Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 715 Lord Yanmo: Brother Zhou, long time no see!
As Minister Wu spoke, he stood up and motioned Zhou Xun and the other two to follow him.

The four of them walked along a corridor to the backyard.

Many monks could be seen busy shuttling back and forth along the way, and the entire Ministry of War was filled with a tense yet orderly atmosphere.

Soon, everyone left from the backyard.

Following the corridor between the palace walls, we arrived in front of a towering palace.

"Greetings, Minister Wu," the two guards at the door bowed slightly and saluted.

When I entered the hall, an old man wearing a green-red robe and with a white face and no beard came up to me and said with a smile:

"Brother Wu is here, who are these three?"

"Oh, this is Jiangling Palace Lord Zhou Xun, this is Guiyang Palace Lord Wang Erniu, this is Lingling Palace Lord Ji Yin,"

Minister Wu pointed at Zhou Xun and the other two and introduced them one by one.

"They have now responded to your majesty's call and are planning to go to the ghost world passage in the Western Desert Cultivation World together to deal with the ghost clan!"

"The three palace masters are very wise and righteous. I, Tang, admire them very much!" As he said this, he actually gave a big salute to Zhou Xun and the other two!
"Brother Daoist Tang, you are too polite. We are True Lords of the human race and enjoy the human race's heritage. Now that foreign enemies are invading, we should do our part!" Zhou Xun said solemnly.

"nice!"

"I have never been easy to convince others, but I admire the three people of Palace Master Zhou!"

"If it weren't for my duty to guard this teleportation array, I would definitely go with you and help our human race!"

The old man surnamed Tang spoke.

Then he led Zhou Xun and the other two to the inner hall.

After entering, I saw two high platforms with array patterns carved on them.

"Long distance teleportation array!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xun muttered something, but the scale of this cave was obviously much larger than the one in his cave, and it could accommodate at least a hundred people to teleport at the same time.
And the one he had only had four or five people at most!

"The one on the left is the teleportation array for going, and the one on the right is the return array!" The old man surnamed Tang explained.
Zhou Xun, Wang Erniu and Tianci Zhenjun then stood in the teleportation array on the left, and at the same time took out the teleportation talismans and activated them on themselves.

Seeing this, the old man surnamed Tang took out a token and activated it to hit the magic circle.
The teleportation array was instantly activated.
"Fellow Daoist Wu, Fellow Daoist Tang, when my three brothers return, we will meet again for a drink!" Zhou Xun said with a bow.

"Okay, we are waiting for your triumphant return, Lord Zhou!"

As soon as the words fell, a dazzling white light flashed, and Zhou Xun and the other two disappeared on the spot.

I do not know how long it has been,

When their feet touched solid ground again, they knew the transmission was over.

"Hey, it's been a while since anyone came to Dajin, but today three True Lord seniors came at once!"

Before I could stand still, I heard a man's joyful voice.

I saw a young man in a reddish-blue gown standing by with his hands folded.
"Who are you?" Zhou Xun asked curiously.
"Oh, I'm Guan Yu, honored to be the steward here. Hello, three seniors. I'm responsible for receiving the senior Taoist friends who have been teleported here!"

The man replied respectfully,
"Please follow me to apply for identity tokens!"

"Thank you, my friend!"

So the young man led the way, and Zhou Xun and the other two followed behind, looking around at the same time.

This is a large hall covering several dozen feet, and it also has two high platforms, one on the left and one on the right.
Walking out of the hall along the passage, I came to a wider hall, several thousand feet in size. Taking a glance, I found that there were nine passages on the side.

There are different inscriptions on it, such as:
'Luoyang', 'Tianyan', 'Fengyuan', 'Jiaohuang Palace'.
The first three are the names of other continents, and Jiaohuang Palace seems to be the name of the holy place of the Jiaolong clan.

"Senior, these passages lead to several other holy places in the human world. Just like the ones connecting our Great Jin, they are all convenient for cultivators from all over the world to provide support!"

The young man noticed Zhou Xun's gaze and explained.

"I see!" Zhou Xun nodded.

He remembered that Lord Yama seemed to have come here on a teleportation array. However, for an army of millions of cultivators, relying solely on this teleportation array would probably be a huge cost.

On the surrounding walls, spiritual patterns flickered, and it was obvious that extremely powerful restrictions had been set up.

Judging from Zhou Xun's current vision, they are at least at the upper fourth level.

It is obviously built to the level of a war fortress.
But think about it, this is the last retreat for the cultivators in the human world, so it must be more solid.

