I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

[You wildly inhale a gourd of Laughing Spring Breeze, successfully mastering Smoke Escape at Entry Level]

[Spell/Secret Technique]Smoke Escape (Entry Level: 1/5000)

After spending a day and two nights, Jiang Yuebai finally managed to enter the Entry Level of "Smoke Escape," a high-level secret technique that requires 5000 skill points to reach Small Success Realm.

Jiang Yuebai calculated that she still needed to inhale fifty more gourds; she felt inexplicably excited, perhaps because she was high from inhaling.

Exiting the cultivation state, in her palm held at her Dantian, there were ten Smoke Pills formed from Laughing Spring Breeze.

While at Entry Level, using a Smoke Pill could let one escape roughly three miles.

Leaving the inn, Jiang Yuebai noticed that the island’s workshop had a lot more cultivators, most of whom were at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

She walked among the crowd, hearing discussions about the upcoming opening of the North Sea Dragon Palace Ruins.

The ruins are in the Kunxu Sea Trench, an ocean within the ocean, where every two hundred years or so there is a low tide, forming a giant sea whirlpool that pulls people into the Dragon Palace beneath the Kunxu Sea Trench.

Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage do not have Protective Gang Qi, and their physical strength cannot resist the pull of the whirlpool, so only Golden Core Cultivators and Nascent Soul Cultivators can enter the Dragon Palace.

The Dragon Palace is divided into two layers; the outer layer is the activity zone for Water Clan Soldiers, and the inner layer is the territory of the Dragon Clan.

The low tide lasts fifteen days, and everyone must leave the Kunxu Sea Trench before the high tide, or remain trapped for two hundred years.

"Heavenly Nine Palace and Feiyan Pavilion have issued the bounty order for this Water Python again."

Seeing a crowd gathered by a white stone wall, Jiang Yuebai went closer to see, only to find a bounty order depicting a fierce beast resembling a black dragon or serpent.

Three million Top-Grade Spirit Stones!

Jiang Yuebai was stunned by the amount; it was worth so much.

"A Water Python transforms into a serpent after five hundred years, a serpent becomes a dragon after a thousand years, a dragon becomes a horned dragon in another five hundred years, and a horned dragon becomes a Winged Dragon after another thousand years."

"The bounty order for this Water Python has been issued about seven or eight times; it means it might already have transformed into a dragon, hiding in the Dragon Palace Ruins."

"If that’s true, then this Water Python is the last dragon of the Earth Spiritual Realm."

"Don’t be fooled by the high bounty; who would have the fate to capture it? Haven’t you heard that during the last opening of the Dragon Palace Ruins, the Pavilion Master of Feiyan Pavilion led five Flower God Envoys to besiege the Water Python, but it still escaped."

"That powerful, the Water Python’s cultivation must have reached the Peak Nascent Soul then?"

"Pretty much; if it reaches Divinity Transformation, it could leave this realm directly without needing to hide."

Jiang Yuebai watched for a while then left; the creature was too terrifying, it seemed like blowing air could cost her life.

Arriving at Mountain and Sea Building, the assistant led Jiang Yuebai to the backyard to meet Xie Jingshan.

After a day, Jiang Yuebai found Xie Jingshan in much better shape, no longer absent-minded or distracted, with a gleam in his eyes once more.

He was dressed in a black robust outfit, right hand hanging by his side, left hand wielding a sword slowly practicing sword techniques.

He was previously injured on the right shoulder and chest, so his entire right arm hadn’t fully regained flexibility.

Seeing Jiang Yuebai, Xie Jingshan spun his sword playfully and asked with a smile, "Do you think if I start practicing sword with my left hand now, when my right hand heals, I could dual-wield swords, one of wind and one of fire, with doubled combat power?"

Jiang Yuebai walked over and said, "To have your left hand as nimble as your right, requires daily practice for about a year to see initial results, but the hardest part of wielding swords with both hands is the Divine Separation."

Xie Jingshan pondered, "That’s easy; the Mountain and Sea Building should have a few volumes of Divine Separation Secret Method for Foundation Establishment Stage, I’ll pick a simple one to practice."

