Chapter 54: Reflection

Yun Shang lying on futon in the space, she estimated that she would be able to use her spiritual power tomorrow.

The Qi training disciples were poisoned by the forbidden spiritual medicine, and it would take two or three days to recover their spiritual power. For the foundation building cultivators, it would generally take about a day and a half, seven or eight hours for the Golden Core cultivators, three or four hours for the Nascent Soul cultivators, and two hours for the God Transformation cultivators.

This time she made a big mistake, firstly because she was too casual when walking outside and didn't pay attention to hiding. Now she thinks that it was probably because she took out the Yi Shen Pill that someone noticed her. Secondly, it was because of the so-called "can't bear it". If she wasn't careful, she might be hurt or plotted against by others.

After this incident, Yun Shang became more and more cautious when she was training outside. If she encountered a monk who wanted to rob her, she would warn him first, and kill him directly if he didn't listen to the warning. It was also because of this incident that Yun Shang gradually became a real monk.

The next day, after Yun Shang recovered her spiritual energy, she took out the storage bags of the three cultivators, emptied out the contents, and carefully checked them.

There were some low-level treasures, a few medium-level treasures, some male cultivator clothes, several thousand low-level spirit stones, a few hundred medium-level spirit stones, some low-level elixirs, talismans, and array plates, but nothing else.

Yun Shang picked up one of the jade bottles and took a look. It should be the absolute spirit powder.

The absolute spirit powder is colorless and tasteless. Just a small amount is enough to imprison the spiritual power of a cultivator. It is a powerful weapon.

After packing up the storage bags of the three male monks and put half of spirit stones to the spiritual spring, Yun Shang left the space. She started to eat some delicious food and prepared to take a rest before setting off again. 

On her way to Beiyuan City, Yun Shang met many monks from independent cultivator or different sects cultivator who were training outside. Each of them was fighting for their dreams.

She had a high starting point in this life. Basically, she could get many things as long as she wanted. She didn't have to worry about cultivation at all. Resources and skills weren't lacking for her. This also changed her mentality and made her lose the belief of fighting hard for what she wanted.

Although she was working hard, her mentality was a bit muddle-headed, lacking the youthful vigor and determination to win.

In addition, the cultivation environment around her was very safe and comfortable, which made her relax her vigilance. She did not have a deep understanding of the cruelty of the cultivation world, and the so-called dangers were basically heard from others.

In the six years of Immortal Sword Sect, she did not have any exchanges with other cultivators, so she did not have any intuitive understanding of the fighting between cultivators. In addition, she was a little arrogant and thought that she could challenge higher-level people and turn defeat into victory. All of this was taken for granted by her, but fortunately, it was not too late. . .

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 This time the journey was smoother, and Yun Shang took three days to reach Beiyuan City.

Yun Shang had no intention of leaving Beiyuan City immediately after arriving there. After all, it was the city closest to the secular world, so she needed to learn more about the situation in advance.

This time, Yun Shang saw so many children selling information at the city gate. She had never experienced that before, so she took the initiative to try it.

In the end, Yun Shang spent 3 spirit stones to learn about the geographical location, local conditions and customs of Beiyuan City, including geographical minerals, cultivation materials, etc. This experience was valuable to Yun Shang.

Yun Shang knew that the war had indeed started for about two years, and many innocent people had been implicated. Because the scale of the war was not too large, the sect had not yet taken action.

Yun Shang understands what's going on, then she bought some utensils, spices and special herbs from Beiyuan City. Now, every time she go to a city, she have developed this habit. Whether she stay she will buy no matter what it is to satisfies her desire for shopping.

Yun Shang is now like an ordinary child. She buys candy figures, candied haws, and even sugar-roasted chestnuts and other dried fruits, and eats them happily. She doesn't even consider whether this will affect her practice. Of course it doesn't have effect as long as she drinks spiritual spring water again.

After resting for almost a day in Beiyuan City, Yun Shang set off again riding Cloud Piercing Shuttle. She left the city and headed for the boundary between immortals and mortals.

Two days later, Yun Shang finally reached this boundary. After going out, they entered the mortal world. A hand gesture was sent out, and a transparent door immediately appeared. Yun Shang went out.

As soon as she went out, Yun Shang found herself in a primeval forest. Yun Shang also wore a folk costume. At this time, Yun Shang used the light body technique to move forward and used her spiritual consciousness to clear the way.

