Chapter 714

Fang Yu turned his gaze toward Shi Hao, his eyes filled with approval.

Then he moved forward, and with each step, he appeared a thousand li away, growing ever more distant until he suddenly vanished.

"Master is gone!"

Shi Hao gazed into the distance, watching as his master truly disappeared from sight, his heart brimming with deep emotion.

"Hao'er, your master is truly a divine being. I believe you will meet him again someday."

Qin Yining spoke, her words also heavy with emotion.

There are many great masters in the world, but she had never seen such a powerful, extraordinary, divine master.

He came swiftly and departed in an instant.

Truly, he is like a divine being.

"Let's go—we should return as well!"

The family of three left this Ancient Treasure Realm.

At this moment, Fang Yu also returned from the Perfect World to the Eternal Life Realm.

This journey of his was immensely fruitful.

The Kunpeng Art was one such gain—it is one of the Ten Fiendish Divine Arts, embodying the ultimate Yang and ultimate Yin, namely the Dao of Yin and Yang, filling the gap in Fang Yu's lack of the Great Yin-Yang Art; moreover, this Ten Fiendish Divine Art also contains supreme speed, making it exceedingly precious.

Aside from the Kunpeng Art, he traded his Great Five Elements Art for the primordial willow branch of Liu Shen, a being who was once an invincible Immortal King, though severely wounded and reborn through nirvana; her primordial willow branch brought Fang Yu immense benefits, directly elevating the quality of his Great Five Elements Art by several tiers.

Of course, the world's specialties—such as the runes within the Rebirth Eyes and Supreme Bones—also offered Fang Yu much inspiration; and upon entering the Ancient Treasure Realm, Fang Yu directly relocated the Golden Ancient Tree, which brought him enormous advantages.

Each leaf of this Golden Ancient Tree cradles a miniature star embryo; once it matures, it will rival a Longevity Seventh Stage World Sovereign, and even now, it is equivalent to a Longevity Third Stage Cave Heaven expert—such a powerful being was directly transported by Fang Yu back to the Eternal Life Realm, a truly monumental gain.

The gains are undeniably abundant; now, what he must do is thoroughly elevate his own realm—from the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, the realm of defying fate, to the Longevity Secret Realm.

"I'm back."

On Yufeng Peak, Fang Yu's figure materialized.

The vast Yufeng Peak had long since become a divine paradise, with many disciples cultivating there to advance their cultivation base.

Yufeng Peak, Fang Yu's true-disciple peak, after he elevated it, had become the foremost true-disciple peak of Yuhua Sect, towering over ten thousand zhang high, its slopes dotted with spirit fields; some outer-disciples, through connections, were permitted to tend the spirit plants there, though embarrassingly, some outer-disciples' cultivation base was even lower than that of the spirit plants.

Some spirit plants had already attained sentience, their cultivation rivaling that of 9th or 10th Stage of Physical Body disciples, while some newly arrived disciples on Yufeng Peak were only at the 7th or 8th Stage of Physical Body, unable to defeat these spirit spirits.

These lower-cultivation disciples were mostly members of the Fang family, though also including heirs of the Da Li Imperial Family and prominent Da Li clans; originally, they held high status in the mortal world, dressed in brocade and feasting on delicacies, attended by countless servants, respected wherever they went, but now they all pleaded with Long Yuan to petition the Fang family for a chance to ascend Yufeng Peak.

Everyone knew that Yuhuaxian Sect now had three Fang family immortals: one was Fang Yu of the Fang family, who had reached an extremely high realm in the Divine Ability Secret Realm, capable of lifting mountains with a gesture, possessing boundless divine abilities; if they could receive even a hint of guidance from this immortal, they would gain unimaginable benefits.

Fang Yu's generous rewards were famous throughout the Da Li Empire.

The second Fang family immortal was Fang Qingxue, this Fang family's Young Lady, who had already been renowned in the Da Li Empire many years ago, and now had reached an even higher realm—she would be regarded as a divine being in the mortal world.

The third Fang family immortal was Fang Han, whose story was widely known throughout the Da Li Empire; everyone knew his origins—he had once been a lowly Ma Nu, destined by fate to remain a servant all his life, yet this servant had won the appreciation and promotion of two Fang family immortals, becoming an outer-disciple of Yuhua Sect.

