Just after stepping in, Zhou Xun immediately sensed a particularly rich medicinal fragrance wafting in!

As he inhaled, Zhou Xun felt his spirit lift, and even the circulation of his mana quickened a bit!

Truly, as expected of a Tier Four High-Grade Spirit Medicine, the medicinal effect is indeed formidable!

The scriptures recorded that when the Profound Jade Lotus Fruit ripens, it emits a kind of delicate fragrance that holds unmatched allure for avian demon beasts!

Does this medicinal fragrance not suggest that the "Profound Jade Fruit" is about to ripen!

Zhou Xun felt a surge of joy in his heart!

As the fruit of the Profound Jade Lotus, the Profound Jade Fruit holds significant value, offering considerable benefits to a Core Formation Cultivator like Zhou Xun,

not to mention Zhou Xun could still acquire seven Profound Jade Seeds,

with the one Zhou Xun currently holds, making for a total of eight. If strung together as a bracelet,

it would be a rare treasure capable of enhancing comprehension!

Zhou Xun immediately moved to the center of the array, and there, in the swamp, stood a stalk about three feet tall, its stem pure white like jade, bearing seven goose egg-sized, pale red fruits!

These were precisely the Profound Jade Fruits!

Moreover, these Profound Jade Fruits were exceedingly peculiar: they would fall at the touch of metal, wither upon contact with wood, dissolve in water, burn with fire, and integrate into soil!

To harvest and preserve them, one must use jade-made implements!

Zhou Xun tapped his storage bag, releasing seven jade boxes that hovered beneath those seven Profound Jade Fruits,

Then, taking out a piece of jade, he carved it into a jade knife, gently tossing it towards the seven Profound Jade Fruits,

A flash of light passed by!

The seven Profound Jade Fruits fell in response to the sound, dropping into the jade boxes below.

Then Zhou Xun waved his hand, and the lids snapped shut, flying to Zhou Xun’s front.

He took out seven Sealing Spirit Talismans and affixed them on the box lids, placing them into the storage bag.

After doing this, Zhou Xun turned his gaze toward the Profound Jade Lotus buried under the soil!

Zhou Xun rolled up his sleeves, exposing his arms, and then started digging down along the pristine white stem,

Approximately a foot down, a section of pale white, jade-like lotus root was exposed, resembling a baby’s small arm,

About a foot long, surrounded by an extraordinary spirit charm!

Upon extraction, not a trace of mud remained on it, and it emitted waves of refreshing fragrance,

One couldn’t help but want to take a bite.

This item was intended for enhancing one’s own spirit root talent, naturally not to be consumed so simply!

He produced a jade box to properly store it, and then placed it into the storage bag.

Thus, the Tier Four High-Grade Spirit Medicine Profound Jade Lotus fell into Zhou Xun’s hands, signifying at least two points of spirit root sensitivity gained!

Just as Zhou Xun prepared to leave, seeing the pit he dug open below, he suddenly felt a pang of reluctance!

After contemplating for a moment, he retrieved the initial Profound Jade Seed!

This Profound Jade Seed was likewise a seed of the Profound Jade Lotus; however, its germination rate was simply too low.

But for Zhou Xun, none of this was a problem!

Zhou Xun gave the storage bag a pat, producing a Tier Three Low-Grade Spiritual Essence Grass.

He quickly formed a spell with his hands, chanting softly, casting the Spring Condensation Technique spell,

Then pointed towards the Spiritual Essence Grass,

Soon, a fingertip-sized green light spot was extracted,

Zhou Xun carefully controlled the light spot to approach the Profound Jade Seed nearby, then merged it in, wholly absorbed by the Profound Jade Seed!

In no time, a faint pulse of life emanated from within the Profound Jade Seed!

Zhou Xun smiled slightly, placing this Profound Jade Seed back into the original pit!

He then covered it again with soil.

"Perhaps in several hundred or thousands of years, another Profound Jade Lotus will grow!"

Having completed all this, Zhou Xun felt incredibly refreshed, his thoughts unblocked!

Gradually, he sank into a mysterious, profound state!

Unconsciously, Zhou Xun sat cross-legged, activating the Purple Sky Thunder Technique!

Meanwhile, countless miles away in the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm,

the real Zhou Xun, hurrying toward the Celestial Feather Sect,

suddenly sensed something, immediately halting his escape light, descending towards a certain hill below,

With a wave of his hand, a Tier Three Low-Grade Array was instantly set,

At the same time, hundreds of High-Grade Spirit Stones scattered upon the ground!

Sitting cross-legged, eyes fully shut, he also entered that same mystical, profound realm,

Activating the Spirit Wood True Technique!

In different cultivation regions, with spell’s activation, the surrounding spiritual qi continuously gathered,

Forming a massive spiritual energy vortex over a hundred meters across!

This spiritual energy poured down, entering Zhou Xun through his celestial spirit skull, coursing through his meridians, completing a grand circulation,

Transforming into pure mana, integrating into the inner core within his dantian!

As time passed,

The cultivation level of both the real self and the avatar rapidly improved...

...

Simultaneously, on the other side of the swamp, a thousand li from its edge!

A middle-aged man clad in yellow robes was fleeing desperately ahead,

Curiously, his attire was somewhat distinct from those of the Central Continent!

Thousands of zhang behind him, five spiritual lights sped after, clearly in pursuit of this middle-aged man in yellow.

"Meng Zihong, you can’t escape!" An extremely sharp voice sounded, akin to metal scraping against metal.

"Indeed, ahead lies a dead land swamp. Why not surrender, and we’ll spare your life; after all, we’re neighbors!"

"Hahaha, neighbors? I, a venerable elder of the Celestial Talisman Sect, would never associate with the likes of you!"

"If you dare, then follow me on!"

The middle-aged man laughed heartily, waving his hand, releasing five spiritual lights!

Which then transformed into five gigantic ice swords, attacking the five people behind him!

These were Tier Three Low-Grade Ice Sword Talismans!

Yet the ice sword talismans cast by this middle-aged man were over double the size of ordinary ice swords,

With significantly increased power, nearly reaching the Tier Three Middle-Grade Level!

"How does Meng Zihong still have talismans!" the leader of the pursuers cursed under his breath,

At once opening his mouth, a blue-green turtle shell flew out,

It spun, rapidly expanding to a hundred zhang in size, blocking in front of the five ice swords, shielding the five from harm!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

A series of five explosive sounds emanated as the ice swords shattered instantly, while the turtle shell-shaped Middle-Grade Defensive Magical Treasure suffered considerable loss of its spirit light, its surface battered and potholed,

Clearly rendering it unusable in the short term!

"Damn it, another magical treasure destroyed!"

The middle-aged man in yellow took this chance to dash into the swamp ahead.

"Big Brother, what now!"

Observing the middle-aged man in yellow advancing deeper into the swamp, the leader’s face shifted several times, expressing rich emotions.

"Pursue him; he is crucial for our capture of the Celestial Talisman Sect. Chase him; we must not let him leave alive!!"

"Yes!"

Immediately, the five reorganized their escape lights and sped in the direction of the middle-aged man in yellow!

The middle-aged man so openly entering the swamp placed him in a position of life after reaching the dead end!

However, he soon found himself targeted by the swamp’s beasts. Fortunately, his storage bag still held enough talismans,

Allowing him to barely sustain his defense,

And those five pursuing cultivators managed to cling to his trail closely.

Perhaps due to exceptionally good fortune, the middle-aged man only encountered smaller beast packs,

Allowing him to breach into the area enveloped by white mist on his journey.