I will be stronger after the remake

"It's all right."

Yu Shujiang made a peace sign.

Chapter 250 Innate Supernatural Powers

The full moon hung in the dark blue night sky, its clear light like liquid silver spilling over the tops of the osmanthus trees.

Yu Shujiang stood in the center of the altar, her plain white skirt fluttering in the night wind. Her right hand had grown to half its original length, and because she found it unsightly, resembling an adult with an infant's arm, she always wore long sleeves to cover it. She would usually use a Ruyi Iron and gloves to disguise it as a normal arm.

She wasn't using the Ruyi Iron at the moment, but she still didn't want Tang Ping to see it, so she simply pretended to be a one-armed swordsman like a child, leaving her right sleeve empty.

As the moon gradually rose to the center of the night sky, Yu Shujiang's spiritual pressure also increased. When it reached a certain stage, she raised her face, moonlight flowed across her brow, and the phantom of Heng'e appeared behind her.

The illusory figure, dressed in a flowing fairy dress with wide sleeves, held a white rabbit in her arms. Her brows and eyes held a cold loneliness, yet contained endless gentleness and majesty. Her figure complemented Yu Shujiang's, as if they had met across a thousand years of time and space at this moment.

Under Ling Ge's influence, Yu Shujiang lost her usual frivolity and became somewhat aloof. Tang Ping glanced at her and felt as if the class monitor from their first meeting in this life had returned.

"The wandering immortal is bound by form, while the immortal is integrated with the Dao."

Yu Shujiang suddenly had an epiphany and murmured to herself, her voice carrying the clear clarity of shattering ice crystals.

As she finished speaking, a band of moonlight suddenly rose from her incomplete right arm. The band of light intertwined and transformed into an arm, and at the same time, blood vessels, bones, and meridians appeared beneath the arm.

She wanted to use her spiritual advancement to regrow her arm.

Just then, a rustling sound suddenly came from the osmanthus grove. Dozens of red-eyed rabbit spirits darted out of the shadows, their gray fur still damp with morning dew, their sharp incisors grinding together. They were clearly attracted by the spiritual energy fluctuations of the advancement. The elder rabbit spirit at the head held a rusty copper bell in its front paws, shaking it with a piercing vibrating sound, attempting to disrupt Yu Shujiang's consciousness.

Tang Ping naturally wouldn't let the other party succeed. He extended his five fingers and summoned the Ruyi Iron from Yu Shujiang's waist. The iron quickly flew into his hand and transformed into a long, cold-looking blade. He then lightly touched the ground with his toes, skimmed over the branches of the cassia tree, and charged towards the rabbit spirits like lightning. At the same time, Buddhist light surrounded the blade, emitting a buzzing sound.

"The sun of wisdom dispels all darkness!"

Since it concerned Yu Shujiang's promotion, Tang Ping was too lazy to test the waters and only wanted to finish the battle quickly. So, with a low shout, his long sword slashed through the night sky, and the Buddhist light on the blade suddenly burst forth, transforming into a dazzling sun. Wherever the light reached, darkness had nowhere to hide.

Golden light surged across the bluestone platform like a tide, and the demonic aura of the rabbit spirits melted away like ice and snow under this light. The first few were instantly cleaved in two by the blade and turned into ashes.

Just as the old rabbit spirit was about to shake the copper bell, it was struck by a flash of light, and the copper bell shattered along with its body. The black mist was dispelled by the golden light before it could even be released.

The surviving rabbit spirits scattered and fled, but they had no chance of escaping. The blade drew a perfect arc in the air, enveloping all the rabbit spirits. In an instant, they were all killed, leaving not even a trace of demonic energy behind.

The whole process took only a snap of the fingers. Tang Ping sheathed his sword and stood up. He glanced at Yu Shujiang's arm, which was about to take shape, and then instead of sending the Ruyi Iron over, he turned it into a wristband and put it on his hand. Then he quietly retreated into the shadows and continued to guard his surroundings.

