Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The surface here looked no different from an ordinary stone cave, but upon touching it, he realized that the surrounding stone walls were not real, but formed by some kind of energy.

He channeled the energy into his body and felt that it was very different from spiritual energy, and not turbid energy either, but it was not repelled by his own mana and could be well integrated. So he sat down cross-legged, absorbed the energy to cultivate, and after circulating it for one major cycle, his mana actually increased by more than half a percent, which surprised and delighted him.

However, when he continued to cultivate, the gain from the second major cycle was very limited.

The old Taoist's words "digest the opportunity" flashed through his mind, and he quickly took out the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace to observe the changes inside.

The severed hand was as white and flawless, slender and beautiful, even more beautiful than the delicate hands of a stunning beauty. The cut was still bright red, but the luster was very soft, and it did not make people feel cruel or bloody.

The yellow powder that the old Taoist sprinkled on it seemed to have penetrated into the hand, without leaving any trace on its surface.

This severed hand was like an independent object, with its own energy, containing a unique rhythm.

Zhang Yuanjing's heart moved, and he condensed his divine sense, focusing it on the severed hand, trying to capture the pulse of its rhythmic beating, and comprehend profound truths from it. However, the rhythm seemed simple, but it was extremely obscure. It clearly felt like that, but once it formed into a thought, it was completely irrelevant.

After trying several times without success, he stopped wasting his energy. This indicated that the truth hidden in the energy of the severed hand was far beyond the level he could understand. Forcing himself to comprehend it would not only be difficult to gain anything, but would also bring disaster.

At this moment, the severed hand suddenly dissolved, turning into a mass of dark and obscure energy, scattering into the hundreds of grains of anti-energy sand. These red sand grains were originally a bit hazy, but now they became radiant, as if the dust had been washed away, turning from mud and stone into treasures.

Zhang Yuanjing carefully examined it with his divine sense, and only felt that this thing contained very pure power, with a shadow of turbid energy, but it was not turbid energy, because this thing did not have obvious rejection to his mana, nor did it make him feel disgusted. It was somewhat similar to the energy he had just absorbed here, but it was more mixed and the level was much lower.

He took out a few jade boxes, stored all the red sand grains, and then summoned Zhang Shi, pinching out one for it to devour.

Zhang Shi did not hesitate, and ate it directly, then happily transmitted his thoughts: "Master, this thing is a kind of power different from spiritual energy, and the quality is very high, which can increase Zhang Shi's power. If there are enough, Zhang Shi may even be able to advance a level!"

"How much do you need?" Zhang Yuanjing hesitated.

It was naturally good for the Source Stone to advance, but the more critical thing now was the improvement of his own cultivation. The Source Stone's enhancement of minor spells was based on the power he could display. The stronger his cultivation, the stronger the minor spells he could cast, and the greater the amplification effect of the Source Stone would be.

Especially when he went to the Hengduan Mountains in the future, where many Nascent Soul cultivators gathered, if he did not have the same cultivation level, even with the Refined Yang Umbrella in hand, he would be in danger and could fall at any time due to a negligence.

Zhang Shi hesitated for a moment before saying uncertainly: "Master, Zhang Shi can't say for sure, maybe it's a hundred, maybe it's two hundred. Zhang Shi thought about it, it seems that it is not easy to advance to the fourth level, it is not just relying on absorbing treasures of heaven and earth to complete it."

Zhang Yuanjing heard this, pondered for a moment, and said: "There are still many of this thing, but I have other uses for it now, so I won't let you devour it for now."

He put the Source Stone into his dantian, pinched out a grain of anti-energy sand and placed it in his palm, hesitated for a moment, then wrapped it with mana and sent it into his mouth.

After this thing entered his abdomen, he did not use mana to refine it, nor did he place his divine sense on it, but just ran the Thick Earth Creation Technique on his own.

This was in accordance with the method of the Swallowing Technique, taking the path of parallel non-interference, allowing this thing to dissolve on its own.

After half a quarter of an hour, Zhang Yuanjing suddenly felt a different energy rushing towards the meridians through which the Thick Earth power was traveling. The two forces were completely different, mixed together, and agitated each other, unable to fuse. However, the two were not completely hostile, and did not annihilate each other like spiritual energy and turbid energy.

He first breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt extremely uncomfortable. In the past, cultivation was always a kind of mana, the purer the mana, the more pleasant it was. But the two energies were mixed, and agitated each other, and still flowed in the same meridian, like two legs in one trouser leg, making it very awkward to walk.

However, the key to this Swallowing Technique was parallel non-interference, and no intention could be placed on it. At this time, because of the difficulty in practicing the technique, his intention unknowingly fell on it, and the two different forces each formed a group, clearly separated, causing the meridians to have a faint tearing tendency.

Zhang Yuanjing's heart trembled, and he quickly retracted his thoughts, not placing his mind on either one, and only urged the Thick Earth Creation Technique to run one cycle after another.

