At the side of the gurgling river, the boy clenched the small wooden sword in his hand, staring firmly at the white-haired man who was flying over on the sword.
"You have a good nature. Do you want to come with me?" the white-haired man said.
Although he was young, how could he not see the scenery of the whistling blue sky? Just as he was about to answer, he heard a stubborn voice from the side. "Take me away!"
The owner of the voice was his playmate, who had just lost to him in a "sword duel."
The boy was well aware of his playmate's stubbornness. For example, today's "sword duel", he couldn't count how many duels it had been. But because his playmate had lost once before, he was so stubborn that he wouldn't stop until he won back.
The boy thought, then we can go cultivate together.
He couldn't remember many details, but he still remembered the white-haired man's eyes. They were as clear as a stream, and as high as the sky.
The white-haired man looked at them with those eyes. Looking at the two young children who had been inseparable since they were young, the corners of his mouth curved into an indescribable smile.
"I will only take one disciple," the white-haired man said.
He repeated, "Both of you are not bad, but I will only take one of you."
What to do? The boy thought at that time.
But he only had time to think for a moment. The next moment, he was pushed into the river.
Bang!
There was the sound of water exploding.
His friend, the friend who played with him naked, who was only a child, actually pushed him into the water without any hesitation!
Through the rippling water, he saw his "friend's" expressionless face, and the white-haired man's calm gaze.
Then, a frosty white sword aura soared into the sky.
His playmate and the white-haired man were wrapped in that gorgeous and dazzling sword aura. Like a bolt from the blue, it came suddenly and left suddenly.
Just like the legends of countless immortals, they brushed shoulders with sad and mediocre mortals.
Leaving behind only an unforgettable, unbelieving, and waking up from countless midnight dreams!
… …
Jiang Wang opened his eyes. The pitch-black night enveloped his surroundings, and also enveloped him. The dormitory was exceptionally quiet. Ling He and Du Yehu's breathing was long, with a special rhythm.
Jiang Wang knew that they were practicing the basic breathing technique. Although the basics were shallow, only Inner Sect disciples could learn it. This was the foundation of the National Academy of Zhuang Country, which had not been easy for hundreds of years.
There was not much suspense about the inner school students of the Maplewood Dao Academy. Ling He, Du Yehu, and Zhao Rucheng became new inner sect disciples. Their names were recorded on the daoist jade archives in the ancestral hall.
It was just that before his Dao meridians appeared, he could not be considered an official Daoist priest.
The Meridian Unlocking Pill was hard to come by. Even though the Maplewood City Dao Academy was enshrined by the country, it was impossible to give it to every disciple for free. As the most outstanding batch of outer sect disciples who were selected to enter the inner sect, they would usually have to endure for at least a year and accumulate enough merits before they were qualified to obtain the Meridian Unlocking Pill.
Only the person with the highest contribution points could exchange for a Meridian Unlocking Pill. This was the Dao Academy's special incentive for outer sect disciples. Therefore, since there was Jiang Wang in this year's competition, no one else could copy his path.
Even so, Jiang Wang had only managed to accumulate enough contribution points to exchange for the Meridian Unlocking Pill after fighting with his life on the line. Now, there was no other Western Mountain Bandits within a hundred-mile radius of Maplewood City to exterminate.
They entered the Dao Academy's outer sect and cultivated diligently, defeating countless competitors to enter the inner sect. After entering the inner sect, they continued to cultivate diligently and accumulate contribution points at the same time. Finally, they were given the Meridian Unlocking Pill and entered the Transcendence realm. This was the path of a normal cultivator in the Zhuang Country. It could also be considered a clear and bright path that could be seen.
However, compared to those who were born with Dao meridians and directly entered the inner sect to cultivate, these youths who took the outer sect path had to waste too much time.
On the path of cultivation, one slow step was followed by another. This was why Jiang Wang risked his life to complete missions in the outer sect. At the same time, it was also why Fang Pengju could not control his greed. No one was willing to wait so many years!
Therefore, Jiang Wang understood Fang Pengju's desire, but could not forgive his methods.
For outstanding martial artists like them, whether it was Ling He or Du Yehu, who had less desire for the Transcendence realm than Fang Pengju? However, they did not do such a despicable thing.
Jiang Wang's father once said, "A person is determined by his choices." Jiang Wang deeply agreed.
