179: Chapter 169 179: Chapter 169 The Eryao, on the verge of Transforming Shape, was closely watching Jiang Tang’s every move, imitating his actions.
After eating his fill, Jiang Tang sat in meditation for cultivation practice, his mind constantly churning—how could he lure the enemy out from the fish mud at the bottom of the river?
How could he annihilate the devils and avenge his fellow villagers, contributing to the peace of the Cultivation World?
Jiang Tang knew that his abilities were still inferior to that person; his reliance was on Lin Chong and the Magical Treasure by his side.
He could only wait patiently, cultivating frenetically, striving to increase his cultivation to a level comparable to that person’s, thereby gaining the capacity to defeat him.
Unable to destroy him yet, Jiang Tang could still keep an eye on his every move.
He assigned Eryao to employ its special abilities to monitor the enemies in the river.
This descendant of the Snow Dragon, although not yet having Transformed Shape and thus not a true dragon, still possessed dragon’s powers for attack, yet its underwater functionalities were still being upgraded.
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It marshaled the fish in the water to serve as spies, keeping watch near the enemy.
The Golden Core Elder had long noticed its halo; with fish swimming around outside, he was vigilant against human and Demonic Beast intrusions from the space, but considered such insignificant creatures unworthy of attention.
After numerous battles, he had exhausted a vast amount of Spiritual Power; he was recovering and healing his wounds, as Fire Spirit’s flames had scorched his skin and even his soul ached.
Hidden within the Magnet Magic Treasure Soul Conqueror, Huang Chen was recuperating his soul; the flames had wreaked havoc on him, almost ruining his cultivation.
He had prepared the Vitality Flower and red flowers of the Nourishing Soul Grass inside the Magical Treasure, which, under the effects of these two Spiritual Medicines, had allowed him to escape disaster.
It was only under the effects of these two flowers that his injuries were being gradually healed.
The master and disciple did not chat; Huang Chen did not share the functionalities of the medicinal herbs in the space with his disciple, guarding this as his secret.
After becoming a Ghost Cultivator, Huang Chen had received neither Pills nor resources for cultivation from his master; he had been left to seek for himself and had long distrusted his master’s reliability.
He harbored great resentment in his heart; his master had received so many benefits from the clan yet had not arranged his affairs with care.
His master promised him space for cultivation, yet had made him a mere pawn to confront Demonic Beasts.
Huang Chen was keenly aware that the powerful demons of the space posed less of a threat to him than Jiang Tang, the enemy with whom he had a grudge.
Not only did Jiang Tang possess a dragon, but also flames.
The flames previously released, albeit merely one kind, had left him and his master in such a sorry state.
If two kinds of flames were to be unleashed together, even without the dragon, they could be defeated.
Huang Chen did not want the lofty efforts of his elders at home to have been in vain, raising him as a Ghost Cultivator, only for him to achieve nothing and dissipate like smoke.
He refused to be resigned to such a fate.
These days, he had uncovered his master’s secret, understood his master’s ambition, and he intended to use his master’s resources to make them his own for future dominance.
Huang Chen dared not act rashly.
During the final night and day, he utilized the Magical Treasure in the river to collect green flowers of vitality and red flowers for soul nurturing, continuously absorbing both types of flowers.
After the flames’ burns were healed and he had enhanced his cultivation with the Soul Pill,
the activity of Huang Chen’s cultivation was discovered by the fish outside the Magical Treasure.
They swam and circled around it, grazing a bit of Spiritual Energy from the treasure’s breathing holes.
The Golden Core Elder inside the light circle also noticed Huang Chen’s activity, and with a mix of envy and jealousy, pursed his lips slightly.
With the rapid ascension of his disciple’s cultivation level, the threat to him grew larger.
With Huang Chen’s increased cultivation and the protection of a Magical Treasure, should he not listen to his master, there would be nothing the master could do to him.
Huang Chen had saved him before, so he knew that this disciple’s magical treasure was formidable; the Golden Core Elder harbored a killing intent towards Huang Chen.
He thought about killing his disciple and seizing the magical treasure as his amulet.
As they were currently in the same boat, he couldn’t take any action and could only look for an opportunity.
The Golden Core Elder could vaguely sense that if his disciple became even stronger, he might end up killing him.
Previously, while teaching his disciple to control space, he hid some secrets; he didn’t tell Huang Chen about some of his huge secrets and had also taught him the ability to control Ghost Cultivators.
The Golden Core Elder felt that Huang Chen was a hidden danger; other disciples were still in the process of Spirit Awakening, yet only Huang Chen was advancing so rapidly.
If the two of them, master and disciple, were to compete in magic, it was very possible that he wouldn’t be a match for Huang Chen, and that was the sadness of being a master.
He had been stuck at the Golden Core stage for so many years without any advancement.
His envious and jealous gaze was something Huang Chen could even feel inside his magical treasure.
Upon hearing his master’s congratulatory voice, he humbly replied that it was the merit of his master.
The Golden Core Elder, upon hearing such flattering words from Huang Chen, felt not pleasure but gritted his teeth in anger, feeling utterly stifled in his heart.
The movements under the water did not escape Eryao’s surveillance, and it relayed the message to Jiang Tang.
“Eryao, what magical treasure do you think Huang Chen used to advance so quickly?”
“Daddy, with your intelligence, you must have guessed it already.
The Spirit Grass in the space is useful to us as well as to Demonic Beasts and Ghost Cultivators,” Eryao replied.
“Alas, I was careless not to cut off the growth of Spirit Grass, giving the enemy a chance to grow,” Jiang Tang said, regretting not having removed all of the Nourishing Soul Grass and Vitality Flower, thinking to leave some for others and not completely cutting off their avenues of progress.
Jiang Tang, who had grown up in a society governed by laws in his previous life and whose soul had come to this place for several years after experiencing many trials and tribulations, was still so kind.
Cultivation was not just about the body but also about morality, which was what garnered Heaven’s favor.
“Daddy, in the future, let’s block everything in the river so he can’t get even a single hair and naturally won’t have any advantage,” Eryao said, coming up with a plan, feeling somewhat gloomy as the enemy’s continuous advancement posed an increasing threat to it.
After all, as a Snow Dragon that had yet to Transform Shape, its abilities were limited.
“Okay, we’ll do as you say and keep the two of them in check.”
Jiang Tang knew that the enemy was advancing faster in their cultivation than himself, which made him feel frustrated and impatient.
This desire to become stronger made Jiang Tang even more determined; in the days that followed, instead of focusing on eating, he utilized the medicinal herbs in the space to aid his advancement.
Huang Chen had used up the red and green flowers inside his magical treasure and was thinking about using the magical treasure to harvest more when he found that his magical treasure had been sealed.
“Damn it, they’re cutting me off, huh?
Humph, do they think that by doing this, I can’t cultivate by simply breathing the air?” Huang Chen fumed, thinking of many ways to escape the enemy’s imprisonment, but he was still researching the functionalities of his magical treasure.
He vaguely knew that others must have realized that he had advanced, possibly becoming stronger than the enemy, and that was why they were trying to cut off his escape routes by all means.
With his magical treasure sealed by the enemy, Huang Chen figured out a way to use the exhaust vent of the magical treasure; he used its absorption function to suck in the Spiritual Energy drifting in the space during the night and day, which included the Spiritual Energy mixed with the scent of the Spirit Grass flowers.
While not as potent as directly consuming the flowers, it was better than nothing.