Chapter 606: A Cycle of Sixty Years (Seeking Monthly Votes)
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, a full cycle of sixty years had passed.
Human World.
Demonic Tree Ridge.
The Demonic Tree remained lush and verdant.
Beneath the trunk, there was a hidden grotto.
Innumerable Demonic Tree roots covered the grotto, continuously drilling into the vast demon corpse in the center.
This demon corpse, resembling a giant dog with a human face, was precisely the Valley God!
However, compared to before, the Valley God's body seemed to have shrunk by a size, and numerous Demonic Tree roots spread from its exposed wounds, seemingly deeply embedded within its internal organs.
Fang Xi sat cross-legged upon it, the Demonic Tree tattoo on his back swaying. Innumerable tendrils and aerial roots emerged, connecting to the Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning.
Moments later.
He concluded his practice of the 'Longevity Art' and opened his eyes.
A flash of emerald green flickered within Fang Xi's pupils.
"My Wood Spirit Body has still only transformed slightly more than a third. . ."
Fang Xi sighed deeply: "It seems it's not an issue with a fifth-order spiritual vein. . . but rather that this Human World is indeed too isolated."
Over these past sixty years, besides cultivating the 'Celestial Demon Extermination Manual', he had spent every day practicing the 'Longevity Art'.
Regrettably, the results were not satisfactory.
The progress of his 'Eternal Evergreen Body' had stagnated, leaving Fang Xi feeling deeply helpless.
He had once thought it was a spiritual vein problem, so he had specially moved the Demonic Tree to the top of the Saint Fire Cult's mountain gate.
And after even the spiritual vein couldn't solve it, he provided the entire corpse of a Soul Transformation demon beast for the Demonic Tree to absorb.
To help it overcome the Soul Transformation aura, he had even specially gone to the Kyushu World to consult with many of the top spirit farmers, employing various secret arts, finally succeeding in making the Demonic Tree take root in the Valley God and draw nourishment. . .
"Facts prove. . . even the flesh and blood of a fifth-order demon beast cannot enable the Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning to break through this bottleneck. . ."
"This is no longer a question of quality or quantity. . ."
"In terms of quality, the Valley God possesses fifth-order flesh and blood. In terms of quantity. . . how much blood essence did the Demonic Tree store during the demon race's Realm Descent and great war with the Demon race?"
"Could it be. . . that I must plant the tree in the Earthly Immortal World?"
"Fortunately, the current Demonic Tree appears to be a fourth-order spiritual root. Even if it advances in the Earthly Immortal World, it would only become a fifth-order spiritual root. While rare, it wouldn't be enough to attract the attention of Return to Void cultivators. . ."
Fang Xi sighed. The roots of the Demonic Tree on the ground writhed, lifting his throne into mid-air, before the Demonic Tree's immensely thick trunk.
*Rip! *
Countless tendrils and roots parted, revealing a tree hollow.
Inside the tree hollow was, surprisingly, a stone egg the size of an ostrich egg.
Complex and abstruse patterns adorned the stone egg, and at this moment, a faint pulse emanated from within it.
"The Black Tortoise egg. . . finally has enough vitality, but it's still unable to hatch. . ."
"Shallow waters cannot nurture dragons. . . Could it also be due to the insufficient heaven and earth spiritual energy in the lower realm?"
Fang Xi had no choice but to make such a guess.
"Fortunately, the Xuanming Abyss in the Earthly Immortal World has temporarily stabilized, so I can try planting the tree there. . ."
"If the Black Tortoise egg hatches, then Big Green and Little Green can be discarded. . ."
This was, of course, a jest, but if he were to ascend to the Earthly Immortal World, Fang Xi truly didn't plan to bring these two spirit pets.
After all, being only fourth-stage, they were completely inadequate for significant use and could easily expose many secrets.
If these two spirit beasts still wished to follow him, they would have to cultivate to the fifth-stage as quickly as possible and ascend through the Ascension Platform. . .
After a period of contemplation, Fang Xi re-sealed the tree hollow and entered his cultivation chamber.
