Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Brother Ape, still not used to it?" Zhang Yuanjing looked at Yuan Shisan, who was wriggling all over, sighed inwardly, and asked with some helplessness.

"I've lived for a thousand years and never worn these clothes! This... I can't touch the fur on my body, and I always feel a little uncomfortable! To be honest, even my senses have become a lot duller!" Yuan Shisan stretched out his large palm, wanting to scratch his head, but stopped halfway, and quickly put it down again.

After bidding farewell to the Zhang siblings, Zhang Yuanjing immediately set off with Yuan Shisan, heading west along the Chixi River. The reason for traveling along the Chixi River was because he didn't have a map and didn't know where the cultivation forces were, where the territories of the great demons were, or where the dangerous and evil realms were hidden. If he went the wrong way, even if he could protect himself, it would only add trouble and waste time.

The banks of the Chixi River are lined with prosperous mortal cities and small cultivation sects, and these areas are naturally far away from the territories of fierce demons. However, in order to hurry, they also needed to fly at extremely high altitudes to avoid the eyes of mortals. When they needed to rest, they would find a secluded mountain to land.

Along the way, to prevent being targeted by some monks with malicious intentions, Zhang Yuanjing taught Yuan Shisan how to use the Qi concealment technique, and used some monster beast fur and spiritual materials to make him an oversized set of clothes, a large leather hat, and a mask to cover him up tightly.

In this way, as long as they didn't encounter a Core Formation cultivator, there was no need to worry about anyone discovering his true face. As for this guy's height of one and a half zhang, it was impossible to change. Fortunately, cultivators often brought puppets with them, which could explain it.

However, Yuan Shisan was used to being wild, and even after wearing the clothes for more than half a month, he still couldn't get used to it, and always wanted to take them off. If the materials used were not quite strong, they would have been torn apart by his big claws long ago.

"Brother Ape, please bear with it for a few more days. If all goes well, we will arrive in at most half a year. At that time, you can take off these clothes, hats, and masks, find a mountain with lush forests, grasses, birds, and beasts to hide in, and be as comfortable as before," Zhang Yuanjing had to repeat these words that he had said many times to coax him.

"Brother Yuanjing, it's fine to wear these things, but why don't you let me fight along the way? I feel like my whole body is going to rust, and I really want to find a strong and sturdy guy to fight!" Yuan Shisan rubbed his big palms, asking somewhat aggrievedly.

"Brother Ape, when we encounter a strong enemy, I will naturally ask you to take action. I can handle those below the Foundation Establishment realm," Zhang Yuanjing smiled wryly and had to explain patiently, "It's not that I don't want you to fight, but you will be exposed as soon as you fight. Ordinary monster beasts are fine, but the key is that you have an extraordinary appearance, pure techniques, and high-grade magic weapons. At a glance, you are a remarkable and rare beast. Once the news spreads, it's hard to guarantee that a powerful cultivator won't come to catch you and take you back as a spirit beast!"

"Spirit beast? What is a spirit beast?" Yuan Shisan subconsciously scratched his head, his sharp nails adding another white mark to the leather hat on his head, then quickly retracted his claws somewhat awkwardly, and grinned with a silly smile.

"It's... it's a monster beast raised by cultivators to guard the house, fight, and kill," Zhang Yuanjing realized that this question was really difficult to explain, so he simply glossed over it.

"Oh, is the relationship different from ours?" Yuan Shisan didn't think so much and asked directly.

"Well, according to the elders of your Golden-backed Giant Ape clan, we are combat partners, helping each other and treating each other equally. Of course, it's different from the relationship between cultivators and spirit beasts. That's a master-servant relationship. Cultivators can completely control their spirit beasts with their divine sense. Even if they are told to die, they must obey," Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a few breaths and gave a vague explanation.

"Oh, I see, I understand!" Yuan Shisan listened in a daze, unable to fully understand the difference, but he basically understood which was good and which was bad, so he didn't ask any further.

...

Traveling west along the Chixi River also had the purpose of investigating the source of the Red-finned Fire-patterned Fish. However, to avoid being noticed, they either detoured through desolate places or flew at extremely high altitudes, only able to roughly see the direction of the river. Most of the time, they couldn't observe closely, so naturally, they missed many places.

The Chixi River was indeed extraordinary. They traveled west for 100,000 li, and the source of the river was still nowhere to be seen. But at 120,000 li, the river turned north. They went upstream for tens of thousands of li, but still couldn't find its source, so they had to give up, return south along the original route, and then turn west again.

Judging from the distribution of the Red-finned Fire-patterned Fish in the river, the origin of the Chixi River might not be the reason for the fish's existence. Because, 50,000 li west of Mengshan, Red-finned Fire-patterned Fish could still be found frequently in the river, and there were many of them. Large fish of four or five chi and above could also be seen from time to time.

In the river section more than 50,000 li away, this fish gradually became scarce. Zhang Yuanjing searched the northward section of the river several times at night, but did not find a single Red-finned Fire-patterned Fish. Therefore, the reason for the formation of the Red-finned Fire-patterned Fish was likely in a certain section of the river in the middle, rather than at the source of the river, but the specific section needed to be carefully investigated along the river.

Zhang Yuanjing naturally didn't have the time for this right now. He needed to get to Six Peaks Immortal City as soon as possible, leaving enough time to search for the materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, so that he could refine some more Foundation Establishment Pills for Zhang Jun, Zhang Yu, and Han Ji. No matter whether he lived or died in the future, he could entrust Yuan Shisan to take them back.

