Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 159

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Spring goes and autumn comes, cold and heat rotate…

Before I knew it, several years had passed.

Peach Blossom Pavilion.

Inside the practice room.

Fang Xi practiced Qi circulation and felt a drop of liquid magic power condensing in his Dantian Qi Sea, and couldn’t help but show joy on his face.

“I calculated with my fingers. I am sixty-six years old this year. The liquid mana in my Dantian Qi Sea has accumulated twenty-six drops. Before I turn a hundred, I should have a chance to break through to the middle stage of foundation building!”

The rapid progress in cultivation was naturally the result of Fang Xi’s daily hard work.

Even though he played some games with Jin Ling on a daily basis, it was just a diversion during his practice, and he never relaxed his requirements on himself.

Moreover, although the ‘Qingmu Changsheng Gong’ is not as good as the top-level spells, it can also be regarded as a small masterpiece. Among the foundation-building cultivators, at least it does not lag behind.

In addition to this, there is the merit of the ‘Aoki Spirit Body’.

Fang Xi now deeply feels that his decision to plant trees was an extremely wise one.

Otherwise, with my current low-grade spiritual roots, it would have been difficult for me to practice in the initial stage of foundation building. How could it be so easy?

“My speed has caught up with or even surpassed Luo Gong who built his foundation on his own… This person has the support of Baifeng Mountain, possesses top-level magic formulas, and practices in a second-level upper-grade spiritual vein. He also has elixirs to help him from time to time…”

“Well, I can’t give up the Breath Concealment Technique… I’ll practice it for decades. When I break through to the middle stage of foundation building, I’ll use the Demonic Tree to hide my magic power. Even cultivators who have completed their foundation building may not be able to see that I have made a breakthrough…”

As for the Jindan cultivators?

There are only a few of these three countries, and the probability of a head-on collision is too low.

Fang Xi came out of retreat and took a handful of spiritual food to feed the fish.

At this moment, Jin Ling came to report: “Sir… there is a guest outside the door handing in a visiting card, claiming to be an old friend of Peach Blossom Island!”

“Please come and greet me soon. Never mind… I’ll go out and greet you myself!”

When Fang Xi walked out of Taohua Pavilion, he saw several people waiting at the door.

Ruan Xingling, who was wearing a peach-colored palace skirt and had plain features, Ruan Dan, who had a cold expression, and Wei Yixi, who looked excited…

Finally, there were Lu Guo and Wang Xiaohu, who were timid and cowardly, standing aside like country people coming to the city.

“Uncle… have you really succeeded in building your foundation?”

Wei Yixi stepped forward and wanted to pull Fang Xi’s sleeve, but was a little hesitant: “I wanted to come to see you when I received your letter a few years ago, but the island owner dissuaded me, saying that we should wait until the big auction, and come together on the way, so that I can take care of you…”

“Um!”

Fang Xi touched Wei Yixi’s head as usual, causing the latter to squint his eyes comfortably.

“Greetings, Senior Fang!”

When Ruan Dan saw Fang Xi, who was still as elegant as a young man, with no change in appearance and even seemed younger, her expression was slightly moved and she took the initiative to salute.

“You have a good cultivation level, having already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. You must have been practicing diligently over the years… Eh? Your hand?”

Fang Xi looked at Ruan Dan’s right arm and found that it was not empty, but had a white wrist like a lotus root.

“Thanks to my master, who found a second-level elixir for me, my severed limbs have regenerated…” Ruan Dan looked at his master gratefully.

“A second-level elixir that can grow limbs is extremely rare… It’s hard for Island Master Ruan to find it.”

Fang Xi sighed and said to Ruan Xingling.

“Compared to fellow Taoist who defied heaven and changed his fate, building a foundation for Taoism before the age of sixty is nothing at all…”

Ruan Xingling looked at Fang Xi at this moment, her expression seemed a little dazed.

“Everyone, please come in…”

Fang Xi laughed and looked at Lu Guo and Wang Xiaohu.

“Greetings, sir. Congratulations on your successful foundation building!” Lu Guo and Wang Xiaohu saluted hurriedly.

“Forget it, call me Master from now on!”

The group entered Peach Blossom Pavilion and marveled at the beauty and inspiration of the place.

Wei Yixi glanced at Jin Ling, then looked at Ruan Xingling, thinking…

…

Under the peach tree.

Fang Xi set up the table and poured Ruan Xingling a glass of “Green Bamboo Wine”, while Ruan Dan stood by.

Since she didn’t sit down, there was naturally no seat for anyone else.

Wei Yixi, on the other hand, was greeting the long-lost big black carp by the pond and was laughing happily.

“After so many years, the island master is still as charming as ever!”

Fang Xi poured the wine and said with a smile.

“This scene is just like the past…” Ruan Xingling held the wine glass and looked at the peach blossoms in the yard, feeling quite emotional: “Who would have thought that the old farmer who tilled the Emerald Cliff back then would become the foundation of the Immortal City today?”

“Haha… After farming for decades, I accidentally broke through to the late stage of Qi Refining, and then I rekindled my hope for the path of Taoism… Then I came to Bai Ze Immortal City, and luckily cultivated to perfection in Qi Refining before the age of sixty. I was also lucky enough to get a spiritual item for foundation building, so I hurriedly retreated and broke through… Now that I think about it, I was really lucky!”

Fang Xi seemed to be filled with emotion and told a lie that he had prepared long ago.

“Alas… it is not easy for a casual cultivator to establish his foundation. It is definitely not a fluke that Daoyou is where he is today.”

