“Come forward.” Jiang Wen called out.
The transformed Taoist heard this and walked forward without the slightest hesitation.
Jiang Wen then reached into the bottle, dabbing a bit of dragon blood on his fingertip.
He touched the forehead of the transformed Taoist, and the Taoist instantly shone with brilliant light.
The originally pale face flushed with color, and the originally wooden eyes began to become lively.
Before long, the originally pale and strange transformed Taoist was as lively as a living person, and the tone of his voice also carried some emotion.
“Thank you, Temple Master, for the blessing.”
“Your name is Jia; remember your name well.” Jiang Wen looked at the transformed Taoist with satisfaction, pleased with the effects of the True Dragon's blood.
After retrieving the True Dragon's body, he obtained essence blood and dragon blood.
Although these paper figures were inscribed with dragon blood, they still lacked some spiritual energy. You couldn't see the flaws at a glance, but a closer look would reveal the differences.
The paper figures' skin was pale as paper, their eyes were dull, their faces were bloodless, and they lacked the vitality of a human. Although they could understand human speech, they still lacked some spirituality. But with a touch of essence dragon blood, these paper figures could become as lively as living people. Even cultivators of the Tao Palace realm would find it difficult to see through the disguise.
After enlightening the five transformed Taoists one by one, Jiang Wen simply gave them names like Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding.
Then, he assigned them each a duty, having them guard the Taoist temple.
After the five enlightened Taoists received their orders and withdrew, Jiang Wen sent out a dozen or so young Taoists to manage the Taoist temple. With everything arranged, he flew towards the Light Tree on his sword.
“What are you doing?” Zi Yun's voice came from his sleeve.
A branch wrapped around his wrist, then slowly extended towards his face.
“I want to confirm something.” Jiang Wen replied.
Only half an hour later, a border Great Wall appeared.
How majestic and grand this Great Wall was! Even Jiang Wen, who was accustomed to wonders, was stunned for a moment.
The border Great Wall, the fortress of the Great Qian Dynasty against the Wildlands. Its ten-thousand-foot-high body resembled towering mountains, embracing the world in its arms. Layer upon layer, it housed countless villages.
Even on the Great Wall's beacon towers, a massive city had been built.
This was the border Great Wall, home to six million border residents of the Great Qian Dynasty. It was like a world, isolating the scarlet lands.
If one hadn't seen it with their own eyes, perhaps no one could imagine the Great Wall could be so magnificent.
Jiang Wen looked at the residential areas on the Great Wall, a hint of depth in his eyes. The border region had been besieged by the Light Tree and the Red Earth for so long without being breached precisely because of its unique nature.
The border residents lived on the Great Wall, cultivating fertile fields and engaging in trade, enough to be self-sufficient. Without great magical power, the Great Wall was difficult to break.
After observing for a while, Jiang Wen flew along the border Great Wall towards the most magnificent place.
That was the old land he once knew, and also the most central capital of the Tai Cang Dynasty—Sky Abyss City.
When he saw Sky Abyss City, Jiang Wen felt lost.
After hundreds of thousands of years of vicissitudes and suffering the ravages of war,
Sky Abyss City was no longer the divine capital of the Tai Cang era. It was not as vast as it once was. The towering city walls that had once reached into the clouds had been destroyed, and the prosperous streets had long been submerged in the passage of time. Now, only the core part of Sky Abyss City remained: the Royal City and the Boundless Pavilion.
Although it was the main city of the border Great Wall, it was still incredibly magnificent. But in Jiang Wen's eyes, who had seen its original appearance, the current Sky Abyss City was just a lingering old man.
“In the end, it has changed.” Jiang Wen sighed softly.
“You have something on your mind.” Zi Yun's clear voice came.
“It's just a bit of emotion.” Jiang Wen smiled, calming his mood.
He concealed his figure and slowly landed in Sky Abyss City, watching the bustling capital, peaceful and tranquil.
The residents of Sky Abyss City still lived peacefully, not at all affected by the scarlet disaster.
