Ding Huann decided to follow the Western Wind River to the Cangjian Mountain.
Cangjian Mountain was not far from Xifeng City. It only took Ding Huann half an hour to walk. When his spirit perception swept over the mountain, he realized it was there.
To be precise, his spiritual perception scanned a continuous misty veil, with several peaks barely visible through the mist, appearing and disappearing intermittently.
Ding Huann immediately felt a vague sting in his sea of knowledge. He quickly retracted his spiritual perception.
Impressive, thought Ding Huann, as he stared in awe at the Cangjian Mountain shrouded in mist.
It's no wonder that no foundation cultivators have appeared here. The toxic mist can even corrode spiritual perception. Any sane foundation cultivator wouldn't stay in Xifeng City.
He paused for a moment and then set off again towards Cangjian Mountain.
This is the most convenient entrance for him. He first wants to test whether this toxic mist can block him. If it can't, then we'll discuss other options.
Ding Huann walks very slowly. It took him half a day to stand at the foot of Cangjian Mountain.
At that moment, he was already surrounded by the toxic mist.
The toxic mist at the foot of Cangjian Mountain is relatively weak, but ordinary people can never reach this place.
Ding Huann stops, feeling the resistance of his body against the toxic mist.
At this moment, Ding Huann was relieved that he had been foresighted earlier. When he fused the detoxification gene, he turned the detoxification ability into his own genetic ability.
When he first arrived here, even though his spiritual perception did not extend out, his physical body still felt a stinging pain.
As he continued to adapt, the stinging pain gradually disappeared.
He began to slowly extend his spiritual perception, and he felt some stings in his sea of knowledge.
Ding Huann could only continue to refine his spiritual perception in this toxic mist by relying on the method of refining his spiritual perception in the void of the universe, which was a painful and lengthy process.
This made Ding Huann decide that no matter what, he had to create a spiritual cultivation method for refining spiritual perception.
Otherwise, like him, if he just toughs it out to suffer, not only will the refining efficiency be low, but the results won't be good either.
......
Outside Xifeng City, a woman in blue clothes was staring blankly at the neat and orderly Xifeng City.
She was Liu Yinzhu, who had been searching for Ding Huann for several months. This time she just happened to pass by Xifeng City.
What puzzled her was, was this really Xifeng City?
This city she visited over a decade ago, can only be described with one word - chaotic.
Before entering the city, her spiritual perception could already see the situation inside the inner city.
All the streets were in perfect order, with vendors and customers being polite to each other, without any issue of forced sales.
Even among the cities in the Path of cultivation world, or even in the great civilization city, she had never seen such harmony.
Liu Yinzhu decided to enter the city and have a look. Just as she was walking towards the city gate, she was stopped by a sentry:
"Is this your first time coming to Xifeng City?"
Liu Yinzhu said, "Yes."
The sentry pointed to a building not far from the city gate and said:
"You go over there and register. All newcomers to Xifeng City need to register. Don't worry, it's free of charge."
Liu Yinzhu pretended to be surprised and asked:
"I remember when I came here last time, it seemed quite chaotic. How come it's so well-organized this time?"
The sentry said with pride:
"Of course, it's the achievement of our captain. Since our captain came to Xifeng City, it has never been as beautiful as this."
"You have nothing to worry about. It's very safe inside Xifeng City. If you have any problems, just find us, the patrol guards. Remember, no crime is allowed in Xifeng City."
Captain? Liu Yinzhu felt a bit disappointed upon hearing this. She thought that Ding Huann wouldn't be someone to become a captain.
"Who is the captain of the patrol guards?" Liu Yinzhu asked casually.
"It's naturally the Captain Ding." The sentry said with disdain.
In his subconscious, he believed that not knowing Captain Ding was a sign of ignorance, regardless of whether Liu Yinzhu was a first-time visitor or not.
"Is it Ding Huann?" Liu Yinzhu asked, trying to restrain her excitement.
The sentry snorted and said, "Of course. Who doesn't know the reputation of our patrol guard captain?"
Found him, she finally found him.
Liu Yinzhu deeply inhaled and thanked the sentry before quickly going to apply for an identity plate to enter the city.
Unlike the people of the Shuanghun Sect, who searched for Ding Huann in major cultivation cities, Liu Yinzhu was searching for him in smaller towns and villages.
Liu Yinzhu believed that Ding Huann absolutely would not go to a large cultivation city, so she had mainly been searching in remote areas.
Finding Ding Huann today proved that her guess was correct - before he had cultivated his foundation, Ding Huann wouldn't go to large cultivation cities.
Liu Yinzhu was certain that Ding Huann lived here and had created such a peaceful environment, the most likely reason was to have a good environment for foundation cultivation.
However, no matter how good the environment is, it can't compare to that of the Purple Mist Valley.
She invited Ding Huann to go to the Purple Mist Valley, there is a high probability that it will succeed.
An hour later, Liu Yinzhu stood outside the small courtyard where Ding Huann was located in the large crystal area.
Her spiritual perception fell on the small courtyard, and she was immediately overwhelmed.
There was actually a first-level offensive formation and a first-level defensive array inside the small courtyard. If this was arranged by Ding Huann, then Ding Huann was too terrifying.
Generally speaking, only cultivators at the mid to late stage of foundation establishment can touch upon formation magic, and they can only arrange simple first-level defensive arrays.
Because without spiritual perception, it is impossible to arrange any arrays.
Even she, now, can only barely create a crude second-level array.
My master said that I have a strong talent for formation magic, which is why I've reached this point.
Ding Huann hasn't cultivated yet, how could he possibly set up a first-level defensive array and offensive array?
