Chapter 432: Chapter 430: Devouring Ancestor (In honor of the Silver Alliance!)_1
"This silver Monster Text seems to be an upgraded version of the ordinary Monster Text... It’s a pity I still can’t understand it, but I can roughly guess it has a lot to do with the Void."
Fang Xi stored the ancient beast skin book, planning to learn the Monster Clan’s script when the opportunity arose, then turned his attention to another item.
It was an ancient-looking bronze ring!
On the ring, there were faint inscriptions of runes.
If it had been earlier, Fang Xi might not have recognized it, but having recently gained some experience in Tianwei City, he recognized it quickly: "Beast-controlling ring?"
This Beast-controlling ring was a special type of magic treasure, capable of imprisoning demonic beasts and putting them under its master’s control!
"Since it doesn’t kill members of the Monster Clan, it is not considered one of the Three Demon Slaying Treasures but is also a magic instrument highly favored by cultivators outside of the Three Treasures... But it seems cultivators usually have only up to third-grade Beast-controlling rings at most, capable of subduing only third-grade demonic beasts..."
"This Beast-controlling ring, however, seems to be of spirit treasure grade... Could the legend be true that the ’Beast-controlling ring’ originally came from the Monster World? Indeed, is the Monster Clan the most ruthless against their own kind?"
Black radiance flickered, as a corner of Tianwei City emerged before him.
Seeing this, a slight smile appeared on Fang Xi’s face.
...
Teleportation Hall.
The numerous thunder pillars stood majestic and vast, exuding a dangerous aura.
The Core Formation cultivator guarding the teleportation array had a solemn look, and upon seeing the silver light flash on the array, he tightly grasped the token in his hand.
If what was teleported in was a member of the Monster Clan, the ’Eight-wind-thunder Array’ set up in this hall could be activated.
As the light flickered, Fang Xi’s figure gradually appeared.
"Oh, it’s you, Sir..."
The Core Formation cultivator sighed in relief and with a smile asked, "Sir, how was your trip, any gains?"
"Quite rewarding!"
Fang Xi replied with a faint smile and a nod.
Immediately afterward, he saw another teleportation array flickering with light.
Then, the figure of Lord Black Sand emerged, but he was pale, clearly having suffered a great loss of Primordial Energy.
"Black Sand, what happened to you?"
With a flash of blue light, an elder in a blue robe appeared, radiating the fluctuations of Nascent Soul-level magic power—a guardian of this hall, Lord Blue Yang!
"I encountered a fourth-grade medium transformed Great Demon..."
Lord Black Sand let out a bitter smile.
Actually, even amidst mid-Nascent Soul cultivators, he wasn’t weak; if he hadn’t been injured at the start of the fight and lost some Primordial Energy, perhaps he wouldn’t have been so disheveled.
At that moment, he spotted Fang Xi and looked astonished: "Master Mu..."
"Oh? Is he also a fellow Daoist?"
Lord Blue Yang looked at Fang Xi with a trace of surprise.
Even with Lord Black Sand pointing it out, to him, Fang Xi still looked just like a Core Formation cultivator.
"Black Sand is safe and sound, and that sets my mind at ease."
Fang Xi responded with a slight smile.
"At the time, I saw that fourth-grade lower demonic beast chasing you, I wonder how..."
Lord Black Sand looked at Fang Xi, who seemed unhurt, and a terrible suspicion arose in his heart.
"That demonic beast has been slain!"
Fang Xi revealed a row of icy white teeth before turning to Lord Blue Yang: "I wonder, what merits are gained for killing a transformed Great Demon?"
...
Several months later.
Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.
Jade Island.
Zhong Hongyu arrived at the Evergreen Hall, glanced at the lush and dense canopy of the Monster Tree, which almost covered the entire core area, and walked into the hall with grace.
Fang Xi, who was casually flipping through an ancient book, greeted her with a smile upon seeing her arrival: "Hong Yu, you haven’t visited much recently..."
Zhong Hongyu blushed slightly and said with a bow: "Master... The cultivators from different parts of Jade Island have been properly settled, as well as the mortals who accompanied them... A territory has been specially demarcated for them, and a small country has been established; may I ask the Master to bestow a name?"
"The grand concept of ’Qian Yuan’... The country shall be named ’Qian’!"
Fang Xi decided casually.
The mortal populations that had spread out on each of the spiritual islands on Thousand Island Lake were almost like small nations, and by now, they had accepted quite a few refugees.
Once the mortals grew in numbers, they could participate in the gatherings to test for Spiritual Roots, holding the hope of becoming cultivators.
Zhong Hongyu had made such a leap between classes herself.
After pondering for a moment, Fang Xi suddenly motioned with his hand and a stack of talismans appeared, landing in the hands of Zhong Hongyu.
"This is..."
Zhong Hongyu looked at the talismans in her hand, only to find that they were completely different from the commonly seen types.
They were of bright yellow base, with silver runes on them.
Truth be told, they bore some resemblance to the talismans used for breaking through arrays.
"These are ’Teleportation talismans’, specially prepared by ancient cultivators for those with lower strength to ride the teleportation arrays... Now that you have reached Core Formation, you don’t need them, but for some close ones with shallow cultivation, they might find these useful when using the teleportation arrays."
Fang Xi said, waving his hand dismissively.
Zhong Hongyu was already aware of the ancient teleportation array behind the Evergreen Hall, being one of the trusted individuals close to Fang Xi.
Hearing this, her expression changed slightly: "Has the situation deteriorated to such an extent?"
"No, it’s just the worst-case scenario just in case," Fang Xi waved his hand and suddenly his expression changed. He looked towards the Evergreen Back Palace with a hint of joy on his face.
The Back Palace.
