The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

After resting in "Lingyan Fairy City" for half a month, Xu Zhiyu set out on his journey again.

According to the information he had obtained, the "Spiritual Mist Pearl" existed in the 'Liuyun Desert' in the western region of Nanxuan Country, which was a full 100,000 miles away from Lingyan Fairy City.

It is also a forbidden area in Nanxuan Kingdom. There is no divine power stationed there. Only a few Yuanying cultivators have settled there and built a few cities for their disciples and followers to live in.

The "Liuyun Desert" is vast, said to be 200,000 to 300,000 miles wide, and is filled with yellow sand all year round. If a cultivator enters the yellow sand, not only will his spiritual consciousness be greatly restricted, but his body will also be eroded by a strange force.

If a cultivator in the Qi training stage enters the "Flowing Cloud Desert", it will be difficult for him to stay there for even a quarter of an hour, simply because his body cannot withstand the erosion. However, if he carries some talismans that can form a protective shield with him, he can hold on for a longer period of time.

But under normal circumstances, Qi-refining cultivators would never enter there, let alone get close to it. Who would be so idle as to seek death?

A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage can persist for about three days, but he cannot stay in it for a long time, otherwise his body will gradually die because he cannot withstand the strange force.

However, even though it is so dangerous, there are still many foundation-building monks who risk getting injured and enter to search for treasures.

The force that corrodes the cultivator's body becomes more severe the deeper one goes into the center of the "Liuyun Desert". It is said that in the very center, even a Nascent Soul cultivator may not be able to stay there for long.

However, Xu Zhiyu did not quite believe this rumor, because for a Nascent Soul cultivator, the physical body had basically reached the point where it could not be damaged or rotten.

Not to mention the Nascent Soul cultivators, even for him who is only at the Golden Core stage, when he looks inside his body, he can faintly see his bones slowly becoming as transparent as jade. The golden muscles and jade bones refer to the Golden Core cultivators.

However, there are rumors that more than once, some Yuanying Zhenjuns who did not believe in evil went deep into the "Liuyun Desert" to find out the situation there, but they all disappeared mysteriously in the end.

However, although the "Liuyun Desert" is very dangerous and mysterious, the "Three Wonders of Liuyun" produced there are also mouth-watering.

This is also the main reason why those low-level cultivators risk their lives to enter, because these three spiritual objects are of great origin, and obtaining any one of them may bring about a major turning point in one's own path.

The so-called "Three Wonders of Liuyun" refer to three special spiritual objects produced in the "Liuyun Desert". Moreover, they are only produced here and not in other regions. They can be regarded as specialties!

These three spiritual objects are "Liuyun Fairy Tea", "Lingwu Pearl" and "Desert Sand".

"Liuyun Fairy Tea" as the name suggests is a kind of magical tea produced in the "Liuyun Desert". It stands to reason that it seems strange to have tea trees growing in the desert, but they just grow.

This magical tea is not fixed to a certain area, but this kind of magical tea tree may grow anywhere in the desert.

Because of the yellow sand all over the desert, it is extremely difficult to find a tea tree that is no more than three feet tall.

Perhaps it is because the "Liuyun Fairy Tea" has survived in the "Liuyun Desert" for too long, it has actually evolved a skill, which is to use the yellow sand to protect itself.

The specific method is to use its own thriving branches, stems and leaves to capture the freely flying yellow sand, forming a natural protective barrier, so that he will not be easily discovered, which also creates great difficulties for the monks who are looking for him.

However, since this kind of spiritual tea dares to be called fairy tea, it means that it has certain unique effects.

The unique effect of "Liuyun Fairy Tea" is that if you can gather a hundred tea leaves to make a pot of tea and drink it, it is equivalent to a sixty years of hard practice for a Jindan stage cultivator.

And there are basically no side effects, except that it takes a few years to stabilize the sudden surge in cultivation.

What is the ultimate goal of cultivating immortals? Isn't it time? Although a sixty-year period is indeed nothing compared to the 1,300-year life span of a Jindan cultivator, what if this sixty-year period is added to the time it takes to break through to the Nascent Soul stage?

However, the effect of this spiritual tea is only effective for the first time. Otherwise, the Nanxuan Kingdom would have been filled with Jindan cultivators long ago.

