Chapter 210 Master Jiang's Rebirth
In Canglong City, the number of cultivators arriving from all directions has also increased.
The Azure Dragon Academy dispatched many Spirit Transformation Instructors to welcome guests from all directions and housed them in the academy's properties within the city.
That was a garden.
Inside were numerous palaces, the most magnificent of which was used to host the Pill King's Small Gathering. It connected to several side halls, all of which were very spacious and equipped with array plates to expand the space, allowing them to accommodate even more people.
Currently, only this palace is temporarily closed so that it can be used as a venue later.
The other palaces, large and small, were gradually filled with guests—of course, only cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage or above, or those at the seventh level of alchemy, could be personally invited by Azure Dragon's mentors and allowed to stay in the garden.
Meanwhile, the larger inns and other places to stay in the city were all fully booked, and business was booming.
After all, the distance between the guests and Canglong City varied greatly. Those who were closer quickly came to claim their places, hoping to stay in the city longer in order to wait for the Pill King Conference to begin. They couldn't lose face between forces, and of course, this also involved considerable expenses.
The city was bustling, and many businesses, both large and small, made a fortune.
When some cultivators from even further afield arrived, there was no place to stay in Azure Dragon City. As a result, several nearby cities also became overcrowded with countless visitors, boosting their businesses and generating huge profits...
However, because there were so many powerful figures and forces coming, many cultivators who originally lived in the city dared not go out easily.
Especially those who are weak but spoiled at home, in order to prevent them from accidentally offending people, they are simply restrained and not allowed to show their faces at all.
Those who are allowed to show their faces are either very composed or extremely shrewd and worldly-wise. Even these people are cautious in their words and actions, fearing that if they do anything slightly wrong, it will bring disaster to their family, relatives, friends, clan, sect, and so on.
To avoid conflicts that would be difficult to resolve and could implicate others and cause unrest, Canglong City and nearby cities set up several life-or-death arenas, allowing cultivators with grudges to settle their disputes on these arenas.
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An eighth-level alchemist has such a terrifying appeal.
If Sang Yunchu hadn't deliberately kept quiet about being a Pill Emperor, there would have been even more and stronger experts appearing here so quickly!
With the arrival of alchemists, many martial arts cultivators seized the opportunity to place orders.
Most of the alchemists participated in the Day of Rejuvenation and gained something from it. They mainly exchanged ideas and learned from each other, and didn't spend much time on taking orders.
Countless martial arts practitioners could only proceed with extreme caution.
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In the backyard of an inconspicuous shop.
The business in the front was thriving, but the back courtyard was sealed off by an array, with many special array plates set up to block sound and soul thoughts, not only for relative safety, but more importantly to prevent the voices of the people inside from being transmitted out.
A handsome young man in fine clothes and a beautiful woman were sitting opposite each other, drinking tea.
This is precisely the story of You Xiang and Long Xiaofei, the transmigrators.
They have always lived honestly and their friendship with their fellow townsmen will last forever.
Neither of them particularly liked tea, but given the atmosphere, they drank a little more to calm their nerves from time to time.
You Xiang sighed, "I really didn't expect this. I've only been in the Inner Academy for a few years, and Master Zhong is already so powerful that he's going to hold a small gathering of alchemists with Master Sang."
Long Xiaofei rested her chin on her hand and said softly, "That Alchemist Zhong is truly remarkable. He's not even forty yet, right? He's already a Level 5 Alchemy King! No wonder he's Young Master Shao's Daoist partner. But our Young Master Shao is absolutely outstanding too. I think he fused with the Dao a few years ago, right?"
You Xiang's expression also became melancholy.
Seeing his expression, Long Xiaofei couldn't help but burst out laughing. Seeing that You Xiang looked even more resentful, she couldn't hold back her laughter even more!
You Xiang: "...Enough, are we still sisters?"
Long Xiaofei coughed a few times, still finding it funny, and also feeling a little sorry for her.
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Once an inner court disciple becomes a fusion cultivator, they can apply for the teaching assistant assessment and become a teaching assistant for a particular instructor.
