Chapter 564: Chapter 562 Yunxi (Additional updates request for subscription!)_1
Gurgle! Gurgle!
The pallid Taisui sprawled atop a Spirit Rice silo within the Mountain Sea Pearl.
As vast quantities of Spirit Rice disappeared at a rapid pace, its body swelled continuously...
After consuming all the Spirit Rice in the silo, it had inflated to the size of an Eight Immortals Table.
"Taisui, Taisui!"
Fang Xi called out to it several times through their Divine Consciousness contract, and only then did the pallid Taisui realize it was being summoned, slowly rolling over to Fang Xi’s feet.
"This intelligence, I fear it’s not even on par with a three-year-old child..."
He lifted Taisui with a hint of disdain, "And it can’t even transform... Could it still have some Ancient Beast bloodline?"
Some Monster Beasts, even those at the fourth rank, are unable to transform.
Fang Xi placed Taisui under the Monster Tree, and Taisui quite consciously shed a large chunk of its flesh, which the Monster Tree rapidly absorbed.
"Oh? This instinctive self-harming has become an innate habit? It’s done so proficiently that it genuinely wrenches the heart..."
Fang Xi remarked dryly as one of the Monster Tree’s Qi Roots descended and viciously penetrated Taisui’s body.
Instantly, Taisui’s entire body trembled, and its size further increased.
"Hmm, utilizing the Monster Tree to feed back to Taisui is doable, but such back-and-forth merely increases consumption without any real convenience..."
After sensing for a while longer, he noticed that the life force within the Monster Tree’s Profound Turtle egg had stabilized somewhat and nodded, "Taisui, your job hereafter is to continue feeding the Monster Tree, ensuring a constant supply for the Profound Turtle egg..."
Without care for whether it understood or not, he gave Xiao Qing a look and left the cave house.
Outside the Mountain Sea Pearl, a Heterodox Nascent Soul was waiting, holding a silvery-white metal box in its hand.
Upon opening, inside were three identical ’Longevity Turtle’ pills.
"I’ve separated and recombined these pills through the channels of the Alchemy Factory Six, preserving the ancient pill shapes without using regents as per your request. The efficacy should retain over ninety percent," it reported.
"As for the ’Infant Transformation Pill’, the ingredients are far too rare, the components too complex, and the Alchemy Factory Six isn’t confident enough, so we had to give up..."
The Heterodox Nascent Soul returned the ’Infant Transformation Pill,’ "However, several pharmacology professors were interested in studying this pill to see if it’s possible to replicate it using substitutes..."
"It seems that even with the technology of The Nine States, there are limits," Fang Xi sighed.
This was something he had long been aware of.
In many high-level Spiritual Pills, not only are the Spirit Medicines rare and hard to find, but what’s even more precious are the chance outcomes within the pill’s formation process, creating unique pill patterns and special medicinal properties.
That the Alchemy Factory Six managed to enhance the ’Longevity Turtle’ pill’s effects by two or threefold was already commendable.
As for the ’Infant Transformation Pill,’ it was understandable that they didn’t dare to tamper with it.
’And besides... the fact that they weren’t certain of success implies that there is still some possibility.’
’The Nine States is merely lacking when it comes to top-tier resources.’
Reflecting briefly, Fang Xi took the pills.
In a flash of silver light, he returned to the Western Desert Cultivation World.
Whoosh whoosh!
Beneath was a vast expanse of snowy white terrain, with heavy snow fluttering down like goose feathers.
"So much time has passed, I wonder how the Ice God Palace is faring?"
Fang Xi looked in the direction of the snowy mountains, chuckled coldly a few times, and produced a jade slip.
This jade slip was the map of an ancient teleportation array given to him by Shui Lingxin before leaving.
After all, he hadn’t left a Soul Lamp in the South Wilderness before departing, so returning would indeed require taking a long detour.
It was possible that the Ice God Palace had access to an ancient teleportation array leading directly to the Western Desert Cultivation World, but Fang Xi at the moment dared not use it.
’Pity... The minor enhancement in Divine Consciousness provided by the Soul Lamp Secret Skill becomes virtually ineffective after the late Nascent Soul stage.’
He identified the direction with a brief look and instantaneously turned into a streak of blue light, vanishing into the horizon.
...
The ancient teleportation array controlled by Penglai Fairy Island was located in the ’Cold Wave Cave’ within the Cultivators of the Eastern Sea in the North Plains.
According to the map, Fang Xi turned into an almost transparent Escape Light, using the Turtle Breath Secret Skills to travel discreetly.
With his current Cultivation, he could dash through the Mortal World at will, and his nature was such that he preferred to keep to himself. Even when flying past high altitudes and witnessing other Cultivators battling or capturing Monster Beasts, he wouldn’t pause, much less get involved in the trouble of grudges and disputes.
Not dragging his feet, focused on his journey, it took him less than a month to arrive at ’Cold Wave Cave.’
"In the local Cultivators’ rumors, Cold Wave Cave is just a Cave House belonging to an Individual Cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage... It seems that this ancient teleportation array is still quite secretive in the Eastern Sea Cultivation World," Fang Xi mused, having gathered some surprising information nearby prior to his arrival.
Without hesitation, he turned into a streak of light and headed for the skies above Cold Wave Cave, sending down a Voice Transmission Talisman, which fell into the fog of arrays below.
Before long, the fog opened a gap, and a woman Cultivator in pink garments came up to greet him, "Are you Mr. Yun Jiezi, mentioned by Junior Sister Shui?"
"Indeed, it is myself!"
Fang Xi had already donned the guise of ’Yun Jiezi,’ with an ordinary face, complemented by a bamboo hat.
