Chapter 162: Jade Rakshasa

[Monthly Summary: You have been mentioned sixty-two times in your diary this month. You have gained six months of internal cultivation, and the diary owner's favorability towards you has reached 68. You can receive an additional double bonus. Finally, you have gained one year of internal cultivation, and your proficiency in the "Shen Zhao Jing" has increased significantly, reaching Minor Accomplishment.]

Lian Xing's eyes lit up. Feeling the pain in her wrists and ankles, a delighted smile appeared on her face.

It wasn't that Lian Xing enjoyed self-torture; rather, the pain in her wrists and ankles was a reminder that the Shen Zhao Jing was repairing her limbs.

Lian Xing pulled open her sleeves and trouser legs. Her twisted wrists and ankles were a purplish-black color, a sign of long-term injuries. The purplish-black color was rapidly fading, returning to its normal color at a visible speed.

This indicated that Lian Xing's twisted and even damaged nerves and meridians were rapidly healing.

In fact, the main problem with Lian Xing's limbs was the meridians and nerves. Lianxing's limbs remained in this state because of damaged meridians and nerves.

If it were simply a skeletal problem, Lianxing wouldn't even need to see a doctor; she could straighten them herself.

Lianxing looked at her still twisted wrists and ankles, a glint of cruelty in her eyes.

She reached out and snapped them twice. She forcibly broke them, then replaced them in their proper positions, securing them.

The Shenzhao Meridian activated its power, repairing the broken limbs, nerves, and meridians.

Though the repair was excruciatingly painful, and even a hint of sweat trickled down Lianxing's face, her smile remained steadfast.

As for the year's Qi training, Lianxing wasn't overly concerned, even though it had propelled her to the Grandmaster realm. Just as she'd promised, she was halfway there.

But unlike Yaoyue, Lianxing's state of mind was at fault. But her limbs hadn't recovered yet, so she couldn't break through to the Grandmaster realm.

As long as Lianxing's hands and feet returned to normal, then the moment they did, she would naturally enter the Grandmaster realm.

This was a double blessing for Lianxing.

"I've been mentioned too few times, and my favorability hasn't improved. Otherwise, I could have received more rewards. Maybe the Divine Illumination Sutra would have been elevated to the Great Perfection realm, and my hands and feet would have been restored to normal immediately." "

Sure enough, I should have gone to Huashan with my sister to find Ye Xiu instead of staying at Yihua Palace to practice the Divine Illumination Sutra. After all, the rewards from the diary far outweighed my own hard work." Lianxing couldn't help but shake her head.

Of course, Lianxing was just saying that. After all, when Yaoyue left Yihua Palace, she had ordered Lianxing to guard the palace. Out of fear of Yaoyue, Lianxing would never go against her will.

...

[Monthly Summary: You have been mentioned thirty-one times in your diary this month. You have been granted three months of internal cultivation. The diary owner's favorability towards you is 46, granting you an additional 10% bonus. Ultimately, you have achieved three months and nine days of internal cultivation.]

After receiving the reward, Lin Shiyin felt an infusion of internal energy, even greater than her own. Of course, this magnitude was only relative, for Lin Shiyin herself.

Later, Lin Shiyin discovered that her internal energy had indeed increased, but it remained at the first level of the Acquired Realm, not even reaching the second level.

This clearly indicated that Lin Shiyin's aptitude was not exceptional.

Lin Shiyin's expression was complicated as she read the diary's information.

This time, because she had traveled to Nanjing and met Ye Xiu, she had left a deep impression on him. Therefore, her reward this time was twice as much as her previous one.

And that was after just one meeting with Ye Xiu.

If she could meet Ye Xiu more often, Ye Xiu would definitely mention her more often in his diary, and his favorability would definitely increase. By then, the rewards she could get would definitely be much greater than they are now.

Lin Shiyin suddenly understood why Dongfang Bubai, Jiang Yuyan and the others were all following Ye Xiu.

As long as they could get rewards, it didn't matter if they were following Ye Xiu, not to mention that Ye Xiu was quite handsome - Lin Shiyin's cheeks suddenly turned red.

