Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Preparing to Leave (Seeking Recommendation)_1 Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Preparing to Leave (Seeking Recommendation)_1 Pfft!
Fang Xi’s face was expressionless as he reached behind his back and violently pulled out the earthen spike.
His Mixed Origin Strength was complete, equivalent to a body cultivator of the second layer, ordinary Qi Refining mid-stage cultivators casting spells might not be able to kill him, let alone a mere early Qi Refining stage?
After the opponent’s earthen spike broke through his flesh, it was firmly stuck by his bones, which had been strengthened by True Strength, and could not advance an inch.
“Spare my life, please!”
The short cultivator immediately knelt on the ground, loudly begging for mercy, “The one who wants to kill you is Qi Yingsong from the Hundred Tricks Tower… Our brothers are just following orders…”
“How did you track me down?” Fang Xi asked coldly.
The short cultivator hurriedly replied, “It’s Yingsong, he smeared ‘Three-day Fragrance’ on your teacup. This spice is almost colorless and odorless, only those who have undergone special training can smell it, and it stays for three days…”
“I see!”
Fang Xi nodded and suddenly moved like lightning, pressing a palm on the short cultivator’s head.
Pfft!
The cultivator fell down instantly, his brains bursting out, and his hand opened, several black bone needles rolled onto the ground.
“A disposable magic item, ‘Bone-piercing Nail’?”
Fang Xi picked it up with great interest.
He never had any intention of being merciful towards such enemies and snakes.
After a quick search on the short cultivator, he found nothing of value.
Fang Xi then took away the dusty storage bag from the tall cultivator’s waist and searched the corpse again thoroughly.
Then, he picked up the Ghost Head Knife whose magical power from its owner had dissipated and whose radiance had become restrained and lying on the ground, sparked two stars of fire, burned the two corpses to ashes, and quickly left the scene.
“Damn Hundred Tricks Tower… they moved against me just for dozens of spirit stones?”
While walking, Fang Xi muttered, “Fortunately, there weren’t any late-stage Qi Refining masters, or I would have been in danger…”
“Dozens of spirit stones can only attract that sort of rubbish…”
He now felt that his decision to wait until his martial skills improved before engaging in trade between two realms was incredibly wise!
“And… I was too reckless before, not cautious enough.”
“This time, I must survive carefully.”
Not returning to the slum area, Fang Xi went straight to his Spiritual Bamboo Forest, where his figure flashed and then vanished.
No matter where you hide in Green Bamboo Mountain, there’s a chance of being found.
Only in another world is it absolutely safe!
“Alas… this Monster Tree has grown even taller.”
In an abandoned house, Fang Xi looked up at the towering Monster Tree with its drooping branches that ended in creatures and sighed again.
If it weren’t for the urgent situation here and the possibility of the Monster Tree advancing at any moment, he would not have been in such a hurry to sell a large amount of Taisui Meat and attracted covetous gazes.
“The Cultivation Path is full of thorns. Thankfully, this time I won.”
It was only after arriving here that Fang Xi had the leisure to calm down and check his spoils of war.
The first was the low-grade magic weapon—Ghost Head Knife!
This knife was entirely black, three feet long and half a foot wide, the hilt wrapped in Yin silk, and at the end was a model of a ghastly and ferocious ghost head with green face and fierce teeth!
“Not bad, not bad at all, the prohibition inside the magic weapon is intact. It almost snapped the Green Barley Sword in two… It should fetch at least ten spirit stones!”
Fang Xi had always felt that using the Green Barley Sword was very uncomfortable because the weapon was already damaged; now he finally found a replacement.
Besides that, there were three disposable magic items—Bone-piercing Nails!
Such items can only be used once and are extremely vicious, but the power of a single-use attack could even reach the upper limit of a low-grade magic weapon, making them extremely powerful.
“Unfortunately, body cultivators fear these ghostly tricks the least, because they have the strongest survival ability and the highest error tolerance!”
Fang Xi’s face showed delight, devoid of any disdain he previously had for lower-ranking body cultivators.
After that, he took out a dusty small brocade bag.
“Must be a storage bag… That short cultivator didn’t have any valuables or pills on him, so they must all be in the tall cultivator’s storage bag.”
“These two bandit cultivators aren’t high-level, they have low-quality magic items, not even a defensive one, that’s why I could easily defeat them, a testament to their bottom rank amongst bandit cultivators!”
Although Fang Xi had never used a storage bag before, he had seen a pig run.
Now, holding the storage bag in both hands, he operated the Eternal Spring Skills through his hands, allowing a trace of magic power to seep into the storage bag, eroding the original owner’s imprint.
But Fang Xi did not expect that, given his extremely low level of magic power, it took a full five hours to barely erase the magic imprint of the original owner in the storage bag.
Boom!
As soon as he felt that the original magic imprint in the storage bag had been erased, Fang Xi did not hesitate to imprint his own magic power on it.
And with the help of the storage bag, his Spirit Sense seemed to leave his body, sensing another space.
It was a gray space, roughly three feet three inches long, wide, and high.
Inside the space, there were many small items.
Including a small pile of gold, silver, and jade ornaments, thirteen low-grade spirit stones, and some bottles and cans with other assorted items.
“Indeed, it’s a storage bag!”
