Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Senior, look, that is the Red Ying Fruit Forest. The bark is white, the leaves are dark red, and the fruits are green. Only around the fruit stem are there a few petal-shaped dark red spots, hence the name Red Ying Fruit. The Blue-faced Sable is fiery red all over, with only its face covered in blue fluff. Therefore, if this beast hides in the Red Ying Fruit Forest, it is very difficult to distinguish."

Han Ji pointed to a hillside ten miles away and spoke eloquently. Among the ten thousand acres of green, there was a bright red color, like a red ribbon tied around the waist of the majestic mountain.

Zhang Yuanjing looked into the distance and saw that the Red Ying Fruit Forest was dozens of miles long, with lush branches and leaves. It was not easy to find the Blue-faced Sable within it. He then asked, "How do you capture this Blue-faced Sable?"

Han Ji said, "There is no special method. If the Blue-faced Sable is full of Red Ying Fruit, it will lie down on the Red Ying Fruit tree as if drunk. Therefore, the Qi Refining cultivators in our palace only need to carefully search the fruit trees to capture this beast. However, in the past twenty years, fewer and fewer Blue-faced Sables have been caught using this method. It seems that the Blue-faced Sable also learns from experience and rarely goes to the outer Red Ying Fruit Forest to forage."

"Outer Red Ying Fruit Forest?"

"Yes, the central thousand-mile area of Mist Spirit Mountain is the core area. It is said that there are powerful demonic beasts there, and even the elders of the palace do not dare to enter casually. We, these Qi Refining disciples, naturally dare not approach even more."

"Oh, it seems that the spiritual veins of this Mist Spirit Mountain are not bad."

Zhang Yuanjing didn't care. The demonic beasts that the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Crimson Cloud Palace feared were, excluding Spirit Sword Master, at most those at the Great Perfection of Qi Activation Realm. If necessary, he wouldn't be afraid to take a stroll in the central area.

"Such a large Red Ying Fruit Forest, searching it will take a lot of effort."

Han Ji hurriedly said, "This junior has his own way to quickly find the Blue-faced Sable."

Zhang Yuanjing was surprised and said, "Oh, you can try."

Han Ji sat down cross-legged, his hands changing hand seals, and he circulated a cultivation technique. After a quarter of an hour, he gave a light shout, opened his eyes, and his gaze was like ripples on a calm lake, flashing strange lights. He scanned the Red Ying Fruit Forest, then closed his eyes again, adjusted his breath for a moment, and then stood up.

He first apologized to Zhang Yuanjing, "I have kept Senior waiting for a long time." After Zhang Yuanjing waved his hand, he said, "Although this fruit forest is large, this junior only found three Blue-faced Sables, all of which are drunk and sleeping soundly."

"Lead the way!" Zhang Yuanjing said directly without asking any more questions.

"Yes!"

Han Ji led Zhang Yuanjing into the Red Ying Fruit Forest, first heading to the left part of the forest. On a lush fruit tree, he found the first Blue-faced Sable. Then, he went straight to the other two places and captured those two Blue-faced Sables as well. This beast was only three feet long, with a slender body, sharp claws and teeth, and red fur all over. On both sides of its face, there were patches of blue fluff, making it look gloomy and strange.

Seeing that Zhang Yuanjing was quite interested in the Blue-faced Sable, Han Ji introduced it to him, "Senior, the Blue-faced Sable is best at eating poison and spitting poison. It likes to swallow all kinds of poisonous insects and poisonous weeds. Once too much poison accumulates, it eats Red Ying Fruit to harmonize the various poisons. All the poisons that can be fused by it are gathered into the poison sac in its abdomen. When encountering an enemy, it can spit them out to attack.

"The more toxins this beast accumulates, the more blue fluff it has on its face. The Blue-faced Sables in the Qi Activation Realm often have their entire faces covered with blue fur. It is said that the Blue-faced Sable King that Elder Lingyu encountered not only had all blue fur on its face, but even the top of its head was almost covered. This Blue-faced Sable has no attacking methods. As long as you can restrain its poison, you can be invincible."

After saying that, he led Zhang Yuanjing back to the southwest, searching two more Red Ying Fruit Forests, and obtained four more Blue-faced Sables. Han Ji had followed Daoist Lingyu deep into the Mist Spirit Mountain for more than four thousand miles, close to the central area, and still knew a dozen or so fruit forests, but because there were several demonic beasts in the Qi Activation Realm on the way, he had never been there again.

Now that Zhang Yuanjing was by his side, he was naturally not afraid. He pointed out the direction, and Zhang Yuanjing led him to a majestic mountain in the south that was more than two thousand feet high.

