Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 559 - 557: Turtle Breath (Request for Monthly Tickets)_1

Chapter 559: Chapter 557: Turtle Breath (Request for Monthly Tickets)_1

"Alright, the goods are out!"

Fang Xi, who had been following from afar and observing the battle with his divine consciousness, cheered inwardly.

The opportunity was rare, and he immediately made his move!

A layer of crimson and azure armor appeared on his body, and he transformed into a streak of green rainbow, rushing into the battlefield below.

"Collect!"

A jade gourd flew out, its mouth opened, and gathered the several clumps of Profound Turtle essence blood.

After pocketing the gourd, Fang Xi felt it all seemed a bit too easy.

But then again, which Nascent Soul cultivator would dare to charge into the battlefield where two Transcendent Gods were clashing without fearing death?

"Hmph!"

Ice Xuanzi snorted coldly, and with a swipe of his ice-cold longsword,

a white line streaked across Fang Xi’s body.

Pff!

The next moment, his figure shattered like a dreamy bubble.

From afar on a snow lotus, a flash of green brilliance appeared, revealing Fang Xi’s figure, which then turned into a streak of blood light and rapidly disappeared into the horizon.

"Demon Path’s Replacement Tribulation Skills? Wood Escape Skill? Blood Escape Skills?"

"And this divine consciousness... interesting!"

Ice Xuanzi commented offhandedly, then with a flourish of his sleeve, a fist-sized ice crystal phoenix statuette emerged. He brought forth a drop of essence blood from his finger and injected it into the twin pupils of the ice crystal phoenix.

Cheep cheep!

The eyes of the ice crystal phoenix turned red and it suddenly spread its wings and shrieked.

Its magic power fluctuated with its growing form, quickly reaching the peak level of Nascent Soul.

Then, with a powerful flap of its wings, it transformed into a stream of light, chasing after the direction Fang Xi had fled.

"Old turtle, let’s continue."

After doing all this, Ice Xuanzi no longer paid any attention to Fang Xi.

Clearly, he still saw the Profound Turtle of the fifth order as his greatest adversary!

...

’Damn... I was just passing by and picked up a few drops of blood, which wasn’t even yours. Do you have to chase me so relentlessly?’

After fleeing tens of thousands of miles in one breath and finding the ice crystal phoenix still on his trail, and even worse, with every flap of its wings sending blizzards and frost hurtling towards him, Fang Xi was thoroughly annoyed.

Because it seemed truly difficult to shake off this ice crystal phoenix with its speed of pursuit.

"Puppets or ice spirits?... Either way, definitely not a bloodline monster beast."

He stopped his escape light. The ’Five Elements Ring’ spun leisurely, layering another multicolored armor over the Heaven Phoenix Flood Dragon Armor.

The Qinghe Sword gleamed brilliantly and was grasped in his right hand, to be swung backward!

Whoosh!

A several-hundred-zhang-long streak of green sword qi, like a verdant mountain range, suddenly collapsed from the sky, smashing down upon the ice crystal phoenix!

"Cheep!"

The ice crystal phoenix emitted a high-pitched trill, flapping its wings fiercely!

Ice blades emerged, mixing with the unstoppable green sword light, and ultimately both dissipated into wisps of blue smoke...

"Swiftly!"

Fang Xi formed a sword gesture with his hand, and the Qinghe Sword exploded into intangible Flying Rice-sized Qinghe Needles, filling the entire void.

The next moment, something surprising happened!

As the countless Flying Rice-sized Qinghe Needles neared the ice crystal phoenix, they began to solidify...

This wasn’t the sealing of the void, but rather it seemed like they were frozen instantly by an absolute cold temperature!

"So it is the Spirit of Ice Soul!"

Fang Xi realized in an instant.

The so-called ’Spirit of Ice Soul’ is a natural being that could only be born in extreme cold regions after millions of years of nurturing!

