Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 416 Deep Sea Divine Ox (Seeking Subscriptions)

Seven years ago, Zhou Jinxing was ambushed and injured by Wu Yulan and Yuwen Jun, demonic cultivators from the Blood Spirit Sect, in Qingyang Prefecture.

Following the orders of Master Hanyu, Shen Xuan went to Qingyang Prefecture to help He Zhengming and killed the demonic cultivators Yuwen Jun and Hou Feifan in one fell swoop.

He single-handedly reversed the course of the war between the Dao and the Demon in Qingyang Prefecture.

Qingyang Prefecture was the first prefecture in the war zone between the Song and Liang states to admit defeat and withdraw.

It's still the Blood Spirit Sect, one of the top three demonic sects.

Afterwards, the Qingyun Sect rewarded those who had contributed to the victory.

The Zhou family of Wanshou Valley rightfully became the number one cultivation family in Qingyang Prefecture.

Out of respect for Shen Xuan, He Zhengming tacitly approved of the Zhou family's expansion of power.

The territory under its jurisdiction has doubled in size.

The number of second-tier spiritual veins accounts for one-third of the entire Qingyang Prefecture.

Three years ago, after recovering, Zhou Jinxing used his merits in the Zhou family's war against the Dao to exchange for the Xuanling Pill from the Qingyun Sect.

This is a breakthrough pill for advancing to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

With the protection of the Zhou family patriarch, Zhou Jinxing successfully broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment without any major incidents.

Later, the Zhou family held a grand banquet and invited Foundation Establishment cultivators from Qingyang Prefecture to attend.

It was both a celebration and a demonstration.

At that time, the Zhou family also sent an invitation to Shen Xuan.

At that time, Shen Xuan was not in the sect.

The Zhou family originally intended to use Shen Xuan to expand their connections within the Qingyun Sect and intimidate other cultivation forces within the Qingyang Prefecture.

Upon hearing that Shen Xuan was not in the Qingyun Sect, both Zhou Jinxing and Zhou Bailian felt deeply regretful.

This time, Shen Xuan brought the Zhou family into the game, forming a three-way cooperation to open up business opportunities, precisely because he valued Zhou Jinxing's strength.

In the late stage of Foundation Establishment, there is a corpse beast with combat power comparable to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and a spirit beast in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

The method for refining the golden-bodied corpse beast was passed down to Zhou Bailian by him.

Zhou Jinxing is among the top cultivators in the family in terms of combat strength.

Unfortunately, the Zhou family patriarch is old and his lifespan is limited, making it inconvenient for him to engage in magical battles with others.

Otherwise, a two-pronged approach would be safer.

Shen Xuan's plan was to open up a hidden trade route.

From Qingyun Sect directly to Yinsha Sect.

Shen Xuan was in charge of acquiring the demonic creatures, which were then personally handed over by Lü Zhengying to Zhou Jinxing of Qingyun Immortal City.

Zhou Jinxing, accompanied by his family guards, escorted them to a designated market town on the border between the Song and Liang states.

There, Ling Zhenfeng met them, collected the demonic creatures, exchanged them for spiritual items, and handed them over to Zhou Jinxing and the others to take back.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, can your demonic cultivator friend be trusted?"

Zhou Jinxing pondered for a long time before asking softly.

"Trustworthy. The transaction will take place within the territory of the Song Kingdom."

Shen Xuan stated frankly, "You are only responsible for delivering and receiving the goods. Once the goods are handed over to him, you will not be held liable for any outcome."

Of the three parties involved, Ling Zhenfeng faces the greatest risk.

In comparison, Shen Xuan faced almost no risk.

If Zhou Jinxing and others had been more careful and cautious, the risks would not have been significant.

After all, within the Song Kingdom, there are very few Tribulation Cultivators who can threaten Zhou Jinxing's strength, and they will not easily take action.

Even those who engage in calamity-based cultivation seek wealth.

Such a formidable opponent, if confronted head-on, would inevitably result in mutual destruction.

"That's good."

Zhou Jinxing relaxed his brow and began discussing the details of their collaboration to open up new business opportunities.

Hearing that the Zhou family only needed to contribute their labor and not their capital, Zhou Jinxing became even more interested.

"The approximate profit split is 40/30/30. I get 40%, the Zhou family gets 30%, and the demonic cultivator gets 30%."

Zhou Jinxing readily agreed.

However, he made one request.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, there's something I suspect Bai Lian has told you."

"Could we exchange the Zhou family's profit share for Foundation Establishment Pills?"

