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Chapter 169 - 148: Heavenly Sword Sect (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 169: Chapter 148: Heavenly Sword Sect (Please Subscribe)

Beili Immortal City.

Second Rank Cave Mansion.

Fang Xing’s Cultivation Avatar sat cross-legged, silently running the Gold Transformation Technique, digesting the essence of a Supreme-grade Elixir within his body.

This elixir was known as the ’Gold Elixir,’ purchased from the Elixir Medicine Pavilion in Beili Immortal City, and was one of the most suitable elixirs for cultivators with a Metal Spirit Root to advance their cultivation at the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

What’s more critical is that, after being nurtured in the Ten Thousand Transformation Cauldron, the elixir’s toxicity was reduced to nearly non-existent levels.

If released to the public, its value could surge tenfold!

With the aid of the Gold Elixir, Fang Xing felt the mana within his dantian growing at a terrifying rate.

Within the Cave Mansion, Spiritual Energy gathered, faintly forming vortices.

An hour passed by unnoticed.

Subsequently, at the center of the Mana Vortex within him, another round ’Golden Pearl’ emerged.

This liquid Mana was rounded and lustrous, resembling a pale golden relic with a semi-solidifying sensation, quickly merging with the other liquid Mana.

"The upper limit of my mana has increased again, now at thirteen drops of liquid mana..." Fang Xing opened his eyes, pondering inwardly.

"According to the ’Gold Transformation Technique,’ once the liquid mana reaches twenty drops, I’m at the peak of the early stages of Foundation Establishment and can attempt to break through to the middle stage..."

"With this pace, within two years, I can reach the peak of Foundation Establishment’s early stage... As for bottlenecks? I have a Heavenly Spirit Root, which means no such thing... So it’s as if I’m breaking into the middle stage of Foundation Establishment?"

"And the liquid Mana at the peak of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment should be around forty to fifty drops."

"At the late stage, around eighty to one hundred drops."

"Perfect Foundation Establishment, depending on the constitution of the cultivator, ranges between one hundred ten to one hundred twenty drops..."

"Based on this pace of cultivation, with decades of hard work, I’m sure to reach Perfect Foundation Establishment... then in a cycle of sixty years, around the age of sixty, I could attempt Core Formation..."

Cultivators forming their Core at sixty!

In the Cultivation World, such a person could definitely be considered a genius.

But for Fang Xing, that seemed a bit slow.

He had cultivated for less than ten years, and his original body already possessed the combat power comparable to Jiedan Cultivators.

In a few more years, he would surely be able to condense the Martial Arts Golden Core.

"Indeed, although Cultivation is comprehensive, it’s too slow... Martial Arts progresses in leaps and bounds, the advance is frighteningly fast, but it’s unpredictable— one misstep could shatter one to bits..."

"According to my plans, to forge the path of Immortal Martial, the progress of Cultivation must not lag too far behind Martial Arts..."

Fang Xing reflected silently, "To accelerate Cultivation speed, the first step could be to switch to a top-tier Sword Cultivation Technique!"

The Gold Transformation Technique, though a Core Formation Technique, was pretty ordinary in all aspects, and the Cultivation speed was not fast.

Some top-tier techniques refined Mana at an unbelievable pace.

"Second, chase for a Cave Mansion with an even more abundant supply of Spiritual Energy, such as a Third Rank Spirit Vein... It could significantly reduce the time to absorb Spiritual Energy."

"Third, higher tier Elixirs... As long as one isn’t afraid of waste, using the power of Elixirs to madly increase cultivation, the speed will also be astonishing."

...

After pondering for a while, Fang Xing left the Cave Mansion.

Dressed in a silver robe and with a cultivation at the Foundation Establishment stage, he was considered middle-tier in Beili Immortal City.

Mingling with the crowd, he wasn’t particularly conspicuous.

After walking past several streets, he arrived in front of a building.

"Eight Winds Tower?"

Fang Xing looked up at the signboard and nodded inwardly.

