Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 300 - 298: Investigation (Additional Update 4)_1

Chapter 300: Chapter 298: Investigation (Additional Update 4)_1

Bodhi Holy Land.

The woman in white looked somewhat pale, clearly because continuously infusing magic power into the command token was quite draining.

Fortunately, her efforts finally paid off.

After several rounds of rotation, a Bodhi Seed, completely green and with nine eyes, fell from the gap in the prohibition, and the woman caught it steadily with a hand as white as jade.

"Nine-Eyed Bodhi Seed... The top treasure for enlightenment!"

The light in the eyes of the woman in white shone slightly, and then dimmed, "It’s a pity... this is something Aunt Waner is determined to have."

With a sigh, she sealed the Bodhi Seed inside a jade box.

Then, with a flash of white, she left the Bodhi Holy Land.

Outside, in the city, various members of the Shaman Race had already suffered heavy casualties due to the earlier ’possession by demons,’ and the few survivors were walking amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, their eyes dull, like walking corpses.

"Good... This place is perfect for my refinement!"

A sickly smile appeared on the woman in white’s face, and the snowflake mark between her brows shone brightly.

The next instant!

A crisp crack sound was heard!

In front of the woman in white, a flash of green Sword Qi burst forth!

A figure suddenly appeared from an ordinary tree by the road, wielding a green long sword, slashing towards her!

"Wood Escape Skill?"

On the woman in white’s forehead, the snowflake pattern cracked audibly, losing a corner.

Her eyes were clear, clearly not at all affected by the Primordial Demon Stab exerted by Fang Xi with his Divine Consciousness, which surpassed that of a typical Core Formation mid-stage cultivator.

Whoosh!

The Sword Qi struck the woman but only hit a lifelike ice sculpture.

Not far away, with a flash of white light, the figure of the woman reappeared, touching her forehead, "Divine Consciousness Secret Skill? Core Formation mid-stage? You don’t have the seven emotions and six desires..."

"Sir jests, right now... I really want you dead," Fang Xi replied with a smile while holding the Green Barley Sword.

He had rushed to this city and sensed that someone had beaten him to the Bodhi Holy Land. However, before leaving, naturally following the old rule, he approached using the Wood Escape Skill, shocked the Sea of Consciousness with the Primordial Demon Stab, and then burst forth with a surprise attack!

The Demon Sect disciples he had encountered often had no power to fight back when faced with this tactic and were slaughtered.

After all, he was at the Core Formation mid-stage realm, and his personal strength was definitely not weak among the Core Formation mid-stage cultivators.

The fact that he only got the upper hand by seventy to eighty percent had already convinced Fang Xi that the quality of these Demon Sect disciples was very strong.

Moreover, before assassination, he would often use the Kuyong Skills to conceal his own aura.

This Kuyong Skills was a top-level cultivation technique. When fully concealed, one’s heart was like dry wood, with no ripples, and even the fluctuation of thoughts was almost imperceptible.

In Fang Xi’s opinion, this Secret Skill was very much suited to assassination.

Indeed, it was so.

Even though the female cultivator possessed a keen ability to sense killing intent, she seemed to be subtly restricted by his technique.

If it wasn’t for the Sacrificial Refining of a substitute Secret Skill, she likely would have been at a great disadvantage from that single strike!

"Things are indeed changing within the Secret Realm... Are you from Danya? Or from another Sect who broke through and smuggled into this place?"

The woman in white formed a seal with her hands without expression, and a snow-white shield floated up, with cold winds blowing around her, protected by a layer of snowflakes.

"It seems... you weren’t affected at all by my Primordial Demon Stab earlier either, truly different from ordinary disciples..." Fang Xi replied leisurely.

Suddenly, an expressionless figure with nine dragons coiling around it appeared behind him—Puppets You Kun!

This Puppet pointed a finger without expression, and six Fire Dragons sprang out, entangling with a shadow that had suddenly appeared. This shadow had a pale grey face with sharp claws and teeth; it had seemed almost invisible like a chameleon, lurking, attempting to launch a sneak attack on Fang Xi.

Fortunately, Fang Xi’s powerful Divine Consciousness always enveloped tens of miles around, and when he noticed something unusual, he released the Puppet.

"Sir, your Devil Corpse is really well refined, first opening your mouth to attract my attention... and then letting this Core Formation Devil Corpse attack me secretly... Not bad, you have plenty of combat experience," Fang Xi said with a cold smile, repeatedly flicking his fingers, sending out several Yi Wood Spirit Swords.

Seeing this, the woman in white could only bite her silver teeth and spit out a spike, made as if of ice crystals, to clash with the numerous Yi Wood Spirit Swords, all the while secretly lamenting.

The enemy’s magic power and Divine Consciousness surpassed hers by far. Even though she had used an External Pill to barely raise her magic power to Core Formation early stage, she was still far inferior.

Moreover, she possessed an ordinary Ice Spirit Root and had cultivated a rare top-notch Heart Demon technique. It could provoke the cultivator’s seven emotions and six desires. Any enemy who fought against her would often be caught unawares and fall into various illusions of Heart Demons, killing them unseen.

She had not expected that this Core Formation cultivator before her to be so odd, with a mind like deadwood and undisturbed like an ancient well, completely unable to be provoked.

"What cultivation technique has this person been practicing? Definitely a major enemy of mine... Why have I never heard of such a technique before?"

The woman in white struggled to hold on, feeling truly frustrated in her heart.

