After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 199 Reaching the Desert Town

Kawan Town Market in the northern desert region of the State of Wei.

A slender young man and a tall, robust middle-aged man stood at the entrance of the town market in Kavan.

The two were Ye Xiaobai and Tuntian. After more than a month of long journey, they arrived at Kawan Town, a small outlying town in the northern desert region of Wei.

After more than a year of improvement in strength, although Tuntian has not yet reached the eighth rank and undergone complete transformation, he can currently maintain his transformation for two hours at a time.

This made it much easier for Ye Xiaobai and Tuntian to move around the market.

"I haven't eaten well on this journey, but today I can finally have a big meal!" Tuntian said excitedly, looking at the bustling market town of Kawan ahead.

"Senior, aren't we cultivators supposed to be pure of heart and have few desires, and eat less mortal food? You seem to have no dietary restrictions and eat whatever you want?" Ye Xiaobai asked curiously.

"Foolish boy, I am a demon beast and I don't care about the taboos of you human cultivators!" Devouring Heaven sneered disdainfully.

"This..." Ye Xiaobai suddenly remembered that Senior Devouring Heaven was a demon beast.

"But if you don't eat or drink anything, what's the point of cultivating immortality?" Tuntian asked with a face full of curiosity.

"Of course, I'll ascend to immortality, enjoy eternal life, and live a carefree and happy life!" Ye Xiaobai said in a serious tone.

"Become an immortal? Achieve immortality? You certainly have lofty ambitions!" Devouring Heaven said with a hint of surprise, then continued, "This realm is merely a lower plane. If you want to become an immortal, you should first figure out how to ascend to the upper realm!"

"Only in the Upper Realm is there even a sliver of a chance to become an immortal!"

"Senior Devourer, what is the Upper Realm like?" Ye Xiaobai asked with great anticipation.

"Hmph, you'll find out when you're strong enough. Right now, you should focus on improving your strength!"

"Senior Devouring Heaven, the pill formulas you gave me before are no longer very effective at refining pills. Could you give me some other pill formulas to improve my cultivation?"

"Do you think I'm an alchemist too? Where would I get so many pill formulas?" Tuntian retorted irritably.

"Didn't you follow the Five Elements Venerable before? The Five Elements Venerable must have had many pill formulas. Did you not keep any for yourself?"

"I've already told you I'm not an alchemist, what would I need pill formulas for? I only found out the formulas for the Profound Enlightenment Pill and the Profound Origin Pill by chance! Don't even think about the other formulas! With your physique, it's already very difficult for you to improve your cultivation!"

"Unless you can find some rare and precious materials to improve your physique, you will face many difficulties in breaking through your cultivation level in the future."

"What rare and precious herbs can improve my physique?" Ye Xiaobai asked excitedly upon hearing this.

Recently, Ye Xiaobai has clearly felt that his cultivation progress has been slow. As expected, it is due to his physical condition. With four elemental spiritual roots, cultivation is inherently extremely difficult.

Fortunately, I had some good fortune before, which allowed me to cultivate to the middle stage of Core Formation.

In his future cultivation, without improving his physical constitution, he would definitely face great difficulties. Therefore, Ye Xiaobai was very curious about what rare and precious materials could improve his physical constitution.

"Kid, don't rush, eat first, I'll tell you in detail after you've eaten!" Tuntian ignored Ye Xiaobai's question and went into a restaurant filled with the aroma of wine.

An hour later, with a loud, satisfying burp, the mealtime finally came to an end.

The waiters at the restaurant were surprised by the two cultivators' appetites. Generally, cultivators who come here will only sample a little and will not eat too much, unless they are body cultivators.

Body cultivators frequently temper their physical bodies, which corresponds to a high demand for meat.

Seeing the empty plates on the table, almost as tall as a person, the waiter quickly swallowed and said cautiously, "Have you two finished eating? That'll cost 700 low-grade spirit stones in total!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Tuntian, after all, Tuntian had a burly physique and unfathomable strength, the waiter guessed that this senior had given him spirit stones.

"Why are you looking at me? I don't have any spirit stones on me!" Devouring Heaven said unhappily.

The waiter was immediately alarmed. Had he encountered two people trying to dine and dash? Thinking this, he prepared to call someone to teach the two men a lesson.

Ye Xiaobai quickly took out seven hundred spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the waiter, saying with a smile, "Here are seven hundred spirit stones, please keep them safe!"

Seeing that the other party had taken out spirit stones, the waiter immediately relaxed. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the spirit stones, he hurriedly asked politely, "Are you two satisfied with your meal?"

"It's alright, it's alright!" Ye Xiaobai didn't eat much and said politely.

"This roasted scorpion tastes a bit off!" Tuntian said with a displeased expression.

"Alas, it's all because the monsters in the Endless Desert have been frequently rampaging lately. One of our top chefs was on the outskirts of the desert, meeting up with the restaurant staff who were collecting ingredients for the restaurant. Unfortunately, he was killed by the rampaging monsters."

"The remaining chefs are indeed not very skilled!" the waiter said sadly.

"No, we need your chefs to help with the food gathering. What about the others?" Ye Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

"Other restaurant staff were also either killed or maimed when they encountered the rioting monsters! Now the restaurant owners are even considering leaving Kavan Town!"

"I didn't expect the desert to be so dangerous lately!" Ye Xiaobai said with a hint of surprise.

"I also suggest that you two fellow Daoists avoid traveling to the desert region recently!"

"Thank you for your kindness, but we know what we're doing!"

Afterwards, Ye Xiaobai and Tuntian left the restaurant.

“Senior, the monsters in the desert have been rampaging recently. How about we wait a while before entering the desert?” Ye Xiaobai suggested.

"You're really stupid! A monster riot is either due to infighting among monsters or the appearance of rare and precious treasures. I'm guessing it's the latter! So, you're lucky!"

"What? A rare and precious treasure has appeared?" Ye Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

"Most likely! Let's get ready quickly and head into the desert to investigate!"

Next, Ye Xiaobai bought a simple map of the desert region.

Without a map, it's easy to get lost in the desert. Therefore, a map is one of the essential tools for navigating the desert.

The desert terrain is constantly changing, and the map needs to be updated continuously. However, for cultivators, having a general direction usually prevents them from getting lost.

Another extremely important thing in the desert is water.

Cultivators are no exception. Ye Xiaobai is now a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator. Although he no longer needs to eat and can recover his strength through pills and meditation, he still needs water.

The air in desert areas has very little moisture, so you need to bring your own water to replenish it.

In addition, Ye Xiaobai easily bought the materials for refining antidote pills to deal with desert scorpions at the market, and casually refined a few bottles. Although he did not refine any top-grade antidote pills, it was enough for his needs.

With everything prepared, Ye Xiaobai led Tuntian into the desert.

Yellow sand filled the sky, flying with the wind. At a glance, the visibility was less than half of usual. Ye Xiaobai's usually excellent sense of smell was of no use in this raging sandstorm.

For the sake of those legendary rare treasures, what harm is there in taking a stroll through the desert?

Soon, Ye Xiaobai and Tuntian disappeared into the endless yellow sand.