Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 825 Lost and recovered, Zhou Xun’s strength!
"Palace Master Zhou is here!"

Seeing Zhou Xun's face, the Neikushi immediately stood up and bowed slightly.
"Thank you for your courtesy, Brother Ji!" Zhou Xun bowed in return.

"Master Zhou rarely comes here, why not try some of my new wine?" Neikushi said with a smile.

Zhou Xun is very powerful, even their ancestors have praised him, and he will at least be at the level of the top ten cultivators in the future.

It is even possible to reach the level of Lord Yama.

Naturally, he wanted to make friends with a few such monks.

"Since Fellow Daoist Ji has such a refined taste, Zhou will naturally agree. However, I'd better exchange the 'Xuanyuan Qinglu' first, and then drink with you, how about it?" Zhou Xun said with a slight smile.

"You can do anything!"

"Master Zong Zheng just sent someone to deliver the 'Xuan Yuan Qing Lu' this morning. It is now in the warehouse!" As the old man said this, he led Zhou Xun towards the warehouse.

He came to the place where the 'Xuan Yuan Qing Lu' was stored, stretched out his hand and pointed.
"Master Zhou, please look."

Before he could finish his words, he froze in place, and saw that the place where the 'Xuanyuan Qinglu' was originally stored was empty, without any treasure.

"There's nothing here!" Zhou Xun asked puzzled.

"That's not right. I put this thing in there myself, how could it disappear?" The old man looked solemn, and then searched in several other places.
Still no trace of 'Xuan Yuan Qing Lu' has been found.

At this moment, his face was extremely anxious, and there was a faint sweat on his forehead.
He committed a serious crime by losing the treasures in the inner treasury.

'Xuanyuan Qinglu' is protected by a ban. No one can break it forcibly, unless... unless there is an activation token!
Suddenly, he thought of the Second Prince Ji Yun.
Could it be that he took it away?

Neikushi's heart tightened and his face turned pale and red.

He tried his best to calm himself, and quickly sorted out the possible situations in his mind.

If it was Ji Yun who stole the Xuanyuan Qinglu, what should we do? The Second Prince was of noble status, so even if there was suspicion, he would not dare to make a hasty conclusion, but how should Zhou Xun explain this?

"Master Zhou, this matter is too strange. It is hard to believe that such a thing could happen." The inner treasurer's voice trembled slightly, his eyes full of anxiety and guilt.

"The storehouse is heavily restricted. It is impossible for ordinary people to break in, let alone take away such a precious treasure. But now this Xuanyuan Qinglu..."

Zhou Xun's face was stern, he knew very well that this matter was difficult.

I thought I could get the Xuanyuan Qinglu smoothly to help me break through the Lingxi Qingguangpupil, but I didn't expect complications to arise.

"Friend Ji, this Xuanyuan Qinglu is extremely important to me. I followed the rules of the inner treasury and exchanged it with contribution points. I can't just let it go to waste."

Neikushi gritted his teeth and said:

"Don't worry, Lord Zhou, I will investigate this matter thoroughly. But for now, Lord Zhou needs to give me some time. I will go check the records of the prohibition in the warehouse to see if I can find any clues."

Zhou Xun nodded,
"Fellow Daoist Ji, I'll trouble you then. I'll wait for news near the inner storehouse, hoping to find out the truth as soon as possible."

The Neikushi left in a hurry and checked the prohibition records. Sure enough, it was Ji Yun who took away the Xuanyuan Qinglu.

He didn't expect Ji Yun to be so bold as to take Zhou Xun's things.

He knew very well that time was running out, and the longer the Xuanyuan Qinglu was delayed, the greater the risk of it being refined by Ji Yun.

So he immediately said goodbye to Zhou Xun and rushed towards Ji Yun's cave.

The Nei Kushi was extremely anxious and rushed towards Ji Yun's cave at lightning speed. He was angry and worried.

What made people angry was that Ji Yun, as a member of the royal family, actually did such a sneaky thing, disregarding the dignity of the royal family and the rules of the inner treasury.
What he was worried about was that if he didn't recover the Xuanyuan Qinglu in time, he would not be able to explain to Zhou Xun, and he would be severely punished, which might even lead to a conflict between Zhou Xun and the royal family, and the consequences would be disastrous.

Soon, Neiku Shi arrived in front of Ji Yun's cave.

Outside the cave, two guards were startled when they saw Nei Ku Shi coming over with a bad face. They saluted quickly and said, "Sir Nei Ku Shi, I wonder why you are here?"

Nei Kushi snorted coldly, ignored the guards, and walked straight into the cave. The two guards looked at each other, but did not dare to stop him.

After entering the cave, Nei Ku Shi saw Ji Yun sitting cross-legged on the training platform, with spiritual energy surging around his body.

Ji Yun noticed someone breaking in, frowned, slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw the Neiku Shi, his heart sank, but he still pretended to be calm and said:
"Uncle Seventeen, why are you here? It seems a bit against the rules to barge into my nephew's cave like this, right?"

