Chapter 145

The method of escaping by diving deep into the sea was used again, and Fang Xu plunged downward rapidly until the seawater above no longer churned violently, then he swam toward the distance.

After staying in the seawater until he reached his limit, Fang Xu then swam upward.

His body broke the surface, feeling the surrounding water still rippling, he hesitated not at all, directly pulling out the huge template and swimming hard toward the distance.

Night gradually darkened, the exhausted Fang Xu sat on the plank to rest, his consciousness sinking into the depths of his sea of awareness, at which point he noticed the legacy left by the three from the Derivation God Sect.

An unnamed manual, strength attribute 52 points, agility attribute 50 points.

Unfortunately, all three died in the place where the blood-wing tiger shark and giant python fought, making it nearly impossible for him to obtain these three legacies.

His life is paramount; he must hurry to Fushan State.

His consciousness instantly absorbed the Star Chart of the Divine Dragon Roaming the Heavens into his sea of awareness and began attempting to construct it.

The moon rose over the sea, the reflection of countless stars shimmering on the surrounding waters, Fang Xu felt as if he were drifting in a vast, brilliant starry sky.

Is this evil experiment one of the Derivation God's inheritances, or merely something concocted by that group of madmen in the Derivation God Sect?

Fang Xu felt somewhat lost for a moment.

The Ascension Immortal Assembly seems to place great importance on recruiting disciples; Fushan State lies within its sphere of influence, and choosing to cooperate with the Derivation God Sect at this time undoubtedly challenges the dignity of the Ascension Immortal Assembly.

"But the precondition is that they must allow the Ascension Immortal Assembly to recruit disciples within their territory."

Under the guidance of one of them, Fang Xu entered the manor, passed through the main hall, and arrived in the inner courtyard.

His consciousness helplessly withdrew from the aperture space; he knew he could no longer take shortcuts.

"Uncle, I have unavoidable reasons to go." Fang Xu spoke.

"Fang Junior Brother, do not underestimate the Fushan State branch." Seeing Fang Xu frown, Kuang Ju spoke: "The six Martial Venerable stewards of the Fushan State branch are all martial artists nurtured by our Fushan State itself."

"From now on, I will call you…… Long Dragon."

Staring at the illustration on the manual regarding limb transplantation, Fang Xu could not help but recall the corpse-refining barbarian he encountered in the ruins of Tilan Mountain.

Some of those corpse-refining barbarians should have undergone transplantation and modification experiments; certain parts of their bodies clearly do not belong to themselves.

"Thank…… you…… I…… awakened…… intelligence……"

The giant python seemed to harbor no hostility toward him, and he also relaxed his tense expression.

East District of Shenshui City, before a luxurious manor, Fang Xu was stopped by two disciples of the Ascension Immortal Assembly.

"You…… I…… comfortable…… taste…… I…… awakened…… intelligence……"

Seeing no need to argue with Kuang Ju, Fang Xu clasped his hands in salute.

A small boat swiftly rowed to Fang Xu's front.

"As far as I know, the Fushan State branch currently has disciples numbering no more than a thousand in total, most of them being martial initiates, with martial masters numbering only over a hundred."

Pfft!

Swish!

A strange wooden tube appeared in his hand; Fang Xu fixed his gaze on the distant giant shadow not far from the plank.

I have just successfully broken through to the Martial Master realm.

"Fang Xu, this mission may have some changes."

At night, Fang Xu sat cross-legged on the bed, preparing to take out the manual he obtained from Hu Yang for study.

"What are you saying?" Fang Xu frowned and asked.

Can this be compared?

Arriving beside the three corpses, Fang Xu jumped into the seawater, harvested the two legacy attribute points, and from Hu Yang's body found an ancient scroll and several bottles of beast-repelling powder.

Indeed, I previously shot the blood-wing tiger shark with two arrows—one pierced its body, the other blinded its eye.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind; he suddenly recalled seeing the ancestral artifact of the Demonic Evil Ape Clan when he encountered the old ape in Tilan Mountain.

Brain case?

At this critical juncture, Shenshui City suddenly produced a so-called National Master who wildly captured young men and women, very likely connected to the Derivation God Sect!

If the Derivation God Sect and Fushan State have already colluded, then the difficulty of this mission will undoubtedly increase!

Gazing at the star chart before him, Fang Xu noticed that the Star Chart of the Divine Dragon Roaming the Heavens seemed comparatively easier to comprehend.

Capturing young men and women?

Fang Xu's expression instantly turned solemn.

The giant python said, extending its skull onto the plank: "To…… to my brain…… brain case…… come up."

