Chapter 299: Stunned (Seeking monthly votes)

Main Universe.

White Bird Star, Star River Island.

With a flash of silver light, Fang Xing's figure emerged.

Following that, several massive, pale lumps of flesh landed on the ground.

As the flesh hit the ground, a pale white color continuously spread outward, carrying the aura of all things dying out.

"Alert! Alert!"

Xiao Lan shrieked: "Extraterrestrial Xieshen-level contamination detected!"

"Alert cleared. I specifically modified this place; it is sufficient to withstand it."

Fang Xing took out several biological storage boxes and placed the remains of the pale mother body inside one by one, preparing to take them to the laboratory another day to study them bit by bit.

"That group of Origin Spirits was formed by pulling up seedlings to help them grow; to me, they count for nothing at all..."

"Moreover, their growth is slow enough..."

"If there ever comes a day when the pale mother body is insufficient, or the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra needs to be upgraded, I could go and eat at the buffet..."

"One Origin Spirit is probably equivalent to one False Yuan Ying, enough to make my Great Sun Tathagata Mantra's proficiency skyrocket by a chunk..."

"Although the Origin Spirits' strength isn't much, their numbers are sufficient... This time, I can be considered to have snatched food from the tiger's mouth. Haha!"

Previously, Fang Xing specifically adopted the group-attack moves from the Great Sun Tathagata Palm, just to awe the enemy with one palm.

Then, he snatched the items and ran.

Otherwise, he was, after all, only a Wu Sheng; if he were besieged by a group of fake Origin Spirits, it would still be quite dangerous.

Even ants can bite an elephant to death if there are enough of them.

"Fortunately, this adventure was worth it; at least the main materials for a Wu Sheng-level mecha are secured..."

Fang Xing lay on the floor and laughed unscrupulously.

As for the laboratory side, he didn't need to explain the raw material issue at all, because it was a wholly-owned laboratory, and he was the sole proprietor.

One year later.

Cultivation World.

Above an endless sea, a vast, incomparable spaceship suddenly appeared.

It was as towering as a high mountain, and the paint on the deck reflected different halos under the sunlight, masking the ferocious cannon barrels.

Inside the spaceship.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged, staring at a scan, carefully watching the fish, shrimp, and other marine life on it: "Finally... I've seen living creatures. Looking at it this way, I should have flown past the range of the 'Spirit-Extinguishing Sea', right?"

Back then, he obtained a map to the Hanhai Cultivation World from Senior Brother Chu Kuangtu of the Profound Heaven Sect, learning that traveling from the Great Wilderness Cultivation World to the Hanhai Cultivation World required not only passing through several extremely dangerous places but also flying over a 'Spirit-Extinguishing Sea'!

This Spirit-Extinguishing Sea not only lacked the slightest bit of spiritual energy, but it didn't even have any living creatures.

What was even more terrifying was that its range was extremely vast; even if a False Yuan Ying cultivator were to fly across it, it would take several years of time.

Flying in a Spirit-Extinguishing land, without being able to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, meant consuming the cultivator's own mana.

Even for a False Yuan Ying Zhenjun, it was a matter that would severely damage their vitality.

Fortunately, the 'Explorer' spaceship he purchased finally arrived, and he immediately brought it over to use.

For a technological spaceship, whether the Spirit-Extinguishing Sea had spiritual energy or not was not important at all.

Even its flight speed surpassed that of a False Yuan Ying Zhenjun, finally allowing Fang Xing to fly across the Spirit-Extinguishing Sea and arrive at the Hanhai Cultivation World!

"The appearance of sea fish means I have already passed the Spirit-Extinguishing Sea area... According to the map, this should be the 'Five Pearl Sea Area' of the Hanhai Cultivation World?"

As for what other forces were in this sea area, the map knew nothing at all.

After all, this was a map passed down from who knows how many years ago; now that time had passed, everything had long since changed.

"Xiao Lv, find an island nearby where humans live... and try to collect information, enter hidden mode."

Fang Xing spoke.

"As you command, Commander."

On the screen, the image of a female elf with green wings appeared.

She gave a proper salute, and the paint color of the spaceship outside changed, instantly becoming transparent.

The entire spaceship seemed to become invisible, quickly disappearing from sight.

Ever since traces of fish and shrimp were discovered, the further east they went, the more obvious these traces of life became.

Three days later.

Fang Xing finally discovered an island where mortal fishermen lived.

After another ten days, he found an island where a small spiritual vein was located, on which there was a tiny Qi Condensation family.

A sweep of his divine sense made him understand immediately: "There are thousands of mortal languages and scripts; this is normal... but the language and script of cultivators are actually exactly the same as those in the Great Wilderness Cultivation World."

Thinking about it carefully, this situation was also proof!

After all, the pioneers of the Great Wilderness Cultivation World originally came from this side of the Hanhai Cultivation World.

The language and script used were consistent from the start.

Even if they were completely different, with Fang Xing's current False Yuan Ying-level divine sense, learning them would only take a little bit of effort.

Fish Snake Island.

