Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The arrival of Ling Xiao, the master of Tianmo Yuan Mountain, immediately made the atmosphere in Shumi Mountain tense and solemn. All the demonic cultivators who had been scattered out rushed back.

The person leading the welcoming party was Sun Zelin, a late-stage Jindan cultivator. He was the current enforcing elder of Tianmo Yuan, responsible for managing daily affairs and leading the other enforcement elders in implementing the instructions of the mountain master and the several Zhenren.

Initially, he was specifically responsible for all affairs in Shumi Mountain, backed by the Yuanying mid-stage Zhenren, Chu Tianxiong. Besides him, three enforcement elders, thirty-five ordinary elders, and more than three hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators had also come.

However, the continuous battles with the Xuantian Sect in the early stages had already taken a toll. Especially ten days ago, when the Xuantian Sect launched a large-scale surprise attack, Tianmo Yuan lost an enforcement elder, twenty ordinary elders, and more than two hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators in a single battle without the protection of a Yuanying Zhenren, which was a tragic sight.

In recent days, the hundred or so surviving soldiers, including Sun Zelin, were like frightened birds, panicking at the slightest disturbance.

Fortunately, after several days of reconnaissance, they confirmed that the main force of the Xuantian Sect had left, and they boldly established a cave dwelling under the Matigu seal, sending out scouts in all directions to search for Xuantian cultivators.

However, in the vast Shumi Mountain, apart from them, there was not even a single figure to be seen. Only Zhang Yuanjing was delivered to their doorstep.

With such dismal achievements, Sun Zelin was uneasy and braced himself to welcome Mountain Master Ling Xiao and the other three Zhenren.

Sun Zelin stood at the front, followed by fifteen Jindan cultivators and one hundred and three Foundation Establishment cultivators. Ling Zhijian, as a direct descendant of Ling Xiao, stood first on the side and behind the Jindan cultivators.

It was early morning, and the rising sun, like a yolk-colored fireball, floated among the mountains and forests, casting golden light on every dark corner.

A silver flying boat cut through the sky at an incredible speed. As it approached Shumi Mountain, its speed rapidly decreased, stopping right in front of Sun Zelin and his group.

The silver flying boat was about five zhang long and one zhang high. The hatch on top opened, and a middle-aged man in white emerged first. He had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, a thin face, and a thick mustache on his slightly thick lips. His eyes held an arrogant aura that looked down on everything, inspiring awe and respect without anger.

"Welcome, Mountain Master!" The hundred or so cultivators bowed in unison.

"Mm!" Ling Xiao nodded casually and first looked up at the huge "Lei" character seal and the violent lightning around it, frowning slightly.

At this moment, several people walked out of the silver flying boat behind him one after another.

The three in the front were an old man in his fifties, wearing a gray robe with a blue ribbon around his waist and a short white crown on his head, with a refined face and a calm expression; a burly man in his thirties, wearing a black robe, with short hair like tough grass and a face full of橫肉, looking unruly; and a middle-aged beautiful woman, wearing a plain long dress, with a slender figure, beautiful appearance, and charming temperament.

Everyone bowed again in unison: "Greetings, three Zhenren!"

The three had different expressions and nodded, standing behind Ling Xiao, watching the seal like him.

Behind the three, six late-stage Jindan cultivators walked out. They greeted Sun Zelin and others before standing aside, waiting for the Zhenren's instructions.

"Junior Sister Xuan, what do you think?" Ling Xiao still frowned, asking without turning his head.

"Well, the Xuantian Sect's lightning attribute cultivation technique is indeed extraordinary." The middle-aged beautiful woman had already confidently said, "There is a way. I happen to have a top-grade gravity talisman that can tear open the space at the seal, and the power of lightning will naturally dissipate."

"Then how do we get in and how do we get out?" the gray-robed old man asked.

"That's easy. Set up a few more lightning-attracting arrays around to draw away the lightning, and destroy the arrays after we come out," the middle-aged beautiful woman said casually.

"So much lightning, accumulated, once detonated, I'm afraid this tens of thousands of miles will be plagued by natural disasters and living beings will be devastated," the gray-robed old man shook his head, somewhat disapproving.

"Giggle, Senior Brother Sun, when did you become so compassionate? This can't be helped, otherwise, if it delays the important matter, you can't afford it!" the middle-aged beautiful woman said with a娇笑.

"How many days will it take to complete the array?" Ling Xiao ignored the differences between the two and asked.

"With the help of a few senior brothers, it will take at most one day," the middle-aged beautiful woman said.

"Then hurry up and set up the array." Ling Xiao then looked at Sun Zelin, "When did the Xuantian Sect launch a large-scale attack?"

