Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

After returning to the mountain from the Hou Tu Sect, Zhang Yuanjing kept Wu Yuankui's instructions in mind and focused on cultivating the Hou Tu Nourishing Qi Technique. In just three years, he broke through three levels in a row, reaching the Great Accomplishment of the sixth level.

This technique, from the first to fourth levels, is equivalent to the Qi Refining stage, and the fifth to sixth levels are equivalent to the early Foundation Establishment stage.

At this time, in his dantian, the reddish-yellow Hou Tu power was abundant, thick, majestic, and imposing, far surpassing the Yellow Dragon Qi he had cultivated before.

The Earth Escape Technique had also been cultivated to the Minor Accomplishment realm, allowing him to dive to a depth of ten zhang and escape at a speed of one and a half zhang per breath.

He was infinitely delighted and full of anticipation for the seventh and eighth levels of the technique, which were equivalent to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, after another year of hard work, his Hou Tu Nourishing Qi Technique still failed to break through to the seventh level. He repeatedly consulted the Hou Tu Qi Circulation Technique manual and the Hou Tu Cultivation Notes, but could not find the root cause.

On this day, he ended his day of cultivation and looked at the Blue Star Grass used for practice with a frustrated mood.

In the past few years, although he had not deliberately cultivated this grass, it had grown more than two chi tall under the nourishment of the Hou Tu power, more than ten times larger than it was originally.

However, this was only a first-order spirit plant, not of great value. Therefore, he had never paid attention to it.

Today, he suddenly thought of a question: now that the technique has reached the sixth level, should he change to a higher-grade spirit plant for practice?

Generally speaking, first to second-order spirit plants are used to refine Qi Refining stage elixirs, and third to fifth-order spirit plants are used to refine Foundation Establishment stage elixirs.

As a technique below the Foundation Establishment stage, the Hou Tu Nourishing Qi Technique has a nurturing effect on spirit herbs below the fifth order, but the higher the grade of the spirit plant, the more the effect is weakened.

However, what Zhang Yuanjing sought was not to cultivate spirit plants, but to use spirit plants to cultivate his technique. He naturally thought that the higher the grade of the spirit plant, the better the cultivation effect would be.

This idea was like lightning in the dark night, instantly illuminating his depressed heart. He immediately took action and went to the Zhang Xuan Hall to ask Lin Yuancang for a Zhang Xuan Token and a document for receiving the Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass.

The Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass is the main ingredient for refining the Foundation Establishment stage elixir Spirit Gathering Powder. It is of the third grade or higher. Non-Danfang personnel must have a Zhang Xuan Token and a document signed by the sect leader to obtain it.

The Xuan Tian Sect's spirit plant base is located on Lingyu Peak, one of the thirty-six inner peaks, with three major medicine gardens and thirteen small medicine gardens, planting hundreds of spirit plants of the first to fifth order and Xuan grade first to third order.

The Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass is in the Hundred Herb Garden, one of the three major medicine gardens, and the deacon is Zhao Yuanfu, a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

"The document does not have the sect leader's handwritten signature, so you cannot receive it. Please go back," Zhao Yuanfu said in an official tone after slowly reviewing the document while standing at the entrance of the Hundred Herb Garden.

"Isn't there a seal here!" Zhang Yuanjing stretched out a finger and pointed to the red seal.

"A seal is not enough, you must have the sect leader's signature!" Zhao Yuanfu did not give in.

"Where did this rule come from?" Zhang Yuanjing was a little annoyed and raised his voice a little.

"The Danfang's rule!" Zhao Yuanfu glanced at Zhang Yuanjing with disdain and waved his hand, "Don't yell here, it will affect the disciples' peace of mind in taking care of the spirit plants!"

"The Danfang's rule? Can the Danfang's rule be greater than the Zhang Xuan Hall's rule?" Zhang Yuanjing suddenly became angry and shouted loudly.

"Hehe, the Danfang's rule has always been recognized by the Zhang Xuan Hall! If you don't believe it, go back and ask Lin Yuancang!" Zhao Yuanfu smiled阴冷ly, turned around, and ignored him.

Zhang Yuanjing suddenly remembered that the chief steward of the Danfang and Lingyu Peak was Jie Tianwei, a cultivator in the late stage of Jindan. Knowing that what he had just said might cause trouble, he did not dare to entangle further, but gave Zhao Yuanfu a fierce look and left in a hurry.

When he arrived at the Zhang Xuan Hall and told Lin Yuancang about it, Lin Yuancang said with a wry smile, "Junior Brother Yuanjing, I just said a few words less, and you have made things like this!"

"That Zhao Yuanfu looked at people with his chin up, I was unhappy for a while, so I... Will it cause a conflict between Sect Leader Senior Brother and Elder Jie?" Zhang Yuanjing asked with some depression.

