Chapter 507: Divination (Congratulations to Alliance Leader Tao Baibai, the Pillar Killer)
Chapter 507: Divination (Congratulations to Alliance Leader Tao Baibai, the Pillar Killer)
Underground Blood River.
Fang Xi's expression was solemn. The 'Turtle Shell Gu' transformed into a jet-black shield, guarding him.
In the Blood River before him, a layer of black appeared on the river's surface. Looking closely, he realized it was swarms of dense, black ants.
These ants had peculiar auras, and were surprisingly all Gu insects, even possessing a pair of translucent blood-red wings.
Buzzing!
In mid-air, several dark clouds hovered, each filled with countless Blood Mosquito Gu. Even a Core Formation cultivator, if swarmed by them, would instantly turn into a desiccated corpse!
"Gulp-croak!"
The white jade toad croaked excitedly, its scarlet tongue constantly darting in and out. Each time, it would reel in a large number of Blood Ant Gu and Blood Mosquito Gu, its large mouth constantly chewing, utterly content with its meal.
"Big toad. . . stop secretly gorging yourself. If you don't get serious, be careful, this young master will refine you."
Fang Xi let out a cold snort, and the slightly shrunken Profound Origin Eight Sceneries Bead appeared in his hand.
He lightly formed a hand seal, and a small, blood-red palace surprisingly appeared within the Profound Origin Eight Sceneries Bead. Then, the entire bead exploded with a boom.
In the void, there were densely packed femtometer robots everywhere, like a gentle breeze, drilling into the opposing swarm of Gu insects.
Soon, each Blood Ant Gu and Blood Mosquito Gu seemed to be possessed, as fine silver patterns appeared on their surfaces. They turned to attack their companions, and even their auras became incredibly ferocious.
The silver-patterned Gu insect swarm originally only occupied a small portion, but then grew more and more numerous, nearly taking over half the territory.
"Gulp-croak!"
At this moment, the white jade toad also opened its large mouth and spewed out a stream of blood-red flames!
These flames were entirely scarlet, carrying wisps of bizarre aura, and suddenly exploded, turning into scattered meteors, falling into the pile of Gu insects without silver patterns.
Whoosh!
The scarlet Bone-Melting Bloodflame, upon contact with blood, melted bone, and instantly spread rapidly, reducing those Gu insects to ashes. . .
In just a moment, the seemingly endless swarm of Gu insects largely dissipated, leaving only the silver-patterned Gu insects controlled by Fang Xi.
"Go! Find the Blood River Stone for me!"
Fang Xi opened the 'Taiyi Scripture', and, with the aid of the Profound Origin Eight Sceneries Bead, issued his command.
Countless silver-patterned Gu insects immediately dispersed, searching everywhere, from the highest heavens to the deepest netherworld, to seek traces of the 'Blood River Stone' manifested spirit.
Half an hour later. . .
"Master, traces of the Blood River Stone Spirit have been found!"
Taiyi's sweet voice rang out.
"Excellent, let's go!"
Fang Xi immediately rode the white jade toad, commanding four-colored flame light, and swiftly traversed through the underground Blood River.
Pffft!
A stream of flame shot out, instantly melting a large hole in the wall ahead.
The white jade toad leaped out, landing inside a massive blood pool.
Above the blood pool, there was a colossal crimson bat, with a strange crystal on its belly, currently battling swarms of Blood Mosquito Gu and Blood Ant Gu.
Each time this crimson bat flapped its wings, streaks of crimson mist would appear, and after enveloping the Blood Mosquito Gu, they would be completely refined in an instant. . .
Seeing this scene, a strange smile appeared on Fang Xi's face.
"Haste!"
He formed hand seals with both hands, and a large number of silver patterns immediately appeared on the crimson bat's body.
Even though it had refined a large number of Blood Mosquito and Blood Ant Gu, it couldn't refine the Profound Origin Eight Sceneries Beads within their bodies!
