Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 348 - 346: Taibai (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

Chapter 348: Chapter 346: Taibai (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

A streak of white light shot out from the Profound Ice Palace, carrying an extreme chill; it was none other than Feng Bingxian.

With a concentrated gaze, she looked at the layers of Ghost Clouds not far away, a look of utter shock surfacing on her face.

At this moment, within the entire Profound Ice Palace, only she, who had infused an External Pill, dared to step out and observe the battle.

After a short while.

The countless ghost mists dissipated, absorbed by a White Bone Banner as if a giant whale sucking in water, revealing a clear sky that stretched for thousands of miles.

Fang Xi, incarnated as ’Yun Jiezi,’ stood with his hands behind his back, holding the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, seemingly lost in thought.

"Supreme Elder... what was that just now?"

Feng Bingxian, after all, was not a Core Formation cultivator and lacked keen senses; she could only tell that a major Core Formation battle was occurring, but had no clue regarding the identities of the newcomers or any follow-up details.

"Two Core Formation cultivators came, but I dismissed them with a wave of my hand..."

Fang Xi waved his hand, his expression turning serious, "However, this matter is a bit troublesome... I plan to go out and lay low for a while. If anyone asks you about it, just tell them the truth, understand?"

Without waiting for Feng Bingxian’s response, Fang Xi had already descended into the Little Cold Cave, collecting his possessions into the Mountain Sea Pearl one by one.

After hurriedly bestowing some items to the attending maids like Jiang Ling who had come in a rush, he transformed into a pitch-black Demon Light and shot towards the heavens, vanishing into the distance...

The dark light flashed a few times in the sky before disappearing completely, leaving the female cultivators of Profound Ice Palace exchanging bewildered glances.

...

After flying southward for some time, Fang Xi extended his right hand and tore at his face.

A human skin mask was instantly peeled off.

With a light chuckle, his body surrounded by the Yi Wood Divine Light, he transformed into a verdant green Escape Light, made a large detour, and flew towards the north.

While flying, he fondled the Storage Ring on his hand.

"These Nascent Soul seeds from the Void Sect are far less plump than the Saint..."

"More importantly, soul-searching didn’t yield any good news."

Thinking back to the information he had collected after taking down Wei Yingfan, Fang Xi’s expression suddenly turned rather solemn.

"Master Qingyang lied before... Although the Void Sect does possess ancient Demon Sect scriptures that indeed mention the Resented Spirit Trace and its identification methods, there’s no curse-lifting method among them. That old rascal actually dared to deceive me..."

"No, it seems I never really exerted much effort for the Heaven Alliance... I’ve even sheared them of quite a bit, so I can’t say I’m at a loss..."

"On the other hand, the memories related to the Void Sect’s cultivation techniques and Divine Skills have also been sealed by Divine Thought restrictions..."

"The things I managed to get are not many..."

The magical artifacts on this Void Sect Nascent Soul seed were all but useless; the Void Tower was almost half-destroyed, with only the nine life-bound Flying Swords worth a look.

Even though a cultivator’s life-bound magical artifact could be refined after their death, it could never be sacrificially refined to the point of perfect unity of mind and power, to unleash its full potential.

Fang Xi reckoned he might use them temporarily, though even their power might not match that of the ’Poisonous Dragon Claw’!

"However, this item... it’s rather interesting."

He held Wei Yingfan’s storage bracelet in his hand, his magic power surged into it, and he refined it with ease.

Upon entering it with his Divine Consciousness, Fang Xi skipped past the Spirit Stones and other spiritual objects, immediately materializing several jade slips in his hand.

"There are formulas for two entirely new types of jade talismans, quite exceptional indeed..."

"Besides that, there’s this."

Fang Xi toyed with a pitch-black jade slip in his hand, his face showing a contemplative expression.

This black jade slip was also from that ancient Demon Sect, which possessed the secret skill ’Resented Spirit Trace.’

According to Wei Yingfan’s memories, this should be one of the war trophies obtained after the Void Sect annihilated the said Demon Sect when it was in decline.

Unfortunately, after such a long time, the Void Sect too had weakened, with demon paths on the rise and orthodox paths declining in the Jiang Country.

"The Resented Spirit Trace... not only is it this secret skill of the Demon Path, but even some fundamental Demon spells, which disciples of the Demon Path in the Fragment World frequently used, are very similar to those in the South Wilderness..."

"Judging thus, these two worlds indeed both belong to the Earth Immortal Realm and might have even received teachings from great powers of the Upper Realm... It’s quite normal then, for many of their cultivation techniques, secret skills, spirit medicines, and item names to be completely identical or similar."

After pondering for a while, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness entered the black jade slip again.

An extremely exquisite magic spell immediately appeared before him, but unfortunately, it was an incomplete version.

Amongst the many blank spaces, there were annotations made by Wei Yingfan.

It was apparent that this Nascent Soul seed from the Void Sect had indeed invested a lot of effort into this item.

Based on the other’s memories, Fang Xi understood that the reason Wei Yingfan, despite being nearly two hundred years old and only at the peak of mid-Core Formation, did not live up to the potential of his Heaven Grade Spiritual Root, aside from encountering the bottleneck of late Core Formation, also had much to do with the vast amount of time and energy he devoted to this incomplete technique.

"Taibai Sword Tactic?"

Muttering to himself, Fang Xi stated the name of the cultivation technique.

This particular technique was none other than a foundational method for ancient sword cultivators!

Once mastered, it might be possible to manifest the might of the ancient sword cultivators’ ’One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws’!

And why was it recorded on a jade slip enveloped in Demon Qi?

