Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The next day, the demon race sent a bird demon named Eagle Owl, half a zhang in length. It flew and spun like the wind, circling above Zhang Yuanjing's head, never getting close to attack. It only stirred up wind blades from afar, harassing Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing was annoyed by this, so he tried to envelop it with a sandstorm. However, this beast had a strong natural talent for controlling wind. Whenever sand blew over, it would stir up a whirlwind to scatter the dust. If he used earth walls and flying stones, they would be too slow to catch up with its speed.

This beast didn't attack him directly either, only consuming his energy with wind blades.

Zhang Yuanjing considered several methods, but in mid-air, they always felt disjointed and incomplete, easily neutralized by this Eagle Owl beast.

The man and the bird fought for a day and a night, without a single truly intense exchange. The consumption of energy wasn't too great either. As dawn approached on the second day, the Eagle Owl took the opportunity to slip into the array gate and exit the arena.

Zhang Yuanjing could have stopped the beast from escaping, but he thought that keeping it around to experiment with earth techniques in the sky wouldn't be bad, so he didn't forcibly stop it.

Another three-game winning streak meant he could rest for five days. Counting this day, it was actually six days.

He looked down from the arena, watching Lu Tianying. Lu Tianying shook his head, indicating that there was still no news about the Fire Crow Daoist.

Zhang Yuanjing sighed softly, cleared his mind, and sat down on the arena to meditate. Half an hour later, he took out the Derived Revival Beast's inner core, held it in his fingers, and directly absorbed its spiritual energy to enhance his comprehension. He had learned the Devouring Technique and wasn't afraid of the impurities and demonic energy within the inner core.

Aerial combat was an obvious weakness of earth techniques. He couldn't borrow strength from the earth, and there were many flaws in the coordination of his moves. Even if he launched a strong attack, its power would be weakened.

With the help of the Derived Revival Beast's inner core, he constantly tried to connect the Sand Rolling, Shape Condensing, and Stone Driving techniques, integrating the three small spells of Mad Sand, Flying Stone, and Earth Defense to form a new technique.

After several days of comprehension, he gained quite a bit. He felt that if the Eagle Owl came again, he would definitely be able to trap and kill it.

However, this was just a combination of several small spells, far from being a true spell.

According to the Thick Earth Spell Arts chapter, spells are the form of the Great Dao, a concrete application of the Dao, embodied in all things, integrated as one, not deliberately constructed. Of course, this meant that the application of the Dao exists in the heart, not bound by established methods.

The Spell Arts chapter recorded spells like Mist Dust, Mud Swamp, Earth Womb, Stone Cannon, and Mountain Moving, all of which were extremely ordinary. But the reason they could be called spells was that they demonstrated the direct use of the Great Dao.

On the seventh day, the demon beast that came to fight was a Kui Cow. This cow's hide was thick and tough, and its eyes, ears, crotch, abdomen, and other parts were protected by defensive equipment of the highest-grade magic treasure level. There were almost no weaknesses on its entire body. Even if Zhang Yuanjing used the Limitless Blade, he couldn't find a gap to hit its vitals.

If he used Mad Sand to obscure its vision, this beast still had a talent for finding its way. No matter how dense the sand array was, it couldn't stop it from returning to the entrance of the arena. As for earth walls and earth prisons, this cow had infinite strength. With three or five charges of its blunt, long horns, it could break through them.

Zhang Yuanjing tried to create a Mud Swamp technique, but failed because it was dry and not sticky.

After half a day, the beast was greatly exhausted and voluntarily withdrew from the arena.

By now, the demon race's tactics were obvious: first, exhaust Zhang Yuanjing through a war of attrition, and then take the opportunity to send a demon beast with restraining methods to defeat or kill him.

Zhang Yuanjing couldn't wait for more powerful demons to come up and test his moves. Each time a demon came, he would design spells specifically for that demon's characteristics. Although he couldn't succeed, he always gained something.

In this way, he went through another ten battles. Although he only killed one demon, he gradually deepened his understanding of spells through testing his moves against different demon beasts. He gained the most from the Mist Dust, Mud Swamp, and Stone Cannon spells, which were mentioned as key points in the Spell Arts chapter.

