In the afternoon.
After the boss returned, Jiang Lan left the inn with a jar of good wine in his hands.
During this time, he entered the spiritual inn to try and gain a deeper comprehension of it.
With his current cultivation, he should be able to comprehend more.
Of course, if he could obtain that kind of opportunity from the last time, he would most likely take action to obtain it.
His master had reminded him of it.
Unfortunately.
He encountered nothing this time.
While he was comprehending, the youth and the girl from the Heavenly Feather Phoenix Race were also trying to enter the spiritual inn.
They tried again and again.
But all that they met was failure.
However, Jiang Lan realised that these people at the inn all had a fortuitous opportunity on them.
The young man had a complete strand, which the innkeeper must have fought for him.
This wisp of opportunity was connected to his Deity Position.
The Heavenly Feather Phoenix Race also had a wisp of it, but it probably wasn't connected to a Deity Position.
As for the Eighth Prince…
He had four strands of fortuitous opportunities connected to four different four Deity Positions.
His case was unique.
As for what it could do with them, no one knew for the time being.
However, a use he had discovered was that it allowed him to control his Deity Position faster.
…
"Senior Sister, it's your turn."
The next day…
At dawn, Jiang Lan arrived at the Jade Pool.
He saw Senior Sister Ao emerge from the water.
The scene was beautiful.
However, he immediately handed over a gourd, wanting his Senior Sister to fill it.
To be more accurate, the gourd was meant for both of them.
Today was the day Jiang Lan was going to set up the array formation.
Yesterday, his Martial Aunt from the Fifth Summit had sent over an array formation. Some details had been improved by his Martial Aunt.
These modifications were made to accommodate the Jade Pool.
Ao Longyu, who had arrived before Jiang Lan, received the gourd expressionlessly before shrinking.
Then, she gave a look of dissatisfaction.
"Why do I have to share with Junior Brother?"
A dragon was long and had a lot of blood. This was the answer Jiang Lan gave in his heart.
However, he didn't answer the question verbally. Instead, he took out an umbrella.
"This is the umbrella I promised Senior Sister last time."
Xiao Yu looked at the umbrella, set the gourd aside, and reached for it.
Then, she opened it.
It was an ordinary umbrella.
"Junior Brother, you have bad taste." Xiao Yu looked at the umbrella and said.
However, she quickly hugged her umbrella and smiled brightly at Jiang Lan.
"But I especially like it."
"And this." Jiang Lan passed the candied fruits to Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu received it happily and said.
"Alright, since you bought so many things, I'll give you an extra drop of blood."
Jiang Lan was silent.
The internal array formations could only be used by Senior Sister.
Then, Jiang Lan saw Xiao Yu letting out her blood.
In fact, she could transform back into her original dragon form, which would make it easier for her to let out her blood.
Otherwise, it would feel like she was going to suffer from anemia since she looked so skinny.
Without paying too much attention, Jiang Lan began to wander around the Jade Pool, using the blood of Eighth Prince and the others to stabilize the surroundings.
He then began to build the framework.
This way, he could begin to perfect it.
From this day on, Jiang Lan had a new daily routine.
At dawn, he would set up the array formation at the Jade Pool. At dusk, he would return to the Netherworld Cave to cultivate.
Ao Longyu had been cultivating him all this time. Occasionally, she would follow behind Jiang Lan and quietly accompany him.
She would not disturb or affect his cultivation.
Unless Jiang Lan was free.
Because she didn't need to speak, she had been using her normal appearance.
Xiao Yu had told Jiang Lan that once she got used to it, she could get along with his Junior Brother just like how she would in her smaller form.
She would know how to smile, how to be angry, and how to not appear aloof and unfamiliar.
Jiang Lan wasn't unfamiliar with the normal form of his Senior Sister.
There was no sense of distance between them as they stood together. They were just more polite when they spoke.
…
Spring passed, autumn came, and the seasons changed.
Jiang Lan traveled back and forth between the Jade Pool and the Ninth Summit for twenty years.
During these twenty years, he would set up the array formation during the day and cultivate at night.
Nearer to the end of completion of the array formation, he would be free for half a day.
He would watch the sunrise and sunset with his Senior Sister.
Then he would read some books.
