Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1101 - 955: Fate is Set Early (Seeking Monthly Tickets at the Beginning of the Month!)

Chapter 1101: Chapter 955: Fate is Set Early (Seeking Monthly Tickets at the Beginning of the Month!)

"Fang?"

Seeing Fang Xi struck by that beam of dark light, Xin Hongyun couldn’t help exclaiming in shock.

"I’m fine..."

The next moment, Fang Xi appeared from within the dust, floating gently before her, holding a dark black dagger in his hand, entangled in combat with the dark light.

Although the dark light moved erratically and with unmatched speed, Fang Xi was somehow able to just keep up.

As the black dagger in his hand twisted and turned, within a foot’s radius around him, it seemed as though he had created an absolute domain, which the dark light struggled to penetrate even slightly.

The dagger in his hand naturally came from the lecherous Flower Savage Peak.

Though the dagger looked unremarkable and pitch-black, it was in fact incredibly sharp, not only able to cut iron like mud but also extraordinarily sturdy.

Fang Xi had hidden it in his embrace just now, and that’s how he had managed to escape unscathed.

’Thank goodness, I didn’t have to be pushed to reveal my trump card!’ he thought to himself, inwardly relieved.

If he were truly cornered, Fang Xi would have had to display the ultimate skill of catching a flying sword barehanded.

Of course, he could do this with the help of an Illusionary Spirit that also held the "Treasures of All Heavens" enhancement, allowing the manipulation of Void Force to send a flying sword millions, tens of millions of miles away in a breath.

He could even directly throw it back to the Earth Immortal Realm!

In this world, any cultivator who dared to risk his life with his refined flying sword to slash at him would essentially be sending a meat bun to a dog... they would have no chance of getting it back.

Fang Xi had not yet encountered the top figures of this Big Thousand World and dared not reveal that he possessed such a precious treasure.

"Miss Xin, the enemy is to the southeast!"

While Fang Xi was entangled with the flying shuttle, he reminded her.

Xin Hongyun, upon receiving the warning, immediately displayed her swift movement technique, which was quite exceptional. With a light leap, she soared several yards high, flipped over the wall, and saw a Taoist in a black robe, sitting cross-legged with a small black flag planted in front of him. He was staring viciously at her, "Which one of you killed my disciple Flower Savage Peak?"

’So it’s the lecher’s master, no wonder he was chased by me all the way into Central Shu... there was someone to meet him!’ Xin Hongyun’s heart tingled with alarm at the realization that the lecherous Flower Savage Peak had such a master.

But seeing that the Taoist in the black robe was short in stature, with one eye larger than the other, and an appearance that was truly discomfiting, his mastery of the Hundred Steps Flying Sword Skills was genuinely terrifying.

She shouted, "It was I who killed him..."

The Nine-Appearance Cloud Dragon Dust Whip in her hand lashed out at the black-robed Taoist.

"Today, this old Taoist will avenge his disciple!"

The black-robed Taoist screamed, and the dark little flag in front of him flashed as Evil Qi emerged.

This Evil Qi was the Black Wind Crow Blood Evil, which required finding a vein of earth evil to bury a large amount of essence blood, combined with various secret incantations and prohibitions, taking several decades to condense into a single one.

This black-robed Taoist, self-proclaimed Prime Taoist Yunyu, hailed from the decayed Old Crow Temple on Decayed Mountain in the Shu Area, following the Taoist system there.

When he first entered his master’s door, his six senses were not pure, and he even dared to peep at his master’s wife bathing.

After the incident was discovered, fearing his master would beat him to death, he stole several of the temple’s most precious treasures and his master’s Taoist books and fled.

Once he achieved the Evil Qi and flying shuttle recorded in the books, he considered himself invincible in the world, and lived a carefree life, causing harm to many innocent women.

He later met Flower Savage Peak, found they had similar reprehensible intentions, hit it off right away, and made him his disciple.

Upon receiving the news of his disciple’s death, he immediately resolved to take revenge, tracking them all the way here.

Prime Taoist Yunyu was clever and took advantage of Fang Xi’s cultivation session to secretly release his magical flying shuttle, intending to land a fatal blow.