Previously, he was also caught in a difficult choice.
As everyone knew, there were nine ranks of cultivators. The first rank was respected, and the ninth rank was seen as the beginning of the Transcendence realm. The symbol of the ninth rank was the formation of Dao vortices and the birth of Dao essence.
Cultivators had a long history and naturally had a very detailed and in-depth study of the first step of the Transcendence realm.
The spine was seen as the dragon of the human body, and the Dao meridians were hidden in the spine. After the Dao meridians appeared, a cultivator could feed the power of Qi and blood into the Dao meridians and form Dao essence. Dao essence was the foundation of all Dao techniques and also the foundation of the Transcendence realm.
Take Jiang Wang's Earth Worm Meridians as an example. Every time he activated the Earth Worm, he needed to mobilize a considerable amount of Qi and blood. After circulating the entire spine dragon, it could form one Dao essence. For cultivators at Jiang Wang's level, they could at most do two meridian unlocking cultivation sessions a day and accumulate two Dao essence. It was not that he did not work hard, but that his body did not allow it. The consumption of Qi and blood was too great, damaging one's origin and spirit. The gains did not make up for the losses.
After accumulating Dao essence, the next step was to control the Dao essence and lay out the corresponding formation points according to the foundation-laying formation diagram. Once the formation was formed, Dao vortices would be born.
As a cultivator who had already opened his meridians, the Maplewood Dao Academy naturally taught him the foundation-laying formation diagram. It was the Origin Returning Formation that was commonly used in the Zhuang country. There were a total of eighty-one formation points. In other words, under the condition that there were no mistakes in laying out the foundation-laying formation diagram, he would need at least forty-one days, which was close to one and a half months, to truly become a ninth rank cultivator. (The two Dao essence that Jiang Wang had previously accumulated had already been used up in the battle.)
Before this, Jiang Wang naturally had nothing to worry about. However, now that he had accidentally entered the Great Illusionary Land and inherited Zuo Guanglie's True Cave Ruins blessed land, he had unlocked the corresponding Sword Discourse Platform and Dao Development Platform. Thus, he had new worries.
Yesterday, after he obtained the Origin Returning Formation diagram, in order to test the effects of the Dao Development Platform, he used all of his 1850 merit points to deduce the foundation-laying formation diagram. In the end, he obtained the incomparably complicated Heavenly Cycle Star Formation diagram. The entire foundation-laying formation diagram had three hundred and sixty-five formation points!
Not to mention the difficulty of laying out the Heavenly Cycle Star Formation diagram, even if he could perfectly replicate the foundation-laying formation diagram, he would need at least half a year to be able to form the first dao whirlpool.
And after that, from the ninth rank to the eighth rank, he would need to form three dao whirlpools. From the eighth rank to the seventh rank, he would need to form nine dao whirlpools.
If he calculated it this way, the time needed was too long!
The Heavenly Cycle Star Formation was undoubtedly stronger than the Origin Returning Formation. However, the long time needed to lay down the foundation was precisely what Jiang Wang was hesitating about. He needed to increase his cultivation as quickly as possible so that he could catch up to those cultivators with naturally manifested dao meridians. However, time waited for no one.
However, after waking up from tonight's dream, he had already made his choice.
Jiang Wang closed his eyes and activated the only Dao essence that he had formed yesterday, slowly moving it within his spine. In the vaguely perceptive world that was controlled by Dao Energy, this was a vast and boundless space.
Because large dragons resided here, this place was also called the Spine Sea.
However, in the mouths of cultivators, this place had an even more resounding name — — Tong Tian Palace!
Passing through Tong Tian Palace and opening the Heaven and Earth Gate was the transformation of a low-level cultivator to a mid-level cultivator.
In the boundless Tong Tian Palace, a single Dao essence was as insignificant as a speck of dust. However, it did not follow the waves. Instead, it resolutely and stubbornly carried out Jiang Wang's will. Moving, moving, finally, it hovered at the ideal place.
That was the position of the Sun in the Heavenly Cycle Star Formation diagram.
When this Dao essence hovered, Jiang Wang seemed to see the eyes of that young white-haired cultivator.
He would never forget when he was pushed into the water.
Those eyes seemed to be saying to him — —
"The path of cultivation is to fight."
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