Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 535 - 533: Ninety-nine Green Vine Gourds (Request for Monthly Ticket)_1

Chapter 535: Chapter 533: Ninety-nine Green Vine Gourds (Request for Monthly Ticket)_1

Divine Consciousness is powerful, and naturally, it aids in both breaking through major bottlenecks and traversing the Heart Demon Tribulation!

Especially during the second layer’s cultivation process of the "Seven Emotions and Sorrows Script," there are some steps that require ’heart-refining,’ which should be very beneficial in handling the Demon Calamity.

Besides... there is also a great Demon Path cultivator by my side, and it would be a waste not to utilize such a good resource.

I can also communicate with The Nine States, which has considerable research on Divine Consciousness.

"Actually, I have one more preparation, which is the ’Eternal Green Body.’ The recent battle was mainly for this Spirit Body..."

Fang Xi sensed the Demonic Tree and thought that if he could cultivate the ’Eternal Green Body,’ what would a mere Transcendent God bottleneck count for?

"Hmm... besides these, it seems I can also prepare the Fortune Worm, a fifth-grade creature... It should have some effect in breaking through to Transcendent God as well."

As for the breakthrough to Returning to Emptiness, the Fortune Worm would be of no use, unless Fang Xi found a way to promote it to sixth grade!

Alas, Fang Xi didn’t understand the art of gu, nor did he have such an idea...

"Looking at this, my hopes of advancing to Transcendent God among the human race Nascent Soul cultivators are quite sizable..."

Fang Xi smiled slightly and sat cross-legged, circulating the ’Longevity Skills’!

This time, he could clearly feel the Ancestral Demon Tree’s joy and exuberance.

The minor injury from before had already healed as it was during the absorption of a large quantity of blood essence.

Compared to the terrifying storage capacity, these were but a drop in the ocean.

At this moment, Fang Xi inwardly observed himself and could even see that on the silver seal script representing the Wood law body, streaks of golden lines were spreading and transforming...

"Finally, there is progress in cultivating the ’Eternal Green Body’..."

After silently running the Profound Art, Fang Xi couldn’t help but sigh.

After a brief attempt, he left the seclusion, summoned Zhong Hongyu and others, and took the opportunity to appease the Nascent Soul old monsters outside the island.

He then announced a grand feast for three days to celebrate properly.

During that time, those Nascent Soul old monsters also offered many treasures and delicacies... allowing Fang Xi to indulge in a life of luxury and sweep away the fatigue from continuous battles with the Monster Clan.

...

Several months later.

Fang Xi sat cross-legged under the Ancestral Demon Tree, refreshed, as his Divine Consciousness inched its way down through the crevice where the Underworld Earth Vein lay.

When he was sacrificing the ’Yin Yang Nine Nether Mysterious Wood Array,’ he noticed that Jade Island was unusual, being a damaged Spirit Communicating Treasure!

However, there was no time to explore due to the imminent battle at that time.

Now, with some free time, he was keen to explore the truth.

After all, with both the ’Heaven Star Array’ and the ’Yin Yang Nine Nether Profound Wood Array’ in place, he was not afraid of facing a Transcendent God within the Arrays.

His Divine Consciousness continued along the fissure into the depths of the ground.

A thousand zhang, two thousand zhang...

With the help of the Array’s power, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness reached everywhere, and he finally saw a layer of emerald green barrier!

Countless Spirit Marks and Talisman glows flickered, shining uncertainly on the barrier.

Behind the barrier, there was a dense, unresolvable Yin Sha Qi!

"If this Yin Sha Qi were to overflow, I’m afraid the entire Thousand Island Lake would die off, both humans and animals..."

"Even that Underworld Earth Vein is just a small Yin Vein that formed in the outer world under the influence of this Yin Sha Qi..."

"What exactly happened back then? Why did the Nine Leaves Sect choose to establish their sect here?"

These were ancient puzzles that deeply confused Fang Xi.

"Who is out there?"

Suddenly!

From within that green barrier, a voice emerged.

The voice seemed both ancient and youthful... impossible to discern the age, and it carried a sense of composure.

"So, a powerful being is actually suppressed here... and possesses Spiritual Wisdom?"

Fang Xi was slightly surprised; a streak of starlight descended from the sky, wrapped around his body, and he directly penetrated the deep underground, pushing apart the layers of earth to face the emerald green barrier directly.

"Who are you?"

His eyes flashed with a strange color as he surveyed his surroundings and asked.

Inside the green barrier, the Yin Sha Qi tumbled violently but ultimately could not escape: "Ha ha... you ask who I am? Tell the old man first, how is the outside world now?"

"The outside world has now become the South Wilderness..."

Fang Xi’s eyes sparkled as he explained some situations.

"So it has been so long already..."

The voice did not show itself, emitting only sound—it seemed that even Divine Consciousness could not penetrate the green barrier.

"I have yet to ask the senior’s name, and what is your relationship with the Nine Leaves Sect?"

Fang Xi asked politely.

"What Nine Leaves Sect? Don’t know it... as for me, you can call me ’Elder Yin.’"

’Elder Yin’ chuckled for a while, and his voice even turned hoarse and old.

’With such a long lifespan... a Ghost Cultivator, perhaps?’

Fang Xi quietly speculated in his heart.

If it were a human race Transcendent God, whose lifespan didn’t last more than two thousand years, they would have died of old age in the seal long ago.

It seems that the being sealed here is neither a Transcendent God Demonic Beast of the Monster Clan like the Valley God Venerable nor the likes of fifth-order Ghost Cultivators!"

"Has Elder Yin ever heard of ’Green Emperor Mountain’?" Fang Xi suddenly spoke up.

"As familiar as a thunderclap... Heh heh, simply because I am a cultivator from the Green Emperor Mountain, sealed within this ’Ninety-nine Green Vine Gourd’..."

