Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 500 Xuan Yin Demonic Flood Dragon (Seeking Subscriptions)

The days passed by.

In the blink of an eye, summer has passed and winter has arrived.

The island lord's residence, training room.

Shen Xuan slowly finished his practice.

Looking at the cultivation progress displayed on the mysterious jade talisman, Shen Xuan sighed.

The fake elixir of Master Zhan Yue has been partially refined.

However, the results were rather poor.

"It might be even more effective if used to cultivate fire-attribute techniques."

However, time is of the essence, and Shen Xuan is eager to condense his core, so he really can't spare the energy and time to cultivate fire techniques.

He possesses the "Nine Revolutions Blazing Sun Technique" of the Golden Sun Sect, a secret technique of their sect.

Unfortunately, only the Qi Refining chapter is available.

He also possesses the Golden Crow True Fire, the Crimson Flame Demon Fire, and the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation Fire, all of which are third-tier exotic fires.

Shen Xuan doesn't need it now, so he carefully nurtures it with fire spirit stones.

In addition, there was a piece of the King of Birds' divine feather and a wing bone of a demonic bird.

It's even less useful.

In fact, Shen Xuan's cultivation speed was already very fast.

In the later stages of foundation building, instead of slowing down, it tends to accelerate.

"Haste makes waste; it's better to be cautious."

After finishing his practice, Shen Xuan walked out of the training room.

Outside, the eaves were covered with winter snow.

Shen Xuan twirled a piece of ice crystal between his fingers, gazing at the illusory reflection of the cave dwelling within it.

"Husband."

Su Xue'er brought over a jade teacup, with three tea leaves floating in the tea soup.

"The newly made spiritual tea, Cold Leaf, by Lin Gongfeng, is said to be cultivated using thousands of water spirit stones frozen into ice."

As the tea entered his throat, a wisp of extremely cold spiritual energy descended directly into his dantian, slightly suppressing the restless spiritual power.

"This tea is excellent!"

"It was carefully prepared by Lin Gongfeng. There is only one pound of new tea. He said he wanted you to try it."

"Consort Lin is very kind."

Shen Xuan smiled and said, "Xue'er's tea-making skills have also improved. Next time he comes, ask him to bring more Cold Leaf Spirit Tea."

"it is good!"

Shen Xuan's preference for drinking the spiritual tea from the forest path is a sign of respect for him.

At his level of status, even a smile could affect the fate of an ordinary cultivator.

Those who curry favor with the powerful will weigh their importance in Shen Xuan's heart.

"My lord, there is a visiting card."

Since becoming the island lord of Flying Dragon Island, cultivators have been coming in droves to submit their visiting cards.

Shen Xuan pushed all the blame onto Xiao Changbing.

Even with some high-ranking sect or island lords, Shen Xuan was too lazy to socialize with them.

Nowadays, not just anyone can step into the island lord's mansion.

"Let me take a look."

The visiting card that Su Xueer brought specifically must have had ulterior motives.

"It turns out to be him!"

Shen Xuan glanced at the signature and smiled.

"Lord of Wangshuixian City, True Man Weichen, Zhuang Xueqin."

"Weichen, that's a good Taoist name."

Ten days later.

Master Weichen came to pay his respects to Shen Xuan.

The two enjoyed tea and discussed philosophy.

Master Weichen repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Shen Xuan.

"Without Senior Brother Shen's help, Wei Chen would still be on the front lines between Yan and Song!"

"Master Weichen said with emotion."

Shen Xuan inquired about the situation on the front lines.

"Very unsatisfactory!"

Master Weichen told him that the seven sects of the Song Kingdom were all lagging behind.

The Qingyun Sect lost several border prefectures in succession.

In the battle between fake Core Formation cultivators, the Qingyun Sect suffered more defeats than victories.

"Who is the main opponent of the Qingyun Sect?"

"Mainly from the Extreme Sword Sect, with a small number from the Overlord Blade Sect."

The same fake elixir-wielding immortal.

The cultivators from the sects of the Yan Kingdom are stronger.

On several occasions, he escaped back to camp by relying on his superb earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or technique).

"It's estimated that a True Core cultivator from the sect will be involved."

"Oh. Who goes off first?"

"Naturally, they are newly promoted True Core cultivators! The other one is too!"

Shen Xuan nodded.

Newly promoted True Core cultivators require a Level 3 Daoist temple.

If one only possesses strength but lacks battle merits, the other pseudo-Dan cultivators will not be convinced.

