Chapter 774: Chapter 701: He Transforms Everything_2
Fang Xi stirred with a spoon, tasted it, and couldn’t help but reveal a pleased expression.
At that moment, he caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye and saw a little figure sprinting out from the riverside cabin, drooling as he hid outside.
"You are... Xiao Chong, right?"
Fang Xi looked at the boy with a head shaped like a tiger’s and amiably asked, "Where’s your mom?"
Widow Liang had an appearance that could only be considered passable, except for her particularly fierce bosom, which left a deep impression.
"Gurgle..."
Xiao Chong swallowed saliva uncontrollably and said, "Mom went out to earn food... Uncle, what are you boiling? It smells so good..."
"It’s snake soup... You can’t have any yet, it would make your nose bleed."
Fang Xi chuckled, then ladled out a bowl for himself.
The flesh of wild beasts within the city, after processed by alchemists or Spiritual Chefs, could have its potency weakened enough for lower-ranking cultivators to barely consume.
But this snake meat was truly nourishing; if such a child who has just started Qi Refining were to eat it, he’d likely explode and die on the spot!
Fang Xi could only sigh at the nature of people concerning Widow Liang going out to earn Spirit Stones.
In this district with barely a thousand people, even a single wild beast’s meat would be enough to feed them all.
Unfortunately, as far as Fang Xi was aware, most of the wild beast meat and Spirit Rice were controlled by the Sky Brahman Gang and Thunderfire Hall.
Neither of these factions entertained the notion of relieving the distressed; instead, they hoarded resources, causing the market price of food to remain exorbitantly high.
Ironically enough!
Ever since the Black Rock Market Town was destroyed, the wilderness had become extremely dangerous, and no one dared to venture out and farm.
For these low-ranking Immortal Cultivators, having enough food and clothing was a huge issue.
And with the passage of time, this problem was bound to become more acute.
By then, all kinds of materials such as Spirit Stones and Magic Spells were likely to flow continuously towards the upper echelons of these two factions.
’It’s indeed a method of exploitation...’
Fang Xi picked up a pair of jade chopsticks and picked up a piece of snake meat.
He saw the meat was pure white, tenderly stewed to the point of falling apart, with a delicate and smooth taste; coupled with the rich broth, it was exceptionally delicious.
"Hmm, next time I could make some cured meat..."
He quickly finished the snake soup in just a few bites, and after ladling out another bowl, he looked up to find Xiao Chong still standing outside the fence, not daring to come in.
Fang Xi couldn’t be bothered with the boy, and after finishing the whole pot of snake soup on his own, he started daydreaming.
In reality, he was secretly cultivating a Secret Skill Divine Power.
’Transform Others at Will, Transform All Things...’
His mind was in a profound state, seemingly sunk deep into cultivation.
The next day.
Fang Xi began to smoke-dry some snake meat, then picked a piece to roast and eat.
During this time, Xiao Chong came by again. Seeing that Fang Xi had no intention of offering any food, the boy could only stand outside salivating.
Creak.
A Cave House in the distance opened, and the severely injured Nascent Soul Cultivator came out.
He wasn’t one of Fang Xi’s subordinates from before, but Fang Xi had seen him once; it seemed he was part of Fairy Pu’s Nascent Soul group.
For some reason, he had returned to this city after that night.
For a Nascent Soul Cultivator, the wilderness was dangerous, but if they were willing to take the risk, they might have a chance to reach Sky Brahman City.
Most of Black Rock Market Town’s cultivators, if they survived after the arrays broke, would most likely flee to a nearby market town or head directly to Sky Brahman City.
"Sir, you might as well come over for a chat."
Fang Xi invited with a smile as he continued roasting snake meat.
The Nascent Soul Cultivator was taken aback for a moment before coming over.
His face was aged, wearing a coarse robe and exuding a scent of medicine; with his gaunt features, he looked like an ordinary Foundation Establishment alchemist.
"I am Fang Yuan, and I recently came here to open up a Dongfu. I hope we can become closer in the future..."
Fang Xi said with a smile.
"Zhou Jun, a second-tier alchemist!"
Zhou Jun replied indifferently, his tone polite but distant.
Which was quite normal; cultivators don’t readily open their hearts to others.
"Grandpa Zhou..."
But it was Xiao Chong who, seeing Zhou Jun, instantly showed a smile and rushed over.
"So it’s Xiao Chong. You’ve disobeyed your mother’s words and sneaked out again... It seems that the ’Stealth Array Talisman’ I gave you last time should not have been given to you."
Zhou Jun patted Xiao Chong’s head, sighing.
Every time Widow Liang went out, she would use an Array Talisman to protect the wood cabin and incidentally lock Xiao Chong inside.
An Array Talisman can be considered a one-time array, which inscribes the power of an array on a talisman. Although it can only be used once, its power is definitely not as strong as an Array Disk or Array Flag, but its advantage lies in its simplicity and speed.
In the Earth Immortal Realm, those first and second-tier arrays are often made into Array Talismans, which sell rather well.
But at the third tier, ordinary talisman paper struggles to carry the power of the array, and making Array Talismans becomes so resource-intensive that it’s often more reasonable to buy a set of Array Flags and Array Disks instead.
A ’Stealth Array Talisman’, as its name suggests, is a talisman that can hide oneself and allow for passage through low-level arrays.
Fang Xi glanced at Zhou Jun, sensing that he seemed to hold this boy in high regard.
Even though, as for his Spiritual Root aptitude, it was merely upper-medium.
——Even in the Earth Immortal Realm, a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root was quite a remarkable aptitude, coveted by Transcendent God Sects.
And Fang Xi’s own Spiritual Root aptitude was difficult to define.
He once used the technology of The Nine States to improve his Wooden Spirit Root to the level of Earth Grade. After that, due to the excessive consumption involved, and because the enhancement of a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root was only theoretical and practice hadn’t matured, the plan stalled indefinitely...
But after cultivating the ’Eternal Green Body’, Fang Xi noticed a slow increase in his Wooden Spirit Root once again.