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Chapter 560: Turtle Egg (Extra Chapter for Subscriptions)

Chapter 560: Turtle Egg (Extra Chapter for Subscriptions)

Night had fallen deep.

"Alas. . . what a pity."

Fang Xi held a wine gourd, gazing at the Ice God Palace atop the Great Snow Mountain, and suddenly sighed: "Even if the Ice God Palace previously held Soul Transformation resources. . . this time, with the Ice God Palace Master achieving Soul Transformation, they must have been completely depleted. . . Truly, time waits for no man."

He believed that there were no resources left in the Ice God Palace that could tempt him.

But since he was already here. . .

Fang Xi put away his wine gourd, as blue patterns emerged on his face, startlingly transforming him into a peak fourth-order demon!

The next instant, his aura became like that of a wayside stone, nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.

"This 'Turtle Breath Secret Art' is truly quite extraordinary."

Modifying secret arts was troublesome, but practicing them directly wasn't difficult. Fang Xi pondered it briefly, and when he activated it with demon qi, it truly flowed seamlessly, without the slightest obstruction.

After completing the secret art, Fang Xi arrived at the edge of a grand array and waited in silence.

Originally, according to the old turtle's advice, he should have gone to the mountain gate, taking advantage of the disciples' comings and goings to blend in.

But Fang Xi, of course, wouldn't bother with such a tedious method.

He was, after all, still a formation master; with the assistance of the 'Taiyi Scripture', infiltrating this dilapidated fifth-order grand array shouldn't be much of a problem.

'However, I still need to wait for the right moment! '

Fang Xi concealed his aura, hid beneath the snow, and waited in silence.

An unknown amount of time passed. . .

Suddenly!

A terrifying aura shot skyward, and a beam of brilliant light darted out from the peak of the Great Snow Mountain, fleeing towards a certain direction — it was none other than Bing Xuanzi!

"Indeed, with the Ascension Platform under attack, even this Soul Transformation Venerable couldn't sit still. . . Compared to their sect's legacy, their own ascension was of greater importance. . ."

Fang Xi smiled faintly, then furrowed his brow: "Only one Soul Transformation cultivator left; the recently ascended Ice God Palace Master hasn't appeared, which is a bit troublesome."

However, for Fang Xi, the addition of a newly promoted early-stage Soul Transformation cultivator only increased his difficulty slightly.

"Go!"

Array flags appeared in his hand, which he swiftly launched into the curtain of light before him.

These were the weak points of the formation, identified after 'Taiyi' had performed its calculations.

What Fang Xi was doing now was to covertly infiltrate without alarming the array spirit, and also to leave himself a back door.

"Swift!"

He swiftly formed hand seals, his eyes shimmering with light as he continuously searched for the grand array's weak points.

At the fifth-order formation level, the grand array no longer had any 'weak points'.

Or rather, the formation flowed like water, its vulnerable spots constantly shifting and hidden within the void.

"Stabilize!"

Fang Xi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he continuously chanted incantations.

The next moment, a curtain of light immediately opened in the void before him, revealing a passage wide enough for only one person to pass through.

Without another word, Fang Xi formed a hand seal, his figure vanished, and he darted into it in a single step.

Upon entering the grand array, he saw magnificent ice crystal palaces stretching for an unknown distance.

From time to time, streaks of escaping light would fly out from various palaces.

'The Ice God Palace truly lives up to its reputation as the Northern Plains' foremost sect. . . Its foundation is indeed profound. '

A jade slip containing a map appeared in Fang Xi's hand, and he began slowly approaching the treasure's location.

Behind the Great Snow Mountain lay a canyon.

Upon entering the valley, the surrounding temperature rose considerably, and a hundred flowers bloomed, among them many rare and exotic plants.

Two streaks of escaping light descended, one after another, revealing two Core Formation cultivators.

"Sister Rong. . ."

That Core Formation cultivator had sword-like brows and starry eyes, with an exceptionally handsome appearance. The female cultivator, on the other hand, possessed breathtaking beauty, exuding a cold aura that kept others at a thousand li's distance.

The male cultivator's gaze upon the female cultivator couldn't help but carry a hint of infatuation: "This Hundred Flowers Valley is like spring all year round. Is the scenery to your satisfaction, Sister Rong?"

"This place has already been designated a forbidden area by the sect. Senior Brother, you're quite bold to still dare to come here. . . " Sister Rong's voice was like a clear glacial spring.

"Isn't this just to show Sister Rong my sincerity? " the Core Formation male cultivator chuckled. "What's more. . . ever since my Bai family's Old Ancestor achieved Soul Transformation, the entire Ice God Palace belongs to my Bai family. . . What does it matter if others know? Sister Rong, you also know that due to my physique, I cannot cultivate our sect's primary techniques. I had to choose a top-tier external cultivation method, and now I've reached a critical stage where I must rely on dual cultivation to break through. . ."

"Why doesn't Senior Brother seek out other women? " Sister Rong replied mercilessly. "This junior sister is wholly devoted to cultivation, and has long since reached the realm of severing desires. . ."

"Why? Why do you still look down on me?"

The Core Formation male cultivator grew somewhat exasperated: "Now that the Old Ancestor has achieved Soul Transformation, the sect's accumulated resources are depleted, and nearly none of this generation's Nascent Soul cultivators have hope of reaching Soul Transformation. But once I form my Nascent Soul, I will undoubtedly be the next generation's highly anticipated Soul Transformation seed!"

"Presumptuous!"

The junior sister's cold, sharp cry rang out, followed by the booming sounds of colliding magical artifacts.

A moment later, the junior sister formed a hand seal, and the bloodstains on her pristine white robes vanished. She then transformed into a streak of escaping light and gracefully departed the scene. . .

"Did I perhaps go a bit too far?"

