Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 823 - 806: Lan Daoist Emerges, Eastward Dragon Taming Expedition

Huan Qianqian obviously has high hopes for her son, even naming him Zhou Weixian.

However, Zhouyang isn't going to give the little guy any special treatment just because he's Huan Qianqian's son.

It's impossible for Huan Qianqian to hope that he would accept this little guy as a disciple.

After returning to Lingxi Peak, Zhouyang continued to lecture the Golden Core Elders of the Zhou Family. Only after the lecture was over, did he release Zhou Weixian, whom he had sealed the original memories and put into a deep sleep from the Dongxuan Pearl, and said to the several Golden Core Elders of the Zhou Family:

"I just brought this child back. His biological father is merely an inconspicuous Qi Cultivation Stage junior cultivator from the Zhou Family, but his mother is someone I had an acquaintance with. Now his mother has sent him back to the Zhou Family, requesting me to find a good mentor for him. If any of you are willing to take a disciple, you can take him away!"

Hearing his words, several Golden Core Elders looked at each other in disbelief, not knowing how to respond.

If Zhouyang had used a commanding tone, they would have certainly agreed on the spot, but Zhouyang's tone didn't demand it.

Moreover, from the revealed information, the relationship between this young boy's mother and Zhouyang, this family patriarch, isn't necessarily very close. Otherwise, Zhouyang could at least have Zhou Xiaowei or Zhou Guangcheng take him as a disciple, even if he didn't want to do it himself.

This means the idea of gaining special favor from Zhouyang, the family patriarch, by accepting this child as a disciple, is simply impossible.

In such circumstances, when faced with the important task of taking a disciple, the Golden Core Elders found it hard to make an easy decision.

At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed in green, Zhou Xiaofeng, suddenly performed a deep bow to Zhouyang, saying: "Your junior currently has no disciples. If you, the ancestor, do not mind my lower cultivation level, I can take this child as my first disciple!"

Upon hearing this, Zhouyang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but say: "Your name is Zhou Xiaofeng, isn't it? I remember you, with a Top-grade Spiritual Root of the Wind Attribute, you can be considered the best descendant of the Zhou Family in nearly five hundred years."

After saying that, he waved his wide sleeve, and the child beside him flew towards Zhou Xiaofeng.

"Very well, since you are willing to take the little guy as a disciple, that's the best outcome."

Then he explained the matter of sealing Zhou Weixian's memories to Zhou Xiaofeng and left the hall with a step.

After returning to his residence, Zhouyang replicated the Secret Techniques obtained from Huan Qianqian and handed out several copies to the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators of the Zhou Family, so that everyone could study these techniques together and see if they could find a way to use them without practicing the Illusion Demon Dao Demon Techniques.

Yet, less than half a year into this research, Zhouyang voluntarily gave up on it.

For he realized that, to research an appropriate Secret Technique for cultivators, many female cultivators would have to be involved in human trials, and they would need to be at least at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Under such circumstances, he couldn't afford to devote too much energy to this matter.

So, he entrusted this task to his Dao Companion, Xiao Ying, his disciple Lu Xuewei, and Qin Yue'Er, asking them to select female cultivators willing to cooperate in testing the Secret Techniques from the Zhou Family and their affiliate forces, and to conduct the research slowly.

Afterwards, he left the Boundless Desert Sea Cultivation Realm and headed for the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm.

This time, traveling to the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, Zhouyang's primary goal was to practice Divine Techniques in the underground magma sea within the Wilderness Jungle, aiming to cultivate several Divine Techniques to Great Success before exiting seclusion.

Given his current cultivation and understanding of the Law, this retreat wouldn't actually take very long.

Several centuries later, the cave in the underground magma sea hadn't changed much since Zhouyang's last departure.

However, among those who first discovered this cave, only he remained.

In the past, Zhouyang feared that the cultivators of the Divine Fire Palace might occupy this place, so he specially invited Zhu Zizhen to help maintain order.

Yet now, the Divine Fire Palace was only supported by a single Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, unable to fully retain the prosperous Immortal City of the Prison Fire City, and forced to share benefits with other sects.

This is the Cultivation Realm, where most sects and clans, apart from a few top-tier forces with profound heritage, struggle to maintain perpetual prominence.

Many once mighty forces, like the Divine Fire Palace, or even the current Zhou Family, in their prime, suffer significant declines due to a lack of successors, slowly fading away into obscurity.

Even the Profound Sun Immortal Sect, a top-tier force with a heritage spanning tens of thousands of years, inevitably faces such decline.

However, their deeper foundations allow them to sustain themselves through periods of decline, waiting for opportunities to flourish again.