He took a deep breath, and a layer of magnificent scales suddenly appeared on his body—it was precisely the Four Sacred Beast Armor!
*Crack! *
Fang Xi casually stretched his limbs, and the void let out an unbearable lament.
His demonic qi was exceedingly rich, transforming him into a Soul Transformation demon cultivator!
"Over these sixty years, cultivating the 'Celestial Demon Extermination Manual' day and night, my magic power has indeed become more profound and robust than before, but there's still a distance to the peak of the early Soul Transformation stage. . ."
Compared to other Soul Transformation cultivators, Fang Xi's cultivation speed was actually not slow.
After all, he focused wholeheartedly on cultivation, not even needing to manage his Life-Bound Treasure, the 'Life and Death Seal'.
However, the higher one's cultivation realm, the more difficult progress became!
"Fortunately, all of this should change soon."
Fang Xi opened a silver-white briefcase in front of him.
*Pffft! *
A layer of white cold mist appeared, continuously emerging and evaporating from inside the box. . .
The box fully opened, revealing transparent glass jars inside.
Inside the jars were reddish-brown pills, each the size of a baby's fist.
Upon the pills were pill patterns resembling flood dragons.
"True Blood Pill!"
Fang Xi's eyes lit up: "After a long time, the Kyushu World side finally managed to reverse-engineer the pill formula and even made improvements. . ."
The development of the Kyushu World over these years had been excellent, not requiring his constant attention.
The biggest event in the past sixty years was the Ghost Axe Venerable once again assaulting a bottleneck and successfully achieving Soul Transformation.
Furthermore, the Endless Treasury Lord, 'White Brow Zhenjun', once again failed to break through to Soul Transformation. Moreover, due to his advanced age, even after consuming longevity spiritual pills, he was on the verge of his great limit and passed away with a sigh. . .
Fang Xi made time to attend the funeral of this Treasury Lord and delivered an important speech.
At the same time, from among the rising stars of the Kyushu World, he selected a Grand Cultivator who had recently advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage in the past few decades. After a vote among the many Nascent Soul cultivators, this individual was elected as the new 'Endless Treasury Lord', known as 'Wan Zang Zhenjun'!
In fact, for two out of the three Hall Masters to successfully reach Soul Transformation, this success rate was already astonishing.
Clearly, all of this was due to the 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy Particle Map'.
‘If one also counts the two generations of Fang Xian Dao Palace Masters, the Kyushu World's destiny seems to have converged upon this generation. . . ’
Fang Xi felt a pang of emotion, then immediately grabbed a True Blood Pill and exhaled a stream of dark green demonic fire.
*Whoosh! *
Under the scorching of the demonic fire, the True Blood Pill rapidly melted, and wisps of its medicinal power transformed into a blood cocoon, enveloping Fang Xi.
"Ugh!"
Fang Xi bent at the waist, a pained expression on his face.
He could see the potent medicinal power of the True Blood Pill, like countless flood dragons, fiercely drilling into the skin of his limbs and bones.
This subjected his physique to immense pressure. If he hadn't already strengthened his body with the 'Myriad Demon Armor', he might even have been injured!
At this moment, he could no longer pay attention to these things. Instead, he closed his eyes and circulated the 'Celestial Demon Extermination Manual' technique again and again, causing his demonic power to continuously rise.
The blood cocoon persisted for seven days and seven nights.
After the seventh night.
*Crack! *
An arm stretched out from within the blood cocoon, tearing it open and revealing a figure brimming with demonic energy.
"The medicinal effect of this 'True Blood Pill' seems a bit too strong, and also a bit too good. . ."
Fang Xi murmured to himself.
Through his own practical experience, he confirmed that this type of pill's medicinal properties were too overbearing, perhaps even unsuitable for early Soul Transformation cultivators to consume.
It would be best for cultivators in the mid or even late Soul Transformation stage to take this pill, to barely digest its medicinal power.
To perfectly withstand it, it would be best for a Soul Transformation body cultivator, or perhaps. . .