Advancing from the first to the second rank is not difficult, and with Yu Shujiang's down-to-earth cultivation and the use of various details to interpret the spirit level, although the efficiency is low, the progress is very solid. The whole process can be described as a natural progression, and it seems exceptionally smooth.

Yu Shujiang felt the faint stagnation of the Loose Immortal stage suddenly shatter, and her spiritual pressure surged. The previously wandering spiritual energy poured into her body like birds returning to their nests. Osmanthus petals that had sprouted from the cracks in the bluestone platform floated in the air, rotating into a silver vortex around her. Each petal was covered with starlight, as if it had been given life by the moonlight.

Suddenly, the full moon in the night sky seemed to twitch, its outer ring surrounded by a halo, and the light it cast became as thick as honey.

The phantom of Chang'e behind Yu Shujiang faded in the moonlight and was reconstructed into a more condensed form. Silver leaf-shaped hair ornaments grew in her hair, and more patterns appeared on her originally plain white feather dress. A floating shawl wrapped around her arms, and her pupils were tinged with the clear light of the moon. She seemed to have transformed from a cold and proud noblewoman into a fairy who was untouched by worldly affairs.

[Character: Yu Shujiang]

[Spiritual Rank: Immortal Heng'e]

[Psionic Abilities: Unfettered Freedom, Turning Stones into Treasures, Easy Acquisition of Minor Techniques, Toad Pounding Medicine, Moon Spirit]

[Unrestrained and Free: Omitted]

[Turning Stone into Treasure: Omitted]

[Minor Techniques Are Easy to Obtain: The Great Dao is Difficult to Find, but Minor Techniques Are Easy to Obtain. You can set a spell as your innate divine power, thereby increasing its power, reducing its consumption, and making it instantaneous.]

[Toad pounding medicine: omitted]

[Moon Spirit: Omitted]

The halo around the moon dissipated, and Yu Shujiang landed on the bluestone platform. The spiritual light around her disappeared, and she looked down at her right shoulder. It was no longer a deformed infant's arm, but a flawless immortal's arm, with skin as delicate as a baby's.

"Waaaah, finally I can wear short sleeves again!"

Tang Ping, his face full of black lines, said, "Is this all you feel after advancing to the second stage?"

"Hehe, I've been on tenterhooks for the past few months, afraid that my mom would find out something was wrong... Although she never found out in the end, I was still very uneasy." Yu Shujiang felt bitter and resentful when she thought about it. "I wore gloves all the time and she didn't find it suspicious at all. She really didn't care about me as her daughter."

Tang Ping didn't want to get involved in this kind of family matter, so she asked, "How do you feel after the promotion?"

"Amazing! All five senses have been enhanced, and the world feels different," Yu Shujiang said, closing her eyes to sense the world. "My spirit prefix has changed from Loose Immortal to Human Immortal."

Although Tang Ping had already obtained the information through the "Three-Eyed True Radiance," he could only pretend to have just learned it and said in a daze, "A Human Immortal is not an Immortal. Human comes first and Immortal comes second. He still cannot be considered a true Immortal. It seems that he still has to wait until he advances to the third stage to achieve a qualitative transformation."

"Oh, is that so? I feel pretty good right now. My perception of spiritual energy is more sensitive, and I feel like I'm in harmony with the universe."

"That's just your misconception. The unity of man and nature is not like that at all."

Tang Ping was particularly confident about this, but did not explain, and continued: "The term 'human immortal' comes from the 'Collection of Transmissions of Zhong and Lü,' which divides immortals into five types: ghost immortals, human immortals, earth immortals, divine immortals, and heavenly immortals. The description of human immortals is: 'Those who cultivate truth do not comprehend the Great Dao, but obtain a method within the Dao, and an art within the method. With faith and perseverance, they remain steadfast throughout their lives. The five elements of Qi are mistakenly combined and misunderstood, and their physical form is solidified. The plagues of the eight evils cannot harm them. They are mostly at peace and have few illnesses. This is called human immortal.'"

Yu Shujiang tilted her head: "What do you mean?"

