Chapter Ten: Soul Power

  After a whole day's journey and several consecutive battles, Jiang Hao, Xiao Yu and others were already exhausted. In contrast, Tie Shan and Zi Feng didn't feel much. The War Master's physical strength had far exceeded that of the warriors, and they could adapt to long-term battles and long-distance trekking.

  Considering Xiao Yu and Jiang Hao were still young, everyone decided to rest for a night and set off again early the next morning.

  At night, when everyone else had entered a state of meditation, Jiang Huan slowly opened his eyes. He thought back to the scene from earlier that day and couldn't help but mock himself. At the time, he hadn't known what was happening either, and had just gone along with it in a daze. Now, thinking about it, if it were to happen again, would he still rush forward? Thinking this far, Jiang Huan shook his head, as if he was overthinking things.

  "You won't be looking down on this little girl, will you? Although she has a bad temper, her appearance is still passable." Yi Tian suddenly floated out at this time, looking at Jiang Hao with a sly smile.

  "Uh, no... nothing." Jiang Huan's face turned red as he muttered, "Oh, right, Master, how did you get out? It'll be troublesome if others see you." Jiang Huan was afraid that Yu Tian would continue to pester him, so he quickly changed the subject.

  "Hmph, this is a given, unless your strength surpasses mine, you wouldn't be able to detect my presence, of course, except for you." Ji Tian coldly snorted.

  "I saw everything that happened today, and your reaction wasn't bad. Just like what Zi Feng said, your temperament is not like a child's at all, you're really an oddball." Yi Tian looked at Jiang Hao's depressed eyes and continued, "Although you're not suitable for practicing combat techniques now, you can start by practicing some auxiliary techniques first, maybe they'll be helpful to you."

  As soon as he heard that the master seemed to be imparting his own martial skills, Jiang Huan's eyes lit up immediately. Based on his own judgment, this cheap master was definitely a powerful existence in ancient times, and casually giving him some martial skills would be enough for himself.

  Looking at Jiang Huan's scorching gaze, Yi Tian casually pulled out a jade card and threw it to Jiang Huan, saying: "This is an auxiliary skill, which I unintentionally obtained. It should be just right for you. Take a look yourself."

  Jiang Hao happily accepted the jade plaque and turned it over in his hands, "Master, hey, there's no words on this, you're not trying to trick me, are you?"

  "Cough! You don't even know how to use this?" Di Tian looked at Jiang Heng with an incredulous gaze, and upon seeing Jiang Heng shake his head, he sighed and said, "Alright, alright. Today, I'll tell you about the power of the soul."

  "Soul power is also known as spiritual power. Unlike battle aura, soul power is intangible and can only be felt by focusing one's mind to sense the brain's fluctuations, then controlling these fluctuations to inspect and attack. Soul power is also divided into several levels: Mortal Realm, Micro Realm, Transcendent Realm, Heavenly Realm, and Void Realm. My current soul power is at the Heavenly Realm level."

  "Master, is Tianjing very formidable?" Jiang Hao asked curiously.

  "Spare me the nonsense. I won't tell you too much, but you'll find out later. All I can say is that someone like Purple Wind is at most equivalent to an ordinary realm." Zi Tian said with a bad tone.

  "Alright, I'll teach you how to use your soul power. You will stick the jade plate on your forehead."

  "Alright."

  "Be mindful and focus your senses." The soft voice of Tianyi drifted into Jiang Hao's ears.

  "Master, it's really cool."

  "Slap." Di Tian slapped Jiang Hao on the head and said irritably, "Focus."

  Jiang Hao stopped speaking, his entire mind focused on the coolness of the jade plaque on his forehead. He felt the sounds around him growing fainter and fainter, until even the chirping of insects and birdsong were barely audible. It was as if he had entered a strange space, one that belonged only to himself. Suddenly, a book appeared in front of him, floating in mid-air. The cover was inscribed with three characters: "Pursuing Light Steps". What an overbearing name! Jiang Hao merely thought about it, and the book automatically opened up, its contents unfolding before his eyes. Every word was imprinted on this mysterious space.

