Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 486 - 484: Immortal Bewitching Sect (Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 486: Chapter 484: Immortal Bewitching Sect (Seeking Subscription)_1

Fang Xi had once encountered a worm cultivator selling his wares in Tianwei City and even purchased a book on the experiences of worm cultivators.

It was from that ancient book that Fang Xi learned some characteristics and rules of worm cultivators.

Before he entered the Earth Hearing building, he had noticed that within the patterns on the building’s signboard, there were several secret marks hidden, which were the symbols representing ’worm cultivators.’

Seeing Wanying come out, he brought up the topic.

After all, within his divine consciousness, at the position of this woman’s dantian, there was a fire-red centipede worm, hovering around the liquid magic power...

"I am indeed a worm cultivator,"

Wanying candidly confirmed, then asked with some curiosity, "Worm cultivation is considered a minor art among the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation; why does the senior have an interest in it?"

"I just happen to know a little bit about it."

Although Fang Xi had not seen any worm cultivation inheritances in the South Wilderness, in the Western Desert, this kind of inheritance seemed to have some presence: "And... the patterns on your loft should belong to a Nascent Soul sect—the ’Immortal Bewitching Sect’s’ sign."

This was also information mentioned in "Worm Cultivation Essentials."

The Immortal Bewitching Sect was a Nascent Soul great sect within the Western Desert Cultivation World, famous for cultivating worms.

Fang Xi was not particularly interested in such a minor craft.

However, one thing recorded in the book caught his attention.

The author who had written "Worm Cultivation Essentials" had once traded a worm with an Immortal Cultivator, named ’Copper-Skin Iron Gu’!

This worm was used for body refining; after that Immortal Cultivator used the worm, he immediately gained the strength of copper skin, iron bones, and jade tendons. His progress in the body refining art soared, rapidly advancing his physique to a level comparable to the early stage of Core Formation!

For Fang Xi, the ’Copper-Skin Iron Gu’ was already useless, but the idea behind it was worth considering.

’As long as I can find a ’Heaven’ grade worm that can assist with body refining, and after refining it, I won’t need to cultivate any body refining techniques...’

Practicing body refining techniques was not only arduous but also consumed a substantial amount of resources, and most importantly, it required a lot of dedication.

Currently, Fang Xi was thinking of first progressing his cultivation till the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage and then attempting to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage.

As for the requirements for the physical body by ’Biyi Universal Skills’?

It was really just about preparing as much as possible; even without it, it didn’t matter.

After all, he hadn’t even started optimizing that technique, which was still in the possession of the Heterodox Nascent Soul.

"To think that the senior recognizes our sect,"

Wanying’s expression relaxed considerably, "May I know what important matter you have?"

"This visit is primarily to purchase information... And then I would like to purchase some special kinds of worms from your Immortal Bewitching Sect,"

Fang Xi picked up the Seven Treasure Tea, sipping it leisurely: "Besides the information just mentioned, I would also like some more—firstly, concerning Demon Path Spirit Flames, be it naturally occurring Spirit Fires or the nascent spirit flames of Demon Path Nascent Soul old monsters, you may list them... Secondly, information about the inheritance or individual details of a Dan Dao Grandmaster from the past ten years."

After these two requests were made, Wanying involuntarily gasped.

Whether it was Demon Path Spirit Flames or a Dan Dao Grandmaster, both belonged to fourth-grade affairs, which normal Core Formation cultivators would never dare inquire about so rashly.

This senior seemed to be only at the Core Formation level but what could be his background?

"This kind of information is too precious, and it’s somewhat beyond the capability of our Earth Hearing building..."

Wanying said with a wry smile.

"I believe everything is just a matter of not enough spirit stones being offered. These are all public information, and as long as one is determined to collect it, it shouldn’t be hard to obtain, right?"

Fang Xi smiled and waved his hand over the table; two top-grade spirit stones appeared, emanating a richer radiance and spiritual energy than the mid-grade spirit stones from earlier.

"Top-grade spirit stones... that will indeed be sufficient. Please wait here for a moment..."

Wanying stood up, bowed, and then gracefully retreated.

...

She left the distinguished guest’s private room and immediately turned into a hidden passageway.

The concealed tunnel was extremely long, and the walls of the corridor were adorned with various spirit marks, shimmering with radiance.

Wanying reached the end of the tunnel and saw a door. She knocked respectfully: "Miss!"

"Come in!"

A young voice responded.

Wanying pushed the door and entered to find a maiden’s boudoir arrangement inside, where an extremely beautiful girl in a white blouse and skirt was dressing in front of a bronze mirror.

"For Auntie Wan to visit during her shift surely means an encounter with a tricky customer."

The girl turned around, put down her comb, and spoke with slightly parted red lips.

"Indeed, miss, today there is a Core Formation cultivator in the establishment who is making big requests as if he seems to recognize our Immortal Bewitching Sect and is also asking for two pieces of fourth-grade information... According to the rules, for such high-level information, we must have the miss’s personal approval."

Wanying bowed and reported all about Fang Xi in detail.

"A Core Formation cultivator who seeks fourth-grade information? That is indeed a bit odd..."

The girl slightly furrowed her eyebrows, and then with a cunning smile said, "Fortunately, I have just recently refined the ’FlyEye Worm,’ which can be put to use..."

"FlyEye Worm? Miss’s natural talent in worm cultivation is truly unparalleled and might even surpass that of the master... It is a pity that those wretches hold sway over the sect."