He did not know when, but the feeling of the two forces agitating each other disappeared, as if the alienated force and the Thick Earth force had merged into one. But Zhang Yuanjing did not dare to carefully examine it, lest he fall short.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a Melting Gold Tempering Pill and swallowed it, using this pill as a guide to guide the mana in the meridians to temper the solid core in his abdomen.

There are three realms of Core Formation: Virtual Core, Solid Core, and Golden Core. Although the cultivation world has always called the inner core condensed by Core Formation cultivators the Golden Core, in fact, it is a gradual process, from virtual to solid, and from solid to firm, before it can be called the Golden Core.

Zhang Yuanjing had only entered the middle stage of Core Formation for twenty years, but with the assistance of the Melting Gold Tempering Pill, the inner core was tempered quite firmly, and already had a few strands of light gold纹. When this core was completely wrapped in light gold, it could be called the Golden Core, and then he would enter the late stage of Core Formation.

At this time, he took the Melting Gold Tempering Pill in order to use the pill's strong medicinal power to discern whether the alienated force had truly merged into the Thick Earth force. If it had, then the tempering effect would be doubled. If it had not, his mana would not be able to withstand the fierce impact of the Melting Gold Tempering Pill's medicinal power, let alone temper the solid core.

The pill entered his abdomen, and a fiery heat was generated, and a strong medicinal power directly urged the Thick Earth force in the meridians. The collision, which was originally quite painful, unexpectedly did not appear. The mana in the meridians only trembled slightly, then transformed this medicinal power into it, and then a kind of fierce force was generated from the inside out, rushing towards the round and solid inner core in the dantian.

"Dang!"

There was a substantial collision sound, directly into his mind, as if it was rushing on his soul. Immediately, the entire soul trembled, and was tempered together with the inner core.

Zhang Yuanjing's body kept trembling, and his face was full of painful expressions. However, his heart was filled with infinite joy.

The alienated force not only completely merged into the Thick Earth force, but also caused a very obvious change in this force. Compared to before, the current Thick Earth force had an indescribable thickness.

This thickness was not just adding a new component or absorbing a new force, but was a diversity in level. Relative to the Thick Earth force being based on spiritual power, this alienated force was obviously based on turbid energy, but the two forces were not as conflicting as they were in this world, but could be fused together on the basis of some kind of principle. Therefore, the current Thick Earth force had a huge improvement in accommodating all things, and had the possibility of transforming into turbid energy.

He stabilized his energy, and took another grain of anti-energy sand, and while tempering the inner core, he continued to dissolve this thing, to integrate the alienated force into the Thick Earth force.

He immersed himself in cultivation, completely forgetting the environment he was in, and did not know how many days had passed. As one anti-energy sand after another was refined, the color of the Thick Earth force became more profound, and his cultivation level also increased steadily. One strand after another of light gold纹 constantly appeared on the inner core.

At a certain moment, Zhang Yuanjing only felt a shock all over his body, and the mana in his dantian suddenly climbed upwards. A mysterious and profound energy condensed in his sea of consciousness, and then the energy and spirit interacted, and his soul suddenly increased more than doubled. All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally converged into one, falling on the golden shining inner core in his lower abdomen.

And the Thick Earth force that was rising upwards also suddenly stopped, sank downwards, entered the dantian, and surrounded the golden core. A touch of light black color flashed from within, rendering the original dark gold even more profound.

The Thick Earth Creation Technique was upgraded again, advancing to the fifth level. Moreover, this upgrade was not just an upgrade of the technique, but there were also some deeper changes in it.

The original Thick Earth Creation Technique had a strong vitality, and had a great advantage in cultivating spiritual plants. After the transformation of this anti-energy, this technique went a step further, and slightly had some use for cultivating the origin and strengthening the foundation, which could not only be used to cultivate spiritual plants, but also for other spiritual objects. Of course, this was only a bud at this time, and it still needed to continue to improve the technique to truly exert its effect.

However, the most direct effect of this change in the technique and the Thick Earth force was that it could transform into turbid energy.

He took out some of the black ash obtained from refining the demon insects, and wrapped it with the Thick Earth force. The black ash was very stable, and did not conflict with the Thick Earth force as before, and was annihilated by it.

He then swallowed the black ash into his abdomen according to the method of dissolving the anti-energy sand, allowing it to dissolve into the Thick Earth force on its own. These black ash were far less high-level than the anti-energy sand, so the dissolution was very fast. In just a few breaths, it merged into the Thick Earth force, without leaving any trace.

Although a little black ash had a negligible effect on the improvement of cultivation, this thing was after all very large in quantity. If all of it was dissolved, and with the Melting Gold Tempering Pill, it would be enough for him to climb to the extreme of Core Formation, and successfully advance to the Great Perfection of Golden Core.

Moreover, in the next action in the Barren Death Zone, he would no longer need to be in a state of consumption all the time due to the turbid energy environment, which undoubtedly enhanced his bargaining chips for dealing with crises.

At this time, the old Taoist's voice came: "Boy, not bad! Positive and negative combine, the great path is achieved, so-called 'reversal is the movement of the Tao'!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yuanjing only felt his body sway, and he was moved out of the stone cave by a strong force, and fell into a Gobi desert.