Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 739 Breakthrough, middle stage of Nascent Soul!
Everyone galloped along, their hearts filled with joy and pride of victory.

The scenery along the way passed by quickly, but no one had the heart to appreciate it. Everyone was immersed in the afterglow of the battle that had just taken place.

Soon, everyone returned to the base camp.
This battle took a total of four months, during which he killed seven fourth-rank upper-grade ghost kings, sixteen middle-grade ghost kings, and nine low-grade ghost kings.

It can be considered an extremely rare victory!

Everyone followed Lord Yama and came straight to the Merit Examination Office.

"Meet Commander Yu!"

The two old men in charge of narrating the military achievements bowed and saluted.

Then he looked at Zhou Xun and others behind him in surprise.

"one two three"

There were a total of ten people, seven of whom were great cultivators, and the remaining three were Tianci Zhenjun, Zijiao Yaohuang, and Zhou Xun.
What kind of person is Zhou Xun? He is a ruthless person who has obtained nearly 2,000 points of combat merit at one time. He is definitely a great monk.
The same is true for Tianci Zhenjun. If he participates in killing the upper-grade ghost king, he must be at this level.
As for the Purple Dragon Demon King, he has long been famous and has the combat power of a great cultivator!
This means that eleven great monks are dispatched at the same time. They looked at Lord Yama in front of them and the Golden Dragon Demon King beside them.

Seems to understand something.
Apparently Lord Yama had done something big again, and judging by the smiles on their faces, the harvest must have been considerable.

"The military achievements of the deputy commander and others are no longer something that we two can decide. It just so happens that Master Wuxin and Commander Ji are both at the base camp. I'll invite them over here!"

Master Wuxin is naturally the one who ranks third on the list today. He is also one of the four deputy commanders.

The same is true for Commander Ji, who represents the Great Jin Dynasty!
According to the rules of the headquarters, whenever a small-scale war is to be commemorated for military merit, there must be at least two deputy commanders present.

After all, when it comes to a local war, the military achievements that can be recorded are not just those represented by the ghost beads.
There are also bonuses brought by victory in war.

Nearly one third of the reason why Lord Yama has achieved his current military achievements is due to the bonus brought by large-scale wars.

Not long after,

Then two figures walked in from the entrance of the palace.

One of them was wearing a grey robe, had a white face and no beard, and his eyes were as deep as the abyss, as if he could see through the mysteries of everything in the world.

His steps were light and steady, and he exuded a vague aura of peace. This person was Master Wuxin.

The other person was wearing a gorgeous golden dragon robe, with an upright posture, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes. His eyes were sharp and majestic. It was Commander Ji.

The two walked into the hall, glanced at everyone, and nodded slightly.

Master Wuxin spoke first, smiling: "I heard that Brother Yu and Brother Jin won another great victory, and I can't help but feel happy!"

Commander Ji also looked solemn, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes:
"Yes, I just heard them send a message saying that they want me to discuss the military achievements with Master Wuxin, and I guessed it was you, Brother Yu!"

"With this time included, I'm afraid the number of military merits will reach 10,000 points!"

"You two are joking. This time it was Fellow Daoist Jin who initiated the initiative, and many fellow Daoists have contributed. I am just one of them!" Lord Yama smiled and waved his hand, saying modestly.

"Let's talk about this later when we get back. How about you take a look at your harvest first?" Master Wuxin said with a smile.

According to the rules of the base camp, in order to reach the standard of local war, at least twenty ghost kings need to be beheaded, and the number of top-grade ghost kings must not be less than four!
Otherwise, there will be no bonus to combat merit!

"Fellow Daoists, please take out the ghost beads in your hands and let me see them!" Commander Ji added.
Upon hearing this, Lord Yama waved his hand, and two fist-sized pitch-black ghost beads flew out and hovered in his palm.
"Brother Yu is really powerful. With just one move, two top-grade ghost kings died!" Commander Ji was amazed and said enviously.

To kill the Ghost King, strength is one thing, but luck is also important.

After all, the territory of the ghost fog is vast, and coupled with the suppression of the six senses of the cultivators by the ghost fog, no one can guarantee that they will be able to encounter a fourth-level ghost king, let alone a fourth-level top-grade one.

"Brother Yu must be using the same old trick again, taking advantage of the quick support of the ghost tribe and surrounding the enemy and attacking their reinforcements!" Master Wuxin said slowly.

But there are only a few who can and dare to do this.
After all, if you are not careful, you may end up being sent packing. This is not without examples.

"Master, you are right. But I am not the only one who killed two high-grade ghost kings!" Lord Yama said with a smile.
"Could it be Fellow Daoist Jin?" Commander Ji asked hurriedly.

Upon hearing this, the Golden Dragon Demon King smiled awkwardly, waved his hand, and revealed his trophies: three ghost beads, two of medium quality and one of high quality.

It turned out not to be the Golden Dragon Demon King,

Master Wuxin was quite surprised and looked at everyone one by one.

