Chapter 401: Chapter 399: Approaching (Request for Monthly Pass)_1
Fang Xi had reached Perfect Core Formation, and his Kuyong Golden Core expanded to its limit, brimming with Purple Qi.
He stood up, cast a Cleaning Skill on himself, and instantly his blue robe was as clean as new.
He then went outside the closed-door cultivation room and rested properly for three days before he opened the Mountain Sea Pearl again.
Inside the space of the Mountain Sea Pearl.
Without the Monster Tree, the ground was a sight of devastation.
However, the core dongfu, as well as the ice mountain, were still intact and undamaged.
"Profound Ice Palace... Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice... Feng Bingxian..."
Scenes from Yuan Country vaguely emerged before Fang Xi’s eyes.
A fleeting look of reminiscence passed through his eyes. He no longer hesitated, formed a hand seal with his hands, and opened his mouth.
Pu!
A pitch-black flame landed on the ice mountain, at first faint but gradually enveloping the entire ice mountain.
Countless ice blocks were directly vaporized, turning into a thick layer of steam.
In the middle of the dense steam was the potted ’Vanishing Heart Orchid’.
Fang Xi grabbed the jade-like pot, and looking at the black and white energies constantly circulating at the Vanishing Heart Orchid’s pistil, he couldn’t help but nod.
He now had full confidence in healing this Spirit Plant.
"I’ll still prioritize using my own lifespan. If this method doesn’t work, then I’ll try ’Nine Heavens Pure Flower Water.’ After all, my lifespan is not that valuable compared to it..."
He held the pot containing the Vanishing Heart Orchid, went to the Saint’s dongfu, found a quiet room at random, and went into seclusion.
Afterward, Fang Xi’s expression turned solemn, and his eyes became a shade of azure.
He stretched out his fingers, with thick Yi Wood Divine Light blooming at their tips.
The verdant drip-drop of Yi Wood Divine Light became denser, completely enveloping the Vanishing Heart Orchid.
The Vanishing Heart Orchid stretched out its leaves, as if its primordial energy, which had been frozen for many years, was also replenished.
But Fang Xi knew that all of this was just superficial; the damage to the roots of the Vanishing Heart Orchid had not yet been repaired.
The next moment, he activated a particular Magic Spell, and the Yi Wood Divine Light turned into a deeper hue, almost like a thick Spiritual Liquid that seeped into the pot and adhered to the roots of the Vanishing Heart Orchid.
A quarter-hour... two quarter-hours...
Fang Xi felt the Primordial Energy within his body rapidly draining, a slight panic welling up in his heart.
He knew this was a sign of his lifespan quickly flowing away!
One year... two years... Ten years... a hundred years!
In the blink of an eye, a mortal’s entire lifetime had passed!
After a hundred years of lifespan were consumed, the white roots of the Vanishing Heart Orchid suddenly trembled, and the damaged parts began to grow swiftly under the stimulation of the Yi Wood Divine Light.
Seeing this, a hint of joy flashed across Fang Xi’s face, and he continued to drive the secret technique.
One hundred years!
Two hundred years!
...
One thousand years!
By this time, under the scan of his Divine Consciousness, the damage on the roots of the Vanishing Heart Orchid had completely disappeared, and the whole Spirit Medicine emitted a thriving essence, clearly able to continue growing!
"A Vanishing Heart Orchid with intact roots will have its price go up several folds, or even by tenfold!"
Fang Xi muttered to himself, "With my current state of Perfect Core Formation and magic power, it took a thousand years of lifespan to barely save it... For a Nascent Soul elder who cultivated top-tier wood cultivation techniques, it would cost at least three or four hundred years of life, right? No wonder the auction house thought it was impossible to save..."
While he was feeling sentimental, the Yi Wood Divine Light continued to work.
After all, this Vanishing Heart Orchid was only nine hundred years old, and it was still a hundred years short of the millennial Spirit Medicine needed to be used as a medicinal ingredient.
...
Time passed unknowingly, and Fang Xi, with a ghastly pale face that showed grave signs of vitality loss, looked at the Vanishing Heart Orchid in his hand, his eyes filled with happiness: "The black and white energies flow, and Spirit Marks appear... All the characteristics match, this Spirit Medicine is now truly a millennial one... It was worth consuming so much lifespan!"
Fang Xi thought about the consumed lifespan and felt a tinge of bitterness. He could only live for another two thousand years now, which was no more than the entire lifespan of a Transcendent God cultivator...
"Luckily, there’s the Monster Tree, which can make up for it..."
Now with his lifespan greatly reduced and in a poor state, it was not suitable to start refining pills immediately.
Fang Xi sealed up the Vanishing Heart Orchid properly, came out of seclusion, and went under the Monster Tree.
The Monster Tree had grown even thicker and broader on top of the fourth-order Spiritual Vein, with its canopy covering the sky, almost enveloping the entire Jade Island.
At the base of the Monster Tree lay a lazy white fleshly ball, which was a third-order Taisui!
The creature seemed to have grown accustomed to staying under the Monster Tree and, protected by it, was not only no longer afraid of the Monster Tree but seemed to quite enjoy it.
Fang Xi approached, turned a strand of Yi Wood Divine Light into a flying knife, and directly cut off a piece of Taisui Meat to feed to the Monster Tree.
As for the ’Meat Ganoderma Liquid’?
He had already gathered several large bottles, so there was no need to do so anymore.
Pu pu!
As he sat cross-legged, the tattoo on his back immediately manifested, and roots burrowed into the Monster Tree, beginning the cultivation of "Longevity Skills" to replenish his life’s Primordial Energy...
...
Meanwhile.
In the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.
A massive Spirit Boat skimmed low across the skies.
