I Got Together with the Goddess [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 76

This was truly a case of “An Immortal Pointing the Way.”

“Has Master stayed within this Star Gazing Platform for all these hundreds of years?” Jiang Yiqing asked as she combed Jiang Xian’s hair.

“Does Yiqing find it a bit too dull here?” Jiang Xian smiled. “I have lived for far too long; my days are bland. I feel it doesn’t matter where I stay anymore.”

“Not at all,” Jiang Yiqing said hurriedly. “I only thought that with Master’s experience, you must know where the rare paradises and blessed lands of the world are located.”

“Does Yiqing wish to go out and travel? It’s just that you must hide it from your Imperial Sister.” Jiang Xian saw through her thoughts at a glance.

Jiang Yuxiu had placed Jiang Yiqing at the Star Gazing Platform and felt at ease returning to clash with Jiang Yuning. Jiang Yiqing, however, was not someone who could sit still. It wasn’t that she intended to do things that would give Jiang Yuxiu a headache, but she needed to constantly increase her cultivation; she couldn’t let her talent for collecting heavenly treasures go to waste.

“Is Master willing to agree?” Jiang Yiqing asked with a mischievous smile.

“Practitioners of immortality must merge with nature to reach higher realms,” Jiang Xian said. “This Star Gazing Platform is indeed a bit desolate, with only a thousand-year-old laurel tree for company. How about this: prepare yourself, and we shall go to the Langhuan Blessed Land today.”

“Langhuan Blessed Land?” Jiang Yiqing asked. “Is that the former site of the Langhuan Immortal Mansion in the mortal world? The current celestial palaces are modeled after that site, though a single day in heaven is a year on earth.”

This knowledge came from her conversations with Ning Yinxi. Jiang Yiqing spoke with Ning Yinxi daily to master more knowledge about this world.

“Correct. The Langhuan Blessed Land is the birthplace of the Zhai Kingdom’s national destiny. It will be beneficial for you to go,” Jiang Xian said with a touch of mystery.

Jiang Yiqing wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she felt as though her Master knew things about her—things that neither she nor even the original host of this body knew.

“Hooray! We can go out and see the sights today,” Jiang Yiqing laughed. “I’ve been here for so long and haven’t had a chance to wander around.”

Jiang Xian merely smiled and nodded, not seeming to find her words strange at all.

Jiang Yiqing packed a few things. Although Jiang Xian had already achieved Bigu (fasting from grains), Jiang Yiqing had heard from Ning Yinxi that the State Preceptor used to love plum cakes, so she prepared some to eat during their breaks.

When Jiang Yiqing went to find Jiang Xian, she saw her feeding spiritual food to the Lion-Ni, which was her mount.

Jiang Xian said, “Yiqing, you get on first.”

Seeing the Lion-Ni, which was decorated like a New Year’s woodblock print doll, surrounded by small auspicious clouds and possessing golden-red fur as soft as cotton candy, Jiang Yiqing hesitated briefly before sitting on its back.

Jiang Xian sat in front of her and patted the Lion-Ni’s neck. The beast leapt forward and soared into the sky; in an instant, the Star Gazing Platform was far behind them.

Soaring through the clouds and mist—is this what it feels like?

What else could a practitioner of immortality not let go of? The rivers, mountains, and the vast universe were waiting for her to explore. Jiang Yiqing suddenly felt enlightened and determined to let go of past matters.

Seeing her happiness, Jiang Xian deliberately had the Lion-Ni circle the sky for a while longer before stopping at the Langhuan Blessed Land. Jiang Yiqing looked down and saw rows of soldiers and heavy security; it was clearly not a place where ordinary people could linger.

Upon seeing Jiang Xian, the crowd bowed in unison: “Greetings, Lord State Preceptor.”

“I have come today specifically to seek spiritual plants. Continue your duties; pay no mind to us.”

“Yes!”

