Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 374: Chapter 122: The Truth of That Year!

”Master Tianci!”

”Why has he come?”

Being the foremost cultivator in the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, him visiting personally indicates he indeed could not wait to see me.

Zhou Xun naturally wouldn’t act pretentious either.

Thus, Zhou Xun got up and walked outside his cave mansion.

Upon opening the door, he found four people standing at the entrance.

The person at the forefront had a fair complexion, graying hair, dressed as a Confucian scholar, and he evoked good feelings at first glance,

this person was indeed Master Tianci,

To his left was someone named Qu Yongshou, also known as Master Dan Ding, dressed in a Dao robe, who was over fifty years old, a Middle-Stage Core Formation Cultivator, and a Tier Three High-Grade Alchemy Master!

Seated at his right was none other than Zhou Xun’s very familiar Master Nanyue.

There was also a bald elder, that one being Master Iron Mountain, with a Late-Stage Core Formation Cultivation, a Tier Three Middle-Grade Artifact Refining Master.

The four were not only the top cultivators in Tianhan City but also very close friends.

Facing these four senior elders, with Master Nanyue as a friend and mentor, Zhou Xun stepped forward and greeted them with clasped hands, ”Greetings to Junior Martial Uncle Nanyue and the three fellow Daoists!”

”Daoist Zhou, you’re too kind. I am Ji Yin, I intruded boldly, sorry for the disturbance. These two are my friends, Master Dan Ding and Master Iron Mountain.”

Master Tianci pointed to the bald elder and the Dao-robed elder beside him as he spoke.

”Master Tianci, you’re too kind. You are friends of my Junior Martial Uncle Nanyue, naturally, you’re among ourselves! Please come in if there is anything to discuss,”

Zhou Xun courteously invited them, gesturing for them to enter the cave mansion.

Master Tianci and the others then went inside.

In the cave mansion hall, they sat facing each other.

Zhou Xun took out a tea set from his storage bag,

then formed a hand seal with both hands, causing water flow to emerge in the air, transforming into four water dragons, washing all the tea sets.

Next, he brushed his hand across his waist, taking out an exquisite jade box and a jade bottle of about a foot high.

With a wave of his fingers, the jade box automatically opened, revealing a neatly arranged display of Spiritual Mist Tea.

With the movement of Zhou Xun’s fingers, dozens of tea leaves flew out, landing precisely in the five teacups in front of him.

He then opened the jade bottle and poured out the Spiritual Spring Water inside!

As the water flowed down, it emanated a pure spiritual energy,

this water was obtained by Zhou Xun from the Spiritual Eye of a Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Vein at the bottom of a lake, very rare and excellently suited for brewing spiritual tea.

With a flick of his finger, four sparks flew onto the teacups!

”Boom!”

A flame rose in the cup, flashing and disappearing in an instant, then the cup began to boil.

Soon, mist continued to rise, sometimes forming a dragon, sometimes a phoenix, swirling above the cup, lingering without dispersing.

Even Master Tianci, with his breadth of experience, couldn’t help but admire Zhou Xun’s skill!

”Daoist Zhou, this seems to be the tea-brewing method of ancient cultivators, long lost in our Eastern Wilderness!” Master Tianci seemed to recognize its origin.

”I was fortunate enough to acquire it from ancient scriptures; I enjoy drinking Spirit Tea in my daily life. This method can enhance the flavor of the Spirit Tea by threefold!”

Zhou Xun said, changing his spell,

the mist then transformed into clouds, and then into fine ice crystals, falling into the cup.

Thus, the Spiritual Mist Tea was finally brewed!

”Please!”

Zhou Xun motioned to the Spirit Tea before them, speaking politely.

”Nephew’s tea-brewing method is truly magical!” Master Nanyue exclaimed in wonder,

he was also a tea lover, and seeing such a unique technique naturally piqued his interest.

Master Iron Mountain, not fond of Spirit Tea, showed no particular reaction.

”Since Junior Martial Uncle likes it, I will gift this method and its spells to you, and the rest of the fellow Daoists can learn it as well!”

Zhou Xun generously offered.

It was merely a tea-brewing spell; naturally, there was no need to be miserly with it.

”Then, thank you very much!” Master Tianci and the others expressed their gratitude.

Enjoying the Spirit Tea, and chatting about matters concerning cultivation, the group soon became acquainted.

Then, Zhou Xun began discussing the main topic, asking:

”Previously in Xui Country, I received letters from Junior Martial Uncle Nanyue and several masters,”

”The masters mentioned knowing about the migration in the Eastern Wilderness 6000 years ago, is it true?”

”Indeed, I do know!”

Upon hearing this, Master Tianci nodded.

”Please enlighten us, Master?” Zhou Xun asked with clasped hands.

”In our Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, we cannot break through to the Nascent Soul Stage, as you may already know, no matter how talented you are, Peak Core Formation is the limit!”

”At the same time, you also cannot form a true Immortal Golden Core!”

”The reason for all this is the lack of a certain spirit essence, without this element, cultivators in the Eastern Wilderness are forever bound to Core Formation!”

As he spoke, Master Tianci sighed,

”Do you know the talent of my Spiritual Root?”

”I do not,” Zhou Xun shook his head.

”I have a Fire Spirit Root of ninety-one points, having reached Foundation Establishment Peak at the age of seventy-nine, before attempting Core Formation!”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xun couldn’t help but be shocked!

A Fire Spirit Root of ninety-one points, what a talent, yet he still couldn’t form an Immortal Golden Core!

’It seems even if I elevate my Spirit Root beyond eighty points, if I remain in this Eastern Wilderness, I likely still won’t be able to form a Golden Core!’ Zhou Xun thought to himself.

Master Tianci continued:

”Originally, I thought with my Celestial Spirit Root talent, forming an Immortal Golden Core should be no issue.”

”Unexpectedly, at the last moment of condensing the pill, it seemed something was missing, ultimately failing to achieve perfection, only forming a Half-Step Golden Core!”

Speaking of this, Master Tianci still held regret to this day!

”Then, for over a hundred and twenty years, I successfully progressed to Peak Core Formation, afterward stagnated for over two hundred years, unable to advance an inch!”

”During this time, I searched through scriptures, looking for clues from the past, and finally uncovered some truths of those times!”

”Over 6000 years ago, the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm was not as it is now,”

”At that time, the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm was flourishing in cultivation, unlike the barren state today. Nascent Soul cultivators emerged in succession; even in the late stage, there were several Great Cultivators!”

”However, over 6000 years ago, the Human Realm experienced a great upheaval. Scriptures refer to it as the ’Ghost Realm Invasion,’ where countless ghosts entered the Human Realm, attempting to occupy and transform it into the Ghost Realm!”

”Our human cultivators engaged in a monumental battle with them, after hundreds of years of struggle, finally driving them out,”

”Back then, our Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm was a major battlefield, housing a passage to the Ghost Realm.”

”To prevent the ghosts from invading again, our realm’s powerful cultivators cast a sky-shattering spell to seal the passage to the Ghost Realm.”

”Sealing a passage between two realms comes with a significant cost.”

”The entire Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of the Eastern Wilderness gathered to seal that passage to the Ghost Realm,”

”From then on, the spiritual energy of the Eastern Wilderness greatly diminished, leaving only certain Spiritual Mountains and Great Rivers with spiritual qi. Most regions lost spiritual qi, prompting major sects to migrate, leaving only a few to watch over,”

”This is also where the surviving long-standing sects originated from!”

”From then on, our Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm fell into further decline!”