Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

After that, Tong Tianfu inquired about Zhang Yuanjing's experiences during the sixty-odd years after he left the Mustard Seed Space.

Zhang Yuanjing's account this time was much more detailed than when he spoke with Liu Yuanqing and Yu Tianwan last time.

Tong Tianfu occasionally interjected with questions, paying particular attention to the situation of the Six Sects, especially the struggles between the Star Moon Gate, the Thousand Swords Gate, and the Candle God Sect.

When he heard that the Xuan Yin Mountain's spiritual veins were connected and the Great Spiritual Cave was expected to recover, he asked a series of questions.

Zhang Yuanjing answered every question, but he concealed the matter of Zhang Xuan going to the Candle God Sect.

Finally, Tong Tianfu sighed: "If the Sky Demon Abyss were not pressing so hard, and our sect's strength were not so stretched, we should have sent some people to the Six Sects area, or even contacted the Candle God Sect. At this time, we shouldn't be so particular. The right thing to do is to restrain the Thousand Swords Gate first and concentrate our efforts on dealing with the Sky Demon Abyss. Alas!"

After a short pause, he asked Zhang Yuanjing about the disciples he had taken outside.

When he heard that Zhang Yu was a Heavenly Spiritual Root, he was overjoyed and stood up from his chair with a whoosh, praising: "Yuanjing has a good eye! To take in such a disciple with outstanding aptitude, she will surely become a pillar of the sect in the future! You must cultivate her carefully. If you lack anything, ask Yuanqing directly. No matter how poor the sect is, we must do our best to cultivate such a disciple."

As for Han Ji and Zhang Jun, he casually praised them as "not bad" and said nothing more.

Zhang Yuanjing was originally a little worried that the disciples he had taken in outside did not have the status of Xuan Tian Sect disciples, and there would be some trouble with their entry into the sect.

Now that he had Tong Tianfu's approval and Liu Yuanqing's witness, he was immediately relieved.

After Tong Tianfu commented on Zhang Yuanjing's disciples, he took the opportunity to talk about some old stories about the sect's disciples' cultivation, but he only touched on them briefly and did not mention the branch system implemented by Jie Tianwei since he became the headmaster.

Then, he changed the subject and talked about the Tomb of the King Xue. Although he still looked like he was chatting casually, Zhang Yuanjing clearly felt that his tone had become a little serious.

"Tianwan said that after he entered the Tomb of the King Xue, he was with Zhou Jinxiong of the Myriad Dharma Sect, and only one of them could survive. I wonder, how did Yuanjing encounter this?"

Zhang Yuanjing knew that this could not be concealed, and immediately said: "At that time, Uncle-Master Yin made a move, and this disciple had to fight back in self-defense. Uncle-Master Yin's cultivation is profound, far surpassing this disciple. This disciple had no choice but to use all his strength to deal with him. Therefore, during the fierce battle, I did not hold back."

Tong Tianfu nodded lightly and waved his hand: "Forget it, you were helpless in this matter, and there is no fault. Did you take out Uncle-Master Yin's belongings?"

Zhang Yuanjing hurriedly said: "This disciple, this disciple only took the jade umbrella, and took nothing else."

Tong Tianfu glanced at him, and it was unclear whether he believed him or didn't care, so he dropped the matter and said, "Junior Sister Tianxian has not returned. Have you encountered her?"

Zhang Yuanjing decisively shook his head and denied it: "In the secret realm, this disciple encountered Uncle-Master Yin, Uncle-Master Yu, Uncle-Master Huo, Uncle-Master Shu, and Headmaster Jie in succession, but did not see Uncle-Master Lin. When I saw Uncle-Master Hu, my mind was confused, and we did not talk at the time."

Tong Tianfu's gaze fell on Zhang Yuanjing's eyes, and he said somewhat casually: "It's a good thing you didn't encounter her. Because Junior Brother Qian fell in the Void Demon World, Junior Sister Lin has some resentment towards you. If you had encountered her, there would have been a conflict."

Zhang Yuanjing showed a surprised expression: "This disciple, this disciple is not aware of this hidden matter."

Tong Tianfu smiled: "Those are all old things from the older generation, it's better not to mention them."

He didn't see anything from Zhang Yuanjing's expression, and instead said: "Tiancong, Tianwan, Tiantong, and Tianqi all mentioned that in the Tomb of King Xue, there is a secret place called the Cheng Yuan Hall, which contains a high-level supernatural spiritual treasure called the Myriad Worlds Pot. Junior Brother Tianwei can use the Headmaster's Golden Seal to make requests to it and initiate different trial arrangements. Is that what you saw?"

Zhang Yuanjing nodded: "What this disciple saw is the same as what the four Uncle-Masters saw. At first, when this disciple entered the Cheng Yuan Hall, after passing through a great hall, it was as if I had entered a maze. In it, this disciple became a mortal, and forgot many things, living in a daze, not knowing how to cultivate, not knowing where I came from, what I should do, or even what my name was.

"After about ten years in it, Headmaster Jie appeared and directly took this disciple away, driving this disciple and the other Uncle-Masters into a nine-story pavilion. This disciple was lucky enough to climb to the eighth floor of the pavilion. After Headmaster Jie appeared, he attacked this disciple. Later, Uncle-Master Tiancong also came up, and he fought with Headmaster Jie. This disciple assisted Uncle-Master Tiancong from the side.

