Chapter 483: Chapter 481: Taiji (Seeking Subscription)_1
’This demoness harbors ill intentions by giving me such secret skills... Isn’t this just teaching me how to concoct myself?’
Inside the Dantian Qi Ocean, the heterodox Nascent Soul with two horns on its head gritted its teeth.
’No... She is actually looking forward to me turning against my original body, truly a peerless Demon Lord!’
Fang Xi gritted his teeth and thanked her, "Thank you for your generous affection, Demon Lord... I will now release you from your bindings. May I know the illustrious name of the Demon Lord?"
While speaking, his fingers tinkered with the Array Disk.
The silver Phoenix Seal Symbols initially restraining the Flesh and Blood Throne instantly turned to ashes...
However, the perimeter’s Prohibition and the Nine Suns True Fire were still primed to strike!
Fang Xi was not so foolish; despite having struck a brief deal with the Demon Lord, he did not let his guard down.
"It’s simple... This Lord is ’Chi Lian’!"
Demon Lord Chi Lian chuckled lightly, and the Flesh and Blood Throne behind her transformed into a grand door, swallowing her graceful figure...
"Chi Lian, huh?"
Fang Xi muttered to himself, and immediately manipulated the Array, igniting a cluster of Nine Suns True Fire to reduce the Flesh and Blood Door and the altar to ashes.
After cleaning up all traces, he did not hesitate, using Earth Escape Skills to rapidly flee the scene...
...
In the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.
Jade Island.
Inside the Evergreen Hall.
Having returned home, Fang Xi warmly patrolled around before returning Xiao Qing to its Dragon Pond, where it played with a clan of Wind Thunder Horned Pythons and Blue Water Winged Snakes.
Xiao Qing, however, looked somewhat disdainful and planned to remodel her phoenix nest once again.
From the storage artifacts of Feng Shisan and Elder Qing, Fang Xi truly scavenged numerous good items this time.
Among them were several fourth-grade ’Phoenix Nesting Wutong Woods’, which Xiao Qing claimed for herself, planning to build her new home.
"The Young Master has finally returned."
Zhong Hongyu greeted Fang Xi with a delighted face.
Now, Fang Xi had naturally restored his original appearance, no longer resembling the robust form of Yun Jiezi.
When he passed by Martial Kingdom, he also saw the disciples from the Star Pointing Sect and Profound Ice Palace; these two Core Formation Sects had already relocated to the three countries and were now well-rooted there.
Unfortunately, there was only one third-grade Spiritual Vein within Martial Kingdom, so the two Core Formation female cultivators were somewhat embarrassed in their cultivation... They even had to rent dongfus from Taishu Hong for their cultivation.
But, these were not matters that Fang Xi would concern himself with.
"Indeed, I’ve finally returned, pass the orders down, we feast today!"
He laughed heartily, giving the instruction.
Zhong Hongyu’s face flushed slightly as she quickly bowed and retreated.
Fang Xi, however, looked out from the Evergreen Hall, his eyes flickering, and did not release the Ancestral Demon Tree.
He was here to enjoy himself this time and would leave after a brief rest, so there was no need to keep planting and uprooting trees...
That day.
In the closed-door cultivation room.
Fang Xi’s hands formed seals, and his main Nascent Soul appeared above his head, looking at the heterodox Nascent Soul opposite, practicing the Skill of Assimilation.
Moments later...
A look of uncertainty crossed his face: "This heterodox Nascent Soul has acted a bit out of my character this time... If I didn’t assimilate regularly, it wouldn’t be long before it developed a second personality... Fortunately, I have the Treasures of All Heavens, and the heterodox Nascent Soul can’t escape from the palm of my hand. The cunning plan of Demon Lord Chi Lian to make me turn against the heterodox Nascent Soul has now gone down the drain..."
As for the contract? His thoughts matched those of the heterodox Nascent Soul: at worst, use ’Sky Demon Qi’ as leverage to cooperate with Fang Immortal Taoist Palace.
After all, it was the heterodox Nascent Soul taking the risks, not him!
