The Romantic Cultivator



Ji Yuan and his team had now entered through to the shimmering black portal and saw they saw that they were in a burning wasteland that were filled with smog and there was even lava from some grounds.

A black stele marker revealed that they had indeed entered the second level of the Dream Dungeon of Tenebris

Ji Yuan said to his team with a grin, "This place looks dangerous. Let walk in haste but look out for any pitfalls on the ground."

Everyone agreed with him as they continued in their usual formation.

To them, this place looked less dangerous than the previous trial but there should be a catch somewhere. 

They were quite astonished that Ji Yuan was able to walk on his own and he could even grin at them as though he had just been on a run. 

They did not know that Ji Yuan naturally has a high recovery rate that are further boosted by his purple lightning tribulation and True Sacred Saint Profound Art. And after he was tempered by 81 purple lightning, his recovery has further increased. 

Unlike the other cultivators, Ji Yuan has a poor profound defense as he did not have any powerful profound defense art so he focused on his natural high recovery to overcome his opponents.

But even if he has a powerful profound defense profound art, he may not use it because it would drain too much of his profound strength and Ji Yuan mainly uses his profound strength for either attack or recovery. 

His end goal is always to outlast all the powerful cultivators; their powerful formidable profound arts are also their weakness as it sapped their profound strength and Ji Yuan plays the slow game with them in his duels. 

Tian Ao joked to the other 4 cultivators that were with him, "Hahaha. Maybe we can even find some profound treasures in this burning wasteland. It should be a fire element related profound treasure."

Beitang Hai, Wang Gongzi, Zhang Feihong and Hu Butao were all grinning and laughing at the same time; they had indeed missed out on the profound treasures in the previous trial by running too fast. 

But that place was something that they wanted to stay for too long as it was too dangerous. 

Ji Yuan in the meantime was secretly looking at the slender waists of Hua Yunzi and Xie Hongyu and he was admiring their swaying butts as well: This is too sinful… it is like they are all wearing lingerie in front of me…

All of a sudden, he was interrupted by Shui Xisi behind him. "What are you looking at?"

She had suddenly sneaked behind him and startled him. At the same time she had also surprised Hua Yunzi and Xie Hongyu as well.

Ji Yuan turned around to growl at her, "You aren't supposed to come too near to us, right?"

Shui Xisi giggled, "You say behind you but you never say how far, am I right?"

Ji Yuan frowned, "Definitely not this near."

"Or am I disturbing your awesome moments?" Shui Xisi giggled.

Ji Yuan: …

How the heck does she know what I am looking at?

Shui Xisi is naturally very sharp and she could see what Ji Yuan is looking at even if the others did not. It is because her divine sense is on a completely another level than the celestial cultivators and it is not wrong to say that her divine sense is an immortal divine sense due to her immortal bloodline.

Ji Yuan weakly said to her, "Erm, can you get back to your formation?"

Shui Xisi pretended to say, "I am so afraid of this place and I feel so much safer in a group."

Hua Yunzi smiled, "Maiden Xisi, we can switch places. I can go and watch our rear instead…"

"No need." Ji Yuan frowned. "Sisi can stay at our back." 

With Shui Xisi around, he could not focus on his awesome deeds anymore…

Shui Xisi giggled as she pretended to thank Ji Yuan politely, "Thank you, Great Saint Ji Yuan!"

She did not want to acknowledge her relationship with Ji Yuan but both Hua Yunzi and Xie Hongyu could see that she was actually quite close to him. 

Shui Xisi poked at Ji Yuan's back and said, "Weird. How do you recover so fast after being hit by 81 profound purple lightning? What is your secret?"

Ji Yuan bitterly said, "I did tell you already but you didn't believe me."

He was naturally referring to Aura his talking divine tree. 

Shui Xisi shook her head as she suspiciously looked at him, "There must be other secrets that you are not sharing." 

Ji Yuan shrugged his shoulders as he continued to follow the rest of the team that was ahead. "Well, I don't know why."

He was equally perplexed how he could survive too and he was thinking that this may also be attributed to the Golden Natal Divine Pearl too?

This was the truth as Ji Yuan did not know that he had the True Devil Body that had actually helped him to withstand the shattering profound shockwaves of the purple lightning. 

But he was partially right when he had guessed that it may be attributed to the Golden Natal Golden Pearl.

This Golden Natal Divine Pearl is indeed a True Divine profound treasure and its spiritual aura is equivalent to the best spiritual mountains in the entire Celestial Realm. 

Ji Yuan's immortal master, the Old Reverend Beiyuan had indeed given him a most priceless immortal profound treasure.

This was also the reason why the Great Beyond Goddess was upset with Old Reverend Beiyuan for 'losing' it. 

Old Reverend Beiyuan actually had not expected for Ji Yuan to be able to use or cultivate this Golden Natal Divine Pearl but the mere presence of this true divinity profound treasure would be enough to provide Ji Yuan a life time of rich cultivation no matter where he goes. 

With this Golden Natal Divine Pearl, Ji Yuan did not even need to have a cultivation rest; he could even regain his profound strength and injuries by the sheer profound power of this Golden Natal Divine Pearl alone.

