Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Hot! Extremely hot! Unbearably hot!

That was Zhang Yuanjing's first reaction.

This desert looked ordinary, but from the ground up, from the sand to the air, everything was scorching hot, as if there was a huge fire underground, roasting everything above.

Zhang Yuanjing's second reaction was to notice a hard, short stick in his hand.

He thought it was the stone pillar, but when he looked down, he found it had changed.

It was still a foot long and as thick as his upper arm, but it was entirely orange-yellow, seamless, without any pores.

He couldn't identify the material, but it was extremely heavy and hard, feeling like it could be used as a magical treasure, except that he couldn't use his magic power to refine it.

What was the use of this thing?

It was difficult to see any clues just by looking at the orange-yellow short stick, so he had to put it into his storage bracelet first.

He released Ape Thirteen and the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast.

Ape Thirteen was quite uncomfortable with the hot environment.

As soon as it appeared, it scratched its ears and cheeks, feeling unwell all over.

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast stood still, staring into the distance with its eyes like two balls of green fire.

Zhang Yuanjing knew it had discovered something, so he asked, "Suanni Beast, what do you see?"

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast lowered its head and squeaked.

"Yuanjing, it says there's a fierce beast in the middle of the desert, very powerful," Ape Thirteen said with divine sense.

Before Zhang Yuanjing could ask, the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast let out a series of cries.

Ape Thirteen scratched the golden fur on its head, a look of dissatisfaction on its face: "The Suanni Beast says that the fierce beast is even more powerful than me, several times more powerful, and the three of us can't beat it."

"Great Perfection of the Demon Core?" Zhang Yuanjing asked.

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast first nodded, then shook its head, squeaking twice.

"It says it's more powerful than an ordinary Great Perfection of the Demon Core," Ape Thirteen transmitted.

"Can you tell what kind of demon beast it is?" Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment and then asked.

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast stretched out its paw and patted the sand on the ground, squeaking incessantly.

After it finished speaking, Ape Thirteen told Zhang Yuanjing, "That fierce beast is lurking in the sand, spreading earth-attribute spiritual energy around its body.

It's probably good at using sand and soil, and it might even be able to burrow underground like you, Yuanjing.

Moreover, this beast seems to be very adapted to the hot environment here."

"What's at the end of the desert?"

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast shook its head, indicating that it couldn't see that far.

Zhang Yuanjing looked up, extending his divine sense, but it was blocked by a scorching aura before it could reach even six feet, so he quickly withdrew it.

This was expected.

If he could fly his sword directly over, there would be no need to set up this place.

Moreover, this place was probably inside a certain spiritual treasure, so it would be subject to its restrictions.

He looked into the distance, the sand dunes rising and falling in front of him.

Occasionally, a strong wind would blow, and yellow sand would rage across the sky, not dissipating for a long time.

In this kind of environment, if he fought with that demon beast, he would have to be careful of the wind and sand.

After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but think of the Quicksand Technique.

He used this minor spell quite often in battle, and it was very powerful, but its flaws were also very obvious.

First, it was easy for the enemy to find weaknesses, and second, the obstruction to divine sense and the five senses was not strong enough.

Once he used offensive means, the enemy in the quicksand could often detect it in advance and defend.

At first, he thought it was because his own strength was too low and the grade of his origin stone was not high enough.

After this period of combat, he used his Core Formation mid-stage cultivation to cast it, and with the assistance of a second-order origin stone, the power was greatly enhanced, but the two flaws remained unchanged.

He suddenly thought of the Eight Earth Techniques he obtained from the Mustard Seed Space.

For a long time, he had only worked hard on the Devouring Object and Dividing Earth techniques.

He had not spent any time comprehending the other six techniques since he obtained them.

Now that he thought about it, he felt quite strange.

