Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists-Chapter 66 - 65 Three Types of Spirit Body
Chapter 66 -65 Three Types of Spirit Body (Congratulations to the Heavenly Dome Sea of Clouds’ Alliance Chief!)_1
Chapter 66 -65 Three Types of Spirit Body (Congratulations to the Heavenly Dome Sea of Clouds’ Alliance Chief!)_1
‘That Monster Tree, able to grow in a place like Great Liang where the spiritual energy is scarce, probably doesn’t have much demand for a Spiritual Vein…’
‘Moreover, by devouring flesh and blood, it grows quite fast, changing every day…’
‘I wonder if it could be considered a “Heaven and Earth Spirit Root”?’
Although at this moment, Fang Xi had absolutely no way to deal with the Monster Tree, in his Storage Bag, there were still three dusty seeds left after he killed the Wooden People!
It was precisely because he understood this that Fang Xi felt somewhat excited.
If he could cultivate and develop a postnatal Spirit Body, his low-grade Spiritual Root talent might truly have a promising future on the Taoist Path!
All of his actions in the Ten Thousand Seas Tower were just a pretense.
Since Song Qing wanted to perform, he would play along with the act.
After all, from the beginning, Song Qing indeed harbored ill intentions towards him, and that grudge was duly noted.
‘But now, all the monster materials I’ve accumulated over the years are gone… I should go to Great Liang to stock up…’
As for the eight great Monster Kings, especially the leading Flood Dragon King, Fang Xi had long coveted them.
He stepped out of the Qingzhu Market and immediately felt several gazes falling on him, leading to a cold laugh in his heart:
‘As expected of the most chaotic black market, murder and theft have damn near become an industry…’
However, Fang Xi was not the least bit scared.
Now, he was a True Gang Martial Saint, and with his grandmaster-level True Gang aura, he could totally withstand attacks from magical artifacts.
Before his True Gang aura was exhausted, his defensive strength was unparalleled.
This was comparable to a third-level body cultivator, and combined with the other measures of Immortal Cultivators, even facing a late Qi Refining cultivator he could put up a fight!
What surprised Fang Xi was that these gazes that were fixed on him scattered away after not too long.
And until he left the area around Green Bamboo Mountain, he didn’t encounter any cultivation-robbers.
‘This… could it be that the Bamboo Association maintains a decent semblance of order on the surface?’
‘Or do they see me as shabby and think I don’t have much worth stealing?’
This was a good thing.
Therefore, Fang Xi immediately increased his speed and left the area surrounding Green Bamboo Mountain far behind.
Outside Jiahe City.
In a barren mountain, Fang Xi wielded his high-grade magical artifact, the Gold Dragon Sword, and indiscriminately slashed to create a dongfu in the rocky mountain.
He then moved a huge stone to block the entrance of the dongfu and affixed a ‘Protection Talisman.’
After all this, Fang Xi let out a long sigh of relief.
His trip to the Qingzhu Market was a bit rash.
But who would have thought it would yield such a huge harvest!
Fang Xi’s eyes burned with passion as he took out the jade slip that recorded the ‘Longevity Skills’ to study it closely.
Sharpening your axe does not delay the work of cutting wood!
There was no Spiritual Vein in this place, and with his low-grade Spiritual Root, even if he practiced for ten days and a half a month, he wouldn’t make much progress.
It would be better to study the cultivation techniques!
Three days later.
Fang Xi put down the jade slip, feeling his head heavy and groggy.
He took an Avoiding Grain Pill and fell asleep with his head dropped.
He slept for a day and a night before getting up full of spirit. After pondering for a while, he took out the three seeds from his Storage Bag.
These three seeds looked dull and grey, but Fang Xi sealed them carefully because they all came from the Monster Tree!
“To cultivate the ‘Longevity Skills,’ the first requirement is having a Wood-attribute Spiritual Root, which I fortunately possess.”
“Next, is to find a seedling or a seed of a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root!”
As for the selection of a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root, the jade slip also provided a method for identification, and it was this technique that Fang Xi had mainly studied these past few days!