Of course, the greater possibility is that this place is occupied by three super powers, and then all the "Liuyun Fairy Tea" is divided up to cultivate the sect's Jindan monks and allow them to quickly break through their cultivation.

The "Lingwuzhu" is a kind of gem formed by the essence of yellow sand. The specific formation process is very mysterious. It seems to be random, but there seems to be some rules.

As for why it was named "Lingwu", it was mainly because the word "yellow sand" was not very elegant, and the yellow sand flying all over the sky did have some similarities with the spiritual energy emitted by the earth spirit veins, so it has been called that since then.

The main function of this bead is to automatically form a large area of ​​yellow sand to cover an area. The specific range depends on the size of the bead. A small one can only cover an area of ​​a few miles, but it is hard to say about a large one.

According to the information he had gathered, there was once a Jindan cultivator who luckily found a fist-sized "Spirit Mist Pearl" in the "Liuyun Desert".

He took it to the largest auction house in "Lingyan Fairy City" for auction. The person in charge of the auction house was unable to determine the specific grade of the spirit pearl, so he proposed to test it and got the permission from the Jindan cultivator.

When this 'Spiritual Mist Pearl' was offered, half of the size of the "Lingyan Fairy City" was instantly covered by yellow sand, which even alarmed the God-Transforming Venerable who was guarding the Fairy City.

Since then, the fame of the 'Lingwuzhu' has grown, and the monks have become more and more interested in it.

It can be said that most of the cultivators who enter the "Liuyun Desert" nowadays actually go for the "Spiritual Mist Pearls", because the "Liuyun Fairy Tea" is too difficult to find, and most cultivators return empty-handed.

But it would be different if you got a "Spirit Mist Pearl". Whether you covered the door of your cave or sold it at an auction, it would be a very good choice.

However, for Xu Zhiyu, the role of the 'Spiritual Mist Pearl' is far more than that. It actually has another important function, which is that it can be used as a token to allow him to enter a place called Xuanyang Secret Realm.

This Xuanyang Secret Realm belongs to the three divine transformation forces of Zhentian Sect, Xiaoyao Sect and Yunmiao Tiangong in Zhongzhou. Their reputation is average, very average, because these three forces are among the top ten forces in Zuzhou, and they each have more than ten small secret realms like this, which are not precious at all.

Moreover, this secret realm does not produce any particularly rare spiritual objects. There are very few spiritual objects above the fourth level. Most of them are below the fifth level. So, what qualifications does such a secret realm have to be worthy of the attention of the three sects?
However, the location of this secret realm is very peculiar. It is located right at the junction of the three major forces. Therefore, its ownership is shared by the three parties.

However, although they don't attach much importance to this secret realm, it is an industry after all. No one is in charge of the Divine Transformation Realm, so the three families will take turns sending their Nascent Souls to take care of it!

However, the Nascent Soul cultivators who had been sent to manage this place seemed to think that this secret realm was not profitable enough, so they simply started buying and selling places.

However, the cultivators of the Huashen Sect do not care about spirit stones. What they want are all kinds of rare treasures produced from the ancestral continent. As long as someone brings these treasures to them, they will automatically get a spot to enter the Xuanyang Secret Realm.

For this purpose, they specially made a list of treasures, and the 'Spiritual Mist Pearl' was on the list, and ranked very high.

Some people may ask, is there any particularity in this? Of course there is, not only is there a particularity, but it is also very important.
Because the ranking represents the scarcity and importance of spiritual objects, the corresponding one is naturally the number of places to enter the secret realm.

Take the top three spiritual objects on the list for example, as long as you find any one of them, you can get three places, and the 'Spiritual Mist Pearl' can get two places. As for the holders of the spiritual objects ranked at the bottom, whether they can get a place in the end depends on luck.

Because the number of places to enter the secret realm each time is limited, there are only 300. If you hand in a spiritual object like that, the places will have been taken by monks who have submitted spiritual objects with higher rankings.

I'm sorry, please come earlier next time. There is no hope this time.

This secret realm is open once every three hundred years. If you miss it, you will have to wait another three hundred years.

Because cultivators who intend to enter the Xuanyang Secret Realm generally focus their search on those relatively advanced spiritual objects, for fear of bad luck and not getting a spot in the end.

The reason why the Xuanyang Secret Realm is so attractive to cultivators is that according to legend, there are Ningying Fruit trees inside it that can be used to refine Ningying Pills. This has been confirmed before, and it has been confirmed that there have actually been Jindan cultivators who have picked Ningying Fruits from it, and more than once.

