Chapter 388: White Deer (Seeking Monthly Votes)
“I never thought. . . the Ancestral Hall within the Green Emperor Hall would be so. . . plain? ”
Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, not even needing his Divine Consciousness; his naked eyes were enough to take in the entire scene.
“Old Ghost. . . will this place have the Withered Glory Chant cultivation method and divine ability you promised? ”
He looked at Old Ghost, feeling that this old ghost was likely about to reveal his true intentions.
At this moment, Madam Bi, with two spirit treasures, one black and one white, wrapped around her, also burst into the Ancestral Hall. She vigilantly scanned her surroundings, not daring to act rashly.
“This is the Ancestral Hall of an ancient great Soul Transformation sect? How could it be so. . . shabby? ! ”
Madam Bi's gaze swept past the many spirit tablets and landed on the scroll depicting the immortal in green robes.
In the entire Ancestral Hall, the only valuable item seemed to be this painting.
‘Could it be. . . this person is the rumored exiled immortal who passed down the lineage of Green Emperor Mountain? ’
He had already raised his vigilance to the limit, and through his Divine Consciousness, he communicated with his golden finger, knowing that the seals within the Green Emperor Hall still couldn't stop the All-Heavens Precious Mirror's traversal. Thus, he remained somewhat unafraid: ‘. . . I wonder if that trump card I hid earlier will be useful. . . ’
At this moment, Old Ghost, bringing Zhan Tu with him, respectfully knelt: “True Inheritor of Green Emperor Mountain, I humbly beseech the Formation Spirit Ancestor! ”
“Formation Spirit. . . Ancestor? ”
Fang Xi and Madam Bi exchanged glances, both feeling the shock in each other's hearts.
Just then, ripples spread across the scroll of the immortal in green robes, like waves on water, and a white shadow suddenly leaped out!
Accompanied by the bleating of a deer, a white deer materialized in mid-air.
This white deer was pure white like jade all over, its antlers branched, and green radiance lingered around them, carrying an aura that made even Fang Xi's heart palpitate.
He rapidly mused in his heart: ‘According to legend. . . high-level formations can even evolve Formation Spirits. . . but even a fourth-order formation can't do that, right? This. . . this is the Formation Spirit of the fifth-order ‘Myriad Transformation Divine Wood Grand Array! ’’
“Long Evergreen shattered, Green Emperor appears. . . ”
The white deer's clear eyes held a hint of confusion, then it let out a long sigh. Its voice wasn't aged; instead, it sounded very tender, like a child's.
Old Ghost, now integrated with Zhan Tu, suddenly slapped his dantian and spat out a beam of green light.
Within the green light, strikingly, was a cyan token!
On the front of this token, a mountain range was engraved with the ancient characters ‘Green Emperor’!
At the first sight of this token, Fang Xi's expression couldn't help but turn somewhat strange.
“It truly is the Green Emperor Mountain True Inheritor Token. . . a mid-stage Core Formation practitioner of the Withered Glory Chant can barely qualify as a True Inheritor disciple. ”
The white deer raised a foreleg: “Back then, the Ancestor sealed me here. If not for the collapse of the Myriad Transformation Divine Wood Grand Array, I would not have emerged. . . Now the power of the grand array is broken, and I can only exert a small portion of my might. Furthermore, as the core of this grand array, the Green Emperor Hall, is completely destroyed by the void storm, my primordial spirit will also gradually dissipate, junior. . . what do you seek? ”
“Please, Formation Spirit Ancestor, eliminate these two, and then hand over the vital treasure that the Green Emperor Mountain Ancestor sealed here back then! ”
Old Ghost pointed at Fang Xi and Madam Bi, his eyes filled with ferocity!
At this moment, he finally made no attempt to conceal his malevolence.
The Formation Spirit white deer swept its gaze over Fang Xi, and a hint of a smile seemed to flash in its eyes, before it let out a clear cry.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The green light above the white deer's head erupted fiercely, transforming into streams of Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light!
But compared to the mere skirmishes at the Green Emperor Hall's main entrance, what appeared now was more than a thousand, even ten thousand beams!
Dense, countless streams of cyan profound light immediately filled the entire Ancestral Hall, blocking Madam Bi's escape route.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light, as brilliant as emerald, descended. First, the white silk sash was directly cut into countless fragments; this defensive treasure seemed utterly incapable of blocking even a sliver of the divine light.
