Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 936 - 792 Demon Sky

Chapter 936: Chapter 792 Demon Sky

Three Realms Mountain.

With a flash of light from the super teleportation array, Fang Xi emerged.

"This esteemed Sir..."

The cultivator responsible for guarding the super teleportation array had just begun to speak when he felt the unfathomable magic power emanating from Fang Xi. He immediately brought his hands together in a salute, "I have seen this Senior..."

"Hmm."

Fang Xi nodded slightly, his figure transforming into a streak of blue Escape Light, shooting straight up into the sky.

Whoosh whoosh!

The gang wind was piercingly cold.

Above the ninth heaven, he toyed with a golden Buddhist bead in his hand, deep in thought.

It was a token given by Luo, but he was genuinely uninterested in the opportunity mentioned by Jin Gangzi.

After all, no opportunity could surpass the breakthrough of one’s own realm!

He practiced the Way of the Earth Immortal and, with his current accumulation in the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm, he could ascend to the Middle Stage of Integration in two hundred years through steady cultivation, and within a millennium, reaching Mahayana was hopeful!

If other Integrating Cultivators knew this, they would likely turn green with envy, so there was no need for him to pursue any so-called ’opportunity’.

’If the opportunity were so great, why wouldn’t Jin Gangzi ascend to Mahayana?’

He carelessly stuffed the golden Buddhist bead into his Storage Ring and took out a token engraved with the true form of Xuanwu.

Compared to opportunities that required taking risks and a lot of hassle, he preferred to buy what he needed with Immortal Jade.

Sky Cold City.

The city was located near Three Realms Mountain and was one of the core cities in the defensive great array of the human race, with a function aimed at guarding against the Demon Clan.

Fang Xi didn’t show off by flying directly into the city but instead concealed his aura and, pretending to be a Returning to Emptiness Cultivator, entered the city discreetly through the city gate.

"Xuanwu Tower?"

After wandering the streets for a while, he walked into an octagonal high-rise.

"Esteemed guest, may I ask what you would like..."

An attendant approached with a cheerful smile, only to see Fang Xi casually toss out a token.

His expression suddenly became much more solemn, "Esteemed guest, please follow me to the private room."

Fang Xi nodded, following the attendant upstairs.

In the hall, several cultivators were present; seeing this scene, they thought nothing of it.

After all, Fang Xi now appeared to be a cultivator at the stage of Returning to Emptiness, and such a high-level cultivator receiving some special treatment in Xuanwu Pavilion was a matter of course.

Fang Xi sat down in an elegantly decorated private room, where the attendant served Spiritual Tea and pastries and promptly withdrew.

"Hmm?"

Fang Xi picked up a pastry as white as jade, emitting a faint scent of rice. It melted in his mouth, followed by a warm and moist sensation flowing through his body, making his eyes shine, "Seventh-grade Spirit Rice?!"

Since he had cultivated the True Body of the Sky Demon to perfection, achieving a physique comparable to that of a seventh-grade monster beast, the sixth-grade Jade Void Rice could no longer satisfy his needs.

This seventh-grade Spirit Rice, however, seemed quite good.

"Senior Fang’s discerning eyes are impressive; it is indeed the seventh-grade ’Nine Imperial Rice’!"

With a gentle voice, a female Returning to Emptiness Cultivator entered the private room gracefully, offering a salute, "This humble one, Hongmei, has seen Senior Fang!"

"Oh? You recognize me?"

Fang Xi asked expressionlessly.

"To be honest, the ’Black Tortoise Tokens’ from our establishment have serial numbers marked in hidden places, recognizable only to our heavenly-ranked managers..."

The Fairy Hongmei said with a smile, "This ’Nine Imperial Rice’ requires an extremely strict growing environment. Even our establishment can only plant it in small quantities at a miraculous place within a secret realm... If the Senior likes it, we can send a thousand catties of ’Nine Imperial Rice’ to Penglai Fairy Pavilion every year..."

As for directly handing over the Spirit Seeds and cultivation techniques, she didn’t even bring it up.

The cultivation method for a seventh-grade Spirit Rice could suffice as the core heritage of a major sect.

Xuanwu Tower was a business, not a charity.

"Good!"

