Chapter 135: Chapter 134: Martial God Sect (Congratulations in Silver!)_1
Decades pass and the world changes repeatedly!
Fang Xi now finally understood the meaning of this phrase.
He had forgotten that in Great Liang, unlike in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, the Immortal Cultivators could live for at least a hundred years, and those who achieved Foundation Establishment could live for more than two hundred years.
It was an ancient feudal society where ordinary people considered it a long life if they lived past fifty!
No matter how renowned a supreme grandmaster was, after disappearing for thirty years, indeed not much respect remained...
Besides, who can now recount the events of those years with any clarity?
Perhaps it was just one error after another in transmission!
Moreover, with the rise of King Liang, it was necessary for him to assert his authority!
If he dared not deal with Yuanhe Mountain because of the reputation of a person who had disappeared for a decade, where would his prestige stand?
After all, that supreme grandmaster was only rumored to have been on good terms with the masters of Yuanhe Mountain, not actually from Yuanhe Mountain!
Of course, the origin of the supreme grandmaster Fang Xi was also quite a mystery back then.
Some said that Fang Xi was a traveling hero, some said he came from Yuanhe Mountain, while others said that he established the Youjian Martial Arts School.
The funniest part was that some people researched and believed Fang Xi came from the White Cloud Martial Arts School... but nobody believed this, assuming it was just someone with the same name.
After all, the portrait skills in Great Liang were truly mediocre, and very few people had seen Fang Xi’s real face.
By now, the image of the ’supreme grandmaster’ in the rumors had grown increasingly distant from the past...
...
The next day.
In a small courtyard next to the White Cloud Martial Arts School.
In the flower garden filled with gold and white blossoms, the flowers competed for attention, exceptionally beautiful at this moment.
Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, looking at these flowers.
From behind the door of the house, a figure wearing a veil appeared.
"Young master, to see you as youthful as ever brings me great comfort, but today I shall not see you..."
The aged voice of Lily came from behind the door.
Fang Xi said nothing and did not say much, turning to leave.
Lady Li of those years probably refused to see Emperor Hanwu for similar reasons.
"Those who serve others with their beauty will find love fading as their beauty fades, and when love fades, grace ends..."
"But... how could I be that sort of person?"
Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness had long since seen Lily, and he deduced that her body was in good condition, the pills he had left behind years ago were very effective.
With that, he had enough...
"I simply cannot bear to see heroes in their twilight or beauties aged with silver hair..."
He felt inexplicably depressed.
Feeling depressed, he needed to find a place to vent.
Without realizing it, Fang Xi found himself in front of a resplendent palace.
On the vast Han white jade square in front of it, there were many armored soldiers patrolling, each one fierce and vigorous, clearly martial artists!
"Death to those who trespass in front of King Liang’s Palace!"
A guard had already drawn his saber, evidently used to taking lives as if it were nothing out of the ordinary for him.
"Scram!"
Fang Xi, with his chest out and back straight, his breath deep in his dan tian, suddenly roared out loud.
Boom!
Terrible waves of sound radiated from his center, expanding outwards in all directions.
The guards at the forefront immediately fell, blood flowing from their mouths and noses, with brain matter oozing out of their nostrils...
With a light tap of his feet, Fang Xi leaped into King Liang’s Palace!
Whoosh whoosh!
This intrusion undoubtedly caused a huge commotion.
Countless armored soldiers converged from all sides, roaring together: "Assassin! Protect the king!"
From high up in the arrow towers, the archers took their positions, their crossbow arrows pointed at Fang Xi.
Even grandmasters who were at least martial teachers gathered around him.
Thud thud!
Fang Xi continued to move forward at a consistent speed as countless Gang Qi appeared around him, like a layer of armor, constantly shooting out Gang Qi.
Any martial teacher who came close immediately had blood arrows spurting from their bodies, and fell to the ground...
In the blink of an eye, Fang Xi had made his way to the central axis of the palace, arriving in front of a hall named ’Hanguang Hall.’
A few elderly figures in black blocked his path.
"Why would such a young grandmaster seek death?"
One of the elders sighed and suddenly took a step forward.
Boom!
Terrifying Qi and Blood burst forth from their bodies!
