Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing instructed the stone golem to enter the long corridor and walk slowly, while he squatted on the golem's shoulder, looking around and cautiously observing the surroundings. In just a dozen or so breaths, they arrived before the golden hall without any unexpected events.

The hall faced the corridor with a brown stone door, also cut from some kind of jade, depicting majestic mountains, deep valleys, and vast swamps, creating a scene of vast and magnificent scenery. In the center was a palm-shaped groove, colored a mysterious yellow.

Zhang Yuanjing stretched out his right palm and pressed it against the groove, slowly channeling the power of thick earth into it. After only three breaths, the stone door trembled slightly and opened smoothly. Immediately, a surge of majestic and pure earth spiritual energy rushed towards him, causing his spirit to lift and him to greedily inhale a few deep breaths.

He jumped off the stone golem and entered the hall. This hall was only about six zhang square, and it was empty inside, with nothing at all. Apart from the entrance door, there were no other doors or windows, making it seem like a huge cage.

Zhang Yuanjing's face couldn't help but fall. He thought to himself that this was too much of a joke. Where was the true inheritance technique of the Thick Earth Sect, and where were the benefits for a true disciple? Could he have come to the wrong place?

He retreated outside the hall and looked up to confirm once more that it was indeed the words "True Inheritance Hall" without mistake! Could it be that due to the passage of time, the techniques and items had all turned to dust?

However, the ground was spotless, with no dust at all! Even the spiritual artifacts in the Inheritance Hall were well-preserved, so how could the core inheritance have disappeared?

Unwilling to give up, he entered the hall again, tapping every inch of the walls and stepping on every inch of the ground.

Finally, as the saying goes, perseverance pays off. In the center of the hall, three chi north, he discovered two footprints, engraved with tens of thousands of extremely fine array patterns.

He gently stood on them, and the thick earth power throughout his body became active, cheering and jumping like a child who had received a beloved toy. From this, he deduced that this array was related to the technique, so he went with the flow, operating the Thick Earth Genesis Technique and guiding the power of thick earth towards the soles of his feet.

As soon as the power of thick earth entered the two footprints, the complex and delicate array patterns began to move. A golden-yellow light radiated from the soles of Zhang Yuanjing's feet. After more than ten breaths, the light focused and suddenly shone on the uppermost part of the north stone wall, illuminating a wall about one zhang square, in which golden characters seemed to flicker.

Zhang Yuanjing fixed his eyes on it. The characters seemed to possess spirituality. As soon as he saw them, they all flashed like streaks of light and entered his sea of consciousness.

There were a great many characters in the illuminated wall. Zhang Yuanjing didn't dare to skip ahead to see how many there were, but read them one by one. After about an hour and a half, tens of thousands of characters were imprinted in his sea of consciousness. Just as his mana was exhausted and he was on the verge of collapse, the characters in the illuminated wall finally came to an end. The light gathered on it flickered slightly and then went out, and the stone wall sank back into obscurity.

He moved a few steps and sat down on the ground with a thud, beginning to meditate cross-legged.

Two hours later, he felt that his mana had recovered a little, and then he turned back to ponder the golden characters in his sea of consciousness.

These golden characters were two cultivation techniques. One was the complete Thick Earth Technique, with corresponding techniques for each stage from Qi Refining to Transformation God.

The other was a secret manual introducing spells and earth-attribute magical power cultivation methods, called the "Thick Earth Spell Chapter," which originated from the same source as the Thick Earth Technique. However, only true disciples could obtain the Thick Earth Spell Chapter and the complete Thick Earth Technique, while ordinary disciples could only obtain a simplified version of the Thick Earth Technique.

The Thick Earth Spell Chapter was the essence of the Thick Earth Technique. Its foundation was the Eight Earth Elemental Formulas. Only those who obtained the Eight Earth Elemental Formulas could learn the spells recorded in the "Thick Earth Spell Chapter."

The principles of the spells and magical powers recorded in the Thick Earth Spell Chapter were unheard of by Zhang Yuanjing, which greatly broadened his horizons.

It mentioned that cultivation techniques are the Dao, and spells are the Dharma. When the Dao and Dharma combine, a cultivator is born. With this, one can transcend life and death, surpass ghosts and gods, and attain great freedom. Spells are the foundation of the supreme Dharma, and can and must be cultivated from the Core Formation stage.

