Chapter 477: Exploration

Fang Xing's gaze shifted and fell onto his profession:

"My profession has changed again... I wonder what profession characteristics this 【Master of the Esoteric Sect】 has?"

The profession characteristics of the previous 【Immortal Martial Artist】 had helped him quite a bit in the early stages.

And 【Master of the Esoteric Sect】 is undoubtedly quite suitable for this world, and will not suffer from the situation of being sealed like the 【Star Martial Artist】.

When Fang Xing's gaze fell on 【Master of the Esoteric Sect】, lines of annotations automatically appeared in his heart:

【Master of the Esoteric Sect: You are the founder of the Esoteric Sect and the highest achiever in Esoteric cultivation! You imprint unique information into all Esoteric martial arts, and use empowerment and precepts to constrain all Esoteric disciples... The progress of all Esoteric disciples will thicken your foundation. You have the power of life and death over all Esoteric disciples, and can take away their lifelong cultivation of Esoteric martial arts true seeds with a single thought and bestow them upon other Esoteric disciples...】

"Uh... it seems the constraints are a bit too strong, and there are too many traps buried."

"However, as long as the Esoteric disciples do not think about betraying me, there is nothing major."

Fang Xing focused his attention on the 【Master of the Esoteric Sect】 profession, glanced at it a few times, and then didn't care.

When it comes to traps in the extraordinary, there are plenty of traps in the local extraordinary paths!

He sat cross-legged and continued to play with that "Hand of Strange Machinery." Through this relic, he could sense a coordinate in the Aether realm.

"To be able to create such a strange object, although the technology of this world is backward, combined with the extraordinary power of the Aether, there will be some local breakthroughs..."

"However, the Aether realm area associated with this mechanical hand is 99% related to 'Machinery,' and I don't have much interest in it..."

Fang Xing sat cross-legged and immediately entered a meditative state.

The martial arts meditation derived from the "Dream Entry Technique" can allow him to escape into the Aether realm with a single thought.

And for ordinary Esoteric martial artists, meditative practice is also very important.

After all, what martial artists mainly practice, besides their physique, is their martial will!

If the martial will is not tough enough, how can one face this bleak life, and how can one face the endless horrors in the Aether realm?

"It's time to go and see, collect a batch of secret manuals from the other four divisions as soon as possible, my Esoteric martial arts are still empty..."

Fang Xing's mind moved, and he arrived at the Aether realm again.

The sky was dim.

As far as the eye could see, it seemed to be a stone forest.

Gray-white stone quality covered the earth, looking fragile, yet as if it could last for ten thousand years.

Fang Xing walked through the stalactite-like stone forest, suddenly his expression moved, and he punched out.

Bang!

A stalactite broke, revealing a strange, irregular white stone inside.

On the white stone, there were several scarlet symbols.

He picked up the white stone, his thinking seemed to diverge, his body became lazy, he didn't want to move, and his whole person seemed to turn into a stone sculpture.

Just as this thought emerged, gray-white stone skin immediately appeared on Fang Xing's body surface, as if wanting to wrap him inside.

Woo woo!

Fang Xing's heart beat, pumping a huge amount of steam, the pore valves opened, and pieces of stone skin fell off.

He looked at the irregular stone in his hand again and found that it had turned into a book with a gray-white cover. At the beginning of the secret manual, there was a line of scarlet text:

【My body turns to stone, even if I don't understand the meaning...】

"A 'Secret Manual of Stone'? The Stone Division martial arts have a place to land, perhaps it can be called 'Stone Statue Art'?"

Fang Xing nodded and shook his head, knowing how the first mysterious beings came to be.

In the Aether realm, there are all kinds of "opportunities" or "dangers."

Occasionally, mortals sleepwalk into it, and as long as they can survive, they can always have some fragmented gains.

For example, this stone forest is very dangerous and may petrify people.

But if you look around a little, a "Secret Manual of Stone" will appear.

He walked a long distance again, left the stone forest, and came to a starry grassland.

On the ground grew waist-high wormwood, and star points like fireflies danced between the grass leaves, beautiful as a dream.

"In the mortal world, it is rare to see such beautiful scenery."

Fang Xing stood with his hands behind his back, seemingly admiring the scenery.

Suddenly, his ears moved, and he heard a rustling sound again.

It sounded like some kind of insect vibrating its wings, which reminded Fang Xing of the mysterious moths he saw on the Gate of the Lian Lian Shen Sui Sea.

Whoosh!

His figure moved, and he chased toward the source of the sound.

For Fang Xing, in the Aether realm, he is the real danger!

After crossing a hill, he saw two groups of mysterious people chasing and killing each other...

Running in front was a young girl wearing a black dress, dressed as exquisitely as a doll.

A pair of wings that looked like a moth's extended from her back, and the bright eye patterns occasionally flapped with the airflow, looking lifelike.

With the help of this pair of moth wings, the girl could fly or glide for a distance after running for a while, so she was not immediately caught up by the strange insects behind her.

