Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 372 - 370: Reluctance (Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 372: Chapter 370: Reluctance (Seeking Subscription)_1

After Daqing advanced to a third-tier Blue Dragon, the Demon Blood Flood Dragon could finally gloriously retire, leaving the heavy responsibility of pulling the carriage entirely to it.

Less than two years after this dragon’s promotion, the phenomenon of Core Formation appeared once more above Dragon Fish Island, and this time it was a genuine human cultivator.

Having received Fang Xi’s sponsorship of a Beast Inner Dan, Taishu Hong undertook intensive closed-door cultivation and eventually condensed a Jia Dan, stepping into the threshold of Core Formation cultivators!

Although this meant his path ahead was cut off, wasn’t it already more than enough for the Top Three Families of Thousand Island Lake to have descendants who had reached Core Formation, to the great delight of their ancestors?

Boom!

Feeling the chaotic infusion of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi, forming a grey Golden Core within him, Taishu Hong couldn’t help but let out a satisfied long roar.

A flash of Sword Light!

He drifted out of seclusion and immediately saw the smiling Fang Xi standing atop the Blue Dragon, watching him.

"Island Master..."

Taishu Hong immediately restrained all his arrogance and respectfully bowed.

"Mmh, you’ve formed a Jia Dan just in time," Fang Xi said as he casually tossed a jade slip: "This is a plea for help from Li Shu of the Jade General Sect... This person claims that the Yan Family and Yu Family fiasco in Yiling Valley has caused people of Martial Kingdom to live in misery, begging for me, as a great cultivator, to intervene... After some thought, Yiling Valley is quite an excellent Spiritual Vein, and without a Core Formation to preside over it, it might as well be considered extinct... Take care of the aftermath."

"Yes!"

Taishu Hong respectfully agreed and transformed into a Sword Light, heading directly southwest.

For him, as there were no other Core Formation fighters in Martial Kingdom at this time, subduing and controlling it was indeed a matter of merely grasping the situation.

Even without handy magical treasures, a Jia Dan cultivator was sufficient to suppress any Foundation Establishment!

...

Indeed, three months later, the news spread that Taishu Hong had pacified Martial Kingdom and occupied Yiling Valley.

Only then did Fang Xi leisurely take out the carriage, allowing both Daqing and Xiao Qing to pull it together.

A blue Escape Light meandered across, with the harmonious sound of Dragon and Phoenix echoing for miles, and in no time, they arrived before the Mysterious Heaven Sect Mountain Gate.

A streak of light flew out from the gate; it was Zhang Zhusheng.

He looked at Daqing pulling the carriage, his eyebrows twitching slightly, secretly lamenting in his heart: ’This individual’s reach is remarkable, this Blue Dragon is not the black dragon that pulled the carriage that day, but also a third-tier Monster King... Ah, so many Beast Inner Dans from the beast tide went to him, no wonder there have been frequent Core Formation phenomena on Dragon Fish Island lately...’

"Zhang Sir..."

Fang Xi’s voice came from the carriage: "I have come to your doorstep this time because I have yet another embarrassing request to make."

"Haha... Sir, please state your request. As long as my Mysterious Heaven Sect can do it, we will not refuse."

Zhang Zhusheng answered with a bit of boldness, as if he were ready to exhaust Mysterious Heaven Sect’s resources to please Dragon Fish Island’s Lord Master.

"It’s nothing serious... Dragon Fish Island’s Spiritual Vein is ultimately barren, unsuitable for our Cultivation. Therefore, I would like to borrow a Dongfu here at Mysterious Heaven Sect to cultivate for a while," Fang Xi said with a smile.

"A Dongfu?" Zhang Zhusheng was surprised: "But haven’t you already commanded Taishu Hong to take over Yiling Valley?"

"Yiling Valley is too far; I like it here at Mysterious Heaven Sect because it’s close to home," Fang Xi answered frankly.

’Close to home?’

Zhang Zhusheng’s facial muscles twitched, but he quickly agreed: "My Dongfu is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in Mysterious Heaven Sect. Please give me one day to vacate it for you..."

