Chapter 407: Eternal Life: My Steady Farming-Style Cultivation Chapter 407 — Zhao Qianyun Has Returned!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

The coffin lid and body fit seamlessly, as if one whole.

At the center of the lid's top, a giant celestial eye is carved; inside is not an eyeball, but a piece of semi-transparent Netherworld Jade.

And this thing only appears in the Gui Xu Secret Realm.

Eight stone pillars are inserted around the stone coffin on all sides; the pillars are wrapped in dried corpse tendons, and each top suspends a bronze bell.

The bells sway, yet emit no sound, appearing extremely strange.

Seeing this scene, Xu Zhangqing's pupils shrank: "Could it be?"

It is widely known that the Zhuan Gu Zhong is itself the burial mound of Ancestor Spiritual Mark.

Later, for some unknown reason, it suddenly became a secret realm that only Golden Core Stage cultivators may enter, and it opens only once every five hundred years.

Among them, not a few people — for instance, Qin Baili's Senior Uncle, that Heart-Eye Sword Mo Yuan — have entered once, cutting away an entire slab of stone wall from some place, thereby obtaining spiritual runes and Spirit Flowers.

It is a pity that after cracking it for many years, there has still been no great harvest.

Now looking at a stone coffin of such scale before him, Xu Zhangqing faintly guesses the identity of the one inside.

Either it is Ancestor Spiritual Mark himself.

Or someone very important to the Ancestor.

Whichever it is, this stone coffin and the existence within are no simple matter.

Unexpectedly, before leaving the Personal Space, he could still make such a surprise discovery.

Therefore, Xu Zhangqing waited patiently and continued watching for a while, yet discovered that all Wen Bone Puppets that approached were suppressed, and surprisingly could not advance deeper.

At most they could only approach those small coffins on the outer perimeter, nothing more.

Any further forward, and whether due to rule restrictions or some other reasons, they froze in place completely motionless.

Xu Zhangqing looked thoughtful: "The thing inside is very important to me; no matter what, I must bring it out.

These small coffins are very likely some kind of spiritual array; perhaps disrupting them can solve the problem."

Thinking of this, he revived more Wen Bone Puppets, and the command was also very simple.

Bring back more Wen Bone Puppets, and at the same time move the small coffins back.

Regardless of whether it works or not, do this first.

Afterward, Xu Zhangqing ended the Great Cloud Rain Technique's irrigation, immediately exited the Personal Space, left the Sea Demon Pavilion again, and then entered the Broken Demon Market.

"How do you sell this water demon?"

"Is the meat fresh and tender?"

"Seeing as I'm an Immortal Sect disciple, give me a discount!"

After a round of haggling, he finally bought all the ingredients.

Not just one or two catties, but several hundred to over a thousand catties.

After all, the number of Dongting Immortal Sect disciples in Xuanxin City totals several hundred.

If it were ordinary food, it wouldn't even compare to Labor Strength Pills.

But the dishes Xu Zhangqing makes have already infinitely approached Spirit Meals, possessing special effects.

Just Qin Baili, Li Lingbi, Qiu Hong and other Core Disciples eat at least one meal every day.

Regarding this, Xu Zhangqing not only had no negative feelings, but actually enjoyed it tirelessly.

Rather than going outside into bloody storms, better to stay in the kitchen washing vegetables and cooking.

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In a flash, seven days passed.

During this period no major events occurred, only some small matters that were alarming but turned out safe.

For instance, on the Zhuo Liu Dai side, perhaps because the evil water pollution is more severe, the water demons and sea monsters emerging there are stronger than in other waters.

Even, someone seemingly discovered a Blue Water Demon Ape.

This is an extremely rare monster; its value is not as high as a Flood Dragon, but still very high.

The key is, if it can be tamed into a Spirit Pet, it will provide a great assistance.

Not only does this monster possess infinite strength, it is also especially adept at controlling water currents.

Therefore, not only are disciples of the Three Great Immortal Sects interested, even Core Disciples of other cultivation sects have begun searching everywhere.

However, the outside hubbub has nothing to do with Xu Zhangqing at all.