"That's not the case, but making the contradiction public will always make some people have all kinds of strange ideas. The key is that it will be difficult for you to go to the Hundred Herb Garden to dig up the Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass again. Even if the Sect Leader comes back, it's not easy to directly order it," Lin Yuancang shook his head and said helplessly.

Zhang Yuanjing muttered a few curses, and asked fiercely, "Who is that Zhao Yuanfu, and why did he set up a trap to harm me?"

Lin Yuancang pondered for a moment and said, "You definitely don't know him, and there is no enmity. He is targeting you, probably because he is jealous of you."

"Jealous of me? With my aptitude and cultivation, what is there to be jealous of!" Zhang Yuanjing widened his eyes, looking surprised.

"Zhao Yuanfu's aptitude was originally good. He cultivated to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining at the age of sixty or seventy, but he has not been able to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, which delayed his advancement. It is said that he finally found all the herbs for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill when he was one hundred years old, obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill, and successfully advanced. However, in this way, his original talent was wasted."

Hearing Lin Yuancang say this, Zhang Yuanjing understood. This person was cut off from the hope of the Great Dao because he could not get the Foundation Establishment Pill for a long time, and he was naturally full of resentment towards himself, a "relationship户" who advanced by relying on four Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Senior Brother Lin, is there any other way to get the Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass?" Zhang Yuanjing's revengeful thoughts that had just risen disappeared, and he asked instead.

"If you are in a hurry, there are only two ways. One is to go to the surrounding Immortal Cities, where monks from other sects often trade items. Although the Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass is precious, it is not a rare thing. Another way is to go to Junior Sister Su Yuanxiao," Lin Yuancang said after pondering for a moment.

"Junior Sister Su Yuanxiao? Disciple of Uncle Shu Tianqi?" Zhang Yuanjing asked.

"Yes, it is her. Junior Sister Su is good at spirit plants. The Immortal Plant Garden, one of the three major medicine gardens, has always been managed by her. In addition, she has also planted many spirit herbs in her cave, and there should be Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass among them."

"Is Senior Brother familiar with Junior Sister Su?"

"My late master had a close relationship with Uncle Tianqi, so I have some friendship with several of her disciples. Over the years, I have been walking around the Zhang Xuan Hall, and I have helped Junior Sister Yuanxiao a few times. It is still possible to ask for a Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass," Lin Yun Cang smiled.

"Hey, then thank you, Senior Brother!" Zhang Yuanjing quickly thanked him.

Lin Yuancang immediately took out the sound transmission spirit jade and contacted Su Yuanxiao. After saying a few words, his expression became a little strange.

"Senior Brother, how is it?"

When using the sound transmission spirit jade, the sound is simulated by spiritual power, so although Zhang Yuanjing was nearby, he could not hear Lin Yuancang's words.

However, he was determined to get the Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass, and he kept staring at Lin Yuancang's expression. Seeing that the conversation seemed to be not going well, he couldn't help asking.

"It was going well at first, but I was too talkative and said that you wanted the Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass for cultivation. As a result, she became very interested in your technique and asked you to go to her cave for a face-to-face talk," Lin Yuancang spread his hands and said.

"Then, is this Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass given or not?" Zhang Yuanjing only thought about the spirit grass and asked.

Lin Yuancang was a little embarrassed and chuckled twice: "It must be given, she has already agreed. She is a planting fanatic and may want to know about the technique that can cultivate spirit plants."

Su Yuanxiao was an elite disciple and lived on Yanyue Peak. This place was very close to the center of the Great Spirit Cave, and the spiritual power was much richer than that of Jingdu Peak. The mountains were shrouded in mist, the green trees were dripping, and low-level spirit beasts appeared from time to time.

There were very few elite disciples, and each of the three peaks of Xiangtian, Guanri, and Yanyue had more than a dozen. Their caves were far apart and covered a large area. The sect assigned three older Qi Refining disciples as stewards to each elite disciple and arranged dozens of strong and healthy mortals to serve as servants.

Because Su Yuanxiao wanted to plant spirit herbs, she built her cave on a sunny slope on the south side of the mountain. The outside was pavilions and buildings, and the inside was mountain caves and stone houses, which was very spectacular.

Zhang Yuanjing landed outside the cave. A middle-aged woman on the eighth level of Qi Refining greeted him, calling him Uncle Zhang. Obviously, she had been instructed earlier and had been waiting here.

"Uncle Zhang, please sit in the tea room for a while. Miss Su is taking care of a few spirit herbs and will be here soon." The middle-aged woman led Zhang Yuanjing to an elegant room, ordered the servants to serve fragrant tea, and then bowed and retreated.

Zhang Yuanjing came to ask for help, and he didn't feel neglected. He poured himself a drink, which calmed his impatient emotions.