Above the only intact ancient teleportation array, a swirl of silver light roared, turning into a vortex.
Then, the Heterodox Nascent Soul that had possessed the Mysterious Fire Zombie came out.
With a sweep of his divine consciousness, he saw his main body outside the palace and did not disturb it. Instead, he went to meditate in the Dongfu to adjust his breath.
Three hours later.
Fang Xi returned to the Dongfu and sat opposite to the Heterodox Nascent Soul. Suddenly, he formed a hand seal.
Above his head, the main Nascent Soul appeared in a flash of blue light, feet standing on a starry chessboard, with the Treasures of All Heavens in hand, and beside him, there was a small palace, a pitch-black seal, and a green spirit fan.
He looked at the Heterodox Nascent Soul that appeared above the head of the Mysterious Fire Zombie. Suddenly, his hands formed seals, and streaks of blue prohibition flickered, falling into the body of the Heterodox Nascent Soul.
And beams of blue and yellow radiance also shot out from the eyes of the main Nascent Soul, entering the eyes of the Heterodox Nascent Soul...
A moment later.
The assimilation of the Heterodox Nascent Soul was complete, and Fang Xi let out a breath, silently recalling the gains from this Heterodox Nascent Soul:
’The Heterodox Nascent Soul showed divine skills and magic power not inferior to those of a mid-stage Nascent Soul... In the East Eight Domains, it was received with honors and enticed, and with the corpse of that single-horned scale beast, it made a great contribution. It not only exchanged for the refining methods of the ’Three Demon Slaying Treasures,’ but also a batch of other treasures and secret skills...’
’Of course, the most valuable thing is still the carcass and inner core of the Five Elements Qilin Tribe!’
’If it can be cultivated into a wooden puppet, I wouldn’t have to strenuously practice the puppet skill every day...’
With a bit of anticipation, Fang Xi came under the Monster Tree.
The Monster Tree was still as in the past, its pitch-black trunk faintly marked with dark red veins, emitting an eerie aura.
Fang Xi reached out his hand to touch the Monster Tree.
Under the connection of ’Longevity Skills,’ this Monster Tree was akin to an incarnation of his, truly sharing his thoughts and feelings.
He patted his storage bag, and the nearly thirty-foot-long corpse of the single-horned scale beast emerged, with a terrifying wound on its back.
Even in death, the ferocious aura emitted from its body could still involuntarily chill the spine of a Core Formation cultivator.
This was the might of a fourth-tier Monster beast!
A vine fell, and its end produced something that looked like a seed.
Fang Xi reached out to take it, then casually tossed it, landing it inside the wound of the single-horned scale beast.
Hiss! The seed of the Monster Tree began to rapidly absorb the Monster Blood, as if it wanted to sprout...
But the next moment, wisps of white smoke appeared.
This seed of the Monster Tree seemingly couldn’t withstand the ferocious and vicious aura in the blood of the fourth-tier Monster beast, as it started to melt slowly...
"It failed..." When Fang Xi saw this, his expression was very calm.
After all, the Monster Tree had its limits, and besides, this was only a sapling!
Facing a fourth-tier Monster beast, it was reasonable for the sapling to struggle to manipulate it, right?
"What a pity. If the corpse of this fourth-tier Monster beast could be utilized..." Fang Xi pondered for a while and then pulled out a jade box from his storage ring that was covered with many talismans.
Upon opening it, he saw a huge seed of the Monster Tree inside.
The Monster Tree began rustling and conveyed emotions of both anticipation and fear.
"How many years has it been..." Fang Xi looked at this seed of the Ancestral Monster Tree, his heart filled with emotions.
Back when he was just a small Qi Refining cultivator, he had encountered this Monster Tree and then struggled to survive in the Demon Realm... Well, he had become a profiteer between two realms, making his first pot of gold.
Later, by chance, he acquired the ’Longevity Skills’ and his fate was unstoppable.
Without the Monster Tree, with Fang Xi’s low-grade Wooden Spirit Root, it would have been incredibly difficult to reach where he was today!
Now, not only has he achieved the position of a Yuan Ying True Monarch, but the seeds of the Ancestral Monster Tree are also in his hands!
"This Ancestral Monster Tree is a Great Demon capable of Nascent Soul potential... Even though I’ve thoroughly comprehended various methods of controlling demons, the best way is still ’to control demon with demons’!"
Fang Xi looked up at the sapling of the Monster Tree.
"You’ve been cultivated for so many years, that should be enough, right?"
He had cultivated this sapling for many years, naturally for a reason, which was to make the sapling strong enough to counterbalance the Ancestral Monster Tree!
"Go!"
Fang Xi formed a seal, and a sphere of blue radiance immediately enveloped the seed of the Ancestral Monster Tree and flew towards the Monster Tree.
The seeds of the Monster Tree would fight against each other, like nourishing venomous insects!
If this sapling could devour the seed of the Ancestral Monster Tree, it would also gain the powerful bloodline of the Ancestral Monster Tree!
Even if it failed and was instead devoured by the Ancestral Monster Tree, its essence and the many years of imprinting from the ’Longevity Skills’ would become Fang Xi’s means to control the Ancestral Monster Tree, an important reliance to perform the skill of ’to control demon with demons’!
Rustle! The Monster Tree seemed to tremble, as vines and Qi Roots fell, wrapping the seed of the Ancestral Monster Tree into a ball of vines.
Rip! Subsequently, the pitch-black trunk of the Monster Tree split open, like a gaping maw, black inside, and swallowed the entire ball of vines.
Before long, the whole Monster Tree began to tremble violently, with cracks appearing all over its trunk!
Seeing this, the Monster Tree Tattoo on Fang Xi’s back rapidly flickered, and vines shot out from his sleeves, entering into the Monster Tree...