At the foot of the mountain.

The two men guarding the mountain path saw Jiang Yuan and hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Greetings, Senior Brother Jiang!"

Seeing Jiang Yuan walking over intently, one of them couldn't help but curl his lips and mutter.

Right at this moment.

An old voice suddenly sounded.

"Wait a minute, my friend!"

Jiang Yuan stopped when he heard that, and when he looked back, he saw Kong Nian appeared in front of him.

"What do you want, senior?"

Kong Nian took out a jade pendant from his body and said: "This thing seals my full-strength attack. If you encounter a life-or-death crisis, you can activate it with your divine consciousness. As long as the enemy is not above the fifth level of the Divine Bridge Realm, I can save your life!"

After saying that, he threw the jade pendant in his hand towards Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan quickly caught it, and Kong Nian's voice rang in his ears again: "Just drop some blood!"

After saying the last sentence, his figure disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Yuan held the jade pendant in his hand and felt a little moved.

After he put away the jade in his hand, he bowed respectfully towards the top of the mountain: "Thank you for your kindness, senior!"

Watching Jiang Yuan gradually leaving, the two guarding the mountain gate dared to whisper: "What's going on?"

"I don't understand! It seems that the chief of Tianshou Peak thinks highly of Jiang Yuan, but the two of them don't seem to be in a master-disciple relationship!"

The two of them looked at each other immediately, their eyes full of confusion.

On the other hand, Jiang Yuan dripped blood to recognize the owner and then put the item into his storage ring.

This old senior is indeed a good person! If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely repay him. Jiang Yuan felt a little warm in his heart.

Now that he has this trump card given by Kong Nian, he feels even more secure.

A blow from the ninth level of the Divine Bridge Realm is the real life-saving trump card.

Jiang Yuan had seen so many senior masters, but had never seen anyone with the strength of Kong Nian.

Gongsun Zhi from the Sunset Sect is only at the third level of the Divine Bridge Realm, and Bai Chi, who guards the Taixuan Sect's Kung Fu Pavilion, is only at the sixth level of the Divine Bridge Realm.

From this we can see how powerful this trump card is.

Moreover, not only did he gain this, but his luck power also increased a lot, reaching 699 strands.

It probably won’t be long before I can add a new purple luck to myself.

Now, everything is done except watering the seed of luck.

His luck power increased to seven strands a day, if the luck power harvested regularly from Kong Nian was included.

That means it grows at a rate of eight strands per day.

Wait until that low-level luck seed blooms.

Thirteen strands grow a day, and it should only take more than two months to upgrade a blue innate luck.

Shu Xiaoxiao possesses golden innate luck, and the power of luck it provides is truly abundant.

Treasure Pavilion.

The market town located in the outer courtyard of Taixuan Gate is extremely prosperous.

From treasures with nine levels of restrictions to ordinary weapons, all are for sale.

Not only that, there are also various natural treasures and a large number of high-grade elixirs.

It is also the most conspicuous place in the outer courtyard market, because his business does not only come from the outer courtyard, but also the inner courtyard, including the true disciples, often come here to patronize.

Apart from this Treasure Pavilion, if one wants to obtain rare treasures, one can only go to the major prefectures of Qianyuan Kingdom and Yunxiao City built in a dangerous place.

As soon as Jiang Yuan stepped into the Treasure Pavilion, he was recognized instantly.

A young girl stepped forward and saluted: "Greetings, Master Jiang. What do you want here?"

"Sell something!"

"Please wait a moment, sir. I'll go get the steward to come out!"

Then she turned around and asked another woman to invite Jiang Yuan to the VIP room.

She hurried upstairs.

After a moment.

In the VIP room.

Jiang Yuan had just drank the hot tea handed to him by the woman when a charming woman appeared in front of him.

She said softly, "Meet Master Jiang!"

Jiang Yuan said: "I don't know what to call you?"

"Just call me Yaer!" she said softly.

Jiang Yuan was speechless. Is it appropriate for you at this age?

Then he exhaled lightly and said slowly, "Help me see how much this thing is worth?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and a long knife appeared on the table.

There was a cold light flashing all over the body, and there was a scarlet blood groove on the blade, which was extremely evil.

