Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 904 News Delivered to Our Doorstep: The Ephemeral Flower of Tianyuan Star!

"Where do we go then?" Sun Yuanxuan asked.
"It's easy!"

Zhou Xun smiled slightly, reached for his waist, and with a flash of inspiration, a compass about a foot in size appeared before him.
It was the divination treasure, the Divination Compass.

After merging with the compass of the Xuan Turtle Heavenly Lord, the accuracy of divination became increasingly stronger.

"Is this some kind of divination technique, young master?" Sun Yuanxuan asked curiously.

"Not bad, you actually know this method?"

"I have seen records of this technique in ancient books. It is said that when this technique is mastered to its peak, one can know the past and the future. Could it be that you are the young master?" Sun Yuanxuan looked at Zhou Xun with shining eyes.

"I only have a superficial understanding of things; I can't know the past or the future, but I can still predict good or bad fortune!"

Zhou Xun smiled faintly, made a hand seal, and pointed towards the compass.
A faint light flashed, and suddenly a golden arrow appeared on the compass.
It points straight to the northwest.

"It seems that direction is the best choice!"

"go!"

The group of four sped off in the northwest direction indicated by the arrow.

For the next three days, the group gained nothing; the most valuable item they had was a low-grade fourth-order spiritual herb.

"Could it be that the young master's divination skills are so poor that he has completely avoided those spiritual beings?"

Sun Yuanxuan guessed,

After all, they had gained much more before the calculations were completed than they had in the past three days!
at this time,

suddenly--

Suddenly, five-colored light shone from the dense forest ahead, and five figures appeared like ghosts, instantly surrounding Zhou Xun and his group.

"Hahaha, we've finally found the fat sheep!" The leading golden-robed cultivator laughed wildly, the golden wheel in his hand humming and trembling.

"Brother, these four people are keeping their auras hidden, they might not be easy to deal with." The blue-clad female cultivator stared at Xiao Jin, a hint of apprehension flashing in her eyes.

"What's there to be afraid of!" the red-haired burly man sneered.
"Our Five Elements Heaven-Covering Formation has even trapped and killed peak Nascent Soul cultivators!"

Zhou Xun's gaze swept over the five people, and his eyebrows twitched slightly. The five people's positions subtly corresponded to the five elements, and their energy was interconnected, clearly indicating that they were proficient in combined attack techniques.

"Hand over your storage bags, and I'll spare your corpses!" the earth-attribute cultivator said sinisterly.

Xiao Jin flew into a rage: "You're courting death!" With a dragon's roar, he revealed his true form as a dragon and slapped at the golden-robed cultivator with one claw.

"Array up!"

The five people simultaneously made hand seals, and a huge Five Elements array suddenly appeared on the ground. Golden light, green vines, water curtains, fire walls, and earth pillars intertwined to form a net, actually repelling the dragon claws.

"What?" The little golden scales stood on end, and the dragon's eyes were filled with shock.

Zhou Xun's pupils contracted slightly. This formation had actually fused the magical power of the five people, multiplying its strength!

"As expected, the people of the Immortal Realm are not to be underestimated!"

"Master, be careful!"

Xiao Jia suddenly sprang into action, his Xuanjia Armored Armadillo form withstanding three water arrows.

Sun Yuanxuan hurriedly summoned her natal magic weapon, but was forced to retreat repeatedly by the wall of fire.

"Hahaha! Within this Five Elements Heaven-Covering Formation, we are the heavens!" The wood-attribute cultivator laughed wildly as he activated the green vines, unleashing a rain of poisonous thorns.

Zhou Xun snorted coldly, and a flash of lightning appeared in his sleeve, transforming into streaks of lightning swords that collided with the poisonous vines, bursting out with dazzling spiritual light.

"You've got some skill," the golden-robed cultivator sneered.
"Change!"

The five people's techniques suddenly changed, and a five-colored light sphere suddenly condensed in the center of the formation, causing the space to distort due to the terrifying energy fluctuations.

"Five Elements Extinction Divine Light!"

Sensing this power, Zhou Xun frowned slightly.

