Chapter 2614 - 1507

Jiang Congtang, in Spirit Immortal Sect, the days that followed weren’t without instances of the strong bullying the weak, but he managed to evade them!

Secretly practiced his family’s martial arts; although the spiritual energy here wasn’t as thick as on other peaks, it was still enough for cultivation.

The secret manuals issued by the Immortal Sect were merely simple introductory guides.

Jiang Congtang chose to lay low here, investing the resources distributed each month into his cultivation.

He kept a low profile, and didn’t socialize with others!

Those people couldn’t snatch anything from him, and bullied him, even beat him.

Through it all, Jiang Congtang endured silently.

In the second year, he was able to take on missions, but at that time, he had only reached the Qi Refinement second layer and hadn’t learned any spells yet.

The minor spells he used in the village before were talismans; though he couldn’t use small spells, he could use talismans.

He studied minor skills.

In the second and third year, Jiang Congtang entered the Spirit Immortal Sect’s Spirit Medicine Garden as a servant.

Without support from his shattered family, solely relying on the rewards from doing tasks, Jiang Congtang stayed in Spirit Immortal Sect from the age of five until over ten, continuously in the Qi Refinement Realm.

His spiritual roots were pseudo spirit roots; the effort he put in made cultivation much more challenging than for others, especially since the Five Elements Spiritual Roots made absorbing and increasing strength difficult.

This situation was known to Jiang Congtang since young; growing in adversity was his life principle.

There was no other choice; he had no help or family to care for him, as a child, relying solely on himself.

Exceptional cultivators with standout abilities were often accepted by cultivators as disciples, gaining masters, fellow senior siblings, and additional protection.

Jiang Congtang remained unchanged in appearance in Spirit Immortal Sect to prevent enemies from recognizing him.

With dark skin, even after cultivating, others considered him waste material among waste.

Having poor abilities was one thing, but he was also considered unattractive, making it hardly likely for others to favor him.

Even though Jiang Congtang wasn’t anti-social in Spirit Immortal Sect, he didn’t want friends, avoiding exposure of his background due to others not liking him.

Still, while in the Immortal Sect, he secretly checked for any family members?

Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any family members here.

Insufficient ability meant he couldn’t take missions outside.

The Mission Hall accepted missions, and many people grouped up to train together outside.

Jiang Congtang’s unremarkable appearance caused deep dislike from others, resulting in no teams accepting him.

Until age 15, Jiang Congtang engaged in tasks within the Immortal Sect, either cleaning the Demon Beast Shed or cultivating herbs in the Medicine Garden, despite learning a bit of Beast Language and beast taming skills.

Through learning to cultivate and care for herbs, Jiang Congtang received several tasks from the Mission Hall each month.

He barely managed to gain three additional rewards, which were just enough for his living expenses.

After all, living here required food and drink, and to enhance his abilities swiftly, he needed to eat well.

To save money, Jiang Congtang honed his cooking skills, preparing food and storing it in a storage bag.

Despite his strenuous efforts in task cultivation, by age 15, he still remained at Qi Refinement tenth layer, while many servant disciples from his batch had surpassed him in ability and advancement.

Others had transformed from servant disciples to Outer Sect or even Inner Sect disciples.

Jiang Congtang stayed in the same room, while that courtyard had switched numerous occupants.

Here, because it’s slightly cheaper, the spiritual energy was indeed the weakest.

Jiang Congtang managed to learn some minor skills from the Sect’s Scripture Pavilion, like designing simple formations to enrich the spiritual energy in his room.

Jiang Tang’s soul entered Jiang Congtang’s body, initially not intending for soul-snatching.

Due to Jiang Tang’s overwhelmingly powerful soul, Jiang Congtang’s soul retracted, knowing that the other was soul-snatching.

However, he knew there was no malice intended.

Jiang Congtang craved strength too much; the other was just a wisp of soul.

Jiang Tang perhaps sympathized with Jiang Congtang, feeling he was too miserable, and wondered what harm it was to help him?

In his consciousness, Jiang Tang assured Jiang Congtang his arrival aimed at changing his fate, using his body to transform him from waste into a person of use.

Simultaneously, he would use his body to modify Jiang Congtang’s physique, making him stronger.

Through gaining strength, Jiang Congtang would come to appreciate life beyond cultivation, experiencing countless joys.

Once strong enough, he needn’t fear exposure of his appearance.

If strong enough, he wouldn’t traumatize himself with fear that made one despised.

He would also gift him a Golden Finger, granting a planting space, allowing him to learn other skills apart from planting in the cultivation world.

Jiang Congtang learned the other had taken his body, but future cultivation and certain actions were still up to him.

This was a trade; although the other supported him, he could feel life’s transformed pleasures from him.

The other merely wished to feel this experience, not always capturing his body.

After receiving this promise, Jiang Congtang desired strength too strongly; this body-snatching was a baseless condition, a proposal he agreed to.

Jiang Tang entered Jiang Congtang’s body, first gifting him a planting space, although merely a casually given planting space.