Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 922 Sensitivity 100 points, Innate Human Physique!

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged on the ground and waved his hand.
A top-grade fourth-tier 'Heavenly Spirit Grass' appeared before them.

This herb is entirely jade-green in color, and its surroundings shimmer with spiritual light, making it perfect for today.

Looking at the spiritual herb before him, Zhou Xun no longer hesitated.
With hands forming hand seals, he performed the incantation for the Condensing Spring Scripture.

"The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage."

As he circulated the incantation, a profound and mysterious feeling arose. Zhou Xun's mind was immersed in a state of selflessness, merging with heaven and earth, as if he could control everything.

Gently touch the 'Heavenly Spirit Grass' with your finger.
After an unknown amount of time, a green dot of light appeared on it, emitting a soft glow.

It was about the size of an egg and extremely dazzling.
It is the essence of a fifth-grade spiritual herb!

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Xun carefully manipulated the ball of light to move closer to his body.

Zhou Xun felt enveloped in a familiar warmth, and then he felt refreshed, as if he had been elevated.

However, this feeling wasn't over yet.
I do not know how long it has been,

Suddenly, Zhou Xun felt that the world before him had changed.
He could see particles of spiritual energy floating in the air, hear the sound of a mayfly flapping its wings a hundred miles away, and even smell the fragrance emanating from a certain aquatic plant a thousand feet below the lake.

Even more miraculous was the surging power within his body. The magical power that was originally like a river had now condensed into mercury, and each flow caused ripples in the void.

The spiritual energy before him seemed to be under his control; with a single command and a thought, it could be transformed into various supernatural powers.
"This is precisely the power of the Nascent Soul stage that can only be controlled after reaching the Nascent Soul stage!"

Although the intensity wasn't that high, it did touch that area.

"It seems that the records in the ancient books were true. As long as the spiritual root's sensitivity reaches one hundred points, one can control a trace of the Nascent Soul power ahead of time!"

This also means that Zhou Xun's avatar has officially entered the ranks of those with innate human bodies.

At this moment, he has already stepped one foot into the Nascent Soul stage.

It's important to understand that this was achieved through his own cultivation, not by relying on the Heavenly Origin Spirit Armor, which is completely different.

With the further enhancement of the Heavenly Origin Spirit Armor,

Even if he encountered a mid-stage Nascent Soul expert, he was confident he could suppress them.

After a short while to adjust, Zhou Xun arrived at the Tranquil Pavilion at the top of the mountain.

"Xiaojia!"

The words had barely left his lips when

A boy of sixteen or seventeen years old appeared before them.

"I've met the master!"

"Go and prepare a plate of fifth-tier demon crocodile meat for us to try," Zhou Xun ordered. Since his breakthrough, his craving for high-level spiritual food had become increasingly intense.

Xiao Jia bowed and agreed, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes: "Master, you may not know this, but I have obtained a lot of high-grade ingredients in the Immortal Realm during this period, and my spiritual cooking skills have also improved a lot."

"Oh, that's perfect!" Zhou Xun smiled slightly.
"Go!"

Xiao Jia immediately bowed and withdrew.
Just then, light footsteps came from outside the pavilion.

Sun Yuanxuan, dressed in a moon-white silk dress with only a jade hairpin in her hair, bowed gracefully upon seeing Zhou Xun: "Congratulations on your completion of your seclusion, young master." When she raised her eyes, they were like water, reflecting the setting sun shining outside the pavilion.

Zhou Xun gestured for her to stand up, and Sun Yuanxuan knelt down in front of the tea table, burning incense and preparing tea with her delicate hands.

With nimble fingers, a stream of clear spring water poured from the purple clay teapot, the rising steam carrying a faint fragrance of orchids.

As the tea gradually turned amber, Sun Yuanxuan presented it with both hands, holding the cup.

Zhou Xun took it and saw three emerald green tea leaves floating on the surface, slowly rotating in a triangular shape.
Take a small sip, and first a slightly bitter taste glides across the tip of your tongue, then transforms into sweetness, and finally a cool sensation rises in your throat, as if you were swallowing a mouthful of morning mist from the mountains.

"Not bad!" Zhou Xun nodded slightly.
Zhou Xun looked around and suddenly sighed, "It's still missing some spiritual plants to embellish it. If only the Cloud Mist Tea were still here."

Back then, he traded his Cloud Mist Tea plant to Lu Chang'an in exchange for the Heavenly Origin Spirit Armor.

Although he later cultivated a new plant, it was still too early.

"When we have time in the future, we can keep an eye out for it. If we find any excellent spiritual plants, we can plant them here!"

With the Spring Condensation Scripture at his disposal, cultivating spiritual plants is an extremely easy task for him.
In this way, he can also find some fun in his long cultivation journey ahead.

Just as Zhou Xun was savoring the spiritual tea, Xiao Jia came quickly carrying a jade tray.

Before you even see its form, you can smell its fragrance. It's a strange aroma that blends the scent of smoky pine with the sweetness of spiritual fruit, and there's also a faint hint of blood in it, making your mouth water.