The eight massive gates of the Langhuan Blessed Land, engraved with the Seven Stars and Eight Trigrams, slowly creaked open. The heavy sound was awe-inspiring, and as they opened, a surge of surging spiritual power from within flooded their bodies.

“There may even be people from the Immortal Sects cultivating inside. Let us enter,” Jiang Xian whispered.

Entering the Langhuan Blessed Land was like entering a museum of plants and flowers, and nearly all of them were harvestable resources. Jiang Yiqing was shocked again and again as she walked along the path.

In a lotus pond, there were “Yaochi Jade Lotus Shards * 10.” On tall green trees bloomed “Buddha Golden Mulberry Flowers * 10,” which contained the essence of Solar Fire Crystal. In the dark corners of the ground grew “Cave Nether Grass,” which could reveal ghosts.

Seeing her enthusiastic expression, Jiang Xian said, “The immortal plants here can regenerate; they are a blessing bestowed upon the immortals of the Zhai Kingdom by the Langhuan Celestial Mansion. You may pick them as you please.”

“Really?” Jiang Yiqing looked up and saw flowers blooming in mid-air called “Nine Heavens Purple Sandalwood,” emitting bursts of fragrance.

“Naturally. The better things are further ahead; I will take you there.”

Jiang Yiqing followed Jiang Xian to the deepest part of the Langhuan Blessed Land, where an immortal mountain stood. Entering the mountain, the spiritual energy became even more staggering. Just standing there doing nothing felt as though her cultivation was steadily improving.

Jiang Yiqing saw “Chariot and Horse Lingzhi Shards * 10.” She walked over and picked the Lingzhi. Jiang Xian said, “Yiqing has a good eye. This Lingzhi is the transformation of the chariots and horses of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. By consuming it, even a mortal can fly through the clouds. In the future, even if I am not around, you can go anywhere in this world as you wish.”

In other words, this Lingzhi was exactly the same as the Flying Horse Carriage she could exchange for in the system. A 24-hour usage right had cost her so much money, yet now she could get it for free!

“System, aren’t you a bit of a scammer?” Jiang Yiqing questioned.

“That’s because this place is too good,” the system replied. “And! I have many things that aren’t available here.”

“You should just improve your exchange rates and stop being a profiteer,” Jiang Yiqing complained, unhesitatingly storing the Chariot and Horse Lingzhi into her space.

There were too many things here; she wanted to transplant them all into her space.

“This is ‘Dixiu’; eating it can make one forget their sorrows.” Jiang Xian looked at an immortal grass and smiled with a hint of melancholy. “It is also something I eat frequently.”

“…” Jiang Yiqing hurriedly walked over to comfort her, saying, “Master, you have suffered all these years.”

Mortals dream of immortality, but Jiang Xian, who had actually become an immortal, was not happy. This was truly a trick of fate.

“Yiqing, you can collect some as well,” Jiang Xian said, immediately regaining her smile.

“Okay.” Although Jiang Yiqing didn’t feel particularly sorrowful, there was nothing wrong with collecting such good items.

After eating the plum cakes, they continued to linger in the mountains. They saw Plum Blossom Immortal Deer and other animals not seen elsewhere. They also saw immortals of the Langhuan Immortal Mansion meditating in mid-air, surrounded by extraordinary auras, their spiritual power reaching directly into the clouds.

Jiang Yiqing did not wish to disturb them, but one immortal noticed them and proactively asked, “Are you a descendant of Jiang Mengran?”

While Jiang Yiqing was in a daze, Jiang Xian replied on her behalf, “Indeed. This is Princess Anxu, Jiang Yiqing.”

“Jiang Mengran finally has a promising descendant,” the immortal laughed. “Young lady, you have the potential for ascension. Do not squander your immortal fate. From now on, you must cultivate diligently.”

Jiang Yiqing was shocked and hurriedly said, “Thank you for the guidance, Immortal.”

“As this is our first meeting, I shall grant you a gift.” The immortal’s face was hidden in the clouds. Her hands formed brilliant techniques in the air, and a celestial casket floated before Jiang Yiqing.

