Chapter 489: Chapter 487: Dragon Transformation (Congratulations to Alliance Head Xiao Qiushui_1)
Refining bewitching worms is also a profound knowledge.
Generally speaking, Qi Refining Stage Immortal Cultivators can only refine Yellow Rank worms. If they try to force the refinement of Profound Rank worms across a large gap in realms, backlash may occur, and even losing their lives is a significant possibility.
The ’Five Fire Worm’ is an Earth Rank worm that requires the magic power and divine consciousness of the Core Formation Stage to suppress and refine.
But for Fang Xi, with his Nascent Soul cultivation, subduing a Core Formation Stage worm is naturally an extremely easy task.
"Gu gua!"
As the temperature inside the cave rose, the Five Fire Worm opened its eyes, its belly swelled, and it let out a roar.
But in an instant, a stream of blue magic power descended, pressing the toad onto the table, then entered its body, leaving behind its prohibitions.
In the end, the Five Fire Worm’s belly faced upwards, its eyes rolling back as if fainting...
"Enough, enough... If this continues, the Five Fire Worm will die..."
Fan Yin quickly called for a halt, "It’s just a matter of subduing a worm. Why impose so many prohibitions?"
"Sir doesn’t know, I’m naturally a skeptic!"
Fang Xi raised his hand and beckoned, and the Five Fire Worm turned into a white light and fell into his palm.
At this moment, Fang Xi felt an inexplicable connection with the worm above his divine soul.
And as his thoughts moved, the palm-sized toad instantly shrank, becoming the size of a baby’s fist, its whole body like white jade, yet its eyes were like two rubies.
"This worm is one of the best among the Earth Rank, and it has the potential to advance to the Heaven Rank in the future..."
Upon seeing this scene, Fan Yin lamented with a pained expression, "If handled properly, it might add a Nascent Soul Cultivator to our sect."
"Sir jests. Among all bewitching worms, the Golden Silkworm is king! The Golden Silkworm Worm is the king of all worms... I also highly admire Sir for refining the second Nascent Soul’s secret skill with the lifeblood Golden Silkworm Worm."
A glint flashed in Fang Xi’s eyes: "I, too, am quite interested in worms. Perhaps we could sit and exchange insights on cultivation?"
"Exchange insights?"
Fan Yin pondered for a while. It was indeed common practice for Nascent Soul Cultivators to exchange experiences and cultivation epiphanies with each other.
After all, they were the pinnacle of the Cultivation World, and advancing even a small step was extremely difficult, necessitating a gathering of wisdom.
But that’s usually among truly close friends and confidants.
This Lord Tiankui?
Fan Yin’s expression suddenly turned a bit weird.
Fang Xi smiled, "I would also like to purchase a batch of worms that can assist with body refining, of course, the higher the rank, the better. Here’s the compensation I can offer..."
As he spoke, he passed over a jade slip.
Fan Yin swept it with his divine consciousness and his eyes bulged!
Even though the contents of the jade slip were materials Fang Xi had selected from various Nascent Soul old monsters’ Storage Bags that he did not fancy himself, they were still quite attractive to Fan Yin.
"Certainly, we cultivators should put aside our prejudices and exchange knowledge with each other for progress..." Fan Yin’s face suddenly lit up with a smile.
For many Nascent Soul old monsters, everything is illusory but interests are real.
...
Several days later.
A blue light flew away from the Immortal Bewitching Sect, with Fang Xi inside!
After discussing worms and cultivation insights with Fan Yin and spending a hefty sum, he acquired several worms that were highly effective for body refining, making it quite a fruitful venture.
Next, although Fan Yin tried hard to keep him, he was set on the grand auction held by the Black Dragon Sect in the Southern Domain and thus bid his farewell.
Even if looking for a place to cultivate, the Immortal Bewitching Sect had a fourth-grade Spiritual Vein, but it wasn’t his first choice.
