Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Outside the cave dwelling, Zhang Jun and Zhang Yu had been waiting for a long time.

Zhang Yuanjing had been imparting cultivation techniques to the two when he suddenly soared into the sky to fight a cultivator, which really startled them.

When they saw Ling Jianzi gathering his sword momentum and attacking Zhang Yuanjing with the Human-Sword Unity technique, they were dumbfounded and broke out in cold sweats.

As Zhang Yuanjing blocked that earth-shattering blow and was repeatedly attacked by the ghostly sword, they were horrified and trembled all over.

When Zhang Yuanjing resolved the crisis, recalled the giant axe, and fought fiercely with his opponent, they were filled with anxiety and worry.

Subsequently, Zhang Yuanjing unleashed a powerful move, and the situation turned around as the giant axe chased after his opponent across the sky, causing their blood to boil and making them gesticulate wildly.

Finally, Zhang Yuanjing killed the powerful enemy and swept away the gloom, and they were overjoyed and cheered.

When they saw their master, they were both filled with reverence and bowed in unison, saying, "Congratulations, Master, for slaying the powerful enemy and achieving a great victory!"

"Hahaha, get up!" Zhang Yuanjing laughed, reaching out to help them up and gesturing for them to sit on the stone benches to talk.

"That person was Ling Jianzi, the Grand Elder of Tongyun Palace. I have fought him three times, and this time I finally killed him, which was not easy."

Zhang Yuanjing put away his smile and said solemnly, "In the Foundation Establishment realm, this person's strength is truly rare. There are three reasons why I was able to kill him: first, my cultivation is profound; second, my spiritual weapon is stronger than his; and third, I waited for him to exhaust himself. Lacking any one of these, I could only defeat him but not injure him. In summary, the strength of a cultivator lies in these three aspects: cultivation, spiritual weapons, and tactics. You will naturally understand this when you fight enemies in the future. However, cultivation is the most important. Without cultivation, the other two are useless."

"Taking this battle as an example, I will explain to you what cultivation is! Jun'er, you speak first, what is cultivation?"

Zhang Jun replied without hesitation, "It's mana!"

"Yu'er, what about you?"

"Master, this disciple believes that it is mana and divine soul. The combination of the two is cultivation!"

Zhang Yuanjing nodded and smiled, "That's right, you are both correct, but not entirely correct. Taoist Qi Refiners, from mortal to immortal, can be summarized into three major steps: Refining Qi to Transform Spirit, Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness, and Refining Emptiness to Merge with the Dao. Refining Qi is the foundation of all realms, so Jun'er is correct in saying that mana is cultivation. This has been said since ancient times. The divine soul that Yu'er mentioned is also enhanced through refining Qi. Of course, they are not the same thing, so it is also correct to say that mana and divine soul are cultivation."

"However, why do I say that you are not entirely correct? Because you are missing the 'essence' of spirit. True cultivation must be the essence, qi, and spirit, and the three must be integrated. Nowadays, some major Taoist sects also propose the concept of Refining Essence to Transform Qi. What is Refining Essence to Transform Qi? Some might say that spiritual qi grows between heaven and earth, and cultivators swallow it for their own use, so why is it necessary to refine essence to obtain qi! However, it is not easy to refine the spiritual qi of heaven and earth into mana."

"Therefore, senior experts often say that cultivation is a matter of defying the heavens, and it is difficult to achieve success without the spirit and will to fight against the heavens with endless joy. For example, Ling Jianzi, whom I fought today, belongs to this kind of person with a strong will. He regarded me as an obstacle to his cultivation and would not rest until he killed me to ease his mind. Why? Because the spirit is here. Without the fighting spirit to fight to the death, how can one defy the heavens! He has no irreconcilable hatred with me, so he fought to the death only to avoid harming that boundless and indestructible will."

"Therefore, this 'essence' is not the essence of essence yuan, but the 'essence' of spirit. Cultivation is like this, and so is battle. Both need this spirit to achieve final success."

Zhang Yuanjing was in high spirits and lectured for two hours. Seeing that it was late at night, he stopped talking, took out three flying swords and a pseudo-spiritual talisman from Ling Jianzi's storage bag, gave the two fire-attributed flying swords to Zhang Yu, and the earth-attributed flying sword and pseudo-spiritual talisman to Zhang Jun.

