Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 198

[Chapter 197 Ambush and Killing Song Qing (Congratulations to the Silver Alliance!)]

With Fang Xi’s current magical powers, it would be easy for him to kill the Taoist Huahe quickly, but it would be more difficult to capture him alive.

In a newly opened cave.

“what are you up to?”

Taoist Huahe raised his head with difficulty, his eyes full of pleading.

Unfortunately, Fang Xi had no mercy on this thief who roamed around outside Bai Ze Fairy City.

“Fellow Daoist Huahe, please relax. I just want you to cooperate with me in casting a spell…”

Fang Xi had a gentle smile on his face, and a vine tentacle stretched out from his sleeve, with a demon tree seed at the end.

According to his experience in refining “human puppets”, if he wants to preserve the cultivator’s magical power to the greatest extent, it is best to make it while the other party is still alive!

Moreover, by making a ‘human puppet’ alive and using the demon tree as a medium, combined with some magic secrets, one can obtain some of the other party’s memory fragments, similar to the legendary ‘soul-searching technique’!
“You…what are you going to do? Ahhh…”

When Taoist Huahe saw Fang Xi planting a tree seed on his body, he was confused at first, but as the tree seed fell into his flesh, took root, sprouted, and devoured his bones… he immediately let out a sharp scream.

Fortunately, there are formations arranged around the cave, so no matter how miserably the old Taoist Huahe screams, the sound will never be heard.

Fang Xi placed one hand on the head of Taoist Huahe, as if he was watching a discontinuous movie.

These memories are quite messy. To find useful information, you need strong spiritual awareness and patience:

“So… when I was still a Qi Refiner, the mastermind behind the group of robbery cultivators I encountered outside the auction was also this guy Hua He!”

“This person specializes in robbing Qi Refiners and has committed numerous crimes, but his cultivation level is still at the initial stage of foundation building… because the majority of his money was secretly taken away by the Song family…”

“Later, he was wanted by Bai Ze Immortal City and was protected by the Song family… Even the foundation-building team dared to move occasionally…”

“Hmm? This is… Song Qing?!”

“This person hasn’t left Yue yet?”

…

After a moment.

Taoist Hua He’s face was completely stiff.

As Fang Xi drove the demon tree, the man’s face turned blue, and he clasped his hands together after his arm was broken, emitting magic power that was just enough to reach the stage of foundation building.

“Although my mana has dropped a bit, I am still at the foundation-building stage. Not bad…”

As for this kind of “human puppet” at this time, Fang Xi thought about it and found more uses for it.

Human puppets move slowly, have high attack and low defense, and lack flexibility. If used directly to fight against others, they will become sitting ducks.

Therefore, it is better to learn some battle formations. As long as the numbers increase and battle formations are formed, refining Qi against building the foundation, building the foundation against forming the pill… these are not just wishful thinking!

“Battle formation” is also a kind of formation, with the monks acting as the base and the center of each formation, so that the magic power is connected and impacts the power of a higher level!
In addition, letting a human puppet hold the formation flag, acting as a guardian and a human-shaped spirit stone to replenish spiritual power is also a good choice.

With the protection of formation flags and formations, the shortcomings of human puppets can be compensated.

Of course… the reputation will not be very good.

The main reason why Fang Xi made Taoist Huahe into a human puppet was to try to obtain as much of this person’s memory as possible.

“This old man lied… The reason why he baited me in Bai Ze Xian City was completely on his own initiative. He heard that Song Qing hated me, so he wanted to kill me to please the young master of the Song family… Hehe…”

Before this, the old Taoist was being hunted by Fang Xi, so of course he didn’t dare to tell the truth, so he could only transfer his hatred to Song Qing.

But even so, Fang Xi still didn’t intend to let Song Qing go!
‘According to the memory of Taoist Huahe, Song Qing is hiding in a Qi-refining family in Yue State…’

“This person definitely has the wealth that the Song family has accumulated over the years… and the real background!”

“Besides, he has a grudge against me, and his current strength is still at the initial stage of foundation building… Has he reached a bottleneck?”

Although Fang Xi has always acted cautiously, he is also brave enough to take risks at critical moments!

“Even if this person is hiding something, his highest level of cultivation is only the middle stage of foundation building… In just a few decades, it is difficult for a top-grade spiritual root to cultivate to the late stage of foundation building. Even if I encounter a late stage person, I may be able to kill him by using mystical techniques and talismans…”

After careful consideration, Fang Xi decided to… take action!
Although he could use Xuantian Sect to kill someone again, he would miss out on the rich spoils of war.

That was hundreds of years of accumulation by the largest family in Yue State!
…

The Zeng family in the red maple forest.

This is a small Qi-refining family, not well-known in the Kingdom of Yue. It is located in the southeast of the Kingdom of Yue, close to the border with the Kingdom of Mu.

Maple Mountain.

The mountains are covered with red leaves, and the forests are dyed in all colors. The scenery is very beautiful.

There is a small Qi-refining family located in the valley. The head of the family is a cultivator in the late Qi-refining stage, and he has been leading his people to survive in hardship.

This day.

Wearing a bamboo hat, Fang Xi, who looked to be in the middle stage of Qi Refining, came to the vicinity of Maple Forest Mountain.

“According to the memory of Taoist Huahe, the Zeng family of Fenglin Mountain is also a hidden chess piece of the Song family… Song Qing is hiding here and did not flee directly to Mu Country. Is there any other hope?”

Fang Xi muttered to himself, and when it was dark, he activated the Breath Concealment Technique and came to the vicinity of the Zeng family’s land.