Soon, under the guidance of the young man, the three of them came to a counter.
An old man with white hair and beard, and in the early stage of Nascent Soul cultivation, was sitting inside, leaning on a recliner and taking a nap.
"Old Ji, these three seniors have just come from our Great Jin, and are here to apply for identity tokens!" The young man bowed slightly and gently woke the old man up.
"Who is it that disturbs my sweet dream? Let him wait until I have rested enough!"

The old man waved his hand impatiently!
"This" The young man paused upon hearing this, feeling a little overwhelmed.

Zhou Xun looked unhappy when he saw this.

The surname Ji means he is from the royal family, how could he be so lazy? So he stepped forward and said:

"My fellow Taoist, Zhou and two friends are here for the first time and are here to apply for identity tokens!"

"You know you need to apply for a token, but you still have this attitude, you really are..."

The old man opened his eyes slightly and glanced at Zhou Xun. He was stunned at first, then he recalled something and frowned slightly.

Suddenly I remembered something and looked at Zhou Xun to confirm again.
His face changed immediately, he stood up quickly, bowed and saluted.
"I never thought that Lord Zhou of Jiangling Prefecture would come here. It is truly a blessing for our race. It will only take a moment for you to apply for an identity token!"

The young man opened his mouth wide when he saw this.

This old Ji is a member of the royal family and is usually arrogant. Even if a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul comes, he will not be able to get a good look from him.

The very first scene confirmed this.
But just now, his expression suddenly changed, and he looked extremely enthusiastic.

Could it be that this Lord Zhou has some extraordinary background?
Zhou Xun was also surprised.

"Do you recognize Zhou?"

"I still remember clearly the scene when Lord Zhou participated in the Soul Seizing Conference and captured the Black Bone King alive. I didn't expect to see him here today."

"It's really fate. I didn't recognize you just now and almost offended you. It's really a sin. I hope Lord Zhou will forgive me!"

As he said this, he bowed again!

Hearing this, Zhou Xun waved his hand.
"Since Fellow Daoist Ji is in charge of identity verification and issuing tokens, you should be more diligent. As for offending others, I am not so petty!"

Zhou Xun said slowly. "That's right, that's right, Brother Zhou is right, I will remember it!" The old man smiled and replied.
Then he waved his hand, took out three spirit rings, carved something on them, and placed them in front of Zhou Xun, saying,

"These three are all spiritual rings exclusive to Nascent Soul cultivators. As long as you refine them, you can walk in my camp!"

"Thank you!" Zhou Xun nodded slightly.

"Oh, right, these three jade slips contain some information, which is intended to help new Taoist friends quickly understand the current situation here so that they can integrate into the place!"

As he spoke, the old man took out three more jade slips and handed them over, saying with a smile:
"It's a pity that I have a duty to fulfill and cannot leave, otherwise I would personally introduce them to the Palace Master!"

"I appreciate your kindness. Since there is nothing else to do, we will take our leave first!" Zhou Xun responded casually.
Then, under the guidance of the young man, they went through the procedures of moving into the cave, and that was when all the tasks were completed.

In the evening, the three of them gathered in Zhou Xun's cave.

Because they were located in the Western Desert Cultivation Realm, not far from the passage to the Ghost Realm, even their Yuanying Zhenjun's cave was extremely simple.
It is only about ten feet in size.
But fortunately, the spiritual energy has reached the lower fourth level.

"Brother, what should we do next?" Wang Erniu asked.

"Take a look at this jade slip of introduction first!"

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Zhou Xun waved his hand and took out the introduction jade slip, then he probed his spiritual sense into it and began to read it carefully.

First, the jade slip introduces the passage to the ghost world and the origin of the ghost clan.

It is said that the ghost world is a boundary adjacent to the human world, and it is the world of ghosts.

The grudge between the two worlds can be said to be long-standing, dating back as far as 100,000 years ago.
It is said that every ten thousand years, the two worlds would fight each other.
Some powerful people speculated that the human world and the ghost world were two adjacent interfaces. Due to the tides of space turbulence, they would approach each other every ten thousand years or so, or even directly touch each other.
This is also the reason why the two races fight once every ten thousand years, but I don’t know why it happened earlier this time.

This passage to the ghost world is the connecting anchor point with the human world left behind by the powerful ghosts.

There are five such channels in total.

However, now only the Western Desert has been penetrated by the ghost tribe, and they have used this to invade the Western Desert and directly occupied an entire area.

Fortunately, the cultivators in the human world reacted very quickly, and the passage to the ghost world was not completely unblocked, and could only accommodate the passage of the fourth-level ghost king.

Therefore, several gods joined forces to suppress them.