The Neikushi stepped forward, staring at Ji Yun with a sharp gaze, and said in a deep voice:

"Second Prince, I will not beat around the bush with you. The Xuanyuan Qinglu in the inner storehouse was stolen. I checked the prohibition records and found that you took it away."

Ji Yun's heart tightened. He didn't expect that the Neiku Shi would find out about him so quickly.

But he still had hope and said:
"Uncle Seventeen, you must have seen it wrong. Although my nephew has been to the inner storehouse, he has never taken any Xuanyuan Qinglu."

The Neikushi looked solemn. He pointed at Ji Yun and said:
"Ji Yun, stop making excuses!"

"Besides me, only you two vice historians can open the restriction that stores the Xuanyuan Qinglu."

"And the 'Xuan Yuan Qing Lu' just arrived this morning and was stolen at noon. You were the only one who came here during this period. Who else could it be if not you?"

"I advise you to hand this thing over immediately!"

After hearing this, Ji Yun realized that it was useless to explain, so he played the emotional card:
"Uncle Seventeen, you also know that the 'Five Elements Mysterious Origin Technique' I practice requires five elements spiritual objects to break through,"

"And this 'Xuan Yuan Qing Lu' is a wood-attributed thing, it is indispensable. Once it is lost, you will have to wait another hundred years!"

"Today, Uncle Seventeen just needs to turn a blind eye and wait for me to refine it. It's a done deal, isn't it?"

As soon as Ji Yun finished speaking, the inner treasurer's face instantly turned pale, and his hair and beard stood up:
"Ridiculous! Do you know that this Xuanyuan Qinglu is what Zhou Xun needs? This person's cultivation has reached the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and even the ancestor praised him for having the potential to become a god!"

"You are trying to put our royal family in an unjust position!"

"Since Uncle Seventeen won't help me, I'm sorry!" As he spoke, Ji Yun took out the token and threw it forward.
A faint light flashed, and a five-colored light shield suddenly rose up, protecting Ji Yun inside. It was a fourth-level mid-grade magic array.

"Ji Yun, what are you doing!" the old man said angrily.

Ji Yun waved his hand and took out the jade bottle, obviously intending to refine it on the spot.
"You know what you are doing!"

"After I refine this 'Xuan Yuan Qing Lu', I will make amends to Uncle Seventeen!" Ji Yun's face was calm. Since this matter involved the path of Taoism, he would not give in easily.
Even if there is punishment in the future, that is the same.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared outside the magic circle.
This man was dressed in a green shirt, had a handsome appearance, and an extraordinary temperament, just like a banished immortal.

"Master Zhou Zhou!"

Seeing this man, the old man sighed.

"Friend Ji, it seems that it is my turn to take action!" Zhou Xun looked at the Second Prince in the magic circle with a calm expression.

Zhou Xun stood with his hands behind his back, his sleeves moving without wind. A faint green light appeared in his eyes as he stared at the five-colored light shield, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"The fourth-level mid-grade 'Five Elements Reversal Formation' does have some tricks." Zhou Xun commented softly, slowly raising his right hand, "What a pity." Before he finished speaking, a bright lightning suddenly burst out from his fingertips.

The light seemed soft, but the moment it touched the magic circle, it made a sharp tearing sound.

The five-colored light shield vibrated violently, and the array pattern began to disintegrate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Impossible!" Ji Yun was horrified, and the spell in his hand changed rapidly, "This can withstand a blow from the late Nascent Soul stage!"

"In the late Nascent Soul stage, I have killed several of them in the early stage!"

With a crisp "crack" sound, the light shield shattered like glass.

Zhou Xun's figure appeared in front of Ji Yun without him noticing, and his slender fingers gently touched his forehead.

"Master Zhou, please show mercy!" the Neikushi exclaimed.

Ji Yun's body was stiff, and the jade bottle in his hand slipped down involuntarily. Zhou Xun rolled up his sleeves and steadily caught the Xuanyuan Qinglu, while his other hand pressed three times on Ji Yun's Dantian.

"You" Ji Yun's face turned pale, and he was horrified to find that his Dantian was temporarily sealed.

Zhou Xun put the jade bottle into his sleeve and said calmly: "For Fellow Daoist Ji's sake, today I will only give you a light punishment and a severe warning. If it happens again..." He glanced at Ji Yun, who suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

At this moment, five figures descended from the sky.

Surround Zhou Xun,
Judging from their aura, they are all in the late Nascent Soul stage.

"Are you guys going to take action?" Zhou Xun said with a faint smile, his expression unchanged.

"Who are you and how dare you take action in the palace?" the leading old man asked coldly.

"Jiangling Mansion Master Zhou Xun!"