This Eight Winds Tower was an intelligence organization. It was said to have branches spread across several nearby countries and even in the chaotic territories of the Five Sects and Ten Countries, mainly dealing in the trade of various types of information.

When he arrived at this building, he naturally had changed his appearance, even his ancient-styled nanoparticle clothes automatically altered their color.

"This way, honored guest!" the greeter, a Qi Cultivator, sensing the Foundation Establishment pressure from Fang Xing, knew there was significant business afoot, remained composed as he ushered Fang Xing into a private room.

As the door closed, a Prohibition emerged, sealing off the inside from the outside.

Fang Xing looked at the exquisite snacks on the table and nodded slightly but did not touch them.

Moments later, a charming woman walked in with a winning smile, performing a courtesy: "This humble one, Wen Rou, has seen the esteemed senior. May I know what information the senior wishes to purchase?"

"The Heavenly Sword Sect!" Fang Xing spoke coldly, causing Wen Rou’s expression to shift subtly.

"What? You don’t do business with the Heavenly Sword Sect?"

"The customer jests; as long as it’s information, our Eight Winds Tower trades it... May I inquire if the customer seeks intelligence on a particular person in the Heavenly Sword Sect or overall information? These pieces of information vary in price according to their classification..." Wen Rou regained her seductive expression and handed over a Jade Scroll.

Fang Xing scanned the Jade Scroll with his Divine Sense and spoke expressionlessly, "Give me a complete set of information, at the Grade A level..."

Hearing this, Wen Rou felt somewhat relieved.

Fang Xing’s actions did not seem like those of someone seeking vengeance but rather like an unfamiliar power observing the king within its territory.

In simple terms... no trouble! They won’t involve the Bafeng Tower; these are their favorite kind of guests.

"Please, wait a moment, honored guest."

She performed a curtsy and left the room, soon returning with a tray in hand.

Atop the tray, there were several blue jade scrolls: "The general information about the Heavenly Sword Sect is all here... If the honored guest requires detailed intelligence about a specific individual, additional spirit stones will be required..."

Fang Xing nodded, then with a sweep of his hand, a pile of spirit stones appeared on the table.

Seeing this, Wen Rou’s eyes lit up with a smile, and she formed hand seals, imprinting a dharma seal into the blue jade scroll: "Please, honored guest, take a look..."

This was Bafeng Tower’s unique prohibition, meant to ensure that should a client not pay and attempt to forcibly take the information, in the end, they would gain nothing or even possibly receive false intelligence.

Fang Xing picked up a jade scroll, his divine sense probing into it, where he saw densely arranged text and images.

"The Heavenly Sword Sect is located at Qi Country’s ’Group Sword Peak,’ with the mountain gate being a Fourth Rank spirit vein..."

"The Sect has a long history, traceable back to when the Fertile Wilderness was first settled... Allegedly a branch of a great sword cultivation family from the outer domain, the founding ancestor declared himself ’the Free and Easy Elder,’ suspected to be in the mid to late stages of Nascent Soul, having long since entered parinirvana..."

"It is a sword cultivation sect, fond of sword fighting, using the blood of enemies to hone their sword edges... They break through amidst life and death struggles, resulting in a high casualty rate among disciples; the entire sect totals no more than two thousand people..."

"But around these two thousand true sect disciples are tens of thousands of cultivators serving them, providing support in elixirs, arrays, talismans, artifacts, wine, tea, and the full spectrum of support for cultivating immortality..."

"Beyond these tens of thousands of cultivators are even more mortals... At the foot of Group Sword Peak, they’ve constructed ’Heavenly Sword City’!"

"At present, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect is ’Sword Heart True Man’ Kong Fengge, a True Core cultivator with cultivation at the late stage of Core Formation... The Supreme Elder ’Heavenly Sword True Monarch’ Chu Kuangtu just celebrated his six-hundredth birthday..."

"The Heavenly Sword Sect has numerous affiliated sects and clan powers, with a total of thirteen above the Fake Core level..."

Fang Xing remained inscrutable as he took the second blue jade scroll.

The first scroll was a general introduction to the entirety of the Heavenly Sword Sect, while this one detailed individual information.

