Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1114 - 968 Dragon Turtle

Chapter 1114: Chapter 968 Dragon Turtle

Eight hundred peaks of Shu Mountain, peerless among the world’s mountain ranges.

The foundation of the Shu Mountain Sect resides in Bai Mei Mountain.

Outside Bai Mei Mountain, entwined black and white mystical Qi evolves into endless wondrous lights; within seem to be countless small worlds experiencing creation and destruction.

This is the transformation of the prehistoric Pure Yang Treasure - the "Innate One Qi Tai Chi Diagram," manifesting the "Biyi Qi Nine Palaces Xumi Array"!

The array, anchored by the "Innate One Qi Tai Chi Diagram" at its Array Eye, possesses boundless might.

Even Earth Immortals and Celestial Immortals who storm into the array will struggle to escape for a time.

The Shu Mountain Sect is one of the orthodox sects of the mystical martial realm, parallel to Qing City Mountain, Hua Mountain Sect, and the six overseas sects, ranking as a first-class faction in this world.

Shu Mountain Sect has used this array to evade numerous great calamities.

Now, atop Bai Mei Mountain, within a Dongfu.

This Dongfu is concealed within a waterfall resembling a white jade belt, and outside is a Spiritual Medicine Garden.

A gracefully slender Female Immortal pinched a ’Water Avoidance Technique’ and chuckled her way through the waterfall; she saw Xin Hongyun sitting cross-legged on a jade bed, her skin gleaming, with a fiery red Flying Sword suspended before her that cast the Dongfu’s walls a reddish glow. The fire light blazed fiercely, faintly transforming into shapes of Fire Dragons, Fire Crows, and Fire Serpents.

"Congratulations, Martial Aunt, on returning to the realm of Sword Immortals and subduing the ’Fire Cloud Sword’!"

Upon witnessing this spectacle, Liu Pinting immediately offered her congratulations.

Xin Hongyun, having been reincarnated and cultivated from past lives with profound foundational roots, recently rebuilt her foundation with the "Earth Origin Gold Book," and with the aid of Shu Mountain Sect’s Spiritual Pills, she made swift progress.

In this life, attaining the fruition of an Individual Immortal is almost a certainty, with even the hopes of achieving an Earth Immortal.

Furthermore, she was graced by the sect leader Master with a ’Fire Cloud Sword’!

The Shu Mountain Sect is renowned worldwide for its swordsmanship and expertise in forging swords; over countless years, they have either sacrificially refined or collected many Immortal Flying Swords, among which the nine most famous are all Pure Yang Treasures!

These Pure Yang Treasures, which can only be sacrificially refined by Immortals with fruition and have numerous material requirements, are extremely rare.

The Shu Mountain Sect possesses nine true Immortal Flying Swords, enough to make many other schools green with envy.

This ’Fire Cloud Sword’ is one of them!

Liu Pinting felt envy seeing it.

"The ’Fire Cloud Sword’ is naturally spiritual. I can only slightly communicate with it for now. To truly command it as if directing my own limbs, merging human and sword into one, without fearing other paths’ Individual Immortals, there’s still a long way to go..."

Xin Hongyun looked much more mature than before, with a trace of longing on her face now.

After ten lifetimes of cultivation, even though she was fortunate enough to practice to the level of an Individual Immortal, she was entwined in the karma of wicked individuals, preventing her ascension. Given her proud nature, she vowed to ascend with even higher achievement, to roam freely even within the Heavenly World.

But when the tribulation of murder came, she did not heed the previous sect leader’s words to sit quietly in her Dongfu and recite scriptures. Instead, she proactively left the ’Biyi Qi Nine Palaces Xumi Array,’ encountered the tribulation of murder, and her Origin Soul dissipated, leaving only a wisp of her True Spirit to reincarnate.

This life, with her depth of accumulations and sudden breakthroughs, holds the promise of becoming an Earth Immortal.

However, as she pondered deeply over the "Earth Origin Gold Book," she felt ever more regretful.

This inheritance was indeed a perfect match for her, a pity it was only half a scroll.

