Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

Chapter 11 Invulnerable to All Poisons, Swift Travel of a Thousand Miles

For the next month or so, Wu Tian ate and drank without interruption, and went hunting with the hunting team when the snow stopped.

Even when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, with the help of the Wind Spirit, he can still accurately find his prey in the mountains.

No one in the village went hungry throughout the entire winter.

The emergence of the Qi-absorbing talent also made Wu Tian's physique stronger day by day. The tempering and nourishing effect of the essence of heaven and earth on the physique is incomparable to ordinary skills.

This made his physique increasingly agile and increasingly mystical.

As time went by, he was able to absorb more and more of the essence of heaven and earth, and the duration of this absorption also increased.

With each inhalation and exhalation, nature's creation is complete, and vital energy enters the body.

Wu Tian could feel a power being nurtured within his body. When his physique was nourished to perfection by the essence of heaven and earth, and his energy overflowed, that power would be born.

"If the tempering of my body can continue, I am even confident that I can forge a body of steel and iron."

"Unfortunately, I have no control over the essence of heaven and earth that I absorb after consuming qi, and its nourishment to the body is also natural."

As he absorbed the Qi during this period, he gradually realized that if there were cultivators in this world, they would definitely be able to absorb the essence of heaven and earth and use it to temper their bodies and nourish their souls.

"Use the essence of heaven and earth to nourish your vital energy and spirit, thereby transcending the ordinary and attaining sainthood!"

Wu Tian was not an ignorant demon. He had experienced the era of information explosion in his previous life and had also read Laozi and Zhuangzi. Through his talent for absorbing qi, he vaguely grasped the subsequent cultivation.

"The messenger from Skull Mountain should be arriving soon, but I wonder if Skull Mountain is a celestial being or a demon?"

Wu Tian had also observed the eerie winds at night during this period. He discovered that whenever the bright moon hung high, countless ferocious birds and beasts would ride the eerie winds and wander between heaven and earth.

A chilling wind blew, beasts roared, and ghosts raged—the scene was utterly terrifying.

Even if a demon beast encountered such a scene, it would probably be devoured by the evil spirits of all beasts.

Wu Tian had always wondered if the talismanic pictures posted in the village and the ancient bronze cauldron in the center of the village possessed mysterious power to ward off evil spirits, and could keep all beasts and evil spirits away at night.

How do the demons and monsters in the mountains and forests survive?
I'm afraid that if the evil spirits of all beasts were to pass through, they would be able to devour all those monsters completely...

In fact, those spirits and monsters are all living well.

After observing for a long time, Wu Tian gradually came to a conclusion.

"Those beast spirits must have owners, and even the demons and monsters in the mountains must be kept by someone!"

This conclusion chilled him to the bone; the methods of herding wild beasts and keeping mountain spirits in captivity were terrifying.

"If Skull Mountain did all of this, then the people of Skull Mountain are truly terrifying."

"I wonder what changes the arrival of the Skull Mountain envoy will bring to the village this time?!"

Wu Tian felt a mixture of anticipation and apprehension. He hoped to accelerate his growth and transformation through Skull Mountain, but he also felt a deep sense of dread.

The power of Skull Mountain was too great. The evil spirits of the beasts and the demons and monsters in the mountain were forces that he could not contend with, let alone Skull Mountain, which caused all of this.

Wu Tian felt a deep reverence for power!

As time passed, Wu Tian's first talent finally reached perfection after constantly devouring poisonous insects, snakes, and ants, and even using the lingering poisonous mist left after the Jade Centipede poisoned living beings.

Ding! System notification: Your talent, Poison Absorption, has been upgraded to perfection.

Ding! System notification: Your talent, Poison Devouring, has advanced to the intermediate level, now known as Invulnerability to All Poisons.

Immune to all poisons: Intermediate talent. You can ignore most common toxins. Even the most potent poisons of ordinary people cannot harm you. You also have a weak resistance to the poisonous barriers and malevolent energy nurtured by the essence of heaven and earth.

"It seems that once you reach the intermediate level of talent, you are already immune to ordinary poisons. Only those poisonous barriers and evil auras involving extraordinary power can harm me."

"But the talent of being immune to all poisons also provides resistance to poisonous barriers and evil energy. However, this resistance is still relatively weak. If it continues to be upgraded, it will become a very terrifying talent."

"The Jade Centipede's venom is so terrifying that it must involve extraordinary power; it's not an ordinary poison."

Looking at his talent of being immune to all poisons, Wu Tian felt both joy and a touch of melancholy. After carefully sensing the panel, he discovered that the difficulty of upgrading intermediate talents far exceeded that of basic talents.

