Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 412 Superior Dao Foundation (Seeking Subscriptions)

In the past, Shen Xuan would always feel exhausted and completely drained after practicing physical skills.

Since practicing the "White Bone Contemplation Inner Vision Method," all kinds of noises have disappeared. After entering meditation, the body becomes light, the third eye opens, and one can perceive and absorb various energies around them, experiencing a sense of emptiness where one is one with the universe.

After completing the training of physical skills, although the body will still feel tired, the spirit will feel relatively relaxed.

The recovery is also faster than before.

"Truly worthy of being called Buddhist supernatural powers and techniques."

A pure and desireless mind leads to tranquility.

Abstaining from lust and fear prevents one from having wild thoughts after being well-fed and clothed.

Since returning to his sect, Shen Xuan has been staying at Cold Jade Peak.

Use the "Auspicious and Inauspicious Divination Technique" three times a day, morning, noon, and evening, to predict good or bad fortune.

He subconsciously felt that it was not advisable to leave the temple in the near future.

After Shen Xuan consumed sixty Cold Jade Pills, most of the impurities in his Dao Foundation Spirit Sea were cleared.

After that, the effects of taking the Cold Jade Pill became extremely minimal.

Some impurities, deep within the Dao Foundation Spirit Sea, have long since become a jumbled mess, preventing the medicinal effects from being achieved.

Master Gufeng was not wrong.

The effects of the Cold Jade Pill are particularly pronounced in the first thirty pills.

After that, the drug's effectiveness will drop sharply.

Thinking about it, it makes sense.

The further you progress, the fewer impurities there are in your spiritual sea of ​​foundation, making it increasingly difficult to cleanse.

Based on his knowledge of cultivation texts, Shen Xuan estimated that the quality of his Dao foundation, even if not quite at the top grade, was not far off.

In this way, the chances of condensing the inner elixir increase even further.

"I am about 70% confident in condensing the inner elixir. I must not be arrogant."

"It would be best to directly condense the Golden Core."

Shen Xuan pondered to himself.

Condensing the golden elixir is not so easy.

Besides one's own conditions, one also needs to consider luck.

Shen Xuan wasn't sure either.

In other words, he was still somewhat dissatisfied with his seven-tenths confidence in condensing the true elixir.

Most sect members who are destined to form their core have only a 20-30% chance of success.

Those who have a 30% chance of success are designated as key trainees by the sect and are granted the Golden Core Elixir in the name of sect merit.

His master and family background had prepared top-quality spiritual items for him to form his core long ago.

Shen Xuan is now refining the Cold Jade Pill not for his own consumption.

Instead, it's used to maintain various personal connections and for private records.

Of the medicinal materials provided by the sect, he only reported two ordinary-quality Cold Jade Pills.

The extra Cold Jade Pills were naturally kept for future use.

They will be used as bargaining chips in future transactions.

Shen Xuan used the same method to process the medicinal herbs provided by his senior and junior sisters at Xiaogufeng.

In exchange for two Cold Jade Pills, Shen Xuan showed exceptional care for his fellow disciples.

It should be noted that the Cold Jade Pill costs 5,000 sect contribution points, which is approximately 15,000 spirit stones.

A single serving of medicinal herbs costs at most a little over ten thousand spirit stones.

Even the Wu sisters obtained more than ten portions of medicinal herbs and begged Shen Xuan to help them refine the Cold Jade Pill.

The family of the eldest sister, Yun Chixin, even brought out more than twenty portions of medicinal herbs in one go.

Shen Xuan did not refuse and prioritized refining the medicinal herbs for his fellow disciples from Xiaogufeng.

Their profits doubled, and they were all beaming with joy, treating Shen Xuan with exceptionally high regard.

Each of them had a bright, smiling face, which was quite pleasing to the eye.

Even Qin Yuehan, who did not provide any medicinal herbs.

Shen Xuan also sent ten Cold Jade Pills.

She was encouraged to devote herself to spiritual practice.

……

After finishing refining the pills, Shen Xuan left the pill room and returned to his cave.

"Master, these are the latest intelligence jade slips and letters."

A child's voice came from inside.

Wang Xiaogui obediently held a stack of intelligence jade slips and letters.

"How is your cultivation of the [Divine Treasure Ocean Technique] progressing?"

"Reporting to Master, everything is going smoothly. However, the progress is a bit slow."

Wang Xiaogui said with considerable shame.

The lord's cave is rich in spiritual energy and has an inexhaustible supply of spirit stones.