Zhouyang didn't expect the Zhou Family to be an exception, but he hoped that while he was still in the Spirit Realm, he could accumulate a solid foundation for the Zhou Family so that when it enters a period of decline in the future, it could endure longer like the Profound Sun Immortal Sect, awaiting a resurgence.

The cave in the underground magma sea is an unparalleled cultivation paradise for any cultivator practicing fire attribute techniques.

Practicing fire attribute Divine Techniques here, the inexhaustible pure Fire Attribute Spiritual Qi can replace most Fire Attribute Spiritual Objects, providing resources for Divine Technique cultivation.

Twenty years into seclusion, the True Fire Refining Form Technique was cultivated by Zhouyang to the Great Success Realm, successfully nurturing an extremely rare "Fire Spirit."

Thirty-five years into seclusion, the Bathing Fire Heaven-Burning Spell was also advanced to the Great Success Realm. Upon activating this Divine Technique, any of his fire attribute Divine Techniques' power could increase by fifty percent, with the only cost being a thirty percent higher consumption of magical power.

Seeing such good results, Zhouyang simply took the opportunity to cultivate the fire attribute Divine Techniques he previously lacked time for.

After forty-five years of seclusion, the Pure Yang Heaven Sword was cultivated to Great Success. A single sword strike could cleave a thousand-meter-long, hundred-meter-deep trench in the underground magma sea.

After fifty-three years of seclusion, the Qianyang Golden Light Shield was cultivated to Great Success. When activated, its defensive power was not much weaker than that of the Tier Six Middle-grade Fire Dragon Shield.

These Divine Techniques, while significantly powerful, lack the decisive might of Law Divine Techniques.

To elevate a Divine Technique to the might of a Law Divine Technique, one could cultivate it to the Perfection Realm.

Zhouyang currently has only one Divine Technique cultivated to the Perfection Realm, accomplished with the aid of the power of the Sun God Stone, the Golden Sun Demon Suppression Spell.

He pondered for a moment and decided to try advancing the True Fire Refining Form Technique to the Perfection Realm.

Among the many fire attribute Divine Techniques he mastered, the True Fire Refining Form Technique perfectly complements his Talent Divine Technique, the Qianyang True Flame, having successfully nurtured a "Fire Spirit."

With the "Fire Spirit," this Divine Technique is relatively the easiest to cultivate to the Perfection Realm.

Having made this decision, he immediately gestured, and a Golden Lotus Treasure Lamp appeared floating from his hand.

As soon as the treasure lamp emerged, a bit of golden fire spark flew out from the lamp, transforming into a small three-legged firebird that began to circle around Zhouyang.

This three-legged firebird was the "Fire Spirit" that Zhouyang had nurtured using the Qianyang True Flame as its foundation.

The so-called "Fire Spirit" is a fire creature that has developed a spiritual essence.

All things possess a spirit; a flower, a plant, a stubborn rock, all have the chance to develop a spiritual essence, although the probability varies.

Natural phenomena like fire and lightning similarly have the chance to develop spiritual essence.

The True Fire Refining Form Technique that Zhouyang practiced, besides enhancing the cultivator's ability to control true fire, primarily helps refine the spiritual essence of true fire, nurturing a "Fire Spirit."

As a spiritual creature, the "Fire Spirit" can also grow and become stronger.

Moreover, once the true fire has nurtured a "Fire Spirit," its power can increase as the strength of the "Fire Spirit" grows.

For example, Zhouyang now possesses the cultivation at the Ninth-Layer Nascent Soul, and under normal circumstances, the power of his Qianyang True Flame is absolutely not comparable to the Qianyang Immortal Flame of a Tribulation Crossing True Immortal.

However, if the strength of his "Fire Spirit" is strong enough, the power of his Qianyang True Flame could hope to rival the Qianyang Immortal Flame of a Tribulation Crossing True Immortal.

The quickest way for the "Fire Spirit" to grow stronger is to devour and refine other Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires or true fires, absorbing the fire attribute laws within to perfect itself.

Thus, Zhouyang immediately exited seclusion and wandered with his small "Fire Spirit" through the underground magma sea, searching for fire seeds to devour.

After wandering in the underground magma sea for three to four years, Zhouyang felt that there was no longer any opportunity here to enhance the "Fire Spirit," and he set out directly for the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, utilizing the intelligence network of the Profound Purity Dao Alliance to search for news of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires and true fires.

Among these, he first had his son Zhou Guangcheng contribute his cultivated Profound Yang True Flame, allowing the "Fire Spirit" to feast on it.