"Thank you very much," Fang Xi replied with a smile.

Zhang Zhusheng was quite perceptive, but the reality was that he had no choice but to bow his head.

Otherwise, without Fang Xi and the Green Fire Luan needing to act, even if Taishu Hong brought Daqing, he could probably have decimated Mysterious Heaven Sect...

After the flurry of activity, Fang Xi entered Zhang Zhusheng’s Dongfu, looked around, and was quite satisfied: "This degree of spiritual energy saturation is comparable to the Little Cold Cave..."

He promptly set up another array to seal the Dongfu, swept through inside and out with his Divine Consciousness, then settled into the cultivation room, pulled out a cushion, and sat down cross-legged.

"I’ve been wandering for so long... it’s time to start Cultivation."

Fang Xi closed his eyes, immediately delving into the practice of his cultivation technique.

...

Time flows like water, and years pass by swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, six or seven years had gone by.

One day, as Fang Xi was sitting in meditation, he suddenly opened his eyes and took out a ’Thousand Miles Communique Talisman’.

Words appeared on the Jade talisman, causing a look of realization to flash in his eyes: "Hong Yu has finally completed Foundation Establishment and is deciding to attempt Core Formation?"

Seeing this, he no longer hesitated and stepped out of the Dongfu.

With a sweep of his Divine Consciousness, he located Green Fire Luan and Daqing in the Spiritual Medicine Garden and smiled.

After transmitting a few messages, it wasn’t long before a Dragon and Phoenix Carriage left the Mysterious Heaven Sect.

"Zhang Sir, your hospitality was wonderful; no need to see me off..."

Fang Xi’s voice lingered and then disappeared.

Zhang Zhusheng watched the carriage leave and waited half an hour before his face gradually fell, morphing into a look of despair: "Gone... Finally gone... I really couldn’t afford to entertain this guest; it’s one thing for him to occupy my Dongfu, but those two Spiritual Beasts... Ah..."

"Supreme Elder..."

The Sect Leader of Mysterious Heaven Sect followed behind Zhang Zhusheng, looking equally distressed: "Those two Spiritual Pets have almost completely ruined our Spiritual Medicine Garden... What are we to do"

...

"The sky of Yue Country isn’t all that great, huh..."

Riding in the Dragon and Phoenix carriage, Fang Xi murmured to himself.

The actions of the Green Fire Luan and Daqing over these years actually had his secret instructions.

After all, although there were no apparent conflicts between him and the Mysterious Heaven Sect, he was the hidden hand behind the scenes in those years, recklessly manipulating pieces, resulting in the downfall of the Situ Family, chaos at the Green Bamboo Mountain, his own displacement... and the several schemes that followed, where he, as part of the big picture, felt quite a bit of influence and oppression.

By indulging his Spiritual Pets in this chaos, he also vented some pent-up resentment.

"From now on, we are truly done..."

Fang Xi closed his eyes.

When he opened them again, he was back on Dragon Fish Island.

Evergreen Pavilion.

"Island Master!"

Zhong Hongyu paid her respects with great reverence, having truly reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, and her foundation of Magic Power was also quite robust.

"Very well..."

Fang Xi observed with Divine Consciousness for a moment, flipped his palm, and two jade boxes appeared.

"This is...?"

Zhong Hongyu opened the jade boxes, causing red and blue spiritual lights to fill the room, and her face involuntarily flushed with infatuation.

"The ’Mysterious Water Crystal’ and ’Heavenly Fire Liuli’ have already been prepared for you... and the secrets of the Water and Fire Refining Golden Pill. If you encounter any doubts or difficulties, you may ask them freely."

Fang Xi sat cross-legged, inquiring.

"Island Master, I indeed have a few questions, the first of which is..."

Zhong Hongyu immediately raised several questions about Cultivation and secret techniques, and upon receiving Fang Xi’s answers, a look of sudden enlightenment appeared on her face.

