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Chapter 718: Procurement (Extra Chapter for Subscriptions)

Chapter 718: Procurement (Extra Chapter for Subscriptions)

Celestial Brahma City.

Inside Fang Xi's immortal's cave.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you think of this 'Ancient Green Beast'? I went through quite some trouble to kill this one. . ."

A scholar holding a jade brush smiled as he looked at Fang Xi.

Fang Xi's divine consciousness entered his storage bag, where he saw the corpse of a primordial desolate beast, entirely green in color.

Even though it was already dead, its aura was still extremely terrifying.

Although the demon core, essence blood, and some precious materials had been taken, the remaining flesh and blood was still quite good.

"The quality is acceptable. . ."

The scholar with the jade brush furrowed his brow, then said, "This price is too low. Add another twenty percent. . ."

"Currently, within Celestial Brahma City, the prices for desolate beast meat and primordial desolate beast meat have plummeted, far inferior to prices within human territory. . . " Fang Xi shook his head.

Both sides haggled for a bit, finally settling on a price that was half a percent higher than the original.

Fang Xi handed a storage bag to the scholar with the jade brush.

The scholar swept his divine consciousness over it and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction: "Fellow Daoist Fang, are you still accepting primordial desolate beast meat?"

"Recently, I've acquired enough for my body cultivation needs. Let's discuss it again when I'm in need later. . ."

Fang Xi sensed a certain probing and waved his hand, saying.

"That's truly a pity. . ."

The scholar with the jade brush left the immortal's cave, transformed into a streak of light, and vanished.

Fang Xi waved the formation flag in his hand, sealed the entrance to his immortal's cave, then, without another thought, he entered his quiet chamber and sat cross-legged.

A long while later, he suddenly opened his eyes: 'That's about enough. The amount I've procured has reached a dangerous critical point. This is with my Return to Void cultivator identity suppressing things. If I continue, I can't predict what misfortune or fortune might arise. . . '

'It's a good time to enter seclusion for a period, and at the same time, descend to a lower realm to refine the 'Five Fires Seven Birds Fan'! '

With an open mouth, he spat, and a mass of pitch-black demonic flames emerged.

These demonic flames were originally pitch-black, but now, from their core, they began to constantly shift colors. Crimson, emerald, dusky yellow, azure, and pitch-black hues appeared, their transformations vibrant and exceptionally splendid.

Amidst the splendid radiance, the surrounding temperature continuously rose, and even the restrictions within the secret chamber emitted strained groans.

The might of this 'Six Paths Demonic Flame' had already far surpassed the fifth-tier level!

Seeing this scene, Fang Xi was somewhat satisfied. He formed hand seals with both hands, and strands of true demonic qi appeared, submerging into the demonic flame, continuing to enhance the demonic flame's power.

Any divine ability accompanying a cultivation art will inevitably, with the advancement of a cultivator's realm, be cultivable to a higher level!

For example, among the demonic arts, the 'Essence Blood Substitution Secret Art', 'Blood Escape Art', and such, upon advancing to Divine Transformation or Return to Void, they can be cultivated to higher realms, and their power will further increase!

And so it was with the Six Paths Demonic Flame.

This Six Paths Demonic Flame was originally forged by Fang Xi from six powerful demonic fires of the Human World, refined in conjunction with demonic arts, its power was boundless.

Later, he further refined it by incorporating the fifth-tier 'Three Yangs Sacred Fire', directly elevating its power to the fifth-tier level!

Over these past hundred years, the Outer Dao Incarnation could not cultivate. The true demonic qi cultivated daily was either used to enhance the power of the Divine Infant Sword and Netherworld Banner, or to nourish the demonic flame.

By this day and age, the Six Paths Demonic Flame had truly entered the sixth-tier level!

"Adding the rare fire seeds collected by my main body while traveling through various worlds. . . refining a crude replica imitation of the 'Five Fires Seven Birds Fan' should not be a problem. . ."

Thinking of his main body, the Outer Dao Incarnation couldn't help but sigh.

Traveling through myriad worlds indeed yielded considerable benefits, but the further he went, the more commonplace the gains became.

Divine Transformation-level resources were hard to come by in lower realms, and sixth-tier heaven-and-earth rare treasures depended even more on luck. Sometimes, there wouldn't even be one in an entire world. . .

