Chapter 402: Chapter 400: Nascent Soul! (Congratulations to the alliance leader Pipishrimp!) _1
Jade Island.
In the spirit energy-filled Dongfu, Fang Xi gazed at the ’Qiankun Cauldron’ before him, his expression filled with solemnity.
Ever since he hastened the maturity of the ’Vanishing Heart Orchid’, he had given himself a break, first going to Dragon Fish Island to indulge in pleasure, then, feeling a certain calling, he returned to Peach Blossom Island, Green Bamboo Mountain, and Great Liang, specially incorporating the Monster Tree into the Mountain Sea Pearl, and leaving the Heterodox Nascent Soul on Jade Island for a short while.
Although he had never had much confidence in his own heart’s nature, he felt it was best to resolve all possible entanglements before Nascent Soul Establishment, striving to bring them to a satisfactory close.
Especially with the Da Liang World!
This minor world resisted the presence of beings above the fourth level, and after Core Formation, he feared he would no longer be able to travel there.
Unless one day, he cultivated to the point where he could crush the rules of a world with his own power!
The Da Liang World was still the same as usual, governed by the Martial God Sect.
Fang Xi simply wandered around for a bit, collected a few potentially useful ’Demons’, sealed them within the Mountain Sea Pearl, then secretly visited the vicinity of the Martial God Sect to pay respects to the departed of the White Cloud Martial Arts School and Yuanhe Mountain.
There was nothing much to say about the Martial God Sect; it was still governed by Zhang Mingding.
However, although he seemed fine on the surface, a decaying aura was leaking out, telling Fang Xi that this man’s end was not far off.
The path of the Qi Blood Holding Pill after all was not the Immortal Path of forming a Golden Core; there was no precedent before, and now it seemed the lifespan was only about three hundred years.
Moreover, this man had nurtured a ’Death Pill’ within him, and his Martial Arts cultivation could no longer advance an inch.
Although through Fang Xi’s guidance, Zhang Mingding later organized a brand-new Holding Pill method, it merely allowed a fifty percent chance of creating a ’Living Pill’ for successful practitioners.
In other words, the probability of ordinary warriors of the Martial God advancing to Martial Immortal was just slightly higher than that of Foundation Establishment cultivators achieving Core Formation.
Moreover, after advancing to Martial Immortal, there was a fifty percent chance of forming a ’Death Pill’, preventing any further progress in cultivation.
After all, it was a newly created method with too many imperfections!
Zhang Mingding was fortunate to advance back then, not only because of his exceptional natural endowments but also because he fought through life and death to gain the opportunity of a certain ’Demon’ and did many things in secret.
However, because he had taken on the burden of his sin from Fang Xi’s move and offered up the seed of the Ancestral Demon Tree back in the day, Fang Xi turned a blind eye to all these matters, letting him make his mark in Great Liang, enjoying a life of power and glory.
This time, he did not make an appearance to meet him.
The Martial Arts golden age of Great Liang was ultimately a result of Fang Xi spreading a large number of body cultivator books from the Cultivation World, as well as pills and his own enlightenment, which then swiftly generated this outcome.
Now, with his absence, it began falling into a massive bottleneck again.
And this time, with the world rules limitation, it was already quite unlikely for there to emerge a path beyond the Martial Immortal.
...
With many thoughts passing through his mind, Fang Xi’s expression resumed its calm composure.
"Open!"
After an unknown amount of time, he uttered softly as his hands formed rapidly changing seals, and streaks of blue radiance were infused into the Qiankun Cauldron.
The lid of the cauldron burst open with a loud noise, emitting black and white colors.
Thereafter...
A pill with a chaotic color yet emitting black and white hues flew out of the cauldron, landing in Fang Xi’s hand.
"’Crossing Extinction Pill’... finally, it is formed," he sighed, thinking of the huge sacrifices he made for this pill.
Even though the lifespan he had expended could be fully replenished through the Monster Tree...
