Taiyi Dao Fruit

For the next few days, people continuously left the valley, resulting in Si Fan Valley gradually becoming quieter.

The majority of people in Si Fan Valley were there for Elder Tianpeng, and now that Elder Tianpeng was in seclusion and not seeing anyone, it was natural that these people would not continue to wait indefinitely.

Thus, after their sentences were up, many of them gave up on deliberately making mistakes and chose to leave. Qi Changsheng and Gongsun Qingyue also left Si Fan Valley one after the other.

The environment suddenly became calmer.

Jiang Li took the opportunity to enter a life of quiet cultivation.

Every day, he engaged in breathing control during meditation, switched to the Wise Man's Heart, closed his eyes in deep thought, synchronized with the special frequencies in the air, regulated his breathing, in an attempt to adapt himself to that special breathing method.

He was like a reclusive Daoist, far removed from the world's disturbances, his days mundane yet profoundly fulfilling.

Time leisurely passed, and before long, the two-month period of facing the wall was almost up.

Then, Jiang Li remembered he had yet to begin copying the Yin Talisman Scripture. It was all due to being too immersed in studies that he had entirely lost track of time.

At that moment, Jiang Li recalled the dread of not having written a paper when a holiday was ending.

Fortunately, copying the Yin Talisman Scripture didn't require writing it oneself like a paper would.

Unfortunately, Jiang Li was required to copy nine hundred thousand characters.

Having no choice, Jiang Li had to continue working tirelessly, hoping to pull off another miracle in the last two days.

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June 25th, during the year of 1995, in the Geng Shen month, on the Xin Chou day.

Suitable for capturing, netting, placing in a coffin, burial, taboo against marrying.

On this day, Jiang Li completed his sentence and left the valley. The light boat that came to pick him up was more than half filled with the copied Yin Talisman Scripture, alarming the Law Enforcement Disciples who were poling the boat.

"This brother, what mistake did you commit to be punished with copying so many scriptures?" asked an Inner Sect Disciple clad in a Red Robe, his face filled with surprise, "I remember the last time someone was punished to copy the Yin Talisman Scripture five hundred times, and even he didn't have this much."

"Probably because that fellow sect member didn't think to battle Brother Feng's mother," Jiang Li casually responded.

"Ah... given Brother Feng's strictness, a heavy punishment is indeed likely," the Law Enforcement Disciple laughed.

"Yes, three thousand times," Jiang Li quipped.

As Jiang Li, with the Mo Wu Battle Box turned sword hanging at his waist, spoke, he sat down at the prow of the boat with stable steps, but his footing seemed virtually insubstantial, not causing any disturbance to the light boat.

Nearly two months of concentrated cultivation had allowed Jiang Li to completely adapt to Yinglong's Breath. This breathing technique, along with the Innate Skill, purified his body, significantly enhancing his constitution. Each breath expelled all the stale air within him, also refining his flesh, bones, and muscles, ridding them of impurities during respiration.

At this moment, compared to two months ago, Jiang Li was nearly forty pounds lighter, yet his physique was far superior.

Simultaneously, in terms of True Qi and Divine Essence, Jiang Li had made remarkable progress. With the addition of Dual Cultivation of Life and Spirit, his Three Elements had reached a level far beyond general Ninth Grade.

Now, as he sat at the prow, his breathing subtly moved the surrounding air, causing faint ripples around him and making the water surface ripple outward in layers.

The Law Enforcement Disciple who started poling the boat couldn't help but say, "Your cultivation of True Qi must be close to manifesting externally; it looks like you'll be donning the Red Robe soon."

He thought these ripples were caused by the circulation of Jiang Li's True Qi, not realizing it was the breathing method.

This was clearly beyond the realm of common sense.

But what was even more beyond common sense was that Jiang Li still hadn't felt the bottleneck, and his Dao Fruit wasn't completely integrated yet. In the case of an ordinary Ninth Grade, the Dao Fruit would have already merged, prepared for a promotion.

"This is clearly related to Wang Chongyang's Dao Fruit," Jiang Li muttered to himself in his heart.

He had thought his Dao Fruit was merely special in ability, not expecting to find such uniqueness in this regard. Jiang Li planned to look up the Dao Fruit records after returning, hoping to find some relevant information.

Thinking about these matters, Jiang Li maintained a normal expression and responded, "Thank you for your auspicious words, Senior Brother."

The Law Enforcement Disciple was quite talkative, not showing the distance usually seen between enforcers and those being punished. Jiang Li himself was good at socializing as well, and the two quickly became acquainted after a few exchanges of words.

Thus, the light boat left the island where Si Fan Valley was situated, heading for the Sect located on Qiao Mountain.

About two quarters later, the distant halls came into view first, followed by several figures in red robes moving around the dock. Jiang Li could even see some Inner Sect disciples staring intently at the approaching boat, their faces fierce and vigilant.

"Has something happened at the Sect?" Jiang Li asked curiously.

The Law Enforcement Disciple rowing the boat heard him and laughed, "Recently, an obscene book named 'Young Hero A Bin' surfaced in the Outer Disciple ranks, disrupting the Sect's atmosphere, upsetting many righteous disciples. The Law Enforcement Hall is also paying close attention. It's said that the author of this book is returning from Si Fan Valley soon, and those righteous-hearted disciples voluntarily requested to inspect those who finished their solitary reflection, hoping to find the author of the book."

Jiang Li: "..."

If he remembered correctly, the manuscript of "Young Hero A Bin" had been handed over to Elder Tianpeng, and even he, the author, had not kept a copy; only Qi Changsheng and he had handled it.

Jiang Li was a person of righteousness, without a trace of worldly desire in his heart. Thus, it couldn't be clearer who had sold the book.

—Qi Changsheng.

Somehow, after the manuscript was transferred, he had made a copy and then stirred up an improper folk culture within the Sect using this talebook.

As soon as Jiang Li thought of this, he fiercely blamed Qi Changsheng in his heart.

How dare he sell the book without giving me a share.

[Just then, the Law Enforcement Disciple rowing the boat behind him quietly clenched the oar in his hand and appeared to ask casually, "Junior Brother, while you were in Si Fan Valley, did you hear of anyone skilled at writing talebooks?"]

Jiang Li didn't even need to look back to guess that the Senior Brother behind him was also glaring fiercely, ready to strike him with an oar at any moment.

Turns out his chatty nature was just to corner Jiang Li.

During this time in Si Fan Valley, the identity of Cao Xuande had offended quite a few people.

Not to mention being favored by Elder Tianpeng and receiving the Mo Wu Battle Box; just his technique of breaking Brother Jing Lei's mental defenses and the moves he used to defeat Sister Qiushui were enough to draw intense hostility.

Being favored by the elder, possibly becoming the disciple of one of the Six Great Elders;

Receiving the Mo Wu Battle Box;

Suspected close relationship with Gongsun Qingyue, harboring the "True Intent Technique Python"...

Then, a ready-made excuse emerged, a certain Qi surname Senior Brother was peddling talebooks.

Were it Jiang Li himself, he'd probably seize the opportunity too.

Seeing Jiang Li suddenly grow silent and not respond, the Senior Brother behind him slowly lifted the oar,Probe saying, "Junior Brother?"

"I haven't heard of such a person!" Jiang Li declared emphatically, "I, Jiang Li, have always kept myself pure and especially detest such vile individuals. If Senior Brother finds this person, please inform me so I can help clean up our Sect!"