Ruan Xingling seemed to be aroused by something and looked at the wine glass silently.

She had reached the perfection of Qi training more than ten years ago, and she is still at the perfection of Qi training now.

She is even about the same age as Fang Xi. If she hadn’t taken the anti-aging elixir, she would have been an ordinary old woman now.

“I see that you are still in good spirits. You must have some plans for coming to the auction this time.”

Fang Xi drank a glass of green bamboo wine, feeling the bitter taste in the wine, and suddenly asked a question.

“It’s just a desperate fight…” Ruan Xingling gathered her hair behind her ears, and the roots were slightly frosted.

“This woman should be over 60 years old, and has missed the best age for building a foundation… She still wants to build a foundation? Maybe… she has practiced some secret technique to keep her essence intact?”

Fang Xi has never underestimated the world of cultivating immortals. There are countless miraculous skills and secret techniques in this world. There probably is a secret method that can keep the Qi and blood strong even after the age of sixty.

However, the older you are, the more dangerous it is. Just like Su Lie, the probability of failure and death increases greatly!

He looked at Ruan Xingling and did not persuade her. He just said, “I happen to have a VIP invitation to the grand auction. Island Master, do you want to go with me?”

With his identity as a foundation-building cultivator, he can naturally filter out many risks.

“No need…”

Ruan Xingling seemed to have already made plans: “When the time comes, please just take care of my apprentice and these people…”

She is a very smart woman. She took the opportunity of the grand auction to bring her apprentice and several acquaintances of Fang Xi. She must have other plans.

“Okay!”

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Fang Xi pondered for a while, and finally smiled: “Jin Ling, take Yi Xi and the others down to choose a room… My place is very empty, and I need someone to live in it.”

He guessed that Ruan Xingling had long known that Wandao Lake was not a good place and had already intended to let her subordinates leave.

But for some reason, he couldn’t get away…

“For Ruan Xingling, who is so determined in the Dao, to be like this, the only chance she has to build her foundation is right?”

Fang Xi sighed in his heart and did not try to persuade him any further.

If you continue to dissuade me, you will be regarded as an enemy and no matter how good our relationship is, it will be ruined.

As for the inferior foundation-building pill in his storage bag?

Fang Xi was planning to sell it through the black market. It was not impossible to give it to people around him, but there was a slight risk of exposure, so he was still hesitant.

…

Half a month later.

At the foot of Baifeng Mountain.

Big auction venue.

“Brother Li…long time no see!”

Fang Xi, dressed in a green robe, walked into the venue and greeted everyone who was building their foundation.

There are only dozens of foundation-building people living in the entire Bai Ze Fairy City. They are all familiar with each other. Besides, since they have the hope of immortality, they will not make enemies easily. At least they will smile at each other when they meet.

Fang Xi did the same, greeting everyone along the way and met Taoist Huangsha.

“Fang Daoyou…”

Taoist Huangsha’s voice was still as hoarse and unpleasant as a broken gong. After meeting, he talked about another matter: “I have some business in the outer city. A few days ago, my subordinates reported that a female cultivator borrowed spirit stones and did not return them. She also gave your name…”

Most of the foundation-building people living in Bai Ze Fairy City have some power. Taoist Huang Sha formed a force and did some business in the outer city, exchanging spirit stones for spirit crystals and lending them out.

Fang Xi was startled, then asked, “Who is that female cultivator?”

“Fairy Tengluo… do you know her, fellow Taoist?” Taoist Huangsha stared at Fang Xi’s face.

“She is just a former neighbor. I will not object to any decision you make about her.” When Fang Xi heard that it was this girl, he burst out laughing.

“I see. Then I know what’s going on…”

After talking about this little thing, Taoist Huangsha comforted Fang Xi: “These little people always like to act under our banner. Don’t worry, fellow Taoist, if this woman just owed us spiritual stones, she would pay it back. But she actually dared to tarnish our reputation. I must teach her a lesson…”

Fang Xi said a few more perfunctory words, and then saw Bai Fengshan and his group entering the venue to build their foundation.

Ouyang Zhen was still in the lead, while Yuan Feihong and Luo Gong were at the end of the queue.

“Hello, Mr. Ouyang!”

“Fellow Daoist Ouyang is polite!”

As soon as Ouyang Zhen entered the venue, he was naturally welcomed by many foundation-building practitioners.

Only a handful of people, confident of their status, could sit still.

Two of them are also powerful cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

In addition, there was a group of unfamiliar people wearing purple robes with flashing spiritual patterns that transformed into purple clouds, apparently carrying powerful protective spells.

“Who is that person over there?”

Fang Xi approached Yuan Feihong and Luo Gong and asked Luo Gong casually.

“Those are disciples from the Yiling Valley of the Wu Kingdom, and the leader is You Chong of the ‘Purple Cloud Sword’…” Luo Gong glanced at them and transmitted his thoughts.

“So he is a disciple of the Jindan Sect. No wonder…”

Fang Xi responded with a smile.

“Alas… Yiling Valley is the most powerful Jindan sect among the three nearby countries. Even though Headmaster Ouyang has told us not to offend them…”

Luo Gong complained.

“oh?”

Fang Xi was a little surprised. He also knew that the Yiling Valley had an orderly inheritance and the Wu Kingdom was well-ordered. He did not expect that this sect was not the strongest among the Three Kingdoms, but had the best background.

“Of course… The founder of Yiling Valley was a disciple of Yuanying Zhenjun of Yuan State’s Hunyuan Sect…”

Luo Gong used his spiritual consciousness to transmit a secret which was not a secret among the upper class.

(End of this chapter)