I am cultivating immortality in the chaotic world.

Chapter 98 "Daxia Prison".

Not long after Chen Lu left, Ji Taiping, the number one swordsman in Da Xia, descended over Qiuyuan City with a tremendous sword intent. Although he was quite anxious and angry, he still lowered his voice and spoke hoarsely.

"Please, Lord Qiuyuan City, come out of the city for a chat."

The number one swordsman in Daxia.

This title pursued by the younger generation of geniuses does not mean invincibility. Among the 365 major cities in Daxia, basically most of the city lords have the cultivation level of Golden Core and have the luck of Daxia.

His strength should not be underestimated. Although there is a high probability that he cannot be defeated, the city lord represents the Great Xia Kingdom after all. It is impossible for him to directly break into Qiuyuan City and act recklessly. That would be the same as an evil cultivator.

However, Chen Yu and the others had already run away by then. As for Liu Zide, although his running speed was not as fast as Chen Yu and the others, it was not slow either. He used the random teleportation talisman he had purchased long ago to leave Qiuyuan City under the cover of night and was now on the way to Yuncheng in a changed appearance.

The plate that had just been picked up instantly broke into pieces and each piece fled.

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What was left behind had spread like dandelions throughout the 47 major cities of Xuzhou, and had already taken root and sprouted. After a few days of fermentation, it would erupt into horrific public opinion that no one had ever seen.

Gossip is like a mental drug. It will spread as long as you talk to people.

Although the City Lord's Mansion has the responsibility to control public opinion, they just watched it with great interest for a while and didn't see why there was any point in controlling it.

at this time--

Chen Lu and his group have arrived at the edge of a cliff in Xuzhou.

"arrive."

The scholar looked down at the cliff covered with clouds and mist, and said with nostalgia: "At that time, I was still a foundation-building cultivator. I spent most of my time practicing hard here, and then went to the secret realm to look for opportunities."

There were a total of 19 states in the Great Xia Kingdom, and Xuzhou was one of the largest states among them.

It is also the northernmost state.

Since ancient times, large continents often mean barren land. The same is true for Xuzhou. The spiritual energy is relatively thin compared to other continents, the frequency of secret realms appearing is not as high as in other continents, the land is not fertile enough, and there are few natural treasures.

Many famous sects have their mountain tops near the capital, which is called "Jingzhou".

The spiritual energy of the heaven and earth there is much richer. The spiritual energy in some blessed places is even more than twice that of Xuzhou. Naturally, the speed of cultivation improvement is much faster than that in Xuzhou.

"Xuzhou is extremely vast. From the easternmost to the westernmost part, a normal sixth-level foundation-building cultivator would need about three days and three nights to fly on a sword, assuming he could not stop and did not use up all his spiritual energy."

“And it only takes one day to go from the northernmost point to the southernmost point.”

"The capital is just south of Xuzhou. Xuzhou and Jingzhou are next to each other on the territory of Daxia. There are eleven states further south of Jingzhou. It can be said that most of the states are south of Jingzhou."

"People generally refer to the area north of the capital as Beizhou, and the area south of the capital as Nanzhou."

"The spiritual energy in Nanzhou is not much different from that in Jingzhou, so there are many talented people in Nanzhou."

The scholar sat cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, looking far to the north through the clouds and mist and whispered: "And to the north of Xuzhou, that is, outside the territory of Daxia, is a vast and boundless desert."

"I have heard that a peak Jindan swordsman went to investigate and returned three months later with serious injuries. He claimed that he did not see the edge of the desert at all, and that he felt an extremely terrifying Nascent Soul aura when he passed by a certain place. The Nascent Soul only swept its consciousness over him, causing him to return with serious injuries."

"That desert was also named the 'Endless Desert'."

"No one knows where the end of the desert is, and no one knows what is on the edge behind the end of the desert. We only know that there is a Yuanying in the boundless desert."

Fei Long nodded thoughtfully: "Is there no Nascent Soul in Daxia?"

"No."