"Dan Laozu, this time we went out to sea and captured thirteen adult fish snakes again. According to the market price, one adult fish snake is one spirit pearl, which can be exchanged for thirteen spirit pearls..."

On a tiny spiritual vein, a patch of bamboo buildings had been erected.

Behind the bamboo buildings, a spring eye had also been opened to irrigate more than ten mu of spiritual fields.

At this time, a late-stage Qi Condensation cultivator who looked like an old farmer was inspecting the spiritual fields.

Beside him, a middle-aged man at the mid-stage of Qi Condensation followed closely, reporting as he went.

"Half a day at sea and we have this harvest; not bad..."

The old farmer nodded, his face full of gullies and wrinkles filled with joy: "This is more than one low-grade spirit stone... If we have this harvest every day, we will have nearly forty low-grade spirit stones in a month, and our family's shortfall can be made up for quite a bit; we won't have to face famine this year..."

Spirit pearls were the small-denomination currency below low-grade spirit stones in the Hanhai Cultivation World.

In terms of value, about ten spirit pearls were equivalent to one low-grade spirit stone.

"Actually, the second and third brothers have all worked very hard."

The middle-aged man spoke cautiously: "If we stopped the offerings to Yuqing, or treated everyone equally, perhaps there wouldn't be so much resentment in the family..."

"Hmph, short-sighted view!"

The old farmer suddenly became angry: "You want me to treat everyone equally, but heaven didn't treat us equally first... We all have low-grade spiritual roots, and the path of cultivation is bumpy; it's rare to have a genius with mid-grade spiritual roots. If we don't cultivate them with all our might, sooner or later, our Fish Snake Island will face the disaster of being overturned when we don't have late-stage Qi Condensation cultivators sitting in town... The Yu family and the Liu family will probably laugh themselves to death."

The middle-aged man hurriedly showed a look of fear: "The Dan Laozu is right to teach me..."

In reality, he felt a little secretly happy in his heart, feeling that he had caused trouble for the few people below again. The cultivator who looked like an old farmer saw this scene, but a flash of disappointment flashed at the bottom of his eyes.

As a human spirit who had lived for so many years, he knew exactly what these grandsons below were thinking.

At this time, there was only deep helplessness.

Cultivation sects could still select disciples based on merit, but in a cultivation family, one couldn't just throw away one's own children and grandchildren.

'Sigh... thinking back then, if I had been willing to be more diligent, maybe I would have been accepted by the Huaiye Gate, and maybe I would have had a chance to fight for a Foundation Establishment Pill...'

Just as the old farmer was feeling sentimental, a stream of light fell, revealing a figure with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes.

This person was none other than Fang Xing!

He suppressed his mana fluctuations to the Jin Dan level and flew over brazenly, emitting a trace of mana fluctuations.

"Greetings, Senior. I don't know what instructions you have; our Zhang family on Fish Snake Island will definitely do our best."

The old farmer immediately knelt down with the middle-aged man.

This senior's mana cultivation was simply unfathomable, deeper and more vast than any Foundation Establishment great cultivator he had ever seen.

"Where is the nearest marketplace?"

Fang Xing spoke.

"The nearest marketplace is the 'Little Turtle Island' marketplace, three hundred miles to the southeast, built by the 'Returning Spirit Gate', with Foundation Establishment great cultivators sitting in town all year round..."

The Zhang family Dan Laozu answered hurriedly: "If Senior is willing to wait, in three years, the 'Merchant Treasure Ship' should arrive; by then, the sea market will open, and even Jin Dan Old Ancestors will appear..."

"Bring the map."

Fang Xing shouted coldly.

The Zhang family Dan Laozu hurriedly took out a jade slip from his bosom and handed it over respectfully.

Fang Xing took it, swept it with his divine sense, nodded with satisfaction, and casually threw out a spirit stone: "In that case, we part ways..."

After speaking, he turned into a stream of light and disappeared without a trace.

The Zhang family Dan Laozu and the middle-aged junior kept kneeling until half an hour later, when the middle-aged man looked up: "Dan Laozu... that senior seems to have already left."

The Zhang family Dan Laozu stroked the spirit stone in his hand, feeling somewhat incredulous: "It's actually a mid-grade spirit stone... It seems I was right; that senior is not an ordinary Foundation Establishment, but a Jin Dan expert... Sigh, this matter must be kept secret. Our family has gotten involved with such a big figure; I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse?"

Fang Xing actually wanted to throw something of lower value, but before he came, he had exchanged all his low-grade spirit stones in the Profound Heaven Sect's treasury.

On him, there was no longer anything of lower value than a mid-grade spirit stone.

A moment later.

Little Turtle Island marketplace.

Fang Xing came to a teahouse, ordered a cup of local specialty spiritual tea and fish balls, casually threw a pile of jade slips on the table, and began to read them slowly.

This was what he had obtained by sweeping goods in the marketplace bookstore; what he valued most was a "Hanhai Customs and Scenery Record".

Besides that, there were many travelogues, maps, and introductions to some low-grade basic techniques, pills, and talismans...

Through these, he could at least have some understanding of the Hanhai Cultivation World.

