Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

“Have you been inside the Void Demon Space after it was sealed?”

“I have.”

“What's inside?”

“Just void. Besides the Void Demons and spatial rifts, there's nothing else.”

“What level are the Void Demons?”

“Mostly Qi Refining level, some Foundation Establishment. Oh, and I saw a Core Formation Void Demon corpse.”

“Do you know the secrets of the Void Demon Space?”

“I know some, but I won't tell you.”

“Hehe, what you know is definitely less than what I know. No need to doubt, I'll tell you now. Inside there's the 'Mustard Seed Space' of the Earth branch of the Faceless Sect! How about it? Am I right?”

Zhang Yuanjing remained silent.

“Before the Faceless Sect met with disaster, it established five branches, each with its own 'Mustard Seed Space', representing metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Their locations were also determined according to the five elements. Based on some conditions, we've calculated the approximate location of the Earth branch's secret realm.

“The things inside the secret realm are certainly precious, but most of them were left behind tens of thousands of years ago, and most are actually unusable in this era. We're searching for the secret realm to obtain one specific item, something that's useless to your Profound Heaven Sect. If I remember correctly, your Profound Heaven Sect, apart from your founding ancestor, hasn't produced any Transformation God cultivators since!”

“This item is for Transformation God cultivators?”

“Of course. Otherwise, why do you think a late-stage Core Formation cultivator like me would personally come out!” Ling Xiao said proudly.

Late-stage Core Formation! Zhang Yuanjing was greatly shocked, standing there stunned. He had originally thought that this Ling Xiao was at most a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, but he was actually a late-stage grand cultivator! Such an existence wouldn't number more than a handful in the entire Southern Domain! A late-stage Core Formation grand cultivator personally talking to him was simply unbelievable.

Ling Xiao looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, not speaking immediately. After a couple of breaths, he finally laughed, “What, you don't believe me?”

Zhang Yuanjing shuddered, instantly waking up: “Senior, you know far more about the secrets of this Void Demon Space than I do, why are you telling me all this?”

“Consider it an exchange of information. I need information I don't know. The information I already know might be useful to you, but it's useless to me. It doesn't matter if you know these things, because they're useless to you, or to the Profound Heaven Sect.” Ling Xiao said casually.

“What do you need to know?” Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a long time, feeling that even if Ling Xiao knew what he knew, it wouldn't have any adverse consequences for the Profound Heaven Sect, so he asked.

“How did you know there was an Earth branch 'Mustard Seed Space' in the Void Demon Space?”

“We learned it from the Thick Earth Sect.”

“Oh, did they tell you voluntarily?”

“No, a Qi Refining disciple discovered it in their sect's secret ground.”

“You mean a Profound Heaven disciple discovered it himself, and the Thick Earth Sect didn't know?”

“That's right. A cultivator from your sect also discovered this secret at the same time. However, in the end, your sect's cultivator was killed, and only our sect's cultivator obtained the secret.”

“When did this happen?”

“Ten years ago.”

“Ten years ago? That was shortly after the seal on Mount Shu Mi weakened, wasn't it.”

“Yes. Wasn't the weakening of the seal caused by your sect?”

“Caused by our sect? Hahaha, you jest. Although we call ourselves the Abyss of Heavenly Demons and act as demonic cultivators, we don't casually do things that damage the foundation of others. Although my Abyss of Heavenly Demons and your Profound Heaven Sect have been fighting for a long time, those are just the inevitable conflicts on the path of cultivation, which are common in the cultivation world.” Ling Xiao laughed, but a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes, as if he had thought of something.

“Do you know that your sect's Real Person and Core Formation cultivators have already entered the Void Demon Space?”

Zhang Yuanjing was stunned upon hearing this, then suddenly understood: “So that's it. No wonder I can't contact Martial Uncle Tianwan.”

“However, their progress doesn't seem to be going smoothly. Sixteen days have already passed, and I'm afraid they haven't found the entrance to that 'Mustard Seed Space' yet.”