With Zhouyang's prestige as Master Qianyang, aside from Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires needing to be exchanged with spirit stones and treasures, the other cultivators who practiced True Fire Divine Techniques were all willing to sell him a favor, except for those from the Nine Yang Sect who had a grudge with him, helping in the growth of his "Fire Spirit."

In twenty years, Zhouyang traveled through the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, Donghua Continent Cultivation Realm, Celestial South Continent Cultivation Realm, Overseas Cultivation Realm, and Westernmost Cultivation Realm, collecting four to fifty Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires, and five to sixty true fires for the "Fire Spirit" to devour.

After devouring these numerous Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires and true fires, Zhouyang's "Fire Spirit" fell into a deep slumber.

He had an intense feeling that when the "Fire Spirit" awakens from its slumber, it would be the time his True Fire Refining Form Technique reaches perfection.

By this point, he was somewhat exhausted from his travels across multiple cultivation realms, and returned to his cave abode atop Pingsha Mountain in the Boundless Desert Sea Cultivation Realm, focusing on cultivating the final divine technique yet to reach Great Success Realm, the Vajra Indestructible Body.

Thus, after another twenty-two years of closed-door cultivation, Zhouyang managed to advance his Vajra Indestructible Body to the Great Success Realm.

After exiting seclusion, he specifically tested with several Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators from the Zhou Family. Even when using the Cyan Dragon Transformation divine technique in conjunction with the Vajra Indestructible Body, even standing motionless, he was unharmed by their attacks.

Meanwhile, Lan Daoist, who had successively been in closed-door cultivation in the Secret Realm Space for nearly two hundred years, finally exited seclusion.

Prior to this, the Heaven-Reaching Demon King had already absorbed enough power of spatial origin and returned to the Broken Cloud Mountain Range, shutting himself away to break through to the Tier Seven True Spirit Realm.

After Lan Daoist exited seclusion, the Secret Realm Space collapsed, yet upon seeing Lan Daoist after exit, Zhouyang instinctively felt danger.

Considering his current strength, among the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators and Tier Six Demon Kings of the Spirit Realm, few could rival him.

Yet Lan Daoist managed to evoke a sense of danger, indicating a significant boost in his strength due to this closed-door cultivation.

"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Lan on successfully coming out of seclusion. With your foundation, achieving immortality should be a certainty!"

On Lingxi Peak, Zhouyang looked at the returned Lan Daoist, examining him thoroughly before expressing his congratulatory words with a smile.

Upon hearing Zhouyang's words, a rare smile appeared on Lan Daoist's face, and he remarked with a laugh: "This opportunity was possible thanks to Fellow Daoist Zhou. Looking back, following Fellow Daoist Zhou was undoubtedly the correct decision!"

He then glanced at Zhouyang and asked: "Fellow Daoist Zhou's cultivation has surprisingly reached the Ninth-Layer Nascent Soul. It seems you've made huge strides during my seclusion. Do you now have any confidence in breaking through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage?"

Upon hearing this, Zhouyang immediately shook his head, saying: "I can't say for certain; I haven't attempted to break through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage yet, thus I'm unsure of the difficulty involved."

Lan Daoist's brow furrowed slightly, hesitating to speak.

A moment later, he refrained from saying what he originally intended and instead proposed: "Calculating the time, the Kunxu Realm will soon reopen, do you consider going there again?"

"There's no need. With my cultivation level, going there holds little significance. Better to let the younger ones from the Zhou Family go for experience!"

Zhouyang waved his hand, showing his disinterest.

With a serious expression, he then addressed Lan Daoist: "However, now that Fellow Daoist Lan has come out of seclusion, I have a concern that can finally be resolved, and I hope you will lend your full support."

Upon hearing this, Lan Daoist responded without hesitation: "The matter of Fellow Daoist Zhou is the matter of Lan, I will certainly give my full support."

"In that case, my thanks to you in advance, Fellow Daoist."

Zhouyang nodded, and quickly sprang into action.

The concern he referred to, of course, was the matter of annihilating the Dragon Taming Clan.

Last time, he was besieged by more than a dozen Tier Six Demon Kings there, fleeing in disgrace, which was a great humiliation.

Now with his cultivation and divine techniques at their peak, and the unfathomable strength of Lan Daoist assisting, it was time to return to settle this grudge.

Learning from last time's failure, Zhouyang also gathered the top experts of the Zhou family this time.

Alongside Lan Daoist, he brought with him Lu Xuewei, Qin Yue'Er, Zhou Guangcheng, Bi'Er, Qing Luo, Silver Bell, and five Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators and Demon Kings.

Aside from Xiao Ying and the Golden Roc left to guard the Boundless Desert Sea Cultivation Realm.

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