Jiang Wen toured the capital with the mood of revisiting an old place, and finally sat down in a teahouse.
“Customer, your order is here.” The waiter placed the food down, and Jiang Wen poured himself a cup of wine.
Quietly eating the wine and dishes, the obsession in his heart was slowly dissipating.
Sky Abyss City, after all, was not the appearance he had once seen.
Walking out of the teahouse, Jiang Wen stood on the street. His divine sense swept across Sky Abyss City, sensing everything within.
As the main border city of the Great Qian Dynasty, there were indeed many experts in Sky Abyss City. In the Tao Palace realm alone, he sensed three people. And the guarding general of the city was also a cultivator in the Tao Palace realm.
Being able to guard the border Great Wall was indeed not to be underestimated.
Without alarming anyone, Jiang Wen then submerged his divine sense into the underground of Sky Abyss City. Passing through thousands of meters of rock strata, he sensed something.
“Found it.” Jiang Wen said softly, and then his entire person disappeared from the spot.
No one knew that a guest had come to Sky Abyss City, and no one knew that a vast palace was hidden beneath Sky Abyss City.
Jiang Wen tunneled into the earth, penetrating layers of rock, and finally landed at the gate of the underground palace.
The light of the night-luminescent pearls illuminated the dark underground, and a vast palace appeared before Jiang Wen.
He walked to the palace and pushed open the dozens-of-feet-high red gate. Accompanied by a violent tremor, the vast underground palace was revealed.
Stepping into it, heaven and earth reversed.
Floating clouds swirled, and the great sun shone.
Celestial music played, and rainbows formed bridges.
No one missed a single word, a single hair, a single detail!
Palace buildings were like forests, golden and dazzling.
It was like the heavenly realm above the nine heavens, surrounded by clouds and mist.
Where was this some underground palace? It was clearly the Heavenly Court of the Thirty-Three Heavens.
Jiang Wen looked over the layers of palaces, and strode towards the depths.
He stepped into the palace of the First Heaven in one step, and stepped into the Second Heaven in two steps.
In just thirty-three steps, he had already arrived at the highest point of the Immortal Palace.
Looking down, the palaces were as dense as rock patterns. If he didn't know this was an underground palace, Jiang Wen would have really thought he had come to the legendary Heavenly Court.
Stepping on the floating clouds, looking at the grand palace above the Thirty-Three Heavens,
That was the destination he had come for this time.
Walking into the palace was like coming to another world.
This palace was even larger than the Pure Yang Palace that Jiang Wen had visited. Standing in the palace, he felt like he had come to a world.
Densely packed statues of gods filled the clouds, layer upon layer, as if the gods were attending a conference.
Looking at the center of the palace, a huge statue of a goddess stood tall.
This statue was as large as a mountain. Jiang Wen had to look up even standing in front of its toes.
And the goddess's face was the face of someone he was familiar with—Jiang Wenji's appearance.
“As expected, it’s still here.” Jiang Wen looked at the goddess statue, a gentle smile on his face.
He stepped into the air, walking towards the goddess statue's face.
When he reached the goddess statue, he looked at the goddess statue's brow, which was as dazzling as glass.
Jiang Wen reached out his hand, penetrating the goddess statue's brow.
With just one scoop, he took something out.
A human head, several feet in size.
This head had a face like white jade, with eyes tightly closed. Golden hair fell down.
It looked like a sculpted object, but its features were lifelike. Its appearance was like the goddess statue, and it was indeed Jiang Wenji's face.
This was Jiang Wenji's head, but it had no vitality.
Jiang Wen quietly looked at this large head, and then put it into his storage bag.
Today, he came to Sky Abyss City for this thing.
Knowing the history of Jiang Wenji being dismembered, he naturally knew where Jiang Wenji's body was sealed.
Now that he had collected a hand and a head, it could be considered a worthwhile trip.
“I will save you.” Jiang Wen quietly looked at the goddess statue, then left without looking back.
After he left, a huge tear fell from the corner of the goddess statue's eye.
