Chapter 563

"Green Spirit Bamboo has purification effects and is very popular among some female cultivators... This one was carefully selected by me; it has already become a spiritual plant and is of excellent quality."

The stall owner laughed: "It's a pity that ten-year or hundred-year Green Spirit Bamboo only has this much use; only after a thousand years, when it grows into 'Green Spirit Iron Bamboo', can it be used to refine magic tools, and then it has some value."

"Legend has it that once Green Spirit Bamboo exceeds ten thousand years, it will upgrade and become 'Ten Thousand Year Spirit Source Bamboo', but unfortunately... that's just a legend."

Fang Xing nodded, gave the talisman money, and bought this small section of Green Spirit Bamboo.

Bamboo divides, and this Green Spirit Bamboo might not be unable to become a ten-thousand-acre bamboo sea in the future.

"I wonder how long it will take for my 'Plant Growth' to make the Green Spirit Bamboo reach ten thousand years of age..."

"But currently, raising Ten Thousand Year Spirit Source Bamboo is just asking for death... Only by having the appropriate identity and strength can one do appropriate things and not suffer backlash!"

"For me now, planting ten-year or hundred-year Green Spirit Bamboo is fine."

Fang Xing bid farewell to the stall owner and came to the Four Seasons Pavilion.

"Haha... Fellow Daoist Fang is here?"

Old Man Lv, Song Yunqian, Hu Liuniang, Uncle Uncle Tie Luo Sanren, and Lin Xu were all there, and their attitudes were very friendly: "Fellow Daoist's spiritual planting technique is truly extraordinary; that Land Reclamation Order has already come down."

"Oh?"

Fang Xing's eyes brightened: "Let's go to a private room to talk in detail."

Inside the private room.

Old Man Lv spread out a map of the Qingli Swamp.

He saw that the swamp area was vast, and a large area had already been dyed green, with the word 'Fei' written on it.

"This is the Fei family's territory, which we cannot occupy; everything else is fair game..."

Old Man Lv's eyes were bright: "I have already inquired; the other four families want to develop Qingfeng Hollow, Sanyue Pool, Burial Ground, and Green Water Bay... We don't have many directions to choose from, but this 'Poison Dragon Slope' is just right."

This had been discussed before.

Poison Dragon Slope didn't mean there were poison dragons, but that there were many poisonous snakes.

"Although this place is barren, the earth vein energy is abundant... If coordinated well, it is indeed possible to raise an evil acupoint, but the grade won't be high at the beginning, probably something like 'Hundred Poison Qi'..."

Fang Xing pondered and gave his own insight: "If Poison Dragon Slope wants to house people, it doesn't need to fill in the swamp, but on that slope, a large number of spiritual plants with purification effects must be planted. I have already selected a few types, and Green Spirit Bamboo is not bad..."

"Hmm, we will have to trouble Fellow Daoist Fang with this aspect. We can scrape together five hundred talisman coins for you to purchase spiritual seeds."

Old Man Lv and the others discussed it and replied.

"Besides that, Poison-Avoiding Pills, various formations, basic materials... these are all a huge expense."

Song Yunqian calculated and smiled bitterly: "After this, we'll be bankrupt..."

"Haha, once the Qingli Swamp is opened up, everything will be fine... Although this place is dangerous, the spiritual energy is abundant, and opening up several evil acupoints is no problem at all; otherwise, the Fei family wouldn't have chosen their ancestral grounds here..."

Uncle Uncle Tie Luo Sanren laughed.

"Everyone..."

Fang Xing spoke with a full face of smiles: "Then now, should we discuss the distribution of the evil acupoints in the future?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Old Man Lv and the others' expressions changed slightly, but they quickly adjusted: "We are just about to hear Fellow Daoist Fang's high opinion..."

"The cultivation technique I practice is ordinary, and absorbing plant essence is enough, so I won't compete with you all..."