Then he instructed them that from tomorrow onwards, Zhang Yu should come at Chen Shi (7-9 AM), and Zhang Jun should come at Wei Shi (1-3 PM), and he would teach them each for half a day, for a month.

Zhang Yu had a very high talent, and Zhang Yuanjing had already taught her the entire Profound Heaven Qi Circulation Technique. Now, he began to teach the Profound Heaven Heart Sutra of the Foundation Establishment realm, not requiring her to understand it, but only to memorize it.

The Profound Heaven Heart Sutra was extremely profound, and it was difficult to understand without sufficient cultivation. Therefore, Zhang Yuanjing had to explain some obscure terms and secret texts in words that she could understand. Only in this way could Zhang Yu possibly memorize the entire technique.

As for Zhang Jun, he taught the Thick Earth Qi Circulation Technique and explained the Devouring Technique in the Eight Earth Techniques. As for the other seven techniques, firstly, there was no time, and secondly, with Zhang Jun's talent, it was impossible to understand them in the short term.

Therefore, he simply let him learn the Devouring Technique alone. If he could master a few points, he would have some hope of entering the Foundation Establishment realm. Fortunately, Zhang Jun could put in the effort and had a deep understanding of the first few layers of the Thick Earth Qi Circulation Technique, with a very solid foundation, so teaching the later layers of the technique went relatively smoothly. As a result, he had more time to study the Devouring Technique.

After a few days, Han Ji sent a message saying that he was ready and wanted to trade Foundation Establishment Pills with him. Zhang Yuanjing had promised Ape Thirteen to refine益神 Pills, and was waiting for the丹方 of Tongyun丹, so he immediately agreed to exchange items at the old place in Xizhou City half a month later.

It was still the same pavilion, and the two met as scheduled. Han Ji's cultivation had improved again, and it seemed that he was not far from the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

After Han Ji saluted, he immediately presented a jade slip with both hands and said, "Please examine it, Senior!"

Zhang Yuanjing took the jade slip, but did not check it first. Instead, he asked with a smile, "You spent several years stealing the丹方, I wonder how you succeeded?"

Han Ji had no scruples and generously explained how he planned, how he chose people, how he broke through, and how he stole it. Zhang Yuanjing nodded repeatedly as he listened, secretly praising this young man as a talent, not only resourceful and sophisticated, but also strong-willed and tenacious.

After Han Ji finished speaking, he picked up the丹方, read it carefully, and after a little thought, put it away. This彤雲丹 uses redfin fire-patterned fish as the main ingredient and nine relatively common medicinal materials from the cultivation world as auxiliary ingredients, so it is not difficult to refine.

However, to collect these medicinal materials, one must go to the仙城 established by the cultivation sects. He now only knew that the six sects each had their own仙城, and jointly built a Six Mountains仙城, and the rest was a complete blank.

Just as he was about to ask Han Ji, Han Ji took out a storage bag and placed it on the stone table between the two, saying, "Here are the nine auxiliary medicines for refining彤雲丹. Because they are all available in the palace, this junior has obtained some, not many, five portions of each, for Senior to use."

"Well, very good! According to the original agreement, here is..."

Zhang Yuanjing was very happy, reached into the storage bag, and took out a porcelain bottle. Just as he was about to hand it to Han Ji, Han Ji suddenly knelt down: "Senior, this junior wants to become your disciple, I don't want the Foundation Establishment Pill!"

Zhang Yuanjing was stunned, then chuckled dumbly, and said with a meaningful tone: "Why do you want to become a poor Daoist's disciple? You must know that poor Daoist is just a rogue cultivator, the so-called four essentials of cultivation 'wealth, companion, method, and land', I have nothing!"

"Han Ji has been in the Tongyun Palace for decades, and has never been listed under any elder's door. He has no guidance, and his cultivation is difficult to improve. If this continues, there is no hope of Foundation Establishment in this life. Therefore, I would like to ask Senior to take me in and teach me from time to time!"

Han Ji had already heard about Ling Jianzi's desire to fight with Zhang Yuanjing. The person was now right in front of him, so his decisive battle with Ling Jianzi was either a win or a tie. In short, his strength was only stronger than Ling Jianzi. If he could get his guidance, it would be better than lingering in the Tongyun Palace.

