Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 617 - 615: Profound Turtle Emerges (Extra Update Request for Monthly Ticket)_1

Chapter 617: Chapter 615: Profound Turtle Emerges (Extra Update Request for Monthly Ticket)_1

Time flows like water.

In the blink of an eye, several decades have passed.

The Wang family valley.

Fang Xi was holding a watering can, watering the potted Ancestral Demon Tree.

Since the Spiritual Root had advanced to the fifth rank, the ease and scope of its divine skills had improved tremendously. Even though it maintained the size of a small carving, Fang Xi could still feel it thriving and growing.

The reason he brought it out instead of keeping it in the Dongfu within the Mountain Sea Pearl was naturally to take advantage of the Wang family’s fifth rank Spiritual Vein.

The Dongfu where the Wang Family Patriarch resided was the place with the most abundant spiritual energy within this fifth rank Spiritual Vein.

Moreover, with the ’Demon Tree’, a big eater, around, Cultivators practicing in several high-rank Dongfus nearby started to experience a shortage of spiritual energy, hampering their cultivation progress.

However, all this was suppressed by the head of the Wang family, ’Wang Lingying’.

He thought that the Wang Family Patriarch was in seclusion, needing to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy to heal his injuries...

This intelligence, of course, was gathered by the tiny Mechanism Puppets secretly deployed by Fang Xi.

At the Flying Rice level of the Mechanism Puppets, except for a Transcendent God’s divine thought, the divine consciousness of a Nascent Soul could hardly detect them.

Nowadays, it could be said that Fang Xi knew the Wang family better than they knew themselves!

’Although the family members have some complaints, they also know that this old patriarch is innocent in this war... They haven’t been too harsh, and there are even those who have voluntarily donated Spirit Stones to help the family through these hard times.’

’This family’s prosperity is built on the foundation laid by generations before, with a rising spirit that’s hard to break...’

Of course, Fang Xi just sighed at the thought.

To truly break their backbone, all that was needed was to spread the news of the Wang Family Patriarch’s demise. The Wang family would naturally be finished, no matter how united they might be, for such is the inexorable law of a world where power is centralized in the individual!

’Peng ancestor lived for eight hundred years...’

After watering, Fang Xi mused with an inexplicable expression, ’If I calculate it, I am also eight hundred years old now...’

Eight hundred years!

In the secular world of the Lower Realm, the change of dynasties typically happens every two to three hundred years. Eight hundred years would be enough to survive through three or four generations of dynastic changes, outliving countless emperors...

But for Transcendent God cultivators in the Earth Immortal Realm, with lifespans usually amounting to four or five thousand years, eight hundred is quite young, they’re in the prime of their lives!

In these decades, Fang Xi has been controlling the Wang family, starting by going to the ancestral hall, and without the third uncle of the Wang family noticing, he replaced the Wang Family Patriarch’s soul tablet.

Otherwise, having it sit there dimly or even shatter someday would not do...

Next, he took control of the various resources and channels of the Wang family, thereby accounting for the revenues and seizing the lion’s share.

Although the Wang family lost the Kong Sang Market, many other small markets and resource points still exist, and they still have to make yearly offerings to the Dragon Controlling Sect!

As for this, Fang Xi naturally handled it diligently without reservation, taking many Spiritual Objects and turning them into ’True Blood Pills’ to be transported back.

Just this one action allowed him to obtain quite a few Spiritual Pills from the Wang family.

With the assistance of numerous ’True Blood Pills’, his ’Sky Demon Slaying Immortal Tactics’ cultivation technique had progressed rapidly.

By now, he had almost reached the early stage of perfection, just a hair’s breadth away from attempting to break through to the middle stage of Transcendent God!

’Fortunately, in the Earth Immortal Realm, Cultivators only have to traverse Heaven Tribulation once after Returning to Emptiness, each breakthrough doesn’t require overcoming Heaven Tribulation... Breaking through to the middle stage of Transcendent God doesn’t necessitate crossing the tribulation...’

