Chapter 632: Chapter 629: Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1
The great reputation of the ’Immortal Spiritual Document’ had caught Fang Xi’s attention ever since he learned of its potency from the memories of Lord Hei Miao. He had been gathering information on it ever since.
After perusing a large number of ancient books, he found the relevant description.
Before signing, he had looked at the ancient seal script contract on it, making sure it was binding on both parties and relatively fair.
What made Fang Xi even more confident to sign was... the Immortal Spirit Contracts had different levels!
The one presented by the Mo Sect Leader was only the lowest tier, which could severely backlash against a common Transcendent God Cultivator. Once one reached the Returning to Emptiness realm, one could endure grave injuries to eliminate any future troubles.
Fang Xi was not an ordinary Transcendent God Cultivator; with the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ suppressing his own fate, even if the heterodox incarnation was backlashed to death, his own self would remain unharmed.
Taking everything into consideration, he decided to make the trade.
After all, the puppet skill of the Mo Sect was indeed remarkable.
Furthermore... there was a Secret Realm to be explored later on!
Although he might not personally go there, he could also share in some of the profits.
A Secret Realm that could even entice Returning to Emptiness Cultivators to face death must not be short on good stuff...
...
Once the ’Immortal Spiritual Document’ took effect, Fang Xi turned to the Ink-Silver Flood Dragon, "Now that the contract is in place, would the Sect Leader be willing to divulge the details?"
"You jest, Qing Hezi Sir. Regarding the Secret Realm, I naturally will lay all the facts before you," said the Ink-Silver Flood Dragon. "Our Sect Ancestor only vaguely knew of the existence of a Secret Realm in the Mysterious Dark Abyss and was never able to locate it. However, it was Lord Hei Miao who stumbled upon the entrance by accident... According to him, the entrance is extremely hidden, without the slightest hint of magic power fluctuations. Unfortunately, he did not disclose the exact location to us... but it can be confirmed that it is generally in the southeastern corner of the Misty Sea Area."
"The Misty Sea Area... that can be quite dangerous; ordinary Cultivators find it difficult to linger there for long, and there’s a chance of encountering Primordial Chaos Beasts..."
Fang Xi murmured to himself, "However... I shall send Puppets to explore on my behalf."
"That would be excellent," the Ink-Silver Flood Dragon said, giving a signal with his eyes. Mo Yinqiu immediately stepped forward and offered a Storage Bag, "This contains the true transmission of our Mo Sect’s mechanism puppet skill; please accept it, Sir..."
Fang Xi casually accepted it and swept his Divine Consciousness over it, seeing no fewer than hundreds of jade slips inside, his expression slightly changed.
"These are just a part. Once you fully understand them, you can return to receive more advanced inheritance..." Mo Yinqiu said with a stroked beard and a smile.
"It should be so..." Fang Xi’s face soon returned to calm, "It is as it should be."
With one promise, he directly obtained a portion of the Mo Sect’s Mechanism Puppeteer Skill transmission, which was quite satisfying for him.
As for the little tricks the Mo Sect played?
He would deal with them as they came.
...
Several days later.
Mount Sang Qing.
Fang Xi set down a jade slip, chuckling, "This Mo Sect... is indeed not honest. While they cannot deceive within the transmission due to the contract, the order of precedence in which they provided the information is greatly different... they actually gave me the blueprints for building Mechanism City, and that is... truly wonderful!"
The construction ideas for the Puppet Mechanism City were almost in line with those of Origin Soul Immortal Weapons, and most of the materials used were of relatively low rank.
It fit perfectly with the Nine States’ industrialized assembly line production and could almost be seamlessly integrated!
In the future, upgrading the Origin Soul Immortal Weapon to the Returning to Emptiness level was also highly probable!
As for the problem of too many blueprints and information?
These materials might require a Transcendent God Cultivator hundreds of years to study diligently, but for the ’Taiyi Sutra,’ they were merely a matter of a few scans and calculations...
For such intensive labor, ’Tai Yi’ was the most suitable.
Moved by this thought, Fang Xi’s form instantly vanished.
...
The Nine States.
Fang Xi’s figure appeared in a resplendent Dongfu.
With a sweep of his Divine Consciousness, he saw the Demon Lord Chi Lian wearing a smart helmet, surfing the internet in a side room.
After being subdued by him, she had entered the rules of the Nine States and become a citizen with rights such as access to the virtual net, now seemingly enjoying herself.
’Demon Lord turned into a homebody...’
’Quite amusing!’
After letting the artificial intelligence continue monitoring her, Fang Xi let her have her fun.
He transformed into a beam of Escape Light, whizzing through the air like a bolt of lightning, arriving at Fang Immortal University, the highest academic institution in The Nine States and the gathering place for cutting-edge science.
"Greetings to the Taoist Master!"
The current principal of Fang Immortal University, Lord Wanzang, clad in a white lab coat and projecting the image of a scholar, emanated an aura of someone who had spent a lifetime poring over ancient tomes.
Upon seeing this man, Fang Xi’s heart stirred.
Currently, as the Fang Immortal Taoist Master, Sky Palace Master, and Divine Work Pavilion Master, all positions held with Transcendent God cultivation, it was only the Endless Treasury Keeper, his little brother, who was lagging behind.
But should he bestow the "Transcendent God Ointment" onto him, the chances of successful Transcendent God transformation would be as high as seventy to eighty percent!
’However, he has yet to establish much merit, it’s not appropriate to reward him too generously...’
