Chapter Eighty-Three: The Three Sisters

  At the Poison Dragon Pool, Ji Changkong spent his days fighting against the ferocious beasts of the Poison Dragon Pool. The nine-headed snake that was many times more ferocious than the flying eagle, and the three-eyed dragon python, he could all handle with ease. What's more, these three flying eagles were mainly used for transmitting messages?

  Whoosh!

  He calmly passed through the gap between the three-headed eagles, not only evading their encirclement but also grasping one of the flying eagles' necks with a backhand press and throwing it out directly.

  "Don't you dare! You can't break the rules!"

  Duan Xiaoqi saw him take action and anxiously shouted loudly beside him, waving his small fist, with a furious face.

  "You can push the flying eagles away, but you're not allowed to hurt them or attack them!" Duan Lingyue was also somewhat excited, but she didn't make things too difficult for him, and loudly shouted out.

  "How square!"

  He let out a low curse and suddenly shrank into the corner of the iron cage, staring coldly at the three flying eagles that flew over. Before the three flying eagles arrived, he suddenly made his move, accurately grasping one of the eagle's curved sharp claws with an iron hook-like grip, and with a strong pull, the eagle fell from mid-air onto his chest.

  The other two flying eagles that flew over, suddenly all collided with the first flying eagle caught by his sharp claws, three flying eagles collided together, making a low humming cry.

  With rich experience in fighting against the poisonous dragon pool's ferocious beasts, dealing with the three-headed flying eagles was not difficult for him at all. He easily dodged their encirclement and from time to time reached out to grab one of them, tossing it around. The three-headed flying eagles were left dizzy and disoriented by him, and soon they had no strength to fly anymore.

  "This guy, how can he be more agile than a monkey? Three flying eagles, and they were all exhausted by him?" Duan Xiaoshan held the iron cage, with a look of astonishment on her face.

  "Three little sisters, Flying Eagle is powerless, can you let me out now?" Ji Chang said calmly and smilingly from within the iron cage.

  "Alright, you've passed the test!" Duan Lingyue nodded and opened the iron cage to let Ji Changkong out, muttering to herself: "Someone who came out of the Poison Dragon Pool is indeed not an ordinary person. The Three-Headed Flying Eagle was too easy for you. I'll let you off this time, don't worry about anything. A long time ago, someone entrusted us to inform the Ji family about your news, so you don't have to worry."

  "Who entrusted you?" Not bearing any grudge against Duan Lingyue for her previous deception, upon hearing that someone had entrusted them to deliver a message to Ji Jia, Ji Changkong's heart was filled with joy, and he hastily asked.

  "Secret." Duan Lingyue giggled and saw that he shook his head with a bitter smile, thinking it was funny. She laughed again and said: "Bai Qing, who else would care about you so much except for him?"

  "Ji Changkong, you'd better be careful, I don't know who spread the news, but it seems like many people know you'll be passing through Gaoyang City to Tianwu Country. Now there are quite a few people in Gaoyang City looking for you. You might want to change your appearance slightly, hehe, if you don't mind, I can help you with that, I'm quite skilled in this area." Duan Xiaoxi suggested on the side.

  "Oh, you also know my identity?"

  "We three people, specifically in charge of sorting out intelligence about you, have all seen your portrait. Ling Yue sister also said that you came from the Poison Dragon Pool, isn't it obvious? " Duan Xiaoqi explained and excitedly said: "You come, I'll help you disguise yourself, I'm really great! As long as you agree, I'll tell you two pieces of news that ordinary people don't know about yet."

  "Really?" Ji Changkong asked hesitantly.

  Duan Xiaoqi nodded hastily, not waiting for Ji Changkong to react. She excitedly grabbed Ji Changkong and brought him to a place with more sunlight. From her brocade bag, she took out various bottles and jars, and without saying a word, began applying them to Ji Changkong's face.

  Duan Xiaoshan and Duan Lingyue both had strange smiles on their faces as they looked at him with great interest.

  The five-color paint was applied to the face, some places were cool and some were hot, after a while, Duan Xiaoshan and Duan Lingyue couldn't help but cover their mouths and burst out laughing, while Duan Xiaoxi continued to apply the paint seriously and attentively.

  After a while, Duan Xiaoqi let out a soft breath and nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, take a look!" She then took out a copper mirror and placed it in front of Ji Changkong.

  A middle-aged ugly man with a purplish-red birthmark on his face, yellowish dry skin, appeared in the copper mirror. His nose was sunken, he had a wispy beard, and his cheeks were swollen. The purplish-red birthmarks on either side of his cheek made him look extremely unsightly, even somewhat ferocious.

  "Not bad, really good! Xiao Qi indeed has a trick!" Duan Xiaoshan said with a straight face, suppressing the urge to burst out laughing.

  "What about afterwards?" Ji Changkong didn't dare look at the person in the mirror again and hastily asked.

  "Here's a bottle of medicine, dilute it in a basin of clear water and wash your face clean." Duan Xiaoqi patted her hands, looking very satisfied. "And I have two pieces of news for you: your friend from Nan Yi unexpectedly brought back the last three pages of the Jiuyi Divine Archery Spectrum from Tian Shan, and is now on his way back. Also, Lian Hentian, who has been missing for many years, has recently been rumored to have reappeared within the borders of Tianwu Kingdom, and many of his old enemies are sharpening their knives in preparation to deal with him."

