We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real? - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Dragon, Tiger, Arhat Power and Jiang Li Ren Huang Power

“Senior Zhang, how about we just call it a day?” Yuan Wuxing asked tentatively, his neck hunched.

“Are you scared?”

“Who would be afraid of those Jiang family beasts? Whenever I think of those corpses, I feel a surge of rage.” Yuan Wuxing stiffened his neck, a vein bulging on his forehead, but then his composure withered.

“But if we truly undermine faith in the Human Emperor, and thus hinder the fight against the Heavenly Demon, then we will truly be eternal sinners.”

The death of hundreds of infants was certainly a major matter, but the Human Emperor defending the Nine Provinces was even more significant. If Yuan Wuxing had to choose, he would most likely choose the latter.

Jiang Li chuckled, “You’re overthinking it. My headmaster once told me that the current Human Emperor possesses exceptional talent, far surpassing all previous generations. For the Jiang Human Emperor, the power bonus from the Power of Faith is great if he has it, but it won’t affect him at all if he doesn’t.”

Yuan Wuxing then relaxed.

What Jiang Li didn’t mention was that he grew stronger with each thunder tribulation. After his fourth tribulation, the power of faith was no longer useful to him. One hundred and sixty years ago, he forged a bronze cauldron and placed it in the Human Emperor Palace. All the faith in him throughout the Nine Provinces would no longer be bestowed upon him, but would instead be transferred to the Middle Bronze Cauldron, to be used by the next Human Emperor.

…

“System.”

In the stillness of the night, Jiang Li summoned the system interface.

[Congratulations to the host for defeating Jiang Yixing through arduous training and a difficult battle. Will the rewards be calculated?]

Jiang Li’s mouth twitched, and he longed to ask when the “arduous training and difficult battle” the system mentioned had occurred.

Suppressing the urge to complain, Jiang Li said, “The rewards will be calculated.”

A stream of pure power descended from the void, pouring into Jiang Li’s body.

“This power…”

Jiang Li’s expression was filled with surprise. “…It’s even less than what I generate in a single breath. Oh, this is for the Qi Training Stage. That’s all right.”

Jiang Li estimated that if he had been able to tap into this power, he would have reached the “perfect” realm during his Foundation Establishment period. This was a privilege reserved for the core disciples of the major sects, possessing a far stronger foundation than the average Foundation Establishment cultivator, and a combat power several levels higher.

“Excellent stuff,” Jiang Li praised, then expelled the power from his body.

You’re kidding! Who would refine a power of unknown origin?

Then, from the void fell a scroll bound in bamboo with a thin red string. It was titled “Dragon-Tiger Arhat Power,” a physical training technique.

According to this manual, as practice deepens, it gradually transforms the practitioner’s blood, allowing them to unleash unparalleled strength when overcome with emotion. Cultivation levels are categorized by animal strength, such as the strength of an ox, a tiger, an elephant, a dragon, and so on. Minor success is achieved by possessing the strength of a tiger, intermediate success by the strength of a dragon, and ultimate success by integrating the strengths of both dragon and tiger. Upon reaching ultimate mastery, one can, in extreme rage, wrestle with a true dragon, demonstrating sheer brutality.

After spending two minutes reading the introduction and three minutes deducing, Jiang Li concluded: “Five minutes wasted.”

This physical training technique is so powerful that even a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator would revel in it.

However, it was useless to Jiang Li.

Currently, a technique called “Jiang Li Human Emperor Power” is popular among the dragon tribes of the four seas. It’s said to have been compiled by the Four Seas Dragon Kings themselves. At the highest level, one can wrestle with the hand of the Human Emperor, Jiang Li.

Judging by the results, Jiang Li has yet to see a dragon be able to defeat a single hand.

As for other things like elixirs with a Danyun Dan fragrance or mid-grade spiritual swords, Jiang Li had absolutely no interest in them.

He’d carved out a space in his storage ring specifically for the system, piling these elixirs, swords, and body-refining techniques into a pile, labeling them with a label that read: “

Counterattack, Lonely System-Given Useless Stuff

.” The newbie gift packs before number 2 were naturally number 1.

[New Quest: After you join the Huayun Sect, Yunbo, the grandson of the Huayun Sect’s Grand Elder, believes your Five Elements spiritual roots lower the sect’s average spiritual root level and constantly challenges you. Defeat him with overwhelming force.]

[This quest can be abandoned.]

[Quest Reward: An opportunity for enlightenment, a fragment of a mysterious map, or a high-grade spiritual weapon of any style (upgradeable).]

This time, Jiang Li was able to quickly recall Yunbo.

The Huayun Sect is a small sect near Qingcheng. It boasts a late-stage Jindan (Golden Core) master and five Jindan elders. At the time, Jiang Li, a man of limited spiritual power, displayed only the weakest Five Elements spiritual roots. No sect wanted to accept him. Jiang Li, observing the shopping lists of Huayun disciples returning from the mountains, deduced the sect’s financial difficulties. Seizing the opportunity, he sought a conversation with the sect leader, analyzing the local economic situation and offering him tips on how to make money. Impressed, the sect leader, despite many objections, appointed Jiang Li to manage finances, with the sect leader overseeing the sect.

Jiang Li lived up to expectations, reversing the Huayun Sect’s losses and acquiring several smaller sects. Finally, after acquiring the sect’s core techniques and receiving guidance from the Grand Elder, Jiang Li journeyed through the Great Zhou again.

During this time, Yunbo formed cliques and bullied newcomers. Jiang Li consulted with the Grand Elder and had him feign his death, causing those who followed Yunbo to flee. After witnessing the ups and downs of life, Yunbo finally realized the true meaning of cultivation, and he repented, diligently cultivating.

“When Yunbo returned to Huayun Sect three hundred years ago, he had already reached the Nascent Soul stage. With the few longevity pills I gave him, he’s probably still alive today.”

Jiang Li decided not to give up on this mission just yet.

The mysterious fragment of the map intrigued him.

[Open New Feature: Store]

Jiang Li was delighted. Finally, an interesting feature. He summoned the store, and a screen resembling a computer screen appeared in his mind, displaying a vast array of neatly arranged products.

Focusing his attention on a particular item, a description of the item would appear.

However, Jiang Li was soon disappointed. The items displayed on the screen were all from their world. There were no mobile phones, computers, nuclear bombs, or satellites from Jiang Li’s previous life, nor were there any specialties from the immortal realm.

Mobile phones or not didn’t matter; he mainly wanted to see what it felt like to withstand a nuclear bomb in his body.

“System, aren’t there any products from other worlds?”

[Please ask the host to travel to another world first]

Jiang Li curled his lips. Another useless feature. Why would he need this system if he could go anywhere else?

“System, help me sort them from largest to smallest by the number of source points required.”

The number of items on the light screen quickly changed. At the front were the techniques of their Human Emperor Palace, followed by the Dao Sect’s treasured Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal. Then came the treasures of other sects’ imperial cities, items like Tribulation Crossing Stage puppets and immortal notes.

These items were valuable, but Jiang Li had either used them before or had no use for them.

For example, during the battle against the extraterritorial demons, the Dao Sect lent Jiang Li the Tai Chi Heavenly Seal. Jiang Li used it a few times, but later, finding his own weapon more effective, he returned it to the Dao Sect. Jiang Li had even less use for the Tribulation Crossing Stage puppet. He was a Mahayana cultivator, so what use was there for a Tribulation Crossing Stage puppet? And then there were the immortal notes, which he had seen in exchange for teaching him cultivation techniques.

Furthermore, Jiang Li suspected these items didn’t appear out of thin air, but were stolen from the sect.

(End of Chapter)