Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 218 Settling in the Wilderness
Fang Jingxuan did not refute the comment that this seemingly powerful monster was ugly. As different species, different aesthetic standards are understandable.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan was somewhat captivated by the charm of the creature before him. He only knew that this Golden Core Raven was very powerful, but it was unremarkable in appearance and he couldn't see much of its secrets.

However, the human-faced snake in front of him had its original snake head transformed into a beautiful face. Fang Jingxuan looked at it and thought it resembled a fairy from his previous life.

Furthermore, the spiritual pressure emanating from it instilled a deep-seated fear in Fang Jingxuan, an instinctive reaction to a powerful being, which Fang Jingxuan managed to suppress as much as possible.

"Where did you find this ugly monkey? What's so fun about it?"

The beautiful snake used her divine sense to voice this question, and the golden elixir crow presented the jade bottle that Fang Jingxuan had taken out to the beautiful snake as if it were a treasure.

“He has ‘heavenly juice,’ it’s delicious, you should try it, sister.”

The serpentine beauty had no arms, but her immense demonic power was more effective than eight arms. She poured the Moon Essence Dew from the jade bottle into her mouth, savored it gently, and her eyes lit up.

"It's been a long time since I've had this. This monkey is quite good. Give him some food and let him stay out of the way. Next time we have something delicious, we'll give him some rewards in return."

The beautiful snake glanced at Fang Jingxuan, said this to the golden crow, and then waddled back into the cave.

Tuoyuan slowly crawled out of the cave at this moment. When he saw the huge body of the beautiful snake, he immediately shrank back and dared not move.

After the beautiful snake returned, the golden raven communicated with Fang Jingxuan through divine soul:

"My sister said you're allowed to cultivate in the surrounding area. If anyone bullies you, come find me. After I eat your food, you two will be under my protection. Do you understand?"

Fang Jingxuan quickly nodded. He realized that this Golden Core Raven, despite its ferocious appearance, was actually quite reasonable. He would consider the three drops of Moon Essence Dew as a tribute.

"Go on, go on, I need to continue my patrol. I can't come here to disturb my sister's cultivation anymore, or she'll eat me and there'll be nothing I can do about it."

The Golden Crow gave Fang Jingxuan another instruction, then spread its wings and flew away, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan glanced at the third-grade high-quality spiritual land in front of him, sighed in his heart, and then led Tuoyuan in another direction.

A day later, Fang Jingxuan, accompanied by Tuoyuan, drove away a white tiger and occupied a second-grade low-level spiritual land.

This place is only about 300 miles away from the sacred land of the beautiful snake, which is quite close.

Unable to gauge the temperament of the Golden Core Crow, Fang Jingxuan didn't dare to kill the white tiger outright, but instead chased it away first.

Because of its original owner, Fang Jingxuan first called this place White Tiger Mountain. The mountain was not very tall, and the caves were full of stench and scattered with a large number of monster bones.

Fang Jingxuan had Tuoyuan use water magic to thoroughly clean the place before settling there temporarily.

That evening, in the open space in front of the cave, Fang Jingxuan looked at the brilliant starlight in the sky and listened to the constant roars of various demonic beasts around him. He felt completely relaxed. The Kuai family, Baishan Qifu City, Si Teng, and the spiritual land he had plotted against—everything was now in the past. He didn't know if he would ever be able to return to Baishan in his lifetime.

If Kuai Tong doesn't die and Qifu City doesn't fall, then going back would be suicide.

However, Fang Jingxuan did not believe that Kuai Tong was still alive two hundred years later, as he possessed the supernatural talent of "Eternal Life of Cypress Trees".

Or perhaps, once he becomes a Golden Core cultivator, Kuai Tong will finally let go of this old grudge.

Fang Jingxuan thought about these things, feeling somewhat melancholy but mostly excited. Only now did he have the mind to examine the Green Gourd Sword Vine in his [Green Wood Treasure Garden].

In the treasure garden, the Green Gourd Sword Vine was not in very good condition. Fang Jingxuan's violent actions had caused considerable damage to this spiritual plant.

However, this did not affect the life or death of the sword vine. It only caused the loss of hundreds of leaves that had grown with great effort over the years. Once the Moon Essence Dew has nourished it properly, it will eventually recover in another ten or twenty years.

However, Fang Jingxuan is not planning to continue allocating the monthly three drops to this sword vine. At the moment, the most important thing is to focus on the growth of Tuoyuan and Liugu.

During the seven years that Tuoyuan was trapped in the Kuai family, his cultivation progress was very slow, and the six bones in the Spirit Control Bag had only grown slightly compared to seven years ago, with no obvious changes.

According to Fang Jingxuan's current assessment, without the assistance of the 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pill', Tuoyuan would need about forty years to advance to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, while Liugu would need even longer to advance to the late-Foundation Establishment stage.

Fortunately, he used his previous contribution points to exchange for Wang Xuan's ancient formula for refining the 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pill'. Now, as long as he has enough auxiliary materials, he can also try to refine this pill directly.

Simply extracting the Moon Essence Dew is far less effective than using the refined 'Imperial Jade Dew Pill'. This is the wonder of cultivation techniques and a testament to the civilization of human cultivators.

After some deliberation, Fang Jingxuan figured out what he needed to do next. First, he needed to raise his cultivation level to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and then find a way to get the 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pill' to cultivate Tuoyuan and Liugu into powerful spirit beasts at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

In addition, since we are in this wild and desolate place, there are many kinds of spirit beasts, and we can tame our third spirit pet here.

After all these issues are resolved, then we can consider taking a detour to the Chaotic Star Sea. After all, without human cultivators, we simply won't be able to collect all seven types of true water from heaven and earth required for our cultivation techniques.

If there isn't enough spiritual water, then I can forget about forming my core in this lifetime. So this desolate wilderness is just my current foothold, not a place to retire indefinitely.

After figuring this out, Fang Jingxuan took out his fellow cultivator and began practicing. However, after just one night, looking at the attribute panel, which showed only less than thirty new cultivation points, Fang Jingxuan couldn't help but frown.

The decline in the grade of the spiritual land has had a huge impact. In addition, the miraculous azure cloud pills that I am currently taking to aid my cultivation are becoming increasingly rare. Once they are all gone, there will be no more replenishment, and I'm afraid I won't even be able to maintain my current thirty points.

Recalling that half a month ago, in the Kuai family's spiritual land, there was still nearly sixty points of progress in a single day, Fang Jingxuan sighed helplessly at this moment.

Oh well, it's okay if it's slow. There's plenty of time ahead.

(End of this chapter)