Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 762: Many spiritual medicines and opportunities for spiritual butterflies to advance!

The remaining demon spider roared, and instantly turned into a white light, fleeing towards the valley entrance.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun didn't even turn his head back, and looked directly at the 'Jade Ganoderma' in front of him.

“Finally, I got it!”

Zhou Xun's face was filled with joy as he slowly walked towards the Ganoderma lucidum.

Only then did he realize that the closer he got to the spiritual plant, the higher the concentration of spiritual energy around it became. When he was about three meters away from the Ganoderma lucidum, the concentration of spiritual energy even reached as high as the fourth-grade upper grade.

"It is worthy of being a fourth-grade high-quality spiritual medicine. The spiritual gathering effect is truly amazing!"

Zhou Xun couldn't help but sigh. He felt a little reluctant to use such a spiritual object just to improve his spiritual roots.

After all, to a certain extent, this spiritual medicine is almost equivalent to a fourth-grade top-grade spiritual vein, but its range is smaller.

Moreover, with his current strength and status, if he wants to obtain a fourth-grade intermediate spiritual medicine, he only needs to spend a few more spiritual stones.

As for the top-grade spirit stones, he still had hundreds of them in his storage bag.

"Well, plant it in the cave on the lake island, and then its spiritual energy concentration will naturally reach the fourth-grade upper level!"

Then Zhou Xun waved his hand, and a force gently lifted up the Ganoderma lucidum, and it slowly fell into the jade box prepared in advance.

He closed the lid, put on the soul-sealing spell, and put it in the storage bag.

At this time, Xiao Jin and Xiao Jia also came over, bowed and said:

"Master, the escaping fourth-level demon spider happened to be blocked by the 'Vajra Five Elements Formation'. This is his 'Inner Pill'. Please take a look at it, Master!"

As he spoke, Xiao Jin took out a fist-sized milky white bead and placed it in front of Zhou Xun.

"Take these inner pills and refine them!" Zhou Xun said, pointing to the other demon corpses in the field.

With his current level of cultivation, ordinary treasures are no longer of much use to him.
Unless it is a spiritual medicine of the fourth grade or above, or a treasure related to a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage.

"As for the monster materials on them, we can also find a fourth-level weapon refiner to make two or three top-grade magic weapons for use!"

"Thank you, Master!"

Xiao Jin and Xiao Jia thanked them happily, and then began to harvest and process the fourth-level demon spider materials.

As a fourth-level insect monster, its spider legs, shell, and even compound eyes are extremely rare materials for magic weapons.

As for Xiaojia, he took several pieces of monster meat, each about ten feet in size, from the monster spiders and saved them for making spiritual meals in the future.

In the corner, dozens of remaining second- and third-level demon spiders huddled together, trembling, and watched Xiaojia and the other two harvest the materials of their own kind.

This was because Zhou Xun had shown some mercy and did not kill them all. Otherwise, with their magical powers,
Clean it all up and it won't consume much mana.

Soon, the two beasts finished cleaning up.

Zhou Xun and his two companions set out again.

As they continued to go deeper into the valley, the surrounding environment began to change. The trees that originally blocked out the sun were gradually replaced by some shrubs, and then became increasingly sparse, eventually turning into an endless grassland.

Arriving at the grassland border,
Zhou Xun slapped the storage bag on his waist, and a ray of light flew out and fell to the ground, turning into a round disc-shaped treasure, which was his "Small Divination Compass".

Zhou Xun made a secret with both hands, performed the divination technique, and then gently tapped the compass.
"disease!"

A flash of spiritual light shot up,
The compass flickered, and after a moment, it pointed to a certain direction in the northwest.

"It turns out that the core of the ruins is in this direction!"

Zhou Xun smiled slightly, put the Bu Tian Compass into the storage bag, then floated into the air and sped away at a distance of one foot from the ground.

Soon, Zhou Xun and the other two stopped.

"Master, I feel like something is wrong with this world!" Xiao Jin said.

As they walked further in, they felt a burning sensation in the air, which became heavier and heavier.

I'm afraid that even if a cultivator in the late foundation building stage came here, his magic power would be exhausted before he could even drink a cup of tea.

"It's okay, just be careful!"

As Zhou Xun spoke, he slapped his hand to his waist, took out a fourth-level low-grade water-light talisman, activated it and slapped it on his body. A layer of clear and transparent water-light shield enveloped him, Xiao Jin and the other two.

At this moment, Zhou Xun felt the long-lost smoothness when he circulated his magic power, and the shield blocked the scorching breath outside.

