Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists-Chapter 116 - 115 Defeat (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Chapter 116 -115 Defeat (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Chapter 116 -115 Defeat (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

The next day.

“Wuu wuu wuu… Lu, please don’t go… I’ve heard that the Silver Armored Demon is very ferocious, and you will die if you go.”

Xiao Hu was just over ten years old, clinging to Lu Guo and crying.

“Xiao Hu, be good. Brother promises you that I will definitely come back.”

Lu Guo patted Xiao Hu on the head, a trace of tenderness crossing his face.

He turned around to address a youth behind him, dressed in coarse hemp cloth, with rough hands and feet, thick eyebrows, and large eyes, “This is Little Tiger of the Wang family, from now on, you are both tenants here, you should get along well with him…”

“Don’t worry, Lu, I’ll be sure to take care of him as if he was my own little brother!”

The dark-skinned youth laughed heartily in response, exuding a naive and sincere vibe.

“Alright, come with me, let’s go meet the master of the house!”

Lu Guo nodded and led the burly youth, Hai Dagui, into Fang Xi’s mansion.

“What a residence, this… this is so grand… even the local lords back in my hometown couldn’t afford such a place…”

Hai Dagui was first stunned by the elegance and splendor of the yard. When he entered the courtyard and saw the peach blossoms in full bloom and a young man in white standing like a graceful jade tree by the pond, his hands clasped behind his back.

In the middle of the pond, a huge green carp, upon seeing strangers approaching, flipped its massive, dead fish eyes and showed off its stark white teeth in a threatening gesture.

The imposing aura of a first-grade, medium-quality Spiritual Beast nearly scared Hai Dagui, who was still at the initial stages of Qi Refining, to the ground.

“My my, what a big fish…”

He stared at the great green fish, murmuring to himself.

It was Lu Guo who gave him a push: “Aren’t you going to pay your respects to the master?”

“Yes, yes…” As if waking from a dream, Hai Dagui seemed to want to kneel but didn’t dare to. “My name is Hai Dagui, paying respects to the master, I beg for your shelter! I will definitely work hard tending the land…”

“Pfft!”

The boy made Fang Xi almost unable to hold back a smile.

After he laughed out loud, thinking of the other’s previous behavior, the deep-rooted servility etched into his bones, Fang Xi suddenly had a guess, “Are you of mortal birth?”

“That’s right, my father and my mother were both fishermen… and I’ve been helping them work since I was born, until I was ten when an old Daoist told me I have a Spiritual Root and could be taken for Cultivation…”

Hai Dagui’s eyes sparkled as he spoke, then he became dispirited: “Unfortunately, my master didn’t live long after that… ”

Fang Xi looked at him closely and felt he seemed familiar.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Xi asked, “Your father… is he called ‘Lord Hai’? Does he live on a fishing boat engraved with a red carp?”

Hai Dagui was startled and nodded repeatedly, “Yes, yes, could it be that the master knows my father?”

“Just a brief encounter, that’s all.”

Fang Xi sighed.

When he first came to Thousand Island Lake, it was Lord Hai who had rowed the boat for him.

He didn’t expect that Lord Hai’s son would actually possess a Spiritual Root and be brought before him; there really did seem to be some fate in it.

“Wouldn’t have thought that today I’d meet a descendant of an old acquaintance. Take this little thing then, as a gift for our meeting.”

He rummaged through his Storage Bag and pulled out a hoe-shaped magical artifact, handing it to Hai Dagui.

“Thank you, master, thank you, master!”

Hai Dagui held the magical artifact, repeatedly thanking him, and when he infused it with his Magic Power, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “It’s actually a medium-quality artifact?!”

Unseen, Lu Guo beside him looked a bit displeased, as if he had taken a blow…

“Do your best from now on!”

Fang Xi paid no heed to Lu Guo and encouraged Hai Dagui a few more times.

In his Storage Bag, he did not actually have any lower-quality magical artifacts anymore.

Furthermore, Hai Dagui’s situation was different from that of Lu Guo; there was no filial hate between them, but rather quite a bit of fate…

Whom he chose to care for and whom he did not was all a matter of following his heart.