After flying tens of thousands of miles in one breath, Fang Xi suppressed his Escape Light and entered the Mountain Sea Pearl to start meditating and recuperating.
Inside the current Mountain Sea Pearl, with a wealth of top-grade Spirit Stones thrown into it, the spiritual energy had almost reached a quasi-fourth-order level.
For Fang Xi, safety is the top priority in cultivation.
If he truly could not find a fourth-grade mid-level or higher Spiritual Vein, then the Mountain Sea Pearl could make do.
Inside the Saint’s Dongfu,
Fang Xi sat cross-legged, quietly operating his cultivation technique.
After absorbing all the diffuse Purple Qi, the Nascent Soul within him seemed to grow a bit larger...
After completing a great macrocosmic orbit of the cultivation technique, he went underneath the Demon Tree and started operating the ’Longevity Skills.’
This technique emphasizes gradual accumulation and persistence.
Although the progress has been very slow since he broke through to the beginner level last time, Fang Xi still insists on practicing it daily.
After running the ’Longevity Skills’ once again, Fang Xi looked inside his divine consciousness and did not notice any changes in the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ causing him to ponder silently,
’The Ten Thousand Years Longevity Taoist Body... Could it be that the Ancestral Demon Tree, in nurturing the Eternal Green Body, also needs hundreds or thousands of years?’
Looking at the Demon Tree with its lush greenery and speckled with gold and silver patterns, Fang Xi sighed softly.
Soon after, he sat cross-legged under the tree and with a flip of his hand, a jadelike toad emerged, which was the Five Fire Worm!
The worm looked as if it was carved from a whole piece of white jade, its eyes were a bright red, and it did not appear ugly, rather it had a somewhat endearing look.
"This Five Fire Worm, after waking up from hibernation, needs to eat three superior-grade Jade Fragments Pills every month... an average cultivator really can’t afford to sustain it."
Fang Xi had been communicating with Fan Yin recently and had thus gained an understanding of the habits of various worms.
At this moment, he pinched a magic spell.
"Croak!"
The White Jade Toad jumped onto the ground and suddenly expanded, turning into the size of an earth dog.
Seeing this, Fang Xi’s expression remained unchanged as he exhaled a strand of blue-colored infant fire.
The White Jade Toad saw the strand of blue flame and immediately opened its mouth, and a red tongue rolled out, swallowing the blue-colored Nascent Soul True Fire into its body, followed by a burp that released a wisp of blue smoke...
"Hmm, it can store at least a fourth-order flame without any problem... According to the Immortal Bewitching Sect, this worm has five fire pouches inside its body, hence it can store up to five different types of natural Spiritual Flames..."
After Fang Xi tried a few more times, he finally pinched the magic spell, "Swallow!"
Inside the White Jade Toad, the aura of the infant fire rapidly disappeared, replaced by the Five Fire Worm feeling more invigorated, as if it had just had a full meal.
"If one doesn’t need this type of Spirit Fire, one can command the worm to completely devour it, which is also key for the Five Fire Worm’s advancement..."
Of course, Fang Xi would not allow the Five Fire Worm to devour the natural Spiritual Flames; he himself had yet to use them.
His visit to the Immortal Bewitching Sect this time was merely to purchase a batch of Body Refining Worms and, in turn, to get a tool worm capable of storing Demon Fire.
As for the grudges between Fan Yin and Pan Gao?
He didn’t care to get involved at all.
Even taking away the Five Fire Worm directly was like seriously tricking Pan Gao, serving as a small lesson.
...
Several months later.
Black Dragon City.
The Black Dragon Sect was the overlord of the Black Dragon Domain, and the ’Black Dragon City’ it built was a famous trading sanctuary among the southern domains.
What was most famous was the grand auction held every ten years, organized personally by the Black Dragon Sect.
