Chapter 600: Chapter 598: Dragon Controlling Sect (Extra update, please subscribe)_1
A moment ago.
In the Kong Sang Market, within the Black Water Pavilion.
"Sir, I have fully understood your intention..."
Manager Liu sipped his Spiritual Tea with a smile, "This Nine Flower Treasure Tea is the latest gift from the Sect, would you like to taste it and see how it is?"
"Alas, I am in urgent need of a large amount of Mysterious Dark Crystal recently, the price is negotiable... If you could help me with this, I will surely repay the favor generously in the future."
Fang Xi picked up the teacup and took a sip of the Spiritual Tea.
At that moment, Meng Zhuzi walked in and was slightly startled to see the ’Qing Hezi’ senior here.
"Isn’t this young friend Meng?" Manager Liu smiled, "What brings you to the Black Water Pavilion today?"
Meng Zhuzi glanced at Fang Xi and seemed hesitant to speak.
"It seems you have another big deal coming up, I shall take my leave first."
Fang Xi cupped his hands together and walked out of the Black Water Pavilion.
Suddenly, his expression changed drastically as he looked in the direction outside the market.
In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color as countless Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power were drawn forth.
Whoosh!
Behind him, Manager Liu also transformed into an Escape Light and rose into the sky, looking in the direction where the Spiritual Power was drawn, incredulously saying, "A Transcendent God Monster cultivator has made a move, and so close at that, I fear someone within the market has already fallen victim!"
Manager Liu’s hand revealed a token, and he immediately activated the Mountain Protecting Array of the Kong Sang Market with full force.
Countless green spiritual energies roared, and one could faintly see a gigantic green mulberry tree rising high into the sky.
And the market’s entrance had naturally been sealed off already.
"Everyone, rest assured, within the market, protected by the Array, there will be absolutely no problem waiting for the support of our Sect’s Transcendent God Ancestor."
Manager Liu shouted loudly.
Meanwhile, Meng Zhuzi looked in that direction, pale as if she had realized something.
"A Transcendent God Demon Sovereign has made a move?!"
Fang Xi’s eyes widened with a look of fear on his face.
Inside, he smirked triumphantly, ’What of a Heterodox incarnation? As long as the reason is strong enough... even the esteemed one has to be my scapegoat!’
The one who made the move outside was naturally his true self who had come to the rescue.
Moreover, he had purposely displayed the ’Triphasic Destroying Origin Skill,’ transforming into a Monster cultivator’s form.
He had deliberately engaged in idle chatter with Manager Liu to create an alibi for himself.
Even if this matter were thoroughly investigated, it would be related to a Transcendent God Monster cultivator, what does it have to do with him, a human race Nascent Soul?
Even if they used an unreasonable Heaven Secret Divination Skill, there was a ’Fortune Worm’ to rely on.
He glanced at Meng Zhuzi, whose expression had drastically changed, and pondered...
...
The Mysterious Dark Abyss.
Fang Xi removed the face cloth from the corpse and saw the true face of the deceased member of the Contrary Water Alliance with a Nascent Soul.
"Wang Qiao?!"
"Could it be that the mastermind behind all this is actually the Wang family? Nevermind... the truth will be known after a look."
His aura changed, transforming into a mighty Transcendent God Demon, he grabbed Wang Qiao’s Nascent Soul and applied the Soul Searching Skill.
Streams of demonic thoughts bored into the tiny Nascent Soul, causing its eyes to roll back and its form nearly dissolved.
After a long while, Fang Xi casually flicked a spark to turn both the Demon Infant and the corpse to ash.
"Time to leave, or it would be bad if I were caught by high-ranking patrolling cultivators... After all, within the Star Domain, there should also be arrays specially sensitive to high-ranking creatures of the Demon and Monster tribes..."
With a flash of silver light, Fang Xi disappeared.
The Mortal Realm.
At Demon Tree Ridge, Fang Xi was seated cross-legged and suddenly smiled.
That bit of Transcendent God Divine Thought must have left some mark on him, and killing Wang Qiao might have involved some ’Resented Spirit Trace’ technique or similar.
But no matter... if they have the guts, let them descend to this realm to catch him!
