Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 822: Xuanyin Valley, Yinsha Spirit Spring
Zhou Xun looked at Yuan Pan'er who was standing aside, and then asked:
"Since Senior Sister has found out that Master Baiji died in Xuanyin Valley, I wonder if you have found out the exact location where Master Baiji died?"

"That's not the case!" Yuan Paner shook her head.

"The Xuanyin Valley covers hundreds of thousands of miles, and the Yin energy in it has a suppressive effect on spiritual consciousness. If you don't know its exact location,"

"I'm afraid it won't be easy to find!" Zhou Xun sighed.

"I also know about this. As long as my junior brother goes with me and takes me to the Xuanyin Valley, no matter how long it takes, I will definitely find this secret technique!" Yuan Pan'er said firmly.

Now that there is a way to reverse her decline, she naturally will not miss it.

"Sister, you are wrong. You are only at the level of fake elixir, and there are fourth-level ghosts in Xuanyin Valley. How dangerous!"

Zhou Xun paused and then asked:

"I wonder if Senior Sister has any items related to Master Baiji, preferably treasures he has used!"

"If I have this thing, I might be able to find the place where he died!"

"Brother, take your words seriously. If it is something that Master Baiji once had, I actually have one on me!" Yuan Pan'er said as he waved his hand and took out a blue robe.

"It is said that this item was once used by Baiji Zhenjun. I wonder if it is feasible?"

"If it's authentic, then it's fine. I wonder if Senior Sister has any other items. After all, this one can't be guaranteed to be authentic!"

Zhou Xun continued,
His plan was to use his divination skills to find the place where Baiji Zhenjun died.
Even if you can't find the exact location, you can still outline a rough range to reduce the workload.

Otherwise, if you search for the place where a late Nascent Soul cultivator died in an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of miles, there may be restrictions in the area.
It's no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

"This is the only one I have!" Yuan Paner said apologetically.

"Well, let's go there and try it first. If we can't find it, we can offer a high reward!" Zhou Xun made up his mind.

A few days later, Zhou Xun and Yuan Pan'er quietly left Jiangling Prefecture and rushed towards Liangzhou.

Before leaving, Zhou Xun made a special trip to the Sutra Library and consulted a large number of classics about Xuanyin Valley.

"This Xuanyin Valley is indeed not simple," Zhou Xun explained to Yuan Pan'er beside him while standing on the flying boat.
"According to records, this place was a place where Yin energy gathered in ancient times. Later, for some reason, a war broke out, causing the Yin energy to leak out, forming the dangerous place today."

Yuan Paner nodded and said, "It is said that there is a howling wind in the valley all year round. If an ordinary cultivator enters it, he will be corroded by the yin energy within a short period of time. At the least, his cultivation will regress, and at the worst, his soul will be destroyed."

"I have prepared several defensive magic weapons, which should be useful."

For a fake Dan cultivator like Yuan Pan'er, the dark wind in Xuanyin Valley can indeed cause considerable damage, but for a Yuanying Zhenjun like Zhou Xun,
But it is nothing, not to mention that he is a thunder-attributed cultivator. In this Xuanyin Valley, he can be said to be invincible.

The flying boat was extremely fast and reached the border of Xuanyin Valley in just one month.

From afar, a gray valley stretched ahead, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a black whirlwind could be vaguely seen circling.

"Such a strong yin energy!" Yuan Pan'er couldn't help but shiver.

Zhou Xun was surprised: "The Yin energy here is even stronger than I thought!"

At this moment, the voice of the Blood Demon Ancestor rang in Zhou Xun's ears:
"Not bad, not bad. It is indeed a place with dense Yin energy. There is such a momentum just in the periphery. It seems that the Yin veins under the ground are not ordinary!"

"Zhou boy, get into the valley quickly!"

Zhou Xun nodded when he heard this, and said to Yuan Pan'er beside him:

"Let's go in first. This 'Xuan Yang Heart Protector' is a very yang object and can effectively resist the yin energy inside!"

As he spoke, he handed over a palm-sized jade pendant that was completely red in color.

"Thank you, junior brother!"

As soon as she took the jade pendant, Yuan Paner felt a warmth coming from the jade pendant, which dispelled all the negative energy around her body.

"It's really a good stuff!" Yuan Pan'er said in surprise.

Zhou Xun just smiled when he heard this. This jade pendant was also a trophy he got when he killed a certain unlucky guy in Luoyang Continent.
"Let's go!"

With magic power surging under their feet, the flying boat carried the two of them into the huge valley.

As soon as I entered, a biting cold wind blew in my face, the temperature around me dropped sharply, and even the air seemed to freeze.

Zhou Xun's body automatically activated a blue-purple transparent light shield, with arcs of lightning flashing on it.

