Born with immortal seed

Chapter 412 Ohnosawa

Beyond the Central Region, there are four regions in the world, with the Eastern Region being the most important.

Not only is there a super sect that has produced Nascent Soul cultivators, but the sacred land of the demon race, Rotten Axe Mountain, is also located in this region.

When the Central Region experienced its first major surge in cultivator population and spiritual land became scarce, the Eastern Region was the first choice for relocation.

The northern region is bitterly cold, offering little space for cultivators to develop their skills; the boundless sea of ​​suffering blocks their path.

The southern region is plagued by frequent fires and toxic miasma, with countless insects and snakes lurking in its depths, making exploration extremely difficult.

In ancient times, the Western Regions was a battlefield where several top-level experts fought a protracted war that lasted for centuries, which directly severed the spiritual veins of this place and cut off its vitality.

It is said that he was a powerful being who could be considered strong even in the upper realm, whose supreme divine power directly caused mountains and rivers to change position and spiritual veins to be cut off.

Of the four regions, the Western Regions have the smallest population, so most sects would not choose to go there.

However, independent cultivator organizations are thriving in the Western Regions.

However, due to the unique geographical environment, each power is separated by hundreds of thousands of miles and forms an independent territory.

The Eastern Region boasts cultivation resources second only to the Central Region, and is vast and rich in resources, a truly magnificent sight.

It is also located near the open sea, enjoying exclusive access to maritime trade routes and facilitating the exchange of goods.

The prosperity of the cultivation world is only slightly inferior to that of the Central Region, and far surpasses that of the other three regions.

The Huang family has been passed down to the sixth generation in Dayeze, making them one of the most ordinary cultivation families in this area.

In comparison, there are two sects and three families in Da Ye Ze Zhong, referring to sects and families of cultivators with Core Formation True Persons in charge.

Compared to those less fortunate, Huang's skill in raising spirit fish allowed him to live a very comfortable life among the Foundation Establishment level immortal cultivation families, not to mention compared to those rogue cultivators.

The 36,000 hectares of misty waters, after overflowing and expanding several times over, provided sustenance for countless low-level rogue cultivators.

It is often said that if a spell is cast anywhere in the reeds of the Great Wilderness Marsh, it can startle several Qi Refining cultivators.

The main reason is that the Great Wilderness Marsh is rich in resources. Those destitute rogue cultivators who have no fixed assets can catch spirit fish and collect aquatic plants in the unattended waters, and every now and then they can earn a few spirit stones, which is enough to barely make ends meet.

"The clan elders said that several hundred silver threadfin fish that migrate back to the Baigou River have disappeared, and they told us to go and take a look... You two, put in extra effort, otherwise we won't get there before noon."

"Brother Guang, I heard you exchanged a Breakthrough Pill from the clan last month. It seems you're preparing to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining?"

"At twenty-five years old, you're at the late stage of Qi Refining, which is quite outstanding in the clan. In a few years, when the clan elders select Foundation Establishment candidates, you still have a chance!"

Three young men, wearing straw raincoats and using long poles, waded through the deep and shallow water.

Over 90% of the waters in Ono Sawa are like this, and the so-called roads are either shallow water routes or hardened silt pools.

A heavy rain will cause the road to disappear again, turning it into a vast expanse of water.

The immortal cultivation families in the Great Wilderness Marsh are mostly dock cities built along the water. The clansmen mainly live on ships, which facilitates travel to various waterways and guards their own property.

Only a few Core Formation level forces had the ability to turn mud into stone and transport huge rocks from afar, like small mountains, to build the mountain gate.

Or perhaps they directly inherited the water palace from their predecessors and expanded it into their main base.

Huang Tingguang's parents were ordinary Tanka people who made a living by fishing under the protection of their family. Later, they unfortunately encountered a ferocious monster fish that capsized their fishing boat, and both of them died.

He was quickly found to possess the aptitude of three spiritual roots and was taken to the Huang Clan Ancestral Hall to grow up alongside a group of other immortal seedlings who also possessed spiritual roots.

After reaching adulthood, he joined the family patrol team to protect the fishing grounds.

The Huang clan has a lineage with spiritual roots, and each generation is divided into sixty-year cycles. Among the Ting generation, Huang Tingguang is considered to be of above-average quality.

If one can successfully break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, one can at least reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining before the age of fifty and attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

For the Huang clan, which has only three Foundation Establishment cultivators in total, successfully establishing a Foundation Establishment is a great honor for their ancestors and a reason to be respected as a senior in this water area.

Apart from those few Core Formation Ancestors, they can already be considered extraordinary figures.

The two cousins ​​beside her both looked on with envy and a hint of flattery.

In the Great Wilderness Marsh, there are countless families cultivating immortality, and every body of water and every pool of water is fiercely competitive.