  He was extremely shocked in his heart, he did not expect that Zhong Lijian Yi could actually get the last three pages of Jiuyi Shen She Pu from Gudan, and even more unexpected was that Li Hen Tian had arrived at Tianwu State.

  "Thank you for your message, and thank you for the disguise. Goodbye." Ji Changkong clasped his fists together again, then said to Duan Lingyue: "Please apologize to your brother on my behalf, I'll make a special trip to thank him when I have the chance."

  "Be careful, there are many people in Gaoyang City who want your life. Don't think that just because you've changed your appearance, you're completely safe." Duan Lingyue's attitude was much friendlier than before, and she actively reminded him: "Your voice, your daily behavior and demeanor, all of these must be changed. Otherwise, some powerful figures will easily be able to tell if you've undergone a disguise."

  "Thanks." He waved his hand and left the three interesting little girls of the Duan family, leaving the Duan Mansion.

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  Three days later, Ji Changkong appeared on the road to Gaoyang City in Tianwu Country. At night, a heavy rain poured down again, and amidst the lightning and thunder, he, who had deliberately guided the heavenly thunder into his body, got what he wanted, being struck by dozens of heavenly thunders on his body.

  It's as if the experience from last time had given his body a natural resistance, and although he was still struck by the heavenly thunder and felt aching all over, he didn't collapse to the ground unable to move like before.

  This time he didn't faint, but knelt on one knee, enduring the power of the heavenly thunder. He clearly felt a bolt of lightning strike his back, and the natural thunder force inside him was initially wildly violent.

  Every time this happens, the three heavenly thunderfields in his body will produce a burst of energy that pulls those chaotic natural forces into the heavenly thunderfield. As soon as the heavenly thunder power enters the heavenly thunderfield, it immediately mixes with the yuan force in the heavenly thunderfield and flies along its trajectory, rapidly entwining the lightning force and yuan force together thread by thread.

  It was unknown whether his divine soul had grown stronger, but although his brain throbbed with pain, he did not lose consciousness. As a bolt of heavenly lightning descended, his divine soul merely violently fluttered about in the sea of his mind, flickering like a flame within a limited area.

  Hei Yu Yuan Jing!

  Suddenly, Ji Changkong thought of the remaining black jade yuan crystals in the mustard seed bag. As a specialty of the Poison Dragon Pool, the black jade yuan crystal had the wonderful effect of nourishing the divine soul. When Ji Yusheng and Ji Yuanyun obtained the black jade yuan crystal, they immediately used it to enhance their divine soul as if they had gained a treasure.

  If it weren't for the two of them doting on him and having high expectations for him, those black jade yuan crystals would have been used up long ago and wouldn't have been saved for him to use when he goes out traveling.

  Enduring the stinging pain on his body, Ji Changkong climbed up a dense tree and sat down on a branch. He took out a black jade yuan crystal and gazed at the dark, ink-like special yuan stone. Immediately, he felt an unusual energy fluctuation emanating from it, which was somewhat ethereal and elusive, like air itself, giving people an intangible feeling.

  She exhaled softly and, following the Taixu Secret Record's description of the divine soul, attempted to slowly use her divine soul to sense the strange power within the Black Jade Primordial Crystal.

  The divine soul is vast and can merge with all things, the divine soul has no bounds, vast and endless...

  Tai Xu's Secret Records, the most talked-about word is "fusion"! The self and the universe are fused, the original power and all things are fused, the secret techniques are mutually integrated, as if there is nothing that cannot be combined together.

  His divine soul was drifting and fluttering, and in an instant, it seemed to have formed a connection with the black jade yuan crystal in his hand. Suddenly, fine lines that were invisible to the naked eye flowed out from the black jade yuan crystal, following some kind of mysterious trajectory, drilling into his brain through his mouth, nose, ears, and eyes, converging into his divine soul.

  The divine soul was like a small pool of water, and the fine lines flowing out of the Black Jade Primordial Crystal were like gentle streams, slowly gathering in the pool, making it grow larger and larger.

  The power from the Hei Yu Yuan Jing flowed into his eyes and towards his divine soul, but a part of it seemed to be blocked by his pupils and entered his eyes instead. His originally pitch-black eyes slowly turned silver...

  The thunderstorm subsided, and he didn't know how long it had been. His pupils returned to black again, and he lowered his head to look at the black jade yuan crystal in his hand. The black jade yuan crystal that was originally ink-black had turned grayish-white, and there was no longer any energy fluctuation within it.

  After this cultivation, he clearly felt that his divine soul had grown a lot stronger, his eyes were clear and bright, the range of his perception had increased by more than ten meters, and with a movement of his yuan force, the speed of condensing objects was much faster under the influence of his divine soul.

  Hei Yu Yuan Jing is indeed a good thing, no wonder many people are scrambling for it, and it can actually strengthen the divine soul.

  Perception continued to stretch outward, he wanted to test the limits of perceptual response.

  Suddenly, a strange and wonderful vibration came from afar, giving him a sense of being connected by blood.

  "Huh?"

  He let out a low cry, and Ji Changkong's face was full of confusion. The feeling that came from afar was like the feeling he had towards the black ghost insect in his fingers, as if it were a part of his own body, extremely strange.

  After hesitating for a moment, Ji Changkong crawled out from the tree and carefully felt his way over there.