"Thank you, Mr. Yun Jiezi, for aiding Junior Sister Shui. With the incident in the Vast Sea Realm, our sect has been very worried about Junior Sister Shui’s condition... When she appeared here, it quite startled me," the pink-garbed female Cultivator’s beauty was delicate and lovely, her skin clear and translucent, white as lard, yet marked by a five-colored plum blossom on her forehead, "My name is Mei Siying... Please, come into the Dongfu for a chat!"
This woman’s Cultivation was roughly at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, but as she subtly released her Divine Consciousness, she could not detect even the slightest hint of Spiritual Power fluctuations from Fang Xi.
Thinking of Shui Lingxin’s description before her departure, this person must at least be a grand cultivator!
And such an unfathomable feeling, Mei Siying had only ever felt it from Ancestor Yunxi, causing her heart to grow even more solemn: ’Could it be... this person is really some Transcendent God disguised? If so, the great matters that have recently occurred in the North Border may, indeed, have this person’s involvement...’
"What is Fairy Mei thinking about?"
As Fang Xi entered Cold Wave Cave, he saw Mei Siying instructing a few female disciples to pour tea and couldn’t help but ask with a smile.
"This humble woman is just admiring how profound and venerable your cultivation is... I have some questions accumulated during my cultivation, and I would very much like to seek your guidance."
Mei Siying said earnestly.
The two of them soon began discussing some cultivation techniques, and even though Fang Xi was merely speaking off the cuff, it opened Mei Siying’s eyes like never before; even the attending disciples wished they could prick up their ears to engrave every word firmly in their minds.
"So that’s how it is... Thank you, Sir, for resolving my doubts." Mei Siying felt that she indeed needed to conduct intensive secluded cultivation, which might loosen the bottleneck that had troubled her for years.
A trace of gratitude appeared on her face as she bowed and said, "The ancient teleportation array has been thoroughly examined and is ready for use at any time, Sir. When do you plan to depart?"
"Let’s do it now, since the North Plains are not at peace..."
Fang Xi sighed, "There’s even a fifth-order Demonic Sovereign Beast roaming the North Plains... If us high-ranking human cultivators encounter it, the outcome would not be good. It’s better to return to the East Sea sooner rather than later."
"Indeed."
Mei Siying had held some doubts, but after their exchange, she came to believe that the other party was sincerely focused on arduous cultivation and not someone who seeks trouble.
Could it really be due to the chaos in the North Plains that he ended his travels prematurely?
Regardless, Mei Siying still led Fang Xi to the depths of the cave house, in front of an ancient teleportation array.
"This ancient teleportation array was discovered by the ancestor of our line and presented to Penglai Fairy Island... Later, our sect directly established a cave house here, which could be considered tacit approval for our lineage’s cultivation..."
Mei Siying invited Fang Xi to stand on the ancient teleportation array while a token appeared in her hand.
As they neared teleportation, she suddenly smiled apologetically: "Mr. Yun Jiezi... please forgive my transgression!"
Buzz!
The silvery-white radiance of the teleportation flickered, wrapping around Fang Xi’s figure, which disappeared in an instant.
Mei Siying looked at the now-empty ancient teleportation array and let out a sigh.
...
A silvery-white light flashed, enveloping Fang Xi.
’This woman...’
The light in his eyes flickered, but he did not employ his divine skills to interrupt the transmission.
After all, he believed he could travel anywhere in the vast world.
And besides, Mei Siying had no grudge against him the first time they met.
The reason she said sorry... was most likely because she had sold him out.
Of course, not to the Ice God Palace, but to Penglai Fairy Island!
Thinking about it, with such major events happening in the Vast Sea Realm, it would certainly alarm Penglai Fairy Island, perhaps even causing Ancestor Yunxi to leave seclusion!
At such a time, Shui Lingxin’s return home to report that ’Yun Jiezi’ is a late-stage great cultivator with astonishing divine skills and magic power, possibly even using their own sect’s teleportation array...
Fairy Yunxi would surely have made arrangements.
It was very likely she instructed Mei Siying to do something.
Mei Siying’s invitation to him for a tea discussion earlier also implied an intention to delay time.
Fang Xi had already been well aware of this.
Fortunately, as he was now, he didn’t mind having a conversation face-to-face with a Transcendent God.
’Surely Penglai Fairy Island’s Cultivator Tang would not have the absolute power to set up a trap to kill me, would he?’
’If Ancestor Yunxi’s lineage were to be decimated down to a single survivor because of me, that would probably not be great either.’
Now bold and audacious due to his mastery of the arts, Fang Xi, with such thoughts in mind, found himself amidst a flickering light and shadow, already in a new realm.
The sound of ocean tides faintly echoed from outside.
He stepped out of the ancient teleportation array, and with a slight sweep of his divine consciousness, he realized that all the array formations at the place had already been shut down, and there wasn’t even a guardian in sight.
"This isn’t right, is this... Penglai Fairy Island?!"
Fang Xi quickly confirmed the location of the ancient teleportation array, which wasn’t much different from what he had expected.
He had been teleported directly onto Penglai Fairy Island!
’It’s quite convenient for Shui Lingxin to teleport straight home from the North Plains.’
He criticized in his mind, stepped out of the great hall where the teleportation array was located, and arrived at the edge of a cliff.
From this vantage point, the view was stunning, and Fang Cun and Yingzhou, two of the islands, could be seen.
Atop the cliff, a breathtakingly beautiful woman in blue palace attire was gently strumming a qin.
Shui Lingxin stood respectfully beside her, holding an incense burner in her hands.
"Independent cultivator Yun Jiezi pays respects to Elder Yunxi!"
Fang Xi held his hands together within his large sleeves and approached Ancestor Yunxi, offering a casual salute.
This lady who was playing the qin was none other than the Eastern Sea’s premier cultivator, the Transcendent God—Fairy Yunxi!