Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing shot out of the earth abyss. As he passed over the top of the earthen hill, the corner of his eye caught sight of a golden object stuck in the center of a large rock below. Focusing his gaze, he realized it was the golden horn of the Flame Beast. He lowered his flying sword, swept past it, and plucked it out. Then, he accelerated away with all his might.

Although the Core Formation cultivator was still fighting the Flame Beast, Zhang Yuanjing didn't dare to risk it. He flew out of the desert, sped for three thousand miles, and then found a mountainous area. He burrowed into it, using his earth遁 technique to slowly tunnel through the ground.

Several hours later, feeling that he had tunneled nearly a thousand miles, he hid underground, suppressed his aura, and meditated to heal his internal and external injuries. After seven days, he found a place with lush forests and grasses, emerged, and recovered his strength and mana.

After resting for a whole day, he used earth遁 again to travel underground. This time, he tunneled through the shallow earth, increasing his speed. After traveling several hundred miles, he rested for half a day.

Repeating this process for more than ten days, he tunneled eastward for thousands of miles. After confirming that no one was following him, he rode his flying sword, close to the ground, and flew south towards Zhangjiawan.

After reaching Mount Meng, he did not rush back to his cave in Zhangjiawan. Instead, he found a secluded place and set up a simple formation. First, he took out the jade box containing the Umbrella Jade, placed the Umbrella Jade inside, and allowed it to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This experience undoubtedly made him more deeply appreciate the power of this object, and he naturally became more reliant on it.

Only then did he consider how to deal with the twenty-five Flame Beasts he had obtained. Of course, the Flame Beasts at the Spirit Awakening realm were too powerful to be used by mortals. As for those at the Savage Blood realm, they had to be classified according to early, middle, and late stages. He would let Zhang Xuan determine the dosage based on the Flame Qi Paste formula, making sure not to use too much, lest the medicinal effect exceed the limit that mortals could withstand, causing tragedy.

Of course, the Savage Blood realm Flame Beasts also had to be carefully processed before being handed over to Zhang Xuan.

The bones and blood of this demonic beast were the best, and could be used for refining pills. The next best were the scales, which could be used to refine defensive spiritual artifacts. Next were the horns, which could be used to refine offensive spiritual artifacts. The worst was the muscle, which could be used to extract essence to supply cultivators for body refinement, but it was far inferior to specialized body refinement pills and could only be used by mortals to enhance their physique.

After thinking it over, he decided to keep all the scales and horns of the Flame Beasts, because these two items were too conspicuous and easily recognized by cultivators. As for the bones, blood, and the like, he had a Spirit Awakening realm Flame Beast, so he naturally looked down on them and could hand them all over to Zhang Xuan for processing.

Thus, after staying in the mountains for another five days and confirming that no one was looking for him, he leisurely flew back to his cave.

Zhang Xuan hurried over upon hearing the news. When she saw Zhang Yuanjing, she couldn't help but stare, because Zhang Yuanjing's image at this time, even if not completely changed, was very different from the past. The hair on his head was completely gone, replaced by a layer of black stubble an inch long, and his deep eyes were bare, without even an eyebrow.

Zhang Yuanjing chuckled, "It's okay, I accidentally fell into the earth fire and burned it off, just some skin injuries."

Seeing that he said it easily, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but smile, like spring flowers blooming in the snow, gentle with a touch of charm. She immediately realized it was inappropriate, red clouds climbed up her pink face, and she lowered her head and said, "Daoist Master, don't be offended, but this little girl just feels that the immortal master looks young, more like an older brother than a senior!"

Zhang Yuanjing rarely saw Zhang Xuan showing a daughter's attitude, and couldn't help but be stunned. Hearing her words, he couldn't help but think that he had been too cold in the past, causing this girl to be too fearful. So he smiled and said, "That's fine, this poor Daoist's cultivation is not high, and there is no need to always put on the appearance of an accomplished expert. Taking this opportunity, I can just change my image, which can also be regarded as matching the name with reality."

Without waiting for Zhang Xuan to speak, he continued, "You came at the right time, there is something here that needs you to do quickly."

So he told her the number of Flame Beasts he had harvested, and asked her to build a special storage room to store these items. Zhang Xuan naturally went happily.

After that, he spent several days meditating and reflecting, carefully recalling and repeatedly examining this trip to the Fire Dragon Abyss.

