Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Five days later,

Heavenly Pillar Mountain, Pocket World City Cloud Boat Pier.

Zhao Sheng and his two companions disembarked from the Mountain Shifting Cloud Boat, bypassed Pocket World City, and flew directly upwards along the rock walls of Heavenly Pillar Mountain.

Four hours later, at an altitude of eighteen miles above Heavenly Pillar Mountain, Zhao Sheng piloted the wooden kite to land on a protruding Big Green Stone.

Not far across from him was the Yin Side Mist Sea.

Zhao Jijian landed next to him and after putting away the Red Rainbow Sword, he said with a grave expression, "Could it be that the place is within the Death Treasure Land?"

"Exactly! Once we enter, you must follow my commands and don't act recklessly,"

As Zhao Sheng spoke, he took out Invisibility Talismans and Illusion Shadow Escape Talismans and distributed them to the two of them.

Eventually, he put the Red Scale Armor on Zhao Xuanjing.

Seeing how serious his Seventh Uncle was about this, Zhao Xuanjing, who had never experienced the dangers of Death Treasure Land, suddenly became anxious.

Seeing Zhao Xuanjing's nervousness, Zhao Sheng reassured, "Don't worry! I've been in and out of this place several times, and I'm still fine. Besides, you have your Fourth Ancestor with you!"

"Mhm," Zhao Xuanjing nodded, feeling slightly more at ease.

After applying the Invisibility Talisman to himself, Zhao Sheng led the two slowly into the midst of the mist sea.

Two days later, Zhao Sheng, gasping like a cow, pulled Zhao Xuanjing and plunged headfirst into the Sloping Spiritual Medicine Garden, then they hid inside a cave in the mountain wall before they stopped their flight.

Sitting back against the rock wall, they were both panting and filled with trepidation.

After the trio entered the Death Treasure Land, the majority of their journey was smooth sailing, but during the last part of their route, they were unlucky enough to get targeted by a Golden-eyed Flood Python.

This Golden-eyed Flood Python had lived for several hundred years and had already upgraded to a Second-stage Demon Beast. Not only was its combat power comparable to Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, but its bizarre golden eyes also saw through the trio's tracks.

The trio were the ones ambushed.

If it hadn't been for Zhao Sheng, who had promptly activated the Illusion Shadow Escape Talisman at a critical moment, conjuring nine fleeing illusory shadows to temporarily confuse the python,

they would have narrowly escaped that calamity.

However, the Golden-eyed Flood Python soon caught up again.

In the meantime, the trio continuously released two more Illusion Shadow Escape Talismans, and eventually, Zhao Jijian even bravely risked himself by voluntarily leading the python away.

That allowed Zhao Sheng to escape to the Sloping Spiritual Medicine Garden with Zhao Xuanjing.

After catching their breath for a moment, Zhao Xuanjing suddenly asked with a worried face, "Seventh Uncle, could Fourth Ancestor have escaped safely in the end?"

Zhao Sheng cracked a smile and replied, "Don't worry! Your Fourth Ancestor has been in the Cultivation World for nearly a hundred years; he's weathered through all sorts of storms. Such danger can't bother him,"

Although he said this, Zhao Sheng was also anxious in his heart.

Soon, he took out a Guiding Talisman and channelled his Spiritual Power into it.

The Guiding Talisman instantly burned to ashes and then shot out a Radiance that darted off and disappeared into the dense mist sea.

About half an hour later, just when Zhao Sheng was starting to fear the worst,

a cry of surprise suddenly came from outside.

Overjoyed upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng hurried out of the cave, only to see Zhao Jijian, covered in blood, standing on the edge of the Sloping Land.

At that moment, he was standing still, looking at the nearby Medicine Field with a face full of surprise.

"Phew, I'm glad you're okay!" Zhao Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Zhao Xuanjing also quickly dashed out of the cave, and upon seeing Zhao Jijian, he immediately asked with concern, "Fourth Ancestor, are you not hurt?"

"I'm fine! Haha, I couldn't be better!"

Zhao Jijian laughed heartily as he wiped the blood off his face.

"Zhong He, you truly gave this old man a great surprise. I'm very curious, how did you find this spiritually vibrant land?"

Zhao Sheng smiled upon hearing this and said, "Perhaps it was the blessing of our ancestors! By chance, I obtained a treasure map. That's how I found this place."

