Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 244

[Chapter 243: Changes in the Ruins (Congratulations to the Silver Alliance)]

There is no sun or moon in cultivation.

After Fang Xi asked Zhong Hongyu to deliver the letter, he drank and had fun with Yan Ying and Xiahou Xin for a few days, and then fell into another long round of seclusion.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

In the talisman-making room, Fang Xi had disheveled hair and was staring at the purple talisman papers in front of him.

Although these talisman papers are blank, they are shining with aura and emit precious light, which clearly shows that they are not ordinary items.

“After several scraps, I finally managed to refine a batch of third-level talisman paper… Unfortunately, with my current level of attainment as a second-level upper-grade talisman master, apart from refining talismans with treasure patterns, everything else is a waste…”

With his current cultivation level, the failure rate of drawing a third-level talisman is very high.

But Fang Xi was not greedy. After using up all the blank talisman papers, he could make a third-level talisman, which would be a profit for him.

…

A few months later, he came out of the talisman-making room feeling a little depressed, and went back into the retreat room to start meditating to recover his strength.

The “Art of Withering and Flourishing” is slowly put into practice, bringing new insights every time.

This is the ‘Yi Mu Dharma Body’ also fine-tuning the running route of the ‘Withering and Flourishing Technique’, but compared to the ‘Qing Mu Chang Sheng Gong’, it is very slow.

Fortunately, Fang Xi was a very patient person, so he just waited slowly.

He took out the technique that recorded the “Withering and Flourishing Technique” of the Nascent Soul Stage and continued to comprehend it every day.

Most of the secret techniques in this “Withering and Flourishing Art” were easily mastered by him without any difficulty.

This is true for all but the most profound ‘Withered and Flourishing Mysterious Light’.

Fang Xi’s gaze continued down the secret arts chapter, and he saw chapters such as ‘Yi Mu True Fire’ and ‘Yi Mu Divine Thunder’, which were also magical powers that could be practiced.

‘In fact… even the ‘Yi Mu Divine Light’ should be able to be cultivated by wood-type cultivators… but the requirements are a bit higher. It probably requires a Jindan cultivator who practices the top-level wood-type exercises to spend a lot of effort to be able to cultivate it. It is a proper third-level method… or a foundation-building cultivator with extraordinary talent may also be able to cultivate this divine light?’

Fang Xi touched his chin.

Ever since he cultivated the ‘Yi Mu Dharma Body’, his talent in all wood-related techniques and secret arts has definitely reached the level of an unparalleled genius.

After finishing his daily comprehension of the exercises, he took out the forbidden jade slip that Ruan Xingling had asked someone to bring back last time as usual, and began to disassemble it as if he were doing a problem.

A formation master can improve his attainments in formation by constantly comprehending high-level formations and unlocking restrictions.

When Fang Xi tried to analyze it this time, he had an idea and finally broke one of the knots, revealing most of the restrictions.

What came into view was a restriction that emitted a light golden glow, which condensed together to form a faint ‘卍’ symbol.

“Is this… the Buddhist ‘Four-Faced Eight-Armed Vajra Guardian’ spiritual taboo?!”

Fang Xi recalled the formation he had inherited and barely recognized it. His expression changed drastically: “Not good… This restriction is mainly used internally to seal some evil monsters! Behind the ruins of the Nine Leaves Sect… I’m afraid there’s a lot of water!”

As soon as he thought of this, he came out of seclusion immediately and sent a letter to the several major foundation-building masters of Longyu Island, asking them to withdraw quickly, and especially not to participate in the core breaking of the ban.

“Oh… I hope I can catch up.”

Looking at the vast green lake outside the island, Fang Xi sighed softly.

Even though the demon tree now blocks out the sky and its roots cover the entire Dragon Fish Island, he still cannot get far away from the island.

If these subordinates and Ruan Xingling were to get into trouble, he might not be able to catch up and take action in time…

…

Just as Fang Xi sent the letter, outside the ruins of Emerald Island.

The female cultivator in green dress whom Fang Xi had met before had a smile on her face. She was mixed in with a group of foundation-building cultivators, listening to their lively conversation.

“This time, the Jade Island ruins have been unleashed, and even Xuantian Sect’s Zhang Patriarch and Immortal City’s Baifeng Patriarch have come…”

“Yes, it is said that these two have each chosen a core restriction and have been attacking it for several months. It seems that the day of breaking the restriction is not far away…”

“Alas… it’s a pity that even if there are spiritual objects that can form a golden elixir among them, it is out of the reach of casual cultivators like us.”

“That’s not the case. There will always be opportunities for us. Maybe the divine object will hide itself and even the Jiedan Patriarch won’t be able to find it… This kind of thing is not without precedent in the world of immortal cultivation.”

“That’s right. Let’s go together. Let’s go together…”

…

The woman in the green dress watched all this with a smile, and occasionally agreed with a few words.

In his heart, he sneered: “Xuan Tian Sect… owes my Situ family so many lives, and later used them as knives… This retribution should be repaid…”

Thinking of this, her expression became resolute, and she flew into the Emerald Island…

…

A few days later.

There were a series of loud noises coming from the Emerald Island, and a streak of light fled out in a panic. It turned out to be the old ancestor Bai Feng!

He looked back fearfully, towards the direction of Emerald Island, with fear and dread showing on his face.

At this moment, for some unknown reason, a gray mist began to spread over the Emerald Island.

This mist is completely different from the clouds in Damengze. It is cold and chilly in nature, and even has a hint of… ghostly aura!
“I never thought… that such a great terror would be sealed in the core restriction of the Nine Leaves Sect…”

Patriarch Bai Feng murmured, and his face suddenly turned an abnormal red.