Disperse the negative energy around and don't dare to get close at all.

Then, Zhou Xun waved his hand and took out the worn-out robe that Yuan Pan'er had taken out earlier.
At the same time, he slapped the storage bag on his waist.
A ray of spiritual light flew out and landed on the ground, transforming 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.

"Just go this direction!"

Zhou Xun smiled slightly and put the Bu Tian Compass into his storage bag.
He drove the flying boat, carrying Yuan Pan'er, and the whole person was suspended in the air, heading towards the direction indicated by the arrow.
At the same time, he looked around vigilantly.

There was no grass growing in the valley, and the ground was covered with a layer of grayish-white bone powder. Occasionally, a few broken skeletons could be seen, emitting a strange smell.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound from the front, and dozens of black shadows emerged from the ground. They turned out to be a group of rotten corpses!

"How dare a low-level evil creature block my way?" Zhou Xun snorted coldly and was about to summon lightning.

"Wait a minute, this is a tonic!"

At this moment, the voice of the Blood Demon Ancestor was heard.
I saw a blood shadow flying out, and it split into two in the air, and then split into four. In the blink of an eye, it turned into blood threads all over the sky, entangling all the Yin corpses.

With a "hissing" sound, the corpse shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye and eventually turned into a pile of dry bones.

The blood shadow's aura became a little stronger and returned to Zhou Xun's side.

"It's great!" The Blood Demon Ancestor laughed heartily.

"The Yin energy here is indeed pure and will be of great benefit to my recovery!"

Zhou Xun continued to go deeper and encountered several waves of attacks from evil creatures along the way, but they were all no match for the Blood Demon Ancestor.

Gradually, some ruined building ruins began to appear on the ground, as if this was once the site of an ancient sect.

"Be careful, there is a powerful ghost fluctuation ahead!" The Blood Demon Ancestor suddenly reminded.

Zhou Xun immediately stopped and probed forward with his spiritual sense.

A hundred feet away, in front of a half-collapsed stone palace, three blurry figures were seen floating, emitting the pressure of an early Nascent Soul!
"Three Yuanying ghosts?" Zhou Xun frowned, "It seems that the Yin energy here is not simple!"

Being able to give birth to a ghost at the Nascent Soul level, the level of Yin energy here is naturally extraordinary.

At this moment, the three ghosts seemed to have noticed something and turned their heads to look in the direction of Zhou Xun, with faint green flames burning in their empty eye sockets!

"Anyone who trespasses will be killed." A hoarse voice echoed in the valley.

The Blood Demon Ancestor's face became even happier.

The higher the cultivation level, the greater the benefit to him, "Senior Blood Demon, these are all handed over to you!"

"Do not worry!"

Upon hearing this, the Blood Demon Ancestor let out a strange laugh and blood light suddenly appeared around his body.

As soon as he opened his mouth, a huge wave of blood gushed out, condensing into a three-meter-tall blood-red demon shadow in mid-air.

"How dare you, a mere ghost, act so presumptuously in front of me!"

The demon shadow opened his mouth and sucked, and the negative energy in the valley was immediately drawn in like rivers flowing into the sea. The three Nascent Soul ghosts lost their balance and were twisted and deformed by the suction force.

"Roar--"

The leading ghost let out a sharp howl, clasped his hands together, and condensed a dark and inky evil arrow, which shot towards the Blood Demon Ancestor.

Wherever the arrow passed, the air was frozen into tiny ice crystals.

"Little tricks!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor did not dodge or evade, and the blood-colored demon shadow suddenly split into three tentacle-like blood whips.

One of the blood whips rolled up in the air and crushed the evil arrow alive. The other two blood whips were like spirit snakes coming out of a cave, instantly entangling the two ghosts on the left and right.

"Shoot-"

A teeth-grinding corrosion sound was heard, and the ghost entangled by the blood whip let out a shrill scream, and the soul melted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The demonic shadow in front of the Blood Demon Ancestor became more and more solid, and a look of enjoyment could be vaguely seen on his face.

Finally, the ghost saw that the situation was not good, and it flashed and tried to escape into the ground.

The Blood Demon Ancestor snorted coldly, and the demon shadow suddenly opened its bloody mouth and sprayed out a sticky blood mist. The blood mist seemed to have a spirit, and instantly enveloped the ghost.

"receive!"

Following the Blood Demon Ancestor's loud shout, the blood mist shrank rapidly and finally turned into a blood-colored bead the size of a pigeon egg and flew back into the Demon Shadow's mouth.

The demon shadow burped contentedly, and the blood light around him became more intense.

"It's great! The pure Yin energy of these three ghosts is equivalent to several years of hard training for me!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor's voice was filled with undisguised joy, "Boy Zhou, this Xuanyin Valley is indeed a great place!"

