Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1120 - 974 Qinghe Mountain

Chapter 1120: Chapter 974 Qinghe Mountain

Under the blessing of the second Nascent Soul, Fang Xi could be considered an Individual Immortal wielding magic power!

From a distance, one could see the Five-Element Energy transforming, eventually condensing into a cyan Wooden Element power, enveloping the entire "Decayed Mountain" like a cyan firmament!

Freezing those Old Crow Temple disciples in place was merely incidental.

Such magic power truly possessed the might to shock the heavens and move spirits!

Even the profoundness of this magic power lay not in its overwhelming strength.

The cyan Five-Element Energy, dominated by wood, suddenly split into Carbide Wood and Yi Wood, starting to purify the entire "Decayed Mountain."

Carbide Wood Divine Thunder, Yi Wood Sweet Rain...

As thunderstorms fell, cleansing the whole mountain, the revitalizing Sweet Rain seemed almost to turn decay into prosperity.

Decayed Mountain, originally a desolate land of wretched waters, was now covered with green vegetation in its barren places. The once-murky water became clear, and a meadow bloomed with hundreds of flowers.

The dense fog of Evil Qi that had shrouded the mountain for years was also dispersed by the thunderclouds, refined into the most quintessential essences of Sky Gang Earth Evil and captured by Fang Xi into a jade bottle.

"Could this be the ’Six Extremes Earthly Evil Qi’?"

He glanced at it and couldn’t help but be somewhat surprised.

"Such Evil Qi, merging six kinds of underworld springs from beneath the earth, is pure beyond compare... It is one of the finest types of Earthly Evil Qi..."

"If I could also find the ’Innate True Gang Qi’, they could merge into one, forming an ’Innate Genuine Water Pill’, which requires ’Innate Water of Life, Earthly Six to complete’... It’s a top-tier item, enough to make countless Swordsmen who follow the Inner Core Path envious."

The Swords Immortal Realm encompasses a vast expanse.

Swordsmen who follow the Inner Core Path, from their initial entry into the Swords Immortal Realm, begin by cultivating an Inner Core instead of a Golden Core and do not congeal a Nascent Soul.

Even if the quality of the Core is extremely high, in the future, they may become an Individual Immortal, an Earth Immortal, or even a Celestial Immortal—it is the orthodox doctrine of the mysterious sect!

Having obtained this bottle of Evil Qi, Fang Xi calculated briefly with a pinch of his fingers.

Now with the second Nascent Soul driving fortune-telling, his magic power was strong, and he could clearly discern all cause and effect.

"Beneath Decayed Mountain, where the Six Great Underworld Springs converge, was originally a place of supreme auspiciousness... The Old Crow Temple established its sect here, with a long inheritance. They actually had a connection with this ’Six Extremes Earthly Evil Qi.’ As long as they attune to the heavenly heart and accumulate good deeds, diligently practicing despite hardships, it is possible that a genius disciple will emerge in the future, capable of refining this Evil Qi and even finding the Gang Qi to form an Inner Core, with hopes of becoming an Immortal!"

"Too bad, since its founding, successive Temple Masters of the Old Crow Temple did not cultivate benevolence, losing harmony with heaven, and they gradually lost their connection with this stream of Evil Qi."

"Even if it wasn’t me today, sooner or later, some Righteous Path Swordsmen or Swordsmen passing by could discover the wonders of this place and incidentally eradicate Demons and purge Demon energy..."

After Fang Xi collected the Evil Qi, he saw that the once Decayed Mountain was now verdant and vast. Where was the slightest sign of decay?

"This mountain can serve as my cultivation ground. Calling it Decayed Mountain is no longer suitable. I will rename it ’Qinghe Mountain’."

He murmured to himself, his gaze seeming to penetrate the earth’s crust, locating those Six Great Underworld Springs: "Hmm, this place is extremely suitable for setting up the Earth Spring Array, with the Six Great Underworld Springs as the Array Eyes, its power, boundless..."