However, even a fourth-level low-grade water-light talisman could only last for half a day.

Soon, two days passed.
At this time, the grassland beneath them had completely disappeared, replaced by an endless desert, and the entire sky was distorted by the scorching breath.

It was all red, as if you were in a huge mountain of fire.

"what is that!"

Suddenly, Xiaojia, who was walking in front, spoke up.

I saw small black dots appearing on the sand dunes in the distance, and they were increasing in number.

And those black spots were running towards them, getting bigger and bigger.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xun immediately used his Spiritual Blue Light Pupil to check.
It turned out to be a group of monsters!
There were as many as thousands of them, and the ones leading them were actually fourth-order mid-grade demon kings.

What made Zhou Xun even more solemn was that

Behind those monsters,

It was a huge black cloud, covering the sky and the sun, pressing straight down, like the end of the world!
"Master, what is that!" Xiao Jin's face was full of surprise.

"Flying Fire Ants!" Zhou Xun's face was a little serious.
"The number is probably no less than one million!" He added,
When this kind of flying ants first appeared, Zhou Xun had not yet recognized the origin of these black flying insects.

After all, there are quite a few flying ant-like spiritual insects in the world of immortal cultivation, and their appearances are almost the same. Most people cannot tell the difference between them unless they are cultivators who specialize in practicing insect repellent techniques.

But in fact, the abilities and terrifying levels of different flying ant-type spiritual insects are really very different.

An ordinary flying ant colony can be easily wiped out by even a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage with ordinary magic tools.

If a cultivator in the Jindan stage saw a powerful flying ant, he would frown and retreat three feet away.
As for the most advanced flying ants in the world of immortal cultivation, even great cultivators would be in danger of falling if they encountered them. For example, the one in front of us,
"Flying Fire Ant!"

Ranked seventy-ninth on the list of strange insects, it often appears in top-level fire veins and lava, living together in groups, with as few as a thousand and as many as tens of thousands.

Zhou Xun also recognized the identity of this group of flying ants after seeing them launch suicidal attacks on the monsters. The "Sky Fire Ants" are extremely vengeful, and if you kill one, a special aura will remain on your body.

Then the "flying fire ants" that smell this scent will launch suicidal attacks on you until you die.

Even though they were millions of miles apart, they could still sense this breath. Zhou Xun had seen it in ancient books. In the ancient times, many cultivation countries were destroyed by this insect.

Therefore, even Nascent Soul cultivators are unwilling to provoke them.

Not to mention that there are millions of "flying fire ants". Even a great monk would find it difficult to deal with them.

"I never thought that there would be such a difficult existence in this relic. It seems that Master Bai Gu's words about the divine relic did not deceive me!"

At this moment, the "Flying Fire Ants" had already caught up with the monsters. The cloud of insects swept down like a tide, wrapping up the monsters and swallowing them all.
After a few breaths, the group of flying fire ants rose up again.

What was extremely horrifying was that only white bones were left of the thousands of monsters, which turned into powder and fell to the ground as the wind blew.

Even the fourth-order mid-level Demon King was still like this and could not avoid his fate of death.

"go!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xun naturally had no intention of resisting. He activated his magic power and controlled the white jade boat, turning it around and rushing back.

at this time,

Suddenly, there was a movement in the spirit insect bag. It turned out to be the consciousness of the Nether Phantom Butterfly.

After understanding its meaning, Zhou Xun couldn't help but feel surprised.
"What, you want to stop and eat?"

Could it be that his own Phantom Butterfly could also restrain the Flying Ants? This was really beyond his imagination.

In fact, this is because Zhou Xun is not proficient in the way of spiritual insects.

In many cases, the higher-level spirit insects feed on the lower-level spirit insects, and can even use them as materials for advancement, speeding up their own advancement.

Now, the same situation is happening to the Phantom Butterfly.

The millions of flying ants that are a big problem for late Nascent Soul cultivators may be a great opportunity for some spiritual insects to advance.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xun stopped his escape light.

"What's wrong, Master?" Xiao Jin asked in surprise.

"Simply eat them!" Zhou Xun smiled slightly.

Then he opened his mouth slightly, and seventy-two streams of light flew out, instantly covering the space of several thousand feet.
"Zi Xiao True Thunder Formation!"

With this formation in hand, Zhou Xun is confident that he can capture these flying ants.

At this moment, the overwhelming swarm of flying fire ants rushed over like a rolling black tide.
The flying fire ants flapped their wings, making a buzzing sound, as if the entire space was vibrating.

