Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 807 - 717: Procurement (Extra - for subscriptions)

Chapter 807: Chapter 717: Procurement (Extra Chapter for subscriptions)

Sky Brahman City.

Inside Fang Xi’s Dongfu.

"Sir, what do you think of this ’Ancient Azure Beast’... It took me quite some effort to slay it."

A scholar holding a jade pen smiled at Fang Xi.

Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness entered the Storage Bag and saw a corpse of an Ancient Azure Beast, its body covered in blue.

Even though it was dead, its aura was still terrifying.

Although the Demon Pill, Essence Blood, and some precious materials had been removed, the remaining flesh and blood were still quite good.

"The quality is fairly decent..."

Fang Xi estimated and quoted a price.

The Jade Pen Scholar frowned slightly, then said, "The price is too low, add another twenty percent..."

"Recently, the price of Wild Beast and Ancient Chaos Beast meat inside Sky Brahman City has plummeted, far less than within the human race territories..." Fang Xi shook his head.

After some haggling, they concluded the deal with a final price of an additional fifteen percent over the original quote.

Fang Xi handed a Storage Bag to the Jade Pen Scholar.

As the scholar’s Divine Consciousness swept through it, he couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction, "Mr. Fang, do you still purchase Ancient Chaos Beast meat?"

"I’ve recently acquired enough for my body cultivation needs, we can talk again when I fall short in the future..."

Fang Xi sensed some kind of probing, and waved his hand dismissively.

"That’s truly a pity..."

The Jade Pen Scholar left the Dongfu, transforming into an Escape Light that vanished out of sight.

Fang Xi waved the Array Flag in his hand, sealing the Dongfu’s gate, and settled into the quiet chamber, sitting cross-legged.

After a long while, he suddenly opened his eyes, ’It’s about time, the quantity I’ve purchased has reached a dangerous threshold; I’m only spared because of my status as a Returning to Emptiness cultivator. If I continue, it could bring disaster or fortune...’

’It’s just the right time for seclusion, to refine the ’Five Fires Seven Birds Fan’ in the Lower Realm!’

He opened his mouth and exhaled a pitch-black Demon Fire.

This Demon Fire was originally pitch-black, but suddenly, starting from the flame’s heart, it continuously changed colors, displaying red, green, yellow, blue, and black hues—a dazzling array of colors.

Amidst the beautiful glow, the temperature around kept rising, causing the prohibition seals in the chamber to emit creaking sounds.

The might of this ’Six Paths Demon Flames’ had already far exceeded that of the fifth rank!

Seeing this, Fang Xi was quite satisfied. He formed hand gestures, and strands of True demon qi appeared, infusing into the Demon Fire to further enhance its power.

Any Divine Skill that came with a cultivation method would inevitably reach higher levels as the cultivator’s realm improved!

For example, Demon Skills like ’Blood Replacement Tribulation Secret Skills’ and ’Blood Escape Skills’, after advancing to Transcendent God or Returning to Emptiness, could be cultivated to even higher realms, increasing their might!

The Six Paths Demon Flames were no different.

These Six Paths Demon Flames were originally refined by Fang Xi from six formidable Demon Flames of the Mortal Realm, combined with Demon Skills, and possessed overwhelming power.

Later, they were infused with a fifth rank ’Three Yang Holy Fire’, directly elevating its power to the fifth-rank level!

Over the past hundred years, the Heterodox incarnation unable to practice cultivation had used the True demon qi it cultivated daily either to enhance the might of the Divine Infant Sword and the Mysterious Dark Banner or to nourish the Demon Fire.

As of today, the Six Paths Demon Flames had truly reached the sixth rank!

"With the rare fire seeds collected by my true self during his travels through various realms, there should be no major problem in replicating a knockoff version of the ’Five Fires Seven Birds Fan’..."

Thinking of his true self, the Heterodox incarnation couldn’t help but sigh.

Indeed, traveling through many realms had brought solid rewards, but the further one went, the revenues would gradually become mediocre.

In the Lower Realm, resources of the level of Transcendent God were hard to come by, and sixth rank heaven and earth treasures were even more reliant on luck—sometimes not even one could be found in a whole realm...