Later, these teaching assistants' monthly allowances will increase. As they gradually improve their strength and build their own palaces, they will become mentors. At that time, their monthly allowances will skyrocket, various resources will be matched with additional allowances, and they will even be able to unlock more permissions within the academy!
Among all the inner court disciples, the resident disciples must be transformed into teaching assistants—they already have masters to guide them and receive more resources, so of course they must contribute more to the academy.
After reaching the Fusion Realm, ordinary inner court disciples have two options if they do not apply to become teaching assistants: participate in advanced studies assessments and graduate directly.
Those who graduate directly are simply graduating disciples. Every year, they have tasks that must be completed and a certain number of task points that must be collected. They can choose the tasks, but they must complete at least one. No matter how many tasks are completed or what kind of tasks are completed, the number of task points cannot be insufficient.
Graduated disciples who fail to meet the requirements will have a corresponding amount of their monthly allowance deducted.
Those who fail the advanced study assessment will graduate directly.
After successfully completing the advanced studies assessment, a mentor will come to take them on as apprentices. If no mentor is willing to take them on, they will receive "small class training" and corresponding resource support to enhance their abilities.
After these advanced students build their palaces, they will automatically become mentors.
But whether they pursue further studies or graduate, ordinary inner court disciples will always be one of Azure Dragon's own people. Once they want to leave the academy completely, it is no different from "betraying the sect".
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As a resident disciple, Wu Shaogan would have to become a teaching assistant after the integration process. As the only disciple of senior mentor Jiang Chongguang, he would naturally become Jiang Chongguang's teaching assistant.
Jiang Chongguang himself rarely teaches classes, so Wu Shaogan doesn't have any courses to teach on his behalf for the time being. Therefore, he needs to teach one or two small classes himself.
This is a rule within the academy.
Even if Wu Shaogan didn't want to leave his wife Acai, he had no choice but to do so.
then……
Wu Shaogan did indeed teach two classes. One class was a mixed lecture on his understanding of other martial arts techniques, and the other class was an explanation of archery.
However, teaching assistants cannot charge for private classes unless they submit "course materials" for approval. Since there are many such private classes and the time cannot be fixed, ordinary students who apply to attend "open classes" are randomly assigned to them each time.
These assigned ordinary disciples were mostly admitted from the outer academy—they were required to attend several open classes, which were also counted in their task points.
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Isn't that a coincidence?
When Wu Shaogan started his course, it happened to be the time when You Xiang was scheduled to give a public lecture.
So, You Xiang watched helplessly as the expressionless "Mirror Lord" walked in from inside that palace "classroom." While he didn't seem to have any ill feelings, he didn't seem particularly pleased either...
At that moment, You Xiang barely managed to keep his expression straight, but who knew the devastation in his heart?!
Jingzun gave him a lesson!
Is this a class he should be attending?!
Thinking about the original book, he felt terrible!
Moreover, he saw a tall and handsome young man following closely behind "Mirror Venerable" into the room. Although he didn't recognize him, the man's appearance was deeply etched in his mind, so much so that he recognized him the moment he saw him.
The original protagonist!
Standing nine feet tall, with a lithe and athletic build, long limbs, and firm muscles, he exuded masculinity and his handsome face was incredibly attractive to women. He radiated a unique, purely masculine charm and aura of strength...
In short, he's the kind of protagonist who embodies the characteristics of a male protagonist in a male-oriented fantasy harem novel.
She stands out in a crowd and easily gains people's favor.
However……
The original protagonist came to the classroom with Mirror Master and even had to listen to Mirror Master's lecture!
What an outrageous plot!
Yes, You Xiang knew that in the original book, Jing Zun was the only one who had some feelings for the protagonist's nephew. But even so, at least in the plots he saw, Jing Zun helped the protagonist or saved his life, but at the same time he would immediately inflict a mental blow on the protagonist—chatting with him like a normal uncle and nephew, or the uncle giving his nephew some pointers.
That doesn't exist!
What did he see now?