His biggest feeling was still that he was too bold and too reckless. He listened to a rogue cultivator's plan that he thought was foolproof, and went to attack a cultivation family with a hundred-year heritage and backed by a medium-sized sect, almost dying. If there were any gains, of course, there were great gains, but compared to life, compared to the path of cultivation, these spoils were dispensable.

So, he once again warned himself to forget his background as a disciple of a major sect, and truly act as cautiously as a cultivator without a backer or support. He should think thrice before acting, consider the dangers and costs more, be less tempted by some unworthy things, and not fall into a predicament or even die for unnecessary things.

After half a month, Zhang Xuan led the direct descendants of the family and built a ten-zhang square storage room under the old house.

Zhang Yuanjing went with her, took out the bones and blood, stored them in the room, and set up a simple formation as protection. He only taught the method of entering the formation to Zhang Xuan alone.

As for the Flame Beast meat, it was too large to be placed in the room, so he went to Mount Meng again, built a large stove, used his mana to start a fire, smoked all the meat into jerky, and then handed it over to Zhang Xuan for storage.

In this way, after two months, these miscellaneous matters were finally completed, and he finally entered a peaceful period of cultivation again.

In the next four years, he refined Bitter Origin Pills while taking Redfin Fire-striped Fish, and his cultivation could be described as advancing by leaps and bounds.

After the Bitter Origin Pills were used up, his cultivation progress slowed down by relying only on the Redfin Fire-striped Fish. However, this was also unavoidable.

The further back the cultivation, the slower the accumulation became. One could only rely on a large supply of resources and the patience of water磨功夫 to improve bit by bit.

In addition to cultivation, he carefully taught Zhang Jun and Zhang Yu. Zhang Xuan accompanied them every time, standing more than ten zhang away, watching quietly, with envy, admiration, and affection in her eyes. Sometimes, she unconsciously blushed, revealing the unique shyness of a girl.

Zhang Yuanjing saw it in his eyes and naturally felt it. However, his lifespan was coming to an end, and this was the time to work hard. He had no intention of engaging in matters between men and women, and Zhang Xuan was just a mortal. The separation between immortals and mortals was like clouds and mud, and it was difficult to walk together after all. Therefore, he pretended not to know, letting her feelings flow to the east.

After three years of meridian dredging, Zhang Yu began to cultivate the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Qi Circulation Technique at the age of six. She had extraordinary spiritual roots and was intelligent. She cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Technique extremely quickly. When Zhang Yuanjing taught her, she often inferred other things from one instance and made connections. It only took her two years to pass the three stages of opening the meridians, strengthening the body, and sensing qi, and cultivate the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Qi Circulation Technique, becoming a proper Qi Refining cultivator.

On the other hand, Zhang Jun was far behind. Not only did he have poor spiritual roots, but he also lacked comprehension. It took him a full five years to study and comprehend the first level of the Thick Earth Qi Circulation Technique before he passed the three stages and cultivated the first level. In this way, although the two started cultivating three years apart, they both became Qi Refining Level 1 cultivators after five years.

Ten years passed in a flash. Zhang Yuanjing was already two hundred and twenty-six years old, and he was less than fifteen years away from the lifespan limit of two hundred and forty years for ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. His cultivation became more and more profound. The Niwan Palace was vast, many times larger than when he first entered the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and his mana had also increased more than twofold.

If he could continue to cultivate at the current speed, he would definitely reach the Great Perfection realm in another ten years. However, the Great Perfection of any realm will not give cultivators extra lifespan. The lifespan of a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivator is the same as that of a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator.

In the ten years, in addition to cultivation, he often warmed up the Spirit Gathering Hoe and the Earth Trap Ruler, familiarizing himself with the characteristics and effects of these two spiritual artifacts.

Considering his lack of fast and powerful offensive means, he set his sights on the golden horn he had picked up in the earthen hill of the Fire Dragon Abyss. This object was hard and sharp, and was a material of magic treasure level. He had low cultivation and did not understand refining, so he could not refine it into a spiritual weapon. However, he could simply warm it up and strengthen the connection of his spiritual sense, so that he could use it as a trump card to attack unprepared and unexpected in key moments of battle.

As for Guo Yuqing's powerful and strange Flame Light Shield, because it was of the fire attribute, he could only abandon it.

During this period, the monstrous Zhang Yu had already cultivated to the fourth level of Qi Refining, while Zhang Jun had barely entered the second level of Qi Refining.

