As Jiang Yuan's voice fell, the sky suddenly changed drastically, with endless thunder rolling overhead, and a raging wind converging around them. It was as if the end of the world was approaching.
Old Ma looked up at the sky, even though he knew the scene in front of him was an illusion.
This was merely a fantasy produced in his mind, but his heart couldn't stop trembling.
Before such grand heavenly might, mortals were as insignificant as ants.
A single bolt of lightning could reduce him to dust instantly.
How could he suppress the fear from deep within his heart?
Jiang Yuan asked, "How does it feel?"
Gu Mo shook his head, "Young Master's martial arts truth is stronger than that of the Blackwind Stockade's chief. I can't break free from this illusion."
At this point, Old Ma suddenly asked, "Young Master, under your martial arts truth, if I'm struck by lightning and turn into ash, would the real me die?"
Jiang Yuan nodded, then shook his head. "It's possible, but also not. This is related to the person's spiritual will. If someone with a weak spirit truly believes they've been struck dead by lightning, they might indeed die."
Gu Mo said with a solemn tone, "So, if ordinary people are under your martial arts truth, wouldn't they all perish?"
Jiang Yuan slightly nodded, confirming his guess.
Old Ma took a sharp breath, "With the young master's current strength, could you not wipe out everyone in a city in a short time? This martial arts truth is too terrifying! No wonder it's so difficult to comprehend."
Following this, he felt a sense of awe towards Jiang Yuan.
Thinking of the Sunset Sect, he felt that the disciples of the sect lacked insight. He refused to believe that the outside world's genius would be as terrifying.
Jiang Yuan waved his hand, and all the heavenly phenomena disappeared.
When the bright sunshine returned, the two breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though they knew Jiang Yuan wouldn't hurt them, they couldn't stop trembling in the face of the overwhelming heavenly might overhead. It was a fear stemming from their innate instincts!
Now they finally relaxed completely.
After this experiment, Jiang Yuan was quite satisfied with his current strength. Although he didn't know how strong he was, he felt he could definitely battle the Black Wind Village's chief.
Back then, his strength mainly came from his overwhelming spiritual pressure. But now that he had comprehended the complete martial arts truth within the Wind Thunder Sword Technique, his martial arts truth was definitely superior.
As for vitality, even if there was a gap, it shouldn't be that huge unless his opponent's spirit far exceeded ordinary people's.
Regarding physical strength, the opponent might not be as strong as him. The blue level of innate destiny was rare, especially for the body.
Under this kind of blessing, surpassing him was nearly impossible. After all, the eighth level of body forging and nourishing spirit, as well as the ninth level of vitality, spirit, and body integration, didn't involve the body.
Only after reaching the ninth level and achieving complete body forging, could one start to temper their body again. By leveraging the integration of vitality, spirit, and body, one could refine any part of their body with their blood and vitality.
However, there was no rush! Jiang Yuan smiled. He had plenty of time! Each day, his strength would grow a bit more. As for him, the Blackwind Stockade's chief, who had already reached the ninth level of body forging, his strength would hardly increase significantly.
As for the brocade box entrusted to him by Jiang Zhenyuan, he wasn't in a hurry at all. The reason he wanted to complete this escort mission was just to resolve the karma. Given his character, only by completing this mission could he pursue what he truly desired, not for the honor and mission of the escort agency!
So, he wasn't in a rush at all about when to go.
Moreover, when the original owner entrusted it to Jiang Zhenyuan, he didn't specify a specific time. He only requested Jiang Zhenyuan to do everything possible to ensure the brocade box was delivered into the hands of Su Yuanyi of the Su family in Luoshui County.
Gu Mo, as a participant, had told Jiang Yuan everything. Therefore, unless he was completely certain, he wouldn't easily leave Lin'an County. Here, he could cultivate peacefully. If he waited another year or half a year, the accumulated destiny might allow one of his blue innate destinies to upgrade to purple.
The destiny related to his body, if it could step up to become a purple level of innate destiny, would surely bring about a huge change for him.
In his previous life, any myth or legend suggested that the path of the body was an invincible path from the start.
Even more so today, as Jiang Yuan personally experienced the benefits of a strong body, he attached great importance to this innate destiny.
If this destiny continues to upgrade, it's likely to be a path directly pointing toward physical sanctification.
After returning to his room, Jiang Yuan continued to consolidate his recent understanding of martial arts truth.
Now, with his soaring power, he was finally establishing a firm footing in this world, and the invisible pressure in his heart completely disappeared.
He then immersed himself in his spiritual world.
In a blink of an eye, he arrived at a desolate and open place, with rolling thunderclouds overhead and endless storms around.
At the movement of his mind, a thunderbolt as thick as a bucket fell from the sky, instantly breaking through the sky and landing on his body.
After a few moments, Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth, "It hurts!"
But feeling the changes within his body, he immediately smiled.
"Indeed it's effective, and it seems to make my spirit body purer!"
Afterward, thunderbolts fell at intermittent frequencies.
Each one made Jiang Yuan grit his teeth in pain.
But after feeling the results, he relished it.
He could feel himself growing bit by bit.
This kind of growth pleasure made him unable to stop!
After a long time, Jiang Yuan slowly opened his eyes indoors.
At this moment, his eyes were a little dazed, and he felt dizzy.
Sensing the changes in himself, he couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed.
Rubbing his eyebrows, there was a slight ache there.
"Darn, I overdid the tempering."
"Never mind, sleep it off, I should be fine!"
Having said that, he immediately fell asleep.
The next day, Jiang Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the blanket covering him.
And then he looked at Shu Xiaoxiao, who was asleep with her chin resting on her hand.
He couldn't help but laugh softly.
Suddenly, Shu Xiaoxiao slipped and woke up from her light sleep.
"Ah! Master, you're awake?"
She rubbed her eyes, and they were a bit blurred.
Then she spoke softly, "Master, I found you asleep on the floor last night, and I wanted to carry you to the bed! But I found that I couldn't move you at all, am I too useless?"
As she spoke the last sentence, her head gradually lowered.
Jiang Yuan got up and smiled, "It would be scary if you could lift me!"
After saying that, he rubbed her head.
"Go get me some water, I need to wash up!"
"Yes, Master!"
She instantly turned her worry into joy, quickly got up, and left the room.
Jiang Yuan got up, rubbing his eyebrows.
"I overdid the strain on my spirit yesterday, I haven't fully recovered yet, it seems that I shouldn't practice today!"
Jiang Yuan murmured to himself.
At this time, his eyebrows still ached a little.
He continued to rub his eyebrows, easing the pain.
He thought to himself.
I might as well go and listen to some music to relax my mind later!
I can't strain my spirit like this anymore if I keep pushing my spirit so frequently.
It's very easy to hurt the source.
Thinking of this, he was a little scared, he was lucky yesterday that he didn't hurt his source.
Otherwise, it's not as simple as resting for a day or two.
But the effects of the tempering are still there.
And they are very clear.
At this moment, he could feel that after yesterday's tempering, his spirit and vitality had suddenly improved.
This improvement was very obvious.
Previously, it would have taken three to five days of hard work.