Fang Xi encouraged Lord Wanzang with a few words and then headed to a garden. He sat on a stone bench, quietly watching the undergraduate students at Foundation Establishment, the postgraduate students at Core Formation, and the doctoral students spilling their youthful vigor, feeling as if his own state of mind had also grown much younger.
"Youth is truly wonderful..."
He sighed genuinely, and beside him appeared a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face and rough hands – it was none other than Lord Ghost Axe!
"Taoist Master!"
Lord Ghost Axe had a conflicted expression on his face, but he still spoke up. "The task you assigned me last time has been completed; the documents have been sent to your email... As long as we utilize the ’Ancient Spirit Extinguishing Liquid’ and refine it with True Fire, we should be able to eradicate the spirit of the Spirit Communicating Treasures while retaining their power to the greatest extent..."
After saying this, he couldn’t help but advise, "Spirit Communicating Treasures are extremely rare, how about you lend it to us for research... Who knows, the spirit might just submit!"
"There’s no need for further discussion on this matter."
Fang Xi waved his hand, unwilling to entertain the notion. Any creature or even artifact spirit that developed Spiritual Wisdom in the Earth Immortal Realm would not be allowed to be brought down to the Lower Realm. This was also to create a proper quarantine and firewall to avoid any inadvertent leakage of secrets.
After a pause, he continued, "Recently, I explored a certain interface where the art of mechanism was highly developed... I obtained a design for a ’Mechanism City’ which is quite interesting. I’ll have Tai Yi send it to you..."
"Oh?"
Lord Ghost Axe’s eyes lit up. As a Grandmaster of Talisman forging, he had a keen interest in Mechanism Puppeteer Skills.
Before the data had finished transferring, he already began browsing through the first few pages.
Suddenly, his eyes grew ever brighter. "Mechanism City... This method of construction does indeed follow the same vein as Origin Soul Artifacts... It seems the thoughts and wisdoms of us cultivators, in the end, ultimately converge to the same path..."
He murmured incessantly, almost obsessively, prompting Fang Xi to intervene and interrupt, "What do you think? Are you confident?"
"Give me at most ten years, and I will definitely have mastered this technology... Within a hundred years, a real structure can be built."
Lord Ghost Axe assured, reluctantly closing the browser.
"Oh?"
Fang Xi was pleasantly surprised; didn’t this mean he could open a Mechanism City in the Earth Immortal Realm?
However, a Mechanism City was much larger than a typical Origin Soul Artifact, and even the expanded Mountain Sea Pearl might not be able to contain it. But that was merely a matter of a few more inconveniences...
"After all the designs are on hand... and among these designs, there are some illogical or rather, improvable elements that need to be modified one by one; otherwise, it wouldn’t take that long..."
"Besides, some of the core materials needed are far too high-end. I think we can lower some of the requirements and use alloys that offer more value for money..."
Lord Ghost Axe shared his ideas then looked at Fang Xi, "Such an undertaking of national importance... must be initiated in the Taoist Master’s name, to command support from various industries and push it through..."
"Naturally, I will provide you with an authorization shortly. Then, initiate a Nascent Soul conference where you’ll need to give a speech," responded Fang Xi, who was now well-versed in the workings of The Nine States.
"In that case, there should be no problems... After fully studying the Mechanism City blueprint, perhaps we can continue making progress in our research on ’Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure’..." said Lord Ghost Axe, managing a wry smile.
"Oh? So the formula for the ’Five Fires Seven Birds Fan’ hasn’t been completely deciphered yet?"
Fang Xi was genuinely surprised. "Could it be that replicating these ’Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures’ is more difficult than constructing a Mechanism City?"
"Of course!"
Lord Ghost Axe confidently asserted, "This ’Five Fires Seven Birds Fan’ and ’Taoist Fruit Artifacts’ have driven countless researchers to the brink of madness... We asked the Endless Treasury Keeper to intervene, combed through all ancient books we could gather, and consequently gained some understanding of the ’Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure’... We’ve even begun to doubt it originated from the Earth Immortal Realm!"
"Not from the Earth Immortal Realm?"
Fang Xi pondered thoughtfully.
"As everyone knows, the signature treasures of Transcendent God beings, if nurtured diligently for a few hundred or a thousand years, might ascend to the fifth order and become Spirit Communicating Treasures... Going beyond that, the treasures continue to evolve into those of Returning to Emptiness... Until a Mahayana Individual Immortal is able to craft ’Semi-immortal artifacts’, for, being yet to ascend, they are not True Immortals and naturally cannot create genuine ’Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures’!" Lord Ghost Axe elaborated, "Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures, surely originating from a realm higher than the Earth Immortal Realm, possess all sorts of incredible Divine Skills and wonders... They can even manipulate Interface Power, with limitless capabilities."
"Even if this replica of the ’Five Fires Seven Birds Fan’ only held one ten-millionth of the original’s power, it would still be significant, and the materials needed are nearly extinct in the Lower Realm, not to mention suitable substitutes... Perhaps only within the Earth Immortal Realm could one hope to craft it?"
Lord Ghost Axe’s eyes shone with an indescribable glow: "Yet compared to ’Taoist Fruit Artifacts’, the ’Five Fires Seven Birds Fan’ is nothing... ’Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures’ can manipulate the rules of a realm. We had always thought that was the limit, but unexpectedly, even the laws of interfaces could be freely altered and inverted... Our own theories, even foundational ones, crumbled at this realization..."
As he spoke, a trace of fear flickered across his face.
Fang Xi was well aware that if these researchers could reconstruct their worldview and come up with something, it would indeed be more valuable than any Mechanism City or ’Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure’...