The destructive power contained in this five-colored orb has actually exceeded the Nascent Soul stage!
"You do have some skill!"

He formed hand seals, and seventy-two lightning seeds shot out instantly, transforming into blue-purple lightning shields in the air.

He stood in front of everyone!
"Boom——"

The five-colored orbs of light crashed into the lightning shields, and amidst the blinding flashes of spiritual light, the lightning shields were annihilated one after another.

The violent energy ripples rippled through the surrounding vegetation, tearing the ground open with spiderweb-like cracks.

In the end, a total of thirty-four lightning shields were shattered.

"How can it be!"

Before the smoke and dust had cleared, the golden-robed cultivator stared wide-eyed at Zhou Xun and his companions, who were unharmed.

Even among Nascent Soul stage cultivators, they had already killed countless ones.
The person before him, however, was completely unharmed; even his supernatural powers had not been broken.

"Could it be a Nascent Soul Celestial Lord?!"

Upon realizing this, the golden-robed cultivator was startled, but quickly became excited again.

He immediately transmitted his voice to several companions.
The other four were overjoyed upon hearing this.
At this grand ceremony of descending to the realm, even Nascent Soul cultivators can only unleash the combat power of the Core Formation stage.
If they could kill this person, wouldn't they be able to obtain the storage bag of a Nascent Soul cultivator?

Thought of here
The five exchanged glances, hardened their hearts, and simultaneously spat out their essence blood, causing an even larger sphere of light to condense in the center of the formation.

This time, the surface of the light sphere was covered with five elements patterns, and the pressure it emitted caused the small golden scales to explode.

"Master, be careful!" Xiao Jia roared, revealing its true form. Its thick back armor lit up with earthen-yellow runes, forming a triple rock wall in front of Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun smiled slightly: "A trivial skill."

He joined two fingers together like a sword and pointed at the void: "Sword shadows merge into one, slash!"

The seventy-two lightning seeds suddenly coalesced, transforming into a thousand-foot-long lightning sword.

The sword was crackled with destructive purple lightning, and wherever the blade passed, the space was torn apart with fine black marks.

"Boom——"

The moment the lightning sword collided with the light sphere, the entire Five Elements Formation shattered like glass. The five cultivators coughed up blood and flew backward, the backlash from the formation causing their meridians to be struck by lightning.

"Impossible!" The golden-robed cultivator exclaimed in horror.
"This is capable of trapping and killing someone at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."

Before he could finish speaking, the thunder sword, still brimming with power, slashed down at him. In that life-or-death moment, he swiftly pulled the blue-clad female cultivator beside him to shield her.

"Big brother, you—ah!"

The female cultivator was pierced through the chest by the lightning sword, and her protective magic treasure shattered like paper. Amidst the raging lightning, her delicate body was charred inch by inch, and finally, with a "bang," she exploded into a bloody mist.

"Third Sister!" The red-haired burly man's eyes were bloodshot, and the fiery flag in his hand waved wildly.

"I will fight with you!"

The sky was filled with fiery crows falling like meteors, but they were repelled by an invisible lightning barrier when they reached within three feet of Zhou Xun.

With a flick of his sleeve, Zhou Xun unleashed nine chains from his lightning seed, which coiled around the strong man's limbs like venomous snakes.

"Crack!"

With a sickening cracking sound, the burly man was torn into five pieces. Before his severed limbs could even hit the ground, they were charred into pieces by lightning.

The remaining three were terrified and turned to flee. The earth-attribute cultivator had just disappeared underground when Xiao Jia ripped him out with a single claw. Its sharp toenails pierced his dantian, tearing out his screaming nascent soul.

"Spare me! Senior, spare me!" The golden-robed cultivator knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly until his forehead was covered in blood and flesh.
"I am willing to offer this divine offering."

"Ok?"

"Tell me what you think!" Zhou Xun looked at the golden-robed cultivator with great interest.

"I once saw a 'Heavenly Origin Star Epiphyllum'." "What did you say!"

Zhou Xun was startled upon hearing this name.
"Tianyuan Star Epiphyllum!"

