Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Liu Jinglong took charge of the interrogation, and with his ruthless methods, he quickly uncovered the truth. The seven individuals were dealt with silently and discreetly.

The whole story was quite simple.

This Tongyun Palace Foundation Establishment cultivator had only recently achieved his breakthrough in the past few years. He was a disciple of Ling Zhuzi, who, due to the deaths of Ling Jianzi and Ling Yunzi at the hands of Zhang Yuanjing, harbored thoughts of revenge.

Guan Yinglong knew that Zhang Yuanjing had left the fishing village for Xuan Yin Mountain, but he did not inform Ling Zhuzi. Instead, he instructed him to guard the sect, focus on alchemy, and avoid causing trouble. He then departed for Six Yue Immortal City with several Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Scarlet Blood Valley.

Ling Zhuzi initially behaved obediently, but eventually, he couldn't resist and sent people to infiltrate Zhangjiawan Village. It was then that he learned of Zhang Yuanjing's departure, along with Zhang Xuan and her two younger siblings.

He initially intended to slaughter the entire Zhang clan, but he feared retaliation from Zhang Yuanjing upon his return. Since Guan Yinglong had not yet returned at that time, and Ling Zhuzi believed he was no match for Zhang Yuanjing, he dared not act rashly.

Three or four years later, Guan Yinglong returned to Tongyun Palace after finalizing a cooperation agreement with a Core Formation elder from the Star Moon Sect in Six Yue Immortal City and reporting the situation to Scarlet Blood Valley. When the two discussed the Xuan Yin Mountain matter, Guan Yinglong, seeing Ling Zhuzi's persistent resentment towards Zhang Yuanjing, told him that Zhang Yuanjing was likely dead in the Xuan Yin Cave.

Ling Zhuzi was both delighted and enraged upon hearing this news. He was happy that his enemy was dead and his revenge was fulfilled, but angry that he couldn't personally kill his foe and vent his resentment. He also thought that since Zhang Yuanjing was dead, his Zhang clan disciples would have nowhere to go and might return to the fishing village below the mountain.

Therefore, he sent a newly advanced Foundation Establishment disciple with a few Qi Refining cultivators to guard the area not far downstream, fishing while also having people lurking outside the village to monitor it.

Half a year ago, Zhang Xuan left Mist Spirit Mountain and indeed visited Zhangjiawan Village, seeing her elderly mother and younger siblings before departing.

After this Tongyun Palace Foundation Establishment cultivator discovered her, he led a few Qi Refining cultivators to capture her. However, Zhang Xuan's demonic arts were extremely powerful, killing two and injuring the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, this person was very cunning. Seeing that a direct assault wouldn't work, he entangled with Zhang Xuan while sending a request for assistance to Tongyun Palace, tens of thousands of miles away.

Ling Yunzi wanted to come to assist in person, but Guan Yinglong discovered it and asked the reason. Upon hearing that there was a demonic cultivator, he became interested and flew over on his sword, capturing Zhang Xuan and imprisoning her in Tongyun Palace.

After listening, Zhang Yu hurriedly tugged at Zhang Yuanjing's Daoist robe and pleaded, "Master, let's quickly go to that Tongyun Palace! My sister has been imprisoned there for so long, I don't know how much suffering she has endured!"

Zhang Yuanjing patted her thin shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry, rashly barging in will only make them desperate and endanger your sister's life."

Fire Crow Daoist was also somewhat surprised, wondering why Zhang Yuanjing had a demonic cultivator disciple, but being an experienced old man, he didn't ask much. Instead, he said with a smile, "Yuanjing, you mentioned earlier that Scarlet Blood Valley has close ties with the Candle God Sect, and this Guan Yinglong is the liaison. His capture of this Zhang Xuan girl may be for another purpose. In that case, Zhang Xuan's life should be safe."

Zhang Yuanjing thought of Lin Dushan's biased and even somewhat crazy style and felt a sinking feeling in his heart. He immediately said, "I know one of the Tongyun Palace cultivators, let's see if he can find out any information."

