Chapter 508: Chapter 506: Divination (A Felicitation to the Guild Master Tao Bai Bai of the Imperial Pillar Assassins)_1
Underground Blood River.
Fang Xi’s face was grave, as the ’Turtle Shell Worm’ transformed into a pitch-black shield, guarding in front of him.
In the blood river before him, a layer of black appeared on the surface of the river. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be dense clusters of black ants.
These ants had an odd aura about them, for they were all worms, and they even possessed a pair of semi-transparent blood wings.
Buzzing!
Several clusters of dark clouds hovered in the air, each teeming with countless Blood Mosquito Gu, so much so that even a Core Formation Cultivator would be turned into a dried corpse upon their assault!
"Croak!"
The White Jade Toad croaked excitedly, its scarlet tongue extending and retracting ceaselessly, each time rolling back huge amounts of Blood Ant Gu and Blood Mosquito Gu. Its big mouth wriggled, gorging with immense satisfaction.
Even so, for the massive swarm of worms, it was but a drop in the ocean!
"Big toad... no more sneaking snacks, if you don’t get serious, beware this young master will refine you," Fang Xi snorted coldly, a slightly shrunken Mysterious Eight Scenery Bead appeared in his hand.
With a faint gesture, the inside of the Mysterious Eight Scenery Bead manifested a small Blood-colored Palace, followed by the bead bursting open with a bang.
In the void, everywhere was filled with dense Flying Rice Robots, like a breeze slipping into the opposing swarm of worms.
Suddenly, one Blood Ant Gu after another, Blood Mosquito Gu as if possessed, started to exhibit strands of silver patterns on their surface, turning on their companions with an aura that became incredibly ferocious.
The silver-patterned worm swarm initially occupied just a small portion, but then grew more and more, practically taking up half of the territory.
"Croak!"
At that moment, the White Jade Toad opened its large mouth, spewing out a blood-colored flame!
This flame was entirely blood-red, carrying strands of eerie aura, suddenly exploding, turning into small meteors that fell into the mass of worms without the silver patterns.
Boom!
The scarlet Bone-Melting Blood Flame, drawing blood and dissolving bone, spread rapidly, turning those worms into ashes...
In no time at all, the seemingly inexhaustible swarm of worms had dissipated by a large majority, leaving only the silver-white patterned worms controlled by Fang Xi.
"Go! Find me the Blood River Stone!" Fang Xi ordered, flipping through the Taiyi Sutra, with the help of the Mysterious Eight Scenery Bead.
The countless silver-patterned worms dispersed immediately, searching everywhere between heaven and earth for a trace of the ’Blood River Stone’ transformed spirit.
Half an hour later...
"Master, the trace of the Blood River Stone spirit has been found!" Tai Yi’s sweet voice rang out.
"Perfect, let’s go!" Fang Xi immediately mounted the White Jade Toad, wielding a four-color flame, speeding through the underground Blood River.
Whoosh!
A blaze of fire was expelled, instantly melting a large hole in the wall in front.
The White Jade Toad leaped out, falling into a massive blood pool.
Above the blood pool, a huge crimson bat was struggling, an odd gemstone on its belly, as it battled swarms of Blood Mosquito Gu and Blood Ant Gu.
Every time the crimson bat flapped its wings, streams of crimson Xia Light appeared, enveloping the Blood Mosquito Gu, refining them in an instant...
Seeing this scene, a strange smile appeared on Fang Xi’s face.
"Hurry!"
With a gesture of his hands, silver patterns immediately surfaced on the crimson bat.
Although it had refined numerous Blood Mosquitoes and Blood Ants, it could not refine the Mysterious Eight Scenery Bead within their bodies!
At that moment, countless Flying Rice Robots followed the red Xia Light, entering the crimson bat.
Buzz!
The next instant, the ’Blood River Stone’ in the abdomen of the crimson bat burst forth suddenly, and a layer of strange Mysterious Light appeared, enveloping the bat completely.
"Warning... Mysterious Eight Scenery Bead partially damaged..."
Tai Yi’s sharp warning sounded.
"Pure destruction Demon Qi... the Blood River Stone truly is a Supreme Treasure of the Demon Path."
Fang Xi sighed, his hands forming a seal. The figure of Yama, with three eyes and six arms, emerged behind him, his six large hands reaching out toward the crimson bat.
The bat retreated swiftly, even utilizing some method to fill the cavern rapidly with the sound of countless wings flapping.
These were palm-sized blood-colored bats, burrowing out from crevices in the walls from all directions, forming clumps of blood clouds. From within, numerous blood-colored blades flew out, directed at Fang Xi, who was riding the Five Fire Worm.
"These are but insignificant tricks."
Fang Xi sneered, about to use his Demon Skills, his Divine Consciousness suddenly stirred, looking in a certain direction.
Boom!
The cavern shattered, revealing the sky of the Secret Realm!
In this startling change, a beam of Five-color Xia Light descended from the heavens!
The numerous blood-colored bats, which resembled the worms, didn’t dare contend and fell into the Blood River one after another.
With the Supreme being’s arrival, all worms submit!
The Blood River Stone transformed crimson bat still struggled but was hit by the peculiar five-colored light. Countless drops of blood scattered, it could no longer maintain the crimson bat’s shape and transformed into a blackish-red gemstone, falling from the sky.
"Capture!"
The six large hands of the Yama figure behind Fang Xi reached out, snatching the ’Blood River Stone’ just right and immediately stuffed it into a jade box, on which he affixed several Talismans.
