Chapter 524: Returning to the South Barrens (Making up for 50 overdue chapters)
Chapter 524: Returning to the South Barrens (Making up for 50 overdue chapters)
The Eastern Eight Domains.
Fang Xi's streak of light swept across the sky, and from time to time, one could see demon beasts running rampant. . .
‘A Soul Transformation ancestor of the Five Elements Qilin Clan and Ancestor Huo of the Saint Fire Cult battled fiercely, and the aftermath caused a flaw to appear in Tianwei City's array formation. . . Even though they tried their best to repair it, a large number of demon beasts still escaped, forming a beast tide. . . ’
Thinking of the intelligence he had just gathered, Fang Xi's eyes couldn't help but deepen.
He and the Five Elements Qilin Clan still had quite a bit of a connection.
At this moment, he naturally had some ideas about that fifth-stage Fire Qilin, but his thoughts about the Purple Thunder Qilin were even greater.
He still knew his own limits, understanding that even if he unleashed all his methods now, being able to preserve his life from a Soul Transformation cultivator would already be a good outcome.
In the previous battle for the gate, Fang Xi had unleashed the 'Heavenly Phoenix Qilin Armor', combined with the 'Five Elements Ring'. He had been able to forcibly withstand the attacks of two late-stage Nascent Soul demonic cultivators, emerging completely unharmed, and was quite satisfied with this 'Myriad Demon Armor' secret art.
If he could obtain the essence blood of that fourth-stage superior-grade Purple Thunder Qilin, Fang Xi's body cultivation would advance further.
"Even. . . the true 'Four Sacred Beast Armor' couldn't be achieved, but I could try cultivating 'Little Four Spirits Armor' using fourth-stage essence blood. . . It should also be somewhat useful for the Soul Transformation heavenly tribulation."
Alas, Fang Xi heard that the Flood Dragon clan was in the East Sea.
And the Black Tortoise clan?
This demon realm king race was very reclusive, basically not participating in Realm Descent activities. . .
‘Could it be. . . I have to go back and draw the blood of the Land Mountain Turtle? He's basically a cripple. . . But good or bad, he's still fourth-stage, perhaps he can serve as a temporary substitute for now. . . ’
Carrying a bit of thought, Fang Xi hurried all the way towards the ruins where the ancient teleportation array was located.
That place had no spirit vein, nor any human settlements, so the possibility of it being destroyed by the demon race was extremely small.
Swish!
A streak of light swept across the sand dunes, its speed simply unbelievable. That extremely powerful magic power fluctuation caused both demon beasts and humans to cautiously steer clear.
When he arrived near the abandoned oasis, Fang Xi retracted his streak of light, turning into a faint, almost imperceptible, thin green line. Even his aura was restrained to the extreme.
With his current aura concealment art, he feared that besides Soul Transformation cultivators, no one would be able to detect him at all.
A moment later, he successfully arrived at the abandoned oasis, reaching the underground location of the ancient teleportation array.
The teleportation array here still stood, but one of its array patterns had been severed in the middle, causing the entire teleportation array to lose its effect.
This was done intentionally by Fang Xi. At this moment, he directly took out many materials from his storage ring and began repairing it. . .
A day later, the ancient teleportation array was fully repaired.
"I wonder what the situation in the South Barrens Cultivation World is like. . ."
"The Heavenly Phoenix clan surely has a Soul Transformation-level great demon. If I rashly go there, the situation might not be good. . ."
The Fang Xi of that time had only come to the Western Desert Cultivation World to avoid the limelight.
Now, he didn't know if the storm had passed.
Although he didn't wish to see his subordinates die and their Dao vanish, to have him risk his own life to go rescue them was absolutely something he wouldn't do.
"If it were before, I would definitely have sent my External Avatar to scout ahead. . ."
Fang Xi smiled slightly, taking out a Gu worm shaped like a spider, with silver patterns on its surface. It was precisely the 'Fate Gu'!
"Let's perform a divination. How dangerous will it be this time returning?"
He murmured to himself and activated the 'Fate Gu'.
The Gu worm floated up into the air, seemingly generating an inexplicable fluctuation.
Then, a five-colored light, interspersed with black, red, white, gold, and green, appeared, constantly rotating.
Finally, it purified into a pure white.
