Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 611 - 609 Advancement of the Demon Tree (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1

Chapter 611: Chapter 609 Advancement of the Demon Tree (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1

Several years later.

Kong Sang Market.

Zuo Xiaoxuan stepped out of the "Heavenly Immortal Tavern," a hint of a smile appearing on the face beneath the mask.

Her prices were higher than those at Wanbao Pavilion, so naturally, many individual cultivators were willing to sell various spiritual objects procured from the Mysterious Dark Abyss to her.

Today her luck was good, as she even acquired a five-hundred-year-old Dragon Newt.

Just then, at the end of the street ahead, the figure of a man in purple robes suddenly materialized.

Merely standing there, an aura of profound deepness and towering presence emanated from him, with magic power that was unfathomable.

Cultivators on either side sized him up briefly before respectfully making a detour.

"Fourth Sister..."

Meng Zhuzi spoke.

"Our ties have long since been severed."

Zuo Xiaoxuan said with a cold face, "Does this senior really intend to break the rules and make a move in the market?"

"Of course not... I just want to advise you, don’t let yourself be used. Your situation is already very dangerous, and it’s not just those families; even the Wang family is very dissatisfied with you. They might just make an example out of you..."

Meng Zhuzi took a step forward, lowering his voice, "I am saying this for your benefit."

"Mr. Qing Hezi always makes things clear every time and chooses to hand them over to me. I am willing to do all of these things," Zuo Xiaoxuan replied coldly. "But you are different... You deceived us, causing the death of my second brother... I will settle this account with you sooner or later."

"Settle with me?"

Meng Zhuzi seemed to hear a joke, "Based on your capabilities?"

A hint of coldness appeared on his face, ready to secretly do away with this woman, also to give a warning to the ’Mr. Qing Hezi’ who was behind her.

The waters of the Mysterious Dark Abyss are deep, not anyone can just barge in!

"Based on my own capabilities,"

Zuo Xiaoxuan said with a slight smile, a pitch-black Thunder Pearl appearing in her hand.

At the sight of the Thunder Pearl, even Meng Zhuzi’s Nascent Soul opened its eyes wide, showing a look of vigilance and fear.

"Is that a fourth-grade Thunder Pearl? Have you lost your mind?"

He let out a low roar, ready to defend with his spiritual treasure and flee at any moment.

"Don’t worry, my life is too valuable to perish alongside you..."

Zuo Xiaoxuan said with a coquettish laugh, "But if you want to make a move on me, then we’ll both be destroyed... I’ve already ritually refined this Thunder Pearl with a secret skill, and it’s connected to my Divine Consciousness. A single thought from me can detonate it. By that time, everything within a hundred miles would be reduced to dust. If you’re not afraid of dying, then feel free to try!"

"Madwoman!"

Meng Zhuzi’s complexion turned red and then white, genuinely afraid to take action.

This ’Demon Yin Thunder’ gave him a feeling that it was much more dangerous than an ordinary fourth-grade Thunder Pearl.

Perhaps a Nascent Soul stage great cultivator would not fear it so much, but he was only at the early stage of Nascent Soul; one misstep and he truly could be dragged away with her!

He had just condensed his Nascent Soul and became a high-level cultivator, with a long lifespan ahead; how could he be willing to accompany a Core Formation cultivator to the underworld?

"Haha, Fourth Sister, you must be joking, I was only giving you a piece of advice,"

Meng Zhuzi said with an awkward smile, stepping aside to clear the way.

Zuo Xiaoxuan let out a cold laugh and flew past him.

The nearby cultivators, though silent on the surface, were bound to be buzzing with private discussions after witnessing this scene.

Meng Zhuzi’s expression changed several times as he watched Zuo Xiaoxuan leave, ultimately not daring to pursue her, powerless to do anything else.

But internally, he was seething with rage, preparing to go and vehemently complain to the Wang family.

This time Mr. Qing Hezi had truly crossed the line!

...

