Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Seven days later, early in the morning, Zhang Yuanjing flew out of his cave and headed to Fire Dragon Abyss, which was located over ten thousand miles north of Mount Meng.

That place was no longer part of the Crimson Creek Kingdom, but belonged to a place called the Mountain Xuan Kingdom.

According to Zhang Xuan's description, the earth fire there was vigorous, and there were likely cultivators around, so he did not fly at full speed, but at half speed. It was not until noon on the second day that he arrived near Fire Dragon Abyss.

When he approached within a thousand miles of Fire Dragon Abyss, the temperature in the air gradually increased, and the trees and grass became sparse and withered.

When he reached about a hundred miles, he was already in a desert, with occasional strong winds blowing, and yellow sand filled the sky, blocking out the sun.

In the desert, there were dozens of ring-shaped earthen hills connected to form a large circle, and in the center of the circle, thick smoke rose. Obviously, that was where Fire Dragon Abyss was located.

Zhang Yuanjing controlled his flying sword and quickly approached Fire Dragon Abyss. When he reached a range of twenty miles, the air was filled with heat waves, which could not be resisted without magical power.

At this time, looking from the sky, the entire scene, whether it was the earthen hills or the desert, was visible at a glance, without any obstacles.

In the middle of the ring-shaped earthen hills was a black pit, with flashes of bright red from time to time.

Under the earthen hills, several stone houses had been built. Perhaps noticing Zhang Yuanjing's arrival, a white figure walked out of one of them, ascended into the air on a sword, and shouted at Zhang Yuanjing, "Who goes there? Please state your name and purpose!"

Zhang Yuanjing scanned with his divine sense and found that this person's cultivation was only around the tenth level of Qi Refining, but his tone was surprisingly arrogant, not putting him, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, in his eyes at all.

If it had been Zhang Yuanjing before the battle with Ling Jianzi, he would have probably lost his temper on the spot and knocked him to the ground.

At this moment, he only felt a little strange and cautiously asked, "Who are you? Why are you questioning others here?"

"Hmph, where did you come from, you rogue cultivator, don't you even know about the Guo family of the Mountain Xuan Kingdom! This place belongs to the Guo family, and no one is allowed to approach without permission. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!" The white-clothed cultivator looked young, with painted eyebrows and a sharp, handsome face, quite an outstanding figure, but his arrogance was a bit too much.

Zhang Yuanjing did not bother to argue with him and slowly said, "This humble Daoist is Zhang Jing, from the south, traveling abroad, and from afar I saw that there was earth fire here, so I came to take a look."

The white-clothed cultivator said impatiently, "Daoist Zhang, no matter what you do, if you want to enter Fire Dragon Abyss, go thirty miles east, where our steward will speak with you!"

After saying that, he ignored Zhang Yuanjing and flew back to the stone house to meditate and practice.

Zhang Yuanjing shook his head helplessly, unable to understand why the people of this Guo family were so overbearing. Could it be a middle-sized family with Core Formation cultivators?

He was just here to catch a few Flame Beasts and did not want to cause any trouble, so he went east as he was told.

After traveling twenty miles and turning around a hilltop, he saw hundreds of stone houses of various sizes built on a flat piece of land against the mountain wall. In the center was a large hall more than ten feet high, with the three golden characters 'Fire Dragon Hall' written on it, which was very eye-catching.

"Fire Dragon Hall in Fire Dragon Abyss? That's a bit interesting!" Zhang Yuanjing said with a sneer.

At this moment, he noticed someone coming from behind, seemingly heading straight for him, so he stopped and turned to look.

It was a black-robed Daoist in his forties, chasing after him on a flying spiritual weapon that looked like a dead branch.

This person had a wide face, narrow eyes, a flat nose, and a wide mouth, and was really ugly. But his cultivation was not low, he should have reached the peak of the late stage of Foundation Establishment, only a line away from the Great Perfection realm.

"Greetings, fellow Daoist! I am Lao Deren from Tengyuan Mountain. May I ask your name and where you usually cultivate?" The black-robed Daoist approached, bowed in front of Zhang Yuanjing about twenty feet away, and asked with a smile.

