Chapter 231

A mountain hollow less than a hundred miles from the Three Python Mountains.

Inside the valley, evil energy soared into the sky, and countless runes flashed chaotically.

The rock walls were crisscrossed with gullies, the ground was pitted, and traces of magic treasure bombardment were everywhere.

Two late-stage Jin Dan mana fluctuations collided fiercely, but were all covered by a formation at the valley entrance and above the firmament, with nothing spreading out.

"Huo Moqing! My Profound Heaven Sect will not let you go!"

Accompanied by a shrill roar, a middle-aged cultivator with a golden crown fell to the ground, his chest torn open with a large hole, as if his True Dan had been dug out. He died with his eyes wide open.

"Hehe... if it weren't to prevent you from sending out a single bit of information, why would I go to such trouble... In a real fight, you wouldn't last ten moves in my hands..."

Huo Moqing stared at the golden-crowned middle-aged man and sneered several times: "However, being able to slaughter a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator of the righteous path will earn me a generous reward upon returning."

This late-stage Jin Dan cultivator not only came from the Profound Heaven Sect but had also condensed an upstream True Dan.

Even in a Nascent Soul sect, he was considered a big shot. This time, he was even carrying a sect mission to recruit that Immortal Jin Dan cultivator.

Unexpectedly, he fell into an ambush and died miserably here.

Huo Moqing did not delay. He formed seals with both hands, and a green light appeared behind his head, turning into a greenish-blue bead.

Inside the green spiritual bead, a nine-headed monster was faintly visible. At this time, six of its heads had already been lit up.

He held the green spiritual bead in one hand, formed seals with the other, and chanted an inexplicable incantation.

A soul was extracted from the golden-crowned middle-aged man, his face full of horror, trying to escape.

A roar like a baby's cry suddenly came from the void.

The nine-headed monster in the spiritual bead—the Jiuying—appeared. One head fell and took a light breath.

The powerful soul of the golden-crowned middle-aged man, who had already reached the late stage of Jin Dan, could not resist and was swallowed by a head that looked like both a dragon and a snake. The miserable screams disappeared.

The Jiuying phantom fell into the green spiritual bead, and seven of its heads were lit up, each one lifelike.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Huo Moqing's face. He then activated the Jiuying Pearl to suck dry all the essence and blood of the golden-crowned middle-aged man on the ground.

The Jiuying Pearl suddenly turned blood-red, but quickly returned to normal.

He touched his crown, a green light appeared, and with just a stretch, he took back the Jiuying Pearl.

Huo Moqing pondered for a moment, and his figure suddenly changed.

Regardless of mana fluctuations or soul aura, he was exactly the same as the golden-crowned middle-aged man on the ground!

He even opened the golden-crowned middle-aged man's storage bag and took out the other party's Profound Heaven Sect elder token.

After inputting a trace of mana, the token immediately shone brightly, revealing two ancient seal characters—Profound Heaven!

To prevent counterfeiting, the elder tokens of major Nascent Soul sects have specific conditions added during refining. If the bloodline, soul, and mana aura do not match, they cannot be refined at all.

But at this moment, this "insurance" was broken.

Huo Moqing refined the golden-crowned middle-aged man's magic treasures one by one, and a voice identical to the other party's came out of his mouth: "Must act quickly... otherwise, if the Profound Heaven Sect discovers the life tablet is broken, someone will soon come to investigate..."

He put away the formation, cleaned up the scene, and immediately patted his storage bag.

A luxurious golden carriage, as if made of pure gold, appeared. Huo Moqing sat in it and injected a trace of mana.

A ball of golden light flashed on the carriage, and it rushed toward the Three Python Mountains at an extremely fast speed.

Three Python Mountains.

Snake Head Peak.

"Who is it?"

The Yun family elder looked up and saw a golden carriage with a golden-crowned middle-aged cultivator on it, whose mana was simply unfathomable, and couldn't help but be startled.

