Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

That day, Zhang Yuanjing was instructing Zhang Jun and Zhang Yu in front of the cave to comprehend the cultivation method, when Zhang Xuan rushed over in a hurry.

“Zhang Xuan, why are you in such a hurry?”

“Reporting, Immortal Elder, there is finally news from the people sent to Chixi Lake to inquire about how Tongyun Palace catches big fish.” Zhang Xuan's face was full of smiles, sweeping away the depression of the past six months.

In the past six months, Zhang Yuanjing only wanted red-finned fire-patterned fish that were more than two feet long. The Zhang family's fishing team tried their best, but only caught a few, which was far from meeting his needs.

Zhang Xuan saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, always worried that this “Immortal Zhang” would abandon her. Now that she finally had a solution, her worries naturally disappeared.

“Oh, how did you get the news?” Zhang Yuanjing didn't ask what he had found out, but first asked how he got the news.

“It's like this, among the martial arts families raised by Tongyun Palace, there is a Lin family. Because they are good at fishing, they have repeatedly made great contributions to Tongyun Palace. A disciple in the family was accepted as a disciple by an elder of Tongyun Palace. Since then, Tongyun Palace has relaxed its management of this family. A collateral disciple of this family was dissatisfied with the actions of the main clan and was short of money, so he was bought by the people I sent, and only then did he find out some news.”

Zhang Xuan has been in power of the Zhang family for ten years, and she is no longer as naive as she was back then. She exudes a mature and confident temperament. Speaking of these things of dividing, disintegrating, and buying people's hearts, she is also exceptionally natural and familiar.

“Well, if that's the case, then it's credible! Tell me, what have you gained?”

“Immortal Elder, don't worry, I have people specifically interrogate this Lin family disciple, and his words should be true.” A fierce look flashed in Zhang Xuan's eyes, but she still said gently.

“According to this person, to catch red-finned fire-patterned fish that are more than three feet long, first dig a pit at the bottom of the river in the deeper part of the river, set a trap, and then use a monster called a blue-faced mink as bait. Tie its mouth with a cloth bag, apply a restriction, place it in the trap, and cut several wounds on its body. When the mink suffocates in the water, it will constantly struggle. The more it struggles, the more blood will seep out. When this blood is mixed into the water when it is alive, it will emit a unique fishy smell, and the red-finned fire-patterned fish are extremely sensitive to this fishy smell. Once they smell it, they will swarm to devour the blood.

“The older the red-finned fire-patterned fish, the more they like to eat this blood. Therefore, once this bait is set, it can usually attract several red-finned fire-patterned fish that are more than three feet long. When this school of fish arrives, the martial arts experts will pull up the fire cotton nets that have been laid around the bait in advance, surround the school of fish, and then take advantage of the fact that the red-finned fire-patterned fish have not bitten through the fishing net, and the Immortal Elder will use a special tool to scoop up the big fish.

“Because the teeth of the red-finned fire-patterned fish that are more than three feet long are sharp and their mouths are sharp, even the highest quality fire cotton net cannot last for a few breaths. Therefore, the step of scooping up the fish must be fast enough. Tongyun Palace seems to have a net-like treasure. Once it is thrown out, it can net the big fish in an instant and bring it back.”

When Zhang Yuanjing heard this, he immediately understood that this method was likely to be true. Big fish that are more than three feet long are already savage blood stage monsters that have opened their meridians. It is natural to use monsters to attract monsters.

“Where does this blue-faced mink come from? Did you find out?”

“It is said that there is a large mountain range tens of thousands of miles south of Chixi Lake, called Wuling Mountain. This mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and there are many powerful monsters in the mountain. No mortals live within a three-thousand-mile radius. The blue-faced mink lives in this mountain. This mink has sensitive hearing and moves like the wind. It is very difficult to catch. Tongyun Palace has a stronghold at the foot of Wuling Mountain and sends dozens of disciples into the mountain every year to catch this mink, but they don't get much.”

“Well, the place is not far away. I hope there are no other forces entrenched there!” Zhang Yuanjing said in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

“Immortal Elder, do you think you need any other news?” Zhang Xuan asked cautiously.

“No need. Zhang Xuan, you have done a good job. I need to consider this matter. The Zhang family's fishing team will suspend fishing for now and take a good rest for a few months. I will make arrangements after I catch the blue-faced mink!” Zhang Yuanjing stroked the short beard under his jaw, looked at the distant Chixi River, and said thoughtfully.

Catching the blue-faced mink was not the top priority. The key was to make a special magical tool for catching the red-finned fire-patterned fish. Then, he thought of the Soul-Confining Hoe. The Soul-Confining Hoe could confine magical tools, and perhaps it could also confine the red-finned fire-patterned fish.

In the past ten years, he had put a lot of effort into warming and manipulating the Soul-Confining Hoe. Although it was far less skilled than the Profound Crystal Axe, he had been able to use it freely and quickly within a range of twenty feet. However, whether it was feasible or not would have to be tested when he had the chance. Of course, the premise of doing this experiment was to have a way to lure the red-finned fire-patterned fish so that it would not run away because of his approach.

Several days passed, and he couldn't think of a good way. His cultivation became even slower, and he felt annoyed. He got up and left the cave, walking downstream along the Chixi River.

As soon as he appeared on the river bank, the red-finned fire-patterned fish swimming and playing in the water immediately disappeared like frightened birds. He ignored them and just walked slowly, breathing the moist and fresh air on the river to dispel the worries in his heart.

For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, even ten years of seclusion was common. However, because of the passage of his lifespan, he felt that things were not finished and the future was bleak, and he felt melancholy and depressed.

In terms of cultivation progress, he was now incomparable to when he was in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, at least seven or eight times faster.