"You're quite bold. You were only at the third or fourth layer of Qi Refinement back then, yet you dared to venture into this Death Treasure Land, and you actually found it. It seems the fortune of the Zhao family has not yet declined!"

Zhao Jijian, brimming with enthusiasm, walked into the Medicine Garden, bent down, and began to gently touch each of the rare Spiritual Medicines.

"Dragonbane Fruit, Jade Divine Flower, Nine Curves Ginseng, Purple Qi Mushroom..."

Just then, something occurred to him, and he hurriedly asked, "Zhong He, was the Red Fire Ganoderma also found here?"

Zhao Sheng nodded and said yes, while taking out a Jade Box, "Not just one, but two. I still have the other one with me."

The truth was, Zhao Sheng had picked three Red Fire Ganoderma, but one of them had been used on Liu Quji.

He did not find it convenient to reveal this to Zhao Jijian, to avoid his complaints later on.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jijian leaped over to Zhao Sheng's side, snatched the Jade Box, opened it, and saw within a Red Fire Ganoderma with a lustrous cap as if transmuted from jade.

"Excellent, this is Red Fire Ganoderma! Haha, now there's hope for Ke Ru's Foundation Establishment." Having confirmed it, Zhao Jijian exclaimed with an excited expression.

Among the several dozen Qi Refining Immortal Cultivators in the Zhao family, apart from the aged Zhao Jinding, only Zhao Keru had cultivated to the Qi Refining Great Perfection Realm.

It must be said that with the skill of Alchemy, Cultivators can indeed improve their cultivation rapidly, and Zhao Keru was the most evident example of this.

Zhao Jijian didn't mention Zhao Sheng's Foundation Establishment at all.

For one thing, Zhao Sheng was only at the Qi Refining Seventh Level; even to reach Qi Refining Perfection would take at least twenty or thirty years.

If they waited until then, much of the medicinal potency of the Red Fire Ganoderma would surely be lost, which would not be worth it.

Secondly, there was no need to say more; once Zhao Sheng reached the Qi Refining Perfection, the Zhao family, even if they had to scrape together all their resources, would help him with his Foundation Establishment.

This understanding didn't need to be put into words, as the consensus within the Zhao family had long been established.

Hearing the Fourth Ancestor speak in this way, Zhao Xuanjing, standing beside him, began to laugh foolishly.

Zhao Keru was his own father. If his father could advance to Foundation Establishment, he would be foolish not to be happy.

Zhao Sheng watched the old and the young laughing heartily, and could only silently wait for them to calm down.

After a while, when the two had stopped laughing, Zhao Sheng took out a large stack of Jade Tablets from his Storage Bag.

These Jade Tokens were about a foot long and three inches both in width and height, looking like rectangular Tokens, with spirit light flickering on their surface and countless cloud patterns etched on both sides.

Upon seeing the Jade Tokens, Zhao Jijian asked in astonishment, "Zhong He, where did you trade for these Array Bases? What Formation are they for? First Rank or Second Order?"

Zhao Sheng handed over the Jade Tokens to Zhao Jijian, while explaining, "These are Array Bases for a Second Order Flowing Cloud Illusion Array. Fourth Master, please arrange this Formation on the slope."

Formation is one of the most challenging amongst the Hundred Skills of Immortal Cultivation, always difficult to learn and master.

A Formation cannot be casually established, as it must adapt on-the-fly according to variations in the terrain and Spirit Veins.

After advancing to Foundation Establishment, Cultivators give birth to Divine Sense, thus becoming far more sensitive to changes in Earth Veins and Spiritual Energy than Qi Refining Immortal Cultivators, naturally making them the best candidates for arranging Formations.

Therefore, in the Cultivation World, only those who have advanced past Foundation Establishment can begin to delve into the study of Formations. This high threshold speaks volumes.

Since Zhao Sheng had not yet reached Foundation Establishment, he had to rely on Zhao Jijian instead.

After Zhao Jijian accepted the Jade Tokens and sensed them with his eyes closed for a moment, he began to bustle about on the slope.

An hour later, as Zhao Jijian buried the last Jade Token into the Earth Veins,

suddenly, the fog above the slope began to move rapidly, followed by a thick fog gathering towards this spot.

After a few breaths, a surge of radiance spread from the ground into the fog and quickly dissipated, the slope soon returned to calm as if nothing had changed from before.

But now, if a stranger looked towards the slope, they would see nothing but a dense fog, and even when approaching, they would perceive just a flat mountainside.