Once a cultivator condenses a golden core, they truly take the first step towards breaking through illusion to attain truth and returning to their true self. Therefore, Core Formation is the beginning of the true self. From then on, cultivators must constantly break through illusions and seek the truth of their original self. Only with a true self can one be in harmony with the true nature of heaven and earth, and only then can one truly master the great Dao of heaven and earth.

The spells of the Core Formation stage are the entry to spells, and can be called minor spells. Nascent Soul cultivators can cultivate spells, Transformation God and above are magical powers, even higher are Dao techniques, and immortals have immortal techniques. The extreme point of these is the supreme great art.

Although minor spells are weak, they are the foundation of the supreme great art. However, since ancient times, cultivators have relied more on magical treasures and slighted spells, so minor spells are not passed down, and spells have become an auxiliary to spiritual treasures. This has led to an unstable foundation for spells and magical powers, making it increasingly difficult to advance.

It should be known that in the ancient era of 100,000 years ago, spells and magical powers could rival the highest-grade magic treasures and spiritual treasures. In the ancient era, spells and magical powers were even stronger than magic treasures and spiritual treasures. In the primordial era, great arts and cultivation techniques were fundamental, while magic treasures and spiritual treasures were merely auxiliary items.

However, this is also due to the circumstances. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the present era is much weaker than in the ancient era, so the power of spells and magical powers has also been greatly weakened, far less sharp and useful than magic treasures and spiritual treasures. This is the fundamental reason why cultivators have gradually valued magic treasures, researched magic treasures, and relied on magic treasures since ancient times.

Taking a Nascent Soul cultivator as an example, most spells are only comparable to low-grade spiritual treasures, and are weaker than mid-grade spiritual treasures. Compared to high-grade spiritual treasures, they are almost crushed. As for comparing them to even stronger innate spiritual treasures and supernatural spiritual treasures, the gap is even more immense. Moreover, due to the increasing scarcity of spiritual energy in heaven and earth, the mana consumption of cultivators using spells and magical powers is far greater than that of magic treasures and spiritual treasures, so it is difficult for them to become mainstream again.

The Thick Earth Spell Chapter records many earth-attribute minor spells, spells, and magical powers. Spells such as Dust Veil, Mud Swamp, Earth Womb, Stone Cannon, and Mountain Moving are rarely heard of in this world. In particular, the Mountain Moving technique comes with a method for refining a magic treasure, which can melt and cast a unique treasure called Primordial Stone with certain earth-attribute heaven and earth spiritual materials into a stone mountain, which can be used for both offense and defense, and can also resist thunder tribulations. This is vastly different from the commonly used Mountain Moving technique and is an extremely powerful spell in the Thick Earth Technique. If a cultivator can break through to the Transformation God stage, this spell can also be upgraded to a magical power, making it even more powerful.

However, not to mention magical powers, even spells are too far away for Zhang Yuanjing. On the other hand, the minor spells that Core Formation cultivators can practice are somewhat possible.

There are five minor spells. The first is Earth Escape Technique, which is ten times more advanced than the Earth Escape Technique Zhang Yuanjing practices. It is based on the Earth Division Art and has specialized expansions and deepenings in terms of penetration depth, escape speed, concealment effect, and defense ability.

The second is Earth Prison, which is a technique to trap enemies. As long as there is enough spiritual energy, it can trap enemies beyond one's level in places with earth mountains.

The third is Earth Defense, which is to raise earth to make a shield to block strong attacks.

The fourth is Flying Stone, which condenses earth into stone to attack enemies, either individually or in groups.

The fifth is Sandstorm, which summons a sandstorm to trap and confuse enemies, and can also be used to cover an escape.

Like spells, minor spells emphasize the control of heaven and earth spiritual energy, so they have high requirements for the environment.

The advantage of earth-attribute spells and magical powers lies precisely in the environment. The earth power is not weak in most places, and even places with exceptionally strong earth power are not difficult to find. This is why the Thick Earth Sect has always insisted on practicing spells and using spells and magical powers as one of the main means of fighting enemies.

For Core Formation cultivators, they do not yet have the ability to control the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so they can use some special heaven and earth spiritual objects to control the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and use minor spells.

The object chosen by the Thick Earth Sect is that special stone called Primordial Stone. This stone is transformed from the essence of earth and can automatically absorb and release earth spiritual energy. It can merge and communicate with the cultivator's mana, becoming a bridge and reliance for the cultivator to communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and cast minor spells.

If a cultivator nourishes the Primordial Stone for a long time and is completely in harmony with it, they can hide in it, increase their affinity with earth spiritual energy, double their cultivation speed, and also conceal their aura and cut off their divine sense, making it difficult for even cultivators a major realm higher to discover.