"Seeing that things could not be done, Headmaster Jie took out the Headmaster's Golden Seal and shouted to the sky, 'Please, Senior Myriad Worlds Pot, show yourself.' The Pot Spirit then spoke and, according to Headmaster Jie's request, transformed the nine-story pavilion into a Spirit Pot Battlefield, restarting the trials. With this change, this disciple awoke from the maze, and I could remember everything I had seen and heard in the maze before."

After listening, Tong Tianfu just nodded lightly, then looked at Zhang Yuanjing with piercing eyes and said: "Tianwan and Tiancong both said that there is a place called the 'Ascension Ladder' in the Spirit Pot Battlefield. Tianwan said that he was injured and only went up four hundred steps. Tiancong said that after going through the Questioning of True Self, he understood how to advance to the Nascent Soul stage and did not want to compete with Junior Brother Tianwei for opportunities, so he went through a portal and left the Spirit Pot Battlefield after climbing six hundred steps. Yuanjing, how many steps did you climb? Did you meet Junior Brother Tianwei?"

Zhang Yuanjing knew that Tong Yuanfu must have heard Hu Tiancong and Yu Tianwan's descriptions of the situation in the tomb, and he probably had some guesses in his heart. Therefore, he did not intend to hide the matter of fighting with Jie Tianwei.

He immediately said without hesitation: "This disciple went up four hundred steps and met Uncle-Master Tianwan. Uncle-Master Tianwan said that Headmaster Jie knew a lot about the Tomb of King Xue, but he never told the Real Person, nor did he inform the sect. Instead, he had been secretly planning, with great ambitions. If he obtained the opportunity, in order to protect this shocking secret, he would definitely kill us all—"

Tong Tianfu interrupted Zhang Yuanjing: "Yuanjing also thinks it's a shocking secret?"

Zhang Yuanjing said in a deep voice: "The Tomb of King Xue may have other origins, but the Cheng Yuan Hall inside must have been left by a senior expert of our sect."

Tong Tianfu tilted his head slightly and asked: "What makes you say that?"

Zhang Yuanjing said: "This disciple climbed seven hundred jade steps and entered the Spirit Pot Battlefield, where I met Headmaster Jie on a narrow road and had three battles: Law, Body, and Spirit. This disciple was lucky enough to win two battles. Because Headmaster Jie lost the competition, the Myriad Worlds Pot Spirit immediately erased his soul.

"The Myriad Worlds Pot Spirit told this disciple that the more people compete for the opportunity opened by Headmaster Jie, the greater it will be. However, in the end, there can only be one winner, the winner gets the opportunity, and the losers all die. It originally wanted to give this disciple the opportunity, but this disciple thought that I was only in the middle stage of the Golden Core realm, how could I bear the opportunity to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, so I refused.

"It also said that it could give me the opportunity to only advance to the late stage of the Golden Core stage, saving this disciple a hundred years of hard work. This disciple thought that all the Golden Core Elders in the Spirit Pot Battlefield are from our sect, how could I put all the Uncle-Masters to death for my own selfish reasons, so I refused it again.

"As a result, the Pot Spirit became anxious, sometimes threatening and sometimes enticing, just wanting this disciple to accept the opportunity. This disciple then thought that perhaps this Pot Spirit had some agreement with a senior expert of the sect, as long as it gave the opportunity to a junior disciple of my Xuan Tian Sect, it could be lifted. For an existence of the Myriad Worlds Pot's level, its agreement must be more important than the opportunity to advance to the late stage of the Golden Core, or even advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

"Therefore, this disciple firmly refused, saying that in the future, the sect's Headmaster would hold the Headmaster's Golden Seal to receive its opportunity. The Pot Spirit was furious, but it did not do anything to this junior. Later, this disciple fell into a coma and woke up in Xue Wang Mountain."

Tong Tianfu sighed: "It's fate, Junior Brother Tianwei ultimately didn't have that opportunity, and he couldn't get it even if he tried hard to snatch it. His whole life, perhaps he was destined to have such an ending."

Then he praised Zhang Yuanjing again, saying: "Yuanjing really makes this old Daoist look at you with new eyes! In that kind of situation, facing the opportunity to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, how many Golden Core cultivators can make a calm decision? Yuanjing can stop his greed and care for his fellow disciples, which can be called great benevolence and great courage!"

Zhang Yuanjing hurriedly said: "It's just that this disciple's cultivation is low and I'm timid."

Tong Tianfu chuckled and said: "Hearing what Yuanjing said, this Tomb of King Xue is really closely related to my Xuan Tian Sect. This matter still needs to be carefully checked in the sect's classics, in order to find clues."

Then he changed the subject: "The Tomb of King Xue is of great importance. Of the seven jades that open the tomb, which one does Yuanjing hold?"

How could Zhang Yuanjing not know the meaning of his words? He quickly took out the umbrella jade, held it up with both hands, and presented it to Tong Tianfu.

As for the bell jade of Lin Tianxian, he did not carry it with him at all, but hid it in a secret place.