Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 268: Chapter 16: Thunder Cultivator’s Trail

Zhou Xun formed a spell with one hand, then a stream of spirit light hit the completed Golden Saber Talisman.

With a flash of light, the talisman, which had been faintly glowing, fell silent.

The final step of talisman making, Sealing Spirit, succeeded!

The Tier Two High-Grade Golden Saber Talisman was successfully refined!

This also signifies that from this moment, Zhou Xun has successfully advanced to a Tier Two High-Grade Talisman Master.

Next, with more practice, the success rate will increase!

With Zhou Xun’s current stock of talisman paper and spirit ink, he could probably produce over a hundred Tier Two High-Grade Talismans in the end.

”With my current mana strength, it will probably take at most a year to nurture these Tier Two High-Grade Talismans to great success!”

With over a hundred Tier Two High-Grade Talismans nurtured to great success in hand!

Even a True Pill Cultivator might have to avoid them!

After successfully breaking through,

Zhou Xun continued to stay in the underground cultivation room, where he consecutively made more than thirty Tier Two High-Grade Talismans before stopping.

Considering the time, tomorrow marks three months since Sun Yuanque’s arrival.

Zhou Xun decided to emerge from seclusion and return to the surface of Lake Heart Island.

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”Husband, you’ve come out of seclusion!”

Song Yiqing looked at her husband with a face full of joy.

”Not bad, your cultivation has improved. It seems you haven’t slacked off during this time!” His divine sense scanned her, seeing Song Yiqing clearly!

Her cultivation was now not far from the Ninth-Layer Qi Refining stage!

”With Husband’s full support, if Qing’er doesn’t strive hard, how can she live up to Husband’s efforts!”

Hearing this, Zhou Xun nodded slightly and then asked:

”Have the messages from Erniu and Xueying arrived?”

Over the past year, Zhou Xun maintained frequent correspondence with Wang Erniu and Lin Xueying, exchanging letters every two months.

One is to maintain the relationship between both parties,

after all, no matter how close the relationship, it needs effort to sustain.

The other is to understand the situation,

currently, the biggest influence on the overall situation in Xui Country is the news from Golden Ape Valley.

Wang Erniu and Lin Xueying,

one is on the front line, personally experiencing the various changes in Golden Ape Valley.

The other is the direct disciple of a True Pill Cultivator, privy to high-level secrets,

combined, they provide Zhou Xun with the most comprehensive and objective assessment of Golden Ape Valley.

”They have arrived!”

With that, she took out two letters and handed them to Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun took them and examined them carefully, seeing no signs of tampering, he nodded in relief.

In his letter, Wang Erniu recounted his experiences.

During this period, due to the intense fighting, he gained some special insights, coupled with exchanging his battle merits for many spiritual objects to enhance cultivation.

He chose not to continue fighting but entered seclusion instead.

A month and a half ago, Wang Erniu successfully advanced to the Fifth-Layer Foundation Establishment.

”Sword cultivators are indeed born for slaughter; they advance even faster amidst killing!” Zhou Xun sighed and continued reading.

After the breakthrough, Wang Erniu didn’t stay long, joining forces with a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator to hunt and kill cultivators from the Celestial Feather Sect.

In the first half-month, everything went smoothly, and they successfully killed four Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

Then, while killing an Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, they encountered great trouble—Young Master Yushan!

The Late-Stage Cultivator teammate fell on the spot, and it was only by using the escape talisman Zhou Xun gave him that he managed to save his life!

His words were filled with lingering fear!

”Young Master Yushan, interesting indeed!”

This wasn’t the first time Zhou Xun had heard this name!

Previously in correspondence with Lin Xueying, he had learned this news.

When Zhou Xun learned that this Young Master Yushan seriously injured a Fake Pill Cultivator despite being in the Foundation Establishment stage, he paid close attention to this person.

One must know that although Master Black Abyss’s methods were nothing exceptional, he was still a Fake Pill Cultivator, and because of the Celestial Feather Sect’s invasion, had been granted a magical treasure by the sect for protection.

Thus his actual combat power was not low!

Yet, he was still seriously injured by Young Master Yushan!

This shows the extraordinary nature of this person!

After reading Wang Erniu’s letter, Zhou Xun picked up the other one.

”Zhou Lang...”

Lin Xueying, as always, included a large section expressing her longing, before mentioning news about Golden Ape Valley.

”The Celestial Feather Sect dispatched an elite squad, bypassing the Golden Ape Valley line, heading towards the interior of Xui Country...”

Seeing this, Zhou Xun was not surprised.

Xui Country and the Celestial Feather Sect have been at a standstill in Golden Ape Valley for over a year now.

If there is no significant change in strength, this stalemate is likely to continue.

In such a situation, it becomes inevitable for the Celestial Feather Sect to send teams to raid key areas behind Xui Country’s lines.

Like spirit stone mines, supply lines!

Even the residences of major cultivation clans in the rear, essentially setting Xui Country’s backyard on fire, hoping to defeat it amidst chaos and achieve final victory!

”Chances are, the Celestial Feather Sect’s insertion team is led by a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator or a Fake Pill Cultivator,”

”they are very likely to come near my Wangchuan Lake area, I have a Tier Three Low-Grade Array protecting here, but I should remind Daoist Fang!”

Immediately, he continued reading!

It turned out to be about the details of ”Young Master Yushan”!

Not long ago, Lin Xueying disclosed this person’s name in correspondence with Cloud Light Sect cultivators. His real name was Feng Wuji, a Thunder Spirit Root Cultivator, and a direct disciple of the Grand Elder of the Celestial Feather Sect.

”No wonder Young Master Yushan has such combat power! Being both a Thunder Cultivator and the direct disciple of the Celestial Feather Sect Grand Elder explains it all!”

Thunder and Sword Cultivators are widely known as the most battle-capable cultivators in the realm, often able to surpass levels in battle.

For instance, Wang Erniu, although only at Fifth-Layer Foundation Establishment, could even potentially defeat ordinary Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Given these circumstances, it’s no wonder he could gravely injure Master Black Abyss.

Such a person is truly a prodigy!

”This person was able to seriously injure Master Black Abyss despite being in such an exceptional group of Thunder Spirit Root users!”

”This person can indeed be considered a prodigy!”

”Such qualifications make him a true prodigy!”

After reading both letters, Zhou Xun immediately summoned the couple Fang Tianlun and informed them about the Celestial Feather Sect’s activities.

They ultimately decided to temporarily abandon Wuli Mountain and stay at Zhou Xun’s Wangchuan Lake.

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Golden Ape Valley battlefield, the Celestial Feather Sect’s main camp!

The center held a large tent with an elder within, the surface adorned with mountains, rivers, and celestial creatures.

”Wuji, you’ve reached the Foundation Establishment Peak, focus on forming your core, no need to wade into these muddy waters!”

The elder was clad in a dao robe with mountains, rivers, birds, and celestial creatures depicted on it.

”Master, my cultivation path requires honing a determined heart like thunder, forging it as a foundation before forming the Golden Core!”

”Alas, I do not know if I can break the Nascent Soul limit that has bound the Eastern Wilderness for millennia!” the elder sighed.

”Master, my heart is set upon the Dao, and only through this method can I break the Nascent Soul limit of the Eastern Wilderness over the millennia!”

The elder nodded!

In the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, no one had broken through to the Nascent Soul for thousands of years!

A few days later, a group of ten cultivators silently flew out of the Celestial Feather Sect camp, carefully passing through the Golden Ape Valley defense line and heading straight for the heart of Xui Country.

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