However, he hadn’t anticipated Fang Xi’s high level of alertness and exceptional martial skills, which left him unable to deliver a fatal strike and embroiled him in a continued struggle.

Now, facing the endless whip shadows from Xin Hongyun, he instantly released the Evil Qi.

The Black Wind Crow Blood Evil flashed with black and red light, forming a solid wind wall.

Xin Hongyun’s whip struck the wind wall, but it was unable to advance even an inch!

She was slightly taken aback, but then thought of Fang Xi, who was still entangled with the flying shuttle, and her face turned stern as she triggered a mechanism hidden within the Nine-Appearance Cloud Dragon Dust Whip.

Pupu!

The whip’s head opened, releasing thirty-six Mortal World Needles from inside.

"Trivial tricks... also dare to..."

Prime Taoist Yunyu saw Xin Hongyun release the hidden weapons and didn’t take them seriously at all.

In his past wanderings, he had encountered experts in hidden weapons, including one known as the Eight-Armed Arhat capable of catching Meihua Darts, Bone-piercing Nails, Golden Silkworm Needles, and other eight kinds of strange hidden weapons. However, their attacks weren’t able to break through the defense of the Black Wind Crow Blood Evil, and he easily controlled the flying shuttle to stab them fatally.

This young woman’s capabilities were far inferior to the Eight-Armed Arhat, so he paid her little attention.

But he didn’t expect that the Nine-Appearance Cloud Dragon Dust Whip had a different origin, being a gift from an unusual friend to the Great Hero of the South Xin Guihe.

The thirty-six Mortal World Needles hidden within it had a special effect of piercing protective Evil Qi and Gang Qi!

Pupu!

Caught off guard, Prime Taoist Yunyu watched as dozens of Mortal World Needles pierced through the Evil Qi and struck vital points on his body.

He screamed in agony as red dots appeared on his forehead, eyes, and heart, and he died instantly.

"Huh, huh!"

Xin Hongyun was still somewhat in disbelief at this point.

She had not expected the final trump card hidden in her father’s treasured whip to be able to kill even a Sword Immortal!

As she was feeling emotional, she saw Fang Xi approach swiftly, "Miss Xin, are you alright?"

"Fang, I’m fine. Fortunately, the enemy has been defeated, or else we would have met our demise here today..." seeing the twin-headed flying shuttle in Fang Xi’s hand, Xin Hongyun couldn’t help but express surprise, "Is this...?"

"This is the very dark light from earlier. Once the old Taoist died without maintaining the magic power, I easily seized it."

Fang Xi stepped forward and manifested a pair of gloves made from Heavenly Silkworm Silk, beginning to meticulously inspect the corpse of Prime Taoist Yunyu.

Seeing this, Xin Hongyun felt a strange sensation in her heart and couldn’t help but marvel at Fang Xi’s attention to detail.

"Hmm?"

Fang Xi, however, was an expert at examining bodies and noticed that most of what was peeled off from Prime Taoist Yunyu were mundane items like gold and silver, flint and steel; he was intrigued and carefully checked the miscellaneous items, picking out a pouch among them.

This pouch was embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, in gold and silver thread, and carried the smell of cosmetics, which clearly didn’t match Prime Taoist Yunyu at all.

’Storage Bag?’

Especially that sense of Void Force, Fang Xi was very familiar with it.

At this moment, he adeptly untied the golden cord of the pouch and felt a surge of joy.

’The Storage Bags of this world don’t require refining to use? Or is this one just special?’

He turned the bag upside down with a clatter, and a pile of items appeared on the ground.

There were several boxes of gold and silver alone, and if it weren’t for the previous fight that was so astonishing, scaring the many servants and neighbors into hiding in their homes and not daring to move, by now they would probably be rushing out with red eyes.

However, for Fang Xi, this gold and silver were no different from stones.

He glanced over and saw several Taoist texts, a jade case, and a few jade bottles.

These items were clearly related to the practice of cultivation.

"This Taoist was a deviant Sword Immortal, and we were lucky to have killed him, but perhaps there is an Immortal Fate?"

At the mention of Immortal Fate, even Xin Hongyun’s eyes lit up with excitement.

Fang Xi cracked a slight smile and unceremoniously picked up the jade case.

