Living as a Mortal: Grinding Experience Starting from the Underworld

The cultivator surnamed Zhong quickly compiled several relatively complete books on formations, talismans, weapon crafting, and alchemy.

Zhang Feng paid dozens of mid-grade spirit stones to buy them all.

Zhang Feng planned to start with formations and improve his cultivation skills one by one.

Perhaps the rewards offered by the Star Palace for the high-grade spirit stone mine on the outer sea's Azure Spirit Island were too tempting.

In Tianxing City's market area, the prices of war-related resources such as formations, talismans, magical artifacts, and elixirs are rising steadily.

Many cultivators in Tianxing City sell their ancestral cultivation manuals in exchange for a guarantee of protection when fighting in the open sea.

Baimengge made a fortune from this, and Zhang Feng, who bought such books, also benefited.

For example, among the array formation books he purchased was one written by Shi Zhenren, the Nascent Soul cultivator and master of Red Moon Island.

Although it was his skill in formations when he was young, it is already quite good for Zhang Feng now.

Upon returning to his cave dwelling on the thirty-third level of the sacred mountain, Zhang Feng received several telepathic messages.

One from the Purple Spirit Sect Master of the Wonderful Sound Sect,

"Thank you for informing me, Elder Zhang. Please rest assured, Zi Ling will be careful."

"The Mystic Sound Sect will not directly participate in the war, but it will not miss the business opportunities that the war brings."

"The overseas goods of the Miaoyin Sect that the elders recovered greatly helped our sect in this operation. However, Feng Qing, the elder of the Fengle Merchant Alliance who has a past relationship with the elders, suffered a minor injury."

"Elder Zhang is prudent, and Zi Ling understands that. However, Elders Zhao and Fu are already eager to try their hand at business. If the two elders go to the outer seas to do business, the affairs of Tianxing City will still need to rely on Elder Zhang."

Zhang Feng pondered for a moment and gave an affirmative reply.

As long as he doesn't go to the outer sea at this time, he can take some time out of his cultivation to handle the affairs of Tianxing City.

Indeed, the high-grade spirit stone mines on Biling Island in the outer sea are quite profitable and deeply involved.

Even the two greedy elders, Zhao and Fu, were thinking of taking the Miaoyin Sect on an adventure to the outer sea.

However, it was good that the two of them left, as Zhang Feng didn't want to work with them anyway.

The other two communication devices belonged to Jin Qing and Hu Yue. They had already formed a team and were preparing to head to the open sea to make a fortune.

Zhang Feng could only tell them to be careful and wish them success.

Finally, there were several communication talismans sent by unknown cultivators and sects.

Various forces, large and small, have been recruiting and inviting him. Some even claim that they have prepared several beautiful male and female cultivators, just waiting for Zhang Feng to come and have a chat.

It seems that once war breaks out, various forces, large and small, have begun to bribe and win over independent cultivators with higher cultivation levels to serve as their guards.

After reviewing all the communication tokens, Zhang Feng shook his head and destroyed any irrelevant ones without responding.

After doing all this, Zhang Feng entered the secret room where he was raising Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong. The two star frogs had been following Zhang Feng out of the Netherworld since...

He consumed Soul Pearls and various spirit stones every day. After Zhang Feng obtained a large number of mid-grade spirit stones, he began feeding him mid-grade spirit stones.

Their auras were also rapidly increasing, faintly reaching the peak of level four demonic beasts.

Seeing that the two were still asleep, Zhang Feng did not disturb them further.

He took out a few high-grade spirit stones and placed them next to the two demons.

Once it reaches the peak of a level four demon beast, it may be able to advance to a level five demon beast by consuming high-grade spirit stones.

They will also become a great help to Zhang Feng in his battles.

Afterwards, Zhang Feng returned to his meditation room and focused his consciousness into his body. The throbbing pain in his dantian had subsided.

It can also continue to absorb the spiritual power of high-grade spirit stones to improve its cultivation progress.

Zhang Feng held several high-grade spirit stones and began to improve his cultivation progress.

The high-grade spirit stones were quite extraordinary, and Zhang Feng could clearly see his cultivation progress on his panel.

The numbers after the initial stage of Core Formation are increasing almost every moment.

Several months later, Zhang Feng, feeling the swelling and pain in his dantian again, stopped cultivating.

Zhang Feng picked up the book on formations and began to study it seriously.

