Chapter 356: Secluded Cultivation (Seeking Monthly Votes)
Crack!
The flesh-mountain-like Perfected Being lowered his head, staring at his Dantian.
He saw that his Core Formation, beneath the bloody long spear, had unexpectedly developed numerous cracks, before instantly exploding.
He let out a bitter laugh, and his entire body was instantly reduced to ashes by the swirling bloody lightning that erupted.
"Ah!"
Seeing this, the youthful Perfected Being immediately let out a strange cry. Unsure what kind of escape art he had employed, his figure transformed into a dreamy stream of light, instantly fleeing backward.
Dozens of different figures flew out from his body, each carrying the aura of his true form, fleeing in various directions.
The External Avatar did not pursue them; instead, he simply formed hand seals.
The surroundings abruptly plunged into darkness; it was the descent of the 'Yama Demon Domain'.
He hadn't even finished speaking when Fang Xi, who had instantly teleported over, casually sent him on his way with a mouthful of dark infant fire.
With a mere flick of his hand, he consecutively annihilated two great Core Formation Perfected Beings.
Even if Fang Xi's main body and his External Avatar joined forces, they might not have been this fast!
"This is. . . the might of a Nascent Soul?"
"My External Avatar only has a Nascent Soul body, lacking the true Nascent Soul Dharma Body, so its divine abilities and magic power are still considerably inferior to a genuine Nascent Soul cultivator's. . ."
The External Avatar murmured, then withdrew the Yama Demon Domain.
Suddenly, he saw the dark clouds in the sky, his small face growing solemn. With another instant teleportation, he returned to his main body's side.
"From now on, it's better for the Nascent Soul to rarely leave the body. . ."
Fang Xi's main body, seeing this scene, dared not delay. He immediately grabbed his External Avatar and placed it atop his head.
A burst of verdant light immediately appeared above his celestial spirit, guiding the External Avatar along his meridians, all the way down into his Qi Sea Dantian.
The External Avatar gazed at the Withered Glory Golden Core, offering a slight smile, then immediately sat cross-legged beneath the Golden Core and began cultivating.
After returning to the main body, concealed by Fang Xi's late-stage Core Formation aura, the thunderous flood dragon in the sky roared for a moment but ultimately did not descend.
"That was close. . . The lightning tribulation ultimately didn't descend, otherwise, I would have had to abandon my External Avatar."
"This time, refining the External Avatar truly carried immense risks. Fortunately, my Divine Consciousness greatly increased, allowing me to endure."
Fang Xi gazed at the clear sky, now once again cloudless for thousands of miles, and couldn't help but exhale a long breath. He then excitedly caressed his Dantian: "Now. . . I can be considered half a Nascent Soul old monster, can't I?"
"With this External Avatar, I can unleash Nascent Soul-level divine abilities and magic power at any time. . ."
"It's just that from now on, I should try to minimize letting this Nascent Soul leave my body. Otherwise, if the effect of the 'Return-to-One Seal' disappears and its aura can't be concealed, I'll be struck by lightning. . . Only after my main body undergoes tribulation will the situation improve."
"Furthermore, I absolutely cannot allow this External Avatar to possess its own body, or there's a ninety-nine percent chance it will backfire, and I'd have no way to deal with it. . . Unless one day, my main body's divine abilities thoroughly surpass those of the External Avatar, perhaps then I can try."
"It's best for it to constantly remain within my Qi Sea Dantian, accepting assimilation by my main body. . . It only needs to provide magic power at critical moments."
Fang Xi secretly calculated: "Currently, my magic power and divine abilities are slightly inferior to an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, but my Divine Consciousness, having benefited from the Yama Dao Master's annihilation, has continuously grown. It shouldn't be much inferior to an early-stage Nascent Soul old monster. . . Plus, my lifespan far exceeds that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, so doesn't that mean. . . I can now pretend to be an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator?"
"It wasn't in vain that I spent the accumulations of many worlds; I finally refined this External Avatar!"
"However, while external aids are good, my main body still needs to work hard to condense a true Nascent Soul sooner."
