Gou Zai Liang Jie Dao Wen Cheng Xian

Chapter 37: Refining Spiritual Treasures!

After hanging up the video call, I called my best friend Su Ming!

"Holy crap, Lao Chu, you're not dead!" Su Ming looked at his phone with a mixture of surprise and joy.

"Don't worry, buddy, I haven't become an immortal yet, how could I possibly die?"

"No, I'll never die in this lifetime. I'll live as long as heaven and earth, as long as the sun and moon. That's my final destination!"

Su Ming, recovering from his earlier surprise, immediately retorted sarcastically, "Give me a break! If you're so capable, try entering the Immortal Abode first. You can't even get into the Immortal Abode, let alone become an immortal? Dream on!"

After he finished speaking, Su Ming continued, "By the way, Lao Chu, what have you been doing for the past four years? We haven't heard from you at all. My aunt and uncle even asked me if they've seen you."

"Later, the police were notified, and the federal police searched for three months without any news. They had no choice but to declare him missing. If he was not found within ten years, they had to close his account."

"Four and a half years have passed, and I had given up hope, but I never expected you to come back!"

"Confess now!"

A smile appeared in Chu Xuan's eyes. "Old Su, I've got something good for you."

"What is it?"

"No, don't change the subject, tell me about you..."

Before Su Ming could finish speaking, he saw Chu Xuan holding up a piece of green jade and waving it around.

Su Ming suddenly fell silent. This jade looked very familiar to him; he had used it during the college entrance examination. But the problem was, wasn't this something used for the college entrance examination, which was to be collected after the exam?

Unless... you become a disciple of the Immortal Abode!

"You've entered the secret realm?"

"That's right. Four years ago, I accidentally entered the secret realm. After four years of arduous cultivation, I managed to break through to the second level of body refinement and barely entered the Immortal Mansion." Chu Xuan said calmly, with his hands behind his back.

"I'm so envious. Why don't I have such good luck?"

"Good luck."

"Not only are you good, buddy, you've really taken off. I declare that you'll be my topic of conversation from now on."

Chu Xuan laughed and said, "Use it however you like, I'll be your protector from now on."

"Of course, you don't need to mention my name for minor matters, and it won't help to mention my name for major matters either."

"Then what use are you?"

The two chatted for a long time before ending the video call, just like when Chu Xuan hadn't yet stepped into the Immortal Mansion. But that was normal, as Su Ming's personality had been verified by the Federation's Immortal Artifacts.

Unrestrained and free-spirited, frivolous in speech, yet loyal and righteous, always seeking revenge!

Even if I were to enter the Immortal Abode, or even if I were to become a Nascent Soul cultivator, as long as I don't mind, Su Ming would still dare to call me buddy.

If Su Ming had met Old Qian, he probably would have dared to call him "Old Qian."

Shaking his head and smiling, Chu Xuan lost interest in looking at the cultivation technique and directly opened the spirit jade to look at the exchange list.

The Immortal Abode has almost no restrictions on its disciples; they rely entirely on their own cultivation. If they encounter any problems, they can directly ask the teacher on duty. There are no fixed courses.

There is only one requirement: improve your cultivation level. If you cannot advance to the Foundation Establishment stage before the age of eighty, you will need to leave the Immortal Abode.

That's all there is to it. There are no other restrictions. Disciples don't have to stay in the Immortal Abode all the time. They can go home whenever they want without asking for leave.

Of course, there are no strict restrictions, but direct superiors will be assigned. Each disciple of the Immortal Abode will be assigned an elder, and in special circumstances, the corresponding elder will coordinate and allocate tasks.

However, based on the experience shared by Senior Sister An Qiuyue, elders generally adopt a laissez-faire attitude towards their disciples. Elders rarely look for disciples below the Golden Core level, and even those at the Golden Core level are only occasionally called over to do some work.

It's somewhat like a research group in a university in my previous life, where elders are mentors, Golden Core cultivators are PhDs, Foundation Establishment cultivators are Masters, and those who haven't reached Foundation Establishment are undergraduates.

The higher one's cultivation level, the more frequent the communication with the mentor. Of course, cultivators need to cultivate, so this "frequent" communication often means only once every few years.

After I've been assigned an elder and met with him tomorrow, I'll go home for a visit.

Now that I've entered the immortal realm, I definitely need to bring some good things for my family.

Flipping through the redemption list, I soon selected six gifts for five relatives and my closest friends in this world, one for each of them. I will redeem them at the Foreign Affairs Hall when I leave.

After finishing all this, Chu Xuan prepared to examine the cultivation technique, but felt restless and decided it would be better to do so after returning home.

So he took out the spiritual resources issued by the Immortal Abode and the first spiritual artifact provided by it—the Awakening Jade!

Opening the wooden box containing the spirit stones, you can see eighteen spirit stones neatly arranged inside. The spirit stones are entirely blue, like green crystals, and are clearly mid-grade wood spirit stones.

The spiritual sustenance of disciples in the Immortal Abode is two mid-grade spirit stones per month for those who have not yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Once they have perfected their body refinement, the next step is to refine their Qi and spirit. Therefore, Chu Xuan requested wood-attribute spirit stones.

Picking up a spirit stone, Chu Xuan could feel the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth within it, and its attributes were extremely pure, containing only pure wood-attribute spiritual energy without any other attribute spiritual energy.

This is much better than Xuanming Sect. The spirit stones of Xuanming Sect contain a mixture of various attributes of spiritual energy, just like directly absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

Chu Xuan's face showed a thoughtful expression. Logically speaking, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth should be the same as that of the Xuanming Sect, a mixture of various attributes. Although it is chaotic, it is the closest to nature.

Federal-style systems are actually in the minority.

It seems that the Federation must have used powerful means to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth together, and then separated the spiritual energy according to different attributes to form spirit stones of corresponding attributes.

All cultivators in the Immortal Abode use spirit stones for cultivation, which fully guarantees fairness.

The spiritual resources are the same for each realm. If you want more, you either need to take on missions or search for secret realms.

In the Federation, cultivation techniques are free; you can look at them as much as you want. Artifacts are also free; whether they are spiritual weapons or magical treasures, as long as your cultivation level is high enough, you can choose whatever you like!

As for various inheritances such as pill formations, talismans, and artifacts, they are all completely free and can be viewed at will. Even the formulas for immortal pills have been made public.

In the Federation, only spiritual energy costs money.

The spiritual energy level of the Immortal Abode is slightly better than that of the Federation, but only slightly. It is still at the level of the Dharma-ending Age. Without spirit stones, cultivation is completely impossible.

This is absolutely awesome! Holding two completely complementary worlds in your hands, it's hard not to take off!

After putting away the spirit stones, Chu Xuan took out the superior-grade spiritual artifact, the Awakening Jade, and broke its seal according to the instructions. As the seal was broken, the Awakening Jade flashed with a faint light and immediately began to absorb the spiritual energy of the surrounding world.

However, the results were minimal, only managing to gather a meager amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

Without hesitation, Chu Xuan merged his divine sense into the spiritual artifact. As his divine sense penetrated, Chu Xuan sensed the thirty-two restrictions inside. The thirty-two restrictions worked together to form a complex array of restrictions, which looked extremely mysterious.

However, these restrictions were very fragile at this time. Without the nourishment of spiritual energy and magical power, these restrictions had long since deteriorated beyond recognition.