Fang Xi raised a hand, and the Luck Gu appeared in his palm, as he fell into thought.

He had simply felt that the man's luck seemed good, so he raised his hand and released the Luck Gu.

Who would have thought that in just a moment, the other party would meet a deadly calamity!

'Who would have thought that if the man couldn't force her love, he'd resort to violence, and the woman would strike so viciously. . . '

Fang Xi muttered, and continued deeper.

There was no need to worry about the outermost corpse; the woman was ruthless and had already handled it quite properly.

He arrived at the Hundred Flowers Valley, before a stretch of black stone beach, and immediately sensed something different ahead.

A layer of mist completely obscured a certain area.

"Ancient Divine Restriction? !"

Fang Xi had also seen the method of breaking it provided by the old turtle: to attack a certain weak point in the formation with powerful divine consciousness.

"A decent idea, but only at the level of an ordinary fourth-order formation master. Such a commotion would be too grand; it's not my style. . ."

He pressed his glabella, and a crystalline strand of spiritual sense surged forth, swiftly piercing into the mist.

"Taiyi. . . assist with calculations."

A beast-skin ancient book appeared in Fang Xi's hand, its surface adorned with formation patterns that swiftly scanned and analyzed.

A moment later, Taiyi's cheerful voice rang out: "Master, the back door has been found. . ."

Fang Xi nodded slightly, and another strand of spiritual sense, transformed into a crystalline thread, submerged into the mist.

Pop!

The next instant, the mist automatically revealed an opening, allowing Fang Xi to calmly pass through.

Beyond the mist was a downward-sloping, pitch-black passage.

Fang Xi continued downwards, entering an underground karst cave where the surrounding temperature suddenly rose, and the sound of flowing water echoed.

"Underground hot springs?"

Gazing at the numerous spring eyes, Fang Xi nodded slightly.

These spring eyes were naturally not ordinary; they continuously emanated pure spiritual qi, and within them, a few objects faintly bobbed.

And in the largest hot spring at the very center, a gigantic turtle egg was submerged!

This egg was the size of an ostrich egg, entirely grayish-white, seemingly half-petrified, and its life aura was extremely faint!

"No wonder it wasn't placed in the treasure vault, but rather here. So it's to use the incredible life force of the Earth Spirit Milk to nourish this Black Tortoise egg?"

Fang Xi stroked his chin.

The Black Tortoise is one of the demon race's kings; as long as its bloodline is pure enough, upon adulthood, it will become a fourth-order shapeshifting Great Demon!

Furthermore, tortoise-type beings have incredibly long lifespans. If one could contract a spirit tortoise and use it to guard a sect or family, it would be an excellent foundation.

'However, for the Ice God Palace, which has produced Soul Transformation cultivators almost every generation and suppressed the Northern Plains, a few more fourth-order demon beasts might not be much? '

With some doubts, Fang Xi couldn't help but carefully examine the Black Tortoise egg.

Suddenly, he felt something was amiss.

"How could this demon beast egg's life force be so weak? It feels like it can't hatch at all. . ."

"No, that's not right, it's not weak. . ."

A wisp of Fang Xi's crystallized divine sense emerged, circling the Black Tortoise egg once, and he suddenly drew a sharp breath.

Beneath the seemingly grayish-white stone shell, countless dense natural runes seemed to form a strange image!

"Black Tortoise. . . Could this be a True Spirit Black Tortoise egg?"

"Not quite. . . Hmm, or rather, it's a Black Tortoise egg with half the Black Tortoise bloodline. Due to the mother's extreme fragility and the weak spiritual qi of the lower realm, it couldn't absorb enough nourishment, leading it to this state today. . ."

"A True Spirit egg!"

Fang Xi's eyes lit up; this was far more potent than any True Spirit bloodline.

Even if the Heavenly Phoenix and Five Elements Lin clans boasted of possessing True Spirit bloodlines, they were actually extremely diluted; having even one-thousandth or one ten-thousandth was considered genius.

But this True Spirit egg contained at least half of the Black Tortoise lineage's bloodline!

"If it can hatch, it will be at least a fifth-order Great Demon, and advancing to sixth or seventh order in the future won't be difficult. . . In fact, there's a strong possibility."

"No wonder that old turtle abandoned even its home. . ."

"Even if its life force is weak and it might not hatch, using it to refine a magical treasure would undoubtedly yield an earth-shattering fifth-order Numinous Treasure!"

Fang Xi no longer hesitated. Streaks of dark green demon qi emerged, wrapping the Black Tortoise egg layer by layer, then he gently seized it.

The numerous hot springs roared, as if invisible chains had snapped.

The Black Tortoise egg instantly vanished, sent into the Mountain Sea Pearl.

'As expected. . . the moment this egg vanished, there was bound to be a restriction reaction; it couldn't be concealed at all! '

Fang Xi no longer hesitated, transforming into a streak of green escaping light and shooting backward!

Pfft!

The Ancient Divine Restriction automatically split open, allowing him to charge unimpeded towards the outer formation.

Clang! Clang!

Only at this moment did the piercing sound of bells reverberate throughout the entire Ice God Palace.

...

A secret chamber.

The Ice God Palace Master, who had just ascended to Soul Transformation, was in secluded cultivation, regulating his breath and stabilizing his realm. When he heard the bell, he couldn't help but fly into a rage. Countless ice shards spread throughout the chamber, and his figure had already vanished.

Atop the Ice God Palace, a massive phantom figure appeared. The giant's eyes were pure silver-white, sweeping over the Ice God Palace, both inside and out.

Finally, they landed on Fang Xi!

"Little thief? !"

The illusory giant suddenly solidified. Countless ice-element divine lights surged, forming a colossal ice hammer that descended with the weight of five towering peaks, smashing down ferociously!