In the hands of the Demon King of Nanyuan, there are two middle-grade ghost beads.
Xuanlang Zhenjun, a top-grade ghost bead,
A middle-grade ghost bead,
Zhou Xun, two top-grade ghost beads!

In addition, there are two medium-grade ghost beads and one low-grade ghost bead!
Judging from the number of ghost beads, this person actually has the most. However, judging from the aura he exudes, it is obvious that he is only at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, the lowest among the crowd.
Suddenly, he thought of someone and asked hurriedly:

"Could it be that you are Wangchuan Zhenjun Zhou Xun?"

"Master, you are too polite. I have heard of your great reputation for a long time. Today I see that it is true!" Zhou Xun bowed.

"So you are Zhou Xun. I heard a long time ago that a genius cultivator emerged from the base camp, and he rose from obscurity to the 47th place on the Heavenly Ranking."

"I heard that you are the lord of Jiangling Prefecture in Jingzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty. Not bad, not bad!" Commander Ji suddenly showed a kind smile and asked.

"Thank you for your praise, Commander. I came to the front line of the Western Desert because of the inspiration of Your Majesty!" Zhou Xun bowed.

"Hahaha, it seems that our Great Jin has also produced a lot of talents. If you have nothing to do in the future, you can come to my cave and sit down!"

He waved his hand and took out a communication talisman and handed it over.

"This is my communication talisman, it can be delivered within a hundred thousand miles!"

"Thank you, Commander!" Zhou Xun immediately took it!
"Okay, Brother Ji, let's put aside the reminiscing about the past and finish the narration of the military exploits first!" Master Wuxin advised.
Then he counted the ghost beads in everyone's hands again to make sure they were correct. Then he waved his hand and took out a jade book, recording it while speaking:
"The ghost beads have been counted. There are a total of 32 fourth-grade ghost beads, including 7 high-grade ghost beads, 16 mid-grade ghost beads, and 9 low-grade ghost beads."

"It meets the standards for a Class C local war!"

"Commander Ji, what do you think?" He then looked at Commander Ji!

"Ji Zhongkang seconded the motion!"

Then he turned his gaze to Lord Yan Mo:
"Brother Yu, is the quantity correct?"

"The number is correct!" Lord Yama nodded.

"Okay, the next step is to describe the specific process of determining military merits. Brother Yu, please tell me the details!" Master Wuxin said slowly.

Lord Yan Mo nodded and spoke slowly:
"This battle was initiated by Brother Jin. According to the standards for a Class C local war, the initiator will receive an additional 300 points of military merit!"

Then Master Wuxin turned his gaze towards Zhou Xun and the others:

"Brother Jin is the initiator. Do you have any objection?" "No objection!" everyone answered.
Seeing this, Master Wuxin began to draw in the Jade Book, and Lord Yan Mo continued:

"In this battle, Wangchuan Zhenjun Zhou Xun will be responsible for exploration and vigilance, and he will be awarded 100 points of scout merit!"

Naturally, everyone had no objection. If it weren't for Zhou Xun's telepathic azure pupils, they wouldn't have been able to discover the Ghost King so early.
"In this battle, Wangchuan Zhenjun Zhou Xun will be responsible for luring the enemy and making the first kill. He will be awarded 300 points of merit for being the first to reach the target!"

Everyone still had no objection to this. After all, Zhou Xun was responsible for luring the enemy, but he was the foundation of everything that followed. It was also Zhou Xun who took the initiative and fired the first blow!
"This battle."

Master Wuxin would record every word that Yan Mo Zhenjun said. Basically, everyone would get additional military merits, but that was not the end.
Master Wuxin paused and continued:
"Personal war merits have been added. According to the standards for Class C local wars, each cultivator can receive an additional 200 war merit points!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun couldn't help but feel happy.
Calculated in this way, his additional military merit is as high as 600 points, which is equivalent to killing one more high-grade ghost king!

It seems that collective battle is the best way to gain military merit!
He couldn't help but feel secretly grateful to Lord Yama for inviting him to participate in this operation.

After the additional military merits were determined, the next thing to come was their personal achievements.

In this operation, Zhou Xun killed two high-grade ghost kings, but King Qianshe was killed by him and Tianci Zhenjun together, so they needed to share the spoils equally.
This is seven hundred and fifty points.
In addition, Xiao Jin and Xiao Jia killed two middle-grade ghost kings, which was 300 points of military merit, plus the 50 points of the low-grade ghost king he killed at the beginning.
Adding them all up, it is 1,700 points of military merit, which is all he gained from this operation!
As for Tianci Zhenjun, he also obtained a full 700 points of military merit!
At this time, everyone began to calculate their own military exploits.

"Brother Jin, how is it?" Nanyuan Demon King asked:

"One thousand three hundred points!" The Golden Dragon Demon King smiled slightly. This was already ranked second among all his gains.

“It seems that the leader of this action is none other than Lord Yama!” The Demon King Nanyuan sighed.

"I'm afraid it's not certain yet!" The Golden Dragon Demon King looked in a complicated manner and glanced in a certain direction.
"Yan Mo Zhenjun killed two high-grade ghost kings, so this is a full 1,000 points. Add to that the 300 additional combat merits he gained from commanding, and the 200 additional points, and it's a full 1,500 points!" Nanyuan Demon King was surprised.

