Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 289: Chapter 37: Cultivating Secret Techniques!

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Xun finally emerged from this ancient and strange phenomenon.

”This scene... looks familiar!”

The shock on Zhou Xun’s face lingered for a long time.

”This lotus seed seems to have quite an extraordinary origin!” Zhou Xun had a hypothesis in his heart.

However, he couldn’t be sure and needed to access higher-level secrets in the future to know the truth.

After a while, Zhou Xun came back to his senses, then he took the opportunity to check on the sacrificial refining status of his lifebound spirit plant.

Surprisingly, he seemed to have become one with this lotus seed, the spirit plant being just like a part of his own body, commanded with ease.

”This... isn’t this a condition that only occurs when the sacrificial refining of a lifebound spirit plant reaches great success?”

Zhou Xun was greatly startled in his heart, simultaneously showing a hint of joy.

In that case, he could directly cultivate the secret techniques recorded in the Spirit Wood True Technique.

First is the Wood Escape.

It is one of the top escape techniques within the Cultivation Realm.

On par with Thunder Escape, Earth Escape, Fire Escape, and others.

Even though Zhou Xun possessed Heaven-Escaping Talismans, and had as many as two of them, he was not short of means of flying escape.

Yet for such life-preserving magic, the more the merrier.

Moreover, the Wood Escape not only enhances the escape speed of the cultivator, if cultivated to a profound level, it possesses another extremely rare ability.

That is to blend the cultivator into trees, spirit plants, and even wild grass.

Even their entire aura can perfectly integrate.

Therefore, the Wood Escape is a top-tier great divine technique that encompasses both flying escape and concealment.

According to scripture records, in ancient times there was a Late-Stage Nascent Soul great power who came from a loose cultivator background.

This person had no other methods, but his Wood Escape Technique was unparalleled across the world.

He was called ”True Monarch Yimu!”

Wherever there were wood-based organisms, he could blend in perfectly.

It’s said that even Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarchs found it hard to detect him.

Thus, although his magical combat skills were mediocre, he became the most difficult cultivator to deal with in the entire Cultivation Realm.

Whether righteous or demon, even the Demon Race, none dared to offend him.

If Zhou Xun could cultivate the Wood Escape Technique to such a degree, even if his cultivation level was a bit lower, others would definitely not dare provoke him.

Immediately, Zhou Xun summoned the lotus seed and began to cultivate following the spell in the Wood Escape Secret Technique.

Perhaps due to this lotus seed, Zhou Xun’s comprehension was enhanced.

The cultivation went very smoothly. It only took three attempts for Zhou Xun to successfully master the Wood Escape Secret Technique.

He formed a spell with one hand, then struck a spirit light at the lotus seed floating in front of him.

After a moment, the lotus seed flew back into Zhou Xun’s body.

In the next instant, Zhou Xun’s entire body radiated cyan light, and simultaneously, an arcane presence descended, enveloping Zhou Xun, making everything in front of him seem like foam, filled with an illusionary sense.

This was precisely the hallmark of the successful cultivation of Wood Escape.

The flying magic was cast.

A cyan light flashed, and in the next moment, Zhou Xun appeared a hundred feet away.

It was actually like instant teleportation, mysterious and unpredictable.

If combined with Zhou Xun’s Body Refining Technique, it would undoubtedly be an extremely formidable method.

Next, he wanted to test the concealing capabilities of this secret technique.

...

Beside the Jingxin Pavilion,

Zhou Xun came to the edge of a Ren Shui Pear tree, extended his palm, a cyan light flashed, and countless tendrils emerged from Zhou Xun’s palm, merging with the pear tree.

In the next instant, his entire body mysteriously disappeared into the tree trunk, only leaving behind his face protruding from the trunk, which then completely vanished.

Using this Wood Escape Secret Technique, Zhou Xun could blend with the trees, and his aura approached nullity.

With his current divine sense and cultivation level,

Unless facing a Late-Stage Core Formation cultivator, none would recognize him.

At this moment, Zhou Xun felt a sense of rejection and was ejected from the Ren Shui Pear tree.

”I stayed for only about ten breaths, then couldn’t sustain it!”

This means that using this lotus seed as a medium, Zhou Xun could only integrate into a wood-based organism for ten breaths of time.

After a slight pondering, Zhou Xun understood that although the lotus seed was of a higher level, it was still in a nascent state, hence unable to support prolonged use of secret techniques.

It’s much like a newborn baby, no matter how gifted, having extraordinary potential in the future.

At present, still in an immature stage, sustaining for ten breaths was already quite good.

”Once I cultivate it to sprout, it will be much better!”

Said Zhou Xun, as cyan light surged from his body, and after a moment, he once again merged into the Ren Shui Pear tree beside him.

Now, although he could successfully perform the Wood Escape Technique, it was not yet proficient.

Therefore, it was still unsuitable for practical combat use.

It requires regular, repeated practice to truly become one of his trump cards.

Having successfully mastered Wood Escape, Zhou Xun stopped cultivating.

Currently, the lotus seed has not sprouted, therefore it cannot support Zhou Xun in cultivating other secret techniques.

It’s foreseeable that it still needs time to develop.

If he can cultivate this lotus seed to a sprouting state, it would also be a significant enhancement for Zhou Xun.

...

Returning to the lake bottom cultivation room.

Zhou Xun took out a Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine, placing it in front of him.

Based on the previous experience of cultivating his lifebound spirit plant, for a Tier Three Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine, providing a Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine essence monthly is the fastest way to enhance it.

As for the level of this lotus seed, Zhou Xun couldn’t ascertain, so he planned to first try using the method for cultivating Tier Three Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine.

If it works, Zhou Xun must also arrange for his subordinates to collect Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Medicines and above.

Looking at the Spirit Medicine before him, Zhou Xun activated the Spring Condensation Scripture, then pointed at the Spirit Medicine.

Effortlessly, Zhou Xun completely extracted the essence from this Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine.

At the moment the green essence light point emerged.

Zhou Xun felt a very subtle longing from the lotus seed.

”Is this... useful?”

Zhou Xun felt a bit surprised and also somewhat pleased.

The lotus seed transmitting such information indicated that the essence of this Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine was useful.

Without hesitation, Zhou Xun carefully controlled the green light point, letting it approach the lotus seed.

At the moment of contact.

It was as if a powerful attraction emanated from the lotus seed.

Completely absorbing the green light point, accompanied by a faint green glow, the lotus seed returned to its original appearance.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun controlled the lotus seed to fall into the palm of his hand, then observed it carefully.

The result, to his disappointment!

The lotus seed showed no change, appearing exactly as before.

Zhou Xun knew, hoping the lotus seed would sprout might not be a simple task.

However, this also from another perspective proved the exceptional nature of this lotus seed.

He probably indeed had obtained an extremely rare opportunity.

Ten days later, his alter ego successfully refined the ”Profound Wood Vine” as a lifebound spirit plant.

From then on, Zhou Xun’s life returned to calm.

...

At the same time, in Wangchuan Square.

A medium-built, ordinary-looking middle-aged man slowly walked into the market city gate.

From the outside, this person seemed to have only a Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivation.

In reality, this person’s dantian was retracted, emitting a pervasive glow, completely concealing the one hundred and eighty-three liquid mana drops within the dantian.

The middle-aged man looked around left and right, and finally rented a shop.