Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

“Fellow Daoist Zhang, you’re back so quickly. How was it? Did you find anything?” Lao Deren, who was still chatting with the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, saw Zhang Yuanjing enter the Fire Dragon Hall and smiled mysteriously. He then exchanged a look with the cultivator he was talking to and walked towards Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing shook his head. “How could I find anything? I just have a question: how does the Guo family only hunt Flame Beasts in the Spirit Awakening stage?”

“Hehe!” Lao Deren sneered and looked around. “It’s not convenient to talk about such things here. If you trust me, Fellow Daoist, why don’t we go outside and find a place to talk?”

Zhang Yuanjing had been cultivating for two hundred years and had seen all sorts of people. He naturally knew that this person, who had been so enthusiastic about answering his questions, was looking for him for a reason. He was confident that he could deal with this person, so he wasn’t afraid. He immediately nodded. “That’s exactly what I was thinking. Then I’ll have to trouble you, Fellow Daoist!”

The two of them then came out of the Fire Dragon Hall and flew away from the desert on their flying swords.

After flying for more than two hundred miles, they found an open flat area and landed on the grass.

Lao Deren was well-prepared and even took out a set of wooden tables and chairs from his storage bag. He sat on one side and gestured for Zhang Yuanjing to sit opposite him.

Only then did he speak, “The Guo family is a family of alchemists. They have joined the Hidden Yang Sect and are under its protection. They are very influential in the sect. Therefore, Fellow Daoist Zhang, you have seen that those Qi Refining juniors of their family are all arrogant and have no respect for us Foundation Establishment cultivators. Originally, we are all Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the Guo family, being from the cultivation lineage, should at least have a Foundation Establishment cultivator come out and say hello. However, those guys only recognize the cultivators of the six major sects and don’t take us rogue cultivators seriously at all. Alas, I couldn't help but say a few extra words. I hope you don’t mind, Fellow Daoist.

“Why is the Guo family so favored in the Hidden Yang Sect? I think you’ve guessed it. It’s their alchemy, especially the Fire Dragon Pill they refine, which is a pill that is highly compatible with the fundamental techniques of the Hidden Yang Sect. It is in great demand in the sect. Therefore, even the Core Formation cultivators in the Hidden Yang Sect are very polite to the Guo family’s Foundation Establishment alchemists. You may not know, Fellow Daoist, but there is a Core Formation elder from the Hidden Yang Sect stationed in this Fire Dragon Hall. Hehe, otherwise, those Qi Refining juniors wouldn’t be so calm and unafraid of us Foundation Establishment cultivators going berserk.”

“Oh, there’s actually a Core Formation cultivator!” Zhang Yuanjing was also taken aback. He had only thought of the Guo family as a small family and didn’t take them seriously. He hadn’t ruled out the idea of ​​forcibly seizing the Flame Beasts.

Lao Deren gave him a meaningful look and sighed, “Yes, if there wasn’t a Core Formation cultivator stationed here, with the character of these people from the Guo family, they would have been wiped out countless times already. Hmph!”

“So, how do the Guo family cultivators hunt Flame Beasts in the Spirit Awakening stage?” Zhang Yuanjing asked.

“Haha, I almost forgot your original question, Fellow Daoist.”

Lao Deren smiled casually, obviously not really forgetting about it, and said, “That involves another kind of pill. Originally, the Fire Dragon Abyss was not occupied by the Guo family, and the Hidden Yang Sect didn’t pay much attention to this place. The reason, of course, is that Flame Beasts in the Spirit Awakening stage are difficult to catch. Even the experienced Core Formation cultivators of the Hidden Yang Sect, who specialize in fire attribute techniques, can only go down about a hundred feet into the abyss. They can’t go any deeper. And Flame Beasts in the Spirit Awakening stage can reportedly dive two or three hundred feet deep into the fire abyss.

“A Guo family alchemist had a whimsical idea and used several fire attribute spiritual herbs and several kinds of ore from the abyss to refine a pill called the Fiery Flame Pill. When this pill is thrown into the fire abyss, the Flame Beasts will scramble to eat it. Any Flame Beast that eats the Fiery Flame Pill, whether it is in the Savage Blood stage or the Spirit Awakening stage, will experience a brief period of fire aversion and automatically tumble to the uppermost part of the fire abyss. At that time, it will be very easy to catch them.”

“So that’s how it is!” Zhang Yuanjing was also quite amazed. The Guo family’s alchemist didn’t go down to the fire to catch Flame Beasts, but used pills as bait and Flame Beasts as fish, fishing them out of the fire abyss. It was truly a whimsical idea.

Of course, even more impressive was his ability to develop pill formulas, which was far beyond the ordinary.

He thought for a while, hesitated slightly, and still asked, “Is this kind of pill available for purchase outside?”

