Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 696: Chapter 50: Setting Out, Returning to the Treasure Land! (Part 2)

Just in time to see an elder wearing a crimson magic robe and carrying a crimson turtle shell on his back, looking at him with a smiling face.

"What are you doing here, you old turtle?" Feng Chong’s face instantly turned cold as he saw Red Noon!

Yet the Spirit Turtle Red Noon was not irritated at all, instead, his smile became even more brilliant, and he said leisurely:

"I say, Daoist Feng, you should change your temper a bit; why are you still so aggressive? I naturally have good news to tell you."

Feng Chong furrowed his brows and looked at the Spirit Turtle Red Noon suspiciously, "What good news could you have? Are you not just trying to trouble me again?"

The Spirit Turtle Red Noon straightened his posture and slightly raised his chin, saying proudly:

"The master is going out tomorrow and especially asked me to accompany him. Such a good thing naturally should be shared with Daoist Feng?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Chong’s face grew even more somber,

"What’s there to be proud of? I went along last time, and now I’m just cultivating in the Cave Mansion!"

Although he said this, he couldn’t help but feel a bit anxious inside,

’Could it be that I annoyed the master with my presumptuous actions last time and failed to stop this old turtle from climbing over me!’

’No way, I must quickly refine this lifebound magical treasure. Once my strength increases greatly, the master will naturally notice me!’

The Spirit Turtle Red Noon burst into laughter,

"You’re just being stubborn; you’re definitely quite jealous inside,"

"You better stay at home and guard the Cave Mansion; the matters of roaming outside should be left to me!"

With that, the Spirit Turtle Red Noon turned around and swaggered off.

Watching the departing figure of the Spirit Turtle Red Noon, Feng Chong secretly vowed to swiftly complete his lifebound magical treasure to showcase his strength to the master, ensuring that he’d be taken on the next journey.

...

Early the next morning, sunlight pierced through the clouds and spilled onto Zhou Xun’s residence.

Zhou Xun came to the courtyard early, only to see that the Spirit Turtle Red Noon was already waiting there,

"Master, everything is ready, we can depart at any time," the Spirit Turtle Red Noon said respectfully.

"Let’s go!"

And with that, Zhou Xun and the Spirit Turtle Red Noon left the Cave Mansion directly.

Arriving at the East City Gate,

The cultivator stationed there was still Master Profound Jade.

"Greetings, Elder Zhou!"

Master Profound Jade saluted respectfully,

Zhou Xun nodded slightly, as the onlookers were taken aback, and the Spirit Turtle Red Noon revealed his true form,

Transforming into a size of several tens of meters, floating on the sea surface like a huge piece of land.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun nodded slightly and leapt up.

The Spirit Turtle Red Noon sensed Zhou Xun’s arrival and slowly raised a wave of spiritual power to firmly support him,

Then, transformed into a red spirit light, it sped towards the east.

An hour later, they were already ten thousand miles away from the Immortal City,

Zhou Xun waved his hand,

The Celestial Secret Cave Mansion flew out, landed on the broad back of the Spirit Turtle Red Noon, and transformed into a courtyard,

"Notify me when we arrive!"

He instructed, opening the door and walking inside.

Entering the cultivation room,

Zhou Xun sat down cross-legged,

With a touch to his waist, he took down the gourd containing Pill Origin Wine, removed the cork, and took a big swig.

"Crackle!"

Thunder arcs exploded inside Zhou Xun’s mouth,

However, with his physique comparable to a Tier Four Demon Emperor, these few arcs naturally posed no threat to him.

The wine entered his stomach, instantly releasing waves of pure thunder spirit qi, filling his meridians.

Zhou Xun immediately operated the "Purple Sky Thunder Technique" to guide this qi through a great cycle operation,

Finally transforming it into spiritual power, merging it into the nascent soul in his dantian.

This nascent soul was only about an inch in size, its appearance identical to Zhou Xun, and its eyes were tightly closed; sensing the merging of this spiritual power, it revealed a satisfied expression.

After finishing his daily cultivation,

Zhou Xun then took off his clothes, revealing his smooth white chest,

Who would know, beneath this crystal jade-like flesh, there was a powerful strength akin to that of a primordial beast.

The next step was to practice the Thunder Forging Body Technique.

Currently, Zhou Xun had already advanced to Tier Four in both Alchemy Dao and Talisman Dao, yet due to the scarcity of materials, he was unable to practice and make progress,

While the Array and Path of Puppetry lacked Tier Four inheritance, reaching the peak of Tier Three was the end of the road.