"So it's Daoist Lao, greetings. This humble Daoist is Zhang Jing, traveling from a very far place in the south, looking for opportunities everywhere." Zhang Yuanjing found it strange that this person asked about his origins as soon as he came up, but he did not dwell on such trivial matters, and replied with a smile.

"Oh, Daoist has great courage. I, Lao, am also quite old, but I can only wait to die, not daring to run around. May I ask what brings Daoist to this Fire Dragon Abyss? Is it a casual visit, or did you come here by reputation?" Lao Deren rolled his small eyes twice and asked softly.

Seeing that he asked so carefully, Zhang Yuanjing became vigilant and asked, "If it's a casual visit, then what? If it's by reputation, then what? Is there any particular significance?"

"Hehe, if you came by reputation, you must have heard about the Fire Dragon Abyss, so I, Lao, will not show off. If it's a casual visit, then I can tell you about this Fire Dragon Abyss," Lao Deren said with a smile, with a hint of complacency in his smile.

Zhang Yuanjing was eager for someone to tell him about this Fire Dragon Abyss, Fire Dragon Hall, and the Guo family, so he said, "Then please tell me, Daoist Lao, about this Fire Dragon Abyss, what are the particularities, so that I don't violate any taboos since I'm new here."

These words, although not explicitly stating that he came casually, revealed this meaning without a doubt.

Lao Deren stroked the short beard under his chin, pondered slightly, and then said, "This Fire Dragon Abyss is very peculiar, surrounded by mountains, a bottomless cave that spews earth fire all year round. Occasionally, it will erupt violently, and magma will gush out from the abyss, burning all the surrounding houses.

"In the Fire Abyss, there is also a kind of monster that is about ten feet long, shaped like a four-legged lizard, with three sharp horns on its head, and is born with the ability to breathe fire, which is very powerful. Its name is Flame Beast, and its bones and blood can be used to refine pills, especially a kind of pill called Fire Dragon Pill, which has excellent effects for those who practice fire attribute techniques.

"Therefore, long ago, this place was occupied by the Qianyang Sect, one of the six major sects, and handed over to a Guo family to manage. This family is good at alchemy and is stationed here to refine Fire Dragon Pills specifically for the Qianyang Sect. Because the earth fire here is vigorous, this Guo family is also very business-minded, so they built hundreds of stone houses and introduced earth fire for people to rent. I myself am here to rent these houses for alchemy."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanjing felt a little bad. The Flame Beast was obviously a precious spiritual beast, and neither the Qianyang Sect nor the Guo family would allow other cultivators to hunt and kill it at will.

"Oh, I see, it's actually the Qianyang Sect's territory. I don't know how to refine pills, so I don't need to use the alchemy room, but if I want to hunt a Flame Beast, is that possible?" Zhang Yuanjing asked tentatively.

Lao Deren immediately shook his head and said, "Of course not! Flame Beasts are very important to the Qianyang Sect. Every one is watched closely, how can outsiders be allowed to hunt them. If you want one, you can only spend spirit stones to buy a dead one. Moreover, they are all corpses of Flame Beasts that have just entered the Savage Blood stage, and there are very few that are in the middle and late stages, which are actually useless."

"Are they sold very expensively?"

"Hehe, it's not just generally expensive, but super expensive. A corpse of a Flame Beast that has just entered the Savage Blood stage costs one hundred low-grade spirit stones. If you are familiar with the Guo family cultivators, you can also buy the bodies of Flame Beasts in the middle and late stages of the Savage Blood stage, but the middle stage costs three hundred low-grade spirit stones, and the late stage even requires more than one thousand spirit stones. As for the Spirit Opening stage Flame Beasts, don't even think about it, they are not sold at all."

Zhang Yuanjing frowned and remained silent. He still had quite a few spirit stones, and it would be no problem to buy ten or eight Savage Blood early-stage Flame Beasts.