With his attainments as a formation master, it was effortless for him to sneak into a first-level formation.

However, when he wanted to go deeper, he suddenly felt a sense of danger.

“Is there a second-level formation hidden in the Zeng family?”

Fang Xi’s eyes lit up, and he did not forcibly dismantle it. Instead, he quietly retreated and left a wooden puppet outside Zeng’s house, specifically watching the people entering and leaving Zeng’s house.

As a long-lived person, he has great patience.

There’s nothing wrong with spending several or even dozens of years here with Song Qing.

…

Fang Xi didn’t wait long.

A few days later, a beam of light flew out from Zeng’s house and headed towards Mu Country.

The escaping light originally had a weak aura and dim light… but after leaving Zeng’s house, its speed immediately increased dramatically!

Song Qing, who was in the escaping light, looked extremely gloomy.

“The family… is actually destroyed… and the Aoki clan is unwilling to send troops!”

He has been hiding in Yue State, not only to gather the secret forces of the Song family, but also to persuade Qingmu Sect to attack Yue State! To set off a war between the cultivation circles of the two countries and avenge the Song family!

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However, as time passed, Xuantian Sect’s control over Yue State became more and more solid, while Qingmu Sect had no intention of taking any action.

A few days ago, the ‘life plate’ that Taoist Huahe left in his hand was broken into pieces.

This made Song Qing feel that Yue State was already in great danger, so he completely gave up his revenge plan and prepared to flee to Mu State.

When the Zeng family was arranged to be the hidden man, it was because this place was located at the border between the two countries and not far from the Mu Kingdom, making it convenient for escape.

Song Qing flew dozens of miles in the blink of an eye. As long as he passed through a market in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, he could enter the Wood Country!
“Sure enough… With a strong spiritual consciousness, fighting is quite convenient.”

Fang Xi followed behind Song Qing, keeping his spiritual sense on this person, but this person didn’t notice anything at all.

From this, it can be seen that his consciousness is definitely weaker than that of the late foundation building stage!
However, although the consciousness and mana aura belong to that person, Song Qing at this time looks like a middle-aged man, even with premature graying hair and a haggard look.

Fang Xi thought this was very normal. Some cultivators did not care about their appearance. Moreover, their families had been wiped out and they were mentally traumatized. It was normal for them to become haggard and old.

“Even a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit…”

Fang Xi calmed down, and suddenly accelerated, completely emerging from hiding: “Hmph!”

With a cold snort, the Yuanmo Thorn was launched swiftly.

A small black needle silently passed through Song Qing’s spiritual power shield and penetrated into his sea of consciousness.

The secret technique of spiritual consciousness ignores ordinary spiritual shields and magical weapon defenses, and is very difficult to deal with.

But the next moment, Song Qing just groaned, without any sign of being hit. On the contrary, his eyes were like lightning, scanning the surroundings. On the wrist of his left hand, a purple bracelet suddenly grew huge, almost as big as a house, protecting his entire body.

Bang!
Almost the next moment, the Qinghe Sword was like a ray of green lightning, fiercely piercing the Ziyun Bracelet, making a deafening sound.

“Huh? You can actually resist the attack of spiritual consciousness… Your spiritual consciousness is obviously not as strong as mine, otherwise you wouldn’t have discovered me so late… It seems that there is some special magic weapon or talisman to protect spiritual consciousness?”

Fang Xi transformed into a green light and fell from mid-air, raising his hand.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Eight second-level demon beast puppets appeared, each suspended in the air, surrounding Song Qing from all directions.

——In order to deal with the powerful enemy, Fang Xi directly withdrew the spiritual consciousness that was monitoring the fragment world and ordered the eight main combat puppets to come out together!
“You are… Fang Xi?!”

Song Qing only discovered the attacker at this time, and when he saw the eight second-level puppets, his expression became extremely gloomy: “The secret technique of spiritual attack… the puppeteer… and the flying sword… you hid it so well! Did you kill Huahe?”

He was very smart. Now, apart from the Zeng family, only Huahe, the only foundation-building cultivator, knew his whereabouts.

But Song Qing didn’t understand. Huahe was clearly under a restriction, so how could he dare to reveal his secret hiding place?

He had never imagined that the foundation-building skill that he had looked down upon back then was actually hidden so deeply!

“Why should the dead know so much!”

Fang Xi waved gently.

“Ahhh!”

The golden-haired monkey king roared, and the tuft of hair on his chest that looked like a rune glowed. He grabbed a huge rock and smashed it hard at the purple bracelet!
With this second-level puppet taking action as a sign, the other seven puppets launched an attack at the same time!

If an ordinary cultivator in the early stage of foundation building was besieged by eight second-level puppets, he would probably not be able to hold on for a while before his bones and flesh turned into mud!
“Humph!”

Song Qing snorted coldly and clasped his hands together.

The next moment, powerful magic power burst out from him, breaking through the boundaries of the early stage of foundation building and entering the middle stage of foundation building!

‘Sure enough, this person has been hiding his cultivation!’

Fang Xi was not nervous when he saw Song Qing’s true cultivation level, but instead heaved a sigh of relief.

“go!”

Song Qing poured his magic power from the middle stage of foundation building into the Zi Yun bracelet, which immediately made this rare treasure burst into light. Even though it was besieged by eight second-level puppets, it remained motionless.

He glanced at Fang Xi hatefully, then flipped his palm and a gray talisman appeared, with a small sword depicted on it.

“Talisman?!”

Fang Xi’s pupils shrank slightly.

(End of this chapter)