Fang Xi's Dao Heart became resolute. With a flick of his sleeve, his figure instantly transformed into a verdant long rainbow, soaring from the ground.
As the Geng wind surged, driven by his whim, he mobilized the External Avatar's magic power.
Boom!
The next moment, the verdant long rainbow's escape speed surged by approximately another twofold, its immense momentum causing numerous evil spirits to scatter and flee. . .
In less than a few hours, he arrived at the small city where he had resided previously.
Yu Hua and Hua Feiye were, of course, no longer here. According to the External Avatar's previous inquiries, they had left the city during the war and entered the deep mountains to cultivate.
However, their location should still be nearby.
Fang Xi merely circled the vicinity of the small city. With a sweep of his Divine Consciousness, he located the two of them.
...
A place of picturesque scenery, with clear waters and lush mountains.
This place was far from the city, and originally, evil spirits still lurked there.
However, once Yu Hua and the other arrived, they cleaned up the surroundings and constructed a cave-dwelling.
They even recruited a few young boys and girls as servants, responsible for sweeping and attending to them.
Yu Hua, holding a talisman brush, was currently drawing talismans.
Fang Xi taught according to their aptitudes. Since he had imparted immortal cultivation techniques, the hundred arts of cultivation could not be neglected either.
Among the two, Yu Hua was more skilled at drawing talismans, while Hua Feiye leaned more towards alchemy.
He saw him wield the brush like a dragon and snake, flowing like clouds and water. The talisman head, the talisman core. . . down to the final talisman base, all were completed in a single breath.
When he completed the final stroke, green light flickered unstably on the talisman, eventually stabilizing.
"This 'Wood Blade Talisman' is finally complete!"
A hint of joy appeared on Yu Hua's face: "Now I can be considered a first-order, high-grade Talisman Master. . ."
With the aid of Divine Consciousness and Fang Xi's guidance, his progress was swift. Not long after, he took the Wood Blade Talisman and eagerly went to Hua Feiye to show it off.
Hua Feiye, dressed in a pink ruqun, saw Yu Hua arrive, and her face immediately filled with smiles: "Senior Brother is here?"
Gazing at his junior sister's peach-blossom-like radiant smile, Yu Hua secretly groaned inwardly, feeling a flame rise in his lower abdomen. He hastily waved his hands: "Junior Sister. . . don't just unleash your cultivation art recklessly. . ."
"Hehe!"
Seeing this scene, Hua Feiye immediately giggled, shaking like a swaying flower branch.
Mm. . . After reaching Foundation Establishment, the two each chose their cultivation arts. Yu Hua, whose spiritual roots leaned towards wood, directly chose the 'Green Wood Longevity Art'.
As for Hua Feiye, it seemed she wanted to make up for some regret, as she unexpectedly chose a charm technique as her main cultivation art.
By now, she could laugh, scold, and act entirely as she pleased.
"Junior Sister, what do you think of this Wood Blade Talisman of Senior Brother's?"
Yu Hua felt utterly overwhelmed, and could only take out the talisman to discuss proper matters.
"Not bad. . . Congratulations, Senior Brother, on advancing to a first-order, high-grade Talisman Master. " Hua Feiye withdrew her charm technique and bowed respectfully.
"Alas. . . Thanks to Teacher's guidance, only when I truly began to learn did I discover that this Immortal Dao encompasses everything. It's probably impossible for us to reach its full extent even with our entire lives' effort. . ."
Yu Hua sighed.
"Indeed. . . Teacher is far more generous than the Yama Dao Palace. Only now do I realize how much those direct descendants of the Dao Palace concealed from us. . ."
As Hua Feiye spoke of this, her face involuntarily filled with indignation.
The Yama Dao Palace used them as materials, so of course, they wouldn't teach them the hundred arts of cultivation or anything similar.
It was pitiful how this former Core Formation Perfected Being of theirs was as delighted as anything to receive a few first-order alchemy and artifact refining inheritances from Fang Xi.
"Teacher has been away for many years; he won't be in any trouble, will he?"
A worried expression appeared on Yu Hua's face.
