Chapter 48: This Spiritless Environment Is Unbearable for Even a Moment!

Immortal Realm! This is the true Immortal Realm!

Upon entering the Pot Heaven, Zhou Xuan was so stunned by the beautiful scenery before him that he could only gape, losing all ability to speak.

The location where Zhou Xuan entered the Pot Heaven was set by Su Ping, the master of this place, to be in the sky above the Zhaoyue Tingfeng Pavilion.

And by relying on a pre-arranged Array, Zhou Xuan was able to hover briefly before slowly descending.

Thus, he was able to immediately take in the most breathtaking view of the Yunlai Immortal Realm: hundreds of floating peaks surrounding him on all sides.

Added to this were the cranes, Blue Birds, light bridges, and Flying Boats.

The scene of an Immortal Realm that he couldn't even imagine in his dreams kept stimulating Zhou Xuan's visual nerves.

As for that Burial Ground with its mismatched aesthetic.

It had been pre-concealed by Su Ping with a hallucinatory Dharma Array, all to ensure that little Daoist Zhou Xuan would properly realize just how awesome the Immortal Sect he was about to join was! Although... this magnificent and stunning landscape was still all just a mirage, much like a texture map.

But that didn't matter! Su Ping believed that as he continued Fishing, there would one day be a time when the mirage would all become real! He was just giving Zhou Xuan a little taste of cultivation shock a bit ahead of schedule! "The Immortal Realm is real, and cultivation is also real..."

"Great, this is truly great!"

Zhou Xuan slowly descended and gradually regained a bit of his ability to speak, yet his mind remained deeply immersed in the shocking Immortal Realm he had just witnessed, unable to pull himself away.

At the same time, with this entry into the Pot Heaven, Zhou Xuan truly believed in Su Ping's identity as an Immortal Master from the depths of his soul.

The last shred of skepticism cultivated by the civilized world vanished into thin air!

"Little Daoist, wake up!"

A gentle boy's voice sounded at the right moment beside Zhou Xuan after he landed.

This made Zhou Xuan's body tremble; after coming to his senses, he looked toward the direction of the voice.

He immediately widened his eyes again, speechless as he looked at the White Crane Boy with his young, handsome face.

"Little Daoist, I am the Crane Boy of this Cave Abode; you may call me White Crane."

"Little Daoist, please follow me."

The White Crane Boy flapped his wings, hovered an inch off the ground, and continued: "The Immortal Master has asked me to take you to the quiet room to practice; if you can successfully achieve Qi Refining into the body, you may become an Outer Sect Disciple of this Cloud Coming Immortal Sect..."

"Cloud Coming Immortal Sect?"

Zhou Xuan finally heard the name of his Immortal Sect and was very excited.

"Yes, this Dongtian is also called the Yunlai Immortal Realm."

The White Crane Boy nodded slightly, replying according to Su Ping's settings, and led Zhou Xuan into the side room through a side door.

Afterward, the White Crane Boy lit a stick of calming incense in the room that helped with the practice of Qi Refining into the body for Daoist Zhou Xuan, then gently closed the door and left the room.

Zhou Xuan remained alone in the room, looking at the decorations and furnishings that were filled with the charm of ancient culture in every corner.

He slapped his own cheeks hard, hitting them until they were bright red, before he could adjust his overly excited state of mind.

Then, Zhou Xuan sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, closed his eyes, and began to circulate the Five Elements Art, which he was already familiar with to the point of mastery.

"The conditions for this Zhou Xuan to refine Qi are actually better than mine were back then."

Su Ping sat cross-legged in the master bedroom, eating his fish hotpot in a leisurely manner while observing Zhou Xuan's reaction.

He couldn't help but recall the time he was taken to the Outer Sect to be a disciple.

The mountain gate he was at back then was, strictly speaking, only a First-Tier Low Grade Spirit Vein.

But because of the existence of the Spirit Gathering Array, the various Cave Abodes in the Inner City District occupied by Inner Sect Disciples gathered most of the Spirit Qi, increasing the concentration of Spirit Qi.

