Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 166 - 165 Primordial Demon (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

Chapter 166: Chapter 165 Primordial Demon (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

These body refining techniques were naturally purchased by Fang Xi.

Although he couldn’t buy body cultivator skills on par with Core Formation, there were still some at the Foundation Establishment level.

Even though Great Liang couldn’t cultivate them due to the scarcity of spiritual energy and materials, they could at least serve as a reference for the Martial Gods.

Fang Xi was looking forward to the day when the wisdom of both worlds would collide and spark dazzling breakthroughs.

Moreover, if the worst-case scenario occurred and the martial arts of Great Liang could not make any further breakthroughs, Fang Xi could always switch to the path of body cultivation in the Cultivation World.

Although, it would be somewhat regrettable to abandon the Da Liang Martial Arts, it wasn’t too big of a deal.

After all, Fang Xi’s foundation had always been the Immortal Path!

Upon stepping out of the treasure vault’s gate, he saw the female Martial God Liu Ruyan waiting on the side, "Sect Leader, it’s really not easy to get a chance to meet you!"

"Cut the chatter. What’s the matter?"

Fang Xi frowned slightly, not bothered to pay attention to the woman, and casually asked.

"Nothing much, just that a few grandmasters met the contribution requirements and need to exchange for great medicines..."

Liu Ruyan answered with a giggle.

The distribution of the ’Beast Blood Pill’ was always firmly controlled by Fang Xi.

As long as he monopolized this top-level resource, the Martial God Sect couldn’t turn the tables!

"In that case, hold a grand assembly and grant the great medicine," he decided quickly, taking the contribution record booklet from Liu Ruyan’s hand and glancing through it, noticing it was three people.

"Elder Diao Ao, Lord Bamboo Forest... and... Zhang Mingding?"

On a casual glance, he did not expect to see an old acquaintance.

"This Zhang Mingding broke through to grandmaster level during his travels and had the good fortune of discovering a few hidden Monster Kings... His contributions accrued rather quickly. After joining our sect, he submitted information regarding an unknown ’Demon,’ contributing to the completion of the sect’s records. With several accumulations, he has roughly met the requirements..."

Liu Ruyan licked her lips, "Sect Leader... I definitely didn’t give him any special treatment for being your old acquaintance, I promise..."

"Let it be so..."

Fang Xi always acted swiftly and decisively.

Soon enough, the many grandmasters still at headquarters gathered in the Martial God Hall.

The three at the very front were the most excited.

Elder Diao Ao and Lord Bamboo Forest, both recluse senior grandmasters, met the requirements by contributing their own martial arts and secret skills... and by relentlessly undertaking missions.

On the other hand, Zhou Tong had already exchanged once, had his merits reset to zero, and was gradually left behind by everyone else.

It was very realistic, and very cruel!

In the struggle of martial arts, no one would give way!

’It really is him...’

Zhang Mingding, belonging to the younger generation, stood in the crowd below, staring at the graceful young man seated above, who was exactly as he remembered, his heart filled with shock, ’Could it be that after becoming a Martial God, one can obtain Long Life? Why do I feel like seeing the Sect Leader is like seeing a... tree?’

He shivered suddenly, as an ominous association crossed his mind.

After all, he too had fought his way up since his days in Black Stone City and had seen the Monster Tree itself.

And Fang Xi, having devoured a branch of the Monster Tree and sealed it within himself, still carried a bit of its distinctive aura.

"Excellent, we have three more in our sect who meet the requirements. Step forward!"

Fang Xi called out coldly, watching Zhang Mingding and the other two step forward, then stretched out his right hand.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Three pills shot out like cannonballs, knocking the three grandmasters a step back, but the pills in their hands suffered no damage.

Such mastery over the control of blood essence and strength had long reached a state of perfection!

"Thank you, Sect Leader, for granting the great medicine!"

After their initial shock, Zhang Mingding and the others quickly gave their thanks.

"Rise..."

Fang Xi sat at the head seat, idly clenching his right hand into a fist and resting his cheek on it, "From today onwards, our Martial God Sect will focus on three directions: the first is the art of refining Demons! The second is the realm beyond Martial God! The third... is to do everything in your power to find a trace of a ’Demon,’ specifically the Demon Tree that once dominated this place!"

He looked at the other grandmasters, "Whoever discovers it will be immediately rewarded with a great pill!"

"We understand!"

Many grandmasters’ eyes lit up with fervor upon hearing this.

Locating the Monster Tree would allow them to exchange a pill for breakthrough regardless of their contribution credits – what a wonderful opportunity!

...

Baize Immortal City.

Peach Blossom Pavilion.

"Has the young master returned?"

Jin Ling was sitting silently by the pond, staring blankly at the Daqing fish when she suddenly saw the door to the Dongfu swing wide open and Fang Xi walk in, and joy flashed across her face.

"Uncle Fang..."

Following closely, Ruan Dan also came out, looking worried, "My master... she..."

"Fairy Taoling is all right; there’s nothing for you to worry about."

Fang Xi waved his hand dismissively and eyed Ruan Dan’s cultivation level thoughtfully.

This girl is said to have been under a Blood Curse Heart Seal as well, and the curse is yet to be found in Situ Jia’s Storage Artifact, which is indeed quite troublesome.

’Perhaps... I can let her go after her Foundation Establishment to fish for information?’

’That seems too long... As for funding? What a joke. Why should I fund this girl? Let Xingling worry about it...’

