Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 872: Eastern Wild Dead Sea, Mermaid Tribe!

In the East Desert,
A blue-gold dragon, more than ten feet in size, flew slowly.
On its back, there was a mansion about ten feet in size, which was Zhou Xun’s Tianji Palace back then.

Zhou Xun sat in the pavilion in the courtyard, playing chess with the Blood Demon Ancestor.

With this Tianji Palace, Zhou Xun's search career is no longer so boring.
"I didn't expect that you are also good at chess!" Zhou Xun placed a black piece and said with interest.

The Blood Demon Patriarch stroked his beard, a hint of pride flashed in his blood-red eyes: "I have lived for tens of thousands of years. What miscellaneous knowledge have I not studied? Back in the fairyland, I even defeated three chess masters in a row."

Zhou Xun chuckled when he heard that, and a flash of light flashed on his fingertips: "Then senior, please be careful, this 'Star Tribulation' is a killer move that I created myself."

The situation on the chessboard suddenly changed. The originally scattered white pieces suddenly connected together and cut the black dragon in half.

The Blood Demon Ancestor's face froze, and the chess piece in his hand was suspended in the air: "Good boy, you actually hid this trick!"

"Okay, I lose. This Blood Demon Crystal is yours!" As he said that, the Blood Demon Ancestor took out a blood-colored crystal the size of a goose egg and threw it to Zhou Xun.

"Hahaha, thank you for letting me win, senior!"

Soon, a month passed, Xiao Jin took Zhou Xun to travel all over the East Desert, and sure enough, there was no trace of the spiritual armor 'Yuheng'.

In his opinion, there were three pieces of Tianyuan Spirit Armor in the East Wilderness, and it was very likely that the last piece was left here.
He then took the lead in searching in the Eastern Wasteland, but unfortunately he had brought the Tianyuan Order with him.
After scanning every corner of the entire Eastern Wasteland, there was still no movement.

In this way, the last one might really only be able to sweep through the entire human world one place at a time.

Soon, Zhou Xun arrived at the far right side of the East Desert, and saw the endless ocean.

Zhou Xun stood at the eaves of Tianji Palace, looking at the vast blue sea in front of him, the sea breeze ruffling his green Taoist robe.

The shadow of the Blood Demon Ancestor appeared nearby, staring at the place where the sea and sky meet in amazement:
"This ocean is really strange. The spiritual energy is so thin that it's hard to even breed a demon beast!"

Zhou Xun nodded,
He had long heard that the eastern part of the Eastern Wasteland was a spiritually poor place, with only a few mortals living there, and almost no trace of immortal cultivators.

Now that I'm here, I understand that this is true.

But even so, Zhou Xun did not fall behind.

The Tianyuan spiritual armor 'Tianxuan' was obtained in a mortal country. Who can guarantee that 'Yuheng' will not be lost in the human world?

Only by not missing any corner can you truly find it.

Now there is only the last one left, so it is worth it even if it takes some effort.

"Let's go. The distance ahead may not be too short, and there will be no more spiritual veins to replenish along the way!"

He took out a fourth-level Qi-recovering pill, threw it into Xiao Jin's mouth, and then ordered:
"Let's go. Next, you and Xiaojia will take turns flying!"

"Yes, Master!"

After Xiao Jin took the pill, his demonic power quickly recovered and then turned into a green light, flying towards the depths of the vast East China Sea.

As time went by, Zhou Xun discovered that the spiritual energy in the air was almost gone.

Three months later, Xiao Jin was relieved of his responsibility and Xiao Jia continued to fly.
It revealed its original form, turned into a size of more than ten feet, and continued forward, carrying Tianjifu and Xiaoqing, who had turned into a human form.

When we got here, all we could see was black sea water.
If there had been sea beasts before, the sea here would be filled with endless storms, without any sign of life in the water, almost a dead sea.

"If I hadn't come here, I wouldn't know there is such a life restricted zone here!" Zhou Xun couldn't help but sigh.

In the following time, Xiao Jin and Xiao Qing took turns flying, switching every three months.
Before I knew it, more than a year had passed.

Zhou Xun had been flying in this sea area for more than a year, but there was still no trace of the spiritual armor.

Time flies, and soon two months have passed. The ocean ahead begins to show some blue.
Fish began to swim in the sea, and there were signs of life.

He finally flew out of the Dead Sea.

On this day, Zhou Xun was speeding over the ocean.
suddenly--

A small dot appeared on the sea in the distance, and when I looked again, it turned out to be a giant island.

Zhou Xun was delighted.
During this year or so, even though the Tianji Palace was there, it seemed a bit boring.

"Come on, let's go down and take a look!"

Soon, as they got closer, Zhou Xun discovered that there were human buildings on the island.

Zhou Xun put away the Tianji Palace, and with a flash of his body, he transformed into a scholar in a green robe. He gathered all the spiritual power in his body and landed on the island.

