334: Wang Xianzhi's first experience

Several Cultivator Families and Sects attached to different Golden Immortal powers, as well as some Loose Cultivators who rushed over after hearing the news, all rode their escape lights or flying Magic Treasures, converging at the edge of the Bining Great Marsh.

Everyone's gaze was fixed fervently on the gradually solidifying mountain phantom and the spatial portal slowly splitting open beneath it.

Soon, information about this Immortal Cave also spread among the crowd.

This was a Legacy Immortal Cave left tens of thousands of years ago by a water-element True Immortal named “True Monarch Bibo”.

The Immortal Cave was not an ordinary ruin, but a small Blessed Grotto-Heaven that had been refined, containing its own universe within. The Spiritual Qi inside far surpassed the outside world. Legend has it that True Monarch Bibo fell while trying to seize this small Grotto-Heaven, so his Legacy and treasures must be within this Grotto-Heaven!

There was a powerful Restriction at the entrance, which detected an age limit—only those under a hundred years old could enter!

Clearly, this was set by True Monarch Bibo to select a young successor.

For a time, all sides were in an uproar!

A True Immortal Legacy, while not appealing to some major Immortal Realm powers, was a tremendous Opportunity for some mortal Cultivator Sects!

What's more, it also involved a Blessed Grotto-Heaven!

Countless Cultivators rapidly activated their communication jade talismans, sending the news back to their respective backing forces. Various Families and Sects urgently summoned their core junior Disciples who met the conditions to come.

Xiao Zhuo stood at the bow of the ship, his Divine Sense sweeping over the Restriction at the Immortal Cave's entrance.

His gaze fell upon Wang Xianzhi beside him.

Wang Xianzhi was now over forty years old, his bone age far below a hundred. He was a Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator with a solid Foundation and sharp lightning techniques. It was precisely the time he needed battle experience and to seek his own Opportunity.

“Shortened name,” Xiao Zhuo said.

“Young Master, I am here!” Wang Xianzhi's spirits lifted.

“This Immortal Cave can be a whetstone for you,” Xiao Zhuo said calmly. “Go in, seize your Opportunity, and experience life and death. In competition among peers, you are responsible for your own life and death; I will not interfere.”

“Yes! Shortened name will not let Young Master down!” Wang Xianzhi's eyes burned with fierce Battle Intent, without the slightest fear.

Xiao Zhuo nodded slightly, and a clear light from his fingertip entered Wang Xianzhi's glabella: “This is a protective talisman formed from a sliver of my Free and Easy True Intent. It contains the power of spatial displacement. You can activate it in a life-or-death situation to ensure your safety, but it will also immediately teleport you out of the Immortal Cave, severing your Opportunity. Use it with caution.”

“Disciple understands!” Wang Xianzhi felt the profound and unfathomable, yet vast and gentle, mark in his Sea of Consciousness, and his heart settled.

“Go.”

Wang Xianzhi bowed deeply to Xiao Zhuo and Wang Xianyu, a flash of lightning around him, transforming into a swift purple electric bolt that shot towards the shimmering Immortal Cave entrance. He instantly disappeared into it, vanishing among the countless other young figures eagerly rushing in.

Xiao Zhuo watched him enter, then swept his sleeve, and the dark gold tower ship turned its direction, flying towards Lancang Immortal City, the most prosperous Immortal City closest to the Bining Great Marsh.

Lancang Immortal City, built by the water, had an architectural style with the unique watery grace and liveliness of Liuzhou.

Xiao Zhuo did not pay attention to the fervor in the city caused by the emergence of the True Immortal Immortal Cave. He took Wang Xianyu, who was curiously looking around, directly to the largest Spirit Beast merchant house in the city, “Myriad Spirit Pavilion.”

“Young Master, why are we here?” Wang Xianyu looked at the dazzling array of Spirit Beast cubs and demonic birds of various forms in the pavilion, her big eyes full of wonder.

“To find a companion for you.” Xiao Zhuo smiled slightly, his Divine Sense having already swept the entire place.

Soon, his gaze settled on an independent quiet room on the top floor, protected by a powerful Restriction.

In the center of the quiet room, in an exquisite basket made of ten-thousand-year-old warm jade, curled a fox cub, only palm-sized, pure white all over, with only a touch of pink at the tip of its tail.