She had no idea that the ’Kuyong Skills’ she faced were not only a top-tier cultivation technique but also included a transcendent god Chapter, which in terms of grade and potential, was on par with the Demon Skills she practiced.

Otherwise, even if she encountered a Righteous Path Cultivator practicing Heart-Purifying and Spirit-Condensing Techniques, with her Demon Skills, she might have led them astray without them noticing.

"Time to go!"

The more the woman in white fought, the more frightened she became, and she suddenly issued a long cry like that of a phoenix.

The Demon Sect-refined corpse, as if obeying some command, ignored the nine Fire Dragons coiling and burning on its body and lunged forward to seize Fang Xi’s back heart.

Fang Xi frowned slightly as the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield’s radiance swirled, blocking that claw.

"This Devil Corpse... is rather odd... It seems to fear not even the True Fire of Yang attribute."

At the same time, the woman in white summoned a white talisman treasure.

The talisman treasure detonated immediately, transforming into a crystal-clear ice phoenix carved from cold ice that entangled with the flying swords, while she forced out a bead of her blood, preparing to use the Blood Escape Skills to flee.

Whoosh!

A blood-colored rainbow tore through the sky and then reappeared somewhere else.

The blood red faded, revealing the woman in white’s form, her face extremely unsightly, "An array? When was it set up?"

"I’ve had too many of your fellows escape before; there’s always room for improvement."

"Sir, how do you find my Yi Wood Divine Light Formation? This formation is but a third-tier incomplete one, and temporary as well... but it still possesses some banning power..."

Fang Xi smiled faintly.

Having had too many Demon Sect disciples escape, he’d naturally accumulated some experience in dealing with them.

At that moment, with just a slight point of his finger, streaks of cyan Yi Wood Divine Light soared into the sky, transforming into pillars of light.

The Great Array rumbled into action, with Yi Wood Divine Thunder and Yi Wood True Fire emerging.

His Core Formation mid-stage Magic Power surged forth, operating the array, then with a point of his finger.

The ’Life-Death Seal’ materialized above the woman in white and crashed down with a roar!

Seeing this, despair filled the woman in white’s eyes.

She was merely at Foundation Establishment... what had she done to deserve such targeted aggression?

...

Primitive Devil Door.

At the edge of a stone platform.

Accompanied by a crisp shattering sound.

Two figures seated cross-legged suddenly opened their eyes at the same time.

"Another one’s dead... Have the disciples entering the Black Witch Secret Realm been dying a bit too swiftly and in too great numbers?"

The handsome man furrowed his brow.

Meanwhile, Aunt Waner’s face changed dramatically as she took out a string of prayer beads.

The string was blood-red throughout, most of the beads glinting with light, with faintly visible names within them.

But now, quite a number of them had lost their luster, showing cracks.

When Waner saw that one of the beads engraved with the character ’Bai’ had also dimly begun to crack, a shocking surge of Evil Qi erupted from her, "Something’s happened to niece Bai!"

"What? That girl inherited your lineage of Demon Skills and has the ’Six Desires Mixed Sky Demon’ by her side, who could have killed her?"

The handsome man’s face showed a trace of shock, "It seems there really is trouble within the secret realm. If too many disciples are harmed, it will affect our evaluations..."

Waner’s expression turned as cold as frost, "Trouble in the secret realm has happened before. If it’s not the enemy sects sending Cultivators to break through and sneak in, then among the Witch Kings, someone talented emerges, dominates the realm, uses iron-handed methods to nurture hundreds of Witch Kings, and then collectively they move out to hunt and kill disciples of the Holy Sect..."

"Hmm, the last time this happened was during the Witch Emperor’s Rebellion 1,800 years ago, right? I remember, although the Holy Sect’s disciples suffered heavy losses then, the Golden Core officers in charge took the opportunity to sacrificially refine hundreds of Golden Core devil heads into a powerful Magic Treasure. In the end, not only did they successfully condense a Nascent Soul, but they also made a resounding name for themselves in the Nascent Soul ranks."

The handsome man laughed softly, suddenly flashed, and reappeared holding the Ten Thousand Souls Banner atop the stone platform, with a silver Higher Realm Talisman materializing in his hand, "The deaths of the disciples are finally sufficient. According to the rules... now that there is trouble in the secret realm, it is my duty as guardian to investigate with this ’Higher Realm Talisman’!"

"Aunt Waner wants to go too. How about brother grants me this chance?" Aunt Waner suddenly smiled coyly and beseechingly, "Waner is also afraid for you, brother. What if a Righteous Path Nascent Soul old monster has sneaked over?"

"Hmph! If there’s a Nascent Soul old monster sneaking into the Black Witch Secret Realm, the prohibitions will surely detect it, and the elders of our School would have been unable to sit still long ago..."

The handsome man smiled slightly and activated the ’Higher Realm Talisman’ in his hand, proudly declared, "Moreover... with my current Cultivation and treasures, even if I encounter a Nascent Soul old monster, I could at least save my life... Sister should take good care of this ’Heaven-reaching Platform’ for me, haha..."

Amid the laughter, the handsome man was wrapped in Silver Light and vanished in an instant.

"Hmph... It’s not that he’s hoping more disciples would die, just so he has an excuse to enter the secret realm and plunder again. After we reach Core Formation, the opportunities to enter such secret realms are stripped from us, and only under a few specific circumstances can we... But what a pity... Waner’s Cultivation technique is quite sensitive, and just now, when I thought about going to the secret realm, I too felt a palpitating sense of dread..."

Waner fiddled with the green thread at her fingertips, but a faint smile with a hint of anticipation suddenly appeared on her face.