After all, there were so many Ascending Immortals who typically took without leaving behind gifts, stingy to the extreme... Some realms were so resource-poor that even Fang Xi would silently weep at the sight. Had he been reborn within such a Cultivation World, his path would have been much more difficult.

The diversity of species within the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm only highlighted this issue.

The further one went, the rarer the exotic Spirit Plants not seen in the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm became—the lower-rank ones were simply of no use.

Therefore, the current Fang Xi was increasingly focusing his efforts on the Earth Immortal Realm.

After all, in terms of abundant resources, the Earth Immortal Realm far surpassed the combined total of the Lower Realm!

...

Half a month later.

Fang Xi looked helplessly at an old man in front of him who was dressed in bright yellow hemp robes.

"Sir... Please take these three ’Yellow Peak Lions’, I can give you a discount..."

This old man’s face was aged, his hair half-bald, his cultivation around the early stages of Returning to Emptiness. Even though the Heterodox incarnation did not know the ’Kuyong Skills,’ he could see that the man was very old, carrying an aura of old age and decay, possibly living for ten thousand years, approaching his life’s end, with only decades to a hundred years left before death, and with declining magic power. If he were to engage in battle or overexert himself, it would greatly reduce his lifespan.

He was, in fact, nearly half into the grave.

Yet such cultivators were not uncommon in Sky Brahman City today!

This old man’s surname was Huang, an elder ancestor of the Huang Family from the Flame Fire Domain.

The Huang Family was originally just a Transcendent God family in the Flame Fire Domain, until this Old Man Huang advanced to Returning to Emptiness; his rise to fame was meteoric.

However, as nearly ten thousand years passed, while Old Man Huang aged, his family was unable to produce a second Returning to Emptiness cultivator. The many markets and mines they controlled were coveted by many.

Right at this moment, Old Man Huang learned of the Great Wilderness Reclamation, promptly made up his mind, sold off most of his family properties, and moved the Huang Family’s main lineage to the Sky Brahman Domain!

No matter what, in the reclamation, attacks between human factions were prohibited.

Moreover, having lived comfortably for too long, the Huang Family might undergo a rebirth through adversity in a harsher environment!

Old Man Huang was still hoping to use his last bit of strength to secure a reasonable start for the Huang Family, which is why he always acted so cautiously and carefully.

Even when participating in the hunt for Primordial Chaos Beasts, he was just assisting, which meant that Inner Cores and Essence Souls and other good stuff were never his turn; a large thigh was basically all he could get.

Old Man Huang didn’t mind, however. He would take the Primordial Chaos Beast meat to Fang Xi to sell, not daring to eat a single bite himself...

A high-ranking cultivator nearing the end of his lifespan like him was actually the mainstream in the reclamation efforts.

It was just that those large families and sects often chose to open a branch or a subsect in the Sky Brahman Domain and used the elderly to lead the new generation, like Old Man Huang who put most of his assets on the line, which were very few in number.

Fang Xi made no judgment about such choices. After all, everyone made their own decisions, and whether they succeeded or failed, they would just have to accept it with serenity.

While he felt some pity for them, that wasn’t a reason for him to let them take advantage of him.

"I have stopped buying Primordial Chaos Beast meat, and besides, you have meat of three separate Wild Beasts..."

Fang Xi shook his head, resolutely refusing.

"Alas..."

Old Man Huang sighed deeply. "Recently, the price of Wild Beast meat in the city has plummeted..."

Unfortunately, Fang Xi completely ignored such tales of woe, leaving Old Man Huang with no options apart from leaving in dejection.

Fang Xi thought for a moment, then pinched out a Magic Spell.

A layer of black fog swept over, and his figure immediately vanished without a trace.

At a certain corner of Sky Brahman City,

a big man with a pale face yet rich and overwhelming essence blood, and possessing a Perfect Transcendent God stage of cultivation, emerged and walked into a shop: "I urgently need to break through the body refining stage; do you have any high-level Wild Beast meat for sale?"