Palace Wanrong seemed to understand his doubt, speaking directly: "The Ascension Immortal Assembly has regulations: it does not interfere in worldly grudges, nor does it interfere in the governance of its subordinate states."

The sphere of influence of Fushan State is not large—just a chain of surrounding islands.

Long Dragon shook his head, nearly throwing Fang Xu off.

Soon, Fang Xu discovered the corpses of three Derivation God Sect followers on the water ahead.

Fang Xu swam to the giant python's side, climbed onto its skull again, and asked.

"Young man, I will not accompany you inside; you must be careful yourself."

The starry sky before him kept shifting; gradually, those bright stars formed strange patterns before his eyes.

But the giant python previously said it was the smell on his body that awakened its intelligence—what smell on his body?

Fang Xu lowered his head and sniffed.

"Dead…… ate…… me……"

Now, in the apertures covered by the Demonic Ape Battle Heaven Chart, none of the apertures have had their stone gates opened, there is no such massive energy supply, so naturally those unopened apertures cannot be blasted open.

Yet at this moment, he faintly felt in his heart that he must record these star charts!

Must record them!

"Senior Brother." Fang Xu called out to him, clasping his hands: "How should I address you, Senior Brother?"

However, this also does not matter; the structure of the Demonic Ape Battle Heaven Chart has already been deeply etched in his sea of awareness, and when a suitable opportunity arises, he will still be able to construct it.

Now that there is a giant python, I can completely go back and harvest the inheritance.

National Preceptor?

"Uncle, can you take me to Shen Shui City?" Handing the golden beans to the person in front, Fang Xu spoke.

"Hurry and go in."

"Look, there is a person on the sea!"

"Junior Brother Fang, you will stay here." That person led Fang Xu here, then prepared to leave.

The first one, the second one, the third one...

With his current strength, he actually could not move the stone doors inside those aperture spaces in the slightest.

"Come closer, get near those three corpses." Fang Xu spoke.

"Those people of the Liang family also arrived at Lin Chuan Island a few days ago, but it is said that out of a ship with over a hundred people, only these few escaped."

"Senior Brother Kuang Ju, Junior Brother, I came here and found that the Fu Shan Guo branch seems to have few disciples?"

"Name... name is... what?"

Fang Xu, upon hearing this, nodded.

Splash!

Splash!

The number of other inner sect disciples added together is estimated to be even more.

He originally thought he would have to make this trip for nothing this time.

Shaking his head, Fang Xu also could not be bothered to think about these things. He looked at the giant python, and his mind stirred: "Can you help me with something?"

Fang Xu: "..."

"Oh... Fang Xu, when will you come to find me again?"

"Kuang Ju."

Hearing this, Fang Xu's brows slightly furrowed.

The small boat slowly moved forward on the sea surface, Fang Xu observed his surroundings.

"Young man, did you escape from the Liang family treasure ship?" On the small boat, the fisherman with white-streaked hair stared at Fang Xu and spoke.

"According to the ratio of birth of Martial Sovereigns, Fu Shan Guo is not much worse than Yu Guo."

The giant python swam for a while and said: "Fang Xu, you... you want to go where?"

"Then just keep taking me southeast."

"Uncle, the young man is exactly the one who escaped from the treasure ship."

These few golden beans are at least ten taels of gold; this much money is enough for his whole family to live without worry for half a lifetime.

But now I am already in Lin Chuan Island of Fu Shan Guo; if the mission does not proceed, would not all these days of my time be wasted in vain?

Moreover, if the promotion mission fails or is abandoned, I will not even dare to apply for promotion again recently.

The Divine Bridge reappeared!

Begin to penetrate his body's apertures following the method of the Demon Ape Fighting Heaven Diagram in the sea of consciousness.

Consciousness continuously constructs the Demon Ape Fighting Heaven Star Diagram in the mind's sea, but Fang Xu found that no matter how he chose, the star diagram he could construct could not maintain the Demon Ape Fighting Heaven Diagram.

This time, the star diagram was successfully constructed and thoroughly maintained!

"Do you have a name?"

Well, let the blockhead be a blockhead.

"No... no problem."

"The petty Fu Shan Guo and some杂fish of the Yan Shen Sect can naturally be slaughtered at will."

"Now the ruler of Fu Shan Guo not only established the Yan Shen Sect as the state religion, but also helped the Yan Shen Sect extensively capture the strong men and women of Fu Shan Guo; this situation severely affects the recruitment of the Ascension Immortal Association."

"Oh, then I... I am called Chang Long."

But this diagram encompasses countless stars; for a moment Fang Xu could not tell which key stars constituted this diagram.

