Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 615 - 613: Pearl among Fish (Seeking Monthly Ticket)_1

Chapter 615: Chapter 613: Pearl among Fish (Seeking Monthly Ticket)_1

A swath of dark green demonic clouds engulfed a radius of dozens of miles, with thunderous roars and explosive sounds occurring from time to time.

Suddenly!

A one-acre patch of demonic clouds burst open, and a Nascent Soul wolfishly escaped.

Looking at the face, it shockingly resembled the Wang Family Ancestor!

Speaking of which, this Transcendent God had indeed been quite unlucky, first battling a heterodox incarnation and being ambushed with a sword while already injured.

After being struck with the ’Poison of Thousand Severances’, his strength was greatly damaged. Then being chased by Fang Xi himself, he had long fallen into a hopeless disadvantage.

In just a few moves, the Wang Family Ancestor almost met his demise.

He was a person of great resolve, instantly releasing his Nascent Soul from his body, abandoning the poisoned corpse, and utilizing a secret skill to blast open a patch of demonic clouds before using Instant Teleportation Skills to escape!

This Nascent Soul teleported and instantly moved a thousand feet away.

The Void in the Earth Immortal Realm is far more solid than that of the Mortal Realm; even a Transcendent God would struggle to open Spatial Rifts, and when employing Void Divine Power, one could only move a certain distance.

Nascent Soul escaping the body and using Instant Teleportation Skills for survival was still the best method to save one’s life!

The Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul glanced back and took mental note of this Transcendent God Demon Lord’s aura and skills, preparing to teleport once more.

Hmph!

In the midst of a cold huff, a bright, rainbow silk thread suddenly emerged from the Void, penetrating the small Nascent Soul.

With full force, Fang Xi launched the Sky Demon Chant, and a small ash-white tower appeared above the Nascent Soul, a cascade of ash-white radiance falling down.

The Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul only became slightly confused for a moment before quickly regaining clarity, and seeing the small tower above, a trace of steadfastness appeared on his face.

Snap!

He threw out a damaged jade seal he was holding in his hand, which immediately turned into a mass of blinding yellow radiance that struck the mid-air ash-white tower.

The Devil-locking Tower wailed as the ash-white light was instantly shattered!

After all, it was only a Spiritual Treasure and was no match for the damaged Spirit Communicating Treasures!

The Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul found its way to safety, barely revealing a trace of joy on its face, when suddenly it saw the Transcendent God Demon Lord waving the ’Mysterious Dark Banner’.

Rustle!

A vast dark river stretching thousands of miles appeared, its murky waters mixed with countless dark sands encircling the Nascent Soul!

The Nine Nether Underworld River Endless Sands!

The surging river swept everything along with its sand!

The Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul didn’t even have a chance to resist before being pulled into the river formed by the confluence of Mysterious Dark Heavy Water, pierced continuously by the Mysterious Dark Crystal Sand and Mysterious Dark Divine Sand, its magic power dissipating...

"You... who are you..."

He looked at the Transcendent God Demon Lord, his face suddenly revealing an expression of utter horror.

He seemed to have seen this array technique on Mount Sang Qing!

"Silence!"

In a flash, Fang Xi appeared above the Nine Nether Underworld River, his Divine Thoughts transforming into multicolored needles, continuously piercing into the Nascent Soul.

The Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul immediately showed an expression of agony, eyes rolling back, and he fainted away.

Fang Xi dared not delay, casting spell after spell, the Nine Nether Underworld River continuously soaking and dissolving the magic power of this Transcendent God Nascent Soul.

Once again, the Devil-locking Tower appeared, this time its gray-white light met no resistance, encapsulating the Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul within.

Meanwhile, the bright yellow seal, having lost its master’s magic power, had now turned into a fist-sized small seal, hovering in mid-air.

Fang Xi extended his hand and launched a surge of magic power, drawing the seal to him and examining it closely.

This seal was square-shaped, with a bright yellow texture; the handle was somewhat blurred and damaged, but one could vaguely make out the shape of a mountain king. At the base of the seal, there were also two ancient seal characters.

"Nine Radiance... This treasure is originally called the ’Nine Radiance Seal’."

Fang Xi felt it briefly, and within this Nine Radiance Seal, there seemed to be no presence of a spirit.

"Indeed, it is a damaged Spirit Communicating Treasure, without even a spirit... However, this makes it easier for me to refine."