On the beach, a young fisherman in his early twenties was squatting beside a fire, grilling sea fish.

He had a dark skin, but his eyes and brows were very clear. His coarse cloth shorts were stained with a little salt. He skillfully turned the branch with which the fish was inserted.

"My dear brother, the grilled fish smells so good!" Zhou Xun deliberately increased his pace and bowed with a smile.

The young man looked up when he heard the voice, was startled at first, and then showed a simple smile:

"Sir, are you a foreigner? Come and sit down!" He moved aside swiftly, revealing a flat rock.

Zhou Xun did not refuse, he lifted his skirt and sat down. The sea breeze with the aroma of burnt fish blew in his face, which made his mouth and tongue, which had not been moved for a long time, salivate. Seeing this, the young man directly broke off the most delicious fish belly and handed it to him:

"Sir, try this freshly caught grouper, made with the craftsmanship of our fishermen!"

The fish skin was baked to a golden and crispy texture, but it was surprisingly tender and juicy when bitten. Zhou Xun chewed it carefully, and vaguely recalled the scenes of his previous travels in the mortal world.

Seeing that he was concentrating on eating, the young man's eyes curved into crescents: "My name is Ah Hai, what's your name, sir?"

"My last name is Zhou, and I'm a scholar who travels around to study." Zhou Xun wiped the oil from the corners of his mouth and glanced at the young man's calloused hands.
"This fish is special. What's stuffed in its belly is..."

"Perilla leaves and wild ginger!" Ah Hai gestured excitedly.

"I picked them from the back mountain. They are the best for removing the fishy smell and enhancing the flavor!" He then took out a clay pot and said, "Dip it in shrimp paste. I guarantee you've never tasted it before!"

Zhou Xun listened to Ah Hai's chatter about the fun of fishing, and suddenly asked: "I'm eating a grilled fish from you today. I wonder if you have any troubles? I can help you!"

He hated to owe anyone anything, even if it was a fisherman.

"Troublesome?"

"Hahaha, you're joking, sir. We have fish everywhere here, and we have no worries at all!"

"It's just a sea fish, sir, don't mind it!" The young man obviously understood the meaning of Zhou Xun's feedback.

Hearing this, Zhou Xun couldn't help but laugh.
"That's right. Living in a place with such abundant resources, what worries can there be?"

"Actually, actually, it's not impossible!" Suddenly, the young man became shy and looked embarrassed.

"Why not tell me, maybe I can find a solution!" Zhou Xun said with a smile.

"That's right. That's right, Ah Zhen. We were originally very good friends, but in the past half month, I don't know what happened."

"She suddenly stopped paying attention to me and asked me to move out of here!"

The young man said a little frustrated.

"Haha, it turns out to be a love story between a man and a woman!"

"We have a saying where we live, 'all lovers will eventually marry'," Zhou Xun said with a laugh.

If it was other matters, he could still help a little, but when it came to matters of love, even if he broke through to the Spiritual Transformation stage, or even reached the Void Refining stage, he would not be able to change other people's minds.

"But Azhen likes me, but she said her parents wouldn't agree!" said the young man as he took out a beautiful colorful scale.

"what?"

Seeing this scale, Zhou Xun couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise.

It contains a strong aura of demon beasts, at least at the second level.

It seems that the woman who is in love with Ah Hai should be a cultivator, or the daughter of a high-ranking cultivator.
No wonder she wouldn't agree to be with him. After all, the person who could produce such a treasure must be at least a foundation-building cultivator, and he would definitely not agree to his daughter marrying a mortal.

"This item looks extremely valuable. She must like you!" Zhou Xun said.

Then he reached out his hand, grabbed the young man's wrist, and shook his head.

The spiritual roots are too poor, not even inferior spiritual roots.

In this case, even if he wanted to help, he could do nothing about it.

"wrong!"

Zhou Xun looked puzzled. He sensed the existence of a demonic restriction.

"interesting!"

However, he did not touch it rashly, so as not to be discovered by the person who set up the ban.
"I want to see what the ghost is behind this!"

At the same time, in a cave thousands of miles away from here,

A pretty girl knelt on the ground, and above her sat a middle-aged couple.
Strangely enough, they have extremely pointy elf ears.

"Father, mother, if everything is fine, I will leave now!" After saying this, she bowed and turned to leave.

"Husband, I think Zhen'er is really trapped. What should we do?"

The woman looked worried.

"Humph, he's just a mortal. How long can he live? Besides, I've already set up a restriction in his body. He'll die in a few years. By then, Zhen'er will naturally be content!"

The middle-aged man smiled and said,

He had secretly looked for Ah Hai a long time ago, and when Ah Hai was not paying attention, he set up a restriction that would allow him to die slowly without anyone noticing.