It seemed to have just woken up, yawning lazily, revealing its pink little tongue and sharp little milk teeth.

With its movement, nine fluffy, soft little tails, like clouds, gently swayed behind it, emitting a pure and noble spiritual radiance!

A Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox! And a cub of extremely pure bloodline!

Such a Spirit Beast had immense growth potential and extremely high spirituality, especially skilled in illusion, spirit communication, and charm. It was simply a match made in heaven for Wang Xianyu's Spirit Communication Dao Body!

“Shopkeeper, I want this fox,” Xiao Zhuo pointed to the quiet room, his tone brooks no argument.

The shopkeeper of Myriad Spirit Pavilion was a Profound Immortal elder. This Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox was consigned by an old customer. If it could be sold, the commission alone would be equivalent to several years of his salary. However, Spirit Pets of this grade were expensive, and even some Grand Unity Sects might not be willing to buy it, so it had not been sold for several months!

Now that someone finally wanted to buy it, the elder was naturally overjoyed.

The transaction process was surprisingly smooth.

When Xiao Zhuo placed a High Grade Fire Cloud Crystal, enough to tempt even an Early Stage Golden Immortal, on the counter, the shopkeeper's breathing stopped. This was a top-grade Materials that could be used to refine a High Grade Sacred Artifact. Without another word, he respectfully and personally removed the Restriction from the quiet room.

Wang Xianyu carefully picked up the soft, warm little fox, which carried a faint milky scent.

The little fox seemed to sense the pure, flawless, and universally friendly spiritual aura on her. Not only did it not resist, but it affectionately rubbed its fluffy little head against her palm, emitting tiny whimpers.

“Hehe, that tickles!” Wang Xianyu laughed happily, her eyes full of affection. “Young Master, it's so cute! Does it have a name?”

“Since you have a connection with it, you shall name it,” Xiao Zhuo said, looking at the harmonious spiritual radiance naturally flowing between the girl and the Spirit Fox, and nodded in satisfaction.

“Hmm... it's so white, and its tail is like a cloud. How about ‘Cloud’?” Wang Xianyu blinked her big eyes.

“Ying!” The little fox seemed to understand, happily wagging its nine little tails.

“Okay, then from now on, I'll call you Cloud!” Wang Xianyu held the little fox, unable to put it down.

Xiao Zhuo took Wang Xianyu, who was holding the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox cub and beaming with joy, and found an elegant waterside inn in Lancang Immortal City to stay.

Outside the window was the vast and misty Lancang River.

Inside the window, the young girl was using the contract method taught by Xiao Zhuo to establish a spiritual contract with “Cloud” in her arms.

Streaks of pure spiritual radiance flowed between them; the contract was complete.

Xiao Zhuo's gaze turned towards the direction of the Cloud Dream Great Marsh, quietly awaiting Wang Xianzhi's return.

Having spent every day with the Wang Siblings for over twenty years, Xiao Zhuo spent most of his time experiencing the myriad forms of life, leaving miscellaneous matters to the siblings.

Xiao Zhuo had few hobbies; besides cultivation, it was eating all kinds of delicious delicacies.

So Wang Xianyu went to learn various culinary arts, while Wang Xianzhi often went out of the city to hunt, and occasionally bought some High Grade ingredients.

Through Wang Xianyu's hands, these ingredients all became top-tier delicacies.

The feelings between the three, master and servants, gradually deepened. Xiao Zhuo watched the two grow up and no longer simply regarded the siblings as servants.

After all, since he began cultivating, he rarely had companions by his side. Countless fellow travelers had been left far behind by him; his Dao path was extremely lonely.

Even when the panel upgrade was complete, his fate with the siblings would come to an end, which is why he had always been guiding them.

And considering their future.

Both of them carried a deep-seated blood feud and would sooner or later have to resolve their Karma. Xiao Zhuo did not intend to help them directly.

Their own Karma ultimately needed to be resolved by themselves.

All he could do was to make them capable of controlling their own destinies, making them strong enough.

The True Immortal Grotto-Heaven had been open for half a month, and Xiao Zhuo and Wang Xianyu had also stayed in Lancang Immortal City for half a month.

On this day, Xiao Zhuo's brows slightly raised as he looked to the southwest: “Is there a result? This kid! It looks like he's gotten into a bit of trouble!”