Chapter 23: Phantom Island Cultivation
The wooden boat was not rowed by anyone, as if it was pulled and pushed by some mysterious force, and it automatically headed for the Phantom Island.
On the boat, the great sword master Ziyu told Wu Geng about the cultivation knowledge of qi refining, and Jiang Shang would also interject from time to time, telling Wu Geng about the foundation of qi refining from Li Jing, so as to curry favor with the pair of uncles and nephews.
Even, Jiang Shang even proposed to tell Wu Geng about the qi refining hand that Wu Geng later realized, which made Wu Geng immediately overjoyed, and asked Zi Yu: "Uncle Zi Yu, can my arm be condensed with qi refining?"
After Zi Yu glanced at Jiang Shang with some surprise, he nodded to Wu Geng and said, "As long as the Qi Alchemy Technique is cultivated to a certain level, it can be condensed into a physical object, even if it is an arm!"
Jiang Shang did not reveal the remaining secrets about the Phantom Island, such as hunting the qi refining creatures on the Phantom Island, which could speed up the cultivation of his own qi refining techniques, etc. Otherwise, causing Zi Yu's weirdness would outweigh the losses for Jiang Shang.
When the wooden boat reached the shore of Phantom Island, Jiang Shang clearly felt that the Phantom Island was full of energy for refining qi, which was at least dozens or even dozens of times richer than that of the outside world.
"Uncle Ziyu, is this the Phantom Island? It's really amazing!" Wu Geng asked Ziyu excitedly after jumping off the wooden boat.
"Yes, it's a magical place indeed. Wu Geng, I will use some time to teach you some of the basics of Qi refining, and then you can only rely on yourself to slowly understand!" Zi Yu said to Wu Geng.
In the next few days, Zi Yu personally taught Wu Geng the art of refining qi, and did not shy away from Jiang Shang.
However, after Jiang Shang listened to Ziyu's teaching to Wu Geng for a few days, he didn't mean to listen anymore.
Although Zi Yu's realm is much stronger than Li Jing, Zi Yu is not a qualified teacher. The basic qi refining technique he taught Wu Geng was too far worse than what Li Jing taught Jiang Shang.
So, Jiang Shang took the initiative to say goodbye to Ziyu and Wu Geng: "Ziyu Great Sword Master, Brother Wu Geng, I want to enter the Phantom Island to experience it alone!"
"Feel free!"
Ziyu still replied coldly.
But Wu Geng told him that Jiang Shang could use Qi refining to condense the affection of his arm, and said with concern: "Pay attention to safety, if you encounter danger, shout for help, after Uncle Ziyu and I hear it, we will definitely go over to save you!"
"Thank you!"
After Jiang Shang thanked Wu Geng again, he walked towards the depths of the Phantom Island alone.
It wasn't until Wu Geng couldn't see Jiang Shang's figure anymore that he asked Ziyu: "Uncle Ziyu, I can clearly feel that you don't like this friend of mine very much!"
"Is there one?"
Ziyu was slightly stunned and asked.
"Yes!"
Wu Geng replied affirmatively.
"Oh, maybe that's because I can't see through you as a friend, he always gives me the feeling that I don't have a purpose. ”
Zi Yu said faintly, and at the same time, his eyes also looked in the direction where Jiang Shang left.
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After Jiang Shang left Ziyu and Wu Geng, he didn't dare to go too deep into the Phantom Island, after all, in this Phantom Island, there is a "guardian" who drives away all outsiders.
Although, Jiang Shang and the others had just entered the Phantom Island for a few days, and those so-called guardians could not perceive his existence at this time.
However, there are still a lot of large qi refining creatures on the island, and they also have not weak strength, and if they don't cultivate well, they may become sent to death.
Therefore, Jiang Shang only planned to keep a low profile in the early stage, killing some small animals or plants that did not have much attack power.
Yes, on this illusory island, even those plants that don't have the slightest attack power. They were also all made up of Qi refining, and as long as they were cut or destroyed, they would still be decomposed into pure Qi refining energy, which would then be absorbed by Jiang Shang.
Of course, after these plants are cut down, the amount of qi refining energy they decompose is definitely not as much as the amount of qi refining energy obtained by hunting guardians.
However, based on Jiang Shang's inference, those guardians must at least start at the gold warrior level, or even reach the platinum level, which Jiang Shang didn't even find unusual.
Therefore, in the early stage of entering Phantom Island, Jiang Shang should be an honest lumberjack, and after accumulating a certain amount of strength, he will fight the idea of those guardians.
As a result, there was such a scene on the phantom island, Jiang Shang held a sword, refining qi to bless the sword body, facing the big trees, slashing frantically, tirelessly.
In this phantom island, there is no need for any food and water at all, as long as the energy of refining qi is continuously absorbed, people will not feel hungry and thirsty, and at the same time, they don't have to worry about the three physiological urgency.
Time flies, half a year passes.
After Jiang Shang cut down a giant tree with a diameter of three meters in front of him and absorbed the refining qi that the giant tree had decomposed, he did not continue to chop down a giant tree with his sword as usual.
At this time, Jiang Shang's aura on his body was many times stronger than before he came to Phantom Island, and his original level of a silver three-star warrior had also been recognized by the system as the current gold one-star warrior level.
In terms of qi refining, due to Jiang Shang's continuous use in the past six months, the qi refining in his body has been used by him as he wants.
Whether it is blessed on various parts of the body, increasing strength, speed, or defense, or whether it is blessed on the sword, increasing the sharpness of the sword, or forming sword qi for long-range attacks, it has already made Jiang Shang's heart handy.
There is only one thing that makes Jiang Shang depressed is that he originally followed his knight captain to learn the basic swordsmanship, stabbing, splitting, teasing, hanging, pointing, wiping, sweeping, seven major moves. Now as long as you swing the sword, you can't help but sweep with the last move, and I don't know if it is the occupational disease left by Jiang Shang as a "lumberjack" in the past six months!
"It's time for me to keep going a little further in, the Qi refining energy here is already a bit out of step for me. ”
"Moreover, a month ago, that guy Wu Geng was already able to condense the phantom of his arm, and his strength had also taken that step, reaching the level of platinum without stars, I don't know what happened now?" Jiang Shang muttered to himself.
Yes, because Jiang Shang revealed the information of condensing the hand of qi refining to Wu Geng in advance, Wu Geng took a lot of detours.
One time ago, when Wu Geng condensed the phantom of the golden arm, he deliberately found Jiang Shang, who was incarnated as a lumberjack, to thank him, and then went deep into the Phantom Island.
In the next six months, Jiang Shang set his hunting target on the large beasts on the Phantom Island. These fierce beasts composed of qi refining energy have different strengths, and under the systematic appraisal, the weak ones have silver levels, and the strong ones can obtain the title of golden five-star warriors.