I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 313: Chapter 277: (Revision) Heaven-Swallowing Skill

With the spiritual artifact Taihe Umbrella in hand, the Wind Roll and Scatter Clouds technique stirred up feathers in the sky, easily breaking through the defenses of the two evil cultivators. The Silk Control Technique surged underfoot, while the Shadow Moon Mother and Child Blades launched a surprise attack from behind.

Three moves were launched in quick succession, and in the blink of an eye, she dealt with two late-stage Foundation Establishment evil cultivators, retrieved their storage bags and the net, and Jiang Yuebai set the bodies ablaze.

Just as she was about to further explore elsewhere, Lii Jiuchuan suddenly appeared before her.

Jiang Yuebai was startled.

Lii Jiuchuan had a gloomy expression, glanced at the rapidly incinerating bodies on the ground, and said nothing.

”Come with me, there’s a change on the island tonight.”

As soon as his voice trailed off, Biya Island’s highest peak exploded with a roar, currents swept across, and the ground shook. Huge rocks, engulfed in flames like meteors, crashed violently into various parts of the city.

Lii Jiuchuan stepped in front of Jiang Yuebai, flicked a leaf from a nearby tree, and in an instant, a massive rock about to crash down was penetrated by the leaf and crumbled to dust.

Kill!!!

A deafening battle cry rose from all corners of the city, and Jiang Yuebai saw hundreds of cultivators launching an assault on the mountain peak.

There were also three Golden Core and one Nascent Soul cultivators appearing out of thin air around the highest peak, with various spells and magic treasures bombarding relentlessly, raising fiery clouds that scorched the heavens, a truly terrifying spectacle.

At the peak was one of the main strongholds of Feiyan Pavilion in the North Sea.

”Go!”

Lii Jiuchuan whisked Jiang Yuebai away, quickly bringing her to a large courtyard on the outermost part of Biya Island. The courtyard was surrounded by array flags supporting a protective great array, with True Monarch Fuyi personally stabilizing the array eye, ensuring tight protection.

Jiang Yuebai observed that all the disciples of Heavenly Gang Peak were gathered here. Tang Weimian, upon seeing her, immediately rushed over.

”Junior Sister Jiang, I’m so glad you’re alright; you really scared me.”

Zhao Fuyi asked Lii Jiuchuan, ”How is the situation?”

Lii Jiuchuan replied, ”It looks like Tian Jiu Palace and the San Yuan Sect have teamed up, intending to uproot Feiyan Pavilion’s stronghold on Biya Island while the Xun Wind period hampers timely reinforcements from Feiyan Pavilion.”

Master Lingjun and Master Fuyu also returned from outside, and Master Lingjun remarked, ”The Xun Wind has already started to weaken, and it should pass by tomorrow around 7:00 AM.”

Master Fuyu continued, ”There’s no issue at the dock, and we can depart early tomorrow morning.”

Zhao Fuyi nodded, ”Everyone, stay cautious tonight. As long as they don’t attack here, we’ll wait until the Xun Wind passes and leave immediately.”

Li Shen Zhi was also called over; the five Golden Core Masters, along with Zhao Fuyi and Lii Jiuchuan, the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs, guarded more than a hundred disciples of Heavenly Gang Peak, including Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yuebai finally witnessed the chaos of the North Sea; she was happily counter-robbing when suddenly a great battle erupted without any preparation.

Jiang Yuebai thought she must rely more on the spiritual crane avatar in the future, sending the avatar to scout dangerous areas first while her true self hides discreetly, observing. If they could win, they would fight; if not, they would flee.

Right, there’s also the Sword Sky Puppet Faceless, which only needed the last bit of modification; suddenly, she had an idea.

”Junior Sister Jiang, were you scared? Don’t worry, with Master and True Monarch Jiuchuan here, we’ll be fine.”

Tang Weimian comforted Jiang Yuebai, who smiled with narrowed eyes. She wasn’t worried, just...

Her gaze fell on Li Shen Zhi, who happened to look her way at the same moment. Their eyes met, sharing a mutual sense of regret, glancing at the stern and unassailable Zhao Fuyi, then at the fierce battle on Biya Island’s highest peak.

Couldn’t fish in troubled waters anymore... sigh...

