Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 750 - 734: Xiao Ying’s Nascent Soul Formation

"It has appeared, the spiritual energy tide has appeared, Elder Xiao's Nascent Soul formation is about to succeed!"

On Fire Birch Mountain, accompanied by the phenomena of spiritual energy tide gathering, many cultivators still on the mountain shouted excitedly, as if they were about to succeed in forming their own Nascent Soul.

No wonder they felt this way, for these years had been too tormenting for them.

Anyone would find it impossible to remain unmoved spending every day with an unstable, potentially out-of-control Nascent Soul Stage cultivator on a spirit mountain.

Thus to escape this situation as quickly as possible, the cultivators stationed on Fire Birch Mountain fervently prayed from the bottom of their hearts that Elder Xiao, who was in seclusion for Nascent Soul formation, would succeed and emerge soon, freeing them from this plight.

Now that the spiritual energy tide phenomena symbolizing Nascent Soul formation had appeared, everyone breathed a sigh of relief from their hearts, knowing their lives were finally spared.

"Everyone must retreat from Fire Birch Mountain; no cultivators are allowed within five hundred miles!"

A vast and authoritative voice like thunder swiftly spread to the ears of everyone on Fire Birch Mountain with the appearance of the spiritual energy tide phenomena.

Upon hearing the voice, the cultivators from the Profound Sun Immortal Sect on the mountain immediately straightened their expressions, bowed respectfully towards the mountain top, and responded, "We respectfully obey the Supreme Elder's decree."

Then each left the spirit mountain as quickly as possible, not daring to linger even for a moment.

It's no laughing matter, though the appearance of the Nascent Soul phenomena generally signaled successful formation, there have been historical instances of failure at this crucial juncture in the cultivation realm.

If they were to encounter such an incident, who knows if the master on the mountain top would vent his anger on them!

Having a legitimate excuse to leave this dangerous place, only fools would continue to linger.

In less than half an hour, within five hundred miles around Fire Birch Mountain, aside from Zhouyang and his son, there were truly no other cultivators; even Lu Xuewei voluntarily went to the perimeter to stand guard.

Without other cultivators sharing the spiritual energy, the spiritual energy of this Tier Six Spirit Mountain concentrated entirely to supply Xiao Ying who was undergoing Nascent Soul formation, and the area of the seven-colored spiritual cloud in the sky visibly expanded.

More than twenty days later, all phenomena disappeared, and Fire Birch Mountain returned to its former tranquility, except the concentration of spiritual energy on the mountain was not as intense as before, leaving things unchanged otherwise.

No, there were changes.

That was, apart from Zhouyang, the mountain now had a second Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

Having just succeeded in forming her Nascent Soul, Xiao Ying needed to stabilize her cultivation realm and was not suited to emerge, she only sent a simple communication to Zhouyang to report her safety.

But to Zhouyang, this was enough.

The feeling of oppression pent up in his heart instantly dissipated with the arrival of this good news, leaving his entire being relaxed and his mood indescribably happy.

With his mind relaxed, he immediately told his equally delighted son Zhou Guangcheng beside him, "Your mother needs to remain in seclusion to stabilize her cultivation, and she can't come out to see us for now. I'll stay here guarding, you should go down and comfort those fellow sect members."

Having said that, Zhouyang paused, thought for a moment, and continued, "They have been worried and fearful for a long time because of this incident; when you go to see them, take some spirit stones from the cave mansion and distribute ten thousand low-grade spirit stones to each of them as compensation on my behalf."

Though most of the Profound Sun Immortal Sect cultivators had already evacuated from Fire Birch Mountain, nearly a hundred were still on the mountain due to their duties.

Zhouyang's decision to distribute nearly a million low-grade spirit stones at once was impressive, even Zhou Guangcheng was somewhat astonished.

But upon recalling the chests of spirit stones stored in Zhouyang's treasure vault in the cave mansion, he quickly calmed down.

Although he didn't know where Zhouyang's spirit stones came from, a million low-grade spirit stones really didn't amount to much for Zhouyang at this point.

"I understand, I'll do as father said."

He respectfully bowed to Zhouyang and immediately turned to fetch the spirit stones from Zhouyang's cave mansion, and headed straight down the mountain.

Indeed, while money can't solve every problem in the world, it can solve most.

Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones might only be small change for Golden Core Stage and Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, but it was a fortune for Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.

