Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 450 - 448 Three Phases (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Chapter 450: Chapter 448 Three Phases (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

"The ’Eternal Green Body’... has the evolution of this Longevity Taoist Body finally begun?"

Fang Xi murmured to himself, feeling immensely delighted in his heart.

Even though his Spiritual Root, now enhanced by the Spirit Body, surpassed that of a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root, giving him confidence in cultivating to the late stages of Nascent Soul,

Transcendent God was ultimately a significant bottleneck!

Moreover, the spiritual energy in the Mortal Realm was fragmented now, and advancing seemed to be even more difficult than it was in the ancient times.

Relying solely on the success of the ’Heaven and Earth Yuan Energy Testing Sequence’ project of the Nine States was truly not enough insurance.

If he were to cultivate the ’Eternal Green Body,’ it would be a completely different matter.

This body type, which almost guaranteed ascension to immortality, should provide substantial aid in breaking through the Transcendent God bottleneck.

"Although it’s only a start and who knows how many years it will take... but it doesn’t matter, I live long enough, recently I can live for five thousand years... and the Monster Tree grows very fast, I can always wait for the day of harvest."

Fang Xi came to the Puppet Room in great spirits.

After many years of research, his mastery of puppet skill had almost reached the peak of the third rank; given enough materials, he was fairly certain that he could create puppets comparable to the late stages of Core Formation or even to Perfect Core Formation.

And as for repairing fourth-rank Puppets, he dared to give it a try.

At this moment, lying on the workbench was the Green Scale Wooden Puppet from the Five Elements Qilin Tribe.

Initially, this wooden puppet had encountered Master Bai Mei and had its entire right arm burned off by the ’Sun True Fire Cover.’

Now, however, Fang Xi had replaced it with a shimmering silver arm, clearly transplanted from the body of a fourth-rank Silver Armor being of the Thousand Mechanism Palace Master.

Furthermore, the joint appeared quite rough and unsightly, bearing crude and fierce marks of hasty manufacture.

After all, Fang Xi was not a fourth-rank Puppet Master, this was the best he could do.

"As long as it’s repaired and functional, that’s what matters; who cares about appearance with Monster Clan origins, they’re meant to scare kids when they go out anyway, crying a few more times makes no difference..."

Under Fang Xi’s manipulation, the Green Scale Wooden Puppet clambered off the workbench and resumed carrying other puppet materials.

The two fourth-rank puppets of the Thousand Mechanism Palace Master had ended up wrecked, and now that Fang Xi had taken some materials to repair the wooden puppet, there was no way to assemble two complete fourth-rank puppets from the leftovers.

Fang Xi thus planned to combine the parts in a mix-and-match fashion, managing to create a single fourth-rank puppet was enough.

He watched the half-broken head of a dual-headed eagle puppet and began to draw a design...

Time passed unknowingly, and on Fang Xi’s drawing paper, a silver humanoid puppet with an eagle’s head, a human body, and two wings on its back emerged.

Even more peculiar was that its two arms were irregular; the left arm looked fine, but the right arm had been modified into an elongated and fierce bird’s claw...

"It’ll barely do... To design it perfectly, it would be best to take it to the Nine States and have those from the engineering institute take a look... Their Yellow Turban Strongmen and mechanical dolls are quite impressive..."

Fang Xi thought to himself.

Perhaps sensing something, not long after, a figure emerged in the Puppet Room, none other than Zhang Huohua!

Fang Xi was unsurprised, his main Nascent Soul left his body, starting a new cycle of assimilation...

Moments later, a large influx of new memories poured into his mind.

In the past few decades, the Heterodox Nascent Soul hadn’t done much, just achieved Foundation Establishment, then published a paper on Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy research that caught the eye of a big shot at the Institute of Primordial Energy, followed him around, read for the big shot as a graduate student, and self-taught AI programming on the side.

Jumping from the big pit of Talisman Forging into the theoretical research of Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy was a dramatic shift.

Despite the abrupt change, Fang Xi relied on the rapid elevation of his status, especially infiltrating the high-level research institution of Fang Immortal University’s Institute of Primordial Energy, and just barely shut up the Dark Moon Sect.

Moreover, as Fang Xi watched Zhang Huohua, he discovered that this man’s aura had reached the late stages of Foundation Establishment, nearly achieving perfect Foundation Establishment.

"Oh? Preparing to enter Core Formation?"

Fang Xi swept with his Divine Consciousness, slightly surprised, "It seems the plan is about to start, huh..."

"Hehe, the spy is almost mixing into the core ranks, of course, the branding needs to be strengthened... that Dark Moon Sect Master even hinted at a personal audience after Core Formation..."

"Go!"

The Heterodox Nascent Soul vanished in an instant back into Zhang Huohua’s body, and with a gesture, the wooden puppet with the Green Horn Silver Arm approached his side.

Fang Xi took a deep breath and retrieved a Soul Lamp from the Mountain Sea Pearl.

This lamp, cultivated for many years, could now serve as a precise locator like the Treasures of All Heavens.

The Heterodox Nascent Soul took the puppet and the Soul Lamp, and in a blink, disappeared.

...

The Nine States.

The Dongfu of Becoming Immortal.

Ever since Zhang Huohua achieved Foundation Establishment and read for a postgraduate degree, his Dongfu had been upgraded.

Now, while smaller than Jing Yi’s father’s Dongfu, it was half the size and extremely rich in spiritual energy.

Inside a Cultivation Room.

With a flash of light, Fang Xi held the Soul Lamp, looking at the wooden puppet in front of him with the Green Horn Silver Arm, "It should be just about sufficient..."

