Chapter 38 - I'll Take Advantage of the Confusion 3

Having said that, he gave Su Chenyi no chance to escape and let loose an arrow that ended that scoundrel’s life.

“Daddy is mighty, Daddy is domineering!” Chong Li, who had been shocked into a daze by Jiang Tang’s fluent and decisive action, had just come to his senses and hurriedly stretched his mouth into a cheer.

His daddy had finally seen the light!

That’s how it should be—being honest is fine, but you can’t be so honest that you let others bully you.

Jiang Tang shivered.

He looked at the corpses strewn on the ground, then at the longbow in his hands, dazed for a moment before he hurriedly threw it to the ground.

Damn, succumbing to the killing spree was like being high on drugs, completely losing all reason.

“There’s a disturbance over there, could it be that a spiritual treasure has appeared?”

“I don’t know, let’s go have a look and we’ll find out.”

“Be careful though, I smell a strong scent of blood.”

At that moment, a burst of voices came from not too far away.

Jiang Tang was startled and, without a second thought, picked up Chong Li and quickly ran deeper inside.

After Jiang Tang had left, a group of disciples from other sects came from a cave nearby, and upon seeing the corpses, they were all astonished.

What a horrific slaughter must have just taken place here.

“Eh, look at that fellow, doesn’t he look like a disciple of the Sword Sect Su Clan?” One of them pointed to the robes of a corpse and whispered.

“Yes, he’s a disciple of the Sword Sect Su Clan.

Forget it, the spiritual treasure must have been taken.

Let us go and find another opportunity.

Let’s go, this place has bad energy,” said the leading disciple with a frown, disdainfully waving his sleeve.

The others nodded and walked together further inside.

The direction they headed was precisely where Jiang Tang had gone.

At that moment, Jiang Tang was standing atop a cliff, staring blankly at a mysterious light ahead.

That light seemed somewhat like the glow emitted by a Spirit Grass on the verge of maturity.

Wait, Spirit Grass?

Jiang Tang suddenly scented an unusual Qi.

He glanced back and saw a gigantic bat, black as ink, hanging upside down from the sharp rock on the ceiling of the cave.

It had sensed Jiang Tang’s Qi, and at the moment he turned his head, it startlingly opened its blood-red eyes.

“What a huge bat demon!” At that moment, an exclamation came from below.

Jiang Tang glanced downward to see a group of disciples dressed differently entering the area, all following the direction of the voice and looking up in unison.

Of course, they also saw Jiang Tang standing on the cliff, seemingly cornered by the bat with no way out.

“Kill that bat, and let’s divide its flesh and Demon Core.” Ignoring Jiang Tang, a mere Body Refinement practitioner, the leader among the disciples was the first to bring out a weapon, leaping towards the bat.

Seeing this, the other disciples also summoned their weapons and joined the fray.

The bat, startled by the various Spirit Arts, flapped its Bone Wings and swooped down.

All they saw was dust billowing, boulders shaking, and mud raining down.

Jiang Tang: “…”

This chaotic battle was going splendidly!

He could take advantage of the chaos to fish in murky waters and quietly pick that Spirit Grass.

He had previously used his Divine Sense to probe inside, and there was another passage that seemed to lead even deeper into the cave dwelling.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Tang took a swift glance at the ground swallowed by dust, swiftly concealed his Qi, and holding Chong Li tightly, headed further inside.

At that moment, the mysterious light became increasingly brilliant.

“Li, could you set up a barrier for me to prevent outsiders from noticing?” Jiang Tang was worried someone would detect something unusual, so he transmitted his voice to ask.

Chong Li nodded, and a flash of light briefly twinkled in his eyes.

An invisible barrier appeared behind Jiang Tang.

Jiang Tang carefully examined the mysterious light, and as it dimmed a little, revealing the form of the Spirit Plant, he was finally able to identify what sort of plant it was.

It was a medium-grade Nourishing Soul Grass.

What a treasure this is.

If he planted it carefully in his space, it was a sure bet that he’d grow top-notch Nourishing Soul Grass of the highest quality in the future—Nourishing Soul Grass was one of the species highly sought after by Spiritual Cultivators, even if its quality was low.

Without any hesitation, as soon as the Nourishing Soul Grass matured, Jiang Tang took out a small shovel, dug up the entire plant along with the soil, and planted it in the Spirit Field Space.

Then he put away the shovel, stood up, and continued walking forward.

The spiritual energy inside was dense, sticky to the point of resembling a thick fog.

At that moment, Jiang Tang heard the sound of water under his feet.

“Daddy, don’t go any further.

There is a large lake ahead,” Chong Li warned Jiang Tang after releasing his Divine Sense to perceive their surroundings.

Jiang Tang nodded, stepped back a few paces, and, driven by curiosity, reached out to touch the dense spiritual energy in front of him.

At that moment, the Immeasurable Ancient Jade emitted a gleam of light, which rapidly became brighter and more blinding.

The pervasive spiritual energy before him visibly condensed and compressed into a whirlwind at a speed visible to the naked eye, then transformed into a droplet and merged into the Immeasurable Ancient Jade.

Looking bewildered in his fluttering robes, Jiang Tang: “??

What’s going on?” He hadn’t yet made sense of the operation the Immeasurable Ancient Jade had just performed.

“Daddy, the ancient jade is a product of The Upper Realm.

Although it possesses countless Spirit Fields, the spiritual energy inside is not inexhaustible,” Chong Li spoke slowly.

The legacy it had received told it that the Immeasurable Ancient Jade would also absorb external spiritual energy of its own accord, firstly to aid its master’s cultivation, and secondly to maintain the abundance of spiritual energy within to ensure that all Spirit Plants that grow there can become great.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Tang did not inquire further.

He looked around and suddenly saw a flat boat drifting over from afar.

There was no wind in the surrounding area, yet the boat seemed to sail on the breeze, looking extremely eerie.

The flat boat stopped in front of Jiang Tang.

A dark shadow swiftly appeared on the boat, slowly coalescing into an old man with white hair, wearing a bamboo hat.

“Young man, would you like this old man to give you a ride?” The old man smiled, lifting his hand to conjure a bamboo pole.

“Daddy, he is the spirit of the cave and means no harm,” Chong Li once again communicated to Jiang Tang through voice transmission.

Jiang Tang hesitated for an instant, then nodded, bowing respectfully, “Thank you, senior.”

So he stepped onto the flat boat.

The old man paddled with the bamboo pole, and the boat slowly drifted further inside.

“Senior, at the end of this journey, what place shall we reach?” Jiang Tang sat cross-legged, looking into the deep, seemingly endless cave ahead, suddenly feeling a curious sensation.

“Young man, the heart’s direction is the place to return to,” the old man stroked his beard, his face benign as he looked into the distance.

The heart’s direction…

Jiang Tang subconsciously thought of the home he remembered.

His parents back home, and his naive little sister.

They must be very sad now.

Sighing softly, Jiang Tang lowered his eyes.

“Daddy, Li and Eryao have always been by your side,” Chong Li, feeling his emotions, rubbed against his neck.

Jiang Tang smiled.

Yes, he still had a long life ahead of him.

Since he had come, he might as well settle in.

There was no harm in embarking on a journey and making a name for himself.

After all, he was someone determined to make a fortune.

Thinking of the wealthy days to come, Jiang Tang looked up with a renewed spark in his eyes.

“Young man, we have arrived,” the old man announced after an indeterminate amount of time, as a light suddenly appeared ahead of them.

At that moment, the old man brought the boat to a precise halt before the light and gave a slight smile.