Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Despite Tang Laodao's relentless persuasion, Zhang Yuanjing fled using his earth escape technique. He didn't believe that a battle against the demon race required his, an unknown Great Perfection cultivator's, intervention. Not to mention the entire Eastern Victory Continent, even the Southern Domain's major sects had many well-known experts.

He also didn't believe that the Seven Cities Alliance would target the Xuantian Sect just because he had left the city without permission. Although the Heavenly Dao Sect controlled the Deacon Hall, they would never act rashly when a war between the two races was imminent. Moreover, with Fire Crow Daoist and Hu Tiancong, two Nascent Soul cultivators, stationed in Demon Suppression City and the backing of Spirit Martial Mountain, the Deacon Hall wouldn't even put such a trivial matter on their agenda.

He decided not to return to Tianque Mountain for now, to avoid embarrassing True Person Tong. Once he advanced to Nascent Soul, everything would naturally be resolved.

Tang Laodao pursued him all the way, but eventually lost track of him due to a special spiritual force field that affected his divine sense. Enraged, he cursed Zhang Yuanjing as a cowardly rat and reluctantly returned.

However, even though Zhang Yuanjing had escaped, he still felt uneasy. Tang Zhaoyang's words still worried him, fearing he might bring trouble to the sect. Moreover, a dignified Nascent Soul中期 cultivator would never chase him for tens of thousands of miles just to have him participate in a battle against the demon race! There must be a hidden motive behind it.

When he was fighting those four Core Formation后期 cultivators beneath the Immortal City, this person might have already been on the city wall, but didn't immediately capture him. Perhaps Tang Laodao's scheme was very secretive, unknown to others and wanting to avoid being noticed, which was why he pursued him alone and only revealed himself after he had moved away from the Immortal City.

What exactly was he after? What did this person know? Zhang Yuanjing pondered without result.

Judging from his words, he actually knew about Wu Yuankui and some things about him. Although these weren't secrets within the Xuantian Sect, a cultivator from another sect wouldn't know unless they specifically sought someone out to inquire.

From Tiannan Immortal City to Erlong Mountain, detouring around the Xuantian Sect's sphere of influence, the journey was nearly forty million miles. Fortunately, Zhang Yuanjing had a mid-grade Wind Riding Chariot, covering two hundred thousand miles a day. After occasional rests of a few days, it only took him eight months to reach a valley east of the mountain. However, the consumed mid-grade spirit stones were enough to make his heart ache.

Looking at the distant mountains, he suddenly felt a sense of anxiety. In front of Yu Hanyan, he had confidently said that his advancement to Nascent Soul would be unobstructed, but that was only in terms of his state of mind. When it came to the actual breakthrough, whether he could complete the transformation of his spiritual consciousness was still unknown. The 30% probability was just an estimate, and there was a significant difference for each individual cultivator. With his aptitude, even using the best spiritual objects, he might only barely reach a 30% chance.

After years of wandering and continuous travel, his body and mind were exhausted. He didn't immediately go to Erlong Mountain, but meditated in this secluded valley. Ape Thirteen and the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast were released by him, allowing them to roam freely and scout the situation in Erlong Mountain.

"Yuanjing, the Suanni Beast asked me to tell you that there are Core Formation cultivators in Erlong Mountain."

A few days later, Ape Thirteen suddenly ran back and communicated to him with divine sense.

"More Core Formation cultivators!" Zhang Yuanjing couldn't help but smile wryly. This mountain didn't even have a small spiritual cave, yet it was quite popular with Core Formation cultivators. "How many? What are their cultivation levels?"

"The Suanni Beast said there are two, one early-stage cultivator and one mid-stage cultivator."

"What are these two doing in the mountain?"

"It seems like they are driving away some Foundation Establishment cultivators and digging for something at the bottom of a large lake in the mountain."

"Oh, that's interesting! No wonder more Core Formation cultivators are coming to this desolate place. So they discovered a meteorite crater. Go tell the Suanni Beast to hide and monitor the situation, and don't alarm them for now."

Ape Thirteen obeyed and left. Zhang Yuanjing continued his cultivation until twenty days later.

On this day, the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast and Ape Thirteen returned together.

"Yuanjing, another Core Formation cultivator has come to the mountain, um, a Core Formation Great Perfection!" Ape Thirteen transmitted the thought.

"Core Formation Great Perfection? Could it be a Xuantian Sect cultivator?" Zhang Yuanjing was a little surprised. Near this place, the only ones who could produce a Core Formation Great Perfection cultivator were the Xuantian Sect, while the Thousand Swords Sect was twenty million miles away.

"The Suanni Beast says the aura doesn't seem like it. However, it doesn't recognize many Xuantian Sect cultivators, so it's hard to say for sure that it isn't."

Zhang Yuanjing thought for a moment. This place was close to the Xuantian Sect, so it wouldn't be strange if a Core Formation cultivator from the sect discovered an opportunity here. However, he didn't want Tong Tianfu to know that he had returned, so he didn't want to reveal his whereabouts.

He put the two beasts into his spirit beast pouch and tunneled through the earth towards Erlong Mountain, gradually approaching the large lake. When he was fifty miles away, he released the Sky Shielding Cover to conceal his aura and moved towards the lake shore.

The lake was a thousand feet deep, and the cave at the bottom of the lake used to be a thousand feet deep, so he couldn't directly tunnel to the cave at the bottom of the lake. He could only hide near the lake and observe.

Before he could get close to the lakeside, he heard Zhang San say, "Master, on the south side of the lake shore, there is a place where spiritual energy is faintly flickering, as if there is a formation."

Zhang Yuanjing's heart stirred. He guessed that it must be the stronghold of those Core Formation cultivators in the mountain, so he followed Zhang San's guidance and tunneled towards a forest on the south bank of the lake. Soon, he reached a place hundreds of feet deep below the forest and slowly began to move upwards towards the ground.

When he rose to seventy feet from the surface, he discovered a faint layer of aura scattered in the soil. It was very weak, but connected and did not dissipate.

This was an extremely concealed formation force, and it covered quite a depth in the soil, making it a rather strong formation.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't force his way through, but moved sideways along these auras. After fifteen feet, the aura no longer extended outwards, but went upwards. The formation here didn't cover a large area, only about thirty feet in radius.

He followed the outer edge of the formation force, gradually approaching the surface, stopping in the soil layer ten feet deep.

Several days passed like this.

One morning, the sound of people walking and talking came from above.

"Master Cai, please set up the formation with peace of mind. I will definitely handle the affairs of the Mo Bamboo Manor properly and won't leak any information."

The voice sounded familiar, and Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment but couldn't remember who it was.

Then, someone said, "Thank you, Senior Ge! Setting up a formation to change the shape is a huge undertaking, especially requiring dragon seeking and cave exploration to survey the veins, as well as cutting, digging, connecting, and transferring, which requires a large amount of manpower and resources. It needs your sect's strong support! Please discuss with the sect and ensure the follow-up investment!"

This voice was also very familiar. Zhang Yuanjing thought in his mind and remembered someone, and couldn't help but be shocked. This person was Cai Fengjin, a direct disciple of the Immortal Pattern Sect!

"Of course! Master Cai traveled tens of millions of miles from the Central Region to here to intercept the spiritual vein for my sect. How can my sect not fully support it! Before coming here, I had already been instructed by the True Person to fully cooperate with Master Cai in setting up the formation. All needs will be supplied according to your instructions, and there will be no slightest negligence!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanjing, with recollection and deduction, finally identified the person's identity - Ge Yang from the Thousand Swords Sect!

The Core Formation Great Perfection cultivator seen by the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast must be this person.