”I heard that the Feiyan Pavilion Master has been staying in the Baishui Domain Fang Family and hasn’t returned, and Tian Jiu Palace has been frequently launching sneak attacks on Feiyan Pavilion’s island strongholds.”

”They came prepared today; I wonder if Feiyan Pavilion can hold them off.”

Jiang Yuebai looked towards the highest peak. It was too far to see people clearly; only the spells clashing, currents sweeping across, and Feiyan Pavilion seemed to be under pressure, unable to effectively counterattack.

Then, a faint osmanthus fragrance drifted in, making everyone around Jiang Yuebai involuntarily sniff the air.

”Look at the peak!”

At the highest peak, a tree sprang from the ground, breaking through the clouds, its branches and leaves rapidly extending outward, golden osmanthus blossoming among the green leaves like stars.

With a sudden fierce wind, osmanthus petals rained down, and as they passed, those black-clad cultivators fell to the ground as if poisoned.

Even the Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators in mid-air retreated in caution, avoiding the osmanthus tree’s growing range.

The appearance of this tree instantly turned the tide, with a surge of female cultivators emerging from Feiyan Pavilion on the peak.

From a distance, they appeared as a dense swarm of moths, counterattacking in all directions.

”That’s one of Feiyan Pavilion’s Twelve Flower Goddesses, the August Osmanthus Envoy, right? Amazing!”

Jiang Yuebai watched for a moment, perceiving that Feiyan Pavilion seemed prepared in advance. Throughout the city, numerous female cultivators from Feiyan Pavilion appeared, escalating the intensity of the battle.

Now, if Tian Jiu Palace and the San Yuan Sect’s people wanted to escape, they probably couldn’t.

Though the Island Protection Great Array was outwardly focused, it lacked internal lethality. Yet, its strength was not something they could easily break through; now they were really trapped.

Jiang Yuebai withdrew her gaze, seeing her master busy on guard and did not disturb him. Instead, she went inside the courtyard to find an empty room.

She recalled just seeing her master shatter a boulder with a single leaf and became curious about how he managed to channel spiritual energy into an ordinary leaf. Before the impact, she couldn’t even detect any other aura on the leaf.

Anyway, she needed to ask for guidance. If it was something beyond her current level of cultivation, then... she’d take note first!

Laying down a simple protection array, Jiang Yuebai took out the storage bags she had forcibly acquired earlier and saw the Seven Evils Banner and Black Dog Nail. Jiang Yuebai was really... speechless.

She wondered if the artifact refiners from the San Yuan Sect only knew how to craft these two items.

Apart from these, Jiang Yuebai turned over both storage bags, and surprisingly, only a white bone scroll fell out.

But this white bone scroll looked familiar... wasn’t it the Heaven-Swallowing Technique from the Mountain and Sea Building auction?

Could these two people have pooled their resources to buy the cultivation technique, and then, having run out of money, decided to ambush and rob to recoup their losses?

Jiang Yuebai rubbed her chin, ”It’s possible, but my dream of wealth just shattered, these two paupers!”

Sighing, Jiang Yuebai put everything else away, keeping only the net and the Heaven-Swallowing Technique bone scroll, the most valuable finds of the night.

The net was a Seventh-Grade Magical Artifact, the Invisible Net, water attribute. It seemed to be made from the tendons of a certain fierce beast from the sea, soft and formless as water in hand, imperceptible, yet when unfurled, it was remarkably tough and hard to break free from.

Earlier, when her spiritual crane avatar was caught by the net, it felt as if the spiritual energy was being absorbed from her body.

”Not bad, I might as well use it to catch fish.”

Jiang Yuebai picked up the Heaven-Swallowing Technique bone scroll. The Mountain and Sea Building didn’t provide much introduction about this technique, only stating that it was an adaptation of a demon clan’s core cultivation technique. This technique allowed for progress several times faster than ordinary techniques, but the drawback was an unstable mind, prone to deviation.

Jiang Yuebai wasn’t in a hurry to look. She knew that some strange cultivation techniques could disturb the mind just by browsing.

So, she first took out the Green Jade Bamboo Flute and played the ’Clear Heart Song’ for herself, bringing her mind to complete peace and clarity before beginning to browse the Heaven-Swallowing Technique.

As she meticulously read through the words, the little Lingzhi above her head trembled slightly, and a wind rose within the room, swirling over the small Lingzhi, gradually forming a faint, small vortex...