But she thought of her identity. She was Long Xiaoyun's mother and Long Xiaoyun's wife. The reason she was able to come to Nanjing City this time was because of Long Xiaoyun, and it was thanks to Li Xunhuan's escort. Otherwise, she, a weak woman, would have been eaten up without leaving a trace.

So for her to get close to Ye Xiu, or even follow Ye Xiu's identity, such a thing was almost impossible for Lin Shiyin.

Thinking of this, Lin Shiyin couldn't help but sigh.

...

Zhong Ling, Wang Yuyan, and the others all received the same monthly rewards as last month, with no improvement in mentions or favorability.

However, while the others only received a month's worth of internal energy training, Zhong Ling's situation was unique.

After using the Beiming Divine Art to boost her strength to the ninth level of Grandmaster, her technique had reached its upper limit. In other words, after absorbing the inner energy of others, her highest limit was already the ninth level of Grandmaster.

She even thought that this level of cultivation was probably the limit she would reach in her lifetime.

However, Zhong Ling was surprised that after the diary rewarded her with a month's worth of training, her realm would actually break through from the ninth level of Grandmaster to the first level of Grandmaster.

This transformation was truly astonishing.

She had never imagined that a reward from the diary could actually lead to a breakthrough in cultivation.

Although Zhong Ling knew that even if she reached the first level of Grandmaster, she would still not be able to use the Beiming Divine Art to absorb the inner energy of others to increase her cultivation limit.

However, with the diary's rewards, her cultivation could be infinitely increased.

While she couldn't absorb others' inner energy to enhance her own, if the diary could grant her ten to six months of inner energy cultivation, her strength would still increase.

This situation made Zhong Ling even more eager to find Ye Xiu.

After all, even if Zhong Ling didn't have great ambitions, if there was a way to increase her strength, she wouldn't miss it.

"I'm a Grandmaster now, so Murong Qiudi is no match for me. It's a pity she's gone into hiding, or I'd have to find her and drain her inner energy." Zhong Ling muttered to herself angrily, thinking back to the last time she nearly fell at her hands.

...

"A-choo!" Murong Qiudi, who was reading the diary, couldn't help but sneeze.

Murong Qiudi frowned slightly. She didn't think a second-level Grandmaster like her would catch a cold, so she thought of Zhong Ling. She thought, perhaps she was just saying something bad about her again.

Murong Qiudi felt a bit unhappy when she thought of Zhong Ling.

She had originally wanted to capture Zhong Ling and obtain the Bei Ming Divine Art from her.

However, she hadn't expected the Divine Art of the North Sea to be so powerful, granting Zhong Ling the strength of a Grandmaster. As a result, almost all of her plans were foiled. Especially since Zhong Ling's lightning marten could even detect poisons.

Had she known this, she would have definitely devised a more rigorous plan, but alas, that was no longer possible.

Murong Qiudi felt increasingly depressed at the thought of the Divine Art of the North Sea slipping away from her.

Just as she was about to close her diary, it suddenly transmitted a message to her.

[Monthly summary: You have been mentioned once in the diary this month. You have received a guaranteed one-month internal cultivation. The diary owner's favorability towards you is 38, with no additional bonuses. Ultimately, you have received one month's internal cultivation.]

Immediately afterwards, Murong Qiudi felt a surge of zhenqi appear out of thin air and flow into her body. This amount of zhenqi was roughly equivalent to what she would have cultivated in a month of proper practice.

Crucially, this one-month's worth of Qi, obtained out of nowhere, was indistinguishable from her own Qi. There was no difference at all, no matter its purity or properties.

So, before Murong Qiudi could even register what was happening, it had already merged with her own, becoming indistinguishable.

"This—" Murong Qiudi's eyes widened, staring at the diary in disbelief. She hadn't expected the diary to have such an effect.

Although it only increased her cultivation by a month, this Qi was nothing to her, and the improvement in her strength was negligible, practically nothing at all.

But this was a testament to the diary's miraculous power. It meant she could gain even greater benefits from it. If she used it effectively, she could rapidly improve her strength!

