Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing glanced at Liu Jinglong with considerable approval. Seeing that Zhou Zhengming was about to speak, he said with a smile, "Since Junior Brother Liu is willing to try first, then you shall go first. Zhengming, and also Junior Brother Yuan and Nephew Mei, you should watch from the side."

Although Liu Jinglong was from a side branch, his cultivation was undoubtedly deeper than Zhou Zhengming's, and he was also mature, steady, and experienced, making him suitable to be the first to try.

Zhang Yuanjing pressed his storage bracelet and took out the Spirit-Locking Armor that had been sealed away for many years. He stroked the surface of the armor, feeling the restrained energy and the strange patterns, and couldn't help but recall the scene when he swallowed the Golden Scale Fruit.

At that time, he failed to withstand the impact of the Golden Scale Fruit's violent medicinal power and fell into a coma. Therefore, he did not know how he later overcame the difficulties and survived by luck.

"This armor is the Spirit-Locking Armor—"

"Senior Brother Zhang, I wonder if I can borrow this item to study it for a few days?" Yuan Zhilin was overjoyed at the sight of it and immediately wanted to observe it as a refining material.

Zhang Yuanjing's expression stiffened, and he coughed lightly, "This item has a special origin and there is only one of it. Let's use it to protect you while you swallow the Golden Scale Fruit first. As for studying it, we'll talk about it in the future."

"Senior Brother Zhang, look at the patterns on this armor. They are truly extraordinary and must be a very rare type of restriction. If we can figure it out and use it on other things, it will surely have unexpected effects." Yuan Zhilin's eyes glowed as he stared at the Spirit-Locking Armor, as if he were looking at an supreme treasure.

Zhang Yuanjing ignored him and said to Liu Jinglong, "Junior Brother Liu, put on this armor and be prepared."

Liu Jinglong took the Spirit-Locking Armor and put it on swiftly, not even glancing at Yuan Zhilin's fiery gaze.

At this time, Zhang Yuanjing had already taken out a Golden Scale Fruit and handed it to Liu Jinglong, saying, "Since there is no pill formula anyway, just swallow it directly. There's no need to worry about anything."

Liu Jinglong first bowed and thanked Zhang Yuanjing before taking the Golden Scale Fruit. A hint of anticipation flashed across his face as he put it into his mouth. Before he could even chew, the spiritual fruit turned into a stream of liquid, like boiling water, and went straight into his abdomen. Immediately, a ball of fire was steaming in his dantian and raging in his meridians. Unimaginable pain surged from all directions of his body, rushing straight into his mind.

He couldn't help but roar, feeling that a trace of his spiritual consciousness was about to be submerged by the tide of intense pain.

At this moment, a gentle magical force poured in from the top of his head, extending down along his meridians, dispelling the pain.

A low voice said, "Guard your spiritual platform, concentrate your mind, and guide the spiritual power."

Liu Jinglong knew that Zhang Yuanjing had taken action, so he quickly guarded his mind and concentrated his thoughts to guide the violent power within his body.

He didn't know where to start, so he chose the spiritual power between his chest and abdomen, which was particularly violent, to communicate with it.

Zhou Zhengming, Yuan Zhilin, and Mei Zhenyi all stared intently at Liu Jinglong. Most of his upper body was covered by the Spirit-Locking Armor, so they couldn't see anything unusual.

However, from the exposed skin, they could see egg-sized blisters bulging out, and his hands and face were red and swollen. Uncontrolled, powerful energy was colliding everywhere within his body.

Zhang Yuanjing used the magical power he infused into Liu Jinglong's body to sense the changes in his body, knowing that the power of the Golden Scale Fruit was simply and crudely transforming his meridians and dantian.

This power was constantly tearing his meridians and then constantly healing them, thereby expanding and strengthening them.

A look of surprise couldn't help but appear in Zhang Yuanjing's eyes, and he then condensed his divine sense and carefully probed into Liu Jinglong's meridians.

With this look, he saw the hidden mysteries within. The power that repaired the meridians was not the spiritual power initially released by the Golden Scale Fruit, but the power that was absorbed by the Spirit-Locking Armor after these spiritual powers impacted outwards and then fed back to him.