More than a decade had passed, and due to the distance, he hadn't received any spiritual jade messages from Han Ji, and he didn't know how he was doing. So he took out the message spiritual jade and sent a message to Han Ji.

As a result, only a few breaths of time passed before a message came back: "Senior, you have returned from Xuan Yin Cave! Where are you? Han Ji requests to meet you in person!"

Zhang Yuanjing replied: "Meet at the Gong Fa transmission point in Meng Mountain in three days."

Afterward, Zhang Yuanjing led the group to the valley where the Golden-backed Giant Ape lived. Ape Thirteen went to see its clansmen, while Zhang Jun, upon seeing his master, was overjoyed and extremely excited, abandoning his usual composure.

More than ten years had passed, and Zhang Jun's cultivation was still at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but his foundation was very solid, which was barely satisfactory.

When Fire Crow Daoist and the others saw Zhang Jun, they couldn't help but mutter in their hearts, secretly thinking that Zhang Yuanjing's disciples were either exceptionally talented and rare in the world, or extremely mediocre and almost ordinary, and one even practiced demonic arts, which was really strange.

Fire Crow Daoist thought further. He had traveled north and south for hundreds of years and knew that disciples of large sects were proud and had high standards, usually looking down on ordinary cultivators.

Because Zhang Yuanjing had a close relationship with the Zhang siblings, he taught everyone without discrimination, accepting both good and bad, which showed that he was a sentimental person, which was a good thing for the rogue cultivators who had joined him.

He led his three disciples, each taking out a greeting gift, talking and laughing, full of joy. They also added five stone houses for temporary accommodation.

On the third day, Zhang Yuanjing, Fire Crow Daoist, and Ape Thirteen went to a remote place on the north side of Meng Mountain, which was where he had taught Han Ji the Thick Earth Qi Cultivation Technique. Han Ji had been waiting for a long time.

At this time, Han Ji was no longer the middle-aged man he once was. His hair was like snow, and his wrinkles were like ravines. He was already old and frail.

"Why have you become like this!" Zhang Yuanjing was shocked to see him and reached out to help Han Ji, who was kneeling on the ground, asking repeatedly.

"Senior, I have become like this since I dispersed my cultivation. In the past ten years, I have been re-cultivating the technique you taught me, and I only just entered the tenth level of Qi Refining a few days ago, and have not yet recovered my previous cultivation base." Han Ji looked at Zhang Yuanjing, whose skin was like jade and who seemed to have returned to his youth, and understood in his heart. He said loudly, "Congratulations, Senior, on breaking through the realm and attaining great enlightenment!"

Zhang Yuanjing waved his hand and said with emotion, "No need to be so polite. Alas, I have never seen a cultivator who dispersed their cultivation and rebuilt it, and I didn't know there would be such suffering. It's hard on you. It only took you more than ten years to restore your cultivation to the tenth level of Qi Refining, which shows that you are highly talented in earth-based techniques and extremely diligent and hardworking! Where have you been cultivating these past ten years? Tongyun Palace or Mist Spirit Mountain?"

"I have been near Mist Spirit Mountain, not daring to return to Tongyun Palace, for fear that the elders in the palace would see something unusual." Han Ji observed his expression and saw that Zhang Yuanjing was accompanied by a Daoist and an ape, both of whom had extremely powerful auras. He guessed that he must have something important to do and asked, "Senior, do you have any instructions?"

Zhang Yuanjing waved his hand and said, "We'll talk about that later. I made a promise to you that as long as you dispersed your cultivation and re-cultivated the technique I taught you, and I could live from Xuan Yin Cave and break through the realm, I would accept you as a disciple. Today, let's fulfill that promise first. Han Ji, are you willing to become my disciple?"

Han Ji was overjoyed and immediately knelt on the ground: "I am willing. Master is above, please accept this disciple's bow."

As he spoke, he performed the kneeling ceremony meticulously.

Zhang Yuanjing stood with a smile, letting him finish the apprenticeship ceremony, then reached out to help him up, and said with a smile: "Your Dao heart is firm, and your temperament is excellent. Although you have wasted a lot of time, your future is promising. As a teacher, I said that I would protect your Foundation Establishment. You can practice with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about insufficient lifespan!"