Fang Xu slightly cupped his hands: "Reporting to Elder, disciple encountered a sea beast attack in the sea, the vessel he was on was completely destroyed, and disciple was fortunate enough to escape."

Even the back of the handbook recorded some bodily transplantation, cross-species hybridization, and all sorts of things; seeing this made Fang Xu's scalp tingle!

What have these lunatics of the Yan Shen Sect been researching these years!?

Entering the city is still fine.

Following Fang Xu's command, the giant python quickly swam toward the southeast.

A huge bronze cauldron composed of nine stars appeared before him; Fang Xu startled and discovered that the huge bronze cauldron before his eyes was exactly the same as the bronze cauldron he had comprehended from the Heavenly Cliff Canon!

Only in size, this bronze cauldron before him spans the starry sky, crossing an unknown distance of hundreds of millions of miles!

"Are these... all star diagrams?"

"Uncle, the young man wants to go to the capital of Fu Shan Guo; how should he get there?"

Passing smoothly through the city gate, Fang Xu immediately arrived at the Fu Shan Guo branch of the Ascension Immortal Association.

"Elder Gong, the Fang junior brother from the Yu Guo branch has come." That disciple cupped his hands toward a woman wearing a pink long skirt, with a noble countenance and beautiful appearance.

Gazing at the pictures before him composed of stars, Fang Xu's consciousness became somewhat dazed.

Fang Xu had a speechless expression: "I don't eat."

Fang Xu, upon hearing this, was slightly startled; he felt he had helped him?

The beautiful woman slowly turned her head, stared at Fang Xu for a while, then opened her mouth: "Fang Xu, this seat has received the notice from Yu Guo; why have you only come now?"

Flipping through the yellowed handbook, Fang Xu looked and became more shocked, the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong!

In the depths of the sea of consciousness, the arrow pointing to one-third of the inheritance is still there, proving that the bodies of the three Yan Shen Sect members were not eaten by sea beasts.

Fang Xu nodded, and under the guidance of an Ascension Immortal Association disciple, came to a quiet little courtyard.

"Young man, why do you insist on going to your death?" The old man was clearly also a kind-hearted person, and despite the temptation of the golden beans, he still wanted to dissuade Fang Xu.

According to the records on the stone tablet, Fang Xu once again incorporated the Demon Ape Fighting Heaven Star Chart into his sea of consciousness for construction and practice.

"Do you know the State of Fu Shan?" Fang Xu spoke.

"Go rest first; the reply from the Immortal Isle should arrive soon, and when it does, this seat will have someone notify you."

Although the text was incomprehensible, based on some of the illustrations above, he could roughly understand that this notebook was probably notes on some kind of sacrificial experiment.

Upon hearing that Fang Xu intended to go to the capital of Fu Shan State, the old man's face instantly changed dramatically.

I don't know how much time has passed, but suddenly a faint sound of waves came from my ears; Fang Xu slowly opened his eyes, his gaze somewhat dazed, then abruptly stood up and looked around!

"You're going to Divine Water City?"

"Palace Elder, with the strength of the Fu Shan State branch, can this cleansing operation be carried out?"

Sweaty, the fishy smell of seawater, what other smells are there?

"No... no more, now... none left." This giant python, who knows how many years it has lived, after gaining intelligence and becoming a demon, its learning ability is fairly decent; although it still stutters a bit, it can roughly express what it wants to say.

System prompt: This notebook is a product of the Yan Shen Sect; I have inherited Yan Shen's legacy, so I am also somewhat related to the Yan Shen Sect.

After resting for a moment, Fang Xu continued to paddle forward on a small wooden board.

"Naturally, it cannot compare to the Yu State branch." Kuang Ju smiled faintly: "Fu Shan State is an island nation in the sea; although its population is not small, resources on the island are scarce, and those who can become martial artists are extremely few."

"What about that blood-winged tiger shark?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

Fu Shan State has six martial venerables; counting those affiliated with the royal family, there are probably over a dozen.

"Old Li, hurry and bring him over!"

Fang Xu stared intently at the Demon Ape Fighting Heaven Chart, wanting to see how the stars behind the chart are distributed.

Fang Xu thought for a moment and said: "Can you take me back to the place where you and the blood-winged tiger shark fought?"

"Wrong!"

Since the breakthrough failed, I should not waste this rare opportunity; I should try to comprehend another star chart as much as possible.

Gong Wanrong's strength is that of a Martial Venerable Seventh Realm; if she makes a move, the royal family of Fu Shan State and those people from the Yan Shen Sect truly would not be enough to oppose her.

Fang Xu leapt onto the broad head of the giant python.

