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Chapter 67 - 67 63 Ten Thousand Halls of Mountain Passes All Turn to Dust_1

67: Chapter 63: Ten Thousand Halls of Mountain Passes All Turn to Dust_1 67: Chapter 63: Ten Thousand Halls of Mountain Passes All Turn to Dust_1 On Jiang Anan’s birthday night, apart from Jiang Wang regretting that he didn’t have time to showcase his culinary skills, everyone had a great time.

The festivities over, Zhao Rucheng returned home.

He sat quietly in his study for a while before hearing the sound of the door being pushed open.

“You’ve worked hard today, Uncle Deng,” Zhao Rucheng said, his posture casual but his tone genuinely respectful and warm.

The housekeeper called Uncle Deng, standing with impeccable manners, smiled warmly and said, “That Ember Ending Lance is of fine quality.

As one generation succeeds another, I feel as if I’ve grown old.”

“How could that be?

When you walk down the street, others might mistake you for my brother.”

Uncle Deng’s expression did not change, but he simply stated, “There is an order of respect and hierarchy.”

Zhao Rucheng opened his mouth, probably wanting to say something, but knowing it would be moot, he fell silent.

It was Uncle Deng who spoke again, “Who would’ve thought that at my age, I would once again exert myself just to buy a sugar figurine that a little girl loves to eat.”

Zhao Rucheng grinned cheekily, “Thank you for the effort, Uncle Deng, thank you.”

“That little girl is very adorable.”

Zhao Rucheng was extremely proud, “Of course!

She’s my sister after all!”

Uncle Deng looked at him and repeated, “She is very adorable.”

The smile on Zhao Rucheng’s face suddenly vanished.

On that handsome face, which was almost always nonchalant, there was even a hint of sadness.

He remained silent for a long time and then said, “I understand.”

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The day after Jiang Anan’s birthday, Auntie Song had someone send over a jadeite bracelet as a belated birthday gift for Anan due to the long distance.

In addition, there was a jade pendant sent for Jiang Wang.

The obvious attempt to ingratiate herself with him was probably for fear that Jiang Wang would intervene and prevent her from contacting her daughter.

Upon seeing the gift, Anan didn’t say much, but her delight was evident as she treasured it away in her little box.

For Jiang Wang, his encounter with Xiong Wen instantly doused the slight swell of pride he had felt after winning the title of the top scholar in the Three Cities Path Debate for a year.

However, the battle had also brought considerable gains.

First, after executing Xiong Wen, the quantity of Path Origin inside Tongtian Palace surged, approaching the day of foundational completion.

Secondly, after fulfilling the task of killing the Heart-Devouring Demon, Zhu Weiwo generously waved his hand and distributed five hundred path merits to him.

It was said that Zhu Weiwo himself earned over six thousand path merits from this mission, but his score on the Path Merit Leaderboard did not increase but instead decreased, leaving only a thousand path merits.

No one knew what treasure he had exchanged them for.

Compared to Jiang Wang and others who had to painstakingly scrape together a hundred path merits, it’s evident that true powerhouses do not struggle to earn path merits.

The last of the gains was a mysterious black candle that had appeared inside Tongtian Palace.

This was likely a treasure, but no matter how Jiang Wang studied it, he couldn’t unlock its secrets.

His most important cultivation task at present was to establish his foundation, so he would have to leave it to be explored later.

With the unexpected joy of five hundred path merits, Jiang Wang naturally prepared a Channel-opening Pill for Zhao Rucheng and Jiang Anan each.

As a disciple of the Path Academy, Zhao Rucheng could exchange a Channel-opening Pill directly for one hundred path merits.

And since Jiang Wang had not used his own exchange quota, it was perfect for Anan.

Zhao Rucheng accepted Jiang Wang’s path merits without hesitation, and even cheekily asked, “Big Brother, I’ve taken a fancy to a law sword worth five hundred path merits.

I’ve saved up a bit myself but still fall short.

Can you cover the rest?”

