104 The First Step of Cultivation (2)
At this time, the Chen family was in a terrible state because of Jiang Ming. Seeing that the villain who killed the family head was still in the manor, no one dared show their face to stop these people.
“There’s really food here!”
“Oh my God, even the government’s granary doesn’t have so much food!”
“What are those words on the grain bag? The rice seems to be from the Jiangnan Prefecture. Could it be the relief food from the government?”
Soon, exclamations were heard as the shocking news spread throughout Baizhou City.
Jiang Ming was unbothered. After leaving the Chen manor, he went to the city gate.
In the distance, there seemed to be a figure leaping on the roof. It was more than a hundred feet away and was flying in Jiang Ming’s direction.
“As expected of the rich Jiangnan Prefecture. There’s more than one Dao Master in here.”
Jiang Ming raised his brows, circulated his blood Qi, and chuckled thunderously, “The Jiangnan Prefecture is indeed hospitable. I appreciate it. However, it’s a long journey, so there’s no need to send me off!”
He activated his blood Qi and it flowed violently in his veins. He stomped his feet and his body was like a flash of lightning. In the blink of an eye, he had shot a thousand feet away.
There was a sonic boom in the air, and Jiang Ming’s figure disappeared from Baizhou City.
A moment later, a man with an imposing aura leaped over thirty meters and stopped on the city wall. He stared into the distance, but even Jiang Ming’s shadow could not be seen.
“Could he be a Grandmaster?” He thought of the speed that the man had displayed just now, and his body suddenly turned cold. Even an ordinary Grandmaster would not be able to display such a terrifying speed.
“The Chen family has really gotten themselves into trouble.” He shook his head and decided not to meddle in other people’s business. He left quietly.
* * *
“The breaking of my meridians really hurts!”
On a mountain road, Jiang Ming’s head was spinning, and his clothes were in tatters. He spat out a piece of wood from his mouth. Just now, when he used the Meridian Breaker with all his strength for the first time, more than half of the meridians in his body had been shattered.
“However, this speed is terrifying. I didn’t stop just now and directly smashed into dozens of big trees. If I were to crash into a Grandmaster at such a terrifying speed, wouldn’t I be able to break his bones?”
He had a deeper understanding of this move. Not only could it be used to escape, but it was also a unique attack!
“Next, I’ll relax for a while. After that, I’ll find a place and slowly study what I found from this trip!”
For more than ten years, he had only seen the local customs and practices of Great Cloud City in novels. It was time to experience it for real.
“I’ve heard that Dongyuan City is adjacent to the sea. During the immortal encounter, there were a few families that had benefited from it and came here from Dongyuan City.”
Jiang Ming took out a small book, turned a few pages, and crossed out the name of the Chen family of the Jiangnan Prefecture with a thin charcoal pen. Then he found the name list of Dongyuan City, looked at it carefully for a moment, and put it away in his pocket.
“Then let’s head there!”
* * *
Jiang Ming bought a strong horse, roughly identified the direction, and rode east.
Along the way, he took in the sights. Sometimes, when he encountered something he was interested in, he would stop for a few days or even a month.
Jiang Ming had become a visiting doctor at the highest-rated medical hall in the Jiangnan Prefecture. He was sitting down and discussing medicine with a highly respected doctor. In terms of medical experience and knowledge, he was completely crushed.
However, Jiang Ming’s knowledge and understanding of herbs, as well as his wonderful ideas in medical martial arts, shocked all the senior doctors.
They would exchange ideas and learn from each other for months. Alas, Jiang Ming always had to leave soon.
* * *
In a desolate village, Jiang Ming met a strong villager with calluses on his hands. After being fed a bowl of soup, he fell asleep.
More than a dozen soldiers in tattered armor gathered in the house from outside, discussing whatever came to mind. The more they talked, the more outrageous they became. They admitted to several terrible crimes.
Jiang Ming could not listen to it anymore. He whistled to his horse over, took out the Ghost Head Blade, and killed them all.
The village was completely silent.
After finding the piles of bones of their victims behind the house, Jiang Ming dug a big pit and buried them all. He also set up a wooden grave marker. He did not know what to write, so he simply did not write anything. After sprinkling wine to send off their souls, he rode away on his horse.
He practiced martial arts, went on countless adventures, and made several life-long friends.
***
“We’ve finally arrived at Dongyuan City!”
Jiang Ming breathed in the moist air and looked down from the mountain. A big city was lying on the ground in front of him.
Further away, there was an endless ocean, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
After more than two years of exploring, Jiang Ming finally arrived here.
“We’ve arrived at our destination. It’s time to celebrate and rest for another month.”
Jiang Ming patted the horse under him and headed toward the big city in front of him.
Another year passed.
Outside of Dongyuan City, in a small town by the sea, Jiang Ming set up a stall and held a big pot of mouth-watering seafood chowder.
At sunset, he closed his stall and counted the money he had earned today before returning to his small house.
Sitting on the bed, Jiang Ming took out a thin book from his arms and opened it. It recorded the many things he had observed in Dongyuan City in the past year.
“The few families in Dongyuan City don’t seem to have made any moves in the past few years,” Jiang Ming murmured. Among the families that came back from the Cloudy Dream Mountain Forest, he had never heard of any family like the Chen family, where someone suddenly became a peak Dao Master, but no martial arts genius had emerged.
Jiang Ming shook his head and decided to put the matter aside for the time being. He was ready to study the two books he got from the Chen family.
“I’ll practice the Blood Spirit Technique first.”
In the past few years, Jiang Ming had roughly read through this cultivation method a few times, but he had not been in a hurry to practice it. Anyway, his life was long; there was no need to be in a hurry.
He flipped open the cultivation technique from the Cloudy Dream Mountain Forest.
“The Blood Spirit Technique uses the blood Qi of the human body as a fire starter—burning and refining spiritual energy. There are two disadvantages to this method. Firstly, the spiritual energy gained can only be used for self-cultivation. Secondly, it consumes a lot of blood Qi, so only Grandmasters can practice it lightly.”
Jiang Ming estimated that even a Grandmaster would have a short life if they practiced this. Unless they were like Philanthropist Chen, who had no other choice, of course.
“It can be considered a forbidden technique. However, is it really a forbidden technique for immortals?” Jiang Ming’s eyes flickered. If he practiced this technique, could he condense spiritual energy and become an immortal cultivator?
“It’s a pity that I don’t have any immortal cultivation methods.”