Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 387 - 385 Ancestor Hall (Congratulations to the book friend 20181126190255504 Alliance Chief!)_1

Chapter 387: Chapter 385 Ancestor Hall (Congratulations to the book friend 20181126190255504 Alliance Chief!)_1

Whish!

Fang Xi grabbed the storage bag and gave it a casual shake.

Many items floated above the square.

At this moment, Zhan Tu had also finished sorting through the remains of the Ten Thousand Years Wood Charm and walked over, examining the pile carefully with his divine consciousness. He saw a heap of spirit stones, several bottles of pills, a couple of jade slips... as well as various other miscellaneous items.

Fang Xi picked up a jade bottle first, and upon opening it, he smelled a scent of decay, he couldn’t help but shake his head and toss it to Zhan Tu.

"What a pity... this person has been dead for at least ten thousand years, and the pills weren’t even stored in a Ten Thousand Years of Empty Green Bottle..."

Zhan Tu glanced at it before casually discarding the pill bottle.

Fang Xi checked the rest of the pill bottles, and they all suffered the same fate.

As for the several magical artifacts, he also didn’t hold them in high regard; however, they confirmed that the person must have been a Core Formation cultivator while alive.

"It’s quite strange that there’s no identity jade plaque or similar items..."

He muttered, holding the two jade slips in his hands. A scan with his divine consciousness immediately changed his expression.

"What’s the matter?"

The old ghost and Zhan Tu exchanged glances, both showing a hint of confusion.

Immediately afterward, they saw Fang Xi checking the second jade slip and then, without hesitation, he took out a blank jade slip, copied the contents of both slips, and then tossed the original slips over, "Take a look for yourselves..."

The old ghost probed one of the jade slips with his divine consciousness and suddenly exclaimed, "This... this can’t be!"

Zhan Tu, holding a jade slip that was green as emeralds in his hand, also widened his eyes, "Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light? This is actually the cultivation method for a great divine skill... To cultivate the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light, one needs at least the Yi Wood physique, and also to be a Nascent Soul Cultivator... advancing with the ’Yi Wood Divine Light’... If it truly possesses the horrific power described, I’m afraid it would be formidable even among Nascent Soul cultivators, right?"

"What? The jade slip you have details the cultivation method for Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light? This method, even in Green Emperor Mountain, is core knowledge."

Old ghost muttered, snatched the jade slip from Zhan Tu, and casually threw his own over.

He scanned through it, somewhat dazed, "It’s actually true... This person had such a secret skill; he must have been at least a core disciple, and even then, to have betrayed... No, this could also be a resource he plundered..."

Zhan Tu, holding the jade slip, probed it lightly with his divine consciousness, feeling a vast torrent of information rush at him like a collapsing mountain and a tidal wave, making his head reel. He quickly broke off the connection and massaged his temples.

Although he did not understand the extremely complex array patterns and prohibitions, just reading the introduction was enlightening: "Actually, it’s the array method to lay the Transformative God Wood Array? This array... should be fifth grade, right? Are there still such array inheritances in the Mortal World?!"

"Humph... If he hadn’t stolen this array map, he wouldn’t have been able to sneak in here."

Old ghost muttered, then looked at Fang Xi with a somewhat teasing expression, "It seems Sir has taken an interest in the great divine skill, Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light. I must congratulate you... Once you refine the Yi Wood physique and break through to the Nascent Soul stage, if you can cultivate this divine skill to the beginner level, you truly could dominate the world..."

"Perhaps... but each of these ancient divine skills boasts of its own tremendous prowess, who knows whether they’re real or fake..."

Fang Xi shook his head.

"Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light is absolutely extraordinary. You should have seen everything in front of the Green Emperor Hall..."

Old ghost said with a chuckle.

"As for these items, let’s each copy a set of the jade slips, and divide the rest evenly!"

Fang Xi indifferently began to host the distribution.