“Haha, don’t even think about it, Fellow Daoist Zhang. If it’s the Fire Dragon Pill, you can still buy it from the Hidden Yang Sect cultivators, but the Fiery Flame Pill is tightly controlled by the Guo family, and no one has ever been heard to have obtained it.”

Lao Deren smiled, “Actually, even if you get this pill, one or two pills won’t be of much use. They can’t guarantee that they will definitely fish up a Flame Beast in the Spirit Awakening stage. Moreover, the Guo family has so many cultivators, and they are not blind. How could they allow others to openly fish for Flame Beasts in the abyss!”

Zhang Yuanjing certainly knew this, but he was just asking with a bit of hope.

Lao Deren waited for a few breaths. Seeing that Zhang Yuanjing didn’t say anything, he made an invitation: “Fellow Daoist Zhang, if you are just looking for some Flame Beast corpses, and the Savage Blood stage is also acceptable, I would like to invite you to participate in a trade fair. They are all cultivators with late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation like you and me, and their lifespans are not too long. I wonder what you think?”

“Trade fair?” Zhang Yuanjing was stunned and subconsciously asked, “What? Is there a Immortal City nearby?”

“You misunderstand, Fellow Daoist. It’s not an Immortal City, but one that I, Lao, have organized myself. They are all rogue cultivators or small family Foundation Establishment cultivators with no background who cultivate in this area. On the one hand, it’s to trade items, and on the other hand, it’s to exchange information,” Lao Deren quickly explained.

“Oh, it’s organized by you, Fellow Daoist. You really have a wide circle of friends!” Zhang Yuanjing said perfunctorily. He wasn’t very interested in this trade and asked again, “I come from afar and don’t know if there are any Immortal Cities nearby?”

“Hehe, if you ask about proper Immortal Cities, then there are only the Immortal Cities established by the six major sects. The closest one nearby is of course the Hidden Yang Sect’s Immortal City, which is 600,000 miles north of here. The next closest is the Red Blood Valley’s Immortal City to the south, which is about 700,000 miles away. As for the others, those not organized by the six sects are like ordinary mortal markets, and they only happen occasionally.”

Lao Deren patiently told Zhang Yuanjing about the Immortal Cities. Seeing that he had no questions, he continued with the previous topic, “Fellow Daoist Zhang, the reason why I organized this trade fair is not to trade items, but more to exchange information. This information is related to the opportunity to advance to Pseudo-Core. Are you not interested in this?”

“Pseudo-Core? Fellow Daoist Lao doesn’t seem to have reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment yet. Isn’t it too early to talk about this now?” Zhang Yuanjing said lightly.

“Haha, it’s not early at all. Not early at all. To let Lao say, it is a bit late. It is because we didn’t inquire about the news and prepare early that we are very likely to miss the opportunity!” Lao Deren shook his head and smiled bitterly, seemingly quite regretful.

“Oh, what exactly is going on? You might as well tell me, Fellow Daoist. If it is really related to breaking through to Pseudo-Core, I would naturally be willing to participate,” Zhang Yuanjing said unhurriedly.

“Have you heard of the Star Moon Gate of Mount Mysterious Yin?”

“I’ve heard of it. It is said that it used to be a large sect in the Southern Domain, and its strength is still very strong.”

Lao Deren sighed, “More than just strong! The so-called six sects, Star Moon Gate, Heavy Sword Sect, Spirit Control Sect, Cold Yin Valley, Red Blood Valley, Hidden Yang Sect, Star Moon Gate can fight five with one. The other five sects have seven or eight Core Formation cultivators at most, and only three or four at least. How many does Star Moon Gate have? Fifteen! If it weren’t for the great sect Thousand Sword Gate 1.5 million miles to the northeast, and they had to unite with the other five sects, where would there be a six-sect alliance?

“The Mysterious Yin Mountain where the Star Moon Gate’s mountain gate is located has a unique cave, in which grows a spiritual herb called Mysterious Yin Grass. The Star Moon Gate uses this grass to refine a pill called Enlightenment Pill. After a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage takes it, there is a one to two percent chance of breaking through the realm and entering the Pseudo-Core realm.

“However, the Mysterious Yin Grass is not easy to pick. This grass releases a kind of Yin poison, which can contaminate the cultivator’s divine soul, especially harming the spiritual soul or primordial spirit, so cultivators above the Pseudo-Core stage cannot enter. This poison permeates the Mysterious Yin Cave and does not dissipate for years, only weakening for about a year every sixty years. Well, the next weakening time will be in twenty years.

“The Star Moon Gate has specially developed a Guarding Yang Pill to counter the poison of the Mysterious Yin Grass, which can help Foundation Establishment cultivators protect their divine souls and enter the Mysterious Yin Cave to pick the Mysterious Yin Grass. However, there is another difficulty in this, which is that there is also a kind of Yin Fire Bat in the cave that feeds on the Mysterious Yin Grass and its poisonous gas. This beast is very strong. If there are too many of them, even ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators at the Great Perfection stage will not be their opponents.

