Chapter 256: Rank 4 Mid-Grade (Seeking subscriptions)

Xiaoyuan Mountain, mine vein.

Mu Wandao gave up his own cave dwelling for Mu Wanlong to recuperate.

At this time, Mu Wanlong was silently circulating his cultivation technique, with an abnormal flush on his face.

After a long time.

His expression changed, and he spat out a mouthful of essence blood.

Within the essence blood, there seemed to be a thin white light needle.

"Life-Taking Needle... Life-Taking Scholar..."

Mu Wanlong's expression was fierce: "I originally thought this person was just an ordinary rogue cultivator, I didn't expect he really had some means... One day..."

As the head of a Jin Dan family, the manpower and resources he can mobilize are beyond what a rogue cultivator can imagine.

Although now is not the time, having suffered such a big loss, he will definitely retaliate in the future!

Just at this moment.

Mu Wanlong's expression changed. Under the prayer mat, four pitch-black palms abruptly emerged, grabbing him with a boom.

Clang!

Inside Mu Wanlong's body, his life-bound magic treasure roared, automatically protecting its master, emitting a fiery red protective treasure light.

This treasure light carried flames, burning on the pitch-black palms, yet it didn't leave much injury.

Following that, a pitch-black monster with four arms emerged. He wore a mask, and on the mask was carved the character 'Earth'.

"Rank 3 mid-grade body cultivator?"

"No, it's a corpse puppet!"

Mu Wanlong let out a long howl, wanting to warn the Mu family disciples outside.

But his voice couldn't penetrate this cave dwelling at all.

It was as if this place had long been sealed by an array formation!

A white-haired scholar emerged, smiled slightly at him, and a majestic magic power surged over.

"Life-Taking Scholar... you are actually a Nascent Soul? No, you are Wind Superior!"

Mu Wanlong's eyes were about to split, but unfortunately, he could only transmit one sentence before his dantian qi sea was pierced by the Great Freedom Profound Gold Sword Qi, and his whole person withered and fell to the ground.

Fang Xing pinched seals with both hands, and the green Nine Infants Pearl flew out, revealing the phantom image of the Nine Infants.

One head, resembling both a dragon and a snake, drooped slightly, devouring a large amount of Mu Wanlong's essence blood.

Immediately, he began to perform the soul-searching technique in dreams, starting to search Mu Wanlong's soul.

Not only that, after searching the soul, Fang Xing pointed casually, and a sword light fell, immediately piercing into Mu Wanlong's sea of consciousness, causing the old man to let out a scream that didn't sound human.

"Splitting the soul alive is already very painful... If I hadn't performed surgery on you with my powerful Nascent Soul divine sense, perhaps your soul would have collapsed directly..."

"Of course, it's not much better now..."

"Searching the soul once, I actually obtained the formula for refining the Jiaowei Qin, not bad, not bad..."

Watching a crimson light mass emerge from Mu Wanlong's nose and be devoured by the Nine Infants phantom image, Fang Xing nodded.

Losing such a large piece of soul and a large amount of essence blood, Mu Wanlong is just a vegetable even if he lives, and can only linger on his last breath.

"Take this person away. The biggest task for you five now is to guard this person well!"

Fang Xing gave the order to the Five Mixed Demons.

The Earth Demon immediately grabbed Mu Wanlong, performed the earth-escaping technique, and disappeared.

He stretched, refined the Nine Infants Pearl into his body, and in an instant, turned into Mu Wanlong's appearance.

"The skin is a bit old, forget it..."

Fang Xing touched his face, suddenly pinched a seal, performed the breath-concealing technique, and lowered his magic power fluctuation to the early Jin Dan stage.

Following that, he withdrew the array he had originally set up and let out a long howl.

"Family Head!"

Not long after, Mu Wandao rushed in. Seeing Fang Xing, who was 'severely injured', he couldn't help but be startled: "Your realm..."

"Damn Life-Taking Scholar, I underestimated him too much... Although that Life-Taking Needle was forced out by me, it also severely damaged my vitality, and my realm fell..."

