at the hands of a colossal mutant. What will happen after that?

She didn't understand before, but she does now.

The sign of life is in the flow; the world of the apocalypse is already dead.

In a dead world, even time ceases to flow.

The aircraft came to a stop, its wings raised, and she stepped out of the cabin, watching indifferently as the wreckage on the ground dissipated like smoke, turning into a phantom.

This is still "her" who has just been torn in two.

The "she" in the small world had just died.

The colossal mutant above emitted a puzzled hiss, not understanding why the person it had just killed had reappeared.

Ji Mingran drew his cane sword and flew to a position parallel to the super-giant mutant.

“I understand. Your people told me that you are simply looking for a place to live.”

But this is destined to be a dead end.

The spiritual cultivation world coexists with the Heavenly Dao and is connected to the fortunes of countless smaller worlds in the lower realms. If the three thousand smaller worlds are destroyed, the spiritual cultivation world will perish along with them; if the spiritual cultivation world perishes, the Heavenly Dao will also perish.

Monsters from another world are invading the small world. Heaven, in order to survive, will surely unleash a world-destroying formation.

They went to a small world, and she chased after one of them.

In fact, as the mutant said, she had coexisted with them for far longer than she thought.

"Logically speaking, I shouldn't have died at your hands, but why did I die?" Dodging the giant hand that was about to strike, Ji Mingran returned to a position parallel to the super-giant mutant's field of vision.

The Heavenly Dao once deployed 103 World-Destroying Arrays, but only the last one ended in failure.

In my memory, it was because of a lack of protection.

But is that really the case?

“I think,” Ji Mingran said, as if speaking to a colossal mutant, or perhaps to himself, “it was because, for a fleeting moment, I did waver a little.”

Jin's light burst forth in an instant, the intense light causing the colossal mutant to freeze in place.

"After killing too many people, I will also develop a sense of pity."

She despised the mutants, but had to accept their consciousness.

It's all just about survival.

The World-Destroying Array killed 103 layers, each layer lasting no less than several hundred years.

In the 103rd instance, she chose self-destruction.

Perhaps it was because of her consistent hard work that fate gave her another chance.

This time, the mutated species directly invaded the spiritual cultivation realm, and she was also reborn into the spiritual cultivation realm.

If she retreats again, spiritual practice will perish.

Once she develops feelings and attachment to spirituality, she will no longer have any pity for the mutants.

A pale golden light emanated from its body.

Her cultivation level in the small world was always suppressed. Although she was a Nascent Soul cultivator, she now only had a Golden Core left.

In fact, in this world devoid of spiritual energy, her ability to maintain her Golden Core cultivation level was entirely due to the Spirit Inheritance Ring and the Spirit Essence Stone.

Fortunately, after returning from spiritual practice, she was still able to use her spiritual power and draw upon the spiritual power stored in her sea of ​​consciousness.

The force of the attack was so strong that, in the past, the colossal mutants should have put up a fight long ago.

But it didn't.

Facing the black eyes of the colossal mutant, Ji Mingran said, "Heaven doesn't understand me well enough. I'm greedy and unwilling to make choices. What I want, I want it all."

The colossal mutant inexplicably emitted a low, whimpering growl.

“You should be happy that I have returned after completing my studies,” Ji Mingran said with a smile. “If I were not a formation master, I really wouldn’t know how to reverse a formation.”

All formations can be reversed.

She is the spirit of the World-Destroying Array; by using herself as the eye, she can reverse the world-destroying energy into a source of spiritual energy.

The figures within the formation vanished like starlight, and golden light spread across the entire planet.