Even Xiao Jin and Xiao Jia, spiritual beasts with heavenly bloodlines, could not help but change color when faced with such a scene.

The scene of the fourth-grade intermediate demon king being destroyed in an instant was still vivid in his mind.

Although they have extraordinary bloodlines, their strength is only at the fourth-order mid-level. If they fall into the ant tide, their fate will not be much better than that of the mid-level demon king.
Only Zhou Xun remained calm.
He made hand gestures, muttered something, and then a beam of light shot out.
Then, a huge purple translucent light shield rose up, enveloping everyone.
Just then, the ant tide overwhelmed them like a tide.

The flying fire ants frantically hit the purple light shield formed by the Purple Sky True Thunder Array, making dense and harsh friction sounds.

Purple lightning flashed continuously on the light shield. Every time it flashed, large groups of flying fire ants fell from the sky, as if it was raining.
But the flying fire ants behind continued to move forward, as if they had no idea what death was.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Jia stood in the light shield, nervously watching the ant tide outside.
The spiritual energy on the two beasts' bodies glowed brightly, and the demonic power in their bodies was ready to be unleashed. As long as there was a slight flaw in the light shield, they would be ready to resist with all their might.

Zhou Xun remained calm and composed.
Then he slapped his hand on his waist, and the spirit insect bag slowly opened.

A colorful butterfly fluttered out, it was his Phantom Butterfly.

As soon as the Dark Magic Butterfly appeared, Zhou Xun could sense a commotion in the flying ant colony opposite him.
Then, the Phantom Butterfly flapped its wings, and an invisible wave spread out. The swarm of flying fire ants that were originally rushing towards them frantically became chaotic under the influence of this wave.

Their flight trajectories became chaotic, they collided with each other, and even attacked each other. Zhou Xun's pressure dropped sharply in an instant.

The Phantom Butterfly flapped its wings and flew high towards the densest area of ​​the Flying Fire Ants. Its wings flashed with colorful light.
With each flap, large groups of flying fire ants were sucked into the light, as if being pulled by an invisible force.

A trace of light was absorbed into its body.

And those flying ants whose essence had been sucked away lost all their breath and fell from the sky one by one.

"One thousand, two thousand."

Soon, a huge gap appeared in the flying ant colony. It turned out that the Dark Phantom Butterfly had killed the entire ant colony.
The aura of the Dark Fantasy Butterfly, which had absorbed so much essence from the flying ants, actually increased significantly.

Zhou Xun was overjoyed when he saw this.

"Sure enough, there is really a nemesis in this world. Even the cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage find the flying ant colony extremely troublesome."

"In front of this phantom butterfly, it was as easy to kill as chopping melons and vegetables!"

“Perhaps, this colony of flying ants will become an opportunity for me!”

Zhou Xun had a strong premonition that after this time, the Netherworld Butterfly would soon transform again, and by then, its power would be simply immeasurable.

In the blink of an eye, a huge vortex formed around the Netherworld Butterfly, and countless flying fire ants were sucked into it and became its food.

Seeing this, Xiao Jin and Xiao Jia's worries instantly disappeared. They looked at each other with a hint of shock in their eyes.
At the same time, he also used his magical powers to assist.
Xiao Jin opened his mouth wide, and golden blades about an inch in size flew out, forming a golden blade storm. Every time he attacked, nearly a hundred flying ants fell.

As for Xiao Jia, he displayed Thousand Layers of Mysterious Light. The ochre-yellow light spread out like ripples, shaking off the approaching flying fire ants.

Zhou Xun also continuously fired lightning arcs to shoot down the flying ants.
As the Phantom Butterfly continued to eat, its body gradually became transparent, with tiny flickers of light inside, as if countless stars were twinkling inside.

Its aura was also constantly increasing, and its original strength of the fourth-grade lower grade was actually showing signs of a breakthrough.

Although the flying fire ants were large in number, they gradually showed signs of defeat under the joint attack of Zhou Xun, Xiao Jin, Xiao Jia and the Minghuan Lingdie.

Their numbers are dwindling, and their attacks are becoming weaker and weaker.

"Master, I didn't expect that the arrogant flying ant colony could be defeated so easily!"

Looking at the flying ant colony with less than a quarter left, Xiao Jin said excitedly.

"Everything has its own nemesis. Perhaps soon, I will have a fourth-level mid-quality Nether Phantom Butterfly!"

Zhou Xun smiled slightly, then put the dizzy, drunken-looking Dark Fantasy Butterfly into the spirit insect bag.

(End of this chapter)