Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

A month later, a hundred miles outside of Primordial Immortal City,

a seemingly ordinary top-grade magical artifact flying ship sped along.

On the flying ship, a youth in his twenties dressed in a green robe stood with a composed demeanor.

"Finally back!"

Along the journey, Zhou Xun changed directions several times, which caused him to be delayed, taking a month to return to Primordial Immortal City.

Upon entering the city, Zhou Xun headed to the Mundane Affairs Hall to renew the rental of a cave mansion.

"Greetings, Daoist friend. I am Liu Xinyuan, elder of this Mundane Affairs Hall. May I know what level of cave mansion the Daoist friend wishes to rent?"

Zhou Xun did not conceal his Core Formation Stage cultivation, thus the elder of the Mundane Affairs Hall received him personally.

"Ah, it’s Daoist Liu, I am Fang Yuan,"

"As for the cave mansion, Tier Three Middle-Grade will do, and preferably one with an alchemy room!" Zhou Xun said with a cupped fist salute.

On this journey, he not only acquired Thunder-Encompassing Crystal but also obtained a Tier Three High-Grade Thunder Flood Dragon Core.

If refined into elixirs, it would greatly shorten his cultivation time.

Thus, becoming an Alchemy Master provided a legitimate reason for procuring materials.

"So, Daoist friend is also an Alchemist. May I know what level?" The elder’s eyes lit up at his words, his attitude growing increasingly enthusiastic.

In any place, Alchemists are highly respected.

"Just Tier Three Low-Grade, hardly worth mentioning!" Zhou Xun responded casually.

"Ah, turns out you’re still a Tier Three Alchemy Master. Pardon my disrespect!" The elder was warm in expression,

"Daoist Fang, if you’re looking for a cave mansion with an alchemy room, only one Tier Three High Grade remains in the city now!"

"Tier Three High Grade might be beyond Fang Mou’s budget?" Zhou Xun lamented.

"Haha, Daoist Fang need not worry. You are a Tier Three Alchemy Master, I can decide to have the rental calculated at forty percent off,"

"This way, it would be cheaper than a Tier Three Middle-Grade cave mansion!" The elder patiently explained, with a smile on his face.

"I see, I truly must thank Daoist Liu. Being new here, I’ll certainly seek enlightenment from Daoist Liu frequently!" Zhou Xun responded with a cupped fist salute.

"More than welcome, more than welcome!" The elder was delighted and immediately facilitated the rental, handing Zhou Xun a token.

"I’ll return to the cave mansion first and pay you a visit later!" After a few pleasantries, Zhou Xun bid farewell.

...

Zhou Xun’s new cave mansion was enormous, spanning over a hundred feet.

Upon entering was a screen wall several feet large, engraved with various rare birds and exotic beasts.

Behind the screen wall was a pool over thirty feet long, surrounded by artificial mountains, pavilions, and swimming fish spirit grass.

Around the pool were various structures: beast cages, a kitchen, living room, cultivation room, alchemy room.....

Everything one might need, all present in abundance.

The cave mansion included a set of Tier Three Low-Grade defense arrays, but Zhou Xun did not trust it, so he retrieved his Tier Three Middle-Grade "Ice and Fire Cloud Array" to deploy.

After that, Zhou Xun summoned the Earth Element Beast, letting it stay in the beast cage.

Tier Three Great Demons already possess the ability to change their size as they wish, so this several-foot cage can accommodate it.

Having arranged everything, Zhou Xun entered the cultivation room.

A slap to the storage bag sent beams of spirit light flying out continuously, eventually occupying a quarter of the cultivation room space.

It was the Thunder Crystal collected from the cave at Thunder Stone Peak.

Zhou Xun placed them around the cultivation room, greatly boosting the concentration of Thunder Spirit Qi there, which was immensely beneficial for his cultivation.

"If not for the power of a sect like Dao Yu Sect, gathering such a quantity of Thunder Crystal would be extremely difficult!"

Sensing the slowly gathering Thunder Attribute Spiritual Qi around him, Zhou Xun was extremely satisfied.

Then, Zhou Xun brought out four storage bags, ready to start inventorying.

This time, he was busy traveling and only glanced through briefly without a detailed inspection.

