Chapter 306: Chapter 304 Going Out (Seeking Subscription)_1
"Fortunately... Body refining doesn’t require one’s lifespan."
Fang Xi looked at his Externalization, feeling very strange as if there were two of himself.
And thinking back to the initial refining of the Externalization, suffering the excruciating pain of splitting part of his Divine Soul, even now, Fang Xi still had some lingering fears.
At that time, he really felt he was close to the edge, and had he not made a breakthrough in the middle stage of Core Formation and strengthened his Divine Soul a bit more, he might actually have succumbed to the severe pain and his soul might have collapsed.
"I’m really not a ruthless person... especially towards myself, I just can’t bear to be harsh..."
"Now that both of the refined corpses are basically complete, it’s time to take them out... to absorb the Yin Vein Air..."
Upon reflection, Fang Xi knew of quite a few places in the land of the three states that had Yin Vein Land, such as the Blackwater Pool of the Situ Family.
...
Three days later.
A trailing beam of Escape Light left the Green Wood Forest in an unassuming fashion.
Fang Xi rode a Wooden Shuttle Spiritual Device, leisurely heading in the direction of Yue Country.
In the Green Wood Sect, naturally, he had informed Elder Qian, and also greeted those he was on good terms with, like Zheng Tie and other Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
He claimed he was going out to look for opportunities to break through the later stages of Foundation Establishment...
Elder Qian and others repeatedly urged Fang Xi to be careful.
Fang Xi just smiled it off when he heard their concerns.
He now had quite a bit of possessions, thankfully with a ’Mountain Sea Pearl’ that allowed him to move all the valuable items in the Dongfu into it, leaving only some younger Spirit Medicine at the door, asking Zheng Shan to continue taking care of them.
’Maybe... after refining the Externalization, go directly to Yuan Country for a look?’
An idea suddenly emerged in Fang Xi’s mind.
Previously, he was reluctant to go to Yuan Country merely because of the long and dangerous journey.
But now, after assimilating his gains, Fang Xi believed his strength had greatly increased, and having made a breakthrough to the middle stage of Core Formation, he was barely qualified to venture out into the world.
Just then, he suddenly looked up, the purple light flickering in his eyes.
High above, tens of thousands of miles in the sky, there seemed to be an eagle-type Monster Beast that was trailing him from afar.
’This is getting interesting...’
Seeing this, Fang Xi immediately dispelled his earlier notion of pushing his Core Formation speed to the max and opted to navigate the Wooden Shuttle Spiritual Device at a leisurely pace in the direction of Yue Country.
...
Several hours later.
Fang Xi had long left the territory of the Green Wood Sect and even saw a continuous range of rolling mountains ahead.
"Sir... help me..."
A pink streak of Escape Light, appearing to contain an extraordinarily beautiful Foundation Establishment female Cultivator, was being chased by a pitch-black radiance, fleeing desperately toward Fang Xi.
On getting closer, it was apparent that the female Cultivator styled her hair high, wearing a palace dress, her front revealing a vast expanse of snowy and plump cleavage.
"Be careful, sir, the one chasing me is a cultivation-robber..."
The Foundation Establishment female Cultivator got close to Fang Xi and softly exhaled a fragrant breath, her eyes suddenly flashing with a smiling intent as she spewed out three pink needles.
Thud thud!
The three pink needles struck the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield and instantly, a flash of green light appeared, and the needles were turned to ash by the Yi Wood True Fire that was a part of the shield.
The woman’s expression dramatically changed, and she flew backward tens of feet, standing side by side with the trailing light: "This one’s a bit tricky!"
With a slightly raised phoenix-brow and a sliver of murderous aura, she spoke, "My ’Soft Red Needles’ were actually destroyed by his protective Spiritual Light... It takes three years of arduous effort to condense each one."
The black light dissipated, revealing a Foundation Establishment mid-stage Cultivator with sinister scars across his face.
Seeing Fang Xi, he smiled: "Mr. Cao... it’s been a while!"
"Tie Jiu, you really are a traitor!"
Fang Xi sighed and then turned to the stunning female Cultivator: "Could you be Chun Sanniang? The injury Zheng Tie suffered, was that your doing?"
"Is that old guy not dead yet?"
Although Chun Sanniang found it strange that Fang Xi addressed Zheng Tie by name directly, she responded with a gleeful grin, pulling out a black-blade Spiritual Instrument, channeling her magic power non-stop into it.
A wave of jet black luminescence surfaced, the light and runes blinking within it, evidently an upper-grade Spiritual Instrument!
"Cao Chongyun... a dedicated practitioner of arduous cultivation, if you are willing to surrender, I can assure you won’t die."
Tie Jiu declared loudly, donning a pair of black iron gloves.
"Why waste so much idle talk? Our lord has orders, any Foundation Establishment coming out of Green Wood Sect must be captured first and foremost!"
Chun Sanniang uttered a cold snort, pointing at the pitch-black luminescence.
Phew phew!
The luminescence lunged out, with a black blade flickering with visibility, slamming against the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield.
A series of turquoise glints appeared, no matter how much the black luminescence and blade eroded it, it seemed as if there was not the slightest sign of instability.
"Ha!"
In a flash, Tie Jiu was at Fang Xi’s side and with an enraged shout, his fists pounded out like hammers.
The man was one of the rare cultivators who practiced both magic and body cultivation!
And his body-refining technique had reached the fifth level, almost equivalent to the mid-stage of Core Formation!
In combination with the specially refined Spiritual Instrument gloves, his pounding fists were powerful enough to cause cultivators at the late stage of Foundation Establishment to pale.
Bang bang!
Tie Jiu’s fists hammered down on the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield, and immediately a piercing sound of bones cracking could be heard.