Murong Qiudi's eyes lit up, and she felt an urgent urge to find Ye Xiu and ask him about the diary. What should she do to get more rewards?

Ever since she founded the Tianzun Organization, Murong Qiudi had never lost her composure or been so anxious.

"Ye Xiu—" Murong Qiudi repeated the name.

In fact, Murong Qiudi was not unfamiliar with Ye Xiu.

After all, from the very beginning, a large part of the reason why Murong Qiudi came to Nanjing City was for the owner of the diary.

After she arrived in Nanjing City, she did a little research and found out Ye Xiu's information and whereabouts.

However, Ye Xiu was accompanied by two great masters, Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue. Murong Qiudi could not afford to offend these two people.

In addition, she was only curious about Ye Xiu, the person who wrote the diary, and had no other thoughts, so she had never approached Ye Xiu.

As for why she did not tell Zhong Ling about Ye Xiu's situation, it was naturally because Murong Qiudi wanted to plot against Zhong Ling's Beiming Divine Art, so she did not tell Zhong Ling about Ye Xiu. After all, if Zhong Ling went straight to Ye Xiu after knowing the news about Ye Xiu, how could Murong Qiudi plot against Zhong Ling?

But even so, she still failed in the end -

thinking of Zhong Ling, Murong Qiudi was suddenly stunned: "Diary -"

In the diary, Ye Xiu did not mention Zhong Ling much, and even almost glossed over it, but in the diary, Ye Xiu also wrote that the Beiming Divine Art should have been obtained by the man named Duan Yu. So it is a bit unreasonable for Zhong Ling to obtain the Beiming Divine Art.

So why did Zhong Ling, who was not originally supposed to obtain the Beiming Divine Art, obtain the Beiming Divine Art?

There is only one reason, that is, Zhong Ling knew the information about the Beiming Divine Art. So how did Zhong Ling get the information?

"There is only one truth!!!" Murong Qiudi's eyes lit up: "That is, Zhong Ling also knows the contents of the diary written by Ye Xiu!"

"I suddenly got this diary, does that mean that Zhong Ling also got the diary? There is not just one diary?"

"And, if there is not just one diary, then those women around Ye Xiu - Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue, do they also have diaries?"

"After all, with the pride of Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue, how could the two of them surround a man and even fight for this man. And it was the two of them who forced Ye Xiu-"

"So there is only one truth! That is, Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue also got the diary, and also got rewards from the diary, so they began to fight around Ye Xiu, in order to be mentioned more times by Ye Xiu in the diary, in order to gain Ye Xiu's favor and thus get more rewards!" "

Although it is not certain yet, this possibility is still very large." Murong Qiudi thought so, and her slender fingers fell on the diary again, and her fingers gently stroked the hard cover of the diary.

"Why wasn't I the first to get the diary? If I were the first to get it, or even the first to know its effects, I would definitely have cleaned up everyone else instead of dragging my feet like I am now." "

Dongfang Bubai, Yaoyue—" Murong Qiudi's face showed a hint of disdain. She felt that these two were too indecisive.

Shouldn't such an adventure be kept to oneself? Why share it with others?

Murong Qiudi even felt that Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue were able to become Grandmasters because they were promoted by the rewards they received from the diary.

Therefore, Murong Qiudi felt that if she were in his place, she could also become a Grandmaster.

She felt that she was better than both Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue.

"It seems that I still need to find a way to get close to Ye Xiu and gain his favor. And the best way to gain a man's favor is to have an intimate relationship with him, just like Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue—" Murong Qiudi thought so.

...

[Monthly summary: You were mentioned once in the diary this month, and you received a guaranteed one-month internal cultivation. The diary owner's favorability towards you is 47, and you received an additional 10% bonus. In the end, you received one month and three days of internal cultivation.]

Lian Nishang sat crookedly in her chair, listening to her subordinates' reports with a split second. There was information about an official who had retired from the court and was about to pass through their territory. In her hand, she held a diary that no one else could see, and she casually flipped through Ye Xiu's new diary.

However, as soon as she finished reading the diary, a message from the diary suddenly appeared in her mind.

Then, a surge of true energy that would take her a month to cultivate rushed into her body, quickly merging with the true energy in her body.