Shen Xuan speculated that the Zhou family was developing rapidly, with many members about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, and they urgently needed Foundation Establishment Pills.

Zhou Jinxing used the Zhou family's merits to exchange for the extremely precious Xuanling Pill.

As a result, the Zhou family is in dire need of Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Brother Zhou, please rest assured. I have taken this matter to heart. It will take some time."

"I won't say more. I can still figure out how to get ten or eight Foundation Establishment Pills."

"If the Zhou family is interested, they can also purchase the low- to mid-level spiritual items and magical items among the goods at a discounted price."

Shen Xuan said with a smile, "Qingyang Prefecture can also sell some."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jinxing was overjoyed.

"Then I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Shen."

Shen Xuan knew perfectly well what was going on.

The Zhou family of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts has a history spanning thousands of years, and it's impossible for them to have no connection with the Demonic Sect.

Some of the lower-level spiritual and magical items were sold by the Zhou family themselves.

Although the unit price is low, the profit is high, and if the quantity is large, it is still quite considerable.

However, this requires a large number of people.

Shen Xuan was too lazy to earn that kind of hard-earned money.

Among the cultivation forces that Shen Xuan had good relations with, the Zhou family of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts was the strongest.

He had the longest friendship with Zhou Bailian.

Out of respect for Zhou Bailian, he offered the Zhou family some small, insignificant benefits as a gesture of goodwill and to win them over.

Zhou Jinxing beamed with joy.

After the agreement was reached, Shen Xuan asked Lü Zhengying to see Zhou Jinxing off.

Both of them were beaming with joy.

It seemed as if countless glittering spirit stones were about to fly into their storage bags.

……

late at night.

Practice room.

Outside the window, the bright moon hangs high, its light as clear as water.

Shen Xuan, who was meditating cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of white light passing through them.

In an instant, the practice room became as bright as day.

After a few breaths, it quietly recovered.

At this moment, the sea of ​​spiritual energy within Shen Xuan's body became even more solid.

The liquid spiritual energy was inexhaustible, flowing rapidly through the dantian, internal organs, and meridians, nourishing the entire body.

Shen Xuan silently practiced the [Dongzhen Bingxin Jue].

The liquid spiritual energy formed by the [Divine Treasure Ocean Technique] was originally turquoise, but upon condensation, it turned into jade white, and its circulation speed increased even more.

The aura emanating from Shen Xuan formed wisps of icy mist, chilling to the bone.

Within his dantian, the seven-colored lotus stood tall in his Dao Foundation Sea, its spiritual light shining brightly. Pure, jade-like ice spiritual energy covered every inch of his skin, bringing Shen Xuan an unimaginable transformation.

The seven-colored lotus blossoms.

There are only seven pieces, each with a unique and ever-changing color, as if demonstrating some profound and mysterious principle of the universe.

An hour later.

Shen Xuan took a deep breath.

Slowly finish the exercise.

"Luckily, it's a second-tier high-grade cave dwelling. Otherwise, even if the valve were opened to its maximum, the spiritual energy emitted wouldn't be enough for my cultivation."

The Seven-Colored Lotus was indeed powerful.

Each time it inhales spiritual energy into the body, it takes away 70% of it.

The remaining 30% was transferred into the Dao Foundation Spirit Sea.

"Once I break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, I'll probably have to use the Spirit Locking Array again."

Shen Xuan analyzed it to himself.

The cave dwelling where he was located was already an extremely rare high-grade spiritual land in the Qingyun Sect.

Moreover, the spiritual energy entering the Xuanbing Spiritual Land, which runs deep through the earth's veins, is half water spiritual energy and half ice spiritual energy.

Apart from the blessed land where True Person Hanyu resides, this is the best cave dwelling for ice magic cultivators in the entire Qingyun Sect.

Even the cave dwelling of my junior sister Liu Bingyu is inferior.

Shen Xuan suppressed the surging ice spiritual power within his body, got up, and went into the kitchen.

On the table was a bowl of fragrant monster meat, weighing a full three pounds.

This was something Su Xueer had carefully prepared for him.

A hint of excitement appeared on Shen Xuan's face.

The Deep Sea Divine Ox is a second-tier top-grade water demon that lives in the deep sea, feeding on seaweed and algae. It possesses immense strength and is adept at controlling water.

However, what truly makes the Deep Sea Divine Cow famous is its delicious and tender meat, which is the best-tasting meat among all sea monsters, bar none.

