Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 71 - The Grudges and Gratitude between Jiang Family and Chan Teaching

71: Chapter 71 – The Grudges and Gratitude between Jiang Family and Chan Teaching

71 -71 – The Grudges and Gratitude between Jiang Family and Chan Teaching

However,

Long Ye didn’t expose Jiang Chen’s identity.

Their families, with a relationship as close as flesh and bone, made it unthinkable for Long Ye to reveal Jiang Chen’s true identity.

Not only could he not expose him, but Long Ye also had to think of ways to protect Jiang Chen.

“Alright, let’s go in!”

After chatting for a while, everyone returned together to the main hall on Mount Penglai.

As for Jiang Chen, he naturally followed closely behind Long Ye, not uttering a word.

At this point, he was playing the part of the perfectly obedient child.

During their conversation, no one mentioned the matter of returning the magic treasure that Jiang Chen had snatched from the White Crane boy, as if they had completely forgotten about it.

The Nanji immortal elder felt embarrassed to bring it up, hoping that Long Ye would take the initiative.

But if the Nanji elder did not mention it, Long Ye would not voluntarily bring the matter up.

How could he willingly return something he had snatched?

If you don’t bring it up, I will pretend as if it never happened.

This was Long Ye’s mindset, and it was also Jiang Chen’s mindset.

Indeed, like father, like son!

Eventually, the Nanji immortal elder didn’t manage to muster the courage to speak up, and so the matter was left unresolved.

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Everyone returned to the main hall, and the long-delayed Immortal Jujube Banquet finally began.

Thanks to Long Ye’s favor, Jiang Chen was able to sit in the front row, right beside Long Ye’s seat, where a small seat had been added.

Though the seat was small, he was still treated the same as everyone else seated in the front row.

Hence, in front of Jiang Chen was not the immortality-inducing jujube, but the Blaze jujube, an Innate Spiritual Fruit.

On Mount Penglai, there is a medium-grade Innate Spirit Root Blaze Jujube tree, from which all the jujubes on the mountain are derived.

It can be said that this Innate Blaze Jujube tree is the ancestor of all jujube trees.

The fruits it produces are naturally Innate Spiritual Fruits.

Usually, the Nanji immortal elder treats these Blaze Jujubes as precious, only bringing them out to share when esteemed guests visit.

Today, Jiang Chen was only able to enjoy these Innate Spiritual Fruits thanks to Long Ye’s favor.

In front of Jiang Chen sat five Blaze Jujubes.

In addition, there were vast amounts of top-tier Immortal Fruits and Fairy Brew, all arranged on a fruit platter.

Lifting his head to see that everyone else had already started eating, Jiang Chen also picked up a Blaze jujube and popped it into his mouth without any hesitation.

With one bite, Jiang Chen only felt a refreshing fragrance in his mouth.

Before he could even taste it, the Blaze jujube turned into a hot current and converged within his limbs and bones.

Boom!

Power surged within Jiang Chen, inducing an intense transformation in his body.

His magical power doubled rapidly.

Moreover, a mysterious power spread throughout Jiang Chen’s body, altering his lifespan.

It changed from one thousand years to two thousand years.

An additional one thousand years to his lifespan!

This is the Innate Spiritual Fruit Blaze jujube, capable of increasing an individual’s cultivation by a thousand years and their lifespan by a millennium.

Feeling the increase in his lifespan, a smile unconsciously appeared on Jiang Chen’s face.

Unbelievably, the Innate spiritual fruit indeed added years to his lifespan.

Didn’t that mean that as long as he had enough Innate Spiritual Fruits, he could live indefinitely?

Apparently, Jiang Chen was thinking too much.

If Innate Spiritual Fruits could extend lives, Ancient Martial Arts would not have fallen.

No sooner had Jiang Chen begun celebrating than he saw his newly increased lifespan suddenly ignite, transforming into a massive force that melded into his body.

In an instant, the additional thousand years of lifespan were completely consumed, but Jiang Chen’s strength instead soared several times over.

