81: Chapter 40 Seclusion! Message!

Half a month later.

Liuyang Sword Sect.

Chen Xuan opened his Dharma Eyes and let out a long breath.

As expected!

His Spiritual Root limited his cultivation speed.

Before leaving the mountain, he had already spent half a year in seclusion to break through to the sixth stage of Qi Refining.

During this journey, he had little time for cultivation, so it was normal that there was no progress.

After returning, the Spiritual Qi from the Spirit Spring Eye combined with the core area of the Third-Grade Spiritual Vein was as dense as mist, comparable to cultivating while holding a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone at all times.

After cultivating like this for half a month, Chen Xuan's cultivation improved only slowly, and the speed was far from as rapid as it was before the sixth stage.

Fortunately, there were no obvious cultivation bottlenecks, which was likely related to his Innate Sword Bone.

Moreover, as he was not currently practicing any new Sword Daoist Magic, the epiphanies provided by "Laughter of the Vast Sea" had significantly decreased. Naturally, progress had slowed down.

"Laughter of the Vast Sea" was a simplified version of a Divine Ability; after advancing to Foundation Establishment, one could directly learn the minor Divine Ability of the same name.

A technique provided the most frequent opportunities for Epiphany at the very beginning. Therefore, Chen Xuan often had epiphanies during his early cultivation.

However, for any technique or Cultivation Technique, epiphanies would not be triggered frequently in the later stages. For ordinary Cultivators, having one Epiphany in a lifetime was already a blessing from Heaven.

As for Chen Xuan, although it was not an everyday occurrence, it still visited him often. Naturally, he could be called a Prodigy of the Southern Region.

The Innate Sword Bone, this type of special Physique, was born for the cultivation of the Sword Dao. Even a low-grade Spiritual Root could not hinder Chen Xuan's progress.

"Hoo~"

Chen Xuan stood up. He calculated in his heart:

Now that he had entered the sixth stage of Qi Refining, he needed to put in steady, persistent effort. To break through the bottleneck of the Late-stage Qi Refining, it might take another year.

In other words, Chen Xuan was now twelve years old. By next year, when he was thirteen, there was a high probability that he would break through to the Late-stage Qi Refining. The seventh stage of Qi Refining!

In his previous life, this was almost unthinkable. In the Fusheng Immortal City, even with his full support, children like Xuanji mostly only entered the Late-stage Qi Refining around the age of twenty.

Comparing this, Chen Xuan suddenly felt a sense of happiness. The cultivation speed of his previous life was truly unbearable to look back on.

It relied almost entirely on his firm Dao Heart and bit-by-bit persistent effort. For a Pseudo Spiritual Root to successfully complete two attempts to break through the barrier from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment could be said to be a miracle.

His plan for cultivation was naturally to cultivate to the Perfection of Qi Refining and begin preparations for Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment as soon as possible.

During his closed-door cultivation, the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce had already delivered the remaining Four Spiritual Qis. It could be said that Chen Xuan had made full preparations for advancing to Foundation Establishment.

In this life, Foundation Establishment was definitely not the end. Perhaps in this life, he could reach the Golden Core and then avenge his friends and Family. With his own hands! Blood debts had always been paid in blood.

Chen Xuan walked around the Immortal Cave and stopped by the stone table, where several secret letters were placed.

There was intelligence provided by the Liuyang Sword Sect, as well as intelligence provided by the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.

The former mainly spoke of major events in the world, what major events had occurred in the entire Southern Border, to avoid Disciples being in closed-door cultivation for too long and losing touch with the world, leaving them blind once they went out.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan subconsciously took out several Spirit Fruits and hurriedly placed them in the spirit cage at the entrance of the Immortal Cave.

After the Spirit Sparrows of the Liuyang Sword Sect delivered letters, just like the Danhong Crane, they required "payment." This could be considered building a good relationship with the Spirit Beasts in the Sect.

If one angered these little treasures, they would flock together and defecate in front of your Immortal Cave later. It wouldn't harm anyone, but it was extremely insulting.

Upon leaving the Immortal Cave, he would be laughed to death by his friends in the Sect! Chen Xuan did not want to experience such a social death.

After finishing these things, Chen Xuan sat down with peace of mind and began to read the intelligence:

"Liuyang Sword Sect Report:"

"The volcanoes in the Southern Border have erupted completely, and thousands of volcanoes have almost destroyed the entire habitable area of the Southern Border that had been opened up."

