Chapter 66: Three Types of Spirit Bodies (For Alliance Leader Tianqiong Yunhai! )
Chapter 66: Three Types of Spirit Bodies (For Alliance Leader Tianqiong Yunhai! )
“That Demonic Tree was able to grow in a place like Da Liang, where spiritual energy is sparse, so it shouldn't have high demands for spirit veins. . . ”
“And, by devouring flesh and blood, it grew quite fast, changing day by day. . . ”
“I wonder if it counts as a ‘Heaven and Earth Spirit Root’? ”
Although Fang Xi had no way to deal with the Demonic Tree at the moment, his storage bag still contained three dusty, unassuming tree seeds left over from when he killed the wooden men!
It was precisely this realization that made Fang Xi somewhat excited.
If he could cultivate an Acquired Spirit Body, his low-grade spirit root aptitude might truly see promise on the path of cultivation!
Therefore, everything he had done in Wan Hai Lou was merely an act.
Since Song Qing wanted to put on a show, he simply played along.
“However, this means all the monster materials I’ve accumulated over the years are gone. . . I should go to Da Liang to restock. . . ”
Fang Xi had long coveted those eight great demon kings, especially the leading Flood Dragon King.
As he walked out of the Green Bamboo Mountain Market, he immediately felt several gazes fall upon him, and couldn't help but sneer inwardly:
“As expected of the most chaotic black market, killing and seizing treasures have almost formed a complete industry here. . . ”
However, Fang Xi was not afraid in the slightest.
He was now a True Vigor Martial Saint, and his Grandmaster-level externalized True Vigor could completely withstand artifact attacks.
His defense was unparalleled until his True Vigor was exhausted.
This was comparable to a third-stage body cultivator, and with his other immortal cultivation methods, he could even contend with a late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator!
To Fang Xi’s surprise, these gazes dispersed shortly after they fixed on him.
And he didn't encounter any bandit cultivators until he had left the Green Bamboo Mountain area.
“This. . . perhaps the Green Bamboo Association maintains a decent surface order? ”
“Or did they see how shabby I looked and thought I didn't have much worth stealing? ”
This was a good thing.
Thus, Fang Xi immediately sped up, leaving the Green Bamboo Mountain area far behind.
Outside Jiahe City.
In a desolate mountain, Fang Xi manipulated his superior-grade artifact, the Golden Flood Dragon Shears, to hack away wildly, carving a cave dwelling out of the rocky mountain body.
He then moved a giant boulder to block the entrance of the cave, and affixed a 'protection talisman' to it.
Only after completing all this did Fang Xi let out a long breath.
This trip to the Green Bamboo Mountain Market had been a bit hasty.
But he hadn't expected such enormous gains!
With burning eyes, Fang Xi took out the jade slip recording the 'Longevity Art' and began to carefully comprehend it.
Sharpening the axe doesn't delay the chopping of wood!
There was no spirit vein here, and with his low-grade spirit root, even cultivating for ten days to half a month wouldn't yield much progress.
It was better to comprehend cultivation methods!
Three days later.
Fang Xi put down the jade slip, his head feeling heavy.
He took a Bigu Pill and promptly fell asleep.
He slept for another day and night before getting up, fully refreshed. After a moment of contemplation, he took out the three seeds from his storage bag.
These three seeds, with their dusty, unremarkable surfaces, had been carefully sealed by Fang Xi, because they were all products of the original Demonic Tree!
"To cultivate the 'Longevity Art', one must first possess a spirit root with a predominant wood attribute. I meet this prerequisite."
"Next, I need to find a seedling or seed of a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root!"
Regarding the selection of a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root, the jade slip also provided methods of identification, which Fang Xi had mainly focused on comprehending these past few days!
Although he didn't know the exact species of the Demonic Tree, judging by its original body, reaching the third-order Core Formation level shouldn't be difficult.
However, at this moment, identification was still necessary.
