Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 380 - 378: Nine Heavens (Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 380: Chapter 378: Nine Heavens (Seeking Subscription)_1

"This is still but a broken Spiritual Medicine Garden... yet in comparison, even the Saint’s garden seems inferior..."

Fang Xi crouched down, grabbing a handful of the garden’s soil with his right hand.

As an experienced Spirit Farmer, he had some insights into the cultivation of Spirit Plants.

He knew that growing Spirit Medicine was no simple matter, as many Spirit Medicines had strict environmental and soil requirements.

Transplanting them rashly into a garden could lead to mutual incompatibility of medicinal properties, preventing their growth entirely.

But in this garden, various Spirit Medicines were thriving excellently, with none of such issues occurring.

Clearly, besides the spiritual energy of the Evergreen Garden being extremely conducive to the growth of Spirit Medicine, it also had to do with the soil.

The spiritual soil in Fang Xi’s hand was five-colored, emitting a faint fragrance of rice.

After some thought, he reluctantly came up with a possible answer, "Could this be Millet Soil? This is the spiritual soil that Spirit Plant Farmers dream of in legends; its five-colored soil can sustain all kinds of Spirit Plants... If I were just to pick these Spirit Medicines, that would be like picking up sesame seeds and losing a watermelon..."

What more could Fang Xi say? He immediately formed a hand seal, and the tattoo of a blue bead on his arm flashed with light, flying out and transforming into the ’Mountain Sea Pearl’!

Whoosh!

The Green Fire Luan, a third-order Blue Dragon, and the Mysterious Fire Zombie were all released.

"Daqing, Xiaoqing... dig as much soil as you can. Leave the transplanting of Spirit Medicine to me."

Fang Xi exhaled deeply, preparing to dig up the place thoroughly.

After all, his Mountain Sea Pearl had ample capacity!

...

"As expected... a control point of the Transformative God Demon Body Divine Wood Array has been broken! It must indeed be the true inheritance of the Green Emperor Mountain, otherwise how could one find the control point of such a high-class Great Array?"

Almost at the same time, outside the wooden wall of the Evergreen Garden, a Nascent Soul cultivator with white eyebrows looked at the wall, his eyes shining with fervor.

About that ancient battle, or rather, the grudges between ancient venerables, he had no interest at all; after all, they had long since turned to dust.

What he cared about were the treasures within this Secret Realm!

Perhaps... they could help him break through his current limits!

"Senior uncle..."

At this moment, a white-robed Core Formation cultivator flew over, an image of an older man: "Now that there are flaws in the Great Array, we have confirmed that we can set up a short-range teleportation array here to teleport us into the Secret Realm..."

Although this person was only of Core Formation cultivation, he was a rare fourth-order Array Master.

"A short-range teleportation array? If there’s no corresponding coordinate and Array Base on the other side... wouldn’t the target be teleported randomly within a hundred or even a thousand miles?"

The white-browed youth said indifferently.

"Exactly..." The elder seemed to sweat a little: "This is already the limit of what my disciple can do... As for leaving, there’s no need to worry, as long as we gather together, please, senior uncle, cast the ’Higher Realm Talisman’ again, we should be able to leave..."

"Forget it... let’s do it this way."

The white-browed youth said, "After you enter, try to collect as many Spiritual Objects as possible..."

Originally, this kind of foray into a Secret Realm was like casting a wide net to increase the chances of finding something worthwhile.

"Yes!"

A group of Core Formation cultivators responded one after another, all quite familiar with the process.

After all, they had risen up this way from the stages of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment.

...

A flash of silver light.

"Is this the Evergreen Garden?"

A group from Qing Xu Sect on the ’Green Spirit Plate’ suddenly appeared outside the Transformative God Demon Body Divine Wood Array.

The old woman leaning on a cane looked at the tall wooden wall, her face showing traces of excitement: "Good... the prohibitions have indeed loosened... under such conditions, if we use the Blood Sacrifice method to activate the ’Green Spirit Plate’, we must be able to... eh, who’s that?"

