Chapter 221: The Divine Statue of the Flesh God

Chapter 221: The Divine Statue of the Flesh God

East Courtyard.

In the distance, the rising sun shone, and the morning glow filled the sky, painting it red.

Jiang Ning glanced at the newly risen sun and immediately stood up.

"Time to go to work!"

As he spoke these words, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

These words made him recall the unpleasant memories of his past life, the hard labor he endured.

Thinking of this, he felt even more satisfied with his current life.

Although this life lacked abundant resources and entertainment, the cultivation of martial arts and the sense of his strength gradually increasing, the fulfillment of immense power within him, made him eager to continue.

In his opinion, the martial path was a journey of individual transcendence, a metamorphosis and sublimation of the life form.

The higher one went on the martial path, the closer one became to the legendary immortals and deities.

Take, for example, the Saint Warrior who dominated the world for eight hundred years, living nearly a thousand years.

This longevity alone was akin to that of immortals and deities.

In Jiang Ning's eyes, the martial path couldn't grant eternal life, but the mere prospect of living nearly a thousand years made him yearn for it intensely.

Immortality!

These two words had long been etched into the genes of humans in his past life.

In that life, throughout thousands of years of history, countless emperors craved immortality but never attained it.

Even the legendary emperor of a thousand years met an early demise due to his pursuit of immortality.

In this life's martial path, while true immortality was unattainable, one could still attain a lifespan close to a thousand years, like that Saint Warrior.

In the face of a thousand-year lifespan, fifty generations of mortals would come and go, which, in Jiang Ning's eyes, was a form of immortality.

The mere effect of extending one's life by a thousand years was enough to make him pursue this martial path.

Not to mention, on this path, one could possess power comparable to immortals and deities, capable of moving mountains and seas.

The next moment.

Jiang Ning had just finished preparing to leave for the Inspection Bureau to verify the identity of the Cult of Malevolent Gods member who had been secretly following him the night before.

A sixth-rank martial artist from the Cult of Malevolent Gods was worth 50,000 contribution points upon elimination.

Thinking of this, a sudden flash of inspiration struck Jiang Ning.

"That's right!" He slapped his thigh, "How could I have forgotten about the golden box I found last night!"

Subsequently, Jiang Ning projected his mental power, merging it with the Cosmic Ring.

He now had two Cosmic Rings, one containing the items and miscellaneous items he needed.

The other held the body of the Cult of Malevolent Gods member who had transformed into a blood and flesh monster the night before. With the body, it would be easier to confirm their identity and obtain the 50,000 contribution points.

As his mental power merged with the Cosmic Ring, Jiang Ning quickly located the spoils of war he had discovered by chance the previous night.

A small square box, palm-sized, was entirely made of dark gold.

"This must weigh at least one jin!" Jiang Ning's eyes lit up with joy.

One jin was equal to ten liang, and according to the currency exchange rate of Great Xia, one liang of gold was worth a thousand liang of silver.

So, this golden box alone was worth at least ten thousand liang of silver.

The gold, worth at least ten thousand liang of silver, was merely used as a box, indicating that the contents within must be of immense value, far surpassing the worth of ten thousand liang of silver.

In the blink of an eye.

The dark golden box appeared in Jiang Ning's hand.

After holding the box, he weighed it slightly.

"About one jin and five liang!"

Then he examined the object in his hand, which was entirely dark gold with no patterns on the surface. It felt like a gold brick in his hand.

Only a slit on the side revealed that this was a box made of gold.

"I wonder what's inside?"

Jiang Ning was extremely curious about the golden box in his hand.

Subsequently, he clenched his fingers around the box, exerting force.

The next moment.

The box in his hand opened, and he instantly saw that the interior of the golden box was already soaked in blood.

Within the blood, a ten-centimeter-tall divine statue was immersed.

The statue had three heads, six arms, and four legs!

As Jiang Ning observed the statue, the eyes of the statue, originally closed, suddenly opened.

"Worship me, and your flesh shall be eternal."

"Offer me, and your flesh shall ascend."

"Serve me, and your flesh shall be indestructible."

The next moment, these words echoed in Jiang Ning's ears, seemingly like a delirious whisper that kept penetrating his mind, as if trying to twist his thoughts.

In the next instant, Jiang Ning's eyes flashed with struggle, and his gaze became vacant, as if his mind had wandered to another realm.

Almost after a breath.

Clap!

The box was suddenly closed by his right hand.

As the box closed, the murmuring voices that had been echoing in his ears suddenly disappeared without a trace.

That previous scene was like an illusion.