Although he didn’t know the variety of the Monster Tree, judging by its main body, which had advanced to the third tier of Core Formation, it shouldn’t be difficult.
However, at this moment, identification was still necessary.
Fang Xi chanted incantations, and a series of awkward and difficult syllables echoed in the dongfu.
He extended his right hand, and at the tip of his index finger, a spot of emerald light suddenly emerged.
With a solemn expression, Fang Xi pressed that bit of light into one of the seeds.
Thump, thump!
In a daze, he seemed to hear the heartbeat of the seed.
Then, on the dull surface of the seed, a layer of blood light appeared.
“There’s a reaction!”
Seeing this, Fang Xi’s face brightened with joy, “It meets the criteria and can be refined into my Life-bound Spirit Plant!”
For the sake of caution, he then tested the other two seeds and found that they were both full of vitality and met the requirements for sacrificial refining.
In the end, Fang Xi naturally chose the seed with the most abundant vitality and the strongest aura, to carefully store for future use.
As for the other two, he also stored them away properly.
At that moment, he realized that these seeds of the Monster Tree, which were at least comparable to third-tier Spirit Plants, might actually be the most precious possessions on him!
‘What a pity… I really dare not return to Black Stone City…’
Fang Xi had no fear of the demons of the Da Liang World.
But Demons were too tricky, so it was best to avoid them as much as possible.
Especially when his strength was weak!
Fang Xi had now made the cultivation of ‘Longevity Skills’ his top priority.
With his talent, if there was no improvement to his Spirit Body, dreaming of going further on the Cultivation Path was almost nonsense.
‘The Spirit Body cultivated from Longevity Skills will inevitably be of the Wood Element… the longer the time, the stronger the Spirit Body will become, measured in centuries, millennia, even tens of millennia!’
‘The Monster Tree should grow quite fast… I wonder if there will be any changes after transplanting it?’
Once he had determined his Life-bound Spirit Plant, the next step was to find a land with a Spiritual Vein and plant the Spiritual Root.
This was a huge pitfall, as the lands with Spiritual Veins in Yue Country were basically occupied by powerful forces.
Fortunately, the Monster Tree likely required very little spiritual energy.
Still, Fang Xi decided to opt for a location where the spiritual energy was more abundant!
“Theoretically, the more abundant the spiritual energy in a place, the faster the Spirit Plants grow… although the Monster Tree might not care about it, I do!”
The cultivation of Longevity Skills could take decades, but during that time, Fang Xi himself would definitely also practice cultivation!
Longevity Skills were just a method for cultivating an acquired Spirit Body and could not enhance cultivation levels. If he neglected his cultivation for decades because of this, even if he achieved a Spirit Body in the end, Fang Xi would have become an old man, doomed to end his life in despondence!
“While cultivating the Spirit Body, it would be ideal to also cultivate the Eternal Spring Skills using the land with a Spiritual Vein. Only then might I break through the perfection of Qi Refining before the end of my lifespan and have a chance to assail the Foundation Establishment stage!”
Fang Xi, being a True Gang Martial Saint, had no problem living for twelve cycles of sixty years and, before death, his Blood Qi would be plentiful and his physical strength immense. The Blood Qi Realm, one of the three challenges in Foundation Establishment, would not be a problem at all.
Because he needed to cultivate the Eternal Spring Skills, Fang Xi did not consider planting the Monster Tree in the Da Liang World.
Even though the risks there would be a bit smaller.
After all, the cultivation of ‘Longevity Skills’ and nurturing an acquired Spirit Body also required the absorption of a large amount of pure spiritual energy, and Great Liang truly was a desert for Immortal Cultivators… extremely unsuitable for cultivation.
“There’s also the problem of the Monster Tree’s need for blood food… for that matter, I do have Taisui Meat!”
Fang Xi thought of that Taisui beast, which he had also taken to Tri-element City and occasionally slaughtered for food.
