Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing rested briefly before walking towards the Xuan black jade door on the north side of the main hall.

This door was different from the previous ones, lacking both a slot for cultivation techniques and a slot for tokens. It only had a circular hole in the center.

A quick glance at its design revealed its purpose: it required a Source Stone as the key to open it.

Clearly, the halls he had entered along the way were all interconnected. He needed the True Inheritance Token to enter the True Inheritance Hall; the Thick Earth Technique chapter to enter the secret chamber; then this hall; and finally, the Source Stone to access the next location.

He opened his mouth and spat out the Source Stone, manipulating it to fit into the hole. As expected, the Xuan black jade door chimed and slowly opened, revealing a passage several dozen feet long.

He retrieved the Source Stone, leaped into the passage, and quickly traversed it, entering a courtyard.

This courtyard was about twenty square feet in size, with a flowerbed on each side, containing only black soil. There were no flowers or plants to be seen.

On the north side of the courtyard stood a two-story pavilion with red tiles, green bricks, and black wooden windows. A path paved with white stones led directly from the pavilion to the courtyard.

Zhang Yuanjing walked slowly along the path, feeling a mix of anticipation and trepidation.

The pavilion's ground floor had an arched doorway in the center. Pushing it open revealed a room ten feet square. On the wall directly opposite the doorway were five large niches, each about twelve feet high and six or seven feet wide. They were surrounded by swirling white mist, blocking perception, like a kind of restriction. One could vaguely see items hidden inside, but they were blurry and unrecognizable.

The left side seemed empty, yet shrouded in an invisible aura. Even divine sense could not penetrate it, creating an eerie and frightening atmosphere.

The stairs to the second floor were on the right side.

Zhang Yuanjing scanned the five niches several times, noticing a shallow palm print above each one, similar to the jade doors in the previous halls. These were likely used to verify cultivation techniques or cultivation level.

He walked to the rightmost niche, placed his right hand on the palm print above it, and channeled his Thick Earth power.

After a few breaths, the channeled Thick Earth power was forced back, unable to enter.

He switched to the second niche on the right, with the same result.

Then he tried the middle one, but the moment his mana entered, it bounced back.

He was about to withdraw his hand and try the next one when suddenly, a powerful suction force emanated from the palm print, targeting his divine soul. Startled, his hair stood on end as he braced his left hand against the wall, trying to pull his right hand back with all his might.

However, his right hand was firmly attached to the palm print, unmoving.

The suction force, like a tornado, swept past his divine soul, without taking a single strand of his soul, and then disappeared.

However, he clearly felt that something had been drawn from his divine soul, like a thin veil being removed, making his entire soul feel lighter.

As he was wondering, the white mist surrounding the niche suddenly ignited without fire. In just three breaths, it burned away completely, revealing the item inside.

It was a three-legged stone cauldron, entirely purplish-black, about ten feet tall, carved with auspicious clouds, mythical beasts, spiritual trees, and immortal herbs. The cauldron was filled with a unique soil, seemingly of much higher quality than the soil in the porcelain basin he had obtained in the secret chamber.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanjing couldn't help but chuckle. The treasures that the Thick Earth Sect had mysteriously hidden seemed to always involve soil.

He reached out, supported the bottom of the cauldron, and circulated his mana, trying to lift it. However, the cauldron didn't budge. He added thirty percent more mana, but it still didn't move. He then mustered all his mana and lifted with all his strength, but the cauldron remained completely still.

He was shocked and horrified. His lift should have exerted at least tens of thousands of pounds of force, yet he couldn't move the cauldron even slightly. Just how heavy was this cauldron!

"Hey, kid, stop tugging at me with your puny arms. An old man like me with this physique isn't something you can lift!" An old-fashioned voice came from the stone cauldron.

"Uh..." Zhang Yuanjing took a few steps back. "Is this... 'Old Man'? A sentient object?"

"Sentient object? Hmph, how could such a low-level thing be used to address me!"

"Then, Senior, who are you?" Zhang Yuanjing asked cautiously.

"I am a cauldron, you know?"

"Yes, I do..."

"Have you ever seen a talking cauldron?"

"No!"

"Then what do you think a talking cauldron is?"

"Is it... is it an extraordinary cauldron?"

"Of course! You're quite perceptive to see that I'm extraordinary. I am not just extraordinary, I'm simply magical!"

Then, the voice fell silent, as if waiting for something. Zhang Yuanjing was stunned and speechless, unsure of what to say next.

"Hey, kid, your aptitude is too poor. If you hadn't delivered a delicacy to me, I wouldn't have bothered with you." After only a few breaths, the old-fashioned voice couldn't help but speak again, but this time it was scolding Zhang Yuanjing.

"Senior is right, this junior is indeed foolish. I don't know what delicacy you are referring to," Zhang Yuanjing said, confused.

"Oh, you don't even know! That's right, a Demon Transformation Soul at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, hiding above your divine soul. How could a Foundation Establishment cultivator like you know! Oh dear, what a loss. If I had known, why would I have woken up? I could have just eaten it in silence!"

"A Demon Transformation Soul at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm! Thank..." Zhang Yuanjing was shocked. He was about to bow and thank the stone cauldron for removing the demon, but then he thought, if he did, the stone cauldron might think that it was not indebted to him, but rather he was indebted to it. If it demanded some reward, he might not be able to provide it. So, he changed his words and said, "Senior doesn't need to thank me, it was brought here unintentionally. I wonder if this thing suits your taste?"