Fang Xi chanted incantations, and obscure, difficult-to-pronounce syllables echoed within the cave dwelling.
He stretched out his right hand, and a point of emerald green light suddenly appeared on the tip of his index finger.
With a solemn expression, Fang Xi channeled this point of light into one of the tree seeds.
Thump-thump!
In a trance, he seemed to hear the heartbeat of this tree seed.
Immediately after, a layer of bloody light actually emerged on the dusty surface of the seed.
"A reaction!"
Seeing this, Fang Xi’s face lit up with joy: "It meets the conditions! It can be refined into a Life-Bound Spirit Plant!"
To be safe, he then tested the other two seeds and found that their vitality was also quite robust, meeting the requirements for refining.
In the end, Fang Xi naturally chose the tree seed with the most vibrant vitality and the strongest aura, sealing it away properly for future use.
As for the other two, they were also safely stored.
At this point, he realized that these Demonic Tree seeds, at least comparable to third-order spirit plants, might be the most precious items he possessed!
'Too bad. . . I really don't dare to go back to Black Stone City. . . 'Fang Xi had no fear of the demons of Da Liang World.
But the true demonic entities were too strange; it was better to avoid them.
Especially when his strength was still low!
Fang Xi now regarded cultivating the 'Longevity Art' as his top priority.
With his aptitude, if not for the improvement of a spirit body, wanting to advance further on the path of immortal cultivation would basically be a pipe dream.
‘The spirit body cultivated by the ‘Longevity Art’ will inevitably be a wood-element spirit body. . . The longer it cultivates, the stronger the spirit body becomes, with centuries, millennia, and ten millennia as the benchmarks! ’
‘The Demonic Tree should grow quite fast. . . I wonder if anything will change after transplanting it? ’
Once the Life-Bound Spirit Plant was determined, the next step was to find a spirit vein location to plant the spirit root.
This aspect was originally a huge pitfall, as most spirit vein locations in the State of Yue were occupied by powerful forces.
Fortunately, the Demonic Tree’s demand for spiritual energy should be very low.
However, Fang Xi still decided to choose a place with more abundant spiritual energy if possible!
“Theoretically, the more abundant the spiritual energy, the faster the spirit plant grows. . . Although the Demonic Tree may not care about this, I do! ”
He didn’t know how many years the Longevity Art would take to cultivate, but during this period, Fang Xi himself certainly had to cultivate as well!
The Longevity Art was merely a method for cultivating an Acquired Spirit Body; it couldn’t increase cultivation base. If he delayed his cultivation for decades because of it, even if the spirit body eventually succeeded, Fang Xi would already be an old man, only able to end his life in melancholic despair!
“While cultivating the spirit body, it’s best to also utilize the spirit vein to cultivate the Evergreen Spring Technique! Only then will I have a chance to break through to the Qi Refinement Perfected stage before my lifespan limit and have an opportunity to attempt Foundation Establishment! ”
Fang Xi himself was already a True Vigor Martial Saint, so living for two sexagenary cycles was no problem at all. Furthermore, before his death, his blood and qi would be deeply preserved, and his physical strength incredibly abundant, so the blood and qi hurdle, one of the three essence, qi, and spirit hurdles for Foundation Establishment, posed no issue.
Because he needed to cultivate the Evergreen Spring Technique himself, Fang Xi did not consider planting the Demonic Tree in the Da Liang world.
Although the risk would be smaller there.
After all, cultivating the 'Longevity Art' and nurturing an Acquired Spirit Body required absorbing a large amount of pure spiritual energy, and Da Liang was truly a cultivation desert. . . extremely unsuitable for cultivation.
“And there’s the Demonic Tree’s blood food problem. . . In this regard, I do have Taisui meat! ”
Fang Xi thought of that Taisui; he had also brought it to Three Yuan City and occasionally cut off some meat to eat.
“I just don’t know how fast the Demonic Tree will grow. . . but I must be prepared to at least stay confined to one place for twenty or thirty years. . . ”
The biggest pitfall of cultivating the 'Longevity Art' was that during the long period of cultivation, one could not leave the range of the spirit plant.