But of course, it was still quite impossible for him to recover his depleted inner spiritual sea so fast even with this Golden Natal Divine Pearl and he could still be killed when the purple lightning had completely burn up his inner spiritual sea. 

He had Aura the Divine Tree to thanks for; she was able to feed upon the profound purple lightning and even produce purer spiritual aura for Ji Yuan to drawn upon, fueling his profound strength again and again.

If not, even with his True Devil Body, he would not be able to survive the tempering of the 81 purple profound lightning with only his 7th cultivation realm. 

And of course, he also had his sword aura, his profound mystical toga and divine swords Anyang and Xiang Li to thank for as well for lessening the impact of the powerful profound purple lightning. 

Ji Yuan also had strong willpower and resistant to pain to carry him through the 81 profound lightning strikes as he did not want to die just like this. 

All these factors added together created a miracle for Ji Yuan. 

So, he really did not know why when questioned by Shui Xisi.

He wanted to show off to Shui Xisi his divine tree but Aura the Divine Tree was inside his inner spiritual sea together with his Golden Natal Divine Pearl. So he was not lying when he said that he could not show it to her.

Right now, instead of feeling weaken by his exhausting fight with the profound purple lightning, Ji Yuan felt he was much stronger than he was at his peak even though he was aching all over and he had to endure the blistering wounds of the profound purple lightning that had yet to be healed. 

All of a sudden, the 5 cultivators in front of Ji Yuan were all shouting with great excitement; they had found some firegrass that were at least 500 years old and they were eagerly trying to pluck it.

Firegrass has the effect of controlling the fires when it comes to concocting profound pills and although it may be basic but it was very rare to find in the Celestial Realm. That is why it is often not used, leading to high failure rates when it comes to concocting profound pills as the cultivators try to find an alternative to it. 

Ji Yuan did not stop them from trying to pluck these firegrass as this was their fortuitous encounter and he fully understood why they were so excited. 

Tian Ao shouted a stern warning to the rest, "If you see any firegrass that is more than 10 000 year old, please give a warning first and don't recklessly pluck them first."

The other 4 cultivators nodded for they all understood Tian Ao's concerns; the older a spirit plant is, it is often guarded by a powerful profound beast that is feeding on its profound animus.

There were many molten lakes and burning wasteland in this place that could hide the profound beasts from their divine senses so they had to be cautious about it.

As for Hua Yunzi and Xie Hongyu, they did not rush to pluck the firegrass like the rest in front; it was because they were with a beautiful man like Ji Yuan and they were flushing as they walked next to him.

Since Ji Yuan did not rush to pick the firegrass, they too had restrained themselves. 

Ji Yuan on the other hand was looking around the burning wasteland to check for any profound beasts that may be hidden from their divine sense or sight.

He did spot a few low level and small profound beasts but they were too weak to threaten his team.

Shui Xisi smiled, "This place is really rich in fire profound resources. I wonder if I can find the nirvana herb here."

Ji Yuan was curious as he asked her, "What is that and why do you need it for?"

Even Hua Yunzi and Xie Hongyu were curious too.

Shui Xisi smiled, "Your Jiajia and I practice the 9 Nirvana Profound Art. We are at the 8th Nirvana Revolution now and if I can help a rare 1 million nirvana herb here, I may just be able to complete my 9th Nirvana Revolution."

Ji Yuan gasped with shock, "1 million year! And you want to pluck it?"

Shui Xisi hit him on his chest and giggled, "It isn't that long of a time…"

Ji Yuan interrupted her with a shocked look, "1 million year and you say that it isn't a long time?!"

Shui Xisi giggled before explaining, "Alright. I shouldn't have told you this or in front of these two maidens but I am inclined to be generous today. This Spiritas Tower takes 500 years to descend right? Do you know why?"

Ji Yuan nodded, "Yeah. What about it?"

Shui Xisi giggled playfully, "During this 500 years, it is trapped in a time capsule that enhance the speed of growth for spirit plants by 1000 times. So it is only a mere 2 cycles for a spirit plant to be 1 million year old. The same goes for the profound beasts within it as well."

Ji Yuan was startled, "I didn't know that."

Even Hua Yunzi and Xie Hongyu were staring blankly at Shui Xisi as they did not know this as well.

Shui Xisi explained with a wry smile, "This time multiplier is different from all the trials. The longer the time interval for the trials to appear, the greater is the time multiplier. That is why it is easier to find millions old spirit herbs in the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth than the low level trials elsewhere in the Celestial Realm."

Then she added with a chuckle, "Why do you think that the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth is always able to produce so many spirit plants that are so ancient every 500 years? By right, it should all be gone by now. This included all the profound beasts. You cultivators are so greedy that you just pluck and kill everything you see."

Ji Yuan protested weakly, "I am not like the greedy cultivators. Erm, I just pluck a little plant that all."

He was naturally referring to Aura the Divine Tree.

Actually, Aura was not sent by the Trial Spirit and her appearance was a pure accident. 

It was actually by the Goddess Ai Tina as she had intervened by sending the most valuable reward for the first trial for Ji Yuan's team as she had almost killed them by accident. 

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