Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1203 - 1057: Taking Medicine

Chapter 1203: Chapter 1057: Taking Medicine

Chaotic Burial Mound.

Fang Xi gently plucked a small white flower and carefully placed it aside.

This was the "Lonely Tomb Flower"!

"With this Lonely Tomb Flower and the blood of a Water Ghost as spirit materials, there really is no obstacle to my advancement to ’Water Controller.’"

"But obviously, while the start of this path is simple, it gets increasingly troublesome later on, even possibly involving the pinnacle of the Taoist Path, the Outer Evil God..."

He naturally wasn’t so foolish and still decided to follow the "Qi Refining Knight" path that he had researched himself.

Although it might stop at ninth-rank or eighth-rank... that was enough.

"After I return, I’ll visit a few shops that frequently conned my previous self..."

Although his predecessor had been tragically conned, over the years, he had managed to find a few connections.

He had even joined a small group that enjoyed strange and mysterious tales.

As Fang Xi pondered, he walked down from the Chaotic Burial Mound.

Suddenly!

Not far away in Black Marsh River, a burst of water exploded, and a figure dashed out incredibly fast.

His cloak, meant to disguise his form, was already tattered, allowing Fang Xi to see a face marked with tattoos on an aging body.

The exposed skin of the figure bore marks resembling fish scales.

"A Different Person?!"

"How come I’ve never encountered one in the past ten plus years, but I run into one today?"

"Looking at this situation, it spells trouble..."

Fang Xi, moving like a butterfly darting through flowers, swiftly retreated backwards.

Splash!

Suddenly, another burst of water splashed up, and a strange sailboat emerged from Black Marsh River.

The boat seemed as if it had dived underwater, its surface covered with a semi-transparent film, completely resistant to water!

From the deck of the sailboat, a figure appeared, flashing moves light as glimmering shadows, stepping across the water surface!

"Ha!"

The figure roared, his blood and Qi bursting out, making it seem as though an additional sun had risen.

"Blazing Sun Eight Palms!"

Zhang Longyi bellowed, striking eight palms incredibly fast.

His palms were red hot, like a burning iron, with multiple palm phantoms filling the air, enveloping the fleeing fish-like creature in its scope.

The creature howled painfully, a sinister aura swirling around him, with dark water streams emerging.

"The power of calamity?!"

Fang Xi squinted slightly, just to see Zhang Longyi’s palms break through the black water shield, striking the creature heavily.

Snap!

The creature’s chest caved in, he was thrown back a distance, blood spilling from his mouth along with shattered organs – he was clearly not going to survive.

"Good, Elder Zhang’s palm technique is truly like melting gold and iron, invincible!"

Another figure jumped down from the sailboat, looking towards the creature seemingly at death’s door. He reached into the void.

Gurgle!

A pitch-black chunk of meat was solemnly retrieved and hurriedly stuffed into a torn pouch.

"That was close, if he had swallowed this ’Spiral Monkey’s Flesh,’ he would have certainly died, but the monster he’d turn into at death could likely match a creature of eighth-rank or even seventh-rank..."

"I hate this!"

The creature, originally planning to drag everyone to death with him, saw his treasure stolen by an expert pickpocket, his eyes nearly splitting with fury, and was then pricked at the heart by a fine embroidery needle.

"Such a lot of nonsense."

A gorgeously dressed woman flicked her hands continuously, threads landing on the creature’s corpse, marking it with red lines like an ink brush, resembling a big net, sealing his body completely.

"This job turned out pretty well... Thanks to our prior preparation of this ’Submersive Boat’..."

The glamorous woman smiled sweetly, "Otherwise, that old demon might have really escaped... For this, even paying half of our usual fee is worth it."

"You guys handle this, I have other matters to attend to."

Zhang Longyi did not concern himself further with the creature and walked away, heading up to the Chaotic Burial Mound.

Having witnessed the chase, Fang Xi had returned to Chaotic Burial Mound and concealed himself.

After all, he never liked getting splattered with blood.

But it seemed Zhang Longyi had already noticed him and directly approached in the middle of Chaotic Burial Mound.

"Ninth-rank... If I trigger that Corpse-eating Fox and create chaos, it might be possible to kill him..."

Fang Xi thought, then stepped forward, "Greetings, Uncle Zhang..."

"Is it really you? What are you doing here?"

Zhang Longyi frowned.

"I saw an ancient tome recently, which mentioned that ’Lonely Tomb Flower’ was needed for a secret medicine, so I came to gather it..."

Fang Xi responded with a smile.

"I see..."

Zhang Longyi recalled the mission documents he had seen, a smile appearing on his face, "Did you know, in our recent capture of the demon and its mates, we also caught Fang Chengdong?"

"Really?"

Fang Xi exclaimed, "Doesn’t that mean he’s facing imprisonment?"

"Indeed... you..."

Zhang Longyi wanted to say more but then heard Fang Xi regretfully say, "Then, what about the money he owes me?"

He was speechless for a moment, finding his nephew’s thought process somewhat erratic, then said, "All things considered... it seems you can only write it off. However, it’s unlikely he can cause you any more trouble..."

"I see, thank you, Uncle Zhang..."

Fang Xi gave a respectful bow.

"If you’re determined to follow this path, remember not to commit crimes, otherwise the Strange-Suppressing Bureau will be specially designed for you!"