"Such a location technique is not particularly clever... After a bit of research, I should be able to break it."
"Is it really the Wang Family Ancestor as expected?"
Recalling what he had uncovered from the soul searching just now, Fang Xi’s face showed a pondering expression.
’The Transcendent God cultivator backing the ’Contrary Water Alliance’ is actually that Wang Family Ancestor!’
Of course, he is not merely a Nascent Soul at Great Perfection as rumored, but has secretly left to undergo tribulation at some point, achieving the Transcendent God realm!
’According to Wang Qiao’s memory... the Contrary Water Alliance is not just the Wang family alone, but is a coalition of countless families and small Sects dissatisfied with the Black Water Sect...’
’It’s just that the Black Water Sect is not easy to deal with...’
The Black Water Sect currently has that Transcendent God middle-stage Great Elder who hasn’t died yet!
But it’s true that he has no more than twenty years of life left!
From Wang Qiao’s Nascent Soul, Fang Xi also learned many secrets, the most concerning of which was that the ’Black Water Sect’ has an Upper Sect behind it.
"The Dragon Controlling Sect!"
Fang Xi muttered to himself, exhaling the name of this sect.
This ’Dragon Controlling Sect’ was no trivial entity, renowned for its beast-controlling skills, excelling in nurturing various dragon-blood Spiritual Beasts.
Most importantly, the sect had raised a Returning to Emptiness elder dragon!
While cultivators at the stage of Returning to Emptiness could live up to ten thousand years, the lifespan of a dragon at the same stage was more unpredictable.
This elder dragon had been the spirit beast of the first-generation Returning to Emptiness Sect Master of Dragon Controlling Sect, who, prior to his Sitting and Transforming, deliberately broke the contract and commanded the elder dragon to protect the Dragon Controlling Sect. It had outlived countless generations of cultivators to this day and was truly the ancient ancestor of the sect!
’The current Dragon Controlling Sect may not have any cultivators at the stage of Returning to Emptiness, but with the prohibitions and Blood Soul Order Tokens passed down from ancestors, they can still barely control this elder dragon, which is a genuine force at the stage of Returning to Emptiness!’
’Thanks to this, the Dragon Controlling Sect maintains the prestige of a sect with members at the stage of Returning to Emptiness, and in the southeast corner of the Star Domain, including the Mysterious Dark Abyss, Setting Sun Plain, Wanqing Forest, White Bone Mountain... and a series of territories theoretically fall under the jurisdiction of the Dragon Controlling Sect, which requires the Transcendent God Sects within these regions to pay tribute periodically...’
’However, the Black Water Sect is too strong, making the Dragon Controlling Sect uneasy, after all, there are no cultivators at the Returning to Emptiness stage within the sect... Therefore, their attitude towards the Contrary Water Alliance seems favorable? They sit back and watch as their subordinate Transcendent God forces attack and wear each other down... even to the point of annihilation? As long as the successors continue to pay tribute, there isn’t much of an issue?’
Fang Xi understood all too well that it was still the law of the jungle among the Immortal Cultivators.
Unfortunately, the Dragon Controlling Sect wasn’t strong enough to expand its influence and could only suppress the powerful Sects within its territory.
The Black Water Sect had three Transcendent Gods, including one at the mid-stage, so it was naturally among the targets to be hit.
Now Fang Xi finally felt he grasped the threads of this great chaos.
’It’s just a pity... without the strength of a Transcendent God, one cannot snatch profits from the midst of chaos.’
’Could it be... should I let the heterodox incarnation break through opportunistically?’
’How to fabricate the phenomenon of Transcendent God’s Heavenly Tribulation?’
Fang Xi touched the ’Mountain Sea Pearl’ in his bosom, lost in thought.
Maybe it was time for his true body to ascend as well?
After all, he could always come back.
’No, better to wait a bit longer, observe more, with stability as the priority... Wang Qiao’s memories might not be true and safe...’
’If I miss this chance, then so be it, as there will be plenty of opportunities in the future... My lifespan is longer than that of human race cultivators at the stage of Returning to Emptiness, so waiting for the right time to emerge shouldn’t be a problem!’
’It’s just that those two treasures are indeed very tempting...’
Fang Xi felt a slight sigh within his heart.