Under these conditions, his cultivation speed was neither fast nor slow, and unremarkable compared to the past.

Shen Xuan glanced at Wang Xiaogui.

"It's not slow anymore. Haste makes waste. Only by laying a solid foundation can we go further."

"Yes. Xiao Gui understands."

"Go down."

After sending Wang Xiaogui away, Shen Xuan began to peruse the intelligence jade slip.

These are all ordinary information from within the sect, nothing particularly noteworthy.

Most of the content reports on the battle between the Dao and the Demonic Path, which sect disciples made which contributions, and what kind of demonic cultivators they killed.

Shen Xuan browsed casually.

A seemingly insignificant piece of news caught his attention.

Medicine God Valley dispatched a Golden Core cultivator to discuss cooperation with the Azure Cloud Sect.

The specific details were not explained in the intelligence jade slip.

Shen Xuan's heart stirred slightly.

Such a coincidence?
Because of the giant furnace alchemy incident, Medicine God Valley and Qingyun Sect became enemies, and at one point they even wanted to form an alliance with the Demon Sect and White Bone Sect.

There were even rumors that they wanted to break away from the Daoist sect of the Song state and join the Demonic sect of the Liang state.

With the mediation of major sects of the Song Dynasty, such as the Xuantian Sect and the Jinyang Sect, the two sects reached an agreement.

It is an indisputable fact that the foundation of the Medicine God Valley has been damaged, and that the Qingyun Sect has seized part of the alchemy market, resulting in a sharp decline in revenue.

The two factions were only superficially friendly; they were practically at odds with each other.

Why are the Golden Core Sect members from Medicine God Valley here at Qingyun Sect at this time?

Are they also discussing cooperation matters?
Shen Xuan couldn't think of any matter that would warrant cooperation between the two parties.

unless……

Cold Jade Pill?
Shen Xuan shook his head, deciding not to think about it anymore.

Such matters are naturally to be decided by the Sect Master, the Mysterious Immortal.

It's not his place, as a personal disciple, to have wild thoughts.

Shen Xuan offered up the Cold Jade Pill formula, allowing his master, True Person Cold Jade, to take the lead.

He understood that as a Foundation Establishment disciple, he couldn't possibly enjoy the Cold Jade Pill all by himself.

A young child carrying gold and causing trouble is courting death.

Shen Xuanruo was determined to refine the Cold Jade Pill on his own.

They will most likely die a gruesome death.

Even the two True Immortals, Hanyu Zhenren and Gufeng Zhenren, couldn't protect him.

After reading the intelligence jade slip, Shen Xuan began to read the letter.

One letter was written by Shangguan Yan'er, complaining that he hadn't visited her in Qingyun Immortal City.

With Shen Xuan's Daoist techniques, it would only take him two hours to travel from Hanyu Peak to Qingyun Immortal City.

Shen Xuan replied briefly, citing his seclusion for cultivation and abstaining from women. One letter was from the White Lotus Fairy.

She didn't mention any romantic relationships in the story.

He simply asked Shen Xuan to find a way to collect some spiritual items and trade them with the Zhou family.

The Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts has reaped considerable rewards in recent years, with its members growing rapidly.

We urgently need strategic spiritual items such as Foundation Building Pills and magical treasures.

The Zhou family can also trade any discarded second-tier corpse beasts.

Shen Xuan thought for a moment.

Considering that Zhou Bailian has officially assumed the position of head of the Zhou family and is still in contact with Ling Zhenfeng, it is necessary to provide support.

The Golden Claw Divine Eagle Corpse Beast was sold to the Zhou family for the cheap price of 150,000 spirit stones.

Write a letter to Lü Zhengying.

They selected a batch of magical flying swords from the shop and resold them to the Zhou family at a price slightly higher than the cost price.

In addition, Shen Xuan promised Zhou Bailian that he would obtain some Foundation Establishment Pills for the Zhou family at an appropriate time.

Not much to say.

Ten or eight pieces shouldn't be a problem.

Tell Zhou Bailian to prepare, preferably using second-tier spiritual herbs for the transaction.

Of course, Shen Xuan made it clear in his letter that he needed time to plan.

Tell her to calm down and not to be impatient.

The last letter was written by the White Lotus Fairy.

In fact, it was Ling Zhenfeng who was using his name.

Ling Zhenfeng has already established himself firmly in the Yin Sha Sect.

He has a very good chance of obtaining the status of the Holy Son of the Yin Sha Sect.

Moreover, he brought some good news.

There is a fake Core Demon Lord in the Yin Sha Sect who seems to possess a portion of the Demon Dragon's essence blood.

