Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

Chu Zheng followed his senses through doors and halls, quickly entering a narrow courtyard.

Inside the courtyard stood a three-zhang-tall ancient tree, lush and verdant with its canopy like a shade, casting large mottled shadows.

Beneath the tree, there was a stone table and stone benches. Next to one of the benches, a black stone was casually placed, half-buried in the soil, with footprints faintly visible on it, obviously used as a footrest.

Chu Zheng crouched down, dug out the stone barrier, and slowly wiped the dust off of it.

[Xuan Tian Martial Barrier (Sixth Order/Incomplete): A Martial God's lifelong enlightenment, shattered into six pieces, you have already obtained over half, repairable (0/1500)]

Chu Zheng explored the patterns above, and suddenly his eyes brightened—a Divine Skill was on top of the broken barrier, almost entirely intact, missing only a corner.

[Slaughter Blood Descending Dragon Technique (Sixth Order/Incomplete): A Martial Dao Divine Ability, consumes demon beast's flesh and blood, accumulates Blood Fiend for body refinement, reaching great achievement allows one to capture dragons single-handedly, repairable (0/100)]

As Chu Zheng recorded the Divine Skill, the panel immediately provided a prompt.

It was quite similar to the Method of Qi Absorption among Qi-refining Techniques, the only difference being the need for demon beast's flesh and blood.

Martial Dao Divine Abilities generally focus on slaughtering and refining the physical body, almost the opposite of Immortal Path cultivation.

Including Xuan Tian Scripture, during cultivation, one would yearn for battle frenzy, eager to fight enemies and show off one's abilities.

Even those with a timid and weak nature would gain an added fierceness from cultivating the Martial Dao.

From the perspective of a Qi Cultivator, this was a sign of rising Yang Qi, already affecting one's temperament.

If disregarding Magic Artifacts and other external objects, a Martial Cultivator who cultivates Xuan Tian Scripture tends to be stronger than an Immortal Path Cultivator who practices the Immortal Ascension Method, under the same realm.

The paths of their cultivation are different.

Regaining his composure, Chu Zheng stored the barrier and was about to leave when he faintly heard cries from within the courtyard.

The aura inside was quite chaotic; Chu Zheng concentrated and sensed for a moment, and his brow suddenly twitched.

He walked slowly forward and pushed open the inner courtyard door.

The room inside was spacious, scattered with more than ten iron cages, each only three to four feet wide and high; even a semi-grown youth could only crouch curled up inside.

The people imprisoned in the cages were both male and female, of various ages; the oldest being over twenty and the youngest around twelve or thirteen.

Above each cage hung a paper tag detailing some information about these people, along with a price.

Some of them obviously possessed not weak cultivation levels, their Dantians had been opened, nurturing Spiritual Springs, but now their mana was restricted, and their expressions were visibly wilted.

Two Spirit Spring Realm cultivators guarded the room; hearing the door, they turned their heads, only to see emptiness, which filled them with confusion.

Chu Zheng passed by the cages, his fingertips brushing over each cage, and his mind quickly received a series of prompts from the panel.

[He Zhaoxing (First Order): Middle Quality Immortal Bone, former Inner Sect Disciple of Moon Shadow Lodge, captured after the sect's destruction, cultivation locked, repairable.]

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[Feng Wenfu (First Order): Middle Quality Immortal Bone, former true disciple of Green Islet Valley, sect destroyed in internal strife, later sold by fellow disciples into the Locking Immortal Pavilion, cultivation locked, repairable.]

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[Yan Xue (Zeroth Order): Lower Quality Immortal Bone, Loose Cultivator, sold into Locking Immortal Pavilion after being plundered, cultivation locked, repairable.]

Most of these imprisoned youths had some backgrounds,

Moments later, Chu Zheng stopped in front of one of the cages.

[Zhang Shiyi (Second Order): Middle Quality Immortal Bone, Outer Sect Elder of the Golden Cauldron Sect, captured severely wounded during a main sect battle, later sold into Locking Immortal Pavilion, cultivation locked, repairable.]

Chu Zheng entered because of this person.

This person's body had an astonishing concentration of Gold Element Qi, and the Cultivation Technique he practiced was of not a low grade and belonged to the Gold Element series, which was greatly useful to him.

With a plan in mind, Chu Zheng immediately knocked out the two guarding cultivators and revealed his form.

The sudden change instantly awakened everyone in the cages. No one made a sound; they leaned against the edges of their cages, eyes wide with hope, watching Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng's gaze flickered as he looked at Zhang Shiyi not far away and got straight to the point,

"Daoist Zhang, hand over the Cultivation Technique you practiced to me, and I will help you escape. How about it?"