The Huang family's limited resources must be invested in the few clansmen with the best chance of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. A wrong choice can waste the family's resources, resulting in no new Foundation Establishment cultivators appearing for decades. There are countless examples of a cultivation family losing all its fishing grounds and spiritual pools and rapidly declining.

"I dare not even dream of becoming a Foundation Establishment seed. Ting Shi is not even twenty years old yet, but he has already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. As a direct descendant of the main lineage, he has secured a Foundation Establishment Pill spot... With so many disciples of the same generation vying for one of the remaining spots, the difficulty is too great. I will be content as long as I can get a Foundation Establishment spiritual item."

Huang Tingguang was not old, but because of his family background, he was mature beyond his years and had a calm temperament, which is why he was appreciated by an elder of the clan.

"Get to work. I heard that the Mi family offended some passing senior. Their water dock was destroyed, and two Foundation Establishment elders and hundreds of clansmen died at the same time... However, this also freed up a piece of land. It is said that our clan was allocated a mud pit, which the Mi family used to raise spirit snails."

"We've heard that too. The dock was supposedly split in two, and the remaining members of the Mi family scattered and fled. The Mi family is now just an empty shell!"

The two cousins ​​shrank back, shocked by the news.

The immortal cultivation families in the Great Wilderness Slope are in competition with each other, gradually devouring and annexing one another, but the tragedy of a clan being directly wiped out has not occurred for a long time.

It is said that those Core Formation factions all sent representatives to the Mi family's territory to investigate.

The Great Wilderness Marsh is a secluded paradise, where even Foundation Establishment cultivators can flaunt their power as powerful figures.

But in the face of truly high-level cultivators, they are like weeds, easily wiped away.

The three sighed and waded through the water in silence.

His biggest goal was to become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but now he realized that even a Foundation Establishment cultivator was nothing special.

The entire Mi family appeared utterly weak and vulnerable in the face of that passing powerful figure.

The Huang family, which is not much stronger than the Mi family, will not fare much better if any of its members foolishly offend powerful outsiders.

For the three who had grown up in Onozawa and had never left this body of water, the impact of this event was enormous.

……

"It took two whole months. If we hadn't gone the wrong way in the middle, we could have been a few days faster."

Bai Zichen used a straight tree branch to cut a white fish with silver fins and a flat head. After removing its flesh and entrails, he sprayed a ball of fire on it and cooked it instantly.

Its flesh possesses a subtle spiritual quality, being fresh, sweet, and tender; it could barely be called a "spirit fish."

However, the taste was only so-so, which made him miss his third disciple, Huo Feiyan.

Huo Feiyan's cooking skills were beyond question. Back when she was in Wanxianjian, she would catch spirit fish from the spiritual spring every day to make delicacies to show her respect to her master.

"Having traveled all the way by sword, even if an ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarch is a bit faster than me, the difference wouldn't be too great... It would really take an ordinary Core Formation True Person a year and a half to get here. Some who aren't strong enough are even stopped halfway. No wonder there are so few cultivators who travel across domains."

The fastest route from the Northern Region to the Eastern Region is blocked by a series of volcanoes, from which heavenly fire often falls, flattening a mountaintop.

New hills were formed by the accumulation of lava from volcanic eruptions.

Merchant caravans that frequently travel between the two regions say that taking this route is a gamble on their luck, hoping they won't encounter a celestial fire descending upon the world.

Caravans would only risk taking this route in extremely urgent circumstances.

Under normal circumstances, one would rather spend half the time taking the safer alternative route.

Bai Zichen contacted several merchant caravans, using spirit stones to pave the way, and after figuring out the secrets, he resolutely ventured into the Heavenly Fire Road, which was said to be exclusive to Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

Sure enough, on the third day, they encountered a celestial fire eruption. A ball of flame crashed down a hundred feet in front of them, and the heat wave instantly vaporized everything around them.

He watched helplessly as a fire lizard was swept away by the heatwave, its body exploding, its flesh and blood vaporizing and evaporating, leaving only a pool of brown blood on the ground.

The newly cultivated Five Crystal Glazed Body was activated, and his skin turned red like refined iron taken from a furnace, leaving him only with a dry mouth and throat.

Apart from that, no harm was caused.

With his Five Crystal Glass Body, he could walk on the volcano as if it were flat ground, ignoring any heavenly fire that didn't fall directly on his head.

Three days later, they burst out of the volcano and officially entered the territory of the Eastern Region.

After flying for a while, we finally arrived at our destination, Ohnosawa.

Unexpectedly, just a few days after entering the Great Wilderness Marsh, while still searching for the location to collect purple energy as mentioned in the jade slip, some ignorant local cultivators came to their door to freeload.

Perhaps it was his act of throwing down a mid-grade spirit stone after inquiring about the location and receiving a satisfactory answer that revealed his wealth, which led to two Foundation Establishment cultivators coming to his door, saying that the land belonged to their Mi family and that his act of gathering water waves with magic had offended their family's interests.

