Chapter 586: Chapter 584: Martial Arts (Please Subscribe)_1
The Earth Immortal Realm, the wilderness.
A flash of silver, and the heterodox Nascent Soul, recently perhaps more accurately called a ’heterodox incarnation’, appeared into view, holding a monster beast unique to the Western Desert known as the ’sand worm’.
This beast was as thick as an adult’s arm, with a skin so tough that even low-ranked cultivators using magical equipment would struggle to cut through it. It emitted a faint level-two Demon Qi.
Now, it had been immobilized by Fang Xi’s magic power and dropped onto the wilderness.
Fang Xi sat cross-legged, staring intently at the monster beast.
An hour passed, then two...
The beast showed no signs of change, still lively and jumping around. If not for the prohibition, it would have already run away...
"Indeed... the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ can carry living creatures through transmigration..."
Fang Xi murmured to himself, flicking out a bit of Demon Fire.
The sand worm let out a pitiful shriek and instantly turned into ash.
This was also a small experiment he had conducted.
That the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ could carry living beings through transmigration was something Fang Xi already knew.
But the Earth Immortal Realm was different!
Even for ascents such as those from the Ascension Platform, even if one had something like the Mountain Sea Pearl’s Void Cave Mansion, it was impossible to bring any creature that possessed spiritual wisdom inside, unless it was a life-bound Spiritual Beast bound by a contract...
This was an ironclad rule!
Even if one held out hope and risked their life to try, anyone below the Transcendent God attempting to sneak through would be crushed into mincemeat by the powerful Interface Power within the Void Passage of the Earth Immortal Realm!
Unless one was already a Transcendent God, they could not withstand it.
But the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ were different!
Fang Xi didn’t know exactly how this Supreme Treasure achieved its transportation. In any case... the result was that this sand worm, which had neither signed any Master-Servant Contract with him nor used any disguise, had effortlessly ’smuggled’ into the Earth Immortal Realm!
"The power of a Supreme Treasure is truly unfathomable... The Interface Power is a world’s Rules! Yet the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ can ignore them... This is definitely the power of a ’Taoist Fruit’ level!"
A ’Taoist Fruit’ could distort rules, and the power revealed by the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ also transcended that of the Earth Immortal Realm!
"And after obtaining the Door of Ten Thousand Worlds’ mirror knob, I wondered why the new world had not opened... could it be that it was accumulating energy to break through to the ’Earth Immortal Realm’?"
Fang Xi pondered another issue.
One ’Earth Immortal Realm’ is worth more than millions of the Lower Realms!
If the Nine States became aware of this function of the ’Door of Ten Thousand Worlds’, they would have surely turned the world upside down!
Fortunately, in their understanding, the ’Door of Ten Thousand Worlds’, though magical, was on the same level as the ’Fang Immortal Taoist Palace’, only capable of opening coordinates to some lower realms.
For this reason, Fang Xi would never bring any beings to the ’Earth Immortal Realm’!
With the ability of the ’Treasures of All Heavens’, he could easily organize a large number of cultivators to smuggle through. As the leader, Fang Xi could make a fortune...
But when it came to the greatest secret of his own cheater advantage, he would never reveal it to anyone.
Even the sand worm, after being utilized, was immediately turned into ash by Fang Xi, his bones scattered and thrown to the wind.
’In the Earth Immortal Realm, it will certainly be easier to break through various bottlenecks...’
’But even so, I will definitely not bring those who have difficulty breaking through to the Earth Immortal Realm... If they want to come, they can do so only after becoming Transcendent Gods, to compete at the Ascension Platform!’
’At most, I’ll gather some Spirit Medicine, Secret Skills, and Treasures from the Earth Immortal Realm and claim they are from the ruins... With the miraculous pills of the Earth Immortal Realm, it’s likely enough to help those from the lower realm to break through their bottlenecks, and there might even be items like the Condensation Infancy Pill and the Transcendent God Balm...’
’As for moving forces into the Earth Immortal Realm, it’s an act akin to seeking death, I won’t do it!’
’The only one who is free to travel to and from the Earth Immortal Realm is me alone!’
Fang Xi’s eyes gleamed. With the vastness and richness of the Earth Immortal Realm, it wasn’t just these resources that wouldn’t suffice, but even the resources he needed to advance to Returning to Emptiness were extremely plentiful!
When the time came, the resources he collected would naturally satisfy himself first, but even just a tiny bit sifting through his fingers would likely be enough to give those from the lower realm a hope for Nascent Soul or Transcendent God...
"I still need to be cautious, very cautious... I absolutely must not expose my identity as an Ascending Immortal, nor the Green Emperor Mountain’s cultivation techniques..."
"Recently in the Earth Immortal Realm, as long as I don’t reveal the ’Kuyong Skills’, I should be basically fine... No, there might be a few acquaintances."
Fang Xi’s expression changed, thinking of Ice Xuanzi, the fifth-level Profound Turtle, the Fang Immortal Taoist Master, and Ao Kun and another Perfect Transcendent God Demon Lord who ascended at the same time!
"Considering the vastness of the Earth Immortal Realm, it’s not certain that I will encounter them, and it’s even possible they’ve already perished, but to be on the safe side... it’s best to stick to acting under an alias."
Luckily, he was originally a heterodox incarnation and did not practice the ’Kuyong Skills.’
As for the Secret Skills that allowed for changing appearances, there were too many in the Demon Path...
...
Several months later.
On a stretch of wilderness, two armies of tens of thousands each arranged their formation and were engaged in battle!
"Kill!"
One by one, soldiers with strong bodies lifted the pitch-black army flag and charged towards the opposite side.
A single leap often covered several feet, and the most basic soldiers possessed the strength to tear tigers and leopards apart in the Lower Realm.
As for the officers? They were like Martial Gods.