Huff...

Jiang Ning snapped back to reality, panting heavily.

His eyes still held a lingering fear.

In his mind, he had just witnessed a sea of blood.

Floating atop the blood were lifelike corpses.

In the center of the sea, a three-headed, six-armed, four-legged monster slowly approached him.

As the distance between them narrowed, Jiang Ning felt an intense sense of danger.

Moreover, during this process, his body was completely unresponsive, leaving him frozen like a wooden chicken.

Fortunately, with a burst of his mental power, he briefly regained control of his body.

Using this control, he successfully closed the golden box in his hand.

"Huff..."

Jiang Ning exhaled deeply, and his wildly beating heart gradually calmed.

"It seems my guess was correct; this golden box can block the divine statue within."

"Combining the events that just occurred and the endless mumblings in my ear, the divine statue in the box should be the Flesh God worshipped by the Cult of Malevolent Gods."

Jiang Ning murmured, his eyes narrowing.

Could it be that there truly are gods in this world?

Or perhaps, it is some kind of evil deity referred to as a god? At this moment, Jiang Ning suddenly recalled the ancient era he had learned about from books.

In the ancient times of this world, immortals, demons, humans, and gods coexisted.

Immortals were humans and demons who attained enlightenment and cultivated the Immortal Path.

Only those with the Immortal Root were qualified to cultivate the Immortal Path.

According to his current understanding, one explanation for the Immortal Root is Spiritual Wisdom, and those born with Spiritual Wisdom were eligible to attain enlightenment and become immortals.

Spiritual Wisdom is a term used in later generations.

As for demons, they have existed since ancient times.

Grass and tree spirits, flying and running creatures, once they gained spiritual intelligence, could all become demons.

Gods, on the other hand, are divine beings who possess some form of authority over the heavens and earth.

For example, mountain gods and river gods hold absolute authority over a mountain or a river.

Even a small mountain god in the divine realm possesses formidable divine power.

And this is just a minor god.

However, since the end of the ancient era, immortals and gods no longer exist, and powerful demons have also disappeared without a trace.

According to various rumors, in this era, only in the ten thousand mountains of the south do ancient powerful demons slumber.

Because of this knowledge, Jiang Ning had previously dismissed the Flesh God worshipped by the Cult of Malevolent Gods.

After the ancient era ended, the Martial Path flourished.

The strongest in the mortal realm was the Saint Warrior.

The Saint Warrior who dominated the world for eight hundred years.

The fact that the Saint Warrior could achieve such dominance indicated that the era had already changed, and it was now the era of the Martial Path.

If it weren't for the rise of the Martial Path, there would still be powerful beings from the ancient era, such as immortals, gods, or powerful demons.

How could the Saint Warrior have suppressed the world for eight hundred years otherwise?

Therefore, in Jiang Ning's opinion, in the small Luoshui County and in this current era, what kind of god could possibly cause such a stir? But now it seems he had underestimated the situation.

This Flesh God doesn't seem to be as simple as he thought.

With his current strength and powerful mental power, he almost had his thoughts twisted by the divine statue.

Thinking of this, he felt a lingering fear in his heart.

"Enhancing mental power must be my top priority now!"

Jiang Ning spoke to himself.

Then, he immediately put away the golden box in his hand.

Inspection Bureau.

Internal Affairs Department.

When Jiang Ning arrived, the sun was already high in the sky.

"Senior!" Jiang Ning bowed to the old woman before him.

As Jiang Ning's voice rang out, the drowsy old woman slowly opened her eyes.

"It's you!" The old woman spoke.

"It's me, Senior!" Jiang Ning bowed again.

According to his understanding, this old woman was an extremely important figure in the Inspection Bureau.

All distribution and statistics of contribution points were handled by this old woman.

Even the identity tokens and registers of the Inspection Bureau came from her.

Therefore, there was no doubt that this old woman was an extraordinary figure.

In Jiang Ning's opinion, she might even be the strongest in the Luoshui County Inspection Bureau.

For this reason, every time he met this old woman, he showed utmost respect.

"What brings you here?" The old woman asked.

Jiang Ning replied, "Last night, I happened to encounter a severely injured member of the Cult of Malevolent Gods, so I took the opportunity to kill him and came to claim the contribution points."

"Show me your identification!" The old woman raised her eyes and spoke indifferently.

"Yes!" Jiang Ning nodded respectfully.

The next moment, he waved his hand.

A stone brick in front of him instantly displayed the corpse he had killed the night before.

Its massive body immediately stood out in the room.

"Senior, is this enough?" Jiang Ning asked.