"Isn't classical Chinese a compulsory subject in Chinese language classes? You used to be a top student, how can you not understand this?"

"If it's written down and I have to decipher it slowly, I might be able to understand it, but when it comes to spoken communication, I'm helpless. Who speaks in classical Chinese in everyday life?"

"That's true... In short, Zhongli Quan believes that human immortals can only be considered cultivators who know magic but do not comprehend the Great Dao. They live longer and rarely get sick than ordinary people, but ultimately they have not transcended the human realm."

"Oh."

Yu Shujiang responded indifferently, seemingly unconcerned. She twisted the corner of her sleeve with her fingertips, glancing at the Ruyi Iron pendant on Tang Ping's wrist, recalling the stunning slash Tang Ping had delivered to protect her during her promotion.

"Brother," Yu Shujiang's voice was barely audible, the last syllable trembling in the night wind, "Look at the moon tonight, isn't it rounder than usual?"

"Today is the fifteenth, so of course it will be rounder."

Tang Ping was somewhat confused.

Yu Shujiang bit her lip, reached out and grabbed Tang Ping's sleeve, her knuckles turning white from the force: "Um... the scenery is quite beautiful tonight, how about we enjoy the moon here? Just like when we were in Peach Blossom Village, just for a little while, until we've finished watching the moon."

Even the most oblivious straight man would understand once things have been said this far.

Tang Ping has good emotional intelligence and thinks a lot more.

Whether in this life or the next, his younger sister, Yu Shujiang, has always been someone who loves to act coquettishly. However, in the past few months, she has never taken the initiative to contact him, at most making a phone call that lasts for more than half an hour, trying to ease his longing through long phone conversations.

Clearly, Yu Shujiang was ashamed of her deformed arm and didn't want him to see it, which was why she deliberately restrained herself. Now that her arm had grown back, he no longer needed to suppress himself and naturally became proactive again.

Tang Ping's heart softened, and she opened her arms to gently embrace the person.

Yu Shujiang gasped and hurriedly buried her face in Tang Ping's broad chest. After a while, she slowly relaxed and tentatively wrapped her arms around Tang Ping's neck. Her cheek accidentally brushed against Tang Ping's collarbone, making them both hold their breath.

After a heated exchange, Tang Ping lay on the ground, while Yu Shujiang lay on top of her. The two quietly gazed at the moon in the sky, just like their experience in Peach Blossom Village.

Yu Shujiang shifted her head, feeling that something was missing. The emptiness in her heart hadn't completely dissipated, so she reached out and grabbed Tang Ping's hands, crossing them to wrap around her waist, pressing them even closer together so that they could clearly hear each other's heartbeats.

"That's good...that way I can feel that I am needed."

Tang Ping didn't know how to comfort her. It seemed that Yu Shujiang from her previous life didn't have this mindset, so she could only hug her tighter.

……

After spending a beautiful and warm time together, the two did not forget to test Yu Shujiang's newly acquired spiritual energy.

With the explanation given by "Three-Eyed True Radiance", Tang Ping understood the effects of this spiritual energy even better than Yu Shujiang.

"Frozen for thousands of miles!"

The complex spiritual technique that originally required ten minutes to prepare was successfully executed by Yu Shujiang with a simple wave of her hand after being set as her innate divine power.

Centered on her, the ground began to freeze rapidly, and a chilling cold spread in all directions. Thick frost formed on the nearby vegetation, and even the falling leaves and petals were frozen into ice lumps, which fell heavily to the ground.

"Instantaneous spirit spells require no preparation, and their power is not only not weakened, but even increased by three points, while consuming only half of the usual amount of spirit power."

Yu Shujiang looked around excitedly and said, "I finally possess combat-type psionic abilities, which will be of help to you in the future!"

After observing calmly, Tang Ping asked, "Can we switch to another spell?"

"Yes, its cooldown time is not as long as 'Turning Stone into Treasure'. It only takes ten minutes. You can choose other spiritual techniques as your innate divine power, but they must be ones I have already learned. You can't create something out of nothing."

