Chapter 103

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Chapter 103: One Slash, 999

As Ji Yang pulled up a massive spiritual fish, the last bit of blue light point he had been thinking about also successfully landed on the shore.

He stored the spiritual fish in his Spiritual Beast Bag and absorbed the light point.

Cultivation Points +1

After absorbing the light point, Ji Yang looked around with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

However, after waiting a little while, everything remained calm, just as before, and nothing happened.

Hmm?

Confused, Ji Yang immediately opened his attributes panel:

【Name: Ji Yang】

【Age: 19】

【Realm: Mid Golden Core】

【Techniques: Feather Transformation Ascension Skill】

【Supernatural Powers: Heart Sword, Sword Cultivation, Breathing Technique of All Things, Thousands of Sword Energies, Feather Transformation】

【Cultivation Level: 100/999】

【Usable】

【Status: Heaven’s Jealousy (will face troubling calamity within seven days)】

【Status: Heavenly Punishment (undetermined cause and effect, at risk of lightning strike at any moment)】

Looking at his cultivation points, which had risen from 99 to 999, Ji Yang wore a slightly dazed expression.

What does this mean?

One slash, 999?

Ji Yang furrowed his brow but did not show much disappointment.

As his cultivation realm improved, he anticipated that the required cultivation points would also increase.

The previous one hundred cultivation points could allow him to break through from the first level of Qi Refinement to the tenth level.

However, as his own realm increased, the value of the cultivation points diminished; he now needed to either enhance their quality or increase their quantity.

Clearly, since the quality remained unchanged, he could only increase the quantity.

On the contrary, this was a good thing for Ji Yang; he didn’t have to worry about reaching the limit of cultivation points and being unable to increase them, forced into a predicament of needing a breakthrough.

As long as he wished, he could achieve a breakthrough at any time without being limited by location.

If he could fill up all 999 cultivation points, he wondered if the next stage would require 9999 cultivation points.

Also, if his cultivation points were sufficient, could he directly break through to the True Immortal Realm?

Imagining the hard work he had put in over the years, the scene of soaring to the heavens one day while weeding appeared in Ji Yang’s mind, and a hint of anticipation surfaced within him.

If possible, he thought he would like to save up for a few years.

But that was just a thought; for now, he was a genius of the sect, and having entered the Foundation Establishment stage in less than two years meant he had already stepped into the inner sect.

Someone of his talent would attract trouble even if he did nothing to seek it out.

Unless he stayed at Jingtan Peak to plant seeds and didn’t go out, but spiritual plants and seeds were also a big problem.

Furthermore, he had Talent Jealousy, and now he had an added Heavenly Punishment buff.

Lost in thought, a sudden thunderbolt struck from the sky.

Ji Yang quickly dodged, while the old man beside him was charred from the shock.

“I’m truly sorry, Senior Brother Mei. Should I find another place?”

Ji Yang said apologetically.

The old man opened his mouth, emitting a puff of black smoke but still forced a calm reply:

“No need!”

“Really no need?”

Looking at the old man’s current state, Ji Yang asked again.

The old man didn’t respond further, using the Clean Water Technique to clean himself off, and then continued fishing.

Seeing that the old man was indeed fine, Ji Yang was quite surprised; his body was remarkably strong, and he hadn’t expected Senior Brother Mei to possess such remarkable prowess. The He Dao Sect truly had hidden talents.

Although his cultivation points had made a breakthrough, Ji Yang didn’t have to worry about excess risks.

But today, his primordial spirit energy was nearly depleted, and Ji Yang couldn’t use the fishing rod anymore.

However, Ji Yang wasn’t prepared to give up; although the causal fishing rod was unusable, he could still use a regular fishing rod.

With his fishing skills, he figured that even without the causal fishing rod, catching a few spiritual fish would still be easy.

Ji Yang found Steward Zhou and got a standard fishing rod.

This rod was made from regular materials; while it couldn’t compare to the causal fishing rod, it was more than adequate for fishing for spiritual fish. In the Mortal World, it would be considered a treasure of the celestial realm.

After obtaining the new rod, Ji Yang tried using it to start fishing.

The bait remained as Yun Ling Dan, which worked remarkably well for these spiritual fish.

However, after several large spiritual fish managed to escape, Ji Yang retracted his earlier statement.

To catch spiritual fish, one needed a good fishing rod—without one, it was quite challenging.

The other disciples clearly didn’t have these troubles, as these spiritual fish typically wouldn’t bite, and they weren’t specifically here for fishing.

By afternoon, Ji Yang’s haul was meager, totaling only one cultivation point, with few Mid-tier Spiritual Plants, but many White Light Points in terms of four attributes.

Before evening, Ji Yang felt the fish school gradually dispersing, occurring quicker than in previous days. This puzzled him, but he had no intention of fishing anymore today.

He put away his rod and walked towards the resting area.

There, he noticed many disciples had already reeled in their rods, and even earlier than usual, their faces displayed excitement and anticipation.

This left Ji Yang quite confused; since he entered, he hadn’t seen these punished disciples catch enough spiritual fish.

How could they be smiling in such a situation?

Before Ji Yang could inquire, he overheard a conversation nearby.

“In a couple of days, it will be the spiritual energy tide at Tianxing Lake! This time, I must catch enough spiritual fish!”

“Don’t worry; when the spiritual energy tide comes, as long as luck isn’t too bad, everyone usually ends up with something. Plus, with what we’ve gained on normal days, we can fulfill several days’ tasks.”

“We need to rest well for the next couple of days so that we don’t lack stamina and spiritual power on that day!” …

Listening to the other disciples’ discussions, Ji Yang understood the reason.

It turned out that in just a couple of days, it would be the monthly spiritual energy tide at Tianxing Lake.

During the spiritual energy tide, spiritual energy would surge to the lake’s surface.

The spiritual fish hiding deep in the lake would rise with the change in spiritual energy. In addition to some rare spiritual fish, many unique spiritual beasts would also surface, many of which were valuable, and some spiritual fish could help reduce punishment time.

This was great news for the punished cultivators at Tianxing Lake; many disciples were counting on this spiritual energy tide for good fortune.

In the days leading up to the spiritual energy tide, the number of spiritual fish would gradually decrease, even disappearing.

Seeing the expectation on many disciples’ faces, Ji Yang felt curious and wanted to see what the spiritual energy tide was like.

However, there were still two days until the spiritual energy tide, so Ji Yang didn’t have to worry too much about lacking spiritual power.

As long as he didn’t use the causal fishing rod, he could easily pull the spiritual fish from the water even with brute force!

Back at the resting area, Ji Yang continued to recover his primordial spirit energy.

Despite the significant expenditure from using the causal fishing rod these past two days, it had also allowed Ji Yang to make considerable progress in his primordial spirit, with his primordial spirit energy becoming more concentrated. This would make it easier to solidify his Nascent Soul, achieve Spirit Transformation, and reach even higher realms.

After yesterday’s interruption, no one disturbed Ji Yang today.

The next day, Ji Yang opened his eyes.

After a night of recovery, his primordial spirit energy remained at about 70%.

Ji Yang scanned the surroundings and noticed that many disciples seemed uninterested in going fishing.