In less than half an hour, the two arrived at the foot of the mountain. Looking up, there were five Red Ying Fruit Forests with a radius of dozens of miles on the mountainside, the largest of which was seventy or eighty miles wide.

Han Ji was about to sit down and use his technique to search for the Blue-faced Sable when Zhang Yuanjing grabbed his arm and hid behind a towering tree next to him, then pointed to the mid-air twenty miles away.

Han Ji looked up and saw four people flying in the high sky on their swords, all of whom were obviously Foundation Establishment cultivators. When they were about ten miles away, he finally saw the people clearly and felt a little nervous. His lips moved, but he didn't speak. Fortunately, the four were not heading for this mountain, but bypassed it from the side.

Judging from their aura, these four Foundation Establishment cultivators were similar to Spirit Sword Master and Spirit Bamboo Master, and should be elders of the Crimson Cloud Palace. Zhang Yuanjing didn't recognize any of them, so he asked, "Little friend Han, do you know these four people? Who are they?"

Han Ji watched the four people leave, wondering what he was thinking. Hearing this, he replied, "They are all elders in the palace. The one in the middle on the left is Elder Lingwu, the one in the middle on the right is Elder Lingyu, the one on the outer right is Elder Lingyan, and the one on the outer left is my palace's senior brother, Zhen Que."

He was quite puzzled. Lingyu clearly said that he needed Wolf Venom Spider to refine a poison pill to detoxify, so why did he rush out with the three elders? Could it be that he had a new discovery about the Blue-faced Sable King?

Zhang Yuanjing knew that the Crimson Cloud Palace had three masters and five elders, a total of eight Foundation Establishment cultivators. After he killed two of them, there were still six left. Four of them came here at once, which showed that they had encountered something extremely important. He then asked, "Your palace elders are making such a big fuss, little friend Han, do you know what it's for?"

Han Ji quickly lowered his head and said, "This junior doesn't know."

Zhang Yuanjing patted his storage bag, took out a bottle of high-grade Hundred Spirit Pills, and threw it to Han Ji casually, saying, "You might as well guess. If I'm satisfied, this bottle of Hundred Spirit Pills will be yours."

Han Ji reached out and caught the jade bottle, gripped it tightly, and his arm trembled slightly. After a slight hesitation, he said, "This junior thinks it's for the Blue-faced Sable King." After saying that, he looked up at Zhang Yuanjing and saw that he just nodded slightly and didn't show any surprise. He continued, "This Blue-faced Sable King is not an ordinary Great Perfection of Qi Activation Realm. It is said that it is half a step into the Pseudo-Core Realm. If this beast can be placed in the Crimson Creek River, it is very likely to attract the Millennium Crimson-finned Fire-patterned Fish."

Zhang Yuanjing's eyes lit up when he heard that it could attract the Millennium Crimson-finned Fire-patterned Fish: "You go and search for Blue-faced Sables in these Red Ying Fruit Forests. As long as you get more than five, I will give you another bottle of high-grade Hundred Spirit Pills." After saying that, he flew south on his sword.

Han Ji stood in place, his face uncertain. He came from a loose cultivator background, had rich experience, was smooth in dealing with people, and had many contacts with the disciples in the palace, so he had access to information and knew a lot. He had not yet heard of the battle between Zhang Yuanjing and Spirit Sword Master a few days ago. But before that, he had heard that the Great Elder of the palace, Spirit Sword Master, was in seclusion to cultivate his skills in order to deal with a great enemy. Now, the four elders came to capture the Blue-faced Sable King, which showed that they attached great importance to it. His disclosure might disrupt the palace's plan, but as long as this Taoist doesn't tell, no one in the palace should know.

However, he also thought of a possibility, that this person was the great enemy the palace was facing. If so, he would have caused a great disaster. He felt a little worried, and his mind was at war, with various thoughts conflicting repeatedly. After a long time, he sighed faintly and flew slowly towards a Red Ying Fruit Forest.

It is said that the four Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Crimson Cloud Palace were flying carefully in front, while Zhang Yuanjing followed behind. They traveled for more than three thousand miles and entered the depths of the Mist Spirit Mountain, close to the thousand-mile central area. The fog here was thick, and the naked eye could hardly see beyond three miles. The ancient trees were dense, the dangerous mountains were layered, there were cliffs and ravines everywhere, and many demonic beasts with strong auras were hidden in the dense forests and deep valleys.

