Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1115 - 969: Six Souls (Extra - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1115: Chapter 969: Six Souls (Extra Chapter for Monthly Votes)

Fang Xi’s expression was a bit strange, feeling that this woman was somewhat unlucky.

To be fair, even without his involvement, given that she was a reincarnated being with the assistance of a great power calculating and arranging her destiny, she should not have encountered any fatal dangers.

She might have been able to resolve the issue at Flower Savage Peak on her own, and even got off lighter than she did from his own sword strike.

As for the inheritance of the Heavenly Book, it was exchanged for ten lifetimes of good deeds.

Unfortunately, everything emphasized manifestations over intentions!

In the workings of the Heavenly Path, even though he had saved Xin Hongyun, and she had actively agreed to share half of the Heavenly Book with him,

her later reneging meant she had to compensate him!

Therefore, under the operation of destiny, he unexpectedly encountered the opportunity that Xin Hongyun would have faced later!

’Not only that, but as time passes, a series of opportunities that were meant for her will turn to be ’destined’ for me... this is even scarier than a donkey rolling on the ground.’

Fang Xi even felt a bit of sympathy for her.

At this moment, with his Origin Soul housed in the Void, what mattered more was that he was fated to be here. Calculating the Heavenly Machine, all secrets were vividly clear to him.

’This Dragon Turtle, in its ignorant days, once went out and caused a thousand miles of destruction in Ze Country, with much slaying; it had karmic debts and was doomed to fail in achieving the Dao, and was also destined to face a Deadly Tribulation!’

’This Dragon Turtle Inner Pill should rightfully be Xin Hongyun’s possession, even helping her to become an Individual Immortal ahead of time!’

’However, I now also have a slight connection with it, which is why I was able to find this place.’

The ’Si Chen Sword’ in Fang Xi’s hand hopped up and down, with the Sword Light hidden and not yet unleashed, appearing somewhat hesitant.

This treasure was, after all, somewhat his possession. He could simply act and use his Flying Sword to kill the Dragon Turtle, then seize the Inner Pill and even obtain a body of unlimited potential, not knowing how many medicines could be refined from its Flesh and Blood.

Even though the Dragon Turtle had over a thousand years of Cultivation, it was definitely no match for him now.

’But acting in such a way would be rather ignoble... Considering the way of the Shu Mountain Sect, they would definitely take every precaution to convert this Dragon Turtle... They might even wait specially until a response from the Heavenly Machine, when the Dragon Turtle falls into a deadly predicament, before appearing to assist its reincarnation... In such a case, the Dragon Turtle might even voluntarily offer its Inner Pill! And after reincarnation, it might turn out to be a genius in Cultivation and even join the Shu Mountain Sect as a disciple.’

’Given the tightness of cause and effect in this world, the reason why righteous sects are willing to accept numerous disciples is likely to play a role like that of a good deed loan guarantor...’

’Even if one’s own good deeds and external merits are insufficient to ascend, there are still descendants and apprentices to help pay back those debts...’

’Thus, when righteous paths accept disciples, they must pay attention to character!’

’Otherwise, if a disciple runs away or denies the debts, the ascended ancestor will be to cry to death...’

’Such are the affairs of the world... how merciless.’

Peeling off the bright facade of the Righteous Path, they are all for ascension and for the freedom of Eternal Life!

Fang Xi sighed, and then thought about his own situation.

Though he didn’t want to ascend, he couldn’t treat the Dragon Turtle with crude brutality, at the very least he had to convert it into Reincarnation, or even ensure it received a good rebirth.

Only then would he be at peace when taking the Inner Pill.

"Hmm?"

Just then, Fang Xi saw a sword light like fire, cutting through the layers of mist.

Among them, a Flying Sword, red all over, accompanied by red clouds, was agile yet tragic, cutting through the Demon Qi in one strike, encircling the fist-sized Inner Pill.

The Dragon Turtle Inner Pill darted back and forth but couldn’t break through the net of the Red Cloud Sword, which was clearly a very superior sword skill!

"Ao!"

Seeing this, the Dragon Turtle let out a thunderous roar.

