Longevity: Starting from the Qi Tags

“Stop!” Zhou Xiong appeared beside him, holding his shoulder.

The Surging Wave Palm that had rushed towards the two individuals gradually dissipated into nothingness.

He looked at Jiang Yuan and said, “You’re impressive! It’s been a long time since Qianyuan Kingdom produced a genius like you! As a citizen of Qianyuan Kingdom, why not join the court and serve the nation? In the future, becoming a king and splitting the earth is no big deal for you!”

Jiang Yuan smiled, drawing back his hand, “I appreciate the kind words, elder.”

Zhou Xiong, looking at Lu Qingshan who had already appeared next to Jiang Yuan, slowly said, “Since my son Tuo has been defeated, we should take our leave.”

“Farewell then!” Lu Qingshan replied with a smile.

At this moment, he was overjoyed. Jiang Yuan’s victory over Zhou Tuo was unexpected!

His defeat of Zhou Tuo despite the two realm gap was shocking to him. Zhou Tuo was a true prodigy, extraordinarily special. He could control the power of the earth pulse, and he had mastered a complete martial art technique.

Melded with the power of the earth pulse, his ability was as powerful as those imbued with spiritual being.

At this stage in his life, this was remarkably rare as Zhou Tuo was already capable of crossing realms in combat.

He hadn’t expected that Jiang Yuan could cross realms too. It was unimaginable.

If he hadn’t seen it for himself, he wouldn’t have believed it.

It was only due to his ability to see the fluctuation and flaws in spiritual power that he was able to pull off such a feat.

Just then, Zhou Tuo, wielding a long spear, suddenly spoke, “Jiang Yuan, next time I see you, I will defeat you!”

“OK!” Jiang Yuan laughed lightly, not taking it seriously.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Xiong had already led Zhou Tuo back onto the flying boat.

In a brief moment, they transformed into a golden light and disappeared into the endless sky.

Lu Qingshan said, “Come and see me tomorrow!”

He instantly returned to the high platform.

Meanwhile,

Cheers came from below.

“Did I see that right?! Jiang Yuan inexplicably overcame two realms and defeated Zhou Tuo of the Qianyuan Imperial Family! It’s unthinkable! No wonder he was so confident when challenging Su Luo. It turns out, he really possesses such strength!”

“Indeed! I previously felt that he was bragging, overhyping himself. Now it seems I was wrong. I owe him an apology!”

“Yes, an apology indeed!”

On the other side,

A young man in a purple robe nudged the person next to him.

“Regarding the incident last time, go and apologize to Jiang Yuan!”

Sun Cheng lowered his head and replied, “Yes!” “Tian He, you bring him!”

Tian He nodded obediently, “Yes, Senior Brother Xu!”

Jiang Yuan landed right beside Liu Jie.

Liu Jie looked at him, dumbfounded, “Brother Jiang, you hid this well! You’ve already mastered the Surging Wave Palm beyond the complete stage and you didn’t even tell me! You made me worry unnecessarily!” Upon hearing Liu Jie’s words, Jiang Yuan realized.

No wonder my Surging Wave Palm felt extraordinary, it was because it had reached a level beyond perfection.

No wonder, no wonder… Senior Kong Nian was so friendly last time.

At this moment, Liu Jie couldn’t stop grinning, “Brother Jiang, you’ve made it big! With your strength, do you even need to fight? You’ll surely claim the first place!”

Jiang Yuan came back to his senses, laughed, “I wouldn’t dare make a blind bet, Senior Brother Liu. I would only dare to boast if I’m certain of victory. If I caused Senior Brother Liu to lose everything, I wouldn’t be able to compensate!”

“Ha ha!” Liu Jie laughed heartily.

Jiang Yuan saw Liu Jie’s delighted expression, puzzled, “Senior Brother Liu, how much did you bet?”

Liu Jie slowly held up two fingers.

“Two thousand?”

Liu Jie was instantly dumbfounded, looking at Jiang Yuan with wide eyes.

Jiang Yuan smiled, “Two hundred?”

He finally nodded, “Good guess! Just this time already exceeded my earnings of these past few years! It’s been a long time, Junior Brother Jiang!”

Just then,

A voice whispered by his ear, “I am Tian He! Nice to meet you, Brother Jiang!”

Jiang Yuan turned around to see Tian He, leading Sun Cheng standing in front of him.

Feeling Jiang Yuan’s gaze, Sun Cheng’s neck slightly shrank back in fear.

It wasn’t Jiang Yuan he feared, but Xu Zhenzhuan.

He knew that if he didn’t gain Jiang Yuan’s forgiveness, Xu Zhenzhuan would definitely make him regret it.

Thinking of this,

“Jiang Yuan, I’m sorry!” Sun Cheng said, lowering his head and about to kneel halfway on his knee.

Jiang Yuan’s aura lightly moved, stopping him from doing that. “Never mind, there’s no need to kneel. Stretch out your right arm!”

Seeing this, Sun Cheng obediently stretched out his right arm.

Next moment, Jiang Yuan grabbed Shu Xiao’s sword sheath from her hands and smacked it against his shoulder.

His face immediately contorted in pain.

“Go tell Xu Zhenzhuan to let it go! As for his recruitment, I’ve taken note!” Sun Cheng looked at Jiang Yuan, feeling extremely grateful.

Although Jiang Yuan’s action caused his right arm to fracture, compared to the humiliation of kneeling, it was nothing. A month’s rest would heal it.

Moreover, it was evident that Jiang Yuan’s action would allow him to gain Xu Zhenzhuan’s forgiveness.

Tian He said, “In that case, the two of us will take our leave!”

Watching them leave, Liu Jie said, “Brother Jiang, your fame is truly established today! Even Xu Zhenzhuan places such importance on you!”

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, “They’re too complicated! The path of cultivation always involves some sort of faction-building. Why bother?”

“Brother Jiang, you haven’t joined the inner sect yet, so you wouldn’t know. All these struggles are for a single reason—resources. For someone like me who hasn’t joined any sect, even though I am free and unbound, I lack a lot of resources.”

Liu Jie added, “Mines, spiritual fields, each peak is in charge of different earthly realms. All are resources for cultivation. Without enough resources, advancing in cultivation is very difficult!”

Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement.

If not for accidentally acquiring Lin Hao’s resources, how could he possess the cultivation strength at the fourth level of meridian breaking? At most he would have reached the second level of meridian breaking..