Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1220 - 1074: The Transaction

Chapter 1220: Chapter 1074: The Transaction

[Ding, you have received an invitation to a cocktail party!]

Fang Xi was pouring over a Book of Concepts, feeling quite fulfilled, when the Smart Housekeeper sent a reminder.

"The Seven Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Princess? I’ve heard this lady is skilled in dance, but I shall not attend..."

He shook his head and declined directly.

After all, Fang Xi came here to increase his own cultivation base, not to become a mighty emperor of the universe.

’Having the weakness of kindness and being just a satellite level, no one sees me as a threat... as long as I stay away from the swirling vortex of power struggles, I can enjoy ten thousand years of peace. Why bother with those cunning battles?’ Fang Xi was clear about his own plans.

As for the grand drama of the more than ten thousand princes fighting for the throne, he expressed no interest!

In his leisure time recently, he occasionally glanced at the gossip tabloids of the entertainment stars and caught wind of many so-called ’royal secrets’ in vague rumors.

"The Seven Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Princess... seems to be part of the ’Party of Sixth Master’, supporting the sixth son for the position of Crown Prince... the sixth has already been promoted to Neutron Star Immortal, with quite a high reputation..."

"Besides, the Forty-Fourth and the Three Hundred and Sixty-Seventh Princess are both Neutron Star Immortals too, harboring great hopes..."

"As for the fourth and the eighth... they died early in battle. Otherwise, a drama of ninety-nine dragons fighting for the throne would have been quite interesting."

Fang Xi just thought this and continued his days reading, cultivating, and researching... not even stepping out of his home.

Although there were a few more banquet invitations later on, after he rejected them one by one, such invitations became increasingly rare and eventually he seemed to become invisible.

This was what Fang Xi wanted to see, thus he was very composed.

To outsiders, however, it appeared that he had completely given up on ambition.

After all, although one billion Lanicanian Coins is a lot, it’s not really much when it needs to be used.

Barely managing to reach Planet Level, the subsequent advancement to Red Giant Level is where the real expense lies.

If one can’t obtain other financial support and doesn’t have one’s own industry, it’s likely one would remain at the Planet Level for a lifetime!

After ten thousand years, it’s highly probable to die on the battlefield against the Insect race and star beasts.

...

Time flies swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, several years have passed.

Fang Xi remained a recluse, keeping to himself, only occasionally seeking advice from Wenger.

Along with subsequent royalties like the Ten Thousand and Seventieth and Ten Thousand and Seventy-First princes and princesses emerging and being conferred titles, he became even more inconspicuous.

Especially the Ten Thousand and Seventieth Prince, who was said to practice cultivation at an incredible speed and was the fastest among the many royals to break through to Planet Level, receiving numerous overtures.

Even the Sixth, the Forty-Fourth, and that Three Hundred and Sixty-Seventh Princess extended invitations to him.

Even the Emperor himself showed great interest.

Finally, news spread that this individual planned to establish his own power, which took everyone by surprise...

Inside the castle villa.

Fang Xi sipped a fruit wine and couldn’t help showing a satisfied expression: "Indeed worthy of being called the wine that can intoxicate a Red Giant Level Immortal; the flavor is truly good..."

He glanced at his Smart Housekeeper.

On the screen, countless dense titles were categorized, integrated...

Eventually converging into one—Kaya’s Reading Notes!

"Conceptual Power..."

"Although the people of this Big Thousand World have a shallow understanding of it, some views are still quite good..."

"If one can congeal concepts at Planet Level, or even Satellite Level, it will obviously be very beneficial for cultivation and the future..."

Fang Xi stroked his chin.

His path of cultivation had never been by the book but to seize the essence of various systems throughout the heavens to achieve his own success.

After a little thought, he considered the Great Yue world.

"That world is quite peculiar, where even lowly Ninth-rank Different People can come into contact with the power of Laws..."

"If I could obtain its essence, it would indeed be very useful..."

Fang Xi felt that compared to this universe, the Great Yue world was like the opposite extreme.

For example, the cultivation system of the Divine Thief Sect—Ninth-rank [Divine Thief], surprisingly involved the Void Laws, capable of taking objects from afar.

There were even many sequences involving destiny and time that revealed themselves at the low ranks.

Although it was only knowing what rather than why, their borrowing of the Law’s power was indeed clever.

...

In the Great Yue world,

Fang Xi’s body was as still as if dead, sitting cross-legged on top of his bed, devoid of any signs of life.

Suddenly, a Spirit Body descended, causing him to open his eyes.

"The Netherworld... truly interesting!"

Fang Xi smiled slightly, looking out the window at the withered vines and old trees and the beautiful bright moon. Although the grandeur was not comparable to the universe’s scenery, in the micro aspect, there were still many things to appreciate.

"’Roaming Spirit Control Qi’ is indeed useful..."

He looked at a strange plant in front of him with human-eye patterns and his face involuntarily broke into a smile.

At this time, he was an Eighth-rank [Roaming Taoist], and his core skill was ’Roaming Spirit Control Qi’!

The so-called ’Roaming Spirit’ referred to sending one’s shadow spirit out of the body and mastering various strange techniques to control the flow of Qi.

’To be able to send the shadow spirit out at Eighth-rank... this system is indeed chaotic and peculiar.’

’But ’Roaming Spirit Control Qi’, along with the ’Communicate with the Netherworld’ ability obtained from Ninth-rank [Qi Refining Knight], means the Netherworld has become my backyard... where I can obtain many peculiar materials.’

Fang Xi mused to himself, carefully storing away the ’Human-eye Flower’.