"Why is this? Poor Daoist sees that your aptitude is not bad. If you are carefully cultivated, there is still hope of entering the Foundation Establishment realm." Zhang Yuanjing was surprised, and asked.

Seeing that Zhang Yuanjing did not refuse immediately, Han Ji gained a little more confidence, and said: "This junior was originally a scholar, and his studies were passable. He passed the乡试 early, but he was born poor and had no connections. He did not get guidance from a famous teacher, so he repeatedly failed in the会试.

"Once, on the way to the capital to take the examination, I encountered robbers. In a panic, I escaped into a mountain cave, from which I obtained a Taoist inheritance. Since I had no way to advance on the road to officialdom, I taught myself Taoism. Originally, it was just a temporary excitement, but I didn't expect that this junior had some talent in the way of cultivation, and made rapid progress. In three years, I opened my meridians and entered the Dao, becoming a rogue cultivator.

"Twenty years after cultivation, I encountered a Qi Refining cultivator from Tongyun Palace by chance. I envied their inheritance, so I had the idea of entering the sect. It happened that they needed manpower to capture blue-faced martens, so I took this opportunity and entered the Tongyun Palace very smoothly.

"But I only knew after entering the palace that rogue cultivators like me could not be trusted at all. I could only learn half of the嫡傳 technique, and I only got a quarter of the百靈丸 given to嫡系 disciples. Also, because I had cultivated other techniques, the elders were unwilling to take me as a disciple, and only used me as an ordinary disciple to do chores for the sect. In the blink of an eye, thirty years have passed, and my cultivation has only increased from the original seventh level of Qi Refining to the tenth level of Qi Refining. If it weren't for Senior's百靈丸, I don't know when I would have reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining!"

"Since it's not going well, why didn't you leave?"

"This junior stayed in the Tongyun Palace, just thinking that if there was a chance, I could get a Foundation Establishment Pill! Where else can a rogue cultivator get it!" Han Ji showed a sad look on his face, but he was thinking in his heart that this senior was probably not a rogue cultivator.

"Well, so that's the case, it's understandable." Zhang Yuanjing nodded, and had a little affection for this Han Ji's talent.

Of course, there was also a reason that this person's temperament and wit were quite similar to Zhou Zhengming.

Zhou Zhengming, on his recommendation, became a nominal disciple of Wu Yuankui. However, due to his stupidity, Wu Yuankui was lost in another world, and Zhou Zhengming, as his nominal disciple, was bound to fall into an awkward situation. No elders in the Xuantian Sect would accept Zhou Zhengming as a disciple, and in name he was a disciple of the former headmaster, so the sect had to deal with him coldly, sweeping him aside, ignoring him, and perhaps not even giving him the treatment of an elite disciple. However, he was powerless to do anything about it.

Because he pitied Zhou Zhengming, he sympathized with Han Ji, and could not help but care a little more.

"However, poor Daoist cannot accept you as a disciple. Soon, poor Daoist will go to the Xuan Yin Cave, and it is unknown whether I can return alive. Moreover, I don't have much lifespan left. If I can't break through, even if I come back alive, I won't be able to guide you!"

"Ah, Senior is going to the Xuan Yin Cave..." Han Ji couldn't help but feel disappointed, slumped on the ground, his eyes were messy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanjing pondered slightly and asked, "What is your spiritual root?"

Han Ji was overjoyed and quickly replied: "The elders of Tongyun Palace have tested it and said that this junior is a three spiritual root of water, earth, and fire."

Water, earth, and fire three spiritual root? Zhang Yuanjing couldn't help but be stunned, this spiritual root was the same as his. However, according to what Han Ji just said, he accidentally obtained a Taoist book and cultivated without anyone's guidance, and his progress was very fast, so his aptitude should be very good. On second thought, there are many kinds of three spiritual root, such as his own, which is naturally poor, and not much better than four spiritual root.

Then he said: "Extend your right hand, poor Daoist will check it."

Han Ji handed out his hand as he was told, Zhang Yuanjing grabbed his wrist, poured a wisp of mana into it, and turned it around in his meridians and dantian, and immediately understood.

Han Ji is indeed a three spiritual root of water, earth, and fire, water is the strongest, earth is second but not much weaker than water, and fire is the weakest and the proportion is very small, almost negligible.