After all, wasn’t the ultimate goal of Cultivation the pursuit of longevity and the freedom to act as one wishes?

Lu Guo felt melancholy and took his leave.

Just as he reached the edge of the Array, he suddenly saw a flash of red in the distance, and a streak of Escape Light speeding over, revealing a red-clad girl who shouted, “Fang Xi… come out and fight!!!”

“Is it the Island Master’s daughter?!”

Lu Guo murmured to himself, quickly hiding to one side.

Ruan Dan, who had been diligently practicing over the last few years, had broken through to the sixth layer of the Qi Refining stage, and today, for some unknown reason, she came to challenge Fang Xi!

“Why must you push me so hard, Island Master’s daughter?”

Fang Xi, riding the Black Feather Boat, also flew out of the Array, sighing.

Hadn’t he already refused her years ago?

Why did the girl take that three-year agreement so seriously?

The spirit of these Immortal Cultivators was truly lacking in some ways, and Ruan Xingling’s meticulous effort in teaching her to practice restraint was also unappreciated.

“Stop the nonsense, fight!”

Ruan Dan, prideful as a fiery phoenix, clasped her hands together to cast a spell, unwrapping a red commandment artifact which fluttered voluptuously in mid-air like a fiery red flood dragon. Flashes of red Spiritual Power leaked out, revealing it to be a superior magical artifact!

Fang Xi sighed helplessly and produced the Green Turtle Shield, whereupon a turtle shell quickly enlarged, its surface coalescing into a water barrier for defense.

Crack!

The Red Commandment Artifact struck the turtle shell, immediately making it emit a pained wail of being overburdened.

After all, the Green Turtle Shield was only a medium-quality magical artifact!

“Ha!”

Fang Xi shouted, his vitality escalating with each bound, as he hit the red commandment artifact with a punch, causing it to sway aside.

With gaze sharp as lightning, he charged at Ruan Dan and took out a medium-quality Peach Wood Sword from his Storage Bag, shooting it out like a flash of lightning!

Clang!

Ruan Dan’s red lips pursed slightly as she outlined the magic spell with a casual air, summoning a red mirror before her from which a great volume of flames poured forth.

The Peach Wood Sword wailed as if its spirit had been wounded.

“What a pity… I can’t bear witness to Mr. Fang’s most proficient skill in physical combat! And I won’t engage with you on the ground either!”

Ruan Dan’s fingers danced as if strumming the strings of a qin, the Red Commandment Artifact in her hand morphing in myriad ways, binding the turtle shell completely before charging towards Fang Xi.

At the same time, she let out a light shout as more fireballs flew out of the mirror, transforming into lively firebirds!

“Why must the young Island Master push too hard?!”

Anger flickered across Fang Xi’s face as he tossed out a Spirit Beast Bag.

Buzzing!

The sound of insects filled the surroundings as Cyan Flower Golden Beetles, resembling beetles carved from jade, flew out and split into two swarms, suddenly dispersing—one group pounced on the Red Commandment, while the other rushed at Ruan Dan.

Pop! Pop!

Each Cyan Flower Golden Beetle collided with the firebirds, setting off sparks in midair, and cinders carrying insect corpses fell from the sky.

“Bug cultivators?!”

Ruan Dan was startled; all she knew was that Fang Xi was once adept at close-quarter swordsmanship, but had no idea he also possessed the art of bug control!

As she quickly retreated, several Cyan Flower Golden Beetles had already flown close to her, bypassing the mirror artifact and biting at the spiritual light shield around Ruan Dan.

A grating noise erupted immediately.

“Ice Arrow Talisman!”

With gritted teeth, she pulled out a pure white talisman, which upon activation, shot out arrows of ice.

The beetles that were struck turned into ice sculptures and plummeted from the sky.

Suddenly, Ruan Dan’s vision blurred and, before she knew it, Fang Xi was already before her, his fingers clenched together into a fist!

Bang!

The protective shield was suddenly torn asunder.

But the next moment, Ruan Dan’s face revealed a smile as she extended her white jade-like palm, showing two bells twined around her wrist.

