Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The black crow's eyes suddenly blazed with fire, its aura surged, and its feathers stood on end. A tremendous pressure immediately rushed towards the man and the ape.

Ape Thirteen roared, his eyes wide with fury, golden light covering his body. Like a wall, he withstood the pressure, not retreating an inch. The silver chains and jade scepter in his hands pointed at the crow, ready to strike at any moment.

Zhang Yuanjing prepared to escape into the ground at any time, but on the surface, he remained calm, looking at the black crow with a serene gaze.

The black crow and Ape Thirteen confronted each other for a moment. Perhaps it was worried about Zhang Yuanjing escaping underground, or perhaps it was wary of the extraordinary Golden Ape bloodline. In the end, it restrained its aura and returned to its peaceful state. It seemed this bird's temperament wasn't of the tyrannical type.

If a conflict truly broke out, Zhang Yuanjing would have to raise the stakes. This would require him to stay here for several years, cultivating medicinal herbs to complete the transaction.

The black crow kicked the fire lotus to Zhang Yuanjing's side, causing him a pang of heartache.

Despite looking like a ball of fire, this object was actually a spiritual plant, and a very fragile one at that. He was truly afraid of it being damaged by the crow's kick.

He took out a jade box and carefully stored the fire lotus. Then, he took out the jade bottle containing the high-grade Mind Enhancing Pill, opened the stopper, showed it to the black crow, and tossed it over.

The black crow's gaze was fixed on the jade bottle the moment it saw it. When it saw the pills inside, its mouth opened involuntarily, as if it couldn't wait to devour them.

The jade bottle flew over, and it used its wing to catch it. Then, it gently shook the bottle, releasing two pills. It stretched its neck and swallowed them.

Afterward, it cawed twice, seemingly still wanting more, but it didn't cause any trouble. It spread its wings and soared into the sky, heading towards the Sunflame Mountain.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't dare to linger. He collected the six silver light chains and the jade scepter snake from Ape Thirteen and the ground. He took Ape Thirteen and immediately fled westward, detouring around several demon beast territories. After traveling more than twenty thousand miles, he found a secluded place for Ape Thirteen to recuperate and heal.

He refined the storage ring he obtained from Ji Fanggu and opened it. He saw Ape Thirteen's Heaven Stirring Staff and flying sword inside. It was likely that the two Core Formation stage cultivators didn't value these two magical treasures, so this person had taken them. Ape Thirteen's preserved beast bones and beast hides were also inside.

He placed Ape Thirteen's items in a storage bag and left it beside him.

Then, he opened the spirit beast pouch. There were no living spirit beasts inside, only two beast corpses. One was a giant white tiger, covered in wounds, seemingly beaten to death. The other was the corpse of an ape demon with a somewhat shriveled body, which was none other than Ape Twelve. Its blood had been drained, and its expression was ferocious, clearly indicating it had suffered greatly before death.

Zhang Yuanjing sighed inwardly, tightened the spirit beast pouch, and decided to keep this matter hidden for now.

He took out the six silver light chains, erased the original spiritual imprints, and refined them slightly. Only then did he learn that they were magical treasures used by the Spirit Control Sect to suppress powerful demon beasts, requiring the sect's specific cultivation technique to use. Obtaining them was useless to him.

On the other hand, the jade scepter, named Jade Spirit Snake, was made by fusing a unique spiritual jade with a late-stage demon core snake demon. It was highly spiritual, skilled at binding, and could also be used as a sharp weapon for attacking. It was a rather good high-grade magical treasure.

A day later, after Ape Thirteen recovered some of his vitality, the man and the ape set off again. They carefully concealed their tracks along the way and, after seven days, finally reached the vicinity of Azurefall Valley.

Only then did Zhang Yuanjing take out the sound transmission jade and send a message to Fire Crow Daoist.

Fire Crow Daoist quickly replied, saying that he was in the cave at the bottom of the lake. After Zhang Yuanjing returned, he didn't need to go there. He could set up camp in Azurefall Valley, and he would bring a group of juniors to meet him.

To be safe, Zhang Yuanjing discussed with Fire Crow Daoist that he would protect Ape Thirteen and let him heal in Azurefall Valley. Once he had mostly recovered, they would gather and leave Dragon Mountain Marsh as soon as possible.