If she could also obtain the ’Purple Green Immortal Seal’ from the lower half of the "Book of Purple Mansion," she would truly have hopes of becoming a Celestial Immortal.

’After all, my external skills are insufficient, only attaining the fruition of an Earth Immortal...’

"Niece Liu, if you are looking for me, does the sect leader Master have a decree?" Xin Hongyun suppressed her inner thoughts and asked.

"Indeed..."

Liu Pinting’s face flashed with an odd expression: "The sect leader Master divined Martial Aunt’s destiny and discovered that several predestined opportunities for Martial Aunt have been disturbed, risking possession by others..."

"Why would that be so?"

Xin Hongyun trembled at the news.

After ten lifetimes of arduous cultivation and many good deeds, she finally had the promise of becoming an Earth Immortal this life, and what’s more, numerous opportunities to save a great deal of cultivation effort, even several greatly fated treasures of predecessors were by her side.

Why suddenly would her destined fortune become unstable?

"The sect leader Master does not know either, only saying that it concerns someone with whom Martial Aunt has formed a significant karmic bond... who also has the potential of seizing these opportunities."

Liu Pinting reported the truth.

"Could it be my father, from this life?"

Xin Hongyun’s eyebrows raised inquisitively.

"I do not know, but Martial Aunt may need to descend the mountain personally to resolve this..."

Liu Pinting said, "The situation at Drunk Moon Pool is already unstable; it must be the first place to visit..."

"Indeed, it must be so."

Xin Hongyun let out a clear shout, and the Fire Cloud Sword was the first to fly out, entwining around her like a red silk ribbon.

Wrapped in the Sword Light, her speed was astonishingly fast, and she immediately left the Shu Mountain Sect.

...

Whoosh!

A hazy Sword Light shot forth fiercely.

This Sword Light not only pierced through the sky and clouds but also carried along illusory shadows with the sense of the changing four seasons, spring and autumn alternating.

In the void, indeterminate Sword Shadows of the past and future lingered.

These Sword Shadows, though hazy, could at any moment turn real, claiming the lives of enemies.

"Compared to the differentiation of Sword Light, my ’Four Seasons Sword Light’ has far surpassed it," said Fang Xi proudly after retracting the ’Si Chen Sword’ after some time.

Ever since he had initially forged the "Si Chen Sword," he had briefly tried out his swordsmanship, and indeed, he found a certain profoundness within it.

With a wave of his hand now, a purple sword shadow flew out from the body of the "Si Chen Sword," transforming into chains of laws, and then into threads of laws... before ultimately bursting into nothingness!

"The Law of Time... the embodiment of rules!"

"Even though this Si Chen Sword is still a sword embryo, with the blessing of the embodiment of the Law of Time, it is likely far superior to Flying Swords like Feilong and Hanshan!"

This was the result of Fang Xi’s personal comprehension of the Law of Time, integrated with the "Sword Offering" technique within the Eight Gates Sword Array.

The so-called "Sword Offering" is the fusion of one’s personal power of rules with a flying sword, unleashing incredible might.

After trying out his skills, Fang Xi couldn’t help but feel quite satisfied.

"Now that I have the Time Flying Sword at my disposal, why not also refine a Void Sword and a Life-Death Attribute Flying Sword, and first form the ’Three Queer Sword Array’ within the Eight Gates Sword Array," he pondered.

"Hmm?"

just when he was contemplating this, Fang Xi noticed that something about the surroundings was slightly off.

Mist began to rise in layers, enveloping the ground as if it were a natural prohibition.

He had originally entered the mountains at random, choosing a dongfu.

This time, to test out his sword, he had acted on a whim, and the sword light had followed, making him forget his whereabouts.

Now, full of confidence in his skills, Fang Xi flew on his sword light, breaking through the misty prohibition, and ventured deeper.

Before long, mist rose in front of him, revealing a deep pool.

It was night, and the bright moon hung high.

The moonlight reflected on the surface of the pool, where countless moonlight beams flowed like liquid jade, revealing it to be the Blessed Land of the Cave Sky.