’Having siphoned off the Dragon Controlling Sect’s resources for about eighty years has almost allowed me to cultivate to the middle stage of Transcendent God. What if it were two hundred, four hundred, or eight hundred years... Could I not achieve a perfect Transcendent God, or even Return to Emptiness directly?’

Fang Xi’s eyes sparkled slightly.

At this moment, he sensed something and indifferently looked up at the sky.

Before long, a streak of Escape Light descended, revealing a person, who was none other than the head of the Wang family, ’Wang Lingying’!

"Great patriarch... Our fleet sent to the Mysterious Dark Abyss encountered a mechanical island from Kong Sang Market, and without exchanging words, they activated powerful spirit treasures, causing our cultivators to suffer heavy losses... Ling Jun from the second house had his physical body destroyed, escaping with only his Nascent Soul!"

Wang Lingying bowed and spoke with a face full of righteous anger, "That Qing Hezi has gone too far in bullying our Wang family!"

’What nonsensical gibberish are you spouting? It was clearly your Wang family fleet that coveted the harvest and initiated the attack on the turtle-shell ship... And it was only because ’Tai Yi’ showed mercy on my command that he didn’t use the ’Star Destroyer Cannon’. Otherwise, that Ling Jun and the other Wang family cultivators, one and all, if they could have even left behind a handful of ashes, they would consider me defeated...’

Fang Xi scoffed internally.

However, he also knew that in such a large family, bureaucracy and deception were nearly a norm.

Even the Wang Family Patriarch had descendants who would cause trouble by relying on favoritism.

And since most Cultivators favor relations over righteousness, the existence of unruly young masters in the Cultivation World is indeed based on a certain foundation. And when small troubles escalate to involve the seniors, it is quite likely to happen.

Fang Xi was all set to straighten out the family discipline: although the Wang family was a regional power in the Mysterious Dark Abyss, if any distant descendant annoyed someone they shouldn’t have and implicated him, that would be so unjust!

However, at this moment, he could only act the part, his face flashing red in an instant: "Qing Hezi..."

"Now that my injuries are fully healed, wanting to deal with that Qing Hezi still leaves me a little wanting..." Wang Lingying analyzed from the side, "Qing Hezi excels in the Mechanism Puppeteer Skills, and since building the mechanical island, the yearly income of dragon newts and Spiritual Herbs has increased by three or four folds. Compared to our Wang family, we offer twenty percent more in pills and Spiritual Objects to the Dragon Controlling Sect every ten years... With such immense profits, the Dragon Controlling Sect will definitely not help our family..."

"Our Wang family faces dangers on all sides. In order to rise to power, we greatly offended the Black Water Sect, and to this day, the issues with Lord Hei Miao and the hidden Transcendent Demon haven’t been resolved..."

Being the Head of the King’s Family, Wang Lingying wasn’t a rash man: "Lingying believes that to deal with that Qing Hezi, we must outsmart him rather than confront him with brute force..."

It should be mentioned that Fang Xi has all along been tolerating conflicts instigated by incarnations from the Heterodox path with his subordinates, leading to frequent small skirmishes.

Initially, it was the Kong Sang Market side that suffered a severe defeat, and even Zuo Xiaoxuan almost got captured alive.

Later, Fang Xi couldn’t stand idly by and supported the effort with several fourth-grade Puppets, barely maintaining a balance of power.

Strangely enough, despite the overt confrontations and secret skirmishes between the two families, not even one Nascent Soul Cultivator had perished, which indicated that there was still a bottom line and some unspoken agreements.

"Then, in your opinion, what should be done?"

Fang Xi asked with interest.

Discussing how to deal with oneself with outsiders was rather amusing.

"Qing Hezi has a weak foundation, without a Sect or disciples... Evergreen Pavilion has been actively recruiting guests in recent years, and I have let several Cultivators infiltrate their ranks... It’s known that Qing Hezi, apart from his fondness for gourmet food, also has a strong appetite for pleasure..."