Correspondingly, the concentration of Spirit Qi in the non-core areas could only decrease.

Then the Immortal Sect set up small Spirit Gathering Arrays in the Outer Sect in those Cave Abodes that required Spirit Stones to rent, causing the Spirit Qi concentration enjoyed by other Outer Sect Disciples to drop directly to around First Tier Mid Grade.

And his Pot Heaven's Spirit Qi concentration was currently at 30, which was already the level of a core Cave Abode of a First-Tier High Grade Spiritual Vein. It would be no worse than those rented Cave Abodes in the Outer Sect of the mountain gate back then! Su Ping finished the fish hotpot, and with the effect of the Big Green Fish, he held a Waste Pill for Foundation Cultivation under his tongue and began to meditate.

After circulating through several major cycles, he felt the bottleneck of breaking through to the sixth level of Qi Refining begin to loosen as his Dharma Power washed over it.

Su Ping opened his eyes and nodded, very satisfied with his own cultivation speed.

Immediately, he turned his attention back to Zhou Xuan.

Su Ping was slightly startled and let out an "eh":

"This is... Qi Refining into the body?"

"This kid actually has a Spirit Root!"

"He achieved Qi Refining into the body in at most three hours, and, judging by the rate at which he drew in Spirit Qi while practicing, he is much stronger than I was back then!"

"Not just that... none of the Outer Sect Disciples from my period had this kind of efficiency."

"The quality of this kid's Spirit Root is at least Mid Grade or higher."

Su Ping continued to practice until Zhou Xuan finished his session.

Only then did he put on his Daoist crown, change into a Daoist robe, and arrive at the door of the side room like an Immortal in a white-clad painting.

Zhou Xuan had achieved Qi Refining into the body, his five senses were greatly enhanced, and he immediately sensed the abnormality outside the side room.

He hurried to open the door in three steps, and upon seeing Su Ping, he bowed his head:

"Disciple Zhou Xuan, pays respects to Master!"

"As expected of someone who understands cultivation, he bows to his master quite quickly."

Su Ping looked at Zhou Xuan, who appeared spirited and had a bit more luster in his eyes after achieving Qi Refining into the body, but he shook his head slightly: "To be my disciple, you are not yet enough!"

"However, you may temporarily serve as an Outer Sect Disciple, learn some daily skills first, and see in which area you have some talent."

"When your cultivation deepens, you can start as my Registered Disciple!"

"You have been in this Immortal Realm for a while now; since you have succeeded in Qi Refining into the body, you should go back first."

After Su Ping finished speaking, he waved his sleeves.

Zhou Xuan only felt the world turn upside down once more.

His body stumbled, and he found himself back at the East King Temple.

He had returned to the reality that lacked even a shred of Spirit Qi, which made him instinctively feel constrained.

"Daoist!"

Zhou Xuan looked at Su Ping, who had also returned, and cried out involuntarily, yet he was sensible enough not to dare continue calling him Master.

Su Ping carefully observed Zhou Xuan and nodded slightly in his heart: "It seems that pulling ordinary people from their hometown into and out of the Pot Heaven does not have any bad aftereffects; at most, they feel a little dizzy when entering or exiting."

"This matter is feasible!"

The gaze Su Ping cast toward Zhou Xuan also carried a hint of warmth: "From today on, you are an Outer Sect Disciple of the Cloud Coming Immortal Sect."

"This Immortal Sect does not have many rules for Outer Sect Disciples; the most important one is that it is strictly forbidden to leak the secrets of immortal cultivation to others!"

"The second is that you must not commit evil deeds; otherwise, even if others do not deal with you, the Immortal Sect will come to deal with you!"

"Remember this! Remember this!"

"Daoist, this disciple understands! It is just... when can I continue to go to that Yunlai Immortal Realm to cultivate?"

Having experienced cultivation in an environment abundant with Spirit Qi, Zhou Xuan could no longer bear to stay in this spiritless environment for even a moment! (End of chapter)