“It’s just unknown how fast the Monster Tree grows… but I must also be prepared to remain in one place for at least two or three decades…”
The biggest pitfall in cultivating ‘Longevity Skills’ is that during the drawn-out period of cultivation, one cannot wander away from the radius of the Spirit Plant.
Perhaps, brief departures are possible, but if one stays away too long and the connection breaks, all previous efforts will be wasted!
If enemies discover this weakness, one might end up being trapped to death!
“It’s best to find an uninhabited land with a Spiritual Vein, stockpile a large amount of food, Talismans, and Spirit Stones… then cultivate the Longevity Skills to great success in one go!”
“At least… to cultivate an acquired ‘Green Wood Spirit Body,’ right?”
Longevity Skills made tall claims, what with Wood Law Bodies, Longevity Taoist Bodies only existing in legends.
But the ‘Green Wood Spirit Body’, also known as ‘Green Wood Spirit Constitution’, Fang Xi had heard of it.
It was said that decades ago, a Spirit Seeking Envoy from the Wood Kingdom’s Green Wood Sect found a genius with a ‘Mysterious Water Spirit Body’ in Yue Country.
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Although she only had a middle-grade Water Spiritual Root, coupled with the ‘Mysterious Water Spirit Body,’ her cultivation speed was not inferior to those of heavenly talents with low-grade Water Spiritual Roots. She was taken away on the spot, and her family rose to the skies, relocating to the Wood Kingdom.
Then, the Mysterious Heaven Sect of Yue Country was furious about this, almost coming to blows with the Green Wood Sect!
Because it was an incident that nearly triggered a great war between the two countries’ Immortal Cultivation Worlds, it was discussed for decades, so much so that even Fang Xi was familiar with it.
This ‘Mysterious Water Spirit Body’ was a constitution similar to the ‘Green Wood Spirit Body.’
“I’m not greedy; obtaining a cultivated acquired Green Wood Spirit Body would be enough, which, when paired, can be comparable to a high-grade Spiritual Root…”
Fang Xi muttered to himself: “If I am to stay in one place for a long time, the best tool to use would be Arrays… the inheritance of Array Taoist arts must not be neglected! If all else fails, I will have to go buy some Great Array Disks…”
As for hiring an Array Master to set up Arrays? Considering the risk to privacy, Fang Xi wouldn’t think about it.
“Sigh… It’s still too passive.”
Fang Xi disliked being passive. Even if his weakness was discovered and he was besieged by great enemies, in a critical moment, he could abandon the Monster Tree and pass through to save his own life.
But the ‘Longevity Skills’ would surely be ruined!
As Fang Xi was thoroughly contemplating his future plans, he suddenly recalled the image of the Monster Tree controlling many Demon Servants, wreaking havoc upon Black Stone City.
Then, a light sparked in his eyes: “Hmm… I can’t stray too far from my Life-bound Spirit Plant, but Puppets should be able to… this is the most convenient supplement, the puppet skill, eh?”
As his thoughts expanded, Fang Xi found that the Beast Controlling Skills were also quite good, capable of doing many things on behalf of his immovable self.
This was the convenience of an Immortal Cultivator, being quite comprehensive, which is why most problems have circuitous solutions.
“This puppet skill, Beast Controlling Skills are not as widely spread as the Four Arts of Cultivation, finding the heritage might be problematic… but if I’m willing to spend the Spirit Stones, without looking for a high tier, I should be able to find some, right?”
Speaking of Beast Controlling Skills, Fang Xi thought of the abundant Monster beasts resource in the Da Liang World and his eyes narrowed slightly.
In the past, he worried that carrying living creatures between the two worlds might expose his secret.
But if he could have full control over the life and death of the Monster beasts, that wouldn’t be much of an issue.
“Hmm… before bringing Taisui over, it would be best to first sign a Master-Servant Contract…”
“In this way, I can completely prevent it from turning against me.”
Thinking this, Fang Xi looked at the Monster Tree seeds in his hand and suddenly felt they weren’t so appealing anymore.
For safety’s sake, before assimilating this tree seed, it would be best to cleanse it multiple times using the method from ‘Longevity Skills’ to ensure there are no issues…
