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Chapter 307 - 252: Escape for Life (Subscriptions Please)

Chapter 307: Chapter 252: Escape for Life (Subscriptions Please)

"Fourth-Rank Spiritual Treasures, only those with spirit are truly treasures!"

Fang Xing gazed at the Jiao Wei Zither in front of him, falling into contemplation, "Or perhaps, this is the true Spiritual Treasure... Could it be that the Green Sun Demon Lamp actually had shortcomings, and its spirit was wiped away by the Great Sun Tathagata Divine Palm during my battle with the master of the Wind Department?"

This was indeed highly possible.

He had already tried to Refine the ’Jiao Wei Zither’, but to no avail.

This was far more difficult than erasing the marks on a storage bag; it was as if the entire Magic Treasure was resisting him.

Even if he tried to force it, he might not succeed.

Even if he did succeed, he would permanently lose a portion of the Treasure’s power, something many Cultivators found unbearable.

"The cultivation of a Magic Treasure’s spirit is closely related to its master... This Jiao Wei Zither, for all I know, might be the Lifebound Magical Treasure of an ancestor from the Mu Family who is a Nascent Soul, naturally loyal to the Mu Family bloodline... There might even be a special Mnemonic for refining treasures..."

"Strangers who seek to seize it would suffer more loss than gain..."

"This could also explain why neither the Righteous nor the Demonic Paths make a move to seize the Treasure..."

A Spiritual Treasure, combined with an Array, only possesses the strength of four strikes, of course falling short of a Nascent Soul True Monarch wielding a Spiritual Treasure.

And for a Nascent Soul True Monarch, a Spiritual Treasure is already considered a considerable fortune.

Without resorting to strong-arming, obviously, it’s not for a lack of desire but inability!

Now, Fang Xing looked at the Jiao Wei Zither, equally puzzled.

He felt as if his Cultivation Avatar really couldn’t handle this Spiritual Treasure.

Even if he were to exhaust a hundred years of hard work, using Nascent Fire to slowly burn it, in the end, they might both suffer, a lose-lose situation...

"The spirit of a Spiritual Treasure is pig-headed... equivalent to the artificial idiots of my previous life..."

Fang Xing probed again and came to a conclusion.

If its spirit were active, like a human capable of flexibility, that would make things easier.

He could use the Mu Family’s entire lineage as a threat to potentially compromise the Artifact Spirit.

But alas... the opponent didn’t have such adaptable spirit; it was fixated on certain criteria.

Only with Mu Family blood and the special Mnemonic passed down orally could one gain favor with the Jiao Wei Zither.

Fang Xing thought for a moment and took out the Green Sun Demon Lamp.

At this moment, on the Fourth-Rank Spiritual Treasure lamp, a bean-sized ’Soul-destroying Demon Flames’ and ’Green Sun Demon Fire’ were devouring each other, merging... gradually taking on a hint of dark green, as if transforming into a new type of fire.

"It seems this lamp was originally capable of accommodating other Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires, upgrading the Flame..."

"After absorbing ’Soul-destroying Demon Flames’, the Green Sun Demon Fire’s power has greatly increased, and it no longer suits its original name..."

Fang Xing pondered for a while, "Perhaps it could be called... ’Soul-devouring Demon Fire’?!"

He toyed with the idea and brought the Green Sun Demon Lamp in front of the Jiao Wei Zither, threatening, "See this... If you don’t comply, I’ll completely erase your spirit... But if you do, maybe I can search for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items like I did with this Green Sun Demon Lamp, and help you upgrade..."

But...

The ’Jiao Wei Zither’ did not move an inch.

Fang Xing gave a wry smile to himself, "That’s right, if it were susceptible to threats, I would have succeeded long ago..."

"It seems now, I must either kill a core member of the Mu Family and extract the refining Mnemonic... Then, use the ’Nine Infant Pearl’ to mimic the Mu Family’s blood Qi and attempt to Refine the Jiao Wei Zither..."

"Or, I could strike it with the Great Sun Tathagata Divine Palm, erasing its spirit altogether..."

Because the ’Jiao Wei Zither’ was so stubborn, Fang Xing openly discussed his scheming in front of it, and yet there was no response.

"Truly, the wisest and the most foolish are the hardest to fool..."