Sun Zelin quickly replied: "Reporting to Mountain Master, it was nineteen days ago. This subordinate was negligent in defense, causing…"

Ling Xiao waved his hand: "Alright, you are not to blame for this matter. After Junior Brother Chu was seriously injured, without Yuanying-level combat power, how could you Jindan cultivators be a match for Qi Tianxiang! It is already very good that you were able to remain calm in the face of danger and pass the information to the main camp in time."

Sun Zelin lowered his head and replied: "Thank you, Mountain Master, for your leniency!"

In fact, when the Xuantian Sect launched a surprise attack on Shumi Mountain, he was still on his way back. The information was transmitted by an ordinary Jindan elder who stayed behind at the communication array. However, since he was in charge of the affairs of Shumi Mountain, the credit for this matter should naturally be attributed to him.

He sighed softly: "Setting up the main camp eight million miles away is too far after all. The Xuantian Sect cultivators have been in the sealed space for a full nineteen days."

Sun Zelin was shocked to hear this and raised his head in horror, looking at the greatly changed seal.

After the battle, the Tianmo Yuan cultivators in Shumi Mountain scattered and fled, and no one paid attention to the condition of the seal. Later, he returned to the mountain, gathered the remnants, and although he was stationed under the seal, he was worried all day long and did not care about any abnormalities in the seal.

Ling Xiao looked at him with sharp eyes and asked, "What changes have occurred in the seal in the past ten days?"

Sun Zelin's back was dripping with cold sweat. He tried his best to recall his impressions of the seal in recent days, stammering, "Yes, there are changes. The power of thunder and lightning has gradually increased, and, and the distribution range has also expanded a lot. However, there have been no changes in the last three days."

"Junior Brother Hu, what do you think?" Ling Xiao turned his head to look at the burly man.

"Mountain Master, the fact that there have been no changes in three days should mean that the power is stabilizing. After the Xuantian cultivators enter the Void Demon Space, the Void Demon Space will generate異魔 of the corresponding realm according to their strength and continue to fight with them. The power of the異魔 is constantly changing, and the lightning around the seal will also change accordingly. If the lightning power does not change, it means that the current strength of the異魔 has reached a certain level and does not need to be enhanced any further."

The burly man had a rough appearance, but he spoke slowly and methodically, which was very convincing.

"That Qi Tianxiang is in the early stage of Yuanying, so the strongest異魔 in the Void Demon Space is also in the early stage of Yuanying?"

"Generally, this is the case, but it is also possible for one or two異魔 with Yuanying mid-stage strength to appear."

"Can you judge the battle situation inside? Who is stronger and who is weaker? Is it possible that the異魔 have killed all the Xuantian cultivators?"

"This possibility is unlikely. If the cultivators are all dead, most of the high-level異魔 will leave through the spatial cracks, and in that case, the lightning power outside will weaken accordingly. In general, the lightning power is a preparation made by this world to prevent the invasion of異魔. If the異魔 are strong, the lightning power is strong, and if the異魔 are weak, the lightning power will also weaken. Since the lightning power remains stable, it means that the strength of both sides is comparable, and neither has been able to defeat the other."

Ling Xiao nodded, his expression somewhat complicated, and said, "It seems that we are not too late. Hurry up and set up the array, I hope it's still in time."

He could not help but feel some regret, thinking that if he had listened to Junior Brother Hou's advice at the beginning, he should have broken into the sealed space first, regardless of so many things. Investigating and probing, he had stubbornly lost the first move and the initiative.

However, he was, after all, the mountain master, and he could not take so many Yuanying and Jindan cultivators to take risks. Most of these forces had been painstakingly cultivated by several generations of mountain masters over thousands of years, how could they be placed in danger casually?

He knew that if that person knew his thoughts, he would definitely be very unhappy. But, what could he do? These cultivators, regardless of their cultivation level or combat strength, were all rebellious people who went against the heavens, had their own pursuits, and had their own thoughts, how could they willingly be used as tools!

In the depths of his heart, there was also a lingering unwillingness. That person had only gained the advantage of being a hundred years younger than him to obtain that opportunity, thus stepping into that step, ascending to the top, establishing the distinction between ruler and subject, and he had to be sent to this remote place to endure the years. Alas, it was really the will of heaven!

In a newly opened and spacious cave, Zhang Yuanjing was brought before Ling Xiao.

Seeing Zhang Yuanjing, who had been tortured beyond recognition, Ling Xiao frowned, somewhat displeased, but said nothing.