Most importantly, he issued a mission to obtain a fake spiritual cultivation pill.

Ling Zhenfeng guessed that he was probably willing to trade the demonic dragon's essence blood.
However, Ling Zhenfeng also subtly mentioned this in the letter.

This person does not have a good reputation.

He is notorious for his penchant for double-crossing.

There's a high probability that it contains the essence blood of the demonic dragon.

However, one must be extremely careful when making transactions.

If we cannot subdue this fake Dan Demon Lord.

They might very well use a transaction as a pretext to abduct and kill you.

The Fake Core Demon Sect, or perhaps it originated from a major demonic sect like the Yin Sha Sect.

Shen Xuan made a silent assessment in his mind.

"If we're near water, even if we can't win, we should be able to escape safely."

"However, the risk is indeed quite high. Let's give him some time and talk about it later."

Shen Xuan made up his mind and wrote back to Ling Zhenfeng.

Let him keep an eye on it for now.

Let's first give them a heads-up and test the waters to gauge the intentions of the Fake Core Demon Lord.

The actual transaction will take some time.

Shen Xuan plans to increase his strength after breaking through to the sixth level of Foundation Establishment.

We'll see if we can go and trade with the fake core demon lord.

The essence of the demonic dragon is good.

Maintaining the integrity of the foundation is even more important.

There's no need to fight to the death with the False Core Demon Lord and damage your Dao foundation.

He is now at the highest level of Dao Foundation Establishment, with limitless potential for the Dao.

In the letter, Shen Xuan asked Ling Zhenfeng to collect more high-grade spiritual items.

Especially the blood of water sprites of the second tier or higher.

The war between the Dao and the Demon is about to end.

The Core Formation seeds of the Qingyun Sect are returning to the sect one after another.

He was very confident that he could trade for some high-grade magical items, such as superior magical treasures and Core Formation magical items.

……

night.

Su Xueer specially delivered an intelligence jade slip.

"This was specially sent by Master Gufeng."

Shen Xuan scanned the area with his divine sense.

It turns out to be inside information about the new secret realm in Ganshui County.

The Gan River Secret Realm is a newly discovered secret realm, accessible only to Foundation Establishment cultivators. The Xuantian Sect believes this realm is isolated from the world, rich in spiritual energy, and an undeveloped area, containing many rare and precious treasures that are difficult to find outside.

Ganshui County is within the sphere of influence of the Xuantian Sect. However, in order to unite the other Daoist sects in the Song Kingdom, the Xuantian Sect is willing to work with them to send their elite disciples to jointly explore and develop the Ganshui Secret Realm.

As one of the seven major sects of the Song Kingdom, Qingyun Sect was warmly invited by Xuantian Sect.

The initial plan is for the Xuantian Sect and Jinyang Sect to each send twenty late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples, and the other five sects to each send ten disciples.

Other minor sects in the Song state each sent three to five members.

However, since it is a new and unexplored territory, the risks inside are unknown.

The grade of rare and precious materials may exceed the second tier and reach the third tier.

Similarly, it is also possible that a third-tier great demon exists.

Once inside the secret realm, life and death are irrelevant.

Even brothers from the same lineage might fight to the death for a rare and precious treasure.

The rules are the same.

In the secret realm, everyone accepts their fate and bears the consequences of their own life and death.

Once they left the secret realm, their grudges were settled, and they returned to their respective sects.

The various rare and precious materials harvested were purchased by different sects at a certain price.

"I'm not even qualified to enter at the late Foundation Establishment stage."

Even if he were qualified, Shen Xuan would not take the risk.

Unknown territories are too risky; there's no need to go there.

However, the newly discovered secret realm may contain many rare and precious spiritual items.

Such as a second-tier top-grade water-attribute monster.

Both the corpse and the essence blood were extremely useful to Shen Xuan.

"I'll go with you and take a look then."

Shen Xuan has a number of high-level items that he can trade.

Top-grade flying sword, real and fake pills, purple-infused divine wood branches, and more than a dozen bottles of cold jade pills.

The number of spirit stones was a staggering two million.

In addition, there was a mysterious lotus seed whose purpose was unknown.

Shen Xuan was certain that the lotus seed still had a chance of survival.

However, being wrapped in layers of lotus leaves, it was difficult to notice.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting resources.

Shen Xuan once placed the mysterious lotus seed into the spiritual spring.

Now, more than a year has passed.

There was still no movement.

"Never mind, I'll go ask Master Changchun."

(End of this chapter)