Chapter 261 - 136: Forging Magical Power, a True Master Descends? Seizing the Profound-Scaled Dragon Carp, Walking on Water

Chapter 261: Chapter 136: Forging Magical Power, a True Master Descends? Seizing the Profound-Scaled Dragon Carp, Walking on Water

The sea breeze at the docks was a bit chilly.

"Wait."

Just as Ji Xiu made up his mind, his ambition as firm as a rock and hard as iron...

Jiang Li, who had followed him from the Ji Residence at some point, appeared by his side and waved a hand.

"Did you forget what we talked about? That you’d bring me along when you went to the Prefecture City?"

Ji Xiu was taken aback.

"Miss Jiang, this trip to the Prefecture City might get messy. Your recovery..."

Jiang Li smiled.

"Don’t worry about me."

"I have my own reasons for going to the Prefecture City."

She glanced at the Water Emergence Flood Dragon beside Ji Xiu, then at Qin Zhuo, who was staring at the creature and swallowing nervously. Her eyes grew serious.

"Also..."

"I heard back at the residence... your Master Duan... was he killed by a Celestial Spirit Blade Catcher from the Black Market?"

Ji Xiu’s eyes narrowed.

"Miss Jiang... you know of the Black Market?"

’The Jiangyin Black Market... does it really have that much influence? Enough for someone who might not even be from a nearby prefecture or county to have heard of it from long ago?’

Jiang Li simply nodded, not denying it.

"The ’Black Market’... I do know a few things about it."

A nostalgic look appeared in Jiang Li’s beautiful eyes.

"I didn’t expect so much time to have passed. To think that even a single prefecture now has a ’Black Market’..."

She softened her expression and continued.

"I know how to get into the ’Black Market’ and contact its Captain."

"When the time comes, I can help you investigate."

Ji Xiu’s expression grew more solemn.

"The Prefecture City isn’t like the county seat. It’s full of all sorts of people, and there’s no guarantee one of them won’t see through your disguise, Miss Jiang."

"Could you just tell me the method? After I’ve investigated my master’s cause of death and the identity of that Celestial Spirit Blade Catcher, if you ever have need of me in the future, Miss Jiang, I, Ji Xiu, will not refuse."

’Where did this little lass from the Human Race come from?’

The Cangming Monarch, occupying the Flood Dragon’s head, watched the magnificent young woman before him and grumbled internally.

’This woman’s looks are good, but she’s still a far cry from the Young Lord.’

’But... why does her presence, her aura, give me that stunning feeling of "when my flower blooms, all others wither"? It’s as if any immortal fairy or Divine Maiden would feel ashamed of their inadequacy in her presence...’

As his slitted pupils narrowed in thought, Jiang Li had already lifted her hand. While the Cangming Monarch was still dazed, her skirt fluttered, and she leaped onto the Flood Dragon’s head.

The Cangming Monarch snapped back to reality. Seeing this woman about to ride him without so much as a greeting, he was instantly furious.

’That Qin Zhuo fellow is Ji the kid’s senior brother, and he even looked at me with reverence. Giving him a ride is one thing, but this girl... what’s her background?’

’She’s always paired up with this Boss Ji. She’s obviously a future major threat to the Young Lord’s interests! What if she steals him away, and the Young Lord takes it out on me? Wouldn’t my grand plan to return to the Water Monarch’s Mansion go up in smoke?’

’No, absolutely not!’

As the thought arose, a blood-red glint flashed in the Flood Dragon’s eyes, and its vicious nature flared.

However... before the Cangming Monarch could put on airs for Jiang Li, in the next moment, the woman spread her five fingers, pressed down gently through the air, and parted her lips to bark a command.

"Behave. Lie down!"

BANG!

In an instant.

A thread of invisible Magical Power seemed to seep out from Jiang Li’s Divine Soul. Ji Xiu, not yet a Qi Cultivation Grandmaster whose Divine Soul had not yet formed a conscious thought, did not notice anything amiss.

But the Cangming Monarch, with a sudden SWISH, broke out in a cold sweat. His entire massive body trembled abruptly, and as the woman’s words fell, he didn’t dare to move an inch.

’This... this is...!?’

’Magical Power!’

’The real deal! Genuine Magical Power!’

’Heavens have mercy, where did this Boss find such an unparalleled monster!?’

His slitted pupils couldn’t stop darting toward Ji Xiu as he cried out in his heart.

’Someone who has refined ’Magical Power’... at the very, very least, they must be a High Merit True Cultivator who has condensed a ’Great Magical Power Pill.’

’In the Human Immortal Martial Dao, that’s equivalent to a great expert of the Dragon Tiger Realm, and in terms of difficulty, it’s even harder to achieve!’

’A Daoist High Merit of this level... one step further... and they become a ’True Master’ who can Refine Illusion into Truth. Cultivating to that stage, they’re practically an ’Immortal’.’

’Crushing a little Wild Flood Dragon like me would be as simple and easy as squashing a little loach, wouldn’t it?’

’This Boss Ji... ignorance truly is bliss. For a being who has ’refined Magical Power,’ even if I only detected the faintest wisp, the quality might be diminished, but the realm is still there.’

’In this tiny Jiangyin Prefecture, wouldn’t she be able to do whatever she wants?’

’She hardly needs you to worry about her...’

Standing on the Flood Dragon’s head, Jiang Li lifted her delicate chin. Hearing Ji Xiu’s words, she paused for a moment before a slight smile touched her lips.

"Did you think you could get off this ’pirate ship’ of mine after you’ve already boarded?"

"I just hope that when you find out the truth behind the ’Six Chapters of the Profound Monarch’s Secret Record,’ and get a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg that is your Sister Jiang, you won’t be in a hurry to jump off yourself."

"You have your own path to walk. Your Sister Jiang has been cultivating the Martial and Daoist arts for so many years, and I’ve only just managed to awaken..."

"I can’t just stay cooped up in that little mountain county, surviving by the skin of my teeth after transferring to this body, can I?"

"Get on."

"After so many years..."

"I still haven’t seen what a Prefecture City of the Great Xuan looks like."

’Transferred bodies? What!’

As Jiang Li’s words fell, before Ji Xiu could even speak, the Cangming Monarch shuddered violently, kicking up two rows of great waves!

’In Divine Soul Cultivation, even if one completes the Three Daoist Art Realms and the Three Daoist Realms, it’s impossible to exist without a physical body.’

’Even if you can reside within certain artifacts, once you lose your physical form, you’re just barely hanging on, with absolutely no chance of resurrection.’

’Unless...’

’This being broke through the threshold of ’Dao Skill’ and ’Daoist Skill’ to become a True Master!’