In the Foundation Establishment stage, he did not learn these six techniques because he could not use minor spells, and he had the guidance of the Thick Earth Nurturing Cauldron, so he focused on practicing the Devouring Object technique in addition to the Dividing Earth technique.

However, after entering the Core Formation stage, he often used minor spells such as Earth Defense, Quicksand, Earth Prison, and Flying Stone, but he had not thought of comprehending the Driving Stone, Rolling Sand, Solidifying Form, Splitting Earth, Moving Mountain, and Supporting Sky techniques.

After a little reflection, he knew where the problem lay—it was the misleading of the Thick Earth Nurturing Cauldron.

Back in the Profound Yin Cave, he was ridiculed by this cauldron for practicing minor spells, and it pointed out that it was better to improve the origin stone as soon as possible than to spend time practicing minor spells.

This was not wrong.

Each time the origin stone was upgraded by one level, the power of the minor spells would be increased by 50%, which was far more useful than practicing minor spells.

However, now it seemed that strengthening the power of the minor spells themselves was a good way to strengthen his own strength, given that the origin stone had quickly advanced to the second level and subsequent upgrades were quite slow.

"Yuanjing, what are you thinking about?

Let's go kill it and fight that fierce beast to see how strong it is!" Ape Thirteen urged, unable to bear the heat of this place, seeing that Zhang Yuanjing was still thinking.

Zhang Yuanjing couldn't help but smile at its uncomfortable and indignant appearance, and said, "Brother Ape, I'll put you in the spirit beast bag first.

I need to comprehend a cultivation technique first, and if I succeed, it may increase my chances of winning."

Ape Thirteen didn't really like the spirit beast bag, because any demon beast would fall into a daze once inside, feeling very bad.

But since Zhang Yuanjing said so, it didn't dare to disobey, so it nodded in agreement.

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast was still left by Zhang Yuanjing's side for vigilance, in case the fierce beast discovered them and attacked from the ground.

He told the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast a few words, sat cross-legged on the hot soil like a hot pot, protected himself with magic power to block the heat, and then retrieved the Rolling Sand Technique from his sea of consciousness and carefully comprehended it.

The general outline of the Rolling Sand Technique is: to control the large with the small, to overcome the strong with the weak, and to conquer governance with chaos.

The small is the grain of sand.

Although the sand is small, it can form a force when there is enough of it, and can be used to resist an army.

The soft is the sand formation.

When the enemy arrives, it does not block or hurt, but traps, obscures, and exhausts them.

The chaotic harms the spirit.

It blocks divine sense, confuses the soul, causes chaos in the mind, and victory is achieved.

It then speaks of the essentials of the spell.

The roll of the Rolling Sand is first in catching the enemy off guard, and second is in being a chaotic whole, without any distinction between strength and weakness, so that the enemy cannot distinguish between reality and illusion.

This was exactly the mistake that Zhang Yuanjing was prone to make when casting Quicksand.

The lower part was heavy and the upper part was light, so it was easy for the opponent to see through the weaknesses.

It was barely feasible against ordinary cultivators or demon beasts, but it was easy to be taken advantage of by the enemy when encountering slightly stronger opponents.

There was another key to the Rolling Sand Technique, which was the caster's problem of concealment.

In the past, Zhang Yuanjing did not dare to move at will after casting Quicksand.

Once his own position changed, the Quicksand formation would also move, thereby revealing flaws and even collapsing.

According to this trick, when performing the technique, one must also transform oneself into a grain of sand, hide in the quicksand, and guide the sand formation to move, just like a head wolf commanding a pack of wolves.

Of course, this sand transformation was a clever illusion, using the effect of the sand formation to isolate and deceive the enemy's divine sense to disguise oneself as a grain of sand.

This was "Sand Guiding."

It was the most essential part of the Rolling Sand Technique, and also the most difficult to master.

Zhang Yuanjing meditated quietly, and seven days passed in a flash.

On this day, he suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and said to the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast, "Let's go, let's meet that fierce beast!"