The scholar shook his head: "I can be sure of one thing, Da Xia definitely does not have a Nascent Soul, otherwise Da Xia would definitely announce it to the world as soon as possible, if for no other reason, just to tell those unknown beings around that we in Da Xia also have Nascent Souls, and we can all live in peace."

"Can't you?"

Fei Long frowned and asked in confusion, "To establish a sect recognized by the Heavenly Dao, the sect master must be at least at the early stage of the Golden Core. There are so many sects in Da Xia, even if we exclude those who have passed the test, there should be three or four hundred Golden Cores, right?"

"Add to that the 365 large cities in Daxia, and the mayors of each city are basically at the Golden Core level, so let's say 300 of them."

"Plus some Jindan independent cultivators, and some great elders and family heads of large families."

"No matter how I count, it feels like there are more than a thousand Jindan. Among so many Jindan, is there not one who can achieve Yuanying?"

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The scholar did not speak immediately, but fell into silence with an expression that showed no disturbance. After a moment, he shook his head and said softly, "No, there is not a single Nascent Soul."

"I don't know the specific reason, I just know that Daxia is more troubled by this matter than I am."

"As for those Jindan city lords of the Great Xia main city you mentioned, at least 70% of them are fake Jindan."

"These people have been stuck at the peak of foundation building for a long time and unable to break through. After they surrendered to Daxia, they took advantage of Daxia's imperial decree to serve in the imperial court and thus carried a trace of Daxia's national fortune. With this trace of national fortune, they successfully broke through to the golden elixir stage."

“Although he has achieved the Golden Core stage, he is basically stuck here. It will be difficult for him to make any further breakthroughs in his cultivation. Moreover, once his official position is dismissed and Daxia takes back the country’s fortune, his cultivation will immediately fall back to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.”

"But even so, these golden cores carrying the Great Xia's national destiny are still very strong among their peers."

"Back then, Da Xia relied on this method to instantly win over a large number of golden cores, thus establishing its dominant position among the hundreds of sects."

"The country is the main thing, and the family is the secondary thing."

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking of: "Is the Great Xia Road a large formation used to fight against Yuanying?"

"Ah."

The scholar smiled and said, "Da Xia was quite interesting back then. Because they couldn't produce a Nascent Soul, they spent a lot of manpower and resources under the coordination of a formation cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage. It took decades to build this formation."

"It is said that it can kill people in the early stage of Yuanying."

"At the beginning, because the peak Jindan formation cultivator was setting up this Yuanying national formation for the first time, his cultivation and computing power could not keep up, and the difficulty increased by dozens of times, resulting in many disadvantages. For example, blood could not drip on the official path, that is, the veins of the formation, otherwise it would cause a flaw in that vein of the formation."

“So there was a saying that goes ‘If you step on an official road, you will be executed along with your entire clan.’ ”

"Although it was a disadvantage, it was a time of war, and because of this decree, it attracted many monks from other countries to come and join us. It can be considered a blessing in disguise."

"Daxia saw the benefits and gradually added some things, such as some stones that can sense the fluctuations of spiritual energy, and buried some formations under the official road that can speed up the process."

"After hundreds of years of continuous improvement, this loophole no longer exists, and the law has become less harsh."

"But maybe Daxia is overthinking it."

"So many years have passed, and the Nascent Soul Formation of Daxia, which almost emptied the national treasury at that time, has never been activated. No Nascent Soul has ever set foot in Daxia. Or, it can be said that those Nascent Souls seem to have completely ignored Daxia and have never approached Daxia at all."

"Many people now say that this heroic act was a waste of national strength."

The scholar looked towards the north and continued, "In the boundless desert north of Xuzhou, there are many monsters living there. They are real monsters with intelligence. The ones we usually kill are just monster beasts at best."

"The demon race does have an entry."

"Unlike monsters, they only have brute force."

"Those monsters had been harassing Xuzhou a few years ago, and they looked like they were going to occupy Xuzhou. But General Yu, who was the most prestigious general in Daxia at the time, sent troops to harass them 17 times in 30 years, and they gradually disappeared."

