The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 91 Wind and Thunder Bow

Jiang Yuan rummaged through his storage magic treasure and took out dozens of pieces of ancient yin wood. Although they were all called yin wood, they were actually different tree species when they were originally suppressed under the spiritual vein.

The sandalwood that Jiangyuan used to nourish ghost infants and flower demons was soaked in water for tens of thousands of years. It had the effect of calming the mind and nourishing the spirit, making it an excellent place for ghosts and spirits to live.

Among those submerged woods is mulberry wood. Hunters in the mortal world use mulberry wood to make bows, so it's no mistake to use ten-thousand-year-old submerged mulberry wood to make a bow. In addition, with the seventh-level dragon tendon as the bowstring, its killing power will not be weaker than the Green Fox Bow.

The magic weapon that you have personally refined can be continuously nurtured and refined in the future. Once you reach the Nascent Soul stage, you can try to attach the dragon's soul to it.

Qinghe has also been studying the sonic technique obtained from Wan Haiming's Soul Search. If she can integrate it into her bow and arrow magic weapon, its killing power will naturally increase significantly.

Jiang Yuan only provided some ideas and pointed out a direction; Qinghe had to do all the actual work herself, and Cui Qinghe naturally put in a lot of effort.

The Blue Fox Bow is too short, which limits its range and makes it lack power in the long run.

The mulberry wood is over ten feet long and as thick as a bowl. There is no need to cut it; just shave both ends to make them the same thickness.

Every day, I use my magic to refine the mulberry wood, gradually shrinking it until it's about half a person's height and the handle is about two inches thick.

The dragon tendons do not need to be cut; they can be tightened directly by using magical power.

Thus, the mulberry wood bow was initially very simple, looking like just a wooden stick with a rope tied to it, but Jiang Yuan thought it was excellent.

Cui Qinghe still felt it was too shabby, so she added some decorations and carved some runes on the mulberry wood bow.

If not activated by magic, the wood is pitch black. But after magic is injected, patterns and designs will appear on the mulberry wood, making it look quite elegant.

Of course, the runes are not just for decoration, but are thunder runes taught by Jiang Yuan. Thus, this bow can also be called the Wind and Thunder Bow, which has wind and thunder attributes and is extremely fast.

The Wind and Thunder Bow has just been completed, yet its range already surpasses that of the Azure Fox Bow. If it is refined and nurtured for a period of time, it can completely replace the Azure Fox Bow.

It took Cui Qinghe three months to refine this Wind and Thunder Bow.

Looking at the Soul-Nourishing Tree again, it has grown lush and vibrant.

Jiang Yuan still wouldn't touch that tree. He would need a few more months for the root system to develop further before the upper part could be cut off and used to refine magical artifacts.

As long as the root system is well-developed, it won't kill the tree.

In reality, even if the entire tree were cut down right now to refine magical artifacts, it would be enough for Jiang Yuan's use. However, it would be a great sin to destroy such a rare and precious treasure in his own hands.

During the months that Cui Qinghe was refining the Wind and Thunder Bow, Jiang Yuan was also working on a major project.

Those dozens of ancient, submerged woods, except for two precious sandalwood pieces and a large piece of agarwood, were all intended to be used to refine the flying boat.

Agarwood is not actually a tree, but rather the resin that flows from fragrant trees and solidifies. It is a treasure in the mortal world, and ten-thousand-year-old agarwood is naturally extremely precious.

Jiang Yuan pre-cut the dozen or so pieces of wood and roughly pieced them together to form the shape of a small boat, somewhat like the awning boats of the Jiangnan water towns.

After several months of painstaking refinement, it took shape, but it was only a little over ten feet long. It was quite comfortable for two people to sit inside.

The flying boat is inscribed with runes and arrays both inside and out. It can be driven by spirit stone arrays or controlled by one's own magic power. The top is sealed, but there are bright windows on the sides, allowing for both air travel and underwater swimming.

It's indeed a bit early to refine this flying boat now, and the materials aren't quite right either. Jiang Yuan just wanted to practice.