A few days ago, Shen Xuan asked his master, Han Yu Zhenren, to help him trade for a high-quality second-tier top-grade water demon and its essence blood to refine his spiritual power and compensate for the needs of the Seven-Colored Lotus within his body.

Master Hanyu went directly to Master Zhangzong Mizong.

Without saying a word, the Lost Immortal created an avatar and personally went to the Azure Water Sect to purchase the carcass of the Deep Sea Divine Ox.

Although it lacks valuable parts such as demon core, ox teeth, ox lungs, and ox hide.

The two thousand catties of deep-sea divine beef, plus a complete essence of blood, cost only 800,000 spirit stones.

Shen Xuan was quite satisfied with this.

It is water-attributed, rich in spiritual energy, and has delicious meat.

This deep-sea sacred cow is enough to feed him for a year.

"Therefore, Master Uncle Mizong already knew the inside story about the Cold Jade Pill."

Shen Xuan thought to himself.

There is nothing in the Qingyun Sect that Master Mizong does not know.

Including the original body, there are a total of ten bodies, all of which are at the True Person Realm.

The ability to multiply in ten different ways left Shen Xuan in awe.

"The higher-ups of the Qingyun Sect probably all know, but they just don't say it."

Shen Xuan guessed that even the True Immortals knew about his secret interception of the Cold Jade Pill.

Therefore, the sect stopped assigning him tasks of refining Cold Jade Pills.

The same elixir.

Shen Xuan always handed in two Cold Jade Pills, never more and never less.

The three disciples of the True Immortal of the Spirit Pill Hall, through practice, were all skilled enough to refine three pills each.

Fortunately, Shen Xuan had made preparations in advance and stored a lot of spiritual herbs.

He secretly refined a considerable number of Cold Jade Pills.

Its quality is better than that of the pills refined by Lingdantang.

He then instructed Lü Zhengying to advertise in the sect's market shops, offering Cold Jade Pills in exchange for Core Formation Seeds and Core Formation Demonic Objects.

As for things like Magic Treasure, they're just for attracting users.

Shen Xuan didn't even care about that small profit.

Just then, Ling Zhenfeng sent a letter, wanting to open up a trade route between Daoist and Demonic sects.

Shen Xuan immediately thought of the Zhou family of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts.

The tripartite cooperation has now been successfully finalized.

Shen Xuan was in a great mood.

Su Xueer's carefully prepared Deep Sea Divine Beef, paired with some spiritual vegetables, had a rich meaty aroma that whetted Shen Xuan's appetite, and he ate with great relish.

After finishing his meal, Shen Xuan returned to the training room.

It took half an hour to use the [Devouring All Things] skill to refine all two pounds of Deep Sea Divine Beef that he had just eaten.

The size of the Dao Foundation Spirit Sea increased slightly.

My spiritual energy has been restored, and I am full of energy.

Shen Xuan poured out some of the essence blood of the Deep Sea Divine Ox.

The mysterious jade talisman shimmered with golden light.

[Plunderable Talents: Strong Lung Strength, Constant Body Temperature, and Sound Transmission Underwater]

These are all special bloodline talents of the Deep Sea Divine Ox.

Bloodline talents such as [Immense Strength], [Overturning Rivers and Seas], and [Water Control] are of a lower rank than those Shen Xuan currently possesses, and therefore are not displayed.

Shen Xuan thought for a moment.

[Constant body temperature] is mainly used to adapt to cold weather.

He was an ice magic practitioner, so he couldn't use it.

Transmitting sound underwater is even more useless.

At his level, one can even use their soul to transmit sound.

Choosing the best among the worst, Shen Xuan opted for the relatively useful [Strong Lung Strength].

[Talent: Strong lung capacity (21/100)]

【Daoyun: 59968】

A single, complete drop of the essence blood of the Deep Sea Divine Ox can roughly raise the [Strong Lung Power] skill to proficiency, increasing it by nearly seven thousand points of Daoist Rhyme.

Water elemental root definitely cannot be improved.

The blood of a second-tier water fairy is of little use to him now.

It will be very difficult to plunder superior bloodline talents again.

The biggest gain was the Taoist Points.

"It's better than nothing. If I focus on my cultivation for another year or so, I should be able to break through to the sixth level of Foundation Establishment."

Shen Xuan thought to himself.

By then, our strength will have increased again.

Then we can begin the next step of the plan.

Because of the Cold Jade Pill incident, he's been in the limelight for too long; he should keep a low profile for a while before making any moves.

At this moment, Shen Xuan was unaware that Medicine God Valley had already received intelligence and set up a trap for him.

(End of this chapter)