Chapter 285 - Circling Around the Tree Three Times
Chapter 285 of "Red Heart Patrols the Sky" starts here: After everyone had left, Jiang Wang was eager to unfold the letter.Halfway through the action,... Discover what happens next!
After everyone had left, Jiang Wang was eager to unfold the letter.Halfway through the action, he suddenly stopped.
It didnât bother him before, but now that he knew about the will concealed within the Tongtian Palace, he felt uncomfortable.
This was especially true for something as private as reading a letter.
After a moment of contemplation, his consciousness plunged into the Tongtian Palace.
âJiang Yan, I need to read a letter now, so I must find a way to seal you off temporarily.â
He had an idea in mind, but he needed Jiang Yanâs consent first.
Otherwise, if Jiang Yan thought he was up to something and overreacted, destroying both of them, it wouldnât be good.
If Jiang Yan disagreed, he had no other immediate solution, but he was sure to feel displeased.
To his surprise, Jiang Yan was quite agreeable: âI understand.
When necessary, like if youâre about to have âan encounterâ with your pretty little maid without damaging the Dark Candle, feel free to seal me off completely.
However, I hope youâll inform me every time before doing so, to avoid any misunderstanding.â
He switched to a more negotiating tone: âYou have no idea how unbearable it feels to be stuck inside the Dark Candle, seeing nothing.â
Jiang Wang ignored his tedious joke and said, âYour request is reasonable.
If you can understand me, naturally, I can understand you too.â
âJiang Wang, I am you, and you are me.
We both are people who respect promises,â Jiang Yan said meaningfully, then fell silent.
âAs long as you understand yourself,â Jiang Wang replied.
His words also carried depthâif you truly are like me, then of course I am a man of my word.
But if youâre not like me, I wonât hold myself to promises either.
A man without credibility is nothing, and Jiang Wang, of course, believed in the ethical standard that oneâs word was worth a thousand pieces of gold.
But it also depended on the recipient.
Towards an entity like Jiang Yan, whose roots and bottom were unknown, making unilateral promises blindly could lead to a pitiful end without even knowing how it happened.
He had agreed to Zhongxuan Sheng, so he could travel tens of thousands of miles to Qi Country and help him win the Heavenly Abode Secret Land.
He had agreed to Lian Que, so he could return the command token without reluctance.
He had agreed to Zhu Bijing, so he could drop everything and set out to hunt down Hu Shaomeng immediately.
But Jiang Yan was different.
The conditions reached with Jiang Yan were the result of negotiations, not voluntary promises.
The nature was different.
As for how to seal off Jiang Yanâs awareness of the outside world, the method Jiang Wang considered was based on the flower sea concept.
The inspiration still came from the Divine Soul Flame Flower.
If one could replace Path Origin power with Spirit and Soul Power to execute the Divine Soul Flower Sea, then it should naturally have the effect of a predestined battlefield.
Concealing awareness would be even easier.
Jiang Wang never neglected his morning and evening practices and frequently rehearsed Dao Technique and swordsmanship whenever he had a moment.
He had an intimate familiarity with all the Dao Techniques heâd mastered.
With the successful experience of the Divine Soul Flame Flower, the spread of the Divine Soul Flower Sea within the Tongtian Palace was foreseeable.
He only attempted it slightly, and it was a success.
At this moment, within the grandiose Tongtian Palace, the Entwined Star Spirit Snake moved back and forth between the nine great Star River Dao Spirals.
The Dark Candle sat alone in one corner, engulfed by the stunningly beautiful Divine Soul Flower Sea.
If this scene could be manifested, it would undoubtedly be one of the rarest landscapes in the world.
Having temporarily shielded Jiang Yanâs awareness, Jiang Wang felt his mind lighten considerably, experiencing the joy of âreturning to nature.â
Even as he opened the letter, he thought of singing a tune to enhance the mood, but considering how unpleasant it would sound, he decided against it.
From Ananâs letter, it was clear that her handwriting had become much neater, showing that she had not neglected her studies at Lingxiao Pavilion.
She chatted about her recent favorite foods, acted coquettishly, and complained about how tiring it was to practice martial arts.
In the end, she hinted indirectlyââQi Country is so far away.
By the time I get a reply from you, brother, it might already be October.â
Yun Heâs travels between the two places certainly didnât take that long; the young girlâs intentions were not difficult to guess.
OctoberâŚ
October thirteenth was her birthday, and all she wanted was for Jiang Wang to spend it with her.
But Jiang Wang could only sigh in secret.