He would learn Dragon Language occasionally.
Relatively speaking, he hated the Dragon Language because Xiao Yu would make him write more and practice more.
On the other hand, Xiao Yu was very happy teaching Jiang Lan.
During these twenty years, Jiang Lan's cultivation rose steadily.
His understanding of the Dao was slowly accumulating.
It had been 425 years since he entered the sect and his cultivation level was at the early-stage Heaven Immortal Realm. Although he was steadily improving, it was still faster than the others tempering their golden body.
However, it would still take a very long time for him to advance to the mid-stage Heaven Immortal Realm.
Only if he could gain a deeper comprehension of the world, understand the Grand Dao on a deeper level, and obtain the acknowledgment of the Heavenly Dao would he be able to temper his golden body at a faster speed.
Today.
Jiang Lan sat under the peach tree and watched the sunrise.
The sky was filled with dark clouds.
The raindrops seemed to fall at any moment.
"Looks like we won't be able to see the sunrise."
Xiao Yu sat beside Jiang Lan and spoke softly.
She had slowly gotten used to being with Jiang Lan in her normal appearance, but she still liked to use the form of Xiao Yu.
Boom!
Thunder rumbled.
Slosh.
Rain fell.
There was the sound of rain dripping.
Jiang Lan nodded in response. Indeed, the sun was about to rise.
Just as he was about to speak, a red light appeared in the sky.
A red sun appeared from the end.
Boom!
A loud sound of thunder rang as the rising sun illuminated the east.
Boom!
At this moment, Jiang Lan's gaze stopped on the red sun.
The red light from the rising sun shone. Dark clouds covered the sky, and the area ahead was hazy.
The sunrise seemed to be special today.
A red sun seemed to rise in Jiang Lan's eyes.
A glimmer appeared around him.
Xiao Yu was surprised to see the sunrise and wanted to share it with her Junior Brother.
However, when she turned her head to look, she realized that her Junior Brother had closed his eyes at some point in time and his aura had changed.
An epiphany.
Xiao Yu immediately quietened down. She sat beside Jiang Lan with her elbows on her knees and her hands on her cheeks.
Her gaze lingered on Jiang Lan.
"Junior Brother has met with yet another epiphany."
As long as she didn't watch her Junior Brother carefully, he would easily fall into a state of epiphany.
Other people might not even experience a single epiphany in their lives, but her Junior Brother would encounter one every few decades.
He was going to become an old man at this rate.
After watching for a long time, Xiao Yu began to cultivate at Jiang Lan's side.
This was the Jade Pool, her home ground. Without her permission, no one could approach this place.
Hence, this place was very quiet and safe.
It would allow her Junior Brother to experience the epiphany in peace.
Spring passed and autumn came.
It seemed like a thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Lan had been sitting under the Jade Pool Tree for ten years.
Xiao Yu had looked after Jiang Lan for ten years.
She had also spent ten years cultivating in peace.
However, she would occasionally go out.
She would go to the Ninth Summit to water the vegetative egg and Udumbara Flower with spirit liquid.
However, it only took a while.
At this moment.
Jiang Lan felt as if he was standing in front of the sunrise, stepping on the earth as he faced the sun and moon.
In this world, he was as insignificant as sand.
He suddenly had a feeling that as long as he merged with this world, he would be able to obtain the recognition of the Heavenly Dao.
However, if one could not understand the truths of heaven and earth, one could not fuse with it.
Was this the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth?
Jiang Lan stood where he was, gaining a deeper understanding of the Heaven Immortal Realm.
Comprehending the Great Dao and fusing with the Great Dao.
Doing so would allow him to break the shackles of heaven and earth, as well as give him the hope to break out of the cocoon.
At this moment, the aura of the Dao that belonged to his body began to appear and fuse with him.
It was as if the time had come.
It came from the fortuitous opportunity obtained in the inn.
At this moment, Jiang Lan merely stood there. Plants grew beneath his feet, flowers bloomed, and all things flourished.
The sun rose from the east.
Jiang Lan looked at everything, feeling as if he was standing on the path of a Great Dao.
He looked at the lines that ran through the heavens and earth.
…
The scorching sun hung high in the sky.
Jiang Lan opened his eyes.
"Just a little more."