He saw his nephew, the protagonist, following behind Jingzun almost obediently. His eyes and brows did not have the resentment and stubbornness that were recorded in the original book, nor did they have any bitterness or hatred. Instead, he was quite relaxed and generous. The protagonist in the original book rarely showed such an expression. Or rather, it could be said that the protagonist in the original book was only described in this way when he was with his beloved after losing his memory!
In the original book, every time the protagonist encounters the Mirror Lord, his emotions are extremely complex. He often doesn't know how to communicate with the Mirror Lord and frequently suffers setbacks in front of him...
But now, the protagonist is sitting at the very front of the "classroom," and when he looks at Mirror Master, his eyes are full of respect and longing!
The protagonist is worshipping the Mirror Master!
That's absolutely outrageous.
Surprisingly, the uncle and nephew had a very harmonious relationship.
Although the Mirror Lord didn't show any affection towards the protagonist, as long as he didn't speak sarcastically or with a forced smile, it was already a sign that he valued this nephew.
You Xiang's mind was completely blank.
He was confident that if it weren't for the fact that he had often talked to Long Xiaofei over the years, which had helped him resolve many of his emotions, he wouldn't have been able to control his expression at all!
Fortunately, he managed to get through the class despite feeling like he'd been struck by lightning.
Despite finding it hard to believe, You Xiang listened carefully to the entire lesson and memorized it thoroughly.
Having attended Jingzun's open class, he would automatically be notified when Jingzun held another class... How could he dare not listen attentively?
Although Jingzun dislikes trouble, if Jingzun suddenly asks a question in the next class, and he can't answer it, wouldn't he be directly put on Jingzun's list? Wouldn't that be terrible?
The only saving grace is that Jingzun only held classes twice in total.
You Xiang was truly relieved.
What merit does he possess to be worthy of listening to the Venerable Mirror's lecture?!
Even though he could later realize that Jingzun's lectures were actually quite good and had greatly improved him, in the end... he still preferred not to listen.
Change the teaching assistant! Change the teaching assistant!
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After listening to the first lesson, You Xiang rushed to Canglong City, covered in sweat, and told Long Xiaofei the whole story.
Long Xiaofei could only imagine herself sweating profusely.
Once the two had calmed down, Long Xiaofei began to mock You Xiang.
As for this matter, You Xiang rarely retorted, and every time he was ridiculed, he felt his scalp tingle.
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now.
You Xiang propped himself up on his arms and said dejectedly, "You haven't taken Senior Brother Wu's class yourself, so you have no idea how intimidating he is!"
Long Xiaofei cleared her throat: "So many days have passed since this happened, don't think about it anymore."
You Xiang pursed his lips. He didn't believe that if Long Xiaofei had encountered this, she could have forgotten about it so quickly.
Long Xiaofei saw through his thoughts and changed the subject to something else.
"By the way, after Young Master Shaogan merged with the dragon, his name was removed from the Azure Dragon Ranking, right? How is Young Master Dongxiao doing?"
You Xiang recalled that he had indeed paid attention to it...
Then he replied, "Senior Brother Dongxiao is still number one on the consecration list, his position has always been very stable. Senior Brother Shaogan has indeed left the list. However..." He pursed his lips, "The current number one on the Azure Dragon list is also very powerful, but after visiting his venue, I still feel that he is far inferior to Senior Brother Shaogan."
Long Xiaofei nodded: "Of course."
The two looked at each other, both still feeling quite emotional.
The plot has indeed changed too much, and they are no longer sure how things will develop. However, since they are both timid, they will never get involved. So, they will still treat the major events that are bound to happen as simple risk warnings, and they will never consider anything more.
You Xiang sighed and said, "It's actually quite good that Young Master Dongxiao is living the life he has now."
Long Xiaofei nodded in agreement.
Based on the original book she had read, it was actually a pretty enjoyable read in terms of the protagonist's path to power-ups, but it was also quite tragic for the protagonist personally.
As a reader who had a fairly good impression of the protagonist, she was quite happy for him now that he was living the life he was in.