A round trip to Yun Country would take at least half a month.
With the major issues in Zhongxuan Sheng unresolved and the numerous troubles in Yang Country, he simply couldnât extract himself from his duties at this time.
He had no choice but to pretend he didnât understand and picked out some delicacies from Yang Country and Qi Country to describe to her, promising to take her to try them somedayâŚ
that was all he could do.
Ye Qingyuâs letter merely mentioned offhand that she had participated in some trials recently and had seen some improvement in her strength.
The content was still mainly about Jiang Anan, updating on the little girlâs recent state.
Jiang Wang had entrusted his sister to her, and she had indeed given her all.
The letter mentionedââIt took a long time to collect a Ground-grade Channel-opening Pill, truly a rare find.
We now have a Grade A Channel-opening Pill; is it okay to use it to help Anan open her channels?â
Jiang Anan had been training in martial arts for some time and was under the exceptional guidance of Lingxiao Pavilion, which had solidified her foundations.
Thus, the matter of opening her channels had come up on the agenda.
Upon reading this, Jiang Wang immediately entered the Taixu Illusion Realm and wrote a letter to Zhongxuan Sheng, inquiring about the price of a Ground-grade Channel-opening Pill and a Grade A Channel-opening Pill.
Limited by what he knew, he was actually completely ignorant of the grading system for Channel-opening Pills.
It was only from Zhao Rucheng that he had heard there were common and uncommon Channel-opening Pills.
He wanted to obtain a perfect Channel-opening Pill for Jiang Anan, to spare her some of the hardships of cultivation.
But exactly how perfect a perfect Channel-opening Pill was, Zhao Rucheng had not said at the time, probably because it seemed too out of reach.
So he didnât know either.
Zhongxuan Shengâs reply was a bit hasty, and from the still-burning battle intent in the handwriting, it seemed he had just fought someone in the Taixu Illusion Realm, otherwise he wouldnât have replied so quickly.
This chubby fellow had been working hard lately, probably related to Qi Countryâs significant movementsâŚ
âChannel-opening Pills are classified into three grades: Heaven, Earth, and Mortal.
Heaven-grade Channel-opening Pills exist only in legends.
Earth-grade Channel-opening Pills are incredibly rare and hard to come by.
Mortal-grade Channel-opening Pills are divided into four grades.
Grade D represents the common Channel-opening Pills, Grade C is slightly stronger, Grade B is good, and Grade A is excellent.
Prices vary slightly from place to place, but generally speaking, the price of a Grade A Channel-opening Pill should not be lower than one hundred Prime Stones.â
The letter also included the recent Channel-opening Pill purchase prices posted by the Jubao Business Association:
Grade D Channel-opening Pill, one and a half Prime Stones;
Grade C Channel-opening Pill, ten Prime Stones;
Grade B Channel-opening Pill, thirty Prime Stones;
Grade A Channel-opening Pill, one hundred Prime Stones.
It was clear to see that as the grade of the Channel-opening Pills increased, so did their price.
As for the price of Earth-grade Channel-opening Pills, Zhongxuan Sheng didnât even mention it.
Such an item, once available, would be fiercely contested; sometimes the price was meaningless.
Well, this was the first time Jiang Wang had seen Prime Stones being counted by the hundreds.
When he had risked his life and fleeced Prince Jiang Wuyong of Qi Country, apart from acquiring secret Dao Techniques, he had only earned ten Prime Stones.
That is to say, it would take ten such windfalls to afford Dao Origin Stones worth one Grade A Channel-opening Pill.
After âworking hardâ recently and even ârobbing and killingâ the masked Snake-Bone individual, Jiang Wang had thought himself quite wealthy.
But now, looking at itâŚ
Ye Qingyu was willing to use a Channel-opening Pill worth one hundred Prime Stones to help Jiang Anan open her channels and even attempted to purchase an Earth-grade Channel-opening Pill but failed to acquire oneâŚ
What more could he, Jiang Wang, say?
He immediately replied to the letter, first wishing Ye Qingyu courage and progress, with a long path ahead in her cultivation.
Then, regarding Jiang AnanââWhen the time is ripe and everything falls into place, let Anan proceed with opening her channels.â
He then expressed his gratitude, offering heartfelt but ultimately meaningless thanks.
At the end, he wrote, âI will repay you for all the expenses soon.â
After a thought, he crossed out âsoonâ and changed it to âas soon as I canâ.
After another thought, he changed it to âin the futureâ.
PS: There will be an additional update at twelve oâclock tonight.
Ashen repays his debt, âsoonâ.