"How dare you, a mere mansion master, act wildly in the imperial palace? Elders, take him down!" As soon as the words fell, the figure of the old man in white robe on the left flashed.
He came behind Zhou Xun and suddenly slapped him with a palm with incredible power. It turned out that he was a physical cultivator.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun snorted coldly.
He turned around and threw a punch, which collided fiercely with the old man's palm.
The enormous power collided with each other and spread out in all directions, causing flying sand and rocks and a whistling sound.

This move was actually equally matched.

"Good boy, you can actually block my palm. It seems that I can't let you go today!"

At the same time, the other four late Nascent Soul elders immediately launched an offensive.

Together with the old man in white robe, five powerful spiritual powers rushed towards Zhou Xun like five giant dragons.

One of the bald elders quickly formed seals with his hands, and a ball of black flame condensed in his palms. A skull was faintly visible in the flame, emitting a creepy aura.
It was the "Nine Netherworld Fire Technique" that was passed down secretly by the imperial family of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Once this fire touches the body, it will burn the soul, which is extremely terrifying.

Another elder in a green robe was holding an ancient wooden staff and muttering something. Green vines emerged from the ground and entangled with Zhou Xun at an extremely fast speed.

Zhou Xun looked calm and unhurried.

His spiritual energy circulated throughout his body, and a transparent spiritual shield was instantly formed, protecting him firmly.

The black flames and green vines hit the shield, making a "sizzling" sound and splashing sparks, but they were unable to break through the shield and hurt Zhou Xun at all.

"The Jin imperial family is indeed home to many talented people, but you alone cannot keep me here!"

Zhou Xun snorted coldly, and a half-foot long purple short spear flew out from his sleeve. It was his top-grade magic weapon, the Purple Jade Lightning Spear.

The five elders' faces changed drastically when they saw this.

"Oh no, it's a top-grade magic weapon!"

The five elders are fully aware of the power of the top-grade magic weapons and dare not slack off in the slightest.

The old man in the lead shouted, "Everyone, form the Five Elements Spirit Controlling Formation!"

The other four elders responded quickly, changing their positions instantly, connecting their spiritual powers with each other and forming a strange spiritual power cycle.

Then, a five-colored light shield condensed on their body surface.
Zhou Xun's eyes were as sharp as an eagle. He controlled the purple jade lightning spear, and lightning flashed on the tip of the spear.
"Break it for me——"

He just shook his wrist, and the Purple Jade Lightning Spear turned into a purple lightning, piercing towards the "Five Elements Spirit Control Formation" of the five elders.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang, as if the sky and the earth were collapsing. The purple lightning and the five elements of spiritual power collided with each other, bursting out with an intense light that stung people's eyes.

The five elders in the formation were so shocked by this powerful force that their blood boiled and their faces turned pale as paper in an instant.

The surrounding space seemed to be shaken and rippled.
"This... How is this possible? How can he, a middle-stage Nascent Soul, have such a powerful magic weapon and strength!"

The old man in white robe shouted in disbelief, with a tremor in his voice.

At this moment, a majestic voice came from the sky:
"stop!"

A golden light streaked across the sky, and a white-haired old man instantly appeared in front of everyone.

The old man was none other than Ji Wuya, the chief of the imperial family of the Great Jin Dynasty. He scanned the scene with a sharp gaze, and when he saw Ji Yun's sealed dantian and the embarrassed looks of the five elders, his brows furrowed tightly.

"Master Zongzheng!"

When Neikushi saw Ji Wuya, he felt as if he had seen a savior. He hurried forward to pay his respects and told him the whole story.

After hearing this, Ji Wuya's face turned extremely ugly. He turned to look at Ji Yun, his eyes full of disappointment and anger:
"Ji Yun, as a descendant of the royal family, you actually did something that violated the rules. I am really disappointed!"

Ji Yun lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Ji Wuya's eyes, feeling extremely regretful.

He thought that with his identity and strength, he would be able to successfully refine the Xuanyuan Qinglu and improve his strength, but he did not expect that Zhou Xun's strength was beyond his expectations.

Ji Wuya looked at Zhou Xun again, bowed slightly and said:

"Master Zhou, this is because my royal family did not discipline me properly, which has caused you trouble. I hope you can forgive me."

Zhou Xun returned the greeting and said calmly: "Master Zongzheng, you are too polite. I am also following the rules of the inner treasury."

Ji Wuya nodded. He knew Zhou Xun's potential and strength very well and didn't want to create enmity with Zhou Xun because of this matter.

He turned to look at the five injured elders and said in a deep voice:
"As the elders of the royal family, you attacked the head of the Zhou Mansion without knowing right or wrong. This is really a loss of face for the royal family."

"I will handle this matter impartially. You can retreat and heal your wounds first."

Upon hearing this, the five elders were unwilling but they did not dare to disobey the order of the Zongzheng and had to retreat in disgrace.

"I am truly sorry for what happened today. Lord Zhou, please move aside. I will personally apologize!"

(End of this chapter)