59: His divine soul once again projected outwards, roaming the Xuan Yin Mountains.

Regarding Jiang Yan's curious inquiry, Su Litian did not hesitate and directly said, "Senior may not know, but a Buddha-son has appeared at the Dragon Elephant Temple, and all Evil Spirits within a hundred-mile radius have been wiped out. As for the Luo Yun Sect, our Sect and other Sects have Disciples there for experience, so we could only come here."

Hearing Su Litian's answer, Jiang Yan nodded.

'After all that, all the mobs have been snatched away.'

'But for the Dragon Elephant Temple to produce a Buddha-son, that's truly impressive.'

A Buddha-son is a wanderer representing a temple, a figure on the same Rank as Murong Xue.

Furthermore, the Dragon Elephant Temple holds a transcendent status in the cultivation world, almost equal to the three major Sects.

"By the way, after you enter the small courtyard, treat me as a peer. I don't want my Junior Sister to know how powerful I am, otherwise, a girl would surely feel inferior," Jiang Yan instructed.

Upon hearing this, the five members of Su Litian's group understood instantly, and at the same time, they began to imagine a beautiful love story in their minds.

"Please rest assured, Senior, we will certainly keep it in mind," Su Litian and the others responded simultaneously with cupped fists.

When they returned to the small courtyard again, Jiang Yan took out a few old chairs from outside and gave them to Su Litian's group before returning to the house himself.

Fang Wanrou had heard Jiang Yan and the others talking from inside the house, but upon seeing Jiang Yan, she immediately broke into a smile.

One must know that hearing someone and seeing them are two completely different Concepts.

"Senior Brother Su, are you alright?" Fang Wanrou asked with concern.

"I'm fine, you should get some rest early. The Evil Spirits have already been cleared out by them," Jiang Yan said.

Hearing this, Fang Wanrou nodded, then leaned against the corner of the wall and closed her eyes.

As Fang Wanrou fell asleep, he immediately opened his character panel.

[Host: Jiang Yan]

[Talents: Heaven Rewards the Diligent, Life Span Plunder, Sword Dao Growth]

[Rank: 22]

[Experience: 0.65%]

[Lifespan: 20/1,313,821 years]

[lifespan: 52,423 years (Available lifespan to strengthen Cultivation Technique, Spell, and Martial Skill proficiency)]

[Essence: 32.2]

[Spirit: 20]

[Realm: Qi Refining Seventh Layer (Qi-Blood First Layer) (Can freely call upon Spiritual Qi or Qi-Blood within five hundred meters of the body)]

[Dao: 17.4]

[Concept: Sword (Sword Heart Clarity)]

[Cultivation Technique: Qi Refining Cultivation Technique - Basic Chapter (beginner); Blood Coagulation Qi Refining Method - Introductory Chapter (beginner)]

[Spell: Thunderstorm Art (Grasped); Breath Concealment Technique (Grasped); Tiger Roar Sound Wave (Mastery); Blood Shadow Ghost Evasion (Mastery)]

[Martial Skill: Nine Dragons Sword (Legacy Rank, glimpse of the threshold); Sword Rain Art (Grasped); Sword Breaking Method (Mastery); Sword Shadow Art (Mastery)]

...Looking at the fifty thousand lifespan he had obtained at once, he almost cried out.

However, seeing that his Dao Concept was already at 17.4 and hadn't triggered any special functions, he felt that he probably hadn't met the trigger conditions yet.

'Improve my strength?'

'No, there's no need. Better wait until before I head back to improve it.'

Regarding Martial Skills, Jiang Yan didn't consider them for the time being. After all, those Legacy-Rank Martial Skills were too expensive.

Although he had saved up over fifty thousand lifespan now, which was enough to upgrade a Legacy Martial Skill, it was completely unnecessary because he hadn't encountered a life-threatening crisis yet.

If he squandered it all now and something really happened one day, it would be troublesome.

'Forget it, I'll upgrade the Blood Coagulation Qi Refining Method to the Basic Chapter first.'

In Jiang Yan's view, improving a Cultivation Technique meant raising the upper limit of his Realm. If one day he was discovered by the Blood Cloud Sect, he could directly push himself into the Foundation Establishment Realm and then escape that dangerous place with a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivation.

As twenty thousand points of lifespan were poured into the technique, the Blood Coagulation Qi Refining Method instantly became the Basic Chapter.

'I'll keep these thirty thousand points of lifespan as a trump card.'

Currently, he could be said to have four sources of power: physical body, Divine Soul, Dao, and evil. His hidden trump card was a large pile of high-level Talismans!

As the character panel closed, Jiang Yan slowly closed his eyes.

He didn't plan to rest; after all, he still wanted to test his Divine Soul.

As his thoughts shifted, his vision immediately changed.

'Interesting, I can finally see clearly this time, and the feeling of everything being inverted is gone.'

Jiang Yan used his Divine Soul to float in front of Fang Wanrou. Looking at her sleeping face like a kitten, Jiang Yan then controlled his Divine Soul to fly outside the house.

