Chapter 440: Chapter 438 Solar True Fire Cover (Make up for the missing 20)_1
Master Bai Mei flicked his large sleeves, collecting the Nascent Soul of the middle-aged sword cultivator before turning his gaze towards the direction in which Fang Xi was fleeing.
At this point, Fang Xi had already flown hundreds of miles away, but that tingling sensation on his scalp, stubborn as a deep-rooted ulcer, followed him like a shadow, and he simply couldn’t shake it off.
The next instant.
Master Bai Mei’s Divine Consciousness, with the aid of the Wisdom Brain AI, made an infinite series of leaps, connecting with satellites among the stars.
From the perspective of space, one could see a sequence of mechanical satellites unfolding and breaking apart, emitting layers of crystalline radiance, as if forming a thin ’prism.’
This ’prism’ wasn’t large, merely blocking a section of the sunlight cast towards The Nine States, before refining and concentrating it to a single point!
That was the Nine States’ highest-tier war artifact—’Sun True Fire Cover’!
It was forged from the content of a portion of the Pure Yang Taoist Book from beyond the heavens, combined with the concept of a ’Dyson Sphere,’ and was currently only a rudimentary version.
If it were truly completed in its entirety, it could encapsulate the ’Sun Star’ and refine the sun itself as a source of power to unleash a world-annihilating ’Sun God Slaying Light.’
For now, by creating a ’Sky Covering Prism,’ it captured only a part of the sunlight, so the ’Sun God Slaying Light’ it refined was merely a mimic of the real Divine Skill!
Whether in terms of power or scope, it was far inferior.
Even so, it brought a profound sense of dread to Fang Xi.
Boom!
An infinite amount of sunlight, after being folded and concentrated by the prism formed by the satellites, turned into the ’Sun God Slaying Light,’ tearing through the atmosphere like a golden pillar, as if a divine sword from the heavens was plunging straight into the earth.
Everything it touched was being annihilated...
Even a transcendent god Cultivator, capable of invoking the mighty Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power, could not have a backlash to this extent.
However... after releasing that attack, Master Bai Mei’s expression turned somewhat puzzled...
...
In the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.
Jade Island.
Inside the closed-door cultivation room.
"Ahhh... my Rank 4 wooden Puppet!"
Fang Xi looked at the Blue Qilin Puppet in front of him, heartbroken beyond measure, "How could it have turned into this ghastly state just after being deployed?"
In front of him, the Blue Qilin Puppet, although still in the shape of an armored unicorn, had its entire right arm along with half a shoulder blasted away, revealing scorched flesh and blood, along with numerous broken wooden tendrils...
After ascending to Nascent Soul, capable of summoning the Treasures of All Heavens in their true form, Fang Xi’s ability to traverse had improved.
This time, sensing that the Heterodox Nascent Soul was in dire straits, he directly exercised the Supreme Treasure to pull it back.
But he hadn’t expected that they were only a half-step from total annihilation, the Heterodox Nascent Soul and the Rank 4 Puppet included!
"Such a powerful enemy... it’s unlikely to be a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator... could it be a Transcendent God?!"
Fang Xi’s face changed, and he formed a spell with a flick of his fingers.
A somewhat languid, cyan-black Nascent Soul emerged from the Heavenly Spirit of the Blue Qilin Puppet.
Its Vital Energy was not only greatly damaged, but even the Seven Kill Demon Armor appeared shattered...
"I even lost a defensive life-bound magical artifact... this world is truly dangerous!"
"Thank goodness it wasn’t my true body that went there..."
Fang Xi formed another spell with his fingers, and above his crown, the main Nascent Soul clutching the Treasures of All Heavens emerged, beginning to browse memories and assimilate.
Then, information flashed by rapidly...
"From the books found in the building, that realm calls itself ’Nine States,’ so I’ll refer to it as The Nine States from now on..."