He fondly toyed with the bright yellow jade seal in his hand for a while, then cleaned up the battlefield and transformed into a cloud of demonic energy, vanishing into the horizon....

...

Inside the Mountain Sea Pearl Dongfu.

Fang Xi formed hand seals and released the Devil-locking Tower.

A layer of gray-white radiance fell, revealing the Nascent Soul of the Wang Family Ancestor.

"A Nascent Soul of the Transcendent God caliber, if taken to feed the Divine Infant Sword, might help the Divine Infant Sword also break through to the fifth tier... After all, it was originally only a hair’s breadth from the fifth tier."

Fang Xi muttered to himself.

Looking at the Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul, still unconscious, a surge of demon energy suddenly rippled across his body, with jet-black essence glinting from his pupils, piercing into the Nascent Soul.

He was attempting to soul search the Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul!

Although the other was a Transcendent God Cultivator, Fang Xi had cultivated Divine Consciousness skills before his breakthrough to Transcendent God, his Divine Thoughts extremely powerful, not at all inferior to those at the early stages of Transcendent God.

After the breakthrough to Transcendent God, the Power of Divine Consciousness had grown even more.

No matter how one looked at it, it should be far superior to the early stages of a typical Transcendent God.

Thus, he could attempt to soul search the Wang Family Ancestor.

As Fang Xi cast his spells, waves of Sky Demon Secret Knowledge drilled into the inner parts of the Wang Family Ancestor’s Nascent Soul, searching for all relevant memories, making the little face of the person’s Nascent Soul reveal extreme anguish...

A short while later, Fang Xi opened his eyes, pressing his brow, appearing somewhat weary: "Soul searching a Transcendent God Cultivator, sure enough, is not like soul searching a common cultivator..."

That soul search almost drained half of his Power of Divine Consciousness, and the rewards were not bountiful—only memories of the past several decades.

The memories of a Transcendent God Cultivator over several decades were also a significant treasure.

Despite some disunity and messiness...

Fang Xi pressed on his temple and couldn’t help murmuring to himself:

"It looks like I’ll have to do this a few more times..."

Searching the soul of a Transcendent God Cultivator required ample patience.

And yet, the information he managed to organize gradually lit up Fang Xi’s eyes.

He thought for a moment, took a strand of the Wang Family Ancestor’s essence blood and magic power, and activated the disguise secret skill in the ’Self-transforming Demon True Skills’.

In an instant, his aura changed, and he almost looked exactly like the Wang Family Ancestor.

Even his face transformed to that of a middle-aged man, with a hint of frost at his temples.

"With my current strength, imitating the Wang Family Ancestor, at least those Yuan Ying of the Wang family won’t be able to see through it, and ordinary Transcendent God Cultivators might not be able to penetrate the disguise either..."

"As long as I don’t actually make a move, there shouldn’t be a problem... It’s just right to use the excuse of being seriously injured to go into seclusion."

The more Fang Xi thought about it, the brighter his eyes shone.

He was not fond of standing out in the open, so the identity of ’Qing Hezi’ would continue to be operated by his Heterodox incarnation.

He himself, on the other hand, could hide in the shadows under the guise of the ’Wang Family Ancestor’, even actively creating a facade of irreconcilable differences between the two sides!

By then, if anyone wants to deal with ’Qing Hezi’ and comes to seek out the Wang Family Ancestor for alliance... That scene would definitely be quite delightful.

"It seems quite feasible, worth a try."

...

The location of the Wang Family Clan Land was a valley.

In the valley, there was a fifth-grade spiritual vein, where rich spiritual energy gathered into mist, perpetually shrouding the entrance of the valley.

That day.

Fang Xi, in the guise of the ’Wang Family Ancestor’, flew into the valley mouth in a low profile.

An array emerged, but he took out a token, waved it, and the sense of stagnation immediately dissipated.

’The foundation of the Wang family is indeed not deep, even their clan-defending array is only barely fifth-grade...’ Fang Xi thought, relieved.

The most likely exposure point, being inspected by the fifth-grade Great Array’s Array Spirit, had passed even though he was a fifth-grade Array Master.

Now that he was past it, everything could get back on track.

Fang Xi turned into a streak of Escape Light, descending into the deepest part of the valley, inside a beautifully situated Dongfu.

Before long, a streak of light hurriedly arrived, landing in front of the Dongfu, revealing a silhouette.

