Chapter 41: Eastern Wilderness Northern Region
“The Holy Body Secret Realm Method is of no use to me, but I can learn from it a little and comprehend its mysteries.”

This reflection can be considered a fruitful one. Although I have only caught a glimpse of the Six Paths of Samsara Fist and cannot comprehend it for the time being, I will still gain something if I experience it carefully.

It is not an exaggeration to call the human race the Holy Body.

But when he thought about Ye Fan’s present and future experiences, Jiang Ming sighed again. It had been too long. Many people might remember the achievements of the Ancient Holy Body, but they no longer took them to heart.

It was already noon of the second day when we walked out of the copper furnace world.

Just as he was preparing to enter into meditation and practice to consolidate the gains he had recently made, Elder Jiang Qing pushed the door open and walked in, with an indescribable solemnity on his face.

“Elder Jiang Qing, what are you doing?”

Jiang Qing found a chair and sat down. After hesitating for a moment, he said, “Xiao Tingting wants to be your teacher, so I thought about it and I should tell you about this matter anyway.”

“The Taiyin Divine Body is indeed miraculous, but most of its owners die young. If she is not lucky, little Tingting may not survive the catastrophe of twenty years old.”

“Of course, as his elders, we will do our best to help her through this difficult time.”

Jiang Ming nodded. This was indeed the case in the original novel. After accepting Jiang Tingting, Jiang Taixu’s lineage also tried their best to find a way to break the curse of early death.

But later Jiang Taixu returned, and Jiang Tingting was baptized with the blood of the God King by Jiang Taixu, breaking the curse before them.

Jiang Qing sighed, his eyes full of helplessness.

“Brother Jiang Zhe was wronged and left the Jiang family in despair. His descendants also had a rough fate. It was so hard to welcome Tingting, a child of destiny. What a pity…”

Jiang Ming put a hand on Jiang Qing’s shoulder, shook his head and said, “Elder Jiang Qing, there is no need to do this. We cultivators have been practicing Taoism all our lives. Aren’t we going against the will of heaven? What curse, what fate? Only when we become truly powerful can we ignore everything.”

“I am obsessed with appearances. I don’t see this as clearly as you do.” Jiang Qing shook his head and said.

“Okay, now that we’ve finished talking about the incident, you should take Xiao Tingting and the others back to the Jiang family after a couple of days of rest. If you have any questions about Hengyu Sutra, you can come and ask me during these two days.”

After explaining the situation, Jiang Qing left.

After staying in the City Lord’s Mansion for several days, the domain gate was finally repaired, and it was time for Jiang Ming and others to set off for the Jiang family.

“Be careful when you are alone outside. I will take good care of Xiao Tingting and Old Man Jiang.” Weiwei reached out and straightened Jiang Ming’s clothes. A few days ago, Jiang Ming told her about his next plans.

Although she didn’t understand why he chose this time to go to the Northern Territory alone, as his wife, all she could do was to support him silently.

Jiang Ming smiled and kissed Weiwei on the forehead lightly, causing her pretty face to blush slightly.

“Ok, I know.”

Jiang Tingting also came over, pulled Jiang Ming’s trouser leg, and raised her little face, with traces of tears still on it.

“Master, are you leaving because of Xiao Tingting’s matter? Xiao Tingting doesn’t want Master to leave. I hope Master can stay with me forever.”

Jiang Ming sighed and rubbed Jiang Tingting’s little head. He understood what little Tingting was thinking. She was afraid that she would be like his parents and would never come back after leaving. Once they left, it would be a farewell forever.

She was afraid of being abandoned and left alone.

“Don’t be afraid, you are very strong and you will never break your promise.” Jiang Ming stretched out his hand and hooked Xiao Tingting’s little finger, “We have an agreement. If I can’t do it, I will never be reborn.” After saying goodbye to everyone one by one, Jiang Ming walked onto the Xuanyu Stage. Accompanied by a distortion of the void, in an instant, the whole person was tens of thousands of miles away.

One cannot help but sigh that the source technique is so profound and mysterious.

“It seems that it would be better to learn a thing or two about the Source Heaven Divine Art if there is a chance.” Jiang Ming thought.

In the original novel, Ye Fan relied on his superb source technique to escape danger many times, and even used the advantage of terrain to stop the enemy. In the past, he cooperated with Black Emperor and almost killed the Northern Emperor Wang Teng.

He is the one who said “My son has the qualities of a great emperor” and is known as Wang Teng, the most powerful king in the world.

Later, when we entered the Ancient Starry Sky Road, the role of the Source Technique was further explored. It is better to try to master it if you can.

After stepping out of the domain gate, Jiang Ming officially set foot in the northern region of Eastern Wilderness.

The land of the Northern Territory is desolate, with red soil, reddish-brown rocks, a desolate and barren scene. Walking out of the ancient capital where the gate of the territory is located, it is difficult to see any human habitation along the way.

The vast land is extremely empty, without any sign of life. Only some bare stone mountains stand on this land.

But in such a place, there are extremely rich source minerals buried under the ground.

Legend has it that a long, long time ago, this was a holy place for spiritual practice full of vitality. However, because a supremely powerful person passed away here, the impact of his transformation wiped out all the life in the entire earth.

Others might not believe it, but Jiang Ming knew very well that it was all true.

At the end of the ancient times, the last ancient emperor, the Fighting Saint Emperor, failed in his attempt to become a war immortal, and he became immortal and died here. Not only did he turn the Northern Territory into a barren land, but he also led to the further decline of the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and the spiritual energy dried up, making it unsuitable for the ancient clan to survive.

The Lihuo Sect in the original novel should be about 5,000 miles away from the teleportation array of this domain gate. Jiang Ming obtained a trace of the Taiyin Origin and a Divine Origin, and was promoted to the Second Heaven of the Dao Palace just yesterday.

This area is only five thousand miles in radius. It won’t take long to search it with spiritual sense.

Jiang Ming rode the divine rainbow and flew towards the vast wilderness.

In the Northern Territory, the most common livelihood for mortals is to mine source stones. Because the major holy places occupy the best mining areas, ordinary people can only mine source stones in some barren mining areas to make a living.

The main mining areas were occupied, so the remaining small sects in the Northern Territory, such as the Qingxia Sect and the Lihuo Sect, basically raised a bunch of horse bandits and sent them to various villages to collect source stones.

It would be fine for those who can pay up, but the villages that cannot will suffer a miserable fate. The men will be dragged to the mines to be slaves for life, and the women will be humiliated and played with by the bandits.

“Alas, the mortal world is like a tiny thing.” Coming here, Jiang Ming sighed, and he truly experienced the sorrow of mortals in the world of cultivation.

In such an environment, being able to live a peaceful and stable life is already a luxury.

Suddenly, a cloud of smoke rose from the village ahead. Although it was far away, Jiang Ming, as a cultivator, still heard cries for help and shouts of killing.

“Now that we’ve seen them, we might as well go and help them.” Jiang Ming flew straight towards the village. When he arrived, he found that it was indeed a group of horse bandits causing trouble.

The bandit leader was also a cultivator. He sensed that he should have reached the Life Spring realm. No wonder the village guards were no match for him. They were all knocked away and could not be stopped at all.

(End of this chapter)