Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 741: Leaving, Commander Ji’s Appreciation

After deciding to return to Dajin, Zhou Xun left the cave.
Go and bid farewell to Lord Yama.

"Lord Wangchuan!"

"Brother Zhou Dao!"

Along the way, they met many monks, who all looked at them with awe, bowed to them, or nodded in greeting.

Zhou Xun responded with a smile one by one. He knew that after this battle and breakthrough, he was no longer the same in everyone's eyes.

Soon, he arrived at the cave of Lord Yama, who was also in the cave at that time.

"Why are you here, Brother Zhou? You've finally become famous this time!" Upon hearing that Zhou Xun was coming to visit, Lord Yama came out to greet him personally. But before he even reached the door, his voice came over!
"Brother Taoist, you are joking. If you hadn't taken the lead this time, I would never have had a chance!" Zhou Xun bowed.

If it weren't for Lord Yama's humility, with his strength and the cooperation with Lord Tianyi, even a top-grade ghost king would be as easy to kill as a chicken.

After killing the two ghost kings, Lord Yama began to lead the troops for everyone.

"Hey, your cultivation has made a breakthrough!" When he came closer, Lord Yama noticed the change in Zhou Xun's aura.

“Before the battle, I happened to have reached the peak of the initial stage, so after returning to the cave, I started to break through. Fortunately, I was lucky and succeeded in breaking through!”

Zhou Xun spoke briefly and concisely, recounting the incident briefly.

"Hahaha, that's such a happy event!" Lord Yama couldn't help but be delighted.

"Brother, you were able to kill a high-grade ghost king before you broke through. Although you have the bonus of being a thunder cultivator, your true combat power is definitely at the level of a great cultivator!"

"Now that we have made another breakthrough, our human race has gained an extra trump card. It seems that the next ambush can be brought forward!"

He became more and more excited as he talked, and pulled Zhou Xun straight to the reception room!

The host and the guest took their seats.
"Come on, come on, my brother's breakthrough is a great joy, and it is also a great fortune for us, the front line. We should celebrate it!"

As he said this, he flipped his palm, took out a pot of spirit wine, and poured a glass for himself and Zhou Xun respectively.
"This is the fourth-grade dragon blood wine, and I had to get it from the Golden Dragon Demon King with great difficulty. Try it, brother!" As he said this, he waved his hand, and a gentle force sent the wine glass to Zhou Xun.

"Thank you!"

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he saw that the wine was slightly red and crystal clear, just like amber, and there was a faint sense of dragon power, which was extremely extraordinary.

This gave him a glimmer of hope.
So he picked up the wine glass, toasted to Lord Yama, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

As the wine entered his throat, a hot and mellow force instantly spread through Zhou Xun's body, like a line of fire running along his throat into his stomach.

Then it transformed into strands of warm spiritual power, slowly nourishing his meridians and dantian, making him feel comfortable all over, as if every pore was cheering.

"Good wine!"

Zhou Xun couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"This dragon blood wine is indeed a rare delicacy. After drinking it, I actually feel that my spiritual power has become more active."

Seeing this, Lord Yan Mo laughed loudly and said:

"I'm glad you like it, brother. You have made great contributions in this battle, and this dragon blood wine is a reward for you. But what brings me here this time, brother?"

Zhou Xun put down his wine glass, his expression became serious, and he said with a folded hand:

"Brother Dao, I came here specially to say goodbye to you!"

"I plan to return to Dajin. First, I want to exchange for the 'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng'. Second, I want to take advantage of this period of time to practice hard and transform the spiritual objects I have accumulated into cultivation and strength."

Lord Yan Mo nodded slightly, with understanding in his eyes:
“Well, now that you have broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, you should really practice hard. If you can advance to the late stage of the Nascent Soul as soon as possible, it will be of greater help to our human race!

"It's just a pity that you're missing from the front line now that you're gone."

"Brother Dao, you are too kind. The cultivation world is full of talented people. I just happened to meet someone at the right time!"

"Besides, I will stay in Dajin for a few years, and then I will return to the front line to fight alongside you to fight against the ghost tribe."

Zhou Xun responded earnestly.

"Haha, I feel relieved when you say that. Come, let's float a big white again as a farewell for you!"

Lord Yan Mo smiled cheerfully, waved his hand, and the wine jug flew to Zhou Xun automatically, pouring him a glass.
The two smiled at each other and drank it all.

After drinking three cups of wine, Zhou Xun stood up and said goodbye.

After leaving Lord Yama's cave, Zhou Xun came to the place where he could exchange military merits.

Zhou Xun now has a lot of military merits, so it can be said that he is qualified to exchange for most of the treasures!
Even the spiritual objects that are coveted by late Nascent Soul cultivators can be exchanged.

After he leaves this time, the next time he returns, perhaps decades later, he will naturally have to exchange enough treasures. After all, opportunities are rare, and who knows what the situation will be next time.

