Chapter 69: Chapter 64: Immortal Path System, Cangyun Secret Realm Map
Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture.
This is a true Heaven-reaching Immortal Law, its level far surpassing the Great Circulatory Qi Guideline Chu Zheng currently cultivated.
The path of a Qi Cultivator beyond, he knew nothing of it yet.
Eighth Order.
If according to the cultivation system of the Immortal Path, it was already the ninth realm of cultivation; whether there were strong beings of this realm in the current world was still a question mark.
Chu Zheng had once seen the "Chronicle of Shuoxue Tianjun," wherein the Celestial Lords recorded within might be of this realm.
Calming his emotions, Chu Zheng didn't rush to examine the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture, but carefully reached out to take off the ring from the finger.
[Ethereal Ring (Fourth Order): A quite exquisite Storage Magic Treasure, not crafted by the Human Race but by a master artifactsmith of the Demon Race.]
The corpse had been dead for tens of thousands of years, the brand on the ring had long since dissipated, and Chu Zheng's Yuan Qi easily probed inside.
A vast space unfolded in his mind, stretching for several miles; in terms of size, it surpassed a hundred, even a thousand storage bags.
Although spacious, there weren't too many objects stored inside.
The most eye-catching were three piles of spirit stones.
Spirit stones were categorized just like Immortal Bones: Lower Quality, Middle Quality, High Quality, and Superior Quality.
A Middle Quality spirit stone was roughly the equivalent of ten Lower Quality ones.
In these three piles of spirit stones, there were no Lower Quality ones. The largest pile was of Middle Quality spirit stones, piled up like a mountain, at least over a hundred thousand in number.
There were also more than ten thousand High Quality spirit stones, and nearly a thousand of the Superior Quality.
Converted to Lower Quality spirit stones, that amounted to over three million in front of him, nearly enough to buy a lower-ranking sect.
Even for the Phantom Spirit Sect, coming up with so many spirit stones in one go would not be easy.
This former elder of the Taixuan Sect was incredibly wealthy.
Near the spirit stones, scattered haphazardly, were numerous jade bottles. The pill bottles, however, were empty.
With a little guess, one could tell that probably all the elixirs had been consumed in an attempt to break free from this world.
Besides, there were a few magic treasures, naturally incomparable to the Lihuo Spear. A fifth-order battle armor, a fourth-order spear, and a fourth-order pill furnace.
This person had also been an alchemist in life, with no low achievement.
To Chu Zheng's slight disappointment, aside from the two ancient books that recorded various pill recipes and spiritual medicines, there were no other classics to read.
Clearly, this Pseudo-Immortal was not fond of reading in his daily life, which left Chu Zheng clueless about that era.
In a corner of the space, some miscellaneous items were piled up - ores, beast bones, spiritual medicines, not of much use to Chu Zheng.
Within the pile of jade boxes, he came across a painting.
The painting depicted a woman in her twenties with purple hair over her shoulders, eyes the color of azure blue, sparkling like stars, wearing an elegant green dress; barefoot, she stood on a smooth boulder, stretching languidly, with a captivating silhouette.
On her ankle, she wore a greenish-blue ankle bracelet.
In two lifetimes, Chu Zheng had never seen such a breathtaking beauty; every inch of her skin seemed to radiate allure, bewitching like a demoness.
This was no doubt the Demon King.
Setting the painting aside, Chu Zheng continued to search through the jade boxes.
Soon, he found something new - a map stored inside a jade box, made of an unknown material.
[Cangyun Secret Realm Map (Third Order): Taixuan Sect spent tens of thousands of years exploring the Cangyun Secret Realm, perfected it through thousands of attempts, and finally obtained this map.]
This map was a magic treasure; once activated, it would reveal a map of millions of miles around, with mountains and rivers clearly visible, marked in black, red, and gold colors.
The specific meaning of these colors was unknown to Chu Zheng.