Therefore, it seems that Zhang Xingyuan, the direct disciple of the Lost Traces Master, and Xiao Zhiyi, the direct disciple of the Spirit Sword Master, will both be going to the front lines.

Shen Xuan suddenly realized that this was a continuation of the secret struggle between the Lost Traces Master and the Spirit Sword Master.
Both of their personal disciples, whoever achieves enough military merits and enters the upper echelons of the sect, will influence the sect's power structure.

Ultimately, the power struggles among the top echelons of a sect still come down to strength.

"These things are none of our concern. Let's just focus on our spiritual practice."

"Senior Brother Shen is right!"

When Master Weichen became the lord of Wangshuixian City, his main responsibility was to assist Shen Xuan in refining pills.

He still owes the sect a great deal of merit. This lord of the immortal city is only acting lord; he could be replaced at any time.

Afterwards, the two discussed the details of alchemy.

Because of the preciousness of the elixir, Flying Dragon Island is thousands of miles away from the mainland.

Master Weichen personally oversaw the transportation of medicinal herbs and elixirs.

As for the daily affairs of Wangshuixian City, they were handled by another fake Dan cultivator.

Shen Xuan instructed True Person Wei Chen to keep an eye on the demon core and essence of the third-tier water demon.

There's also the inner core of a real person, with water being the best attribute.

Master Weichen served on the front lines and was also the lord of the immortal city in the rear.

Although it is a small immortal city, it still has a lot of cultivation resources that can be exchanged.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Shen! Without your help, Wei Chen wouldn't be where he is today!"

"What Senior Brother Shen does is Wei Chen's business. Wei Chen will do his utmost to live up to Senior Brother Shen's trust."

……

After seeing off Master Weichen.

Shen Xuan began refining pills.

This time, True Immortal Weichen brought the ingredients for ten portions of Longevity Pills and twenty portions of Cold Jade Pills.

"It seems the sect is really going all out!"

With Shen Xuan's current alchemy skills, he worked day and night without stopping.

It will take a year to refine all thirty portions of medicinal herbs.

Of course, Shen Xuan wouldn't go that far. One should always leave room for maneuver.

Opening the furnace once a month and refining once a month, taking ten days, is considered doing justice to the sect.

Actually, with Li Ruyi there, along with Ding Qingfeng and Shangguan Mingyue.

Shen Xuan only needs to spend one day each when opening and sealing the furnace.

Most of my energy and time is spent on self-cultivation.

With Li Ruyi's guidance, Ding Qingfeng and Shangguan Mingyue's alchemy skills improved by leaps and bounds.

If it weren't for his own low cultivation level...

They can all try to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Of course, for now, they can only refine first-grade high-quality Yellow Dragon Pills on their own in their spare time.

The success rate of pill formation is as high as 40%.

He is definitely a top-tier first-class alchemist, which can be considered a small achievement.

"Nowadays, I don't need to spend too much time on alchemy, unless it's a special third-tier elixir like the Longevity Pill."

"We cannot place all our hopes on Master Weichen."

On the front lines, there are not many fake Core cultivators who have fallen.

Since Master Weichen's status is not high, he may not be able to trade for a fake pill from a real person.

If it's not a true water magic user, the price is too high and it's meaningless.

Now, Shen Xuan has closed his doors to visitors.

Under the guise of seclusion, he devoted himself to rigorous self-cultivation.

However, relying solely on diligent study and practice will only result in limited progress.

Shen Xuan stopped refining the fake elixir of True Man Duan Yue.

It would be a complete waste to refine a fire-attribute inner core with water spiritual power.

"We should still try to obtain the demon core and blood essence of a third-tier water demon."

However, we'll have to wait for the right opportunity.

In the deep sea, even if a cultivator is skilled in water magic, it is difficult for them to gain the upper hand when fighting against the water demons who live there.

Although Shen Xuan can transform into a dragon.

I am confident that I can deal with ordinary Tier 3 water monsters.

However, it's impossible to achieve a complete domination or a decisive kill.

If one encounters a water demon with special powers, it may harm oneself, which would be undesirable.

"First, refine the essence blood of the electric ray demon fish!"

Shen Xuan made a decision in his heart.

He took out some of the essence blood of the electric ray demon fish.

After the mysterious jade talisman emitted a golden light...

[Plunderable Talents: Thunder Prison Net, Lightning-Suppressing Body]

Shen Xuan chose the [Electric Dao Body] without hesitation.