The key is, what is the efficacy of the spine of this Savage Blood early-stage Flame Beast, whether it can refine the Flame Qi Paste of the same level as that of the Tongyun Palace, and how much can be refined, are all unknown. If it is unsatisfactory, it will be counterproductive.

"Daoist Zhang, would you like to go in and see? If you don't refine pills, just take a look, you can pay five spirit stones." Seeing Zhang Yuanjing standing silently, thinking that the price of the Flame Beast had dispelled his thoughts, Lao Deren quickly said.

"It also costs spirit stones to go in and take a look?" Zhang Yuanjing was stunned and asked in surprise.

"Of course! Hahaha! There are quite a few cultivators who come here every year, and the Guo family can't figure out whether they are really looking or pretending. Originally, it was completely forbidden. Later, it is said that a cultivator from the Yuling Sect came over and there was a conflict. The Qianyang Sect only then allowed the Guo family to open up this Fire Dragon Abyss to avoid hurting harmony." Lao Deren laughed loudly, with a bit of disdain in his words.

"Oh, then is the Guo family not afraid of cultivators entering it and secretly hunting Flame Beasts?" Zhang Yuanjing's heart moved and asked.

"Hehe, Daoist, you are joking. If this really happened, how could the Guo family open up the Fire Dragon Abyss for people to see."

Lao Deren guessed that Zhang Yuanjing must have come to hunt Flame Beasts, but he really knew very little about the Fire Dragon Abyss, so he had a plan in mind.

"If Daoist enters it, he won't say that. The Fire Dragon Abyss is just a ring-shaped cave. The earth fire in the cave is fierce. Unless you can go deep into the abyss and hunt Flame Beasts in the depths of the earth fire, otherwise, your every move is in the eyes of the Guo family cultivators on the mountain. Where can you secretly hunt Flame Beasts! Daoist Zhang, it's better to go in and take a look first, seeing is believing!"

Zhang Yuanjing did not expect that killing a Flame Beast would be so troublesome, and was also helpless, so he nodded and said, "I have this intention, please lead the way, Daoist Lao."

The two of them went one after the other, and soon arrived at the gate of the Fire Dragon Hall. Four white-clothed cultivators stood at the gate, all of them young Qi Refining stage cultivators, with cultivation levels of only around the eighth or ninth level. Each of them stood tall and puffed out their chests, looking straight ahead.

Lao Deren was familiar with the situation, and without greeting anyone, he lifted his leg and walked into the hall. Zhang Yuanjing followed slowly.

This was a large room with a width of more than ten feet. There were two counters on the left and right sides. Several Foundation Establishment cultivators stood in front of the left counter, while only one white-clothed cultivator was sitting cross-legged on a short bed in front of the right counter. Inside the room was a ten-foot-high doorway, with the door tightly closed.

"Daoist Zhang, if you want to go in and visit, go to the right and pay the Qi Refining junior to buy a token. If you want to buy Flame Beasts, you can also ask him. However, I'm afraid there are no Flame Beasts for sale today." Lao Deren pointed to the white-clothed cultivator on the right and said softly.

"How does Daoist know there are no Flame Beasts for sale?" Zhang Yuanjing asked curiously.

"Well, if there are Flame Beasts for sale, the door on the inside will be open. If the door is closed, it means there are no Flame Beasts to sell." Lao Deren pointed to the ten-foot-high doorway on the inside and explained in a low voice.

"Oh, when will there usually be Flame Beasts for sale?" A sense of dissatisfaction with the Guo family surged in Zhang Yuanjing's heart, and his voice revealed a hint of coldness.

"It's hard to say. The Guo family protects the Fire Dragon Abyss and generally does not kill Savage Blood stage Flame Beasts. Therefore, unless these low-level Flame Beasts kill each other, there will be no corpses for sale. In short, it depends on luck. Anyway, I, Lao, have been here no less than ten times, and I have never seen that door open even once."

Lao Deren said patiently, pointing to a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator in front of the left counter, "That's an old friend of mine, I'll go chat with him. Daoist Zhang might as well go to the abyss to take a look first."

Zhang Yuanjing quickly walked to the counter on the right and asked, "Greetings, fellow Daoist, may I ask if there are any Flame Beasts for sale today?"