As an Immortal Array Master, setting up Arrays was his forte.

Since Fang Xi arrived in this world and learned the Arrays of this realm, he felt a sense of connection with his previous knowledge.

The ’Six Yao Yin Water Array’ he was casually about to set up now was of a ninth-grade level and possessed the subtlety of concealing Heavenly Secrets!

"Not only that, this Array usually only uses the underground moisture to fight the enemy, but if that’s not enough, there is one final change... that is to break the earth’s crust, causing an unchecked surge of the Six Great Underworld Springs... all such things as Yellow Spring Rotten Water, Bloody Sea True Water, Transformations Thunder Water will gush out, sufficient to flood tens of thousands of miles, causing the death of people and livestock! Many places will become Ze Country... If the Righteous Path practitioners dare attack me, they must be prepared for their entire sect’s goodwill to be destroyed along with me."

"This is the essence of how the old Demons of this realm enjoy their later years... Pah, I am not an old Demon."

"But the side doors are actually pretty tragic too; who knows when a disciple might clash with a Second Generation of Immortals from the orthodox mysterious sect, be slain at a mere disagreement, and moreover, those Second Generations of Immortals can wield Pure Yang Treasures to bully others... Without some tricks up their sleeve, being humiliated by a Second Generation of Immortals with inferior cultivation but superior treasures can be quite the spectacle, like a child mocking an elder—as if losing all face..."

Fang Xi turned into a streak of blue light, landing atop Qinghe Mountain.

Crack!

The plaque of the Old Crow Temple instantly shattered to pieces.

"Zhuo Yifan, Cui Feifei... thank you for the grace of saving my life."

At this moment, Cui Feifei, supporting Zhuo Yifan, came over to offer respectful thanks.

"Enough of that, call all the members of the Old Crow Temple here."

Fang Xi gave the command, "They’re already hit with my immobilizing magic and are utterly incapable of resisting."

Following his instructions, Cui Feifei and Zhuo Yifan returned shortly with more than twenty people standing in the central courtyard of the temple.

Most of them were disciples of the Old Crow Temple, but there were also a few women among them, still radiant and energetic.

Cui Feifei recognized one of them and couldn’t help but exclaim, "You... you’re not the ’She-Devil’ Sister Li from back in the day, are you? What are you doing in this den of thieves?"

The She-Devil Sister Li blushed and hastened to wave her hands, "Those are all past events from the Martial World; let’s not bring them up again."

"How can we not mention it? Sister, when you first entered the Martial World, you swore to kill all the bandits—a goal many women admired. How could you also..."

Cui Feifei seemed to realize something, gave a wry smile, and spoke no more.

Swordswomen like her, when they first entered the world, often carried decent martial arts and great aspirations.

Yet, they were often cruelly beaten by reality.

Maybe during an assault on a bandit stronghold, they’d be captured by a bandit chief, sold into a brothel or becoming the bandit’s wife.

This "Female Demoness" came from a renowned family in the Martial World. When she started her martial journey, her skills were exceptional, and not something that any ordinary bandit stronghold could contain.

Moreover, she was ruthless in her actions, often leaving behind a trail of annihilated sects, which led to her fearsome reputation as the "Female Demoness" and became an admired figure among many heroines.

Unexpectedly, she fell into the hands of the Old Crow Temple!

No matter the prowess of the martial heroes, they were no match for cultivators.

Thus, the Female Demoness was captured and taken to the Old Crow Temple, where she was subdued and became the plaything of the Temple Master, and even after the Master grew tired of her, she was carelessly given away to disciples...

"Cough cough!"

At this moment, Fang Xi didn’t say much, but simply summoned a disciple of the Old Crow Temple and shouted, "What misdeeds have you done? Speak quickly!"

The disciple kowtowed fiercely, his forehead bleeding without pause, and cried, "Esteemed Immortal, I was forced by that evildoer! I am but a decent family’s child from the mountain’s foot, who one day was captured by the old Temple Master, claiming to take me as his disciple, but in reality, I was nothing more than a servant, subject to beating and scolding at will, with my life in danger for the slightest disobedience!"