But at least, in exchange for the ’Vanishing Heart Orchid’ back then, he had given up a Core Formation Spiritual Object!
"Now... all preparations for Nascent Soul Establishment are complete," he noted.
"Who would have thought, the Spirit Farmer from Green Bamboo Mountain with a mere low-grade Spiritual Root could come this far?"
Fang Xi stored the ’Crossing Extinction Pill’ carefully and stood up to exit the Alchemy room.
Outside Evergreen Hall, Xiao Qing chirped loudly and turned into a burst of blue flame, descending.
Soon after, the sound of Dragon Chanting followed, and Daqing arrived soaring on clouds.
Fang Xi nodded his head and with a flick of his sleeve, released the Mysterious Fire Zombie and the Demon Blood Flood Dragon, speaking coldly, "During my seclusion... should anyone dare to intrude on Jade Island, they shall be killed without mercy!"
With the close-to-fourth-tier ’Nine Nether Profound Wood Array’ and Xiao Qing, he was confident that even if a Nascent Soul old monster were to suddenly appear, they could be delayed for a considerable amount of time.
Furthermore...
Fang Xi’s most trusted was still his own Heterodox Nascent Soul!
Although there is a possibility of betrayal in externalization, that occurs only when it has been separated from the main body for an extended period, and under the influence of the Heart Demon a possibility emerges.
The Heterodox Nascent Soul was no longer just meeting Fang Xi from time to time; it was directly united with him, making it impossible for a betrayal idea to arise in the short term.
"Chirp!"
Xiao Qing chirped loudly, signaling that it had completely understood.
After all, being of a Monster Bird origin, it had no attachment to the people of Dragon Fish Island.
If these people were to break through the array, Daqing might still hesitate, but Xiao Qing would certainly kill without any qualms!
"Go!"
With a wave of Fang Xi’s hand, four streams of light rose into the sky, shooting off in different directions.
"There are no oversights left... I’ve almost done everything to the limit, unless I restore those two fourth-tier Puppets... But with my puppet skill, to upgrade to fourth-tier, who knows till what year and month that would be! Not to mention, to repair high-tier Puppets, I still lack several special materials..."
"So then..."
Fang Xi’s hand flashed with light, revealing a wine gourd.
He pulled out the stopper and poured a mouthful of Green Bamboo Wine into his mouth, letting the slightly bitter taste echo in his oral cavity.
For the following days, he abandoned cultivation entirely, not engaging in the study of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation, either idling away the whole day or wandering around Jade Island to ease his mind.
Until this day!
Fang Xi was leaning against a Spirit Peach Tree, watching peach blossoms fluttering around as he occasionally sipped his Green Bamboo Wine.
Looking at the Sky filled with pink blossoms falling like rain, with the taste of Spirit Wine still in his mouth, suddenly, a realization struck him:
"To follow the normal path is to become human, to contradict it is to become immortal...."
"An immortal seeks to seize the heavenly and earthly fate and creation for personal freedom and Long Life!"
"Therefore, heaven and earth will not bestow a ’Nascent Soul opportunity’; what exists is only tribulation!"
"My heart is not stone; it cannot be swayed... The Dao is settled, it doesn’t allow for change or even the slightest retreat!"
With this thought, Fang Xi burst into hearty laughter, transformed into a streak of blue light, and returned to the cultivation room that he had already prepared.
Boom!
The door of the cultivation room closed heavily, and one prohibition after another appeared, completely isolating the Cultivation Room from the outside world.
Fang Xi slapped his Heavenly Spirit, and a flash of dark light flickered.
The Heterodox Nascent Soul, with two horns on its head and six large black holes on its back, appeared and went to a corner and sat down cross-legged, its little face serious.
"Let’s begin!"
Fang Xi sat on his mat, fingers flashing with azure light, suddenly transforming into a series of flying needles, piercing into various parts of his body.
He formed a strange seal with his hands, and his skin instantly turned as red as blood: "Indestructible Body of Yi Wood!"