Seeing ’Jiao Wei Zither’ showing no reaction, Fang Xing, depressed, stored the Spiritual Treasure away. His true form, along with all spiritual items, disappeared in a flash of silver light.

Several hours later.

At the center of the blessed land, a deafening roar erupted, a terrifying fluctuation spread throughout the realm.

"This is..."

Fang Xing’s Cultivation Avatar revealed a look of shock, his figure vanished in a flash, disappearing from the blessed land...

...

Outside the ruin mountains.

As Fang Xing had just appeared, he immediately formed a spell with his hands, sparing no expense using a secret technique that wreaked havoc on his essence, spirit, and Qi, turning into a blood-colored rainbow and fleeing into the heavens.

A person knows their own circumstances.

Since he had acted, he had to bear the consequences.

He didn’t give face to either the Righteous or the Demonic Paths, so being pursued by Nascent Souls from both was normal.

If you make a mistake, you have to admit it; if you get hit, you need to stand firm.

He didn’t want to get hit, so he chose to run!

’The Linglang Blessed Land randomly transports Cultivators within a hundred miles of the ruin mountains...’

This range was not safe; it was within the Divine Sense detection range of some powerful Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

Naturally, Fang Xing wanted to cover some distance before transporting to Blue Star, hide for a few days, and let things cool down a bit.

Splash!

At that moment, as he extended his Divine Sense, he saw the ’ruin mountains’, which originally looked like a void whirlpool, suddenly quiver.

The aura that once devoured everything suddenly contracted, then... it began to erupt fiercely around!

Amidst the terrifying meteor fire rain, there seemed to be jade Tokens mixed within.

"Linglang Order?"

"After the end of the Linglang Blessed Land, new Linglang Orders are ejected... scattering across the Cultivation World?"

Indeed a fine opportunity, although... one must wait five hundred years..."

Fang Xing mused to himself.

At this moment, Fang Xing’s Divine Sense caught sight of several Nascent Soul True Monarchs each deploying their extraordinary abilities, intercepting the majority of the Linglang Orders.

But at the same time, several Nascent Soul Escape Lights were furiously pursuing him, intent on killing.

"Who exactly are you to dare to kill a seed of our Demon Path’s Nascent Souls?"

An elder clad in a blood-red robe spoke in a piercing tone, moving at an astonishingly fast speed.

It appeared to be a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Blood God Sect.

Besides him, there was an inconspicuous woman in a green robe, whose Divine Sense was so formidable it could envelop an area of a hundred miles.

"Fellow Daoist, please halt!"

The woman in the green robe, with each step creating a lotus flower beneath her feet, followed closely behind Fang Xing, her speed even surpassing that of the Blood God Sect’s Nascent Soul True Monarch.

"Could Fellow Daoist be a Nascent Soul True Monarch from Hanhai, or perhaps you possess a Spiritual Item capable of concealing fate? With my fourth-rank in divination arts, I find it difficult to locate your qi..."

The woman in green projected her Divine Sense into Fang Xing’s ears in a calm and unhurried manner.

Fang Xing couldn’t be bothered to listen any further and focused solely on escaping.

’Female cultivator, Nascent Soul True Monarch... Must be the "Blind Diviner" from the Xuantian Sect...’

’This woman has overly calculated schemes and should not be provoked.’

Fang Xing did not respond, and his blood-colored Escape Light quickened by a third.

Alas, the distance between him and the two Nascent Souls maintained a constant range, neither too far nor too close.

The moment his secret technique ended, it was very likely that they would catch up and a fight would ensue.

’I’d be a fool to engage with two Nascent Soul True Monarchs... No, wait. Once those from the Righteous and Demonic Paths collect the Linglang Orders and hear the news from their disciples, they will surely come to trouble me...’

’Dare to pursue me... If my true self were here, I’d grant you the favor of a ’Great Sun Tathagata Divine Palm’ to teach you the cost of chasing me...’

With a flicker of spiritual light in his hand, Fang Xing brought forth a green-bronze lampstand, which was none other than the ’Green Sun Demon Lamp’!

Inside his Dantian Qi Sea, the All Techniques Ghost Infant opened its eyes, revealing two bloody beams of light, and the solar wheel on its forehead slowly rotated.

A massive surge of Nascent Soul Power poured into the Green Sun Demon Lamp.

