Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Yuanjing, is this really a Netherworld Soul Grass?"

With the Nine Revolutions Golden Body protecting him, Ape Thirteen suffered the least damage. He studied the thick, long green grass for a long time, finally unable to hold back, and ran to Zhang Yuanjing, who looked pale, asking in a muffled voice.

Zhang Yuanjing's cultivation was the weakest. The Nether Dragon's roar almost shattered his entire spirit. Fortunately, he had consumed many Spirit Enhancing Pills, making his spirit far stronger than other cultivators at the same level. At the critical moment, the umbrella jade released a strange power to protect him, allowing him to barely hold on.

At this time, he had no more Spirit Enhancing Pills on him. Relying on meditation, he didn't improve much. His entire sea of consciousness was still buzzing. He was in no mood to answer Ape Thirteen's question.

He immediately transmitted his voice: "Brother Ape, do you have any Spirit Enhancing Pills on you? Give me two for emergency use."

Ape Thirteen finally woke up and hurriedly took out the remaining five low-grade Spirit Enhancing Pills from his storage bag, handing them to Zhang Yuanjing. Zhang Yuanjing took them and continued to heal.

At this time, Daoist Fire Crow was focused on reinforcing the restrictions on his Xuan Tian Calabash, trapping the Nether Dragon's tail firmly inside, not daring to be distracted, because he had used the Xuan Tian Calabash to collect it.

Ape Twelve and the Azure-Eyed Lion Beast's souls were far weaker than Ape Thirteen's, so they suffered more damage and were also recovering.

The Hou Tu Transformation Cauldron in mid-air had completely swallowed the Nether Dragon and was digesting it, without any movement.

Only Ape Thirteen was aimlessly looking around. Black mist had risen from the strange soil at some point. At first, it was just a thin layer, but after half an hour, it had connected with the yellow mist above. Then, yellow-black raindrops began to fall.

Ape Thirteen didn't know what this rain was like, but guessed it must be harmful, so he wielded a black iron long staff, forming an impenetrable barrier, protecting the people and beasts on the ground.

At this moment, the Hou Tu Transformation Cauldron floating in the air suddenly moved. Its size continued to expand, more than doubling in size, and then the mouth of the cauldron faced downwards, towards this vast strange soil, generating a huge suction force. The dark soil in the ground flew up in chunks, directly into the cauldron.

An hour later, Zhang Yuanjing felt that he had recovered some of his spiritual power and barely managed to stand up.

Daoist Fire Crow, the two apes, and the beast had been waiting for a long time. Daoist Fire Crow had roughly imprisoned the Nether Dragon's remains. Ape Thirteen and the Azure-Eyed Lion Beast had also stabilized their souls and could move without worry.

"Senior God Cauldron said that it wants to swallow everything here, let us go to the Netherworld Soil and wait," Zhang Yuanjing glanced at the one person and three beasts, and said hurriedly.

Seeing that everyone and the beast, except for Ape Thirteen, were in poor condition, Daoist Fire Crow said, "Get back on my flying sword, and don't use your spiritual power easily."

After saying that, he summoned his flying sword, carrying the group of people and beasts, and landed where they had come from.

At this time, half of the strange soil had disappeared, leaving only a large pit, more than ten feet deep. Inside, there were remnants of yellow soil clods, constantly sinking.

While everyone was puzzled, they suddenly saw all the soil clods below disappear, revealing a yellow-black underground river.

The river was turbulent, sweeping away all the soil clods, and disappearing under the strange soil on the other side, with a rushing sound.

"As Senior said, this strange soil is related to the Yellow Springs water. The green grass in the center of the strange soil is probably Netherworld Soul Grass," Zhang Yuanjing stared at the turbulent river below and said in a low voice.

Daoist Fire Crow nodded first upon hearing this, and then said, "It's called Yellow Springs water, but it's just borrowing the name. This water is quite magical. The so-called strange soil is mostly due to the effect of this water."

"I just don't know where this water comes from, where it flows to, and what it's used for! If we can know these things, we can have a rough judgment on the effect of the Netherworld Soul Grass!"

Ape Twelve came up and asked, "Two Daoists, is this grass really Netherworld Soul Grass? The four plants around and the one in the middle seem to be different varieties. Which one is the Netherworld Soul Grass?"

Daoist Fire Crow and Zhang Yuanjing looked at each other, and they both shook their heads at the same time.

Daoist Fire Crow said, "Growing in the same soil, in a similar environment, even if they are not the same variety, the effects should not be very different. Moreover, after all, it is a precious medicine born from turbid air, so it is extremely dangerous for monks or demon beasts to swallow it."

"Therefore, this poor Daoist suggests that the clan leader might as well take the black-stemmed, long-leaved one first. If it has no effect, then consider taking the thick one."

Ape Twelve looked at Zhang Yuanjing: "Is that what Daoist Zhang thinks too?"

Zhang Yuanjing nodded: "This poor Daoist will ask Senior God Cauldron. However, Senior God Cauldron may not answer this question. So, if you really can't tell the difference, follow Senior Fire Crow's opinion."

Ape Thirteen acted as a translator for Ape Twelve, and then said, "Yuanjing, why don't I take one first and see the effect? I have the Nine Revolutions Golden Body, if there are any side effects, I can withstand it."

Zhang Yuanjing pondered in silence, unable to make a decision for a moment.

The consequences of this kind of experiment are unpredictable. If this grass is not Netherworld Soul Grass, but some other highly poisonous substance, I'm afraid Ape Thirteen's life will be in danger.

And Ape Thirteen's death will definitely cause great damage to him, and may even cost him his life.

After a long while, he finally answered it: "Let's listen to what Senior God Cauldron says first."