The possibility of encountering wild animals was also avoided along the way. Yun Shang found that there was little spiritual energy in the folk, but it was not absent. In this primeval forest, Yun Shang found that the wood spiritual energy was relatively strong, so she absorbed the spiritual energy while practicing the exercises.

Yun Shang used her spiritual sense to scan and saw a red Ganoderma lucidum on the edge of the cliff, and a patch of ginseng seedlings on the side of the mountain.

She went over there to plant a Ganoderma lucidum. She even dug up most of the ginseng seedlings over there and moved them directly into the space. This thing if years is old, and it is still good for medical practitioners. 

Yun Shang walked for a while, walked out of the primeval forest, and finally saw the entire geographical location she was in. It turned out that this was a remote valley. It turned out that the village in front of her was like this.

Yun Shang finally came to a farmer's house. Yun Shang finally asked a farmer and learned that there were only 30 households in the village. Everyone relied on hunting for a living and settled down here for a long time.

Yun Shang knew the situation and asked about other things. She learned that this village was too isolated and didn't know anything. So she asked about their country. Later she learned that this was Wu. It was the country that was in the midst of war. Maybe the war had not yet spread to this place.

Yun Shang didn't ask any more questions and set off directly. After walking for several hundred miles, Yun Shang found traces of war. The whole area was charred black, and the houses and everything were destroyed. It can be seen how bad the environment was.

Yun Shang has realized the seriousness of the war, so she quickened her pace and walked forward, but this time she walked in a roundabout way.

Although this experience may not improve her cultivation much, Yun Shang thought it was definitely worth it in terms of her state of mind and understanding of life.

Life is a journey of cultivation. We should be able to face both the good and the bad calmly. We should be able to enjoy all the beauty on the immortal road and be able to face all the thorns and tribulations calmly.

This time Yun Shang went to Wu and Han. The losses of these two countries were too great. Yun Shang didn't want to hide this time. she doesn't know if it's because she didn't experience the bloodiness of this world enough, or because she loves peace too much. Yun Shang has decided to get involved in this matter.

Yun Shang distributed food to refugees along the way as she walked. This was also obtained by Yun Shang using the method of a thief on the beam. The difference was that Yun Shang secretly gave some money.

In this way, Yun Shang helped more and more refugees and received a lot of praise. Seeing the increasing harm caused by the war, Yun Shang decided to quickly find out what caused it to become like this.

This time, Yun Shang flew directly to the capital of Wu on a crane. Before entering the palace, she used her little tricks to learn the reason from the prime minister: it turned out that the King of Wu had long been eyeing the Salt City of the King of Han. Watching the other side over the years, the Salt City made the Han Kingdom more and more powerful, and several surrounding countries imported salt from the Han Kingdom, and its role in other countries became more and more obvious.

So the King of Wu took the initiative, not only could his country obtain Yancheng, but he could also defeat a powerful enemy.

But the development of the Han Kingdom in recent years was not in vain. So in the past two years, the two countries were equally strong and were in a stalemate. In the past two years, the old and powerful Wu Kingdom has gained the upper hand again.

Yun Shang thought this matter was difficult to handle. It seemed that the balance between the two countries had to be maintained in order to achieve peace. Yun Shang had never been a strategist, so she had no problem with that. But Yun Shang could ask other strategists for advice.

So Yun Shang went to the largest teahouse in the capital to check the news. Soon she heard that the one who was advising the King of Wu was a young man who was just over 20 years old.

Then Yun Shang found him and asked him how likely it was that the King of Wu would take the initiative to cease fire. The counselor said: Although Wu has suffered heavy losses, Han has suffered even greater losses. Moreover, the King of Wu is very ambitious, so there is almost no possibility that he would take the initiative to cease fire.

Yun Shang went to Han again and learned about Han's situation. Because Han was indeed developing, this war had dealt a fatal blow to Han. So if there were no accidents, Han would be defeated or surrender. But what they were worried about now was "the lion's mouth opening wide."

Yun Shang now took on a similar role as a diplomat between the two countries with her status as an immortal. In the end, the two countries reached a reconciliation. This time, the Han Kingdom finally admitted defeat, but if it did not admit defeat, it would be destroyed. In the end, the Han Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom jointly handled the Yancheng issue.

Although Yun Shang did not play a particularly big role in this matter, her intervention ended the war early, avoiding greater losses for both countries.

Yun Shang has never thought about power or anything like that. She just doesn't care about this kind of thing. She just does what she wants and doesn't care about the result. This also shows that Yun Shang has a kind heart.

After Yun Shang dealt with this matter, she continued to travel.