Fang Xi waited until Wang Xiaohu and Wei Yixi also came out and ordered Jin Ling to prepare a feast.

This trip was quite exhausting, so he took a good bath and joined everyone for a banquet. Then he went to consolidate his Foundation Establishment circle, talked about the world with a few friends, made some minor trades...

By the time everything was handled, half a month had passed.

Fang Xi returned to his quiet chamber and continued to seclude himself to contemplate the gains from this battle:

"The ’Green Wood Longevity Skills’ really aren’t good for fighting. I feel like if I only used Spiritual Instruments now, I’d be at the level of an average early Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"Fortunately, the main goal of cultivating techniques is not to be good at fighting, but to advance magic power steadily and securely... That’s enough..."

This battle had given Fang Xi an understanding of his own strength. Based on eight second-tier Puppets and combined with body refining, he could almost dominate among those at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Even if it’s a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator, like Ye Sanren, he might be able to take them down, but he didn’t wish to get to the point where his Puppets would collapse, so he chose to flee... The opponent could only watch helplessly.

As for the late Foundation Establishment and even full Foundation Establishment stage, Fang Xi felt he should still be cautious.

"Also, my Divine Consciousness is powerful, with the help of the ’Treasures of All Heavens,’ I can keep making it stronger. This major advantage should not only be used in puppet skill but also fully utilized in actual combat..."

"Just so, this ’Five Extremities Primordial Demon Skill’ includes the Secret Skill ’Primordial Demon Stab,’ which I should cultivate..."

Although the Primordial Demon Stab Secret Skill contains the word ’demon,’ it’s actually based entirely on the use of Divine Consciousness and does not involve the nature of magic power.

As for other Secret Skills in the demon skills, they mostly require demon magic power as a foundation, which Fang Xi just glanced over and counted as learning.

At most, it would make him better understand demon cultivators, allowing for more ease in handling them in the future.

These days, Fang Xi had been pondering over the ’Primordial Demon Stab’ Secret Skill.

Recently, he had grown so confident that he could execute each step flawlessly, without mistakes.

At this moment, he closed his eyes slightly and looked inward at his Sea of Consciousness.

In the vast Sea of Consciousness...

Fang Xi’s Foundation Establishment level Divine Consciousness painted various symbols with some mysterious rhythm.

Then... with the consumption of a massive amount of Power of Divine Consciousness, a small black spike gradually formed within his Sea of Consciousness.

With this skill of Divine Consciousness, Fang Xi could only do it step by step, then refine the ’Primordial Demon Stab’ and release it when facing an enemy.

As for why such movements of Divine Consciousness could condense a spike, or what the drawn runes were for, that was completely beyond him.

If he understood all these principles clearly, he would be on par with the original creator of the demon path Grandmaster in understanding of the Primordial Demon Stab. He might even be able to write a book on cultivating Divine Consciousness—of course, that was impossible.

In fact, Fang Xi was only at the stage of knowing what happened without knowing why it happened.

Only when his realm and experience increased in the future might there be a change in this situation.

After three days and three nights, Fang Xi looked at the three black spikes in his Sea of Consciousness and murmured to himself, "With my current Power of Divine Consciousness, is nurturing three ’Primordial Demon Stabs’ at the same time the limit?"

The Primordial Demon Stabs, stored in the Sea of Consciousness and replenished by the Power of Divine Consciousness every day, do not worry about reduced power.

But, without consuming them, there is currently no way to replenish them.

"Perhaps... It’s time to find some pills that enhance Divine Consciousness..."

Fang Xi massaged his temples, easing the fatigue brought on by the intense consumption of Divine Consciousness.

Once he recovered a bit, he started practicing ’Thousand Thread Puppet Controlling Skills’ again!

As he only had two thoughts for diversion, he currently only had two main battle Puppets.

If he could break through to the second layer, having four main battle Puppets, Fang Xi wouldn’t have had to avoid the battle with Ye Sanren this time. Instead, he could even try to lightly injure and capture this person!

...

Fragment World.

Outside the Black Mountain Tribe, Ba Ji roared, his battle marks on his body twirling, and suddenly opened his mouth.

Boom!

A ball of flame flew out and hit a huge, long-haired monster.

The monster was immediately blasted far away, severely injured and dying, finished off with a supplemental blow by Ba Ji.

"Huff, huff... The ’fire’ battle mark really has great power!"

Ba Ji looked at this scene and couldn’t help but show a pleased expression, dragging the huge prey back to the Black Mountain Tribe.

Along the way, the ordinary mortals respectfully made way and looked at him with envy.

"Is this the feeling of being a ’shaman’?"

Ba Ji mumbled to himself in his heart, placed the prey properly, then rushed to the Big Shaman’s Dongfu, "Damn... I’m almost late for the class..."

By the time Ba Ji arrived, many young men and women had almost filled the seats and cast dissatisfied glances his way.

Ba Ji didn’t dare to say much and quickly sat down at the edge.

Before long, the Big Shaman, bent over, slowly came over.

"Big Shaman!"

The group of youngsters quickly paid their respects.

"Hmm... you have all chosen a battle mark and have become shamans capable of casting ’shamanic spells’!"

The Big Shaman’s cloudy eyes swept over everyone, showing a hint of satisfaction, "Your practice from now on, first, is to keep absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy with your Spirit Apertures, and second, is to find more ’battle marks’ to form new battle marks..."

"And the battle marks you choose at the beginning will largely determine the paths you will take in the future..."