Isn't this the final elixir he needed to refine the Nine Origin Star Dew?

If one can obtain it, one can refine this spiritual item.

This is an excellent spiritual item for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

Zhou Xun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and lightning flickered faintly in his sleeve: "Explain yourself! Where is the Epiphyllum oxypetalum on that day?"

Seeing Zhou Xun's intense reaction, the golden-robed cultivator was overjoyed and quickly said:
"It's located in the 'Starfall Valley', 80,000 miles to the northwest! Unfortunately, the five of us were not strong enough and were eventually driven out!"

“Starfall Valley?” Zhou Xun frowned slightly, then suddenly remembered that the compass was pointing in the northwest direction, and he immediately understood.

"Young master, could it be..." Sun Yuanxuan also realized, her beautiful eyes sparkling with surprise.

"I see." Zhou Xun sneered, then suddenly raised his hand and unleashed a bolt of lightning.

"Senior, you—" The golden-robed cultivator was horrified and before he could finish speaking, he was struck by lightning and reduced to ashes.

"Young master, since this person has already revealed the whereabouts of the elixir, why?" Sun Yuanxuan asked, somewhat puzzled.

Zhou Xun said calmly:
"These cultivators, their hands stained with countless lives, what use are they? Besides," he turned his gaze to the northwest.

"The fewer people who know about the Tianyuan Star Epiphyllum, the better."

Little Jin licked his lips: "Master, shall we go to Starfall Valley now?"

"Indeed, this item is extremely important to me!"

Just then, Xiao Jia presented five storage bags to Zhou Xun.
"Owner!"

Zhou Xun took the five storage bags and erased the restrictions on them with a sweep of his divine sense.

These cultivators have been killing and robbing for years, so they must be quite wealthy.

"Let's take a look at these people's collections first."

He casually opened the golden-robed cultivator's storage bag and poured out a pile of items.

The most eye-catching items are three magical treasures that shimmer with spiritual light: a golden flying wheel, a small bronze shield, and a crimson jade talisman.

"what?"

Zhou Xun picked up the jade talisman and saw that its surface was engraved with intricate star patterns and faintly emitted spatial fluctuations.

Upon probing with divine sense, I discovered a detailed map inside, marking the location of "Starfall Valley," with a phantom image of a seven-petaled flower drawn somewhere in the valley.

"It really is the Ephemeral Flower of Tianyuan Star!" A glint flashed in Zhou Xun's eyes. Beside the map was a small note:
"The flower blooms for three days, and needs to draw upon the power of the nine heavens to finally mature."

Sun Yuanxuan leaned closer curiously: "Young master, what is this jade talisman?"

"A map of the surrounding area, including detailed information about Starfall Valley," Zhou Xun said, putting away the jade talisman.

Continuing the inventory, they discovered over a hundred more top-grade spirit stones.
To his surprise, there were also four low-grade spirit crystals, which were hard currency.

Then, Zhou Xun discovered more than a dozen bottles of pills.

One of the bottles, "Five Elements Condensing Essence Pill," caught Zhou Xun's attention. This pill could harmonize the five elements of magical power.
"No wonder he could unleash the Five Elements Heaven-Covering Array." This array is incredibly powerful, subtly involving the fifth level of magic.

With their mid-to-late stage Nascent Soul cultivation, it shouldn't be so easy for them to activate their powers. It seems this pill has helped a lot!
The second item opened was the storage bag of the blue-clad female cultivator. This woman's magical artifacts for dual cultivation of life and death were a pair of jade rings, their surfaces engraved with water patterns, capable of creating towering waves when wielded.

In addition, there were several close-fitting undergarments embroidered with mandarin ducks, which made Sun Yuanxuan's pretty face blush slightly.

Little King Kong was about to tease him, but Zhou Xun glared at him, and he quickly shut up.

The most precious item was a seed that resembled an ice crystal, exuding a chilling aura that even caused frost to form on the inner wall of the storage bag.

"Mysterious Ice Soul Seed?"