The four Spirit Bamboo Masters circled around in a stream valley for thirty to forty miles and arrived at the entrance of a low and damp cave. The entrance was only seven or eight feet high, and the cave was dark and gloomy, with no movement. Spirit Wu and Spirit Rock were both in the late stage of Foundation Establishment and already had divine consciousness. After a little probing, they saw that the cave was small outside and wide inside, winding and twisting, extending inward for an unknown distance. With their cultivation, it was still difficult to reach the end.

Spirit Wu was named after martial arts. He was tall and strong, with a rough appearance, and dressed in short clothes, quite like a martial arts expert in the mortal world. He frowned his wide eyebrows and asked, "Junior Brother Lingyu, are you sure it's here?"

Spirit Rain was a thin old man with a cyan face and black air floating from time to time. His cyan Taoist robe was stained with something, red and black, and very sloppy.

He stared at the black cave entrance and nodded, "Senior Brother Lingwu, that's right, it's here. That day, Pindao encountered the Blue-faced Sable King in a Red Ying Fruit Forest five hundred miles away. He was caught off guard and injured by its poison, but when he escaped, he also sprinkled Golden Flower Snake Saliva Powder on it, which will not dissipate within a year unless it is scrubbed with special medicine. Just now, I drove the Golden Flower Snake I raised to lead the way, and it came here all the way, so there should be no mistakes!"

Spirit Rock, who was wearing a white Taoist robe and had an extraordinary temperament, asked, "In other words, the Sable King is currently in the cave?"

Spirit Rain said very definitely, "That's right. This Sable is only a tiny bit away from the Pseudo-Core, so it should be trying its best to break through the realm and will not go out easily. If it weren't for worrying that it would advance at any time, I wouldn't have dragged the two senior brothers and Zhen Que's nephew here while the poison hadn't been resolved."

Spirit Wu stroked the stubble under his jaw and asked in a deep voice, "In addition to being more powerful in poison skills, does this Sable have any other means?"

Spirit Rain pondered for a moment before slowly and methodically saying, "Generally speaking, Blue-faced Sables in the Qi Activation Realm have not been found to have other powerful means besides poison attacks. This Sable King is called a king, mainly because its cultivation has reached the extreme of this realm, but no matter what, it still belongs to the Qi Activation Realm. Therefore, its skills should be the same as other Qi Activation Realms, but just more powerful."

Spirit Rock paced back and forth a few steps and shook his head gently: "After all, it is the Great Perfection Realm, so it is not known if it has other means. It's better to be careful."

Spirit Wu nodded and said, "Junior Brother Lingyan is right, we must be very careful. Especially since this is its lair, the cave is narrow and it is difficult to move around, making it even more dangerous."

Spirit Rain interjected, "Two senior brothers, there is no need to worry about this. I have specially refined a Ten Thousand Poison Pill, which is very helpful for the Sable King to improve its cultivation. With this thing, it will definitely be lured out."

Spirit Wu was overjoyed when he heard this: "If this beast can be lured out, it will be much easier in this open space."

At this time, Zhen Que, who was standing quietly to the side, opened his mouth and said, "Three senior uncles, this disciple has a set of Five Elements Locking Earth Formation, which is a trapping formation. Is it useful?"

"Five Elements Locking Earth Formation? What is the power of the formation?"

"It can trap anything below the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment!"

"Oh, did Elder Lingzhu give it to you?"

"Yes, Senior Uncle Lingzhu said that it is rare to see a Blue-faced Sable at the Great Perfection of Qi Activation Realm and that we cannot miss the opportunity, so he instructed the disciple to bring this set of formations treasured in the palace."

Spirit Wu nodded solemnly when he heard this and understood. Then he looked at Spirit Rain. Spirit Rain thought for a while and said, "If we set it up in advance, I'm afraid the Sable King will notice it. It's better to wait for it to come out of the cave. The three of us will besiege it, and Zhen Que's nephew will block the entrance and take the opportunity to set up the formation. That way, once it takes the opportunity to escape into the cave, it will be trapped."

Spirit Wu laughed: "This is a very good idea!"

He looked around and pointed to the stream more than ten feet behind him and continued, "This place is surrounded by water on one side and mountains on the other, so we must be extra careful. It is not yet known whether this Sable can escape from the water. Later, Junior Brother Lingyu can set up the Ten Thousand Poison Pill on the flat ground by the stream, and you can hide on the opposite bank of the stream. You will be responsible for intercepting the waterway.

"The cliff side needs extra attention. I see many gaps on the mountain wall. Once this Sable drills into it, it will be extremely difficult to search. Nephew Zhen Que, after you set up the formation, do your best to block the Blue-faced Sable's path to escape to the mountain wall. Junior Brother Lingyan, you will attack this beast north of me and south of me."