Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 719 - 671: Goodbye (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month)_1

Chapter 719: Chapter 671: Goodbye (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month)_1

’This mark...’

Fang Xi looked at the corner mark, his expression unchanged, and directly walked over.

He wandered around for a while before stopping in front of a stall covered with various monster materials.

The stall owner was shrouded in a layer of dark green mist, only a pair of bloodshot eyes visible through the mist, exuding an indescribable sense of evil.

Upon seeing Fang Xi halt, he immediately let out a hoarse and unpleasant laugh, "This customer, my monster materials here are the freshest... especially these few Heaven Phoenix feathers, which took great effort to obtain alive from a Transcendent God Heaven Phoenix..."

’Don’t believe your nonsense.’

With a flash of ’Treasury Eye Skills’ in his eyes, Fang Xi felt something was amiss about these ’Heaven Phoenix feathers.’

Considering those he often played with, he knew these were fake.

But he didn’t know what method the stall owner had used; at first glance, the imitation could almost be taken as real.

’In this black market, there are quite a few counterfeits, and one needs to test their eye... The Treasury Eye Skills are indeed somewhat useful.’

Fang Xi sneered a few times and got up to leave.

"Wait... It seems Sir is an expert, I do have genuine good stuff here, care to look?"

The red-eyed cultivator from the green mist suddenly spoke up.

’Do the sellers in this black market also have to screen customers?’

Fang Xi was somewhat speechless, "What do you have?"

The red-eyed cultivator let out a cold laugh and tossed over a jade box.

Fang Xi swept it with his Divine Consciousness, ensured there were no traps, and then gently blew a breath.

The jade box hovered mid-air, wrapped in a black radiance.

A black magic power palm slowly opened a crack, letting a rich smell of blood seep through.

"Eh? Could it be this?"

Fang Xi’s eyes sparkled, and he immediately closed the lid.

"Hehe, Sir is indeed a connoisseur, you must know how rare this item is?" The red-eyed cultivator in the green mist said with a light smile.

"Indeed..."

Fang Xi was silent for a moment, "I wonder what you would like in exchange?"

"I’ll take a Spiritual Pill that helps Transcendent God cultivators improve their cultivation... If you don’t have that, I’ll only accept top-quality Spirit Stones. Of course, if you have Immortal Jade, that would be best," laughed the red-eyed cultivator.

Fang Xi contemplated for a moment and tossed over a Storage Bag, "What’s inside should be enough."

The red-eyed cultivator reached out with a ghastly green palm to catch it, swept it with his Divine Consciousness, and emitted a satisfied sound, "Agreed!"

Fang Xi took the box and left.

Inside the box was a ’Phoenix Gallbladder,’ which, frankly speaking, was the gallbladder of a fifth-order Heaven Phoenix!

It could be said to be one of the rarest items besides its Demon Pill.

It could be used to refine various Antidote Spiritual Pills or, conversely, to cultivate many Poison Skills!

This Phoenix Gallbladder was different; its bloodline force was incredibly rich. If he were not someone who had refined Heaven Phoenix Essence Blood and practiced ’Sky Demon Slaying Immortal Tactics,’ he truly wouldn’t have noticed.

Fang Xi, taking pleasure in having found a small leak, wandered to other stalls before casually entering a small shop by the road.

’According to the corner mark, it should be here, right?’

The code used in that mark was the style of The Nine States, which Fang Xi found very familiar at a glance.

According to the information contained within, it did not point to the corner shop, but a few doors over to this place.

"Precious Treasures Pavilion?"

The name of this kind of shop in the Earth Immortal Realm was all too common; there were dozens of them even in Moon Invitation Immortal City, none of which were related, divided into Li’s Precious Treasures Pavilion, Wang family’s Precious Treasures Pavilion, Triple Flower Sect’s Precious Treasures Pavilion, and other different storefronts...

This particular Precious Treasures Pavilion seemed to Fang Xi like an ordinary storefront that mainly dealt in various talisman materials, occasionally selling some precious talismans.

"Respected elder, what can I do for you?"

As soon as Fang Xi entered the Precious Treasures Pavilion, a chubby shopkeeper greeted him.

"I’m here to buy a batch of talisman materials."

He casually threw out a jade slip with that previous mark embedded within.

As the shopkeeper allowed his Divine Consciousness to enter it, he immediately became alert, "It turns out to be a distinguished guest, please bring tea to the private room!"

He promptly led Fang Xi to a private room behind the front hall.

After closing the private room door, several prohibitions appeared, isolating the inside from outside.

"Is the honored guest a Talisman Master?"

The shopkeeper brought out Spiritual Tea, discreetly making several hand signals.

"Indeed... my humble self isn’t all that skilled, barely managing to touch the threshold of the fifth order in the Taoist of Talisman..."

Fang Xi laughed.

His actual body was currently researching Puppets and Beast-controlling Skills, and although he had varying levels of achievement in talismans, arrays, and alchemy, his proficiency varied greatly.

Among them, his knowledge of the array path was unparalleled, alchemy came next, and talismans were his weakest field, with proficiency only in the Void’s Phoenix Seal Script and far from being an expert in Dragon Chapter Script.

"Here is a damaged talisman; please try to repair it... If you succeed, there will be a substantial reward in the future."

The shopkeeper presented a set of materials and traded with Fang Xi, then said.

"Oh? Let me see it."

Fang Xi seemed interested.

The shopkeeper bowed and retreated, and soon returned carrying a wooden box.

