Chapter 918: Heaven-Connecting Spirit Tablet
Chapter 918: Heaven-Connecting Spirit Tablet
“Senior Qing Hezi, please forgive me. Senior Xun is currently injured and unable to attend, so he specifically ordered this humble servant to present this gift. ”
The Subtle Appearance Desire Devil King's voice was smooth, carrying an inexplicable charm as she held up a jade box with both hands.
A spiritual light flickered in Fang Xi's eyes, and then he gently flicked his sleeve.
The restrictions on the jade box instantly crumbled, and streams of pure true demonic qi overflowed.
When the jade box opened, a pale white bone lay quietly within.
On the bone were intricate pores, and streams of black qi burrowed in and out like earthworms. . .
Under Fang Xi's spiritual eye technique, the minute details of this bone revealed a vast number of natural patterns, forming ancient Heavenly Demon runes.
“A Heavenly Demon Bone? ! ”
“Precisely. . . This bone is a great tonic for all demonic cultivators, and if used as a Great Ascension Spiritual Item, it’s enough to increase one’s chances of breaking through the Great Ascension bottleneck by fifty percent, even aiding significantly with the subsequent inner demon tribulation. ”
“At the same time, this item is also the core of the Heavenly Demon Great Array. ”
The Subtle Appearance Desire Devil King said, “Our clan surrendering this item is sufficient proof that we no longer wish to wage war. . . ”
“There’s some truth to that. ”
Fang Xi nodded slightly, causing a hint of joy to appear on the Subtle Appearance Desire Devil King’s face.
But soon, the female demon heard Fang Xi speak in an undeniable tone: “But. . . it’s not enough! ”
“Please instruct us, Senior! ”
The Subtle Appearance Desire Devil King, her body incredibly pliant, immediately sought instructions.
A flash of light appeared in Fang Xi’s hand, revealing a scroll.
After a stream of magical power entered it, the scroll floated into the air and slowly unfurled, revealing countless mountains, rivers, secret realms, and forbidden lands scenes on its surface—it was precisely the map of the Demon Race’s territory.
Fang Xi flicked his finger, and a fine green line flashed through the middle, splitting the Demon Race’s territory into two!
“From today onwards, with the Heavenly Kun Demon Mountain as the boundary, the northeast shall belong to the Demon Race, and the rest shall be allocated to our Human Race. ”
His tone was calm, as if this were nothing more than a minor matter.
The Subtle Appearance Desire Devil King, however, was startled: “This. . . this. . . Senior wishes to cede more than half of our Demon Race’s territory with just a single sentence? This junior would never dare agree to such a thing. . . ”
“You wouldn’t dare agree. . . ” Fang Xi said meaningfully, “Then I shall simply take the rest of your territory myself. . . ”
The Subtle Appearance Desire Devil King felt a chill in her heart, knowing that at this moment, she was the fish on the chopping block. She couldn’t help but change her expression: “This junior truly finds it difficult to agree to this. Might Senior consider a different condition? ”
She revealed a pitiful, vulnerable look: “If Senior is willing to grant a slight reprieve, not only this junior, but our Demon Race will also offer a thousand beautiful concubines every ten years, all of peerless beauty, and also. . . ”
“Heh heh, woman. . . you overestimate yourself. ”
Fang Xi scoffed: “Compared to the dominion of the Earthly Immortal World, what are a few mere demonesses worth? This is my final condition. Take it to Old Demon Xun. If he doesn’t agree, then let’s go to war. . . ”
With a wave of his hand, the new alliance agreement landed squarely on the Subtle Appearance Desire Devil King’s infinitely beautiful face, causing one of the Demon Race’s six kings to feel profound defeat, and for a moment, all her hopes crumbled into dust. . .
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Although there was a small interlude, Tian Yuan City’s prisoner offering ceremony was still held with great solemnity and grandeur.
Fang Xi made a brief appearance, accepted the homage of the various major forces in the Earthly Immortal World, and then announced the beheading of the captives before the newly constructed ‘Hall of Solace’. This served as the final conclusion to the war of the four races, and incidentally, scared the Demon Race populace.