The first and second order monster beasts on the ground scuttled away in terror at the sight of the imposing hull of the Spirit Boat, the terrifying Spiritual Pressure it exuded, and the intense radiance, forming miniature stampedes...
Shoo!
A ray of Sword Light suddenly fell from the deck.
With a flash, it turned into a golden rainbow tens of zhang long, dropping amidst a group of ’Iron-Horned Rhinos’.
Pu pu!
Blood light flickered incessantly as the rhinos, whose defenses were as tough as iron and bronze among second order monster beasts, were unable to withstand the Sword Light and were easily dismembered!
"Good, Brother Tie’s lifebound Magic Sword seems to have risen in grade again."
A Core Formation female cultivator nearby witnessed this scene and couldn’t help but admire.
Her cultivation level was merely at the early stages of Core Formation, but ’Brother Tie’ had a cultivation around the mid-stage of Core Formation and was a swordsman!
On ordinary days in the Mixed Origin Sect, he was a figure like a talent from the heavens.
However, on this mission dispatched by the Sect, the leader was not Brother Tie.
At this thought, the Core Formation female cultivator looked back with a hint of admiration, saying, "Brother Changsheng, for this Sect mission, Sister and Brother Tie could’ve handled it. It seems rather overkill to have you take action."
"That’s true..."
Even the usually uncompromising swordsman Brother Tie now echoed this sentiment and looked at Brother Changsheng with respect in his eyes.
Because the ’Wei Changsheng’ standing before them was just over three centuries old but had already achieved Perfect Core Formation and was considered a Nascent Soul seed by the Sect!
Moreover, Wei Changsheng had been trained as a pillar of the Sect since childhood, was humble and polite, and could make decisive decisions on the spot, winning the hearts of many within the Sect.
"According to a few Foundation Establishment cultivators from Yiling Valley, the Island Master of Dragon Fish Island has reached the late stages of Core Formation... and this person had notable achievements when he was in the mid-stage of Core Formation, not to be underestimated."
Wei Changsheng was a refined gentleman, as gentle as jade, holding an ancient book as if he were a scholar on his way to an imperial exam rather than a cultivator at the Great Perfection of Golden Core.
"Hmph, it’s just a late-stage Individual Cultivator... My sword yearns for a test!"
Brother Tie said indignantly, knowing that Individual Cultivators lack extensive inheritances and usually don’t compare to the disciples of great sects.
It was still no major issue for him to face an opponent a minor realm above.
If it had been a Nascent Soul ancient monster of an Individual Cultivator, he would certainly have fled far away.
Swordsmen were determined by nature, but they were not fools!
"Brother Tie’s courage is commendable."
Wei Changsheng put down his book, but did not say much, "When the time comes, I will support you from behind. You’ve been stuck at the Core Formation mid-stage bottleneck for many years, and maybe challenging the Island Master of Dragon Fish Island will help you break through."
A flicker of joy passed across Brother Tie’s face, "Then it’s decided. Killing these low-level monster beasts all day is tedious. I should have been allowed to slay that Thunder Python a few days ago; at least I would have gained a third-order Inner Core..."
"This is the deep reaches of the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range; any further hesitation and we might be surrounded by a dozen third-order monster beasts," Wei Changsheng shook his head. "By then, even with the Sect’s Spirit Boat for protection, we might suffer some injuries..."
"What Brother Changsheng said makes sense," the Core Formation junior sister said with a hint of confusion on her face. "Sister is just curious why the Sect didn’t care about those Foundation Establishment cultivators in Yiling Valley for years, and only now decided to act in such a thunderous manner."
Originally, even though the Mixed Origin Sect was vast and mighty, it did not want to provocation by dealing with a third-order Spiritual Vein in a remote place and attracting the attention of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.
However, for some reason, it had recently made a high-profile announcement of vengeance and even sent out the Perfect Core Formation ’Wei Changsheng’!
Was there some kind of inside story to all this?
At the mention of this, Brother Tie also looked over, clearly also puzzled by this matter.
"You all are fellow disciples of the same Sect, so naturally there is nothing that cannot be discussed..."
Wei Changsheng sighed, "Our Sect ordered us to the countries of Yue, Wu, and Mu not only to avenge Teacher Yan; that was just a ruse..."
"No wonder... I thought that such a simple act of vengeance did not warrant the deployment of a Spirit Boat and so many people," the Core Formation junior sister revealed a look of realization.
"After we arrive in the three countries, we need to eliminate the Core Formation cultivators who do not obey us and take control of resources like Spiritual Vein mines... In short, it is to create a backup path for the Sect in the three countries," Wei Changsheng said with a hint of a bitter smile on his lips.
"What? Is it really like that?"
Even Brother Tie’s usually unchanging expression fluctuated violently, "Even though the Sect is at war with the Blood Sect and it’s said that the Green Leaf Commerce Association has joined the opposing side, the situation hasn’t deteriorated to this extent, has it?"
"If it were just an internal struggle within Yuan Country, our Mixed Origin Sect would, of course, not fear any force, but what if... Jiang Country’s Seven Deadly Sins Hall took this opportunity to invade?" A bitter smile appeared on Wei Changsheng’s face, "The Seven Deadly Sins Hall originally supported the Nascent Soul of the Supreme Elder of the Blood Sect, and the Sect recently received secret intelligence that for a major push into Yuan Country, the Hall gave up several strongholds in Jiang Country and voluntarily contracted its power, determined to a staggering extent... It was for the sake of the Taoist system inheritance that our Sect’s Supreme Elder had no choice but to make additional preparations."
"What? The Seven Deadly Sins Hall is going that far?"
The Core Formation junior sister did not know what to say.
That Demon Sect great faction from Jiang Country, why would it go to such lengths to support the Blood Sect, completely out of the ordinary!