"White, a moderate outcome? It represents danger that can be handled. . ."
If it were a black death tribulation or a red bloody disaster, Fang Xi might have directly destroyed the teleportation array, washed his hands of it and left.
At this moment, after pondering for a while, he finally flew out many spirit stones and activated the teleportation array!
Boom!
The ancient teleportation array buzzed once, a silver-white light screen enveloped Fang Xi, and then, with a great flash of light, he vanished. . .
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South Barrens Cultivation World.
Myriad Islands Lake, Emerald Island.
Compared to the past, Emerald Island at this moment had undergone earth-shattering changes.
In the high sky outside the island, a massive multi-story ship was anchored. It was none other than the Lishang Demon Palace's Seven Treasures Building Ship!
On the bow deck, Tian Du Mojun still looked like a young boy, with a red mole between his brows, standing with his hands behind his back, silently gazing North.
A streak of light appeared, and inside was 'Tian Xingzi'.
However, at this moment, he looked much younger. This was probably due to the body he had seized being quite young.
"That fifth-stage Heavenly Phoenix has been moving North all along. The Jiang Kingdom has already fallen, and the Yuan Kingdom is also not safe. . . Even in such a desolate and remote place, the beast tide will probably surge here in an instant. . ."
Tian Xingzi stood shoulder to shoulder with Tian Du Mojun, both gazing North: "I truly didn't expect that there would be a fourth-stage spirit island here. That Dragon Fish Island Master is not simple; he actually subdued a transformed turtle demon. . ."
Tian Du Mojun said indifferently: "I advise fellow Daoist to make your disciples restrain themselves a bit. If this Seat's prediction is not mistaken, that Dragon Fish Island Master is Yun Jizi. . . After all, while a place with such a spirit vein is good, for us, once the demon race's army arrives, we will still have to hide in the Great Dream Marsh. Therefore, this spirit vein won't be of much use. . ."
The highest cultivation level in both the righteous and demonic factions was only late-stage Nascent Soul Grand Cultivators. Facing a demon army with Soul Transformation demon cultivators, they naturally suffered a great defeat.
Even Tian Du Mojun and Tian Xingzi had not engaged that Soul Transformation Heavenly Phoenix. Instead, they had fled far away at the first hint of trouble, abandoning their foundations before the opponent even made a move, and escaped to the Three Kingdoms Cultivation World.
Moreover, they also dispatched a large number of disciples to explore the Great Dream Marsh, planning that if the demon army arrived, they would hide in the Great Dream Marsh, intending to play hide-and-seek and wear down the demon army.
The Great Dream Marsh was located North of the Myriad Islands Lake. It was formed during an ancient great war. That mist was not only incredibly vast in scope, but it was also rumored that even Core Formation cultivators would get lost if they entered it.
"The mist of the Great Dream Marsh also has a suppressive effect on our Divine Consciousness. As long as we hide within it, temporarily avoiding the demon race's vanguard, once the Realm Descent passes, all will naturally be peaceful. . . After all, we already destroyed the conversion array last time. Even if that fifth-stage Heavenly Phoenix is powerful, many rare materials and 'Heavenly Demon Qi' cannot be produced just like that. . ."
Tian Xingzi smiled slightly: "As for Emerald Island, although its location is good, retreating North leads directly to the Great Dream Marsh. But this old man is a righteous path cultivator, how could I harbor such crooked thoughts? Besides, isn't Emerald Island still protected by the Ruyi Sect Master? However, that Carefree Duke seems to have some interest in it."
At the mention of this person, Tian Du Mojun's expression darkened slightly.
When he was previously in secluded cultivation healing his injuries, Old Man White Cloud couldn't hold back, calling friends to seek trouble with the Carefree Duke. But as it turned out, Old Man White Cloud and Old Man Fishing for Ao had long since vanished without a trace, while the Carefree Duke was still living quite well.
After Tian Du Mojun emerged from seclusion, he wanted to punish the Carefree Duke for the crime of avoiding battle, but for a time, he couldn't grasp his opponent's crucial weakness.
Then. . . a Soul Transformation demon cultivator appeared, sweeping across the Jiang Kingdom.
Only then did the Carefree Duke not dare to be arrogant. Although his Cloud Escape Art was powerful, compared to a fifth-stage Heavenly Phoenix, it was a joke!