Jiang Wang, now quite wealthy and generous, asked, “How much are you short?”

“Four hundred and ninety-nine.”

It’s really just a bit!

“…” Jiang Wang kicked him, “Get lost!”

But after thinking it over, he sighed, “I still have to save a hundred Path Origin points for Anan to exchange for a Channel-opening Pill, the remaining three hundred I’ll give to you.”

“Don’t!” Zhao Rucheng stopped him.

“What’s wrong?”

“You can give me the Path Origin points.

But about Anan’s channel opening, think it over again.”

Jiang Wang didn’t quite understand, “Isn’t it better to open the meridians as early as possible?

If you’re worried about the dangers at the Transcendent level, there’s no need, I don’t plan on letting Anan enter the cultivation institute.”

In the cultivation institute, a significant portion of funding is actually subsidized by the Court, thereby obligating the disciples to not refuse certain mandatory mobilization tasks.

These tasks include cleaning up the official road environment, chasing down heretical demon people, among various other duties.

The dangers are inevitable.

Jiang Wang held the performance platform in hand and did not need to worry about the cultivation technique issue, and he could also be Anan’s teacher.

All in all, he didn’t hope for Anan to become any kind of powerful being, just wanted her to be healthy and possess a bit of self-protection power.

Zhao Rucheng gave a bitter smile, “It’s not about opening the channels too early being bad.”

He hesitated for a moment but then spoke, “If you want to open Anan’s channels, then don’t use the cultivation institute’s Channel-opening Pill.”

Jiang Wang’s brows furrowed even more, “Is there a problem with the cultivation institute’s Channel-opening Pill?”

“That’s not it,” Zhao Rucheng simply said, “The Channel-opening Pills that can be exchanged in the city’s cultivation institute are of the lowest grade.

Your older sister is already at that age and can’t delay any further.

Anan is still young, she can wait a bit more.

If you want to open her channels, you should try to give her a better one, so that she can have a smoother journey on the path of cultivation.

I’m not saying that taking the lowest grade Channel-opening Pill will block the great path; many powerful individuals have risen under the harshest conditions, but it’s admittedly more difficult.

If it was before, I wouldn’t tell you this.

After all, in a place like Fenglin City, how many people are desperate for a Channel-opening Pill?

Having access to one is already considered rare.

But since you killed Xiong Wen previously, as an elder, I say you have a chance.

You have the opportunity to grow.

In the future, you can obtain better Channel-opening Pills for Anan.

Anan is also my sister, and I wish she could suffer less in the future.”

Jiang Wang silently digested this for a while.

He always knew that his youngest sworn brother had secrets, but he never asked.

Just as he received the key to enter the Taixu Illusion Realm, none of his brothers questioned him about it.

But now it seemed, the secret that Zhao Rucheng hid was perhaps greater than he imagined.

After all, not to mention anything else, just this understanding of the world of cultivation was not something that could be cultivated by ordinary families.

One must know, Fang Pengju who came from one of the three big families of Fenglin City, owed his life for a Channel-opening Pill.

Yet in the words of Zhao Rucheng, this pill seemed so insignificant.

He even knew, if he hadn’t talked about opening Anan’s channels, Zhao Rucheng probably wouldn’t have said these things.

“There are different grades of Channel-opening Pills?” Jiang Wang asked.

“Of course.

You know, the main ingredient of the Channel-opening Pill is extracted from the meridians of demon beasts, and while demon beasts have strong and weak ones, their meridians are naturally of varying quality.

You tell me, can the Channel-opening Pills made from different grades of meridians be the same?”

“The Channel-opening Pill you got from Zuo Guanglie, is definitely not simple.

An elder in my family said that your channel opening was perfect, it fully developed your potential,”

Jiang Wang was silent.

He quietly observed his own small Earth Caterpillar Spirit within Tongtian Palace, unable to see how it was related to “perfect channel opening.”

Isn’t this just the lowest grade Earthworm Channel?

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