Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 445 - 443: Mysterious Bead (Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 445: Chapter 443: Mysterious Bead (Seeking Subscription)_1

’However, the concept of an "Origin Soul Artifact" is very similar to the fifth-rank "Spirit Communicating Treasures"...’

Fang Xi mused.

According to the legends, above the fourth-rank spiritual treasures are the fifth-rank "Spirit Communication Transformation Treasures," also known as "Spirit Communicating Treasures"!

Such treasures have fully mature Array Spirits that can control the artifacts themselves, inhale and exhale heavenly earth spiritual qi, and better aid their masters in battle—as well as wield the power to destroy heaven and earth.

But due to the precious materials required, and the difficulty in enhancing the spirit of the Array Spirit, they are incredibly hard to forge.

Even many transcendent gods don’t necessarily have such treasures in their hands!

As Fang Xi contemplated, Zhang Huohua suddenly asked, "Junior Brother, since you’re preparing for Foundation Establishment, do you need some ’Three Elements Body Nourishing Liquid’? The ’Alchemical Factory Number Six’ that produces this liquid has a relative of mine in sales, I could get it for you at an internal price..."

The Three Elements Body Nourishing Liquid has a gentle medicinal effect and can balance the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit within a cultivator’s body—it is a fine spiritual object to assist with Foundation Establishment.

Jing Yi was momentarily tempted, then shook his head, "No need, my family has already prepared it for me!"

That wasn’t a lie—his father, Jing Zi’an, had even made a special trip to bring many things for his son’s Foundation Establishment, including the Three Elements Body Nourishing Liquid, and it was the supreme luxury version.

"Ah haha... well then, I’ll wish Junior Brother success in your Foundation Establishment."

Zhang Huohua laughed awkwardly yet politely, then excused himself after having hardly touched his meal...

"This guy... something isn’t right."

Watching Zhang Huohua’s retreating figure, Jing Yi was thoughtful.

But in his heart, Fang Xi sighed, recognizing that it indeed was better to be a second-generation cultivator who could resist various temptations.

Had it been an individual cultivator instead, they would have surely taken the offered benefits first before anything, thereby entangling themselves in an extended battle of wits and giving rise to myriad melodramatic plots...

This situation was actually not too bad, fitting his intention to lay low and focus on studying.

...

As night approached,

Jing Yi was still busy preparing for his Foundation Establishment in the dormitory.

Inside his Sea of Consciousness, Fang Xi’s Heterodox Nascent Soul yawned out of boredom, then its expression suddenly changed.

"Eh?!"

"This Zhang Huohua, he still hasn’t given up?"

Fang Xi extended his Divine Consciousness and sensed a figure sneaking into the darkness!

The individual even pulled out a smart wristband, shutting down the nearby surveillance and arrays!

’This kid, when he was so eager to help the junior with registration and refreshing his access... wasn’t filled with good intentions after all, he was planning to plant a Trojan horse?’

Fang Xi was aware that as the finest educational institution in The Nine States, Fang Immortal University had extremely strict security measures.

There might be surveillance day and night, using both technological and Array Spirit methods.

Under such circumstances, being able to hack into the system was likely not something ’Zhang Huohua’ could do alone.

’Behind him is an organization... which must be quite powerful.’

’What is he here for now?’

Zhang Huohua had hacked Jing Yi’s terminal, causing the screen to appear normal and leaving Jing Yi almost unguarded.

Carelessness could easily lead to being compromised!

’Well... after staying as a guest for so many days with you and your son, I should pay some lodging fee...’

Fang Xi chuckled and formed a magic spell.

Jing Yi suddenly yawned and crashed down onto the desk, falling into a deep sleep.

Wuu wuu!

A dark cloud flew out from the top of his head, revealing a Heterodox Nascent Soul inside, with two horns on its head and six large black holes on its back.

’Zhang Huohua hacking the surveillance around here actually helped me...’

At this moment, within Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness, Zhang Huohua had already infiltrated the dormitory, his eyes bloodshot, holding a vial containing half a tube of liquid that emitted wisps of pure Demon Qi.

"Jing Yi Junior Brother, Foundation Establishment is not easy, let this senior assist you with a tube of ’Demon Essence Liquid’..."

Zhang Huohua silently muttered to himself, never admitting that he felt a tinge of jealousy towards the other, which was why he pursued the matter so doggedly...

But in the next moment,

Heaven and earth suddenly underwent a drastic transformation!

The sky turned a murky grey, with six large black holes swirling continuously, and the ground mixed with black and red—as if stepping onto a squishy fungal carpet.

Pop!

Zhang Huohua was startled, and the vial of Demon Essence Liquid dropped from his hand.

The vial broke, and a stream of pure Demon Qi emerged.

Then...

A streak of dark gleam flashed, and a green-black Nascent Soul caught the Demon Qi with a giggly smile. After briefly discerning it, it opened its little mouth and swallowed it whole, "Tastes not bad..."

"Yuan... Yuan Ying True Monarch?"

Zhang Huohua was startled, "Wait... it’s a Demon Path Nascent Soul, is the predecessor possibly from our ’Dark Moon Sect’?"

"You really are a Human Betrayer!"

Fang Xi sighed, and with a teleport, he arrived in front of Zhang Huohua and penetrated his Sea of Consciousness.

Zhang Huohua immediately fell to the ground, convulsing like someone with epilepsy, foam continually bubbling from his mouth...

The reason Fang Xi first opened a small Yanmo Domain was to cut off the man’s cries for help and to conceal the various occurrences during ’Soul Possession.’