"The demon race lives in tribes. Different races will not live together. They are predators and eat each other. Even those of the same race will live in tribes based on blood ties."

"The whole thing is a mess. It would be fine if we don't provoke Daxia. But if we do, even the desert will turn red."

"Although Daxia doesn't dare to go deep into the desert, it should be no problem to slaughter some monsters on the edge of the desert."

"What about the east?" Fei Long looked towards the east and asked curiously, "What is east of Daxia?"

"It's the sea."

The scholar said softly, "It was the Boundless Sea. At that time, the peak Jindan swordsman became famous for his speed. After he returned from the Boundless Desert with serious injuries, His Majesty rewarded him and healed his injuries."

"Order him to explore the eastern sea."

"I returned three months later with serious injuries. I didn't see the end of the sea. I only saw a number of islands in the depths of the East China Sea. There were countless traces of human life on them. But before I could explore, I sensed a Nascent Soul, and then I repeated the same mistake."

This time, before Fei Long could ask more questions, the scholar continued, "After his injuries were healed, His Majesty rewarded him again and allowed him to explore the west."

"I saw hundreds of countries, all of them are small countries. It is said that there was a big country in the past, but later it was divided into hundreds of small countries due to war."

"All together, they are not even as big as the territory of Daxia."

"In the early years, when the Hundred Kingdoms were at war, many people headed north to Xuzhou to escape to the Great Xia Kingdom. They were safe along the official road. After crossing the Hundred Kingdoms, the peak Jindan swordsman said that he saw a mountain that was taller than the sky."

"That mountain has been covered with heavy snow for years. As a peak Jindan swordsman, I can't fly over the top of the mountain. As I fly upwards, I can feel an extremely oppressive feeling gradually rising in my chest, like the pressure of heaven and earth."

"If you insist on flying over the top of the mountain, there is a high probability that you will die on the spot before you even reach the top."

"That mountain range stretches for millions of miles, maybe even longer."

"If you can't fly over it, just go around it. But the Jindan sword cultivator said that he flew for a month and couldn't see the end. Just when he seemed to be about to see the end, he felt a Yuanying."

"Then."

"He came back seriously injured again."

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Fei Long interrupted with a strange look on his face, "I feel like I have guessed what you are going to say next. Will this Jindan sword cultivator continue to be rewarded by His Majesty, go to the south after recovering from his injuries, and then return with serious injuries?"

"No."

The scholar shook his head: "After this Jindan sword cultivator returned from his serious injury, he did receive another reward from His Majesty. After recovering from his injury, he was ordered by His Majesty to go south again."

"In the southernmost part of Nanzhou, there is an ice field."

"That ice sheet has long been covered by an extremely thick layer of ice. The deeper you go, the colder the temperature gets. It is also covered by millions of miles of dark clouds all year round. There is no light at all. It is almost pitch black and silent, with no signs of life."

"The Jindan sword cultivator has been ordered to go and investigate the south."

"this time."

"He didn't return with serious injuries. Nearly a hundred years have passed, and he still hasn't come back. If it's not because he was too attached to the environment on the ice field and didn't want to come back, then it's likely that he died there."

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Chen Yu remained silent with a calm expression before speaking in a low voice.

"There are endless deserts in the north and endless ice fields in the south." "There are endless seas in the east and endless snow-capped mountains in the west."

"There is a Nascent Soul in charge in the north, west, and east. Although there is no news in the south, there is a high probability that there is also a Nascent Soul in charge."

"It looks like Daxia is like a prison."

"Ah."

The scholar suddenly thought of something and laughed meaningfully: "Yes, it looks like a prison, so for a long time, there has been a saying in Daxia country, that is..."

"The reason why no one in Daxia has achieved Yuanying Dao."

"It's because of the prison's restrictions that no Nascent Soul is allowed to appear."

"But how to break this prison is a difficult problem."

