Chapter 286: Black Fire Demonic Corpse (Requesting Monthly Tickets)
Chapter 286: Black Fire Demonic Corpse (Requesting Monthly Tickets)
“Another old acquaintance sent off. . . ”
Inside a temporarily opened cave dwelling.
Fang Xi sighed. The orphan of the Situ family was no longer by his side.
As for the little girl, he naturally found a mortal city at random, sent her to a family, and left behind a good amount of gold and silver.
Anyway, it was impossible to keep such a burden by his side, especially such an inexplicable one!
“The Situ family was truly miserable. . . Though their own factors were involved, it seems demonic cultivation doesn't have much fertile ground in the Three Kingdoms; it's all about being used and then discarded. . . ”
“The Black Heaven Sect used the Situ family, and the Green Wood Sect likewise still used the Situ family. . . ”
At this moment, fist-sized luminous pearls on the wall were radiating dazzling light.
Immediately, with a flip of his hand, he opened the box containing 'Phoenix Wutong Wood'.
When the cyan feather came near this fourth-order spirit wood, the cyan radiance upon it immediately intensified, becoming even more resplendent and vibrant.
“As expected, it's no ordinary item! ”
“What a pity there's so little of it. . . Back then, I was only focused on tracking the Situ family members, and I forgot to ask that cultivator where this item came from. . . ”
Fang Xi rubbed his chin, “But no matter what, it can't escape the scope of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range. . . Deep within this mountain, there's actually a Demon King with an awakened Phoenix bloodline? ! ”
A Demon King with an ordinary bloodline might not be a match for a Core Formation cultivator of the same level.
But a Demon King with a special bloodline is a different story.
Especially True Spirits like Dragons and Phoenixes, even a minuscule trace of collateral bloodline can be quite formidable at the Core Formation stage.
Recalling how True Human Bai Feng ventured deep into the Myriad Beast Mountain Range and returned heavily wounded. . .
Lu Qing still hasn't considered entering the Myriad Beast Mountain Range to hunt demons and obtain third-order demon cores. . .
Fang Xi suddenly felt everything fall into place.
“The depths of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range are truly perilous. . . Fortunately, although I covet third-order demon cores and demon beast puppets, I ultimately have no intention of venturing there. ”
“This single feather is too little. I could either add many precious materials to refine a top-grade fire-attribute spirit artifact. . . or sacrifice it into a fire-attribute magic treasure to slightly increase its power, like the Three Yangs True Fire Shield? ! ”
“Sigh. . . I didn't expect that on the rare occasion my luck was good enough for picking up a bargain, it turned out to be just a small one. ”
Fang Xi put away these two materials, then took out Situ Qing Qing's storage bag.
That orphan of the Situ family would be best off living as a mortal, enjoying a lifetime of happiness.
Such cultivation resources were useless to her, and keeping them would only bring trouble. It's better to keep them for himself, as Situ Qing Qing's funeral expenses.
His feelings towards this young miss of the Situ family were somewhat complex.
Back then, on Green Bamboo Mountain, he had secretly cursed the entire Situ family as vampires countless times.
Later, Situ Qing Qing entered the market to investigate secrets, and they had a small interaction, followed by him unexpectedly saving her.
Unfortunately. . . after the Myriad Islands Lake incident, everything took a sharp turn for the worse.
This woman had already fallen into the demonic path, her hands stained with blood!
In fact, it was highly probable that she was involved in Ruan Dan's disappearance back then!
It was also because of this that Fang Xi did not intervene to save her, but rather watched as she passed away.
“Situ Qing Qing's luck was still quite good; to cultivate to Foundation Establishment and then die of old age. . . that's already more than ninety-nine percent of cultivators. ”
“From this, it's clear that in the cultivation world, karma and good versus evil are all illusory; only power is real! ”
“If Situ Qing Qing had cultivated to Core Formation, it wouldn't have been the Green Wood Sect wanting to exterminate them, but rather Lu Qing respectfully inviting her into the Green Wood Sect to wield great power! ”
Fang Xi sighed with emotion and emptied the storage bag.
Several piles of items appeared in the cave dwelling.
Aside from some feminine accessories, there was a pile of Spirit Stones, talismans, and various demonic cultivation materials. . .
In addition, there were more than a dozen jade slips, several spirit artifacts, and a few bottles of pills. . .
Fang Xi, expressionless, picked up a jade slip and let his Divine Consciousness enter it.
After a long while, he withdrew his Divine Consciousness, thoughtfully stroking the smooth surface of the jade slip.
This jade slip recorded the refining method for a top-tier demonic magic treasure—the 'Red Blood Sword', likely part of the Situ family's accumulated heritage.
Fang Xi put down the jade slip, picked up another, and with a slight surprise, saw a second-order, superior-grade artifact refining inheritance!
...
A moment later, he had read through all the jade slips and books, organizing them by category.
One of the jade slips contained the complete cultivation method for the 'Five Extremes Demonic Cultivation Art', which still only reached the early Nascent Soul stage.
It was largely similar to the set Fang Xi had confiscated, but it contained many more training insights, suggesting that the one in Situ Qing Qing's possession was the 'original version'.
Besides that, there was a jet-black book in Fang Xi's hand.
This book seemed to be made from some kind of beast hide, exuding the aura of a second-order demon beast, impervious to water and fire, and resistant to insects.
On the book, various bloody and cruel corpse refining methods were recorded.
Fang Xi held the scroll, closing his eyes in contemplation: "Legend has it. . . the Situ family ancestor, Situ Jiu, was once a demonic cultivator renowned for corpse refining. Could this be the inheritance he obtained? This inheritance. . . is truly not simple!"
