Chapter 407: Chapter 405: Spirit Wind (in honor of the Silver Alliance!)_1
Time flew by swiftly, and within the blink of an eye, several years had passed.
In the closed-door cultivation room.
Fang Xi opened his eyes and let out a slight sigh, "This ’Kuyong Skills’ seventeenth layer cultivation technique is indeed extremely difficult..."
After several years, he had finally gained a rough understanding of the progress of his own cultivation.
Even with the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ and a fourth-grade Spiritual Vein, it would likely take him about one or two hundred years to fully master the seventeenth layer technique.
If he could concoct some pills suitable for Nascent Soul cultivators to enhance magic power, perhaps he could shorten this period.
"But I have no pill recipe... and the Spirit Medicine collected in the Evergreen Garden may not all be appropriate, I need to exchange them with other Nascent Soul cultivators..."
"Unfortunately, this will probably still be very difficult... The raw materials for pills suitable for Nascent Soul cultivators are extremely scarce, and most old monsters probably still rely on their own arduous cultivation, drawing upon the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi..."
At this moment, if Fang Xi turned his Divine Consciousness inward, he would see two Nascent Souls, sitting cross-legged within his Dantian Qi Ocean.
The main Nascent Soul was still three inches tall, standing on the ’Life-Death Seal’, holding the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ in his hands, surrounded by a verdant Liuli-like mysterious light.
—Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light!
This Divine Light was not only verdant throughout, but also had runes flickering within it, looking very extraordinary.
"After several years of arduous cultivation, I have barely begun to grasp this Divine Skill..."
"In terms of power, it should be much greater than the Yi Wood Divine Light..."
"Furthermore, when combined with spiritual treasures and other Divine Skills, I wonder how my power among Nascent Soul cultivators would fare without using the ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’..."
With this thought, Fang Xi turned his gaze towards the Heterodox Nascent Soul.
He saw the black-green Heterodox Nascent Soul still sitting cross-legged as if the Primordial Energy damaged during the previous thunder tribulation had not yet been fully restored.
Although the Nascent Soul of a cultivator possessed boundless power, it was extremely difficult to recover once injured.
Witnessing this scene, Fang Xi became even more cautious about using his Nascent Soul in the future, resolving to let the Heterodox Nascent Soul take the lead when necessary.
...
After completing his cultivation, Fang Xi’s daily routine began with observing the Array Map of the fifth-grade Transformative God Array.
"The Transformative God Demon Body Divine Wood Array, so it contains so many mysteries..."
He held the jade slip in his hand, feeling quite emotional in his heart.
"After achieving Nascent Soul, a cultivator perceives the world from the perspective of the Nascent Soul, and often has different insights from before..."
"With a higher realm, delving into the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation of lower ranks also gives one certain advantages."
"Additionally, considering the fleeting moments of inspiration I experienced when taking the Bodhi Enlightenment Pill... if I continue like this, one day I will be able to elevate the ’Nine Nether Profound Wood Array’ to a true fourth-grade... by then, I might consider myself a fourth-grade Array Master, right?"
After his daily contemplation of arrays, Fang Xi drew several Jade talismans.
As for pill making?
He was still a third-grade pill maker and lacked a suitable fourth-grade pill recipe, so for the time being, he put that aside.
After all, for a Nascent Soul cultivator, third-grade pills were of little use, and making more would be counterproductive.
The Spirit Medicine in the Evergreen Garden Secret Land should be used to make pills suitable for Nascent Soul consumption to truly value them.
After finishing his talisman practice, Fang Xi took out the ’Thousand-Machine Secret Scroll’ and began to diligently study it.
"At the moment, I am almost a fourth-grade Array Master, a third-grade peak pill maker, and a third-grade high-quality Talisman Master... the only exception is puppetry, where I am still at the second-grade and quite unbalanced."
But there was no choice...
Thinking of those two broken fourth-grade Puppets and a number of third-grade Puppets, Fang Xi felt very motivated.
As long as he elevated his puppet skills to the third grade and repaired those Core Formation Puppet remnants, then paired them with the intact Puppets, he would have a third-grade Puppet team once more!
For a Nascent Soul cultivator, having such a Puppet team would make both exploration and combat much more convenient.
Not to mention... there were also fourth-grade Puppets!
"To barely repair a fourth-grade Puppet, I need at least peak third-grade puppet skills..."
"Fortunately, I have plenty of time right now..."
After contemplating, Fang Xi went to a workbench.
On the surface of the table, there were several small Puppets made from ironwood.
Many arms, heads... and even joints and wings... lay scattered aside.
"The puppetry of the Thousand Mechanism Palace seems more profound than what we have here in the South Wilderness, even among the lower-grade Puppets, categorizing them into types like reconnaissance, defense, strong attack, long-range attack, and so on..."
Fang Xi picked up a little gecko-shaped Puppet.
This type of Puppet was simple in its materials, the key point being that the aura fluctuations it emitted were almost negligible. Although it had no combat power, it was excellent for scouting.
He had neglected his studies before, and now he had no choice but to start catching up the hard way.
"I still prefer wood Puppets... but unfortunately, most Transformed Great Demons have long lifespans, making the Kuyong Mysterious Light hardly effective against them..."
A deep regret emerged in Fang Xi’s heart.
...
On this day.
Fang Xi arrived at the rear hall of the Evergreen Hall.
The place had already been cleaned, spotless.
Dust-Repelling Beads inlaid in the walls shone with a gentle light.
Eight ancient teleportation arrays stood silently, exuding an air of simplicity and grandeur.
Fang Xi first came to the three unused but intact teleportation arrays, began to carefully observe, and compared what he had realized with some Void Symbols, feeling that he had gained a lot.