Yaer looked surprised and looked at Jiang Yuan deeply, then leaned over to pick up the long knife, and the snow-white area on her chest was instantly exposed.

Shu Xiaoxiao, who was standing behind Jiang Yuan, couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

She glanced at Shu Xiaoxiao and smiled softly, "Sister doesn't care, but the little girl is shy."

She picked up the long sword and examined it carefully again, then said to Jiang Yuan, "Master Jiang, I have carefully observed that this long sword is 95% complete, and comes with three restrictions. I will pay 1,300 low-grade spirit stones for it. Is that acceptable?"

"Acceptable!" Jiang Yuan nodded slightly. This was slightly higher than his psychological price of twelve hundred yuan.

Then he added: "I wonder if there are any natural treasures here that can enhance a person's essence, such as strengthening the spirit, body, qi and blood, or making the physique naturally close to the five elements."

Yaer shook her head slowly: "Master Jiang, it is impossible for a small place like ours to have natural treasures that can make one's constitution naturally close to the five elements. As for the natural treasures that can improve the physical body, soul, or qi and blood talents, we don't have them at the moment."

"These things are all in high demand. After all, using them in large quantities can improve a person's natural talents. Great practitioners will get them at any cost and give them to their descendants to use. Therefore, they can basically only be bought at auctions."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan nodded slowly.

"If there is soul-condensing dew, how much does it usually cost?"

"Soul Condensing Dew?" Ya'er looked at Jiang Yuan in surprise, then slowly said, "This thing can improve a person's spiritual talents. It's very expensive. I remember it appeared once at an auction in Yunxiao City three years ago, and the final transaction price was 3,000 low-grade spirit stones per drop!"

"Three thousand?" Jiang Yuan was a little surprised.

“That’s right!” Ya’er nodded: “Generally speaking, if a person takes three drops of Soul Condensing Dew in a row, his soul will be transformed and possess qualifications and strength far beyond that of ordinary people. In this case, it is extremely easy to condense the soul.

"If you take one drop a day for half a year, your aptitude in this area will transform again and become extremely outstanding. You will be born with a divine soul and can be called a genius."

Jiang Yuan nodded slowly, thinking of Heishuize a few months ago.

Looking at it now, it was a big move by a certain force!

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Yuan stood up.

"I'll sell you this triple-restricted sword! I want all the lower-grade spirit stones."

"Mr. Jiang, please take inventory." Yaer waved her hand, and a small pile of spirit stones appeared on the table.

Jiang Yuan took a quick look with his soul and saw thirteen hundred yuan, not a single yuan more or less.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand back, and a light flashed in his hand, and three spirit stones of medium quality appeared.

"Help me exchange these three pieces for lower-grade spirit stones as well."

"Okay!" Yaer nodded.

After finishing, Jiang Yuan learned more about the Qi-Gathering Pill and then compared them.

He shook his head. For him, it was more worthwhile to use spirit stones to activate the spirit gathering array.

Because of his current physical body, he is not afraid of the violent spiritual energy from the outside world and can continuously absorb and refine spiritual energy.

Others simply cannot do this, so other geniuses are far ahead in terms of spirit and soul.

In order to quickly accumulate spiritual energy, they need a lot of Qi-gathering Pills, because the medicinal power in the pills is far milder than the spiritual energy outside, and will not cause too much burden on the meridians during refining.

After the exchange was completed, Jiang Yuan sent the Treasure Pavilion out under Yaer's respectful gaze.

Then he walked straight towards Hospital A, having accomplished all the goals of this trip.

He showed off his talent in front of Kong Nian, so that he would have the opportunity to go to Tianshou Peak regularly to draw some luck in the future.

After all, Kong Nian possesses purple innate luck, and can generate a wisp of luck every day.

As for the life-saving trump card he gave to Jiang Yuan, it was completely beyond his expectations.

It's a pleasant surprise.

It is precisely because of this that Jiang Yuan feels a little guilty.

The old man was indeed a senior with high moral character. Even though I had refused twice, he was not angry. Instead, he gave me such a valuable item.

This kind of item that can store the power of his attack is not that simple. Not only is the carrier extremely scarce, it also requires several drops of his essence and blood as a medium to make it.