"Zhou Xun?"

Upon hearing this, the Demon King of Nanyuan immediately began to calculate.

"Scouts get 100 points, and first-level players get 300 points, adding up to a total of 1,700 points!"

He was stunned for a moment, then turned his gaze to the tall figure in the distance, and his expression became complicated.

When they first met, he was just competing with his second son.
It's only been a hundred years, and now even I am not as good as him. How unpredictable the world is!
Not only him, Master Wuxin and Commander Ji also thought they had seen it wrong.
"The one with the greatest military achievements is not Brother Yu, but this Zhou Xun?"

"It seems that your Dajin has produced an extraordinary person!" Master Wuxin said enviously.

"Hahaha, what a fluke, what a fluke!" Commander Ji was in a good mood. It had been many years since the Jin court had seen such a monster.

You have to know that he is only in the early stage of Yuanying now.

If he waits until the late Nascent Soul stage, even the current Lord Yama will probably not be his match!

This kind of person is definitely a seed of divine transformation!

“It seems that I should recommend one or two to the ancestor when I have the chance!” The ancestor he mentioned was naturally the current God-Transforming Ancestor of the Great Jin Dynasty!

Soon, everyone's harvest was finalized.
The first in terms of military merit is Wangchuan Zhenjun Zhou Xun, with 1,700 points.

The second one is Yan Mo Zhenjun, with 1,500 points.

The third place is the Golden Dragon Demon King, 1,300 points.

As for the last one, it is the Purple Dragon Demon King, with 500 points of military merit.

"Brother Zhou, congratulations!"

Lord Yama laughed loudly. He was actually very happy that the first place was snatched away by his little brother.

"Brother Yu, it's obviously you this time." Zhou Xun felt a little embarrassed. If it weren't for the invitation from Lord Yama, he wouldn't even be able to participate in this operation.

"It's just an empty title!" Lord Yan Mo waved his hand. Now that he had obtained 1,500 points of combat merit,

The total number of military merits reached 9,200 points.

He was only eight hundred points away from exchanging for the spiritual object "Spirit Source Star Marrow Fluid" that could assist in the breakthrough to the God Transformation stage!

After celebrating in the Xugongsi, everyone dispersed.

Zhou Xun returned to his residence. Now that he had gained such a huge amount of military merit, he planned to return to Dajin.
Exchange for the "Nine-bend Fantasy Ginseng".

Of course, before going back, he still has one thing to do, which is to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Previously, with the help of the 'Spirit Condensation Dew' worth 300 points of combat merit, he successfully reached the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage before setting off.

With the Deliverance Pill in hand,
Next, it’s a breakthrough!

In the training room, Zhou Xun sat cross-legged.

In front of him, a fourth-grade lower-grade calming incense was burning. This was what he had exchanged for two top-grade spirit stones in Dajin.
It is said that it is made of the fourth-level Soul-Concentrating Flower as the main material, combined with several rare spiritual plants, and is extremely valuable.
It can quickly calm the user's mind and reduce the risk of inner demons.
Therefore, many practitioners would light one at critical junctures in their cultivation.

With a flick of his finger, a stream of energy brushed past the incense head, instantly lighting it, and then a puff of smoke dissipated.
He took a deep breath, and a scent of sandalwood reached his mind directly. His slightly agitated mood, which was originally caused by the impending breakthrough, instantly calmed down a lot.

He slowly closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing.
Soon, his spirit and energy all reached their peak state.
Then he patted his waist, took out an exquisite jade bottle, and poured out a milky white pill from it. The spirit flowed through the pill.

It was Du'edan,

Swallowed without hesitation,
A stream of pure spiritual energy rose up and filled his meridians. Then, the "Purple Sky True Art" in his body began to operate unconsciously.

As his spiritual power continued to circulate, Zhou Xun gradually entered a state of selfless practice.

This is exactly the effect of the Deliverance Pill, which makes people fall into a state similar to sudden enlightenment.
His consciousness seemed to have left his body and entered an ethereal state. Everything around him became blurry, but the spiritual power in his body became increasingly clear.

At this moment, he could clearly feel countless spiritual energy being continuously refined into magic power and integrated into the Nascent Soul in his Dantian!

Time passed bit by bit, Zhou Xun was immersed in the mysterious realm of cultivation, unaware of the passage of time outside.

As spiritual power was continuously absorbed and refined, his Nascent Soul was also slowly changing. Its originally slightly illusory outline gradually became clearer and more condensed, and the aura it exuded became increasingly powerful and majestic.

Finally, at some point in time, we reach a point.
It was like a dam that collapsed after accumulating enough water.

Everything is different now
"boom!"

There seemed to be a loud noise in Zhou Xun's mind, and he felt a bright light in front of his eyes, as if a ray of light flashed by.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful spiritual energy surged out of his body and instantly filled his meridians.

The middle stage of Nascent Soul has arrived!
(End of this chapter)