"Hmm, hmm, not bad, burp-" The stone cauldron actually couldn't help but burp. "Not bad, three, no, five points full."

"Hehe, Senior's mouth is truly powerful, specializing in eating unique things in the world. These things are not easy to find!"

"That's right. If it weren't for rare and exotic things, I wouldn't have even opened my mouth. Alas, if it weren't for that, why wouldn't I have replenished my source power for tens of thousands of years, and been thrown into this broken place by that old rascal!"

"Oh, speaking of Void Demons, this junior does know where to find some..."

"Who said I eat that damned Void Demon! That kind of filth is disgusting to even look at, how could I eat it!" the stone cauldron shouted, exasperated.

"Then weren't you talking about Void Demons just now?"

"That was a Demon Transformation Soul, a soul-like entity transformed from a Nascent Soul cultivator's soul devoured by a Void Demon. Void power is formless power, and a cultivator's soul is the power of heaven and earth. The two are naturally opposed, but a Demon Transformation Soul is a unique thing produced by the fusion of the two, so it is a delicacy! Do you understand now, kid!"

"Oh, so that's how it is. This junior is ignorant, please forgive me, Senior!"

"Alas, such rare things are hard to come by. Those four old guys have never seen one in their lives. Hmm, I haven't seen one either. To think that a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like you brought one here, you must have great fortune. Well, according to the agreement I made with that old rascal back then, if we old guys meet a fated person, we have to... we have to take care of them a little. Hmm, your cultivation is a bit low, but at least you're polite. I'll go out with you and see the scenery..."

The stone cauldron rambled on and on, and Zhang Yuanjing listened in a daze, but he didn't dare to interrupt it.

"Senior, are you saying you'll follow me?"

"Wrong, it's go with you."

"Oh, go with me, okay. Then will you follow behind me on your own?"

"If that were the case, what would be the point of going with you? Of course, you'll be carrying me around! Didn't I say that my source power is insufficient? In this state, any action will consume my source power! So, even though I'm going with you, I won't help you. Don't even think about asking me to do anything for you!"

"Oh, Senior is so... so hefty, how can this junior carry you?"

"Just learn this incantation and you'll be fine!"

A sound wave flew out of the stone cauldron, directly into Zhang Yuanjing's ear. It was an incantation called "Thick Earth Transformation Cauldron Manipulation Technique", but it only had a few simple sentences, only saying how to enlarge or shrink the cauldron, and how to store it in a storage bracelet.

Oh, so it's the Thick Earth Transformation Cauldron. It seems to be closely related to the Thick Earth Technique. A treasure that comes with a manipulation technique and has intelligence must be an innate spiritual treasure or a higher-level treasure.

However, the cauldron spirit probably cut off the beginning and end of the manipulation technique itself, otherwise, it would never have such a simple function.

Zhang Yuanjing recited the few sentences he had obtained several times, and then he understood them. He used the technique to shrink the Thick Earth Transformation Cauldron to the size of a baby's fist. He tried to put the cauldron into his storage bracelet, but found that the storage bracelet couldn't move it at all, so he had to give up and hide it in his chest.

He looked at the remaining two niches, hesitating whether to try them again. At this moment, the cauldron spirit's arrogant voice came: "Stop dreaming, those old guys don't like you. If I didn't specialize in the Devouring Technique, how could I resist the temptation? However, those old guys look like detached experts, but they don't have a good palate. The delicacies of this world..."

"Devouring Technique, isn't that one of the Eight Thick Earth Techniques?"

"Hehe, how can you understand the wonders of the Devouring Technique! Thick Earth Sect disciples have always ignored the Devouring Technique, only valuing flashy things like Stone Driving, Earth Splitting, Mountain Moving, and Sky Supporting. In reality, they are going in the wrong direction, abandoning the fundamental for the superficial. The Thick Earth Technique cannot break through for a long time, and how much power can they exert! Kid, let me tell you, if you want to practice the Thick Earth Technique well, you must comprehend and master the Devouring Technique. In the future, you will know that the more you eat, the stronger you will become. The more diverse and unique the things you eat, the faster the Thick Earth Technique will grow. Moreover, the more you can eat, the more you can fight!"

"Ah, like Senior eats? How to eat?"

"Don't you have the Devouring Technique? Once you learn it, you will naturally know how to eat. Alas, stop rambling, go to the second floor quickly and take three cultivation techniques and leave. Hmm, no, after taking the cultivation techniques, you have to go to the Flying Heaven Pavilion and take that thing, otherwise, you won't be able to go there!"

"What, Senior, what are we going to take?"

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you, don't ask so many questions, I will take you there. Go to the second floor first, and take the cultivation techniques! Alas, in fact, with your aptitude, it's not enough to just practice the Thick Earth Technique, how can you go and learn those unorthodox methods. I advise you, just take three books at random, throw them somewhere and put them away, don't waste time learning them, you can't afford it..."

As the stone cauldron spoke, it began to act as a teacher, talking endlessly.

Some of the things Zhang Yuanjing heard were novel, so he didn't find it annoying. He let it talk freely, treating it as a way to increase his knowledge and broaden his horizons.