On the jade plate, the crocodile meat was sliced ​​into pieces as thin as cicada wings, each slice glistening with an amber sheen and covered with fine golden patterns.

Between the textures of the flesh, one could vaguely see the flow of seven-colored spiritual light. Beside it was a dish of jade-green dipping sauce, made from century-old spiritual honey and fifth-grade vermilion fruit.

"Master, please give it a try!"

Zhou Xun picked up his jade chopsticks, took a piece of food, and placed it on the tip of his tongue.

At first, the meat felt tender and bouncy, but as you chew, a surge of spiritual energy exploded out, rushing through your meridians like a volcanic eruption.

The flesh first transformed into a fine nectar, then into streams of warm currents, and finally condensed into a ball of pure energy in the dantian.

Zhou Xun closed his eyes and sensed that his Nascent Soul power had become even more solid.

"Okay!" Zhou Xun opened his eyes and saw Xiao Jia looking at him expectantly. He smiled and said:
"You've controlled the heat perfectly, fully bringing out the earth-attribute spiritual energy of the crocodile meat without losing its original flavor. It seems you've indeed made great progress in your culinary skills."

"Thank you, Master!"

He was extremely pleased that Zhou Xun agreed.
For him, Zhou Xun was the closest person to him; he had been by Zhou Xun's side since birth.
Then, starting with a low-grade first-tier spirit beast...
To reach the current rank of fourth-grade superior demon emperor, and even be able to enter a region like the Immortal Realm, is all thanks to Zhou Xun's support.

“This fifth-tier demonic crocodile matches your attributes, and you can use some of it regularly, which will greatly benefit your cultivation!” Zhou Xun thought for a moment before saying.

"Yes, thank you, Master!" After saying that, Xiao Jia tactfully withdrew.

After they finished eating, Zhou Xun took Sun Yuanxuan's soft hand.

The woman's cheeks flushed slightly, but she obediently lowered her head. The gauze curtains fell, and the two shadows gradually overlapped.
At dawn the next day, an inconspicuous ray of light flew out from Silent Spirit Island, streaking across the sky in an instant and speeding away into the distance.

This person is naturally Zhou Xun.

His purpose in this trip was to cause chaos among the stars.

As the largest gathering place for independent cultivators in Wandao Lake, it is somewhat chaotic, but it also offers more opportunities.

His purpose in going there was to use the spiritual veins there to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Even though Silent Spirit Island is a fifth-tier spirit island, it is sufficient for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.
But that was, after all, the territory of the Que clan. Once he broke through, the strange phenomena in the heavens and earth would inevitably attract the attention of the Que clan. At that time...
His secret, that he had not yet reached the Divine Realm, could not be kept.
A Nascent Soul cultivator who possesses the power of a Deity Transformation cultivator—many people would probably be willing to explore the secrets behind this.

To avoid trouble, I decided to leave this place.

The Chaotic Thousand Stars was the place he chose, after all, quite a few cultivators advanced to the Nascent Soul stage here every hundred years. Zhou Xun rode his escape light, traversing the vast sea.

At first, there were still scattered human cultivators and demons along the way, but as they ventured deeper into the Chaotic Sea of ​​a Thousand Stars, human activity gradually decreased, replaced by an increasingly dense aura of demonic beasts.

Beneath the surface of the sea, huge black shadows occasionally roam by, sometimes stirring up towering waves and revealing ferocious scales or tentacles.

Zhou Xun scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that many fourth-tier high-grade demonic beasts were lurking in the deep sea, some of which even had an aura close to that of the fifth tier.

In the past, these demonic beasts would have been rare prey for him, but now that he has one foot in the Nascent Soul realm, ordinary fourth-tier demonic beasts are no longer of much use to him.

Unless they are true fifth-order demon cultivators, but such beings have long since taken human form and mostly mingle in immortal cities, rarely wandering in the desolate sea.

He did not hunt down the prey; instead, he concealed his presence and continued on his journey.

A month later, a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy suddenly came from the sea ahead, mixed with the roars of demonic beasts and the shouts of cultivators.

Zhou Xun raised an eyebrow and quietly approached, only to see a giant demon-hunting ship locked in combat with a third-tier high-grade thunder eel.

The thunder eel was entirely silver-white, its body wreathed in raging lightning. Each flick of its tail could unleash towering waves, forcing the cultivators on the demon-hunting ship to retreat repeatedly.

Even more surprisingly, this demon showed faint signs of breaking through to the fourth rank.
The bloodline within its body seemed to have undergone some kind of mutation, making its lightning magic power far surpass that of its peers, allowing it to hold its own against several Core Formation cultivators without being at a disadvantage.

The cultivators on the demon-hunting ship were clearly struggling; the ship's hull had been scorched by lightning, and the array light screen on the deck was teetering on the verge of collapse.

A burly man with a thick beard, at the mid-stage of Core Formation, stood at the bow of the ship, holding a crimson longsword. Flames surged as the blade slashed, yet he was still unable to completely suppress the thunder eel.

"How can this beast be so troublesome!" The burly man with a bushy beard gritted his teeth and growled, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Xun's heart stirred.