The sudden turn of events momentarily stunned Zhang Shiyi. After coming to his senses, he said with a bitter expression,

"The sect is no longer, it's just a Cultivation Technique; take it if you want, but as for escaping..."

As he spoke, Zhang Shiyi shook his head,

"All of us have been branded by the Locking Immortal Pavilion, even if we escape now, we will still be caught and sent back, it's merely a waste of effort."

As his voice faded, he directly recited the mantra of the cultivation technique.

A moment later, a prompt emerged from the panel.

[Golden Cauldron Mantra (Fifth Order): The sect-defending secret scripture of the Golden Cauldron Sect, capable of cultivating to the Tongxuan level.]

"I hope Daoist friend can find someone to pass down the technique, so my Golden Cauldron Sect will have successors and not sever the lineage," he said.

Regarding his escape, Zhang Shiyi clearly harbored little hope and appeared somewhat disheartened.

Chu Zheng remained silent for a moment before turning around and leaving.

The young boys and girls locked in the cage all had dim eyes and curled back up, not uttering a word.

The hope that had just arisen was crushed once again, which was indeed difficult to bear.

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A few steps later, Chu Zheng had already reached the exterior of the Locking Immortal Pavilion.

He casually tossed down two spirit stones, entered the gate, and found the manager of this Locking Immortal Pavilion.

Everyone in the Locking Immortal Pavilion had a price, merely differing in amount.

After some haggling, Chu Zheng spent three thousand high-quality spirit stones to buy Zhang Shiyi and the others.

This price was naturally somewhat inflated, but Chu Zheng did not hesitate.

Some things, if he deemed them worth it, then they were worth it.

Moreover, this price was still influenced by the fact that these people had no powerful backing, and they lacked Immortal Bone of high quality; otherwise, the price could have been ten times higher, and they still could not have taken them away.

The variables with high-quality Immortal Bone are too many, having hopes of reaching Tongxuan, even the Locking Immortal Pavilion could scarcely control it.

And for middle-quality Immortal Bone, even with many adventures and special physiques, the highest they could reach was the first or second transformation of Divine Infant. In front of an enormous entity like the Locking Immortal Pavilion, they were not a threat at all.

Even if one disdained the Locking Immortal Pavilion, its threat could not be ignored, and Chu Zheng had no intention of making enemies, especially when saving everyone thoroughly.

Saving them directly now could indeed ensure their safety temporarily, but Chu Zheng could not protect them forever.

Eventually, if they were captured by the Locking Immortal Pavilion again, only more terrible fates would await them.

Since he was going to act, he wouldn't leave any loose ends; a swift decision was best to resolve the matter completely.

Chu Zheng now had enough formidable enemies, and there was no need to add the Locking Immortal Pavilion to the list. After all, this place was merely a business venue.

Zhang Shiyi and the others had not been captured by the Locking Immortal Pavilion either.

Not until he walked out of the great doors of the Locking Immortal Pavilion did Zhang Shiyi's expression still seem dazed.

He turned his head to look back at the Locking Immortal Pavilion, his eyes still filled with disbelief.

Originally, his fate was to be harvested day and night by a group of female cultivators until death, his bone marrow extracted. Now, however, he had a chance for a new life.

From ancient times to the present, few people had walked out of the Locking Immortal Pavilion, and those willing to spend a large amount of spirit stones for redemption were even fewer.

"This Daoist friend..."

Zhang Shiyi's voice trembled slightly, suppressing his inner excitement, hesitating to speak: "May I ask how many spirit stones were spent for our redemption? I shall repay the amount in the future."

"I merely bought a cultivation technique. There is no connection between you and me, and these people were just incidental. There will be no further association in the future, let us part here," he replied.

Chu Zheng shook his head, clearly distancing himself, and disappeared at the end of the long street after a few steps.
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The more entanglements one has, the more troubles one has. Chu Zheng already had enough troubles of his own to attend to.

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Taixuan Holy Land.

A pathway opened from the void, and several figures slowly emerged.

Each person wore a jade pendant at their waist, inscribed with the character 'Song' in a bold and flowing script, seemingly imbued with immortal majesty, extremely eye-catching.

The leader, nearly fifty years old, tall with a purple dragon robe and a golden silk jade belt, his temples slightly gray and his expression solemn, radiated an aura of authority without anger.

Surveying the continuous volcanoes in the distance, he spoke in a deep voice:

"Is this place Taixuan?" he asked.