Ah Zhen left the cave, and then her figure flashed and turned into a colorful light, rushing towards the direction of the village.

Soon, she landed on the rocky beach outside the village. She pinched her fingers together, and the aura around her rippled like water waves, transforming into a pretty girl in a blue dress.

Zhou Xun spotted the woman when she was close to Qianli, but he did not act rashly.

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he saw through the girl's true appearance. She was actually a merman girl with slightly upturned ears and starry eyes.

Thinking of that colorful scale again, it suddenly became clear.

Legend has it that mermaids are born with a natal scale. It seems that she gave her scale to the young man, which shows how deeply she loves him.

"I didn't expect that the story of interracial love that I read in my previous life would appear before my eyes. It's quite interesting!"

This made Zhou Xun more determined to stay.

"Ahai!" The girl ran towards the bonfire with her skirt lifted, but she paused when she saw Zhou Xun. She frowned slightly, and a light blue light flashed in her eyes:

"Who are you?"

Ah Hai stood up hurriedly: "Ah Zhen, don't be afraid, this is Mr. Zhou!" He smiled innocently and raised the grilled fish.

"The master praised my craftsmanship!"

Zhou Xun then bowed his hands as a greeting.

"Sir, sir, why are you here?" The girl cast a spell and searched around, but she didn't find any trace of magic power, so she felt relieved.

"So you're Ah Hai's friend. My name is Ah Zhen, and I'd like to meet Mr. Zhou!"

"Brother Ah Hai has a simple personality, he must be a good man!" Zhou Xun said with a smile.

The girl chuckled upon hearing that, and took the young man's hand openly, looking at him with sparkling eyes.

"Ahai is naturally excellent!"

At this moment, the young man felt a sudden pain in his chest, and then he covered his chest and sat on the ground.
"Ahai!" The girl exclaimed and hurriedly supported the staggering young man. She saw that his face was as pale as paper, and a strange black line faintly appeared between his eyebrows.

Then, her fingertips flashed with light and pressed on the young man's wrist. After a moment, her pretty face turned pale and her voice changed:

"It's the Heart-Erosion Curse, my father's Heart-Erosion Curse!"

The girl was somewhat at a loss. This spell usually existed in the heart, constantly consuming and draining the heart's energy, gradually weakening it, and even exhausting it.

But now that Zhou Xun has taken the initiative to lead it out, it has suddenly exploded. If it cannot be resolved as soon as possible,
The young man can only die of heart failure!

At the same time, in the cave a thousand miles away, the middle-aged man suddenly frowned.
"Husband, what's wrong?"

"My 'Heart-Erosion Curse' has been triggered!" said the middle-aged man with a frown.

"What, that Zhen'er!"

This "Heart-Erosion Curse" is one of the spells of the mermaids. If one wants to remove it, it must be done by a fellow mermaid with a higher level of cultivation.

Alternatively, one could use the essence and blood of a low-level mermaid mixed with its own scales to replenish the mental energy consumed by this spell.

"Let's go, this girl must not do anything stupid!" As they said this, the middle-aged couple flashed and left the cave.

Rushing towards the distance.

At the same time, the girl looked at the young man rolling in pain, her eyes blurry.

He took a deep breath, clasped his hands together, and pointed at his chest without hesitation.
Then, drop after drop of the essence of the heart slowly flowed out.

She actually wanted to use her own blood and energy to replenish Ah Hai's consumed energy.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Xun couldn't help but be surprised.

There are so many foolish children in this world!

In terms of true nature, she is still a foreign woman!

Then she waved her hand, and the girl's movements suddenly stopped. The blood that had been seeping out of her heart,

It was as if time was flowing backwards, slowly moving backwards.

"Why is it necessary to do this for a mere 'Heart-Erosion Curse'?"

Then he flicked his fingers, and a stream of spiritual power flowed into the young man's body. He suddenly stopped rolling in pain.
A look of surprise appeared on his face.

"I'm ready?"

It was just a spell from a third-level mermaid, so Zhou Xun could easily crack it!
"Ahai, you're fine!" The girl was overjoyed when she saw this, and she hugged the young man and cried.

At this time, how could she not know that the so-called gentleman in front of her was actually a senior master, and she immediately led the young man to bow down.

"Thank you, senior, for saving your life!"

Zhou Xun heard this, waved his hand and said:
"No need to do that, just consider it as my payment for this grouper meal!"

"Senior, you are so kind!" The girl bowed again.

Ah Hai, on the other hand, had just come to his senses and looked at Zhou Xun curiously.

"Ah Zhen calls you a senior, but what exactly is a senior?"

Zhou Xun burst into laughter upon hearing this and pointed to a certain spot in the air.

"Friend over there, come down and talk!"

Then a middle-aged couple fell uncontrollably from the sky and landed in front of everyone.

(End of this chapter)