Immortals of the End Times

Inside the Sword Rain Tower, Zhao Wuji listened to Bai Chengshang's report through a dream, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, "Master Xiaguang is indeed cautious and keeps his promises."

They even took the initiative to send someone to contact the disciples of the Supreme Grotto Heaven that Zhi Xia had set up in Yizhou, Huaihai, to deliver a message..."

He paused for a moment, a slight smile appearing on his lips: "And then there's that dog Chai Wei, who betrays his own people and colludes with Hai Xian Mountain to try and seize the spiritual vein."
No wonder Master Xiaguang was so furious.

He walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked at the surging sea of ​​clouds outside, and pondered: "The reason why Master Hai Xian is holding back his troops at this moment is simply because he is wary of Master Xia Guang's last-ditch counterattack."

Once True Immortal Xiaguang passes away, he will definitely take action personally to forcibly seize the spiritual vein.

"but……"

His eyes flickered slightly. "Since True Person Xia Guang has already sent a message through the Supreme Grotto-Heaven, he must also be wary of me and Daoist Xinghe."

His arrangement was both to protect his disciples and to use me to get rid of Chai Wei and clean up his own sect.

"It seems the Seven Clouds Sect and Sea Immortal Mountain have a deep-seated grudge; otherwise, he might have gone along with it. Or perhaps..."

"That old fox probably hopes that I and Master Hai Xian will fight to the death so that he can find a way to survive for his disciples."

Zhao Wuji flicked his sleeves and transmitted a message to Bai Chengshang through the dream: "Continue to keep an eye on the Seven Clouds Sect."

Tell True Man Xiaguang that Ancestor Tiannan will keep his appointment as scheduled. As for Chai Wei…

A cold glint flashed in his eyes. "Just cook it as you go."

"but."

"To be absolutely sure, we also need to plant a hidden agent within the Seven Clouds Sect. Only then can we arrive at the first sign of the Old Ghost of Clouds' passing."

Thinking of this, Zhao Wuji narrowed his eyes: "When the time comes, we will use the Pot Heaven Technique to take away the spiritual veins. Even if the Sea Immortal arrives, he will only be able to sigh in vain."

As for engaging in a direct confrontation with a Golden Core cultivator? There's absolutely no need.

He was determined to obtain the third-level spiritual vein of the Seven Clouds Sect!

But a wise person plans before acting.

The best strategy is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

After dealing with numerous trivial matters, Zhao Wuji flew to Yunlong Peak on the wind to complete the formation repair task as usual.

Amidst the swirling clouds and mist of Yunlong Mountain, he manipulated the array flags like a dragon soaring through the air, precisely repairing the damaged nodes of numerous ancient arrays.

As the last wisp of array pattern stabilized, the setting sun had already dyed half the sky red.

When they returned to Jianyu Tower, the medicine boy Xiaoyue and the wine boy Xiaoya had just returned from the capital of the Xuanming Dynasty.

Xiaoyue held a peach blossom pastry wrapped in oil paper in her arms. The pastry was golden brown and slightly charred, with a faint sweet fragrance of honey and peach blossoms.

"grown ups!"

Xiaoyue smiled and presented the pastries as if they were treasures, saying, "It's a newly opened pastry shop in the capital. The shopkeeper said it's a family recipe passed down through generations."

Although it doesn't quite compare to the plum blossom cake from the eastern part of Xuan Kingdom's capital, its filling is refreshingly sweet. Would you like to try some?

"The plum blossom cake shop in the east of Xuan Kingdom City"

Zhao Wuji nodded slightly, recalling the pastry shop opposite the Imperial Observatory.

Pick up a piece and take a light bite; the flaky crust crumbles and falls apart, revealing a peach blossom filling that is sweet but not cloying, with a hint of tartness from the green plum.

He nodded in approval: "It certainly has a unique charm."

A young girl beside her untied a gourd from her waist, shook it, and laughed, "Sir, I also bought the strongest 'Fiery Clouds' liquor in the capital. The shopkeeper boasted it could intoxicate even a martial arts grandmaster, but..."

She stuck out her tongue. "It's not even as good as the rotten wine we brewed at home!"

Zhao Wuji chuckled, "Anyway, I'm not going to cheat the poor. It seems I've used up all the worldly gold and silver I gave you."

Both girls stuck out their tongues upon hearing this.

"Let's go, you've had your fun these past few days, let's go back to the valley."

He lightly touched the two women's brows with his fingertips, and the Dream Marriage Technique, like a spring breeze, gently led them into the Valley of Pot Heaven.