He was looking for news about the area around Thousand Star Chaos, and these demon-hunting cultivators seemed like suitable candidates.

His figure swayed, and his appearance subtly changed, transforming him into a square-faced middle-aged cultivator. At the same time, he concealed the aura of the Heavenly Yuan Spirit Armor, maintaining his cultivation at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

Then, he stopped hiding and appeared high in the sky, pointing a finger out—

"boom!"

A bolt of purple-gold lightning descended from the sky, like divine punishment, striking precisely the top of the lightning eel's head.

In an instant, the violent power of lightning pierced through the entire body of the lightning eel. Before it could even scream, its massive body exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist, which was then evaporated by the lightning, leaving only a fist-sized silver demon core floating in the air.

The cultivators on the demon-hunting ship were all stunned. The burly man with the bushy beard even narrowed his pupils and looked up at Zhou Xun with shock in his eyes.

"Senior...Senior!" He quickly bowed and greeted them, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

Zhou Xun casually waved his hand, and the Thunder Eel Demon Core floated towards the demon-hunting ship, where he tossed it to the burly, bearded man.

"This demon has been eliminated, and its demon core is yours."

The burly man with the bushy beard accepted it with both hands, his face filled with unbelievable, ecstatic joy:

"Thank you so much for saving my life, senior! May I ask your honorable name? I am Zhao Tieshan, the head of the Demon Hunting Association of Fengyu Island. I am willing to serve you faithfully!"

Zhou Xun nodded slightly and said:

"I have been in seclusion for many years and am new to this place. I am not very familiar with the Thousand Star Chaos area, and there are some things I would like to inquire about."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tieshan immediately replied respectfully:

"If you don't mind, senior, please board the ship for a chat! We are on our way back to Fengyu Island. You may come with us, and I will certainly share all my knowledge on the journey!"

Zhou Xun thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Alright."

He flashed and landed on the deck of the demon-hunting ship. Zhao Tieshan hurriedly ordered someone to serve him spiritual tea, while carefully observing Zhou Xun, secretly guessing the origin of this Nascent Soul Peak cultivator.

"Senior's lightning technique just now was truly astonishing!" Zhao Tieshan exclaimed sincerely.

"That thunder eel's bloodline mutated, and even several of us Core Formation cultivators working together couldn't defeat it, yet you killed it with a single blow, senior. It's truly admirable!"

Zhou Xun smiled faintly, saying nothing more. He picked up the spirit tea, took a sip, and then asked:

"How far is your Fengyu Island from the Thousand Star Chaos?"

Zhao Tieshan quickly replied, "Senior, Fengyu Island is located on the outer edge of the Thousand Star Chaos. If you travel east for three months, you will reach the true Thousand Star Chaos Sea."

“There are islands scattered like stars in the sky, and the forces there are complex and intertwined. There are immortal cities where rogue cultivators gather, as well as dangerous places where demons are entrenched.”

Zhou Xun nodded and then asked, "Has anything major happened recently?"

Zhao Tieshan pondered for a moment and said:

"There is one such thing. It is said that deep within the Thousand Star Chaos, an ancient cultivation cave is about to appear, attracting many cultivators to investigate. However, its exact location has not yet been determined, and various forces are currently searching for it in secret."

"An ancient cultivator's cave?" Zhou Xun's eyes flashed, and he became slightly interested.

“Exactly!” Zhao Tieshan lowered his voice.

"Rumor has it that the owner of that cave may be a Void Refinement cultivator, or even... possibly related to an ancient immortal sect!"

Upon hearing this, a profound look flashed in Zhou Xun's eyes.

It seems that this chaotic journey among a thousand stars may be more interesting than he expected.

Zhou Xun followed Zhao Tieshan's demon-hunting ship and arrived at Fengyu Island half a month later.

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Xun's eyes as the island's outline emerged from the sea.

The entire island was enveloped in a layer of pale blue spiritual light, and from a distance it looked like a bright emerald pearl set in the blue sea.

As they got closer, the island's scenery gradually became clearer.

The most eye-catching feature is a towering, jade-colored mountain peak in the center, its surface covered with naturally formed spiritual patterns that shimmer and glow in the sunlight.

Zhou Xun scanned it with his divine sense and found that it was actually a complete fifth-order spiritual vein! Although the quality was only low-grade fifth-order, it was already rare in the outer area of ​​the Thousand Star Chaos.

"Senior, please look, that is the sacred peak of our Fengyu Island," Zhao Tieshan said, pointing to Qingyu Mountain, his tone filled with pride.

Zhou Xun nodded slightly, noticing that there were dozens of caves scattered around the mountainside, each with a protective light barrier around it.

At the foot of the mountain was a bustling market town, where cultivators thronged the streets paved with bluestone slabs, and the spirit banners hanging from the shops on both sides fluttered in the wind.

"Senior, please follow me." Zhao Tieshan respectfully led the way.

"Our leader is a powerful figure from the Thousand Stars Chaos. If you want to inquire about information, you can't go wrong by asking him!"

"And our leader would certainly be happy to associate with such a esteemed person as our senior!"

Soon, Zhou Xun arrived in front of a three-story building.

(End of this chapter)