Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

151: Wanghai CityAs he looked at the book, a strange tremor rose in his heart.

Tap, tap, tap.

The Sand Scorpion leaped onto the shattered statue, its leg joints tapping against the stone with a crisp sound.

It circled the black gelatinous mass a few times, then jumped directly onto it and buried its head.

Qin Jiang smiled at this, picking up the old history book to read.

The first page was not text, but a map, which looked like a map of the entire Divine Land. The east coast had a Dragon-shaped mark, the north coast showed a graceful figure, and the south was a range of mountains.

As for the west, there should have been something, but it was erased by a patch of black.

The remaining area was the present-day Divine Land, but without the current seventeen countries; only a Nightmare Beast totem covered all regions.

Continuing to turn the pages, it recorded the establishment, growth, and glory of Ancient Yu Country.

Until the last tenth of the book, it finally mentioned some things he was familiar with: the origin of Bronze City.

Turning a page, he did not find, as he had hoped, why Bronze City was established; instead, there were large black smudges, seemingly covering up some secret.

However, from the unobstructed fragments of text, it could be discerned that the establishment of Bronze City was related to the demise of Ancient Yu Country.

And the demise of Ancient Yu Country seemed not so simple, influenced by some external, mysterious power.

He closed the book, and suddenly a blue-black light appeared. A layer of blue-black flames ignited on the book, turning into a handful of black ash and dissipating in the blink of an eye.

Qin Jiang looked at the floating black ash with some surprise; he hadn’t felt any residual power in the book just now.

Although he had not yet fought a True God, he was confident he could escape from a True God if he could achieve this level. As for not being able to sense anything at all, it must be an Immortal Rank.

Shaking his head, he couldn’t help but sigh, these Immortal Rank existences were truly formidable; after thousands of years, they could still execute their methods in a way he couldn’t prevent.

Crack, crack, crack.

Cracking sounds came, and Qin Jiang looked at the Nightmare Beast statue. The Sand Scorpion King had already eaten all the black gelatinous mass, and its two front pincers were raised high.

Blue-black lines appeared on its body, spreading from its pincers towards its tail stinger, each extension accompanied by the sound of bone armor cracking.

Finally, the black-blue lines spread to the tail stinger, and a dazzling blue-black light shone. The Sand Scorpion King’s body gradually became a translucent blue-black.

“Bang!”

With a bang, shattered shell fragments mixed with traces of blood splattered.

Qin Jiang’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the Sand Scorpion King. The blue-black light around the Sand Scorpion King had dissipated, and its body had changed, becoming a translucent blue-black scorpion.

Especially its tail stinger, which was a brilliant, almost luminous, azure color.

It waved its front pincers, as if waving to Qin Jiang.

Qin Jiang smiled and extended his hand. The Sand Scorpion King immediately jumped onto his hand; compared to before, it felt somewhat cold.

The Sand Scorpion King crawled into his sleeve. He looked around, and after confirming nothing was left behind, he shot straight into the sky.

Boom—!

A fist print landed, kicking up earth and stone, reburying the area.

A few days later, outside Yuanzhou Prefecture City, a grand caravan proceeded into the distance.

Sitting in the carriage, Qin Jiang waved to Xu Yanran, Qin Hong, and others who were seeing them off.

After traveling a few miles, the Prefecture City had disappeared below the horizon, and he withdrew his body.

“Hehe, Junior Brother Qin and his wife truly have deep affection.”

Across from him, Elder He Feiyun stroked his beard and chuckled.

He hadn’t left the Longevity Sect for a long time, accustomed to a solitary life, and now seeing Qin Jiang like this, he couldn’t help but recall the past.

Qin Jiang smiled at the remark, “Naturally. My wife and I have come a long way, from a small town to a commandery city, and now to the Prefecture. Looking back, those scenes are as vivid as if they were before my eyes.”

Looking at the old man in front of him, he couldn’t help but feel a little emotional. If Senior Brother Mu hadn’t told him, he wouldn’t have realized that this person in front of him was actually a demon.

A crane demon who had cultivated for nearly a thousand years, under the baptism of Divine Power from the Longevity Sect, the Demonic Qi on his body had almost dissipated.

Even being this close, he could only slightly detect some abnormality.

If they were further apart, more than ten meters, even he would probably need to investigate carefully to sense it.

“It’s good to be young. I remember back then, I was also full of vigor, a prodigy of the Crane clan!” He Feiyun sighed.

Those past events felt like yesterday.

“Senior Brother He is not old yet. In this land, stories of youthful passion in old age are common,” Qin Jiang said with a smile.

He Feiyun chuckled and shook his head, “Youthful passion in old age might still be possible, but I already have one foot in the grave; I can’t be passionate anymore.

Speaking of which, for this trip to the border, I’ll have to trouble Junior Brother to take care of things.”

Qin Jiang was surprised to hear this, “Is Senior Brother so lacking in confidence about this border battle?”

“Not exactly, it’s just that I’m already past my prime, and my combat strength has severely declined. I’m not even a match for that kid Jiang Yun, so I’m afraid I can’t handle the task of holding the fort. The main responsibility will fall to you, Junior Brother.”

He Feiyun said helplessly. If he were a hundred years younger, he would surely lead the army to charge in and out seven times. But now, after seven charges, he probably wouldn’t even have a single hair left.

“Of course.” Qin Jiang smiled.

From the very beginning, he had no intention of letting this border war last too long. As soon as he collected enough potential points and elevated several Divine Martial arts to the True God Realm, he would personally intervene to end the battle.

In his opinion, for Xia Country and Huai Country, the so-called massing of troops was merely for training.

As long as a few formidable individuals emerged, the deaths of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of soldiers would not be considered a serious loss for King Huai, or even for an eighth-tier Divine Warrior like the Master of Jinyu Pavilion.

There was no other way; a world where great power belonged to a single individual was just like this.

In the past, the gap between Martial Artists was not too great, so the feeling wasn’t obvious.

Now, Divine Warriors are named after “Gods”; even a false god is a being that truly possesses some Divine Power.

Just like the underground secret room he had painstakingly carved out, if it were an ordinary person, even with decades or a century, they couldn’t create it.

Even Secret Martial Artists would need a long time to create it.

Such a gap is almost impossible to bridge with numbers.

“Sect Master, Elder, Wanghai City has arrived.”

The voice came from outside the carriage. Qin Jiang opened his eyes, lifted the curtain, and a colossal black city appeared in his sight.

This was Wanghai City, the first city of the Eastern Border, which had dominated Xia Country’s eastern frontier and stood for a thousand years without falling.

From a distance, in Qin Jiang’s vision, he could vaguely see an invisible mass of Qi floating above the giant city.

“Do you feel it? That is the collective will of countless Xia Country soldiers who died in battle here, forcibly gathered by the First Ancestor of the Xia Emperor with great means, so that it would not dissipate between heaven and earth.

And with this, the sea-stabilizing pearl, the Divine Artifact protecting Wanghai City, was created. It complements this cloud of will, nourishing it while also enhancing the quality of the sea-stabilizing pearl.”

He Feiyun said, his eyes filled with recollection.

He, too, had once fought here; at that time, he wasn’t even a Demon King.

Qin Jiang nodded slightly. He had already sensed that peculiar power, which should be the sea-stabilizing pearl.

He looked at the city gate ahead, seeing the large crowd, and couldn’t help but shake his head.

“Senior Brother He, I’ll go ahead. These people are yours to handle.”

With that, his figure vanished.

His waist swelled, and he was told to have surgery, which truly astonished him.