The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Obstacles to Innate Promotion Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Obstacles to Innate Promotion “However, advancing to the Innate Realm is not something you can achieve just because you wish to.”

Even though Jing Yan had already reached Half-step Innate, that final half-step was extremely difficult to traverse.

“If only I had one more Soul Crystal!” Jing Yan thought to himself.

Unfortunately, Soul Crystals, as valuable as they are, are not commonly found.

And the Spirit Stones Jing Yan currently possessed totaled only twenty thousand, barely enough to buy five Top-grade Spirit Stones.

“Do I really need to enter the Black Stone Mountain Range to hunt spiritual beasts in exchange for Spirit Stones?” Jing Yan frowned slightly.

With his current strength, entering the Black Stone Mountain Range was feasible, and as long as he stayed away from the core area, being cautious, he should be safe.

Should he encounter overly powerful spiritual beasts, he could always activate the Sky Wings to escape.

However, hunting spiritual beasts was not an easy task.

If the shortfall of Spirit Stones was small, it would naturally be easier.

But Jing Yan was short by hundreds of thousands!

How many spiritual beasts would he need to kill to make up that number?

This method clearly wasn’t feasible!

With furrowed brows, Jing Yan feared that he would need at least dozens of Top-grade Spirit Stones before he dared to attempt advancing to the Innate Realm.

Because Jing Yan’s Primordial Energy was now too dense, using one or two Spirit Stones hardly had any significant effect.

The denser the Primordial Energy, the more of it was needed for advancement.

Conversely, Martial Artists with average Primordial Energy consumed less during advancement.

Just like Jing Yan in the past, when advancing to the Innate Realm, he only needed to use a few Top-grade Spirit Stones.

Of course, now that Jing Yan’s advancement consumed so much, once he broke through, his strength would be formidable.

Even just after advancing to Innate, his rich Primordial Energy would surpass half of the Middle Stage Innate Martial Artists.

Every advantage has its disadvantage!

“Kid, advancing to Innate is not simple, is it?”

At that moment, Senior Tianshui’s voice came from one side.

Jing Yan turned to look and saw Tianshui sitting on a stone stool, swinging his leg.

“Simple?” Jing Yan couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

“Hehe, with this old man here, it’s very simple!

Bring some paper and pen!” Tianshui said boldly, standing up and waving his arm.

Paper and pen were available in Jing Yan’s room.

Although Jing Yan didn’t know what Tianshui intended to do, he still did as told and brought the paper and pen to Tianshui.

Tianshui wrote swiftly on the paper and soon after, he picked up the plain paper and blew gently on it.

“Take this, buy all the Spiritual Grasses I’ve listed, then I’ll teach you how to prepare a medicine.

With this medicine, your talent and the aid of Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill, advancing to Innate is almost guaranteed,” Tianshui said, waving his hand.

Then, he disappeared in front of Jing Yan.

Jing Yan looked at the names of various Spiritual Medicines written in black ink on the paper in his hand.

He recognized many of these Spiritual Medicines, some he had heard of but never seen, and about a quarter of them Jing Yan had never even heard of.

However, it seemed that most of these Spiritual Medicines were from first to third level, apparently not very valuable.

“Using these to prepare a medicine can help me advance to Innate?” Jing Yan found it hard to believe.

If it were the refining of an Elixir, perhaps Jing Yan might believe it possible.

But just a medicine, what kind of medicine could enable a Ninth Layer Heaven Martial Artist to advance to Innate?

Jing Yan had never heard of such a thing.

However, Jing Yan trusted that Senior Tianshui would not engage in pointless actions; since Tianshui was so confident, Jing Yan thought it worth a try.

After gathering his things, Jing Yan left the Jing Family Mansion for Donglin First City.

Since the types of required Spiritual Medicine were numerous, Jing Yan had to inquire in four different shops to collect all the materials,

yet he still couldn’t buy all thirty-nine types of Spiritual Medicines requested by Tianshui; he was missing a type called Purple Incense Flower.

Jing Yan even went to ask Qin Yu, the manager of the First Floor.

“Purple Incense Flower?” Qin Yu frowned.

“Jing Yan, I do know of Purple Incense Flower.

Twenty years ago, this third-level Spiritual Medicine might still have been found.

But now, it is very hard to find, unless you go to the Moonlight Forest’s Evil Canyon,” Qin Yu looked at Jing Yan.

“Jing Yan, what do you need Purple Incense Flower for?

This herb isn’t very valuable, but it only grows in dangerous places like the Moonlight Forest’s Evil Canyon, and now very few people are willing to enter the Evil Canyon for it!” Qin Yu continued.

He mentioned the Moonlight Forest which Jing Yan also knew of.

This forest was not in the territory of Donglin City, quite far from Donglin City in fact.

East of Donglin City was a city called Duyang City, which neighbored it.

The Moonlight Forest was within the territory of Duyang City.

Leaving Donglin City, even an Innate Realm Martial Artist, traveling urgently, would need at least a month to reach it.

Jing Yan had the Sky Wings, which allowed him to move much faster than typical Innate Realm Martial Artists, but he couldn’t continuously use Sky Wings to travel.

After returning from Donglin First City, Jing Yan prepared to head to the Moonlight Forest.

Although the travel time alone, to and from, would take two to three months, if he couldn’t gather all the Spiritual Grass Materials to prepare the medicine, Jing Yan might not be able to advance to the Innate Realm for two years.

Before leaving, Jing Yan came to Fourth Elder Jing Tianying.

“Jing Yan, are you going to the Moonlight Forest?” Jing Tianying, of course, was also somewhat surprised.

The Moonlight Forest, located in the territory of Duyang City, was no longer within the territory of Donglin City.

People from the Jing Family rarely went to Duyang City.

Not just the common members, even the elders of the Jing Family had seldom traveled to Duyang City.

“Yes!

I plan to go to the Moonlight Forest to find a certain Spiritual Grass.

However, I’ve never been to the Moonlight Forest and am unfamiliar with the terrain near there.

I wonder if our family has any properties nearby?” Jing Yan asked Jing Tianying.

If the Jing Family had property there, there would surely be people assigned there who should be familiar with the environment.

Jing Yan came to Jing Tianying for this matter.

“Our Jing Family’s properties are all within the territory of Donglin City; we don’t have any properties in the territory of Duyang City.

However, I do have a relative who seems to live in a small town near the Moonlight Forest,” Jing Tianying said, furrowing his brows.

“Jing Yan, take a look at this letter!” Jing Tianying, pulling a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Jing Yan.

Jing Yan received the letter and began to read.

“Oh?

A letter asking for help?” Jing Yan read the contents and slightly smiled.

“Yes!

It’s from a distant relative we haven’t contacted in a long time.

I found it strange when I suddenly received a letter.

After reading it, I learned it was a call for help.

Black Wind Town is too far, and I wasn’t planning to deal with it, but since you’re going to the Moonlight Forest which is near Black Wind Town, you might as well visit there.

They should be familiar with the area,” Jing Tianying smiled.