Zhang Longyi sighed, turned, and left, then said, "If one day you truly embrace the path and seek a livelihood, come find me at the Martial Ancestor Temple..."

’It seems... the court’s suppression of Different People isn’t that strong?’

Fang Xi watched the departing figure and murmured to himself.

Then, he smiled.

Regardless of others, he just needed to concentrate on his own matters.

After Zhang Longyi had left, Fang Xi caught a glimpse of a white shadow from the corner of his eye and swiftly descended the mountain...

...

Late at night.

"Song San, Fang Chengdong... conspiring with a tiger, death is well deserved."

Inside a house in Old Locust Alley.

Fang Xi sat cross-legged, with various spirit materials laid out in front of him.

In one of the vials, it contained mostly ’Water Monkey’s Blood’, aside from that, there was also a ’Lonely Tomb Flower’, a piece of crimson broken stone, and half of a shriveled wing...

These were Fang Xi’s harvests for the day.

Besides the Lonely Tomb Flower and Water Monkey’s Blood which he had gathered himself, the crimson broken stone and the half-dried wing were acquisitions from a few old shops.

’It must be said, my predecessor had some channels to collect so many strange legends...’

’There are actually quite a few good items in those shops.’

’But the most suitable for me are this ’Fire Core Stone’ and ’Wind Changing Wings’...’

Fang Xi mused to himself.

According to the shopkeepers, the ’Fire Core Stone’ was extremely powerful, even Taoists purchased it to cultivate thunder techniques, capable of demolishing cities and shattering mountains.

Of course, the quantity needed for such feats was terrifyingly large.

The piece he had, the size of a fingernail, did not possess that level of power.

’Wind Changing Wings’, on the other hand, came from a species of exotic bat beast. Although the shopkeeper had exaggerated its prowess to no end, Fang Xi figured it was probably of the same ilk as the Water Monkey.

And there was only half of a damaged wing, dried up and of little use, but he bought it anyway.

"Didn’t expect that Five Elements and Yin-Yang would ultimately fail to come together... it’s still the four symbols of Earth-Fire, Wind-Water in the end."

Fang Xi smiled slightly and took out an earthenware pot.

Within the pot, it was filled with distilled water.

Although the best secret medicine should be paired with ’Rootless Water’, distilled water wasn’t a big issue.

As for what auxiliary materials were needed, Fang Xi simply forwent them.

At that moment, he lit a fire under the pot as if he was brewing medicine, adding in the materials one after the other.

First was a small piece of ’Fire Core Stone’, which, upon touching the water, began to slowly dissolve, exuding streaks of crimson color.

Then came the ’Wind Changing Wings’, ’Water Ghost Blood’, ’Lonely Tomb Flower’...

After adding in the various materials of Earth-Fire, Wind-Water attributes, an unusual transformation occurred in the pot.

Fang Xi carefully heightened the fire, using the foundation of a pill refining master to control the temperature.

Unconsciously, several hours passed, until the night faded and dawn broke.

Beneath the pot, the charcoal fire gradually extinguished.

Fang Xi opened it and saw that the water in the pot had nearly evaporated completely, leaving behind a layer of dark ointment at the bottom of the pot.

’If rolled up and sealed with wax pills, this would be the most common form of pill found in the Cultivation World...’

He inwardly sighed, his pill-refining skills certainly hadn’t waned.

However, at the moment, Fang Xi was not interested in forming pills, and directly scraped up the ointment.

Although the ointment was a dull black and unappealing in appearance, it smelled pleasantly fragrant.

He thought for a moment, then directly stuffed it into his mouth.

Instantly, a taste that was both bitter and sweet spread throughout his mouth.

’It kind of tastes like chocolate sauce...’

Fang Xi mentally criticized, then suddenly felt an explosion of inspiration within himself.

Within his body, strands after strands of extraordinary forces emerged— the supernatural powers of this world, Different Forces!

With the help of these overwhelming Different Forces, his body underwent transformation at the most minute level, even gaining several abilities that seemed innate.

"Earth Spike Skills, Wild Wind Skills, Fireball Skills, Water Element Skills..."

"Including attack, movement, healing methods... but too rigid, are these for Immortal Cultivators? Isn’t this more like a Warlock?"

As Fang Xi ascended, his mind still had the capacity to fully grasp the powers within the secret medicine.

At the same time, his spirit soared infinitely high, seemingly piercing through the illusions of this world, perceiving many strange minor realms!

Netherworld, Dust Realm, Time Realm, Mechanical Realm...

Many hidden minor worlds opened their gates, each housing inexplicably terrifying beings.

[Yin Monarch], [Heaven Mother], [Martial Ancestor], [Water Ancestor]...

"Pay homage to gods?"

"Dogs wouldn’t even pay homage!"

Fang Xi smiled slightly, starting to draw forth his true self.

This was originally improbable, but with the power of the Treasures of All Heavens, his true self’s power knew no bounds.

In his mind, he suddenly visualized a young man in green robes surrounded by nine Flying Swords, each emitting its unique radiance.

A layer of Reincarnation black holes seemed to swallow the young man whole, or rather, he stood amidst the Reincarnation black holes, enduring through endless calamities, he was indeed Fang Xi’s true self—Lord Reincarnation!

A strand of true Reincarnation intent descended, granting Fang Xi an additional spell outside the four innate talents—’Communicate with the Netherworld’.