Chapter 569: Granting Pills (Please Subscribe)
Chapter 569: Granting Pills (Please Subscribe)
Deserted ruins.
Ling Shu and the Second Primordial Spirit transformed into two streaks of light and descended.
Along the way, Ling Shu hesitated to speak several times, probably wanting to ask about the Saint Fire Cult.
Also, Fang Xi's current appearance was completely different, and even his spiritual power fluctuations had regressed to the mid-stage Nascent Soul level. Was it an intentional disguise, or had he encountered a powerful enemy, causing his Nascent Soul to flee his body and possess another, severely depleting his vitality and causing his cultivation to drop?
She and Fang Xi walked underground, and saw an ancient teleportation array that was almost half-finished.
The other 'Fang Xi' was currently placing the last array disk, which was fully inscribed with various patterns.
"Ling Shu. . . you have indeed successfully condensed your Nascent Soul."
Fang Xi turned around and smiled faintly.
Ling Shu sensed the spiritual power fluctuations of Fang Xi's Nascent Soul Perfected level on his body, her delicate body trembled slightly, and she bowed gracefully: "I must also thank Island Master for bringing me here to travel. . ."
"Don't mention it. . ."
Fang Xi smiled faintly and began to calibrate the array disk.
A moment later, the ancient teleportation array rumbled, continuously drawing spiritual energy from high-grade spirit stones, and ancient runes lit up one by one.
"Very good, it seems to have succeeded."
Fang Xi had his Second Primordial Spirit stand on it, and immediately began to cast a spell.
With a flash of silver light, the Second Primordial Spirit's figure instantly vanished.
And through the vague spiritual connection with his Second Primordial Spirit across worlds, he could ascertain many things.
At the very least, he could confirm that Emerald Island on the other side was still safe.
It wasn't that Fang Xi feared Tian Du Mojun and the other Nascent Soul old monsters rebelling, but rather he was wary of the suspected fifth-order Ghost Cultivator sealed beneath Emerald Island within the Nine-Nine Green Vine Gourd!
"Everything is fine, go up."
He pondered for a moment, and said to Ling Shu.
Ling Shu stepped onto the ancient teleportation array, and saw Fang Xi also walk over.
Silver light flickered, enveloping both of them.
...
A sensation of dizziness and disorientation swept over them.
When Ling Shu finally regained her senses, she had already arrived at the back hall of the Evergreen Palace in the Southern Barrens Cultivation World!
"Finally. . . I'm back."
A hint of joy appeared on her face.
No matter how good the Western Desert Cultivation World was, this place was, after all, her homeland.
She glanced around, but didn't see Fang Xi's second primordial spirit, nor did she take it to heart.
As a great cultivator, it was quite reasonable to have mastered a great divine ability like cultivating a second primordial spirit.
At this moment, outside the hall, two streaks of Core Formation level escape light flashed, and two women walked in; they were Zhong Hong Yu and Liu Xu!
"Island Master, Fellow Daoist Ling Shu. . . you've finally returned."
Zhong Hong Yu was somewhat excited.
"Indeed! I'm back!"
Fang Xi nodded, and patted his storage bag.
Amidst a flash of spiritual light, a jade talisman landed upon the ancient teleportation array.
"This is a sealing jade talisman; as long as it suppresses this spot, this ancient teleportation array cannot be used."
At his own lair, Fang Xi felt relatively at ease.
Once this side was sealed, even if Huo Laozu eventually found that ancient teleportation array, it would be useless.
Of course, a Soul Transformation Patriarch could still traverse the natural dangers and personally travel to the Southern Barrens Cultivation World; therefore, Fang Xi decided to advance to Soul Transformation as quickly as possible.
Although. . . the other party had no idea of 'Qing Hezi's' origins, this 'what if' still needed to be guarded against.
Fang Xi glanced at Liu Xu again, and noticed that her cultivation had greatly improved. He couldn't help but nod and offer a word or two of encouragement, and immediately ordered a banquet to be prepared to celebrate properly.
...
Night deepened, and the moonlight was like water.
Fang Xi carried a wine gourd, and arrived at the Evergreen Palace.
Outside the Evergreen Palace, a red silhouette flashed.
"Hong Yu, come in."