"The Soul Searching Technique is not completely without flaws, it is very likely to miss important clues. Use these vulgar methods less in the future, and work more on people's hearts," Ling Xiao stared at Ling Zhijian and said in a deep voice.

Ling Zhijian lowered his head and arms and replied dryly, "Yes, Old Ancestor!"

"Be calm in everything, and think of more ways. Anger means admitting your incompetence. Even if you don't succeed, don't let desire control your heart."

"Yes, this junior will definitely keep Old Ancestor's teachings in mind and reflect on myself at all times."

"Give him this to take." Ling Xiao took out a half-inch-high small porcelain bottle and threw it to Ling Zhijian.

"Transformation Pill?" Ling Zhijian caught the small porcelain bottle, opened it, and could not help but be a little surprised.

However, he did not dare to question the Old Ancestor's decision. He pinched the pill, pried open Zhang Yuanjing's teeth, and stuffed it in whole, then sent in a mass of mana to help the medicinal power dissolve.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhang Yuanjing coughed several times, then sat up on his own, gasping for breath, and at the same time, he opened his eyes and saw the two people in front of him.

"What are you fighting for by resisting torture with this decaying and dying body?" Ling Xiao, sitting in the main seat, leaned forward and asked condescendingly.

"What? Who are you?" Zhang Yuanjing circulated his energy throughout his body and found that his body was weak but almost undamaged. For a moment, he was at a loss, unable to tell whether this body was a dream or the torture was fake.

"I am Ling Xiao, the master of Tianmo Yuan Mountain. I have healed your injuries. Well, you have taken a Transformation Pill, which will give you extra benefits. If you have the opportunity, the probability of breaking through the next small realm will increase by at least 30%," Ling Xiao said.

"Mountain Master? Transformation Pill?"

Zhang Yuanjing suddenly remembered that Wu Yuankui had mentioned the composition of the Tianmo Yuan high-level, saying that each generation of Tianmo Yuan Mountain Master was at least a Yuanying mid-stage cultivator, and there were not many such figures in the entire Southern Region.

The Transformation Pill was a high-quality pill used by Foundation Establishment and Jindan cultivators to repair and enhance their physical bodies, which was always rare to see.

He hurriedly looked inside his body and found that his dantian and meridians had expanded by more than twice, and the surface of his muscles and bones flowed with a shimmering light, which was not much worse than the effect of the Golden Scale Fruit's marrow washing. He stroked his face with his hand and felt that his wrinkles had faded, as if he were twenty years younger.

He could not help but be stunned, looking at the handsome middle-aged man in front of him, his heart was filled with mixed feelings, not knowing what to say.

"Have you thought about how to answer my question?" Ling Xiao seemed to be very patient and asked in a gentle tone.

The shock brought by the Yuanying cultivator made it difficult for Zhang Yuanjing to resist his questions from the bottom of his heart. Besides, he had survived the torture and gained benefits on his physical body, so he had more thoughts and rekindled hope for the future, unwilling to endure such torture that could damage his foundation.

He immediately replied, "Of course, it's for the sect, for Senior Brother Sect Master!"

"Is that really so? The root of will must come from the heart and be rooted in oneself. A person can only be fearless of death for himself!" Ling Xiao shook his head and said.

"But what I'm doing is for the sect, for my senior brother. I don't want to betray, I don't want to be a traitor!" Zhang Yuanjing said firmly, but there was a bit of loosening in his heart.

"If you reflect carefully, you will find that your words actually contain your true answer. You are doing it for not being a traitor, which is starting from yourself. You ask yourself, is the power that supports you your true heart? You don't want to lose your true heart, so you can be fearless of death. And the reason why you don't want to lose your true heart is because you want to stick to your true heart, continue to follow your true heart, and continue to climb the road of the Great Dao!"

Zhang Yuanjing was stunned when he heard this. If someone else heard this, they might not understand it for a while, but he knew too well what he was thinking in his mind when he was tortured, so he understood it as soon as he heard it.

In the depths of his heart, he yearned to continue his path of cultivation, and if he lost his true heart, even if he lived, he would fall into self-doubt and self-denial, and thus be unable to continue his cultivation. And to maintain his true heart, he could not succumb to violence and could not be arbitrarily manipulated, but this might lose his life, and without life, he naturally could not cultivate.

This was a dead knot that he could not untie himself, so he was reluctant to say the "spare me" that was already on the tip of his tongue. He even preferred to die and be done with it.

Of course, he did not know that he was able to finally persevere not only because of his faith and true heart, but also because of the help of that peculiar jade pendant.

"Answer me a few questions, and I will give you a way out. Don't worry, I will never force you to answer questions you don't want to answer," Ling Xiao said gently.