"No!" This white-clothed cultivator looked only in his twenties, with a cultivation level of only the fourth level of Qi Refining. He didn't even move his butt from the short bed when facing Zhang Yuanjing, a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator. He opened his eyes, glanced at Zhang Yuanjing, and then closed them again.

"Oh, I would like to purchase a token to go to the Fire Dragon Abyss, is it here?"

"The small book on the table, did you see it? Register yourself, name, age, origin, cultivation level, and the techniques you are good at, write it clearly, and then pay five low-grade spirit stones." The white-clothed cultivator still did not move, quickly spitting out a string of words, with a strong sense of impatience in his tone.

Zhang Yuanjing was not surprised, and without saying much, he opened the small book, grabbed the vermilion pen next to it, and casually wrote down his information. Of course, the name was fake, and the origin was also a fake place name that was tens of thousands of miles away. Anyway, a Qi Refining cultivator had never been to such a distant place. As for the cultivation level, techniques, and so on, he wrote the truth, because this could not be concealed.

After he finished writing, he took out five low-grade spirit stones and placed them on the counter.

The white-clothed cultivator then stood up, casually glanced at the information in the small book, and then took out a circular jade pendant, put it on the counter, and said, "Daoist Zhang, right, take this jade pendant and go to the Fire Dragon Abyss, where someone will take it back."

After saying that, he put away the spirit stones, sat down and continued to meditate, ignoring Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing took the jade pendant and turned to walk out, looking at the counter on the right. He saw that Lao Deren was chatting happily with a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator. When he saw Zhang Yuanjing looking over, he also reached out and greeted him, indicating that he could come here to find him after seeing the Fire Dragon Abyss.

Zhang Yuanjing left the Fire Dragon Hall, set up his flying sword and flew directly to the hilltop behind the hall. A large fire pit with a diameter of several hundred feet appeared in front of him, and waves of intense heat surged up, which was many times more powerful than outside the mountain.

"Who goes there? Do you have a token?" A white-clothed cultivator flew out from a hidden cave on the outer side of the hilltop, blocking Zhang Yuanjing's path.

"This humble Daoist is just here to take a look, this is the token."

Saying that, Zhang Yuanjing gently sent the jade pendant over with his magical power. The white-clothed cultivator took the jade pendant and shouted expressionlessly, "Limited to half an hour, those who overstay will be killed without mercy!"

Zhang Yuanjing ignored him, used the power of thick earth to protect his whole body, and descended towards the inner side of the hilltop on his sword. The closer he got to the Fire Dragon Abyss, the more he felt the heat all over his body. When he landed on the side of the abyss to observe the earth fire at close range, fine beads of sweat had already seeped out from his whole body.

Before coming in, he had an idea, which was to use the earth escape technique to quietly enter the lower layer of the Fire Abyss and secretly capture a few Savage Blood late-stage, or even Spirit Opening stage Flame Beasts. Now it seems that he thought too simply. Unless he had fire-avoiding spiritual equipment or spiritual talismans, entering the depths of the Fire Dragon Abyss was just courting death.

He opened his divine sense and carefully observed the condition of the earth fire. After about a quarter of an hour, he finally saw a monster about ten feet long, with dark skin, four short legs, and sharp horns on its head, tumbling up in the fire. It seemed to be playing in the fire and was having a good time.

This was a Flame Beast in the late stage of Savage Blood. It hadn't noticed Zhang Yuanjing, or perhaps it knew that the cultivators here didn't kill Savage Blood Flame Beasts, and was jumping back and forth in the fire on its own.

Within this Fire Abyss, there must be a powerful upward force that could completely support the beast's clumsy body. This beast was also accustomed to this force, and could use it with ease to move around. This meant that it would not be easy to hunt this beast.

He couldn't help but wonder: even Core Formation cultivators couldn't go deep into the earth fire here, and the Spirit Awakening Flame Beasts were hidden in the fire and rarely came out. How did the Guo family hunt Spirit Awakening Flame Beasts?