Fang Xing imitated Mu Wanlong's tone, his face full of despondency.

"Ah... what should be done about this?"

Mu Wandao was shocked.

"First, block the news... I have already repelled this wave of probing, the Xiaoyuan Mountain mine vein shouldn't have much of a problem. I will return to the clan land to heal my wounds first..."

Fang Xing waved his hand, his face dejected: "Also... remember to keep the news confidential."

"Yes!"

Mu Wandao almost had tears in his eyes as he watched Fang Xing leave.

Mount Baihua.

"Ten Thousand Flowers Thousand Illusions Grand Array?"

Fang Xing looked at the petals dancing in the sky, took out a token from Mu Wanlong's storage bag, and waved it gently at the array.

Countless petals immediately separated, revealing a passage.

He swaggered to Mount Baihua and arrived at the Mu family ancestral hall.

Glancing over, there were three Jin Dan cultivators and seven False Jin Dan cultivators.

Basically, except for the high-rank cultivators who were in closed-door cultivation, everyone was here.

'This Mu family ancestral hall should also have the function of detecting bloodlines...'

'If the Nine Infants Pearl can't hide it, then I'll kill all these cultivators...'

Fang Xing felt very relaxed and walked into the ancestral hall.

"Brother Wanlong!"

Mu Wanlv greeted him, his face full of concern: "Are you alright?"

"Cough cough... I was ambushed by the Life-Taking Scholar. That Life-Taking Needle is truly powerful. In order to force out the residual poison, I suffered severe damage to my vitality..."

Fang Xing waved his hand.

"No wonder... Family Head, your soul lamp was dim before, and then it dimmed again..." Mu Wan Qing's face was full of lingering fear.

Actually, he suspected that Mu Wanlong was almost at the end of his rope.

"My vitality is severely damaged, I must immediately go into closed-door cultivation to refine healing spirit pills..."

Fang Xing was serious: "From today on, Mu Wanlv will temporarily act as the family head..."

"Brother Wanlong, I am shallow in learning..." Mu Wanlv waved his hands repeatedly.

"Sigh... now that I am no longer capable, if I don't go into closed-door cultivation, I might not even be able to maintain my True Dan... You don't need to worry too much."

Fang Xing said seriously. In the current Mu family, these are the only Jin Dan cultivators who can make decisions.

Mu Wanlv has the highest cultivation, decent intelligence, and is from 'Mu Wanlong's' faction, so naturally, he should be supported.

Although this person seems a bit unreliable, what does that have to do with Fang Xing?

"That's it."

After he finished speaking, he didn't give the Mu family members a chance to object and headed to the Rank 4 cave dwelling with the most abundant spiritual energy.

In the ancestral hall, it suddenly fell into silence.

A moment later, Mu Wan Qing smiled: "Brother Wanlv is truly capable... This time, the family head has taken the blame for you."

Even Mu Wanlong, who was at the peak of mid-stage Jin Dan, ended up in this state, and even his True Dan was about to collapse. No wonder the soul lamp was so dim, simply like a candle in the wind.

If Mu Wanlv had gone, the outcome would definitely have been even worse.

"Sigh... I am also taking on a task in a time of crisis."

Mu Wanlv said: "The most urgent task is to give up some peripheral interests and firmly guard the core interests... Besides that, seek help from those in-law families..."

"Hmph, they are called in-laws, but only the Wang family is slightly trustworthy. It would be good if the others don't take the opportunity to kick us while we're down..."

A Jin Dan elder who hadn't spoken said.

"Not bad, I think we can first..."

Mu Wan Qing also spoke, causing Mu Wanlv's brows to wrinkle slightly. He knew that he was ultimately not Mu Wanlong, who had hundreds of years of prestige.

At this time, wanting to govern the family, he could only compromise and discuss things.

Baihua Peak.

In a valley.

Unlike the colorful flowers elsewhere, this place was bare, even carrying scorching heat waves.

Fang Xing flew into it and waved his hand to open a cave dwelling.