Her divine gaze was as sharp as lightning, focusing on a particular area of the void.

As she questioned loudly, her cane, which seemed like a black dragon, lashed out, its runes and prohibitions flashing, clearly a rare and powerful spiritual treasure!

Roar!

A black dragon spirit in the shape of a flood dragon emerged from the staff, significantly enhancing the power of the treasure!

Bang!

The Black Dragon Staff fiercely struck the void, only to be rolled back by a silver glow.

Within the glow, a huge ship emerged slowly, and on its bow stood two figures—it was Chi Laoguai and a man in a yellow robe!

"Hehe... Lady Bi’s ’Black Dragon Staff’ is indeed a famous spiritual treasure of the East Sea Cultivation World, nearly taking apart my Hole Virtual Treasure Ship..."

The man in the yellow robe chuckled.

"Master Dongyuan? And Chi Laoguai?"

A dragon chant resounded!

Lady Bi retracted her staff, looking very displeased: "You were actually trailing behind me... Had it not been for the abundance of Wood Spiritual Power here, I would have had some difficulty noticing, almost falling into your hands."

Her eyes burst with beams of green light, and the disciples behind her also came together to power the Green Jade Plate, ready for battle at a moment’s notice.

"Wait a minute..."

Chi Laoguai suddenly spoke up: "Lady Bi, your Qing Xu Sect is a branch from the ancient Green Emperor Mountain, is it not?"

Lady Bi was taken aback, and then her face grew even more overcast.

"Hehe... We Nascent Soul cultivators prioritize the Dao of Long Life, and none truly wish to battle to the death over the grudges of ancient Transcendent God cultivators with our peers..." Chi Laoguai’s tone was sly: "In today’s East Sea Cultivation World... several Sect’s foundational techniques have the shadow of Green Emperor Mountain, our ’Four Seas Sect’ didn’t make a move, did we?"

Lady Bi’s expression eased significantly.

"That’s right... We cultivators prioritize benefit. Since Lady Bi, you have some knowledge of the reality of this Secret Realm, we might as well cooperate, and afterwards, distribute the Spiritual Objects obtained according to contribution..."

Master Dongyuan also promptly chimed in: "Now that the prohibitions of the Evergreen Garden are weakening, many cultivators will definitely want to take advantage of the chaos... Delay would mean lost opportunities."

It seemed that the last sentence had moved Lady Bi, who sneered, "This old lady does indeed know a thing or two about the circumstances within the Secret Realm... but I demand fifty percent of the spoils!"

"Fifty percent is too much..."

Chi Laoguai’s expression changed, and he switched to Divine Consciousness Transmission.

The three Nascent Soul old monsters murmured a few words and immediately joined forces to begin breaking the Prohibition.

Buzz! Buzz!

The magic power of three Nascent Souls was channeled into the Green Spirit Plate, causing it to float into the air and morph into a gigantic Eight Diagrams figure.

Above the wooden wall, countless Prohibition runes emerged, forming an even larger Eight Diagrams.

Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the universe reversed...

Lady Bi manipulated the Green Spirit Plate, moving the Eight Diagrams into a certain position.

Click! Click!

The large wooden blocks shifted, swiftly retreating to the sides, miraculously forming an entrance!

"Evergreen Garden, is open!"

Chi Laoguai laughed heartily, "Lady Bi is truly formidable!"

"Hmph... This was all thanks to someone breaking through one of the important Array Eyes of this Great Array, otherwise even with the records in the ancestral archives about this secret door, it would have been useless before."

Lady Bi snorted coldly, though her expression softened quite a bit.

But just as they were about to enter the Secret Realm together, an unexpected change occurred!

Whoosh!

Sands whirled up, resembling golden dragons, roaring as they charged towards the three great Nascent Souls.