The method of Life Ignition was not just empty talk.

No matter how many years of life you have, it could all be burned to transform into incomparable strength.

“As expected, I oversimplified things”, Jiang Chen sighed as he felt the changes within his body.

Then, channeling his disappointment into appetite, he swallowed the remaining four Blaze Jujubes.

Innate Spiritual Fruits are fruits of the Innate world and are different from acquired ones.

They have no tolerance build-up, meaning the effect remains the same no matter how many Innate Spiritual Fruits one consumes.

Boom!

After refining all five Blaze jujubes, although Jiang Chen’s lifespan did not increase, his realm progressed another level, advancing from the Early Stage of The Heavenly Human 2nd Level to the Fully Cultivated Stage of The Heavenly Human 3rd Level.

In terms of the Immortal Dao realm, it’s equivalent to the Fully Cultivated Fairy Realm.

At this moment, Jiang Chen was not far from breaking through to The Heavenly Human 4th Level/Mysterious Immortal realm.

Perhaps, he was just one meditation session away from it.

The effect of the five Blaze Jujubes was equivalent to a century’s worth of Jiang Chen’s hard cultivation.

What does this prove?

It proves that it is impossible to reach the pinnacle of the Martial Dao through hard work alone.

To reach the peak of the Martial Dao, one needs opportunities, lots of opportunities.

The Blaze Jujube is only a medium-grade Innate Spiritual Fruit, yet its effect is remarkable.

So, what kind of effect would high-grade, and top-grade Innate Spiritual Fruits have?

For some time, Jiang Chen felt inspired, his heart filled with fighting spirit.

He had found his goal moving forward!

In the years to come, he would vigorously search for Innate Spiritual Fruits, the higher the grade, the better.

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Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

The Immortal Jujube Banquet finally came to an end.

Everyone bid farewell to the Nanji immortal elder and left Mount Penglai.

Long Ye did the same.

After bidding the Nanji elder farewell, he led Jiang Chen and headed to the depths of the Eastern Sea.

When they were far enough from Mount Penglai, Long Ye looked at Jiang Chen with a half-smiled expression and said,

“You little monster from the Jiang Family, you’re quite brave, daring to swagger around in front of the Nanji elder.

Are you really not afraid that he’ll find out your identity and seize you to fill the ocean eye?”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen chuckled: “Isn’t that why I have you, ancestor?”

Seeing Jiang Chen’s attitude, Long Ye sighed and responded, “Ignorance leads to fearlessness.

You don’t understand the grudges between the Jiang Family and the Chan Teaching.

If you did, you wouldn’t be saying that.”

Without waiting for Jiang Chen to ask any questions, Long Ye began to recount the story of the grudges between the Jiang Family and the Chan Teaching.

This was during the end of the reign of the Earth Emperor Shennong in the Ancient times.

Two unparalleled geniuses were born among the Human Race and contended for the position of Human Emperor.

The first was Xuanyuan of the Xiong Clan and the second was Chiyou of the Jiuli Tribe.

Xuanyuan was a descendant of the first humans and the ordained Human Emperor.

Chiyou, a descendant of the Earth Emperor Shennong, was also a descendant of the first humans, and his status was no less than Xuanyuan’s.

Regrettably, Chiyou was the reincarnation of the Ancient Demon God and was not favored by the Heavenly Dao, nor was he supported by the Human Race’s fate.

Therefore, the position of Human Emperor was not his to have.

However, Chiyou was unwilling to accept this and was determined to compete for the throne of Human Emperor.

But as the heavenly intent had ordained it to be, how could the Feng Emperor support him?

After failing to get the support of the Jiang Family, Chiyou angrily left and went to the ancient tribes of the Witch Clan.

He formed an alliance with them, established the Jiuli Tribe, and started contending for dominance with Xuanyuan.

Witch Clan people were the descendants of the Human and Witch Clans.

They were extraordinarily strong from birth.

With their help, Chiyou defeated Xuanyuan drastically.