His appearance faintly resembled the Wang Family Ancestor, though his cultivation had reached the late-stage Nascent Soul, another Nascent Soul great cultivator!

"Ling Ying pays respects to the Ancestor. Just now, the third uncle who was guarding the ancestral hall reported that the Ancestor’s soul tablet became dim..."

Wang Lingying said respectfully, and even secretly gave Fang Xi a sizing up, witnessing the pallid look on his own Ancestor’s face, he couldn’t help feeling a burst of alarm.

"The Ancestor is fine, just suffered a serious injury, which is why the soul tablet dimmed..." Fang Xi coughed twice, calmly said.

"Should a spiritual physician be summoned to diagnose and treat the Ancestor?" Wang Lingying immediately paled with shock.

"No need. The matter of this old Ancestor’s injury must be kept secret. Our family is going through hard times..." Fang Xi sighed and continued, "The old Ancestor met with Qin Longzi to see that Qing Hezi, but the other party turned out to be greedy, actually wanting the whole Kong Sang Market. The old Ancestor was unhappy and clashed with him in magic, slightly losing a move... On the way back, I was ambushed by the Demonic Beast who took Qiao’er away years ago..."

Fang Xi recounted the whole story and then sighed, "Anyway... we of the Wang family must admit defeat when we lose. Send word for Lingdao to come back!"

"The Kong Sang Market no longer belongs to our Wang family?" A wave of desolation washed over Wang Lingying, who clenched his fist and said, "Qing Hezi’s bullying is too much. Our Wang family has kept this in mind generation after generation, and one day we will surely avenge this!"

His eyes reddened slightly as he looked toward his Ancestor. "Ancestor... your health... and that Transcendent God Demonic Beast..."

Fang Xi’s complexion was dim, "The injury is severe, but not critical, and I can’t act right now... As for that Transcendent God Demonic Beast, it probably is, as we discussed last time, a foreign invader, hired by the Black Water Sect to cause trouble. Otherwise, how could there have been such silence?"

He sneered and went on, "Fortunately, this time the old Ancestor also left it with a little something. Next time we meet, I’ll surely recognize it!"

"With the Ancestor speaking like this, I’m relieved. The warehouse still stores a ’Ninety-Ninth Rebirth Pill’, should it be taken out to heal the Ancestor?" Wang Lingying asked for instructions.

"How could a fifth-grade spiritual pill be used so lightly?" Fang Xi learned the thrifty character of the Wang Family Ancestor completely, "The old Ancestor’s injury can heal with some rest, that spiritual pill will be of greater use in the future... You may leave now."

"Junior takes his leave!"

As Wang Lingying left the Dongfu, he still felt something was amiss. Suddenly, he bit his teeth and pulled out a compass.

This compass was entirely blood-colored, with a needle spinning ceaselessly inside.

Wang Lingying’s finger released a drop of blood, which covered the compass with a layer of blood-red glow.

The needle spun rapidly and then pointed in the direction of the Ancestor’s Dongfu.

"It seems I was indeed overthinking."

Wang Lingying sighed in relief, ready to deal with a series of troublesome matters related to the market.

...

Inside the Dongfu.

Fang Xi entered into the Mountain Sea Pearl and went to check on the Wang Family Ancestor again.

To avoid the soul tablet from shattering, he naturally left this old fella alive, not feeding him directly to the Divine Infant Sword.

At this moment, the Ancestral Demon Tree transferred to the Mountain Sea Pearl was extending its branches, tying up the Nascent Soul all wrapped up and suspended in the air...

’The Demon Tree has been up to no good, hanging people is certainly not something it learned from me... Exposing it deliberately this time seems to have no flaws, it probably just looked like a strange Spiritual Root to the Earth Immortal Realm cultivators.’

When he previously ambushed the Wang Family Ancestor, he brought along the Demon Tree, while the Heterodox incarnation had already gone with the two great Transcendent Gods to the Mysterious Dark Abyss to fight with magic, and couldn’t possibly notice from behind the Mount Sang Qing array that a tree was missing inside. As for the Array Eye, that was naturally a lie.

Fang Xi glanced at the Valley God Demon Lord’s corpse rooted in place and withering away and again sighed, "Such a pity, even with a fifth-grade Demon Tree, it’s impossible to create Transcendent God Puppets that can attract Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power... My plan for an army of Transcendent Gods is probably going to go bankrupt..."