After Zhou Guangcheng, representing Zhouyang, distributed ten thousand low-grade spirit stones to the last remaining Profound Sun Immortal Sect cultivators, they were all overjoyed and soon showered him with praises and congratulations.

They couldn't provoke Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, so receiving a reward was entirely unexpected for them, and none dared to recall the unpleasant experiences of previous years as that would only bring them discomfort.

Soon, various forces' envoys frequently appeared on Fire Birch Mountain. These were mostly forces with connections to Zhouyang and his wife or those sent by various forces within the Profound Purity Dao Alliance, bringing gifts and congratulations upon hearing the news.

If it were only a regular newly-formed Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, not so many would come to extend greetings and gifts; but as Zhouyang's dao companion, Xiao Ying's success in Nascent Soul formation elevated her status far beyond that of ordinary Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.

Now, it was no secret in the Liuyun Continent cultivation realm that Master Qianyang Zhouyang on Fire Birch Mountain possessed divine techniques and power surpassing ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Most fearsome was that Master Qianyang had been cultivating for less than a thousand years, making him exceptionally young in the Nascent Soul Stage, with his future accomplishments limitless.

Faced with such a powerful young person with limitless potential, any force without irreconcilable grievances would naturally strive to foster good relations; if not friends, they definitely wouldn't want to become enemies.

These gifts and congratulating cultivators naturally didn't require Zhouyang's personal reception, Zhou Guangcheng and Lu Xuewei's positions were entirely adequate for this task.

As for those Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, they certainly wouldn't come very quickly; at least until the news of Xiao Ying's emergence from seclusion was released, then cultivators with friendly ties would personally visit and congratulate her, offering gifts representing personal relations.

Two years later, Xiao Ying finally thoroughly stabilized her cultivation and walked out of the cave mansion where she'd been in seclusion for twenty-two years.

As she exited the confined seclusion chamber door, Zhouyang awaited her with a full-face smile, as if he had already anticipated she would emerge at this particular time.

Witnessing this scene, she gently closed her eyes, a misty film of water immediately appeared in her eyes.

She took a few swift steps forward, rushing into Zhouyang's open embrace, held him tightly, and murmured softly, "Husband, I have finally caught up to your pace once more, for the rest of our lives, we can walk together again!"

Since always, her motivation for cultivation had been to catch up to the pace of her beloved, to accompany him longer.

Now, with her successful Nascent Soul formation, her lifespan extended to three thousand years, she was finally at the same cultivation realm as her beloved, able to continue their companionship.

"Indeed, for the rest of our lives, we can walk together again!"

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Zhouyang felt emotional as he tightly embraced his beloved partner, genuinely happy in his heart.

The two had been Dao companions for nearly a millennium, and their deep affection needed no further words.

Losing one's other half halfway would be a massive blow to anyone.

Now, with Xiao Ying successfully forming her Nascent Soul, Zhouyang no longer worried that she would meet the same fate as many of his relatives he had sent off before, passing away with an exhausted lifespan.

Soon, the news of Xiao Ying's emergence from seclusion spread to many cultivators concerned about this matter. Cultivators like Master Cyan Yang and Liu Yunxiang, who had deep friendships with the Zhouyang couple, rushed to Fire Birch Mountain Cave Mansion to congratulate them upon hearing the news.

It had been decades since they last met, and Master Cyan Yang had also succeeded in advancing to the fourth layer of the Nascent Soul stage, becoming a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Moreover, over thirty years ago, a cultivator in the Profound Sun Immortal Sect also successfully formed a Nascent Soul, injecting fresh blood into the sect's Nascent Soul stage cultivator ranks.

Meanwhile, Liu Yunxiang now had a tier six spiritual vein as her foundation, and her cultivation was no longer stagnating, having made significant progress.

While hosting these congratulatory cultivators, there was an unexpected visitor whom Zhouyang had not anticipated—a cultivator named Xu Tianlin, who came all the way from Liuyun Immortal City.

Xu Tianlin brought spirit pills to Zhouyang on this trip.

Initially, Zhouyang traded with a jade peach, and he helped introduce an alchemy grandmaster to refine tier six spirit pills—True Origin Pills. After decades of gathering materials and refining, all the pills had been completed.

At this moment, all five bottles, containing twenty-five pills in total, were personally handed over to Zhouyang by Xu Tianlin.

Zhouyang had initially traded five tier six demon pills with Xu Tianlin, anticipating the refinement of five furnaces of spirit pills following the ratio of one demon pill to one furnace of pills. He also sent auxiliary spirit elixirs based on this ratio.