What he truly wanted to refine was the Star Shuttle. To escape the small, broken sphere in the future, he would inevitably need to reach the Nascent Soul Realm. The Star Shuttle couldn't be made of wood; it required specially refined metal-based materials to withstand the Nine Heavens Gale. After the flying boat was refined, Jiang Yuan observed the growth of the Soul-Nourishing Wood. It had grown more than two feet taller and thicker than before, and its root system had indeed become more developed.

So they cut off three feet from the top, which was definitely enough to refine two small magic treasures.

One of them is carved into the shape of a coiled dragon pillar, so that the ghost baby can have a new home.

The ghost infant had been lying in the dark wooden artifact for many years without ever cultivating, yet it had already reached the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining.

Jiang Yuan naturally placed a soul restriction on her. If a powerful but mentally deficient brat were to escape, who knows how many people he would harm.

After the soul-nourishing wood artifact is replaced, the little ghost will be able to replenish her missing soul in two or three years at most. At that time, she will definitely be enlightened, and then we can teach her the cultivation method. With that dragon as a foundation, her progress will be very fast.

The other Soul-Nourishing Wood artifact was naturally for the flower fairy Qiongniang. She could repair her soul and continue cultivating within the Soul-Nourishing Wood. If she reached the eighth level of cultivation, she could naturally take human form. However, she lacked the essence of her original body, making it difficult for her to cultivate a physical body.

Jiang Yuan himself does not need to specially refine magic treasures. However, once he reaches the late stage of the Golden Core realm and his soul gradually condenses, he can entrust his primordial spirit to the Soul Nourishing Wood to repair his soul injuries. With a living Soul Nourishing Wood by his side, he can do so at any time.

Having done all that, the two had been staying in this small cave for a year.

During that year, the two were deeply in love and inseparable. Cui Qinghe no longer resisted dual cultivation. Once she discovered that dual cultivation could indeed improve their cultivation level and benefit both of them, they lived a shameless life.

Cui Qinghe always felt that her divine husband would leave her, and that the days she could hold onto were few, so she cherished every moment.

While they were living in seclusion in the Tianshan Mountains, things were not peaceful outside.

The battle between Luofu Mountain and Laoshan Mountain has reached a fever pitch, with the battle line advancing to the vicinity of Laoshan Mountain.

Laoshan has nothing left to lose. After all, there are still a few Nascent Soul level monsters left. How can they tolerate such humiliation? Once the battle escalates to the Nascent Soul level, it will truly be out of control.

The major sects were trying their best to avoid this, but they couldn't just give up. So why did they fight so fiercely for several years?

The Tibetan Buddhist esoteric sect had long ago discovered that it was Guan Canghai and Cui Qinghe who helped the bald monk who stole the relics escape.

It was also rumored that the two had some connection with Mount Luofu, and since they couldn't find the bald monk, they turned their attention to Cui Qinghe. The Tantric sect issued an official talisman to Mount Luofu, demanding that they hand over Cui Qinghe.

In recent years, Chu Yunfei's status within the sect and even in the cultivation world has risen considerably. He doesn't care about the threats from the Tantric sect. Instead, he is suspicious of how Cui Qinghe could escape from the hands of four Tantric Arhats.

After having his disciples from the Hall of Deacons investigate, Chu Yun had no choice but to believe it. But then he thought that killing Wan Haiming, capturing Song Tianxi alive, and fighting against several Arhats was not impossible.

He just couldn't understand why a Taoist hermit would collude with a Buddhist disciple to steal relics enshrined in the Tantric sect; it didn't make sense logically.

Moreover, the main culprit was clearly the escaped senior monk. It makes no sense for the Tantric sect to arbitrarily pin the blame on Cui Qinghe when they can't find the real culprit.

Even if Chu Yunfei wanted to question Cui Qinghe, he would have to wait until the battle with Laoshan was over before doing so; for now, he would simply pretend he hadn't heard anything.

The other major commodities wouldn't think that way.

Especially the Taiyi Sect and the Emei Sect. The former lost a Golden Core cultivator, and the latter was humiliated by the incident involving the image talismans of four Foundation Establishment disciples. Both sects were seething with anger. If it weren't for the fact that the Nascent Soul level elders of both sects had suffered great losses because of their scheming against Jiang Yuan, they might have already launched a large-scale manhunt for Cui Qinghe.

If we can't do it openly, we can't guarantee we won't do it secretly.

(End of this chapter)