Fang Xi naturally knew that this ’Nine Imperial Rice’ would be paid for with Immortal Jade, but of course, he didn’t mind.

After briefly finalizing this minor deal, he casually threw out a jade slip, "The materials listed here, I wish to purchase. How many can your Xuanwu Tower provide?"

Hongmei took the jade slip, scanned it with her Divine Consciousness, and couldn’t help showing a hint of surprise.

She closed her eyes for a moment in contemplation, then smiled wryly, "Senior’s requested items are mostly exceptionally peculiar... Our establishment can at most try to gather seventy percent..."

"Seventy percent is quite good already."

Fang Xi was somewhat surprised; this already met his minimum expectations.

It seems that Xuanwu Tower’s claim to conduct business throughout all of the human race, with branches in every region, was indeed reality, not just talk.

The materials listed within, besides some basic symbols and array materials he needed for himself, also included some peculiar items that were lacking for the Divine Path experiments on Falling Sky Island.

After all, Falling Sky Island was not part of the Earth Immortal Realm and had significant shortages of some special resources.

"Not bad, go ahead with the preparation."

Fang Xi took out another black jade slip, "How many of the materials listed here can your establishment prepare?"

The previous list contained basic materials that were needed in large quantities, but this jade slip listed rarer items.

Hongmei took it and upon looking at its contents, her expression became astonished and full of uncertainty as she glanced a few times at Fang Xi before hesitantly speaking, "Senior, may I report that the materials listed here are each extremely precious to Integrating Cultivators. Our establishment does not speak of preparing a certain percentage; we only have a few pieces at most..."

She was a little hesitant in her heart; wasn’t this a newly advanced Initial Stage Integrating Cultivator?

Why was his style of doing things so... extravagant?

And with that demeanor, it nearly made her think she was facing someone of the magnitude of the Five Sons of the Human Race.

The Black Tortoise Pavilion’s business is vast, and it has dealings with the Five Sons of the Human Race. Even before Fairy Red Plum completed her Dao, she had served Jin Gangzi while working under the manager.

However, she didn’t know that on Falling Sky Island, Fang Xi had already killed quite a few Cultivators who were at the Integration stage.

Being the undisputed number one Cultivator of Falling Sky Island, his word was law, and naturally, he developed an imposing bearing over time.

"Enough, which items do you have?"

Fang Xi was somewhat disappointed.

Fairy Red Plum felt inexplicably anxious: "There are only three taels of ten thousand-year Dragon Whale Incense, one piece of Yin-Yang Union Jade, and six drops of Nine Hearts Mysterious Liquid... Among these, both the Dragon Whale Incense and Nine Hearts Mysterious Liquid can be traded with Immortal Jade. However, they need to be shipped from various branches, while the Yin-Yang Union Jade is a Supreme Treasure of our pavilion and is not sold for Immortal Jade, unless... Sir is willing to fulfill an unreasonable request from our pavilion, then we are willing to gift this item to sir."

"If that’s the case, then forget about the Yin-Yang Union Jade. When can you deliver the other two spirit materials?"

Fang Xi asked.

Fairy Red Plum had a belly full of sales pitches but ended up holding them back, only to let out after a long while: "Sir wouldn’t even inquire about what the unreasonable request might be?"

"Since it’s an unreasonable request, there’s no need to speak of it."

Fang Xi waved his hand: "I am here only to purchase materials and intelligence; I prefer straightforward dealings, without any muddying of waters."

"Yes..."

Fairy Red Plum was somewhat aggrieved but continued with the business: "If sir pays a deposit, it should be deliverable within a year..."

"Acceptable."

Fang Xi threw out a Storage Bag: "I also want to purchase several pieces of intelligence..."

...

A moment later, Fairy Red Plum took her leave with a forced smile, concealing the frustration in her heart.

Fang Xi then picked up a jade slip to check the intelligence within.

"Hmm, since the last great battle, the Demon Clan has been keeping to themselves... On the battlefield, there are indeed a few Demon Cultivators who practiced the ’Self-Transforming Heavenly Sovereign’s True Demon Art of Controlling All Spirits’ with powers of Returning to Emptiness..."

Even during the ceasefire, there were many spies from all clans on the Three Realms Mountain battlefield, carrying out infiltration and assassination missions.