According to post-event rumors among rogue cultivators, the Subtle Appearance Desire Devil King of the Demon Race had a pale little face throughout the ceremony, and even her charm against cultivators was significantly weakened, which greatly boosted the Human Race’s prestige.
Fang Xi, however, paid no mind to these minor matters.
At this moment, he was strolling through Tian Yuan City with Shui Lingxin.
“With Yunxi at Penglai Immortal Pavilion now, I am very much at ease. ”
Fang Xi gazed at an immortal peach tree and slowly said.
“Uncle-Master. . . are you perhaps not planning to return to Penglai Immortal Pavilion? ”
Shui Lingxin was incredibly intelligent, and immediately guessed his intentions.
“This Tian Yuan City is good. It can serve as my fiefdom in the future. . . ”
Fang Xi said with a faint smile.
“Could Uncle-Master be planning to establish a sect? ” Shui Lingxin blinked.
“Not so. . . The Human Race of the Earthly Immortal World cannot unite their efforts precisely because they have been poisoned by the concepts of family, surname, and sect. How could I follow such a path? ”
Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back: “Come. . . I’ll show you something good. ”
Shui Lingxin was completely bewildered, but she followed Fang Xi to the central plaza of Tian Yuan City.
This place was currently enveloped by a layer of formation, which hadn’t even been opened for the prisoner offering ceremony, leading many cultivators to speculate.
Only upon entering did Shui Lingxin realize that everyone outside had guessed incorrectly.
Standing tall in the plaza was only a single, colossal azure stele!
This stele was ten thousand zhang tall, towering and massive, exuding an indestructible feeling.
“This ‘Heaven-Connecting Spirit Tablet’ was personally refined by me; even a Great Ascension cultivator would find it difficult to destroy. . . ”
Fang Xi gazed at the stele, a smile gracing his face: “Communicate with it using your Divine Consciousness, and you’ll understand. ”
Shui Lingxin did as she was told, and immediately, a spiritual light flashed in her hand, revealing an azure jade pendant.
On the jade pendant, there was a line of text.
“Bearer: Shui Lingxin”
“Contribution: Zero”
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“This. . . seems to be a sect contribution ranking? And the items available for exchange are truly numerous. . . ”
Shui Lingxin recalled the dense list of exchangeable items she had just seen, and a wave of excitement surged through her.
From medicinal pills for increasing magical power needed by Qi Refinement cultivators, Foundation Establishment Pills, and so on, all the way to Five Elements Core Formation Pills, Nascent Condensing Pills, Soul Transformation Spiritual Ointment, Two Forms Void Breaking Pills, Innate Primordial Qi, Five Elements Immortal Water. . . it was simply all-encompassing, guaranteed to be enough for any cultivator’s breakthrough needs!
Not only that, but there were also vast amounts of talismans, magical treasures, puppets, lightning transformation treasures. . . and even secret treasures for inducing spiritual roots!
As well as various secret arts, and at the very top, astonishingly, were secret methods for postponing lightning tribulations, usable only by Great Ascension Patriarchs!
Of course, the required contributions for exchange were also astronomical.
“It is indeed a place for publishing missions and exchanging contributions. ”
Fang Xi smiled faintly: “However, it is open to the entire Human Race. From today onwards, any Human Race force can come here to receive their corresponding jade pendant, accept missions, gain contributions, and exchange for treasures. . . ”
“The Heavenly Dao is utterly impartial, yet human nature is utterly selfish. . . Thus, the sect’s merit system has too many loopholes to exploit. I’ve decided to directly refine an artifact spirit to preside over this exchange system. . . and confer upon it the title ‘Many Treasures Heavenly King’. . . I believe that before long, the collective vows and aspirations of the entire Human Race will elevate it to the position of ‘Many Treasures Heavenly Venerable’, making it even more stable then. ”
“This is the path of subtle influence. As long as it can be utterly impartial and persistent. . . eventually, the Human Race will only converge under Uncle-Master’s banner. ” Shui Lingxin’s beautiful eyes lit up, and she said admiringly.
The reason cultivation geniuses join sects is precisely for resources like cultivation techniques and medicinal pills.
