Star Sky Professional
Chapter 71: Hidden Command in the Sword (Congratulations to Alliance Hierarch Elvin2016)

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Hidden Command in the Sword (Congratulations to Alliance Hierarch Elvin2016)

Having spent so much time in the Cultivation World, Fang Xing had some basic knowledge under his belt.

The preciousness of Magic Artifacts lay firstly in the materials and secondly in the Array Prohibitions.

Even more so, sometimes the latter was even more crucial than the former.

This ’Green Rainbow Sword’, with its internal Array completely destroyed and its sword light tainted... for Cultivators, it was essentially useless.

But for him, the material of this Flying Sword was still Second Rank, tough enough... and that was all that mattered!

He flicked the blade with his finger.

The Green Rainbow Sword immediately emitted a sonorous sword cry, and within the jade-like green sword light, there was a hint of inconspicuous purplish-black.

’This sword is indeed completely ruined, unable to channel Mana or be controlled with Divine Sense, only fit to be held in hand as a fire poker... but for me, it’s just right.’

"May I ask, how much is this sword?"

"For you, fellow Daoist, just cover the material cost, two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones will do," the Cultivator with the surname Long said with a beaming smile.

Such a ruined sword, even if recast, couldn’t recover much material, and it was quite troublesome, so getting two thousand Spirit Stones for it was not bad at all, especially since... he might also curry favor with this famously fierce person.

"Thank you."

Fang Xing took out seven Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and together with the Spirit Stones he got from selling Magic Artifacts, he acquired this Second-Rank Spirit Sword, knowing the other party had indeed given him a discount.

’But then again, the Fire Refining Workshop, Green Pill Workshop, and Qingxuan Sect are intricately connected, representing the original order of Qinglin Square... A nefarious power like the World Alliance wanting to expand must snatch their interests; the two sides aren’t sworn enemies, but certainly, they can’t stand each other.’

’By wiping out the World Alliance, I might have actually done them a big favor...’

...

Inside the cave mansion.

Fang Xing drew the Green Rainbow Sword.

Clang!

In an instant, green light filled the room, and Sword Qi soared to the skies!

With a casual flick, a streak of green light swept across from the blade, slicing through metal and jade effortlessly.

"What a good sword... This sword’s sharpness could probably penetrate the defenses of a Second-Rank Demon Beast, right?"

A trace of joy appeared on Fang Xing’s face.

Generally, the material of a Second-Rank Spiritual Artifact was tough, and neither ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators nor Second-Rank Demon Beasts could easily destroy it.

Of course, if you encountered a tough opponent among Second-Rank Top-Grade Demon Beasts or the Foundation Establishment Stage, that was a different story.

If struck directly by a Third-Rank Demon Beast, then a Second-Rank Spiritual Artifact would naturally be destroyed without question.

Fang Xing should be grateful that the Third-Rank Demon Beast attacked with a poison mist and mainly targeted a Core Formation True Person. The collateral damage turned another Foundation Establishment Cultivator into pus and blood, but the Green Rainbow Sword was mostly preserved.

Even though, it was already ruined...

"But it’s still better than directly chopping at the Physique of a Third-Rank Demon Beast and breaking..."

Fang Xing drew another sword, the Mo Wen Sword!

With the Mo Wen Sword in his left hand and the Green Rainbow Sword in his right, a look of eagerness appeared on his face, and he suddenly applied force, swinging the swords furiously.

Clang!

The blades clashed, sparks flew, emitting a sharp ring that pierced the ear.

Fang Xing steadied his mind and looked at the Green Rainbow Sword, seeing the blade as usual.

However, the edge of the Mo Wen Sword now had a gap the size of a rice grain.

"I hardly exerted any force; it was purely the sword’s own sharpness... The Blood Refining Magical Artifact is, after all, equivalent to a Low-Grade Magic Artifact..."

After trying it out a bit, Fang Xing knew that the Mo Wen Sword was indeed a bit of a waste.

Without hesitation, he tossed the Mo Wen Sword high into the air with his left hand.

