Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 378 - 376: Cloud Movement (Congratulations to the Silver Alliance)_1

Chapter 378: Chapter 376: Cloud Movement (Congratulations to the Silver Alliance)_1

’I never expected that although I sensed some karma in this cultivation technique early on, I didn’t realize the karma would be this massive!’

’The remnants of the greatest ancient sect? That title is not fun at all...’

Fang Xi looked at Zhan Tu.

Zhan Tu’s eyes had also regained their clarity at this point, and he gave a wry smile, "It was after reaching Core Formation that the old ghost senior told me the truth..."

He also felt emotional in his heart, no wonder the old ghost said that as long as the Island Master practiced the Kuyong Skills, he could never escape his palm.

Because it was a trap!

And a particularly big one at that!

As long as one didn’t abandon their magic power and start over, it was basically impossible to escape the trap.

And as for abandoning one’s magic power to start over?

How much longer would a Core Formation cultivator live? Only if one no longer wished to continue on the path of cultivation!

’I still have a way out, though it’s just a matter of abandoning my cultivation and starting over...’

’Other Golden Cores might die of old age if they abandoned their cultivation, but most of my lifespan comes from the Monster Tree... Even if I became an ordinary person, I could still live another thousand or eight hundred years, enough to cultivate all the way back!’

However, Fang Xi really felt somewhat reluctant to give up the skills and divine powers of the Kuyong Skills.

Not to mention, he also had the hope of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage now!

’Scared by others into abandoning my cultivation? I am not that foolish.’

’What’s more... it’s possible that this old ghost is just trying to scare me with exaggerated threats, and since Zhan Tu has cultivated the Kuyong Skills, he should have some means of self-preservation, right?’

’And to go back ten thousand steps, even if I really made enemies of the entire world... then I could just slap my butt and run off to the Red Sun World or even other worlds, and just not come back.’

With this thought, Fang Xi felt much calmer in his heart.

But his face showed some frustration, "Kuyong Skills! Kuyong Skills!!! Green Emperor Mountain... Nine Leaves Sect... Old ghost, you’ve made me suffer so much!"

"Hehe..."

The old ghost continued to speak, "Without the ’Kuyong Skills’ and the secret skill of ’Indestructible Body of Yi Wood’, as well as the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’... you might never reach the Nascent Soul realm in your life. Now, if you had to choose, could you give them up?"

Fang Xi fell silent.

For immortal cultivators, breaking through to a higher realm is always more important than anything else!

What’s more, after so many years, it is unknown whether any major power is still seeking the remnants of Green Emperor Mountain.

Perhaps... the enemies of Green Emperor Mountain have all perished.

"Forget it... tell me your plan," Fang Xi finally said, putting away his treasures and no longer on edge.

The old ghost chuckled, "This ’Evergreen Garden Secret Land’, created at the peak of Green Emperor Mountain, is itself a small Cave Heaven... Do you see this layer of wooden wall? Even a Transcendent God cultivator would find it difficult to forcefully break through, or else it would only lead to the self-destruction of the Cave Heaven..."

"Since the fall of ’Green Emperor Mountain’, no cultivator has been able to enter the Evergreen Garden. Inside, not only is there ’Nine Heavens Pure Flower Water’, but also various treasures from heaven and earth, as well as cultivation secret skills, spirit communicating treasures... As long as you obtain the opportunities here, it will be as easy as flipping your hand to condense a Nascent Soul in the future, and even climbing to higher realms is not wishful thinking."

Fang Xi looked around, "Are we still not in the Evergreen Garden right now?"

"This is just the outermost perimeter of Cave Heaven, the prohibitions are not very strict... Even Nascent Soul cultivators, if they have a bit of Void Divine Power, and find the right spatial nodes, it’s possible they could enter. The real ’Evergreen Garden’ is behind the wooden wall, and it has been sealed the entire time."

The old ghost’s voice held a trace of emotion, "We enter the Evergreen Garden, take what benefits we can, and then leave to head back to South Wilderness... The South Wilderness is very broken now, it seems to have lost contact with other cultivation realms such as the Eastern Sea and the North Plains, and even ancient legends are scarce, making it an excellent place to hide... When you both advance to Nascent Soul cultivators, you will rebuild the Nine Leaves Sect!"

