Volume 1 The Sacred Desolation Chapter 2 Bottleneck
About half a month later, Jiang Ruoran, who had been sitting in the table for a long time, moved slightly. Not far away, a white-haired old man was looking at the courtyard with some expectation.
"With this breakthrough, Ruoran's spiritual veins should have opened up to a hundred. With such a talent, how can my Jiang clan not be happy! ”
The old man smiled and muttered slightly.
I have to say, open up a hundred spiritual veins, what a terrifying number! You must know that at the beginning, he only opened thirty-six articles, and now he is the Taishang elder of the Jiang clan......
In his memory, looking at the history of the small deserted village, it seems that only that Aragami has reached this point......
Aragami ...... How stunning!
As the original aura on Jiang Ruoran's body became stronger and stronger, the old man finally retracted his thoughts, and then came to Jiang Ruoran in an instant.
Jiang Ruoran's eyes slowly opened, the surging aura around him gradually converged, and he gently exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, but his brows were slightly furrowed.
"Why did the breakthrough stop?"
The old man also saw some clues, revealing a hint of incomprehension.
"Master."
Jiang Ruoran looked at the old man in front of him, recognized him, and immediately bowed slightly.
"Just now I did want to open the hundredth spirit vein, but when I wanted to break that barrier, an invisible force directly suppressed my actions, making it impossible for me to go further."
Jiang Ruoran recalled the moment just now, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
"This ......"
The old man didn't understand either, after all, he hadn't cultivated to this point in the first place.
According to common sense, the spiritual vein is a vessel shaped by a cultivator in the body out of thin air to contain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. As the number of spiritual veins increases, the difficulty of continuing to open up and the resources expended will undoubtedly increase exponentially. With Jiang Ruoran's talent, it took three years to reach the number of ninety-nine veins today, and at the same time, it also cost the Jiang clan a full half of their savings.
According to his guess, this should be something that can be smashed with time and money.
"At this point, being a teacher can't help you much. This is said to be a fragment of the small Asora Sutra left by the Aragami, and there is a blood coagulation method in it, which you can use to cultivate. ”
The old man shook his backhand, and a dilapidated ancient book appeared in his hand, and a jade token appeared at the same time.
"At the beginning, the Li family owed me a favor to the Jiang family, and with this token, I could go to the Li family to exchange for a quasi-holy relic. Dabi is about to go, and you take the time to pick up a weapon that you can use. ”
"Okay." Jiang Ruoran stretched out his hand to take it, but he didn't refuse.
"Master, I'll go outside and see if I can find a way to break through."
Jiang Ruoran stood up, put the ancient book and the token into the ring, then shook the dust off his body, saluted the old man again, and walked out of the courtyard.
"This kid."
The old man looked at Jiang Ruoran's departing back and shook his head helplessly.
Why does it feel a little rusty?
But the old man didn't think much about it, so he left it to him.
……
Small deserted village, ancient street.
Out of this street is to the Taiyou Mountain Range, it is this mountain range that surrounds the small deserted village, it can be said that the reason why the small deserted village can live in seclusion outside the world, this mountain range accounts for a large part of the credit.
Jiang Ruoran washed up a little, changed his clothes and came here.
"Boss, let's have a bowl of egg noodles."
In the noodle restaurant, Jiang Ruoran casually found a table and sat down. Soon, a bowl of hot egg noodles was placed in front of Jiang Ruoran.
"This side, not bad."
Jiang Ruoran picked up the chopsticks and ate two bites of noodles, then nodded with satisfaction.
"Blood yarn, do you eat it? This side is not bad. ”
The noodles were almost in his mouth, but Jiang Ruoran paused, and then asked.
"Eat."
As the voice came, the blood veil appeared on the chair next to Jiang Ruoran.
Seeing this, Jiang Ruoran smiled, put the meal in the air into his mouth, and said while chewing: "Boss, have another bowl." ”
"Okay, wait a minute!"