"Immortal... the same happened to me."

The next moment, numerous disciples cried out in despair, recounting how they had been oppressed by their seniors on a daily basis and their miserable and pitiful life stories.

Seeing this scene, even Cui Feifei couldn’t help but feel a headache.

Even though she knew most of what these people said were lies, she couldn’t be certain.

To kill them all would risk wronging the innocent.

"Hehe..."

Fang Xi, hearing this, just sneered, and said to the first disciple who spoke, "Then what about the Chen Family Hollow massacre three years ago, that wasn’t your doing?"

He silently used his Origin Soul, and the Heavenly Secret causality of these people had nowhere to hide from his eyes.

After all, they were just minor figures with negligible Taoist cultivation, and he could calculate their ancestry back eight generations with crystal clarity!

The disciple was at a loss for words, and Fang Xi did not waste further words. With a casual stroke of the Si Chen Sword, he executed the disciple, and a strand of divine soul was sent off to be reincarnated.

’Reincarnation...’

’Although mortals also fall into the cycle of reincarnation upon death, the fluctuations from cultivators are a bit stronger...’

Fang Xi carefully pondered, his eyes suddenly brightened, and looking at these disciples of the Old Crow Temple, his demeanor softened significantly, "You all have sinned and will be discerned one by one later..."

In fact, he had long known who among these people deserved death and who still had a shred of conscience left.

However, he planned to kill them one by one, waiting for the day when he would contemplate the Reincarnation Rules, before slaughtering one more.

Then he would continue his retreat to meditate, and when he felt he had some insight, he would kill another, to achieve the best cost-effectiveness!

"Your magic powers have already been sealed by me, and for now, you will all be taken into custody."

Fang Xi’s gaze swept over the many disciples of the Old Crow Temple, finding that the majority were enshrouded in the Qi of blood debts, doomed to die.

Even that so-called Female Demoness was no exception.

After all, her methods were cruel, and when she killed bandits in the past, many innocent women and children fell victim.

Having entered the Old Crow Temple, she became even more of a menace.

He then pointed at two younger looking Taoist disciples, "You two, drag these people to the dungeon and lock them up together, to wait for my interrogation."

These two Taoists, one named Qingfeng and the other Mingyue, were recently picked up from the mountain by the Old Crow Temple Master and had not yet had the chance to become corrupted; they were barely considered clean.

"Yes!"

Although Qingfeng and Mingyue agreed, looking at their fellow senior disciples who had been domineering, they hesitated to handle them.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this scene, Fang Xi snorted coldly. Dark magic power emerged, and two small flags fell down, "You two take one Mysterious Water Flag each. They have all had their magic powers sealed and were originally no match for you. If anyone dares to escape, immediately trap them in the Mysterious Water Flag and drown them with True Water!"

"Immortal... Immortal... I am truly innocent."

Seeing that Fang Xi intended to lock her up in the dungeon as well, the Female Demoness’s heart trembled. With a tear-stricken face, she threw herself towards Fang Xi.

Whoosh!

A flash of sword light, and the head of the woman flew into the air.

"Base make-up and vulgar charm, also dare to disturb my Dao heart?"

Fang Xi sneered and ordered Qingfeng and Mingyue to continue, and this time, no one dared to resist. They were obediently locked up in the dungeon, each quietly grateful for having spared their lives.

Unaware, their only use was to perform the entry of souls into reincarnation in front of Fang Xi, to give him a chance to contemplate the Reincarnation Rules.

"Alright, everything has been dealt with."

Fang Xi looked at Cui Feifei and Zhuo Yifan and smiled, "This is a place for cultivation, it is not appropriate for you to linger here..."

"Senior... Immortal!"

Cui Feifei and Zhuo Yifan both knelt down at the same time, pleading bitterly, "Please enlighten us, we are wholeheartedly dedicated to the Dao, and only seek an Immortal Fate."