A trace of delight appeared on Wanying’s face, followed by a lamenting sigh.

"I had no interest in the internal strife of the sect, otherwise why would I agree to this assignment that is almost akin to exile?"

The girl shook her head and formed a hand seal.

With a flash of black light, a peculiar worm emerged.

This Gu worm resembled a human eyeball with a pair of wings growing on each side, vibrating the surroundings.

When the young girl pinched a spell and squeezed out a drop of fresh blood from the tip of her finger to feed this ’Flying Eye Gu,’ the Gu worm instantly vanished into the void, with even the slightest ripple disappearing without a trace.

"Go!"

With a flick of her finger towards the outside, the Flying Eye Gu flew out.

"This ’Flying Eye Gu’ is a top-quality item among Earth-ranked Gu, absolutely undetectable by the divine consciousness of Core Formation cultivators... Even the master once used it to spy on a Nascent Soul old monster, and the latter knew nothing about it."

Wanying’s face showed a hint of reverence.

At this moment, the girl covered one of her eyes.

It seemed that her vision was connected to the ’Flying Eye Gu,’ as it made its way into the private room.

The prohibitions within the Earth Hearing building seemed nonexistent to it.

The figure of the mysterious man wearing a hat also appeared before the girl’s eyes.

The Flying Eye Gu slowly approached, even attempting to burrow beneath the hat.

"Let’s see what you are... Huh?"

A mischievous expression flashed across the girl’s face, which then turned into one of extreme terror, as if she had seen something unimaginable, "No!"

The next moment, her complexion turned deathly pale, and she spat out a mouthful of essence blood: "My ’Flying Eye Gu’... has been destroyed..."

"What?"

A look of horror immediately appeared on Wanying’s face...

...

"What in the world is this thing?"

Fang Xi was drinking tea when he suddenly felt a gaze fall on him.

He did not take it seriously at first, as it was common for the Earth Hearing building, in the name of caution, to peek at guests - though it was against business ethics, it wasn’t a big deal.

But when that gaze became invasive, it was a bit too much.

Though the other party thought they were well-hidden, they were completely exposed under his divine consciousness!

Fang Xi didn’t even know how powerful his divine consciousness had become.

However, ever since his breakthrough to the mid-stage of Nascent Soul and after mastering the first level of the ’Seven Emotions and Sorrows Script,’ even Elder Qing, who ambushed him earlier using void techniques to hide, couldn’t escape his perception!

According to what they had said, his current strength of divine consciousness could already match or even surpass that of an ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, right?

Fang Xi reached out and grabbed, and from the void, an eyeball with wings emerged, captured tightly by a large hand formed from azure magic power.

The eyeball suddenly filled with blood vessels, unleashing a powerful force as if it was trying to struggle free.

"Hmph!"

Fang Xi snorted coldly, and the azure hand immediately burst into flames, turning into a clump of Yi Wood True Fire.

This fire might not be as powerful as the Azure Luan Spirit Flame, but bolstered by the realm of Nascent Soul and magic power, even ordinary Core Formation cultivators would perish upon the slightest contact!

Raging flames!

The azure flames enveloped the eyeball, and then blazed fiercely, refining it into a stream of nothingness in an instant, leaving not even ashes behind!

Fang Xi’s divine consciousness spread out unrestrainedly, the building’s underground prohibitions completely incapable of stopping him, allowing him to see Wanying and the Initial Core Formation stage girl beside her.

"You two, come up and see me."

A divine consciousness transmission sounded in the ears of both the girl and Wanying simultaneously, its icy tone making them feel as if they had been thrown into an ice cellar.

"This is bad..."

The girl had just taken a spiritual pill and her complexion improved slightly when her face changed drastically again: "Such divine consciousness... belongs to a Yuan Ying True Monarch."

"With the nature of the ’Flying Eye Gu,’ even average early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators shouldn’t be able to detect it, could it be a mid-stage?"

Wanying muttered to herself, feeling extremely bitter, knowing that they had fallen into misfortune this time.

"It’s over... We must immediately go to see that Lord and kneel to ask for punishment, there’s no other way..."

The girl, decisive by nature, immediately led Wanying to Fang Xi’s private room. As soon as they entered, they knelt on the ground: "Pan Gao pays respects to the Lord, please forgive the previous transgression..."

Wanying did not dare to say another word, kneeling behind her young lady.

"Is this how you do business, by overcharging your customers?"

Fang Xi snorted coldly, "If it were not for this True Monarch visiting this time, all secrets could have been leaked..."

After his rebuke, he found it uninteresting and asked about the main matter: "Where is the information that this True Monarch requested?"

"It is all here."

Pan Gao promptly offered a white jade slip.

Fang Xi casually took it, and with a sweep of his divine consciousness, he saw a piece of news.

"In three years, the Grand Alchemy Master ’Dan Dingzi’ has been invited by the West Six Realms to start refining the ’Infant Transformation Pill’..."

Such a spiritual pill required considerable effort from major Nascent Soul sects to gather materials for a single batch, and naturally, they would invite the best alchemist to handle it.

Fang Xi remained noncommittal and continued to read:

"In a year, the overlord of the ’Black Dragon Domain’ in the south, the Black Dragon Sect, will hold a large auction... Among the advance list of auction items is a mid-grade tier four Dan scripture heritage."