Moments later, Fang Xi sat cross-legged, silently comprehending the cultivation.
"He is Free Tianzi Governing Wanling True Demon Work, ’Divine Infant Sword’, and also ’Demon Fire Refined Infant School’!"
Fang Xi glanced at the heterodox Nascent Soul, feeling that in some time, it might not hand over the last demon fire refining secret skill.
But he judged by deeds, not intentions.
And after this assimilation, the heterodox Nascent Soul would behave for a while.
"The method to reforge the Divine Infant Sword is mostly fine, but it requires a top-tier demonic material — Blood River Stone."
"And to refine the heterodox Nascent Soul, several kinds of demon fire are needed to reforge the foundation..."
"I don’t have any of these materials, and I’m quite familiar with the rare materials in the Southern Wilderness. At most, I could find one or two kinds of demon fire within the Departure Demon Palace, but there’s no Blood River Stone..."
"Looks like I need to go to the Western Desert Cultivation World ahead of time."
"But there’s no rush for that. The skill given by the Demon Lord might have some pitfalls... It needs to be thoroughly examined."
Fang Xi had long planned to lie low, after all, the guise of Dragon Fish Island’s Lord Master wasn’t that secure.
However, once he traveled to the Western Desert Cultivation World and destroyed the ancient teleportation array, even if a Transcendent God from the Monster Clan were to strike, he would face them without fear!
After sending away the Heterodox Nascent Soul, Fang Xi arrived at the Dongfu within the Mountain Sea Pearl.
Under the huge Ancestral Demon Tree, Feng Shisan was standing shoulder to shoulder with Elder Qing, both demons transformed into human form, their expressions wooden.
"Two wooden Puppets, one of fourth-stage, medium quality, and the other of fourth-stage, high quality."
Fang Xi began inspecting the two wooden Puppets and couldn’t help but feel very satisfied, "Although I extracted some Essence Blood for the sacrificial refining of the Green Barley Sword, the decrease in strength isn’t much... now in my possession, I also have Puppets with the power of major cultivators."
Apart from that, within the Storage Artifacts of the two demons, he found a large number of materials from the Monster World, some of which even Fang Xi couldn’t recognize.
And within Elder Qing’s storage bracelet, apart from a few spiritual treasures and Phoenix Nesting Wutong Wood, Fang Xi also found several ’Phoenix Origin Pills’!
Although these pills didn’t have much effect on him now, they would surely make many Nascent Soul early-stage old monsters eager once released.
"Now... I still need to improve my Alchemy Skills as soon as possible and refine the ’Splitting Spirit Pill.’ This pill has a domineering effect and should be very helpful for mid-stage cultivation."
This Pill Recipe was still from the last trade, and Fang Xi etched the unfamiliar Demon Cultivator firmly in his mind.
After all, that was someone who seemingly made him suffer a setback on the surface.
’However... with the great war between humans and Monsters being so fierce, that person might as well have died in battle...’
...
Several months later.
In the closed-door cultivation room.
Fang Xi was holding an ancient leather-bound book in his hands, having flipped to the final few pages, filled with various Phoenix Seal Scripts resembling flying birds, each emanating a faint light as if about to take flight from the pages.
Beside it was a Soul Lamp, its residual soul wailing day and night, chilling to the bone.
Fang Xi concluded the soul search and examined the ancient book again, gleaning some understanding of this cultivation technique.
Most of the Monster Text in the beast-hide book he confiscated from the Five Elements Qilin Tribe had been decoded by Fang Xi; it was a top-tier cultivation technique called ’Sky Demon Slaying Immortal Tactics.’
It was completely unpracticable by the human race, so he just picked a few Secret Skills from it to casually reward Daqing.
In the last few pages, however, were all Phoenix Seal Scripts, which Fang Xi previously could not understand at all.
Only after trading a Phoenix Seal teacher from Feng Shisan did he finally start to slowly decode it.
As of today, he had finished the task completely.
"Biyi Universal Skills?!"