However, the Thick Earth Spell Chapter does not mention where to find this kind of stone.

Zhang Yuanjing read the Thick Earth Spell Chapter five times and confirmed that he had completely memorized it, then relaxed his sea of consciousness, stopped thinking about spells, and closed his eyes to rest.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the golden characters disappeared on their own. However, Zhang Yuanjing only needed to move his mind, and the Thick Earth Spell Chapter could reappear completely in his mind, without forgetting a single word.

He smiled slightly, stood up, and was about to leave the hall when he suddenly saw the north wall rumbling and revealing a golden door.

He took two steps forward and, remembering that the stone golem was still outside the hall, instructed it to follow behind him and walked to the golden door together.

After standing still for two breaths, a beam of light shot out, like an inverted funnel, covering Zhang Yuanjing and the stone golem behind him completely, and then flashed and disappeared, teleporting them to another place.

Zhang Yuanjing felt a burst of dizziness. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a secret room about four zhang square. The four sides were all green stone walls, the ground was covered with white square stones, and four bright, sparkling strange stones hung from the ceiling, illuminating the secret room so that even the smallest dust particle was visible.

If it were just him alone, the space in this secret room would be sufficient, but with the addition of this large stone golem, it seemed very crowded. Fortunately, the furnishings were simple, with only a stone table and a futon. On the stone table were a silver storage bracelet and a stone golem statue about an inch high, and nothing else.

Zhang Yuanjing walked over and picked up the storage bracelet. There were no restrictions on this bracelet, so his mana easily opened it. The space inside was about eight zhang square, a mid-grade storage bracelet, but there were only a few items inside.

One was two yellow robes, of good quality, seemingly defensive magic treasures.

One was two dark yellow flying swords, heavy in the hand, with a faint earth spiritual energy aura, which should be earth-attribute flying sword magic treasures.

One was a black cloth bag containing fifty seeds, ten types in total, five of each type, but most of them were completely dead, and only a dozen or so still had signs of life. Zhang Yuanjing did not recognize any of them.

One was more than thirty bottles of pills, but because of the age and lack of proper preservation, most of the pills had completely lost their medicinal properties. Only three types of pills still had some medicinal properties, but they were severely decayed and could not be consumed.

One was a medicine hoe, seemingly made of some kind of high-quality profound iron. Judging from the aura it emitted, it was a top-grade spiritual artifact, probably used by Thick Earth Sect disciples to cultivate spiritual herbs.

One was a large porcelain basin filled with dark black soil, containing a rich earth spiritual energy, which should be used for cultivating spiritual plants.

There was also a bag of spirit stones, about one thousand plus mid-grade and ten thousand plus low-grade. Fortunately, the quality of this spirit stone bag was very good, and the spirit stones had not lost much spiritual energy.

Zhang Yuanjing couldn't help but shake his head. Compared to the Thick Earth Spell Chapter, these things were very ordinary. Of course, for a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him, it was still a huge fortune.

At this moment, he picked up the stone carving on the stone table again. This object had an ordinary appearance and crude workmanship, with only simple outlines and no artistic value. Of course, being able to be placed here as a true disciple's treatment should have its special features.

So, he input a wisp of thick earth power, and a piece of information was fed back.

It turned out that this stone carving was specially used to store stone golems, limited to one. Once the stone golem was stored in it, it could prevent the power of spirit stones from dissipating in vain, and it could also input mana to nourish it from time to time to replenish consumption.

Zhang Yuanjing was worried about how to carry the stone golem, and with this thing, the problem was solved easily. So, he communicated with the stone carving and the stone core with his divine sense, and the more than five-zhang-high stone golem disappeared instantly, while a small stone golem was added to the internal space of the stone carving.

The items in the secret room, except for the futon placed on the ground, were all swept away.

With a flash of thought, he looked down at the futon again. This object was made of leather and looked a bit old and inconspicuous. A sweep of his divine sense was bounced back, showing that there were restrictions set inside, and it was also an extraordinary item.

With a wave of his sleeve, he also put this futon into the storage bracelet.

Then he carefully examined the surrounding walls to find an exit.

Sure enough, there was a groove on the north stone wall, the shape and size of which were similar to the True Inheritance Token.

He visualized the token and stuck it on it. He heard a clang, and a zhang-high portal opened on the stone wall, revealing a brightly lit tunnel.