Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 292 - 291: Ten Years (Congratulating the Silver Alliance)_1

Chapter 292: Chapter 291: Ten Years (Congratulating the Silver Alliance)_1

Nourishing Origin Cave.

"Alas, with Patriarch Lu’s soul returning to the Void, leaving our Sect behind... every disciple of our Sect is stricken with grief..."

...

Fang Xi watched the Sect Leader Wei Xuan deliver a long speech before him, his emotions were also quite complex.

’Even though I had anticipated this... But why is there no ripple in my heart, and why do I even feel like laughing?’

’Strictly speaking, this is the third Golden Core from these three countries I’ve bid farewell to... Old Jiang, Master Bai Feng, and now Patriarch Lu Qing... Well, that good-for-nothing External Pill from Yiling Valley doesn’t count as a Golden Core... still a Foundation Establishment baby.’

’Living long means seeing much, the era of the previous generation’s Golden Core ancestors has ended...’

’With the death of Lu Qing, there’s no one left in Green Wood Sect who can stand against me...’

His inner drama was rich, but on the surface, he adhered strictly to the ritual, following Zheng Tie and the others in completing the funeral rites, and fully seeing off Lu Qing.

In the end, it was Wei Xuan who concluded definitively,

"Patriarch Lu guarded our Sect, earning many battle honors for the Green Wood Sect, vanquishing powerful foes... and finally, a year ago, for the Green Wood Sect and Yiling Valley, he signed a peace treaty, forcing Old Yan to swear an oath never to invade Green Wood Sect again during his lifetime!"

This man’s cultivation had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, and his voice carried far and wide.

"What?"

"A ceasefire has been signed?"

"That’s great!"

Fang Xi suddenly felt the morale, which had originally sunk with Patriarch Lu’s passing, instantly lifted!

’So the Green Wood Sect... actually kept this from me... Well, who can blame them since I’m an outsider?’

’Releasing this news now, making it known to the whole Sect and Wood Kingdom, is to stabilize the people’s minds, right?’

’It seems... I’m truly not the protagonist... Those protagonists in novels always carry a disaster aura, wherever they go it spells trouble, if not a calamity then it starts a war... commonly known as bringing death wherever they tread...’

’How come when I came to Green Wood Sect, it brought peace?’

Fang Xi reflected inwardly, while showing a surprised and delighted expression. When he lifted his head, he saw Zheng Tie’s eyes filled with encouragement and affirmation.

Immortal Cultivators do not fuss over cumbersome formalities. After all the Foundation Establishment disciples offered their respects to Patriarch Lu’s spiritual tablet, they dispersed.

At this moment, a streak of black light approached, and the Cultivator within it revealed himself to be ’Tie Jiu’.

"Mr. Cao... how is your cultivation progressing?"

Tie Jiu tried to force a smile, but even the scar on his face seemed somewhat stiff.

"With the power of a rank three Spiritual Vein Dongfu, quite well..."

Fang Xi smiled, exchanging a few words with Tie Jiu.

After Tie Jiu left, looking at his retreating figure, Fang Xi was pensive: "This man must also sense that something is not right, being hit by reality, looking for allies..."

He didn’t blame the Sect’s upper echelons for treating him differently; after all, it was all irrelevant to him.

As a working man with a dogged spirit, as long as the Spiritual Vein Dongfu was sufficient, the rest could be ignored.

Thinking this, Fang Xi returned to Zheng Tie’s Dongfu to gather more information.

After all, with such a significant event happening, returning to seclude himself would’ve seemed quite abnormal.

"My dear nephew... I also only just learned of this."

Zheng Tie arrived later and sighed upon seeing Fang Xi.

"Regardless, this is ultimately a good thing... I was really afraid that when Patriarch Lu passed, Yiling Valley would come knocking."

Fang Xi showed a look of relief: "By then, it would’ve been a massacre. If I were still an Individual Cultivator, I might have died even faster..."

"You have foresight, my dear nephew..." Zheng Tie nodded approvingly, "Joining our Sect during these uncertain times shows loyalty, very different from those who came later. The Sect Leader has ordered that we treat you just like the core Foundation Establishment disciples, absolutely no discrimination!"

"Thank you, Zheng..."

Fang Xi expressed his gratitude immediately, then inquired about other news, such as the situation with the Mysterious Heaven Sect.

"Just as you suspected, Mysterious Heaven Sect also signed the alliance. Now, the Cultivation World of the three countries has truly achieved peace..."

Zheng Tie was quite emotional.

After all, he had no desire to encounter a great war in the Cultivation World.

"Patriarch Lu’s merits are boundless... Remembering the time when Tie Jiu and I met the Patriarch, his voice and smile still linger... but now he’s gone..."

Fang Xi lamented, but in his heart, he thought:

’With the Cultivation World of the three countries returning to peace... if I stayed at Thousand Island Lake, it would’ve been quite awkward...’

’Wait... I’ve already left? Then there’s nothing to worry about...’

...

"Sigh, with Patriarch Lu’s passing... even without foreign enemies, the future of Green Wood Country won’t be peaceful..."

Zheng Tie was deeply concerned.

Although the Green Wood Sect now possessed a rank three Spiritual Vein and Arrays, and whether in terms of power or numbers they were the first in Wood Kingdom, he still didn’t feel the slightest bit of reassurance.

Without a Core Formation Cultivator, there’s no foundation to rely on!

Even though Patriarch Lu Qing had arranged everything before his death, the more intricate the arrangements and plans, the more likely they were to reveal flaws and lead to a chain collapse!

He turned to Fang Xi, admonishing, "The Sect gives seven years to the newly entered Foundation Establishment disciples. After seven years, you’d do well to follow General Affairs Hall Elder Qian’s ways... Although we Cultivators speak of pursuing a Long Life of freedom, when necessary, we cannot neglect the means to protect our paths. The spells and Spiritual Instruments of the Foundation Establishment period mustn’t fall behind..."

"Don’t worry, I know."

Fang Xi revealed a bright smile...

...

Seven years later.

Inside the Emerald Bamboo Forest Cave Mansion.

A figure flashed, and Fang Xi’s form appeared out of nowhere. He touched the Storage Ring on his hand, a hint of a smile on his face.

He had once again taken the time to visit a Fragment World, incarnating as the mysterious Witch King and obtaining numerous resources.