"How immensely powerful is Teacher's divine ability? That Young Palace Lord's mysterious disappearance back then might very well have been Teacher's doing. . . In this vast world, who could possibly harm him? Rather, now that you and I have reached late-stage Foundation Establishment, our Core Formation accumulation has entirely dissipated. . . and our cultivation progress is as slow as a turtle's crawl. It's time to consider cultivating disciples."
Hua Feiye bit her lip: "It's just that to widely recruit disciples, we'll still need Teacher's approval."
"No matter. . . I agree."
Just then, a faint voice drifted over.
Hua Feiye and Yu Hua turned around to see a young Daoist, observing them with a faint, enigmatic smile. The aura emanating from him was as profound as an abyss and as vast as the sea, giving off an unfathomable sensation.
"Greetings, Teacher."
The two immediately knelt in joyous reverence and saluted.
"Good, you've both reached late-stage Foundation Establishment. . ."
Fang Xi swept his Divine Consciousness, and the cultivation of both was instantly clear to him: "After your Golden Cores have dissolved, the path of immortal cultivation will not be easy. You must cultivate diligently, otherwise, once two hundred years pass, you will all turn to yellow dust. . ."
There was a note of admonition in his words.
Among these two, Yu Hua was not yet a hundred years old.
Even Hua Feiye was only less than two hundred years old. . . After all, the cultivation arts of this world were extremely quick to achieve results; as long as one had the materials, forming a Golden Core was not a very difficult matter.
In fact, if enough Golden Cores were cultivated, one would even have a chance at the Nascent Soul realm. Back then, the Yama Dao Master also achieved his Dao through this method.
As for Fang Xi, his current condensation of the External Avatar also made use of the Dao legacy left behind by the Yama Dao Master.
Strictly speaking, it was also the accumulation of a thousand years in this world!
"After all, you two are also my students. I will still prepare a Core Formation Spiritual Item for each of you. . . As for widely recruiting disciples, that's up to your own wishes."
Fang Xi felt that his condensation of the External Avatar could be considered a small gift from the Red Sun Realm, so he thought of repaying it in kind.
Propagating the Immortal Dao and cultivating Golden Cores would be enough.
At any rate, as long as his conscience was clear, his future cultivation wouldn't be vulnerable to mental demons exploiting weaknesses.
"Many thanks, Master!"
Yu Hua and Hua Feiye exchanged a glance, both overjoyed.
Only Hua Feiye hesitated, then asked: "Now, the Daoist Temples across the world have regrouped and re-established themselves. . . they've formed the 'Dao Alliance', led by the Two Friends of Qiankun. I'm afraid they won't permit the Immortal Dao to expand recklessly. . ."
"What 'Two Friends of Qiankun'?"
Fang Xi asked a few questions before realizing that after the great war, most of the Core Formation Perfected Beings on both sides had actually been severely depleted.
Although the Dao Palace forces had temporarily held the upper hand, with the Young Palace Lord's 'disappearance', internal struggles arose, followed by counterattacks from the Daoist Temple Alliance. . .
After these consecutive major battles, the Core Formation Perfected Beings on both sides were practically wiped out, and in the end, it was the 'Two Friends of Qiankun', who had always kept a low profile, who reaped the benefits.
These two were also the only remaining Core Formation Perfected Beings within the Dao Alliance.
After asking for a description of the 'Two Friends of Qiankun' and realizing they seemed to be the two great Core Formation cultivators his Nascent Soul had casually annihilated earlier, Fang Xi felt a smile tugging at his lips: "Rest assured. . . this Dao Alliance will fall sooner or later. Go ahead and boldly recruit people. . . Now that cultivation of magic arts is in decline across the world, it's the perfect opportunity for you to make your mark. If you can successfully form a Golden Core, you'll secure a place for yourselves in the world in the future!"
Because the Yama Dao arts were too quick to achieve results, as long as the ambition for power still existed, completely prohibiting them was almost impossible, unless Fang Xi was willing to remain in this world for a hundred years. . .
But he clearly couldn't do that, so he simply let it be.
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