His Divine Soul easily passed through the walls and saw Su Litian's group of five.

At this moment, the five were not sleeping but were sitting cross-legged, regulating their breathing and cultivating.

'As expected of the top hundred Disciples of the outer Sect, they really work hard every moment.'

Jiang Yan felt quite emotional, but since his cultivation Aptitude was mediocre, he could only rely on plundering to grow.

He stopped focusing on the five and instead controlled his Divine Soul to fly towards the Xuan Yin Mountain Range.

The Divine Soul flew very fast, to the point where he couldn't even feel the surrounding air flowing.

Just as he approached the Xuan Yin Mountain Range, a massive Formation Restriction appeared before him.

'Is this... a rule?'

Jiang Yan was a bit dazed because he could feel something from this Formation Restriction, like some unfamiliar characters.

'Could it be an embodiment of Dao Concept?'

Jiang Yan didn't quite understand, but it was the first time he had felt this kind of power.

Without any rejection, his Divine Soul very easily passed through the Formation Restriction.

However, the moment his Divine Soul passed through the Restriction, he seemed to gain an epiphany about something, but that thing quickly vanished.

'I think I understand!'

Jiang Yan suddenly had a realization, but his current Dao Concept was still too low, so he didn't make any attempts and instead continued flying towards the Xuan Yin Mountain Range.

After flying for a few breaths, he finally saw the second layer of the Formation Restriction.

'This should be the Middle Circle, right?'

Just as he thought this, two red-clothed figures instantly drifted past him.

'Whoa, there really are Red-clothed Ghosts in the Middle Circle.'

He did not hesitate, passing through the Formation Restriction to chase after those red-clothed figures.

But just as his Divine Soul was about to get close to the two red-clothed figures, they suddenly stopped and slowly turned their ethereal bodies to look at Jiang Yan.

'No way, didn't Revered Master say that as long as the Evil Spirit doesn't exceed the Sixth Realm, they can't discover a Divine Soul?'

The two red-clothed figures indeed hadn't discovered Jiang Yan, but they had a feeling of being watched that made them very uncomfortable.

Just as Jiang Yan was deciding whether to retreat or not, one of the red-clothed figures let out a shrill shriek.

'Holy crap!'

He didn't dare hesitate and decisively chose to flee.

But just as he crossed back into the Outer Circle, a Ghost Eye suddenly appeared behind Jiang Yan.

The Ghost Eye slowly opened, staring intently at Jiang Yan as if admiring a piece of prey.

Looking at the Ghost Eye across the Formation Restriction, Jiang Yan felt uneasy.

'Damn, luckily I made it out, otherwise I really would have been kept there.'

The Ghost Eye seemed to be just an eye, but the entity behind it was a Sixth Realm Evil Spirit.

As for Seventh Realm Evil Spirits, Li Yi hadn't told him about them, only saying that if he really encountered a Seventh Realm Evil Spirit, he would only be left waiting for death, with no time even to buy a coffin.

As the Ghost Eye slowly closed and vanished, Jiang Yan flew towards the outskirts of the Xuan Yin Mountain Range.

When his Divine Soul returned, he was in no hurry to open his eyes. Instead, after stabilizing his Divine Soul, he placed a dharma seal on his brow.

Feeling that he could leave information on the Soul Calming Incantation, he suddenly felt playful.

'You old ghost, if you dare to attempt Possession, I will plunder everything you have!'

After leaving the information, Jiang Yan slowly opened his eyes.

He stood up and stretched his body. Finding no issues, he closed his eyes again.

It was impossible to rest or sleep; after all, dawn was approaching, and he had many things to do during the day.

As time passed, the horizon began to turn pale.

Sensing movement outside, Jiang Yan slowly got up and left the room.

"Senior... Fellow Daoist Su, good morning." Su Litian hurriedly corrected himself.

"Good morning, Fellow Daoist," Jiang Yan returned the greeting. "Are you all leaving?"

"Yes, while it's still early, we need to go to the Lingxian Workshop to take a flying boat," Su Litian said.

At the mention of the Lingxian Workshop, Jiang Yan wanted to give Li Yi a beating. If he hadn't walked for seven days in vain, he probably wouldn't even have known the Lingxian Workshop existed, let alone been able to reach the Great Li Dynasty within half a month.

In fact, what Jiang Yan didn't know was that Li Yi thought he already knew about the workshop, so he hadn't mentioned it.

Pulling his thoughts back, Jiang Yan quickly said, "Alright, I'll see you all off."

"Then we shall trouble you, Fellow Daoist," Su Litian and the others bowed in unison.

After seeing Su Litian and the others out of the deserted village, Jiang Yan felt somewhat envious of their ability to fly on swords.

The Blood Cloud Sect actually had a Flying Method as well, but it required one to be at the fifth layer of Qi-Blood or above to learn.

As for why it was so demanding, it was because the speed of this flying Spell was quite overbearing.