"Could this primarily be a pill meant for spirit beasts?"
"Or with its overbearing medicinal power, if the quantity is sufficient, it might even have some effect on Return to Void cultivators. . ."
Fang Xi rubbed his arm, a hint of joy appearing on his face: "I didn't expect this pill to also have a body refining effect. . ."
"In that case, the output from Xuanming Abyss cannot be overlooked. . ."
A contemplative expression immediately appeared on his face. . .
...
Earthly Immortal World.
Xuanming Abyss, Ghost Gate Reef.
With a flick of his fishing rod, a massive Dragon Salamander leaped out of the water.
He had engraved numerous spell formations onto this fishing rod using micro-carving techniques. At this moment, streaks of formation patterns lit up, transforming into a flash of ice-soul divine light that directly struck the Dragon Salamander still flapping in mid-air!
Most Great Salamanders, upon reaching five hundred years, condense a demon core and grow horns on their heads, earning them the alias 'Dragon Salamander'!
Their entire body – flesh, blood, and bones – were excellent spiritual materials, and the primary ingredient for refining 'True Blood Pills'!
"Today's harvest is good."
Dropping the Dragon Salamander into a storage bag shaped like a fish basket, Fang Xi carried the fish basket and swept it with his Divine Consciousness, feeling quite delighted.
After all, as a Soul Transformation Venerable, he had stooped to engage in fishing. Just in terms of Divine Consciousness, he possessed far too many advantages over other cultivators.
‘But it's nothing. . . with the alchemy skills of the Kyushu World, the 'True Blood Pills' produced from a single 'Dragon Salamander' are far superior to those of ordinary alchemists. . . absolutely profitable! ’
Returning with a full harvest, and then taking a sip of Green Bamboo Wine, he felt quite good.
Fang Xi put away his spirit boat and arrived at Sangqing Peak.
At this time, Sangqing Peak's formation had already expanded, covering the nearby thousand-li area.
‘Transplanting the Demonic Tree here also poses no problem at all. . . if outsiders ask, I'll just say I found an ancient formation text and used a spiritual root to upgrade the formation. . . ’
Thinking of the recent situation in Xuanming Abyss, Fang Xi's lips curled slightly: "However, I doubt anyone will come to ask me this question. . ."
Sixty years had passed since the Wang Family's rebellion against the Black Water Sect, but the turmoil in Xuanming Abyss still continued.
After all, the Wang Family lacked sufficient strength, and the Counter-Current Alliance was merely a collection of small and medium-sized forces. After overthrowing the Black Water Sect that had lorded over them, they immediately fell into various internal struggles.
For Fang Xi, this seemed to be a good thing.
With the Wang Family overwhelmed, they wouldn't pay too much attention to him—as long as he didn't explicitly side with any faction.
Moreover, it was easier to 'fish in troubled waters' amidst the chaos, or rather. . . to openly poach resources!
Not long after, a figure flew over—it was Zuo Xiaoxuan.
At this moment, she had already successfully formed her Core, but her face was covered by a silver-white mask, her demeanor cold and aloof, making her seem like a completely different person from before.
"Senior, this time I secretly received quite a few spiritual materials!"
Zuo Xiaoxuan bowed and handed a storage bag to Fang Xi.
Fang Xi glanced at it, feeling rather satisfied. He handed over a dozen jade bottles to Zuo Xiaoxuan: "Well done. These are the 'Pure Water Pills' for next time!"
As fishermen could be poisoned by the Xuanming Heavy Water at any time, 'Pure Water Pills' were a 'hard currency' among the cultivators living in Xuanming Abyss, just like spirit stones.
Fang Xi had long since analyzed the pill formula for this pill, but he had always refrained from large-scale buying and selling.
However, after the Black Water Sect was previously destroyed, the 'Pure Water Pill' formula leaked, and once more than one force mastered the formula, Fang Xi had no further reservations.
Everyone worked together to poach, causing the price of Pure Water Pills to drop significantly, but there was still profit to be made!
It's just that the Wang Family was bound to be furious. . .
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