After all, there were so many ascended cultivators; most of them were stingy ghosts who only took and left no gifts. Some worlds were so barren in resources that even Fang Xi would silently shed tears upon seeing them. If he had been reborn in such a cultivation world, his path to Dao would likely have been much harder.

The same held even more true for the biodiversity within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.

The further he cultivated, the rarer the precious spiritual plants not found within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm became—those of too low a tier were simply useless.

Therefore, Fang Xi now had shifted his focus more towards the Earthly Immortal World.

After all, when it came to abundance of resources, the Earthly Immortal World far surpassed the combined total of all lower realms!

...

Half a month later.

Fang Xi looked somewhat helplessly at the elderly man before him, clad in a bright yellow kudzu robe.

"Fellow Daoist. . . Please, Fellow Daoist, take these three 'Yellow Peak Lions'. This old man can give Fellow Daoist a cheaper price. . ."

This elder's face was ancient, and his hair was half-balding. His cultivation was around the early Return to Void stage. Even if his Outer Dao Incarnation didn't cultivate the 'Withered Glory Chant', he could tell this person was very old, carrying an aura of ancient decay. He had likely lived for ten thousand years, nearing his lifespan limit, only a few decades to a hundred years away from dying of old age. Furthermore, his magic power was in decline, and if he were to engage in battle or exert himself, it would further greatly deplete his lifespan.

He was practically half in the grave.

Yet, cultivators like him were not uncommon in the current Celestial Brahma City!

This elder's surname was Huang; he was an ancestor of the Huang family from the Fiery Fire Domain.

The Huang family was originally just a Divine Transformation family in the Fiery Fire Domain. It was only when this Old Man Huang advanced to Return to Void that they suddenly rose to prominence, their fame spreading far and wide.

However, nearly ten thousand years had passed, and as Old Man Huang grew increasingly frail, his family had yet to produce a second Return to Void cultivator, and the numerous cultivation cities and spirit mines they controlled were truly coveted by others.

Just at this time, Old Man Huang heard news of the 'Wilderness Reclamation Order'. He immediately made up his mind, selling off most of his family's assets and relocating the Huang family's main lineage to the Celestial Brahma Domain!

Regardless, during the reclamation, the human race strictly forbade its own factions from attacking each other.

Moreover, the Huang family had enjoyed too much ease for too long. Perhaps a harsher environment would allow them to be reborn from the ashes!

Old Man Huang still wanted to expend his last bit of strength to secure a decent start for the Huang family. Thus, he always acted with extreme caution.

Even when participating in the hunt for primordial desolate beasts, he only played a supporting role. Thus, good things like inner cores and essence souls were never his turn; basically, getting a cut of a thigh was about the best he could hope for.

Old Man Huang didn't mind. Once he acquired primordial desolate beast meat, he would come to Fang Xi to sell it, not even a bite for himself, as he couldn't bear to eat it. . .

High-tier cultivators like him, nearing their lifespan limits, were actually the mainstream of the reclamation effort.

However, those major families and sects often chose to establish a branch family or lineage in the Celestial Brahma Domain, and let the old guide the new. Those who, like Old Man Huang, staked most of their family's assets were extremely rare.

Regarding such choices, Fang Xi offered no judgment. After all, they were individual choices, and in the end, whether success or failure, one simply had to accept it calmly.

Though he felt some pity, it was not a reason for him to casually give others an advantage.

"I have already stopped procuring primordial desolate beast meat. What's more, these are three desolate beasts. . ."

Fang Xi shook his head, firmly refusing.

"Sigh. . ."

Old Man Huang sighed deeply and continuously: "Recently, within the city, desolate beast meat prices have plummeted, ah. . ."

Unfortunately, Fang Xi completely ignored such attempts to elicit pity. Old Man Huang had no choice but to depart dejectedly.

Fang Xi thought for a moment and formed a hand seal.

A layer of black mist swept over, and his figure instantly vanished without a trace.

Somewhere in Celestial Brahma City, in a corner.

A large man, his face pale, at the perfected Divine Transformation stage, yet with incredibly rich blood-qi, walked out and entered a shop: "This one recently urgently needs to break through a body cultivation bottleneck. Do you have any high-tier desolate beast meat for sale?"