And this servant did not disappoint; within a short time, he had cultivated to the Divine Ability Secret Realm, even reaching the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Heavenly Man Realm, which grants eight hundred years of life—such a realm would make him a Laozu-level figure in the Da Li Empire.

Because of Fang Han's story, the Da Li Empire, and even neighboring Da De Empire and Da Xu Empire, had become less harsh toward servants; who knew if among the servants there might be such a gifted individual who could rise through fortune? Maintaining goodwill was no harm, otherwise, servants might rise and destroy their masters.

So when Fang Yu looked upon his true-disciple peak, he saw at the lowest spirit fields many disciples of 7th and 8th Stage of Physical Body, some even beautiful girls who were Princesses or Princesses of Commanderies, now tending fields on his peak, seemingly hoping to gain his favor and ascend to greatness.

"Rong'an, what do you think Fang Yu Senior Brother is doing now? I've been here for over a month since arriving from the Da Li Empire, yet I've never seen Senior Brother's face—I wonder if he's handsome?"

Beside a spirit field, two very beautiful girls spoke; the one who had just spoken seemed only eighteen, having reached the 8th Stage of Physical Body, the Realm of Valor.

At eighteen, reaching the 8th Stage of Physical Body, the Realm of Valor, was already impressive; with proper effort, such talent might reach the 10th Stage of Physical Body, the Realm of Divine Transformation, by her twenties, and after decades of refinement, perhaps break into the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

"Li Yang Princess, Senior Brother Fang Yu is certainly very handsome. Which cultivator who has entered the Divine Ability Secret Realm isn't attractive? Especially Senior Brother, who reached the higher realm of the Divine Ability Secret Realm—he's said to have cultivated less than three years and already reached the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Realm of Heavenly Manifestation. Such a great figure is beyond our imagination."

The girl named Rong'an was also eighteen, her cultivation slightly lower—at the 7th Stage of Physical Body—but she wore artifacts; even the bracelets on her wrists were top-grade artifacts, clearly indicating high status in the mortal world.

"I don't care—I'm a Princess of the Da Li Empire. I came to Yuhuaxian Sect, used connections to become a spirit-field guardian, and I must meet Senior Brother. What if Senior Brother admires my talent and nurtures me? Perhaps one day I too can become a Divine Ability Secret Realm expert, and then the Da Li Empire's dominion will be even more secure."

Said the princess named Li Yang.

Upon hearing this, the princess named Rong'an stopped trying to persuade her.

The current Da Li Empire's situation was extremely awkward: Yuhua Sect's Fang family was deeply entrenched, having produced three immortals, with several younger Fang family members also ascending to the Divine Ability Secret Realm, likely to reach even deeper realms; in contrast, the Da Li Imperial Family appeared weak.

If a Da Li Imperial Princess married Fang Yu, the senior brother of the Fang family, all awkwardness would vanish.

When Fang Yu and Princess Li Yang became cultivation partners, they would be one family—would any family covet the dominion of their own kin?

Thus, Rong'an knew it was extremely difficult to persuade Princess Li Yang to abandon this unrealistic notion, even though the notion was foolish.

What kind of person is Senior Brother? He has reached the legendary 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Realm of Heavenly Manifestation; it is said his body can grow as vast as an Ancient Divine Mountain, capable of lifting mountains and filling seas—how could your puny 8th Stage of Physical Body body possibly endure him?

Yet she said nothing, for even she was curious about what the legendary Senior Brother was truly like; since entering Yuhua Sect and becoming spirit-field guardians on Yufeng Peak, they had never seen Senior Brother, nor received any direct gifts from him.

But many stories circulated: after the last Shanhe Ranking Tournament, Senior Brother seemingly bestowed vast quantities of artifact treasures upon other senior and junior brothers and sisters!

Those were artifacts—far superior to her top-grade artifact.

Even her top-grade artifact had been obtained by her family through great connections and immense effort.

Could Senior Brother really be so wealthy as to bestow artifacts upon other disciples?

This was what every disciple wondered about, and why this princess was willing to come here and till the soil.