Grandmasters of Qi and Blood Martial Arts had long been able to lock their Qi and Blood within, maintaining their peak strength until the moment of their Sitting and Transforming!
"Where is King Liang? Show yourself!"
Fang Xi roared, paying no heed to the encircling soldiers and archers as he directly called out.
"You’re seeking this king!"
A figure dressed in a flood dragon robe majestically strode out from the palace, moving with the might of a dragon and the stride of a tiger, possessing an awe-inspiring presence, and was indeed a grandmaster in cultivation!
Not just that, Fang Xi somehow felt that the energies of heaven and earth around them seemed to settle upon this man, making every action imbued with the dignity of a king!
"It is indeed King Liang!"
Fang Xi nodded upon seeing him. Such leveraging was not a technique of ’Emperor Dragon Fist’, but rather the fearsome ability of a ruler who gathered the energies of the three talents—Heaven, Earth, and Man—channeling the life force of a million soldiers and civilians into one’s self.
"It’s a pity... you are far inferior to Pang Fei. If he were in your position, he would probably have broken through to the True Gang transformation realm by now, right?"
"Pang Fei? Who are you, exactly?"
King Liang’s complexion suddenly changed and Gang Qi burst forth from his body, penetrating his limbs, proving to be a grandmaster whose Qi pervaded his entire body.
"I am Fang Xi, come to avenge an old friend of Yuanhe Mountain!"
Fang Xi responded calmly.
"The supreme grandmaster from thirty years ago who suppressed Pang Fei?"
An old grandmaster with white hair cried out in surprise, an expression of fear rarely seen appearing on his face.
"Kill!"
King Liang’s face turned cold and with a wave of his hand...
Thwack thwack!
The sound of countless bowstrings snapping into place erupted!
A torrent of arrows poured down like rain, covering the sky and ground.
In the next moment!
Many people raised their heads, their faces reflecting shock and fear...
A colossal Blood Red Giant, towering over six zhangs high—at nearly twenty meters—materialized around Fang Xi!
Pupu!
Countless arrows fell on the giant’s body, only to be deflected by its skin, leaving not a single mark.
Even the secret skills of a Grandmaster were unable to inflict the slightest damage on this Blood Red Giant.
"God, an Immortal!"
At that moment, even the most fervently loyal soldiers of King Liang were terrified, their legs trembling, and with a clatter, they dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.
"Divine Demon! Run for your lives!"
The other martial artists, with somewhat more resilient minds, immediately turned and ran.
"True... True Gang Transformation?"
Seeing this scene, King Liang’s pupils shrank to pinpoints: "Grandmaster Fang... please stop, this king is willing to..."
"Secret Skill, Mixed Origin Without Limit!"
But Fang Xi had no desire to listen!
As he executed his secret skill, the Blood Red Giant behind him suddenly mimicked his movements.
Even faster, even stronger!
In the blink of an eye, it seemed as if thousands of gigantic red palms descended from the sky!
Rumble!
Dust flew, and the ground shook!
Hanguang Hall was reduced to ruins, and even the entire King Liang’s Palace was partially destroyed!
Amongst the rubble, there were bits of flesh and traces of blood... these belonged to the once King Liang and the many Grandmasters!
Days later, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the land.
The peerless Grandmaster Fang Xi, missing for more than thirty years, re-emerged in the Martial World, killed the powerful King Liang with a single punch!
Moreover, rumors said that this man, after thirty years of seclusion, had finally broken through to the legendary realm of "True Gang Transformation"!
The path of Martial Arts, above Grandmaster, was not cut off!
In an instant, the whole world underwent a dramatic change!
...
Black Stone City.
Fang Xi stood atop a mountain peak, looking down on the city that was his first home when he traversed here.
The Demon Realm that once blotted out the sky, enveloping the city like an inverted black bowl, had long since vanished without a trace.
In its place, a silent and barren wasteland remained!
"According to the nearby county records... in the sixth year of Emperor Ming, the Demon Tree fled, its whereabouts unknown..."
A twitch flickered at the corner of Fang Xi’s mouth.
After casually crushing King Liang, he had rushed non-stop to Black Stone City.