At this moment, countless femtometer robots, following the crimson mist, entered the blood bat's body.
Buzz!
The next moment, the 'Blood River Stone' in the crimson bat's abdomen suddenly erupted, and a layer of strange profound light abruptly appeared, enveloping the crimson bat's entire body.
"Warning. . . Profound Origin Eight Sceneries Bead partially damaged. . ."
Taiyi issued a sharp warning.
"Pure destructive demonic qi. . . The Blood River Stone truly lives up to its name as a supreme demonic treasure."
Fang Xi sighed with emotion, formed hand seals with both hands, and behind him, the three-eyed, six-armed Yama Emperor Dharma Idol appeared. Its six large hands reached out towards the crimson bat.
The crimson bat swiftly retreated, and by some unknown means, caused a large number of flapping wing sounds to rapidly echo from within the cave.
Those were palm-sized blood-red bats, drilling out from cracks in the walls in all directions, gathering into swarms of blood clouds. From them flew countless blood-red blades, stabbing towards Fang Xi, who was riding the Five Fires Gu.
"Mere trivial tricks."
Fang Xi sneered, just about to unleash his demonic art, when suddenly his Divine Consciousness stirred, and he looked towards a certain direction.
Boom!
The cave shattered, revealing the mystic realm's firmament!
Amidst this startling change, a five-colored ray of light descended from the sky!
Those countless Gu insects resembling blood-red bats, surprisingly dared not resist at all, and one after another, fell into the Blood River.
When the Supreme appeared, all Gu submitted!
The crimson bat formed by the Blood River Stone still tried to struggle, but was struck by the five-colored mysterious light, and countless blood-red lights scattered. It could no longer maintain its crimson bat form, transforming into a black and red crystal, falling from mid-air.
"Gather!"
The Yama Emperor Dharma Idol behind Fang Xi extended its six large hands, seizing the 'Blood River Stone' precisely, and immediately stuffing it into a jade box, then sealing it with several talismans.
At this moment, he finally saw that within the five-colored ray of light, there seemed to be a white jade spider-like Gu insect, which landed on his head, swinging back and forth in the void with great contentment, looking incredibly satisfied.
"What. . . is this thing?"
He reached out his hand, and instantly grabbed the white jade spider, refining it with ease.
"How inexplicable. . ."
Seeing this scene, Fang Xi's face showed little joy, but rather, caution.
He strongly agreed with a certain view: there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. To avoid being deceived, one shouldn't even glance at money dropped on the road!
Now, with a powerful Gu insect suddenly descending from the heavens, the first thing that arose in his heart was suspicion.
Subsequently. . .
"Taiyi!"
Fang Xi lightly commanded, and the Profound Origin Eight Sceneries Bead instantly appeared, transforming into a white mist, enveloping the spider-like Gu insect.
Countless femtometer robots penetrated deep into the Gu insect, causing silver patterns to appear on the white jade spider's surface.
The white jade spider glowed with five-colored radiance throughout its body, seemingly wanting to escape, but it was already too late.
After all, it had accepted Fang Xi's refinement, and was now restrained by the Profound Origin Eight Sceneries Bead.
"Indeed, something's fishy."
Fang Xi gave a cold chuckle, and formed a hand seal.
The white mist re-converged, transforming into a Profound Origin Eight Sceneries Bead, within which a silver-white spider was solidified, like a small insect trapped in amber.
Throughout this process, Taiyi had been continuously operating.
On the beast-hide book, lines of text appeared:
[Analyzing Gu insect's inherent information: Named 'Luck Gu'. Attaches to those with great fortune, possesses the ability to conceal heavenly secrets and divine good or ill fortune! ]
"Oh? So it seems to have taken a liking to my luck?"
Fang Xi stroked his chin.
He felt his fortuitous encounters shouldn't be bad; after all, to be able to transmigrate and be acknowledged by the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror' as its master, how immense must that luck be?