“How do you know?”

“I judge based on the strength and stability of the lightning power around the seal. There's a certain logic to it, which you might not understand even if I explained it. If you don't believe me, there's a way to verify it.”

“What way?”

“Use a spirit jade for voice transmission. If you can transmit through, then they must have entered the 'Mustard Seed Space', because the 'Mustard Seed Space' has a Spirit Gathering Array, and the Spirit Gathering Array not only relies on spirit stones, but also draws spiritual power from this world.

“With this, spirit jade voice transmission can be achieved. If you can't contact them, then it means they're still in the Void Demon Space, and in a very deep location.” Ling Xiao slowly said, deliberately omitting several important possibilities.

Because even if they enter the 'Mustard Seed Space', the array formations, restrictions, or even spatial superposition issues inside could prevent spirit jade voice transmission. Even if you make contact, it may be in the Void Demon Space, because the Void Demon Space still has spatial rifts that connect to this world.

Zhang Yuanjing hesitated, unable to understand Ling Xiao's intention, but his concern for Wu Yuankui ultimately prevailed, and he nodded in agreement.

“Return his storage bag to him. Is anything missing?” Ling Xiao said to Ling Zhijian, who was standing beside him.

“Nothing is missing, except for the tokens, magical artifacts, and gold crystals he obtained from killing my Demonic Sect cultivators. Everything else is there.” Ling Xiao took out Zhang Yuanjing's storage bag and handed it to Zhang Yuanjing.

“Yes, based on the value of those items, compensate him with spirit stones.”

“Yes, Ancestor.” Ling Zhijian had now fully understood the essence of Ling Xiao's so-called starting from people's hearts, and acted without hesitation, immediately getting up and going out to retrieve spirit stones.

Zhang Yuanjing took out his voice transmission spirit jade from the storage bag and first tried to transmit to Wu Yuankui. The signal was sent, and after two breaths, a “buzzing” sound came from the spirit jade. Ling Xiao heard it clearly from the side, raised an eyebrow, but didn't expose it.

Zhang Yuanjing tried again, and it was still the same. He then tried to transmit to Yu Tianwan, and it was still “buzzing”. He felt lost in his heart, knowing that what Ling Xiao said was likely true.

“How is it? Can't contact them, right.”

“Yes.”

“Actually, our two sects have complicated this matter. If we could communicate well, we could completely cooperate. The reason I let you transmit voice is actually also for this purpose. I only want that item, and I won't take anything else. Everything else will belong to your Profound Heaven Sect.”

“You want me to contact Sect Leader Senior Brother and the others to convey the terms of cooperation?”

“That's right. Unfortunately, it's impossible to contact them here. My Abyss of Heavenly Demons cultivators have already arrived and are setting up an array formation, preparing to break the seal. Once we enter, we'll definitely encounter your Profound Heaven Sect's cultivators. In that kind of environment, I'm afraid it will be difficult to talk properly. Moreover, the most dangerous thing is that there might be disruptors who want to reap the benefits without lifting a finger, and they probably won't let our two sects cooperate and share the ancient sect's secret treasure.”

“Disruptors? Who are they?”

“Of course, it's the Thick Earth Sect! Didn't you know?” Ling Xiao looked at Zhang Yuanjing with some surprise. This so-called confidant of the Profound Heaven Sect Leader didn't seem to know much.

“Is that why you're investigating the Thick Earth Sect?” Zhang Yuanjing didn't understand what Ling Xiao was referring to, so he asked.

“That's right. They are originally the descendants of the Earth branch of the Faceless Sect, and they cultivate the Thick Earth Technique, but they deliberately say that they borrowed from the Thick Earth Qi Circulation Art and created their own 'Thick Earth Heaven Defying Technique'. This set of false and true is quite cleverly played.