According to his current progress, even without the red-finned fire-patterned fish, it would take twenty or thirty years of hard work to complete his work and reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, he just didn't have this time. Not to mention twenty or thirty years, he couldn't even wait ten years.

Foundation Establishment cultivators often have to undergo decades of tempering when they reach the Great Perfection realm to gain some understanding of the Dao of Refining Qi and Transforming into the Divine before they can be fortunate enough to get a glimpse of the Dao of the Golden Elixir. Even with the help of elixirs or immortal herbs and divine fruits, it is difficult to succeed suddenly without the long-term precipitation of the mind.

The most crucial thing in breaking through the Pseudo-Core stage is to condense a little spiritual essence in the Niwan Palace, which is the life-and-death barrier that most Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivators are stuck on.

Among the three methods of breaking through the realm recorded in the Profound Heaven Sect, the upper method is to understand the Dao of Refining Qi and Transforming into the Divine, and directly condense a little spiritual essence in the Niwan. This often requires extremely high comprehension and heavenly opportunity. The middle method is to improve the realm through the improvement of the cultivation method. This depends on both the cultivation method and the extremely high talent for cultivating this method. The lower method is to rely on elixirs, and swallowing heaven and earth spiritual herbs also belongs to this category, but it is still a bit worse than taking elixirs.

Zhang Yuanjing actually used the lower method when he broke through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment by taking the Golden Scale Fruit. However, breaking through a major realm is not the same as breaking through a minor realm. It is impossible to break through violently by relying on spiritual objects.

For Zhang Yuanjing, he could only strive for a chance to break through the Pseudo-Core stage by cultivating to the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible.

After walking for four or five miles, he suddenly felt something and turned his head to look. He saw a red-finned big fish more than four feet long floating on the water surface thirty feet away, with water vapor steaming and smoke swirling around it. When the fish saw him looking over, its jujube-sized eyes rolled around a few times, revealing a bit of cunning.

Zhang Yuanjing stopped in surprise and couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the red-finned fire-patterned fish that had opened their meridians were not afraid of cultivators? He looked at it a few times and couldn't help but smile.

This fish was interesting. Not only did it not run away when it saw him, but it was also provoking him. This fish should have a lifespan of nearly four hundred years, and its cultivation was close to the middle stage of the Savage Blood Realm. Although this realm was not worth mentioning to him, in the water, it could indeed not be afraid of ordinary cultivators with its innate bloodline talent.

Zhang Yuanjing shook his head and suddenly thought: Destiny is probably profound and far away, but occasionally it is close. When you don't rely on it, it will quietly come at some point. He was thinking of finding a big fish to try the Soul Gathering Hoe, and this fish came by itself.

With a thought, he released his divine sense and locked onto this red-finned fire-patterned fish. When the fish saw that he seemed to be about to attack, it still showed no sign of running away, and even fanned its broom-sized tail, looking calm and comfortable.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanjing had an idea in his mind. He smiled slightly, took the Soul-Confining Hoe in his hand, and shook it at the fish, pretending to throw it out. The two long fins on the fish's abdomen trembled slightly, and the huge fish disappeared without a trace.

Zhang Yuanjing laughed and continued to walk downstream. After walking a few steps, the fish appeared on the water again, shouting “wow wow” twice, as if to demonstrate. Zhang Yuanjing didn't look at it and continued to walk forward, and the fish walked parallel to him on the water, occasionally shouting a few times or hitting the water towards Zhang Yuanjing with its tail.

Zhang Yuanjing ignored it and just walked on his own. The fish was a little bored, so it swam closer to five feet and turned its body to hit the water hard with its tail. At this moment, Zhang Yuanjing made his move. He flicked his wrist, and the Soul-Confining Hoe flew out quickly, heading straight for the fish's back.

This fish was only in the early stage of the Savage Blood Realm, and its intelligence was very weak. It did not know the power of the spiritual weapon in the cultivator's hand. It had only seen ordinary weapons such as flying forks and flying spears of martial arts people. It could only attack once, and once it missed the target, it would fall into the water and could not be used again.

Therefore, when the Soul-Confining Hoe hit, it just twisted its body to dodge, and did not dive into the water immediately. Moreover, because it was hitting the water on the surface just now, its whole body was floating on the water, and it could not borrow much water power, so it barely dodged the first blow of the Soul-Confining Hoe.

Zhang Yuanjing smiled lightly, pointed a magic formula in his hand, and the Soul-Confining Hoe swayed slightly beside the fish, turned a direction, and then dug a hoe on the fish's shimmering scales under its abdomen, firmly confining it and quickly bringing it to the shore.

The big fish was covered with blood-red斑纹, its green long tail twisted desperately, and its mouth made a strange “嗷嗷” sound, its eyes full of panic.

“It really works. This Soul-Confining Hoe is a wonderful thing!”

Zhang Yuanjing felt happy in his heart, let out a long roar towards the wide river, then grabbed the red-finned fire-patterned fish, jumped up, and flew to the cave.

He couldn't wait to skin and debone the fish, cut off a piece, and swallowed it into his stomach. Two groups of pure spiritual power, one fire and one water, rose from his stomach, moved randomly, entered the meridians where the Thick Earth Creation Technique was running, and were constantly refined.

Two hours later, after finishing his work, there was an extra mouthful of rich Thick Earth power in his dantian.

He opened his eyes, his face showing surprise. The cultivation gained from this piece of fish meat was worth five days of work, and the impurities contained in this fish meat were very few, and he could eat five pieces a day.

In this way, the progress of cultivation was several times faster than before when eating fish that were a foot long. This fish was very large, and one fish was enough for ten days. If he could catch ten fish a year, he would be expected to improve his cultivation to the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage within five years.