Because it is born close to the Dao, it has a much deeper understanding of the power of ice than ordinary human cultivators, and often possesses many divine skills that even the Monster Clan would envy!

’No wonder the Transcendent God ancestor took notice and made it his life-bound spiritual beast!’

Fang Xi sighed inwardly.

Such Spirits of Ice Soul have an unusual construct, being purely made of spiritual ice power, and naturally resistant to Flying Rice-sized Qinghe Needles.

He raised his hand to beckon, and the Qinghe Sword appeared in his hand. His late-stage Nascent Soul magic power poured into the Qinghe Sword as he slashed with it!

At the same time, two late-stage Nascent Soul Demon Clan puppets emerged; one spewing pitch-black lightning, and the other spitting demon fire, both surging towards the ice crystal phoenix.

Behind the ice crystal phoenix, a Sea Split Beast materialized with a roar. With a stomp of its four hoofs, a gigantic wave surged forward, flooding towards the ice crystal phoenix!

Sssss!

Few extremely fine white lines sprayed from the mouth of the ice crystal phoenix.

First was the vast sea, which solidified from the white line, turning instantly into a glacier!

The demon fire also seemed to be hit hard, as its temperature plummeted.

The remaining white lines were in a deadlock with the lightning and sword qi, seemingly on par.

Whoosh!

Just at that moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside the ice crystal phoenix, wielding the ’Divine Infant Sword’ which let out a cry similar to an infant’s wail, with the aura of demon evil all around.

"Slash!"

The heterodox Nascent Soul unsheathed a sword, and the enlarged ’Divine Infant Sword’ directly grazed past the head of the Ice Crystal Phoenix, with countless red threads piercing through its ice-like body.

Crash!

The headless corpse of the Ice Crystal Phoenix suddenly stalled, then shattered into countless ice blocks and fell.

Only a piece of azure blue crystal stone, seemingly the only thing that remained intact,

As the heterodox Nascent Soul reached out to grab it, he felt it was not cold but rather somewhat warm to the touch, wondering if it was a case of extremes reversing.

"I’m off!"

With a flash of silver light, the heterodox Nascent Soul returned to The Nine States with the ’Heart of Ice Soul’.

After all, it was an item of Transcendent God level, one could never be sure whether there were tracking abilities attached to it.

Therefore, Fang Xi simply had his second Nascent Soul bring it to The Nine States. If Ice Xuanzi had such vast Divine Skills, he could chase down the debt in The Nine States!

"It’s just a few drops of turtle blood, what’s the big deal?"

Fang Xi shook his head and sighed, swiftly cleaning up the battlefield, erasing his traces, then transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the horizon.

Meanwhile, from the direction of the Great Snow Mountain.

The ninth Heavenly Thunder descended!

Boom!

The entire Great Snow Mountain appeared shorter by a section.

But at that moment, a weak yet joyful laugh echoed through the Ice God Palace.

The Ice God Palace Master had finally endured the nine bolts of lightning and became an early-stage Transcendent God Cultivator!

...

Wan Bing City.

Fang Xi changed his appearance and entered the city.

He was quite confident in his own concealment secret skills.

Moreover, with the secret technique of the ’Seven Emotions and Sorrows Script,’ he could ensure that the Transcendent God had not marked him with something like ’Resented Spirit Trace.’

Wan Bing City seemed a bit broken, as if it had been greatly affected during last night’s events.

But many Cultivators were buzzing with excitement, discussing the divine spectacle of last night’s Transcendent God tribulation!

For them, it was a once-in-a-lifetime event worthy of boasting about in the future.

Fang Xi couldn’t care less about these conversations as he made his way to the city center to find an administrator of the grand auction to inquire about the event.

Then, he received a piece of astonishing news, "What...the auction has been suspended? May I know when it will resume?"