Fang Xi fondled the storage bag with some attachment, “I was just about to relocate and this good stuff was delivered… Those two brothers really are treasure-bringing lads…”
In fact, if not counting that Prohibition-breaking Talisman, Fang Xi was much poorer than those two brothers!
“Damn Hundred Tricks Tower, even robbing a poor devil like me, I will settle this score with you someday!”
Although according to the short cultivator’s confession, those two shabby bandit cultivators may not necessarily be acting under Qi Liu’s order for Qi Yingsong.
After all, based on Fang Xi’s understanding of that manager, his actions were very thorough, it’s unlikely he’d send such low-level operatives.
However, Fang Xi still charged the account to the Hundred Tricks Tower.
As for Yingsong, if he ever encounters him in the future, he will make him pay dearly.
“But right now, my strength isn’t enough to shake such a colossal being, so I’ll have to lay low and develop a bit more before making a move…”
Fang Xi planned to lay low in Great Liang for a while.
Conveniently, it was an opportunity to try and lead people out of Black Stone City.
After all, he did have some sort of kinship with the folks at the martial arts school. It would be somewhat unbearable for him to watch them all die here.
Of course, once the passage opened, Fang Xi would be the first to leave, and then it would be up to the others’ fates.
If the Monster Tree in the Demon Realm was too powerful and the path could only let a few through, then it was just their bad luck!
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White Cloud Martial Arts School residence.
“The young master left again last time, and who knows when he’ll return?”
Lily stood at the door, vigilantly staring outside.
In recent days, with Fang Xi’s growing strength and stature, the people at the school had become increasingly courteous to her, which made the young girl quite astonished.
But Lily knew very well who to thank for her current status, and she behaved properly in front of Fang Xi.
Previously, Fang Xi had left on some pretext, and she couldn’t stop him, so she could only wait eagerly at the door every day.
The next moment, it seemed someone was coming from the end of the street.
“Young master…”
Before Lily could express her surprise, her expression suddenly changed.
The ‘person’ emerging from the street corner was a staggering figure with ancient tree roots spiraling out from its shoulders, as if its entire body had become a haven for vines and roots.
“There’s a monster!”
Lily’s sharp cry immediately spread throughout the entire martial arts school.
“Prepare the torches!”
“To arms!”
“It’s Wooden People, go and call for the principal!”
The whole gate area was thrown into chaos.
More than one martial arts school was under attack, suffering devastating losses.
The various beasts that used to roam the Inner City Area seemed to lose their constraints at this moment and began to launch a frenzied march towards the Outer City, even reaching the gate area!
“Die, you curse!”
Mu Canglong swept a staff across, knocking a Cursed Person off the wall. Looking at the surrounding schools that had been breached, his face was as dark as water: “The Demon Servants are expanding their territory… At this rate, in less than three days, even the Outer City Area will fall! When is Fang Xi coming back?”
As he pondered, two Wooden People actually leaped over the fire wall and lunged towards Mu Canglong.
During their charge, numerous roots burst out from their bodies, forming into armor.
“Ha ha… bring it on!”
Mu Canglong’s hands turned pitch black as he faced them without a trace of fear.
After a few exchanges, he was sent flying, with blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
The Wooden People were far stronger than the Cursed People, and even the principal of the martial arts school struggled to deal with them, risking poisoning if not careful!
“Father!”
Mu Piaomiao swung her torch, standing guard in front of Mu Canglong, her eyes brimming with despair.
“Ah!”
Lily was well protected, but when even Mu Canglong fell into a life-and-death struggle, naturally, no one had time to care for her.
She fell to the ground, watching a Cursed Person slowly approaching, gazing into that curse-inscribed face, her heart filling with despair: “Young master, Lily can no longer serve you…”
Thud!
“What did you say?”
A familiar voice came through, jolting Lily, who was resigning herself to death, to suddenly open her eyes. There she saw Fang Xi!
With a casual chop of his hand, Fang Xi sent the Cursed Person’s head flying.
“I’ll come back to deal with you later!”
After dropping that comment, Fang Xi charged towards the two Wooden People.
Though the Wooden People were formidable, they were still outclassed by true True Strength Warriors.
With a single palm strike carrying the Mixed Origin Strength, he shattered them to pieces.
“Big Senior Brother, you’ve finally returned!”
Joy covered Tang Xuan’s face.
“Mm!”
Fang Xi scoped the area, lending a hand wherever there was a gap in defense.
It took another half an hour for the creatures to retreat again.
The people from White Cloud Martial Arts School collapsed to the ground, gasping without concern for their appearance: “We’ve survived, we’re still alive!”
Seeing Fang Xi lighting up two Wooden People with a torch, Tang Xuan curiously asked, “Big Senior Brother, what are you doing?”
“Nothing much, just a little experiment,” replied Fang Xi, without taking his eyes off the scene, realizing that sprouting from the charred corpses, two seeds were revealed.
“One Wooden Person corresponds to one seed?”
He secured the seeds, planning to study them further when he had time.
“Alas… Fang Xi, if not for you this time, who knows how many more at our school would have died…” Mu Canglong, supported by Mu Piaomiao, came over, his face full of dread.
The movements of the beasts were spreading; we cannot stay here any longer.”
Fang Xi looked around at everyone, his voice heavy as he spoke: “Get ready… we’re leaving immediately, departing from here!”