During these times, the area around Black Dragon City would be bustling with traffic, and a large number of Immortal Cultivators would gather, forcing the Black Dragon Sect to deploy a large number of disciples to maintain order.
Surprisingly, despite the mix of dragons and snakes, there were very few high-level Cultivators causing trouble in Black Dragon City.
This, of course, was because the current Supreme Elder of Black Dragon Sect, a late-stage Nascent Soul senior Cultivator, was personally stationed there!
On this day.
A blue Escape Light landed in front of Black Dragon City, revealing a Cultivator wearing a bamboo hat, who seemed somewhat stunned as he looked at the phenomenon above Black Dragon City.
Above Black Dragon City, there was a huge black dragon, dozens of miles long, baring its teeth and claws, patrolling over the entire city!
"The ’Dragon Transformation Array’ of Black Dragon City!" Fang Xi exclaimed, eyes bright with astonishment.
This ’Dragon Transformation Array’ was an extraordinary Array, primarily focused on Array-to-form transformation!
Of course, unlike the White Deer Array Spirit, the black dragon that was refined through the Array, although powerful, did not have any Spiritual Wisdom and needed to be controlled by the person who set up the Array.
Even so, its power was exceptionally formidable.
"It is said that setting up this Array requires the bones, bloodline, and soul of a Flood Dragon... Generally, materials from a third-order Flood Dragon can only set up a third-order Great Array, and the Flood Dragon it transforms can at most be comparable to Core Formation... The black dragon from this ’Dragon Transformation Array’ should be a mid-level fourth-order. It must have incorporated the bones and Essence Soul of a mid-level fourth-order black dragon..."
"If this Array were advanced to fifth-order, then this black dragon would gain consciousness and become a type of peculiar being..."
Fang Xi had a thought.
At this moment, he made no effort to conceal the aura of his Nascent Soul-level cultivation, though outwardly it was only at the early stage of Nascent Soul.
"Haha, Sir seems to have a deep understanding of the Dragon Transformation Array,"
A hearty laugh came through, and a black light flashed as an elder in black robes appeared.
This person had a kind face and bushy white eyebrows, though he had not a single whisker on his face. His cultivation was at the early stage of Nascent Soul. He approached Fang Xi and exclaimed, "This Sir... could it be Lord Tiankui?!"
"Hmm?"
Fang Xi was slightly surprised, "Sir actually recognizes me, but I don’t consider myself very famous..."
"Haha, Sir managed to fight to a draw with Sir Fan, who has cultivated the Golden Silkworm Nascent Soul Divine Skill, and also practices the extremely difficult puppet skill, making your name well-known throughout the southern domains... I am Lord Hei Xuan, welcome to Black Dragon City..." Lord Hei Xuan said with a smile.
The news of Fang Xi’s battle with Fan Yin eventually leaked out.
And as Nascent Soul Cultivators were considered top-tier combatants in the Cultivation World, each one was given special attention.
Not to mention, the Black Dragon Sect, as the overlord of the southern domains, might have planted spies within the Immortal Bewitching Sect and could know more information, even understanding the appearance of ’Lord Tiankui’, which would be normal.
"Sir has come here for the grand auction that is about to start, I assume? Let me personally guide you," Lord Hei Xuan offered, leading Fang Xi into Black Dragon City and handed him a jade slip, "This is the latest auction catalog..."
Fang Xi thanked him and casually took it.
Before the auction started, things could change in an instant, with some sellers backing out or changing the auction items at the last minute, which was common.
Fang Xi scanned the catalog with his Divine Consciousness but felt somewhat disappointed, as it did not contain the ’Blood River Stone’ he was looking for. The only item that caught his attention was the mid-level fourth-order alchemy inheritance.
He continued to look down and suddenly laughed.
Below the catalog of auction items were some rules that had to be followed by those within Black Dragon City.
Although rules meant little to beings at their level of Nascent Soul, the way the Black Dragon Sect politely reminded them showed that they put thought into it...