At this moment, the old woman ignored his question and stared intently at the corpse on the ground.

"A divine descendant's corpse!"

Her figure flashed, and she suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Ning.

"As expected!" Jiang Ning was secretly shocked in his heart.

The old woman's movements changed so quickly that it was almost instantaneous.

Even compared to his current speed, Jiang Ning felt that he couldn't match the old woman.

"At least twice as fast as my normal state, even with the Wind-like ability to greatly reduce wind resistance, her speed is still over 30% faster than mine!" Jiang Ning thought.

"Her Martial Rank is at least not below Hong Minghu's!"

Jiang Ning immediately made this judgment in his heart.

At this moment, the old woman appeared beside the monster.

She flipped through the corpse, then pinched the bones, and her face lit up with joy.

"This is a Martial Rank 6 Divine Descendant Transformation corpse, of great research value. I'll give you an additional 10,000 Contribution Points for this corpse, how about it?" The old woman spoke to Jiang Ning.

Hearing these words, Jiang Ning's heart was secretly delighted.

10,000 Contribution Points were worth as much as 20,000 taels of silver to him.

He had an immense need for Contribution Points.

As for using silver to privately purchase from the Inspection Bureau, it was like a drop in the bucket for his current needs.

"I'll do as you say, Senior!" Jiang Ning said with a bow.

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman waved her hand, and the black blood-soaked corpse in front of her suddenly disappeared inside the room.

"Infinite Ring!" Jiang Ning murmured in his heart.

"Follow me, I'll give you the currency representing 60,000 Contribution Points right now!" The old woman said.

"Senior!" Jiang Ning spoke up, "Junior needs a Dragon Ascension Pill."

"A Dragon Ascension Pill?" The old woman glanced at Jiang Ning and sized him up, "You're still at Martial Rank 7, the level of Serpent Sinew?"

"Yes!" Jiang Ning replied.

"So weak?" She looked at him in surprise.

Jiang Ning: "..."

The word 'weak' was something he hadn't heard in a long time.

Recently, all he heard were others' exclamations about his strength.

But today, he heard the word 'weak' again.

After speaking, the old woman continued, "With your strength, how did you kill a Martial Rank 6, and a Divine Descendant Transformation at that?"

Jiang Ning explained, "Junior was lucky yesterday, and I happened to come across her when she was heavily injured, so I took advantage of the situation."

Hearing this, the old woman looked at Jiang Ning as if he were an idiot.

It was as if she was saying, 'Are you taking me for a fool?'

Seeing the old woman's gaze, Jiang Ning couldn't help but force a smile.

He realized that his reason seemed rather lame.

The Martial Rank 6 monster had practically gained the ability to be unkillable.

The arrow that pierced its chest the night before couldn't even cause a fatal injury, and yet he had easily slain it.

"Forget it!" The old woman waved her hand, "How you killed it is your secret, and I'm too lazy to investigate further."

"As for the Dragon Ascension Pill you requested, this item needs to be procured from the capital city and will take three days!"

"Come back in three days!"

"Yes, Senior!" Jiang Ning bowed.

On the other side, in the Yellow Heaven Sect territory.

"Have you found Son Tanzhu?"

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, we haven't found any trace of Son Tanzhu!"

"Are there any other discoveries?"

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, I've searched everywhere, but there's not even a trace of Son Tanzhu! But last night, there was a huge battle at Linjiang Tower, and it might be related to Son Tanzhu!"

"The battle at Linjiang Tower?" Liu Lintang's eyes narrowed, and he continued, "Follow me there!"

"Yes, Sect Leader!"

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

【Name】: Jiang Ning

【Essence Energy】: 59.12

【Skills】:

Scholarly Skills (Attributes: Photographic Memory, Extraordinary Senses, Keen Mind)



Jiang Ning looked at his status panel and then closed it.

Over the past three days, most of his time had been spent reading.

As a result, the experience points for Scholarly Skills were already over half.

The only thing that dissatisfied him was the slow growth of Essence Energy.

In three whole days, it had only increased by less than ten points.

"Looks like I need to spend money to grow faster!" Jiang Ning sighed in his heart and stood up.

According to the agreement, he could get the Dragon Ascension Pill today.

He had only chosen to exchange for a Dragon Ascension Pill, and there were no other expenses.

He couldn't guarantee that the Dragon Ascension Pill would truly bring him to the level of Dragon Sinew, so if it didn't work, he would have to figure out a way to gather the remaining 30,000 Contribution Points to exchange for another Dragon Ascension Pill.

(End of Chapter)

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