Thus, he also fled to the Three Kingdoms Cultivation World. Now he seemed quite interested in Emerald Island. . .
Although, intimidated by Yun Jizi's previous fierce reputation, he didn't dare to directly act, but various probings were unavoidable, probably thinking that the Dragon Fish Island Master had simply fled. . .
The many unusable ancient teleportation arrays behind the Longevity Palace were clear proof!
When that group of Nascent Soul cultivators first saw those ancient teleportation arrays, they were first overjoyed, and then they stomped their feet and beat their chests in frustration.
There were quite a few Nascent Soul old monsters who cursed the Dragon Fish Island Master for being a coward, abandoning everyone and fleeing by himself.
Tian Du Mojun actually had this same conjecture in his heart. If it were him, he would most likely also use the ancient teleportation array to flee for his life, and then destroy the ancient teleportation array.
"I heard there's some enmity between fellow Daoist and the Carefree Duke. At this moment, with a great enemy before us, he is also an asset. How about this old man acts as a mediator to resolve the grievances?"
Tian Xingzi's gaze suddenly shifted, and he brought up another matter.
"Hmph. . . Let's not mention this matter."
Tian Du Mojun let out a cold snort, knowing that the righteous forces under Tian Xingzi had recently been getting along very well with the Carefree Duke. This person clearly wanted to win over the Carefree Duke and bring him into the righteous faction's camp.
However, he didn't flare up, after all, Tian Xingzi merely alluded to it and stopped.
"Very well then. Next, let's discuss the arrangements. . . With the combined resources of our righteous and demonic paths, we should be able to set up the 'Yin-Yang Sumeru Nine Palaces Grand Array' near Emerald Island. . . Even if a Soul Transformation Venerable comes, they will be trapped for a moment. At that time, we can even directly detonate the array. . . giving the demon race a harsh lesson."
Tian Xingzi's eyes flashed as he said: "Afterwards, we can calmly retreat into the Great Dream Marsh. . ."
"This matter. . ."
As this involved such important matters as defense, rear-guard, and retreat, Tian Du Mojun immediately cast the Carefree Duke to the back of his mind. The two Grand Cultivators began to negotiate with sharp words and witty arguments. . .
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Longevity Back Hall.
Several array masters were sighing deeply at the most broken ancient teleportation arrays.
"Sigh. . . None of these intact ancient teleportation arrays can be used. Why not just destroy them?"
An array master sighed.
"The righteous and demonic paths want us to study these ancient teleportation arrays and try to repair the remaining ones. . ."
An old man with a head full of white hair stroked his beard: "Even if we dismantle the intact ones, the materials inside, having been refined and inscribed with different forbidden arts, would also be useless. . . Outsiders don't understand, but don't we? These ancient teleportation arrays aren't something where you can just take a formation plate from one and install it on another to use it. It's better to keep them for study; they also have the effect of inspiring insights into similar fields. . ."
Though he said so, in truth, the old man was not very confident in his heart.
After all, that Dragon Fish Island Master was likely a fourth-stage array master. If even he had given up on repairing some of the ancient teleportation arrays, it was highly unlikely that these array masters could do it.
Just at this moment, one of the intact ancient teleportation arrays suddenly flashed with silver light, and a figure appeared.
"What?"
The old man's eyes widened: "That ancient teleportation array clearly couldn't be used! No, someone repaired the array on the other side. . . You, are you the Dragon Fish Island Master?"
He saw Fang Xi, looking utterly incredulous.
"What's going on?"
Seeing so many strangers in his own home, Fang Xi frowned, looking at these Core Formation-level array masters, his expression gradually turned unkind.
"We are array masters serving both the righteous and demonic paths. This senior must be the Dragon Fish Island Master, right?"
A middle-aged array master walked out, his face filled with joy: "Is the teleportation array behind Island Master functional? This truly is incredibly good news. . . Ah!"
He hadn't even finished speaking when he saw Fang Xi's hand rise and fall like a blade, chopping off a corner of the ancient teleportation array.
Immediately after, a palm landed on his head, causing the magic power throughout his body to congeal, his face becoming incredibly pained and twisted. . .
"Soul-searching technique? !"
The elderly array master blurted out, retreating several steps as if avoiding snakes and scorpions.
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