Within the celestial realm, spiritual mist swirled. As soon as Xiao Yue landed, she exclaimed in surprise, "My lord, the spiritual rice has sprouted ears!"

But in the distance, golden waves of rice rippled.

The heavy ears of rice bent the stalks, clearly showing amazing growth after being nourished by the new spiritual veins.

"With so many resources to nurture them, the spiritual plants within the Pot Heaven are naturally growing rapidly."

Zhao Wuji thought to himself, but said nothing more.

Once the Hutian Valley receives resources for cultivation, its area will continue to expand, and many of the spiritual plants within it will grow rapidly as a result.

He couldn't directly explain these changes to Xiaoyue and Xiaoya, since they involved the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques and the Yin-Yang Pearl.

For now, the only way to deal with this is by using the Dream Marriage Technique in conjunction with the Illusion Array. He will reveal this part of the secret when the time is right.

He walked straight to the medicine stove placed in front of the attic.

"My lord, when was this medicine furnace moved into the valley? It's still emitting spiritual energy!"

Xiao Yue curiously examined the medicine cauldron with nine dragons coiled around it.

The dragon's mouth inhaled and exhaled spiritual energy, rotating on top of the furnace, which was quite mysterious.

"You're just a kid, don't ask so many questions, go play somewhere else!"

Zhao Wuji waved his hand, saying that this inheritance involved grudges with the Immortal Martial Sect, and knowing too much about it would be harmful.

After waving the two women away.

Zhao Wuji patted his storage bag, and the family heirloom golden needles leaped into his palm.

The moment the needle tip touched the reverse scale of the dragon on the furnace body, the furnace lid suddenly clicked open half an inch.

Huangfu Mi's jade slip floated out from the crack in the medicine furnace.

The surface of the jade slip is covered with pinhole-like pits, and the 365 holes correspond to the stars in the sky.

"It seems we'll have to use the needle as the key."

With a slight flick of his wrist, the golden needle transformed into a stream of light and pierced the Yujian acupoint.

When the seventy-second needle hits the "Xuanji" position.

The jade slip unfurled with a "hum" into a three-foot-long shimmering light and shadow, from which countless ancient seal characters from the Western Jin Dynasty fell like a galaxy:
"Future generations should know: the way of medicine and martial arts is to understand the profound through acupuncture."

Bloodletting and acupressure can open up the microcosm of the human body.

The Nine-Turn Yin-Yang Pill inside the furnace was refined from the inner cores of numerous Yin-Yang Condensation Demonic Beasts and a Golden Core Demon King; its medicinal properties are extremely potent.

The text suddenly distorted, revealing the phantom of an old man dressed in the simple attire of a Western Jin Dynasty physician.

"This person must be Huangfu Mi. I never expected that he would refine a batch of Nine-Turn Yin-Yang Pills using the inner core of a Golden Core Demon King?"

Zhao Wuji's eyes flickered slightly, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes.

Using the inner core of the Golden Core Demon King as a base, supplemented with the essence and blood of numerous Yin and Yang demon beasts to refine the pill is already astonishing.

What's even more amazing is that this elixir was sealed for many years using a secret method, and can only be released by special acupuncture techniques.

If it is forcibly opened, the alchemy furnace will surely be destroyed!

This is absolutely the ultimate elixir that martial arts cultivators in this degenerate age dream of!

At this moment, the famous physician of the Western Jin Dynasty, with his flowing sleeves, drew a meridian diagram in the air with a golden needle: "Young man of the future, whether you are a descendant of my Huangfu lineage or the Zhao family lineage, the fact that you can see this image means that you have obtained the true teachings of the 'Golden Chamber Meridian Acupuncture Record'."

Back when I was studying this art of medicine and martial arts with my ancestors, I consulted many ancient books.

Zhao Wuji glanced at it for only a moment before his pupils contracted.

"This acupuncture technique"

The "Zhou Tian Acupuncture Technique" demonstrated in the light and shadow is surprisingly similar to some of the methods and principles in the "Internal Refinement of Spirit Techniques".

When Huangfu Mi's illusory image demonstrated the "Baihui Initiation" technique.

A sudden inspiration struck him, and he abruptly raised his hand to imitate him.

A needle is inserted into the Baihui acupoint, and then spiritual energy is activated using a special technique, and the needle is gently twisted.

The next moment, a subtle sensation arose within his dantian.

The inner golden core suddenly began to rotate spontaneously, and the outline of the Mysterious Gate of the Female appeared and disappeared in the sea of ​​consciousness.