Elder Yin seemed quite at ease.

"Ninety-nine Green Vine Gourd?" Fang Xi pondered thoughtfully; it seemed this was the name of the Spirit Communicating Treasure.

"Hearing your earlier words, that the ancient Green Emperor Mountain had already perished, with not even its Taoist system remaining... My heart is rather gratified."

Elder Yin chuckled: "You were able to reach this seal, indicating your cultivation is also quite impressive... What might you be seeking?"

Fang Xi fell silent.

Everyone is a cultivator; they naturally know that notions of good and evil are false, while only the pursuit is real.

If there was nothing sought, Elder Yin wouldn’t be chatting with him so cheerfully.

"What the junior seeks... is solely to breakthrough and become a Transcendent God!"

Fang Xi responded with a hearty laugh, "Could the senior be able to lend me a hand?"

"Breakthrough to Transcendent God, you say? Indeed, that’s somewhat difficult; there were plenty of cultivators with Profound Divine Skills in ancient times, but how many of them actually reached the step of Transcendent God?"

Elder Yin spoke softly: "We in the Lower Realm lack resources, even condensing a Nascent Soul is extremely hard, as for the resources for Transcendent God? They have almost vanished completely... However, I still possess a few rare Secret Skills that could possibly increase your chances of breakthrough by ten or twenty percent."

"Ten or twenty percent?"

Fang Xi’s eyes lit up: "Please impart your wisdom, venerable senior, and should you have any requirements, feel free to speak frankly!"

"Haha, you boy really catch on quick... Quite simple, you should have a piece of ’Sun Gold Spirit’ on you. Hand this item over, send it into the seal, and I will teach you the Secret Skill of Transcendent God! You should know, even in the ancient Cultivation World, secret skills capable of increasing the chances of Transcendent God are few and far between."

Elder Yin laughed.

"Sun Gold Spirit?"

Fang Xi contemplated; he did not have such top-tier forging treasure on him.

However, he soon reacted, and with a flash of light from his Storage Ring, a half-bare flagpole emerged: "Is this the item?"

This was the Spirit Communicating Treasure of that fifth-order Heavenly Phoenix. After its self-destruction, the flag had turned completely into ashes, and Fang Xi had to dig three feet into the ground to find this flagpole fragment.

The Yin Qi behind the seal churned, and suddenly a fist-sized eyeball emerged.

Elder Yin’s voice immediately came through: "Correct, this item contains a part of the ’essence of the sun’... Tsk tsk, such a treasure actually used for forging, truly clueless. If you find the ’Taiyin Jade Crystal’, it would be infinitely wondrous... Heh heh... Boy, don’t hesitate to send this item in!"

His tone in the last sentence changed slightly, seeming to carry a hint of enticement.

Fang Xi, after hearing this, remained unmoved, flipping his hand to take back the half-flagpole: "Senior, I need to consider this deal for a few days, please excuse me!"

How could he directly make a deal with an unknown fifth-order existence?

If the other party got the ’Sun Gold Spirit’ and directly broke free from the seal, wouldn’t that be a huge trouble?

So, Fang Xi prepared to leave directly.

After all, he had already gained enough today.

He thought to connect with Tai Yi, and a starlight immediately descended, wrapping his body and disappearing without a trace...

The underground area once again returned to darkness and silence.

After a long while, Elder Yin’s voice rose again: "A fifth-order Array... and the Kuyong Skills? It’s actually the Kuyong Skills!"

...

Around the Demon Tree, a starlight emerged, and Fang Xi’s figure stepped out from it.

"Indeed... within the Ninety-nine Green Vine Gourd, there was yet another unknown being suppressed... Highly likely to be above Transcendent God..."

Fang Xi rubbed his temples, somewhat troubled.

This feeling, it was like having a bomb buried under one’s house, making one a bit restless.

Fortunately, with his current strength, he could ensure that even if this calamity erupted, it would not affect him, and there would not be a tragedy like the Nine Leaves Sect!

"The Secret Skill of Transcendent God?"

Thinking of the other party’s promise, Fang Xi couldn’t help but sneer: "If I had little hope for becoming a Transcendent God, perhaps I might be tempted, but now, as long as I proceed in an orderly manner, Transcendent God is within reach. Why would I negotiate with a tiger over its skin?"

"Perhaps... I could wait until after I become a Transcendent God, and then probe a bit? No no... That seems unsafe as well."

"After all, I live long enough; this unknown existence might not outlive me. I can simply wait until he dies of old age, then take over all that’s his..."

Fang Xi made a stable plan and continued to retreat back to the Mountain Sea Pearl Dongfu.

Due to the large quantity of Spirit Eye Items he had gathered, the concentration of spiritual energy within the Mountain Sea Pearl Dongfu now far surpassed Jade Island.

Fang Xi naturally leaned more towards retreating within the Mountain Sea Pearl Dongfu.

With his personality, as long as he did not cause trouble, trouble would not come to him.

Cultivation knows no time, and in the blink of an eye, another ten or so years had passed.

...

One day.

A beam of demon light landed outside Evergreen Hall, it was the Demon Lord Tian Du.

"Tian Du, sir..."

Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness immediately transmitted: "Please come inside for a talk!"

In the past decade, he often sought advice from Demon Lord Tian Du, incidentally borrowing some pills and secret treasures that helped in the cultivation of the ’Seven Emotions and Sorrows Script’ and then sent them to The Nine States for analysis.

Now he had made rapid progress on the second layer.

Demon Lord Tian Du entered, and upon seeing Fang Xi seated at the head, his face showed a smile: "Head of the Alliance... The people we sent earlier report that the Higher Realm passage has disappeared... this century-long invasion of the Monster Clan from the Higher Realm has finally passed!"