194: Chapter 184 194: Chapter 184 Jiang Tang was attempting to approach the sun, and as he neared it, he felt an intense burning sensation enveloping his body.
To overcome this difficulty, he used the Water Spell from his Spiritual Root, turning water into ice, and cast a ring of icy light around himself.
The ring of light reduced the scorching sensation on his body somewhat as he endured and entered the sun.
It was only upon entering that he realized the sun, which looked like a giant sphere from the outside, was so vast within.
It was like The Mortal Realm’s Earth, with a landscape of golden sand resembling a desert devoid of trees, only filled with sparkling golden sand.
He was curious about how Eryao managed to find Golden Crystals.
Brushing aside layer upon layer of sand, he found the Golden Crystals he had seen before—actually chunks of gold-hued stone, glittering brightly.
At that moment, he keenly sensed the presence of Jinglings within the sun.
Utilizing his spiritual power, he searched for the Jinglings moving beneath the Golden Crystals, which looked like river shrimps, their bodies all shimmering with golden luster.
While Jiang Tang was contemplating the utility of these Jinglings, he discovered one particularly large among them.
It let out a “guh” sound, and the other sparkling shrimps—which at first seemed like harmless creatures—began to buzz like bees, quickly flying towards Jiang Tang under the command of the large Jingling.
The shrimps had needles on their tails, aiming to prick Jiang Tang with them.
Jiang Tang had been observing the Golden Crystals closely, wielding his spiritual power to unleash offensive power—whirlwinds of snow blades hurled at the Golden Crystals.
Under the command of the large Golden Crystal, the previously harmless crystals transformed into fierce insects, buzzing like mosquitoes as they flew over.
Suddenly, sensing danger, an icy coldness—as if it were their natural enemy—made them stop in mid-air to stare at the incoming snow blades for a moment before changing direction and flying off.
Jiang Tang’s snow blades, driven by his spiritual power, seemed to have eyes of their own, relentlessly chasing the flying Golden Crystals, which frantically tried to escape but could not.
The Great Golden Crystal sensed a threat and spat out a golden liquid, spraying it toward Jiang Tang.
Jiang Tang did not know the danger of the Golden Crystal’s liquid; he only knew that, as a rule, the secretions of any creature could potentially be harmful.
Indeed, he smelled a fishy stench—the golden liquid was in fact the venom from within the Golden Crystal, with the smaller crystals having a lesser amount.
The attack of the Golden Crystal King was not to be underestimated.
In front of himself, Jiang Tang created a Snow Wall and released the Qianji Fire.
The Qianji Fire shot flame after flame towards the Golden Crystal King, which turned into thick smoke.
The venom spewed by the Golden Crystal King intended to extinguish the Qianji Fire.
But to its surprise, the fire had already possessed a Fire Spirit, which controlled the Qianji Fire, starting with small flames, then ejecting large ones.
The venom spat out by the Golden Crystal King didn’t even get close to the Qianji Fire before being snuffed out by it, leaving only the fishy odor in the air.
The Qianji Fire, which initially thought the venom spewed by the Golden Crystal King was harmful, had not encountered such a creature before.
When the venom met the fire it released, the Qianji Fire sensitively perceived that the venom, once burned, was a useful tonic for it.
This golden venomous liquid was like a nourishing elixir for the Qianji Fire.
The Qianji Fire developed a Fire Spirit, which at first was at the first stage.
Later, when Jiang Tang advanced to the Nascent Soul, he was able to elevate the Qianji Fire Spirit to the second stage.
Now, having consumed the golden venomous liquid, its body surged, promoting it to the third stage.
“Guh guh guh”
The Golden Crystal King realized that its venom caused no harm to its enemy, and even benefitted the enemy, and it shouted in anger.
“Serv serv serv”
The Qianji Fire, excited after leveling up, let out a sound and spewed even larger flames, forming a huge wall of fire.
The excited Qianji Fire, ambitiously wanted to destroy the Golden Crystal King and use it as nourishment.
It then looked at the little golden crystals that were scurrying around from the snow blades Jiang Tang had sent out as if they were all possessions in its bag.
The ambition of the Qianji Fire Spirit suddenly grew, desiring to break free from Jiang Tang’s manipulation and escape human control.
Jiang Tang had tamed the Qianji Fire and had already bonded with it through a contract, so when the Fire Spirit harbored ambitious thoughts, she knew instantly.
However, actually planning to use the Qianji Fire to deal with the Golden Crystal King, she pretended to be unaware and issued a command to the Qianji Fire.
“Capture them all…”
To prevent the Qianji Fire from slipping out of his control, Jiang Tang released a beam of spiritual power into the Fire Spirit’s mind, which wouldn’t harm the Fire Spirit.
But if the Fire Spirit became uncontrollable, this beam of light would control its mind, forcing it to obey commands.
The Qianji Fire launched little flames, encircling the Golden Crystal King, and then the small flames turned into a wall of fire, preventing the Golden Crystal King from moving inside, unable to escape.
It then shot out beams of firelight, surrounding those little golden crystals that were flying, preventing them from flying out of the fire ring.
Jiang Tang retracted his spiritual power snow blade and controlled the Qianji Fire to collect the Golden Crystal King and the little golden crystals into the space inside his body.
He thought the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space that he had stumbled upon, if it ever left him one day, would make it a pity if the items and creatures within the Magical Treasure hadn’t been transferred in time, benefitting someone else.
Benefitting the next lucky finder, he couldn’t work in vain, so he collected the golden crystals into the space within his body, where they would become his secret weapon for the future.
He shot out beams of spiritual power, each one entering the golden crystals’ minds, controlling their brains to serve him.
The Qianji Fire eyed these golden crystals, unable to make them its nourishment, and circled around in dissatisfaction.
These were its victory spoils; how could the master not let it consume them?
“Submit, submit, submit,”
The protest of the Qianji Fire transmitted into Jiang Tang’s mind.
Jiang Tang’s lips revealed a slight smile; having consumed the lion’s share, he should leave a little for his subordinates.
“From now on, let them supply you with a bit of poison every two days.
If the golden crystals have other functions, you won’t get a share of those.”
Jiang Tang wondered if these bee-like golden crystals produced any honey.
He thought about putting them in the space and later, using them in his Spiritual Medicine garden to gather nectar.
“Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle,”
The Golden Crystal King, captured, struggled discontentedly inside.
Thinking of this, Jiang Tang recognized that creatures that formerly lived in the sun couldn’t be separated from their possessions all at once.
So, he used a Spell to draw the golden stones buried beneath the sands of the solar land into the space inside his body.
His internal five acres of land were instantly dotted with Golden Crystal Stones that looked like small mountains.
One reason Jiang Tang didn’t flatten them was a thought he had just now—by planting medicinal herbs inside his body, he would afford the golden crystals greater living space to yield better products for his use.
Now that the space had Golden Crystal Stones, it wouldn’t be good to let Eryao and Green Ox enter his body to cultivate the land.
It wasn’t that he feared these two pets’ betrayal, but he wanted fewer people to know that he had a space inside him.
The Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space might be discovered by others, and the space inside him might also be uncovered.
Thus, he could only use the external space to disguise the space within his body.