Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments

In the dead of night, on the Kunpeng Sea.

After seven long days and six nights of flight, Xiao Chen, the suspected disciple of a Hidden Sect, finally found another small island to serve as a temporary resting spot.

Having learned his lesson from last time, he specifically took out an Array Plate to set up the Yan Character Return Array. Only then did he feel safe enough to find a rock and take a short nap.

'It's been a full thirty days now, hasn't it? This Kunpeng Sea is just too damn big.'

The countless stars reflected on the sea's surface were a breathtaking sight at first, but after seeing it for so long, it had become utterly dull.

At Xiao Chen's Escape Speed, he had covered at least 2.6 or 2.7 million li over the past month, if not a full 3 million.

However, aside from the dwindling number of places to land, the surrounding scenery was almost completely unchanging.

If he hadn't happened to encounter a school of migrating fish and seen a new species of Sea Fish, he would have started to suspect he was lost and just flying in circles.

However, Xiao Chen's journey these past few days hadn't been entirely without reward.

Here in the Kunpeng Sea, there was no shortage of Sea Fish, and with no other Cultivators around, there was no competition.

As a result, he had spotted many Golden Core-level Sea Fish along his route and successfully obtained seven Demon Pills, five of which were Mutated Demon Pills.

He napped on the island for two hours and restored his spirit.

Xiao Chen woke early to face the rising sun and immediately felt an exceptionally dense wave of Spiritual Qi wash over him from the east. "Haaaah, that feels good."

'Come to think of it, this really is a great place. The Spiritual Qi is ridiculously abundant.'

With the sea's surface being almost completely unobstructed, one could clearly watch the great sun rise from the horizon where the sea met the sky.

During this process, a Spiritual Qi Tide nearly comparable to a Tier Three Spirit Vein would sweep across the sea's surface.

It made all Cultivators, as well as the Spirit Fish in the sea, feel a profound comfort that came from deep within.

To be honest, the only downsides were the lack of land and its isolation from the outside world, which meant a scarcity of resources. This made it truly unsuitable for large numbers of Low-tier Cultivators to survive.

Otherwise, if a Sect were established here, cultivating would be incredibly efficient.

'Sigh, if that's the case, could it be that the Hidden Dao Lineages are hiding out here?'

A flash of inspiration struck Xiao Chen. If a small number of Cultivators could find an island that wasn't too small, it wouldn't even matter if it lacked a Spirit Vein.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi alone was equivalent to all cultivators living within a Tier Three Spirit Vein.

'I wonder if I'll be able to run into a Hidden Dao Lineage.'

As Xiao Chen packed up his Array Plate to continue his journey, he let his mind wander as a way to amuse himself.

Fantasizing about interesting things that might happen was an effective way to relieve the monotony of the journey.

Every morning, a white mist would form over many parts of the Endless Sea, only dissipating after the sun had fully risen.

As he rode his sword on the wind, weaving through the mist, Xiao Chen felt a slight chill for the first time in a long while.

He even gradually began to feel cold all over.

"Hmm?"

'Aren't I a Cultivator? Why am I feeling cold?'

By all rights, having already formed his Golden Core, he should have long since become immune to heat and cold.

The very instant he realized something was wrong, Xiao Chen came to a sudden halt, spun around, and shot backward.

At the same time, he immediately mobilized his True Essence, raising a layer of Protective Spiritual Light around his body.

Yet, despite his swift reaction, he could still feel wisps of cold energy penetrating his skin and flesh, invading his body and attempting to freeze the circulation in his Meridians.

The entire process had only lasted a few breaths' time.

But when he burst out of the mist, a thin layer of white frost clung to his eyebrows and the tips of his hair.

'Jeez, what the hell is this stuff?'

Shivering slightly, Xiao Chen looked back at the mist. Outwardly, it appeared no different from ordinary fog and didn't even freeze the surface of the sea.

But as someone who had experienced it firsthand, he could still feel the vicious cold energy that had entered his body seeping directly toward his internal organs.

If an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator encountered this cold toxin, they would need to spend at least several months, or even years, in meditation to recover.

If it wasn't dealt with in time or if too much toxin was absorbed, they could spend decades fighting it off, completely derailing their cultivation progress.

In the most severe cases, it was even possible for their Meridians to freeze solid, causing them to perish on the spot.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen was a Body Cultivator, and with the enhancement from his Augments, his internal Qi Blood raged like a blazing furnace.

He activated his Life Pill, and with a slight tremor, all the cold energy in his body was instantly evaporated.

"True Yang Fire Dragon!"

When in doubt, test it with Magic.

The massive Fire Dragon charged into the mist ahead, and Xiao Chen clearly saw it shrink rapidly.

At the same time, white frost began to form directly on the Fire Dragon's body.

After about the time it would take to drink half a cup of tea, the True Yang Fire Dragon had vanished completely.

All that remained was a two-hundred-zhang-long, dragon-shaped ice sculpture that fell onto the sea's surface and, unnaturally, began to sink slowly.

'The white frost solidified the Magic directly... Could this be the legendary Frost and Mist Lock?'

Xiao Chen suddenly recalled the rumors he had heard back in the Inner Sea.

One of them mentioned that, in addition to disasters like thunderstorms and mirages, the Outer Sea held many more natural calamities and forbidden zones.

They weren't just a great threat to Golden Core Cultivators; even Nascent Soul True Monarchs had to be extremely cautious when approaching certain calamities or the cores of forbidden zones.

Speaking of which, this was another one of the obstacles that prevented ordinary Cultivators from venturing out to sea.

Although most Cultivators were incredibly audacious and always willing to risk their lives for cultivation resources, such treacherous and unpredictable disasters, coupled with the immense distance, were enough to make ninety-nine percent of them reconsider and retreat from the challenge.