Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 709: Danyang Palace, I, Zhou Xun, am here!

"But the Danyang King is as powerful as Bai Gu Zhen Jun, not to mention Fei Yu Zhen Jun who is in the late Nascent Soul stage."

"The mountain protection formation in the Upper Danyang Palace is also at the fourth-grade upper level."

"With the strength of the three of us, I'm afraid we are not up to the task!"

"Even if we use the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain to transfer the King of Danyang and the other two away, as long as they activate the magic circle in time, I'm afraid my brother won't be able to leave in a short time."

"Won't we be caught in a trap by them then?"

Wang Erniu Niu frowned and thought carefully about how to break the impasse.

"I've already had an idea about this!" Zhou Xun already had a plan in mind.

"I plan to hide my identity first, then sneak into Danyang Palace and find out the situation of the 'Golden Winged Cloud-Stepping Eagle'."

"Then you can configure the corresponding 'True Spirit Drunk'!"

"What is this 'True Spirit Drunk'?" Wang Erniu asked curiously.

This is a secret medicine that works on the fourth-level demon king. As long as the ingredients can be found, even the fourth-level top-grade True Spirit Drunk can be prepared.

You know, this works on a fourth-grade top-grade Demon King.

"Brother actually has such a magical prescription. It seems that it will be much easier. As long as Brother finds a chance to get close to this monster,"

"Then I can use the True Spirit Intoxicant to knock him out, and then I can easily draw the blood from his heart!" Wang Erniu's eyes lit up.
“That’s a good idea indeed!”

Zhou Xun nodded upon hearing this, and then continued:
"In addition, in order to prevent any accidents, I am refining a short-distance teleportation array."

"One is located in the Danyang Palace,"

"The second one is to be set up outside Danyang Immortal City. Even if an accident happens, we can escape calmly!"

"However, Brother Tianci will be needed to stay outside the city to provide support when the time comes!"

"As long as it can help my brother, there's nothing wrong with it!"

Wang Erniu was very excited when he heard this and immediately said:

"In that case, let's go, brother!"

Zhou Xun shook his head:

"This time, Erniu, you stay in the cave. Brother Tianci and I will be the only ones there!"

"Brother, why don't you take me with you?" Wang Erniu was a little reluctant.

"This time, we are extracting the heart blood of the Golden Feathered Cloud-Stepping Eagle. If anything unexpected happens, King Danyang and True Lord Feiyu will definitely chase after it personally."

"Although you are strong, you are still powerless against great monks, so it is better for you to stay at home!" Zhou Xun explained slowly.

"Okay, then brothers, you guys should go early and come back early!" Wang Erniu also nodded.

"No hurry, let me refine the teleportation array first!"

Then they discussed the details again and each went their own way.

In the training room, Zhou Xun sat upright on the cushion.
He clapped his hands on his waist.
Countless spiritual lights flew out, hovered in the air, and transformed into rare materials that were used to refine the teleportation array.

Zhou Xun took a deep breath.

He clasped his hands together and streams of spiritual energy flowed out from his fingertips, wrapping around the materials like silk threads.

Then started to deal with it!

He picked up a piece of third-level spiritual jade that was emitting a faint glow. This was the "Spirit Jade", a necessary item for refining the base of the teleportation array!
Zhou Xun focused his eyes and used his spiritual power as a carving knife to carve on the jade. Before long, fine lines appeared on the jade.

Then, he took out a piece of precious "Soul-Melting Ore" and used his spiritual power to stimulate the essence within it.

In an instant, a trace of essence was drawn out and merged into the jade, filling the lines with brilliant silver light!

Finally, a solidification restriction is applied, and the most basic Lingyu array base is refined.

Then, he began to refine the second and third pieces.
Ten days passed like this, and a total of seven hundred and fifty pieces were refined. The remaining parts were naturally used for replacements.

With this most basic Lingyu formation base, as long as he arrives in Xuzhou City and chooses a place, he only needs to assemble it directly.

In this way, the teleportation array can be set up in the shortest time possible.

After refining the Lingyu array base, the next step is the most critical processing of the Xuankong crystal.

I saw him flipping his palm,
A fist-sized Xuankong crystal appeared in the air.
What is being refined this time is a short-distance teleportation array of 5,000 miles, so only a very small piece will be enough!
Zhou Xun waved his hand, a faint light flashed, and the Xuankong Crystal split into two.
Then, clasp your hands together,

Rays of spiritual light shot towards the split crystals.

As Zhou Xun's spells continued to be cast, the Xuankong Crystal that was split into two began to tremble slightly.

A powerful spatial force began to spread.

