Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 303 - 301: Mountain and Sea (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1

Chapter 303: Chapter 301: Mountain and Sea (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1

Resented Spirit Trace!

Fang Xi learned from the fragments of the Saint’s memory that this was a magic spell specially cast into disciples by the major sects of the Demon Path.

Its effect was to entwine the murderer with a secret mark after the disciple’s death.

This mark, although difficult to be detected even by Nascent Soul’s Divine Consciousness, was very clear in the eyes of some high-ranking individuals of the Demon Path.

Previously, the Saint had also used ’Resented Spirit Trace’ to directly find Fang Xi.

"Unfortunately... within this person’s fragmented memory, there is only the introduction of Resented Spirit Trace but no method to remove it... Most likely, he himself did not know either."

"This time, I’ve deeply offended the Primitive Demon Door, and I can no longer go to the Fragment World."

"Fortunately, the harvest is substantial enough."

Fang Xi muttered to himself.

"I wonder what happened to Danya afterward?"

"Unfortunately, everything about that world has nothing to do with me anymore."

He murmured to himself, hurriedly dealt with the spoils of war, and immediately went to sleep.

Three days later.

Fang Xi finally got up, feeling full of vitality, and the previous fatigue was swept away.

He thought for a moment, recited a magic spell, and a water mirror floated up in front of him.

In the mirror, he still looked young and handsome, but he, with powerful Divine Consciousness, found a strand of white hair amidst his shiny black hair!

"As expected, losing nearly a thousand years of life span at once, was it too taxing on the body?"

"Had I not possessed the Yi Wood Physique, I’m afraid my appearance would have aged somewhat."

Fang Xi casually plucked the white hair and burned it, then silently operated the Profound Art, producing another strand of shiny black hair, and then nodded in satisfaction.

...

After dealing with these matters, Fang Xi began to take stock of the spoils of war.

Inside the sealed chamber, Fang Xi looked at the corpse of the Demon Cultivator and Storage Bags in front of him, and couldn’t help but take a deep breath: "What a huge harvest... Such a bounty, even Nascent Soul old freaks would be tempted to rob me, wouldn’t they?"

First, he inspected the body of the handsome Saint.

Although the corpse now looked like a white-haired old man, Fang Xi could still feel a sense of toughness and power from the other’s skin and bones!

"This person might have cultivated the Body Refining Technique to a stage comparable to the late stages of Core Formation... even more formidable than that Demon Cultivator of the seventh layer of body refining."

"To use this person to refine a ’Mysterious Fire Zombie’, it actually gives me the feeling of wasting such a precious corpse..."

Fang Xi shook his head and began looting the corpse.

Because of the soul searching, it was possible to avoid some malicious prohibitions and traps.

There wasn’t much else on this corpse, apart from a third-grade magic-weapon-level robe, there was only a fist-sized, azure-blue pearl.

"Found it... the Mountain Sea Pearl!"

Fang Xi looked at the ’Mountain Sea Pearl’ in his hand, which was azure-blue, and seemed to have some mist inside it.

Through the mist, one could see the silhouette of a tiny island.

"Mountain Sea Pearl... a ’Treasure of the Void’ created by a Talisman Forging Grandmaster of Minghuan World, who spent a hundred years of effort, has its own space inside, and can even accommodate cultivators; it is a mobile cave house... This object is this Saint’s Storage Bag."

"This person had a cold nature, and did not arrange for Demon Servants or Demon Assistants inside, only a four-legged snake... It should be dead by now, sparing me a lot of trouble."

After some thought, Fang Xi held the ’Mountain Sea Pearl’ and began to continuously pour in the power of the ’Kuyong Skills’.

The Treasure of the Void inside naturally bore the power imprint of the Saint, very strong.

It took Fang Xi three days and three nights of Sacrificial Refining to finally disperse the Saint’s power imprint and imprint his own power mark inside the pearl.

"Open!"