Above the lamp wick, a strand of dark-green ’Soul-devouring Demon Fire’ was picked up by Fang Xing’s fingertip and lightly flicked backward.

Blaze!

The dark-green flame surged against the wind, expanding in an instant into two massive dark-green fireballs, hurtling toward the Blood God Sect’s Nascent Soul True Monarch and the Blind Diviner.

Boom!

The two clumps of dark-green flame exploded, blooming slowly like twin lotus flowers.

Where the flames passed, even the Void seemed to undulate faintly, scorched by the fire, which left behind two deep pits on the ground.

"Damn it!"

With a flash of blood, the Blood God Sect’s Nascent Soul True Monarch reappeared, his frustration palpable: "Purple Sun Sect’s Soul-destroying Demon Flames... How did this person acquire it, and now it’s backfiring on me?"

The Soul-destroying Demon Flames restrained the Vast Energy and likewise countered the Blood God Sect’s Cultivation Techniques!

Not to mention, now infused with the strengths of both the Green Sun Demon Fire and the Soul-destroying Demon Flames, the ’Soul-devouring Demon Fire’ was evidently on a different level.

The ’Blind Diviner’ manifested a jade Ruyi-shaped Magic Treasure in her hand, from which a clear qi descended, enveloping her with a protective barrier.

Gazing in the direction Fang Xing had fled, her face showed deep puzzlement.

She had only just managed to ward off that cluster of dark-green Demon Fire for a moment.

Yet even that brief instant was enough for her to lose her Divine Sense’s perception of Fang Xing.

She even guessed that Fang Xing might be the same person who defeated Huo Moqing years ago, hence her divination arts were of no use.

"Fourth-rank... Void Talisman?"

The Blind Diviner murmured.

"So it turns out he used such a treasured talisman, precious even to us... No wonder he was confident in escaping."

The Blood God Sect’s Nascent Soul True Monarch’s face darkened as he nodded slightly, seemingly agreeing with the Blind Diviner’s guess.

"Blood friend, it’s time for us to go back and have a talk."

The Blind Diviner returned to the ruins, and, unsurprisingly, saw the Righteous and Demonic forces in a standoff.

"I do not accept this!"

The Supreme Elder of the Nine Infant Sect let out a cold huff: "How could there possibly be a Nascent Soul True Monarch inside the Linglang Blessed Land? This must be one of your Righteous Path’s tricks!"

"We have all made a Heart Demon Great Vow to each other."

A red-robed old monk from the Bodhi Sect, with a benevolent and kind expression, joined his hands together upon hearing this: "This old monk can guarantee that we never sought outside help... Otherwise, the vow would have already backfired on us."

"Now our Righteous Path has four left, while your Demonic Path has been completely annihilated... It seems that in this wager, we of the Righteous Path have won. Remember the terms of the agreements," Chu Kuangtu swept his gaze over Fu Hongyi and spoke cheerfully.

The ceasefire previously agreed upon by the Righteous and Demonic Paths had come with great earnestness.

At the very least, all the Nascent Soul True Monarchs had made effective vows, and the repercussions of forcibly breaching the covenant could deal a heavy blow to them, necessitating a hundred years of recovery.

Even the greater interests had already been divided, with only some loose ends left to tie up.

Hence, they playfully determined victory or defeat based on the benefits acquired from the blessed land.

Who could have imagined that an anomaly like ’the man above the wind’ would arise, nearly causing both Righteous and Demonic Paths to face defeat?

There was no need to mention the Demon Path; aside from one carefree Marquis, there was practically no harvest to speak of.

Even more pitiful was that the carefree Marquis was a Loose Cultivator!

The Righteous Path barely maintained four Golden Core Cultivators, but not a single Divine Infant Fruit... Considering the future and wishing to help the next generation achieve Nascent Soul and nurture new True Monarchs, there would be many troubles.

Even depleting their foundation might not guarantee success.

With this thought, all the Nascent Soul True Monarchs from both the Righteous and Demonic Paths wished they could devour the flesh of ’the man above the wind’ alive!

"Cough cough... We agreed to accept the outcome of the wager."

The Nascent Soul True Monarch from Myriad Gu Village was an old crone dressed in a black and blue cloth skirt with a headscarf, her eyes flashing as she consented: "But if we do not kill that ’man above the wind’, my heart will not be at peace!"

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