Upon opening the box, there lay a bright yellow talisman, with vermillion cinnabar strokes crisscrossing it, though at several key points, it was broken.

"This talisman... seems to be of high grade, and I cannot guarantee a full repair without some study."

Fang Xi observed it for a long while before slowly voicing his judgment.

"That... is also fine."

The shopkeeper hesitated somewhat before agreeing.

Fang Xi swept up the wooden box with a flourish of his sleeve and stood up to leave Precious Treasures Pavilion.

After wandering around the Three Yin Market for a while, he turned into a streak of demonic light and left discreetly.

"Such black markets are perfect for murder and plunder... I wonder if there will be any who are foolish enough."

Fang Xi deliberately slowed his escape light and waited for a while, then he couldn’t help but chuckle, "That’s right... a Transcendent God cultivator, no matter where he goes, could at least be an emperor in some remote place. Why would he fight to the death here unless he was certain I carried a ’Biyi Breaking Virtual Pill’... Otherwise, a Transcendent God thief? I fear that only exists in dreams..."

With advanced cultivation, most cultivators have a foundation and can continuously harvest resources.

As for thieves? The majority only make occasional appearances.

After all, the risk for thieves is too high. In the early stages, one might risk their life, but the higher one climbs, the more they cherish their life and avoid unnecessary dangers.

Fang Xi flew out a million miles before his escape light flashed, and he dove deep into the ground.

Plop! Plop!

One after another, array flags were hammered into the surrounding soil layers, and a dome of light rose up, automatically revealing an array prohibition.

Within the array, Fang Xi sat cross-legged with the bright yellow talisman appearing in front of him.

In his hand materialized a set of high-grade tools for drawing talismans.

’Although they are not as good as the set the main body has, these are quite decent...’

Fang Xi picked up a talisman brush made from the hairs of a Transcendent God Monster Wolf, examining the break points on the talisman, an unusual emotion surfaced in his heart.

Tai Yi’s subsidiary intelligence had already scanned the talisman and found that although the break points were extremely difficult to repair, if it were to be fixed according to the content of the talisman electronics engineering course at Fang Immortal University in The Nine States, it would be easily mended.

In other words, this was a code that only ascending immortals from The Nine States could understand!

"Fang Immortal Taoist Master..."

Fang Xi muttered as he dipped the talisman brush into the cinnabar and swiftly moved it across the talisman, drawing vigorous strokes.

’This break point cannot be directly repaired; one must first add spiritual energy into the ’talisman bone’ right beside it...’

’This break point appears to be at an intersection of metal and water, but I must not use water-attribute talisman skills, it demands instead that fire overcomes metal...’

With a sweep of his hand, a high-grade, fire-attribute Spirit Stone materialized, crushed by an invisible force into a reddish powder.

The talisman brush fully absorbed the powdered Spirit Stone and firmly landed on the last break point.

With a flash of red light, the entire talisman seemed as if it was about to ignite.

An ordinary Talisman Master witnessing this scene would believe there was an issue with their repair and would hastily remedy the situation... which would actually make things worse.

Fang Xi gently blew on it, a stream of magic power emerged, aiding the talisman to burn.

Boom!

A fire emerged on the bright yellow talisman.

But as the flames burned, only the outer layer was consumed.

Underneath, a brand new silver talisman was revealed.

This silver talisman was covered in densely packed talisman scripts, moving about like wriggling tadpoles, looking extremely extraordinary.

"This seems to be... a communication talisman?"

"Such a high-grade communication talisman; its range must be quite vast... I wonder if it can cover the entire Three Realms Mountain Range?"

The Three Realms Mountain was immeasurably vast and constantly extended into the territories of the Monster Clan and Demon Clan, fraught with danger everywhere.

By comparison, it was even larger than the Star Domain!

Fang Xi no longer hesitated and spewed out a mouthful of Pure Demon Essence, which fell upon the talisman.

The silver talisman suddenly flashed brightly, its tadpole-like scripts surged, emitting a mysterious aura.

Suddenly, the talisman burst into a ring of blinding silver light.

The light continued to spread, resembling a silver mirror.

This mirror seemed to connect with an obscure location in the void; with a flicker on its surface, a silhouette appeared.

This figure looked youthful, with a True Martial pattern of a serpent and tortoise intertwined behind him, transforming into a greenish Celebrating Cloud.

At the moment, the cloud seemed to spread over a hundred acres, majestic and splendid, concealing a radiant palace within!

It was the previous Fang Immortal Taoist Master!

"I pay my respects to the Taoist Master!"

Fang Immortal Taoist Master looked at Fang Xi and suddenly bowed, taking the initiative to salute him.

"What is the meaning of this, Taoist Master?"

Fang Xi was slightly taken aback.

"I have not miscalculated; the successor to Fang Immortal Taoist Master would indeed be Sir..." Fang Immortal Taoist Master said with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Back then, when he and a Perfect Transcendent God Demon Lord ascended together, he left the command that ’the one who becomes a Transcendent God first shall be the Fang Immortal Taoist Master’, it seems he had already determined the outcome!

"Indeed, I later took over as Fang Immortal Taoist Master..."

Fang Xi recounted the events that had happened since, and upon hearing that both Ghost Axe and Demon Exterminator in The Nine States had successfully transcended to Transcendent God, Fang Immortal Taoist Master nodded slightly, a trace of satisfaction appearing on his face, "They truly did not disappoint me... What a pity, if it weren’t for the difficulty to descend after ascending, I too would have liked to remain in The Nine States, supporting its rise above the Earth Immortal... alas, what a pity..."