Fang Xi gazed at the figure under the moonlight, as a woman with a hint of heroic spirit in her brows walked in. A trace of nostalgia couldn't help but appear on his face.
He was now over five hundred years old, and Zhong Hong Yu was also over four hundred, both considered to have entered the twilight years of their lives.
"Greetings, Young Master."
Zhong Hong Yu's expression was complex and hard to describe. Gazing at Fang Xi's seemingly unchanged face, she bowed deeply.
"Hmm, these past years when I was away, you've truly worked hard managing Emerald Island."
Fang Xi offered a comforting word, and two jade bottles appeared, carried by a surge of spiritual power, and floated before Zhong Hong Yu.
"Of these two jade bottles, one contains a 'Tortoise Longevity' Pill, which is enough to extend one's lifespan by a hundred years."
"The other bottle contains a 'Nascent Transformation Pill'."
Fang Xi casually introduced them, and saw a look of intense emotion on Zhong Hong Yu's face.
He had originally thought of just casually bestowing one.
But with his abundant gains from this trip, there was no need for Zhong Hong Yu to choose.
After all, she was an old acquaintance who had followed him for four hundred years.
"Nascent Transformation Pill. . . this pill is too rare and precious. Young Master, it's better to give it to a cultivator who needs it more. . ."
Zhong Hong Yu pondered for a long time, and finally replied thus.
Giving this 'Nascent Transformation Pill' to her would only slightly increase her chances of breaking through to Nascent Soul, but if given to Liu Xu, who possessed a Heaven-grade wood spiritual root, there would likely be a fifty percent chance of her achieving Nascent Soul Perfection!
"I have my own arrangements for Liu Xu. . ."
Fang Xi waved his hand. He always favored his own over fairness; compared to Zhong Hong Yu, Liu Xu couldn't even be considered a registered disciple, and he truly had no deep feelings for her.
What's more. . . once he reached Soul Transformation, the Nascent Transformation Pill would no longer be a difficult resource to acquire.
Not to mention, the Saint Fire Cult had greatly offended him, and that sect must surely have a stash of 'Nascent Transformation Pills'. . .
"Thank you, Young Master!"
Zhong Hong Yu's expression was agitated, and she carefully put away the pills.
Having gained over a hundred years of lifespan and the Nascent Transformation Pill, she finally saw a glimmer of hope for forming a Nascent Soul.
And as a cultivator, who wouldn't yearn for a higher realm?
"That's enough, you may withdraw."
Fang Xi waved his hand, dismissing Zhong Hong Yu, and then began to recall the changes in the Three Kingdoms Cultivation World and the Yuan Kingdom over the past few years.
With his influence as the Grand Alliance Leader of both Orthodox and Demonic factions, Gong Ling and Feng Bingxian and others had proceeded very smoothly with their expansion in the Yuan Kingdom, having basically occupied the Yuan Kingdom's high-grade spiritual veins, mineral deposits, and spirit medicine gardens.
Unfortunately, the most precious secret realm of the Hunyuan Sect in this country had long been rendered useless; otherwise, its value would have been immeasurable.
And in the Myriad Islands Lake, Hai Da Niu and the other cultivators had also managed the other spirit islands well, with large quantities of spiritual rice and spiritual materials being sent to Emerald Island for storage every year, which were now conveniently all fed to the Taisui.
As for Emerald Island?
It was also managed in perfect order by Zhong Hong Yu and Liu Xu.
'The grand array is also fine, it seems that the sealed Soul Transformation Ghost Cultivator indeed cannot cause much trouble. . . '
Fang Xi took a sip of Green Bamboo Wine, returned to his cultivation chamber, and began to enter a deep state of secluded cultivation.
This time, he had sustained a slight injury to his vitality and needed a period of recuperation. This was also a good opportunity to thoroughly complete the second layer of the 'Seven Emotions Departing Sorrow Manual'!
...
Time flew by, and several more years passed.
After Ling Shu condensed her Nascent Soul, she once bid farewell to Fang Xi, and went to the Jiang Kingdom to settle her grudges.
She returned a few years later, and settled down on Emerald Island.
At this time, Emerald Island, besides Gui Shan and the puppets, finally had a proper Nascent Soul cultivator overseeing it.
Inside the cultivation chamber.
Fang Xi's eyes were tightly shut, when he suddenly formed a hand seal.