There were also Cultivators seeking a breakthrough amidst the line between life and death, voluntarily heading to the battlefield to hunt and kill Alien race Cultivators to seize their Storage Bags and honors.

Those who survived were all famous powers within the ranks of Returning to Emptiness, with even records of escaping from the hands of Integration stage Cultivators!

Fang Xi naturally paid most attention to those talented individuals of the Demon Clan and then chose those unfortunate ones who were suspected of practicing the Self-transforming Demon True Skills.

"Besides that, there are some troubles with that Secret Realm; lately, an Integration power—the Purple Clothes Tower, has already discovered traces of the Secret Realm."

According to Liang Ruolong’s description, that particular Secret Realm was at least left behind by a Mahayana Individual Immortal.

A Mahayana Individual Immortal’s treasure hoard should contain an eighth-order ’Semi-immortal artifact’.

It has great allure for many Integration stage Cultivators, as its power is comparable to those of the usual treasures found within an incomplete Immortal Mansion.

"However, if it’s too difficult to develop, then it’s entirely acceptable for me to give up..."

Compared to Secret Realms, Fang Xi naturally paid more attention to his own affairs and quickly selected a few targets with his Divine Consciousness.

...

Years later.

Within the Demon Heaven Mountain Range.

This mountain range extends countless billions of miles, inhabited by many terrifying Primordial Chaos Beasts—some of them even comparable to Integration stage Wild Beasts.

In the high skies, there reside the supreme rulers of this range, a flock of Primordial Chaos Beasts known as the ’Thousand Eyes Bird’.

These Primordial Chaos Beasts like to live in groups. Once they mature, they become formidable Primordial Chaos Beasts, and some exceptional individuals can even reach the Integration level.

Moreover, their eyeballs are a panacea for practicing unique eye techniques and are naturally adept at piercing through various illusions...

Hence, Cultivators attempting to fly through Demon Heaven Mountain Range often get detected by the Thousand Eyes Bird flock, resulting in relentless pursuit until death.

It’s precisely because of this that the area has become an excellent battlefield for mutual hunts between the human and demon races.

On this day.

In a gorge within Demon Heaven Mountain Range.

"Zhuo has accurate foresight; this place indeed harbors a patch of ’Ten Thousand Jade Linglong Flower’!"

A red-clothed female Daoist joyfully waved her duster, causing white silky threads to fall, picking flowers with wooden textures.

Beside her stood a middle-aged man in green robes.

"Heh, Zhuo’s ’Body of Plants’, nourished by ’Heavenly Wood Liquid’, has been fully awakened. Now, I possess a keen sense for all manner of exotic flowers and plants," said Zhuo with a slight smile, his fox-like facial features becoming even more astute: "This place is perilous. We’d best quickly harvest the Spirit Medicine and leave..."

It didn’t take long for two streaks of light to quietly fly out of the gorge.

Suddenly, out from the forest at the entrance of the gorge, sprung a pitch-black Wild Wolf. It seemed to be fleeing in a panic, running into the two Cultivators by chance.

"Black Dragon Wolf? Just a fifth-tier level..."

The red-clothed Daoist was unconcerned. With a flick of her duster, crimson light appeared, filled with countless talismanic inscriptions, which surged toward the Black Dragon Wolf.

"Seeking death!"

Unexpectedly, the Black Dragon Wolf suddenly spoke in human tongue, violently rolling on the spot and transforming into a fierce member of the Demon Clan, exuding the overwhelming aura of True Demon power at the peak of Returning to Emptiness.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

With a casual flick of his hand, two streaks of dark light emerged. One pierced through the red glow, severing the duster and impaling the red-clothed Daoist.

The other was blocked by a vine shield.

Zhuo, with his forehead dripping with cold sweat and recalling a formidable member of the Demon Clan from the humans’ wanted list, couldn’t help but cry out in alarm: "Is that the Mirror Demon? This Demon Cultivator practices special Demon Skills that are ever-changing and truly troublesome to deal with."

As he thought he was doomed, he suddenly saw a flash of crimson!

The Mirror Demon, who hadn’t had the chance to deliver a killing blow to the red-clothed Daoist, suddenly used the Blood Escape Skills, transforming into a blood-colored rainbow, blinking away into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

By the looks of it, he seemed to be the one being chased...