Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 573: Become a mortal before becoming an immortal!
During these twenty years of seclusion,
Zhou Xun's cultivation has improved greatly. Not only his incarnation, but even his original body has now reached the late Jindan stage.

Back then, Zhou Xun's original body and his incarnation exchanged treasures in the Tianxuan Secret Realm.

The main body returned to Wangchuan Lake with the remaining Xuanyun Pill.

Although each person can only take one pill, it is aimed at the cultivator's physical body.

Therefore, Zhou Xun can also take it.

With the help of this Xuanyun Pill, in just two years, his cultivation level was raised to the late stage of Jindan.
Now, another twenty years have passed, and the progress is already more than halfway.

With his current talent of ninety points of sensitivity of wood spiritual roots, he would be able to reach the peak of Jindan stage and strive for Yuanying stage in thirty to forty years at most.

In addition, Zhou Xun's several skills have made the greatest progress in the past twenty years.
The furthest thing that has been accomplished now is making talismans and refining elixirs.
Because of the human-demon war, Zhou Xun was able to accumulate a lot of materials and get enough practice.
Now he is already a genuine third-level top-grade talisman maker and alchemist.

As for the art of puppetry and formations, Zhou Xun has not fallen behind either, and is now at the peak of the third-order mid-level.

Just one opportunity and you can break through again.

After the mission was accomplished, Zhou Xun no longer wanted to continue his retreat.
So he slowly stood up and cast a dust removal spell on himself, and the robe that was originally covered with dust became brand new.

Immediately Zhou Xun opened the door of the training room and walked out.

As soon as I went out, I saw Luo Yuancheng feeding swallowtail butterflies in the hall!
"I've met Master!"

Seeing Zhou Xun finally coming out after years of seclusion, Luo Yuancheng was overjoyed and stepped forward to bow respectfully!

"No need to be polite!"

Zhou Xun waved his hand, and with a quick glance of his spiritual sense, he knew Luo Yuancheng's situation clearly.
At this moment, he felt as if his physical power was overflowing, and he had obviously reached the peak of foundation building.

"Yes, you have not slacked off during the years I have been in seclusion. I wonder when you plan to form your elixir?"

Zhou Xun asked slowly,

"I originally planned to start forming the elixir in two months!"

Luo Yuancheng replied respectfully that with his spiritual roots, it would be no problem for him to condense a true pill.

However, he was Zhou Xun's disciple, so he naturally had some requirements for Dan.
Naturally, he didn't dare to hope for the golden elixir, but he still had a good chance of getting a top-grade true elixir.

It is a consensus in the cultivation world that only those who have condensed a top-grade true elixir will have hope of cultivating to the peak of the Jindan stage and reaching the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

"Very good, after you have achieved Dan, we will hold a formal apprenticeship ceremony!"

Zhou Xun said as he came to the front of the swallowtail butterfly and looked at it carefully.

Now, after decades of cultivation, the Swallowtail Butterfly has grown to the late second stage and is only one step away from the peak.

At this time, it was full of energy and vigor. It was four inches long, a whole circle larger than before, and its eyes were more lively.
A thought in my mind,
The swallowtail butterfly flapped its wings and flew to Zhou Xun's shoulder and landed there.

According to the "Hundred Insects Sutra",
When the Swallowtail Butterfly is cultivated to the second-level upper grade, it can cast an illusion that ordinary foundation-building monks cannot break!

"go with!"

Zhou Xun issued an order.
The swallowtail butterfly flapped its wings, and an invisible force flew out and hit Luo Yuancheng on the opposite side, covering him.

Luo Yuancheng felt his mind flicker at this moment, and immediately began to form a pill in Zhouxun's cave.
For three whole months,
Luo Yuancheng finally broke through the barrier. At this time, he had become a Jindan Zhenren, and condensed a golden elixir.
As I continued to immerse myself in it, I suddenly felt something was wrong.
"I actually condensed the immortal golden elixir. No, this is fake!" The moment he had this thought, everything in front of him shattered like a mirror.
It turned out that he was still in Zhouxun Cave, and the scene just now was just an illusion.

Zhou Xun was looking at him with a smile.
"Master, disciple, disciple."

Luo Yuancheng felt a little embarrassed.

"It's okay. I just asked the Swallowtail Butterfly to try out some magic. It seems that its ability is to arouse the most desired thing in the recent period for the target of the spell!"

Even Luo Yuancheng, a cultivator at the peak of the foundation-building stage, was caught in the trap and could not help sinking into it. This spirit butterfly was indeed an ancient alien species, and its mature form was an existence that even great cultivators could hardly rival.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xun issued another order.
The swallowtail butterfly continued to cast the spell, but the target was changed to Zhou Xun.

When the magic light touched Zhou Xun, he felt a faint impulse in his heart that was hard to erase.

I wish I could go into seclusion and break through to the Nascent Soul stage right away!

Zhou Xun's mind was flowing, and he suppressed this feeling.
The power of this technique is truly terrifying. Even a cultivator like me who is at the peak of the Jindan stage cannot help but be affected.
You know, Zhou Xun's current soul is very different from that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

The second level is so amazing, I wonder what it will be like when I reach the third level.

Then, Zhou Xun gave Luo Yuancheng some pointers on his cultivation problems and sent him away.