Clutching a jade talisman in her hand, Zuo Xiaoxuan was anxious all the way until she neared Mount Sang Qing, only then letting out a sigh of relief.

She too wanted to live and get her revenge rather than perish with her enemy.

Looking at the black array humming with the sound of flowing sand, Zuo Xiaoxuan’s gaze held a hint of bewilderment.

Years ago, Mr. Qing Hezi had changed the Array for some reason and no longer allowed her to enter Mount Sang Qing.

Now, she could only send out a Voice Transmission Talisman.

It wasn’t long before Qing Hezi emerged from within the Array, taking the Storage Bag from Zuo Xiaoxuan, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face: "Well done..."

He lifted his hand and another Storage Bag fell into Zuo Xiaoxuan’s hand, "This contains Water Purifying Pills and several bottles of pills that greatly benefit Core Formation cultivators; consider it your rightful reward."

"Thank you, Senior,"

Zuo Xiaoxuan’s Divine Consciousness swept over it, yet her face did not show much joy. She told him about what happened in the market, "I estimate it won’t be long before the Wang family makes a move against Senior..."

"No, the Wang family won’t,"

Fang Xi said with conviction.

"Why not?"

A trace of confusion crossed Zuo Xiaoxuan’s face, which then turned contemplative, "Senior had previously ordered to let loose and act freely; there must be something you rely on, so I won’t ask further..."

Watching her departure, Fang Xi felt quite satisfied.

In the Cultivation World, knowing when to advance and when to retreat is the key to longevity.

"Wang family forcing their hand out of desperation?"

"They’ll have to see if they dare..."

Zuo Xiaoxuan might not see far enough, but there must be an Array Master among the Wang family. Fang Xi’s actions were so conspicuous that they would certainly come to probe, and then they’d be frightened off by the fifth-grade Nine Netherworld Underworld River Mysterious Sand Great Array.

In this cruel world of cultivation, everything is illusory, only one’s own strength is real.

Walking into the Array, his heterodox incarnation merged with the flowing black water, flooding the passage in an instant.

Arriving at Mount Sang Qing, he saw an Ancestral Demon Tree towering and obscuring the sky.

And beneath that Demon Tree, a green-robed young cultivator sat cross-legged.

"The Demon Tree breaks through to the fifth grade today!"

Fang Xi’s true form opened his eyes, concluding through the connection with the Demon Tree.

After years of baptism in the Earth Immortal Realm, the Ancestral Demon Tree finally grew once more.

Now, it was about to break through the threshold of Transcendent God!

...

"Mr. Qing Hezi, I wonder what kind of trump card you’re hiding..."

Zuo Xiaoxuan rode her Escape Light, not yet a thousand miles away, when suddenly she felt a terrifying Spiritual Pressure coming from behind her.

The sky was ablaze with Spiritual Power, which turned into Five Colored Glows, surging towards the direction of Mount Sang Qing!

In the Earth Immortal Realm, inducing Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power caused the Transcendent God phenomenon to be even more magnificent than in the Mortal Realm!

"Is this... the Transcendent God Celestial Phenomenon?!"

Zuo Xiaoxuan could hardly imagine, then had a sudden realization: "No wonder Qing Hezi is not afraid of the Wang family, it turns out he is about to become a Transcendent God..."

From the direction of the Kong Sang Market.

"Such fluctuations of Spiritual Power..."

Wang Lingdao flew into the sky, looking towards the direction of Mount Sang Qing, his eyes full of envy and jealousy.

Even though he was also a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he had yet to cultivate to the full maturity of Nascent Soul, let alone the far-off goal of Transcendent God.

"Pavilion Master..."

Meng Zhuzi also sensed it, her expression filled with panic: "Could it be... that person?!"

"Indeed... he’s become a Transcendent God!"

Wang Lingdao exhaled a long breath: "It seems this person has been concealing his cultivation all along, when he competed with me, I fear he had already reached the Great Perfection of Nascent Soul... You need not concern yourself with this matter anymore."

