Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 226 Three Years
Fang Jingxuan had his own reasons for choosing this name. Among the forces in this world, Fang Jingxuan had never heard of the legendary Daoist temples such as the Eight Views Palace, the Tushita Palace, and the Jade Purity Palace.

So he simply used this name and registered it directly, so that if he were to become an immortal or ancestor in the future, he would at least preserve the reputation of this Taoist temple.

However, this place of practice appears quite crude; what aesthetic sense could the demon beasts possibly have?

At most, if it's built to be a bit more solid and larger, I'll be perfectly satisfied.

But Fang Jingxuan didn't care much about these things. He had a long life ahead of him, and building his own dojo little by little would be a kind of fun. Otherwise, in his long life, if he didn't come into contact with other human cultivators, he would have to find something to do.

Fang Jingxuan instructed Tuoyuan and the Foundation Establishment apes to continue supervising the Qi Refining demon beasts, while he went to the newly built meditation room and began his daily meditation practice.

Now that Fang Jingxuan is meditating and cultivating, he no longer gains cultivation points. However, being able to comprehend the Great Dao together with the fourth-order spiritual pine tree in front of him is of great benefit to improving Fang Jingxuan's cultivation foundation.

During each cultivation session, Fang Jingxuan could immerse himself in the rich life experience of this spiritual pine tree, which spanned over a thousand years. When his natal spirit in his sea of ​​consciousness resonated with this spiritual pine tree, Fang Jingxuan seemed to transform into a giant pine tree, standing quietly in place, feeling the changes of the past thousand years.

After a night, Fang Jingxuan awoke from this feeling and immediately felt as if his body and soul had been cleansed, which made him feel very good.

Fang Jingxuan got up and went to the newly built spirit garden to check on his two spirit vines.

In terms of quality, the Enlightenment Vine is no less than the Green Gourd Sword Vine, but this Enlightenment Vine is only a branch that Fang Jingxuan obtained back then, not the main vine, so naturally it is not as good as the Green Gourd Sword Vine.

However, this Green Gourd Sword Vine suffered considerable damage during Fang Jingxuan's violent transplantation that day, and it has not yet fully recovered in the [Green Wood Treasure Garden], so it is not in its best condition.

These two spirit vines are now considered to be in the same boat, suffering almost the same fate.

In this spiritual garden, besides the two spiritual vines, Fang Jingxuan also transplanted some other rare spiritual herbs.

These spiritual herbs were all dug out by Fang Jingxuan under the orders of the demon beasts in the two Golden Core demon beast spiritual lands.

In order to fulfill Fang Jingxuan's promise of three hundred 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pills', the beautiful snake ordered the other demon beasts in her territory to cooperate fully in finding auxiliary materials for Fang Jingxuan's alchemy.

However, those spiritual herbs are auxiliary materials for refining the 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pill', which is up to Fang Jingxuan. Therefore, it is perfectly understandable that Fang Jingxuan would prepare more spiritual herbs.

Fang Jingxuan understood the principle that power unused expires.

Now, in this sizable spiritual garden, the spiritual plants and herbs planted there would be unbelievable to other cultivators, who would believe that a cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment could possess such a collection.

Even a Golden Core cultivator, if not wealthy, could not possibly produce such a feat.

Within this spiritual garden, there is one fourth-tier spiritual plant, seven third-tier spiritual plants, and approximately one hundred second-tier spiritual herbs transplanted here. As for the first-tier spiritual herbs, only those with special effects are qualified to remain here.

Fang Jingxuan took great care of these spiritual plants. In addition to the Green Gourd Sword Vine and the Enlightenment Vine, which could enjoy the nourishment of the Moon Essence Dew, the other third-tier spiritual plants could also be nourished by the diluted Moon Essence Dew.

Although Fang Jingxuan was not particularly skilled in cultivating spiritual plants, as a cultivator who possessed the Moon Essence Dew, were those worldly skills really important to him?

Currently, none of the transplanted spiritual plants are beyond saving; the only issue is the amount of Moon Essence Dew applied.

Furthermore, this spiritual garden is also shaded by the canopy of the fourth-tier spiritual pine tree, so the wood-attribute spiritual energy here far exceeds that of other places, which is naturally very beneficial to the growth of these spiritual herbs and plants. Fang Jingxuan spent half an hour communicating with the Enlightenment Vine and the Green Gourd Sword Vine, and he had very high hopes for these two spiritual plants.

Leaving aside the Enlightenment Vine, the Green Gourd Sword Vine, after so long of cultivation, now has more than four hundred leaves.

According to what Fang Jingxuan had learned from Si Teng, when the number of leaves of this sword vine reaches five hundred, it will enter the next stage, flowering and bearing fruit.

The fruit it bears is naturally the Xuan Tian Sword Fruit. Within this fruit, a primordial sword embryo can be nurtured, which can serve as a cultivator's natal magic weapon.

Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators use magic tools, Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators use magic treasures, and Deity Transformation cultivators use spiritual treasures.

Fang Jingxuan has never come into contact with magic weapons, but he has heard of talisman treasures. The power of a single talisman treasure can easily kill a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. So when a real magic weapon appears, even a Golden Core cultivator would probably have to fight it to the death.

After all, every magic weapon is extremely rare, and not every Golden Core cultivator can possess one. Moreover, this is a congenital sword embryo, which is extremely high-grade even among magic weapons.

No wonder Kuai Wuliang risked his life to retrieve this treasure.

However, the time required for the Green Gourd Sword Vine to finally take shape is too long. According to common sense, five hundred leaves would take five hundred years to grow.

It takes five hundred years to bloom, so how long will it take to bear fruit?
From the initial result to complete maturity, shedding, and the birth of the innate sword embryo, this process would likely take at least one or two hundred years.

It takes eight hundred years of effort to obtain a single innate sword embryo. Unless it's a large sect with a well-established lineage, ordinary sects and families obviously shouldn't even dream of it.

Even if Fang Jingxuan possesses the divine power of Moon Essence Dew, which can accelerate the growth of the Green Gourd Sword Vine, it would still require decades of cultivation before the sword fruit is born.

Haste makes waste. If you keep using True Dew to nourish it, you may speed up the process, but can you guarantee the quality of the sword embryo you eventually cultivate?

Without the test of time and refinement, can this hastily produced product truly be up to the task?

Fang Jingxuan didn't quite trust this, so he wasn't in a hurry to accelerate the growth of the Green Gourd Sword Vine. As he said before, the massive increase in the upper limit of life made Fang Jingxuan feel that time was on his side and the advantage was in his hands.

And so, Fang Jingxuan built his own dojo, refined pills, and devoted himself to daily meditation and cultivation, tending to spiritual herbs and plants, while also showing off his intelligence and talent in front of a group of demonic beasts.

To be honest, Fang Jingxuan actually found satisfaction in being with a group of people who lacked intelligence. Compared to the scheming and infighting among cultivators in the White Mountain region and the Chaotic Star Sea region, he felt that life here was indeed peaceful.

As the training ground became more and more complete, it also attracted the attention of Little Black Crow. She had never seen such a place before and found it rare to appreciate Fang Jingxuan's aesthetic sense.

Fang Jingxuan simply built a nest for Xiao Hei, located on a spirit pine tree, so that she could spend the night there whenever she came.

The Golden Core Returning to Earth Beast muttered a few words about this matter, but intimidated by the lewd power of the beautiful snake, it dared not truly disagree.

Three years later, Tuoyuan, who had been fed 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pills' by Fang Jingxuan for a long time, finally advanced to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Fang Jingxuan had also collected the three hundred 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pills' he had promised the beautiful snake.

(End of this chapter)