"It is expected that after a few years, people can be sent in to rebuild and search for supplies."

It seemed that the Southern Border was destroyed. Chen Xuan thought of the scene where they fled for their lives, and that Golden Core Fire Snake; it should be unsalvageable.

Next was a red secret letter:

"Secret Letter: Only Chen Xuan and Liu Lili may read."

This was it! Investigating the whereabouts of Xiao Muting, as well as the Golden Core-level Alien Fire.

"After receiving the news."

"The Master of the Conquest Hall, the Golden Core Immortal Master Liu Yun, accepted the commission from the two of you and immediately went to the Southern Region."

"He subdued two flowers of the Alien Fire, the Nanming Li Fire!"

"The two flowers are of the same root and origin; it is recommended to let them exist in the Golden Core form, without separating them."

Chen Xuan nodded. If this Alien Fire were separated, it would be two flowers at the Peak of Foundation Establishment, which naturally would not be as good as the Golden Core Realm.

The growth of an Alien Fire, after refinement, used Heaven And Earth Treasure and metallic objects as fuel, but the fire seed of the same origin was the best ingredient for its growth.

However, in the Southern Region, fire seeds were almost all produced in the Southern Border. Now that the Southern Border had been destroyed, the difficulty of cultivating the Alien Fire to grow had increased geometrically.

Chen Xuan continued reading:

"As for the commission to search for Xiao Muting of the Xiao Family, an affiliated Family of the Sword Sect, the Immortal Master entered the depths of the Nanming Volcano but did not find any trace of him."

"Instead, he sensed a great terror and fled rapidly."

"Therefore, this matter is dropped."

"However, you two have contributed by providing intelligence, and each is rewarded with five thousand points of Sect Contribution."

This Liu Yun was strong.

Chen Xuan nodded to himself and poured himself a cup of tea to drink: "It seems the Hall Master is not someone who has earned his reputation in vain; he actually explored to the presence of that True Spirit and was still able to sense something and retreat quickly."

"He is indeed worthy of being a Golden Core of a Golden Core Sect!"

Chen Xuan had seen the appearance of that True Spirit through the heavenly book golden decree and had been unable to breathe for an instant. That was just seeing it through the heavenly book golden decree. If he were to face it directly, just thinking about it made Chen Xuan shudder.

What Realm was this guy actually in!

Now, at the Liuyang Sword Sect, he had read quite a few ancient books. His knowledge was far greater than in his previous life.

Although Cultivators in the Southern Region lived in a corner, they had once produced Nascent Soul Immortal Masters!

Therefore, Chen Xuan could clearly know that in the Cultivation World of the Southern Region, the Realms of cultivation were divided into: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul.

As for whether there were any Realms after that, he was afraid that he would only know once he reached the Central State.

Currently, the advancement from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment was divided into Human Dao Foundation Establishment, Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment, and Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

As for Foundation Establishment using Alien Fire, etc., they were all considered alternative Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

The advancement from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core was also divided into the three categories of Heaven, Earth, and Human. Chen Xuan's goal for cultivation in this life was the Heavenly Dao Golden Core!

"Five thousand points of Sect Contribution!" Chen Xuan nodded vigorously in his heart.

Generous!

But it was highly probable that this was a backdoor Liu Yun had deliberately opened for Liu Lili.

Sect Contribution for a single mission was only a few dozen to a few hundred points. Doing a mission took days to over ten days, so this time it saved the two of them a large amount of cultivation time.

"I'm still benefiting from her."

Chen Xuan was very clear in his heart that this was benefiting from her; it was only possible because Liu Lili was there. If Liu Lili were not there, perhaps if he provided the intelligence, the higher-ups might be willing to mention him, but would only give him 500 contribution points to dismiss him.

The gold content of the Central Province Liu Clan was still too high.

As for his good brother Xiao Muting, Chen Xuan himself could not enter the Southern Border, so he could only pray for him.

The current Southern Border was full of miasma, and the Spiritual Qi was turbid. Below Foundation Establishment, the protective spiritual light could not protect the acupoints, and one would be contaminated by the miasma, causing their cultivation to drop.

Therefore, the Southern Border could now be said to be a forbidden zone for everyone except Golden Core Cultivators.