Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing sorted through the gains from his trip to Mount Cu, and found quite a few good things.

In Han Rangyuan's storage bracelet, there was a collection of more than a dozen alchemy furnaces, all in good condition, as well as a large number of alchemy materials, ranging from the Qi Refining stage to the Core Formation stage. There weren't many pills, mainly Foundation Establishment stage pills.

He fed some of the poisonous gas and liquid obtained from "Lin Huan" to the Emerald-Eyed Suanni Beast. After tasting it, the beast selected about ten types, swallowed them all, and then went to sleep to refine them.

In addition, there were seven or eight decent magical artifacts. Although he couldn't use them, they could be exchanged for a lot of spirit stones.

Of course, the most precious thing was the gray particles obtained from refining the strange insects.

For him, improving the grade of the Source Stone was the most important thing. Even if his cultivation couldn't improve greatly in the short term, even if he broke through to the late stage of Core Formation, he would still be just an ant to a Nascent Soul cultivator.

But once the Source Stone advanced, the power of his minor spells would directly increase by 50%. Other things were fine, but the Earth Escape Technique was his life-saving skill, and every bit of improvement meant a higher chance of survival.

He first patrolled the west several times, confirming that the forces of the Heavenly Devil Abyss were temporarily shrinking. Then, he returned to the hall and summoned Hao Zhengxiong, who was in charge of scouts, ordering him to expand the scope of investigation to beyond a million miles. In some hidden places, he could set up strongholds and use generous rewards to hire cultivators from lower sects as informants, making sure to prevent a sudden attack from the Heavenly Devil Abyss. At the same time, he also bestowed several spiritual artifacts, dozens of low-level spiritual talismans, and a large number of spirit stones to him as expenses for his work.

Internally, he instructed Zheng Yuandu to manage things strictly and report any issues immediately.

Only then did he begin his seclusion, watching over the Source Stone as it devoured those gray particles.

The Source Stone was visibly more excited when it saw half a furnace of gray particles, and the thoughts it sent to Zhang Yuanjing were full of joy.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't know how fast it could refine these particles, so he only allowed it to devour a small pinch each time, about the amount obtained from refining one demon insect.

However, the Source Stone was very gluttonous. After swallowing once, it would send out thoughts in less than half an hour, wanting to continue devouring.

Zhang Yuanjing carefully examined the Source Stone's aura and saw no abnormalities, so he didn't stop it.

As a result, after half a day, this round stone seemed to be a little "overfed", lying quietly on the ground, neither moving nor appearing to be sleeping. Occasionally, it would send out a thought, asking him to transfer some mana to it.

Zhang Yuanjing found it amusing, and placed his palm on it, channeling mana into it.

At first, the Source Stone only absorbed a wisp at a time, but after half an hour, it seemed to open its appetite, gulping down his mana like a cow drinking water.

Before long, most of Zhang Yuanjing's mana was gone. Seeing that the Source Stone still showed no signs of stopping, he flicked his wrist and knocked the round stone away, asking in confusion, "Why do you need to absorb so much mana? Can't you refine those gray particles?"

The Source Stone had high intelligence, but it hadn't yet formed a complete spiritual sense, and the thoughts it transmitted were very vague, often failing to express itself clearly.

However, Zhang Yuanjing could guess that it must be a problem caused by swallowing the gray particles too quickly. Judging from its instinctive reaction, it seemed that it could be solved with the help of mana. That wasn't a big deal.

He then took a Spirit Fusion Pill and sat down to refine it. By the next day, feeling that his mana had recovered by 30-40%, he continued to transfer mana into the Source Stone.

This continued for half a month before he finally helped the Source Stone refine and absorb the gray particles it had swallowed in half a day.

Having learned this lesson, the Source Stone became much more "well-behaved", swallowing the gray particles only once a day, the amount being equivalent to that obtained from refining one strange insect. There were no problems for several days in a row, but after ten days, it asked Zhang Yuanjing for mana again.

Zhang Yuanjing felt very strange in his heart. He transferred all of his mana into the stone, and this time it satisfied the Source Stone's needs.