The two people and three beasts waited below, but the Hou Tu Transformation Cauldron above was unhurried, and scraped the strange soil in the ground clean. It took another hour to devour the remaining half of the strange soil.

It let out a big burp, shaking the surroundings with a buzzing sound, before it began to shrink, shrinking until it was the size of a fist, and flew into Zhang Yuanjing's arms.

"Senior, do you still need this kind of strange soil?"

"Hmm, I'm full, more is useless!"

"Senior, can that green grass demon beast swallow it?"

"What green grass? Hmm, I ate too much, Old Man needs to have a good sleep, don't bother me unless it's a matter of life and death!"

"Senior..."

The Hou Tu Transformation Cauldron fell asleep after eating its fill, and had no interest in answering Zhang Yuanjing's questions at all.

He was extremely helpless, and had no choice but to spread his hands towards Ape Twelve, who was looking at him with a hopeful face, and said, "Senior God Cauldron ate too much and fell into a deep sleep."

Ape Twelve's eyes revealed helplessness, but he didn't dare to complain, and only said with a distressed face, "Then what should we do!"

Daoist Fire Crow said, "This is not the place to talk. Since Senior God Cauldron wants to perform his work and has no time to take care of other things, we should leave this place as soon as possible. With such a commotion happening here, I'm afraid a large number of Yin monsters and flying zombies will gather here soon."

Zhang Yuanjing nodded and said, "Senior Fire Crow's words are prudent. Clan Leader Ape, let's leave the Earth Abyss first, and talk about other things later. Anyway, the Netherworld Soul Grass is already in hand. Brother Ape, take me flying, I'll show you the way!"

On the way here, Zhang Yuanjing used cartography to draw a relatively accurate map. The road out of the Earth Abyss naturally followed the way back.

Most of the Yin monsters and flying zombies on this road had been cleared by them, so returning the same way was quite safe.

In the nearly thousand-mile journey, they only encountered two Yin monsters and one flying zombie, and each time there was only one.

Daoist Fire Crow's Xuan Tie Great Calabash was sealed with the Nether Dragon's remains, so it was inconvenient to use, but he could also use other fire-attribute magic weapons to perform fire techniques. With the help of the two apes and one beast, he easily drove away these Yin monsters and flying zombies.

So, relying purely on footwork, it only took two hours to reach the entrance of the Earth Abyss.

The two people and one beast followed the tunnel, out of the black hole, into the deep ravine, and then drove their swords and controlled their Qi, hurriedly returning to the cave.

Daoist Fire Crow repeatedly compared the two kinds of green grass, and believed that the thick one could probably only be swallowed by someone with Nascent Soul strength, but he couldn't accurately judge whether the two grasses were the same variety.

After discussing for half a day, Zhang Yuanjing couldn't resist Ape Thirteen's pleas, and thought that the Hou Tu Transformation Cauldron had said that this grass could enhance the Yin spirit and was not a pure poison, so he agreed to let it try first, and decide whether to let Ape Twelve take it after clarifying the medicinal effects.

Daoist Fire Crow entered his own cave to retreat because he wanted to refine the Nether Dragon's remains.

Guarded by Ape Twelve and the Azure-Eyed Lion Beast, Ape Thirteen took a black-stemmed, long-leaved grass. Because its spirit was connected to Zhang Yuanjing, it could transmit its voice to him in time to explain the situation.

The grass was extremely bitter upon entering the mouth, like eating silt, and difficult to swallow.

Ape Thirteen also had a stubborn streak, swallowing repeatedly, and finally managed to swallow it forcibly.

After entering his abdomen, he felt a twinge of pain, as if he had been poisoned. Because he wanted to examine the medicinal properties, he was unwilling to use the Nine Revolutions Golden Body's magic, and only relied on his strong body to resist.

After about half an hour, the twinge of pain disappeared, replaced by an erosion of a strange Qi.

This Qi specifically entered places with strong blood Qi, and defiled it. Once the blood Qi was defiled, it turned into a black liquid, emitting a rotten smell.

Ape Thirteen had no choice but to continuously transport the blood Qi from other parts of his body to fight against this strange Qi, and forced the black liquid into a meridian, preventing it from flowing.

After an hour, Ape Thirteen spent a small half of his blood Qi to finally eliminate the strange Qi.

Apart from a black liquid in an entire meridian, the black-stemmed, long-leaved grass did not produce any other effects.

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a long time before transmitting his voice to Ape Thirteen: "If there is a mystery, it must be in this black liquid. This liquid is produced by the interaction of that strange Qi and your blood Qi. You might as well put a drop of it into other meridians, refine it with blood Qi, and see if there is any effect!"

Ape Thirteen did as he was told, putting a drop of black liquid into other meridians. This black liquid immediately defiled other blood Qi, but because the amount was too small, it was quickly diluted. However, he still couldn't feel any effect.

So he continued to refine it, and only when he had refined a little more than half of the black liquid did he feel an abnormality, that is, there was a trace of coolness in the blood Qi, like a kind of cold Qi, mixed in the blood Qi running.

Zhang Yuanjing immediately asked: "Is it similar to the fresh Qi that appeared when you took the Spirit Enhancing Pill?"

Ape Thirteen carefully realized it again and gave a definite answer. At this time, it also understood that this grass could indeed enhance the spirit.

So, he spent nearly two days to completely refine the black liquid.

When the last bit of black liquid was completely refined, the trace of coolness in the blood Qi spontaneously gathered together, condensed into a refreshing Qi, rushed into his mind along the meridians, and integrated into his spirit.

After half an hour, when he went to realize it again, the result made him overjoyed: his spirit had increased by more than 30%.