Fang Xing sighed: "But accordingly, I need to carve out a large enough territory to facilitate planting trees..."

"Plant... planting trees?"

Hu Liuniang blinked, not expecting such a reversal.

"Yes... planting trees. My dream is to grow a ten-thousand-acre forest in the Qingli Swamp."

Fang Xing responded with a smile.

After comparing various conditions, his heart had already leaned towards the plant domain.

At that time, he would just be a homebody cultivator, planting trees every day.

Anyway, as the forest sea continued to grow, it would provide him with a steady stream of experience, enough to support the promotion of the Druid profession.

"Good, Fellow Daoist Fang is high-minded."

Lin Xu clapped and praised.

He was alone and had no thoughts of a family, so hearing Fang Xing give up the distribution of evil acupoints, he naturally approved very much.

As for ordinary territory? What did that have to do with him?

Old Man Lv had shallow cultivation and was old, so he was the one who cared most about his family. He looked at the others and finally nodded: "Fine... I will go invite a fellow Daoist to invite the gods, and we will sign the divine contract together..."

"That would be excellent."

Fang Xing didn't care about this; the so-called 'inviting gods' for ordinary rogue cultivators usually meant inviting mountain spirits, ghosts, or even the thoughts of strong people who had passed away, or even still-living Yin God Zhenren to witness.

Not to mention that he didn't intend to break his word anyway.

Even if he did break his word, as long as he could beat the 'god' invited to witness, there wouldn't be much of a problem.

Outside Yunlai Market.

Fang Xing walked out of the market dressed in animal skins.

His footsteps were fast, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into a dense forest.

On the treetops, a few sparrows were chirping, seemingly saying something.

Fang Xing heard it, and his eyes moved slightly.

"Oh? Does the bird warning I set up in advance mean there is danger nearby?"

"Nature has also given me a warning..."

"Is it because the reputation of the healing berries has fermented and I've earned too much talisman money? Or because I've been targeted because of the Land Reclamation Order?"

In fact, Old Man Lv had long ago given similar warnings, and even wanted to drag Fang Xing into a sworn brotherhood, making it the Six Friends of Floating Clouds or something, but was rejected by Fang Xing.

He appeared to be walking normally, but suddenly a paper dagger appeared in his hand, and he casually stabbed it into an ancient tree nearby.

Gurgle!

Gurgle!

A large amount of blood gushed out.

"You... I..."

The bark fell off, revealing a human figure. He lowered his head, looking at the dagger in his chest, and before he could say anything, he had already breathed his last.

"In the forest, playing hide-and-seek with a high-perception Druid like me, you're really something."

Fang Xing praised, his ears moved, and his figure turned.

Pfft! Pfft!

Two black round gallbladders hit the empty space and exploded.

Countless pitch-black liquid filled with corrosion spread out, leaving a large number of tiny holes on the ground.

"There's one more, but it's only at the sixth level of Qi Sensing..."

"Also... no matter how extravagant the person behind the scenes is, it's impossible to hire a cultivator above the seventh level of Qi Sensing to kill me, a mere second-level Qi Sensing cultivator..."

Fang Xing listened to the sound and identified the position, and his whole body lunged forward.

Roar!

Amidst the howling wind, a large tiger with a white forehead appeared.

—Mountain Lord Transformation!

Pounce!

Fang Xing let out a tiger roar, taking the initiative, and then pounced.

He saw the tree shadows in front of him part, revealing a man in green robes, who rolled to the side in shock and escaped, looking very flustered.

Slap!

Fang Xing's tail moved, the Mountain Lord's tail like a steel whip, hitting the green-robed man's waist, causing him to let out a scream.

He pressed down with both claws, and the tiger's strength held the green-robed man firmly.

"I confess..."

The green-robed man had just opened his mouth, and there seemed to be a strange green tattoo under his tongue.

"Curse?"

Fang Xing knew he couldn't let this person continue to speak, and the giant tiger bit down fiercely.

Crack!