As a result, Zhang Yuanjing speculated that those gray particles might need the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to neutralize them in order to be completely refined.

Although the Source Stone could "inhale and exhale" spiritual energy, it was not a cultivator after all, and its speed of refining spiritual energy was not fast. Furthermore, it couldn't grasp the degree of refining the gray particles, so it would experience a shortage of spiritual energy.

However, this was easy to solve. Giving it mana once every ten days was enough time for him to refine pills and recover his mana.

Time flew by quickly, and half a year passed.

During this period, Zheng Yuandu came three times, each time reporting the affairs of the hall to him, no matter how big or small.

Zhang Yuanjing patiently listened each time, and if there was anything he didn't understand, he would ask questions. Of course, he would also encourage him and bestow some cultivation items to reward this person.

Hao Zhengxiong, who was in charge of scouts, also came twice, briefly reporting the situation west of Mount Shumi, and explaining in detail his actions of establishing hidden strongholds and recruiting cultivators from lower sects.

Zhang Yuanjing was quite satisfied with this person's decisive actions and was naturally generous with rewards.

There was also one person who came once, which surprised Zhang Yuanjing slightly. This person was Pan Zhengyu, who was responsible for patrolling the Profound Origin Realm.

This person's aptitude was not bad, but for some reason, no Core Formation cultivator accepted him as a disciple, so he went to the Profound Origin Hall to work in the secret realm, which was considered a good job, as he could obtain many cultivation items.

When he came, he only briefly mentioned his own duties, and focused on reporting the matter of encountering Zhou Zhengkai in the Profound Origin Secret Realm, and mentioned that on one occasion, when Zhou Zhengkai was in danger, they happened to be nearby and helped him out of his predicament.

He also said that he would increase the frequency of patrols and try to provide assistance to all the disciples who were training in the secret realm.

Zhang Yuanjing had a good impression of this person, so he praised him a lot, encouraging him to focus on his duties and, if he had the spare capacity, to take good care of the disciples walking in the secret realm.

A few days later, Huo Zhengkai came and requested permission for him, Liu Jinglong, and Mei Zhenyi to enter the secret realm together to train.

This was originally the purpose of Zhang Yuanjing bringing him here, so he naturally wouldn't stop him. He handed him two defensive spiritual artifacts and more than twenty low-level spiritual talismans that he had prepared in advance, and instructed him, "Cultivation is about gradual progress. Even when entering the secret realm to train, you must combine work and rest, pay attention to self-preservation, and not be impatient or rash!"

After Huo Zhengkai left, he suddenly thought of Pan Zhengyu.

This person was also a flexible and adaptable character, probably knowing that Huo Zhengkai was going to enter the secret realm, so he came to say those words to him.

This was a good thing, at least it showed that as a Profound Heaven Elder, he had begun to be accepted by many junior disciples, and those who were good at observing the situation had already taken the initiative to come and rely on him.

At this time, only a thin layer of gray particles remained in the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace, but the Source Stone no longer devoured them.

It seemed to be lying quietly on the ground again, somewhat listless, just like last time. However, it didn't send out any thoughts asking him to transfer mana.

He asked a few questions, but the Source Stone didn't know how to express itself, and the thoughts it gave were vague and unclear.

Helpless, Zhang Yuanjing had no choice but to actively transfer mana, but as soon as his mana entered the Source Stone's body, it seemed to be repelled by something and quickly dissipated into the air.

Zhang Yuanjing tried repeatedly several times, but it was all the same.

Each time, the Source Stone seemed to be in some pain, its whole body trembling slightly, and at the same time, it constantly transmitted thoughts to Zhang Yuanjing's sea of consciousness, sometimes with a meaning similar to "no mana", and sometimes as if it were saying "devour spiritual energy".

After distinguishing them several times, he felt that there was indeed a difference between the two meanings, so he repeatedly asked about the words "mana" and "spiritual energy", and finally discovered that the Source Stone did indeed know the difference between the two, and what it was asking for was spiritual energy.

Spiritual energy of heaven and earth was everywhere, but the Source Stone was obviously not asking for ordinary spiritual energy. A thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly thought of something that he could try first.