As he carefully checked the various pieces of information at this moment, a faint joy involuntarily appeared on his face: "Concealing heavenly secrets, is it?"
Although he possessed the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror', he couldn't truly use this supreme treasure. At most, he could rely on its inherent status for protection, which was actually not conducive to divination.
For example, when Fang Xian Daoist divined about him, it was a chaotic mess, which in turn indicated a problem.
But the 'Luck Gu' was different. As a completely refined Gu insect, it could sense when others divined about its master, and even retaliate. . . For instance, by forging an identity or even a trap, causing the diviner to suffer their own consequences.
The All-Heavens Precious Mirror could actually do this as well, and even better, but alas, Fang Xi couldn't currently command this 'grandpa'. . .
"Furthermore, it can divine good or ill fortune. . . Each time this function is used, the Luck Gu will fall into a ten-year slumber, making it a skill with considerable consumption. . . Moreover, it can only divine for one specific matter, and five colors will appear as results: black, red, white, yellow, and green. . ."
"Black! Represents a death calamity, virtually certain death!"
"Red! Signifies a disaster of blood, a high likelihood of encountering great misfortune. . ."
"White represents neutrality, with neither calamity nor benefit. . ."
"Yellow, on the other hand, represents benefit; things will develop in a positive direction."
"Finally, green represents supreme auspiciousness!"
"This type of prediction is not necessarily very accurate. For example, if it encounters someone who cultivates heavenly divination arts, and whose cultivation level surpasses that of the Luck Gu, it will be powerless. . ."
"Even so, it still has its use in seeking fortune and avoiding calamity."
Fang Xi's eyes lit up: "Could this truly be a treasure descended from the heavens?"
However, the very next moment, another piece of information appeared on the Taiyi Scripture:
[Analyzing hidden Gu insect information—The Luck Gu feeds on the host's luck. After draining the host's luck dry, it will automatically fly away to seek its next host. . . ]
"Damn it!"
Fang Xi's eye twitched, and he almost smashed the Luck Gu in his hand.
"It feeds on luck? Does that mean after having this Gu insect, my luck will get progressively worse? Wouldn't I eventually encounter a death calamity. . . And this Gu insect just flies away after it's done feasting? How utterly scummy!"
"I don't want this trashy Gu anymore. . ."
He raised his hand, intending to throw away the Luck Gu, yet felt a pang of reluctance.
After all, having refined it to this extent, he could now completely control the 'Luck Gu', and make it eat less.
"Such a peculiar item. . . Perhaps I should just throw it to the Kyushu world. Who knows what they might research from it. . ."
Fang Xi stroked his chin.
The demonic path emphasizes harming others for one's own benefit. Thus, several ideas instantly surfaced in his mind.
He couldn't feed his own luck to the Luck Gu, but he could let it feed on others'! In this way, he would also gain a strange divine ability to weaken luck!
"Once I gather all the methods that represent 'Lu' (Emolument) to reduce cultivation, I'll be the new master of the Three Stars of Fortune, Emolument, and Longevity!"
Fang Xi thought with a chuckle.
For cultivators, 'Fu' (Fortune) represents luck and opportunities, 'Lu' (Emolument) naturally refers to one's cultivation, and 'Shou' (Longevity) is lifespan.
Now, it was truly an unusual matter that he might possess two methods to diminish fortune, emolument, and longevity.
"Perhaps when formations reach a profound level, they could possess the might of the 'Nine Bends Yellow River Array' from the Investiture of the Gods. . ."
"By then, I could traverse the world freely. I would also need to choose a Daoist title, perhaps 'Everlasting Emperor'. . ."
Fang Xi was brimming with ambition and satisfaction, and riding the toad, he leaped out of the Blood River, arriving on the surface.
The next moment, he saw a layer of azure-green light transforming into mist on the distant horizon, almost covering a small portion of the mystic realm's world. . .
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