Chapter 560: Five Friends of Floating Clouds

Inside the mountain cave.

Fang Xing silently sensed the Vegetation Essence Qi, and his internal magic power suddenly surged by several percent, opening up another line.

"Second level of Qi-sensing, done..."

He opened his eyes and muttered.

After all, he had already cultivated to the peak of the first level of Qi-sensing, and getting the technique was just a matter of course.

Even, he optimized some places along the way.

"The cultivation of the nine levels of Qi-sensing is actually a process of laying the foundation... The most critical thing is the Qi chosen to be sensed at the beginning."

"Vegetation Essence Qi is still pretty good. If it were replaced by some miscellaneous Qi, waste Qi... then there would be no chance to condense the Dao Foundation in a lifetime."

"The second level of Qi-sensing, Qi-refining, is to further refine the Vegetation Essence Qi and nourish oneself..."

"Above the fourth level of Qi-sensing, it is to continuously thicken the Vegetation Essence Qi..."

"Then the seventh level, eighth level of Qi-sensing... are all processes of gradually tempering the Vegetation Essence Qi, and finally combining Qi and evil, achieving Hunyuan... This is the foundation for laying the Dao Foundation..."

"Therefore, every step is very critical. This is related to the quality of the Dao Foundation achieved in the future..."

"Although Vegetation Essence Qi ranks ninth in the Green Wood Art, if the steps of evil Qi and Gang Qi are taken well, the condensed Hunyuan Qi might not be inferior to the top three types of Qi..."

Fang Xing silently sensed his own magic power: "Hmm, after breaking through, the magic power has thickened a lot, and the time for daily cultivation of Ten Thousand Perfect Hands can be extended accordingly... And, I can learn other means of fighting."

He was prepared to pause the paper-folding technique, but there were many magic spells in the region outside the territory.

Means such as corpse refining, flying swords, inviting gods, drawing talismans, and walking in the underworld were particularly numerous, and he had seen them in the Cloud Coming Market.

It's just that compared to his own druid heritage, they were not only biased towards blood and strangeness, but also had no development potential.

After all, the superficial methods that flowed out were not good things?

Even if there were, they were just like the paper-folding secret technique, only having a beginning, and if you wanted the full text, you had to join a sect.

A few days later.

Cloud Coming Market.

"Heh heh, little brother is truly a man of his word..."

Old Man Lu laughed until his eyes narrowed, and handed over the wine gourd at his waist: "Want to have a sip?"

"No need. I have some!"

Fang Xing took out a yellow-skinned gourd from his waist, pulled out the wooden stopper, and naturally a fruity wine aroma overflowed.

"This is... monkey wine? No... this vintage seems longer than the old man's?"

Old Man Lu almost pulled out his own goat beard: "This... where did it come from?"

"While playing in the mountain forest, I met a group of migrating spirit monkeys. I helped them treat their wounds and traded them for some berries."

Fang Xing told the truth.

The druid's 'natural affinity' talent is indeed a divine skill in the wilderness.

No matter what kind of fierce beast, at least it wouldn't feel malicious when seeing him at first, and many were willing to communicate and exchange...

Old Man Lu was hit hard instantly. He coughed twice, looking eagerly at the wine gourd in Fang Xing's hand: "This hundred-year-old monkey wine... the old man hasn't even tasted it yet."

"I would sell this monkey wine for five rune coins to others, but you took care of my business last time, so treat it as my treat."

Fang Xing smiled and handed the wine gourd over.

He had encountered a whole barrel of such fruit wine sent by the monkey group.

This wine gourd naturally didn't count for anything.

He liked wine but wasn't an alcoholic, so he just drank a few sips occasionally to change his taste.

"Thank you!"

Old Man Lu took the wine gourd, truly loving it, and then said: "Speaking of which... the old man has to thank you, little brother. This time fighting magic, if it weren't for the few healing berries I happened to carry, I'm afraid I and a few fellow Daoists would have had to explain it outside..."

After speaking, he was a bit embarrassed and took out rune coins: "I wonder if little brother still has that kind of berry? The old man wants to buy some."

"Naturally, I have some."

Fang Xing smiled very kindly.

After the reputation fermented, he didn't need to solicit business, and business would naturally come to his door.

After working for a morning, he counted what was in his hand and found that he had thirty-seven rune coins. He nodded, withdrew the stall, and began to shop.

He came to this Cloud Coming Market, naturally having found out about many situations in advance.

This market was built by several Dao Foundation families in the vicinity, and the order was maintained by family disciples, which was barely considered safe.

And, the variety of goods was quite complete.

Fang Xing walked into a bookstore. Those with fixed shops had slightly better reputations.

"This guest, what kind of books do you want to buy?"

A middle-aged man dressed in Confucian robes and looking like a scholar greeted him.

"'Green Wood Art' technique, and 'Great Zhou Customs and Products'..."

Fang Xing scanned the bookshelf and gave the answer.

"'Green Wood Art' technique, ordinary wood-attribute technique, levels one to nine are all very detailed... selling for twenty rune coins."

"'Great Zhou Customs and Products,' divided into detailed and simple versions. I can use the simple version as a supplement to this transaction, and the detailed version requires ten rune coins."

The middle-aged scholar smiled.

"I'll take the detailed version..."

Fang Xing raised his hand and threw out thirty rune coins.

He had long known that introductory techniques in the cultivation world were relatively cheap. Comparing the two, he knew how badly the previous stall owner had cheated him.

Alas, at that time, it was a pure seller's market, and there was no other way.

"Hmm, guest, please wait a moment, I'll go get the books."

