Chapter 1675
Talent
Jiang Fengwu's journey back to the Yuanling Realm was not smooth sailing; she encountered numerous difficulties and dangers along the way. However, the arrays she had previously crafted proved extremely useful during these times.
Because of these formations, she not only escaped injury, but also took the opportunity to kill some creatures and accumulate more chaotic spiritual items.
In addition, she also obtained spiritual objects and techniques from beings from other worlds, which further enriched the array patterns she had mastered.
Jiang Fengwu even gained profound insights while examining a certain jade slip, which propelled her cultivation level to the point where she almost broke through. In the end, she had to exert considerable effort to suppress the urge to break through.
This situation also made her dare not casually look at other methods, and she further increased her speed, rushing towards the Yuanling Realm.
After spending over a hundred years, she finally returned to the Yuanling Realm.
Instead of welcoming Jiang Fengwu, who had not returned for a long time, Heaven added several layers of calamities and tribulations to his punishment, as if it wanted to kill him.
This situation made her frown, keenly realizing that the Yuanling Realm today might be vastly different from what she remembered.
Because she hadn't returned to the Yuanling Realm for a long time before, the accumulated calamities were similar to this one, but the power of the two calamities differed greatly.
Fortunately, Jiang Fengwu, being a formation master, managed to overcome this calamity without serious injury by relying on the power of formations.
Such a commotion naturally attracted the attention of many high-level beings, who all projected their consciousness over.
"Has this celestial cultivator not returned for several thousand years?"
The calamity occurs once every twelve hundred years; by simply counting the number of calamities surrounding it, people can naturally deduce the corresponding time.
"The changes in the Yuanling Realm over the years will probably make her feel extremely unfamiliar."
The room fell silent the moment those words were spoken.
Let alone this female cultivator who hasn't returned for so long, even those of them who have always stayed in the Yuanling Realm, don't they also feel extremely unfamiliar with her?!
'This person looks familiar...'
Among the crowd, a glint of light flashed in the eyes of a certain celestial cultivator. He was certain that he had seen the other person somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where he was looking for it.
And this person comes from the Li family!
Jiang Fengwu's appearance hadn't changed much, but her overall demeanor was quite different from before, and she was rather disheveled during her tribulation.
That's why the celestial beauty from the Li family felt she looked somewhat familiar, but didn't recognize her immediately.
After all, someone like him, a junior member of the Li family, probably had never seen her in person. He had likely only seen her portrait in places like the ancestral hall, and not many times, so it wouldn't have left a deep impression on him.
……
While everyone was discussing and observing, Jiang Fengwu successfully weathered this ordeal.
Because of the protective formation, he only looked a little disheveled, but was not injured.
She ignored these projected consciousnesses, glanced at them, and then flew towards the direction of Wanxian Mountain.
Before long, she saw a towering mountain, not much different from the Wanxian Mountain in her memory, except that the spiritual energy seemed to be even more concentrated.
As Jiang Fengwu approached, she was somewhat surprised and delighted to discover that the protective array she had set up had been improved by someone, becoming even more perfect.
However, because of this, she was unable to directly enter Wanxian Mountain using the jade token in her hand.
Fortunately, the sudden arrival of a Celestial Immortal cultivator immediately caught the attention of the Li family, who then dispatched a Celestial Immortal to negotiate.
"I wonder what brings you here so suddenly, my friend?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Fengwu was completely stunned.
After a while, she came to her senses and realized that she had left the Li family and the Yuanling Realm many years ago, so it was normal that these juniors did not recognize her.
"Aren't Qingxuan, Qingpeng, and the others at Wanxian Mountain?" After thinking for a moment, he asked.
Upon hearing this, the celestial being from the Li family was taken aback and said, "The Spirit Ancestors have long since transcended and departed. Do you know them?"
It was precisely because he realized this that he changed to a more respectful way of addressing the other party, instead of continuing to use "fellow Daoist" to address each other as peers.
"Have they actually transcended?" Jiang Fengwu said blankly, this was a situation she hadn't expected.
Because she broke through to the Celestial Immortal realm earlier than them, she never expected that they would transcend and leave the realm before her.