"Eh?"

The jade case was extremely heavy to the touch, and he estimated it weighed a hundred pounds or more. The case was smooth, as if carved out of a single piece of fine jade, without any seam or way to open it.

"This jade case is no trivial matter; I fear it might have powerful Prohibitions on it... Forcing it open would bring disaster rather than fortune."

Fang Xi remarked.

A Prohibition that even he found intimidating was definitely not to be taken lightly!

Next, Fang Xi browsed through those Taoist texts and found out they were all from Old Crow Temple in Decayed Mountain, which was indicated at the beginning, and thereby understood the origin of the deceased Taoist.

However, the methods recorded in these Taoist texts seemed quite unsophisticated.

They mentioned things like breath control, ingestible remedies... even requiring the swallowing of talisman water to refine True Qi and harmonize Magic Power, which made Fang Xi somewhat speechless.

’But at least it is a method for beginning the path of cultivation, and this alone is enough.’

His eyes lit up slightly.

As a reincarnated Earth Immortal, his Cultivation was actually profound, but due to the difference in the laws of the Big Thousand World, it was hard to transform.

Now with these local techniques for Cultivation right in front of him, it was like a key, allowing Fang Xi to unlock infinite treasures!

’With this method as a reference, there may be a chance to localize the cultivation technique ’Spiritual Root Cultivation’ of the True Immortal Realm. In that case, I could quickly restore my Cultivation...’

He thought joyously, and a smile appeared on his face, "Miss Xin, how about we each copy a set of these Taoist texts, and then split the rest of the items accordingly?"

Fang Xi valued the Taoist texts most and wasn’t too concerned about the other items.

And the jade case?

Since he couldn’t open it anyhow, it didn’t matter.

"Thank you, Fang."

Xin Hongyun nodded with a smile, picking up the jade case.

Suddenly, without warning, an eerie change occurred!

A heavenly melody emerged from the case, its surface developing a crack on its own, with a Five-Color Radiance spilling out!

"This..."

Xin Hongyun instinctively opened the case to see a rush of Purple Qi soaring heavenward, within which there seemed to be a roll of Heavenly Book, shooting out at the speed of lightning and disappearing in an instant.

With a sense of loss, she looked towards Fang Xi.

However, Fang Xi’s heart stirred, and he ultimately restrained himself, not using the Treasures of All Heavens to intercept it.

"Let’s see what else is inside the case."

He reminded her, and Xin Hongyun hurriedly looked closer, only to find a set of Jade Pages and Golden Books within, full of Ancient Seal Script, with many of the characters relating to flowers and birds, which even Fang Xi did not recognize.

But that didn’t stop him from memorizing every character on the title page at a glance, never to be forgotten.

Xin Hongyun picked up the Jade Pages and Golden Books, and as she did, a scroll fell out.

This scroll was written in the current language, which they both could read.

The person who left the message in the scroll called himself ’Lord Ziyun,’ a previous Celestial Immortal from ancient times who, before his ascension, left behind this jade case with two rolls of Heavenly Books, stating that they were destined for someone with ’Yun’ in their name!

"This..."

Xin Hongyun was dumbfounded.

Naturally, she was unaware that this jade case contained a great opportunity. After being obtained from an ancient Dongfu by the lineage of Old Crow Temple, generation after generation of Temple Masters tried various methods to open it, all without success, until Prime Taoist Yunyu stole it. And now it ended up in her hands; it seemed the fate was predetermined.

Fang Xi inexplicably touched his chin: ’I smell a hint of a bald pate... It seems that in this world, karma is quite meticulous, and all sorts of Heavenly Secret divination arts are astonishingly powerful. Luckily, I have the Treasures of All Heavens to suppress my fortune and remain outside of these calculations...’

As an Illusionary Spirit, he was also protected by the Treasures of All Heavens, unafraid of any divination arts.

This implied that in the calculations of any high-level beings, Fang Xi was just an ordinary hero from Shang Yong Mansion, his illusory fate shielding his true fate. Otherwise, this wouldn’t be protection. If someone couldn’t deduce Fang Xi’s origins, they would surely suspect something was amiss with him.

This was another more profound application of the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ after becoming an Earth Immortal.