And this Heaven-Connecting Spirit Tablet can provide all of them!
Moreover, it offers more and better resources than sects. . . If this continues, those who rely on the Heaven-Connecting Spirit Tablet will eventually form the Earthly Immortal World’s foremost power, which is to say, a de facto unification!
Numerous sects and families might still exist, but they would all have to receive jade pendants, become subordinates, and voluntarily join this system. Otherwise, they would simply grow weaker and gradually face extinction. . .
“That you can see this point brings me great comfort. ”
Fang Xi laughed heartily.
To achieve this, besides an utterly impartial Shinto artifact spirit, the most crucial thing is to have sufficient resources and technology!
Conveniently, he had captured the entire territory of the Demon Beast Race, more than half of the Demon Race’s regions, even the recaptured territories of the Human Race, as well as the Jiuchi Race’s lands and treasury.
All of these were handed over to the Kyushu School to manage, and then a series of magical treasure, puppet, and talisman factories were established. . . using a terrifying “price scissors” effect to utterly rout the cultivators who were still at the primitive workshop stage.
“Keep this jade pendant well. Afterwards, Uncle-Master hopes to see the day you achieve Integration, Great Ascension, or even transcend tribulations and ascend. ”
Fang Xi encouraged.
The Heavenly Dao is utterly impartial, yet human nature is utterly selfish. He was human, and thus he also had selfish aspects.
If this system were to operate successfully, he could completely rely on publishing missions to gather vast resources, then, through the Kyushu School’s Shinto factories, create immense wealth. Only a portion of this would be needed to fulfill rewards and exchanges, and the rest would naturally be Fang Xi’s profit.
In other words, he wanted all cultivators in the Earthly Immortal World to work for him!
Besides this, different cultivators would naturally have different levels of authority at the Heaven-Connecting Spirit Tablet.
For example, the lowest-tier authority definitely wouldn’t be able to see secret methods for cultivating spiritual roots or even Great Ascension Patriarchs’ tribulation-transcending arts!
Although such authority could also be upgraded, the distinction between close and distant relations lay precisely in this aspect.
Fang Xi did not plan to directly bestow treasures and resources. . . treating close juniors like Wang Lingying, Li Rulin, Shui Lingxin, Liu Xu, and others as if raising pigs.
If they wanted resources, they would still have to earn merits themselves and come to the Heaven-Connecting Spirit Tablet to exchange for them!
But as “his own people,” they would certainly receive some consideration, which would be reflected in their authority levels.
For instance, the one in Shui Lingxin’s hand possessed extremely high authority.
In the future, if the Heaven-Connecting Spirit Tablet were to list treasures like ‘Primordial Spirit Pills’, they would definitely be notified immediately and be eligible to exchange for them.
If it were other Integration or Great Ascension cultivators, they might not even see the description of the Primordial Spirit Pills. . .
Of course, the three Great Ascension cultivators, Che Xuanyuan, had rendered immense service, so Fang Xi granted them a considerable amount of initial authority and merits.
For example. . . they would certainly be able to see the Jiuchi Race’s secret art for delaying tribulations, and even meet the requirements for exchange.
However, for the few special spiritual materials of the Jiuchi Race required to perform the secret art, there would likely be a slight deficit in contributions, requiring them to complete missions to make up for it.
In any case, the computing power of the ‘Many Treasures Heavenly King’ now even surpassed Taiyi, enough to handle such minor matters effectively.
Moreover, the jade pendant was bound to an individual, making it difficult to transfer merits and contributions, thus ensuring fairness as much as possible.
Although such private black markets for contributions would certainly still emerge, this was a leeway Fang Xi intentionally left.
Heaven’s evolution is forty-nine, leaving a sliver of hope for humanity, and it lies right here!
Furthermore, he had authority levels as a supplement, which he could adjust at any time, for example, setting the authority level of certain ‘accounts’ secretly collecting contributions to ‘hell difficulty’. . .
Shui Lingxin looked at Fang Xi at this moment, feeling as if he were about to ascend to immortality at any second, and couldn’t help but tightly grip the jade pendant in her hand.
The second update will be later
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