"This ’Taibai Sword Tactic’ has had a bumpy life, not only being the Void Sect’s war trophy after conquering the ancient Demon Sect... It’s also likely something the Demon Sect looted previously... and when the time of their annihilation came, the Demon Sect elders destroyed many scriptures, hence the many gaps..."

"Unfortunately... I don’t have a Golden Spirit Root, nor am I a sword cultivator."

"This Taibai Sword Tactic is utterly useless to me..."

"Even though this person had already partially restored the incomplete parts and had ideas for the rest... If I use the Nine-Eyed Bodhi to comprehend and deduce, maybe I could indeed revive the glory of the ancient sword cultivators..."

With a grimace, Fang Xi put away the jade slip directly.

Ancient sword cultivators emphasise a resolute heart and an unstoppable advance.

Although their combat prowess is overpowering, this style really doesn’t match Fang Xi...

Otherwise, Fang Xi wouldn’t mind showing off his sword skills a bit.

After all, there is a way to solve the problem of his inadequate spiritual root through soul possession.

He himself hasn’t reached the Nascent Soul and therefore can’t perform Nascent Soul out-of-body possession, but his externalization has refined the Sky Demon Relic, which is enough for possession three times!

For example, if his external incarnation took possession of Wei Yingfan, Fang Xi would instantly become a peerless genius with a Heavenly Grade Golden Spirit Root!

"Sigh... Nascent Soul old freaks generally all have the capability of possession, each one, even if they had poor talent before, would likely become peerless geniuses after possession..."

"Compared to that, the way I slowly cultivate trees to increase my talent is truly weak..."

Fang Xi shed a metaphorical tear for himself.

"Recently, I’ve offended the Void Sect and can’t even dare stay in the Profound Ice Palace... another note to jot down in my little book."

He steered the Yi Wood Divine Light, leaving trails of illusions in the sky.

Before long, he left the glacial region behind and saw green mountains below, filled with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.

Fang Xi continued his journey non-stop and finally arrived at the secret liaison base beneath the ground that Wei Yingfan recalled in his memories.

Boom!

With a flick of his finger, a beam of Yi Wood Divine Light shot out, transforming into a Yi Wood Spirit Sword.

The prestige emitted by this sword now surpassed that of ordinary magical artifacts, and it crashed down onto the ground with a thunderous impact.

Boom! Rumble!

The earth trembled and cracked open, revealing an empty underground palace.

Fang Xi descended to the ground, surrounded by the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield; his Divine Consciousness scanned inch by inch over the palace: "Gone... and they cleaned up very thoroughly."

"It seems that Wei Yingfan must have had something like a life tablet in Master Qingyang’s hands, and once he died, they immediately decided to move? If so, there’s no need to visit other places mentioned in the memories..."

He sighed.

He had been pursuing relentlessly just to beat the time difference, to plunder the hidden bases of the Heaven Alliance before the news of Wei Yingfan’s death spread.

But he didn’t expect to come up empty-handed.

Fang Xi dared not continue searching; after all, the longer the night, the more dreams one has, and if he had too much time, there could well be traps waiting for him!

"Forget it, fortune my gain, fate my loss..."

He sighed and gave a wave of his sleeve.

In the blink of an eye, a burst of blue light shone brightly, and there was no longer any trace of Fang Xi...

...

StarMoon Market.

Xue Family Old Store.

Wen Lan, who was showing her age, held a silver mirror and counted her white hairs, suddenly feeling a wave of sadness wash over her.

Having failed at Foundation Establishment in her youth, she was still a Qi Refining cultivator and had been inevitably cast aside.

Guarding this store was probably her ultimate fate.

Just then, from the corner of her eye, she noticed a Foundation Establishment cultivator striding into the store.

"Esteemed guest... may I know what sort of information you require? In StarMoon Market, not to boast, but our Xue Family Old Store is second to none," Wen Lan said respectfully and politely.

’This woman... she’s aged quite a bit, but her attitude seems to have changed a lot, has she been battered by society?’ Fang Xi nodded and sat down boldly: "It’s not a purchase; rather, a sale... Would your establishment be interested in the truth behind the recent animosity between Green Leaf Commerce Association and Blood Sect?"

With the memories of Wei Yingfan, he was well aware of the Void Sect’s layout within Yuan Country and naturally knew that this information store in StarMoon Market did not belong to the Heaven Alliance; on the contrary, the forces behind it seemed to have some hostility towards each other.

"Of course we’ll buy, please wait a moment..."

Wen Lan’s eyes widened in shock; such significant information was something she had never come across in her life.

"You needn’t bother calling someone else, I won’t wait. The information is here, pay with Spirit Stones and take the goods!"

Fang Xi took out a jade slip: "I’ll count to three, if you don’t agree, then I can only leave..."

"I agree," Wen Lan immediately nodded, accepting the offer. She then asked, "Just wondering... how do we verify the authenticity of the news?"

"Once you’ve seen it, you’ll know. If the information were to be confirmed accurate, I’m afraid you couldn’t afford it..."

Fang Xi smiled slightly.

In the end, after much negotiation and exhausting all the savings in Spirit Stones and spiritual objects in the store, Wen Lan finally pressed the jade slip to her forehead, and her expression violently changed: "It’s actually an organization under the jurisdiction of the Void Sect—the Heaven Alliance? Such a comprehensive layout and map, the list... Just look around and there will certainly be traces, indeed there’s no need for further verification, senior..."

When she looked up again, where could she see any trace of Fang Xi?

...

"A place of right and wrong is no place to stay long."

"I’ve also recently caused the Void Sect a bit of trouble... enough to keep them from targeting me any further."

Fang Xi stepped out of StarMoon Market, sweeping the area with his Divine Consciousness and then soared into the sky.

After entering a white cloud, he concentrated, and his figure suddenly vanished into thin air...