Many things that caused indelible trauma to the protagonist's psyche will never happen again.
Thinking of this, Long Xiaofei's expression became subtle again.
Actually, if the Mirror Lord weren't "always by his side," the protagonist's psychological trauma would be much less.
You Xiang smiled as well.
Anyway, the protagonist's mental state should be quite healthy right now.
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Inside the Azure Dragon Academy, on Treasure Peak.
Zhong Cai refines pills every day and has been stockpiling various level-five pills.
He would open the furnace at least twice a day—if both furnaces produced pills smoothly, he would only do it twice; but if one furnace exploded, he would have to race against time to do the next one.
Wu Shao's speed in drawing clean dust talismans can still keep up with Zhong Cai's.
Zhong Cai didn't lack supplies... It was also because his husband, Lao Wu, was capable enough; otherwise, if he couldn't keep up, he would have had to throw the wood into the alchemy furnace and burn all the residue to ashes.
Only those who have reached level five in wood and fire can have such "absolute cleansing" ability. Even if those below that level use the same method, some residue will still remain, affecting the quality of the pill.
Zhong Cai accumulates twelve pills every day, and at the same time, she can accumulate two to six top-grade pills.
There are at most six.
This is roughly considered a bottleneck for level five pills. In each batch, Zhong Cai can only produce a maximum of three top-grade pills.
From the start of preparations until now, Zhong Cai has accumulated quite a bit of knowledge.
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On this day, Zhong Cai was still refining elixirs.
Suddenly, his emotions surged, as if suppressed by some invisible aura. He felt a strange sense of oppression, which made his mind, soul, and the fingers that were forming hand seals sluggish.
"Bang!"
After a loud bang, Zhong Cai's muddled thoughts, which she had been unaware of at some point, were suddenly jolted awake!
A complex, burnt smell filled the air, and Zhong Cai realized that the furnace he was refining had exploded.
Zhong Cai frowned slightly.
At that moment, Wu Shaogan, who was practicing archery in the training room next door, suddenly appeared and stood protectively beside Zhong Cai.
Zhong Cai tugged at Wu Shaogan's sleeve and whispered, "Old Wu, you felt it too?"
Wu Shaogan nodded.
Zhong Cai frowned even more: "What is that?"
Wu Shaogan pondered for a moment, then took out an eighth-level defensive item and attached it to himself and A Cai.
Then, he took Zhong Cai's hand and said, "Let's go out and take a look."
Zhong Cai was also very curious; with the defensive measures in place, he wanted to know what had happened.
The two left the ancient city and entered the mansion in the peak.
With a slight manipulation, Wu Shaogan also enveloped the entire Duobao Peak in a level eight defense to prevent any accidents from happening.
The two quickly walked out the door and stood on the edge of a cliff, carefully sensing their surroundings.
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After leaving the ancient city, the two felt an even deeper sense of oppression, as if a storm was about to break out, threatening to engulf them, with countless muffled thunderclaps about to erupt, and heavy dark clouds... bringing a heavy feeling to their hearts.
Moreover, the two developed even more strange feelings.
It was as if an invisible, enormous heart had suddenly appeared above the entire Azure Dragon!
My heart is beating.
One jump after another, but not very fast.
However, it seemed as if such a voice was resounding in Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan's ears.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang!"
That's strange.
Moreover, each of these jumps seemed to affect Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan's hearts, as if pulling their hearts to beat together, making the blood and Xuan power in their bodies circulate with the rhythm of the jumps.
Zhong Cai was having some difficulty breathing.
Wu Shaogan gripped Zhong Cai's hand tightly.
The two subconsciously circulated their respective profound energy and began to practice the cultivation technique they were practicing together.
In an instant, their profound energy formed a large cycle, which began to circulate within their bodies.
Each operation felt like the two of them were resisting something together... It was very difficult, but fortunately, they were of one mind and had a great understanding. No matter how strange or difficult the situation was, their Xuan power merged very smoothly without any defenses against each other, and the driving force also increased a lot.
The resulting effect is not simply fusion.