"I've often heard that mighty experts from the lower realms, upon ascending to the upper realm, become the lowest, forced to mine ore or even become slaves; I never imagined such a thing existed on my own Yufeng Peak—mortal Princesses and Princesses of Commanderies, accustomed to brocade and delicacies, now toiling in the fields and tending spirit beasts."

Fang Yu watched the scenes on Yufeng Peak, finding them strange.

The upper realm is myself.

Since expanding its space, Yufeng Peak's spirit fields had greatly increased in area, and now included areas for raising spirit beasts, even places for forging artifacts and spirit weapons; yet his true-disciple peak had not yet reached the extravagance of having a place to forge artifact treasures—after all, only a few among all Yuhua Sect's true-disciples could forge artifacts, requiring cultivation beyond the Heavenly Man Realm and extremely profound attainment in the Divine Ability Secret Realm to possess sufficient magic power.

But regardless, his Yufeng Peak now truly housed many outer-disciples, inner-disciples, true-disciples, Elders—disciples of all kinds, all desperate to enter his peak, for once inside, they would gain tremendous benefits.

Of course, the treatment on Yufeng Peak was indeed excellent; at Fang Yu's current realm, Human Grade Top-Tier elixirs like the Nascent Soul Pill were beneath his notice, so disciples on Yufeng Peak could receive the Nascent Soul Pills stored from Fang Yu's past years, and even elixirs like Baiyang Pills were distributed—considered a divine opportunity by many disciples.

If one could not enter Yufeng Peak, obtaining even a single elixir was extremely difficult; relying on the sect's issued Human Grade Mid-Tier Jingyuan Pills or Human Grade Low-Tier Grain Grain Bigu Pills to reach the Divine Ability Secret Realm? By then, the tea would be cold.

Waiting for spirit fields to mature also seemed too slow.

But their strength was truly too low; venturing out to seek treasures was not easy—if killed, they would truly die, and the sect would not endlessly seek revenge.

Cultivation is arduous—resources are a major problem!

Everyone has their own problems, and after surveying his own Feather Peak, Fang Yu's spiritual sense turned to others' mountain peaks—such as Fang Qingxue's Purple Lightning Peak, West Jialan's Jialan Peak, Fang Han's Wheel of Rebirth Peak, and Meng Shaobai's lifeless peak.

Fang Qingxue was not there, Fang Han was not there, West Jialan was there, Meng Shaobai was not there.

On Meng Shaobai's True Disciple peak, though sword qi surged to the heavens and killing aura roiled, with ghosts and spirits wailing, Fang Yu could see no one on that peak—Meng Shaobai, that little immortal, was not within his own mountain.

As for Meng Shaobai, Fang Yu no longer cared much, but this boy's luck had always been enduring; after venturing out, he would gain much benefit, and often take on a master—even if that master died, he would not die, venture out again, and then take on a master with higher cultivation base.

For a person like this, one must strip away his fortune again and again, converting it into one's own.

Hua Tiandu was similar.

Fang Yu looked toward Hua Tiandu's Tiandoufeng and saw nine golden towers hovering above it, emitting ten-thousand-zhang radiance, shining in all directions—these were the Pure Yang Supreme Artifact, the Jiugong Golden Towers, immensely powerful and exceedingly precious, among all True Disciples of Yuhua Sect they were among the most remarkable treasures, yet now they held little interest for Fang Yu.

He was now only interested in Dao Artifacts.

"Hmm?"

As Fang Yu's spiritual sense flowed toward Hua Tiandu's Tiandoufeng, he discovered Hua Tiandu was not on the peak—but an ancient giant was there.

Hua Tiandu's master, Ruyizi.

Besides Ruyizi, Tiandoufeng also held two Jin Dan disciples of Yuhua Sect: Dong Lingxiao and Nan Wan Luo.

One ancient giant, plus two Jin Dan ancient minor giants, seemed to be doing something on Hua Tiandu's Tiandoufeng.

One could see that both Dong Lingxiao and Nan Wan Luo had made rapid advances in strength, as if receiving much guidance from Ruyizi.

When Fang Yu's spiritual sense swept over, Ruyizi seemed to sense it, and his spiritual sense immediately turned toward him.

"Hmph! How bold!"