As a result, he could only devote his time to qi cultivation and body refinement.

"However, this time I’ve acquired the inheritance from True Monarch Celestial Star, allowing me to continue advancing in arrays!" he murmured to himself,

Zhou Xun’s mouth opened slightly,

A two-inch small purple jade square platform flew out, which was his lifebound magical treasure, the Thunder Pool,

Upon its appearance, the air was filled with subtle arcs of thunder,

Since advancing to a high-grade magical treasure, the Thunder Pool has become increasingly profound, with its power continuously rising.

Having not experienced a true battle,

Zhou Xun himself is unsure,

of what extent his current strength has reached.

With hands forming incantations, he pointed at the Thunder Pool,

and a very slight arc of purple thunder was drawn out, skimming past his body, infiltrating inward.

The violent power of thunder, under his precise control, wandered along specific meridian routes like a tamed beast.

Threads of thunder arcs continuously tempered his muscles, bones, and organs, bringing waves of sharp pain while also stimulating the deep potential within his body.

His body seemed to transform into a massive iron ingot, being relentlessly forged,

each impact and refinement made his body tougher.

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes tightly shut, and a look of pain passed over his face.

His entire body emitted a faint purple light.

Just like that, several hours passed, and Zhou Xun slowly ended his practice, the purple on his surface gradually faded, revealing his natural skin.

White as jade, without the slightest blemish, below the surface, there seemed to be faint sounds of thunder arcs.

Thus, today’s body tempering completed,

his physique became a bit stronger than before,

with years of accumulation, one day he could reach the eleventh layer, a level where just physique alone could rival a middle-grade demon emperor!

The subsequent time thus passed in calm, as Zhou Xun immersed himself in the world of cultivation, continuously enhancing his strength.

The Spirit Turtle Red Noon carried the Celestial Secret Cave Mansion steadily across the sea surface, racing towards their destination!

Along the way, they encountered many sea beasts, but upon sensing the powerful aura of the Spirit Turtle Red Noon, they all fled.

Zhou Xun occasionally awoke from his cultivation, stepping out of the Celestial Secret Cave Mansion, and would sit atop the Spirit Turtle Red Noon.

Sipping spirit wine, while admiring the endless sea and the moon hanging high, with the tide ebbing and flowing.

Fitting that ancient saying: "The moon rises over the sea, we share this moment from afar."

...

"Master, we’ve arrived!"

As he hadn’t brought those at the Core Formation Stage, the Spirit Turtle Red Noon was able to fly at full speed, and within just three months,

Zhou Xun returned to the sea region where he initially encountered the mystical fog.

Upon hearing the old turtle’s call, Zhou Xun instantly awoke from cultivation, immediately putting away the Celestial Secret Cave Mansion,

then, with a flash of his figure, appeared in mid-air.

"Indeed, it’s here!"

But the mystical fog seen the first time was nowhere to be found.

"Master, is this the place where the True Monarch Celestial Star’s Cave Mansion appears?"

At this point, the Spirit Turtle Red Noon also transformed into human form, coming to Zhou Xun’s side.

"Yes, this is the place, let me search a bit!"

With that, he patted his waist, and two spirit lights flew out, hovering in front of him.

One was his Small Divination Compass,

the other was a fragment of the stone tablet from that day.

Zhou Xun intended to utilize the connection between the fragment and the stone tablet, aided by the divination technique to find the location of the cave mansion,

he began chanting, forming incantations with his hands, pointing at the fragment,

next, an invisible aura was drawn out, merging into the compass,

moments later, the compass flashed, revealing a golden arrow pointing to some place in the northwest,

"How can it be so far?"

Zhou Xun was greatly astonished,

as from the result displayed on the compass, the cave mansion was currently located millions of miles away from this spot,

at his current escape speed, it would take more than ten days to reach there.

"Well, let’s fly then!"

He said, once again leaping onto the back of the Spirit Turtle Red Noon, flying towards the northwest,

three days later, Zhou Xun changed direction again,

another three days, he altered course once more!

It was then that Zhou Xun discovered that the cave mansion would actually relocate every three days.

No wonder since they came out last time, they hadn’t seen the mystical fog again.

Fortunately, Zhou Xun had the divination technique in hand, able to track the location of the cave mansion anytime,

thus, like playing a game of hide and seek, after another two months, Zhou Xun finally arrived before it relocated again,

once again coming upon the mystical fog!