Chapter 389: Chapter 387: White Deer (Request for Monthly Pass)_1
"I never thought... the Ancestor Hall in the Green Emperor Palace would be so... plain?"
Fang Xi stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his naked eye able to take in everything at a glance, without even the need for Divine Consciousness.
"Old ghost... Will this place have the Kuyong Skills and Divine Skills you promised?"
He looked towards the old ghost, feeling that the old ghost was probably ready to show his true colors.
At this time, Lady Bi, with one black and one white spiritual treasure coiling around her, also broke into the Ancestor Hall. She surveyed her surroundings warily and did not act rashly.
"This is the Ancestor Hall of an ancient Transcendent God Sect? How could it be so... shabby?!"
Lady Bi’s gaze swept over the many memorial tablets, finally landing on a painting of an immortal in green robes.
The only thing of value in the entire Ancestor Hall seemed to be this very scroll of painting.
’Could it be... that this person is the banished immortal rumored to have passed down the Taoist system of Green Emperor Mountain?’
Looking at the painting, a thought flickered through Fang Xi’s mind.
He had already raised his vigilance to the limit and knew through Divine Consciousness communication with his cheater’s device that the seals in the Green Emperor Palace could still not prevent the traversal of the Treasures of All Heavens. For this reason, he felt somewhat confident: ’...the trump card I previously concealed, I wonder if it will be of any use...’
At this moment, the old ghost, already merged with Zhan Tu, knelt down respectfully: "True heritage of Green Emperor Mountain, I beseech the Array Spirit Ancestor!"
"Array Spirit... Ancestor?"
Fang Xi and Lady Bi exchanged glances, both feeling the shock in each other’s hearts.
Just then, on the painting of the immortal in green, ripples in the Void appeared like water waves, and suddenly, a white figure leaped out!
Accompanied by the gentle sound of deer calling, a white deer appeared in midair.
This white deer had fur pure as jade and branching antlers wrapped in strands of blue brilliance, with an aura that even made Fang Xi’s heart tremble.
In his mind, he quickly pondered: ’Rumors say... when an Array reaches a high level, it can even evolve an Array Spirit... But even a fourth-tier Array can’t do that, right? This... This is the Array Spirit of the fifth-tier ’Transformative God Wood Array’!’
"Evergreen shattered, Green Emperor emerges into the world..."
The white deer’s lucid eyes appeared somewhat bewildered, then let out a long sigh, a voice that was not old but instead incredibly youthful, with a childlike tone.
At this time, the old ghost, now one with Zhan Tu, suddenly slapped his own dantian, spewing out a beam of blue light.
Within the blue light was a green command token!
On the front of this token was a mountain range, with the words ’Green Emperor’ inscribed in ancient seal script!
Upon seeing this token for the first time, Fang Xi’s face couldn’t help but reveal a strange expression.
"Indeed, the true heritage command token of Green Emperor Mountain... The Kuyong Skills at the mid-stage of Core Formation, barely qualifying as a true disciple."
The white deer raised its front hoof: "When the old ancestor sealed me here, if not for the collapse of the Transformative God Wood Array, I would not have been able to emerge... Now that the Array’s power is broken, I can only exert a fraction of my capabilities, and as the core of this great array in the Green Emperor Palace is completely destroyed by the Void Storm, my spirit will also gradually dissipate. Junior, what do you seek?"
"Please, Array Spirit Ancestor, obliterate these two, then hand over the treasures sealed here by the ancestor of Green Emperor Mountain!"
The old ghost pointed at Fang Xi and Lady Bi, his eyes full of ferocity!
At this moment, he finally made no attempt to hide his malice.
The Array Spirit white deer glanced at Fang Xi, and a hint of amusement seemed to flicker in its eyes, before it let out a clear cry.
Swoosh swoosh!
The blue light above the white deer’s head burst forth violently, transforming into countless beams of Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light!
But compared to the minor scuffle at the Green Emperor Palace’s door, what now appeared were not merely hundreds, but thousands.
The dense blue Mysterious Light covered the entire Ancestor Hall, blocking Lady Bi’s escape route as she tried to flee.
Swoosh swoosh!