"So that's how it is! It seems that among the many ancient books that our ancestors and Huangfu Mi studied, there might be the inner landscape refining technique of the Huangting Jing."

Zhao Wuji suddenly raised his hand, and golden needles flew up, trembling at his fingertips.

The highest level of "Golden Needle Crossing the Calamity" recorded in the tradition is to stimulate the major acupoints of the whole body with 365 needles at the same time, briefly opening up the microcosm of the human body and unlocking the secret realm within the body.

This secret realm refers to the inner scenic area.

However, it is the same as the method of opening the gate of the mysterious female through the inner realm refining spirit technique, and then opening up the inner realm. They are complementary!

Just then, the inside of the medicine furnace suddenly shook violently.

Zhao Wuji knew that the Nine-Turn Yin-Yang Pill, which was radiating spiritual energy, was stirring inside the medicine furnace.

Following the tradition, he used the "Ten Dragons Playing with Phoenix" technique to stab the eyes of the dragon on the furnace body.

Long!
A short while later.

The furnace lid suddenly burst open, and a pill the size of a longan floated out, accompanied by a medicinal fragrance.

The surface of the pill shows the flow of yin and yang energies, and a miniature dragon can be vaguely seen swimming inside.

"A precious pill refined using a Golden Core-level demon core as a catalyst."

His eyes flashed, and he quickly made a hand seal to condense a nascent pill using the Pill Manipulation Technique, lifting the precious pill and sealing its fragrance.

This pill was surprisingly heavy, weighing as much as a thousand pounds.

The mere aroma of the Yin-Yang medicine that he inhaled caused a miniature vortex to form in his dantian.

The golden core within the inner realm devoured this power with insatiable hunger, and the Dao patterns on its surface became clearer at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Meanwhile, the Blood Fiend Crystal Core became restless, beginning to increase its Blood Fiend Spiritual Energy.

"Good Precious Pill"

Zhao Wuji quickly used his pill-manipulation technique to reinforce the elixir and seal the medicinal fragrance, his gaze solemn.

Even a tiny bit of the elixir's energy leaking out had such an effect.

He deservedly traveled thousands of miles to Nan Chu Prefecture, offending the Immortal Martial Sect to obtain this inheritance.

He stared at the pill floating in front of him, the warning from the jade slip flashing through his mind:

Later generations of disciples should take this pill in the later stages of martial prowess to ensure safety; otherwise, there is a risk of their bodies exploding.

If one can successfully refine this Nine-Turn Yin-Yang Pill, one can not only quickly reach the peak of Martial Courage, but also lay a solid foundation for condensing Golden Core Blood Fiend and breaking through to the Golden Core True Form Realm of Martial Cultivation.

If taken when one's Martial Courage is at its peak, one can directly reach the Golden Core True Form Realm!
"This pill."

His gaze deepened. "It's best to save it for when you reach the late or peak stage of Martial Courage, so that it can be used to its fullest potential." Suppressing the urge to take the pill now, Zhao Wuji secretly calculated:

He is currently close to the mid-stage of Martial Courage. With the resources he obtained from Luo Zhan's storage bag, plus the newly acquired medical and martial arts inheritance, it will not be difficult for him to cultivate to the late stage of Martial Courage.

It's not time to use the Nine-Turn Yin-Yang Pill yet.

Thinking of this, he made a hand seal with his fingers together.

As the spiritual light flowed, the Nine-Turn Yin-Yang Pill was resealed into the medicine furnace to preserve its medicinal properties.

The medicine furnace should be put away properly.

Zhao Wuji turned and stepped into the pavilion inside the Hutian Valley.

With a flick of his sleeve, twelve crimson jade bottles flew out and landed on the table.

These were all various kinds of pills and jade bottles seized from Luo Zhan's storage bag.

The bottle is imprinted with the Blood Flame Emblem unique to the Immortal Martial Sect.

Zhao Wuji pointed to a bottle, and the moment he uncorked it, a thick aura of blood rose like smoke, vaguely condensing into the phantom images of tigers and leopards.

This is the "Hundred Beast Blood Fiend Pill" secretly passed down by the Immortal Martial Sect.

It is made by mixing the essence and blood of various demonic beasts with spiritual herbs, and is especially precious in this world of Dharma decline where demonic beasts are almost extinct.

These demonic beasts were almost all secretly cultivated by the Immortal Martial Sect, consuming a great deal of resources.