"Dragon Turtle, you do not cultivate good deeds, and you will eventually meet a deadly fate. I have a ’Yuan Fetus Reincarnation Pill’ here, which can ensure the smooth transfer of a strand of your Divine Soul into a new life, and you will also be endowed with an excellent foundation..."

Xin Hongyun appeared floating in the air, shouting at the Dragon Turtle, which had lost its Inner Pill and was greatly weakened, "How about exchanging it for your Inner Pill?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Xi could not help but grin.

Xin Hongyun, being reborn and short on Taoist Cultivation, hadn’t realized he was concealed on the side.

She was definitely a bit desperate at this point!

If it had gone according to Shu Mountain’s calculations, when the Dragon Turtle’s deadly situation arrives and it finds itself cornered, such an offer might have been happily accepted.

But now the deadly fate had not yet come, and it was believing in the wrongs of Shu Mountain!

"Ao!"

The Dragon Turtle roared again, and clusters of pitch-black water balls soared into the sky.

This was the ’Water Divine Thunder’. Exploding just one droplet could level an entire lake, truly possessing boundless might.

Boom!

Divine Thunder exploded between heaven and earth, blasting Xin Hongyun into a pitiful state.

This was still because the Dragon Turtle had lost its Inner Pill, otherwise, it could have been even more ferocious.

’When the right time has not arrived, forcing fate ends like this...’

Fang Xi chuckled lightly, pressed down on the ’Si Chen Sword’, preparing to make a move.

Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred on the field!

Woo woo!

Chill winds howled, murky waves swept through the sky.

A cyclone of black wind came surging in, and within it was a strange person with three bulges on his head.

Seeing the Dragon Turtle, he immediately sneered and released six black forks!

This six-pronged black fork is known as the ’Six Yin Slaying Demon Fork’, a magic treasure meticulously refined by this strange person, and is also a kind of peculiar flying sword in form and substance!

Not only that, within each flying fork, he also sacrificed a large number of divine souls of the ’Six Yin Horse’, capable of launching malevolent lassos that can entangle the enemy’s magic treasure during battle.

Pu Pu Pu!

Three flying forks directly drilled into the dragon turtle’s body, causing the ancient alien beast to scream in agony, its breath growing weak in an instant.

This odd character, known as ’Six Soul scattered man’, is a lesser sect cultivator who once obtained a scroll of fringe doctrine which recorded the method to refine the ’Six Yin Slaying Demon Fork’ along with many other formidable magic treasures.

And on the last page of the scroll, there’s a breakthrough secret skill for the Primordial Spirit, called— ’Three Corpses Primordial Spirit Skills’!

To practice this technique, one would need to find the corpses of three different alien beasts and attach their three souls and seven spirits upon them, thereafter nurturing ’Three Corpse Demons’!

If one can subdue the ’Three Corpse Demons’ with great resolve, they can use these demons as a foundation to refine the ’Three Corpses Primordial Spirit’!

Once successful, one can enjoy endless longevity, enough to make one’s heart stir, even if there are heaven and earth disasters.

This kind of breakthrough method for the Primordial Spirit is the highest inheritance of the fringe paths.

In reality, however, it’s a hodgepodge of arbitrary methods, a patchwork consisting of both Demon Sect prohibitions and Buddhist methods of converting demons into Buddhists.

Not to mention the countless arduous and dangerous paths within, even if one could overcome them all and eventually refine the ’Three Corpses Primordial Spirit’, they would inevitably be trapped for a lifetime, with their magic power unable to progress further, let alone ascension and the like.

The Six Soul scattered man had already slain two alien beasts and had been eyeing this dragon turtle for a long time.

This time, upon seeing the disturbances at Drunk Moon Pool and a female sword immortal of the mysterious sect fighting the dragon turtle, he immediately knew his chance had come, shouting loudly, "I am the Six Soul scattered man, immortal sister, do not rush; let this old man assist you... The dragon turtle inner pill I am willing to cede, as long as I can have the dragon turtle’s body!"

The Six Soul scattered man fully expected this shout to elicit Xin Hongyun’s response.