"I'm not in a hurry, but I don't know if those old monsters at the peak of the Golden Core stage whose lifespans are almost exhausted are in a hurry. They should be so anxious that they can't sleep well at this moment."

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Chen Yu shook his head and said nothing more: "These are too far away from us, let's go down first."

"it is good."

The bearded man on the side saw the scholar's eyes and sprinted forward without hesitation, falling straight into the depths of the cliff in an instant.

After counting the interest.

Chen Lu and others came to the bottom of the cliff.

The scholar pointed to the flowing clouds above his head and said with a smile: "It is absolutely safe here. This is a secret base I discovered a long time ago."

"See that layer of mist flowing over the canyon? Once you touch that mist, the spiritual energy in your dantian will be instantly frozen, and you won't be able to use spiritual energy for a hundred breaths."

“So, except for my brother, it’s difficult for others to get down to the bottom of this canyon.”

"This place is a thousand feet above the ground. Even if a Jindan cultivator cannot use his spiritual energy, he will be injured if he falls to the bottom of the canyon. Even if you get down injured, how you get up is another problem."

"That cloud of mist not only freezes the spiritual energy in your Dantian, it can also cut off the spiritual energy connection between you and the flying sword."

"It sounds like a nice place."

Chen Lu looked around the canyon. The area below was relatively open, with reddish-brown soil on the ground. He could see a lot of weeds and scattered stones. Under the moonlight filtering through the clouds, it felt quite comfortable.

Not far away there is a thatched house that has been abandoned for a long time.

This should be the cave where the scholar built his foundation.

He originally thought that it was just a hole dug in the rock wall, but now it doesn't look that simple.

Moreover, deep in the canyon, there is a stream whose source is unknown. It is constantly emitting a cool breath, and the water looks extremely clear. You can even see a lot of fat fish.

have to say.

This is really a good place for retreat and practice.

Chen Lu quickly found a place that suited him. There was an oval stone about half a person's height beside the stream. He walked to the stone, jumped up, sat cross-legged on it, and felt it.

"Yeah, just right."

"call."

After exhaling a breath of foul air, he closed his eyes tightly, placed his palms upwards on his knees, and circulated his mental skills to consolidate the realm he had just broken through tonight. Then he prepared to eat the remaining Tiandao Cultivation Pills to continue improving his cultivation.

I must improve my cultivation as quickly as possible so that he can feel a little safe.

Although it is extremely difficult to improve one's cultivation level during the Foundation Establishment Stage, there is no bottleneck to break through. However, when one reaches the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage and wants to break through to the Golden Elixir Stage, there is a huge bottleneck. If one's foundation is unstable or has hidden injuries or other factors, it will be difficult to break through.

However, the peak of foundation building is still too far away for him.

He is currently only at the fourth level of foundation building.

However, with these Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pills in his arms, and the Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pills that can be produced every day in the remaining period of time, his cultivation breakthrough speed will be very fast in the next period of time, which will be hundreds of times faster than the speed of ordinary foundation-building cultivators to improve their cultivation.

I saw that Brother Lu had already started to enter the state of cultivation.

Fei Long and the others subconsciously lowered their voices and talked in low voices while cleaning up the dust in the thatched hut and removing the weeds around it.

"Hey scholar, did you get a copy of the photo stones Liu Zide made? Let me see what they captured."

"Yes, I have."

Speaking of this, the scholar showed a trace of admiration on his face: "I have kept many copies of each scene, take a look."

"Especially the one with Nine Oxen Strength and Nine Yin Strength. Really, this is the first time I've seen it."

"I was once the number one swordsman in Daxia. It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm more knowledgeable than 99% of the people in Daxia, but I've never seen anything like this. I need someone to assist me, otherwise I can't get it right at all."

"And this, the family's unloved abandoned child broke through the foundation and obtained the seven-color entry and then killed everyone. This is a bit too illogical. The probability of obtaining a seven-color entry in the foundation is not much lower than the probability of an entry jade slip falling from the sky."