Rather, it was as if their willpower had been combined, working together to resist external pressure!
It went fairly smoothly.
The oppressive atmosphere, the oppressive feeling of being overwhelmed by darkness, and the suffocating pain of being unable to breathe as if drowning were all greatly reduced at this moment.
Both of them were able to breathe more easily.
While things were going smoothly, they were finally able to think further—what exactly was happening now?
Suddenly, a small flying boat appeared on the horizon and crashed onto the cliff of Duobao Peak like a streak of light.
He was also standing next to Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan.
The flying boat disappeared in the next instant, and what appeared in front of the two was a handsome, tall, young-looking cultivator.
It was Sang Yunchu.
Sang Yunchu still exuded a gentle aura and smiled softly at the two of them.
Zhong Cai was still holding hands with Wu Shaogan, and she still didn't dare to let go, but when she saw her master, she still showed a smile.
Sang Yunchu did not speak to his disciple immediately, but instead took out a pill and crushed it.
Then, the pill turned into dust, which Sang Yunchu swept away with his sleeve, spreading throughout the world—but strangely, the dust did not fall, but instead formed a dust cloud that enveloped the master and his disciples.
At that moment, Zhong Cai felt as if a huge rock had been moved away.
The surrounding environment suddenly no longer felt like a storm was brewing, but rather had a relaxed and bright feeling.
It was as if the sky cleared up in an instant.
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Zhong Cai smiled brightly, grabbed her old man and ran towards her master, immediately asking questions.
"Master! Did you come here specifically for this? What happened just now?"
"Master! Master! That pill just now seemed to weaken some kind of willpower. Was it a level seven or level eight pill?"
"Master! Do you know something?"
A barrage of questions chattered on, quite noisy.
Wu Shaogan smiled slightly, looking at Zhong Cai gently, without interrupting or making a sound.
Sang Yunchu didn't feel impatient. He waited until the two disciples approached before saying, "It is Senior Brother Jiang who has entered Nirvana."
Zhong Cai was stunned, and her eyes widened in surprise.
Wu Shaogan's heart stirred slightly, thinking, "It seems like it's about time."
Zhong Cai murmured repeatedly, "Is it Master Jiang... Nirvana?" He exclaimed in shock, "Such a grand affair?"
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It's really quite terrifying.
Zhong Cai initially thought something had happened. They could sense it even when they were inside the ancient city and there were city walls for defense. Only after they actually came out did they eagerly activate the level eight defense!
But now that Master has come, he says it was actually Master Jiang who did it?
Is it simply because he achieved Nirvana?
Could Nirvana really cause such immense pressure?
And this pressure can even spread to such a distant place?!
The distance between Chongguang Peak and Duobao Peak is not very close!
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Zhong Cai was filled with questions.
In fact, while he was cultivating, he also read some books about how to cultivate at higher levels.
However, no such situation is recorded in any ancient text, nor is it mentioned in the cultivation methods he and Lao Wu practiced.
No one expected that Master Jiang's rebirth would cause such a huge stir and bring such terrifying pressure...
And clearly, the master knew.
Otherwise, Master wouldn't have arrived so quickly.
From the moment that feeling of suffocation arose until now, it's been less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
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Zhong Cai looked at her master with wide curiosity.
Wu Shaogan also looked over.
Sang Yunchu smiled and said, "This is indeed due to Senior Brother Jiang's Nirvana. The reason he performed so well is because of his enormous potential. Moreover, because of his intense drive, his Nirvana was several times faster than that of ordinary cultivators."
At this point, Sang Yunchu looked at Wu Shaogan and chuckled, "Shaogan should have some idea about this."
Wu Shaogan paused for a moment, then nodded.
Zhong Cai was a little puzzled and turned to look at Wu Shaogan.
Sang Yunchu said, "What Shaogan sensed was several times that of Cai'er."
Zhong Cai was taken aback again.
Wu Shaogan explained, "It's the resonance of top-tier talents, the connection between master and disciple." He added apologetically, "A-Cai, you were influenced because of me."
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