"We do, we do..."

Seeing a big business opportunity, the shopkeeper’s eyes immediately lit up: "Our store has just received a batch of ’Thousand-eye Blood Serpent’ meat,"

"The ’Thousand-eye Blood Serpent’ is indeed the pinnacle among Wild Beasts, but it’s still not enough..." The big man frowned: "Do you have any Primordial Chaos Beast meat?"

"Primordial Chaos Beast meat, it seems the guest is about to break through the Returning to Emptiness body refining stage..."

The demeanor of the shopkeeper immediately became even more respectful: "Please come to the Warehouse, our store’s treasure is a million catties of Primordial Chaos Beast meat..."

"Don’t try to deceive me; everyone knows that the price of Primordial Chaos Beast meat has plummeted recently, right?"

The big man exhaled two breaths of white air from his nostrils.

A moment later.

After leaving the shop with the shopkeeper’s farewell, he visited several other shops, purchasing Wild Beast meat and special Spirit Plants, then continued on way out of Sky Brahman City, transforming into a beam of Escape Light, rapidly disappearing into the sky!

...

’This identity is reaching its limit too...’

While flying, Fang Xi pondered.

This burly body cultivator was naturally one of his false identities.

Not just that, he had been using other false identities to buy large amounts of Primordial Chaos Beast meat and other resources throughout Sky Brahman City.

Most of it he consumed himself, while a small part was given to his true identity to sell in the Star Domain in disguise.

The resources of Primordial Chaos Beasts were plentiful and cheap due to the ongoing reclamation in the Sky Brahman Domain, yet they were rare and expensive in the territories of the human race.

With such inflow and outflow, his true identity could just barely maintain the situation by subsidising with some Immortal Jade.

Yet Fang Xi also noticed that, under this operating mode, the chances of being targeted were getting higher on his side.

He had already cleared out and shaken off surveillance eyes many times.

’Even the identity of the ’Ascending Immortal’ Fang Xi has been doubted... After all, only a Returning to Emptiness cultivator could support such large purchases... and the Returning to Emptiness cultivators in Sky Brahman City are all well-known and easy to rule out...’

The heterodox incarnation thought to himself with a sigh, ’After the Divine Calculator left, it was ’Predecessor Luo’ who took charge again, so the constraint and deterrence over the Returning to Emptiness cultivators have been reduced quite a bit... there might very well be some unspeakable incidents...’

The original guardian Integration cultivator of Sky Brahman City was indeed this ’Predecessor Luo’ from the Sky Brahman Army.

He was also a high-ranking member of the Jin Gangzi forces, with a cultivation at the early stage of Integration.

Back when he was attacked by the Heavenly Phoenix, he had been seriously injured and then conveniently disappeared...

Only when the Divine Calculator arrived to clean up the mess and restore order did Sky Brahman City regain its ordinary flow.

But just like Jin Gangzi, the Divine Calculator had important tasks in the territories of the human race and couldn’t stay long in an undeveloped wilderness, so he soon returned to the human lands, and the Sky Brahman Army sent ’Predecessor Luo’ to take over again.

This left Fang Xi speechless.

’It seems that sitting in the wilderness for reclamation is considered a punitive task for Integration cultivators?’

He flew out a million miles and meticulously inspected the Primordial Chaos Beast meat in his Storage Bag with his Divine Consciousness.

Suddenly, on a piece of meat, he discovered something different.

"Go!"

Fang Xi took out the large chunk of bright red meat and flicked it with his finger, causing a black spark to land on it.

Before long, dark symbols began to emerge and move erratically on the red piece of meat.

"Confucianism tactics?!"

He gave a cold laugh, clasped his hands to cast a spell, and urged forward. The meat was quickly incinerated by six streams of Demon Flames.

’Most of my meat is stored in the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm, where it’s isolated from the outside and impossible to be traced...’

’It’s only after repeatedly confirming there are no issues that I sell it in the Star Domain in disguise, recouping some of the capital... If you could find it, that would really be something!’

Fang Xi plunged into the ground, his body enveloped in a silver light, and just like that, he disappeared from sight...