Seeing this, a hint of despair appeared on Madam Bi's face. A flash of green light erupted from her crown, and a girl-like Nascent Soul emerged, its features strikingly similar to hers. With a sudden hand seal, the Nascent Soul opened its small mouth and spat out a mist of blood, which landed on the black dragon staff.
Roar! Roar!
The black dragon artifact spirit's eyes turned crimson. It rapidly expanded, scales on its body becoming lifelike, and countless black runes appeared on its surface.
This Nascent Soul cultivator was clearly expending her vital essence, desperately fighting for her life!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Streams of Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light descended, slicing off the black dragon's horns, scales, and claws. . .
Then, like a knife slicing through tofu, they cut through the staff's main body.
This spirit treasure was directly divided into over ten pieces, suddenly shattering into fragments.
With her life-bound spirit treasure destroyed, Madam Bi's Nascent Soul instantly became half-transparent, clearly suffering a severe blow to its vitality.
With a face full of venom, she shot a glance at Old Ghost, then directly teleported outside the Ancestral Hall. With another teleportation, she intended to retreat towards the heavenly ladder she had used to arrive.
A Nascent Soul cultivator's teleportation is their foremost life-saving divine ability, capable of ignoring most formations and restrictive divine abilities.
If it weren't for the distance limitations, it would truly be ten times more formidable.
But at this moment, silver chains suddenly materialized from the void.
These silver chains were composed of phoenix-script characters, appearing instantly to bind Madam Bi's Nascent Soul tightly, pulling it back.
“The void power of a fifth-order formation. . . is enough to seal a Nascent Soul cultivator's teleportation. ”
Fang Xi sighed with emotion, seeing the Formation Spirit white deer let out a bleat, and then a Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light, like a verdant little arrow, directly pierced through Madam Bi's Nascent Soul.
Madam Bi's Nascent Soul stared at the large hole in its chest, its face filled with disbelief, before it exploded with a boom, transforming into surges of spiritual energy that swept through the surroundings. . .
This high-tier cultivator, who could almost run rampant across the Human World and would be treated with courtesy by any sect she visited, ultimately perished here in gloom.
“Not bad. . . you are a formation master, you know the terror of the Formation Spirit Ancestor, so you didn't run, but obediently offered your neck for slaughter. . . ”
Old Ghost said indifferently: “Dragon Fish Island Master. . . that you could cultivate the Withered Glory Chant to the late-stage Core Formation realm on your own, and even refine a second Nascent Soul, truly makes you a rare talent in the cultivation world. . . It's just a pity that in the cultivation world, opportunities and luck are also very important. ”
“Opportunities and. . . luck? ”
Fang Xi gazed at the terrifying Formation Spirit white deer, his Outer Dao Nascent Soul constantly ready to strike, buying time for his main body to escape! Although he had some confidence, he couldn't be entirely sure, so it was best to keep a contingency plan.
And just then, the white deer suddenly shook its head: “I cannot kill this person. . . ”
“Why? ”
Old Ghost was utterly astonished, as if he had witnessed something unimaginable, and sharply cried: “Formation Spirit Ancestor. . . have you forgotten your agreement with the Green Emperor Mountain Ancestor? ”
“I naturally remember. . . ”
The Formation Spirit white deer replied, its tone devoid of any expression: “But according to the contract. . . your two statuses are equal, and I cannot obey one person's command to kill the other. ”
“Equal status, impossible! I have the True Inheritor Token. . . No! That traitor! ”
Old Ghost seemed to realize something, his face contorted with ferocity as he stared at Fang Xi: “You tricked me! ? ”
At this moment, Fang Xi was also toying with a token in his hand. On its front, a mountain range and the characters ‘Green Emperor’ were engraved, and it was surprisingly also a True Inheritor Token!
“I was just tricking you back then; you actually took it seriously. . . ”
A playful expression appeared on his face: “Did you really think a Nascent Soul cultivator would share a storage bag equally with a Core Formation cultivator? ”
This token, naturally, he had obtained from the corpse of the traitor killed by the wood-spirit, but he had kept it hidden.
With his Nascent Soul-level Divine Consciousness and magical power at the time, he was quite confident in concealing it from Old Ghost and Zhan Tu.
And even if it had been discovered, so what. . . ?
After all, he was a Nascent Soul cultivator then, while the other party was merely Core Formation. . .