"According to my calculations, after the Eighth-rank ’Wandering Taoist’, it should be the Seventh-rank ’Five Elements Chemist’..."

"The materials needed have also been mostly gathered."

"Hmm?"

Just then, he sensed something and couldn’t help but smile, "Extracting the essence of this world system to provide Conceptual Power support for the avatar of the cosmic world, huh? Quite interesting..."

"The Black Hole Immortal is endowed with the concept of time and space by the universe, which doesn’t mean that the Void and Time are easy to obtain..."

"If the satellite-level avatar grasps the concept of time and space in advance, achieving the Time and Space Taoist Master in the future would indeed be quite intriguing..."

Fang Xi’s avatars were all in complete mental communion with his true self, with no possibility of rebellion.

Their focus of thought was exactly the same.

"The ’me’ over there is only at the satellite level, not yet at the point where it can leverage the power of the world’s laws with its own cultivation... Therefore, I must think of a clever way, and this shortcut comes from Secret Medicine!"

"Void Laws, huh? It seems that the Divine Thief Sect’s Divine Thief Secret Medicine is a must-have..."

Fang Xi looked outside and changed into a new set of clothes as dawn approached, then walked along the bluestone-paved streets.

In Black Marsh City, there actually exists a black market.

But this market is not so ’black’; rather, it’s open briefly at dawn, before the sun has fully risen, in a wide space with some stalls set up.

It’s a bit like an early morning market, but even earlier than that.

Moreover, what’s sold there isn’t necessarily what Different people need; it could also be ordinary gold and silver goods, or even stolen loot!

Whether you can buy good things all depends on your ability to discern quality.

’Qi Liuzhi is a lazy character, who occasionally likes to steal valuables and dispose of them on this black market...’

With this information in mind, Fang Xi walked with a faint smile on his face, crossing an alley to see a Land Altar.

Before the Land Altar, there was a sizeable square, now abandoned.

At this moment, within the thick fog, silhouettes were sparsely scattered, vague as if ghostly apparitions.

As Fang Xi approached, he saw a piece of coarse fabric laid on the ground, with various porcelain items scattered on it.

Some of the porcelain still had the smell of earth on them, possibly freshly dug up.

"My lord, take a look? These are all hot and fresh goodies..."

The man squatting in front of the stall had a white turban wrapped around his head, his attire was very plain, even patched, looking quite old and honest, like an earnest farmer.

But in fact, Fang Xi felt that he was dealing with a Tomb Robber.

Had he not been so urgently in need of that Lonely Tomb Flower before, he might have asked the man to procure it.

Even for future needs related to corpse materials, this person would be the right one to contact.

"No thank you, I’m just looking..."

Fang Xi continued his stroll, and besides porcelain, he found grains, fabrics, and other items, all a bit cheaper than in the outside market.

But in reality, the quality was inconsistent, and it was even easier to be deceived in such dim lighting.

He wandered half the market and saw a surreptitious figure; he couldn’t help but walk over and slap the person’s shoulder, "Little Brother Qi..."

"Ah?"

Qi Liuzhi jumped in fright, then seeing Fang Xi, he relaxed slightly, "It’s Fang..."

He knew that this Fang was also different and had some connections with Zhang Longyi. Later, he even took a position in the Strange-Suppressing Bureau – basically, one of their own.

"Little Brother Qi is also browsing the black market, huh? What are you planning to sell?"

Fang Xi smiled gently, spotting a red bracelet peeking out from a bundle in Qi Liuzhi’s hand, and pretended to be surprised.

"Nothing much, just ordinary items. Sigh... I’ve been tight on money recently, so I came to sell things to replenish my wallet..."

Qi Liuzhi pleaded, "Please keep this quiet, Brother Fang..."

"Of course."

Fang Xi nodded, his face showing a hint of difficulty.

"Fang, are you encountering some troublesome matters?"

This time, it was Qi Liuzhi who asked.

"To be honest, I’m preparing to advance to Eighth-rank..."

Although he was already an Eighth-rank ’Wandering Taoist’, Fang Xi wouldn’t announce that; instead, he kept a rank of power hidden.

This was the way of hiding clumsiness and saving life.

But for the Ninth-rank different people in Black Marsh City, Eighth-rank was already an impressive level.

Upon hearing this, Qi Liuzhi’s face grew serious, "Your talent, Fang, is indeed the first among us... but I’m also short on money."

"How could I possibly borrow money from you guys?"

Fang Xi was somewhat speechless, then lowered his voice, "I attended a private exchange amongst different people, where there’s a Nine Finger Ginseng..."

"What?"

Qi Liuzhi was immediately startled; he had been stuck at Ninth-rank for a long time and had been eager to progress to Eighth-rank, but the essential ingredient in the Secret Medicine, Nine Finger Ginseng, was nowhere to be found and had almost become an obsession.

"Brother Fang, anything you command, I’ll do whatever I can; I have a few dozen taels of goods here..."

Qi Liuzhi looked at the bundle in his hand and handed it over, his tone begging.

"Ah... I’m just asking on behalf of someone else, to earn a finder’s fee."

Fang Xi sighed.

This Nine Finger Ginseng was naturally a material he had found in the Netherworld. Ever since he learned that Qi Liuzhi had been searching for it, he had paid attention.

"It’s just... the seller only barters, not sells, and seeks the recipe for the Ninth-rank Divine Thief’s Secret Medicine... Besides that, as an intermediary, I have to collect a certain service fee."

He continued.

"No problem, now I’m the only one left in the Divine Thief Sect, and I can handle all of this." Upon hearing this, Qi Liuzhi’s eyes instantly brightened.