Zhou Xun used his spiritual power to slowly guide the spatial power in the two Xuankong crystals.

They poured into each other's crystal!
With a flash of light, the crystal was processed.

There was a faint echoing connection between them, and at this time the Xuankong Crystal was processed!

After doing this, Zhou Xun put them away.

The teleportation array has been refined, and the next step is to deploy it.

So he stood up and walked out of the practice room.

Then he saw Tianci Zhenjun staying in the courtyard and practicing magic.
I saw nine balls of spiritual fire under the control of Tianci Zhenjun, which were extremely agile and formed a certain formation with greater power.

Zhou Xun took one look and felt terrified.

It seems that these are the secret techniques recorded in the books he gave as gifts.

"Brother, your magic is really beautiful!" Zhou Xun praised.

"Haha, thanks to my brother for giving me those secret manuals, they are of great help to me. By the way, did you finish refining the teleportation array when you came out of seclusion this time?"

"That's right!" Zhou Xun nodded.
"In that case, let's set off without further delay!"

Then the two of them said goodbye to Wang Erniu, and then used the teleportation array in the fairy city to go straight to Danyang Fairy City!

In just half an hour, the two of them set foot on the land of Danyang Fairy City.

Danyang Fairy City is built on a fourth-grade high-grade spiritual vein, with extremely rich spiritual energy. It is divided into two cities, the inner and outer cities.

The inner city, where the royal palace is located, occupies the most essential part of the entire spiritual vein.

The outer city is for ordinary monks to practice and live.

At this time, the two of them were walking on the main road, suppressing their cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Stage to avoid attracting attention.

After all, Danyang Fairy City is only the head of a prefecture.
If two Nascent Soul cultivators suddenly appeared, they would definitely attract the attention of the Danyang Palace, which would be inconvenient for them to act. Danyang Immortal City is not small in scale, and is even larger than the Zhenhai Immortal City in Zhongzhou.
The main road is paved with bluestone and is about three meters wide, able to accommodate four carriages traveling side by side.

The buildings on both sides are lined up in a row, very impressive.

Some spiritual weapon pavilions sell magic weapons, some sell elixirs, and some provide spiritual pet trading.

Zhou Xun and Tianci Zhenjun walked slowly along the main road and left through the city gate.

The reason they went out was, of course, to set up the teleportation array.

About an hour later, the two of them landed in an uninhabited valley.

"Brother Daoist, the spiritual energy around here is thin, it's a suitable place!" Zhou Xun looked around and was very satisfied!

This place is five thousand miles away from Danyang Fairy City, which is just the right distance!

"Yes, let's do it here!" Tianci Zhenjun nodded.

Zhou Xun and Tianci Zhenjun then worked together to dig a simple cave on the stone wall near the bottom of the valley.
And a stone chamber was selected as the place to set up the teleportation array.

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Looking at the stone chamber in front of him, which was more than ten feet in size, Zhou Xun was extremely satisfied.
With a wave of his hand,
Three hundred and sixty-five refined spiritual jade array bases flew out.

Then, under Zhou Xun's control, they were arranged one by one according to the formation diagram, and finally landed on the high platform of the stone chamber.
As Zhou Xun's spiritual light was released, the array base was set up.
Next is the most important "Xuankong Crystal".

With a wave of his hand, an egg-sized Xuankong crystal flew out and landed steadily in the center of the array base.
Seeing this, Zhou Xun clasped his hands together and attacked the magic circle.

With a faint light flashing, this half of the short-distance teleportation array was set up.

Next, as long as Zhou Xun sneaks into the Danyang Palace, the other half can be set up, and the entire teleportation array will be completed.

"Now that the teleportation array has been set up, I'll have to trouble you to guard it here!" Zhou Xun bowed and said,

According to their agreement,
In the following days, Tianci Zhenjun will stay in this cave.

Only after Zhou Xun successfully obtained the essence and blood of the 'Golden-Winged Cloud-Treading Eagle' did they leave together!
"It's just a small matter. My dear brother, you should be more careful when you go deep into the Danyang Palace!"

Zhou Xun then bid farewell to Tianci Zhenjun and returned to Danyang Fairy City alone.

After entering the fairy city, Zhou Xun first found an inn to stay in, and then went to a teahouse to inquire about the news of the Danyang Palace.

Look for opportunities to enter.

Danyang Palace is called a palace, but in fact it is no different from a large sect, because the entire Danyang Palace is the fief of Danyang King.
At the same time, he also has the responsibilities of the palace master.

Zhou Xun sat by the window on the second floor. He ordered a pot of spiritual tea and sipped it quietly, looking out the window.