"Yes, yes. . ."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up upon seeing a big business opportunity: "Our humble shop just received a batch of 'Thousand-Eyed Blood Serpent' meat,"

"Though the 'Thousand-Eyed Blood Serpent' is considered peak among desolate beasts, it's still not enough. . . " The large man furrowed his brow: "Do you have any primordial desolate beast meat?"

"Primordial desolate beast meat! It seems the esteemed customer is about to break through to Return to Void-level body cultivation. . ."

The shopkeeper's expression immediately became several shades more respectful: "Please, come to the storeroom. Our shop's pride is that we still have a million catties of primordial desolate beast meat. . ."

"Don't try to fool me. Primordial desolate beast meat prices have plummeted now, who doesn't know that?"

The large man exhaled two streams of white mist from his nostrils.

A moment later.

He walked out of the shop amidst the shopkeeper's joyful farewell, then visited a few more shops, buying desolate beast meat and special spiritual plants, after which he continued out of Celestial Brahma City, transforming into a streak of light, swiftly vanishing into the horizon!

...

'This identity is also reaching its limit. . . '

While flying, Fang Xi pondered.

This burly body cultivator was, naturally, another one of his false identities.

Not only that, he also used other false identities to massively purchase primordial desolate beast meat and other resources in Celestial Brahma City.

Most of it he consumed himself, and a small portion he handed over to his main body, for his main body to sell in the Starry Sky Domain under a hidden identity.

Because the Celestial Brahma Domain was undergoing large-scale reclamation, primordial desolate beast resources were abundant, and prices plummeted. However, within human territory, they were rarely seen, and prices were higher.

With such transactions, in and out, and his main body supplementing a portion of immortal jade, he could barely maintain it.

However, Fang Xi also noticed that with this operation model, the probability of him being targeted was increasing.

He had already eliminated or shaken off numerous spies.

'Even the identity of 'Fang Xi', the ascended cultivator, was being suspected. . . After all, being able to procure such large quantities would undoubtedly require the backing of a Return to Void cultivator. . . And the Return to Void cultivators in Celestial Brahma City all had names and established identities, making the process of elimination easy. . . '

The Outer Dao Incarnation secretly sighed in his heart: 'After Shen Suanzi's departure, that 'Senior Luo' was again in charge. The deterrence and restraint on the various Return to Void cultivators had greatly diminished. . . Perhaps something unspeakable might happen. . . '

Celestial Brahma City's original Void Amalgamation cultivator in charge was this 'Senior Luo' of the Celestial Brahma Army.

He was also a high-ranking member of Jin Gangzi's faction, his cultivation being around the early Void Amalgamation stage.

That year, when the Void Amalgamation Celestial Phoenix attacked, he was severely wounded, and then, very 'conveniently', he disappeared. . .

It wasn't until Shen Suanzi came to clean up the mess and set things right that Celestial Brahma City returned to normal order.

However, Shen Suanzi, like Jin Gangzi, both held important duties within human territory and could not stay long in an undeveloped wilderness. Thus, not long after, he returned to the human race, and the Celestial Brahma Army sent 'Senior Luo' back again!

Regarding this, Fang Xi was utterly speechless.

'It seems that overseeing reclamation is considered a punitive mission for Void Amalgamation cultivators? '

He flew out a million li, his divine consciousness meticulously inspecting the primordial desolate beast meat in his storage bag.

Suddenly, on a piece of meat, he discovered something amiss.

"Go!"

Fang Xi took out this enormous piece of fresh red meat, flicked his finger, and a tiny, pitch-black spark landed on it.

Not long after, on the red meat, ink-colored runes appeared, one by one, shifting and moving unpredictably.

"Confucian methods? !"

He let out a cold laugh, formed hand seals with both hands, and with a fierce urge, the Six Paths Demonic Flame turned the meat into ash.

'Most of my meat is stored within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm, isolated from external and internal probing, utterly undetectable. . . '

'Only the portion that his main body had repeatedly confirmed to be problem-free would be disguised and sold in the Starry Sky Domain to recover some funds. . . If you can find it, then you're truly formidable! '

Fang Xi plunged headfirst into the earth. His body enveloped in silver light, he vanished just like that. . .