Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Lin Dushan stayed in this cave for a whole month. The Yin Netherworld Qi was abundant here. A single Yang-guarding pill could only last for three days, and the range of his divine sense was less than a hundred zhang.

If he consumed some Undying Flame, he could expand his divine sense several times, but since he was staying put, there was no need to waste it.

During these days, Zhang Yuanjing also gained something. Every ten days, Lin Dushan had to inject mana into him to strengthen the Spirit-Defiling Powder.

Several times, Zhang Yuanjing timed it precisely, deliberately delaying for half a quarter of an hour, allowing some of the Spirit-Defiling Powder to escape, and then absorbed it with the Devouring Technique.

The results of the attempt surprised him. The Spirit-Defiling Powder could also run parallel with the Qi of Thick Earth under the guidance of the Devouring Technique, and disappeared after running two small cycles in the meridians.

On this day, the Yin Netherworld Qi in the air suddenly became three points stronger. Lin Dushan, who had been idle all along, suddenly jumped up, his eyes glowing: "It's starting! Let's go!"

As he spoke, he didn't care what Zhang Yuanjing was doing, and strode into a sloping downward cave passage ahead. Zhang Yuanjing did not dare to be negligent and quickly followed.

Before they had walked ten zhang, a gust of Yin Cold Qi suddenly emerged from the cave, freezing Lin Dushan.

Zhang Yuanjing retreated three zhang, staring at Lin Dushan's frost-covered body, hesitating whether to take the opportunity to escape.

As soon as his thought emerged, he heard a "crack" sound. The burly figure in front raised his hand and kicked his leg, shattering the ice and frost all over his body, then squatted on the ground, gasping for breath.

After a long while, he stood up and spat, "Damn it, this Yin Yuan Power mixed with Cold Qi is so powerful!"

"This is Yin Yuan Power?" Zhang Yuanjing stepped forward two steps and asked curiously.

"The Yin Yuan Power in the spiritual vein was drawn out by the Profound Yin King Grass, but now is its weak time. It cannot absorb all of it, and some was left out. Mixed with the Cold Qi in the cave, it formed this Yin Cold Qi."

Lin Dushan shook his head and said in lingering fear, "It can even freeze the body of a Pseudo-Core cultivator. Careless! Fellow Daoist Zhang, you should still walk ahead and use a magical artifact to explore the way."

Zhang Yuanjing responded and sacrificed a flying knife. While moving forward, he asked, "Fellow Daoist Lin, just now I heard you say that the Yin Netherworld Qi is released by the Profound Yin King Grass. Why does the Profound Yin Grass release Yin poison, while the King Grass releases Yin Netherworld Qi? What is the difference between the two?"

Lin Dushan first urged him to walk faster, and then hurriedly explained: "The Profound Yin Grass absorbs Yin Netherworld Qi to grow, and the part that cannot be digested will be discharged as Yin poison. The two come from the same source and will suppress divine sense. Yin poison is more complex and can also poison the divine soul, but the scope of its spread is not as wide as Yin Netherworld Qi."

After walking for more than ten li, they encountered a fork in the road, dividing into four passages. Lin Dushan stepped forward and listened carefully, and chose a narrow upward road.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't ask any more questions and still led the way. This road was winding and rugged, extending very long, and there were no forks.

The two circled around, sometimes climbing high, sometimes drilling low, and after walking for about twenty li, destroying five magical artifacts and four low-grade spiritual artifacts, they entered a cave.

This place was about a hundred zhang in radius, and above was a large hole, like a Yin Fire Bat nest destroyed by cultivators.

The two continued forward, passing through the cave. There were two downward passages, one was still a cave passage, and the other led to a dark hole, which seemed to be an open space, dark and unknown in size.

Lin Dushan stopped and said softly, "Almost there!"

Zhang Yuanjing looked back and asked, "Almost where?"

Lin Dushan nodded forward: "That is the Earth Abyss. You can only see a small piece from here. When you get to the entrance of the cave, you will know how deep and wide it is!"

"But do we have to jump directly into the Earth Abyss?" Zhang Yuanjing took out the porcelain bottle containing the Undying Flame and took a small sip.

Here, the cold wind was rustling, and the evil aura was lingering. The Yang-guarding pill was a little unsustainable, and the divine sense could only extend six or seven zhang, making it difficult to detect danger in advance.

With a mouthful of hot pulp down his throat, a few strands of clear Qi entered his brain, and the whole person immediately felt like washing away the dirt on his body, feeling refreshed a lot, and his divine sense could explore about two li.

"Hehe, the weakest state of the Profound Yin King Grass will last for three days. This is just the beginning. There is no need to go down from the abyss. At the bottom of the abyss, there may be eyes or traps of the Star Moon Sect or the Five Sects!"

Lin Dushan smiled sinisterly and said calmly, "If you want to see the Earth Abyss, you can go to the entrance of the cave. However, you must hide your figure and don't kick down the soil. There are many Yin Fire Bats in here. If you attract one or two groups, the trouble will be great."

Zhang Yuanjing nodded, walked slowly to the edge of the cave entrance, poked his head out, and saw a dark abyss below. As expected, he couldn't see the bottom.

His divine sense stretched to the limit, nearly three hundred and fifty zhang, and still could not "touch" the bottom of the abyss, which showed how deep it was. Looking up, he could see the top wall.

Looking to the opposite side, across forty or fifty zhang, was also a cliff wall like this side, with stars and dots of holes on the wall, estimated to be like his own location, all cave passages. Perhaps the entire Xuanyin Cave's roads eventually converge at this abyss.