Li Zhirui had long since transcended worldly affairs; Li Chengsheng and Li Chengshuo had also severed their karmic ties with the Yuanling Realm before her last return.
Unexpectedly, upon his return, even Qingxuan, Qingpeng, and the others had left.
Does anyone in the Li family still recognize her?
"You must be Ancestor Jiang Fengwu?!"
Just as Jiang Fengwu began to have doubts, the celestial being from the Li family opposite her suddenly called out her name, her tone filled with surprise and shock.
The Li family ancestral hall has portraits of these elders hanging on it. All members of the Li family have seen them, but they just can't remember them right now.
However, they had been communicating for some time, and since she mentioned Qingxuan and others, he eventually recognized Jiang Fengwu.
"I didn't expect anyone would still remember me," she said, half with emotion and half with a joke.
The cultivator quickly replied, "Ancestor Fengwu is too kind. How could we possibly forget you!"
His words were not meant to flatter Jiang Fengwu, but came from the bottom of his heart.
Although he wasn't a formation master, he knew how much she had contributed to the family's formation inheritance. Most of the formation techniques currently passed down in the Li family were created by her!
And behind them, the protective array that envelops the vast Wanxian Mountain Range was actually deduced and arranged by her.
Later, it took over a thousand years and the efforts of all the array masters in the family to further improve the mountain-protecting array.
Jiang Fengwu naturally sensed the sincerity in the other party's words, and the sense of alienation he felt from not returning for so long immediately diminished by more than half.
“Ancestor Fengwu, you have not returned for too long. The original family jade token in your hand can no longer pass through the mountain protection formation. Please come with me.”
"The rules cannot be broken."
She shook her head and said, "Take me in after you've verified my identity."
As she spoke, she took out the family jade pendant that had been around for thousands of years.
Although so many years have passed, the Li family has maintained its lineage without interruption, and there are corresponding records.
Moreover, the current jade identity plaques are an evolution of this concept.
During the process of verifying Jiang Fengwu's identity, the other celestial beings of the Li family also learned of her return to the family.
All the celestial beings who had no urgent matters to attend to came to the outside of the mountain to greet him.
Because Li Zhirui, Qingxuan, and others have transcended worldly concerns, Jiang Fengwu is the most senior member of the Li family. Therefore, regardless of their purpose, they should come to greet him as a sign of respect.
"There's no need to make such a big fuss. I won't stay in the family for long. Once I've recovered, I'll settle my karmic debts and transcend."
Looking at the dozen or so celestial beings in front of her, she explained with a mix of amusement and exasperation.
Of course, there is a cause-and-effect relationship between her and the Li family, but this relationship is relatively easy to resolve.
They had actually anticipated this. After all, her elders from the same era had already left the Yuanling Realm, and with her abilities, it was impossible for her to remain completely silent.
Surrounded by a crowd, Jiang Fengwu flew into the long-lost Wanxian Mountain.
As soon as she entered, she immediately said, "You don't need to surround me anymore. Go do whatever you're supposed to be doing."
"Then, Ancestor, we won't disturb your rest any longer."
The Li family patriarch stepped forward and said, "If you need anything, just let us know. Although we are slightly weaker, we will do our best."
"There's no need for that."
She's just recovering and preparing for transcendence; it's not as serious as they say.
It only took Jiang Fengwu half a month to fully recover his condition, and then he wanted to find out about the current situation in the Yuanling Realm.
But the more I looked at her, the more her brows furrowed.
Because the Yuanling Realm has undergone earth-shattering changes!
Previously, the Heavenly Dao only favored the divine path but did not deliberately suppress other beings who cultivated the Great Dao. But now, apart from the gods, all other beings are severely suppressed and targeted.
For the immortal path, the most obvious change is that in the past hundred years, the success rate of cultivators breaking through has been declining, resulting in a large number of cultivators perishing in the tribulation.
"Will this have any negative impact on my detachment?" This thought immediately came to Jiang Fengwu's mind.
Logically speaking, since Heaven so rejects all living beings except gods, it shouldn't be doing anything to help with transcendence.
Because her detachment actually alleviates the pressure on the primordial spirit realm.