The most powerful, like the commander of the three armies, was somewhat comparable to the Martial Immortal who holds the ’Qi Blood Holding Pill’!
The armies clashed wildly, roars filling the air, and war drums thundered through the sky.
Fang Xi hid within the clouds, idly watching the spectacle unfold, "So there are mortals in the Earth Immortal Realm as well... Practicing Martial Arts, are they? It’s somewhat similar to the Qi Blood Holding Pill Skill from Great Liang, yet it’s not exactly the same..."
He spent months exploring the surroundings bit by bit, finally finding traces of human existence.
To his surprise, just as he followed the traces and hurried over, he came upon this massive battle!
Fang Xi watched the black and red armies clash, silently identifying their flags.
The black army flew the Black Flood Dragon Army Flag, with three flood dragons coiled around it and an ancient seal script character ’Zhang’ at the center.
The red army wore red armor, and their flag bore an ancient seal script character ’Yun.’
"The characters of the Earth Immortal Realm... I can actually recognize them... Perhaps the cloud script and ancient seal script from the lower realms all originate from the Earth Immortal Realm; the essence remains constant despite the myriad variations..."
Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness focused on every move of the armies below, as Tai Yi’s affiliate intelligence swiftly deciphered and learned a completely new language.
And then, accompanied by an angry roar, the chiefs of both sides took action!
Even though they were but mortals, under the surge of their Qi and blood, they actually displayed might that was not inferior to Core Formation Cultivators!
"Their techniques are even more sophisticated, seemingly tempered to perfection..."
"Their use of Qi and blood is even more improved than in Great Liang... And that flagpole, could it actually be a special class of magic treasure?"
Fang Xi’s eyes lit up when he saw a Martial Immortal grab the flagpole and wield it like a long spear, sweeping across thousands of troops.
Even the three black flood dragons on the flag seemed to come to life, manifesting into a hundred-zhang-long body, opening their huge maws as a misty black light emerged, turning the Yun Family Army into skeletons wherever it passed...
This was clearly a magic treasure! And a special class at that, activated by a Martial Artist’s Qi and blood or True Qi!
"Analysis complete... This magic treasure is called ’Martial Equipment’, specifically designed for Martial Artist’s use..."
Tai Yi had already decrypted much of the language of this world, then found the answer within the battle cries of both generals.
"Martial Equipment?!"
Fang Xi nodded slightly, and with an expressionless face, watched the black Zhang Family Army defeat the Yun Family Army. In just a few days, he followed this group of mortals and arrived at a city.
The city walls were thick and majestic, adorned with a faint spiritual light. A long line queued at the city gate, including a good number of beasts of burden, such as mules and horses.
This was a mortal city.
After observing from the outside for several months, Fang Xi could no longer restrain himself. He disguised himself as a mortal and blended in.
Perhaps there wasn’t much that he wanted in this city of mortals, but it was very useful for hiding his identity.
Most crucially... he could immerse himself and deeply learn the local culture and customs, thereby disguising himself as a true native of the Earth Immortal Realm!
To blend in as a native of the Earth Immortal Realm, merely mastering the language and writing was far from enough. That special temperament, which could only emerge from growing up in the land and being nurtured by the local culture, would be very apparent in the eyes of the native people.
Luckily, Fang Xi had time on his side.
...
Three years later.
Flying Sun City, within the ’Li Family Private School.’
The Li Family was considered a noble family in Flying Sun City, with several family members holding office in the City Master’s Mansion. It was said they even had an ancestor approaching the ’True Core’ level.
The martial spirit of their family was prosperous; children would be sent to the private school at the age of seven to first learn writing and etiquette, and as they grew older, they were required to train in martial arts every day.
On this day, Fang Xi, dressed in a green robe, followed an elderly figure into the private school, a man who appeared to be in his late fifties or early sixties, hunched over, resembling an old scholar.
"Greetings to the teacher!"
A group of naughty children seeing the old man, hastily paid their respects.
"Mm, my young students... this is your new instructor, ’Fang Yuan,’ who comes from outside the city. He has also traveled around several nearby cities, is well-experienced and learned..."
The old scholar, when he spoke, tended toward rambling on and on.
Fang Xi merely smiled slightly, well aware that Old Man Huang loved to deliver long speeches.
He quietly waited for Old Man Huang to finish speaking, then stepped forward, "From now on, I will be teaching all of you how to read and write..."
After the first class, Fang Xi walked out of the classroom with the elder surnamed Huang.
"Instructor Fang, I’m depending on you from now."
Old Man Huang bowed solemnly.
"Since the family has hired me as a teacher, I will naturally do my best to educate these children..."
Fang Xi returned with a slight smile.
After bidding farewell to Old Man Huang, he returned to his own room.
The room was very simple, furnished only with a table, a chair, a bed, and a cabinet.
A pot of white orchids sat on the table, the cabinet stuffed full of books.
Fang Xi stepped forward, pulled out a book, sat down, and began to read, all the while bobbing his head.
While reading, however, he was also contemplating:
’The Earth Immortal Realm is too vast; the ’Setting Sun Plain’ alone has a perimeter that is tens of thousands of miles long... It is said that even high-ranking cultivators, using all their might to fly, would need decades to cross... Within it, there are countless mountain ranges and huge lakes, and even thousands of mortal states...’
’That previous battle between the two armies was merely a routine conflict between the nearby Liang Country and Ding Country...’
’Lurking among mortals, making as little use of magic power as possible, while trying to cleanse myself of my own imprint, also allows me to confirm something... Considering I haven’t been sought out by any random cultivators even after three years, does that mean there is no treasure in the Earth Immortal Realm capable of monitoring someone who ascends from another world? Or perhaps there is no such thing as a distinct ’Lower Realm aura’ on me?’