For instance, he came to know that the Sword Heart True Man was originally a True Inheritor Sword Child, but suffered a grand defeat in a sword duel with the Demon Path, tainting his Sword Heart...

And that ’Heavenly Sword True Monarch,’ a prodigy blessed by heaven, had a Heavenly Spirit Root and ’Innate Sword Bone,’ possessed an astonishly rare talent for the Sword Dao, achieving Foundation Establishment at twenty, ascending to Core Formation by one hundred, and succeeding in condensing a Golden Core. His subsequent cultivation went even more smoothly, developing a Nascent Soul at three hundred, earning the title of True Monarch!

Now, his cultivation is unfathomably deep, and he is considered the foremost figure among the righteous countries.

’Only six hundred years old, and has never suffered severe injury...’

Due to his own spirit root’s quality, Fang Xing was always cautious around Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

’Possession does not extend one’s lifespan, it’s merely a desperate choice when the body is severely damaged... A Nascent Soul has longevity of a thousand years, this True Monarch still has four to five hundred good years left, hasn’t suffered a severe injury, so if I were to join the Heavenly Sword Sect, it should not be difficult for me...’

’Moreover, I plan to join the sect with the status of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, which won’t necessitate a talent test...’

’However, I might not be able to enter the core, but if I can access a superior cultivation technique or a higher ranked spirit vein for cultivation, that would suffice...’

Originally, Fang Xing had intended to find a Core Formation sect to join.

But within Qi Country, the Heavenly Sword Sect stood unrivaled, and the other sects were all intricately connected to it, in reality the difference wasn’t significant.

After learning some information about that Heavenly Sword True Monarch, Fang Xing felt the risks were controllable, and he immediately changed his plans.

...

Heavenly Sword City.

This city was situated at the base of Group Sword Peak, and an array harnessed some of the spirit vein energy, creating the effect of a Third Rank spirit vein.

If it weren’t for the fact that the majority of the cultivators coming and going belonged to the Heavenly Sword Sect, it might have become Qi Country’s foremost Immortal City.

A flash of white light streaked across the sky.

Fang Xing landed gracefully, stowing the Wind Snow Sword, comparing Beili Immortal City with this Heavenly Sword City.

"There are actually no city walls around Heavenly Sword City!"

"Truly confident..."

He walked into the city, immediately greeted by the ear-piercing sound of sword cries.

These were coming from the ten grand Sword Fighting Platforms.

Many Qi Cultivators spent years honing their swords, with hopes of making a name for themselves on the Sword Fighting Platform and thus entering the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Although the Heavenly Sword Sect had few disciples, they valued quality over quantity, and each was an elite!

Having come here, Fang Xing had naturally inquired about everything in advance at Bafeng Tower, and he now approached a certain building.

"The Heavenly Sword Outer Hall..."

"Foreign cultivators who are not Sword Cultivators, wishing to join the Heavenly Sword Sect, are uniformly arranged to the Outer Hall..."

"Even Sword Cultivators have to pass the test of the Sword Fighting Platform... I sense a naked discrimination of Sword Cultivators against other cultivators..."

Fang Xing commented to himself and walked into the Heavenly Sword Outer Hall.

"Esteemed senior..."

A Qi Cultivation disciple saw Fang Xing, his face not showing much arrogance but instead some respect: "May I inquire what brings you to our Heavenly Sword Outer Hall?"

"I am Fang Xing, a mere loose cultivator who has fortunately achieved Foundation Establishment and wishes to join the Heavenly Sword Sect."

Fang Xing spoke his intentions candidly.

"I see, I will take the senior to Deacon Xue!"

The Qi Cultivation disciple thought nothing of it.

There were many loose cultivators who wished to join the Heavenly Sword Sect, and generally, unless the Qi Cultivators possessed some unique skill, they were rejected.

Most Foundation Establishment Cultivators could pass since achieving Foundation Establishment usually indicated they had something extraordinary about them.

However, compared to the attention paid by other Core Formation sects, the Heavenly Sword Sect didn’t place much importance on Foundation Establishment

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