Logically speaking, since it is related to the secret realm that can produce the main ingredient of Ningying Pill, it should attract the sect's attention, but the three major forces said that they would not take it seriously.

If we trace the reason, it's still because he's too wealthy. There are many spiritual objects in their sect that can help disciples condense their Nascent Souls, so they don't need that one.

Moreover, not every time the secret realm is opened, a cultivator will obtain the Ningying Fruit, which means that there may be only one Ningying Fruit tree inside, which is not worth their attention.

Because the growth cycle of the Ningying Fruit is so long, it takes 1,500 years and the opening of the secret realm five times to have a chance of obtaining a batch of Ningying Fruit, and it is still not certain. How could they take it too seriously?

However, the cultivator who managed the secret realm and knew the inside story did not make it public except for reporting it to the sect. Instead, he widely publicized the news that there were Ningying fruits growing in the secret realm, which attracted more Jindan cultivators to flock to it.

Although there is no shortage of various spiritual objects in the Central Plains, those that can enable Jindan cultivators to condense their Nascent Soul are still relatively rare. Otherwise, wouldn't these cultivators be infamous?
I don’t know what other cultivators would think if they knew the truth about the Xuanyang Secret Realm, but for Xu Zhiyu, what he cares about most is not the Ningying Fruit, but the passage to ascend to the spiritual world that his master told him.

Comparing the two, it seems that the channel is more important, because the spiritual object for him to condense the Nascent Soul is already lying in the storage ring, while the other people in the Xu family are still a long way from the Nascent Soul stage.

The most precious spiritual object among the 'Three Wonders of Liuyun' is undoubtedly the "Desert Sand". Although the name sounds ordinary, it is actually not ordinary, but extremely precious.

It is said that this strange stone contains space. If a cultivator who has reached the Spiritual Transformation stage can obtain it, it will be of great help in mastering space. It is one of the most top-notch treasures in the world.

In addition, this treasure is also used to refine high-level storage magic tools such as storage rings. However, they are all high-grade storage rings used by monks who have reached the stage of Divine Transformation. It is said that the space inside is extremely wide, and some are as large as ten thousand miles. It is not known whether it is true.

Over the years, "Liuyun Fairy Tea" and "Lingwu Pearls" have been discovered from time to time, but "Desert Sand" has rarely been discovered.

Even if someone discovered it, they would probably secretly offer it to some great master in the state of transformation in exchange for a reward, instead of publicizing it to the whole world. Such a foolish cultivator would not live long.

In addition to the "Three Wonders of Liuyun", the "Liuyun Desert" also grows a large number of magical herbs and medicines that can only grow in the desert, as well as some special monsters.

There are many markets on the outskirts of the "Liuyun Desert", which are specially opened for monks who want to enter to hunt for treasures. Not only do they provide various topographic maps, but they also purchase various treasures brought back by explorers who go deep into the desert at high prices.

It took Xu Zhiyu five days to reach one of the markets. He did not rush into the "Liuyun Desert" in a hurry, but decided to restore his Dantian magic power here first and buy a few maps by the way.

For the sake of safety, he did not show his true face to anyone. Instead, he used a secret disguise technique attached to the technique he practiced, which could instantly change his appearance beyond recognition without being discovered by cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage.

Because there are often monks who come here to hunt for treasures and explore, the market does not strictly check the monks entering and leaving.

You just need to casually register your name, place of origin, and cultivation level, then pay the entrance fee, and receive an identity token before you can enter.

Xu Zhiyu naturally couldn't use his real name, so he changed his name to a pseudonym called 'Ye Tian' and suppressed his cultivation to the second level of Purple Mansion. Cultivators with this level of cultivation were not noticeable at all here, and if you casually glanced at them on the street, you would find at least eighty of them, if not a hundred.

After going in and out of two grocery stores that were frequented by monks and buying a detailed map with one thousand low-grade spirit stones, he found an inn to stay in.

When the magic power in his dantian was full again, he packed up and headed straight for the "Liuyun Desert".

"This place is really attractive. In just a short quarter of an hour, there are already eighteen cultivators who have surpassed me, including three Jindan cultivators. It feels really exaggerated!"

Xu Zhiyu sighed in his heart. (End of this chapter)