Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 245

[Chapter 244: Disaster of the Netherworld (Subscription Request)]

Half a month later.

Dragon Fish Island.

Three beams of light came together and landed in the Changqing Pavilion.

Not long after, a long green rainbow also flew over and landed on the top floor, revealing Fang Xi’s figure.

He glanced at Liu Sanqi, Zhong Hongyu, and Ruan Xingling, then smiled: “I heard about the accident on Emerald Island before, and I was a little worried. Now that I see the three of you returning safely, I can finally put my heart at ease…”

“Thanks to the help of Brother Liu, otherwise I might not be able to hold on and come back…”

Ruan Xingling smiled bitterly, and an abnormal blush suddenly appeared on her face.

“Are you hurt?”

With a flash of green light, Fang Xi came to Ruan Xingling’s side. A green-yellow light burst out from one palm, and he grabbed Ruan Xingling’s wrist.

The healing secret technique recorded in “The Secret of Withering and Flourishing” was extremely effective. After just a moment, Ruan Xingling opened her eyes and smiled slightly: “Thank you, Brother Fang, for your help. I am fine now…”

“How strange…”

Fang Xi retracted his hand, looked at Ruan Xingling, and then looked at Zhong Hongyu: “Hongyu was fine this time in the Jade Island ruins, but you were seriously injured. I am really surprised…”

Zhong Hongyu and Ruan Xingling both practiced the same martial arts, but Ruan Xingling was already a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building, and his reputation in fighting skills shook the Kingdom of Yue.

As a result, when the two went to Emerald Island at the same time, Ruan Xingling was seriously injured, while Zhong Hongyu seemed to be fine.

“Thanks to Sister Ruan for protecting me on Emerald Island, I am safe and sound…”

Zhong Hongyu hurried to explain.

Only then did Fang Xi realize that along with the birth of the Netherworld Veins, there were also many ghosts at the Qi Refining and Foundation Building levels.

At that time, many monks were fighting each other and the scene was extremely chaotic. Thanks to Ruan Xingling’s protection, otherwise this woman might not have been able to escape.

“I see……”

Fang Xi nodded, feeling that Ruan Xingling seemed to treat Zhong Hongyu as her personal disciple.

“Actually…if it were just those ghosts, I would be able to escape unscathed and not be so seriously injured…”

After Ruan Xingling pondered for a while, she said something else: “When I saw the two Jindan ancestors breaking the restriction on Emerald Island before, I felt something strange… Later I was almost certain that they had fallen into a trap… It was related to a female cultivator present. That female cultivator definitely has a grudge against Xuantian Sect and practices magic techniques!”

Hatred appeared on her face: “If I hadn’t caught up with that woman and fought with her, which damaged my vitality, I wouldn’t have been besieged and seriously injured by the ghosts later…”

“oh?”

After careful questioning, Fang Xi learned that a mysterious female foundation-building practitioner also appeared at that time, and seemed to be trying to launch a sneak attack on Zhang, the ancestor of Xuantian Sect.

Even though he did not succeed, he managed to escape successfully, and even put Patriarch Zhang in a difficult situation where he was besieged by Jindan ghost cultivators. His method was very clever and brilliant.

“That female demon cultivator’s cultivation level is similar to mine, but the magic skills she cultivated are quite powerful. Not only does she have spiritual attack methods, she also has a kind of body movement that is like a dream… She escaped without a trace!”

Ruan Xingling elaborated: “I suspect that the female demon cultivator may have a ‘phantom spirit root’… otherwise she would not be able to use a fake body to hide from my consciousness.”

“Illusionary spiritual roots?”

Liu Sanqi said, “I have heard of this kind of talent. It is said that those who possess this spiritual root are quite helpful in practicing illusion…”

‘What kind of spiritual roots does Situ Qingqing have?’

Fang Xi recalled in his mind and then shook his head. How could he know such a secret?

However, judging from the methods used by that female demon cultivator, it was definitely the ‘Five Extremes Demonic Art’, and she had a grudge against the Xuantian Sect, so it was very likely that she was Situ Qingqing.

Perhaps Ruan Xingling discovered something, so he chased after the woman regardless of everything, which resulted in him being seriously injured.

After all, Ruan Xingling and the evil cultivators of the Situ family have a blood feud that will never end until one of them dies.

From Ruan Xingling and Zhong Hongyu, Fang Xi finally learned the details of what happened.

This kind of first-hand information is much more accurate than the misinformation spread by outside monks.

“There are actually more than three Jindan ghost cultivators on Emerald Island… Unless the four major Jindan forces unite, it will be difficult to deal with them…”

After listening to this, Fang Xi couldn’t help but murmur.

“Not only that, the core area has long been infected by the ghost energy of the Netherworld. Even if there are any spiritual objects that have formed a pill, I am afraid they have long been contaminated…”

Ruan Xingling smiled bitterly and replied, “Without the temptation of Jindan spiritual objects, the Jindan Sect would not risk the death of its ancestors and go to war with the ghost cultivators. If things go wrong, they might abandon our Wandao Lake and let the Wandao Lake cultivators fend for themselves…”

“A buffer zone? That’s very possible…”

Fang Xi seemed to be thinking about something.

If it is a third-level demon king, at least you can obtain the inner elixir after killing it, but most of the ghost cultivators who have formed a core will turn into nothingness after death, which is a huge loss.

In addition, there is not much money left in the ruins of the Nine Leaves Sect. Any rational cultivator can make a choice.