"The realm is round above and square below, with only one continent that is divided into Nine States, with countless stars such as Tai Yin and Sun Star above the Nine Heavens Gang Wind..."
"A whole new language, script... learned it."
"Patrol Sky Warships, formidable Nascent Soul sword cultivators..."
"And the final attack, was it really just a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator? Why did it feel like it contained a hint of the power of a Transcendent God to me?!"
Transcendent God Cultivators can pull the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power, and even an ordinary spell would carry the great momentum of the heavens and earth, dreadful and astonishingly powerful Divine Skills.
Thinking about that last attack of golden divine light, Fang Xi’s face turned somewhat unsightly.
Are the late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivators in The Nine States so fierce?
"No... The main issue is still concealment. As long as I can stay hidden from the get-go, it shouldn’t be a big problem..."
"That realm seems to be invaded by a Demon Clan, no wonder they’re all bloodthirsty in pursuit of Demon Cultivators..."
Fang Xi carefully recalled the phase of exposure of the Heterodox Nascent Soul.
At the beginning, when he was inside the building, spending a certain amount of time to learn the language and collect intelligence, he hadn’t met any enemies.
But as soon as he took flight and his Demon Qi was exposed, a Patrol Sky Warship arrived shortly after. Clearly, the problem lay in exposing Demon Qi under the open sky!
"A heavenly eye... perhaps?"
Having experiences from several worlds and his home life, Fang Xi quickly pinpointed the issue.
The Heterodox Nascent Soul had sensed something and kept using earth escaping techniques to flee.
’So... the first issue is not to expose any Demon Qi, and the second is to avoid the eyes in the sky...’
’Next time... maybe the Heterodox Nascent Soul should just go in disguise!’
Fang Xi then inspected the Rank 4 wooden Puppet again, confirming its injuries were severe enough to affect mobility, and couldn’t help feeling a pang of distress once more.
’With the instantaneous teleportation ability of the heterodox Nascent Soul, plus practicing a few Divine Skills and Secret Techniques that conceal Demon Qi... I wonder if I can make it under the radar. It’s not like there’s a way to fight openly, but isn’t smuggling the only option left?’
It must be said, Fang Xi recently had become increasingly interested in that world.
’However, that particular location might be under surveillance, after all, it’s impossible to confirm whether the heterodox Nascent Soul is truly dead. Maybe there are some clues left...’
’In that case, I’ll just have to move the arrival point tens of thousands of miles away...’
Recently, Fang Xi’s refinement of the Treasures of All Heavens had gradually deepened, and he felt that this was something he could achieve.
Moreover, thinking back on his recent sensing of The Nine States, his expression slightly darkened.
’Although it’s certain that the shard of the Treasure Mirror is in that world, it’s impossible to locate... It’s likely either sealed or in some special state... This is becoming troublesome.’
...
Several months later.
Within the alchemy room.
Fang Xi, with a simple wooden hairpin on his head, his eyes emitting a purple light, stared intently at the Qiankun Cauldron in front of him.
By now, he had achieved a two to three percent success rate in concocting the Separation and Union Pill, barely qualifying as a fourth-order alchemist.
But to concoct the Replenishing Infant Pill recipe given by Nangong Li was still somewhat reliant on luck.
’This pill recipe came in a bizarre way... after Nangong Li followed my practice of the heterodox Nascent Soul cultivation, she gave me this ’Replenishing Infant Pill’ recipe afterward, claiming it could replenish the primordial energy lost by a cultivator’s Nascent Soul... Heh, and she had told me earlier that there was no other way to restore Nascent Soul energy except through a secret technique...’
’Did she get scared off by the heterodox Nascent Soul, and doesn’t want to play with me anymore?’
’It seems that these big sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators still have a lot of good stuff hidden away. It’s not likely that this girl only has two fourth-order pill recipes... It turns out I am the poorest one.’
Thinking of the resources consumed to improve his alchemy skills, Fang Xi felt a twinge of pain.