But what he found on arrival was a dead city!
"I forgot that after the Demon Tree consumes a city’s population, it will move on... the sect that insisted on a defense had some merit after all."
"Now it’s a disaster, where has the Demon Tree gone?"
The Great Liang World was vast, and even as an Immortal Cultivator, Fang Xi was unable to check every inch of land.
"Perhaps, only when this demon once again appears and devours a city, shocking the world, will I be able to find it?"
He murmured to himself, "Or, should I create a force dedicated to finding Demonic Beasts?"
This was an idea Fang Xi had always entertained.
This time upon his return, the Demon Hunting Building, backed by the imperial court, had already been destroyed, and the head steward Han Fatty was nowhere to be found... That was a minor regret.
Fortunately, Fang Xi had also discovered many precious monster materials in King Liang’s treasure trove.
As he pondered, figures of various appearances, astonishingly, arrived beside him.
Among them were men and women, old and young, some in strange attire—the common thread was that each carried an aura of profundity and command, all of them Martial Arts Masters!
The leader, with bronzed skin showing age, brightened at the sight of Fang Xi and stepped forward: "It is indeed Grandmaster Fang!"
"Zhou Tong?"
Fang Xi recognized the elder too and sighed with emotion: "What about Yan Jue?"
"Master Yan has passed on ten years ago..." Zhou Tong answered uneasily, then introduced the others: "These are Grandmasters from the Grandmaster Conference, who, hearing of your breakthrough, have all rushed over."
For Grandmasters, wealth and power were easily obtainable; the only pursuit left was the realm beyond Martial Saint.
"Dare I ask Grandmaster Fang, what is the realm beyond Martial Saint?"
A female Grandmaster stepped forward and asked respectfully with a bow.
Fang Xi turned to face these Grandmasters, the corners of his mouth curling into a faint smile.
The next moment, a vivid twenty-meter-tall red figure emerged behind him!
—Mixed Origin Real Body!
"Beyond Martial Saint, is to be known as Martial God!!!"
Fang Xi solemnly declared.
"We pay respects to Martial God!"
The group of Grandmasters all bowed their heads, some even with tears brimming in their eyes.
The path beyond Grandmaster had finally been reached by someone!
At this moment, Fang Xi was their ’god’ in their hearts!
"I intend to establish the ’Martial God Sect,’ and share the path of Martial God with all of you!"
Immediately after, Fang Xi announced words that gladdened the hearts of all Grandmasters.
"If that is the case, I represent the Grandmaster Conference, and will merge all our members into the Martial God Sect!"
The female Grandmaster who had first asked the question declared promptly.
She was the current head of the Grandmaster Conference, but she didn’t care about power—or, more accurately, after Fang Xi revealed such intentions, her opinion hardly mattered anymore.
"We greet the Sect Master and thank you for the great kindness of passing on your teachings!"
Zhou Tong and the other Grandmasters immediately saluted again.
In that moment, the Martial God Sect effortlessly replaced the Grandmaster Conference, becoming the number one sect in the world!
Building a power!
This was an idea Fang Xi always entertained; he needed people to search for traces of Demonic Beasts for him.
Beyond that, it was also for breakthroughs after Martial God!
"After all, I’m but a single person with limited abilities. I have no clue on how to advance beyond the True Gang Transformation... Rather than ponder alone, it would be prudent to spread out, perhaps even granting tier-two Elixirs of Qi and Blood, making this world my cultivation trial ground... "
Thus would be using a world as the testing ground, deducing future cultivation techniques.
With a lifespan of over three hundred years, Fang Xi could wait and afford to see generations of prodigies grow!
As for backlash?
Fang Xi was not afraid of that at all, since he intended to wait until after his Foundation Establishment before granting the second-tier Qi and Blood elixirs to truly aid his followers in producing a new Martial God!
And a Martial Artist at the early stages of Foundation Establishment, fighting a Martial God, would almost certainly win!
After all, Immortal Cultivators had far too many methods at their disposal, while Martial Gods were limited in their means, and furthermore, they couldn’t fly...
Even if they leaped by borrowing force, they lacked agility and would merely be toyed to death by Foundation Establishment Cultivators, like a kite in the wind!