“Hmph! We sent people to investigate them for decades, and we still couldn't determine the truth, and we were deceived by this trick. However, after hearing you say that the secret of the 'Mustard Seed Space' was obtained from the Thick Earth Sect, I knew their true colors and true purpose!”

“Oh, Senior means that they deliberately leaked the secret to me?”

“They originally wanted to leak it to my Demonic Sect, but your Profound Heaven Sect got there first! However, there's no difference. No matter who gets this secret first, this good show will begin, it's just that the order in which the actors enter has been reversed.”

“Have the people from the Thick Earth Sect also entered the Void Demon Space?”

“Hehe, the fisherman, of course, has to be the last one to come out. But whether they can come out or not depends on whether they have the strength!”

“Senior, I'm a little confused. Why would the Thick Earth Sect leak the secret? Wouldn't it be better for them to take it for themselves?”

“If they have enough strength, of course they can take it for themselves. But they just don't have that strength, and they want to take it for themselves, so they came up with this trick to borrow strength. Of course, there's another reason, which is that the space here is unstable, and the 'Mustard Seed Space' will be exposed at any time, so they have to take the risk in order to explore the secret treasure as soon as possible.”

Zhang Yuanjing strung together what he knew and thought about it, and it was indeed the case. Since the appearance of the Void Demon Space five thousand years ago, it has always been a major concern for the Profound Heaven Sect. It's just that they've been suffering from not being able to find the reason for its existence and being unable to solve the problem from the root.

However, the existence of the Void Demon Space also means that the 'Mustard Seed Space' will be exposed sooner or later. It's really not easy for the Thick Earth Sect to endure until now. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel worried. The Abyss of Heavenly Demons was already so powerful, and with the addition of a scheming Thick Earth Sect, would Senior Brother and the others be able to return safely?

Ling Xiao sat upright on the stone chair, no longer speaking. He had said everything he needed to say, and he had answered every question. As a late-stage Core Formation grand cultivator, he was being so polite to a small Foundation Establishment cultivator, which was considered unprecedented. There was no other way, the thing in the Earth branch 'Mustard Seed Space' was too important. Without it, the Abyss of Heavenly Demons' efforts for nearly two thousand years would be in vain.

At this time, Ling Zhijian walked in from outside, carrying a silk pouch in his hand, with the sound of gold and stone colliding inside.

“How many spirit stones?”

“Fifty middle-grade ones. Do you think it's enough?”

“Yes, not bad, spirit stones are just external possessions, don't be stingy.” Ling Xiao nodded approvingly, he despised pettiness the most, always calculating some petty things, how could one accomplish great things or be a great person.

“Fellow Daoist Zhang, please accept this, this is the spirit stone to compensate you. If you have other needs, you can also bring them up together, as long as we have them, we can exchange them with you.”

Zhang Yuanjing was full of worries, and he didn't care about these things at all. He took it casually, thanked him, and then said to Ling Xiao, “Senior, can you take me into the Void Demon Space together?”

“Why do you want to enter it? The current Void Demon Space is probably dangerous even for Core Formation Real People, let alone a Foundation Establishment cultivator like you.”

“Senior just said that your Abyss of Heavenly Demons can cooperate with my Profound Heaven Sect, but lacks someone who can communicate. I want to do this. Once I get inside the Void Demon Space, I can contact you with voice transmission, right?” Zhang Yuanjing asked. In his memory, when he entered the nascent Void Demon Space with Liu Yuanqing back then, the voice transmission spirit jade could be used.

“It depends on the distance, I guess. You can only contact them when you are relatively close. However, such a big thing, I'm afraid you can't do it with just a Foundation Establishment cultivator? Will they believe you? Maybe they will think you have defected to our Abyss of Heavenly Demons.”

“No, Sect Leader Senior Brother will definitely believe me. Even if it doesn't succeed in the end, I will try.”

“Little Fellow Daoist, your sincere heart has moved Ling. It's been many years since I've seen a cultivator with such deep feelings for his sect. I agree to your request.”