A figure suddenly appeared in the sky above Tianfu Island.
At the same time, a beast with a tiger head and a leopard body flew over from the distant sky.
Twenty years later, the Earthly Beast had grown a lot bigger, and his cultivation had also improved a lot.
It is only a short distance away from the third-level top-grade product.

"Owner!"

Feng Zhong was very happy to see Zhou Xun.

During the time Zhou Xun was in seclusion, the Earth Element Beasts were moving freely in the nearby sea area.
As Zhou Xun's mount, it already had the authority to freely enter and exit the Tianfu Island formation. Zhou Xun even specially refined a secondary token for it.

Over the years, everyone on Tianfu Island has become very familiar with this third-level, top-grade monster.
There was even more than one occasion when disciples of the Tianfu Sect encountered danger outside and were rescued by this Diyuan Beast that was wandering around.

Today, he has gained a great reputation among the low-level disciples of Tianfu Sect and is respected as the Patriarch of Diyuan!

"Practice hard, and when you reach the third level, I will find an opportunity to get you a fourth level demon king inner pill to help you reach the demon king level!" "Thank you, master,"

The Earthly Beast was overjoyed and extremely excited.
At this moment, he couldn't help but feel that his decision to become Zhou Xun's mount was extremely wise. Who would have thought that he would one day have the opportunity to attack the Demon King.

His biggest goal in the past was to become a top-grade demon king.

"Okay, let's go to the roundabout!"

After Zhou Xun's visit to Master Tieshan, he decided to start preparing for the birth of a baby!

Soon, within half a day, Zhou Xun arrived at the cave of Master Tieshan.
"Brother Zhou, it's been twelve years, and you finally remember me, your elder brother!"

Seeing Zhou Xun again, Master Tieshan seemed very happy. Suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something.
"Perfect Dan formation?"

Master Tieshan looked at Zhou Xun in amazement, and carefully looked him up and down.
"I didn't expect that you would be able to have a baby so soon. In a few years, you will surpass me!"

"Brother Dao, thank you for your praise. Your guidance has a lot to do with my current situation!"

Zhou Xun said modestly.

He immediately came to the hall and sat down.

There was an exquisite wine jar on the table, and the aroma of wine was still in the air.
Take a deep breath and it's intoxicating.

Master Tieshan smiled and poured a cup of wine, then handed it to Zhou Xun.

He loved wine by nature, and he gave all the spiritual tea he got last time to Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun took the wine and drank it all.

Instantly, a pure spiritual energy rose up. If he had not already reached the perfect stage of forming a pill, this cup of spiritual wine would at least save him ten days of hard training.

"Brother Dao, this wine is extraordinary!"

"Hahaha, brother, I tasted it," Master Tieshan laughed and began to explain:
"This wine is called Danyuan Wine. It is brewed by me personally, using two third-grade high-quality demon pills as the main ingredients, and it has been specially prepared."

"It can slowly release the power of the Dan Yuan in the demon pill. Although it is not as powerful as the medicinal effect of the elixir, it is more moderate and peaceful."

"If you take it for a long time, it's better than taking those pills!"

"If I can use the fourth-level demon pill as the main material, it will be of great benefit to a Nascent Soul cultivator like me!"

As he spoke, Master Tieshan couldn't help but reveal a look of regret.

"Now that the two tribes are at war, the fourth-level demon pills are still being produced. Maybe you will get them when the opportunity comes!"

Zhou Xun comforted him,
"By the way, this wine is so good, where does Daoist brother have the recipe?"

"Are you interested too? Take it!"

As he spoke, Master Tieshan flipped his palm, and an ancient green jade slip appeared in his hand, which he then threw directly to Zhou Xun.

"Then I'll be honored to refuse!" Zhou Xun laughed. Given the relationship between them, there was really no need to be so calculative.

You help me and I help you so many times that I can no longer tell who owes whom.

"By the way, this time I came here, I also want to talk to you about the matter of forming a baby!"

"I expected so. I have also discussed your matter of forming a baby with Brother Ji."

"You are cultivating too fast. There are only two things that worry us two."

"First, it is the problem of your foundation in cultivation. You are cultivating so fast, which means that your foundation may be unstable."

"It's fine at ordinary times, but during this period of infant formation, the more solid the foundation, the higher the success rate of breaking the pill and forming the infant."

"The second problem is your state of mind. You are too young and have too little experience. If you encounter a mental calamity, it is easy to sink!"

"And this level doesn't require any talent from the cultivator, it completely depends on one's will and state of mind."

"There are many people with natural spiritual roots in history, but they were eventually defeated by the inner demons!"

Master Tieshan said slowly.

Hearing this, Zhou Xun couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

First of all, there was the issue of foundation. He was not worried about this. One of the important abilities of his Ningchun Sutra was to supplement the foundation of the immortal cultivator.
As for his state of mind, he had no idea. Even if his past life was included, he was no more than two hundred years old.

At this age, many people have not yet reached the stage of Jindan, let alone Yuanying.

"I wonder if you have a solution, brother. Since they talked about this problem, they must have discussed how to deal with it!"

"As for the fundamental issues, they only need to be settled for a period of time. As for the state of mind,"

"In the classics, before ancient cultivators achieved Nascent Soul, they often went to the mortal world, restrained their cultivation, and lived as mortals. This is called 'becoming mortal before becoming immortal'!"

“Maybe you can follow suit!”

(End of this chapter)