But a map that took so long for a sect to explore and complete must be extraordinary.
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Half an hour later, Chu Zheng's consciousness withdrew from the Ethereal Ring, and he let out a breath.
The harvest brought by the Condensing Space Bracelet was simply too great, making him feel somewhat unreal; it was as if he had obtained the legacies and treasures of two Pseudo-Immortals in one fell swoop.
Chu Zheng looked up at the skeleton before him. His eyes flickered slightly—the azure garments, uncorrupted for tens of thousands of years, must also be of a high quality.
After pondering for a moment, Chu Zheng turned around, communicated with the Condensing Space Bracelet, and opened the passage.
The gains from this trip were already substantial, and he did not lack this vestment robe. All things in life were bound by cause and effect; excessive greed could easily exhaust one's own fortunes.
Before stepping into the passage, Chu Zheng had a thought, turned back, took out the painting, and placed it beside the skeleton. He bowed deeply and then turned to leave.
Chu Zheng's figure gradually disappeared into the passage. Next to the skeleton, the Lihuo Spear suddenly glowed faintly, quickly returning to stillness.
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By the time he returned to the outside world, night had fallen.
Not far away, Fu Quanliang was still immersed in cultivation, his breath slightly unstable, trying to break through to the Spirit Spring Realm.
Over the past days, he had consumed endless elixirs and had touched the threshold of the Spirit Spring Realm. The moment to break through had arrived.
Chu Zheng sat down cross-legged and took out the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture.
It was not set in stone that Qi-refining techniques could not be cultivated alongside the Immortal Path. Now, with an Immortal Ascension Method before him, Chu Zheng had no intention of missing out.
The moment his consciousness delved in, a vast tide of information flooded his mind.
Channel Qi into the body, Nourishing Power, Transform into Spiritual Spring, Build Dao Foundation, Condense the Soul, Cultivation of the Divine Infant, Deification Nine Transformations, Enter Tong Xuan, Attract Celestial Tribulation, pass through three thunder tribulations, step onto the Immortal Path, enter the True Immortal Realm.
After Tong Xuan is the Immortal Tribulation Realm.
The Eighth Order is the True Immortal.
Chu Zheng pondered deeply for a long time, took out two High Quality Spirit Stones, and held them in his palms. Bypassing the Nourishing Power Realm, he began to cultivate directly from the second layer of the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture.
His physical body had long been strong enough; as long as he absorbed the Spiritual Energy into his body, it could naturally withstand the burden brought by mana.
In just a moment, a trace of mana appeared within Chu Zheng's Dantian, a form of energy vastly different from Yuan Qi but similarly possessing many mysteries.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.
Hum—
A fluctuation emanated from the mountain pass, originating from Fu Quanliang.
"I've entered the Spirit Spring!" Fu Quanliang suddenly opened his eyes, his expression ecstatic. Watching the mana flowing in his hands, his eyes nearly turned red.
At one time, the Spirit Spring seemed unreachable to him, and it might have taken another decade before he had the chance to enter the Spirit Spring Realm.
Now, in just over half a year, he had leaped across three levels, from the Seventh Layer of the Nourishing Power Realm straight into the Spirit Spring Realm, possessing mana.
Even a common Middle Quality Immortal Bone did not have such a rapid cultivation speed!
Hearing the excited whisper not far away, Chu Zheng slowly opened his eyes and nodded, saying,
"Mm, me too."
Fu Quanliang's face, filled with excitement, stiffened for a moment, his gaze dazed and somewhat incredulous:
"When did you start cultivating the Immortal Law?"
Previously there were no fluctuations of mana on Chu Zheng, but his aura now was undoubtedly that of the Spirit Spring Realm.
"Two hours ago," Chu Zheng said calmly.
As far as his own feeling was concerned, the cultivation of the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture was not complex.
At least, it was much simpler than when he first began the Great Circulatory Qi Guideline and first started the Grand Circulation.
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