“Now, after vast changes, the Green Emperor Mountain's lineage has long been severed. It recognizes the token, not the person. . . ”
The Formation Spirit white deer did not continue to act; instead, it stood there motionless, seemingly transformed into a white jade sculpture.
“Zhan lad, make your move! ”
Old Ghost immediately let out a sharp cry.
He and Zhan Tu were almost one entity. Without thinking, Zhan Tu spat out a Cyan Wood Sword and formed a hand seal.
An inexplicable radiance emerged, it was precisely the Withered Glory Mystic Light!
According to his and Old Ghost's previous estimations, as long as he spared no lifespan, he would certainly be able to kill Fang Xi!
After all, Zhan Tu was a hundred years younger than Fang Xi!
And the Formation Spirit could not prevent the two from mutually slaughtering each other!
However, at this very moment, an expression of extreme horror appeared on Zhan Tu's face.
Unlike the Withered Glory Chant, when the Withered Glory Mystic Light was cast, it could accurately sense a cultivator's lifespan.
Previously, when Zhan Tu practiced the Withered Glory Chant, he could only roughly sense a cultivator's lifespan, for example, whether they were in their prime, or nearing their end, etc. ; it was a very vague sensing of life force.
Not to mention, Fang Xi had long guarded against this move, constantly employing the secret art of ‘Glory to Wither’ to conceal his vital essence.
Zhan Tu could only vaguely feel that Fang Xi's life force was vigorous, but he didn't pay it much mind, as Fang Xi was still under three hundred years old after all.
For a Core Formation cultivator, that was indeed the prime of life!
But now, after casting the Withered Glory Mystic Light, he could finally pierce through Fang Xi's disguise and sense his true lifespan. . .
Subsequently, his entire being was utterly dumbfounded. . .
‘Several thousand years. . . how is that possible? Could this person be a Soul Transformation expert in disguise? ’
‘No. . . even Soul Transformation cultivators might not live that long! ’
Old Ghost and Zhan Tu were connected by heart. Seeing this scene, their Dao hearts almost crumbled. . .
“Oh dear. . . I've been discovered. ”
A small black wooden seal appeared in Fang Xi's hand; it was precisely the ‘Life and Death Seal’! This seal had been kept within the Demonic Tree in the Mountain Sea Pearl, but this journey was dangerous, and he might need to use the Withered Glory Mystic Light at any moment, so he naturally took it out.
Boom!
As the secret art circulated, a phantom image of a demonic tree appeared on the Life and Death Seal. From the tree's crown, an unnameable profound light swept out rapidly, passing over Zhan Tu.
“I. . . ”
Zhan Tu suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion sweep through his body. His lifespan and vitality were instantly depleted, and he transformed into a white-haired mummy, falling to the ground dead!
Cause of death: Lifespan exhaustion!
And from his body, Old Ghost's aura also vanished without a trace in an instant. . .
After all, Old Ghost and Zhan Tu had originally performed a ‘Shared Fate Secret Art’; their lives were linked, and if one died, the other could not live alone.
“Dead? So easily? ”
Fang Xi pondered for a moment, then with a wave of his hand, after retrieving the storage bag, he spat out a mouthful of pitch-black Nascent Soul demonic flame.
In the next instant, Zhan Tu's remains turned to ash under the Nascent Soul demonic flame!
“Very well, it seems he's truly dead. . . It's worth me directly expending over three hundred years of lifespan. ”
He murmured.
Using the Withered Glory Mystic Light against Zhan Tu was, naturally, to achieve a swift victory and prevent Old Ghost from pulling any tricks to turn the tables.
Such old monsters, who had lived for an unknown number of years, absolutely could not be underestimated; even a tiny flaw might be seized upon by them.
Only after completing all of this did Fang Xi look at the Formation Spirit white deer, which had previously been like a sculpture.
The white deer finally spoke at this moment: “You have refined the Wood Spirit Body, cultivated the Withered Glory Chant to late-stage Core Formation, and possess an incredibly long lifespan. . . You are truly an anomaly. Even during Green Emperor Mountain's heyday, you would have been worthy of being a Green Emperor Mountain Saint Son, your status equivalent to that of an ordinary Nascent Soul elder. Even if you haven't obtained a True Inheritor Token, you are still regarded as a True Inheritor disciple. . . What do you seek? ”
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