However, because of the huge gap in realm and cultivation, it was always one layer short when comprehending many principles. Although he gained a lot, it didn't form a unified whole, so he hadn't yet achieved a single spell.

He wasn't discouraged. Comprehending the principles of spells at the Golden Core realm was an act of transcendence, so it wouldn't be easy.

That evening, Zhang Yuanjing won against another demon. Lu Tianying flew to the top of the stone platform and displayed words with spiritual jade: "Yesterday, I saw Tang. He said that Real Person Yuan is a guest at the academy's residence."

Previously, Ying Xionghui had sought Tang Zhaoyang several times, but had been unable to see him. Almost a month had passed, and finally there was a result.

"A guest?" Zhang Yuanjing asked solemnly.

Lu Tianying shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Why?" Zhang Yuanjing felt that there must be something behind this.

Lu Tianying didn't know how to explain, and after a long time, he displayed a name: "Junior Sister Shu."

When Zhang Yuanjing saw this name, he immediately understood, and an unknown anger surged up.

"She contacted the academy privately?"

Lu Tianying nodded.

"Where is she?"

Lu Tianying replied: "They've all gone there."

Zhang Yuanjing was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Is Senior Fire Crow in danger?"

"Tang said no."

Zhang Yuanjing moved his gaze and saw Guo Songtao and Ying Xionghui watching him below, so he winked at Lu Tianying.

Lu Tianying understood what he was asking and nodded solemnly.

Zhang Yuanjing's expression immediately became serious. If the Heavenly Dao Sect knew that the Profound Heaven Sect was contacting the Jixia Academy, they would definitely intensify their oppression and might even use very drastic measures.

He asked: "The Deacon Hall?"

Lu Tianying shook his head: "Not yet."

The conversation between the two, although under the gaze of everyone, was very simple, even cutting off the beginning and the end. Those who didn't know the inside story couldn't understand it at all.

Guo Songtao and Ying Xionghui, the two deacons of the Deacon Hall, naturally understood. One sneered, while the other had a complex expression.

Zhang Yuanjing walked back and forth on the arena and asked, "Uncle Lu, can you see Senior Fire Crow?"

Lu Tianying hesitated for a moment and said, "I can only try."

Zhang Yuanjing said, "Pass on a message to him. Just say that I said it: only a Transformation God can save him!"

Lu Tianying was startled when he heard this. He thought for a moment, but didn't understand the meaning. He couldn't ask more questions in front of outsiders, so he nodded and turned to leave.

Zhang Yuanjing sighed softly. The matter of seeking protection had suddenly become complicated. Negotiating with that academy libationer would probably delay things and lead to a precarious situation. He needed to directly meet the Transformation God of the academy to succeed.

However, it was extremely difficult for him to escape from this place. Moreover, once the Heavenly Dao Sect unleashed its thunderous wrath on the Profound Heaven Sect, there wouldn't be enough time to invite the academy's Transformation God.

He sat down cross-legged, eliminating all distractions, and continued to comprehend the Mist Dust, Mud Swamp, and Stone Cannon spells.

The key points of the calligraphy chapter were obscure and difficult to understand, not because of the difficulty of the words, but because he hadn't reached the realm and hadn't experienced it.

After thinking about it, he finally focused on four lines of poetry circulating in the mundane world: "The falling leaves of the third autumn are scattered, the flowers of the second month can bloom. Across the river, a thousand-foot wave, into the bamboo, ten thousand stalks slant."

This poem praises the wind. None of the lines directly describe the wind, but every line is about the wind. The Spell Arts chapter quoted this poem in the general outline to illustrate the relationship between the Dao and the Dharma, principle and technique. Only by achieving this can spells draw on the spiritual power of heaven and earth to achieve great power.

The principle is easy to understand, but difficult to put into practice; if it is difficult to put into practice, then the principle has not been truly understood. From principle to spell, there is still a connection needed. Without this connection, principle remains principle, and spell remains spell, and ultimately neither can be achieved.

After comprehending for several more days, he suddenly thought of the spells he had seen two Nascent Soul Completion cultivators cast—"Azure Sky Ze Country" and "Arrayed Suns in the Sky"!