Splash! Splash!

One after another, large and small whirlpools emerged in the pool, and something slowly floated up from the bottom.

Soon after, a huge turtle shell appeared.

This shell showed signs of the passage of time, covered with various water plants, moss, and even traces of rocks.

A head resembling that of a flood dragon emerged from the water, and with a casual inhale, created a water spout.

Then, the Dragon Turtle slowly crawled out beside the pool, inhaling and exhaling at the moon.

A surge of Demon Qi rose to the sky, and within it was a fist-sized, crystal-clear and white inner pill.

"To think it’s a thousand-year-old mutant with a deep cultivation, truly rare to see!" Fang Xi suppressed his own sword light and, watching this scene, couldn’t help but feel inwardly moved.

In this world, it’s extremely difficult for creatures of other kinds to achieve enlightenment!

Whether it’s a mountain spirit or demon, they only rely on an innate instinct to naively absorb the essence of the sun and moon. Even after decades or centuries of cultivation, they often can’t compare to cultivators who have endured years of hardship.

Even among the few unique beings with profound cultivation, it’s still difficult to achieve enlightenment and ascend.

To achieve true fruition, one must voluntarily undergo reincarnation and attain a human form.

This Dragon Turtle was an ancient mutant born from "Dragon Blood Grass" that germinated where a True Dragon had bled in ancient times, later discovered by a Spin Turtle. After consuming it and feeling its vital essence, it had become pregnant and was an incredibly rare wild mutant.

The inner pill of such a mutant with a millennium of cultivation is an incomparable Supreme Treasure for cultivators, the perfect material for Scattered Immortals to host their second Origin Souls!

"Dragon Turtle Inner Pill, the second Origin Soul..." Fang Xi looked on, his eyes lighting up involuntarily.

Although he had reached a high realm now, his magic power was ultimately weak and no match for those Individual Immortals and Earth Immortals.

But if he were to refine a "second Origin Soul," he would instantly possess the might of an Origin Soul!

Coupled with his own law comprehension and flying swords, he could roam the world unconstrained!

"Rumors say that in the Demon Path, there are secret methods to refine the Origin Souls of mutants... created by those unable to forge their own Origin Souls, who resort to unorthodox methods to forcefully break through the Scattered Immortal realm!"

"Among them, there are those who seize Pure Yang Treasures, spirits of magical treasures, and also those who bind their own three souls and seven spirits to rare and special breeds of mutants, and refine them into unique Origin Souls..."

"Although such practices carry great risks and even cut off the path to ascension, they grant tremendous magic power, enough to enjoy a period of freedom and ease!"

If a mysterious sect Grandmaster saw this thousand-year-old Dragon Turtle, they would certainly be overjoyed, for it was endlessly useful.

They would make sure not a single drop of blood or piece of inner pill or soul was wasted.

Seeing this fortuitous chance fall from the sky, Fang Xi was ready to take to his heels at any moment.

In this tightly-consequential Big Thousand World where unexpected fortunes could fall from nowhere, it could easily be a major disaster on the horizon!

He silently operated his Origin Soul to divine, and then his expression grew strange, "It’s connected to Xin Hongyun’s fate?"

He had once saved this woman’s life and they had agreed to seek Immortal Fate together.

With the arrival of people from the Shu Mountain Sect, the woman got her hands on the "Earth Origin Gold Book" and reneged, handing over all of Prime Taoist Yunyu’s worthless junk to compensate him.

"In reality, for an ordinary martial world adventurer, acquiring a set of unorthodox teachings and a few magical instruments is indeed enough to settle the cause and effect."

"But I am different! I was almost half an Origin Soul..."

It’s like someone helping you out and you give them money as a reward. If the person is a beggar, that’s perfectly appropriate.

But if the person is a billionaire, that’s just an insult!

"The Heavenly Path is fair... Xin Hongyun’s earlier repayment clearly couldn’t settle her debt to me, so she has to include her own fortunes to repay me..."

"So, is this place Xin Hongyun’s future opportunity? My connection with this woman is indeed a karmic bond..."