Chapter 511: Chapter 120: Time Flows Like Water, Old Friends’ Present Lives

"Erniu?"

Zhou Xun was taken aback, showing a look of surprise.

"Let him in!" Zhou Xun ordered.

He really didn’t expect it. Wasn’t it just a brief introduction and Wang Erniu came looking, disguising himself as someone else,

meeting his own friend, even Zhou Xun couldn’t help but feel a weird sense.

Before long, Wang Erniu, led by a disciple of the Celestial Talisman Sect, arrived at the entrance of Zhou Xun’s cave mansion.

A beam of spirit light was cast onto the array, opening it up.

A youth with an honest face walked in, who else could it be but Wang Erniu!

"So it’s the Golden Light Sword Immortal visiting, please take a seat!"

Zhou Xun put on a warm expression,

"Oh, Daoist Wang also knows my title!" Wang Erniu couldn’t help but be surprised, showing a look of excitement.

After all, in Zhou Xun’s words, this "Wang Lin" Daoist Wang in front of him was a person of great magical power, no less than Zhou Xun himself.

"Of course, I’ve heard Daoist Zhou mention, Brother Erniu is a prodigy in the Sword Dao, a natural seed for being a sword cultivator!"

"Seeing you today, you indeed live up to your reputation!"

Zhou Xun suppressed his internal laughter and praised while voicing the question in his heart,

"By the way, I wonder what brings Brother Erniu here?"

"Oh, Daoist Wang is my elder brother’s dear friend. Since Erniu was passing by, how could I not pay a visit?"

Wang Erniu cupped his hands and said,

"Also, I plan to stay in the South Sea for a while to hunt demon beasts, but as I’m new here and unfamiliar with the place,"

"I would need some guidance from you, Daoist friend!"

Wang Erniu spoke up.

"I see!"

Zhou Xun nodded silently. Nowadays, Wang Erniu’s actions have grown increasingly steady.

He patted his waist and took out a jade scroll:

"This is the latest distribution map of demon beasts in the nearby sea!"

This was given to Zhou Xun by the cultivators of the Celestial Talisman Sect, updated periodically.

"Thank you, Daoist Wang!"

Wang Erniu was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately took it and put it away.

Then the two drank and chatted merrily for a long time, and it was only in the evening that Wang Erniu took his leave.

"If Erniu needs anything, feel free to come and find me here!" Zhou Xun said kindly.

"Certainly!"

As he left the Celestial Talisman Island, Wang Erniu looked back, showing admiration:

"No wonder this Daoist Wang can become such a close friend with my elder brother, such demeanor and bearing, it gives me the same feeling of meeting my elder brother!"

Immediately, mana surged beneath his feet, turning into a streak of golden light that sped away.

...

After Wang Erniu left, Zhou Xun entered closed-door training once again.

In the Cultivation Room,

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes tightly closed, his face full of agony.

Threads of thunder arc flickered across his body, infiltrating inside.

His entire body emitted a faint purple color.

This was precisely the body refining secret technique within the Purple Sky Thunder Technique—the Divine Thunder Body Tempering Technique!

Although at this time his body refinement lagged behind his mana cultivation, he had never stopped practicing this technique over the years.

A strong physique vastly supplemented his defensive capabilities.

More than once, he relied on his formidable body to laugh till the end; thus, the body refining technique was a divine technique he would persist with till the end.

And so,

Zhou Xun spent most of his time cultivating the "Purple Sky Thunder Technique," interspersed with body refining,

and two years swiftly passed.

...

On this day, in the Cultivation Room, Zhou Xun sat cross-legged on the ground, and suddenly opened his eyes,

It was now the third year of his closed-door training,

With a thought, a blue wing the size of a palm flew out from his body, hovering in front of Zhou Xun, with thunder arcs flickering on its surface!

"After three years of nurturing, its power has indeed increased!"

Zhou Xun smiled slightly, the refining progress of the Thunderbolt Wings was proceeding as planned.

Zhou Xun formed hand seals, sending beams of spirit light onto the Thunderbolt Wings, causing arcs of lightning.

This was the second refinement,

Simultaneously, Zhou Xun’s divine sense enveloped the Thunderbolt Wings, continuously washing and condensing it,

Three days later, Zhou Xun concluded this round of refining,

Opening his mouth, he drew the Thunderbolt Wings into his dantian to continue nurturing,

The next refinement would be in another three years.