However, his spiritual consciousness covered the entire teahouse, absorbing the information about the Danyang Palace.

This went on for half a month, which gave him a deeper understanding of the Danyang Palace.

For example, the palace today,
There are a total of seventeen Nascent Soul cultivators, two late stage cultivators, five middle stage cultivators, and the rest are early stage cultivators.

“It seems that the five Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators should not be underestimated. Once they entangle us, we will probably be in big trouble!”

Then he continued to listen.
Suddenly, Zhou Xun's eyes moved, and he immediately focused his consciousness on an octagonal table on the left wall of the first floor.
On several cultivators who were talking big.

A middle-aged monk in a green shirt spoke first: "Have you heard? Danyang Palace will recruit a group of menial disciples in a month. This is a rare opportunity for us!"

An old man in a gray robe nearby asked curiously, "Oh? Is there such a thing? Doesn't the palace recruit disciples in March every year? Why is it suddenly ahead of schedule now? Is there something big going to happen?"

The monk in green robes lowered his voice mysteriously and said, "I have a distant cousin who is serving as a deacon in the palace."

"According to the news he spread, it is said that the second son of the Crown Prince has condensed a half-step golden elixir and will hold a grand celebration soon."

"We need a lot of manpower to help with the preparations, from setting up the venue to preparing spiritual objects. There is a huge demand for menial tasks."

"Moreover, once you are selected, not only will you be able to stay in the palace with rich training resources for a while, but if you perform well, you may even get a chance to be promoted!"

"Becoming a formal disciple of the royal palace is a great opportunity for us casual cultivators to make a complete change."

Another young monk's eyes lit up: "Then can the selection criteria be strict? Do Qi-cultivating monks like us have a chance?"

The monk in green robes smiled when he heard this:

"I heard that although they are only recruiting menial disciples, the requirements are still quite high!"

"First, we need to test the spiritual root aptitude, check the cultivation level and age. Only those with a spiritual root aptitude of the middle grade, a cultivation level of the late stage of Qi training or above, and an age of no more than fifty years old, are eligible to enter the subsequent selection."

"As for the subsequent selection, that is, the arena competition, the winner of the competition will eventually become the palace servant."

"But Brother Li is already an eighth-level Qi training expert at such a young age, so he naturally has a great chance!"

"Except for the relaxed age requirement, the other requirements are no different from the selection of formal disciples!" The old man's expression darkened.
He is fifty-one years old, just above the standard!

"If only I were one year younger, with my peak Qi training level, I would be able to get a spot!"

Zhou Xun was sitting on the second floor. When he heard these words, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. It was obvious that he was in a good mood!
"I didn't expect them to bring me a pillow just as I was dozing off!"

"In this way, we have the opportunity to enter the Danyang Palace!"

Soon a month passed and Zhou Xun arrived outside the west gate of Danyang Fairy City, which was the place where menial disciples were selected.

Now a month has passed,
The news that the palace was recruiting menial disciples had spread far and wide, and cultivators from a radius of 100,000 miles all rushed here.
As for places further away, we cannot reach them due to time constraints.
But even so, there are more than 30,000 monks away from this place.

Most of them were at the middle stage of Qi training or above, and their eyes were filled with desire to enter the palace.

Zhou Xun mingled among the crowd, observing everything around him calmly.

Just after noon, several drum beats were heard, followed by an old man in a blue-red robe walking slowly from the city gate.
This person is the steward of the palace, responsible for recruiting menial servants today.

The old man flew into the sky, and a pressure from the early stage of Jindan spread out, causing the scene to be quiet.
"Everyone, today Wu has been ordered by the Royal Palace to recruit a thousand menial disciples. The requirements are as follows: First, the spiritual root sensitivity must be above 20 points!"

"Secondly, the cultivation level must be above the seventh level of Qi training,"

"Third, the age must be under 40!"

"Those who do not meet the requirements may leave!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd went wild:
"Why? Didn't it say under fifty? Why did it change to forty? What should we do now?"

"Are we not worthy of joining the palace?"

Questions are coming one after another!
Seeing this, the old man's face turned cold, and the pressure of the Jindan stage emanated from him, and then he said coldly:
"Are you questioning the palace's decision again?"

After hearing this, no one dared to say anything. The majesty of the palace could not be violated, let alone those of them who were just practicing Qigong.

So many people started to leave.

By the time registration officially started, there were only 5,000 people left, and 80% of them had left!

As for Zhou Xun, he had already used the Thousand Masks to hide his cultivation level at the ninth level of Qi training!

(End of this chapter)