The dazzling emerald Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light descended, first cutting a white silk ribbon into countless fragments. This defensive treasure seemed incapable of stopping the Divine Light in the slightest.
Seeing this, Lady Bi’s face revealed a hint of despair. A flash of blue light appeared above her head, and a Nascent Soul looking like a young girl, very similar to her own appearance, emerged. She hastily formed a magical seal, opened her small mouth, and a mist of blood sprayed out, landing on the black dragon staff.
Roar roar!
The spirit of the black dragon staff turned a blood red, swelled violently, and its scales came to life, with numerous black runes appearing on the surface.
This Nascent Soul cultivator was, unmistakably, exhausting her vital essence to fight with all her might!
Swoosh swoosh!
Beams of Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light fell, severing the dragon’s horns, scales, and claws...
Then, like cutting tofu with a knife, they sliced through the body of the staff.
The spiritual treasure was directly divided into more than ten pieces, suddenly shattered.
With her lifebound spiritual treasure destroyed, Lady Bi’s Nascent Soul was visibly diminished by half, clearly having suffered a severe blow to her vitality.
She glanced at the old ghost with a resentful expression, then teleported outside the Ancestor Hall in an instant, and teleported again, attempting to retreat to the heavenly ladder they came from.
Instantaneous movement by a Nascent Soul cultivator is the foremost life-saving Divine Skill, capable of ignoring most Arrays and prohibitions.
If not for the distance restriction, it would indeed be ten times more formidable.
But at this moment, silver chains suddenly emerged from the Void.
These silver chains were composed of Phoenix Seal characters. They appeared instantly, binding Lady Bi’s Nascent Soul with a five-flower tie, dragging her back.
"The Void Force of a fifth-tier Array... Enough to seal a Nascent Soul cultivator’s instantaneous movement."
Fang Xi remarked, watching as the Array Spirit white deer let out a deer cry and then a Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light, like a small emerald arrow, directly pierced Lady Bi’s Nascent Soul.
Lady Bi’s Nascent Soul looked at the large hole in her chest with an expression of disbelief, then exploded with a bang, dispersing into wisps of spiritual energy...
This top-notch cultivator in the Mortal Realm, who could go anywhere and be greeted with respect by any Sect, ultimately fell here in obscurity.
"Good... You, as an Array Master, know the terror of the Array Spirit Ancestor, so you didn’t run and willingly offered your neck to the blade..."
The old ghost said indifferently, "Dragon Fish Island Master... it was impressive that you could cultivate the Kuyong Skills to the late stage of Core Formation and forge a second Nascent Soul, truly a rare talent in the Cultivation World... Unfortunately, in the Cultivation World, opportunity and luck are also very important."
"Chance and... luck?"
Fang Xi gazed at the dreadful Array Spirit White Deer, ready to strike at any moment with his Heterodox Nascent Soul to buy time for his escape!
Although he was somewhat confident, he couldn’t be certain—he had to keep a card up his sleeve.
Just then, the white deer shook its head, "I cannot kill this person..."
"Why not?"
The old ghost was incredibly surprised, as if witnessing something unimaginable and said sternly, "Array Spirit Ancestor... have you forgotten the agreement with the Green Emperor Mountain’s founders?"
"I remember it well..."
The Array Spirit White Deer answered without a hint of emotion in its voice, "But according to the contract... you two are equals in status; I cannot obey one to kill the other."
"Equals in status, impossible, I have the true inheritance token... No! That traitor!"
The old ghost seemed to think of something, his face twisted with malice as he stared at Fang Xi, "You deceived me!?"
Fang Xi was also toying with a token in his hand, which bore the engraving of mountains and the words "Green Emperor" on the front, surprisingly another true inheritance token!
"I was just bluffing you then, and you took it seriously..."
His expression was mocking, "Did you really think a Nascent Soul Cultivator would split a Storage Bag with a Core Formation one?"
The token was naturally obtained from the corpse of the traitor killed by the Wood Charm, but he kept it hidden.
With his then Nascent Soul-level Divine Consciousness and Magic Power, he was fairly confident of deceiving the old ghost and Zhan Tu.