The boss turned his head to Jiang Ruoran and answered, and then said to the woman next to him: "Little girl, this bowl of noodles is only two copper coins, you spirit crystal...... I can't find it. ”
Jiang Ruoran looked for prestige, only to see that the person talking to the owner of the noodle shop was a girl in a black robe. I saw that the girl was wearing a veil, and she couldn't see her face clearly, and she felt a mysterious feeling all over her body.
"This woman is not simple."
The blood yarn looked at Jiang Ruoran's gaze, and said softly after half a sound.
"No problem." Jiang Ruoran took a sip of the soup, and then flicked his fingers, and the six copper coins landed firmly on the table in front of the boss.
"Boss, I invited her bowl of noodles. We're in a hurry, so we're in trouble. ”
"Okay, right now."
The boss hurriedly put away the copper coins, returned to the soup pot with a smile, and cooked the noodles.
Seeing this, the black-robed girl turned to look at Jiang Ruoran, and immediately a trace of shock flashed in her eyes, but she soon returned to normal.
"Thank you."
The black-robed girl thanked her, and Jiang Ruoran nodded back, but he didn't speak, just quietly ate noodles.
"Perhaps, you can try not to break or stand."
The black-robed girl walked to the door of the noodle shop, paused, and suddenly a spiritual power transmission sounded in Jiang Ruoran's ears.
Don't break it, don't stand it!
Jiang Ruoran was stunned, his eyes slowly closed, obviously having an epiphany.
"Let's go."
As the last drop of soup was drunk by the blood yarn, Jiang Ruoran also opened his eyes, and he still didn't realize anything about this word......
Forget it, don't think about it yet.
Jiang Ruoran shook his head, and the well-fed blood yarn turned into a blood light and returned to his body, and then he stood up, bought some steamed buns, and walked towards the outside of the ancient street.
This time he came out with a lot of mortal soldiers, and he wanted to give it a try, try all kinds of weapons, and what he was suitable for.
……
I don't know how long I walked, Jiang Ruoran entered the depths of a dense forest, he looked up at the sky, it was getting late.
"It's scaryly quiet here."
Jiang Ruoran secretly said in his heart, and his heart also began to be vigilant. Although I encountered some demon beasts along the way, those demon beasts were undoubtedly too weak. If this was all there was to it, the Taidemon Mountain Range would not be called a barrier to the small deserted village.
Suddenly, Jiang Ruoran's hairs stood on end, and a murderous aura enveloped him. At this moment, a mutation protruded, and a black shadow suddenly struck from the tree beside him.
"it!"
Jiang Ruoran was shocked in his heart, and instinctively punched out.
Burst!
With a muffled thud, the punch slammed steadily into the black shadow's chest. The black shadow took a few steps back slightly, but at the same time, a claw also slashed at Jiang Ruoran's arm.
"Shhh
Jiang Ruoran gasped, and his face changed and rolled back. On the grass, it was instantly stained red with his blood!
Jiang Ruoran looked up, not far from him, a black panther was locking on him, and a pair of beast eyes flashed with cold light in the somewhat dim night.
"It seems that the world of cultivating immortals is not as free and refreshing as described in the novel."
Jiang Ruoran sighed a little, thinking that when he was reading the novel, he only knew how carefree the protagonist was, but he often ignored the hardships in the process of becoming stronger.
Jiang Ruoran took out a giant axe, held the handle of the axe tightly with both hands, and did not dare to relax for a moment. Because he knows that if one is not careful, he will really die!
Roar!
At this moment, the black panther rushed directly towards Jiang Ruoran, Jiang Ruoran's face changed, and the giant axe blocked horizontally!
Clang! Rumble!
The beast's claws slashed across the axe, and a few sparks sparked between the collision.
"This demon beast at least has the cultivation of the peak of blood condensation, and the demon beast's physical body is already stronger than that of humans, I'm afraid that even the half-step Qi Mansion can't help it."
Jiang Ruoran shook his slightly numb arm, and his feet had sunk half a foot into the dirt under the weight.
"Slash me!"