"Ten minutes is neither a long nor a short time. In adventurous exploration or group battles, you can indeed adjust according to the situation, but in a one-on-one duel, there is basically no time or opportunity to be distracted and think."

Ten minutes later, Yu Shujiang used her innate divine power again. This time, she switched to the relatively simple defensive spiritual spell "Moon Veil". It was still cast instantly. Almost as soon as the name of the spell appeared in her mind, a semi-transparent moon-white light shield rose around her. The runes flowing on the light shield were twice as many as usual.

"It still consumes only half the spiritual energy, but its defensive capabilities are three times stronger than usual!"

Yu Shujiang raised her hand and touched the edge of the light barrier, feeling that the spiritual energy contained within was purer than before.

Tang Ping analyzed: "For the time being, we can assume that after it becomes a natal supernatural power, the spiritual power consumed is halved. However, the extent of the enhancement is related to the spiritual power itself. The stronger the spiritual power, the smaller the enhancement. The weaker the spiritual power, the greater the enhancement."

Yu Shujiang said thoughtfully, "In this way, the difference in the effects of different spells is narrowed, so there is no need to be fixated on large spells."

Tang Ping shook his head and said, "You forgot one point. Instant casting is also a huge advantage. A spiritual technique that takes ten minutes to complete is definitely more cost-effective than a spiritual technique that can be completed in just ten seconds. Of course, specific situations require specific analysis. Setting a defensive spiritual technique as your innate divine power is no less than obtaining a defensive spell. It can protect you in critical moments, just like when you dealt with Cao Poshi. If you had this spiritual power at that time, you wouldn't have been injured."

“That being said, it would be a waste to use such a useful spiritual energy to protect myself. I can usually cast ‘Moon Veil’ in just four seconds,” Yu Shujiang thought to herself. “If I want to maximize the value of this spiritual energy, it would be best to choose a particularly complex and cumbersome large-scale spiritual technique. I have just advanced to the second stage, which has increased the number of spiritual techniques I can cultivate. Or I could just ask my father to teach me the strongest spiritual technique that I can learn right now.”

If she chooses defensive spiritual arts as her innate divine power, she won't be able to help Tang Ping, and she doesn't want to do that.

Tang Ping, unaware of his girlfriend's thoughts, nodded in agreement, "That's right, Uncle Jiang is the real expert in this area. Perfect timing, I also need his help with something. Let's go to your house now."

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the Yu family villa and met Jiang Zhenhua, who was tending to the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

Yu Shujiang was the first to report the good news of her successful promotion, but Uncle Jiang already knew the result through divination, so he just nodded and said a sentence he usually used to encourage his students.

Next, Yu Shujiang introduced the effects of her newly acquired spiritual energy and expressed her desire to learn a powerful spiritual technique. Uncle Jiang naturally nodded in agreement, saying it was a piece of cake.

After the father and daughter finished their conversation, Tang Ping finally spoke up: "Uncle Jiang, I wonder if you are interested in the formations of Yu the Great?"

Chapter 251 Breaking the Formation Plan

"The formation of Yu the Great?"

Even though Jiang Zhenhua is usually a man of few words and a tranquil nature, he was drawn to the name of Yu the Great.

After a moment's thought, he made a guess: "Could it be that you discovered some mythical relics related to Yu the Great somewhere?"

Tang Ping didn't hide anything, and since he needed Uncle Jiang's help with his next plan, he immediately gave a brief account of the New Territories Alliance, Zhou Canglan, and the Dayu Temple.

"So, you want me to break the formation ahead of time and take out the Nine Provinces Cauldron to prevent it from being destroyed by the New Realm Alliance, which would cause the mortal world and the Illusionary Realm to merge?" Jiang Zhenhua said knowingly.

"It would be best to take the Nine Provinces Cauldron without damaging the formation, so that the formation can continue to operate normally and make it easier to continue to fool Zhou Canglan. Although I think the formation will not disappear even next year, Zhou Canglan might call for reinforcements from the New Realm Alliance headquarters in a fit of rage and forcibly destroy the formation. Even if the probability is small, we must be on guard."