But the Divine Transformation cultivators cannot attack without limit. They are too powerful. The vitality of the heaven and earth in the human world is thin, and it can only barely support their survival.
After each action, it takes an unknown amount of time just to recover the spiritual energy in the body. If it is consumed excessively, it may also affect the foundation and lifespan.

So when they saw the ghosts retreat, they left this place.
But as soon as they left, the ghosts came back again.

So they mobilized the entire human world, and all regions sent their armies of monks to deal with the ghosts.
This was also the reason why Master Yun Ku and the Jinbi Demon King worked together to stop the decisive battle between humans and demons in Central China.

Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals,
Since the ghost gods cannot come here, the human gods naturally cannot waste their spiritual power on dealing with these minions.
If the spiritual energy is consumed too much and cannot be recovered in time,

If the ghosts take advantage of the opportunity and take advantage of them, it will be a disaster for the human world.

After that, there were several battles between the human world monk army and the ghost army, with each side winning and losing.

From then on, the country entered a strategic stalemate phase. There were no major wars, but small wars continued.

The battlefield is a million miles around the ghost world passage.

Countless cultivators from the human world came here to hunt the ghosts, in order to weaken the power of the ghosts and to take this opportunity to train their troops and accumulate experience in dealing with the ghosts.
After all, everyone has a consensus.
When the ghosts are able to come over, it will be the real decisive battle between the two worlds.
Prior to this, both sides had been accumulating strength.

In order to boost morale, the human world united with top forces such as the Great Jin Dynasty, the Boluo Temple, the Luoyang Fairy Palace, the Jiao Palace, etc.

A large number of rare treasures were taken out to form a super large treasure house.

All monks can redeem their military merits.

As long as you have military merits, there is no treasure that you cannot exchange for.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun's eyes lit up.
"In that case, this ghost front is also a place of opportunity!"

"It seems that I should not limit my sights to the 'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng'. Now that my spiritual roots have not yet been upgraded to 100 points, I can take this opportunity to obtain enough high-level spiritual medicines!"

"Erniu, your murderous sword intent may shine here!" Zhou Xun couldn't help but say to Wang Erniu who was standing beside him.

"Brother, you're joking. In terms of strength, you and Brother Tianci are both stronger than me!" Wang Erniu shook his head.

"Huh, I never thought that Alliance Leader Yu has such a great reputation here!" At this moment, the voice of Tianci Zhenjun rang out.

"Ranked first in the battle merit list, he suppressed five ghost kings of the same level with one hand, and he is the number one person below the level of the God of Incarnation!" At this time, Wang Erniu's voice also sounded.

Zhou Xun continued to check.

It turns out that in order to boost the morale of the human race, three battle merit lists were set up, corresponding to the Nascent Soul, Core Formation, and Foundation Establishment stages.

Each list selects 999 people, and their ranking is based on their military achievements.

And Lord Yama was surprisingly number one on that day's list.

"Brother Yan Mo has come here, it is really like a dragon entering the sea. Once he becomes famous, he will be known all over the world. I wonder if I will be able to have such good fortune in the future!"

Zhou Xun sighed, and then as a true cultivator,

"Yes!" Tianci Zhenjun also echoed.

"In that case, why don't we go out and take a look at the heroes on the list?" Wang Erniu said expectantly.
"Okay, let's go now!" Zhou Xun nodded in response.
He was also extremely curious about who else was on the Heavenly Ranking and whether he would see other familiar names.

The three of them left the cave and headed towards the square where the battle merit list was located.

Along the way, you can see many monks coming and going. Some of them have just returned from the battlefield, with some traces of battle on their bodies, or are preparing to go to the front line, with determination and resoluteness in their eyes.

Soon, they arrived at the central square.

The square is extremely wide, about a thousand feet in radius.
In the center stood three huge stone tablets a hundred feet high, which were the three battle merit lists.

Zhou Xun and the others looked at the Heavenly Ranking. The name of Yan Mo Zhenjun, who was at the top of the list, was shining, and his military exploits were even more amazing.

Below him, the second is a cultivator named "True Lord Yan Yang", who comes from Luoyang Immortal Palace.

The third place is 'Master Wuxin',
fourth place.
Going down, I finally saw a familiar name again at the eleventh place: "Golden Dragon Demon King".
I never thought that the demon race and the human race would really unite one day.

Zhou Xun and the other two were watching when suddenly there was a commotion not far away. Many people gathered around and they could vaguely hear the words "Yan Mo Zhenjun".
Zhou Xun and the other two immediately looked towards the commotion.

They saw a tall figure wearing a black cloak, with a majestic temperament, like a god from heaven, slowly walking towards them.
"Brother Zhou, long time no see!"

(End of this chapter)