The old man was about to refuse, but seeing the few golden beans in Fang Xu's hand, he was stunned for a moment.

…

Fang Xu found a secluded place, disguised himself as an old man with white hair and a stooped figure, and then slowly walked toward the gate of Divine Water City.

After experiencing an epic-level difficulty in communication, Fang Xu roughly understood the giant python's meaning.

Seeing Fang Xu awake, the giant python slowly extended its head above the water surface; its remaining eyes curiously observed Fang Xu, and actually showed a hint of human-like flattery.

After trying again and again, Fang Xu has completely forgotten his current surroundings.

Before arriving, the Transmission Elder once said that the ruler of Fu Shan State possesses the strength of a Martial Venerable, but is poisoned by a strange toxin, and his life is hanging by a thread.

I never thought it could also be like this.

The two glanced at each other and immediately clasped their hands, saying:

"So it's Junior Brother Fang."

The giant python's body slowly moved, then gradually sped up, rushing toward the place where it and the blood-winged tiger shark were fighting.

That stone tablet seems to record some extremely profound star charts, and the final image formed by the stone tablet is also a phantom of the demon ape!

Could it be...

Unlike the Yu State branch, which directly occupies the Seven Hundred Li Huayang Mountain, the Ascension Immortal Assembly branch of Fu Shan State only occupies this manor, and the disciples inside seem to be few as well.

Moreover, the experimental and sacrificial content described in the illustrations appears extremely evil!

Not lacking in activities such as sacrificing and abusing live people, infants, and ferocious beasts!

"What exactly is it like?"

"Forward, then this way..."

I emit a comfortable scent from my body, which is what caused it to gain intelligence and become a demon.

The number of Martial Venerables still existing in Yu State exceeds a hundred; counting those from Yu State within the Ascension Immortal Assembly, it's over two hundred.

When the time comes, I only need to follow the people from the Fu Shan State branch to kill some small fry.

Fang Xu arrived on the boat; the old man saw he hadn't suffered serious injury and couldn't help but sigh: "Young man, you're lucky."

Called a branch, but the Ascension Immortal Assembly here is not even as good as a provincial outpost of the Yu State Ascension Immortal Assembly.

Seeing him struggle to express himself, Fang Xu shook his head helplessly.

Chang Long nodded, glanced at Fang Xu, then his body slowly sank into the seawater.

Have the Liang family also arrived at Lingchuan Island?

Fang Xu frowned slightly, unable to help but recall that Martial Venerable of the Liang family.

This time Fang Xu came to Fu Shan State on a mission; now I don't even know how much time has passed, and the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall must have long been waiting anxiously.

After solemnly placing the golden beans into his satchel, the old man immediately turned around and brought Fang Xu toward the so-called Divine Water City.

The giant python continued to speak haltingly, like a baby just learning to talk, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Upon hearing this, Fang Xu secretly felt delighted.

"Where is the southeast..."

Afterward, he transferred to two more large ships and finally arrived at the capital of Fu Shan State, Divine Water City.

After roughly figuring out the reason, Fang Xu's consciousness arrived at several acupoints covered by the Demon Ape Fighting Heaven Chart and tried them out.

At the city gate, all those wanting to leave the city were strictly inspected; it seems that young men and women under thirty were not allowed to leave.

Gazing at everything before him, his consciousness suddenly blurred, and a mysterious enlightenment arose in his heart.

The old man looked around, his face bearing a hint of fear, and lowered his voice: "Old man hears that Divine Water City has a new National Preceptor, who, in order to treat the ruler's illness, is massively capturing young men and women; if you go there, you will surely be caught!"

You should know, the Yu Kingdom's Ascension Assembly recruits nearly a thousand disciples each time.

"Thank you for informing me, Senior Brother Kuang."

Failed?

Watching the divine bridge's light gradually dim, Fang Xu knew his breakthrough to the second realm of Martial Master must have failed.

"Moreover, our Fushan Kingdom branch still has six Martial Venerable elders."

Gong Wanrong said solemnly: "Just before you arrived, the ruler of Fushan Kingdom suddenly announced establishing the Yan Shen Sect as the state religion, appointing a leader of the Yan Shen Sect here as National Preceptor."

The giant python struggled to utter these words.

Golden Crow spreads wings, Phoenix bathes in fire, Azure Wolf howls at the moon, Divine Dragon roams freely, Magic Ape battles heaven...

"Oh, then I... I am also called Fang Xu." The giant python spoke in a deep voice.

As for the some charts above, Fang Xu could still understand them.

The surrounding seawater disappeared, and the planks beneath him also vanished.

Upon hearing this, Fang Xu couldn't help but laugh.