“It seems that Wandao Lake will be plagued by ghost cultivators in the future…”

Fang Xi said: “Fortunately, the island’s defense formation is strong enough, and it should be able to hold out for a while… If you fellow Taoists are worried that your own Taoist temples are not safe enough, you can take shelter with me temporarily…”

“Thank you for your kindness, island owner.”

Liu Sanqi bowed and replied with a wry smile: “I still want to go back to Jingui Island. There are some magical herbs that I worked so hard to grow there, which cannot be easily transplanted…”

“I am also going back to Maple Leaf Island… Generally speaking, Jindan ghost cultivators will not leave their lair. I think I can handle ordinary ghosts.”

Ruan Xingling thought about it and finally gave the same answer.

“In that case, I won’t force it…”

Upon hearing this, Fang Xi could only sigh and let them go.

The foundation-building cultivators are not children, but rather well-known figures in the world of immortal cultivation. Since they said so, they must have some confidence in dealing with ghost disasters.

…

The craze for exploring the ancient ruins on Emerald Island ended in a whimper.

Not only did a large number of famous foundation-building cultivators die, but even many of the lesser-known Qi-refining cultivators who were looking for cheap opportunities also died.

After discovering the difficulty of the Netherworld veins and the ghost cultivators, various forces also decided to evacuate.

Bai Ze Xiancheng was the first to run away!
Before leaving, Yuan Feihong even came to visit Fang Xi.

At this time, the opponent had already reached the late stage of foundation building.

It seems that Fang Xi’s ‘Chong Yuan Dan’ really helped a lot.

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After all the forces withdrew, Lingkong Market became much more depressed. Fang Xi didn’t even want to care about it. After taking away most of the spirit stones and supplies, he threw them directly to Yan Dongqing.

Afterwards, they calculated that through this “Emerald Island Ruins Fever”, they had made a lot of money in their foundation building. The spiritual stones alone had piled up into a small mountain, not to mention the various rare spiritual medicines, spiritual materials, rare treasures, martial arts secrets, etc.

However, the subsequent ghost disaster in Wandao Lake also caused great suffering to the local cultivators.

Ghost cultivators at the Jindan level do not leave the Emerald Island, but like to drive some low-level ghosts out to collect living souls. There are even examples of them breaking into the Spirit Island and slaughtering the cultivators and mortals on the island.

These ghosts roam in groups of three or five or alone. Among them, there are even ghosts comparable to those in the foundation-building stage. Ordinary Qi-refining cultivators are no match for them. Only the second-level spirit islands guarded by foundation-building cultivators can barely resist them.

This also led to the fact that in Wandao Lake, both cultivators and mortals alike were gathering towards the four islands of Maple Leaf, Dragon Fish, Golden Turtle, and Lingkong.

The number of cultivators and mortals who want to come to Dragon Fish Island to avoid disaster is the largest. After all, Fang Xi is known to the public as the “number one cultivator in Wandao Lake”, which is quite prestigious.

Since they were just some Qi-refining monks and mortals, Fang Xi couldn’t be too cold-blooded, so he agreed to it without hesitation and set aside several areas for them to recuperate.

Moreover, every day, they had to suppress the demon tree, so that it would not instinctively sacrifice all of them when it saw so much blood food…

Even so, the entire Wandao Lake area became much more depressed, and the Xuantian Sect did not respond at all.

It seems that the old ancestor Zhang paid a very painful price in order to break through the siege.

There is no doubt that the large area of Wandao Lake has been abandoned by the Xuantian Sect.

Longyu Island Pier.

Large ships of mortals docked one after another, and many mortals got off from them, carrying the elderly and children with them.

These mortals are all descendants of the monks from Wandao Lake. Now they are faced with a ghost disaster and are unwilling to flee to Yu County of Yue State and become real mortals. They can only choose to follow the monks who have taken refuge on Longyu Island and live on Longyu Island.

“We’re finally here…”

“Don’t be afraid, there will be no ghosts when you get to Dragon Fish Island…”

“Wow, Daddy… I want to go find Daddy…”

…

Fang Xi hid his body, standing in mid-air, looking at the refugees in all kinds of expressions, and remained silent.

Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the lake not far away.

There, several rays of light flickered. They were the accompanying Qi-refining monks, who were controlling their magic weapons to provide escort.

Not far away, there was a sudden gust of cold wind, and a ghostly fog several dozen feet long floated over, with a lot of vague shadows flashing by in it.

“It’s those ghosts, they’re chasing us again!”

An old man riding a flying sword had a changed expression. “I said we shouldn’t transport so many people at once. Mortals have too much blood and energy, which can easily attract the attention of ghosts…”

“The family is really stingy. Can’t they buy a few more ‘Qi-Gathering Talismans’?”

A girl with almond eyes and rosy cheeks next to her was also a little furious.

“Alas… There is no point in saying more at this time. Fortunately, there are no second-level ghosts among these ghosts. Let’s fight them!”

The old man controlled the flying sword, and the flying sword turned into a brilliant white stream of light and pierced into the mist.

“Hehehe!”

The next moment, a strange laugh came from the mist, and the old man’s face changed: “Not good… my magic weapon…”

“These ghosts are powerful. Run away quickly and notify the monks from Longyu Island to come to our aid!”

These monks fought and retreated, fleeing all the way to Dragon Fish Island, while the slower ships were caught in the gray fog, and screams were heard immediately, followed by dead silence…

The ghostly fog was not satisfied and drifted towards the Dragon Fish Island Pier.

At this moment, a black mist flashed in the Xuanmu formation, and suddenly expanded, wrapping up the ghost fog.

In a flash, the ghostly fog disappeared without a trace.

The old man and the young girl who saw this scene were dumbfounded…

(End of this chapter)