In Wang Qiao’s memories, he had touched upon two pieces of critical information, both concerning the Mysterious Dark Abyss.
The Mysterious Dark Abyss was vast and boundless; generation after generation of the Wang family had perished in their attempts to explore it, but they had also mapped out portions of it.
And they had discovered many secrets!
"That ’True Armored Whale’ is extremely powerful, and after consuming varieties of Spiritual Objects within the Mysterious Dark Abyss over the eons, it gradually produces a ’Dragon Saliva Spirit Fragrance’ within its body... This fragrance has the miraculous effect of dispelling Heart Demons, and its effectiveness is even better than that of ’Brahma Gold Incense’."
"If obtained, it could provide some help for countering the Heart Demon Tribulation when attacking the stage of Returning to Emptiness..."
"Besides, the Black Water Sect has been scouring the Mysterious Dark Abyss for Spiritual Objects through Individual Cultivators, and in reality, most of it is offered up to the Dragon Controlling Sect... And the tribute is the ’True Blood Pill’!"
"This ’True Blood Pill,’ with the flesh and blood of at least a five-hundred-year-old ’Dragon Newt’ as the main ingredient, combined with several unique Spiritual Objects from the Mysterious Dark Abyss, seems to be greatly beneficial for cultivators transitioning from Transcendent God to Returning to Emptiness..."
"Sadly, the Wang family does not possess the Pill Recipe for this ’True Blood Pill’..."
"If I could get my hands on one, with my expertise in medicinal pills, and even with the power of The Nine States, it might not be impossible to deduce the Pill Recipe..."
As Fang Xi was lost in contemplation, spiritual energy from within a hundred miles converged, causing changes in the wind and clouds.
"Is this... the Infant Condensation Phenomenon?!"
He looked toward a certain Dongfu and nodded silently.
Inside the Dongfu, Zhong Hongyu, dressed in red, was seated cross-legged. Above her crown, a bare and tender small Nascent Soul curiously examined everything around it.
With the help of numerous medicinal pills and secret skills, she had finally succeeded in condensing her Nascent Soul and became a Nascent Soul cultivator!
As for the subsequent Heavenly Thunder, it was of no concern at all.
After all, Fang Xi could casually bestow several treasures, and normal Nascent Soul tribulations, provided one does not hesitate to sacrifice treasures, could pass by using up a few more.
Zhong Hongyu wasn’t like the Monster Tree, which would be targeted.
This Nascent Soul was a bit different from a common one. After trying it out for a while, the Nascent Soul formed hand gestures with its small hands.
With a flash of silver light, she instantly teleported to the corner of the secret chamber.
"Indeed... after the Void Spirit Root condenses a Nascent Soul, the sensing and grasp of the Void Force are beyond comparison with ordinary Spiritual Roots."
Fang Xi’s faint voice came through.
"Sir?!"
Zhong Hongyu’s Nascent Soul returned to her body, and hurriedly paid her respects.
"Forget it, go and pass the Heavenly Thunder first..."
Fang Xi watched Zhong Hongyu use several treasures to block the Heavenly Thunder wave by wave, and couldn’t help but nod.
At this moment, Zhong Hongyu’s Cultivation was completely compatible with her Void Spirit Root, and now that she had condensed her Nascent Soul, she was barely useful.
At the very least, with her Spiritual Root, learning some Phoenix Seal Script should be attainable.
"Could it be... she could be trained in the direction of a Void Talisman Master in the future?"
Fang Xi contemplated and realized that he was currently focused on ’Dragon Chapter Script,’ and had been neglecting ’Phoenix Seal Script.’
It was just a pity that ’Golden Cicada Shedding’ was far too rare and scarce, and he couldn’t bring himself to use the remaining two to make talisman paper.
Now that the ’Golden Cicada Talisman Paper’ was exhausted, he only had a few ’Recurrence Secret Talisman’ left.
"In the Earth Immortal Realm, there must be quite a few Spiritual Objects involving the Power of Time and Space suitable to be made into talisman paper, but I currently have no access to them..."
"Ah... When will the Demon Clan come down to the Mortal Realm again? Next time, I must make my way into the Monster World and capture a few more Jin Chanzi for breeding!"