Immediately, Zhou Xun plunged into cultivation once again.

...

In the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm,

While the avatar closed-door to enhance cultivation, the main body was not idle either.

With the vast amount of spirit medicine obtained from the Celestial Profound Secret Realm, Zhou Xun refined many Foundation Strengthening and Essence Nourishing elixirs,

In these three years, the cultivation of Zhou Xun’s main body progressed rapidly,

In a mere few years, he had made nearly a quarter of the progress towards the peak of Early-Stage Core Formation.

In addition, those around Zhou Xun also benefited a lot.

Like Song Yiqing,

Now she was a Fourth-Layer Foundation Establishment cultivator, and to think, four years ago, she had just broken through to the Third-Layer Foundation Establishment.

Such a pace of progress even surprised Zhou Xun.

As for the several disciples,

Zhou Jingsong and his wife made great progress in cultivation, especially Zhou Jingsong, who had reached the Fourth-Layer Foundation Establishment,

Considering his spirit root talent, this was a huge improvement, and if this continued, there would indeed be a chance to break through to Core Formation in the future.

Shi Wanrong’s progress, although not as fast, had also reached the Third-Layer Foundation Establishment.

The third disciple Wang Shun’s cultivation had now caught up with Shi Wanrong, just a short distance from the peak of the Third-Layer.

The fourth disciple Lin Youshan, now twenty-eight years old, had reached the Eighth-Layer Qi Refining, and before he turned forty, he should be able to cultivate to the peak of Qi Refining and make a move towards Foundation Establishment!

However, having a Wood Spirit Root of forty-four points and being Zhou Xun’s direct disciple, with top resources and cultivation techniques available,

Such progress was also expected!

The greatest progress belonged to the youngest disciple Xu Shaoqing, who successfully reached Foundation Establishment a few years ago, and now, several years later, achieved the Second-Layer Foundation Establishment!

As for Weih Qiuxin, she had successfully advanced to the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment!

Now, in Tianhan City, she served as the Sect’s Mundane Affairs Steward, in terms of status, not inferior even when compared with Core Formation cultivators! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

With these disciples supporting him, Zhou Xun had effectively grasped control over the entire Tianhan City.

Leveraging the strength of Tianhan City, although the Tier Four Middle-Grade spirit medicine Zhou Xun desired was not found, several Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects were discovered,

Although not at the level of a Nascent Soul Pill, they were still rare treasures,

In the Central Continent, they could fetch a high price.

...

In the fifth year of closed-door training, Zhou Xun’s avatar emerged once more,

Sensing the golden glimmer of the Golden Sunflower Bamboo within him, Zhou Xun smiled slightly.

After five years of nurturing, this bamboo has finally reached the Tier Four Top-Grade level, which means the main body’s talent can again be improved a bit!

After leaving the Celestial Talisman Island, Zhou Xun immediately sped towards the entrance of the Celestial Profound Secret Realm,

Meanwhile, in the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm’s Tianhan City, the main body of Zhou Xun also took to the air.

A month later, at the Celestial Profound Secret Realm,

The avatar and main body met once again,

The avatar formed hand seals, pointing at himself, revealing a foot-high Golden Sunflower Bamboo!

"A Tier Four Top-Grade Golden Sunflower Bamboo!"

Zhou Xun smiled slightly, deploying the Spring Condensation Technique, pointing at the spirit medicine emitting golden light,

A thumb-sized green light emerged, trembling as it approached Zhou Xun and fused into his body.

Instantly, his body seemed encased in a warm current, akin to a mother’s embrace, warm and harmonious.

At this moment, Zhou Xun felt his body, as if it had been cleansed, brimmed with vitality and vigor.

Zhou Xun could assert that his spiritual root had received yet another enhancement!

Upon thinking this, he took out the Spirit Testing Disc, placing it before him.

Then placed his hands upon it, activating.

"Indeed, the Spirit Root Sensitivity is at eighty-one points!"

Subsequently, the avatar and main body split once more.

Returning to the South Sea, the avatar did not hurry back to the Celestial Talisman Island but wanted to go elsewhere,

After so many years of cultivation, those Blood Demon Children should have also succeeded by now!