Such a method of distribution was commonly used among immortal cultivators, and Zhan Tu had no objections.

Seeing this, Fang Xi’s hand clenched tightly around a jade slip inside his sleeve.

It wasn’t the cultivation method for ’Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light’, but the array map for the ’Transformative God Wood Array’!

This array reached the fifth grade, and even for him at present, there were many parts that he did not understand.

But that was okay.

As an Array Master of the third rank high grade, he didn’t need to fully comprehend the entire array, just to study it continuously.

Perhaps, it could be the opportunity for him to break into the fourth tier of Array Masters.

Of course, Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light was also good, but Fang Xi already had the Kuyong Mysterious Light, which would be more convenient than Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light if he truly wished to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator at all costs in the future.

’If I have time in the future, perhaps I can also practice it, as a regular technique...’

Fang Xi pondered silently before saying, "Old ghost... we have been delayed here for quite a while, and I’m afraid it will take much time. If we wait until those Nascent Soul old freaks walk through the Refining Heart Path and Hundred Treasures Pavilion, we might be in danger."

"Naturally, I will lead the way."

The old ghost bowed slightly, his attitude becoming much more humble as, with his ghost cultivator body, he led the way. Fang Xi and Zhan Tu immediately followed.

After passing the small square, the three came to a crossroads.

The surroundings were dim and unclear, but Fang Xi could see a series of jade steps leading upwards in front of him, towards a palace that was enveloped in green and blue hues, floating amidst the skies.

"The Ancestor Hall... we’ve arrived..."

Upon seeing this, the old ghost couldn’t help but sigh.

Fang Xi, however, looked back to see that apart from the road they traveled on, there were four other different paths, which made him startle, "It appears that all the different paths eventually converge here... The Ancestor Hall truly is the core of the Green Emperor Hall!"

He made up his mind and with a slap of his spirit beast bag, he released Daqing.

Daqing spread its wings and flew to the first step of White Jade, but was immediately pressed down by an invisible giant strength, sprawling on the ground, whimpering pitifully.

"Hmph... You dare to attempt flight when paying homage to the Ancestor Hall of Green Emperor Mountain?"

The old ghost snorted coldly, "If this was the ancient times, such a demon creature daring to step on the staircase would surely have its soul extracted and body refined, forever unable to be liberated!"

"Enough, old ghost, don’t hold back. Tell me more about the restrictions of this White Jade Heavenly Steps."

Fang Xi waved his hand.

"Besides the Space Restriction, this place is filled with the force of Primordial Energy Magnetism... With each stair ascended, the Primordial Energy Magnetism becomes more intense, thus it places significant demands on the cultivator’s physical body...and one must never release a magical artifact made of metal on these stairs..."

The old ghost explained a few sentences.

’Indeed it’s a wood sect, banning metal magical artifacts?’

Fang Xi mused to himself before looking at Zhan Tu and the old ghost, "How shall we proceed?"

"Go up immediately, we have already been delayed long enough by the Wood Charm," replied the old ghost as he merged his Ghost Cultivator body with Zhan Tu, and used some unknown secret skill to give Zhan Tu’s skin a cast iron-like sheen.

Fang Xi, nonchalant, perched himself on Daqing’s back. The third-order Blue Dragon immediately employed its Divine Skill to become about ten feet long, carrying Fang Xi up the stairs.

The three figures vanished at the crossroad in an instant.

However, when Fang Xi and his companions had climbed less than a fifth of the stairway, a flicker of green light flashed on a small path and, to their surprise, a group of cultivators appeared!

It was actually people from the Qing Xu Sect, led by none other than Lady Bi!

"Impossible, how can anyone be faster than us by taking a shortcut?"

Lady Bi, leaning on her cane, her eyes twinkling, murmured, "Could it really be the heritage of the core Taoist system from back then?"

"Master..."

In her urgency, a female disciple directly flew out a black flying knife magical artifact, attempting to intercept Fang Xi and the others who were climbing.