Even with an alchemy grandmaster's involvement in refining tier six spirit pills, the pill yield was not very high, and there was a possibility of failure.

Now that Xu Tianlin had delivered twenty-five spirit pills, it was much better than Zhouyang had initially expected.

Originally, including the furnace of spirit pills Xu Tianlin promised in exchange for the jade peach, he estimated receiving twenty spirit pills would already be quite good.

Given his current cultivation level, while the True Origin Pill's effect wasn't as substantial as during his early-stage Nascent Soul period, one pill could still increase his cultivation by ten to twenty years, which meant the twenty-five pills could save him nearly three hundred years of hard cultivation!

This made Zhouyang extremely happy, and when delivering the tier six pill formula as compensation, he additionally gifted a type of tier six spirit pill formula to foster a closer relationship with the alchemy grandmaster.

After hosting all the cultivator friends who came to congratulate, Zhouyang and Xiao Ying visited the Zhou Family's mountain gate to receive the Zhou Family cultivators' congratulations. Afterwards, Zhouyang took his Dao companion and son back to the Boundless Desert Sea Cultivation Realm to pay respects at his parents' graves.

With these various social affairs handled, the Zhouyang couple's life gradually returned to normal.

Another ten years passed, and Zhouyang bid farewell to his Dao companion, traveling south alone to the wilderness jungle.

His visit to the wilderness jungle had a dual purpose: to revisit the Celestial Phoenix Race and check on his daughter Jiang Yufeng and her bloodline conflict, and to prepare for secluded cultivation by the underground magma lake, in hopes of comprehending the fire law.

Originally, he planned to travel with his Dao companion Xiao Ying, but she insisted on staying at the Fire Birch Mountain Cave Mansion to cultivate divine techniques, so he went alone.

Zhouyang had visited the wilderness jungle many times. With his current cultivation strength, as long as he avoided the settlements of the strongest barbaric alien race tribes, he could roam freely across this land.

In fact, he could now venture through the entire wilderness jungle and reach the Celestial South Continent Cultivation Realm.

Yet, choosing a path with fewer obstacles, Zhouyang stuck to his previous route, even forcefully passing through dangerous areas he had previously avoided.

When passing the place that nurtured the Earth Element Magnetic Light, Zhouyang paused for an extended period.

He noticed that the Earth Element Magnetic Light here had indeed weakened significantly since his last visit, but it hadn't dissipated completely.

This suggested that Huang Jian, who traded with him, only had limited mastery of the Elemental Magnetism Divine Techniques. His power was unlikely to rival those legendary great divine techniques.

The journey was uneventful. Nearly a year after departing from the Fire Birch Mountain Cave Mansion, Zhouyang traversed through the mountains filled with Crimson Golden Radiance and entered the Celestial Phoenix Race's territory.

This time, Zhouyang had no intention of waiting for the Celestial Phoenix Race to guide him and directly made his way to their holy land.

Upon reaching the holy land, Zhouyang sent a communication flying sword to Jiang Fengxian.

However, to Zhouyang's dismay, the flying sword returned promptly after being launched.

"Haste!"

With a grim expression, Zhouyang cast a spell to send the flying sword again, only to achieve the same result.

Bang!

An overwhelming and undeniable presence erupted from outside the Celestial Phoenix Race holy land.

In the next moment, the powerful beings residing on the few holy trees at the holy land's center, stirred by the threatening presence, flew out of their abodes.

Yet, once they recognized the source of the intense presence, the initially aggressive expressions of several Celestial Phoenix Race Elders instantly froze.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Zhou from the Human Race. What brings you here? Has someone from our race offended you?"

Grand Elder Qinglan of the Celestial Phoenix Race, appearing aged and frail, squeezed a slight smile across her wrinkled face, softly inquired about Zhouyang's intentions.

Concealing her astonishment was impossible, shaken by Zhouyang's current cultivation level.

Only three hundred years had passed since their last meeting, yet Zhouyang had advanced from the first layer of the Nascent Soul to the fourth layer.

This astonishing growth rate was unprecedented even for Grand Elder Qinglan, who had lived for millennia!

"Grand Elder, no need to feign ignorance!"

Zhouyang's face was somber as he coldly addressed the four tier six powerhouses of the Celestial Phoenix Race, his tone icy, "I just have one question: where are Jiang Fengxian and Jiang Yufeng mother and daughter now?"