What he truly cares about is instead the Personal Space.

No, accurately speaking, it is the Zhuan Gu Zhong's stone coffin.

The previous guess was not wrong; as long as the number of small coffins decreases, the restriction can be broken, allowing the Wen Bone Puppets to approach the central stone coffin.

Now, it is estimated that in three days they will be able to make contact.

At that time, we will know whether it is Ancestor Spiritual Mark inside the stone coffin, or something else.

However, while Xu Zhangqing waited patiently, a sudden event occurred that left him shocked, and even more, uneasy.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Qianyun has returned!

Alone, drifting on the sea, slowly approaching Xuanxin City, then discovered by Dragon Tiger Immortal Sect disciples and directly brought back into the city.

"Zhao Qianyun is the City Lord's Son, his cultivation has reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage!"

"Seems like it's still an Ice-Water Spiritual Root?"

"Wasn't he on Rumeng Island?"

Looking at Zhao Qianyun lying on the ground, everyone discussed animatedly.

Soon, even Core Disciples of Qin Baili and Su Ningshuang's level rushed over.

Qin Baili couldn't help but ask: "Lao Zhao, are you sure it's Zhao Qianyun?"

Zhao Lie raised an eyebrow and countered: "Am I that familiar with you?"

Qin Baili gave an awkward laugh: "Cough, Daoist Friend Zhao!"

Only then did Zhao Lie say: "It can already be confirmed; this is Zhao Qianyun, the City Lord's Son of Xuanxin City, only his physical condition is very wrong."

Qin Baili swept his Divine Sense over him: "Strange, where did his essence, qi, and spirit go?"

Zhao Lie shook his head: "Not just his essence, qi, and spirit; all the essence in his body is gone."

This was already a very euphemistic way of putting it.

Most people present weren't stupid; they quickly figured it out, and some had strange expressions, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

That said, everyone indeed had never seen such a situation, especially since Zhao Qianyun's cultivation realm was said to have already reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage, which normally shouldn't be like this.

But everyone could see clearly that his body was indeed not right.

Among the crowd, Xu Zhangqing narrowed his eyes, carefully sizing up Zhao Qianyun, thinking to himself: "Not coming back early, not coming back late, but coming back at this time?"

"And all alone?"

According to incomplete statistics, the Xiuxian Zhe who followed Zhao Qianyun to Rumeng Island numbered at least over a thousand.

Later, when the Dragon Vein was slain and an accident occurred in Xuanxin City, another batch ran over, and the number was even greater, at least nearly ten thousand.

Most of them were Xiuxian Zhe, with a minority of Ordinary People.

So many went, yet only one person came back; it's hard not to make people suspicious.

At this moment, Qin Baili approached Zhao Qianyun and checked him through special means, immediately staring wide-eyed: "How did his Ice-Water Spiritual Root disappear?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Core Disciples such as Zhao Lie and Su Ningshuang stepped forward one after another, and then everyone's expressions changed, even becoming somewhat shocked.

You must know that only by awakening a Spiritual Root can one cultivate immortality.

Once the Spiritual Root is lost, it's equal to becoming an Ordinary Person all over again.

Of course, the physical constitution will definitely be stronger in that aspect; this is beyond doubt.

But without the Spiritual Root's sensing, guiding, and absorbing of Spiritual Energy, the Spiritual Power in the Qi Sea cannot accumulate; it will only decrease the more it's used, until it completely dries up.

But ordinary means simply cannot erase another person's Spiritual Root.

Therefore, anyone who can use such means is absolutely not simple.

This made many people present, especially the Core Disciples of the Three Great Immortal Sects, think of a certain force at the first moment... the Yellow Spring Alliance.

Since they have the ability to slay the Dragon Vein, they definitely have a way to erase Spiritual Roots.

Zhao Qianyun had many wounds on his body; some were cut by dark reefs, some were caused by attacks from aquatic creatures, and some were deep enough to see the bone.

Xu Zhangqing keenly discovered that there were spiritual runes on this fellow's bones, and they were exactly the same as the Wen Bone Puppets in his Personal Space!