Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

half year later.

Polar City.

After retrieving the orange flame from the Ye Shi mine, Jiang Yuchuan flew directly back to the cave he had temporarily created on the snow-capped mountain for alchemy, where he secluded himself for half a year.

To his surprise, the flame he obtained, though possessing sentience, was not an immortal being reawakened after a long period of time, but rather something truly like a newborn infant, just conceived.

In this way, it would be difficult for him to obtain any useful information from the flames.

However, according to the confused flame's own recollection, before it developed consciousness, its body, which is the flame itself, seemed to have a previous owner. However, for some unknown reason, the consciousness of this previous owner was extinguished, which is why it was born again.

The reason it attacked Jiang Yuchuan when he got close was entirely out of subconscious self-defense.

Although Jiang Yuchuan was quite disappointed with this result, he had at least gotten his hands on the flame. As for the rest, he would find out about it gradually in the future.

Just as Jiang Yuchuan placed the sealed flame into the Spirit Pearl space, along with the mysterious stone, something strange happened.

These two completely different and unrelated things miraculously resonated with each other.

This situation made Jiang Yuchuan instantly think of another possibility!

The stone's attribute is earth, while the orange flame is clearly fire.

Since earth and fire can resonate and possess the same mysterious power, capable of shielding one's divine sense, then perhaps there are other three different types of spiritual beings on this continent that are the same.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

This means that if he can collect all five types of spiritual objects, he will likely uncover the deepest secrets of this world and find a way to resolve his future predicament.

Although all of this is currently just Jiang Yuchuan's bold speculation, it is not impossible.

To verify your hypothesis, you only need to see if you can find any of the five elements other than earth and fire in your understanding.

If he can find a spiritual object with any one of the three attributes of metal, wood, or water, then he will be 80% certain that his previous idea is true.

As for where to find those three types of spiritual objects, Jiang Yuchuan has not yet found any clues or targets.

He found the flames and stones by accident, completely by chance.

All he can do now is to travel around the martial arts world as much as possible, inquire around, see where similar strange things are happening, and then go and investigate on his own.

Although this method is somewhat clumsy, it is the only one Jiang Yuchuan can think of at the moment.

After all, such spiritual beings have the ability to shield one's divine sense. Even if one scans the entire continent with one's divine sense without being aware of it, it is difficult to detect anything.

This is why Jiang Yuchuan chose to appear in Polar City after ending his seclusion.

The last time Jiang Yuchuan came to this place, although he passed by Polar City, he only glanced at it from the air and did not go close.

Six months later, when Jiang Yuchuan finally stepped into this city, which was covered by cold winds and heavy snow all year round, he made a new discovery.

First, there is more Ye Stone for sale in the city. Even slightly wealthy ordinary people can buy small quantities of medium to low-grade Ye Stone for their own use from the various merchant guilds in the city.

This kind of thing would have been completely impossible before he went into seclusion.

After some questioning, Jiang Yuchuan learned that the reason why the output of Yeshi had changed so drastically in just six months was because of the inexplicable tremor that occurred at the Yeshi mine six months ago.

The tremor created a huge crack in the mine, and beneath the crack lies a vast space containing a lava lake.

The Linghu family and the imperial court discovered a brand-new, never-before-exploited vein of Ye Stone beneath this crack, rich in resources and of exceptional quality.

It was the discovery of this mineral vein that resolved the crisis of the gradual shortage of Dali Ye Stone.

Linghu Yao, the eldest son of the Linghu family, who was the first to advocate exploring the crevice, naturally became famous throughout the land. He was not only greatly praised and rewarded by the emperor, but also promoted and ennobled, and the emperor bestowed upon him one of his most beloved princesses in marriage.

It can be said that, through this incident, Linghu Yao, who has become a winner in life, has become one of the most well-known figures in the entire Dali, and is the first choice for many wealthy and noble families to use to spur on those unworthy juniors in their clans.

Some are happy and some are sad.

The Bai family, also one of the four great families, is facing two completely different situations compared to the Linghu family, which is at the height of its power.

The patriarch of the Bai family recently suffered a sudden mishap while in seclusion, causing his qi and blood to flow in reverse, ultimately resulting in his death from severe injuries.