This undoubtedly showed that there was one or several mysterious formations in the Spirit-Locking Armor that could convert violent power and return it to the cultivator.

The Spirit-Locking Armor was limited by its materials and could only be used to tame the power of the Foundation Establishment realm, but the formations it contained were of a very high level. If he could understand them thoroughly, they could be of great use.

He glanced at Yuan Zhilin and shook his head secretly, thinking that if he wanted to study it, he would have to find the Fire Crow Daoist.

After the initial chaos, Liu Jinglong gradually found some clues, and became more and more skilled at appeasing and guiding the violent spiritual power within his body.

The magical power that Zhang Yuanjing invested also decreased accordingly. This was also to allow Liu Jinglong's meridians to undergo more forging and gain more benefits.

As the medicinal power of the Golden Scale Fruit weakened, Liu Jinglong gradually controlled the violent spiritual power, constantly refining it into his meridians and dantian, repeatedly forging his meridians and dantian. His meridians became thicker and broader, and his dantian was also slowly expanding.

Impurities of dark black color were constantly exuded from his body surface, and soon condensed into a thick layer, emitting a fishy and foul odor.

Yuan Zhilin, Mei Zhenyi, and Zhou Zhengming all stepped forward a few steps, approaching to observe these impurities, with expressions of surprise on their faces.

Three hours later, Liu Jinglong's dantian had expanded more than twice its original size, and his meridians had also become nearly twice as thick. After that, there were no more changes. This was the limit he could reach based on his current foundation. Even if there was another Golden Scale Fruit, it would no longer have any effect.

He calmed down and still meticulously sat in meditation to circulate and transform the energy until he had absorbed all the medicinal power before opening his eyes and standing up to thank Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing smiled and said, "How does Junior Brother Liu feel? Do you have the confidence to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment?"

Liu Jinglong said earnestly, "Reporting to Senior Brother Zhang, not to mention breaking through to the mid-stage, I even have the confidence to reach the late-stage. Thank you, Senior Brother Zhang, for bestowing this supreme opportunity!"

Zhang Yuanjing waved his hand, "This can hardly be considered a supreme opportunity. It's good enough if it can help you. Go clean up and come back to tell the three of them about your experience of taking the Golden Scale Fruit."

Yuan Zhilin grabbed Liu Jinglong and said, "What's there to clean up? Just tell us now. I don't mind you being dirty!"

Liu Jinglong glared at him and said to the three of them, "If you want to know what I think, it's that it was too fast. As soon as this fruit is swallowed, while it's still in the throat, it seems like the medicinal power turns into energy and drills into the meridians and flesh. The intense pain immediately surged up. If Senior Brother Zhang hadn't protected me, I'm afraid I would have been severely injured, or even lost my life. After getting through the initial stage, it was quite easy. Of course, this was mainly because Senior Brother Zhang assisted from the side."

The look of anticipation in Yuan Zhilin's eyes faded immediately, and he said disappointedly, "Jinglong, what are you saying? As long as Senior Brother Zhang protects you, you don't have to do anything?"

Liu Jinglong said unhappily, "Don't interrupt me, let me finish. Senior Brother Zhang only protected me from getting injured. You still have to try your best to guide the power transformed by the Golden Scale Fruit with your mind to calm it down before refining it. You can't just refine it directly as soon as you go up, otherwise it will not only be time-consuming and laborious, but the results will also be unsatisfactory."

Zhang Yuanjing nodded, "What Jinglong said is the key. After you three swallow the Golden Scale Fruit, you must practice according to this method, without any mistakes."

Liu Jinglong did not discover the mystery of the Spirit-Locking Armor and did not know that the violent power of the Golden Scale Fruit was not calmed down by his mind, but by the Spirit-Locking Armor, but the conclusion he obtained from the practice was right to the point.

Subsequently, Zhang Yuanjing spent nearly two days helping Yuan, Mei, and Zhou refine the Golden Scale Fruit.

The meridians and dantians of these three people were all strengthened by one to two times. The reason why the effect was not as good as when Zhang Yuanjing took it back then was that these three people had developed their dantians and meridians much more than Zhang Yuanjing at that time, so the room for improvement was relatively smaller.