"Hmph! The Yun family is becoming more and more unruly. This seat is... Profound Heaven Sect's Jin Liu!"

Huo Moqing stood with his hands behind his back, his divine sense sweeping over: "People of the Yun family, why haven't you come out to welcome me?"

"So it is the Elder of the Upper Sect. Yun Qingmiao pays respects to the Senior!"

The short female cultivator of the Third Branch clan flew out, and upon seeing Huo Moqing, she immediately bowed: "At the 'Jincheng Immortal Meeting' thirty years ago, this little girl was fortunate enough to have seen the Elder once..."

"Enough nonsense."

Huo Moqing walked into the Yun family hall: "Where is that Immortal Jin Dan cultivator?"

"Reporting to the Elder, that person is still in seclusion on Snake Tail Peak..."

Immediately, a Foundation Establishment elder replied with a fawning smile.

"In seclusion? Good. Call all the high-rank cultivators nearby."

Huo Moqing sat on the main seat, his expression showing no joy or anger.

He was just disguising himself as a Profound Heaven Sect envoy as a matter of convenience.

Now it seems the situation is not bad, at least no one has discovered his abnormality.

But even if they did, so what? It would just be a massacre anyway.

Not long after, Luo Tian, the Guo family ancestor, the Li family ancestor, and a group of Daluo Alliance cultivators all arrived.

They looked at the Yun family members, feeling helpless in their hearts.

They didn't expect that after making full preparations this time, there would be frequent accidents in the end.

The Yun family... could they really have some luck?

"Reporting to the Elder, only that Immortal Jin Dan cultivator and their elder haven't come yet..."

The Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge of the Yun family looked around and said.

"It's good they didn't come!"

Huo Moqing casually cast a golden mana, sealing the entire hall: "This seat has received the order of the Profound Heaven Sect. This newly broken-through Immortal Jin Dan is a demonic spy. Just kill them directly!"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was earth-shattering!

"What? A demonic spy?"

Luo Tian was dumbfounded, instinctively feeling that Fang Xing did not look like a demonic person.

However, he naturally wouldn't stand out at this time, just exchanging glances with the Guo family ancestor and Li family ancestor.

"What? You don't believe me?"

Huo Moqing revealed Jin Liu's identity token in his hand and injected a trace of mana.

Two ancient seal characters appeared, which were exactly the two words "Profound Heaven"!

"Seeing this token is like seeing the Profound Heaven!"

Huo Moqing sneered: "Are you prepared to oppose the decree of the Upper Sect?"

"We dare not, we will strictly follow your instructions!"

The various Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Yun family immediately knelt down.

"Please give your instructions, Elder."

The Guo family ancestor and Li family ancestor had met Elder Jin Liu before.

Seeing the reaction of this token now, they had no more doubts, but were secretly complaining in their hearts.

Their cultivation was shallow, and they were only early-stage Jin Dan cultivators.

Facing an Immortal Jin Dan, plus the other party's Jin Dan elder, they really had no confidence.

"This time, this seat will take action personally. You take this set of 'Flowing Wind Turning Moon Grand Formation' flags and formation plates... just listen to this seat's instructions."

Huo Moqing immediately began to assign tasks.

The main point was one thing: let these cultivators move and get busy...

As long as they are busy, they will be too lazy to think and will ignore some flaws in the details.

Snake Tail Peak.

Inside the cave dwelling's seclusion room.

Fang Xing's cultivation avatar sat cross-legged, his divine sense concentrated on his Lower Dantian.

In his Lower Dantian, beneath his current Immortal Sword Dan, a small person was actually sitting cross-legged. It was the Wanfa Ghost Infant!

Time passed, and the Wanfa Ghost Infant suddenly opened its eyes, revealing a pair of scarlet pupils.

The Great Sun pattern on its forehead became increasingly dazzling, almost burning fiercely.

The small person raised a hand, and an extremely immense mana appeared out of thin air, injecting into the Lower Dantian Qi Sea.