'Hmm... after all, it is a sea-based cultivation world; this place is rich in water-attribute spiritual materials and has even more marine beast resources...'

'In terms of techniques, there are also more water-attribute techniques and spells...'

Fang Xing picked up the "Hanhai Customs and Scenery Record", his divine sense entered it, reading a thousand lines at a glance:

'So the Hanhai Cultivation World is divided into inner and outer seas, which is equivalent to the raw wilderness and mature wilderness of the Great Wilderness Cultivation World... The inner sea is equivalent to the mature wilderness, with the richest cultivation resources, occupied by many large sects... There are even three holy lands, which are the "Yuan Shen Sword Sect", the "Ethereal Immortal Palace", and the "Wuji Hall"...'

'The outer sea has all kinds of forces as numerous as ox hair, facing strong marine beast tides and various natural disasters from time to time... The Five Pearl Sea Area belongs to an inconspicuous corner of the outer sea...'

'Good, very good! I, this False Yuan Ying of the Profound Heaven Sect, should join the Yuan Shen Sword Sect and ascend to the sky in one step.'

Fang Xing put down the "Hanhai Customs and Scenery Record" with satisfaction, picked up another jade slip, swept it with his divine sense, and couldn't help but change his expression: "'Millennium Demon Tribulation Record'? What? So the Hanhai Cultivation World actually experienced a demon tribulation?"

He read on carefully, and his expression couldn't help but become extremely ugly.

It turned out that more than a thousand years ago, for some reason, a True Demon suddenly ran out in the Hanhai Cultivation World!

Although there were many demonic cultivators in the cultivation world, a True Demon was different!

It was said that this kind of True Demon came from the upper realm, not only with an extremely strong physique but also with all kinds of unimaginable supernatural powers.

As soon as that True Demon appeared, it was a False Yuan Ying-stage existence, setting off a bloody storm.

Later, it was besieged by dozens of Zhenjuns, but it actually used war to support war, breaking through to the Great Zhenjun realm, destroying more than a dozen False Yuan Ying major sects in a row, making everyone in the Hanhai Cultivation World feel insecure.

It was said that several reclusive Great Zhenjuns were alarmed and joined forces to fight the True Demon, but in the end, they were defeated by the True Demon using unimaginable great supernatural powers, and the "Five Thunder Great Zhenjun" died on the spot, not even escaping his False Yuan Ying.

It was said that the True Demon had almost no bottlenecks in cultivation; that True Demon might have been an existence that descended from the ancient times, originally an ancient demon of the Transformation to Divinity or even higher rank.

When it finally drew out a Transformation to Divinity Venerable, that ancient demon suddenly disappeared for a hundred years.

When it appeared again, it was already a Transformation to Divinity-level existence, and it even went straight to kill the mountain gate of the Yuan Shen Sword Sect!

It was said that the battle turned the world upside down, and even the mountain gate of the Yuan Shen Sword Sect sank into the sea.

The final result was that this holy land perished together with the ancient demon, disappearing from the cultivation world together, and it has been a thousand years since then...

"Yuan Shen Sword Sect... is gone?!"

"Such a big holy land of mine... is gone?!"

Fang Xing's eyes widened, his heart full of astonishment: "Then what is the use of the Profound Heaven Sect identity I specifically maintained, and that Profound Iron Sword Order? No... this 'Hanhai Customs and Scenery Record' is harming me!"

He almost wanted to swing his sword light and overturn that bookstore.

Fortunately, he still had his reason, first looked at the compilation date of the "Hanhai Customs and Scenery Record", then calculated slightly, and was immediately speechless:

"A book from two thousand years ago, and they have the nerve to sell it without updating a single version, harming people..."

The ancient demon chaos happened more than a thousand years ago; two thousand years ago, the Yuan Shen Sword Sect was still fine.

It was indeed excusable that it was not recorded in the "Hanhai Customs and Scenery Record".

However, Fang Xing still suspected that this place was too remote, and these jade slips that had been refined early were unsalable, so they were sent to such remote places in the cultivation world, fooling whoever they could!

If it were that kind of large cultivation city, the content in the customs and scenery record should have been modified long ago.

"No wonder the Great Wilderness Cultivation World didn't receive any news... After all, it's only been a thousand years, which is just the lifespan of one False Yuan Ying Zhenjun..."

According to Fang Xing's knowledge, the Great Wilderness Cultivation World had long since cut off contact with the Hanhai Cultivation World, and they hadn't communicated for at least several thousand years!

'Then I really can't blame Chu Kuangtu for pitting me...'

Fang Xing figured out the cause and effect, and his heart suddenly became extremely speechless.

He had planned in every way before, just to maintain the "Profound Heaven Sect" persona, and then logically join the Yuan Shen Sword Sect to obtain the inheritance of techniques above Transformation to Divinity.

As a result...

Reality gave him a ruthless blow, letting him know what it means that man proposes, but heaven disposes!

He wanted to join the Yuan Shen Sword Sect, but the Yuan Shen Sword Sect was already gone...

Extra update later.

(End of chapter)