The dantian has accumulated a large amount of spiritual energy, which should not be wasted; it is perfect for practicing formations.

Thanks to the foundation in formations from before, the learning curve for this formation was quite rapid.

The original [Basic Formation (Perfect &)] gradually evolved into [Beginner Formation (Entry-level 1/100)]

After that, Zhang Feng began to frantically increase his proficiency.

Zhang Feng progressed from beginner to mastery until his spiritual energy was exhausted and his dantian was empty again, at which point he stopped.

With the help of the spirit stone, Zhang Feng quickly recovered his spiritual power through meditation.

At this moment, Zhang Feng's divine sense suddenly detected a surge of spiritual energy. Out of curiosity, Zhang Feng went outside the cave.

On the thirty-ninth level of the distant sacred mountain, the spiritual energy within a radius of hundreds of miles surged wildly, rising above the thirty-ninth level cave.

A dark blue-green vortex of spiritual energy formed, within which blue wood-attribute spiritual energy surged continuously.

Someone has reached the Core Formation stage!

Zhang Feng calculated the time and then confirmed the exact location of the cave where the spiritual energy of the thirty-ninth floor converged.

It must be Han Li!

In the anime, after Han Li reaches the Core Formation stage, he receives telepathic messages from Jin Qing and others, and begins selling his existing stock.

This led to a chaotic battle between the Myriad Sounds Sect and the Extreme Yin Island.

Now, Jin Qing has formed a team to go to the outer sea to compete for high-level spirit stones.

Elders Zhao and Fu of the Miaoyin Sect also led a team to the outer sea.

With all these unexpected events happening, it's unclear how the story will unfold.

Zhang Feng pondered for a moment. Based on the personalities and behaviors of all parties involved, he concluded that most of what happened would likely continue, unless someone died.

After all, the conflict was only interrupted by the war between humans and demons that Zhang Feng inadvertently started; it did not disappear.

It might erupt again at some point later.

The only change was the addition of the high-grade spirit stone mine on Biling Island.

As for how much impact it will have, that depends on each person's fate.

The vortex of azure spiritual energy disappeared after a moment, and Zhang Feng stopped watching and returned to his cave.

Continue to absorb the spiritual power of high-grade spirit stones and meditate to cultivate.

For three consecutive years!

Zhang Feng consistently followed a cycle of absorbing high-grade spirit stones to cultivate for several months, stopping cultivation once his dantian reached its limit, consuming spiritual energy by increasing his proficiency in array formations, and then absorbing spirit stones to cultivate again.

Today, Zhang Feng has reached the bottleneck of the early stage of Core Formation.

The cultivation level panel is currently at the early stage of Core Formation (29999/3W).

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Feng took out the top-grade spirit stone and placed it in his palm.

I draw in only a little at a time, not daring to exert too much force!

Top-grade spirit stones can greatly help Nascent Soul cultivators break through bottlenecks, let alone Core Formation cultivators like Zhang Feng.

A massive amount of high-quality spiritual energy instantly filled Zhang Feng's dantian.

The rich spiritual energy was impacting the cultivation bottleneck within his dantian.

puff!

As smoothly as unclogging a toilet, Zhang Feng broke through the bottleneck of the early stage of Core Formation and reached the middle stage of Core Formation.

After breaking through, Zhang Feng did not stop for a moment.

First, consolidate your cultivation at the mid-stage of Core Formation.

Afterwards, with the help of high-grade spirit stones and soul beads obtained from the Netherworld, Zhang Feng spent another two years simultaneously raising his body refinement and soul refinement to the mid-stage of the third tier.

The comprehensive improvement in all aspects has brought about a huge change in Zhang Feng's strength.

After five years of nurturing with alchemical fire and spiritual energy, Zhang Feng's natal magic weapon, the Langshui Xuanyu Sword, has finally gained some power.

Zhang Feng activated the extremely yin and cold properties contained within the Ten Thousand Year Jade.

As soon as he summoned them, the temperature inside the cave dropped sharply. Zhang Feng had a vague intuition that once the extreme cold attributes of all thirty-six flying swords were activated, they could even form an extremely cold domain.

However, with his cultivation at the mid-stage of Core Formation, he could barely control twelve flying swords by combining his divine sense and soul power, still some distance from thirty-six.

However, with the twelve Langshui Xuanyu swords and his array formation skills, setting up small sword formations was a piece of cake for him.

Combined with the extreme cold attribute, unexpected results may occur.