[Talent: Perfected Electric Body Technique (12/3200)]

Shen Xuan glanced at the remaining essence blood of the electric ray demon fish.

I used one-thirtieth of it at a time.

Therefore, it seems that the [Electric Dao Body] is easier to perfect than the [Dragon Blood Boiling].

More importantly, under the purification of the Nine-Colored Lotus, it absorbed the spiritual power of the Electric Ray Demon Fish, and the volume of its Dao Foundation Spiritual Sea grew larger and larger.

It is showing a trend of surpassing the fake elixir master.

【Daoyun: 68682】

Of those 60,000 points, most were thanks to the Demon Dragon.

It was just fake elixir water demon blood, which increased Daoist aura by a thousand points at a time.

It contains only one-third of the true essence of the water demon's blood.

Fortunately, Shen Xuan still had the Demon Core of the Electric Ray Demon Fish.

The effects of a demon core are somewhat stronger than those of essence blood.

"So, I'll still try to find a way to hunt down the fake core water demon!"

Shen Xuan looked at the mysterious jade talisman.

He has mastered the main cultivation technique [Divine Treasure Ocean Technique], the main spell technique [Dongzhen Ice Heart Technique], and the killing move [Immortal Slaying Water Qi Technique].

Even with diligent study and practice, it would take at least a hundred years to achieve perfection.

Shen Xuan couldn't wait that long.

The larger the volume of the Dao Foundation Spirit Sea, the purer the energy, and the better the effect of cultivating the [Dongzhen Ice Heart Technique].

According to the requirements for Core Formation, Shen Xuan already meets two of the following: spiritual power, divine soul, divine consciousness, and physical body.

Only the soul and consciousness remain, and there is still some gap between them.

……

Time flies by like a white horse.

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The island lord's residence, training room.

Shen Xuan refined the last bit of the Electric Ray Demon Fish Demon Core.

[Talent: Perfected Electric Body Technique (812/3200)]

"So, as long as we hunt down three more electric-attribute fake-core water demons, we can push the [Absolute Electricity Dao Body] to its perfection?"

A pale blue spiritual light swirled around Shen Xuan, emanating a faint icy mist.

His whole being seemed to have transformed into a block of ice that had stood for millennia.

【Daoyun: 126688】

The Daoist essence, amounting to over 120,000 points, was temporarily stored away.

【Shouyuan: 150/378】

"I'm 150 years old!"

He spent six years in arduous cultivation at the eighth level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Because of practicing the "Dragon Blood Boiling" technique, his lifespan was actually reduced by two years.

Shen Xuan walked to the top of Flying Dragon Island and looked down at the East China Sea.

The sea breeze was blowing fiercely, and my robes were fluttering in the wind.

In Shen Xuan's eyes, the vast blue sea was reflected, as if lightning was flowing through it.

"To roam the vast ocean is my only way out!"

Over the past two years, he has been diligently cultivating, and the spiritual power within his body has become as vast as an abyss, faintly surpassing that of a pseudo-core cultivator, reaching its limit.

In the remaining time, he does not need to expand the capacity of his Dao Foundation Spirit Sea, but rather to compress and purify it as much as possible.

The quality of one's Dao Foundation and Spiritual Sea is crucial for condensing a Golden Core.

In the past two years, Shen Xuan has been sneaking out of Flying Dragon Island alone in his spare time.

The pressure at the bottom of the sea is immense, but for Shen Xuan now, it's as easy as walking on flat ground.

After unleashing the [Dragon Dharma Form], Shen Xuan transformed into a dragon, his figure darting through the deep sea like a swimming dragon. His various sensory talents were enhanced to the extreme, like a giant net covering several miles of sea, scanning every undercurrent.

Unfortunately, Flying Dragon Island is located in the open sea, tens of thousands of miles away from the mainland.

But the seawater here is not deep enough.

In the nearby underwater world, only three second-tier high-grade water demons were hunted down.

Nowadays, a second-tier high-grade water demon is of little use to Shen Xuan.

It can only be stored away temporarily, and traded with the Three-Tailed Tanuki Demon in the future.

The three-tailed tabby cat sent him a secret letter through the Bai family patriarch, instructing him to prepare plenty of high-quality water spirits.

She has the resources to offer worthwhile bargaining chips.

To show its sincerity, the three-tailed tabby cat also revealed information about the demonic dragon in the Demon Realm.

The demonic dragon dwelling in the Demon Realm is very likely the Xuan Yin Demonic Dragon.

(End of this chapter)