239: With me here, you all have powerful backgrounds

In the courtyard, Qin Hong and Qin Jiang sat opposite each other. Little White took out a jade knife and sliced the ginseng into sashimi.

"Uncle Wang, ever since he broke through to Secret Martial Artist, he hasn't been willing to be idle. He bought a fishing boat and found a job fishing.

Every day, he's either out fishing or fishing by the Xuanwu River in the city. Oh, right, when Uncle Wang comes back later, you absolutely must not ask—"

"Hahahaha! Little Jiang! You're finally here!"

Before Qin Hong could finish, hearty laughter came from the courtyard gate, and Wang Minglang walked in quickly.

At this moment, Wang Minglang was wearing a straw cloak, his Face looked much younger, the veins on his arms bulged, and his black hair shone with a healthy luster.

Qin Jiang stood up to greet him. Wang Minglang quickly walked over, placed his hands on Qin Jiang's shoulders, his expression a little excited, but somewhat restrained out of consideration for his elder's Face.

"Good! Good, good, good! I heard from Little Xu that you're already an Immortal Lord, truly amazing, truly wonderful!"

Qin Jiang smiled slightly, his gaze falling on the fishing creel and fishing rod on Wang Minglang's back. "Hehe, Uncle Wang, how was your harvest? You must have caught quite a lot, right? Why don't we eat fish tonight?"

Wang Minglang's expression stiffened. Behind Qin Jiang, Qin Hong raised her arm hesitantly, looking as if she wanted to speak but held back. Since Qin Jiang had already said it, she could only slowly withdraw her hand.

"Ah~ right! My fishing technique, it's famous! Eat fish! We must eat fish tonight! I'll cook myself! Hahahaha!"

Wang Minglang laughed, then suddenly looked towards the kitchen. "Ah! I'll put the fish down to keep it alive first! You know, wild fish, they eat a lot of mud! The earthy smell is too strong! Gotta keep 'em alive!"

With that, he directly let go of Qin Jiang and scurried away as if fleeing.

Qin Jiang looked at Wang Minglang's retreating figure with some surprise, then turned to look at Qin Hong.

Qin Hong couldn't help but smile wryly, "You, Uncle Wang hasn't caught a single fish since he started fishing."

"He comes back empty-handed every time?" Qin Jiang asked with a surprised laugh.

He usually suppressed his own power, so normally he was no different from a Mortal.

His perception, unless he instinctively felt threatened, would also be in a suppressed state.

Qin Hong glanced at him. "It's not exactly empty-handed. Uncle Wang always manages to catch some... strange things."

As she spoke, she glanced at the corner of the courtyard, where various uniquely shaped items were neatly arranged. Some jars and similar items even had soil in them and were used as flower pots.

Walking closer, a pair of pruning shears lay on a wooden stool nearby.

He casually picked up the shears and trimmed a branch. His hand inadvertently touched a bronze jar, and a cool current surged into his body.

[Potential Points being absorbed... 469]

[Potential Points: 19356.6]

He withdrew his hand with some surprise. Nearly one thousand five hundred Potential Points, what kind of treasure was this?

The artifacts in Zhongyuan Continent that contain Potential Points are different from those in Shenzhou Continent. Perhaps because the martial power value on the Shenzhou side is lower, various Origin Artifacts and Divine Artifacts are relatively rare.

Therefore, even an Origin Artifact can sometimes become a clan's most cherished treasure, thus containing a relatively large number of Potential Points.

But Zhongyuan Continent is different. Due to the existence of Artifact Dao and Array Dao, Origin Artifacts are practically commonplace here, and even True Divine Artifacts and some Immortal Artifacts have become standard weapons.

Moreover, due to the worship of Immortal Lords and Saint Masters, the object of most people's inner devotion is often the cultivator themselves, rather than a specific artifact.

Therefore, the vast majority of Origin Artifacts, Divine Artifacts, and even Immortal Artifacts do not contain Potential Points.

Thus, an artifact containing nearly one thousand five hundred points is an extremely rare existence.

It's a pity that Potential Points cannot regenerate, otherwise, he would have cleaned this jar and put it away.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the other items. Although he thought it unlikely, trying wouldn't cost much time.

A moment later, he looked at this pile of things with some suspicion.

[Potential Points: 23579.8]

Roughly five thousand Potential Points? This is almost comparable to an Imperial City in Shenzhou!

"Little Jiang, what are you looking at?" Qin Hong asked, walking over.