He stood at the entrance of the cave for a few breaths, and felt that the Yin Netherworld Qi in the abyss below was far thicker than in the cave. Even with the protection of the Undying Flame and the Yang-guarding pill, his divine soul was faintly aching.

The Yin Netherworld Qi emanated from the bottom of the abyss, surging upwards in waves. Every time it surged, his divine soul would suffer a shock, and the endless nothingness in the Niwan Palace would also ripple slightly, and the entire space was shaking.

He stepped back slightly, with hesitation in his eyes. At this time, he was three zhang away from Lin Dushan. If he jumped down suddenly, this person, out of concern for being discovered by the Star Moon Sect or the Five Sects' cultivators, might not chase after him.

However, he was not sure whether this person would detonate the Spirit-Defiling Powder, which would cause damage to his dantian, or even cause the dantian to explode.

He didn't dare to take this risk. If his dantian was injured, let alone deal with the Spirit-Defiling Powder, even his cultivation would be lost.

While hesitating, Lin Dushan walked over, glanced at the abyss outside the cave, and then said, "It looks like it is still four or five hundred zhang deep. Let's go down to a place near the bottom of the abyss first."

The two continued to descend from another cave passage for about two hundred and sixty or seventy zhang. There was only one road ahead, leading to the abyss.

"It's really strange, the roads here are clearly well-connected, why are there no forks!"

Lin Dushan looked back, thinking that it would be too much trouble to return the same way and find another way, so he stood at the entrance of the cave and glanced at the abyss below.

The Yin Netherworld Qi in the abyss was like a rolling fog, penetrating everywhere, and like a bone-invading cold rain, directly piercing the divine soul.

Because he forcibly broke through the Pseudo-Core stage by taking a blood pill, and only used the Yang-guarding pill to protect himself, he did not dare to take any more beneficial pills. Therefore, he expanded his divine sense to explore downwards, but only got fifty or sixty zhang, far from seeing the bottom of the abyss.

"Should we wait here?" As soon as this thought came out, he immediately rejected it. He must first reach the vicinity of that valley, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with sudden situations.

He once again extended his divine sense to look down and found that about fifty zhang below, on this side of the cliff wall, there was a large rock protruding from the cliff wall, dozens of zhang long and ten zhang wide. At the place where the large rock protruded from the cliff wall, there was a two-zhang-sized hole.

Then he turned his head and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, please come here. There is a protruding large rock below, connected to a cave passage. You jump down from here, land on the large rock, and then quickly hide in."

Zhang Yuanjing was stunned and said, "What about Fellow Daoist?"

Lin Dushan smiled slyly and said threateningly, "I have a skill that can feign death. Fellow Daoist can put me in the spirit beast bag and take me down. However, Fellow Daoist must not play any tricks. If five breaths of time pass and you don't take the initiative to let me out, I will detonate the Spirit-Defiling Powder!"

Zhang Yuanjing's heart shook violently. This kind of behavior of hiding in someone else's spirit beast bag is equivalent to entrusting one's life to the opponent, which cannot be done without an extremely trusting relationship.

For a time, thoughts came one after another, but in an instant, he had made up his mind and said expressionlessly, "This poor Daoist knows what to do, Fellow Daoist doesn't need to say more!"

"Very good, Fellow Daoist is sensible! But when you see Lin's breathing stop, take action!" Lin Dushan sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes and circulated his energy. Before long, he had no breath at all.

Zhang Yuanjing waved his hand, put him into the spirit beast bag, stepped out, and fell from the air towards the big rock.

The Yin Netherworld Qi in the abyss was drifting, and the cold wind was attacking. His divine sense was a little unstable, and his body was a little stiff. He quickly took out a low-grade Wind-Controlling Talisman and patted it on his back to reduce the vibration of the wind and slow down the descending speed, controlling the direction.

Three breaths later, he successfully landed on the giant rock. The giant rock was cyan-black in color, and its appearance was obviously corroded by the Yin Netherworld Qi, making it look eerie.

He had no intention to explore, and quickly walked to the entrance of the cave, using the rock to cover himself, and released Lin Dushan from the spirit beast bag.

The man still maintained his sitting posture. When the five-breath agreement arrived, his face glowed red, his Qi suddenly rushed, his eyes opened, he looked at Zhang Yuanjing with a smile that was not a smile, nodded lightly, and stood up.

"Let's wait here for a while! See if anyone comes looking for us!" Lin Dushan looked at the dark and cold cave passage, thoughtfully said.

After half an hour, a subtle rumbling sound suddenly came from the cave, sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing.

"It's the sound of Yin Fire Bats. Well, someone is coming, triggering the bat swarm ahead. Go and see who it is. I'll ambush in the back." Lin Dushan listened carefully and revealed an expression as expected.

Zhang Yuanjing responded, took the Xuanjing Great Axe and Spirit-Restraining Hoe in his hands, and slowly walked towards the depths of the cave.

After walking for dozens of zhang, he clearly heard the sharp squeaking of the Yin Fire Bats, as well as the angry reprimands of the cultivators. Obviously, someone was fighting with the Yin Fire Bats.

He hesitated for a moment, and Lin Dushan's voice transmission came to his ear: "Continue to move forward and see who is coming. If there is a strong enemy, I will take action."

Passing through a narrow road, there was a cave dozens of zhang in radius in front, and sure enough, he saw a person fighting bloody battles with dozens of Yin Fire Bats.

This person was ugly, covered in blood, his robes were broken, and his hair was disheveled. He was manipulating a flying shuttle with dim spiritual power, desperately resisting the fierce attacks of the bat swarm.

Seeing the face of this person, he couldn't help but be shocked: this person was his old acquaintance, Lao Deren, who had once entered the Fire Dragon Palace together!