Wang Lingying said, "Among the ’Charming Women’ secretly nurtured by our family, there are quite a few with outstanding looks. Sending a few of them over in secret might just produce a surprising effect..."

Fang Xi tapped his forehead.

He was familiar with the Wang family’s ’Charming Women’ from the memories of the Wang Family Ancestor, which were women selected for their Spiritual Roots and stunning looks, raised from a young age to cultivate Charming Skills with rigorous training. As they matured, each would be a national beauty with inherent seductive charms.

They were specially sent to befriend high-ranking individuals in friendly forces. Back in the Black Water Sect, there were quite a few.

It was in this way that secret information about the True Blood Pill production had been leaked.

These ’Charming Women’ usually served with their beauty, but in critical moments, they could also trigger the prohibition within their bodies, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy.

Although using this method to scheme against Nascent Soul Cultivators was almost always effective, Wang Lingying wasn’t quite confident when it came to a Transcendent God Cultivator.

"After all, the other party practices Demon Skills; common Charming Skills might not be effective..."

Fang Xi shook his head with a sigh, expressing his disappointment that the Wang family had only this much capability, "Well... just send a few over for now, as an extra move at least."

"Yes!"

Wang Lingying obediently complied, then continued to report, "Recently, within our family, when testing for Spirit Roots among mortals, 227 Immortal Seedlings were discovered, 25 of which have Earth Grade Spiritual Roots or higher... and there’s even one Heaven Grade Spiritual Root."

"Not bad, nurture them well."

Fang Xi nodded in approval upon hearing this.

The probability of finding Immortal Seedlings among mortals in the Earth Immortal Realm seemed to be much higher than in the Lower Realm, and even the appearance rate of high-quality Spiritual Roots had increased significantly.

"Besides, a member of the third branch with the rank of ’Zhi’ has just passed away..."

Wang Lingying, like a faithful steward, reported almost every detail: "Recently, ’Wang Xuan Ding’ from the ninth branch has achieved Perfect Golden Core. Having personally contributed more than three million good deeds to the family, he wishes to borrow an additional two million from the family to exchange for a Condensation Infancy Pill from the family treasury..."

"At such a young age and already thinking about reaching for the sky... Tell him, the family will at most lend one million good deeds, and he should figure out the rest on his own..."

Fang Xi laughed and scolded, seeming to be in a particularly good mood.

Suddenly!

His expression changed as he looked towards the sky.

The clear sky, which had been cloudless, was suddenly enveloped by ominous clouds.

"Ancestor?"

Wang Lingying, seeing this, couldn’t help but feel puzzled, "What is this...?"

"It’s nothing, I casually captured a Spiritual Beast before, which now seems to be ready for its fourth-grade promotion..."

Fang Xi waved his hand, signaling Wang Lingying to leave.

He then took a potted plant and flew out of the Wang family’s valley, finding a secluded and open area.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The thunderclouds in the sky seemed to have eyes, following him to this location.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Dark, swirling gusts of wind blew down, incessantly stripping away layers of rock and soil from the ground.

This was... the Transformation Heavenly Tribulation!

And its target was...

With an odd look on his face, Fang Xi took out an ostrich egg-sized Profound Turtle egg from the Mountain Sea Pearl.

As soon as the egg appeared, the dark clouds in the sky became even more intense, with thunder and lightning flashing faintly!

The Profound Turtle egg had already shed its stone shell, revealing a white eggshell with a faint blue glow.

"This is the first time I’m witnessing a Demonic Beast egg undergoing tribulation..."

"It seems this little Mysterious Turtle is indeed of extraordinary bloodline, being fourth-grade right at birth!"

Crack!

Before Fang Xi’s gaze, a crack suddenly appeared on the shell of the egg!

Above the sky, the countless thunder and lightning seemed to have found their target, coalescing into a bolt of green thunder light that crashed down fiercely!

Boom!

As the thunder struck the eggshell, instead of shattering, it brought forth strands of purplish-blue patterns and caused a new crack to form!

This Mysterious Turtle eggshell seemed to be even sturdier than many Defensive Spirit Treasures.