The middle-aged scholar retreated into the counter, reminding: "The real authentic ones, our bookstore usually hides them. The ones put out are either only a few pages, or contain traps and errors... If the guest is bored, you can browse through some."

Fang Xing: "..."

A moment later, the middle-aged man returned with a tray: "The Green Wood Art and 'Great Zhou Customs and Products Detailed Version' are all here... In addition, the Green Wood Art is an introductory technique of Green Wood Ridge. If the guest uses this technique to cast a Dao Foundation, if you want subsequent techniques, you must still join this sect."

He reminded: "This is also a means for major sects to screen disciples."

"So that's it."

Fang Xing nodded. No wonder the technique was so cheap; there were indeed many pits inside.

However, he had also inquired about Green Wood Ridge and knew it was an orthodox sect, with a style of conduct better than the Blood Shadow Sect.

And, most of the techniques on the market were like this; there was nothing to pick from.

Compared to the 'Great Zhou Customs and Products' in several volumes, the secret manual recording the 'Green Wood Art' technique was only a thin volume.

He first flipped to the first page, compared it with the part he had obtained, and nodded secretly.

Then, he flipped to the lower levels of the realm.

"The cultivation of cultivators in this world in the early stage can be divided into two major stages: 'Nine Levels of Qi-sensing, Three Grades of Dao Foundation'..."

"Most casual cultivators are in the Qi-sensing realm, and those who can enter the Dao Foundation Realm are all small giants, enough to establish small sects and families, and even protect the market..."

"Nine levels of Qi-sensing... Qi-sensing, Qi-refining, Qi-transformation, Qi-gathering, Qi-merging, Qi-nourishing, Qi-evil, Qi-gang, Hunyuan Qi. The first three levels focus on 'sensing and refining,' the middle three focus on 'condensing,' and the last three pay attention to improving the quality of true Qi... By the end, it is 'a mouthful of Hunyuan Qi, laying my supreme foundation'... casting a Dao Foundation with 'Hunyuan Qi'?"

It wasn't long before he stopped in front of a stall.

Fang Xing even suspected that there was some secret technique in the Blood Shadow Sect that could fill it with corpses and improve the quality of the evil cave, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why they treated paper slaves so harshly, wishing they would die.

'For me, the best place to cultivate is naturally a place with abundant Vegetation Essence Qi... Just plant more trees near my residence.'

He flipped through the Green Wood Art roughly, confirmed there were no omissions, and then flipped through 'Great Zhou Customs and Products.'

In fact, the region outside the territory theoretically also belongs to the Great Zhou.

Therefore, in 'Great Zhou Customs and Products,' there are also general maps of the region outside the territory and introductions to many forces.

Fang Xing bought this book, naturally to plan a place to settle down later.

Even, if the region outside the territory is not good, it is not impossible for him to sneak back to the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty.

This is the confidence brought to him by the 【Wild Shape】 that has never appeared in this world.

Perfectly transforming into an ordinary animal, I think passing through the 'Three Absolute Passes' shouldn't be a problem—if the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty is really that good, Fang Xing doesn't mind immigrating there.

He flipped to the introduction of the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty, and his expression changed slightly:

"The Great Zhou Divine Dynasty was built by the descendants of gods and has lasted for more than five thousand years..."

"In this dynasty, incense is prevalent, with family spirits, land gods, and city gods as the backbone of the legal network; temple keepers, god mothers, and god men as wings and claws; and yin soldiers and yin generals... Once an order is issued, cultivation among the people is prohibited. Those who practice must register with the government and perform labor... Casual cultivators and wild cultivators are all treated as serious criminals and killed without mercy."

"It looks like a dynasty flow, no wonder it's called a divine dynasty..."

"But I can be sure that this system with a tight legal network hates those who rely on their own strength the most... No wonder both orthodox and evil sides are driven to the region outside the territory."

"If I were an ordinary person, I could live well in the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty, at least the lower limit is high... But if you want to be a carefree immortal, don't even think about it."

Fang Xing shook his head secretly, denying a certain plan he originally had.

If you want to completely avoid the trouble of the Blood Shadow Sect, going to the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty is the best.

However, it doesn't matter if you can't go.

It's just a mortal slave who ran away, and even if that slave killed a few more slaves, it doesn't really count as anything.

Fang Xing estimated that the Blood Shadow Sect's degree of importance to him probably revolved around the managing disciples of the paper slave valley.

It was still far from the standard of being wanted by a major force.

In this way, as long as the distance is far enough, there is actually no need to worry about anything at all, even the name 'Fang Xing' doesn't need to be changed!

After all, there are too many people in the world with the same name and surname.

And by the time he becomes famous, it will definitely be years or decades later, maybe the managing disciples who knew about this have already died of old age...

After leaving the bookstore, Fang Xing strolled around the market.

As a druid, he was naturally very interested in various spirit plants, but there were very few in the market.

Finally, he bought some seeds of mulberry, hemp, etc., preparing to go back and plant trees himself.

Preparing to peel, pulp... make 'blood paper.'

Uh, the production process of blood paper might also require the secret methods of the Blood Shadow Sect, but at least making paper with quality similar to rune coins shouldn't be a problem.

This is to prepare for practicing the paper-making secret technique in the future.

After all, the best time to plant trees was ten years ago, and the second best is now.

As for actually starting cultivation?

Fang Xing wouldn't dare to put too much effort into it until he livered out the 【Ageless Body】 talent.

At most, he would occasionally practice 'Ten Thousand Perfect Hands' in his spare time, which counts as preparation for paper-folding in the future.

Late at night.