He took out ten pseudo-spiritual talismans and three bottles of high-grade Hundred Spirit Pills and handed them to Han Ji: "Consider these as an apprenticeship gift!"

He originally wanted to give him a high-grade magic weapon, but they were all consumed in the Xuan Yin Cave, so he had to replace them with spiritual talismans and elixirs.

Han Ji thanked him profusely and accepted them, his heart full of joy and encouragement.

After that, he paid respects to Fire Crow Daoist and Ape Thirteen. Han Ji was also very curious about Ape Thirteen, this "Ape Martial Uncle", but he was experienced and did not reveal anything unusual, treating him and Fire Crow Daoist with the same respect and courtesy.

Fire Crow Daoist gave Han Ji three self-made Exploding Fire Thunders for self-defense, and Ape Thirteen wanted to follow suit, but found that he had nothing good. He scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, jumping up and down. Finally, he had a flash of inspiration and remembered that he had a lot of leftover skins, bones, tendons, and teeth from eating monster beasts. He immediately took out a few sharp teeth of fierce beasts and stuffed them into Han Ji's hands, grinning triumphantly.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Brother Ape, those are the teeth of demon core stage demon beasts. He is a Qi Refining cultivator, and he can't use them."

Fire Crow Daoist laughed: "Brother Ape, I didn't expect you to hide so many treasures. Keep them all, and in the future, when Yuanjing's disciples make progress, you can take them out as congratulatory gifts!"

After joking for a few words, Han Ji asked again: "Master and the two seniors came here specifically, there must be something important to do, I wonder if there is anything I can do to help?"

Zhang Yuanjing nodded and told the story of Zhang Xuan, asking: "Have you heard any news about her?"

Han Ji said: "I have a few friends in the palace. Although I haven't seen them for many years, I still know some information through the spiritual jade transmission. I heard that the special envoy Guan attaches great importance to Senior Sister Zhang Xuan. Beside his room, he personally built a prison room and imprisoned her in it, and he does not allow the disciples in the palace to approach. Therefore, although the disciples in the palace are quite interested in this, they often peek secretly, but they are blocked by restrictions, and they do not know the real situation."

Zhang Yuanjing said with a solemn expression: "Senior Fire Crow, it seems that you were right. This Scarlet Blood Valley attaches great importance to demonic cultivators. The demonic art I taught Zhang Xuan was obtained by chance. According to my judgment, the quality of that technique is very high, not inferior to the general inheritance of the great sect. I don't know if this Guan Yinglong has taken a fancy to her technique!"

Fire Crow Daoist stroked his chin and said: "As long as the person is okay, everything else is easy to say. However, Guan Yinglong is personally guarding her, which is not easy to handle. If he makes a mistake, it is easy to endanger the life of the girl Zhang Xuan."

Han Ji immediately volunteered: "Master, why not let this disciple go to Tongyun Palace to investigate first, and after getting accurate information, we can discuss it in the long term."

Zhang Yuanjing asked: "You haven't returned to Tongyun Palace for so many years, and you are in this image. If you go back rashly, won't it arouse suspicion?"

Han Ji smiled confidently: "In recent years, I have reported to Tongyun Palace several times that there was a problem with the cultivation technique and that I could not travel long distances. That Daoist Ling Qian also knows about it. It can be justified to go back suddenly at this time, and nothing will happen."

After Han Ji left, Zhang Yuanjing immediately started refining the Benefit Spirit Pill, refining a total of thirty or so middle and lower grade Benefit Spirit Pills, and two high-grade ones. Half of the middle and lower grade pills were given to Ape Thirteen, a quarter to Fire Crow Daoist, and he kept some for himself. The high-grade pills were stored in porcelain bottles made of top-grade spiritual jade.

At this time, Fire Crow Daoist finally confirmed that Zhang Yuanjing could indeed refine the Benefit Spirit Pill, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he hadn't given up waiting because Zhang Yuanjing was trapped in Xuan Yin Cave, otherwise all of this would have nothing to do with him or his disciples.