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Looking closely, one can see clearly engraved on the willow leaves the cultivation method of "Attaining the Dao in a Dream".
After handing the leaf to the old clan chief Shi Yunfeng, Zhou Xuan sat cross-legged under the Spirit Willow Tree of Stone Village, closed his eyes, circulated his cultivation technique, and absorbed the essence of heaven and earth.
Zhou Xuan, who once possessed the combat power of a Heavenly Emperor, is now merely a mortal body.
Even the soul is formed from countless strands of divine thoughts.
Even so, the moment Zhou Xuan closed his eyes, he clearly sensed the surging and powerful essence of heaven and earth in the Great Wilderness.
Suddenly, Zhou Xuan's eyes widened.
This was because, at the very moment he was practicing the "Dream Enlightenment" method, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth to elevate his cultivation.
Zhou Xuan could sense the longevity substance with perfect clarity!
According to the patriarch Shi Yunfeng, the Great Wilderness Stone Village is an extremely barren place in this world.
'But how could this barren wasteland possess such a massive amount of life-giving substances?!'
'Based on this quantity of life-giving substance, it's likely that anyone whose cultivation reaches the level of a flawless Great Emperor, or even a Quasi-Emperor, could live eternally with this level of power!'
'Aren't the cultivators of this era far too fortunate?!'
'If the Celestial Venerable of Immortality and the others were to reverse time and descend upon this place, wouldn't they think they'd arrived in the Immortal Realm?'
With a sigh, Zhou Xuan closed his eyes again.
Using the methods of "Proving the Dao in Dreams" and "The Grass Character Sword Technique," one can absorb the essence of heaven and earth, as well as the vast longevity substances, into the body, propelling the surge of one's own qi and blood.
Although Zhou Xuan's soul at this moment was formed from countless strands of divine thoughts.
However, even with the myriad strands of divine thought at the Heavenly Emperor level, and after being refined by the long river of time, Zhou Xuan's divine thought still possessed a devouring power comparable to that of a Saint-level expert in a secret realm, recklessly plundering the essence of the surrounding world.
In an instant, Zhou Xuan plundered nearly half of the essence of heaven and earth within a radius of a hundred miles.
If Zhou Xuan's physical body weren't merely that of a mortal, he probably wouldn't have been able to completely drain the essence of heaven and earth within a radius of ten thousand miles.
'Within a radius of a hundred miles, forty-five percent of the essence of heaven and earth has already reached the limit of this body.'
Zhou Xuan, who had absorbed nearly half of the essence of heaven and earth within a radius of a hundred miles, easily reduced the pressure of the essence of heaven and earth on his body to the limit by relying on his own divine soul imbued with the divine thoughts of the Heavenly Emperor.
'My vital energy is sufficient; it's time to refine my blood and improve my physical constitution!'
Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan's mind stirred slightly.
Following closely behind, the essence of heaven and earth that Zhou Xuan had forcibly plundered and absorbed into his body using the Devouring Heaven Demon Art...
Under Zhou Xuan's divine sense pressure, it was purified to its limit, and then the essence of heaven and earth, which had been compressed several times and was almost liquefied,
Then, following the method of the "Grass Sword Technique", it transformed into small, leaf-shaped swords that surged and crisscrossed through Zhou Xuan's body. The violent sword intent, in its most extreme state, forced Zhou Xuan's meridians, bones, and even cells to their limits.
Following closely behind the "Grass Character Sword Technique," the essence of heaven and earth throughout Zhou Xuan's body was circulated using the "Dream Enlightenment" method, which then followed behind the leaf-shaped sword formed by the "Grass Character Sword Technique," nourishing Zhou Xuan's physical body.
The essence of heaven and earth circulated through Zhou Xuan's body once, and the strength of Zhou Xuan's physical body increased several times from its original level.
Then the second time, the third time, the fourth time...
Whenever the essence of heaven and earth that Zhou Xuan had absorbed into his body was exhausted, he would use the Devouring Heaven Demon Art to forcibly plunder the essence of heaven and earth around him with his powerful divine sense.
And so on, repeating endlessly.
Zhou Xuan, sitting cross-legged beneath the charred willow tree, entered the deepest state of cultivation.
The villagers of Shicun had no idea what Zhou Xuan was doing sitting there dumbly under the Willow God.
However, the kind-hearted people of Stone Village still tiptoed forward and collected the remains of the ferocious beast that had been placed on the stone altar after the sacrifice to the Willow God.
"Be careful, everyone. Although we have cultivation techniques, the blood essence, meridians, and some bones of ferocious beasts are still incredibly precious. Be careful not to lose any of their essence."
At this point, looking at Zhou Xuan, who was sitting cross-legged beneath the Willow God, his aura growing stronger every second, the old patriarch Shi Yunfeng, with eyes full of emotion, instructed the people of Stone Village:
"And keep your voices down, don't disturb Zhou Xuan."
"Grandpa Village Chief, what's wrong with the little mute?"
Tiger Girl moved closer to Shi Yunfeng, placed her small, tender hand near his chubby face, and cautiously whispered in his ear:
Why is he sitting there without moving?!