  In mid-air, looking at the jade plate emitting a faint cyan glow, Tianyi nodded in satisfaction, thinking to himself that this disciple was indeed a genius. When he first learned to use his soul power, he had suffered quite a bit.

  Before long, Jiang Hao slowly opened his eyes, and a ray of essence flashed by. Jiang Hao's mind stirred, and the movements within dozens of miles were all taken in at a glance. It was truly extraordinary. For a long time, the refined battle aura that had not been advancing actually condensed again, reaching the peak of five stars, with a hint of breaking through to six stars. Slowly exhaling a breath, Jiang Hao only then noticed that Yi Tian had been staring at him all along.

  "Master, is there something on my face? Where? Where?" Jiang Hao touched his own face in confusion and asked.

  "Huh, how is it? What's the feeling?" Ji Tian asked hastily after snapping back to reality.

  "I entered a space where it seemed like nothing existed, only my own presence." Jiang Hao furrowed his brow.

  "Hmm? You actually managed to enter your own cognitive sea on your first try, monster." Murmured the Emperor of Heaven.

  "Haha, I told you I'm a genius." Jiang Hao laughed.

  "Oh, right, have you seen what's inside the jade pendant?"

  "Is it a pursuit of light or what? I think it's for escaping no matter how I look at it." Jiang Hao said.

  "Not bad, it's the Pursuing Light Step. This auxiliary technique is divided into four steps: Wind Chasing Step, Thunder Chasing Step, Light Chasing Step and Instantaneous Step. With your current physical condition, you can start practicing the Wind Chasing Step." Ji Tian explained, "Concentrate on feeling the wind around you, merge yourself with the world of wind, move with the wind."

  "Huh." Jiang Heng's feet moved swiftly, and he suddenly darted out. "Ahh!" A pained cry came from outside. Yi Tian hurriedly followed him out and saw that Jiang Heng was stuck in a tree, unable to move.

  "Master, you told me to move with the wind, how did I end up climbing a tree?" Jiang Hao said with an innocent face.

  "Alas, you think it's that easy to practice? I just let you experience it and you flew out already. You really are..." Tianyi said with a bad temper.

  "Alright, you can cultivate this slowly for now, first recognize the master's necklace."

  "Ah." Jiang Heng bit his finger, and a drop of blood fell onto the necklace. To his surprise, it was slowly absorbed by the necklace. Suddenly, he felt a stir in his mind, and saw a vast expanse of darkness, with himself standing as the only source of light within this space.

  "The space in this necklace is very large, and as your strength increases, the space you can use will also become larger. The brightness you see now is the size of the space you can currently use." said Yi Tian calmly.

  "It's just this small." Jiang Hao said discontentedly.

  "You're still not satisfied, you know that if others find out about your spatial chain, how many people will come to bother you, and at that time, I won't be able to help you either." Yi Tian said seriously.

  "Oh, I see. Right, Master, even with your abilities, you can't investigate the space within this necklace to determine its true size." Jiang Huan asked doubtfully.

  "I thought the strongest power of the Master was only able to use this chain's space of several hundred million miles, but the space in this chain is clearly not just that, and I don't have the ability to explore it all." said the assassin with a sneer.

  "Wow! Several hundred million li, it's so big." Jiang Hao's face was full of surprise.

  "There's nothing strange about it, once you reach a certain level of cultivation, traversing hundreds of millions of miles in an instant isn't impossible!"

  It seems that my strength is still too weak, Jiang Hao couldn't help but think.

  "Alright, now you don't have to think about anything, just continue to absorb the war aura according to the method I taught you earlier. It will be very beneficial for your physical condition and won't do any harm." Arcane said, "I'm going back to sleep first, I'm dead tired from talking so much with you."

  After finishing speaking, he transformed into a wisp of green smoke and drilled into the necklace, disappearing without a trace.

  Recalling the mental technique taught by his master, Jiang Huan once again immersed himself in cultivation, a resolute expression on his face. His master's words further solidified his determination to seek true power.

  The surging war energy was continuously absorbed and stored in the dantian, then circulated among the six major acupoints. Now Jiang Hao's meridians were much stronger than before, and the speed of the war energy flow was getting faster and faster. It was believed that it wouldn't take long to enter the realm of a six-star warrior.