After about a quarter of an hour, a beautiful woman in a green dress walked in. She looked only twenty years old, with a fair and elegant oval face, eyebrows like thin leaves, eyes like autumn water, and thin red lips that smiled before she spoke, making people feel very kind.

"Senior Brother Zhang, I have neglected you, and I have kept you waiting!" Su Yuanxiao bowed slightly, her voice crisp, like an oriole singing in a spring.

Zhang Yuanjing quickly stood up and returned the salute: "It's okay, it's okay, it's I who have come here and disturbed you."

Su Yuanxiao chuckled, stretched out her slender hand and made a gesture of invitation, signaling Zhang Yuanjing to sit down. Then she shouted softly to the outside: "Bring it up."

At this time, a servant in a brown shirt walked in, holding a half-foot-sized porcelain pot in his hand. In the pot was a foot-tall yellowish-green spirit grass. The round stem was about the thickness of a thumb. Three pointed leaves grew from bottom to top, looking a little sparse and scattered.

"Senior Brother Zhang, this is the Nine-Leaf Yellow Dawn Grass. This plant is about fourteen or fifteen years old. I don't know if it is suitable?"

Zhang Yuanjing didn't know anything about these things, and he didn't know whether it was suitable or not, but he really didn't have the right to choose, so he nodded repeatedly: "Suitable, suitable, thank you, Junior Sister Su!"

Su Yuanxiao smiled, but with a hint of playfulness: "Senior Brother Zhang, don't be in a hurry to say thank you, I still have something to ask of Senior Brother!"

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"Hehe, I heard from Senior Brother Lin that Senior Brother Zhang, you have cultivated the Hou Tu Sect's technique and can cultivate spirit plants?"

"Yes, but I have only learned it for a few years, and my cultivation is still shallow."

"How does Senior Brother feel about the effect of this technique on cultivating spirit plants? Is it as good as the technique says?"

"Well, I have been using a Blue Star Grass to practice for the past few years. Anyway, the effect on this first-order spirit herb is not bad."

As he said, Zhang Yuanjing took out the Blue Star Grass and handed it to Su Yuanxiao: "I can't judge how many years it is, but it has probably been used for more than three years."

"Oh, only used for three years?" Su Yuanxiao stared at the Blue Star Grass, suddenly stood up, her eyes shining, and her expression excited, "This Blue Star Grass is at least one hundred and twenty years old."

"One hundred and twenty years!" Zhang Yuanjing was also greatly surprised. He calculated in his mind that according to the standard of the Hou Tu Qi Circulation Technique, the fifth level of the technique cultivates fifteen years per year, and the sixth level of the technique is twenty-five years. In these three years, his technique was mainly at the fifth level, and it was only a year since he broke through to the sixth level. Therefore, no matter how he calculated, it would be at most sixty years, how could it become one hundred and twenty years?

"Junior Sister Su, you didn't see it wrong, how could it be as much as one hundred and twenty years!"

Su Yuanxiao's pretty eyebrows frowned slightly: "Senior Brother Zhang, not to mention Blue Star Grass, even Xuan grade spirit plants, I will never misjudge the years if I take a look!"

"Junior Sister Su, please forgive me, I have spoken rashly!" Zhang Yuanjing quickly apologized, but he was surprised and uncertain in his heart: could it be that the Hou Tu Nourishing Qi Technique he accidentally cultivated has twice the effect of the original technique in cultivating spirit plants?

Su Yuanxiao wasn't really angry either. After a slight reproach, she asked again with a serious expression: "Senior Brother Zhang, if it's just some broken roots and branches, can you cultivate a complete spirit plant?"

"Broken roots and branches? I haven't tried it. Moreover, there is no record in the manual."

"Senior Brother Zhang, I bought more than a dozen pieces of residual roots when I was wandering around Wutou City thirty years ago. The seller said they were Xuan grade spirit plants, and one of them was the main ingredient of the Heyuan Pill, Butterfly Blue. I don't know if it's true or false, but based on my experience, it is roughly of Xuan grade. Over the years, I have tried everything, but I haven't been able to make a single residual root sprout, but many have withered."

As Su Yuanxiao spoke, she took out a small rectangular jade box, "Don't laugh at me, Senior Brother, now there are only these four pieces left, and I'm still not giving up, always thinking about cultivating one to life, so when I heard Senior Brother Yuancang mention that Senior Brother Zhang cultivated the technique of cultivating spirit plants, I shamelessly asked Senior Brother to help me."

Looking at Su Yuanxiao's eyes, which were mixed with stubbornness, obsession, and expectation, Zhang Yuanjing scratched his head helplessly: "Junior Sister Su, I can only try this, I really can't guarantee success."

Su Yuanxiao smiled charmingly: "Senior Brother Yuanjing will definitely not let me down!"