After contemplating for a while, he approached the five damaged teleportation arrays to find that several were beyond repair with his current expertise, making it difficult for him to fix them.
"Only these two left?"
Fang Xi took out books on teleportation arrays from the Saint Study Room’s intermediary service and began to compare them one by one, "Fortunately... the damage isn’t severe; there’s a possibility to mend them... The materials needed are Sky Silver Powder, Perfect Shape Jade... and Void Crystal?!"
He recalled that among his belongings were both the Sky Silver Powder and the Perfect Shape Jade, either purchased in bulk or found during his searches through the storage bags of Core Formation or even Nascent Soul cultivators.
But for ’Void Crystals’, he didn’t have a single one.
"It seems I’ll need to find a channel... The Cultivation World of the three states is lacking in resources; it’s not even worth considering."
Fang Xi sighed.
Suddenly, his expression changed, and with a swish of his sleeve,
a flash of blue light filled the hall and he was gone without a trace.
...
At this moment,
a figure had appeared in the high skies above Jade Island, seemingly out of nowhere.
Clothed in a green robe, slightly shorter in stature, and unremarkable in appearance, he was nonetheless surrounded by fluttering green breezes, emanating terrifying spiritual power.
A cyan rainbow appeared, and out of it emerged Fang Xi.
He looked at the person and felt the nascent soul early-stage magic power fluctuations, and couldn’t help but smile, "Sir, might you be Lord Lingfeng?"
Lord Lingfeng!
That was the title of the Supreme Elder of the Mixed Origin Sect!
"Indeed, it is I!"
Upon seeing Fang Xi, Lord Lingfeng was inwardly stern but his face showed a smiling gesture as he bowed slightly, "The juniors below were ignorant and offended Sir. Please, forgive us... Mixed Origin Sect’s Lingfeng has come specifically to celebrate your Nascent Soul achievement!"
A whirlwind carried an object to Fang Xi.
With a thought, Fang Xi reached out with a Yi Wood Divine Light transformed into a large hand and took the object, finding it to be a jade bottle.
"Inside this bottle, there are three ’Sangyuan Pills’ which are quite beneficial even for the cultivation of us Nascent Soul cultivators..."
Lord Lingfeng’s voice carried over, seeming to have a tinge of reluctance.
After all, even Nascent Soul cultivators like them couldn’t afford the luxury of consuming spirit pills daily for cultivation.
These three spirit pills were not only a presentation gift but also an apology and a ransom!
Of course, that didn’t need to be said out loud.
"Sir’s generosity is well received by heart..."
Fang Xi uncorked the bottle and saw the marvel within the medicinal pills, yet he didn’t feel much excitement.
Anything that was to be ingested had to be thoroughly checked before any rash conclusions could be made. If he accepted the pills, he would most likely hand them over to the Demonic Tree or Taisui...
"Thank you, Sir... How did you acquire these ’Sangyuan Pills’? If there’s a pill recipe available, I am willing to pay a good price for it..."
He seemed to ask casually.
"Alas... Yuan Country is scarce in cultivation resources, and the items useful to us are even fewer. This pill was acquired by me at an exchange meeting in Jiang Country," sighed Lord Lingfeng. "As for the pill recipe, alas, I do not have it. Could it be that Sir is an alchemist?"
Towards the end, the look Lord Lingfeng gave Fang Xi was quite incredulous.
"Just a bit of knowledge in alchemy..."
Fang Xi waved his hand, "Then, Sir, do you happen to have ’Void Crystals’?"
"Void Crystals?"
Lord Lingfeng looked even more surprised, "This item is only needed when crafting high-grade Treasures of Void or cultivating void-related divine skills. I don’t have any either..."
’Damn, this Nascent Soul is really poor...’
Fang Xi said nothing and simply put away the Sangyuan Pills before transmitting his divine consciousness.
Soon after, a red escape light emerged from Jade Island; it was Zhong Hongyu!
The woman was piloting a flat boat that carried three other persons - the three Core Formation cultivators from the Mixed Origin Sect, each looking dispirited and utterly defeated.
Upon seeing Lord Lingfeng, Wei Changsheng’s previously dim eyes suddenly lit up, "Supreme Elder..."
"Enough, alas..."
Lord Lingfeng sighed and seemed to pay little attention to these Core Formation cultivators, continuing to communicate with Fang Xi through divine consciousness transmission, "Sir seeks a fourth-stage pill recipe and Void Crystals. I do know a channel where you can partake in an exchange meeting for cultivators of our tier..."
"There is no rush... Having recently broken through to Nascent Soul, I wish to consolidate for a good while first."
Fang Xi’s lips didn’t move as he transmitted his consciousness directly to decline.
Heaven knows why this previously adversarial Lord Lingfeng was being so cordial all of a sudden; there could very well be pitfalls involved.
However, as long as he remained unmoved by greed, he would not fall into any traps.
"Alas... Sir’s leisure life on Jade Island truly inspires envy. Aren’t we cultivators all seeking a long and free life?"
Lord Lingfeng continued transmitting, "It’s a pity... I fear the Demon Path won’t give us the chance. Sir, if you knew why the Demon Path of Jiang Country was invading so aggressively, perhaps you wouldn’t be so at ease."
"Oh? Why is that?"
Fang Xi showed a hint of interest.
He found it equally puzzling why Seven Deadly Sins Hall would so fervently support Blood Sect with resources.
Yuan Country might be appealing, but with neither its spiritual veins nor resources matching those of Jiang Country, why forsake essence for the chase?
Lord Lingfeng revealed a hint of a smile, "Has Sir heard of the ’Higher Realm’?"