Ordinary martial arts practitioners, after swallowing one of these pills, need to regulate their breathing for three days, otherwise their meridians will feel as if they have been burned by fire.

"These pills have actually benefited me."

Zhao Wuji chuckled lightly, his fingers flashing with magical hand seals, and a wisp of dim yellow flame rose from his palm, instantly transforming into a swirling vortex.

The first bottle of pills was poured out. The ten blood pills, each the size of a longan, turned into a scarlet mist the moment they came into contact with the fire vortex. He opened his mouth and inhaled them all into his body.

As the ingestion technique was activated, the medicinal power surged like a river, being rapidly refined and absorbed.

If Luo Zhan were to see this scene again, he would probably be terrified out of his wits.

This isn't taking medicine at all; it's practically swallowing sugar pills!

"boom!"

The moment the blood mist entered his abdomen, the blood-fiend crystal core in his dantian trembled violently.

The twelve main meridians simultaneously lit up with blood-red patterns, shining brightly like red-hot iron chains.

An ordinary martial arts practitioner would have already fainted from the pain by now.

However, Zhao Wuji's ingestion technique transformed into mysterious spiritual power, enveloping every inch of flesh and blood, taming the violent medicinal power to the point of complete control.

Three days later.

The jade bottle on the table was mostly empty, and the blood mist swirling around Zhao Wuji gradually solidified.

As the last bit of medicinal power was refined, the Blood Fiend Crystal Core suddenly cracked open with a "crack".

It was not a collapse, but rather like breaking out of a cocoon, shedding its outer dark red crystal shell to reveal a more dazzling red jade core inside.

"Mid-stage Martial Arts Mastery!"

He suddenly opened his eyes, and a blood-red halberd flashed in his pupils.

With a casual punch, the air was compressed into a visible ring of air, causing the attic window frames to tremble violently.

"Both strength and physical conditioning have improved."

Zhao Wuji clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body.

This body, which has undergone numerous modifications, is now powerful enough to withstand the magic weapons of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

"If I were to use the Great Strength Technique again..."

A glint flashed in his eyes; his combat power had now reached a new level!

His gaze swept over the remaining six bottles of pills, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Luo Zhan's savings were almost half gone in just three days.

But the surging blood-fiend spiritual energy within him made a smile involuntarily creep onto his lips.

Such an extravagant cultivation method is something even the true disciples of the Immortal Martial Sect can only dream of.

On the Yin-Yang Pearl, Wu Xiandao's cultivation level was now clearly displayed:

Mid-stage Martial Arts (571/6000)

"If Luo Zhan uses up the remaining pills, he should be able to cultivate to the middle to late stages."

He pondered for a moment, "Perhaps it's best to combine it with the medical and martial arts tradition, or maybe cultivate it together with the Inner Realm Spirit Refining Technique."

With a thought, twenty-eight family heirloom golden needles flew out of the storage bag and appeared in mid-air.

"rise!"

Zhao Wuji's fingers moved in a series of hand gestures as he used his needle-controlling technique.

The golden needles, guided by divine sense, were precisely inserted into major acupoints throughout the body.

The needle trembled, and the body's Qi, blood, and spiritual energy surged like a river, becoming increasingly pure in the process of circulating throughout the body.

Even more remarkably, the potential of various acupoints seemed to be stimulated, and the consciousness and spiritual power became unusually active.

The mystery will reveal itself in the darkness.

Zhao Wuji felt the golden needles trembling all over his body.

It actually built a mysterious bridge between the physical body and the world, as if the heavens and man were communicating, in a continuous cycle.

He had a sudden inspiration and realized that the time had come, so he immediately activated the Inner Landscape Refining Spirit Technique.

"Buzz!"

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, the four core divine thoughts shone brightly like the moon in the sky.

Within the dantian, behind the inner landscape, the outline of the Mysterious Gate of the Female was faintly visible.

"open!"

With a low shout, Zhao Wuji unleashed the Nirvana Sword Intent, transforming it into a rainbow as a guide, while the illusory image of the halberd stood tall like a pillar.

The four divine thoughts resonated simultaneously, and the gate opened in response.

In the past, he had to exert all his strength to pry open even a sliver of the mysterious female gate.

But now, with the resonance of acupuncture and internal meditation, this door has been opened by more than three inches.

Seven or eight strands of ancient spiritual energy immediately surged out from the mysterious place behind the door and rushed into the inner secret realm.

Zhao Wuji looked inward at his dantian and saw:

The inner golden elixir, nourished by spiritual energy, slowly rotates and gradually grows stronger with each breath.