Although the Bai family wanted to keep this news a secret, it was eventually discovered by spies planted by other aristocratic families within the Bai family, who then reported this important information back to them.

Having lost the protection of their patriarch, the Bai family is no different from a tiger without claws, and it is difficult for them to subdue various forces.

As for the other three great families, the Bai family was now nothing more than a piece of meat on a chopping board, at their mercy.

Apart from the Linghu family, the other Gongsun and Qian families launched suppression and division actions against the Bai family as soon as they received the news.

Faced with the invasion of the two powerful families, the Bai family had no power to fight back. They could only scatter their members and flee in different directions to avoid being exterminated by the two families.

It is likely that no one would have known that this aristocratic family, which had been passed down for over a thousand years, would decline and perish so quickly. The fundamental reason was that they offended the wrong people.

The Bai family's fate was entirely within Jiang Yuchuan's expectations.

Therefore, Jiang Yuchuan was not too surprised when he learned of this news.

As the saying goes, one wrong step leads to another.

Let alone a mortal family, even those great immortal sects in the cultivation world that have stood for tens of thousands of years can still face the extinction of their lineage and the destruction of their sects if they make a wrong move.

As evening approached, the wind and snow in the city suddenly intensified. Jiang Yuchuan, who was strolling along the street, happened to come across a restaurant that had just lit up and went straight inside.

There weren't many customers in the restaurant at this time; only four or five tables were sparsely occupied in the lobby on the first floor.

Jiang Yuchuan casually found an empty table, sat down, and ordered a pot of warm wine and four or five dishes.

Just as the wine and dishes were served, three more elegantly dressed young men and women entered the restaurant.

The three of them sat down right next to Jiang Yuchuan.

The three of them had gloomy faces from the moment they entered, as if their mood was blocked by some major and troubling matter.

After ordering their food, the three of them were silent for a moment, then looked at each other and began to talk in very low voices.

"I wonder how my second brother is doing. I really can't understand why the patriarch would send him to a place like Xichuan Town!"

The one speaking was the oldest of the three.

The youngest woman sitting opposite the man frowned and echoed, "Yes! Xichuan Town is no longer a place fit for humans! If Second Brother were to accidentally contract the plague, wouldn't that be—"

The woman didn't finish her sentence, but the other two knew that their second brother, once infected with the plague, would only face death.

Another man then spoke up: "Hasn't the imperial court already ordered the entire Xichuan Town to be sealed off? As long as Second Brother is careful and doesn't venture into the town on his own initiative, there shouldn't be any danger."

"That's right."

The woman's urgent voice rang out again, "But at the moment, no one can guarantee that the plague in Xichuan Town may have spread through other routes of infection. If the infected people in the town become dissatisfied with the imperial court's blockade and suddenly rise up, it will be difficult for those sent there to avoid contact with these infected people!"

To ease the woman's anxiety, the oldest man comforted her, saying, "The villagers in Xichuan Town shouldn't rise up. Although the imperial court has officially abandoned treatment for them, it hasn't stopped those itinerant doctors who volunteered to enter the town to solve the plague and treat the villagers."

"As far as I know, there are at least a dozen doctors in Xichuan Town treating the villagers right now. I heard that the famous 'Old Man of a Hundred Herbs' is among them. With these people around, the villagers infected with the plague will still have hope. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will not do something so impulsive as to fight to the death."

The man's words were reasonable and well-founded, and after a moment's thought, the woman's emotions indeed calmed down. Once the food was served, the three of them stopped discussing the matter.

Jiang Yuchuan, who was sitting to the side, overheard the entire conversation between the three of them.

Jiang Yuchuan was very interested in the plague that had suddenly broken out in Xichuan Town.

Of course, he was not interested in the plague itself, but rather in the causes behind it.

After all, according to the three men, the outbreak of the plague was very sudden and seemed to have occurred without any warning.

The imperial envoys sent to investigate lingered in the town for several days without bringing back any useful information. They only knew that the plague was extremely potent and, so far, there was no cure. Those infected would completely lose their mobility, fall into a coma, and die within three days.

Jiang Yuchuan was also unsure whether the plague was a natural disaster or caused by other factors.

Since he had nothing to do at the moment, he immediately decided to set off after finishing this meal to take a look at Xichuan Town.