Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Around the towering white pagoda, squads of cultivators from the Thousand Mysteries Sect were on patrol.

A young male cultivator dressed in a Daoist robe, with a cultivation level of Sixth Level of Qi Refinement, and a female cultivator in goose yellow clothes, beautiful and with a resolute face, were heading towards the towering white pagoda.

A disciple of the Thousand Mysteries Sect stepped forward and shouted sternly, "You two, halt! This place is a forbidden area of the Thousand Mysteries Sect, and outsiders are barred from entering!"

The young male cultivator replied respectfully, "Fellow Daoist, to my knowledge, this rule did not exist two days ago. Why is it so today?"

The disciple of the Thousand Mysteries Sect responded coldly, "It might not have existed two days ago, but it does today! Scram, or die!"

The expressions of both the young male cultivator and the female cultivator turned very ugly, as they reluctantly turned their heads back.

An escape light flew in from the distance, landing before the towering white pagoda, revealing its form. It was Zhao Yu and Fang Shitou along with other cultivators from the small Dan Ling Sect.

A curvaceous, beautiful, and enchanting female cultivator from the Thousand Mysteries Sect, with a cultivation level of Foundation Establishment, shouted fiercely, "Who goes there?"

Zhao Yu said, "Elder Zhao Yu of the Dan Ling Sect!"

Mi Xinlan arched her eyebrows, smiled enchantingly, and with a beguiling charm emanating from a wave of her hand said, "So it is Elder Zhao Yu from the Dan Ling Sect. I am Mi Xinlan of the Thousand Mysteries Sect! Please come in!"

Fang Shitou and the other cultivators from the small Dan Ling Sect had their eyes fixed on Mi Xinlan, looking somewhat out of sorts.

Zhao Yu's brow slightly furrowed, his voice cooling as he said, "Daoist friend Mi, please do exercise some restraint!"

"My apologies! Elder Zhao, I excel in the Hundred Wonders Spirit Desire Dance. If you should ever wish it, I would be pleased to perform for you." Mi Xinlan smiled sweetly, dissolving the effect of her Charming Skill.

Only then did Fang Shitou and the other Dan Ling Sect cultivators regain their senses, lowering their heads, streaming with cold sweat on their backs, not daring to glance at Mi Xinlan again.

Zhao Yu then led Fang Shitou and the others to the front of the towering white pagoda. The moment they touched the pagoda, they disappeared from their original spot.

"Damn it, those disciples from the Great Sects have monopolized all the opportunities in the Northern Desolation! We Loose Cultivators really don't have any way to survive!"

Watching the departing figures of Zhao Yu and his group, the young male cultivator's fists tightened, his eyes filled with anger, humiliation, and helplessness. He then recalled the black-robed person who had approached him earlier and thought bitterly, "Even if it means turning to the Demon Path, I must make a name for myself!"

Zhao Yu's vision blurred for an instant but quickly returned to normal as he looked around.

The sky was a clear blue, boundless as far as the eye could see. The land was lush with greenery, filled with abundant spiritual energy, and various Spirit Grasses grew everywhere.

"The spiritual energy here is higher than at the Dan Ling Sect! The concentration of spiritual energy here is probably comparable to a Fourth-Order Spirit Vein. No, it might even be comparable to a Fifth-Order Spirit Vein! Only a place like this could possibly spawn Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that aid in Condensing Nascent Soul."

A glint of intense heat flashed across Zhao Yu's eyes. After pondering momentarily, he slapped the Ghost Nurturing Jar, and a surge of pitch-black aura emerged. The White Ghost Emperor appeared at his side.

Zhao Yu commanded, "Stand guard by my side and hide well. Don't get discovered by anyone!"

Zhao Yu was most concerned about being ambushed. After all, he was only a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. If attacked by a Third-Order Monster shamelessly, he could potentially be killed instantly.

The White Ghost Emperor split its mouth in a ferocious smile, nodded slightly, and turned into a wisp of black gas that entered Zhao Yu's shadow.

"In this direction! Indeed, there's a response!"

As Zhao Yu activated his Divine Sense, a sensation emerged, guiding him toward the northwest.