Qin Jiang snapped back to reality. "Oh, nothing, I just feel that Uncle Wang... is really amazing!"

Qin Hong looked at the bottles and jars behind Qin Jiang with some confusion. Amazing?

Thump, thump, thump.

Footsteps sounded as Xu Yanran returned from outside, holding a strange fish nearly a meter long, strung with a grass rope. It resembled a carp but had a sharp horn on its head.

Entering the courtyard, she looked around and then at Qin Jiang. "Qin-ge, where's Uncle Wang? This is the Horned Fish he bought—oh no, caught."

Qin Jiang smiled at her words, pointing to the kitchen. "He's in the kitchen cleaning the Horned Fish you're holding."

Xu Yanran also chuckled at this, quickly walked into the kitchen, and soon Wang Minglang's laughter could be heard.

"Haha! Little Xu! How do you like this Horned Fish I caught? I'm telling you, this Horned Fish's flesh is incredibly tender! It's all about the original flavor."

In the evening, the group sat in the pavilion, contentedly putting down their chopsticks.

Qin Jiang looked at everyone and smiled, "Sister, Uncle Wang, do you know about the Eastern Journey of the Emperor Ancestor Dynasty?"

Qin Hong was startled, then smiled. "Of course, this matter can be considered common knowledge."

Wang Minglang also nodded. "I heard that among the group on this Eastern Journey, there's someone named Sun Xingzhe, an Immortal Monkey, born of heaven and earth, quite formidable!"

Qin Jiang nodded slightly. "I have a few slots. You two should come along too? Plus Little White, that makes exactly three slots."

This was something the Emperor Ancestor Sovereign had actively proposed, the purpose of which was naturally obvious, but he didn't care. It was a free benefit, so why not take it?

Qin Hong was surprised to hear this. "Eastern Journey, us going along?"

That was the Eastern Journey! It was said to bestow Karma power or some other miscellaneous things, but the benefits were immense!

However, this was an undertaking jointly by the Emperor Ancestor Dynasty and Exquisite Dao Land. Which of the four people on that Eastern Journey didn't have a heaven-defying background?

"Heaven-defying background? Sister, with me here, your backgrounds are just as heaven-defying," Qin Jiang said with a smile.

Qin Hong swallowed, then realized that her younger brother was already one of the eight Immortal Lords of this era.

"Then let Yanran go. I don't need to. My cultivation speed in Immortal City isn't slow either. I'm already a tenth-stage Secret Martial Artist now."

"No need, Sister. Yanran is pregnant now. I'll make arrangements later," Qin Jiang said.

Qin Hong nodded slightly. "Alright."

She looked at Little White, who was engrossed in gnawing on ginseng. "Little White, prepare more of your favorite foods. It might be hard to buy them later."

The Eighty-One Trials of the Eastern Journey were almost universally known, so there would likely be no opportunities to enter human cities along the way.

Little White looked up. "Can't I not go? Things are already great as they are."

Qin Hong remained silent, which made Little White's scalp tingle. He sheepishly lowered his head. "I'll go, then."

Only then did Qin Hong nod in satisfaction.

"Cough, cough, Little Jiang, I won't go. I'm an old man, and I don't want to move anymore."

Wang Minglang spoke. He had long since come to terms with it; cultivation or not, it didn't matter anymore.

Now he just wanted to fish, go out to sea, and when he had nothing to do, get some old wood and make a few large pipes to play with.

Qin Jiang thought for a moment, then smiled. "Alright, then in a few days, I will cleanse Uncle Wang's Physical Body. The effect might not be worse than that Karma power."

It's not just Uncle Wang, but also Senior Brother, Brother Jiang, and the others.

These past few days, although subtle, he could sense that his 'materialization' was gradually showing its drawbacks; his emotional fluctuations were becoming less intense.

This was unavoidable and would continue until he forged the Immortal King Body and returned to a flesh and blood body.

Or until he was completely eroded by the Law of Time, materializing into an emotionless life form.

However, there were still ways to alleviate it. The Immortal King Secret Art of the Emperor Ancestor Dynasty and the Exquisite Pagoda of Exquisite Immortal Lord both had an effect.

Besides that, there was a common method: setting mental anchors.

Just like what he was doing now, Yanran, Sister, and Uncle Wang, Little White, Senior Brother, they were all his mental anchors.

Of course, these were just temporary methods he used to alleviate 'materialization'.

Once he collected enough Potential Points, forging the Immortal King Body would not be difficult.

Aside from the potential hidden dangers of the Potential Panel itself.