Fang Xi picked up the manuscripts he had written one by one, integrating them together, and began to silently recite them.
The techniques on the final pages of the beast-hide book were yet another set of Cultivation Secret Skills!
However, these seemed quite unique.
As Fang Xi continued to read, his expression faintly showed shock, fear... and finally turned into sheer excitement.
"This technique has a grand design, with the intention of allowing the Monster Clan to absorb Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi for cultivation, and even to directly cultivate human Cultivation Secret Skills!"
"Its core idea is to use a high-quality Void Spiritual Treasure as a foundation, refine it into a ’Void Acupoint,’ or a ’Phantom Dantian,’ and then store spiritual energy or Demon Qi... in order to achieve a complete transformation of cultivation techniques. Not only that, it also involves some changes in physical Divine Skills..."
Reading just a few times, Fang Xi was certain that this must be a Secret Skill designed for the cultivation of the Monster Clan!
That’s because the changes required in the physical Divine Skills included altering meridians and creating numerous acupoints... with high demands on the constitution. Not to mention the relatively frail bodies of the human race, even the slightly weaker Monster Beasts who cultivate it would only end in exploding and dying!
"I possess the ’Indestructible Yi Wood’ Secret Skill, and if I cultivate another Body Refining technique, I could just meet the requirements..."
Fang Xi stroked his chin, lost in thought.
This ’Biyi Universal Skills’ seeks to transform humans and Monsters indiscriminately, becoming unobstructed. If successful in cultivation, he could cultivate Monster Clan techniques, such as that ’Sky Demon Slaying Immortal Tactics!’ Moreover, many of the Secret Skills within the technique that he coveted could all be mastered one by one.
Furthermore, after this technique is applied, he could instantly switch his entire body’s Demon Qi, and even if he mixed in with the Monster Clan, even Transcendent God Monster Lords might not be able to detect any clues!
’However... the existence of such a technique among the Monsters Clan is probably intended for disguising as the human race and infiltrating the Cultivation World...’
Fang Xi’s brows tightened: ’If the Five Elements Qilin Tribe has such a Divine Skill and Secret Technique heritage and has begun laying out plans early, it’s likely that there are already undercurrents in the Western Desert Cultivation World...’
’No, that’s not right...’
All at once, Fang Xi seemed to think of something, with some cold sweat on his forehead: ’If there is a Monster Clan that has refined these Biyi Universal Skills and then cultivated human Cultivation Secret Skills, such as ’Kuyong Skills’... okay, then it can’t refine the ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’... It was a false alarm, a false alarm...’
After all, Elder Qing had confirmed that when the Kuyong Skills were spread from the Green Emperor Mountain long ago, many human Cultivators couldn’t refine the ’Kuyong Mysterious Light.’
Even if the Monsters Clan could transform itself through Secret Skills to be suitable for cultivating human techniques, but not even up to par with authentic humans, the idea of refining the Kuyong Mysterious Light was simply a pipe dream.
Unless they also cultivated ’Longevity Skills,’ spent a thousand years, and spawned a ’Yi Wood Magic Body’!
’But there must be no shortage of Monster Clan spies in the Western Desert...’
Fang Xi fell into contemplation: "It seems that on this trip to the Western Desert, caution is paramount..."
He proofread the manuscripts one by one, finally copying them onto a jade slip, forming a complete technique.
Then, he began to contemplate it.
This ’Biyi Universal Skills,’ in concept, indeed offered him a fresh perspective, from which he greatly benefitted.
And as he deepened his contemplation, Fang Xi increasingly felt that this Secret Skill was somewhat superfluous.
"Easy muscle and marrow cleansing, creating acupoints... those physical transformations are manageable."
"But the virtual Dantian that truly carries the Demon Qi... requires an exceptionally high quality of the Void Spiritual Treasure, even the Star Array Disk and Blood Kill Hall might not meet the requirements..."
After all, it had to bear powerful Magic Power, keeping Demon Qi and Spiritual Qi separated; a slight inattention could result in an explosive death.
Fang Xi stroked his chin, his eyes suddenly shifting.