The first belonged to Elder Zhao, in which the largest quantity was Spirit Stones.

A total of three hundred sixty High-Grade Spirit Stones, recalling the day Elder Zhao bid on the Thunder Element Realm, he offered this price.

It seemed this was all his Spirit Stones, now all belonging to Zhou Xun.

"With this, the expenditure of Thunder Element Essence is replenished!"

Additionally, a spirit medicine caught Zhou Xun’s attention, a Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Medicine---Purple Blue Lingzhi!

This is the main medicine for Purple Spirit Pill.

And the Purple Spirit Pill can assist Middle-Stage Core Formation Cultivators in breaking through to Late-Stage, extremely precious, second only to Nascent Soul Pill.

"No wonder there are so few spiritual objects in Elder Zhao’s storage bag; he must have exchanged them all for this ’Purple Blue Lingzhi’."

Moreover, Elder Zhao’s Lifebound Magical Treasure intrigued Zhou Xun greatly.

It was a small sword of deep blue throughout, engraved with the words ’Profound Thunder,’ a light flick evoking a thunder arc in the air.

"What a fine magical treasure!"

Sadly, its grade was somewhat low, still remaining at the low-grade level.

This moment, Zhou Xun also understood why Elder Zhao was willing to spend his entire fortune on purchasing Thunder Element Essence the other day.

It appears he aimed to enhance this magical treasure’s power.

"This treasure aligns with my attribute; once I condense the Thunder Seed, if there’s leftover Thunder Element Essence, perhaps I can allocate some to this magical treasure!"

The second bag was from a big man with the surname Hu.

He was a Demon Cultivator, his lifebound technique—Celestial Barbarian True Demon Technique—was a top-tier demonic body refining technique.

Combined with his lifebound magical treasure, a pair of gauntlets, his strength was formidable.

Unfortunately, it was restrained by the Thunder Flood Dragon.

The third bag belonged to Yuan Mountain,

his storage bag contained few Spirit Stones, less than fifty High-Grade ones.

However, the array "Four Symbols Demon Suppression Array," utilized in the previous day’s attack on the Thunder Flood Dragon, was bought at an auction,

so it’d be normal for few Spirit Stones remaining.

Besides this, what delighted Zhou Xun the most was the Golden Claw Jade Talisman.

During the prior attack on the Thunder Flood Dragon, it inflicted severe injuries in one strike.

To recall, the Thunder Flood Dragon was a Tier Three High Grade entity, along with True Dragon bloodline, its physique was immensely strong, jaw-dropping.

Yet, it couldn’t withstand the Golden Claw! Under the Golden Claw’s assault!

If not for Yuan Mountain preserving his mana, reluctant to unleash a second strike, that Thunder Flood Dragon might have long perished.

Recalling the Golden Claw’s sudden appearance above the Thunder Flood Dragon, Zhou Xun speculated the jade talisman already involves Nascent Soul Stage.

After all, such Void Shifting technique, only the Nascent Soul Stage can master it.

This jade talisman, held by Zhou Xun, equates to adding another trump card.

Then came the storage bag of the Late-Stage Core Formation Master Yuanfeng.

Zhou Xun’s favorite was his Nine Dragon Seal, inside resting nine Flood Dragon Souls; In possession of this treasure, it could suppress Tier Three Middle-Grade Flying Demon Zombies, undeniably extraordinary.

Sadly, Zhou Xun didn’t discover the hand seal technique of Master Yuanfeng, the most powerful move.

Just a casual strike could suppress Hu’s True Barbarian Celestial Demon Body, indeed the top-tier cultivation technique.

Besides these, nothing particularly stood out.

Lastly was the Thunder Flood Dragon’s corpse, its scale armor extremely tough; if refined into a set of Spirit Armor to pair with Hu’s gauntlet magical treasure,

it might allow a bare body to withstand a Middle-Stage Core Formation Cultivator.

As for the inner core, Zhou Xun plans to refine it into Foundation Strengthening and Essence Nourishing Elixirs to boost cultivation.

Sadly, he doesn’t have a corresponding Pill Recipe, but Wuli Commerce Association is known worldwide; it should be purchasable.

Now that he holds Thunder-Encompassing Crystal and Thunder Element Essence has been bought, it’s time to refine the Thunder Seed anew!