Soon, Zhou Xun came to the hall again and met the middle-aged man in blue robe.

"It turned out to be Palace Master Zhou. This time, the Palace Master won the 24th place on the Heavenly Ranking in one fell swoop. It can be said that his reputation has spread far and wide!"

At this time, the middle-aged man was holding a jade slip and reading it attentively. He raised his head when he heard footsteps. Seeing that the person coming was Zhou Xun, he immediately greeted him enthusiastically.
"Fellow Daoist Gong, you are joking. It is just an empty title!" Zhou Xun said modestly.

"Has Palace Master Zhou made a breakthrough?"

Coming closer, the middle-aged man could sense the magical power of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator on Zhou Xun and was greatly surprised.

He remembered that this Lord Zhou had only been in the Western Desert for a few years, but his cultivation had improved so much. Thinking of his current great reputation, he could not help but feel even more in awe.
I think it won't be long.
Another 'Yan Mo Zhenjun' who is famous among both humans and ghosts will appear on the front line of the Western Desert.

"This is also the credit of the 'Du' Pill'. To be honest, I exchanged this pill from Fellow Daoist Gong!" Zhou Xun said with a smile.

"I am honored that this pill can be useful!" said the middle-aged man with a smile.

"I wonder what treasures the mansion master wants to exchange this time. He did get a batch this time, but the quantity is not that large!"

"This is the treasure list, please have a look at it!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man waved his hand, and a jade book appeared in his hand, and then he handed it to Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun nodded, took the jade book, and began to check it.
"Sure enough, there are many more treasures on the exchange list this time that have not been there before," Zhou Xun was overjoyed and hurriedly looked down.

"Bao Ling Wan, a fourth-level precious pill, can promote the fourth-level demon cultivators to improve their cultivation!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xun's eyes lit up. Now he had four fourth-level spirit beasts under his command.
Right now, due to their insufficient cultivation, they are of less and less help to me. It would be great if I could increase their cultivation speed!
As for their exchange of war merits, 10 points of war merits per bottle, each bottle contains 10 Rongdan.

Zhou Xun immediately decided to spend some of his military merits to exchange for some precious elixirs to promote their cultivation.

Then look down,

Various elixirs that increase magic power, improve foundation, and various inheritances, etc.

After a long while, Zhou Xun handed the jade book back to the middle-aged man in blue robe.
"Fellow Daoist Gong, I wonder if there is any replenishment of the 'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng' this time?" As he said that, Zhou Xun took out his token and handed it over!

"Please wait a moment, my Lord. I will check it out."

The middle-aged man in blue robe smiled and checked the jade box beside him, but soon shook his head:

"'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng' is still not complete this time!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun nodded, not too disappointed. After all, he could exchange it after returning to Dajin this time.

"Well, help me mix twenty bottles of this 'Bao Ling Dan'. In addition, give me one bottle of 'Yu Ling Ning Lu' and four bottles of 'Ning Shuang Lu'!"

The 'Spirit Condensation Dew' was the treasure that allowed him to quickly reach the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage. This time he exchanged for a bottle, which was just right for his main body to use.
As for the condensed frost dew, it was a kind of spiritual item from heaven and earth that was used by the cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul to improve their magic power. He had obtained a lot of it from Su Yu's storage bag before.

But it is only enough for the avatar to use, so I exchanged some more.

"Besides these three treasures, does Brother Zhou need any other treasures?"

"I wonder if there is any blood essence from the heart of a third-level demon king? Only one drop of each will do!" Zhou Xun asked about this item, naturally in order to prepare for the "Extreme Yin Blood Demon Formation".
This magic array is a must-have for training a fourth-level blood demon general.
Last time, Zhou Xun had already exchanged the core blood essence stone. Now he needed the essence blood of 108 different third-level monsters. He took this opportunity to inquire.
If he could exchange some, it would save him a lot of trouble.

"The blood of the demon king's heart?"

"This usually appears on the exchange list for Jindan cultivators, but if Palace Master Zhou needs it, I can naturally check it out!"

The middle-aged man in the blue robe said, and started to investigate again. After a while, he smiled:

"I have already investigated and found that there are indeed quite a few of these items in the secret vault. There are a total of forty-three types. Would you like to exchange them all, Lord?"

"Then I'll trouble you, Brother Gong!"

Zhou Xun was overjoyed when he heard this. He thought that at most only a dozen types could be solved, but he didn't expect that there were as many as forty-three types, which meant that nearly half of them had been solved.

Next, after he returns to Dajin, with the help of Shan Xionghai and Dajin's means, he believes that the problem can be solved soon!

In fact, the fastest way is to seek help from the Golden Dragon Demon King.

"Does the mansion master need any other treasures?" the middle-aged man in blue robe continued to ask.

