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Chapter 803: Chapter 809: Cultivation
In fact, given such a huge flaw, Cang was able to catch up, only a step slower than Da Qing and Xiaoqing, which showed how strong his talent was!
You see, even though they used Spiritual Objects to elevate their bloodlines to the fifth rank, there were still levels within each grade!
And with a bloodline of the Dragon Tribe, and a very pure one at that, Cang definitely belonged to the top tier.
Once they all had broken through to the fifth order, without any opportunities, Cang might very well surpass Da Qing and Xiaoqing.
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In a corner of Central Territories.
"How should I find the opportunity to break through to Divine Transformation?" Ever since she left Wanxian Island, this question had been on Jiang Fengwu’s mind.
Li Zhirui had managed to break through to Divine Transformation initially by using the Great Illusionary Dream Fruit. In his dreams, he didn’t know how many years he had spent, how many attempts he had made, before he finally seized that fleeting opportunity.
But this method wasn’t of any reference value!
Because the Great Illusionary Dream Fruit was extremely rare and scarce, Jiang Fengwu almost had no hope of obtaining one, so she had to find another way.
"To integrate with the heavens and earth, to merge one’s spirit with the world itself, to seek out Laws that resonate with oneself, and then imprint them; finally, to leave the Sea of Laws and return to the physical body—these are just the preludes to assaulting Divine Transformation, followed by Thunder Tribidation and Heart Demon Tribulation."
Jiang Fengwu recalled the process of the breakthrough and the insights organized by Li Zhirui again and again in her heart. She didn’t know how many times she had done so, starting with major gains, until now when she could derive almost nothing.
She knew she had encountered a bottleneck!
Once Jiang Fengwu stepped through this stage, her path towards Divine Transformation would have a clear direction.
But... how to do it?
Initially, Jiang Fengwu was very confused, not knowing how to solve the problem. She knew she couldn’t rely on Li Zhirui, which wouldn’t solve the problem, so she had chosen to gain experience outside.
"I should tackle it step by step, separately."
Suddenly, an idea emerged in Jiang Fengwu’s mind, and with this thought, her thoughts began to branch out.
In that instant, it was as if Jiang Fengwu had an enlightenment. Storms surged through her Sea of Consciousness, her Spiritual Soul flickered ceaselessly, looking greatly drained.
Not knowing how much time had passed, Jiang Fengwu opened her eyes, pale-faced, and murmured, "If I hadn’t ventured out, perhaps I wouldn’t have encountered this opportunity."
After saying that, she no longer spoke and began to recover her greatly drained Divine Sense.
A half month went by swiftly, and Jiang Fengwu had fully recovered, starting to follow her ideas, approaching the gate of Divine Transformation step by step.
The first thing to do was to integrate with the heavens and earth, to merge her spirit with the world!
What Jiang Fengwu didn’t know was that this method was actually the most orthodox way of breaking through to Divine Transformation.
To achieve everything in one go, to ascend to Heaven in one step, wasn’t something mere mortals could do. Li Zhirui had managed it only because he had done it many times over in his dreams. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t successful in just one attempt.
As for how to do this, Jiang Fengwu already had an idea, which was to learn a skill from the Mortal Realm, to an extent nearly reaching the level of the ’Path’!
This idea occurred to Jiang Fengwu by chance, remembering a story about a master of calligraphy he had heard when he was hiding in a mortal town during his childhood due to his family’s annihilation.
However, there was a significant problem — the difficulty of mastering cultivation skills was immense. If one could reach a level close to that of the Path, what would mere Divine Transformation count for?
With such a high realm, as long as one’s mana was sufficient, breaking through to the Tribulation Transcending Realm wouldn’t pose a problem!
Hence, Jiang Fengwu planned to take a step back and study the arts of mortals instead.
"Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers, tea..."
Jiang Fengwu said softly, "The arts of mortals are numerous. Which one should I choose to study?"
While mortal arts might not compare to cultivation skills, because they stem from fundamentally different levels, that doesn’t imply the former is simple. Thus, she could only devote herself to mastering one, and it would still take a considerable amount of time to learn, enhance, and further research!
Taking the aforementioned master of calligraphy as an example, he was already of advanced age when he learned about him. His calligraphy study spanned nearly seventy to eighty years, and he possessed remarkable innate talent.
Based on this example, even if Jiang Fengwu found an art for which she had a natural talent, the time required might well exceed a hundred years!
"But a mere hundred years! Once the hardest step is taken, the path ahead is just a matter of climbing up the stairs, proceeding in an orderly fashion," Jiang Fengwu wasn’t deterred by this lengthy period.
You see, for her, as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, a hundred years was already one-tenth of her lifespan!
It was Jiang Fengwu who achieved her Nascent Soul breakthrough quite early. Although she was not comparable to Li Zhirui, she achieved it in her four to five hundred years, and she still had several centuries of lifespan remaining!
A hundred years more wouldn’t make her begin to age, and her physical body and spiritual soul would maintain their perfect condition.
"With this in mind, I can no longer stay in Immortal City, I should stay in a mortal city," Jiang Fengwu suddenly realized.
As in Immortal City, the mortals there mainly served cultivators, with only a small portion becoming mortal nobles due to having high-rank cultivators in their families.
Under such circumstances, mortals simply couldn’t develop refined artistic pursuits like music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, which existed only among the nobles who didn’t have to toil for their livelihood.
As for Jiang Fengwu crossing thousands of mountains and rivers to come to the Central Region, it wasn’t a wasted journey, but rather, she found the best place for her training. Since no demon cultivator forces existed in the Central Region, even if demon cultivators stealthily slipped in, they couldn’t penetrate deep into its territory.
The reason she mentioned this was that Jiang Fengwu planned to seal her mana, making herself "become" a mortal to better integrate into their society.
Jiang Fengwu, always decisive and quick to act, had made up her mind, soon purchasing an expensive, detailed map that encompassed the entire Central Region, and quickly pinpointed the mortal city she intended to visit.
It was the capital of a mortal realm!
Covering a vast area, twenty li from east to west and thirty li from north to south, it accommodated over a million mortals, not to mention several other communities nearby.
The scale of this capital surprised Jiang Fengwu; she had heard that in the Central Region, where spiritual energy was rich, the spiritual energy of any place could match that of a second-order Spirit Vein!
According to this, even if the spiritual energy at the capital was the thinnest, given such an immense area, even just by planting first and second-order spiritual objects, one could earn a substantial amount of spirit stones.
Yet, no cultivator forces occupied it, leaving it to the mortals instead.
"There’s only one reason - something unexpected must have been discovered in those territories, causing the spiritual energy there to be almost equivalent to that of the eastern Mortal Realm, devoid of any utilitarian value."
Jiang Fengwu didn’t care to explore what secrets lay behind this, only knowing that this capital was perfect for her subsequent cultivation training.