"To upgrade an intermediate talent, it would probably require constant tempering with the venom of the Jade Centipede, plus a long period of time to develop resistance. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight."

"In other words, improving intermediate-level talent requires more time and more precious resources."

He had realized that if he stayed in the village, his room for advancement would become increasingly smaller.

"It's one thing to have the talent of being immune to all poisons, but there's also the Jade Centipede, and the talents of agility, wind spirit, and qi consumption. As these talents advance, the resources required will only increase, and the village can't provide them..."

Wu Tian began to look forward to the arrival of the Skull Cave messenger with increasing anticipation.

Time passed day by day, the ice melted and the snow thawed, and spring returned to the earth.

The hunting party resumed its usual activities, going out hunting almost every day. The springtime jungle, with its revival of all things, provided them with ample food. Meanwhile, Wu Tian, ​​through these hunts in the wild jungle, gradually perfected his second talent, Agility.

Ding! System notification: Your talent, Agility, has been upgraded to perfection.

Ding! System notification: Your talent, Agility, has advanced to the intermediate level, Thousand Mile Swiftness.

As his talent advanced, Wu Tian could feel his already swift speed increase even more, and his body moved through the jungle like a white lightning bolt.

"With such terrifying speed, those ferocious birds and beasts that haven't yet become sentient are no match for me."

Wu Tian ran wildly through the jungle, feeling the fierce wind whipping across his fur, experiencing a sense of exhilaration and freedom that ran deep in his bones.

"Immune to all poisons and able to travel a thousand miles in an instant, these two talents are enough to make me the top predator in the jungle, and I can even avoid those monsters."

He ran through the jungle and pounced on a python that was about to become a spirit, a creature he used to be somewhat wary of.

But now, with his extreme speed, his body flashed, and before the python could react, it was torn apart seven inches by his sharp claws.

Wu Tian pounced around the giant python's body, but no matter how much the python rolled and hissed, he couldn't even touch a hair on its head.

In just a quarter of an hour, he killed the giant python, which was on the verge of becoming a spirit, in the jungle by relying on his extreme speed.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Wu Tian roared at the sky, his strength growing ever stronger; he was no longer that skinny puppy.

Soon, Yinshuang arrived with the hunting team. When the members of the hunting team saw the giant python that Wu Tian had killed, they all showed expressions of shock.

"Bai Long'er is getting more and more amazing!"

"This python is practically a spirit, isn't it?"

"Even the legendary white dog isn't as powerful as Bai Long'er, is it?"

"Even Silver Frost is not as good as White Dragon now!"

"This is an auspicious omen for my White Dog Village!"

The hunting party members were all extremely excited, especially Gu Xiongmu, who had once had the opportunity to eat such creatures that were on the verge of becoming sentient, and whose flesh and blood were a great tonic for humans.

This enormous python was several meters long, enough to feed the villagers for a long time.

"Let's work together and take this python's carcass back!"

"Hahaha, great, this is a tremendous gain."

"Wouldn't the children in the village be terrified and cry if they saw such a huge python?"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone excitedly got to work, while Wu Tian watched from the side, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth to restore his strength.

"After a while, once the Wind Spirit and Qi Absorption have advanced, I should be able to become a true spirit."

"By then, I'll be able to hunt down even the monsters and spirits in the mountains!"

The existence of the system panel allowed him to grow at a rate far exceeding that of his peers.

Back in the village, the giant python caused quite a stir, with almost everyone coming to see it.

Even the Red Tree came running out excitedly.

"Bai Long'er, I have never seen such a large python before."

"They all say you hunted it, is that true?"

"Bai Long'er, you're not allowed to take risks anymore. Aren't you afraid of being swallowed whole by such a huge python?"

The little girl scolded the python while looking at it with a mixture of fear and excitement, wanting to reach out and touch it.

As evening fell, the chieftain and his people dismembered the giant python, then threw all the bones and flesh into the bronze cauldron, and set fire to it.

"It's been a long time since the village has cooked this kind of prey that's about to become a spirit. Back in the day, this ancient cauldron even cooked a monster—a wild boar that had become a spirit."

Surrounded by the crowd, the clan chief began to recount the village's past glory.

In the midst of this lively atmosphere, a black wind suddenly swept across the horizon and descended straight towards the center of the village.

Upon seeing this, the clan chief and Gu Xiongmu's expressions instantly turned serious. They quickly stood up and loudly proclaimed, "All clansmen, let us welcome the envoy together!"

(End of this chapter)