He formed hand seals, and a magic spell entered the Mountain Sea Pearl.

The Mountain Sea Pearl hovered in mid-air, with silver Spirit Marks emerging around it, alternating and flickering, and then with a roar, a blue light gate opened, with silver vortices slowly rotating inside.

Fang Xi’s eyes flashed purple as he tilted his head in thought, then suddenly slapped his Spirit Beast Bag.

The Azure Horn Fish Dragon Daqing flew out, looking at the blue light gate with a bewildered expression in its fish eyes.

"I remember telling you that if you haven’t advanced to the second tier and top-grade by the time I reach the middle stage of Core Formation, I’ll just kill you and eat your flesh, right?"

Fang Xi stroked his chin and chuckled coldly several times, "Now you’re lucky, as long as you can achieve meritorious service for me, I might still consider lending you a hand... Go!"

He kicked with a swift motion, sending the Azure Horn Fish Dragon into the blue light gate.

A moment later, Daqing’s head emerged from the light gate.

"Good... It seems there’s no danger to living creatures."

Fang Xi nodded and stepped into the blue light gate.

The light gate disappeared without the support of his power, leaving only a Mountain Sea Pearl, slowly falling to the ground.

...

Fang Xi looked up, seeing only a foggy gray haze.

As far as he could see, he was in a space of only a few miles in radius, and he could scan it with his Divine Consciousness in one sweep.

The ground beneath him was made of dark rock, and every few steps, there was a shining pearl providing light, serving as the light source in the space.

And at the center of the space sat a bright and colorful cave dwelling, looking as if it were built from a pile of five-colored stones!

The Azure horn Fish Dragon circled in mid-air, seemingly curious about this space as well.

Fang Xi, with his hands clasped behind his back, approached the bright and colorful dwelling.

Two large doors were glowing with the light of a semi-transparent prohibition flickering on their surface.

"Not any formidable array, just a common prohibition..."

Fang Xi pondered for a bit, then covered his palm with a layer of cyan magic power and pressed it against the doors.

Moments later, the prohibition disappeared, and the doors swung open with a resounding boom.

On the floor, white jade tiles were laid out, and at the corners stood man-high corals of various colors.

This was unmistakably a cave dwelling, and it seemed to be fully equipped with all sorts of facilities.

Moreover, the void was filled with spiritual energy!

Even though it wasn’t much, it was still about the middle to high rank of the second tier.

"Inside the ’Treasure of Void’, there is actually not a trace of spiritual energy... but after this Saint obtained the treasure, he paid a huge price to move a ’Spirit Eye Spring’ into it, creating a small second-tier spiritual vein."

Fang Xi arrived at the center of the dwelling and saw a pool with water bursting from the spring eye, which then circulated throughout the entire dwelling via a waterway.

In the midst of the spring were several lotus leaves and flowers emitting tricolored radiance, looking very extraordinary.

"Third-tier spiritual flowers? They seem to be ornamental plants planted on a whim?"

"The core array disk should be deep within the Spirit Spring, it is also the central hub of the entire spiritual vein array..."

Purplish lights flickered in Fang Xi’s eyes, but he had no intention of destroying this spiritual vein array.

After all, this movable dwelling was incredibly convenient!

"Even... if I can resolve the issue of the spiritual vein’s tier... I could even carry the Ancestral Demon Tree with me... cough cough... I have lost quite a bit of my longevity recently, maybe I should consider planting a sapling first to replenish?"

He also checked the Refining Chamber, the Alchemy room, and the Cultivation Quiet Room.

Not long after walking, he arrived at the edge of the Spiritual Medicine Garden, next to the beast pens.

There, a third-tier ’Demon Blood Flood Dragon’ was held, its horned head and black-red scales gleaming fiercely, seemingly having reached a mid-ranking level within the third tier.

Even though it was dead, it still emitted an aura of ferocity, making Daqing reluctant to approach it.

