Cultivation transcends time.

After the breakthrough of the two spirit beasts, Zhou Xun's days returned to tranquility once more.

His cultivation, cultivation skills, and body refining technique were all steadily progressing.

After completing the daily cultivation, Zhou Xun would head to Jingxin Pavilion to savor tea and enjoy the scenery, living quite contentedly.

One day, two days... one month, two months... one year.

If only life could always be this peaceful, how wonderful that would be.

Zhou Xun sighed inwardly.

During this year, his communication with Wang Erniu became increasingly frequent.

Now on the outskirts of Red Leaf Square, the number of demon beasts has been increasing.

The originally occupied Red Spirit Iron Ore, the Lin Family has withdrawn all their personnel.

Even with a large number of cultivators going to hunt and kill, and even the loose cultivators from Fengg Country coming upon hearing the news to hunt demons.

However, these demon beasts seem endless, continuously spreading outward from the depths of Hundred Savage Mountain.

The human cultivators' bases in Hundred Savage Mountain have all been abandoned.

Over the past two years, Wang Erniu has been at the forefront of demon hunting, even earning a name as the "Golden Light Sword Immortal."

More than a dozen Tier Two demon beasts have died under his sword.

Many among them were at the Tier Two Middle-Grade level.

Naturally, the beast blood and hides from these demon beasts all fell into Zhou Xun's hands, becoming countless Tier Two Middle-Grade talismans.

...

Wangchuan Lake.

A graceful silhouette was pursuing a strange fish about a yard in size.

The strange fish was entirely black, covered not in typical fish scales, but with an animal-like shell.

Simultaneously, there was a sharp horn on its forehead, extremely extraordinary.

The pursuing silhouette was none other than the current Chief Steward of Wangchuan Lake, Weih Qiuxin.

Three days ago, she was patrolling the various spirit fields and coincidentally encountered this fish demon injuring people.

Without hesitation, she acted, yet this demon beast was at the Tier One Peak level, and although Weih Qiuxin was also Late-Stage Qi Refining, she ultimately resided in White Cloud Immortal City and wasn't skilled in magical combat.

After several tracks, the beast continuously escaped her grasp.

This time, she set up an array and laid some bait, finally wounding the beast and breaking off a section of its fin.

However, the beast was truly extraordinary, using the horn on its head to break out of the array, leaving Weih Qiuxin to give chase.

Eventually, the fish escaped into the depths, vanishing from sight.

Elsewhere, in the cultivation room, Zhou Xun was refining pills.

Due to the strong support from White Cloud Immortal City, Zhou Xun's alchemy skill was now very close to reaching Tier Two High-Grade.

Suddenly, a token at his waist flashed several times.

Unconcerned, Zhou Xun continued refining.

After half an hour, he activated the Condensing Pill Technique, and the pill furnace opened automatically.

Simultaneously, four white, shimmering elixirs flew out, landing into the medicine bottle in front of him.

"Five Success Pills, this Yuan Gathering Pill has finally reached great success!"

Zhou Xun smiled lightly, then took off the token from his waist.

This was one he specially refined for communication with Weih Qiuxin.

He gave it a quick glance, then with a wave of his hand, he packed up the pill furnace and spirit pills from the ground.

With a flicker, he left the cultivation room.

...

"A demon beast has appeared in Wangchuan Lake, Qiuxin's measures have failed, requesting senior's intervention!"

Jingxin Pavilion.

"Greetings, Senior!" Weih Qiuxin respectfully saluted.

"Why have you summoned me here?" Zhou Xun asked.

"Five days ago..." Weih Qiuxin then explained the appearance of the fish demon, simultaneously handing the broken fish fin to Zhou Xun.

"A fish demon with a full black body and a horn on its head, this is my first time hearing of such a creature!" Zhou Xun examined the broken fish fin with keen interest.

"I'll take it from here!"

"Yes!"

Then Weih Qiuxin respectfully bid farewell.

After Weih Qiuxin's departure, Zhou Xun patted the storage bag, and the small divination compass appeared in his hand.

Immediately, Zhou Xun cast a tracking technique from the divination skill.

Soon, a faint golden arrow pointed forward.

Zhou Xun, expressionless, took out a water-repelling talisman and leapt into the lake water, swiftly heading in the direction of the light arrow.

With a Tier One Peak demon beast in Wangchuan Lake, as the Master of the Dao Field, it's natural for him to handle it.

Following the direction, Zhou Xun reached the southwest waters of Wangchuan Lake, where the arrow suddenly pointed downward.

"Could that demon beast be hiding at the bottom of the lake?"

He murmured to himself, diving into the depths without hesitation.

Ten yards, twenty yards, thirty yards...

Soon, Zhou Xun delved over eight hundred yards underwater, still not reaching the bottom.

The lake bottom here appeared like a funnel.

Zhou Xun was somewhat taken aback; in the other parts of Wangchuan Lake, three hundred yards was the limit; why was this area so deep?

Zhou continued deeper, descending over two thousand yards.

At this depth, the surrounding area had shrunk to a thousand-yard range, everything was pitch black, devoid of any light.

Fortunately, Zhou Xun had a powerful divine sense, enabling him to probe around the nearby area within two hundred yards even underwater.

Feeling alert, he immediately took out a Tier Two Middle-Grade Defense Talisman, activating it to protect himself.

Suddenly, a dark shadow swiftly swam past.

"Found it!"

A glint flashed in Zhou Xun's eyes.

He deployed the Armor-Piercing Cone, stabbing towards the shadow's direction.

Even submerged, the Armor-Piercing Cone's speed remained swift, akin to lightning, instantly piercing the shadow.

What followed was fierce struggling.

Zhou Xun immediately manipulated the Armor-Piercing Cone to pierce again, and the shadow fell still.

With a gesture, the shadow slowly moved before Zhou Xun.

With a sweep of his divine sense, it turned out to be a strange fish over a yard in size.

However, besides the two large holes in its body, its fins were intact.

It wasn't the fish Zhou Xun was tracking.

After simply harvesting some usable materials, Zhou Xun continued his pursuit.

All the way downward, Zhou Xun had now descended over eight thousand yards, a depth rarely seen in a lake.

Soon he reached a depth of ten thousand yards, still not touching the bottom.

The surrounding area had shrunk to merely over a hundred yards wide.

Zhou Xun became increasingly puzzled, simultaneously feeling an urge to explore.

Descending swiftly along this hundred-yard underground shaft.

Ten thousand yards, twenty thousand yards...

The dive reached over fifty thousand yards, and Zhou Xun finally touched the bottom.

Upon arrival, the surrounding area had shrunk to mere dozens of yards wide, seemingly a horizontally appearing corridor.

Zhou Xun almost suspected that it was a mighty cultivator who had thrust a towering pillar through here.

Checking the divination compass, the arrow pointed precisely at the front of the corridor.

After brief consideration, Zhou Xun continued along the corridor forward.

It was fortunate that being a cultivator, and a Body Refining Fifth Layer Cultivator as well, otherwise at this depth, his body would surely be compressed.

Continuing forward over three thousand yards, the corridor began to ascend.

Zhou Xun persevered without hesitation, advancing upward.

After traveling approximately six thousand yards, a faint light appeared ahead,

Zhou Xun grew increasingly vigilant, consecutively activating two Middle-Grade Defense Talismans, wrapping himself in a faint golden light ball, only then feeling reassured.

Slowly approaching the source of the light.

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