At this moment, he finally saw within the five-color xia light, it seemed like there was a gu worm resembling a white jade spider, landing on his head and swinging leisurely in the void, looking utterly content.
"What is this...?"
He reached out his hand, grabbed the white jade spider, and easily refined it.
"This doesn’t make any sense..."
Upon seeing this scene, Fang Xi’s face didn’t show much joy, but rather caution.
He strongly agreed with the idea that there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world; to avoid being deceived, one shouldn’t even glance at money found on the road!
Now, a powerful gu worm had suddenly fallen from the sky, and his first thought was suspicion.
Then...
"Tai Yi!"
Fang Xi called out softly, and in an instant, the Mysterious Eight Scenery Bead appeared, transforming into a mist that enveloped the spider-like gu worm.
Countless Flying Rice Robots infiltrated the deepest parts of the worm, causing silver patterns to emerge on the surface of the white jade spider.
The white jade spider radiated five-color radiance, seemingly trying to escape, but it was already too late.
After all, it had been refined by Fang Xi and was restrained by the Mysterious Eight Scenery Bead.
"I knew something was fishy."
Fang Xi sneered, forming a hand seal.
The mist reconverged into a Mysterious Eight Scenery Bead, within which a silver-white spider was embedded, like an insect trapped in amber.
Throughout this process, Tai Yi was constantly activated.
On the animal skin book, lines of text surfaced:
[Gu worm’s innate information analyzed - named ’Fortune Worm,’ attaches itself to a being with great fortune, capable of concealing heavenly secrets, and divining good and bad omens!]
"Oh? It seems to have taken a liking to my fortune?"
Fang Xi stroked his chin.
He felt that his own destiny should not be poor, as he could reincarnate and be recognized by the ’Treasures of All Heavens’; how much luck would that take?
Carefully examining all the information, his face lit up with a slight joy, "Concealing heavenly secrets, huh?"
Although he owned the ’Treasures of All Heavens,’ he couldn’t use this supreme treasure at all; at most, he could rely on its protection, which was actually not conducive for divination.
For example, when Fang Immortal Taoist Master tried to divine him, it was all chaos, which instead signified a problem.
But the ’Fortune Worm’ was different. As a fully refined gu worm, it could respond during another’s divination attempt, even counteract... For instance, it could fabricate an identity or even a trap, making the diviner suffer the consequences of their own actions.
This ability was actually something the Treasures of All Heavens could also achieve, even more effectively, but alas, Fang Xi was now unable to command this grand entity...
"Besides that, it can also divine good and bad omens... Every time this function is used, the Fortune Worm will fall into a ten-year slumber, it is a skill with considerable consumption... Moreover, it can only divine about one specific matter, revealing results through black, red, white, yellow, and green colors..."
"Black! Represents a deadly tribulation, almost certain death!"
"Red! Signifies a blood disaster, very likely to encounter great peril..."
"White stands for neutrality, neither disaster nor benefit..."
"Yellow then indicates benefits, a development towards the positive."
"The final color, green, represents supreme good fortune!"
"Such divination may not always be accurate, for instance, if the diviner practices cultivation arts of divining heavenly secrets and surpasses the rank of the Fortune Worm, it will be ineffective..."
"Even so, it’s still of some use for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster."
Fang Xi’s eyes shone, "Could this really be a treasure bestowed by heaven?"
However, in the next moment, a new message surfaced on the Taiyi Sutra:
[Secret information of the gu worm analyzed—The Fortune Worm feeds on its host’s fortune. Once it exhausts the host’s fortune, it will automatically fly away in search of a new host...]
"Damn!"
Fang Xi’s eye twitched, almost smashing the Fortune Worm in his hand.
"Feeds on fortune, meaning that by possessing this worm, my luck would get worse and worse? And in the end, I’d face a deadly tribulation... only for this worm to up and leave after cleaning me out? How infuriatingly worthless!"
"I don’t want this crappy worm..."
He raised his hand, wanting to throw away the Fortune Worm, but he couldn’t quite bring himself to do it.
After all, having refined it to this extent, he could fully control the ’Fortune Worm’ and make it consume less.
"Given the uniqueness of this item, I might as well toss it to The Nine States to see if they can discover something from it..."
Fang Xi pondered, stroking his chin.
The Demon Path values harming others for one’s own gain, prompting several ideas to surface in his mind instantly.
He couldn’t feed his own fortune to the Fortune Worm, but he could let it consume someone else’s, right?
In doing so, it would be like having an exotic Deplete Luck Skill at his disposal!
"When I gather all the methods of depleting ’Fortune’ as represented by the character, I’ll become the new master of the Three Stars of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity!"
Fang Xi thought, somewhat amused.
For Immortal Cultivators, ’Fortune’ represents luck and opportunity, ’Prosperity’ is naturally Taoist Cultivation, and ’Longevity’ is the lifespan.
Now, he might actually have the ability to deplete two of these aspects of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity, which was indeed quite unusual.
"Perhaps, when an array reaches profound depths, it might wield the power of the ’Nine Curves Yellow River Array’ within the ranks of gods..."
"By then, I could dominate the world. I should also take a Taoist name, how about ’Emperor of Longevity’..."
Filled with satisfaction, Fang Xi rode on a toad and leaped out of the Blood River, arriving above ground.
The next moment, he saw off in the distant horizon, a layer of cyan-green radiance transformed into mist, almost enveloping half of the Secret Realm...