Jiang Ruoran adjusted his state a little and took the initiative to meet the attack, rubbed his body up, picked up the giant axe with both hands and slashed towards the neck of the black panther.
He knew in his heart that he was far inferior to this black panther in terms of combat experience and cultivation strength, and if he didn't hold the initiative in his hands, he was afraid that he would be consumed alive.
This axe is so powerful that if it successfully cuts into the panther's neck, it will surely die. But its reaction was also extremely fast, its body twisted violently, and the axe fell on its right shoulder out of place.
Click!
With a crisp sound, the panther flew out against the ground, and with a somewhat tragic roar, the panther kicked its hind limbs violently and flew again.
Jiang Ruoran was shocked, but he didn't expect that this blow did not succeed but angered the other party. However, in the face of the menacing panther, he did not freeze in place, and immediately slammed his right hand on the ground, and the whole person quickly leaned back.
Bang!
The panther missed, sending up a cloud of dust on the ground.
At the same time, Jiang Ruoran toeed a little and flew out, the giant axe remained in place, and the two short swords flew out of his sleeves and pointed directly at its eyes.
Immediately, Jiang Ruoran held his right hand backhand, and a long sword was held in his hand. Taking advantage of the dust blurring the panther's vision, a sword pierced its throat fiercely!
"Whew......"
The panther screamed, but it couldn't make any more sound, and its eyes were blinded by the daggers.
Jiang Ruoran hit it with a blow, rolled to the left, and directly distanced himself from it.
Not far away, the black panther attacked the surroundings like crazy, and even some of the surrounding trees were knocked down.
After a short time of continuing to go crazy like this, the black panther's blood gradually soaked the earth, and its strength finally fell to the ground with some exhaustion.
"It should ...... Dying, right? ”
Seeing that there was no movement, Jiang Ruoran tiptoed with a dagger and wanted to dissect the body of the black panther.
At this moment, the mutation arose again! A python suddenly sprang out of the bushes and slammed into it.
Before Jiang Ruoran could react, he felt a pain in his chest, and the whole person flew out and slammed into the ground.
"! Sneak attack! ”
Before Jiang Ruoran could make a move, the giant python had already come to him, and the slender snake body was firmly entwined around it, and a big mouth of blood was about to fall!
Are you going to die?
I've only been here for half a month!
A trace of despair rose in Jiang Ruoran's heart, under the entanglement of the giant python, he couldn't move at all, how could he talk about counterattacking?
"You won't live long like this."
The blood yarn sighed faintly, and suddenly Jiang Ruoran's body trembled, and then on the surface of his body, there were blood lights, and he forcibly broke the shackles of the giant python.
"What else do you want not to break, this palace tells you, if you die in its womb, no matter how good your talent is, it will be in vain, quickly cultivate the Xiaohuang Sutra to break through blood coagulation, otherwise this palace will not care about you."
The figure of the blood yarn shot out from Jiang Ruoran's body, and took advantage of the momentum to blast the giant python a few feet away.
Boom!
The python roared with its head up, its eyes slight, but it didn't move, it just spat out the letter.
Its instinct told it that it couldn't beat this woman!
"You wait! The imp wants to break through. Don't go, I'll fight you when the imp breaks through. ”
The blood veil pointed at a point, and the blood light turned into a round shield to protect Jiang Ruoran firmly in it, and then turned around and raised his fist at the giant python, his face full of provocation.
???
The giant python can be regarded as stepping into the qi realm equivalent to a human with half a foot, and compared to the previous black panther, it has already produced some spiritual intelligence.
What's the truth about this woman, she can't run if she can't beat her, and she's dead both horizontally and vertically, right?
Although it was angry, it didn't dare to really move, after all, it would really die!
Seeing the giant python crawling down to rest, the blood yarn turned its head and glared at Jiang Ruoran, and then took out a steamed bun out of nowhere and gnawed it.
"You...... Forget it......"
Jiang Ruoran was still a little curious about the strength of the blood yarn, but after thinking about it, he immediately took out the dilapidated ancient book and studied it carefully.