186: Enter the Grandmaster realm and activate the Zhenyue formation

Jiang Fan reviewed all his Cultivation Techniques. Currently, his Origin Qi Cultivation Techniques include:

Heaven-Grade Annihilation Dragon Fist, Heaven-Grade Nurturing Weapon Art, Heaven-Grade Blood Sea Profound Weapon Record, Heaven-Grade Star River Swordplay, and Earth-Grade Covering Sky Palm.

With limited evolution points, Jiang Fan pondered and chose Annihilation Dragon Fist and Star River Swordplay—one unarmed martial art and one weapon martial art.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Fan didn't hesitate and issued a command to the System.

“System, Evolve!”

“Congratulations, Host! You have used four basic evolution chances to evolve Annihilation Dragon Fist from 入門 (Beginner) to Perfection!”

“Congratulations, Host! You have used two basic evolution chances to evolve Star River Swordplay from 入門 (Beginner) to Minor Achievement!”

Boom!

Immediately, a vast amount of fist art insights and sword art insights flooded into Jiang Fan's mind.

Jiang Fan's Aura surged like a rainbow, and Origin Qi surged within his acupoints, his strength rising another level!

Feeling the Origin Qi flowing through his acupoints, Jiang Fan was overjoyed.

“Is… is this the Grandmaster Realm? So profound!”

Then, Jiang Fan looked at his attribute panel again; the long panel seemed overly redundant.

So, Jiang Fan thought, “System, simplify the panel!”

“Congratulations, Host! System panel simplification complete!”

Jiang Fan looked at the panel again:

“Host: Jiang Fan”

“Realm: Grandmaster Initial Stage”

“Blood Qi: 13453.1, Combat Power: 6 times basic combat power”

“Physique: SSS-Grade, Thunder Vajra Undying Body (Fifth Level)”

“Bloodline: True Dragon Bloodline 15%”

“Divine Ability: Fearless Golden Body, Absolute Defense, Dragon's Gaze”

“Concept:”

“Blade Concept 100%, Fist Concept 100%, Sword Concept 100%, Water Intent 80%, Slaughter Concept 0%”

“Evolution Chances: Super Evolution Chance * 3, Advanced Evolution Chance * 6, Basic Evolution Chance * 0”

“That's much cleaner!”

Jiang Fan exclaimed.

“My Realm has entered the Grandmaster Initial Stage. A young Grandmaster under eighteen is unique in the entire Dragon Country!”

Jiang Fan stood up tall and walked out of the training room.

It was afternoon, still early in the day.

Jiang Fan planned to go see Instructor Meng again to consult him about some questions regarding Mental Energy Cultivation.

Especially how to prevent his Sea of Consciousness from being invaded.

Ever since Zhang Changchun invaded his Sea of Consciousness last time, Jiang Fan had been uneasy.

He worried about another invasion of his Sea of Consciousness by a master.

If that happened, it would be a disaster for him.

It was better to resolve it as soon as possible!

While contemplating, Jiang Fan had already arrived at the door of the instructor's lounge.

Just as he was about to knock, the lounge door opened.

A middle-aged man in his fifties with graying temples, a haggard look, and a slight hunchback, along with a middle-aged woman, walked out.

They looked like a couple; the woman was full of worry, her brows tightly furrowed, and she also looked haggard.

Jiang Fan entered the room.

Inside, Meng Ze was holding a thermos cup, looking at the departing couple with a bitter smile.

Jiang Fan asked, puzzled, “Instructor Meng, who were those two just now?”

Meng Ze shook his head and said helplessly, “They are Wang Tao's parents. Wang Tao went missing, didn't he? There's still no trace of him, so we notified the student's parents to come over.”

Jiang Fan's heart stirred, and he probed, “How did Wang Tao go missing? Wasn't he participating when we challenged the Spirit Ranking the other day?”

Meng Ze sighed, “Wang Tao went missing that very day. He didn't return to the dormitory that night, and the next day, a student reported it. We searched for a long time but still couldn't find any trace of him. He probably met with some accident.”