"Yeah yeah!"
"Why is the little mute sitting there without moving?!"
What if he gets hungry?
"How can he poop if he doesn't move?!"
"..."
Tiger Girl started it, and the rest of the little ones also gathered around Shi Yunfeng, imitating Tiger Girl, clasping their hands together and carefully lowering their voices to ask Shi Yunfeng.
"Listen up."
Listening to the children's questions and looking into their innocent eyes, Shi Yunfeng raised his hand and patted each child's head, giving them instructions:
“From today onwards, the little mute will no longer be called the little mute; everyone will call him Zhou Xuan.”
The children of the Great Wilderness, though tough, are all very obedient.
Seeing the old clan chief's serious expression, even the usually most mischievous monkey nodded repeatedly without hesitation.
The youngest, and the one closest to Zhou Xuan, was on this side.
Then, a hint of reluctance appeared in his big, dark eyes as he took out the fragrant beast milk that the old clan chief had brewed for him, while the old clan chief was instructing the group of little monkeys.
He stood up with a heave-ho and staggered over to Zhou Xuan's side.
The old clan chief, who was instructing the little monkey of Stone Village, widened his eyes upon seeing this and was about to speak.
Zhou Xuan, who was sitting cross-legged under the charred willow wood, sensed someone approaching, temporarily stopped his cultivation, and opened his eyes.
The eyes opened and closed in an instant.
The pure essence of heaven and earth transformed into two beams of light, bursting forth from Zhou Xuan's eyes.
Seeing this, the little one, carrying a milk can and wobbling over, his big, dark eyes filled with excitement, and his pretty little face full of curiosity, asked:
"Wow! Brother Xuan's eyes are shining!"
Hearing the little one's tender voice and looking at his pretty little face, Zhou Xuan, who had spent the past two years with him, flashed through his mind. A warm smile appeared on his face as he looked at the little one and asked:
"Little one, what are you doing here?"
"Brother Xuan hasn't eaten anything for a long time."
Upon hearing the question, the little one, whose attention had been drawn to the gleam in Zhou Xuan's eyes, finally remembered what he had come to do.
She grinned, revealing a sweet smile, and reluctantly held up the beast milk that her clansman grandfather had specially brewed for her. Turning her head away from the milk jar, she said to Zhou Xuan:
"Being hungry will make you uncomfortable, Xiao Hao's milk is for you!"
"So this is ah?"
Seeing the little one's obvious reluctance, yet still willing to give him his most cherished beast milk, Zhou Xuan felt a warmth in his heart.
With a slight smile, he raised his hand and grabbed the little one's milk jar, saying:
"Then I won't be polite and will drink it!"
"Drink up, drink up, this is for you to drink."
As Zhou Xuan took the milk jug from him, the little one licked his lips, his big, dark eyes following the movement of the milk jug in Zhou Xuan's hand, turning left and right.
Clearly, the little one was very reluctant to part with the can of animal milk.
Seeing that Zhou Xuan hadn't drunk anything for most of the day, the little one stretched out his little finger and looked at Zhou Xuan, saying:
"Um, Brother Xuan, could you leave a little bit for Xiao Hao, just a tiny bit..."
"Hahaha."
Looking at the little one's appearance, Zhou Xuan smiled gently, then placed the jar of animal milk in the little one's hand:
"Don't worry, I don't drink animal milk anymore."
"You should drink it all yourself."
"Brother Xuan, are you really not going to drink?"
Looking at the milk jug in his hand, which he had lost and then found again, the little boy, a genuine smile spreading across his pretty face, looked at Zhou Xuan and asked:
"Won't you be hungry if you don't drink?"
"Once you start cultivating, you won't be hungry anymore."
Seeing the little one's curious expression, Zhou Xuan chuckled and responded with a couple of words. Then, looking at the still full jar of beast milk in the little one's arms, he said:
"Don't worry about me, go ahead and drink your milk."
"Okay~!"
Upon hearing this, the little one tilted its head back with a smile on its pretty little face and began to gulp down the animal milk.
Looking at the little one's adorable appearance, Zhou Xuan's thoughts stirred slightly.
Then a piece of jade with spiritual energy flew down from the mountains. As the jade floated down, Zhou Xuan's divine sense, in accordance with the image-retaining runes recorded in the method of "Enlightenment in Dreams," engraved them on the jade.
Following that, the primordial energy of heaven and earth was channeled into the runes, activating the image-recording runes and capturing the moment when the little one was drinking milk...
Chapter 82 Pain, what kind of price is this!
"Crack!"
Just as the rune was activated and about to record the effect of the little one sticking out his bottom and drinking milk in big gulps.
Suddenly,
The runes crumbled and disintegrated, rendering them useless.
"Huh, what's going on?"
He gazed at the runes on the jade he had captured, which suddenly crumbled.
Zhou Xuan, looking puzzled, beckoned, and the jade stone fluttered down, arriving in front of him.
Upon closer inspection, a hidden crack was found in the jade where the talisman was engraved. It was this crack that caused the talisman to break down and become ineffective.