Star Sky Professional
Chapter 270 - 224: Shi Lan Stele (Extra - for Monthly Ticket)_2

Chapter 270: Chapter 224: Shi Lan Stele (Extra Chapter for Monthly Ticket)_2

"Elder Ancestor... should we perform the ritual again and invite the Shi Lan Demon Beast to partake in the blood feast? And then communicate with it? Perhaps we can erect another Demon Stele..."

The Sect Leader of the Nine Infant Sect suggested reluctantly.

He was well aware that after such an incident, there were very few powerful demon beasts willing to accept the blood feast and continue to contract.

It was even possible that they would be attacked upon attempting to communicate, venting their original fury upon them!

But they had to try to remedy the situation somehow.

Otherwise, wouldn’t his image in the eyes of the Elder Ancestor plummet?

"Then why aren’t you going right now?"

The green-robed Elder Ancestor snorted coldly, "The Shi Lan Demon Beast is a creature our ancestors found with great difficulty, a beast with a trace of the ’Nine Infants’ bloodline in its body. Do I need to say more about its importance to our Sect? Now that we’ve lost its favor, our Sect’s main array will lose a tenth of its power... Damn it, that Shi Qi, even if he doesn’t die, when he comes back, I will surely extract his soul and refine his spirit!"

In the Demon Path, the treatment of failures has always been extremely cruel.

Not to mention those who not only die themselves but also cause trouble for the Sect.

"Where has Shi Qi been recently?"

The green-robed Elder Ancestor asked again.

"Shi Qi previously suffered from a heart demon and has been living in seclusion in Mo Yun Immortal City... Counting the days, he should be returning to the Sect soon. We don’t know what kind of mishap he has encountered."

The Sect Leader of the Nine Infant Sect immediately replied.

"Check! Make sure to check everything thoroughly!"

The green-robed Elder Ancestor said hoarsely, "Good, let Huo Moqing go... Isn’t he known as one of the Six Demonic Heroes? If he can uncover the truth, this old ancestor might allow him one entry into the ’Nine Infant Blood Pool’..."

Upon hearing this, some of the Jiedan Cultivators showed delight, while others were visibly shocked, "Elder Ancestor..."

"Enough, my mind is made up."

The green-robed Elder Ancestor returned to his Cave Mansion and promptly closed the door behind him.

A few Jiedan Cultivators exchanged looks, all of them feeling helpless, and could only pay their respects before retreating.

But in secret, glances continued to intertwine.

The powerful Divine Sense of Nascent Soul Cultivators could cover a hundred miles, even eavesdropping on their Divine Sense transmissions.

Therefore, they could only communicate through glances:

’The old man is actually giving out the ’Nine Infant Blood Pool’. After soaking in it, one can increase the chance of Nascent Soul Formation by ten percent when cultivating our Sect’s techniques. Pity it accrues only once every few centuries... it’s a rare Nascent Soul Spiritual Item indeed. What exactly is the old man trying to do?’

’Could it be... that, as the rumors suggest, the old man’s time is coming to an end?’

’It is said that in the previous great battle, the old man encountered a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Xuantian Sect and suffered some losses, which seriously damaged his Primordial Qi, inevitably affecting his lifespan...’

Many of the Demon Path Jiedan Cultivators had myriad thoughts running through their minds, and a number of them went straight to Huo Moqing’s Cave Mansion.

The Six Demonic Heroes of the Demon Path is a specifically created group of outstanding individuals to counter the Righteous Five.

Each is a young demon figure with imposing reputations and the prospect of forming a Nascent Soul.

Especially to surpass the Righteous Path, they intentionally introduced six members, one more than the Righteous Five!

Huo Moqing is one of the Six Demonic Heroes. He used the merits from the battles between Righteous and Demonic to exchange for resources and achieved a breakthrough to the Late Stage of Core Formation, being an Immortal Golden Core Cultivator and regarded as a Nascent Soul Seed.

Loyal Jiedan Elders of his faction naturally wanted to ingratiate themselves.

And those who oppose his faction needed to hurry back to consider their strategies...

...

The turmoil of the Nine Infant Sect had little to do with Fang Xing.

After he killed the three Great Jiedan Cultivators, he immediately fled thousands of miles away and then found a place to tally his spoils of war.

Inside a cave.

The corpse of a wild bear lay aside, while his Cultivation Avatar was roasting meat.

Fang Xing’s original body, meanwhile, took out the storage bag of the elderly wood cultivator.

After a brief consecration to lift the Divine Sense Imprint left by the other, he entered the storage bag.

"It’s actually a Ten-direction Storage Bag, with about ten cubic meters of storage space combined. Really not bad..."

He swept the storage space with his Spiritual Power, and immediately smiled in satisfaction.

Although storage bags are considered luxury items among Qi Cultivators, they’re essential and always sizable in the hands of high-level cultivators like those at the Core Formation stage.