Thirteen-year-old Zhang Yu was eccentric, mischievous, and often teased her fourth brother. Fortunately, Zhang Jun was generous and steady, had a clear understanding of his own aptitude, and had a firm character, so he always maintained a peaceful state of mind and did not take Zhang Yu's teasing to heart. Instead, he cultivated even harder, which made Zhang Yuanjing very satisfied.

In the past ten years, many major events have occurred in the cultivation world of this so-called "Six Sects" alliance area, which were more or less related to Zhang Yuanjing, but he was completely unaware of them.

After he and Lao Deren raided the Guo family in the Fire Dragon Abyss, killing the head of the Guo family and many Guo family Foundation Establishment cultivators, the upper echelons of the Hidden Yang Sect were furious and sent many people to investigate the identity of the attackers. They quickly dug out Lao Deren, a well-known Foundation Establishment cultivator, and immediately sent a Core Formation cultivator and more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators to hunt him down.

However, Lao Deren had already fled far away and did not know where he was hiding. The Hidden Yang Sect spent five years investigating, but could not find any trace of him, so they issued a wanted order in the Six Sects.

However, this wanted order had an unexpected consequence for the Hidden Yang Sect and the other four sects except for the Star Moon Gate, that is, it aroused the desire of many late-stage and Great Perfection Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators to seize the Mysterious Yin Tokens from the hands of the five sects' cultivators.

At the beginning, Lao Deren had instigated them at the trade fair organized by his organization. Although there were not many people, the signal was indeed released. At first, everyone naturally wanted to wait and see. When the news that Lao Deren and several others had attacked and killed Guo Yuqing spread, these rogue cultivators became restless. When the Hidden Yang Sect issued the wanted order, although it did not mention the Mysterious Yin Token, for those cultivators who had participated in the trade fair, this wanted order was tantamount to admitting that Lao Deren had taken the Mysterious Yin Token by force.

Therefore, the already restless rogue cultivators immediately took action. In the following years, many attacks and killings occurred specifically to seize the Mysterious Yin Tokens, and at least a dozen Mysterious Yin Tokens were seized from the five sects. At this time, there were rumors that the five sects had joined forces to put pressure on the Star Moon Gate, demanding that it make a public statement that the seized Mysterious Yin Tokens were invalid, and that the holders would not only be disqualified from entering the Mysterious Yin Cave, but would also be captured and questioned, but the Star Moon Gate refused.

In this way, it added fuel to the fire. The rogue cultivators' battle for the Mysterious Yin Tokens rose and fell one after another, keeping the five sects busy.

As for Zhang Yuanjing, although the Hidden Yang Sect knew some of his characteristics, after inquiring about the surrounding rogue cultivators, no one recognized him.

The Hidden Yang Sect originally wanted to issue a wanted order in the Six Sects as well, but Hao Taichang, who had risked serious injuries to finally kill the Core Formation realm Flame Beast, believed that Zhang Yuanjing had a great background, and advocated not issuing a public wanted order, but secretly investigating.

Of course, this person also had selfish intentions. On the one hand, he was a vengeful person. If Zhang Yuanjing was caught after a public wanted order, and the forces behind him came to him, he would not be able to kill him. If he went to find him secretly, as long as he caught him, he could make him wish he were dead. On the other hand, he also became greedy for the items on his body. A Foundation Establishment cultivator had two defensive magic treasures, and could even use them across realms, indicating that he had a lot of wealth and perhaps more treasures and strange objects.

In this way, Zhang Yuanjing escaped a disaster. Otherwise, the first person to report him would be the Crimson Cloud Palace. His Profound Crystal Great Axe and strange hoe were very recognizable. This was actually where he was not careful enough.

By the tenth year of Zhang Yuanjing's secluded cultivation, Redfin Fire-striped Fish less than one foot long had no effect on him. Only fish longer than one foot could help him improve his cultivation. Moreover, only those over two feet long would have a significant effect. Therefore, he called Zhang Xuan and told her to only send Redfin Fire-striped Fish over two feet long, and to release all the other fish.

As a result, the Redfin Fire-striped Fish sent over were greatly reduced. It often took five or six days, or even ten days, to send over a suitable fish. This was only the result of a large supply of Flame Qi Paste that greatly increased the strength of the Zhang family's fishing team. Otherwise, they might not be able to catch a fish over two feet long in a month.

In this way, Zhang Yuanjing's cultivation progress almost stagnated. He knew that he had to find other ways, otherwise he could only die of old age here, stopping at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.