Zhou Xun was somewhat surprised. This item was a top-grade material for refining ice-attribute magic weapons. If given to a cultivator with an ice spirit root, its value would be immeasurable.

"It's a pity Xueying isn't here, otherwise this would be perfect for her!"

"Very well, I'll give this treasure to him next time I return to the human realm!"

The third storage bag belonged to the red-haired burly man.

As soon as it was opened, a scorching heat emanated from it, revealing five fist-sized "Earth Core Fire Jade" pieces with lava-like patterns flowing across their surfaces.

In addition, there was a small crimson flag embroidered with a three-legged golden crow, which was the magic weapon used to cast the Fire Crow spell just now.

“This flag is not bad.” Zhou Xun played with it for a while and found that the words “Burning Heaven” were engraved at the bottom of the flagpole, which must be a replica of some ancient treasure.

The most surprising thing was a jade box covered with talismans. Unsealing it revealed three blood-red leaves lying quietly inside, with flames seemingly flowing through their veins.

"Crimson Phoenix Grass!" Zhou Xun's breathing quickened slightly. This grass, along with the Seven Profound Spirit Condensation Flower, is a fifth-tier spiritual herb, a primary ingredient for refining fire-attribute Nascent Soul pills. It seems this burly man has indeed amassed quite a collection of valuable items over the years of murder and robbery.

The storage bag of the fourth earth-attribute cultivator was much simpler.

Besides the usual spirit stones and pills, the most eye-catching item was an earthenware jar, which contained a viscous "Earth Essence".

This item was a priceless treasure to cultivators with earth elemental roots, and Xiao Jia stared at it with wide eyes.

"Thank you."

Zhou Xun tossed the pottery jar to Xiao Jia, who happily caught it and immediately swallowed a small mouthful. His scales instantly glowed with a thick yellow light.

The last storage bag belonged to a wood-attribute cultivator.

Inside, there was a jumble of various spiritual plant seeds, some of which Zhou Xun couldn't even name. In the corner, however, he found a small sandalwood box containing a jade-green branch, with a few tiny red fruits the size of rice grains hanging among its leaves.

"This is..." Zhou Xun picked up a red fruit and sniffed it lightly, then his expression suddenly changed slightly. "The Crimson Beauty Fruit?"

Legend has it that this miraculous fruit can preserve youth and prolong life; consuming just one can add hundreds of years to one's life.

"If only Uncle-Master Nanyue were still here, what a pity!"

After taking inventory, Zhou Xun sorted and put away the spoils.

Although the five natal magic treasures were quite good, they were not very useful to him. However, the spiritual herbs and materials were quite precious.

"Young Master, shall we go to Starfall Valley now?" Sun Yuanxuan's skin became even more radiant and translucent after consuming the Crimson Beauty Fruit.

Zhou Xun looked towards the northwest, and the star-patterned jade talisman in his divine sense was slightly warm:

"The blooming period of the Epiphyllum oxypetalum on Tianyuan Star is limited, and arrangements need to be made in advance."

Suddenly remembering something, he took out the divination compass from his robes. The compass needle spun wildly, eventually aligning perfectly with the direction marked on the jade talisman!

"Just as I thought." Zhou Xun realized.

This Starfall Valley is both the location indicated by the divination and the key elixir for refining the Nine Origin Star Dew, so I must make a trip there no matter what.

"Yuan Xuan, your strength is too weak. You should find a place to hide first!"

Next, there will likely be a major battle, and Sun Yuanxuan is only at the Core Formation stage, so I won't be able to take care of her.

"Xiao Jia, take Miss Sun and burrow eight hundred feet underground to create a stone chamber!"

He then turned to Sun Yuanxuan.
"I'll come back for you after this matter is settled!"

"Don't worry, young master!" Sun Yuanxuan nodded. She knew that her strength was weak and that following along would only be a hindrance.

Soon, the armored armadillo, carrying Sun Yuanxuan, disappeared from the ground.

Half an hour later, Xiao Jia reappeared.
Immediately, the man and the two beasts soared into the sky and headed towards Starfall Valley.

(End of this chapter)