"In addition... The best place for a Cultivator to form their Core is a third-tier Spiritual Vein Land. What do you think of the Spiritual Veins of Mysterious Heaven Sect and Green Wood Sect? Or perhaps you’d like to go to Yiling Valley for Core Formation? Or are you planning to form your core here on Dragon Fish Island?"

Fang Xi asked her in the end.

Although Dragon Fish Island was only a second-tier Spiritual Vein, with the assistance of Spirit Gathering Array Skills, the Spiritual Qi could be briefly elevated to third-tier, but it definitely couldn’t compare to those of the superior third-tier Dongfu.

Zhong Hongyu seemed tempted, but she soon firmly shook her head, "Hongyu wishes to refine her Golden Core on Dragon Fish Island. After all... this place is Hongyu’s homeland, and there is the fortune of successful core formation by the Island Master and many Spiritual Beasts Cultivators..."

"Fortune... Well, as you wish."

Fang Xi stroked his chin, saying no more.

On Dragon Fish Island, there had yet to be a case of core formation failure, which did indeed make it seem like a land of blessing.

In some small Cultivator circles, there were also beliefs about fate and opportunities.

Whether or not these beliefs in fortune were true, as long as Zhong Hongyu firmly believed it, then the boost to core formation that it provided was even more than that of an ordinary third-tier superior Dongfu!

At the time of breakthrough to a major realm, faith... sometimes was also exceedingly important.

"Only... When you are forming your core, I will be beside you to observe a bit."

Fang Xi spoke slowly.

"Of course, it would be best if the Island Master could protect me during that time."

Zhong Hongyu, her cheeks flushed, nodded her head in agreement.

After allowing the woman to leave, Fang Xi touched his Dantian Qi Ocean and fell into deep thought.

The reason he was so eager was certainly for the Void Symbols.

The Heterodox Nascent soul had obtained a ’Star Chessboard,’ a Void Spiritual Treasure, and was also studying day and night, combining the instantaneous moving ability of the Nascent Soul. Not to say covering a thousand miles in a day, but he had barely entered the Beginner stage of the Way of the Void.

This related effect allowed Fang Xi to unravel some of the difficulties of teleportation array skills.

Although he still couldn’t completely set one up at this time, he felt that as long as he broke through a few more barriers, setting up a short-distance teleportation array should not be a big problem.

The Four Arts of Cultivation, and even Cultivation Divine Skills... when reaching the higher stages, all presented some commonalities, which Fang Xi found quite interesting.

And once he had a solid foundation in the Way of the Void, he felt that his exploration of the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ would also progress significantly.

It might even become possible for him to casually teleport to various places in this world!

...

One month later.

Zhong Hongyu underwent purifying rituals and formally entered closed-door cultivation.

Fang Xi did not sit directly beside her, but instead opened a small compartment near the closed-door cultivation room and watched her every move with Divine Consciousness.

Otherwise, If he was constantly by her side, Zhong Hongyu might feel like she had a thorn in her back, which could decrease her chances of successfully forming her Golden Core.

As the days went by,

Fang Xi sat cross-legged, extremely patient, watching as Zhong Hongyu slowly adjusted her state of mind, then used the ’Mysterious Water Crystal’ and ’Heavenly Fire Liuli’ to begin the core formation process.

One year, two years...

Three years!

On this day.

Over Dragon Fish Island, the wind rose and the clouds surged again, with a large amount of Spiritual Qi converging to form a vortex.

To this, the Individual Cultivators on the island were somewhat accustomed.

Only Zong Linghu and other Foundation Establishers who were privy to the situation gazed enviously toward the direction of the Spirit Qi Vortex.

That Dragon Fish Island’s Island Master certainly had the destiny for core formation, it was a pity they could not participate, it was truly regrettable!

At this moment,

Zhong Hongyu’s expression inside the secret chamber changed slightly, and her body trembled.

"Hmm? This Spirit Qi Vortex seems a bit forced..."

Fang Xi scanned with his Divine Consciousness, and his expression immediately tensed up.