“The Star Moon Gate then issued invitations to the five sects and their affiliated sects, and all cultivators above the late stage of Foundation Establishment can enter the cave to collect grass. Obtaining a Mysterious Yin Grass can be exchanged for three Enlightenment Pills, one for the cultivator himself and two for the sect to which he belongs. Hehe, Fellow Daoist Zhang, the opportunity for breakthrough that I am talking about is this Enlightenment Pill!”

When he heard the words “Thousand Sword Gate,” Zhang Yuanjing’s heart moved. He originally wanted to follow his words and ask a few questions, but Lao Deren just mentioned it casually, and the conversation immediately turned to Mysterious Yin Mountain, Mysterious Yin Grass, and Enlightenment Pill. He had no choice but to give up and said casually, “This Enlightenment Pill can only increase the chance of breaking through to Pseudo-Core by one to two percent. It doesn’t seem very useful!”

“Fellow Daoist Zhang, this is advancing to Pseudo-Core! Is one to two percent chance not a big deal? As long as the cultivator’s cultivation technique is not lacking, as long as they can reach the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, they naturally have a 10% chance of advancing to Pseudo-Core. In addition, some more common spiritual objects that increase the probability of breakthrough can also increase the probability by about 10%. Combined together, it can increase the probability by up to 40%. How big is this probability! As long as luck is not too bad, it is very likely to cross the chasm in one step and reach the Core Formation realm!”

“Oh, I haven’t calculated it that way. On careful thought, what you said makes a lot of sense. However, since this opportunity is only given to the five sects, what does it have to do with us rogue cultivators?”

Zhang Yuanjing didn’t take what Lao Deren said about increasing the probability by 40% seriously at all. If it could be calculated like this, wouldn’t any Foundation Establishment cultivator be able to enter Core Formation.

But if this Enlightenment Pill can really increase the probability of breaking through by one to two percent for Foundation Establishment cultivators at the Great Perfection stage, then it is indeed an amazing elixir.

“Hehe, you don’t know the situation here. Originally, the Star Moon Gate only invited the five sects and their affiliated sects to send cultivators above the late stage of Foundation Establishment, but the Mysterious Yin Cave is not easy to break into, and it is almost a nine-death-one-life situation. Therefore, after the five sects suffered several losses, they recruited people from rogue cultivators to act as their own people and go to the Mysterious Yin Cave to collect grass. Therefore, in the past, the opportunity was actually for rogue cultivators.”

“However, I heard that this time, for some reason, the five sects are holding this opportunity tightly in their own hands and have no intention of recruiting people from outside at all. The reason why I organized this trade fair this time is actually to inquire about the reason for this. I have a feeling that the opening of the Mysterious Yin Cave this time will definitely be a great opportunity!”

After hearing this, Zhang Yuanjing was quite tempted, but he didn’t know why this person invited him, a wandering cultivator with unknown origins, to participate, so he directly asked, “Fellow Daoist Lao, I don’t know why you invited me to participate in this meeting. I don’t know any information at all?”

“Haha, inviting you to participate in the meeting is just to show sincerity. I have a major plan related to the Fire Dragon Abyss and would like to invite you to participate. Of course, I can’t say what it is specifically now. When you have participated in the trade fair and are willing to cooperate with me, I will explain it to you in detail.”

A flash of light flashed in Lao Deren’s eyes, revealing a strange brilliance, which had a kind of soul-stirring power.

“In that case, I agree. When will the trade fair be held? And where?” Zhang Yuanjing was skeptical of Lao Deren’s so-called “major plan” and didn’t intend to participate, but he was very interested in the trade fair he mentioned.

“It is still in preparation. The specific time to summon you fellow Daoists will have to be determined in the future. This is a middle-grade low-grade sound transmission spirit jade. As long as you are within 30,000 miles, you can receive my message. I still have to go to the Fire Dragon Abyss to refine pills, so I will take my leave first!” Seeing that things were settled, Lao Deren cupped his hands at Zhang Yuanjing and left decisively on his sword.

Zhang Yuanjing held the sound transmission spirit jade in his hand and played with it back and forth, but the light in his eyes flickered uncertainly. The lessons in the Void Demon World were unforgettable, so how could he make such a mistake again.

So, he used his magic power to set up a spirit isolation restriction on the sound transmission spirit jade, then randomly chose a direction, sacrificed his flying sword and galloped for hundreds of miles, plunged into a dense forest, and then used earth escape to sneak away, and when he came out of the ground, it was already another direction.

Sacrificing his flying sword again, he flew close to the ground for thousands of miles, found a deserted mountain valley, simply dug a cave, and stayed here, no longer acting.