They had to apologize and pay fifty mid-grade spirit stones in compensation before they could leave.

Bai Zichen sighed, feeling the naked and undisguised greed in the eyes of the Mi family cultivators. It seemed that the atmosphere in the Eastern Region was not much better.

Of course, it was also because he had just arrived in the Eastern Region and wanted to keep a low profile, so he only revealed his early Foundation Establishment cultivation level.

Knowing that even if he gave them spirit stones, they still wouldn't give up, he simply killed the two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Mi family and all the clansmen nearby who were still trying to set up some kind of formation with a single sword strike, thus achieving peace and quiet.

"If your cultivation level is too low, you'll get into trouble. You should reveal your Core Formation realm, otherwise you'll just be busy dealing with idle people and trivial matters."

Bai Zichen had not practiced any special breathing concealment techniques, but with his amazing control over his physical body, it was not difficult for him to appear to have only the fluctuations of the early stage of Core Formation.

Unless a Nascent Soul True Monarch is present, no one else can discern his true cultivation level.

"It's alright to compete with others; when the time comes, you still have to take action. Anyway, with a different appearance, no one in the Eastern Region would be able to connect me to Bai Zichen from the Northern Region..."

The changes in his physical body were concealed by the Heavenly Illusion Bracelet. At this moment, the cultivator reflected on the water was of medium height, with strong features and distinct angles.

He may not be exceptionally handsome, but he possesses a refined and unforgettable aura.

Upon entering the Great Wilderness, Bai Zichen carefully replaced his flying sword with the Great Sun Furnace Sword, which he had never used before.

In this way, even if there were cultivators who had just returned from the Northern Region, they would not be able to recognize that the person in front of them was Bai Zichen, who was currently famous in the cultivation world.

Even when he appeared in Onozawa, he had changed his sword-wielding habits.

Not to mention breaking through all laws with a single sword strike, even the method of refining swords into threads has been abandoned, and a wide-ranging sword style has been adopted instead. This is sufficient for Ono Ze, who is at most a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.

He took two more bites of the spirit fish in his hand, his expression shifting as he glanced at the reeds, which were about two people tall, to his left.

Half an hour later, three Qi Refining disciples emerged from the reeds, panting heavily and covered in mud.

Looking up, he saw a strange cultivator sitting in Huang's fish pond, with two unfinished grilled fish lying at his feet.

One of the Huang clan members was about to start cursing when Huang Tingguang grabbed him and gestured for him to stop with a fierce look.

"The Huang family members pay their respects to their elders. Do you find the silver threadfin fish from our clan to your liking?"

Huang Tingguang's back was already soaked. This handsome young cultivator sat there without any regard for his image, with a corner of his Daoist robe still wet in the water. But he was a worldly man and would not mistake this man for an ordinary cultivator.

At first glance, the other person looked like an ordinary person with no cultivation.

However, this situation could occur not only if the person truly has no cultivation at all, but also if the difference in cultivation levels is too great, making it impossible to even look up and see them.

At the very least, he wouldn't feel that sense of awe and reverence towards the Foundation Establishment elders, as if he were looking at an endless starry sky with its boundaries constantly expanding and collapsing.

Two years ago, Huang Tingguang had a similar experience when he accompanied the clan elders to visit the abbot of Shuiyue Temple. It was as if he were facing a great river, and the surging tide almost made it difficult for him to breathe.

'Only a Core Formation cultivator could elicit such a reaction from me!'

Huang Tingguang's heart was pounding in his throat, and he didn't even notice that his voice had already changed when he opened his mouth.

He has a talent he has never mentioned to outsiders: when facing top-tier experts, he experiences a different feeling and sees things that others cannot.

When he was a child, he had just begun to cultivate Qi. He saw snowflakes falling on the body of the Shen family's Core Formation Ancestor who came to discuss business. A chill caused him to fall into a deep sleep for two days. During that time, he had a high fever, and his clansmen thought he would never wake up.

As he grew older, Huang Tingguang gradually realized that this might be a kind of innate talent for seeing.

Unfortunately, it didn't have any effect on cultivation, nor could it improve strength, so it was kept a secret and never told anyone else.

Then, considering that the Mi family had just offended a mysterious foreign cultivator and was almost wiped out with a single sword strike.

The identity of the Core Formation cultivator before him was becoming increasingly obvious, which naturally made Huang Tingguang nervous and afraid.

"The food is bland... May I ask you, is there any place nearby where the night wind blows fiercely and the morning light shines with a purple glow?"

The jade slip only indicated the suitable cultivation location for the Dongxuan Disaster Relief and Demon Extermination Scripture, but did not specify the exact location.

It seems that this story was only passed down orally among the Du family cultivators.

Bai Zichen didn't want to spend every morning checking for signs of auspicious purple energy; if he was unlucky, he could spend months on it.

(End of this chapter)