With Qing Hezi’s ascension to Transcendent God, the subsequent matters were now beyond even Wang Lingdao’s authority to decide.

The Wang Family Ancestor himself would have to make the call.

A leap across a major realm was often an insurmountable divide!

In the Earth Immortal Realm, this was a rather common occurrence!

...

’Now that the Demon Tree has transcended into godhood... the Celestial Phenomenon is genuinely authentic.’

’In the future, Qing Hezi will be a Transcendent God cultivator of the Demon Path!’

’No one will be able to connect me with that Transcendent God of demons from before!’

Fang Xi looked up at the sky, where lines of blue thunder flashed, feeling a sense of relief in his heart.

The Ancestral Demon Tree’s tribulation did not cause any trouble; it was a normal Transcendent God Heavenly Tribulation.

Fang Xi was still somewhat afraid that if it encountered the terrifying Heavenly Thunder he had during his own Transcendent God tribulation, it would be a bit troublesome.

Crack!

Thunderbolts struck down, one after another, blocked layer by layer until finally falling upon the Ancestral Demon Tree.

The Demon Tree’s body, bathed in the Thunder Light, actually seemed to thrive even more.

Not only that!

On its verdant leaves, the patterns of gold and silver were also continuously spreading and expanding...

Boom!

Ultimately, the thousand-mile dark clouds thundered, and the ninth Thunderbolt crashed down mightily!

The next instant, countless leaves flew out from the crown of the Ancestral Demon Tree, turning to ash in mid-air... This was the Ancestral Demon Tree’s tribulation-crossing secret skill, sacrificing these leaves to bear the catastrophe in its place.

As expected...

A halo of gold and silver emerged, enveloping the Thunderbolt descending from the sky.

Then, the ninth fierce Heavenly Thunder shrank by more than half, crashing down on the crown of the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Bang!

Amidst a burst of thunderous light, several huge branches suddenly broke, with the marks of lightning at the points of fracture.

Although the Demon Tree seemed to have suffered heavy damage, it had ultimately endured the tribulation and successfully ascended to the fifth rank!

At that moment, Fang Xi felt as if he heard a strange noise coming from within his own body!

This indistinct feeling told him that not only had his ’Eternal Green Body’ finally made a breakthrough, but his lifespan had begun to increase significantly as well!

’Somehow I feel that one day, I could outlast a Mahayana Individual Immortal!’

Fang Xi muttered to himself without words, arriving beneath the Demon Tree.

At this moment, he saw rich blood oozing out from the wounds left by the lightning strikes.

With the replenishment from the pure blood essence previously stored from both demon and beast races, those wounds were rapidly healing, and even new branches and leaves were growing.

As long as it had enough blood food, the Ancestral Demon Tree’s recovery was astonishingly fast!

After carefully sensing for a while, an expression of joy unconsciously surfaced on Fang Xi’s face.

He then approached the tree hollow where the ’Profound Turtle Egg’ was sealed.

He had hesitated about whether to take out the turtle egg earlier, but ultimately decided to let it endure the Heavenly Tribulation along with the Demon Tree.

At this time, inside the Profound Turtle Egg, the pulsation of life’s breath had grown even stronger.

"After undergoing the baptism of Heavenly Tribulation, it’s completely integrated into the Earth Immortal Realm..."

"The day that the little one hatches is not far away..."

Fang Xi could make this judgment with ease.

This Profound Turtle Egg, once raised, would become a valuable ally.

"Now that I’ve ascended to Transcendent God, I can negotiate with the Wang family... gain more shares, which means more ’True Blood Pills’!"

"With the help of this Spiritual Pill, the progress of my ’Sky Demon Slaying Immortal Tactics’ will surely leap forward significantly!"

Fang Xi had already planned every step, and now he just needed to follow the plan.

"I wonder which family will be the first to come knocking?"

Looking beyond the Array, his face involuntarily revealed a hint of anticipation...