The most ingenious thing is that in the past, forcibly opening the gate of the mysterious female would inevitably consume a large amount of divine consciousness.

Now, combined with the acupuncture technique of Zhou Tian acupuncture, the energy loss of spiritual consciousness is broken down into smaller parts and distributed to the 365 major acupoints throughout the body.

After a stick of incense.

Zhao Wuji, his spirits fully restored, withdrew his cultivation and breath, the sharp glint in his eyes gradually fading, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

"This combination of Zhou Tian acupuncture and internal spiritual cultivation techniques has indeed yielded twice the results with half the effort."

He carefully savored the lingering effects of the opening of the Mysterious Gate within his body.

This time, the loss of spiritual energy was reduced by more than 60% compared to before, and there was no longer the swelling and pain in the meridians caused by spiritual energy overload.

Three hundred and sixty-five golden needles, like stars in the sky, form a celestial array around the body's major acupoints.

The microcosm within the body resonates with the macrocosm outside, echoing the ancient Gate of Mysterious Female, their energies connected.

"At this rate, opening the Gate of Mystery every two days is no longer a difficult task."

He looked inward at his dantian, where the inner golden core was suspended in the illusory image of the secret realm. Its surface shimmered with spiritual light, and it had become more solid and stronger than before.

If things continue to develop this way, even if they leave the fourth-level spiritual vein in the future, they will still be able to maintain their golden core without collapsing.

If one cultivates in the core area of ​​the Wang family's fourth-level spiritual vein, not only can one stabilize the golden core, but one can also nourish and strengthen it with the rich spiritual energy.

"The path to greatness is within reach."

Zhao Wuji stood up and, with a slight flick of his sleeves, retrieved all the golden needles.

Today, the arts of medicine and martial arts complement each other with the methods of immortality, greatly increasing the efficiency of cultivation.

Given time, this inner golden core might grow into a real golden core, reaching the size of a pigeon egg.

Let's see how things are going with Wang Zheng.

With a thought, Zhao Wuji flew out of the Pot Heaven space, and then cast the Dream Marriage Technique by making hand seals.

Divine senses, like threads, pierced through the void, extending along Wang Zheng's aura.

As the dream perspective unfolds.

Wang Zheng was already in the territory of the Lü family in Nan Chu Prefecture, drinking and laughing with several members of the Yang family in an elegant pavilion, seemingly finding joy in hardship.

"Brother Wang has not set foot in Nan Chu Prefecture for a long time. It is truly an honor that you can come to my Yang family as a guest."

Unfortunately, recently some madman killed the Iron-Armed Immortal Luo Zhan of the Immortal Martial Sect.

This incident caused quite a stir, and many exciting entertainment venues have closed down; otherwise, they would have certainly treated you to a very good time.

A member of the Yang family raised his glass and laughed.

Wang Zheng nodded slightly, his expression unchanged, but a hint of seriousness flashed in his eyes.

Although he had left the territory of the Immortal Martial Sect, the tracking mark of the Immortal Martial Sect's Burning Silent Sword, though suppressed and concealed by the Double Pupil Secret Technique, still had a faint fluctuation, clearly indicating that it was still tracking him.

Zhao Wuji observed for a moment in the dream and was somewhat satisfied with Wang Zheng's current condition.

The Yang family of Nan Chu Prefecture is one of the four overlords of Nan Chu Prefecture. They are no less powerful than the Immortal Martial Sect. He once encountered members of the Lü and Yang families in Qianji Market.

The fact that the Yang family members could visit the market town of the Wang family in Yunzhou, Beidi, clearly indicates that they still maintained contact.

But soon his brows furrowed slightly.

"Although Wang Zheng has escaped, the Golden Core cultivators of the Immortal Martial Sect have keen senses. If the aura on his body is not completely eliminated, even with the Yang family's protection, he may not be able to return safely to Beiyun Dizhou..."

After a moment's thought, he immediately transmitted his voice through the Dream Transmission Technique: "Wang Zheng, the aura on your body has not been completely eliminated. The Golden Core Sect Master of the Immortal Martial Sect may still be able to sense a trace of it."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zheng remained expressionless, but his consciousness responded in the dream: "My lord, I have tried my best to conceal it with the secret technique of double pupils, but the tracking mark of the Burning Sword is extremely difficult to erase. I'm afraid I still need your help."

Zhao Wuji nodded slightly and said, "Use the Yang family's power as cover to go to the border. I will meet you at the border of Beidi Yunzhou."

(End of this chapter)