Zhao Yu learned from the Colorful Fairy that once one entered the Sky-reaching White Tower, a sense of intuition would arise, which would guide him towards the Spirit Arena within the Sky-reaching White Tower.

If he could defend the Spirit Arena for a month, then he would be able to obtain the main ingredient for the Golden Core Pill located behind the Spirit Arena and proceed to the next floor, where he would compete with Foundation Establishment Cultivators from other minor realms for even more precious resources.

If he did not wish to defend the Spirit Arena, he could also go to other places in search of various heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Of course, it would be much harder to find the main ingredient for the Golden Core Pill in other places.

Zhao Yu employed the Phantom Step Technique and dashed towards the direction of the Spirit Arena, plunging into a forest in an instant.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"That's the main ingredient for the Second-Order Life-extending Pill! Worthy of the Sky-reaching White Tower to have such a treasure!"

No sooner had Zhao Yu walked less than ten miles in the forest than he caught sight of a spiritual medicine growing on a mountain cliff, with a look of elation in his eyes.

The ingredients for the Second-Order Life-extending Pill were extremely rare. Since attending the Golden Core Ceremony of the Shiyang Loose Cultivator, Zhao Yu had only managed to collect enough materials for two batches of Second-Order Superior Longevity Elixirs.

Suddenly, a Second-Order high-grade thousand-legged demon centipede, its body covered with pitch-black carapace and measuring twenty zhang in length, crawled out from a cave in the cliff with its scissor-like sharp mouthparts and lunged directly at Zhao Yu.

The demonic beasts throughout the Sky-reaching White Tower were also the greatest threat to the Foundation Establishment Cultivators who entered the tower, and the number of cultivators who died at the hands of these beasts was certainly not small.

Zhao Yu praised, "Thousand-legged demon centipede, what a fine thing!"

With his shadow moving, a wisp of black Qi flew out from it and in a moment appeared in front of the thousand-legged demon centipede, a claw piercing into the centipede's head.

Bang!

The body of the thousand-legged demon centipede, twenty zhang in size, fell heavily to the ground, blood splattered everywhere, its body twitching for a while before there was no breath left.

Zhao Yu swiftly dissected the thousand-legged demon centipede, extracted its inner core, and showed a smile, "Now I have the main ingredient for the Hundred-Refining Beast Spirit Pill too!"

"Chihuang, eat it!"

With a slap on the Spirit Beast Bag, Zhao Yu sent out Chihuang and pointed towards the body of the thousand-legged demon centipede.

Chihuang's eyes shone, and with its gaping maw, it viciously bit into the body of the demon centipede, tearing off large chunks of pitch-black carapace and swiftly consuming the beast.

Zhao Yu stimulated the devouring Dao Fruit, helping Chihuang directly refine the demon centipede, and then personally plucked the spiritual medicine from the mountain cliff.

The White Ghost Emperor, enveloped by death and ghostly Qi, could not touch most spiritual medicines, lest it contaminate their medicinal properties and cause the plants to wither and die.

Zhao Yu continued on his way and after approximately ten kilometers, he killed another second-order demonic beast and harvested a rare spiritual medicine.

In the midst of a forest, a pair of cultivators, like a golden boy and a jade girl, were on the move. These two cultivators were none other than Shi Yingxue and her Seventh Senior Brother, Bai Liyu.

The Shiyang Loose Cultivator had once purchased a Third-Order Spirit Blood Tracking Talisman, which could find someone as long as a drop of the seeker's blood was placed on it, even if they were thousands of miles away.

Shi Yingxue managed to find Bai Liyu and act together with him by relying on this Third-Order Spiritual Talisman.

"Spirit Flame Vermilion Fruit! Senior brother, look quick, those are Spirit Flame Vermilion Fruits, so many of them!"

Suddenly, Shi Yingxue's eyes lit up, tugging at Bai Liyu's clothing and pointing towards the northwest direction.

In the northwest direction, in a grove, about twenty Spirit Flame Vermilion Fruits were growing. These fruits were exceedingly rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures that could enhance a cultivator's Fire Attribute Spirit Root.

A single one was enough to be the highlight of an auction, and now there appeared to be twenty of them, naturally tempting Shi Yingxue, the legitimate daughter of a Golden Core Ancestor. Explore more stories with empire