"If one day, one of you two advances to the Transcendent God realm, then you can restore the ancient prestige of Green Emperor Mountain, this is also this old man’s final obsession."

The old ghost appeared to have laid all his cards on the table.

Zhan Tu was visibly moved, while Fang Xi showed a trace of admiration as well.

This was the last stand of an orphaned spirit of a sect...

’As if!’

Although Fang Xi had a smile on his face, in his heart he really didn’t believe a single word.

Following behind Zhan Tu, the two moved towards the wooden wall as directed by the old ghost.

"The Seeking Wood Bead is reacting, it should be here."

Handling a wooden spirit pearl, Zhan Tu looked at a wall in front of him.

This wooden wall looked identical to the previous ones, and at its base, countless vines were climbing.

Zhan Tu continuously formed magic spells and muttered incantations, casting spells onto the Seeking Wood Bead.

Swish swish!

The vines, which seemed to have taken hundreds of years to cover the entire wall, began to retract, revealing an entrance.

Taking out a fist-sized night pearl from his storage, Zhan Tu walked straight in.

Fang Xi looked around and followed nonchalantly.

After moving forward for about tens of meters, they came across a massive door at the end of the corridor, blocking the entire passage.

On the door, there were two ferocious-looking ghost head sculptures, with green faces and fangs, terrifying to behold.

"Here we are, this is where you, Sir, need to take action. You must open the real entrance to this secret realm using the magic power of the Kuyong Skills at the late stage of Core Formation," said the old ghost softly.

Fang Xi looked serious, and after inspecting the door with his Divine Consciousness, said with a heavy tone, "This gate... I seem to have seen it in some ancient book, it’s actually the ’Ling Ying Door’..."

He remembered reading an ancient book in the study of the Saint, which had a description of it.

"Correct, it is the Ling Ying Door! This door is extremely sturdy, and even Nascent Soul cultivators would find it difficult to break through... Strong attacks would even trigger the prohibition’s counterattack throughout the entire Evergreen Garden Secret Land," confirmed the old ghost with a chuckle.

"Only those who have cultivated core teachings of Green Emperor Mountain like the Kuyong Skills, and the Ten Thousand Green Skills, and have also cultivated to the late stage of Core Formation, could just manage to push it open... Mr. Fang, we are relying on you now."

Fang Xi’s expression was unchanged, and after carefully examining it to confirm it was the ’Ling Ying Door’ from the ancient book.

Then, he checked the surroundings again, not finding any prohibitions or traps.

Only then did he place a hand on the top of the ghost head, running his Profound Art in silence.

The green and yellow magic of the Kuyong Skills alternated, converging into a vast river that poured incessantly into the head of the ghost.

Keke!

The head of the ghost let out a strange laugh as the green and yellow light in its eyes brightened gradually.

Feeling the rapid depletion of magic power within him, Fang Xi’s expression shifted slightly, "This isn’t right... My magic power is draining far too quickly, I’m afraid I won’t be able to push this door open at all."

Zhan Tu’s eyes shimmered with a yellow halo, "Indeed... The Ling Ying Sect’s door, after all, has been in disrepair for years, recently it seems there has been a miscalculation, it must only be opened by someone with Perfect Core Formation."

"You old ghost, you..."

Fang Xi’s complexion grew paler as the Kuyong Golden Core within him continuously emitted strands of Golden Core True Origin, even the luster of the Golden Core itself dulled down.

Meanwhile, the Heterodox Nascent Soul remained expressionless, holding a star-chessboard, sitting cross-legged beneath the Kuyong Golden Core.

’Is this old ghost trying to test me?’

The Heterodox Nascent Soul’s pitch-black eyes stared at the old ghost, ready to act at any moment.

As time passed, the old ghost also grew somewhat uncertain, ’With the Ling Ying Sect’s door as evidence, this person’s cultivation is indeed just in the later stages of Core Formation, not even having reached Perfect Core Formation... Why did I always feel somewhat uneasy earlier, as though he was concealing his cultivation level?’

’However... At this point, the Ling Ying Sect’s door wouldn’t be wrong, it truly is the cultivation level of Core Formation’s later stage in the Kuyong Skills!’