Then Zhou Xun spent more than 100 battle merits to exchange for three fourth-level medium-quality spiritual medicines and some materials for refining fourth-level puppets.

Last time, he exchanged for a fourth-level puppet inheritance.
I have nothing to do in my spare time, so I can start researching.
"Please take out the token, Lord!"

After selecting the treasure, you need to mark off the corresponding military merits. However, Zhou Xun got a full 1,700 points this time, which is naturally enough.

Zhou Xun then took out the token and handed it over.

The middle-aged man in the blue robe took out a special spiritual pen, activated it and pointed it at the token, which deducted more than a thousand points of military merit.
Among them, the treasure spirit pill is ten points per bottle, and twenty pills are worth two hundred points of combat merit.

Soul Condensation Dew 300 points of combat merit,
One bottle of Condensed Frost Dew gives 85 points of combat merit, and four bottles give 360 ​​points of combat merit.
Add to that the sixty-three points from the three spiritual herbs, the one hundred and twenty-one points from the demon king's heart essence and puppet materials,
A total of 1,044 points of military merit.

After deducting the battle merits, the middle-aged man surnamed Gong took out eight jade tokens and handed them over to Zhou Xun.
After Zhou Xun took it, he said goodbye and left. He exchanged the treasure from Master Mingku of the Secret Library.

After returning to the cave, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a gorgeous golden dragon robe, standing at his door, waiting for him.
It was Commander Naji.

"Greetings, Commander Ji!"

Zhou Xun bowed in greeting, wondering how he got back to his cave.

"Friend Zhou is back!"

"Commander, if you have anything to say, please come in!" With that, the two of them went straight to the courtyard to talk.

Zhou Xun personally prepared a pot of fourth-grade mid-quality cloud tea for the treat.

"I heard that Brother Zhou is going to return to Dajin. Are you serious now?" Commander Ji asked.
"Yes, I have been in the Western Desert for several years and have made some contributions. It is a good opportunity to take advantage of the current stable situation between the human and demon tribes."

"Return to Dajin and practice hard for a while!" Zhou Xun replied.

"That's good too. With your qualifications, if you can advance to the late Nascent Soul stage soon, you will bring greater value to our human race in the future!"

"But you are the Lord of the Jin Palace, and you are also considered a member of the Jin court. Naturally, I have to take care of you."

As he spoke, Ji Tong took out a letter and handed it to Zhou Xun.
"This is a letter I wrote to the Emperor of Jin. Please pass it to him for me. With his support, it will be much easier for you to act in Jin!"

"Did you know that within the Secret Treasury of the Great Jin Dynasty, there is an inner treasury that only the core of the core of our Jin court can access!"

“Even if it’s a spiritual object that can assist in the promotion to the God Transformation stage, I have it!”

"Of course, the use of this item requires the consent of the ancestor, but this also proves the rarity of the treasures in this storehouse!"

"I have recommended you to Emperor Jin. After you return, you will have the right to exchange treasures in the inner treasury. By then, all your military exploits in the Western Desert can be exchanged for contribution points in the inner treasury!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun was overjoyed and bowed:
"Thank you very much, Commander Ji. I will definitely remember this kindness in my heart!"

Hearing this, Commander Ji waved his hand and said:

"I am only helping you because I see that you have a rare talent. If you can be promoted to a god in the future, that will be the real reward!"

"Okay, I'll take my leave now if I have nothing else to do!"

After saying that, Commander Ji walked out.

After Commander Ji left, Zhou Xun came to the next door.
At this time, Tianci Zhenjun and Wang Erniu were already ready.

"Brother, let's go!" Wang Erniu said.

Then the three of them went out together, and as soon as they reached the gate,

Then he saw that all the people who participated in the battle last time, including Tianyi Zhenjun, Xuanlang Zhenjun, Jinjiao Yaohuang, etc., had arrived.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, Fellow Daoist Ji, I learned from Brother Yu that you were leaving, so I came to see you off!"

The Golden Dragon Demon King spoke with a hearty smile on his face, his eyes full of admiration and reluctance for Zhou Xun.

"I am truly grateful for the kindness of all of you Taoist friends!"

Zhou Xun bowed his hands in thanks with emotion, and glanced at everyone one by one. The scenes of fighting side by side together these days were vivid in his mind, and his heart was filled with warmth.

Tianyi Zhenjun came forward, patted Zhou Xun on the shoulder and said:
"Brother Zhou, please come back soon, and we will fight side by side again. Then, perhaps we will be able to rely on you!"

Everyone was talking to each other, expressing concern and expectations.

Zhou Xun was slightly touched, and saluted again solemnly: "Don't worry, fellow Taoists, I will live up to your expectations. When I return one day, I will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with you to fight against foreign enemies together!"

Afterwards, everyone exchanged greetings for a while before Zhou Xun, Tianci Zhenjun and Wang Erniu said goodbye and left.

(End of this chapter)