On his body, one emerald green rune after another flickered, and a verdant glow overflowed around him.
A vibrant aura, as if all things were reviving, continuously spread outwards.
"Wood Spirit Undying Body!"
Cracking sounds came from Fang Xi's body, his expression suddenly changed, and a mouthful of black clotted blood was spat out.
"Phew, phew. . ."
He took out a green handkerchief and lightly wiped the corners of his mouth: "I didn't expect. . . there would still be these residual injuries in my minute meridians. . . If not fully healed, it would truly be troublesome when advancing to Soul Transformation in the future."
Over these past few years, he continuously nourished the Demonic Tree, to replenish the consumption of his 'Wood Spirit Body', then he once again cast the 'Wood Spirit Undying Body', and combined it with the healing secret art from the 'Withered Glory Chant'. He had already replenished the vitality lost from his physical injuries, and recovered roughly eighty to ninety percent.
However, during his healing, Fang Xi discovered some minor hidden injuries in the minute parts of his body.
These were likely the bitter consequences accumulated from before, and he took this opportunity to remove them all at once. For this, he even specially made a trip to the Kyushu World, consulting many high-level physiotherapists and masters of cultivation arts.
Now, after all hidden dangers had been removed, Fang Xi felt refreshed and invigorated, as if his entire being had undergone a complete transformation once more.
'The three gates of Essence, Qi, and Spirit for Soul Transformation, the Essence gate will surely not hinder me. '
A surge of confidence welled up in Fang Xi's heart.
Immediately after, he formed a hand seal with both hands, and his Divine Consciousness began to slowly circulate along a specific path.
Time passed, though he knew not how long, and various expressions flashed across Fang Xi's face, fleeting instantly.
Joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, fear. . .
All sorts of expressions appeared vivid and lifelike, until finally, only tranquility remained!
Fang Xi opened his eyes, and his Divine Consciousness spread out, one hundred li, two hundred li, three hundred li. . .
It only stopped after reaching a full five hundred li, where it neared the limit of his Divine Consciousness and had to cease.
"The second layer of the Seven Emotions Departing Sorrow Manual is complete!"
He muttered to himself, then suddenly pressed his glabella.
A wisp of spiritual thought flew out, transforming into a crystalline thread, but this thread suddenly expanded, and formed a face identical to Fang Xi's!
"Spiritual Thought Materialization!"
"My Divine Consciousness realm, at the Soul Transformation level, has finally broken through!"
Fang Xi exhaled a long breath in satisfaction.
This time, his travels abroad, aside from the rapid progress of his cultivation method, were precisely for refining his heart in the mortal world, and completing the cultivation of the second layer of the 'Seven Emotions Departing Sorrow Manual'.
Now that it was successfully completed, his Divine Consciousness had greatly increased, and his certainty of reaching Soul Transformation had increased by another fraction!
"I still have a portion of 'Heavenly Demon Qi', which is enough to serve as kindling fuel during my breakthrough. . . It's equivalent to a miraculous spiritual elixir that aids in breaking through the Soul Transformation bottleneck!"
"The three gates of Essence, Qi, and Spirit will pose no trouble at all. . . I will certainly be able to trigger the Soul Transformation heavenly phenomena, and as long as I then draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into my body, the chasm of Soul Transformation will be overcome. . ."
Of course, after breaking through the Soul Transformation bottleneck, he would immediately face the terrifying Three Great Calamities.
Fang Xi now had some confidence in how to overcome the Three Great Calamities.
"However. . . I still need to be a bit more cautious."
"I'll prepare everything else to the extreme, and the rest will depend on the destiny within the unseen depths of fate. . . But I just so happen to possess a Fate Manipulation Gu."
He took out a Gu worm resembling an eight-legged spider; it was precisely the Fate Gu!
This Gu worm was of the fifth-order, and should have some effect on breaking through to Soul Transformation.
Previously, this Gu worm had been used by Fang Xi as a magical artifact, and had fallen into a deep slumber, only recently awakening.
'Perfect, I'll have my Second Primordial Spirit take it to the Red Sun Realm, and properly collect some fate energy. . . '
'And while I'm at it, I can also help Yu Hua and Hua Fei Ye, those two registered disciples. . . '
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