Then the Green Rainbow Sword turned into a streak of green light and fiercely slashed onto the Mo Wen Sword.

Swoosh!

The Mo Wen Sword let out a mournful cry as the handle and blade were severed.

A thumb-sized piece of iron flew out from the two sections of the blade.

"Brother Dog’s token, it’s come..."

Upon seeing this, Fang Xing’s eyes lit up.

Ever since he knew of the secret hidden within the Mo Wen Sword, he had planned to extract it one day.

Initially, the plan was to visit Chuying Star for a metal-cutting machine.

But now it seemed the Green Rainbow Sword was more than up to the task.

Fang Xing reached out, and his Innate True Qi turned into a thin line, sweeping a yard in length, and capturing the Mystic Iron Token and pulling it back.

If Innate Martial Artists of this world saw this spectacle, their eyeballs might just pop out.

Innate True Qi, could it actually have such ingenious uses?

Examining the Token in his hand, Fang Xing saw it was thumb-sized, the whole body pitch-black as if forged from ordinary tenacious iron.

But how could something that remained undamaged in the strike from the Green Rainbow Sword be ordinary material?

"Second-Rank, or perhaps a Third-Rank spiritual material?"

Fang Xing murmured to himself, his fingers running over the Iron Token, feeling its smoothness like jade.

This Iron Token was covered with various cloud patterns, on the front, an ancient seal character for ’Token’, and on the back, the sunken characters ’All Techniques’.

"It seems the rumors are correct, that Secret Realm is indeed related to the ’Master Wanfa’ who has achieved Perfect Core Formation. With this in hand, could it be an Array Core Token? Or perhaps some other form of passage credentials?"

He had been immersed in it; he knew many things about the Cultivation World.

For instance, within some important cave mansions or Prohibition Arrays, there would be one or two core tokens and many more passage orders for use by the owner, disciples, and children.

They are the keys to open the gates!

"So, despite the heated battles at the Secret Realm, perhaps they’re just skirmishing on the periphery and have yet to enter the real gates?"

"Or perhaps, it has yet to touch the core?"

Even so, Fang Xing had no desire whatsoever to venture out seeking adventure.

First, since a Perfect Core Formation real person had fallen, there was no need for him, a mere Karami, to invite humiliation upon himself.

Secondly...

"The items of cultivators are mostly of no use to me..."

Fang Xing’s goal had always been clear, which was to utilize the resources of the Otherworld as much as possible to build up his own Martial Arts.

For him, the most important thing right now was the follow-up of the ’Whale-Elephant Ointment.’

Beyond that, everything was an illusion!

...

Several days later.

Around Qinglin Square.

In an ordinary hut with birds perching on its roof and lizards and beetles crawling around.

Fang Xing had long been aware of the situation inside and strode in.

Xiao Rui was keeping watch at the door. Seeing Fang Xing, she immediately smiled with relief, "The esteemed guest is welcome to enter!"

Once Fang Xing stepped inside, she quickly closed the door and pasted two ’Protective Talismans’ and ’Concealing Talismans.’

"Are you the proprietor of the Green Pill Workshop?"

Fang Xing looked toward the center of the room and saw a woman in a green robe, with a jade belt around her waist and a broad hat on her head, obscuring her face.

"That’s right... My humble name is Su Ye, greetings to the esteemed guest. May I ask how I should address you?"

Su Ye spoke softly, her voice like a clear spring.

"I am Fang Yun!"

Without hesitation, Fang Xing gave a false name.

"Fang Dao friend... the other day you killed Luo Hong of the World Alliance; truly gratifying to hear about, this young lady admires you..."

Su Ye flattered.

"Save the pleasantries. Do you have a lead on a substitute for the ’Whale-Elephant Ointment’?" Fang Xing asked.

"So that ointment is called ’Whale-Elephant Ointment’? Its potency is so domineering, this ’Whale-Elephant’ must be some sort of Demon Beast, perhaps it even possesses the bloodline of a Third Rank, or even Fourth Rank Demon Beast..."