The Immortal Sword Dan suddenly erupted with a brilliant radiance, and the natal flying sword within it emitted a sword cry like a dragon's roar.

"Finally refined... the Wanfa Ghost Infant!"

Fang Xing opened his eyes and smiled slightly: "Now, in terms of mana... am I already at the False Nascent Soul level?"

He thought for a moment: "Since I've already refined the Ghost Infant, I might as well get the other two things done."

After refining the Wanfa Ghost Infant, he only had the mana, and his real strength was not even as good as the Master of the Wind Department back then.

But it doesn't matter, Fang Xing had long prepared a backup plan.

One of them, naturally, is to comprehend "Sword Intent Forming Momentum"!

The four realms of sword cultivation—Qi, Gang, Intent, Momentum!

A Jin Dan sword cultivator, if they can comprehend Sword Intent, can roam the Jin Dan realm and create a name for being invincible.

A Nascent Soul sword cultivator comprehends "Sword Momentum." Once they comprehend "Sword Intent Forming Momentum," they are immediately a powerhouse among Nascent Soul Zhenjun!

Although Fang Xing's own sword Dao talent cannot be said to be ordinary, it has not reached the level of being stunning.

However, his true self is cheating, having broken through to the highest point of Sword Heart Peak and received the empowerment of the sect-founding ancestor—the Carefree Old Man—so he already had some insights into the four realms of sword Dao.

Now that his mana is sufficient, he can perform it with a little comprehension.

If a cultivator's realm is a firearm, then various methods are bullets.

Fang Xing only possessed a False Nascent Soul firearm before, with no lethality, but now with the "bullets" of Sword Momentum, he is immediately a gathering of dragon and tiger. Even if he encounters a Nascent Soul early-stage old monster, he dares to fight.

"Besides that..."

He pondered for a moment and patted his storage bag.

A somewhat broken bronze lamp appeared. It was the only Rank 4 spiritual treasure on him—the Qingyang Magic Lamp!

This trophy is at the Rank 4 spiritual treasure level, which the Foundation Establishment-stage Fang Xing could not refine no matter what.

Fortunately, his realm is barely enough now, so he can try to refine and use it.

Fang Xing had witnessed the power of the Qingyang Magic Lamp. Its self-contained "Qingyang Shield" could withstand a full-force blow from seven Jin Dan sword cultivators condensing the "True Martial Seven Stars Sword Formation" without being harmed.

Furthermore, it can also gather "Qingyang Magic Fire," which is a famous demonic spiritual flame. The Master of the Wind Department once used this to display great power, instantly killing four Jin Dan sword cultivators of the Si Si Tian Jian Sect!

If it weren't for Fang Xing's efforts, the entire army might have been wiped out, and the Si Si Tian Jian Sect would have been crippled.

After all, these are Jin Dan sword cultivators; killing ordinary False Dan is usually a matter of one or two swords!

If it weren't for the huge losses, the painful suffering, and the near-emptying of the middle and high levels, with Chu Kuangtu's temperament, even if he and the Wan Xiang Sect had mutual concerns, he would not have stopped fighting so readily.

Fang Xing played with the "Qingyang Magic Lamp" for a while, then formed a seal, and two Nascent Soul mana flew out, wrapping this spiritual treasure.

The Qingyang Magic Lamp immediately turned into a tiny green light, which he took into his Lower Dantian, landing on the hand of the Wanfa Ghost Infant.

The Wanfa Ghost Infant seemed to have gotten a toy, playing with it affectionately for a while, a smiling expression appearing on its face. Suddenly, it opened its small mouth, and a wisp of infant fire appeared.

A Rank 4 spiritual treasure can naturally only be refined by Nascent Soul True Fire.

Moreover, the Wanfa Ghost Infant's infant fire is a ball of green flame, but it is mixed with wisps of scarlet, which should be the influence of the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra, causing the power of its infant fire to rise by several levels.