Lady Bi seemed to have been prepared, as she fiercely planted her black dragon cane on the ground, causing wooden walls to rise from the ground and protect both herself and her disciples behind them.

Chi Laoguai then conjured up a red gauze that tightly shielded his body.

Master Dongyuan simply laughed and a flicker of golden light appeared on his body as if he had donned Golden Armor.

Boom! Boom!

The countless grains of sand struck their defenses, making a grating noise, but they were unable to penetrate the treasure light and the magical treasures’ defense by even the slightest margin!

"Not good!"

Chi Laoguai noticed that the dragon made of sand wasn’t very powerful but exclaimed in shock and looked towards the wooden gate.

Just as the three great Nascent Souls stepped back, streaks of light had already rushed into the wooden gate, leaving behind only a hoarse voice that came through, "Haha... Thanks to all the fellow Sirs for opening the gate and sending me off!"

"Damn it!"

Lady Bi used her cane to shatter the sand dragon’s head into scattered grains and then said with a gloomy face, "It seems to be a technique of the Western Desert Demon Cultivators!"

"Damn, I’ve heard that there are a few ancient teleportation arrays in the Western Desert that lead to the Secret Land of Evergreen Garden... I didn’t expect them to actually work."

Chi Laoguai jumped up in frustration, "Hurry... We can’t let a bunch of Demon Cultivators gain the upper hand!"

He and Master Dongyuan nodded at each other, immediately transforming into two beams of escape light and flying into the wooden gate.

Seeing this, Lady Bi had no choice but to follow with her Sect disciples...

...

"We’ve arrived... so this is the ’Nine Heavens Pool’?"

A streak of green rainbow paused mid-air, revealing Fang Xi’s figure.

After plundering an entire Spiritual Medicine Garden, Fang Xi reluctantly skipped a few places of lower value and headed straight for the ’Nine Heavens Pool’ where the ’Nine Heavens Pure Flower Water’ was located.

Below him, nine lakes lay like a string of pearls, each displaying the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, black, and white!

"This Nine Heavens Pool is also a formation, renowned since ancient times as the Nine Palaces Array! However, it has evolved... Among the nine lakes, only one is the Life Gate, which leads to where the ’Nine Heavens Pure Flower Water’ is stored; the rest are Death Gates, where the array will launch attacks!"

Fang Xi thought of the information left in the old ghost’s jade slip, "According to its description, don’t hesitate, just choose the green lake!"

His expression shifted slightly and he flicked the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Layers of dark clouds appeared, and one after another, ghost creatures leaped out.

Though most of their presences were at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment levels, their numbers were vast.

"Go!"

Following Fang Xi’s command and the magic spell he cast into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the army of Yin Souls turned into nine streams, rushing into different lakes...

Wuu! Wuu!

The Yin Souls entered the water, stirring up splashes.

Then... no more sounds ensued.

"All Yin Souls exterminated?"

Fang Xi frowned deeply, "No... If I were the one setting up the array, I definitely wouldn’t make the Life Gate so easily discernible... I would disguise the Life Gate as a Death Gate by placing powerful prohibitions and guards nearby!"

"At the very least, scouts with weak strength are bound to die without a doubt!"

"These Yin Souls are too weak... They can’t reach the true bottom of the lake."

He flicked the Ten Thousand Souls Banner once more, releasing a Ghost King at the Core Formation Stage, "If the old ghost didn’t deceive me, then it means Core Formation stage should be able to reach the Life Gate... Go!"

The Ghost King roared and plunged into the green lake.

Fang Xi sensed the Ghost King’s condition through the Ten Thousand Souls Banner quietly, as the water in the lakes seemed to have the strange effect of blocking Divine Consciousness.

Suddenly, his expression changed, "He’s still not dead... Would the old ghost actually be this kind to me?"

Indeed, if the Ghost King had perished immediately, Fang Xi would not have found it too surprising.