Su Ye murmured to herself. With a gentle toss of her hand, an ink jade bottle wrapped in a swirl of green light slowly levitated and moved in front of Fang Xing, "This ’Boiling Blood’, please evaluate, Dao friend!"

"Boiling Blood?"

Fang Xing discreetly contacted the external drone, found no ambush, held his breath, and then opened the ink jade bottle.

In fact, with his current physique, ordinary toxins couldn’t poison him. Plus, his intricate control over his body would allow him immediate detection should a toxin enter, enabling him to react and expel it.

However, with many methods at the disposal of the Cultivation World, being cautious couldn’t hurt.

Upon removing the bottle stopper, he saw a pool of dark red liquid as thick as blood inside.

Fang Xing slightly opened his nostrils and smelled a strong scent of blood.

’Hmm, no poison, instead, it made my blood and Qi slightly more lively... Just a sniff has such an effect, it seems promising!’ he thought.

With this thought, his hand revealed a silver needle, slowly picking up a drop of the viscous ’Boiling Blood’ and applied it to the back of his hand.

Acidic, numbing, spicy...

Various sensations emerged from the back of his hand and then turned into a scalding flow of heat, making his skin appear to be slightly strengthened.

"What do you think of this item?" Su Ye asked with a light laugh.

"It should have about forty to fifty percent of the effects of ’Whale-Elephant Ointment’... may I know the price? I plan to buy a large quantity."

Fang Xing let out a breath, having made his decision.

"This item is rare. It is made from the flesh and blood of a Second Rank Demon Beast as the main ingredient, along with forty-nine kinds of Spiritual Medicine..." Su Ye replied at an unhurried pace: "Therefore, one bottle is priced at two hundred low-grade Spirit Stones. The workshop had faced a disaster previously, and the storeroom where medicinal materials were kept was also destroyed. There are only two bottles left now..."

"Only two bottles?"

Fang Xing frowned. Although the quantity was a bit more than what Xia Long had provided, it was not enough to push his Dragon Elephant Skill to the next Realm: "I remember... The Foundation Establishment guardian of the market had killed a Second Rank Demon Beast before... There should be quite a bit of its flesh left."

"Dao friend, you may not know, but refining ’Boiling Blood’ requires refining the flesh and blood of a Second Rank Demon Beast; a piece as big as a small hill finally yields only a fist-sized amount... And when the market faced its disaster, many Demon Beasts were attracted by the blood of the Second Rank Demon Beast and madly attacked our pharmacy and storeroom..." Su Ye answered with a bitter smile.

Fang Xing immediately understood.

Even with the convenience of storage bags, the entire Green Pill Workshop probably didn’t have many.

Moreover, the capacity of low-grade storage bags was mostly only about two to three cubic meters. How much Demon Beast flesh and blood could that hold?

It was normal that not much was left after being attacked before the flesh could be refined into Elixir.

But Fang Xing still didn’t quite believe it!

According to business practices, when encountering highly sought-after goods, they would definitely control the release and increase the price by selling sparingly.

His gaze towards Su Ye couldn’t help but carry some inexplicable meaning, "Then, Su Dao friend, how might one acquire a large amount of ’Boiling Blood’?"

"I’m afraid that aside from slaying a Second Rank Demon Beast and obtaining a large amount of flesh as raw material, there is no other way."

Su Ye shook her head.

"A Second Rank Demon Beast?"

Fang Xing’s expression turned solemn.

The image of that Golden Feathered Vulture he had encountered flashed in his mind.

If it was a Second Rank top-grade Demon Beast, he would surely run as far as he could, but if it was a normal Second Rank low-grade Demon Beast, attacked by several Qi Cultivation Perfect martial artists in combination with an Array, it might be possible to defeat it.

"Since that’s the case, I’ll just buy these two bottles then."

In the end, Fang Xing made his decision and took out four mid-grade Spirit Stones.

’Damn, this is so dangerous, I might as well return to Chuying Star to find a way to buy ’Whale-Elephant Ointment’! Even if it costs hundreds of thousands for a box, at least it’s safe...’