The flying knife whistled, bursting out with black Mysterious Light, and swiftly targeted the space above the White Jade steps.

Then!

Buzzing!

A swirl of gray light enveloped it, and the magical artifact cried out in despair before crashing heavily onto the steps.

A burst of multicolored light flashed, and the magical artifact instantly became pitted and dented.

"My magical artifact... pfft..."

The female cultivator, whose life-bound magical artifact was damaged, spurted out a mouthful of essence blood, her complexion turning pale as she evidently suffered a significant loss of Primordial Energy.

"It’s the Primordial Energy Magnetism... Don’t use any metal magical artifacts," Lady Bi recognized immediately and quickly made a decision.

With a wave of her hand, white silk wrapped around her, this silk magical artifact like a long, white river, flew up onto the jade platform. Although its speed dramatically dropped due to the interference of the Space Restriction, it indeed encountered no further attacks.

"As ordered."

The rest of the disciples promptly took out jade and wooden magical artifacts to first protect themselves.

It must be said that, being an offshoot adjacent to Green Emperor Mountain, the Qing Xu Sect’s cultivation mainly revolved around wooden attribute skills, and the magical artifacts they cultivated were likewise, which allowed them to be unaffected by the Primordial Energy Magnetism.

Had it been sword cultivators who came here, the situation would undoubtedly have been much more embarrassing.

Lady Bi snorted coldly and summoned the ’Green Spirit Plate’.

Upon this treasure, a flash of spiritual light carried a line of people who flew low, ascending along the stairs.

"Old ghost, someone is chasing us!"

Fang Xi had naturally seen the people from the Qing Xu Sect chasing them and said, "It seems your time estimate was wrong..."

"Impossible... unless their ancestors were also disciples of Green Emperor Mountain, and they knew of several secret passages."

The old ghost shook his head, and when he saw Lady Bi summon the ’Green Spirit Plate,’ a flash of surprise passed through his eyes, "Let’s hurry... It’s inconvenient to engage in battles on this Cloud Ladder of Ten Thousand Steps, but there are no such rules in front of the Ancestor Hall."

"Aren’t you supposed to have at least a bit of common decency? You’re actually ready to go for the kill?"

Fang Xi seemed surprised.

"...There is only one true successor of Green Emperor Mountain, our Nine Leaves Sect ancestor. The rest are all impostors!" The old ghost’s expression turned stern.

’Well then... Fellow travelers turn enemies, huh.’

Seeing this, Fang Xi could only comment inwardly.

The two groups, one in front of the other, accompanied by a weary Dragon Chanting, saw Daqing be the first to climb the last layer of steps and arrived at the small plaza in front of the Ancestor Hall.

Bang!

The immense pressure suddenly lifted, nearly causing the third-order Blue Dragon to pass out from happiness; Fang Xi promptly put it away.

"Ancestor Hall?!"

Fang Xi looked at the dense light screen above and the flickering Silver Seal Script and shook his head, "Are there any prohibitions in this place?"

"By now, the Evergreen Garden outside must have been mostly swallowed by the Void Storm..."

The old ghost contemplated his surroundings and then turned to the Qing Xu Sect disciples approaching on the ’Green Spirit Plate,’ a somewhat crazed smile appearing on his face, "Those cultivators who remained outside of the Green Emperor Palace have probably all perished to the Void Storm... As for you, daring to enter my Sect’s Secret Realm through the void gap, have you prepared how you want to die?"

"What nonsense are you spouting, you Ghost Cultivator?" Lady Bi furrowed her brows.

"What I mean is... Inside the Green Emperor Palace, there are Phoenix Seal restrictions, rendering your ’Higher Realm Talismans’, ’World-breaking Beads’, and all other such means useless... Even this ’Green Spirit Plate’ that you snatched will not be able to carry you safely from this place!"

The old ghost’s demeanor suddenly turned ferocious.