He laughed heartily, "Sir, do not fear, I am coming too!"

With those words, he spurred his magic power and pressed it onto another ghost head.

Zhan Tu practiced the Kuyong Skills as well!

And after using a Secret Skill, he had also achieved the later stages around Core Formation!

With new force joining, Fang Xi’s expression relaxed considerably.

As the two ghost heads devoured a large amount of the Kuyong Skills’ magic power, the green and yellow glow in their eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Boom, boom, boom!

Gradually... the heavy doors began to open slowly, with a blue-green light emerging from within...

...

North Plains of the Cultivation World.

The Great Snow Mountain!

Palaces sculpted from ice reflected a myriad of colors, a sight of astonishing beauty.

A flash of white light appeared in the midst of a frosty great hall, revealing a young man whose eyebrows, however, were frosted white: "Sect Leader Senior Brother..."

The white-browed youth looked up at the Yuan Ying True Monarch seated on the throne and gave a respectful bow.

This was the Sect Leader True Monarch of the ’Ice God Palace,’ a great Cultivator in the later stages of Nascent Soul!

"Your timing is impeccable... The Ancestral Founder previously sent a message, there’s some commotion in the Secret Land of Evergreen Garden at Green Emperor Mountain."

The Ice God Palace’s Sect Leader said indifferently.

This was a characteristic of those who cultivated the Ice God Palace’s arts, as they reached higher realms, they would become more apathetic, closer to the Heavenly Path.

"The Ancestral Founder... Evergreen Garden..."

The white-browed youth seemed to be digesting these key pieces of information.

"Evergreen Garden is a realm unto itself, resistant to Transcendent Gods... Moreover, the Ancestral Founder plays amongst mortals and rarely involves himself in matters. Since he has sent a message, it means we should take action... I have considered, you should take a few people and run this errand."

The Ice God Palace’s Sect Leader said.

In reality, Transcendent God Cultivators rarely acted because full strength attacks could lead to backlash from the spirit; they generally let subordinate forces handle issues.

"As you wish... But that Secret Land of Evergreen Garden."

The white-browed youth furrowed his brows.

"This palace has a few ’Higher Realm Talismans’ in secret transmission; you take these talismans and use the teleportation array to go to ’Revival Valley.’ That place is connected to a spatial node related to ’Evergreen Garden’..."

A ’Higher Realm Talisman’ is also considered a Treasure of Void, but it can only break through the space of places like the Blessed Land of the Cave Sky attached to a great world, not truly traverse the three thousand worlds.

"As long as I have the Higher Realm Talisman, everything will be fine."

The white-browed youth showed a trace of joy, "The remnants at Green Emperor Mountain will surely unlock the prohibitions of the Secret Land of Evergreen Garden... This is an opportunity bestowed by the heavens!"

...

East Sea.

The blue waves gently rippled, blending the sea and sky into one, a cloudless expanse stretching for thousands of miles.

On an inconspicuous green island.

"How is that possible?"

An incredulous exclamation came from within a Dongfu, carrying a flavor of disbelief.

"What happened?"

"Master?"

Several streaks of light flew over, and they were all Core Formation Cultivators.

The Dongfu flashed with light, and an old woman with a green staff emerged, her eyes cloudy but her aura at the initial stage of Nascent Soul, "Just now the ’Green Spirit Plate’ issued a warning... Evergreen Garden is about to open!"

"What? It’s clear that we, the ’Qing Xu Sect,’ are the true lineage of the ancient Green Emperor Mountain, how could someone else have gotten there first?"

A female disciple murmured.

The old woman looked solemn, but she knew in her heart that the Ancestral Founder of the Qing Xu Sect was merely an external disciple of Green Emperor Mountain.

She had taken advantage of the chaos during the sect’s destruction to grab key treasures and flee to distant places. This treasure could monitor the movements of Evergreen Garden, and now was a once-in-a-millennium opportunity!

If she could gain the true inheritance of Green Emperor Mountain, and perhaps even those spirit medicines, secret skills, and treasures... even she might have a chance at Transcendence!

The Qing Xu Sect would then definitely expand and become one of the true major forces of the East Sea!