None of the six sects had Nascent Soul cultivators, so as long as it wasn't a deliberately arranged encirclement, with Yuan Shisan's talent, divine power, and inheritance of techniques, it wouldn't be a problem to protect himself in this area of millions of miles.

After leaving the Chixi River basin, without the matter of exploring the source, their speed increased a lot. They traveled almost 30,000 li or more a day, and after more than a month, they had flown nearly a million li.

However, without a map, this journey was full of dangers.

They broke into the territories of demon core True Demons several times, and fought several battles with them. Yuan Shisan was happy, and showed off his skills along the way, very happily. However, there were also times when their strength was not enough. They were either chased away in a panic by a fierce and cunning red fox group, or they bumped into a powerful late-stage demon core beast and were beaten away.

Once, they encountered a late-stage Core Formation Chasing Wind Silver Wolf. Its frontal combat was not Yuan Shisan's opponent, but its ability to lurk and attack was extremely powerful. It tracked them for nearly 200,000 li, and launched three attacks, almost costing Zhang Yuanjing his life.

The most dangerous time was when they were flying at high altitude and were suddenly attacked by two mid-stage Core Formation Iron-winged Eagles. Yuan Shisan had to fight the eagle demons and protect Zhang Yuanjing, and was in a panic for a while, falling into a predicament. It just so happened that this black-haired beast was also extremely fast, and there was no way to escape. Fortunately, in the critical moment, Zhang Yuanjing remembered that he had obtained three Azure Sky Thunders from Wu Jixiong, and immediately took advantage of the wind to throw out one Azure Sky Thunder, hitting one eagle, causing it to become poisoned and weak. Yuan Shisan took the opportunity to throw a round stone and killed it.

The other Iron-winged Eagle went berserk, attacking frantically regardless of its inferior strength, but Yuan Shisan was not afraid, and finally used the Vajra Subduing Demon Art to kill it. In this way, they turned misfortune into blessing and obtained two demon core demon beasts, allowing Yuan Shisan to feast to his heart's content.

Several encounters with danger alerted Zhang Yuanjing, knowing that if he continued to rush around recklessly like this, something would happen sooner or later. So, he decided to seek some fellow practitioners, buy a map, or at least ask about the general route.

However, although he encountered some cultivators along the way, most of them were Qi Refining cultivators. Occasionally, there were Foundation Establishment cultivators. Some, seeing that his cultivation was very high, hid far away. Some couldn't say the location of Six Peaks Immortal City, and others had been to the Immortal City but didn't have a map. Later, he met an old man who looked more than fifty years old, who said that if he went tens of thousands of miles further, there would be several cultivation forces, and the cultivators there often went to the Immortal City and might have maps for sale.

Ten days later, after flying another 300,000 li, he and Yuan Shisan landed by a mountain lake to rest. Yuan Shisan went into the mountains to hunt fierce beasts and search for mountain fruits. This big monkey, perhaps because of his technique, also took the path of body refining, and had a great demand for the blood and flesh of demon beasts. Every ten and a half months, he had to go into the mountains to hunt once, and only after eating his fill did he have the strength to travel.

Zhang Yuanjing sat quietly by the lake, practicing to recover. It was night, the sky was full of stars, the mountain trees swayed in the wind, and the cool water vapor was very refreshing and pleasant.

Just as he was wandering in his thoughts, several sword lights suddenly flashed across the sky, and five cultivators, three men and two women, flew over on their swords. The leader was an old man in white, of medium build, with a proper face, a kind expression, and a smile on his lips. His cultivation was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. The other four were all young people in their twenties or thirties, with cultivation around the eleventh or twelfth level of Qi Refining. The lowest woman was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Seeing that the few people landed on the shore six or seven li away from him, obviously not coming for him, Zhang Yuanjing sat still, only quietly concealing his aura, while meditating and practicing, and dividing out some of his divine sense to observe their movements.

"Master, this is the place. Jin'er discovered that golden-clawed crab on this rock," As soon as they landed, the woman at the ninth level of Qi Refining pointed to a giant rock by the lake and said hurriedly, "As for the specific strength of the crab demon, Jin'er can't judge, but it doesn't seem to be at the Savage Blood Realm."

"Master, a place like this can't produce too strong a demon beast. I estimate it's at most the early stage of the Spirit Awakening Realm. Maybe it's just the late stage of the Savage Blood Realm," a young man in his thirties said, whose cultivation was at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, the highest among the four young people.

"If it's at the Savage Blood Realm, its value will be much lower. I hope it's at the Spirit Awakening Realm, preferably close to Master's strength, so that we can kill it. At the Huishan Market a month later, we can exchange it for things," said a beautiful woman in her late twenties, whose cultivation was also at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, but slightly weaker than the young man before.

"Alright, let's not talk about that yet. Whether it's at the Savage Blood Realm or the Spirit Awakening Realm, since we're here, we naturally can't return empty-handed," The old man in white smiled and said to a handsome young man who was standing silently, "Xu Ming, set up the formation, a little further from the shore... Well, over there, close to that forest, but not too close. Golden-clawed crabs usually don't like densely forested places."

The young man called "Xu Ming" glanced at the old man's gesture and nodded in response, "Disciple understands."

Seeing that they were hunting demon beasts, and some golden-clawed crab that he had never heard of, Zhang Yuanjing ignored them and concentrated on meditating.