178: Chapter 168 178: Chapter 168 Jiang Tang, within the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, felt the power of the Xuanming Spiritual Fire as he chased after his fleeing enemy.
In the end, the Xuanming Spiritual Fire failed to kill the enemy, and could only revolve above the river.
“What a shame…” Jiang Tang was frustrated and depressed, not having expected his formidable Xuanming Spiritual Fire to have a nemesis that prevented the killing of the devil, which was an absolute disgrace!
Jiang Tang could only retract the Xuanming Spiritual Fire, which spun reluctantly before returning to him.
For the first time, he projected his voice to the outside space.
Under the transmission of the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, his voice carried a power that frightened people, ghosts, and demonic beasts alike.
“Huang Chen, I know it’s you, and that devil that brings disaster to all living beings; I will not let you off.”
The red moon still shone high in the sky and, for the first time in response to such a voice, the demonic beasts hid away in fear, no longer displaying the bravado they had when seeking Elder Jinshan for a display of power.
Huang Chen, hiding within the magical treasure, had become as jumpy as a frightened bird, no longer daring to emerge from the silt at the riverbed.
More afraid than him was the Golden Core Elder, who now had burns all over his body.
Despite consuming healing pills, he was not recovering quickly, and the lost spiritual energy had not returned.
Meditating within the halo of spiritual aura he had conjured, he understood that he could not leave the riverbed, and perhaps someone in the space was his protective umbrella.
The Golden Core Elder had never imagined that his previous control of the mighty Hell Palace outside would crumble upon entering the space.
Even the space’s demonic beasts dared to bully him, fueling his utmost resentment.
He truly realized the proverb that raising a tiger brings trouble, wishing he had turned the demonic beasts into puppets earlier.
Ambition had made him believe that raising the demonic beasts to a higher level of cultivation and creating stronger puppets would benefit his quest for domination.
Over the years, he had continuously created plagues and transported more spirits to be devoured by the ghosts within to increase their cultivation.
Additionally, he never expected a person who once seemed as simple to crush as an ant, regardless of the backing behind him, to now have such a formidable voice upon entering the space.
The Golden Core Elder questioned whether this was really the voice of someone at the Qi Cultivation Stage?
This was akin to the booming voice that could only belong to someone at the Nascent Soul stage or of even higher cultivation, enough to instill fear in others.
The Golden Core Elder and Huang Chen hid even deeper in silence, like turtles retracting their heads, not daring to make a sound above.
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Jiang Tang arrived within the halo of his family members and spoke to the halo that belonged to his kin:
“Father, mother, fellow villagers, I will avenge you.
That devil is out there in the external space, and I will find a way to kill him.”
“My child, be careful.
That devil is so poisonous, he will surely have even more vile methods, you must be careful!” Mrs.
Jiang spoke those words, and the other youths and villagers all nodded.
These spirits had cultivated to the Spirit Awakening stage and sensed the feeling of a breakthrough.
However, they knew that even though they were capable of cultivation, without Jiang Tang’s protection here, they would not survive once they were outside.
They could cultivate but did not know spells or possess combat experience against enemies, making them also vulnerable targets.
“Don’t worry, I will definitely kill them, and we’ll leave this place.”
Jiang Tang made this promise to his family, and by doing so, also promised himself.
He had to become stronger in order to kill his enemies and leave this place.
“Daddy, Eryao will help you,” Eryao said, coming to Jiang Tang’s side.
“Moo…” Little Blue Ox, unable to speak human language, expressed himself in his own way.
“Hmm, thank you guys.”
Jiang Tang turned his head to look at the two sensible spiritual pets that had always been by his side, comforting and encouraging him like family, which touched him deeply.
This wave of emotion triggered the spiritual energy within him; in his dantian, the energy was already brimming, just short of a catalyst.
The emotional surge provided just that, causing the catalyst to burst forth.
Jiang Tang felt the spiritual energy in his dantian surge through all the meridians within his body, all the spiritual energy erupting in one direction.
The barrier of Mid Foundation Establishment was shattered in this surge of spiritual energy.
Jiang Tang sat in meditation on the spot.
With the barrier of Mid Foundation Establishment broken, he entered the Mid Foundation Establishment phase, slowly stabilizing his cultivation, circulating the rampant spiritual energy through his body and guiding it back to his dantian.
He could feel his now-strengthened meridians becoming more powerful and his body more robust and vigorous.
The two spiritual pets beside Jiang Tang, perhaps sensing their master’s breakthrough, also sat in meditation.
Contracted to their master, his advancement greatly benefited them, enhancing their physical strength as well.
Eryao, in the late stages of its Demon Core advancement, was elated by the master’s breakthrough which pushed it to the Great Perfection of the Demon Core stage, increasing its cultivation.
It joyously wanted to jump around but understood it had to consolidate its cultivation, suppressing the ecstatic feeling in its heart and moving a step closer to becoming a dragon.
Little Blue Ox, previously at bone refining, had now reached Great Perfection in that stage.
It too was overjoyed, knowing that as it grew stronger, it would better understand its master’s words, possess more powerful spells to confront enemies, and no longer be the one dragging its feet.
Little Blue Ox always remembered Eryao calling it a drag, a lazy and useless ox.
Outside, the red moon turned into night, and after Jiang Tang finished consolidating his cultivation, he looked outside the space to see it was night.
The Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space knew no difference between night and day; it was always brightly lit.
“Eh…” Jiang Tang made a new discovery, feeling the space become larger, the barrier of the space like a painting of the sun, which now seemed to rise higher than before, with distant mountains appearing clearer.
That wasn’t just a painting; it seemed like real mountains lay far away, and the originally hazy space sky also became more transparent.
Jiang Tang murmured to himself,
“Could it be that my cultivation has risen too?
If this space becomes bigger in the future, its scenery might change.
Is it possible that one day I could exit from this space into that magical treasure outside?”
“Wow, we have more land to plant now.
I want to grow some fruit trees; I crave fruit.” Eryao remembered fruit and swallowed, its desire for fruit evident.
Being a Snow Dragon Houyi that had transformed from a small bird, it particularly favored one type of food in its past life – fruit.
“Moo,” Little Blue Ox also called out loudly, looking at the distant green mountains and sensing that the verdant hills and waters must contain plenty of good fodder for it to eat.
Just thinking about eating more grass made Little Blue Ox drool.
Seeing the two pets drooling, Jiang Tang couldn’t help but laugh and say, “Even in your fantasies, you drool.
Are you not hungry right now?”
“Oh dear, Daddy, I’m so hungry.” Eryao, upon hearing the word ‘hungry,’ felt its hunger intensify, causing even more drool to flow.
Little Blue Ox nodded its head, wanting to use its tongue to lick Jiang Tang.
Jiang Tang, with agile movements, dodged to the side; Little Blue Ox drooling all over him would be too dirty.
Feeling rejected by its master, Little Blue Ox could only lower its head.
Once again, Jiang Tang started cooking, stir-frying Spirit Grass, cooking rice, and having Eryao catch more fish.
This time, they unreservedly caught plenty of fish and made delicious, fragrant braised fish.
As Eryao and Little Blue Ox drooled, they got to eat the fragrant braised fish.
These two pets envied the human way of life, feeling that cooked food was much tastier than eating their meals raw.