The only possibility is that when Ding Huann moved in, the arrays were already here.
Liu Yinzhu calmed herself down and knocked on the rough restriction outside.
This rough restriction is the one Ding Huann can set up. He must be one of the top practitioners among the Xianqi cultivators.
Yan Mei, who was practicing cultivation, felt someone knocking on the courtyard gate. He hurried over and opened the gate.
"Elder Liu?" Yan Mei stared at the Elder Liu standing at the door in disbelief.
Elder Liu is a senior from the Purple Mist Valley, how could she possibly come to such a desolate place to look for them?
"It's been a long time, Yan Mei," Liu Yinzhu smiled and said.
"Oh..." Yan Mei realized, bowing respectfully: "Greetings, Elder Liu."
"Would you like to invite me in for a seat?" Liu Yinzhu made a joke.
Yan Mei quickly stepped aside: "Elder Liu, please come in, please come in..."
Liu Yinzhu entered the small courtyard and said casually, "Is Mr. Ding not at home?"
Yan Mei said, "Brother Huann has only been gone for a few days, so Elder Liu is a bit late."
Liu Yinzhu was startled, and she quickly asked:
"Do you mean that Ding Dao friend left Xifeng City?"
Yan Mei hastened to say:
"No, no, Brother Huann had to leave for some urgent matters and will be back."
"When will he be back?" Liu Yinzhu asked anxiously.
Yan Mei was taken aback; he didn't know why Liu Yinzhu was so anxious to find Brother Huann.
Seeming to sense Yan Mei's confusion, Liu Yinzhu could only explain:
"It's like this. Our sect master heard that Mr. Ding is very skilled in cooking and wants to invite him to the Purple Mist Valley."
Yan Mei shook his head:
"Elder Liu, the Purple Mist Valley is a place I greatly admire, but Brother Huann should not be likely to become a chef."
Although Ding Huann's aspirations had not been shared with Yan Mei, Yan Mei understood from Ding Huann's lack of interest in controlling Xifeng City that Ding Huann definitely did not want to be just a chef.
He was influenced by Ding Huann and also closed himself up to practice cultivation, leaving aside his matters in Xifeng City.
It's not just that he'd be willing to cook for the Purple Mist Valley, even if he was to cook for the first sect of the Sanxing Tianluo Starland, Brother Huann wouldn't be interested.
Liu Yinzhu had no choice but to say:
"Can I wait here for Mr. Ding to return and then talk to him face-to-face?"
"Of course, but I'm not sure when Brother Huann will be back."
"No worries, I have nothing else to do. Just give me a room, that would be fine. By the way, who lives in this room?"
As Liu Yinzhu spoke, she pointed to Ding Huann's room.
"This is Brother Huann's." Yan Mei didn't mind.
Liu Yinzhu was certain that the formation on the room was very likely arranged by Ding Huann himself later.
After confirming this, Liu Yinzhu became even more eager to meet Ding Huann.
Xifeng City is too small. It's only in the Purple Mist Valley that Ding Huann can fully display his abilities.
......
After a few days of cautious advancement, Ding Huann arrived deep within the Cangjian Mountain.
He was covered in a thin layer of poison-proof clothing, enveloping his entire body in a shell of poison.
Because he had been refining his spiritual perception for a long time in the toxic fog, his current spiritual perception also had resistance to toxins and could extend out several miles.
On paper, this was a joyous thing, after all, it meant that Ding Huann's resistance to poison had become stronger.
In fact, Ding Huann not only wasn't happy about it, but he was thinking that if he couldn't find that vortex leading to the virtual universe in another few days, he would immediately retreat and leave.
The ability to resist poison is indeed a good attribute for him. In the short time he had been in Cangjian Mountain, Ding Huann had deeply understood the limitations of his ability to resist poison.
In an environment where there is poison everywhere, how can he purify it? His body is also wrapped in toxic substances.
If he stays here for a long time, he will still die here.
Ding Huann had a vague solution in his heart, which also had to be made when he created his own foundation cultivation technique.
That is, when creating his own cultivation technique, he would add a celestial circle to his ability to purify poison.
In this way, when he is in an environment full of toxins, he can also transform all the poison into a solid substance and force it out through his own cultivation technique.
Now he can't force it out, and he can only bear it himself.
In Ding Huann's understanding, the more distant universe, which he considers to be the vast universe, may not necessarily follow the principle of energy conservation.
However, in the current stage of the universe he is in, energy is temporarily conserved.
From a certain point of view, poison is also a form of energy.
Since energy is conserved in the current stage of the universe, he can, through his own created cultivation technique, transform the poison into two parts.
One part is the energy of the earth and sky, and the other part is the actual toxic substance.
Once the toxins are expelled, the vital energy can be completely transformed into his own strength.
This is his goal.
After another day passed, Ding Huann was about to give up hope, but a fierce sword energy shot from the side.
Ding Huann knew the sword energy was coming, but he couldn't avoid it.
"Puff!" The sword energy pierced through Ding Huann's body, raising a cloud of blood mist.
Ding Huann was not surprised but happy. Without thinking, he rushed over.
Since he entered Cangjian Mountain, he had been calculating the location of the vortex in the universe.
He couldn't calculate it at all. After calculating dozens of times, he finally had a little bit of progress.
That's where he would go when he was injured, it might be the place he was looking for.
For so many days, Ding Huann had been very careful, and besides the toxic fog, nothing could kill him.
Today, he was finally injured by a blade of sword energy, which meant that the direction from which the sword energy came might be the place he was looking for.
Having been in the toxic fog for too long, Ding Huann, once he caught the only opportunity, didn't care about anything else and directly activated the "Extreme Shadow Escape" technique.