"As long as all those in the know are eliminated, no one will know I was ever a Demon Clan spy... Pah, I never was in the first place..."

Fang Xi put away the items and walked out of the Cultivation Room with ease.

Now that he had taken up programming courses, he could at last ensure the safety of his own abode.

At the very least, he wouldn’t suffer a sudden hacker invasion or the like.

After meditating quietly for several days, Fang Xi finally stepped out of the Dongfu and went to a special location within Fang Immortal University.

This was a mountain with a Spiritual Vein, with spiritual energy that could even be considered around the fourth tier.

In the deepest part of the mountain range, three "Five Elements Cabins" had been built, and they were among the most precious assets of Fang Immortal University.

When Fang Xi let Zhang Huohua reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment, he started to file a report to apply for use.

Thanks to the support of the Institute of Primordial Energy behind him and the special approval of his mentor, he finally managed to bypass the queue and secure a usage spot.

"Hello, this senior... um, Senior Zhang?"

At the registration desk, Jing Yi, who had passed Foundation Establishment, was signing people up and was surprised to see Fang Xi.

"I’m here to use the Five Elements Cabin, the permission should have just been granted."

Fang Xi handed over his student ID: "Are you working part-time, junior?"

"Yes, working at such a school facility can enjoy some internal discounts, and you can also get a higher use ranking in the future..."

Jing Yi smiled wryly, his father’s resources weren’t of much help when it came to condensing the Golden Core.

This job was still secured through his own years of effort, plus some support from the Ship-Controlling Sect, after defeating several competitors.

It’s said that if you work for five years, the prioritization level for the "Five Elements Cabin" queue could be raised by one level.

Of course...

No matter what, it still couldn’t compare to the person standing before him, who began to fervently climb the ranks in his sophomore year, staging a comeback story of an academic overachiever.

It was rumored that the paper he wrote, "On the Three-Phase Structure of Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy," caught the eye of a Yuan Ying True Monarch, and as a result, he was directly promoted, guaranteed postgraduate admission, and even entered the "Institute of Primordial Energy"...

After taking the student card, logging into the system, and re-confirming, Jing Yi couldn’t help but offer a salute: "Senior’s Five Elements Cabin has been approved, I wish Sir success in forming your core."

"Thank you for your auspicious words, junior."

Fang Xi took the student card, a Mysterious Yuan Pill flowed from his meridians and turned into a moon disc at his feet. He stepped on it and flew into the fourth-order spiritual vein.

"Ding! Welcome, student Zhang Huohua, please follow the guide to proceed to the Five Elements Cabin to prepare for Core Formation... Cabin precautions..."

As soon as he entered the fourth-order spiritual vein, a mechanical voice rang out beside Fang Xi’s ear.

Following the instructions, Fang Xi reached the summit of a mountain and entered a silver-white nutrition cabin.

The cabin was small, barely big enough for one person to sit cross-legged.

"Ding, identity confirmed!"

"Student Zhang Huohua, please begin adjusting your condition..."

The mechanical voice continued.

Fang Xi sat down cross-legged, feigning a state of meditation and adjusting his essence, energy, and spirit.

"Let’s begin!"

Core Formation was a highly private matter, and it was said that for a time, the Fang Immortal Taoist Palace suggested installing monitoring and life-detection devices in each Five Elements Cabin to gather more data, but during that time, the failure rate of Cultivators forming cores dramatically increased...

Subsequently, they learned from experience, and once Fang Xi chose to initiate the Core Formation process, the connection was completely severed, and no one could see what happened inside the Five Elements Cabin.

Bang!

A facility was activated, and Fang Xi suddenly felt the surrounding Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi become incredibly dense, almost reaching the quality of a fourth-order upper-grade spiritual vein.

"Effects like a Spirit Gathering Array?"

As Fang Xi silently began his practice, unexplained five-colored gases appeared in the void.

These were essences of the Five Elements Spirit Fruit, refined and preserved by technological means, mixed with many special medicinals, turned into mist, and blended with the spiritual energy to be better absorbed by Immortal Cultivators.

It was said that a single Five Elements Spirit Fruit could support up to five uses of such a cabin...

...

At the foot of the mountain.

Jing Yi looked up at the spiritual vein shrouded in clouds and wondered to himself, ’I wonder if the senior’s Core Formation will be successful...’

Even with the assistance of the Five Elements Spirit Fruit in forming a core, there was still a chance of failure.

At this moment, he couldn’t quite identify his feelings.

It was probably like seeing someone inferior in every way, suddenly surpassing oneself, a mix of jealousy and resentment...

Time ticked away.

On this day.

While Jing Yi was at work as usual, he suddenly looked up and saw spiritual energy churning within a ten-mile radius, forming a vortex that enveloped a mountain peak.

"Core Formation phenomena..."

He murmured to himself, his face showing an indescribable envy.

Not long after, a stream of light flew out from the mountain peak, and it was Zhang Huohua!

But now, he had an air of profound dignity about him.

"Congratulations, Senior, on successful Core Formation, may you enjoy a long and prosperous life!"

Jing Yi quickly offered his congratulations, feeling very envious.

If he couldn’t succeed in forming his core, his lifespan would not increase by much, and he might sadly experience the older generation burying the younger...

"No need to be polite, you can do it too, junior."

Fang Xi laughed heartily, taking the opportunity to send emails to everyone he knew.

By the time he returned to his Dongfu, his inbox was overflowing with congratulatory messages.

Among them was an ordinary-looking letter, but upon seeing it, Fang Xi’s face revealed a slight smile: "Finally... is it beginning?"