Zhou Xun was secretly shocked.

Although I already knew that the Blood Demon Ancestor was very powerful, I was still shocked to see him deal with three Nascent Soul ghosts so easily.

"Senior is so powerful." Zhou Xun admired sincerely.

"If you absorb all the ghosts in the entire Xuanyin Valley, can you recover to the state of incarnation?"

With the strength of the Blood Demon Ancestor, if he could recover to the level of a spirit, he wouldn't have to live so cautiously, fearing that he would be noticed by Fang Jiuzun.

The Blood Demon Ancestor's demonic shadow gradually subsided and transformed into a human-shaped phantom floating beside Zhou Xun:
"Looking at the patterns on their clothing, they should be the guardian elders of a certain ancient sect. After their death, their spirits were nourished by the Yin energy of this place and turned into such ghosts."

As he spoke, he pointed to the half-collapsed stone temple:

"The yin energy is the most concentrated in the hall, so this must be where they live. Boy, let's go in and take a look."

Zhou Xun nodded and was about to take a step forward when he suddenly remembered something and looked back at Yuan Paner: "Senior Sister, you..."

"I'll wait here."

Yuan Pan'er said tactfully, tightening the Xuanyang Heart Protector in her hand. Although the battle just now was short, the dissipated Yin Qi fluctuations still made her face pale.

Zhou Xun took out a few formation flags and set up a fourth-order low-grade formation around Yuan Pan'er. He also left the black-armored armadillo to guard her. "Sister, wait a moment. I'll be back soon."

As you step into the stone hall, a cold and gloomy atmosphere hits you in the face.

The light in the hall was dim, with only a few broken runes on the wall occasionally flashing a faint light. The ground was covered with thick dust, and every step left a clear footprint.

"Behind the third stone pillar on the left." The Blood Demon Patriarch suddenly reminded,

"There is a corpse, and the fluctuations of Yin energy are different from other places."

Zhou Xun followed the instructions and found a sitting skeleton behind the stone pillar.

The skeleton is as white as jade, emitting a faint glow in the dim environment, forming a sharp contrast with the gray surroundings.

"Could this be the remains of Baiji Zhenjun?"

Zhou Xun squatted down and took a closer look. In the dust in front of the bones, the outline of a bag was vaguely visible.

Just as he was about to pick it up, the Blood Demon Ancestor suddenly shouted, "Be careful!"

A black shadow rushed out from the skull of the white bone and rushed straight to Zhou Xun's face! It was so fast that people had almost no time to react.

At the critical moment, lightning patterns flashed on Zhou Xun's body, and a purple lightning as thin as a hair burst out and hit the black shadow.

"what--"

Sharp screams echoed in the hall.

After the black shadow fell to the ground, its true form was revealed. It was actually a black baby the size of a palm, with a hideous face and a dark aura wrapped around its body.

"Nascent Soul Yin Evil!" The Blood Demon Patriarch exclaimed, "I didn't expect that the Nascent Soul of this corpse would turn into such an evil thing!"

The black baby stared at Zhou Xun with hatred, and suddenly opened its small mouth full of sharp teeth, spewing out a foul-smelling black mist. Wherever the mist passed, even the stone pillars were corroded with a sizzling sound.

"court death!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor was furious, and the bloody demon shadow appeared again, and a huge bloody hand slapped down from the air.

The black baby dodged flexibly, and at the same time let out a piercing scream. This sound was like thousands of steel needles piercing into Zhou Xun's brain, and he suddenly had a splitting headache.

“Thunder is coming!”

Enduring the severe pain, Zhou Xun pinched his fingers to draw out the power of thunder in his body.

A thundercloud suddenly gathered on the roof of the hall, and dozens of purple lightning bolts struck down. The black baby had no way to avoid the lightning and was forced to dodge everywhere!

The Blood Demon Ancestor seized the opportunity, and the demonic shadow split into dozens of blood lines, which tightly entangled the baby. With a creepy sucking sound, the black baby finally turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated.

"That was a close call." Zhou Xun wiped the sweat off his forehead, "I didn't expect there was such a dangerous creature hidden in this corpse."

The shadow of the Blood Demon Patriarch burped in satisfaction: "Although this Nascent Soul Yin Sha is dangerous, the Yin Sha Qi it contains is very beneficial. Boy, quickly check the storage bag to see if there is what you are looking for."

Zhou Xun then carefully picked up the jade slip and probed into it with his spiritual sense. After a moment, he showed a look of joy on his face: "It is indeed the secret method of transforming the elixir! And..."

His voice suddenly paused, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "This jade slip also records that there is a 'Yin Sha Spirit Spring' deep in the Xuanyin Valley, which is said to be able to help Yuanying cultivators break through the bottleneck!"

(End of this chapter)