Lian Nishang was immediately shocked and sat up straight.

When the people below saw Lian Nishang suddenly sit up straight, they thought she was going to give orders and take them to rob the official who had retired from the court. However, after Lian Nishang sat up straight, she closed her eyes and said nothing.

Everyone below looked at each other, wondering what Lian Nishang was doing.

But no one dared to say anything. After all, Lian Nishang herself was a ruthless person. It was common for her to hurt and kill people. Even though most of the people Lian Nishang killed were evildoers who deserved it, her ruthless methods still made people afraid.

It was precisely because of this ruthlessness that Lian Nishang ascended to the position of leader of the Southern Shaanxi Outlaws.

Furthermore, Lian Nishang's recent frequent bursts of inexplicable laughter further infuriated her subordinates, who perceived her as moody and unpredictable, and their fear of her intensified.

Consequently, none of her subordinates dared to move while Lian Nishang sat there.

Meanwhile, Lian Nishang closed her eyes, examining her body and her Qi.

She tried to find anything unusual.

After all, there had been an inexplicable surge of Qi, and who knew if it was amiss.

However, no matter how Lian Nishang examined, she could find nothing.

The extra Qi, accumulated over a month, was surprisingly identical to her own Qi. After merging with her own Qi, it hadn't affected her Qi at all. She couldn't even tell where the extra Qi had gone.

It had truly merged with her own Qi, as if she had been quietly cultivating for over a month.

After failing to find anything unusual, Lian Nishang finally opened her eyes.

"Chief—that retired official—"

"It doesn't matter!" Lian Nishang simply waved her hand. Her mind was full of the extra month of true energy that had appeared out of thin air. How could she still care about the retired official?

Hearing what Lian Nishang said, everyone below looked at each other. In the end, they decided to follow Lian Nishang's advice and ignore that group of people and let them leave.

Lian Nishang turned around and left, returning to the secret room she would enter for retreat and cultivation. Lian Nishang couldn't help but check herself again. After still not finding anything unusual, she turned her attention to the diary.

"I didn't expect this diary to have such miraculous powers."

"Mentioning it earns rewards, and the amount of the reward is determined by the writer's favorability towards me."

"This diary is simply amazing. So what about the writer? What kind of person is he?"

"If the rewards from this month's summary don't have any negative effects, does that mean the more rewards I receive, the stronger I'll become, surpassing my current level of cultivation and becoming a Grandmaster? Or even becoming a Celestial Being, a Land Immortal?"

"I originally thought it was just something for fun, something to casually browse, but I didn't expect it to have such an effect. It seems I really need to get to know the writer better!" Lian Nishang's eyes lit up. As for whether this

diary was a trap?

Lian Nishang wanted to laugh. If it was, then the person who created this effect must be incredibly powerful beyond her imagination. She even thought that even the legendary Land Immortals might not be able to pull it

off. With such a powerful being, what would he need to do to her? Absolutely not.

Just as Lian Nishang had figured it out and decided to set off tomorrow for Nanjing City—no, to Huayin County—to find the diary writer,

a fleet of carriages had already set up camp on the pipeline.

"Yihang, don't be so vigilant. Come and rest up," an old man said to a handsome man.

"Grandpa, I'm not tired. This area isn't very safe. It's said to be the area where the Jade Rakshasa operate. We need to be vigilant and patrol carefully so we can respond immediately if anything happens," the man named Yihang said, remaining vigilant.

"Could the Jade Rakshasa be stronger than you, Yihang, a disciple of the Wudang Sect?" the old man said with a smile.

"This Jade Rakshasa has made a name for herself, so her strength can't be too far behind." Zhuo Yihang's voice was tinged with pride.

As a Wudang disciple, he had no reason not to be proud, especially since he was highly respected within the sect.

"So you think the Jade Rakshasa can't match your strength? If so, then come and rest up," Zhuo Yihang's grandfather said with a smile. Zhuo Yihang scratched his head

. Since his grandfather said so, he sat down and took a rest.

Zhuo Yihang really didn't think that Yu Luosha could be more powerful than him.