'This cultivation avatar's conventional combat power already exceeds mine.'

Outside the seclusion room.

Fang Xing's true self sat cross-legged, feeling all this, but had no worries or anxiety.

After all, he and the cultivation avatar share the same consciousness, with no possibility of rebellion.

The higher the cultivation avatar's cultivation, the happier he will be.

It would be best to directly reach the Spirit Severing stage, or even ascend above the Spirit Severing stage, so that he can have fewer concerns in the main universe, getting whatever he wants!

Suddenly.

He seemed to sense something and walked out of the cave dwelling.

Outside, at some point, the Three Python Mountains had gathered a layer of thin mist, shrouding the three main peaks in mist, appearing and disappearing.

Wisps of clear wind flowed between the gaps, as if in the next moment, they would turn into bone-scraping gang wind!

The most critical thing is that the firmament, which was originally cloudless for ten thousand miles, had turned into a dark night at this moment.

A bright moon hung high, casting cold radiance.

"Formation? Rank 3 High Grade..."

"What's going on?"

Many loose cultivators who rented cave dwellings ran out. Seeing this scene, they vigilantly took out magic tools and spiritual tools: "What does the Yun family want to do?"

"Fellow Daoists, please calm down!"

From Snake Head Peak, several streaks of light flew out. The leader was the Twelfth Elder of the Yun family, who was in charge of external affairs: "Our family has no intention of being enemies with everyone. This time, we deployed the grand formation just to capture a demonic cultivator..."

"Demonic cultivator?" Some loose cultivators believed it, while others became more vigilant.

But immediately, a golden carriage appeared, with a golden-crowned middle-aged man on it.

The late-stage Jin Dan mana was vast and mighty, making the cultivators all over the mountain silent.

"Ah... it's the 'Golden Wind Nine Dragon Carriage'!"

"I've seen this carriage; it's the seat of Profound Heaven Sect's Great Elder Jin..."

"This seat is Jin Liu, here to capture the demonic cultivator."

Huo Moqing stood with his hands behind his back, with the image of a high-level expert, and there was a twisted pleasure in his heart: "The demonic cultivator is you!"

He pointed at Fang Xing, who had flown out, and announced domineeringly.

'Finally here... but are the righteous path's methods so crude? Framing me directly?'

Fang Xing complained in his heart, but laughed loudly, his gaze sweeping over Huo Moqing, and then looking at the Guo family ancestor, Li family ancestor, Luo Tian, and others one by one: "I have nothing to do with the demonic path, do you know that? You have destroyed the last bit of kindness I had for the cultivation world!"

He naturally wouldn't admit that he had some thoughts of fishing after condensing his Immortal Jin Dan and not leaving.

It's just that he didn't expect the other party's methods to be even cruder, directly putting a label on him and attacking the door without even trying to win him over.

'Forget it, the cultivation avatar is currently refining the Qingyang Magic Lamp and comprehending Sword Momentum, so I'll take action.'

Fang Xing made a decision in his heart.

"Even if this person is not a demonic cultivator, he is a madman..."

The various elders of the Yun family exchanged glances, and a thought suddenly arose in their hearts.

But the next moment, the young man who was surrounded changed.

From being ordinary, he turned into a wild giant beast!

A terrifying martial Dao will, like a long river, swept through the sea of consciousness of everyone present, causing the Qi Condensation cultivators to faint directly and the Foundation Establishment cultivators to fall into a long dizziness.

Fang Xing stretched out his five fingers, turning them into a palm, as if covering the heavens and the earth!

——Covering Heaven Hand!

Under the Covering Heaven Hand, all living beings are equal, and every high-rank cultivator needs to bear his palm power!

Bang!

The False Dan true essence shield shattered as if it were made of paper. Luo Tian's head was the first to be beaten into his chest. This Daluo Alliance leader died extremely miserably.

Then, it was the Guo family ancestor, the Li family ancestor...