He quickly circulated his internal energy, and the golden elixir in his body began to spin. A glow flashed on his face, and he felt much better. He quickly swallowed a pill to suppress his injuries.

At this time, the ghost fog on the Emerald Island was becoming thicker and thicker, and there were faint shouts and some kind of whistling sounds coming from it.

Patriarch Bai Feng felt his scalp tingling. He turned into a stream of light and left without looking back.

After he left the island, there were some colorful foundation-building lights that quickly fled to the outside of the island as if they were running for their lives…

…

A few days later.

Fang Xi looked at Yan Dongqing who had come to the island again to report the news, and his expression suddenly changed: “What did you say? Say it again!”

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“Yes, I report to the island master… Emerald Island has suddenly changed. It is said that a ghost cultivator at the Jindan level has appeared and killed countless cultivators. Even the Jindan ancestor was seriously injured… Nowadays, all cultivators on Lingkong Island have already changed their color. Many cultivators have directly fled from Wandao Lake… The once prosperous market is now in a state of depression…”

Yan Dongqing smiled bitterly.

“Ghost cultivator? Or a ghost cultivator at the Jindan level…”

Fang Xi muttered to himself.

Of course he knew that the so-called “ghost cultivators” were actually cultivators whose souls by chance remained in the world after their death, and then merged with a dark land vein, thus giving birth to strange lives.

In terms of memory, personality, etc., he is completely different from the monk he was in his previous life and can be regarded as a completely new life.

Moreover, ghost cultivators are often unable to leave the Netherworld where they are located for too far or for too long, and their intelligence is even relatively low.

But these shortcomings cannot avoid the advantage of ghost cultivation, which is… living long!

As long as they can continuously absorb the negative and ghostly energy emitted by the Netherworld veins, the lifespan of ghost cultivators will be quite long.

“Yes… It is said that when the Jindan ancestor broke through the restriction in the core area, there were gusts of cold wind and ghosts crying. Then several Jindan ghost cultivators ran out and killed many experts in the foundation-building stage of Xuantian Sect and Bai Ze Immortal City on the spot…”

Yan Dongqing had a look of reluctance on his face: “Then those ghost cultivators manipulated the ghost fog to trap the two Jindan ancestors… At the critical moment, Patriarch Baifeng abandoned Patriarch Zhang of Xuantian Sect and successfully broke through alone, causing Patriarch Zhang of Xuantian Sect to be besieged by several Jindan ghost cultivators and almost died on the spot. Later, he used some kind of life-saving secret technique to barely break out of the siege and returned to Xuantian Sect without looking back…”

“It’s amazing that you know so much…”

Fang Xi looked at Yan Dongqing in surprise.

Yan Dongqing smiled bitterly and replied, “There were too many foundation-building cultivators who witnessed this scene at the time, and many of them successfully escaped from Emerald Island afterwards. The news has long been known to everyone in the entire Wandao Lake…”

“It seems that the decline of the Nine Leaves Sect was closely related to the ghost cultivators. The four-faced, eight-armed Vajra Great Protector prohibition that this sect built in the core area was mainly to seal off that Netherworld vein and the many golden elixir ghosts?”

Fang Xi murmured, “Fortunately, the ghost cultivators cannot escape the shackles of the Netherworld Earth Vein… They won’t sweep across Wandao Lake, but occasionally a few ghosts will run out and start a killing spree, which seems to be unavoidable… Wandao Lake will be in trouble from now on!”

“Isn’t it?”

Yan Dongqing complained bitterly: “Those cultivators from other places can just walk away, but cultivators like us from Wandao Lake will have to practice here in the future…”

“Those foreign monks won’t gain any benefits. I’m afraid they have already suffered heavy casualties in the incident on Emerald Island.”

Fang Xi sighed: “In that case… the exploration of the ruins of Emerald Island has come to a complete halt.”

“Of course. Unless several Jindan ancestors join forces to set up a formation… or go to Yuan Country to invite a Yuanying old monster, no one will dare to go to Emerald Island again.”

“But the Emerald Island at this moment is really not attractive at all. All the spiritual objects are polluted by ghost energy. There is no benefit in attacking it.”

Yan Dongqing replied with a wry smile.

“In that case… you go back to Lingkong Market and have Liu Sanqi, who is stationed there, go and pick up Zhong Hongyu and Ruan Xingling immediately…”

Fang Xi thought about it and gave the order.

Now that Yan Dongqing has joined his team, guarding Lingkong City has become easier.

“You go back to Lingkong Island and take charge. Be careful of the subsequent chaos… But as long as we survive this wave, everything will be fine.”

Fang Xi gave a few instructions and sent Yan Dongqing away in a hurry without even asking him to stay for a cup of tea.

“Ghost cultivators and the netherworld veins, I really didn’t expect that…”

Looking at the other person’s leaving back, Fang Xi turned around and looked towards the direction of Emerald Island in the north, muttering to himself.

There is no good way to deal with ghost cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation. Except for the demon cultivators who practice the method of driving away demons and ghosts and the righteous cultivators of thunder magic, most people tend to avoid ghost cultivators.

As a fake Dan cultivator, Xuantian Sect Patriarch Zhang was able to escape from the siege of several Jindan stage ghost cultivators because of his own thunder spirit root!
Fortunately, these ghost cultivators also have the attribute of staying in one place, and often only need to be blocked. It can be said that they have explored and summarized a set of effective countermeasures from the blood and tears lessons.

However, if the blockade is not strict, the monks of Wandao Lake will suffer.

And considering the current state of decline in the Three Kingdoms’ cultivation world, I’m afraid there is no one left who can properly handle this matter…

(End of this chapter)