The administrator, clothed in a white robe who was likely a disciple of the Ice God Palace—although only at the Foundation Establishment stage—faced Fang Xi, a Core Formation grandmaster, without a hint of fear, "The disciples of my Great Snow Mountain have suffered heavy casualties, and all you Individual Cultivators think about is the auction..."

Fang Xi, who was snubbed, could only leave, inwardly criticizing the administrator who must have lost someone close in last night’s events.

Nonetheless, he didn’t let the man off, secretly sending the ’Fortune Worm’ around him before leaving. This person was bound to suffer bad luck!

"Such bad luck... The grand auction that takes place only once every sixty years, who knows how long it will be delayed now..."

"But knowing that a Transcendent God turtle demon was lurking nearby, would the Nascent Soul Sects even dare to come trade? Adding to that the heavy losses from last night, it’s no surprise they had to cancel."

Fang Xi was sure that the fifth-order Profound Turtle had ultimately escaped last night.

Otherwise, the Ice God Palace would have made a big fuss announcing it.

’Fifth-order Profound Turtle, its defense is indeed formidable...’ he thought, feeling a sense of wonder, when suddenly a figure flashed before his eyes.

A hunched old man with a monkey-like face, dressed in black clothes, blocked his path, "Esteemed Core Formation Cultivator, may we talk for a moment? This old man has a tempting offer for you."

He looked ordinary, with patchy black and white hair held together by an ebony hairpin, and his cultivation seemed to be only at the Qi Refining level.

Yet Fang Xi, for some reason, felt the hair on his back stand on end.

He looked deeply at the old man and suddenly smiled, "Good!"

The two of them found an inconspicuous teahouse and entered a private room.

Fang Xi raised his hand, and a five-colored prohibition immediately sealed the private room.

Immediately after, he touched his forehead with great solemnity.

A thread of Divine Thought crystallized into a shining line, and darted towards the hunched old man.

When the old man saw this, his eyes lit up slightly, "Divine Thought Crystallization, not bad at all. Your Divine Consciousness is well-cultivated; you are indeed the person I’ve been looking for!"

He extended a finger, upon which was another thread of Divine Consciousness.

The two threads of Divine Thought crystalline met swiftly in mid-air and then straightforwardly annihilated each other...

Fang Xi grunted, taking a small loss in this exchange of Divine Consciousness, "You are that fifth-order Profound Turtle! How dare you show yourself in Wan Bing City? Aren’t you afraid of being discovered by the Ice God Palace?"

"Heh heh, I’m quite confident in my own ’Turtle Breath Skills.’ I’ve even sneaked into the Ice God Palace without Xuan Bingzi noticing," the humped old man said indifferently with his hands behind his back.

Fang Xi fell silent. Indeed, the demon’s methods of concealing its aura were terrifying; even now, in his Divine Consciousness, the old man still appeared to be a mere Qi Refining Cultivator, with no flaws whatsoever!

"Why are you looking for me? And how did you find me?"

Fang Xi asked the two questions he was most concerned about without dwelling on anything else.

"Yesterday, during the great battle, I sensed your Divine Thought and felt that you were the person I wanted to find... As for how to find you, out of all the people, it is indeed difficult, but you took my blood, and that is fate!"

The hunched old man chuckled, "People of my clan all possess the ’Immortal Body’ talent, and my talent is slightly better, aiming to develop the ’Incarnate Thousands’ Divine Skill. Although I cannot yet regenerate from a drop of blood, I can retain some spiritual will in my blood and sense the general direction. Such a connection can hardly be blocked even by spatial artifacts like storage bags."

"It really was because of that turtle blood."

Fang Xi sighed, wishing he had also thrown it into The Nine States.

"As for why I’m seeking you out? Didn’t you offer yourself to me? I urgently need someone with strong Divine Consciousness to break some prohibitions... I ask for your assistance. My Profound Turtle Clan will surely repay you generously!"

The hunched old man suddenly bowed solemnly, his demeanor genuinely earnest.