But she couldn't be sure if it was as she thought.
knock knock --
Just as Jiang Fengwu was pondering, there was a sudden knock on the door.
With a probe of his divine sense, he saw two celestial beings standing outside the door.
One was the clan leader, and the other was one of the few female cultivators in the Heavenly Immortal Realm of the Li family.
What do you want?
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Fengwu let them in and then asked very directly.
"Ancestor, you have been learning about the current situation in the Yuanling Realm these past few days and know about the suppression of us by the Heavenly Dao. Please show the family a way out." The two bowed and said as soon as they entered.
Such a huge problem made her frown immediately.
“Now you are the leaders of the family. What to do and how to choose should be decided by you, not by asking this old man.”
In fact, she really couldn't offer any better solutions.
The will of Heaven is inevitable; how could they possibly change it?
It should be noted that the Immortal Path knew about the development trend of the Primordial Spirit Realm a long time ago, and tried every means to stop and modify it.
But after all these years, it seems there has been no effect.
"Ugh!"
Upon hearing this, the clan chief sighed helplessly and said, "Ancestor, you are right. I was blinded by my own thoughts and disturbed you."
After saying this, he bowed and turned to leave.
"The Heavenly Dao suppresses many other cultivation paths, but not the Divine Dao. This is certainly an inevitable trend, but this situation cannot continue indefinitely. One day, it will inevitably stop suppressing them!"
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Fengwu still spoke up: "Before that, what the family needs to do is preserve its strength and persevere to the end."
The Heavenly Dao may be doing this to accumulate energy in preparation for advancement, or there may be other reasons.
She didn't know much about it either, but she was clear that Heaven's will was not based on 'emotional impulses' and that there must be a reason and purpose behind it.
Putting aside other things, the fact that even those great gods and deities are trying to leave the Yuanling Realm shows that they themselves know that the current situation cannot continue for long.
"Thank you for your guidance, Ancestor!"
The pressure on the clan leader was immediately relieved. He bowed again before turning to leave, but his steps were much lighter than before.
"What do you want with me?" Jiang Fengwu turned his gaze to the female cultivator who had entered without saying a word.
"Disciple Li Ying'an greets the Ancestor."
This name seems somewhat inappropriate.
But there's a reason she called it that!
She called herself a disciple because she had comprehended all the array formations and techniques that Jiang Fengwu had left in the family. From this point of view, she could indeed be considered his disciple.
However, since they did not formally become apprentices, they could not directly address him as "teacher," so they could only use the family's internal title.
"Did you perfect the current protective formation of the family?" Jiang Fengwu immediately understood what that meant and asked.
Li Ying'an humbly replied, "This disciple's cultivation is shallow; it was only by gathering the strength of the family that the mountain-protecting formation was perfected."
"There's no need to be so modest. Your talent in array formations is no less than mine."
Jiang Fengwu shook his head and asked, "What brings you here today?"
As a grandmaster of array formations, how could she not see the secrets within the current mountain-protecting array when she had the array diagram?
Even she found it quite stunning.
“Ancestor, this is my understanding of the Dao, to repay your kindness. I hope you will not find it offensive, please accept it.”
As he spoke, Li Ying'an handed over a jade slip with both hands.
"Um……"
Jiang Fengwu pondered for a moment, and finally reached out and took the jade slip.
However, she did not remain silent. She also took out a jade slip and said, "This jade slip contains many basic chaotic array patterns that I have mastered. I hope it will be of some help to your cultivation."
She did not intend to use the Chaos Array to settle the karmic debt with her family, because her previous achievements and insights were already more than enough.
Therefore, this jade slip was given to Li Ying'an.
"Ancestor, this is too precious, I cannot accept it."
Although longing was evident in her eyes, she remained rational and quickly refused.
Li Ying'an was certainly aware of the value of the chaotic array patterns in the jade slip and longed for them, but she had come to repay her master's kindness, not to ask for anything more.
"Please accept it. It's rare to encounter a junior with such high talent in array formations. If you refuse, wouldn't that be letting this precious gem go to waste?" Jiang Fengwu said with a smile.
She wasn't exaggerating; Li Ying'an was indeed the only being she had ever seen whose talent in array formation was no less than her own! (End of Chapter)