Jiang Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Tao's corpse was still lying in his spatial wristband!

Jiang Fan naturally knew about Wang Tao being taken over by Zhang Changchun.

However, since Zhang Changchun was trapped in his Sea of Consciousness, he didn't want to cause any more trouble and had kept the matter secret from outsiders.

“By the way, did you come to see me for something?”

Meng Ze came back to his senses and looked at Jiang Fan with a smile.

“Oh, I just had some questions about Mental Energy Cultivation that I wanted to ask Old Meng,” Jiang Fan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Meng Ze raised an eyebrow, “Oh?! Tell me!”

Jiang Fan paused, then said, “I wonder if Old Meng knows how to prevent powerful Mental Energy users from invading one's Sea of Consciousness?”

Meng Ze felt a surge of emotion upon hearing this.

This kid is already thinking about such profound questions?

“This question isn't complicated; it mainly involves the construction of a mental fortress.”

“A mental fortress? What's that?” Jiang Fan asked curiously.

Meng Ze took a sip of hot water and slowly said, “Our Sea of Consciousness is like a castle.

To prevent others from entering, you need to build defensive fortifications.

A mental fortress is that defensive fortification.

However, this fortress is constructed from your own Mental Energy.

With the defense of this fortress,

If others want to invade your Sea of Consciousness, they first have to conquer this fortress.

This will give you enough time to counterattack!”

Jiang Fan nodded. Meng Ze's words enlightened him, and he quickly realized the key.

“Then how do you build a mental fortress?” Jiang Fan pressed on.

Meng Ze replied, “Do you still remember the mental maze when you challenged the mental power tower? Essentially, a mental maze is a type of mental fortress. There are specific Cultivation Techniques for it.”

“Wouldn't that be very unsafe? Once this fortress is destroyed, the Sea of Consciousness would be exposed to the enemy?”

Jiang Fan recalled how he broke the mental maze that day; as long as he found the core of the mental maze, he could easily destroy it.

If the mental fortress of the Sea of Consciousness was also like that, its defense would still not be reassuring.

He had the Tree of Creation and the Soul Breaking Bow in his Sea of Consciousness; even an astonishingly large iceberg would arouse others' covetousness.

He had to find a safer way.

“That's true, but this time would be enough for someone to react and counterattack!” Meng Ze nodded, speaking calmly.

...

An hour later, Jiang Fan returned to the villa.

After bidding farewell to Meng Ze, he went to the points exchange office and spent 10 million points to exchange for a Divine Weapon.

There were only three Divine Weapons available for exchange in the entire Training Camp.

The 10 million points expenditure still made Jiang Fan, who was now quite wealthy, feel a pang of heartache.

Jiang Fan intended to protect his Sea of Consciousness using his own method.

That was to engrave a defensive array—Suppression Mountain—in his Sea of Consciousness.

Since he could engrave a trapping array in his Sea of Consciousness, he could also engrave a defensive array.

Thinking this, Jiang Fan took out a bronze-colored bell. This was the Divine Weapon—Soul Seizing.

As soon as the bell appeared, it immediately emitted a captivating Aura.

Jiang Fan didn't hesitate, extended his left index finger, forced out a drop of blood, and let it fall onto Soul Seizing.

Immediately, Jiang Fan and Soul Seizing formed a spiritual connection.

With a thought, Soul Seizing automatically flew into his Sea of Consciousness.

Jiang Fan immersed his mind into his Sea of Consciousness.

Soul Seizing hovered above the vast river, and the Good Fortune Little Tree seemed very happy about Soul Seizing's arrival.

It gently swayed its branches, as if expressing its welcome.

“This little fellow seems to have taken my Sea of Consciousness as its territory,” Jiang Fan couldn't help but be amused.

The next moment, after Jiang Fan finished engraving the Suppression Mountain array pattern, using Soul Seizing as the array eye,

Immediately, a mysterious Mental Energy enveloped the vast Sea of Consciousness.

Jiang Fan let out a long breath.

The Suppression Mountain Great Array had been activated, and his Sea of Consciousness now had a solid fortress.