Within this corpse refining inheritance, refining ordinary walking corpses and second-order flying zombies was merely the most rudimentary content.
Beyond this section, there were even methods for refining third-order refined corpses.
At the third-order, each type of refined corpse had a unique advancement path.
For example, the 'Flying Yaksha' that Zhan Tu once obtained was suitable for refining and advancing into a third-order 'Golden Armored Yaksha'!
Besides that, there were 'Black Wind Twin Demons', 'Infernal Blood Corpse', and more. . . all powerful refined corpses that Fang Xi had never heard of before!
Moreover, the refining materials were quite rare, almost impossible to gather in the Three Kingdoms cultivation world.
“This corpse refining inheritance is too vicious. . . It even mentions that to suppress the refined corpse's backlash as much as possible, it's best to refine it using the corpse of a blood relative. . . To gain such a divine ability, must one go mad to this extent? ”
Fang Xi shook his head, then turned to another page.
“Black Fire Demonic Corpse! ”
“This type of zombie also belongs to the third-order. . . It requires the corpse of a recently deceased Core Formation-level body cultivator. . . melted down with a third-order fire-attribute exotic treasure. . . Most zombies are of the Yin-cold attribute and fear Yang fire. . . but this 'Black Fire Demonic Corpse' does the opposite. The demonic corpse refined in this way can manipulate a formidable corpse fire and is not afraid of cultivators' Yang fire attribute spells. . . ”
“A fresh corpse of a Core Formation-stage body cultivator. . . Although I don't have one, it wouldn't be difficult to obtain one with the 'Martial Immortal Way'. . . ”
“As for fire-attribute exotic treasures, the Nine Dragons Pearl would be good. . . Zombies don't have a Dantian, so they don't fear any malicious restrictions. . . Besides, melting this External Core with the zombie might directly destroy any bloodline restrictions during the process. ”
“However, I still need to thoroughly comprehend the refining method for this 'Black Fire Demonic Corpse', lest there are any crucial points or traps within it. . . ”
Fang Xi pondered for a moment, then turned to the last page, a look of delight immediately appearing on his face: "Corpse Control Art?"
Corpse refining inheritances, much like puppet inheritances, aside from the detailed methods for refining corpses, the most important aspect is 'control'!
Indeed, the more powerful a demonic corpse, the more formidable the Divine Consciousness restrictions required to prevent it from backlashing against its master!
Therefore, the 'Corpse Control Art' within this corpse refining inheritance was of an extremely high grade.
In Fang Xi's view, it even surpassed the 'Thousand Silks Soul Control Art'.
“Although it's not a cultivation method for strengthening Divine Consciousness, it involves the subtle application of Divine Consciousness. . . It just so happens that my Core Formation Divine Consciousness is incredibly powerful now, and I've cultivated the 'Thousand Silks Soul Control Art' to its highest level. That puppet art is useless to me now, but I can continue to delve into this 'Corpse Control Art'! ”
...
Over the following period, Fang Xi secluded himself to comprehend the 'Corpse Control Art' and the refining method for the 'Black Fire Demonic Corpse'.
For a high-level cultivator like him, casually comprehending a cultivation method or secret art, or refining a treasure or elixir, could easily take several months, or even several years.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day.
Fang Xi was closing his eyes, pondering a certain trick within the 'Corpse Control Art', when his eyes suddenly opened: "It's time. . . to retrieve the fragment of the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'."
A wisp of his Divine Consciousness had been continuously within his Sea of Consciousness, monitoring Dan Ya, the Witch King of the Shard World, through the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'.
Ever since advancing to Core Formation, as the master of the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror', he had initially refined this treasure, gaining the ability to traverse the Shard World.
This woman had consistently carried the fragment with her, which was a bit troublesome.
Fortunately, Fang Xi had been entangled with her for over a hundred years, and he knew her temperament deeply.
“Once every ten years, during the great sacrifice at the Black Nirvana City holy land. . . as the chief priest, Dan Ya must burn incense, bathe, purify herself, and pray for seven days. . . ”
“This is my best chance to leave this woman. . . ”
Leaving this woman was simple; catching her off guard would suffice.
But Fang Xi didn't want anyone to know the secret of his cross-world travel via the fragment, which was why he needed to find a suitable opportunity to create the illusion of an outsider stealing the fragment!
'The Wu race possesses powerful physiques. . . If they could cultivate Blood-Qi Martial Arts, they would truly be excellent candidates for body cultivation. . . '
Fang Xi thought to himself in secret, sending a large amount of Divine Consciousness into the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror' to begin monitoring Dan Ya's every move in the Shard World.
...
Shard World.
Black Nirvana City.
“Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, tell me. . . there are still more than twenty years, and the Heavenly Demon Tribulation will arrive again. What should I do? ”
Dan Ya looked at the bronze fragment in her hand, a flicker of irritation crossing her face.
This fragment, for some reason, had learned to play dead!
Lately, it hadn't been responding much at all.
“Alright. . . I'll wait for you, but if you still haven't replied before the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, I will seal you forever! ”
After Dan Ya finished her harsh words, she saw the indifferent bronze fragment and felt a sense of helplessness.
“Witch King. . . The High Priest requests you prepare. ”
Outside, two maidservants were bowing and reporting.
“I understand. . . ”
Dan Ya took the bronze fragment, entered the treasury, and sealed it inside.
Around this treasury, there were also formations she had meticulously arranged, as well as several malicious mechanisms.
She hadn't considered that the fragment might sprout legs and run off, as she had tested it multiple times before.
Furthermore, she had experienced the once-a-decade great sacrifice many times.
If the fragment could run, it would have run off long ago. Why wait until now?
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