"Coward... Even the corpse of a spiritual pet scares you like this."

Fang Xi chuckled disdainfully, yet he involuntarily took in a sharp breath, "Fortunately, the Saint had embedded numerous vicious prohibitions within this Demon Blood Flood Dragon’s body. Upon his death, the spiritual pet naturally dissipated along with its soul... Otherwise, subduing this young dragon would have required quite an effort from me."

He then looked at Daqing disapprovingly and moved forward to kick him lightly, "You’re in luck, getting a little bit of this ’Demon Blood Flood Dragon’s’ essence blood should have no problem helping you break through to the upper tier of the second stage."

"Even in the future, if you can fully consume and refine this dragon’s essence blood and Demon Pill... you might even truly transform into a dragon, ascending to the third tier as a Monster King."

Fang Xi ignored Daqing and headed to the dwelling’s storage room to take inventory of the Saint’s belongings.

"Three hundred and twenty-seven top-grade Spirit Stones, a large amount of magic treasure materials, medicinals, talismans, and some rare spiritual medicines in the garden... These are actually the minor assets!"

"This ’Mountain Sea Pearl’ along with the other magic treasures outside are the real jackpot!"

He finally arrived at the study, disabling the prohibitions there.

The study was arranged in an antique and elegant fashion, and from a purple incense burner rose a peculiar fragrance.

"Demon Breath Incense... This scent is naturally very suitable for Demon Cultivators, but for cultivators who have not practiced Demon Skills, it may subtly cause an infestation of Heart Demons, leading to Deviation. Quite a little trap..."

With a sweep of his sleeve, the Yi Wood Divine Light shot out and promptly extinguished the incense within the burner.

Approaching a bookshelf, he saw many jade slips and booklets, and couldn’t help but show a joyful expression.

"The Demon Skills and Secret Skills practiced by the Saint naturally have prohibitions, but these casually collected cultivation techniques, geographical maps, catalogues of spiritual objects, and even the legacy of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation are not under the restrictions of the Primitive Devil Sect..."

"After organizing them in the future, my foundation in cultivation must become incomparably formidable, on par with the core disciples of the Transcendent God Sects!"

"Pity this wild and untamed Individual Cultivator, my foundation has finally eclipsed that of many Golden Cores in the Nascent Soul Sects..."

He sat down slowly at the desk.

On the desk, the limited writing utensils were all gleaming with spiritual light.

"Purple Brush Pen... crafted from the hairs of a third-tier Monster Wolf, perfect for a third-tier talisman brush without the slightest issue..."

Fang Xi picked up a purple talisman brush, staring at the tiny inscribed talismans, and became a little entranced, "My victory over the Saint was indeed a stroke of extreme luck..."

"This man... truly is my lucky star, not only offering magic treasures, secret books, and even the dwelling... but in the end, he even gave me his own corpse."

He sighed slightly, then suddenly pressed a secret mechanism underneath the desk.

A compartment split open on one side of the desk, revealing a drawer.

Upon opening it, inside was only a single jade slip.

This was a mundane mechanism, devoid of any malicious prohibitions.

Fang Xi smiled faintly, picked up the jade slip, and when his Divine Consciousness entered it, he saw a very exquisite Corpse Refining Skill!

"The method for refining a ’Six Desires Sky Demon Corpse’... It’s a pity that it’s incomplete, containing only the latter half, which deals with how to merge the Divine Soul and the Devil Corpse."

"It seems that the Saint had a formidable enemy who was refining this kind of Devil Corpse, and thus secretly violated the Sect’s rules to get part of the method for refining this Devil Corpse in order to deduce a way to counter it."

When Fang Xi found this piece of information in the fragments of the Saint’s memory, he was overjoyed.

Although the method was only a half, if combined with the Corpse Control Spell he practiced, which contained methods for splitting the Divine Soul, it seemed he might barely be able to piece together a method for creating an ’Externalization’.

Even if it’s a bargain-version...