The strange insects behind were in the shape of human pupae, with huge pupae for bodies, and only six abdominal feet extending from the chassis, advancing alternately, very fast.

Just as Fang Xing saw them, they also noticed Fang Xing.

The girl with moth wings saw this, and before she could say anything, she suddenly saw that person clench his fist and aim at her from afar.

"Steam Release!" Fang Xing shot out a mass of steam. In terms of this kind of "Steam Martial" technique, he was naturally much more proficient than Shi Lei.

The scorching steam was like a cannonball, hitting the girl accurately, causing the girl to scream and fall from mid-air.

Squeak squeak!

The three pupa insects behind saw this and were extremely excited. Their abdominal wrists were as sharp as knives, and after catching up to the girl, they were about to fall.

Pfft!

Just at this moment, the three pupa insects screamed and flew backward at a faster speed. In mid-air, their pupa skins broke, became scorching hot, and three men in black jumped out in a panic, hurriedly taking off the "pupa skins" on their bodies.

In the blink of an eye, the three pupa monsters turned into three Lian Lian Shen Sui Ones.

"Not hostile to me, he hit both of us?"

The girl who climbed up looked at Fang Xing walking over, a trace of suspicion flashing across her face.

"You, being able to walk here, are all Lian Lian Shen Sui Ones... Good, very good."

Fang Xing's steam cannon and steam pressure palm just now were to capture all four of them at once.

As everyone knows, asking one person alone may involve concealment.

But if both sides dismantle each other, it is not easy to hide anything.

"Your... Your Excellency... why ruin the good deeds of our 'Heart Research Society'?"

Among the three mysterious people, one leader asked tremblingly.

He suspected that he might be facing an Enlightened One, or even an "Immortal."

Otherwise, how could he take them down so lightly?

"Now, it is I who am interrogating you, not you interrogating me."

Fang Xing laughed: "The structure of these pupa skins and moth wings is actually quite interesting..."

"This... sir, I am the one from the Heart Research Society, these are rebels..."

The doll-like exquisite girl rolled her eyes, saw the situation clearly, and took the initiative to introduce: "As for these pupa clothes, moth wings... they are a ritual of our 'Heart Path,' called 'Person Wrapped in Cocoon.' Our Heart Path extraordinary beings are best at exploring the Aether realm and fighting in the Aether realm..."

While speaking, she glanced at Fang Xing in surprise.

This big shot is clearly not from the Heart Path, otherwise it would be impossible not to have heard of the "Person Wrapped in Cocoon" ritual.

But being able to take down four Heart Path Lian Lian Shen Sui Ones in the Aether realm, his strength is simply unimaginably high.

At least a high-rank Enlightened One, and it is very likely an Immortal!

"So that's it."

Fang Xing nodded, knowing that ordinary extraordinary beings are very miserable in the Aether realm.

Even Lian Lian Shen Sui Ones have physical qualities similar to mortals.

Encountering extreme cold weather in the Aether realm, they might even be frozen to death!

If the main consciousness of an extraordinary being is damaged in the Aether realm, the same injuries will inevitably appear on the body, and it may even lead to death!

Of course, these people do not include Esoteric martial artists.

Besides this, Heart Path extraordinary beings can strengthen their bodies in the Aether realm through various rituals and talismans, so they are incomparably powerful in the Aether realm.

It's just a pity that this "power" in Fang Xing's eyes is simply a bit pitiful.

It's like among a group of ants, one ant suddenly mutates and grows a pair of wings.

Compared to other ants, it is indeed very strong.

But for him, it's still a weakling!

In terms of despising, Fang Xing has always been fair and just, equally despising every extraordinary being in this world!

"Heart Research Society? It sounds like a force related to the Heart Path... Alright, now, I ask, you answer, if you can't answer, you die immediately."

Fang Xing smiled, suddenly saw an extraordinary being's body becoming somewhat virtual, and immediately jumped, his steam pressure palm descending from the sky.

Bang!

The man screamed, his body exploded, turning into star radiance and scattering on the grassland.

"Don't think about running away... with my strength, it is enough to wipe out your consciousness the moment you leave..."

Fang Xing said, killing the chicken to warn the monkey.

"This respected sir... ask whatever you want."

The leader cursed his companion's stupidity and squeezed a smile on his face.

"I want to buy some secret manuals, there are no good channels in reality, what about here?"

Fang Xing asked.

"I know this, we extraordinary beings have some strongholds in the Aether realm, among which there are large trading markets... the coordinates are here."

The doll-like girl hurriedly took a small white flower from her pocket.

The Aether realm is somewhat similar to the Illusory Void realm, and there is no stable concept of space, so "pointing the way" is impossible, at most giving a coordinate.

This kind of coordinate will give birth to a kind of traction force, no matter which direction, it will be pulled to the market location.

"Very good."

Fang Xing accepted the white flower coordinate and laughed: "Now... everyone hand over a 'Heart Path' secret manual, and you can go..."

'So I met a robber.'

The girl secretly complained: 'Fortunately... when I was attacked by these insect people, I sent a signal, Dad should be here soon...'

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 478 =====