This was a secret skill that could only be used by a cultivator who had perfected the Kuyong Skills to Perfect Core Formation and also possessed the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’!
It could instantly strengthen the body to an unimaginable degree, greatly aiding the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm!
It was a secret passed down from ancient Green Emperor Mountain!
Crackle and Pop!
Bones were crackling all around Fang Xi’s body. When he looked inward, he saw that each piece of his crystal clear bone was etched with intricate patterns of silver and emerald, exactly the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ he had crafted before!
At this moment, these intricate patterns were shimmering with radiance, and while Fang Xi chanted, they seemed to be spurred to their limit, spreading throughout his viscera, flesh, skin, and limbs.
It wasn’t long before dark green patterns emerged on Fang Xi’s skin, as if he were wearing an ancient and mystical green armor, twinkling with a light of vitality.
"I am... so strong now!"
A secretive pattern appeared between Fang Xi’s eyebrows, and his eyes twinkled with brilliance: "Although it is only temporary through the use of a secret skill, my physical body right now is definitely comparable to a Perfect Core Formation cultivator, or even a Nascent Soul-level body cultivator!"
Not only that, he could feel the life force of the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ had also increased tenfold, a hundredfold, or more.
His Dantian Qi Ocean and meridians seemed to have completely turned into the color of jade.
The vitality within his body was so vigorous that even if his head were chopped off, it could be reattached, or if his heart were plucked out, a new one could grow back!
This was the ’Indestructible Yi Wood’!
"Although this secret skill might damage the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ it is indeed overwhelmingly powerful... Perhaps in the future, it can be used as a last resort! Anyway, others fear harming the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ but I don’t... If need be, I’ll just plant more trees to make up for it!"
A thought emerged in Fang Xi’s mind, and then he quieted down.
With a change of hand signs, the Kuyong Skills, which had already reached the 16th layer and perfection, awoke like a slumbering dragon, silently circulating within his body.
Then... The speed kept increasing, causing his body to glimmer with green and yellow light, drawing in the nearby spiritual energy of heaven and earth!
Hum!
The top-grade wood attribute Spirit Stone seemed to be influenced, with streams of green spiritual energy emerging, mingling among the copious spiritual energy within the cultivation room, and pouring into Fang Xi’s body.
The powerful Spiritual Pressure of the fourth-rank Spiritual Vein made the rich spiritual energy nearly become liquid, entering Fang Xi through every limb and orifice, being drawn in by the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ like a whale sucking in water.
"Not enough, not enough..."
Fang Xi’s Magic Power began circulating faster and faster, nearly turning his body into a vortex.
More and more of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was injected into his body.
Gradually... Outside the cultivation room, over Evergreen Hall, massive spiritual energy began to converge.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the entire Jade Island seemed to tremble, and then, the spiritual energy from the entire fourth-rank Spiritual Vein, like so many dragons, rushed eagerly into the cave dwelling.
This was the benefit of monopolizing the entire fourth-rank Spiritual Vein, no one else could contend with Fang Xi for the spiritual energy.
To think, even in a Nascent Soul Sect during Core Formation, there would be many disciples and their Dongfus sharing the spiritual energy.
But now, all the spiritual energy from this entire lower-grade fourth-rank Spiritual Vein was for Fang Xi alone to enjoy.
Whoo, whoo!
In the cultivation room, streams of spiritual energy dragons kept condensing, turning into tiny white snakes that slithered into Fang Xi’s body.
Fang Xi’s brow slightly furrowed.
Such enormous spiritual energy was enough to ’burst’ a common Core Formation cultivator!
Even many Perfect Core Formation cultivators fell at this first step, not to mention the subsequent Shattered Pill into Infant...
But he had the ’Indestructible Yi Wood Body’, and the green patterns on his body now were pulsating, indiscriminately accepting the tremendous spiritual energy and rapidly circulating the cultivation skill, transforming it into waves of powerful Magic Power, infusing into the Kuyong Golden Core that had expanded to its limits!