His Heterodox Nascent Soul was originally cultivated using the ’Snatch Skills,’ and Sky Demon Seizure was an extremely simple task for him.

Moreover, with the solidification of Nascent Soul, such tasks became as simple as eating and drinking.

’Basing my progress on learning from Jing Yi, it is indeed quite ordinary.’

’He is part of the Series of Ship-Controllers, which doesn’t fit my needs at all; I don’t want to pilot a Patrol Sky Warship...’

’Besides, changing a person’s thoughts once or twice is fine, but if it’s too frequent, even pigs would notice something is amiss... it’s rare for someone to deliver themselves to my doorstep, also a student from Fang Immortal University, and a Human Betrayer at that, I won’t feel the slightest remorse in possessing him...’

’But before the possession, naturally, soul-searching is justified...’

Zhang Huohua’s Sea of Consciousness manifested the Heterodox Nascent Soul, a mocking gaze swept across, and with another teleport, it grasped a yellow orb of light.

As the soul-searching spell was initiated, streams of information emerged within his heart.

"This Zhang Huohua, born into not much of status, is actually from the lower city district, no, to be precise, a stray dog from the slums..."

"Growing up in an orphanage, he got into high school on a scholarship, and then couldn’t make further progress... With limited talent, he was surrounded by kings of study who had better aptitudes, better family backgrounds, and still studied desperately..."

"In a chance encounter, he came into contact with the ’Dark Moon Sect’ and soon got involved, becoming a junior leader. With covert support, his cultivation soared, and he barely managed to get into Fang Immortal University, changing his life..."

"Support from the ’Dark Moon Sect’ naturally comes at a price, with prohibitions planted deep within him, and the mission is to develop agents in Fang Immoral University and seek opportunities to probe the core design drawings of ’Origin Soul Magical Instruments,’ and wreak havoc, right?"

"No wonder he chose the major in magical instrument manufacturing and has been gravitating towards that line of work..."

In the blink of an eye, Fang Xi had obtained all of Zhang Huohua’s secrets.

Then, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, "The ’Dark Moon Sect’ placed prohibitions on this person, hmm... not only in the Divine Soul, but also in the physical body...though very covert, this prohibition technique, even if I want to lift it, will also be a bit troublesome."

Nascent Soul’s tiny hands opened, and on them was a talisman, with runes crisscrossing, wriggling like centipedes, daunting to behold.

This prohibition came from Zhang Huohua’s Divine Soul, which he had deliberately preserved; otherwise, it would be too easy for the ’Dark Moon Sect’ to learn that Zhang Huohua was dead.

As for strengthening Fang Xi’s Nascent Soul, he naturally would not fear the activation of this restriction.

A prohibition that could eradicate Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators was utterly ineffective against a cultivator’s Nascent Soul.

And the body?

Even if the body deteriorated, he could always find another to possess, so it didn’t matter.

The Sky Demon Seizure technique became more subtle after reaching Nascent Soul stage.

Not only had the number of possible possessions increased, but also there was no need for the adaptation time that other Nascent Soul cultivators require after a possession, allowing for a perfect fit.

Aside from the inability to extend life through possession, everything else was quite perfect.

...

Flying Fairy Pavilion Dongfu.

Fang Xi swaggered back to Zhang Huohua’s dormitory, confirmed his iris, and opened the door.

’This time, Zhang Huohua decided to act alone, so there’s no need to report anything... This person was originally planning to recruit Jing Yi, merely as an alternate... stimulated by Jing Yi’s family background, he became somewhat paranoid... having been with Demon Cultivators for so long, has his nature been unconsciously influenced?’

Zhang Huohua’s dormitory was very neat and tidy, with spiritual energy of about second order scattered throughout the Dongfu.

"Zhang Huohua was at the tenth layer of Qi Refining, I should find an opportunity to reach Foundation Establishment..."

"Many companies won’t hire someone who isn’t at Foundation Establishment stage..."

Fang Xi thought for a moment, then suddenly touched his dantian.

A ray of white light traveled along his meridians and arrived on the palm of his right hand.

It was a white bead, the size of a child’s fist, emitting an indescribable fluctuation.

"The Mysterious Bead!"

The information about this object automatically surfaced in Fang Xi’s mind.

"This is a grant from the ’Dark Moon Sect’... its full name is ’Xuan Yuan Nan-Mecha Inner Armor Type III’... its efficacy is similar to an External Pill, Qi Refining cultivators can use it to match Foundation Establishment, Foundation Establishment can use it to compare with Core Formation..."

"It’s the most precious thing on Zhang Huohua."

Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness detected that, although it appeared to be an Inner Core, it was actually made up of innumerable densely packed nanobots that could transform into any talisman, bolstering a cultivator’s magic power!

Essentially, it was a miniature factory!

"I had thought that technological cultivation meant donning a mech suit for cultivators... It never occurred to me that a mech could be not just worn on the outside but directly in the dantian, with nanobots transforming into talismans, combining with magic power. Indeed, it’s more efficient than an External Pill..."

"This Nine States world, gives the feeling... quite poor!"

Fang Xi felt rather emotional.

The materials to refine a single External Pill in the Nine States could probably manufacture many sets of this ’nanobot magic power armor.’

"It’s not so much about being poor, it’s more about the utilization rate of cultivation resources reaching a terrifying level."

Fang Xi put on glasses, lay on the couch, and started leisurely browsing the internet.

This time, he didn’t have to clandestinely alter Jing Yi’s consciousness as before and was free to browse the information he desired.

"Hmm... It’s time to look at some things that good children shouldn’t see..."