More than a month later, Fire Crow Daoist and the others returned to Azurefall Valley, accompanied by the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast. This beast had excellent eyesight. When it followed Fire Crow Daoist up Thin Sun Ridge that day, it saw Ape Twelve being knocked down by the Spirit Control Sect cultivators. Knowing that it couldn't be saved, it fled back to Azurefall Valley on its own.

Later, Fire Crow Daoist relied on the pre-arranged formation to trap Bao Xueyang for half an hour. Then, he deliberately created diversions in multiple places, confusing Bao Xueyang's tracking spirit beast, and finally escaped successfully.

When he returned to Azurefall Valley, he took the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast to the cave at the bottom of the lake to prevent the Spirit Control Sect from launching a surprise attack and discovering their hiding place.

Zhang Yuanjing then summoned Ape Thirteen and the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast to his side, took out Ape Twelve's corpse from the spirit beast pouch, placed it in front of the two beasts, and said regretfully, "We were too late. Clan Leader Ape was too badly injured and fought desperately, ultimately unable to hold on."

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast slowly approached, lowered its head, and nudged Ape Twelve's head, its nose constantly sniffing, as if trying to remember its scent. Tears clearly welled up in its two emerald eyes.

Ape Thirteen was prepared and wore a sorrowful expression. He knelt on one knee, reached out, and stroked Ape Twelve's twisted face, squeaking twice.

It transmitted its thoughts from its soul, saying: "Yuanjing, I and my grandfather fought that white tiger fiercely. We were already sure of victory and would have killed it soon. Unexpectedly, the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast discovered that cultivators were approaching Thin Sun Ridge, telling us to retreat first.

"But grandfather was unwilling, wanting to kill the white tiger before the cultivators arrived. As a result, he made a mistake in his haste, and grandfather was seriously injured by the white tiger's dying counterattack, making it difficult for him to move. That's how that group of cultivators surrounded him.

"Grandfather kept telling me and the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast to escape first, that he would hold them back. At the last moment, he unleashed his remaining blood energy, just to seek death, so that I would give up and run away on my own."

It paused for a moment, then requested, "Yuanjing, if you become strong, you must help me seek revenge against those Spirit Control Sect cultivators!"

Zhang Yuanjing nodded in agreement.

The karma of the world is like a chain, linked together. If they hadn't entered Azurefall Valley, there wouldn't have been the two Golden Apes going to kill the white tiger, and they wouldn't have run into the Spirit Control Sect cultivators. Perhaps, this was Ape Twelve's fate.

He transmitted his thoughts to Ape Thirteen, asking it to ask the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast what it planned to do next, whether it intended to stay in Azurefall Valley or go elsewhere. He specifically instructed that if the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast had no ideas, to persuade it to travel with them.

This beast was extremely intelligent, skilled at looking into the distance, and could also detect danger from clues. It was very powerful. However, in terms of frontal combat ability, this beast was no stronger than ordinary demon beasts, making it difficult to gain a foothold in a place as dangerous as Dragon Mountain Marsh.

After a little thought, the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast expressed its willingness to follow Ape Thirteen. It knew about the relationship between Ape Thirteen and Zhang Yuanjing, so this meant it wanted to follow Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing was very happy and took out the white tiger's corpse, placing it in front of the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast. This was what Ape Twelve had traded his life for. The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast swallowed it almost in tears.

Half a month later, the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast refined the white tiger's flesh and blood essence. Its qi and blood condensed and transformed three times in an instant, breaking through to the mid-stage of the demon core realm. Its entire body grew larger and became more divine and wise.

The eight people and two beasts then set off westward. Along the way, with the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast scouting the way, they successfully bypassed several demon beast territories and soon reached the edge of Dragon Mountain Marsh.

At this time, they ran into an "old friend."

With the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast anticipating the enemy, Fire Crow Daoist calmly took out the formation device and set up a concealment formation, shielding all of his people and beasts within it.

When the "old friend" approached, Zhang Yuanjing, Fire Crow Daoist, and Ape Thirteen soared into the sky, unexpectedly surrounding the person in the air. The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast guarded below, preventing any surprise attacks from cultivators or demon beasts.

This "old friend" was none other than Mount Hill White Tiger Daoist.