"The early-stage Core Formation old timer sure is the poorest, no wonder he was the first one I took down... Huh? A mid-grade magic treasure, the Vermilion Bird Banner? Was it him? The old guy should’ve stayed home to enjoy his declining years, yet he came out to fight to the death... Isn’t this just asking for trouble?"

Fang Xing shook his head and then spotted a few third-rank spirit woods, which he found satisfactory. He set this storage bag aside.

Next, he opened the storage bag of the female cultivator with the Nie surname and after rummaging through it, he immediately took out a shell that contained ’thousand-year stone milk’: "...This item is fated for me. With this amount, I won’t have to miserably run trade exchanges for thousand-year stone milk and can directly attempt Core Formation somewhere... This Nie fellow cultivator is really a good person."

Besides, this female Nie cultivator seemed to be an Array Master, given the various array flags and array plates in her storage bag.

Fang Xing also came across a few third-rank ’Prohibition-breaking Talismans,’ and even a fourth-rank ’Breaking Vein Pearl,’ which counted as an unexpected pleasure.

"Hmm, there’s also a quasi fourth-rank trapping array... It was probably prepared for ’Mr. Righteous Qi’, lucky he didn’t let her set it up at her convenience, otherwise, I might have had to slap her an extra time to kill her, needlessly wasting a thread of Great Sun Divinity..."

"Eh? What’s this?"

He now held a white jade-like token in his hand.

The token was peculiar, the front had cloud-shaped inscriptions, while the back continued to flash with illusory images.

Within those illusions, one could vaguely see mountains and lakes with compelling spiritual energy, and also a glimpse of a corner of the Jade Palace.

"Seems like an ancient item, with no ordinary aura... I’ll look it up when I get back."

Fang Xing tucked the White Jade Token away and picked up a stone seal.

"This magic treasure has an antiquated design, not quite like the ones made these days, it must be an ancient treasure... ’Heart Guard’, is it?"

He looked at the ancient script at the bottom of the seal, meditative: "A rarely seen Divine Sense defensive magical treasure, although I don’t need it, it can be used by my Cultivation Avatar..."

His true self had always been distinguished by his Martial Arts Will and had the ’Great Sun Tathagata Mantra’ suppressing his Sea of Consciousness, so he had nothing to fear.

However, the Cultivation Avatar was just an ordinary Sword Cultivator and slightly lacking in Divine Sense, which could be compensated with the help of a magical treasure.

Fang Xing allowed his Cultivation Avatar to go refine the ’Heart Guard Seal,’ while he himself looked over the gorgeous Golden Armor.

"It seems to be a set of demonic-style armor, with a strong Demon Path flair..."

He channeled his Martial Arts Golden Core to transform mana, sending threads of it into the armor and immediately felt a difference.

The third-rank top-grade armor seemed alive, emanating a blood-thirsty sensation.

Fang Xing casually picked up an arm armor and saw a row of barbs suddenly appear on the inside, as if poised to pierce into the wearer’s body and draw blood.

’This is just like the iron nail coffins seen in the Evil God World, right? If I wear this to battle, I must be crazy!’

He shook his head, understanding why the Stone Daoist, despite being a Body Refining Practitioner, didn’t wear this top-grade demon armor.

Because it simply wasn’t meant to be worn by humans!

"However, a complete set of third-rank top-grade Spirit Armor... its value is astonishingly high, worth more than several third-rank top-grade magic treasures combined... comparable to a complete set of third-rank top-grade Flying Sword Formation..."

"It’s a pity to let it collect dust."

"After I advance to the Great Vajra Realm, with an impeccable body resistant to magical treasure harm... I should be able to wear it, at least for an extra layer of protection, even if ordinary..."

"No, what am I saying... Why would I wear Dead Armor? Maybe it’s better to just sell it..."

Fang Xing shook his head and casually named the suit of armor ’Dead Armor,’ tossing it into the storage bag to gather dust.

"This Stone Daoist worthy of being a True Inheritor of the Nine Infant Sect, has quite a few good things on him! Of course, fellow Nie Daoist is not bad either... The last one can only stand in punishment to the side."

He rubbed his hands together and lastly opened the Stone Daoist’s storage bag.

The Divine Sense Imprint within this storage bag was the strongest but still burst open after a short while.

"Hisss... This Stone Daoist, truly has a lot of good stuff."

Fang Xing first glanced over a pile of Jade Scrolls but unfortunately, didn’t find the ’Fossil Demon Skill’ he was looking to see.

Most were simply correspondences, ordinary Cultivation Techniques...

"This old rascal... even has a bottle of ’thousand-year stone milk’ hidden away, what a swindler!"

He sorted everything out and suddenly, a black Jade Scroll appeared in his hand, sending him into deep contemplation.

This Jade Scroll contained no Cultivation Techniques, but rather more than a dozen methods of Corpse Refining.

Among them, the Blood Corpse that Stone Daoist had refined called ’Tian Sha Blood Corpse’, was one of the simpler types.

"If I were to refine a Demon Corpse, then that Dead Armor seems to be reusable?"

Fang Xing stroked his chin, falling into the same line of thinking as Stone Daoist.