Tingling bells!

The pleasing sound of the bells filled the area, carrying ripples that assaulted the Sea of Consciousness.

Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness stirred, and he immediately nullified the attack, but instead of taking immediate action, he feigned a stunned appearance.

Seeing this, Ruan Dan breathed a sigh of relief and, with a smile, pulled out a Flying Sword, pressing it against Fang Xi’s chest: “Mr. Fang, do I win this round?”

Fang Xi returned to his senses ‘as if awakening from a dream’, looked at the bells in Ruan Dan’s hand, and was filled with emotion, “I never expected that the Island Master would actually pass on the ‘Heart-Confusing Bell’ artifact to you!”

He recognized the artifact since it belonged to Ruan Xingling herself.

It was capable of attacking a cultivator’s Sea of Consciousness and was quite troublesome.

However, to cultivators who have refined their Divine Consciousness, such attacks were insignificant.

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“Just so that Mr. Fang is aware, my master has now broken through the later stages of Qi Refining and entered the perfect realm of the tenth layer of Qi Refining. Naturally, he has no further use for this item,” declared Ruan Dan with a proud lift of the chin, feeling the humiliation of the past three years being completely swept away, her mood extremely exhilarating.

“I have lost!”

Fang Xi sighed and walked away, not forgetting to collect the corpses of the Golden Beetles, exuding an air of defeat and desolation…

…

Inside an underground cavern.

“Tai Yi empower me, Green Wood Long Life!”

Fang Xi sat cross-legged beneath the Monster Tree, sensing the increasingly rich essence of plants and the strength of the years within him, sweeping the area with his Divine Consciousness.

Upon his ‘Green Wood Spiritual Body’, one could see lines of azure green runes tinged with silver light flickering in their incomplete state.

It seemed as though the forces of nature were about to naturally form some ancient runes within his body.

Just contemplating these incomplete runes brought forth many unfathomable epiphanies.

“The Yi Wood Magic Body is also gradually taking shape…”

“How surprising that a natural spirit body seems to hold the mystery of runes. Or could it be… that runes are tools simply derived from a cultivator’s attempt to study and imitate the Dao in a simplified way?” pondered Fang Xi as he arrived at an understanding, “Such a grand opportunity has come to me, truly a stroke of fortune. Compared with this, what significance do fame, victory in duels, and the honor or disgrace that comes with them hold?”

‘Longevity Skills’ are actually quite useless!

Yet, the Monster Tree combined with ‘Longevity Skills’ is a grand opportunity beyond the reach of Golden Core Ancestors or even the Nascent Soul Great Powers!

After all, regardless of how formidable the Core Formation or Nascent Soul stages might be, they are limited to boasting within this realm and cannot extend their reach to the Great Liang World!

And with the wonders of the Monster Tree, it is unlikely there’s a second one in this realm.

Witnessing the formation of the ‘Yi Wood Magic Body’ from nothingness was also a significant gain for Fang Xi.

Although he could not comprehend it at all now, he firmly engraved this sensation into his memory.

Perhaps, after reaching Foundation Establishment or even Core Formation, these epiphanies would slowly begin to reveal their impact…

After completing today’s ‘Longevity Skills’ training, Fang Xi gestured with his hand to retract the Qi Roots, then stood up.

Boom!

Accompanying such a simple movement, the temperature within the cavern soared as if a mysterious furnace had been ignited.

“Ha…”

As Fang Xi assumed a martial stance, the vigorous life force within him became more intense, carrying a burning sensation and forcing the roots of the Monster Tree to instinctively shy away.

Subsequently, the invisible vitality turned into visible True Gang, expanding and concentrating behind Fang Xi, as if about to take form…

“True Gang taking form, it’s close!”

Fang Xi murmured to himself.

With the Monster Tree augmenting his vitality daily, he would someday surpass the limits of the Da Liang Martial Arts and reach the realm of ‘True Gang taking form’.

This stage would be akin to the fourth layer of Body Refining techniques like ‘Ten Thousand Beasts Body’, on par with the early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators!