Chapter 142: Stepping On Air, Flying Among the Clouds (1/2)

After the martial arts competition ended, Elder He let the two disciples return to rest and recuperate their injuries.

This was especially true for Jiang Li's 'leg injury'. Elder He instructed him to exercise more these few days and pay a visit three days later.

Jiang Li dragged his 'injured leg' back to his small courtyard.

As soon as he returned to his quiet room, he immediately took out the five items rewarded by the sect's martial arts competition.

Firstly, it was the token that was almost standard for the fifteen disciples.

According to the rankings, the usage duration of each token was different.

Jiang Li had two in his hands. One was as long as 24 hours, and the other was as long as 16 hours.

However, it was a pity that the sect did not allow them to split up the allocated time in each token for separate uses. To Jiang Li, these two tokens were actually of no difference in value.

Coupled with the token that Jiang Li obtained when he entered the inner sect earlier, which was only two hours long, he already had three Scripture Hall tokens in his possession.

Due to the characteristics of the Scripture Imparting Hall, before the completion of a single scripture transmission, if one entered the room with the same character again, they would automatically be reconnected to the previous scripture until it was completed.

For Jiang Li himself, the 'Spirit' Scripture Hall was already meaningless to him.

At the very least, he no longer had to enter this hall until the 'Great Carefree Bodhisattva Heart Sutra' was completed.

As for the length of the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra, Jiang Li roughly calculated that it would take 30,000 days which was nearly a century to complete the sutra without sleep and rest.

Even if Jiang Li's Enlightenment and Mind attributes obtained a considerable increase later on, and the speed at which he comprehended the scripture increased greatly, it would still take many years.

Thus, considering the four rooms of 'Spirit', 'Dharma', 'Body', and 'Technique', the three tokens in his possession were already sufficient for Jiang Li to gather the remaining scriptures he needed.

Spirit refinement cultivation method, qi cultivation method, body cultivation method, and Dao spell technique.

Jiang Li currently possessed the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra and the Beast Blood Diagram, two top-notch inheritances.

If he could obtain a few more cultivation methods that were not inferior to the Earth Dust Scripture and Square Heaven Seal, he would make a killing.

However, it would be a waste to use the 24 hours and 16 hours tokens directly.

It would be best if he could exchange it with other disciples and see if he could exchange the extra time for some other benefits.

After putting away the three tokens, Jiang Li looked at the other three items.

First of all, the Heart Protection Mirror was a typical defensive artifact. However, the special thing was that this artifact did not require cultivators to take the initiative to use it. Instead, it would automatically activate according to the aura of the wearer.

At the critical moment, such as an assassination attempt, the wearer might be saved.

However, this thing's grade was not very high. It was only high-grade Yellow-rank, and its defense was still quite limited. It could only be used for insurance and emergencies, and was not suitable for direct combat.

This Heart Protection Mirror was divided into two parts. After Jiang Li activated it, he stuck it to his chest and back.

Jiang Li picked up the porcelain bottle again. One could tell that it was a very high-grade porcelain bottle just by touching it.

He carefully opened the porcelain bottle and took a sniff. What came out was the smell of blood.

Since Jiang Li stepped into the cultivation world, he had experienced various battles. He had seen many mortals, cultivators, demon beasts, Yin Corpses, and various types of blood. He believed that he could not be wrong.

However, the liquid inside did not have any stench. Instead, it had a slight fragrance of plants.

This smell…

Jiang Li licked his lips as a slight flush appeared on his face.

For some reason, the liquid in the bottle made Jiang Li feel as if his blood was surging and stirring.

He closed the bottle cap again. After a long time, the flush on Jiang Li's face finally slowly faded.

Before parting with the other members of the Demon Vanquishing Hall, Elder He had specially instructed them not to use the things in the bottle recklessly and to wait for his instructions.

Presumably, this was the reward that Elder He had specially obtained for Jiang Li.

Using appraisal, he only knew that this thing was called [Blood Essence], but as for how it was used and what use it had, he did not know.

However, with Elder He's understanding of Jiang Li, this thing should be more suitable for his current situation. There was no need for him to worry about it.

He temporarily put away the porcelain bottle, leaving only the pair of boots.

He looked at a wooden sign hanging on the boots.

< Cloud-Treading Boots >

Hmm? Wasn't this an artifact that could help him walk on air?

Jiang Li was instantly slightly disappointed by this. Merely stepping on air was not rare in the cultivation world.

Even the wood pieces that Jiang Li had casually carved could allow him to achieve such a feat to a certain extent.

Previously, he had asked Yan Hong to help him purchase similar items. The pair of shoes previously were called air-stepping boots, a medium-grade Yellow-rank item.

He had originally wanted to use this kind of artifact to replace the rune wood pieces, in case he had to throw out wood pieces to barely step on air during aerial combat.

However, he later discovered that although that kind of artifact could indeed fly, the weight it could withstand was too small.

Jiang Li had tried it before. It was indeed possible to walk in the air, but the weight of a cultivator could not even exceed 200 kilograms, otherwise, they would not be able to withstand the slow decline.

This was very unfriendly to fat cultivators, but even more so to Jiang Li. This bit of air-treading ability was simply not enough to support him in flying.

Wait.

Jiang Li suddenly noticed the additional words at the bottom of the wooden sign.

Grade, low-grade Profound-rank!

A low-grade Profound-rank artifact was more than a hundred times more valuable than a medium-grade Yellow-rank artifact.

How could a pair of Cloud-Treading Boots have such a grade?

Jiang Li was a little puzzled, but the sect could not be so stingy.

Could it be… that this thing could help him step on air?

As Jiang Li thought about it, he felt a little excited.

He immediately took off his pair of leather boots reinforced with steel plates and put on the Cloud-Treading Boots.

Under the effect of the Armored Horse Divine Travel, his legs, which were already extremely light, seemed to become weightless.

Jiang Li walked out of the cultivation chamber and looked at the spacious courtyard. It felt a little small.

He directly opened the spirit array and gently sent spiritual qi to his feet. Immediately, a solid feeling was felt.

In front of Jiang Li, it was as if an invisible staircase appeared, and he walked up into the sky step by step.

Jiang Li took a step forward and continuously adjusted the output of his spiritual qi to sense the feedback of the Cloud-Treading Boots.

Due to the fact that Jiang Li's Mind attribute was several times stronger than before and his Parallel Mind was active in his body, his control over artifacts and all aspects was much stronger than before. His adaptation to new things was also faster.

When he rose to a height of 20 meters, Jiang Li had already grasped the initial method to control this artifact.

Disciples were not allowed to fly openly in the sect. Jiang Li could only maintain a height of around twenty meters so that he would not be seen by the disciples outside the Demon Vanquishing Hall.

Then, he raised his foot and kicked hard behind him.

Bang!

Behind Jiang Li, a large area of the air seemed to have been struck by a large hammer, and it emitted a strange muffled sound.

He was clearly stepping on air, but Jiang Li felt as if he had stepped on a stone wall.

A huge reaction force was felt, causing Jiang Li to be like an arrow that left the bow, instantly shooting forward.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!