The higher the level of cultivation a person has, the higher the cost will be to make up for the lost essence and blood.

Not to mention that he has entered his old age and it is obvious that he does not have much time left. Essence and blood are even more precious to people in their old age. Losing essence and blood is equivalent to losing lifespan.

Jiang Yuan returned to his yard with two thousand low-grade spirit stones and entered a state of seclusion and cultivation.

He planned to complete the breakthrough in one fell swoop before the inner sect examination.

The nearly two thousand low-grade spirit stones in his hand are his confidence.

Outside the door of Room 27 of Courtyard A, a sign saying "Retreat, do not disturb" was hung.

Jiang Yuan and the other two entered a state of practice in which they forgot to eat and sleep.

Especially Jiang Yuan and Gu Mo, they often practiced for several days and nights.

In order to ensure that he could break through, Jiang Yuan tried his best!

Now, it is even busier outside.

Some people have been lying in wait for more than two years just for this chance to make the leap.

Without entering the inner door, it is almost impossible to obtain the visualization map.

Without visualization diagrams, the growth of the spirit and soul would be extremely slow.

The soul is not strong enough. Even if the spiritual vein is only one step away from opening up a new realm, no one dares to break through without permission.

Because that means a journey on the road of life and death.

The importance of visualization is obvious! A powerful visualization picture has a very obvious effect in tempering the soul, and can make the soul and the realm of cultivation go hand in hand.

Natural practice progresses by leaps and bounds.

During the last month, one outer disciple after another broke into the extraordinary realm, and the number of residence places in Courtyard A was frequently challenged.

But no one dared to challenge the girl in Jiayi, because her level 4 in Tongmai Realm had already been widely spread and almost everyone knew about it.

No one would go and give her resources for cultivation, and then get beaten for nothing.

As for Jiang Yuan, no one dared to go.

The tragic situation of inner sect disciple Sun Cheng that day became known to everyone.

Originally everyone thought that the people of Xieyue Peak would not swallow this humiliation, but the facts were the opposite of what they expected.

Xieyue Peak sent a famous inner disciple, and brought Sun Cheng to apologize.

But after they came three times and only saw the words "Retreat, Do Not Disturb" on the door, they never came again.

From that day on, no one from Xieyue Peak appeared in Courtyard A, and the matter seemed to have just passed.

One month later.

Jiang Yuan slowly opened his eyes and exhaled lightly. The spirit stones placed in the corner had now turned into a pile of debris.

"Finally a breakthrough!" he murmured.

The 144 meridians in his body are now like crisscrossing roots, spreading throughout every part of his body.

As long as he moves his mind, he can mobilize the spiritual power in his dantian at any place.

"This kind of strength should be enough for me to take first place!"

A gleam of confidence flashed in Jiang Yuan's eyes.

At this moment, Shu Xiaoxiao walked out of the room and saw Jiang Yuan's eyes open. She asked in surprise, "Sir, have you made a breakthrough?"

"Yes!" Jiang Yuan nodded: "The fourth level of Tongmai Realm, successfully broke through!"

A delighted smile appeared on his face.

"That's great!" Shu Xiaoxiao said happily, "Then I'll go prepare the bath water and help you bathe and change clothes!"

After saying that, she quickly turned and left.

Jiang Yuan also glanced at her panel.

【Name】：Shu Xiaoxiao

[Realm]: First level of Tongmai realm

[Innate Luck]: Sword Immortal Reincarnation (gold) Peerless Immortal Appearance (gold) Auspiciousness in Times of Misfortune (purple) Deep Blessings (blue) Pure Heart (blue) Outstanding Talent (blue) Outstanding Comprehension (green) Wood Body (green) First Level of Tongmai Realm, not slow, but not fast either! Jiang Yuan then opened his panel and took a look.

[Name]: Jiang Yuan [Realm]: Fourth level of Tongmai realm

[Innate Luck]: Ancient Double Pupil (gold), Eternal Longevity (purple), Dragon and Tiger Body (blue), Natural Wisdom (blue), Condensed Soul (blue), Sharpshooter (blue)

[Power of Luck]: 1324 strands

【Fortune Seed】: None

(End of this chapter)