"But Liu Zide's original words were, logic? According to logic, the fate of those unwelcome abandoned children of the family is to be suppressed for their entire lives, and then give birth to a collateral child, and the child will continue to be suppressed. Do you think those people will like this?"

"really."

Feilong nodded in agreement, then checked the pile of photo stones in his arms one by one, making a clicking sound.

Under the moonlight.

Deep in the canyon, the group was getting along quite harmoniously. After night fell, Feilong caught a few plump yellow croakers and grilled them by the stream.

Instead, there was a sense of being far away from the hustle and bustle of the world of immortal cultivation, and a sense of loneliness like in a paradise.

Under the night.

The boundless desert is close to the edge of Xuzhou.

A brown bear that stood about nine feet tall with white spots on its fur was now directing its people to plant spiritual rice deep in the desert. Many larger brown bears followed the command, buried the seeds of spiritual rice in the desert, and then poured bear urine on them as if they were watering the fields.

The temperature in the desert was much lower late at night, so the bear urine was not instantly absorbed by the scalding sand and gravel, but it didn't look like it would have any effect either.

"son."

At this time, a larger brown bear with white spots on its fur stood beside the brown bear and said in a muffled voice: "You can't grow magical rice in the desert. Your plan is doomed to fail."

"I understand your ambition to unite the Brown Bear Tribe and get out of the desert and into the fertile land."

"but."

“It’s really impossible to grow magical rice in the desert.”

"Father."

The small brown bear, which had obviously not fully grown, had a strange look in its pupils. It grinned and said, "I told you a long time ago that the only way for the demons to fight against the Great Xia Kingdom is to unite. Do you remember?"

"Remember, but it is impossible for the demon race to unite."

"The demon race is destined and must unite. In fact, all demon races are aware that they must unite to fight against Daxia and set foot on that fertile and cool land."

The little brown bear's voice revealed fatigue: "But just as you have tried, father, it is impossible for the demons to unite due to various historical reasons."

"So I need to create a miracle for the demon tribe, a miracle that is big enough, and use this miracle to unite the demon tribe, at least the 'brown bear tribe'."

"All right."

The old bear, who was huge and seemed to be the strongest among these brown bears, shook his huge head and said: "You have been smarter than other people in the tribe since you were a child. Maybe you really have a way. Just do as you say."

"But I can be sure of one thing: magical rice cannot grow in the desert."

"Especially watered with bear urine."

Then he turned to the side and started beating those lazy tribesmen with his bear claws.

After my father left.

The little brown bear stood up with a fighting spirit and trance on his face, and looked far into the south at the land of Xuzhou in the Great Xia Kingdom, which exuded a sweet scent under the clouds.

He traveled through time several months ago, and when he opened his eyes, he was on this brown bear.

From the initial discomfort, I have gradually adapted to this powerful body.

The "Brown Bear Tribe", all newborns are at the fourth level of Qi Refining when they are born. After reaching adulthood, they can naturally step into the peak of Qi Refining, and with a little practice they can break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

He has already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining at this time, and he still has four months to go before he reaches adulthood.

By then he will be a mighty brown bear.

And he also has a very good entry.
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[Term Name]: Bloody Claws.

"Entry Level": Green.

[Effect of Item]: Your claws will become sharper and harder, and will improve as your cultivation becomes stronger.
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This entry made his claws extremely sharp.

At first, he thought that he was the only one who had this entry, and it was a golden finger that brought him through time and space. He hid it and didn't tell anyone. His father almost thought that he was an abandoned child of heaven without an awakening entry, and he was killed and roasted for food.

Later, the entry appeared in a hurry and saved his life.

Then I learned that every demon can obtain an entry at random during the Qi Refining Stage, and after breaking through the Foundation Establishment Stage, in each major realm including the Foundation Establishment Stage, they can choose one of two random entries at will.

The same is true for the human race.

The only difference is that humans can choose any one of the three random entries.

He once asked his father, the patriarch of the brown bear tribe.

My father shook his head to indicate that he didn’t know and said that it has been like this since ancient times.

(End of this chapter)