Inside his body, the previously opened acupoints gradually lit up at this moment, and in the next instant, a thin ray of light began to slowly extend from within the acupoint, reaching toward the next acupoint.

"There might be a chance; if I come again, I will call you from the sea." Fang Xu spoke.

"My name is Fang Xu, Fang Xu is my name." Fang Xu explained.

After sending Fang Xu to the island, the old man didn't dare approach the city gate, turned around directly and left.

"Those who come, halt!"

According to proportion?

Seeing this, the old man sighed helplessly: "Well then, I'll just send you over."

"I heard that a few days ago, the Liang family's treasure ship encountered a sea beast attack in the ocean; he probably isn't a survivor from the ship, is he?"

Now there is none, which means there was before.

"Changlong, you go back." Fang Xu took out several air bladders, jumped onto them himself, and said to Changlong.

Gold, in Fushan Kingdom's value system, is far more precious than in Yu Kingdom.

Opening the letter slowly, Fang Xu glanced at it and instantly became dazed.

The giant python's head broke the water surface, its mouth opening and closing, stammering out a few words.

The giant python felt it was helping him, and that was correct.

Fang Xu's heart was shaken as he gazed upon everything before him!

He did not know how he had fallen into this situation, nor did he know what these things resembling star charts before him represented.

"Fang Xu, I have already communicated with Senior Brother Jiang; this purification operation, you may participate together, and at that time I will relay your specific performance to Yu Kingdom, who will evaluate you accordingly based on your performance in this operation and grant you rewards."

Gong Wanrong smiled faintly: "Although my strength is not as great as Senior Brother Jiang's, I too have reached the seventh realm of Martial Venerable."

"Oh!" The giant python's body slowly swam over.

At this moment, Fang Xu alone arrived in a starry universe, the Milky Way splendid, amidst the endless cosmos, countless stars illuminated everything before Fang Xu's eyes.

"No, no!"

The beautiful woman nodded:

With only over a thousand disciples, Fushan Kingdom is truly a dispensable existence to the Ascension Assembly, isn't it?

If it really doesn't work out, I'll just work harder, kill more, and believe Gong Wanrong won't give me too poor a rating.

Gazing at the Magic Ape Battles Heaven star chart, which could be stabilized by merely nine stars in the sea of consciousness, Fang Xu's mind stirred slightly, and the Blood Qi Power within his body immediately began to surge.

"Outer disciple of Yu Kingdom, Fang Xu, here to perform the promotion mission." Fang Xu produced his identity token.

"You... helped... me."

Fang Xu stood in this endless starry sky, pondering deeply.

Fang Xu stood on the air bladder, slowly drifting toward the nearby dock.

Soon, the people on the dock discovered him.

Fang Xu looked bewildered, what "Thank you for enlightening me?"

The text on the letter was very ancient, obviously not any script he was familiar with.

Approaching noon, Fang Xu finally saw a huge island appear on the sea surface, with some wooden docks along its edge, clearly indicating human activity.

"Cannot go! Cannot go!"

When the divine bridge was built to the fifth acupoint, Fang Xu discovered the fifth acupoint had not been opened, and after the divine bridge entered it, it could no longer extend further.

"I am preparing to request instructions from headquarters to conduct a purification of Fushan Kingdom."

"Purification?" Fang Xu was somewhat puzzled.

Fang Xu curiously asked: "Uncle, what happened?"

"Nor are these few!"

"No... no... not tasty!" The giant python spoke.

Until—

After Kuang Ju bowed and returned the salute, he left the small courtyard.

Splash!

Upon hearing this, the old man hurriedly said: "Hurry aboard the boat."

Thinking this, taking advantage of the elder's inattention, Fang Xu's hand flashed with light, appearing several golden beans the size of a thumb pad.

"Thank you, Elder!" Fang Xu bowed his hands.

The giant python hastily nodded its head: "You... speak."

When breaking through the first realm of Martial Master, the divine bridge also connected the unopened acupoints following the pattern of the bronze great cauldron, but seemingly due to the energy supply from the inner gate acupoint, those unopened acupoints were directly forced open.

After rowing for two hours from Linchuan Island, they arrived at another island not too large; the old man endured the pain and spent a few broken silver coins to rent a carriage, then brought Fang Xu along the narrow path continuing eastward.

"I am Palace Lady Wanrong, Elder in charge of the Ascension Assembly of Fushan State."

If this thing is one of the inheritances of the Divine Evolution, then I in the future...

Forget it, I won't think about it!

If the inheritance behind the Divine Evolution is truly related to these things, then I will simply not inherit it.

(End of Chapter)