Inside the cave dwelling, rich spiritual energy was like threads, which he inhaled into his body: "Rank 4 spirit vein... truly not bad, I couldn't even get this in the Profound Heaven Sect..."

After all, his status in the Profound Heaven Sect was only a Foundation Establishment true disciple, and it would be good to have a Rank 3 spirit vein.

"This Mu Wanlong really knows how to enjoy himself."

Walking around the cave dwelling, especially seeing a spirit pool hot spring, Fang Xing was very satisfied.

The water in this spirit pool carried rich spiritual energy, and long-term soaking is of great benefit to a cultivator's body.

Of course, besides enjoyment, various cultivation quiet rooms, beast pens, and spirit medicine gardens were all fully equipped.

What made Fang Xing even more satisfied was that Mu Wanlong was a Rank 3 alchemist. This cave dwelling came with an underground fire vein connected to the alchemy room!

In the alchemy room, there was also a magic treasure-level medicine cauldron, although it couldn't compare to the 'Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron', it was also very good.

"Hmm, get familiar with it a little, and I can start the furnace to refine 'Spirit Mushroom Pills'."

Fang Xing looked at the environment and expressed great satisfaction, preparing to cultivate in seclusion for a period of time.

Even, until he reaches Nascent Soul, he can choose not to come out.

He is not that Mu Wanlong, who is wholeheartedly dedicated to the prosperity of the family.

As long as Mount Baihua is not lost and no one comes to the cave dwelling to disturb him, he is too lazy to care about the power struggles of the cultivators outside.

It is just right to announce to the outside world that Mu Wanlong is severely injured and dying, and needs to go into closed-door cultivation to heal!

'Wait for a chance to let the Five Mixed Demons send the real Mu Wanlong to the cave dwelling and set up an array to imprison him, then it will be truly foolproof...'

Fang Xing sighed with satisfaction and went to soak in the spirit energy hot spring first.

If it weren't for the fact that the Mu family head has the image of an ascetic cultivator, he would have wanted to call a few beautiful maids to come in and massage him to relax his muscles and bones...

After soaking in the hot spring, Fang Xing, in a loose green robe, sat in the quiet room.

The prayer mat in this quiet room presented a light purple color, woven from Rank 3 spirit grass, and blessed with magic spells by a master from the 'Bore Sect'. It was a quasi-Rank 3 magic treasure, which has the effect of calming the mind and concentrating the spirit when sitting in meditation all year round, and even has a certain effect on removing inner demons.

Even for a Jin Dan cultivator, it is somewhat luxurious.

But the Mu family is, after all, the number one righteous family, and a former Nascent Soul immortal clan, so naturally, they have the foundation.

"Not only that, the Mu family also has a specialized spirit food hall, spirit testing platform... not only is the probability of spirit roots appearing among descendants higher, but the testing is also more accurate than 'spirit testing talismans'... this is all the foundation of cultivation."

"Small families like us really can't learn this, can't learn this..."

Fang Xing shook his head, and an ancient zither appeared in his hand.

This zither was pitch-red all over, with a charred tail, and had seven strings. It was the spirit treasure 'Jiaowei Qin'!

This spirit treasure had always resisted Fang Xing's refining, but at this moment, when 'Mu Wanlong' touched it, he didn't feel the slightest resistance.

'Bloodline verification passed?'

'Damn, the spirituality of this spirit treasure is really a fool...'

'Forget it, it's better to be a bit stupid. It's just that in the future, when using the spirit treasure, I must wear Mu Wanlong's appearance...'

Fang Xing's eyes moved, his hands pinched seals, and complex and profound runes were struck into the interior of the Jiaowei Qin.

This is the refining formula obtained from searching Mu Wanlong's soul. The Mu family bloodline plus the refining formula is the key to opening the Jiaowei Qin.

Fang Xing could clearly feel that the resistance originally coming from the Jiaowei Qin had disappeared without a trace, allowing him to refine this spirit treasure relatively easily.

"It's actually a Rank 4 mid-grade spirit treasure?! Good, good..." ===== CHAPTER 257 =====