And even if he had been discovered, so be it...
After all, he was a Nascent Soul Cultivator back then, while the other was merely at Core Formation...
"Recently, the Sea of Changes, Green Emperor Mountain has long been cut off from its Taoist system, recognizing the token not the person..."
The Array Spirit White Deer did not continue its attack, instead standing there as if it had turned into a white jade statue.
"Zhan, attack now!"
The old ghost immediately roared.
He and Zhan Tu were nearly as one, and without hesitation, Zhan Tu spat out the Green Wood Sword and formed a Magic Spell with his hands.
A mysterious radiance emerged, it was the Kuyong Mysterious Light!
Based on their earlier calculations, as long as they were willing to sacrifice their lifespan, they would surely be able to kill Fang Xi!
After all, Zhan Tu was a hundred years younger than Fang Xi!
And the Array Spirit could not prevent them from killing each other!
However, at this moment, Zhan Tu’s face was struck with an extreme look of horror.
Unlike the Kuyong Skills, the Kuyong Mysterious Light allowed for an accurate sense of a Cultivator’s lifespan when cast.
Zhan Tu, having practiced the Kuyong Skills before, could only vaguely sense a Cultivator’s lifespan—for example, in their prime or nearing their end—which was a very vague sense of vitality.
Not to mention, Fang Xi had long been prepared for this move, constantly employing the Secret Skill that shifts from vitality to decay, concealing his true essence.
Zhan Tu could only faintly sense that Fang Xi’s life was vibrant, but did not take it seriously, as indeed, Fang Xi was not yet three hundred years old.
For a Core Formation Cultivator, that truly was in the prime of life!
But now, after having cast the Kuyong Mysterious Light, he could finally break through Fang Xi’s disguise and sense his real lifespan...
And then, he was completely dumbfounded...
’Thousands of years... how is this possible? Could this person be a Transcendent God in disguise?’
’No... even a Transcendent God might not live so long!’
The old ghost, having a mind link with Zhan Tu, witnessed this scene and almost had his Dao Heart shattered...
"Ah... found out."
A black wooden seal appeared in Fang Xi’s hand, the very "Life-Death Seal"!
This seal had been in the Mountain Sea Pearl’s Demon Tree all along, but considering the dangers of this trip and the possible need to use the Kuyong Mysterious Light, he naturally had taken it out.
Boom!
As the Secret Skill was activated, a Phantom of the Demon Tree appeared atop the Life-Death Seal, from its canopy a stream of indescribable Mysterious Light swept past Zhan Tu.
"I..."
Zhan Tu suddenly felt incredibly fatigued, as his lifespan and vitality were drained in an instant, turning into a withered white-haired corpse, dead upon the ground!
Cause of death—Exhaustion of lifespan!
And with that, the presence of the old ghost on him vanished without a trace...
After all, the old ghost and Zhan Tu had been employing the "Same Destiny Secret Skills", their lives connected; if one died, the other could not survive on their own.
"Dead, just like that? So easily?"
After pondering, Fang Xi gestured with his hand, collected the Storage Bag, and then spouted a jet of dark Nascent Soul Demon Fire.
In the next instant, Zhan Tu’s remains were reduced to ashes under the Nascent Soul Demon Fire!
"Good, it seems he’s truly gone... Not in vain that I directly used up more than three hundred years of my lifespan."
He murmured to himself.
Using the Kuyong Mysterious Light against Zhan Tu was, of course, for a quick resolution, to avoid any tricks from the old ghost turning the tables.
For such an old monster who might have lived for many years, one cannot afford to underestimate them; any small flaw could be seized upon.
After all this, Fang Xi finally turned to look at the Array Spirit White Deer which had stood still like a statue.
The White Deer finally spoke again, "You have cultivated the Wood physique, taken the Kuyong Skills to the later stage of Core Formation, and have an incredibly long lifespan... You’re an anomaly, even during the heyday of Green Emperor Mountain, you could have been a Saint of Green Emperor Mountain, with a status equal to that of an average Nascent Soul elder. Even if you didn’t hold the true inheritance token, you would still be regarded as a true disciple... What do you seek?"