"Huh?"
Upon approaching, Jiang Chen gripped the part of the Shooting Sun Divine Arrow that was sticking out from the ground. He gave a big tug, trying to yank it out.
But who knew that even though he exerted all his strength, the Shooting Sun Divine Arrow didn't budge an inch.
Good heavens!
This Shooting Sun Divine Arrow was too heavy, Jiang Chen couldn't pull it out.
Embarrassing! Luckily, there's no one around. Otherwise, he would have made a fool of himself.
"Shrink!"
Thinking of what the monkey did when it encountered the golden hoop stick, Jiang Chen also tried shouting 'shrink', but of course, there was no response.
Afterward, Jiang Chen exhausted every method he could think of but still failed to pull out the Shooting Sun Divine Arrow.
This magic treasure was not meant for him.
At this point, Jiang Chen was truly frustrated. Without a second thought, he directly sacrificed the Tao mirror and devoured the Shooting Sun Divine Arrow.
No matter how valuable a treasure, if it couldn't be used by him, it might as well be destroyed.
In this way, at least he could restore some of the power of the Tao mirror, that was certainly better than gaining nothing.
Whoosh!
After swallowing the Shooting Sun Divine Arrow, the Tao mirror quivered for a moment, releasing a chilling power that flowed into Jiang Chen's body.
The chilly power infiltrated his body, first making a round inside, then converging into his Sea of Consciousness, transforming into bright moon which corresponded to the sun formed by the power of the Golden Crow.
The rising of the sun and the setting of the moon, the cycles of Yin and Yang, together tempered Jiang Chen's vital energy.
In a trance, he felt different. Although there was no change in his realm, he undoubtedly became stronger. His vital energy was more lively and dense than before, and also possessed a hint of the aura of creation.
As for the Tao mirror, after swallowing the Shooting Sun Divine Arrow, its aura grew stronger, fully consolidating at the mid-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure level.
If only Jiang Chen wasn't so weak, if he could find enough Innate spiritual matter for the Tao mirror to devour, not to mention upgrading it to an Innate Treasure, even upgrading it to a Chaos Treasure, wouldn't be out of the question.
No limits. This was the most powerful aspect of the Tao mirror.
...
He had acquired the corpse of the Great Sun Golden Crow and the Shooting Sun Divine Arrow. Normally, Jiang Chen should have left by now.
But he hadn't.
He was digging the ground at this moment!
And judging from his manner, it was clear that he intended not just to dig three feet, but thirty feet down.
The rocks in this place, day and night subjected to the incineration of Sun True Fire, had fundamentally transformed, becoming the utmost Pure Yang spiritual matter between Heaven and Earth, which could be said to be extremely valuable.
Whether it was used for refining tools or for arranging formations, it could play an extraordinary role.
Something like this Pure Yang treasure, would usually trigger a fight among numerous cultivators even if only a bit of it appeared, let alone here, where it was virtually everywhere!
Especially where the corpse of the Golden Crow fell, it gave birth to the Innate spiritual material, the Great Sun Divine Gold. That was a top-tier material capable of refining post-natal treasures!
This place was treasure land, concealing astonishing wealth. He wouldn't leave until he had squeezed out all the value of this place.
He wanted the watermelon, he wanted the sesame seeds too.
He, Jiang Chen, was just that greedy.
Afterwards, Jiang Chen busied himself for over a month, only then was he able to completely dig out the Pure Yang treasures here.
However, this was only part of the core, there were even more Pure Yang spiritual materials on the periphery, which Jiang Chen did not excavate.
But that wasn't necessary either.
With the site where the Golden Crow's corpse fell as the core, the closer one got to it, the higher the quality of the Pure Yang spiritual material produced. The further away one went from the core, the quality of the material decreased.
The most valuable part had already been taken away by Jiang Chen. The remaining leftovers, though holding some value, were not worth his attention.
Just leave them here for now, until he had time to come back and collect them.
Anyway, there wouldn't be anyone coming here.
Although the Tao mirror had absorbed the corpse of the Golden Crow, its residual power could still maintain the Li Mountain springs for thousands of years without exhibiting any abnormalities.
A thousand years later, who knows what stage Jiang Chen would have reached? Perhaps, he would have become invincible.
As for whether the refining of the Golden Crow's body could be sensed by the Great Sun Buddha?
That wouldn't happen.
After all, it used to be an Innate Treasure. Even if the Tao mirror had fallen in rank, its ability to shield heavenly secrets was still intact. Not to mention the Great Sun Buddha, even a saint would be unable to calculate it.
This ability was certainly effective, inherited from the Chaos Pearl.
After sorting things out, Jiang Chen left this place.
...
...
"Huh!"
"Why does the atmosphere feel a bit wrong?"
After coming out of the hot spring, Jiang Chen followed the path towards the base of Li Mountain. However, along the way, he suddenly noticed that the atmosphere was off.
Heaven and earth seemed unchanged, even on looking up, he could see a clear sky, the weather was unusually pleasant.
But under this bright sunlight, Jiang Chen felt an extraordinarily depressing breath, permeating between Heaven and Earth, almost suffocating.
A great event has happened!
Only then did Jiang Chen suddenly realize, during his immersion in the Li Mountain hot springs, a major event had occurred. And now, the only place where something major could have happened was the city of Xianyang, a gathering place for innumerable cultivators.
A mishap has occurred in Xianyang!
With this in mind, Jiang Chen restrained his aura and cautiously rushed towards Xianyang city along the nearby path.
He wasn't intending to enter the city, but to take a distant look at it to see what had happened in Xianyang.
If it was true that an incident happened in Xianyang, then as an Innate Realm cultivator like Jiang Chen, there wouldn't be any other use in rushing there except to court death.
Whoosh...
However, before Jiang Chen could reach Xianyang, while still halfway there, he saw a black light flying distantly from the horizon.
The black light was extremely fast, at first glimpse, it was just a speck in the horizon, but in the next moment, it had arrived before Jiang Chen's eyes, directly entering his Sea of Consciousness.
"Haha!"
"The heavens really do favor me."
"I've just received the Emperor's inheritance, and now I've come across a Sun God Body."
"Heaven's graces"
At the same time, a very arrogant laugh erupted in Jiang Chen's Sea of Consciousness. Accompanying the laughter was an old man shrouded in black darkness.
Looking at his body, it was extremely ethereal, clearly a spirit body.
???
Body-snatching?
Seeing this familiar scene, Jiang Chen vaguely understood the intention of the other party.
The intention obviously signaled body-snatching!
Thinking about it, Jiang Chen was not scared. On the contrary, he was even more excited.
Body-snatching was indeed a treatment for the protagonist.
Throughout the vast history, numerous travelers have appeared, and among these travelers, how many were not body-snatched?
Today, Jiang Chen was privileged to receive the same treatment as his predecessors, why wouldn't he be excited?
...
"Kid, if you want to blame someone, blame your bad luck for encountering me. Now, hand over your body obediently to me."
"In this way, not only will you be spared from suffering, but after I've finished cultivating, I might even go and attain Dao for you in the cycle of reincarnation."
The black-clothed old man was clearly action-oriented. He knew too well that villains die because they talk too much. After entering into Jiang Chen's Sea of Consciousness, without saying anything further, he directly lunged at his soul.