However, to his surprise, seeing the dragon turtle severely injured, Xin Hongyun almost wanted to curse.

According to her calculations, it should have been the Six Soul scattered man who drove the dragon turtle into a desperate situation first, and then she would offer the ’Yuan Fetus Reincarnation Pill’, effortlessly gaining an opportunity without any karmic debt.

But she was too hasty and arrived a bit earlier, resulting in such an outcome; now, in the eyes of the dragon turtle, she and the Six Soul scattered man had become accomplices, beyond any chance of persuasion.

’Had I known that the auspicious time was just moments later, I should have waited a bit longer.’ Xin Hongyun couldn’t help but feel bitter within her heart.

She feared that someone else would snatch away the opportunity, and indeed she had lost her composure.

"Die!"

The Six Soul scattered man, unaware of these intricacies, wielded the six ’Six Yin Slaying Demon Forks’ without any gaps in his defense.

Three forks guarded himself, while the other three were quick and agile, like flying swords, with countless dark lassos emerging and penetrating the dragon turtle’s body, wantonly extracting flesh and blood.

Xin Hongyun intended to release her ’Red Cloud Sword’ and let the dragon turtle’s inner pill return, as the Six Soul scattered man would not necessarily be a match for the dragon turtle.

But thinking of her second Origin Soul, she hesitated for a moment.

If she could refine her second Origin Soul, it would be like instantly attaining the power of an Individual Immortal, the temptation was immense.

And in that moment of hesitation, the three black forks transformed into brilliant lights, vaguely forming the shape of a trident, and pierced the dragon turtle’s vitals.

"Ao!"

The dragon turtle let out a mournful scream and fell dead.

Upon seeing this, the Six Soul scattered man rejoiced and shot out several lassos in an attempt to capture the dragon turtle’s body.

Just then, a figure flashed by, Fang Xi appearing out of nowhere, pinching a sword talisman.

A jet-black sword light flew out from behind his head, it was the ’Sky Demon Slayer Sword’, striking towards the Six Soul scattered man.

The Six Soul scattered man, undaunted, maneuvered three flying forks, transforming into a myriad of black ropes which rapidly entangled the ’Sky Demon Slayer Sword’, like a bug caught in a spiderweb.

But another sword light had already come in front of the Six Soul scattered man.

It turns out Fang Xi had concealed the ’Si Chen Sword’, using the ’Sky Demon Slayer Sword’ merely as bait.

Now the ’Si Chen Sword’ was unleashed with all its power, a grayish-white sword light flashed, colliding with the three flying forks protecting the Six Soul scattered man.

Pop!

One flying fork struck in futility, passing through the Si Chen Sword as though it were merely an illusion.

Pop! Pop!

The Si Chen Sword’s light divided into two, representing the change of spring and autumn, then again into four, symbolizing the cycle of the four seasons, eventually evolving into twelve sword shadows, as if twelve celestial stems!

The twelve sword lights seemed to come from the past, no matter how the Six Soul scattered man cast his spells, he couldn’t influence them in the slightest.

Suddenly, the sword lights twisted together in the middle!

"Ah!"

The Six Soul scattered man let out a scream as he was torn apart by the now solidifying twelve celestial stems of sword light, his soul dispatched to reincarnation.

Fang Xi collected the man’s treasure pouch and all six flying forks, holding the Sky Demon Slayer Sword, the Si Chen Sword floating before him, and let out a long howl, "Miss Xin, we meet again!"

"You... you are Fang Xi, the Central Shu Sword, how is this possible?"

Xin Hongyun’s face was a complex mix of emotions.

She could never have imagined that Fang Xi, the one who had taken Prime Taoist Yunyu’s book years ago, could have reached this point!

Even the Temple Master of Old Crow Temple, a bottom-rung entity among the fringe paths, she could kill with a single stroke.

How did Fang Xi, with only the Old Crow View Dao Book, cultivate his magic power to such a realm?

At that moment, Xin Hongyun was very clear about one thing: the one who had interfered with her opportunity was undoubtedly this man!