All sorts of millennial spirit medicine, beast Inner Dans... it’s like a mountain, like a sea.
Especially when advancing to high-order alchemy skills, the consumption of materials became even more terrifying, gradually depleting the reserves of the Evergreen Garden Secret Land...
’It seems that, in the future, I’ll have to shake down those opposing Nascent Soul old monsters...’
He pondered this in secret.
Just then, the Qiankun Cauldron let out a burst of pill energy, and amidst the vague wails and howls that attacked the alchemist’s Divine Consciousness, something seemed to emerge.
’A minor calamity when the pill forms?!’
Seeing this, Fang Xi merely smiled coldly. His Divine Consciousness was unshakable as a mountain as he accurately cast one collecting pill Magic Spell after another.
With a thunderous boom!
The Qiankun Cauldron burst open, revealing a cloud of pill energy shimmering in all five colors.
As the layers of cloud dissipated, they revealed a pill glistening with multicolored light.
This pill was pure white, yet it bore five differently colored pill patterns on its surface. Just a gentle sniff made Fang Xi feel a fragrant aroma assaulting his nostrils.
Within the Dantian Qi Ocean, the master Nascent Soul opened its eyes, a hint of eagerness appearing within them.
’The Replenishing Infant Pill is complete!’
A faint smile appeared on his face as he carefully stored the pill in a jade bottle, sealing it away as if it were a treasure.
Of course, this pill was still intended for the heterodox Nascent Soul to absorb.
After the heterodox Nascent Soul recovered its energy, it would have to continue going out to work and earn money, to support the family...
As for Fang Xi himself, he was responsible for overseeing Jade Island, a task of great importance...
...
Evergreen Hall.
After successfully concocting a Replenishing Infant Pill, Fang Xi, in high spirits, stepped out of the hall and saw his private Spiritual Medicine Garden.
On the Five-color Millet Soil, each Spirit Plant was thriving beautifully.
Even though Zheng Shan had formed a Jia Dan, she hadn’t given up her duties and was still tending to the Spirit Medicine Garden.
’Master...’
Upon seeing Fang Xi’s arrival, Zheng Shan immediately bowed in greeting.
’The ’Replenishing Cloud Fungus’ you offered last time was of good quality. It seems you have a talent for Spirit Plant farming...’
Fang Xi said with a smile, offering a gentle word of encouragement.
’This is mostly thanks to the unique advantages of the Spiritual Medicine Garden. Zheng Shan wouldn’t dare take the credit...’
Zheng Shan replied modestly.
’Well...’
Fang Xi waved his hand dismissively and looked at Zheng Shan: ’Although you have formed a Jia Dan, your future path is closed, and you have hundreds of years of life expectancy. Have you thought about what you want to do with it?’
’I am willing to look after the Spirit Medicine for the master and to help support the Green Wood Sect. These are my only two wishes in life...’
Zheng Shan moved inside, answering cautiously.
’That would be a bit of a waste...’
Fang Xi casually threw a fiery red jade slip at her: ’This jade slip contains a set of third-order talisman forging inheritance. You might try your hand at it... If you make some achievements in the path of talisman forging in the future, this master will generously reward you!’
After a few more words of encouragement, Fang Xi turned and departed.
’Zheng Shan is not Taishu Hong, after all. The latter, after forming a Core, went a long time without even one life-bound magical artifact and was thus bullied by Wei Changsheng’s group... It was only after receiving compensation from Wei Changsheng that he finally got a magical flying sword...’
’Inside Zheng Shan’s Dantian, there’s already a life-bound magical artifact being nurtured. I wonder if it’s due to the resources of the Green Wood Sect or a coincidence of inheriting the magical artifact from a predecessor...’
Fang Xi immediately made arrangements to send a portion of the Refining Equipment Inheritance to Taishu Hong as well. Casting the net wide, he was bound to catch some fish.