A surge of intense pain emanated from both arms.
His arms were broken, broken...
Tie Jiu’s face was filled with disbelief, and he quickly retreated, "The little tricks are sharp, notify the boss quickly..."
"This is the feeling..."
Inside the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield, Fang Xi also appeared excited, "This is how it should be... This is the true Foundation Establishment! Those elite disciples from the Demon Sect within the Secret Realm, each claiming to be at Foundation Establishment, but actually wielding Core Formation combat power... After killing so many of them, I almost forgot that there could be such weak Foundation Establishment cultivators."
"Or should I say... This kind of Foundation Establishment is the norm, and the Foundation Establishment within the Secret Realm is all abnormal?"
He stretched out his hand and pointed gently towards Chun Sanniang.
Crack!
On top of the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield, a bolt of Divine Thunder emerged, and with a thunderous rumble, the pitch-black radiance was almost entirely extinguished, leaving only wisps of black mist.
The Yi Wood Divine Thunder, unstoppable in its momentum, landed on the black blade, directly refining this superior Spiritual Instrument into scrap metal!
With a clang! Scrap metal fell to the ground, and Chun Sanniang’s face changed dramatically as she turned and ran!
Unfortunately, she hadn’t managed to escape more than thirty feet before a beam of Yi Wood Divine Light pierced through her from behind, claiming her life.
This Divine Light, undiminished in power, acted like a Flying Sword, circled around, and eventually brought Tie Jiu, who had been skewered into a string of blood beads, before Fang Xi.
"You... you... aren’t... Cao..."
Tie Jiu had his limbs broken and his face covered in blood, struggling to speak.
"Yes, I am not him..."
"But having siphoned their Spiritual Vein for so long, I kind of feel a little embarrassed..."
Fang Xi nodded, and hues of blue and yellow flashed in his eyes, stabbing into Tie Jiu’s eyes.
A moment later, a speck of Yi Wood True Fire fell and burned the man to ashes.
"I didn’t expect... that this group of cultivation-robbers actually had quite the background..."
"Pei Fei, who achieved perfect Foundation Establishment, not only came from another country but also received covert support from Yiling Valley... all to weaken the strength of the Green Wood Sect. If this sect does not produce Core Formation combat power within a hundred years, it will likely be in danger."
"However, this is of no concern to me..."
Fang Xi transformed into a green rainbow, his escape speed akin to lightning, and soon arrived at a hidden valley.
This valley was surrounded by an Array and had a Spiritual Vein within.
According to Tie Jiu’s memory, Pei Fei was hiding inside, along with several Foundation Establishment experts...
Such strength was already enough to wipe out a Foundation Establishment force and cause great trouble for the Green Wood Sect.
Fang Xi merely yawned, a ring of black fog emerged around him, and the Monster Tree stretched within it before merging into the Array.
"Who dares..."
A Foundation Establishment Cultivator had just risen when he felt a terrifying Spiritual Pressure approaching. His face turned pale, and his previously arrogant tone started to falter, "Not good... it’s a Core Formation elder!"
The valley was momentarily abuzz, then swiftly fell deathly silent.
Moments later, Fang Xi walked out of the valley and casually turned Pei Fei’s corpse to ashes, continuing on his way.
What was an immensely troublesome group of powerful cultivation-robbers for the Green Wood Sect was merely a matter of flicking his fingers for him.
...
Three years later.
Yue Country.
Blackwater Pool.
This place was originally the land of the Situ Family, but they were later subdued and exterminated.
The battle that year was tragically fierce, with even Foundation Establishment experts perishing.
Moreover, because the Situ Family released a large number of Refining Corpses, and due to the presence of a Yin Vein, after the battle, the fallen Cultivators’ corpses also became tainted with Yin Qi, turning into Refining Corpses. Shrouded by a strangely toxic mist, it unexpectedly became a notorious dangerous place in the Cultivation World.
Many Qi Refining Cultivators, with nowhere else to turn, would venture into such hazardous areas, hoping to luck out and find some fortuitous opportunities.
On this day.
Several Qi Refining Cultivators carefully wielded magical tools and entered the perimeter of Blackwater Pool.
"Zeng... Brother, this Blackwater Pool is really dangerous. Even though we’ve prepared medicine and talismans to deal with Refining Corpses... if we face too many Refining Corpses at once, it will still be very troublesome," said a middle-aged man, holding a red net Magical Instrument and warily looking around.
"Haha, have no worry, Zong... Although there are Refining Corpses roaming around, that was a hundred years ago... After over a century of cleansing, the number of Refining Corpses has significantly decreased. Together with the ancestral map handed down in my family, we can avoid the poison gases... we should be able to reach the core area, the big house of the Situ Family. If we can get inside, we’re made..." replied Zeng, a thin man resembling a monkey, laughing.
"Alas... I only hope to obtain a ’Yin Corpse Grass’ to cure my daughter of her fire toxin," sighed Zong, the independent Cultivator.
By his side was a woman holding a Magic Sword, her face full of caution.
This woman also spoke, "What my husband says is right... when the time comes, we only want the Yin Corpse Grass, and you can have all the other treasures, Zeng Brother."
The reason for this was that there was quite a difference in their Cultivation levels; the husband was only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, the wife merely at the early stage, while the old daoist Zeng was at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, just one step away from advancing to the later stage.
"Haha... then I thank the kind couple," replied Prime Taoist Zeng with a flash of joy on his face, and with a flick of his fingers, he changed direction.
The trio passed through a swamp, and as the fog cleared up ahead, a cluster of ruined buildings emerged.
"We’ve reached the land of the Situ Family!"
Upon seeing this scene, excitement flashed across the face of Zong, the independent Cultivator.