This was truly an Immortal Pointing the Way.

Jiang Yiqing bowed to the immortal and opened the casket. Inside were three books. The first was titled The Purple Cloud Ascension Formula, the second was The Classic of a Hundred Immortal Herbs, and the third was The Golden Casket Divine Needles.

Just as Jiang Yiqing wanted to ask more, the immortal suddenly vanished before them.

Jiang Yiqing looked at Jiang Xian and asked, “Master, I have no spiritual roots. Can I still practice immortal arts?”

“Jiang Mengran was also a person without spiritual roots, yet her progress was faster than anyone in the history of the Zhai Kingdom. Yiqing, you must not underestimate yourself just because you lack spiritual roots. Furthermore, the Five Spiritual Roots system of the mortal world is not recognized in the Immortal Realm. Some immortals in the celestial realm possess Heaven Roots or Transcendental Roots; their talent is on a completely different level than the Five Spiritual Roots.”

Jiang Yiqing asked further, “Additionally, when I was at the Heart-Washing Pool, something suddenly flew out of my forehead and injured Wanqi Yanjing. I wonder if that was a move from the Golden Casket Divine Needles. I clearly haven’t learned it, so why did I know it?”

“What you are referring to should be the Golden Soul Jade Needle,” Jiang Xian said. “If practiced, it becomes the Golden Casket Divine Needles. These needles were the technique of the Zhai ancestor, Jiang Mengran; only an immortal can master them. That immortal may have been an old acquaintance of the ancestor to possess her true inherited books. Study those three books well; your progress in cultivation will be a thousand times faster than ordinary people.”

“…” Jiang Yiqing didn’t know how to express her excitement and could only say, “I will definitely cultivate hard and not fail Master’s guidance.”

The two of them returned from the Langhuan Blessed Land with a full harvest. Upon their departure, the guards lined up to see them off.

Under Jiang Xian’s guidance, Jiang Yiqing prepared to use the Chariot and Horse Lingzhi for flight. As they were practicing in the air, a comet-like body of energy rapidly approached them from the distance.

Jiang Xian frowned and waved her hand to block, completely neutralizing the attack. However, the resulting magical fluctuations caused the ground within a hundred-mile radius to tremble.

“Who goes there?” Jiang Xian asked.

A person arrived treading on clouds. In the haze, Jiang Yiqing seemed to hear the sound of wings flapping. As expected, in the next moment, Wanqi Yanjing appeared before her.

When she saw Wanqi Yanjing, even Jiang Xian couldn’t help but lose her composure for a moment: “…Sangyan?”

Wanqi Yanjing’s red eyes stared fiercely at Jiang Yiqing as she replied, “Sangyan? I don’t know how many generations back that ancestor’s name goes. State Preceptor Jiang, you have likely mistaken me for someone else.”

Jiang Xian immediately regained her clarity and asked Jiang Yiqing, “Is she that Wanqi Yanjing?”

“Precisely,” Jiang Yiqing said. She knew that Wanqi Yanjing and Wanqi Sangyan looked very similar, which was why she had mistaken Sangyan for Yanjing in her dream. Now that the dream scenario matched the real person, it seemed that the dream was definitely no coincidence.

“State Preceptor Jiang, you should know the pain of unrequited longing better than anyone. Why bother disturbing the feelings of the younger generation? How can you have the heart to do so? My ancestor surely wouldn’t approve of your actions.”

Wanqi Yanjing’s Fire Phoenix wings were tinged with a faint black hue. Her silver hair and red eyes confirmed she was still in a demonized state, and her words were exceptionally piercing.

Jiang Xian’s body shook slightly. She probably hadn’t expected someone with a face nearly identical to Wanqi Sangyan’s to say such things.

Jiang Yiqing was furious. She originally thought she was beyond emotion, but at this moment, she couldn’t help but curse: “You monster! Cease your nonsense!”