Jiang Yuebai pouted, feeling that Xie Jingshan was not cute anymore, and had a premonition he would evoke jealousy and envy in her someday.

"You thought it through?"

Xie Jingshan nodded, "I was too naive before, thank you for that day."

"Glad you did; Anan and I cultivate at a similar speed. If you don’t catch up soon, once we ascend to the Upper Realm, you’ll be left crying below."

Xie Jingshan, unwilling to concede, said, "Don’t worry, I’ll surely catch up with you two."

"I just came to check on you; seeing you are fine puts my mind at ease."

"So... where will you go next?"

Jiang Yuebai shook her head, "I don’t know, just keep cultivating with caution. Just because someone wants to catch me doesn’t mean I’ll stay put waiting for death. Once I complete Core Formation, what they want will be beyond their reach, perhaps they might give up chasing after me."

Xie Jingshan nodded, "A message came from Hongyan Building, saying those two have already reached the North Sea, but their exact location is unknown for now. You can frequently go to Hongyan Building to inquire; they will continue investigating as I have made arrangements."

Jiang Yuebai was stunned, "Is Hongyan Building part of your family too?"

"Yes, my parents own it." Xie Jingshan casually replied.

Jiang Yuebai: ......

Sure enough, she started feeling envy!

"This is for you; found it by chance while searching the storeroom yesterday."

Xie Jingshan took out a necklace from his clothing and tossed it to Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yuebai caught it and saw it was a crescent-shaped pendant made of white jade, strung on a dark green cord, emanating a gentle glow like a crescent moon in the night.

"What kind of magic treasure is this? It’s quite fitting with my name," Jiang Yuebai asked with a smile.

Xie Jingshan’s face flushed a bit; he had his grandfather refine it randomly, and surely the grandfather purposely made it in this shape.

"Don’t overthink it; it’s just a coincidence. Plus, it has been in the storeroom for who knows how long, doesn’t even have a name. I had Elder Luoo look at it, he said it can overlay an illusion on a cultivator to mimic another person’s appearance."

"Even a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator can’t detect it with Divine Sense alone, needs a specialized magic treasure or secret technique for detection to break the illusion. Besides, it prevents tracking and measuring secret techniques, making you harder to find."

Jiang Yuebai’s heart surged with excitement, feeling she was now far along the path of staying alive.

Well, at least once she completes Core Formation, with her current foundation, she won’t fear upper realm experts of the same level.

"It can transform into both genders right? How about beasts? Can it transform into, uh... dragons?" Jiang Yuebai asked whimsically.

Xie Jingshan struggled a bit with Jiang Yuebai’s thinking; he hadn’t considered disguising as beasts to scare people, just focused on life-saving, oversight.

"Can only impose a human illusion, any gender, the realism depends on your Divine Sense and Spiritual Energy’s finesse."

Jiang Yuebai nodded, "Alright, that will do. I’ll be gracious then, next time I find something fun, I’ll save it for you."

Xie Jingshan watched as Jiang Yuebai happily wore the pendant, recalling how she rejected his grandfather’s gift yesterday, and couldn’t help but ask, "Why didn’t you accept what my grandfather gave you?"

Jiang Yuebai replied without looking up, "Your grandfather regards me as an outsider, giving me things with caution; accepting it would mean I don’t consider you a friend."

Xie Jingshan nodded in a daze, then smiled knowingly.

"You continue practicing swordsmanship, I’ll be going."

Just like any ordinary farewell, Jiang Yuebai turned and left, while Xie Jingshan hesitated but ultimately wished silently in his heart for Jiang Yuebai to transform danger into safety.

Jiang Yuebai stayed in the Mountain and Sea Building hall for a while, after sacrificial refining the Crescent Pendant, transformed into an unremarkable male cultivator and left Chaosheng Island.

She traveled cautiously along the way, intentionally avoiding those with ill intentions to prevent unnecessary complications.

Jiang Yuebai returned quietly to Eight Diagram Island, quietly collected the Eight Arrays Plate and other affairs, then quietly left, heading straight for the open sea.

When Li Shen Zhi came to Eight Diagram Island to check if Jiang Yuebai returned, all he found was a note left at her cave mansion’s door.

[Nothing interesting here, out to play, don’t miss me]