With his spiritual root, he can only practice water techniques in Tongyun Palace, but he cannot practice fire techniques. This is probably the reason why those elders are unwilling to accept him as a嫡傳 disciple, because there is no future. To say that Han Ji's reliance on Tongyun Palace was the wrong door, but he was ultimately no one to guide him, and he did not know the key points. Those elders of Tongyun Palace knew his situation, but they did not tell him clearly, and only let him do chores in the palace, wasting his good aptitude.

With Han Ji's spiritual root structure, practicing water techniques is not the best choice, because earth restrains water, so even in the spiritual root structure, the proportion of earth is slightly weaker than water, and practicing earth-based techniques is faster than water-based techniques.

Zhang Yuanjing saw that Han Ji's spiritual root attributes were exactly the same as his own, and that he was more suitable for cultivating earth techniques, and could not help but feel the wonder of opportunity. He decided to give him a chance, and then said in a deep voice: "Well then, poor Daoist will give you two choices. One is to give you two Foundation Establishment Pills and three bottles of high-grade聚靈 powder, you can cultivate on your own, whether you succeed or not is up to you. One is to teach you a technique, you can disperse your skills and rebuild, if I can come out of the Xuan Yin Cave alive and break through the realm, I will accept you as a disciple and guarantee your Foundation Establishment."

This is actually not a choice, anyone with a discerning eye will choose the first one. Because the first one is the real benefit, and it is a condition that helps Qi Refining cultivators to establish a foundation. On the other hand, the second one is pure gambling, and the probability of losing is extremely high. For Han Ji, he only knew that Zhang Yuanjing's strength was comparable to Ling Jianzi, and knew nothing else. How could he put his future and destiny on such a person.

However, some things are so strange. Han Ji, who has always been good at calculation, seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, and suddenly came to his senses and said excitedly: "This junior will choose the second one! Please teach me the technique, Senior!"

This choice does have a furious resistance to the injustice of fate, and it also has a clever side. Because, he had already found out that the陰陽戮魔功 inherited by Tongyun Palace has a layer in the middle that corresponds to the Foundation Establishment realm. Only by cooperating with the technique and taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, can Qi Refining disciples possibly succeed in Foundation Establishment.

And he is not a嫡傳 disciple, and he has no qualifications to obtain this layer of technique at all. He must obtain a technique similar to the陰陽戮魔刀 of Tongyun Palace, which is actually the main purpose of his request to Zhang Yuanjing to accept him as a disciple. As for the Foundation Establishment Pill, he can always find a way to get it from elsewhere.

Zhang Yuanjing nodded, expressionless, but was quite surprised in his heart, and did not expect him to really make this choice. He immediately asked: "Have you considered it clearly? Do you really want to make such a choice? Looking at your roots, you also have seventy or eighty years of life, right? If you choose to disperse your skills and rebuild, you may not be able to reach the thirteenth level of Qi Refining before the end of your life!"

Han Ji said decisively, "I've thought it through! If my lifespan ends and I fail to reach the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, then it is my fate. However, if a superior cultivation method is placed before me and I don't cultivate it, I will surely regret it in the future!"

Zhang Yuanjing laughed heartily and said approvingly, "Your Dao heart is firm; you will surely achieve something in the future! Then I shall lend you a hand!"

Having said that, he extended a finger and touched Han Ji's forehead, and the complete Thick Earth Qi Circulation Technique was imprinted into his sea of consciousness. When Han Ji saw that it was actually a cultivation method that directly led to the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage, he was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.

Zhang Yuanjing waved his hand, lifted him up, and flew him on his sword to a remote place on the north side of Mount Meng, where he lectured him on the key points of the cultivation method. Han Ji was very intelligent and had amazing comprehension. He understood almost as soon as he heard it and could infer other things from one instance. Zhang Yuanjing spent only three days explaining the entire cultivation method.

Zhang Yuanjing felt extremely happy. Before leaving, he took out three porcelain bottles and tossed them to Han Ji, saying, "Work hard and diligently, and don't disappoint me," before flying away on his sword.

Han Ji caught them and saw that they were actually one Foundation Establishment Pill and two bottles of High-Grade Spirit Gathering Powder. He suddenly raised his head and stared blankly in the direction Zhang Yuanjing had left, opening his mouth to speak, but he couldn't say anything. Only a complex look flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't let it go for a long time.