"You really know how to make demands. This is the formation of Yu the Great. I'm not even sure I can break it. And you want to only break it without actually breaking it?"

Tang Ping flattered, "For the mighty Sanqing, this is nothing."

Jiang Zhenhua shook his head and said, "In terms of fame alone, only the Moral Celestial Venerable can be compared with Yu the Great. The Primordial Celestial Venerable is slightly inferior, and the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable is even further behind. I can only say that I will do my best and dare not make any guarantees."

Tang Ping was more confident than Jiang Zhenhua himself. After all, although Yu the Great was famous, they were only breaking a formation related to him, not directly fighting his mythological form. No mythological stories directly mentioned that Yu the Great was good at formations, while Uncle Jiang's prefix spirit title "Seal Master" showed that he was proficient in related knowledge.

The next day, Tang Ping took Jiang Zhenhua to Qinlianghong in Sishui, jumped into the water, and found the river eye and the boulder pressing down on it.

Zhou Canglan did not stand guard nearby. After all, his time was also precious, and he could not stay at the river's eye as a gatekeeper for a long time. In addition, he had great confidence in Dayu's formation and believed that as long as the date of lifting the seal had not arrived, outsiders would not be able to break in. Therefore, he only came to check once a week.

Jiang Zhenhua glanced at the rock, noticed something amiss, and after a quick calculation, immediately figured out the details: "Magnetic force combined with a spirit-absorbing array, this setup is quite interesting."

But it was only somewhat interesting. He took out a talisman from his sleeve, activated it with spiritual power, and it spontaneously combusted in the water, transforming into a bright and shining character "定" (ding).

Then, the magnetic force and the spirit-absorbing array were frozen in place.

Tang Ping could clearly sense that the magnetic force and the spirit-absorbing array were still present and had not been damaged in the slightest, but they were in a state of inoperability.

To be honest, it's understandable that the formation can't function, but he really can't imagine the principle behind the magnetic force not working.

Of course, there's no point in delving into these details. Tang Ping stepped forward, braced himself against the rock with both hands, and used his spiritual power to push it away.

The two entered the river eye, passed through the tunnel, and arrived at the cave world, where they saw the Temple of Yu the Great and the transparent array wall that covered the entire temple.

Jiang Zhenhua noticed the mural immediately and nodded, saying, "It is indeed a temple closely related to Yu the Great." He then began to observe the formation protecting the temple and fell into a long silence.

After observing intently for a long time, he finally exhaled a breath of stale air and said, "It is indeed not simple. No wonder even Gonggong was helpless."

Tang Ping countered, "Gonggong isn't good at formations. Unless it's a water-based formation that can't be broken by brute force, he'll be helpless."

"Let's test it first and see if we can stop the formation from operating."

Jiang Zhenhua pretended not to hear, and took out another talisman identical to the one before. After activating it, it transformed into the character "定" (ding) and shot towards the light screen.

The moment the characters touched the barrier, they seemed to crash into an invisible mirror, flying back at their original speed and freezing the burning talisman in mid-air as if it were being held by an invisible hand, even the undulating curve of its edges was firmly fixed.

Tang Ping stroked his chin and pondered, "Vector return, even immobilization spells will be affected."

"In theory, the immobilization talisman is the nemesis of all formations and is a universal solution. However, my talisman is too far removed from the Great Yu Formation, so it is normal that it does not work. Let's try other methods and see if there are any loopholes."

Jiang Zhenhua immediately took out a Fire-Separating Talisman and summoned a firebird to rush towards the barrier. However, as soon as the flame touched the light screen, it was twisted in direction by a force and rushed back, forcing him to dodge.

Next, he tried various methods such as using internal energy, light, and mental impact, but without exception, they were all returned to him.

After a moment's thought, he took out a pitch-black soul urn from his pocket, opened the lid, and several blue-faced, fanged ghosts roared as they floated out, which he drove towards the formation with his spiritual power.