Perhaps one could leave for a short time, but once the time was too long and the connection was severed, all efforts would be wasted!
Once this weakness was discovered by enemies, he could very likely be trapped and killed!
“It would be best to find an uninhabited spirit vein location, stockpile a large amount of food, talismans, spirit stones. . . and then cultivate the Longevity Art to completion in one go! ”
“At least. . . I need to cultivate an Acquired ‘Azure Wood Spirit Body’, right? ”
This Longevity Art boasted greatly, speaking of things like the Wood Spirit Body and Longevity Dao Body that only existed in legends.
But the aptitude of an 'Azure Wood Spirit Body', also called 'Azure Wood Spirit Body', Fang Xi had heard of.
It was said that decades ago, the Spirit Seeker of the 'Green Wood Sect' from the State of Mu, a neighbor of the State of Yue, discovered a genius possessing a 'Profound Water Spirit Body' in the State of Yue!
Although this individual only had a mid-grade water spirit root, coupled with their 'Profound Water Spirit Body', their cultivation speed was in no way inferior to a peerless genius with an Earth-grade water spirit root. They were immediately taken away, and their family soared to prominence, all moving together to the State of Mu.
Then, the Black Heaven Sect, upon learning of this, was furious, and almost went to war with the Green Wood Sect!
Because this was a major event that nearly triggered a war between the immortal cultivation worlds of two nations, it had been a popular topic of discussion for decades, and even Fang Xi had heard about it repeatedly.
This 'Profound Water Spirit Body' was a physique similar to the 'Azure Wood Spirit Body'.
“I’m not greedy; being able to cultivate an Acquired Azure Wood Spirit Body, which combined can be comparable to a superior-grade spirit root, is enough. . . ”
Fang Xi muttered to himself: "If I'm to be confined for a long time, the most useful thing would be formations. . . I can't let my array dao inheritance fall behind! If truly necessary, I can only buy some large array disks. . ."
As for inviting an array master to set up a formation? That wouldn't be good for his privacy, so Fang Xi wouldn't consider it.
“Sigh. . . I’m still too passive. ”
Fang Xi disliked being passive. Although even if his weakness were discovered and he faced a major enemy siege, at a crucial moment, he could abandon the Demonic Tree and cross worlds to save himself.
But the 'Longevity Art' would inevitably fail completely!
Just as Fang Xi was thoroughly pondering his future plans, he suddenly recalled the scene of the Demonic Tree controlling numerous demonic servants and rampaging through Black Stone City.
Then, a light ignited in his eyes: "Hmm. . . I can't leave my Life-Bound Spirit Plant too far, but puppets should be able to. . . This is the most convenient supplement, puppet arts?"
Once his thoughts opened up, Fang Xi realized that beast taming arts were also quite good; they could help him, a person inconvenient to move, do many things.
This was the convenience of immortal cultivators; because they were quite comprehensive, most problems had indirect solutions.
“These puppet arts and beast taming arts are not as widely spread as the four cultivation arts, so finding their inheritance might be a bit troublesome. . . but if I throw enough spirit stones at it, and don't aim for top-tier grades, I should be able to find some, right? ”
Speaking of beast taming arts, Fang Xi thought of the abundant monster resources in the Da Liang world, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
He had once worried that carrying living beings across two worlds would expose his secret.
But if he could completely control the life and death of the monster, then it wouldn’t be much of a problem.
“Hmm. . . Before bringing the Taisui over, it would be best to first sign a master-servant contract. . . ”
“This way, I can completely eliminate the possibility of it rebelling. ”
Thinking of this, Fang Xi looked at the Demonic Tree seed in his hand and instantly felt it wasn’t so appealing anymore.
To be absolutely safe, before refining this seed, he should use the methods from the 'Longevity Art' to cleanse and refine it multiple times to ensure there were no issues. . .
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