The green-robed man's neck broke, and he died instantly!

After doing this, Fang Xing leaped up and jumped dozens of feet in a few bounds.

Not far away, Old Man Lv was rushing over with Uncle Uncle Tie Luo Sanren, and seeing this scene, his expression suddenly changed.

"You are... Fellow Daoist Fang?"

Old Man Lv held Uncle Uncle Tie Luo down and said: "I just received news that several reclamation teams were attacked, so I came specifically to see Fellow Daoist Fang... but I didn't expect Fellow Daoist to have already solved it?"

"Which force is the attacker?"

The giant tiger spoke in human language, which was Fang Xing's voice.

"I don't know... but it should be a hostile force of the Fei family... Since you chose to be a vassal of a Dao foundation family, some things are ultimately hard to avoid."

Old Man Lv shook his head and looked at Fang Xing again: "What you practice, could it be the 'Skin Painting Technique' from the Shadow Play path? It is rumored that this technique is hard to paint the bones when painting a tiger's skin, and wanting to have both form and spirit is extremely difficult... Fellow Daoist clearly has already grasped its essence."

"That's right, I am indeed practicing the Skin Painting Technique."

Fang Xing chuckled, not explaining, letting these two guess blindly.

The two famous supernatural secrets of the Blood Shadow Sect are 'Shadow Play' and 'Paper Folding'. Among them, the Shadow Play path is all-encompassing, and the Skin Painting Technique it contains requires peeling off the entire skin of the target, and then painting its bones and spirit on it, so that one can put on the skin and transform into the target.

However, peeling the skin of wild beasts and demonic beasts is easy, but peeling human skin is very difficult, and making the skin appearance is also very difficult.

As the saying goes, 'It is easy to paint a tiger's skin but hard to paint its bones; one knows a person's face but not their heart', and that is exactly it.

Although Old Man Lv was knowledgeable, he didn't know about the Druid's 【Wilderness Transformation】, so he was clearly mistaken, but Fang Xing would certainly not be kind enough to correct him.

He perceived that Old Man Lv and the other were about to arrive, but he didn't hold his ground and wait for reinforcements, naturally to show his strength to these allies and demonstrate, so as to avoid encountering some speechless things.

His tiger head glanced at the two of them, and his figure flashed, disappearing into the dense forest.

"Big Brother..."

Uncle Uncle Tie Luo Sanren then put down the iron umbrella in his hand: "Your Great Sage Cloak Fist plus my Uncle Uncle Tie Luo Umbrella, how would we fare against this person?"

"I'm afraid... the outcome is hard to predict."

Old Man Lv sighed, and then smiled: "Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Fang is our ally... With reclamation imminent, having one more powerful ally is always good."

Cultivators at the Qi Sensing stage, except for those who specifically refine their bodies, actually have physical strength only slightly stronger than ordinary people.

Only when they reach the seventh level of Qi Sensing, and their magic power carries a trace of evil energy, can they protect their bodies at any time and thoroughly pull away the gap with ordinary things.

Before that, if a cultivator unexpectedly met a tiger at close range, it would likely be the former who died!

Wooden house.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged, silently operating the Green Wood Technique.

Boom!

Plant essence surged in, causing him to directly enter the third level of Qi Sensing.

At the same time, various information flashed on the attribute bar:

【You performed a cultivation session and obtained 'Natural Baptism'! You obtained some 'Natural Knowledge'!】

【Druid profession upgraded to Level 4! Obtained 'Toxin Immunity'!】

"Toxin Immunity talent, finally obtained. The effect is simple and crude: immunity to toxins..."

Fang Xing nodded with satisfaction and scanned the attribute bar:

【Name: Fang Xing】

【Age: 16/40】

【Profession: Druid Level 4】

【Realm: Qi Sensing Level 3】

【Talents: Natural Affinity, Wilderness Transformation, Plant Growth, Toxin Immunity】

【Skills: Ten Thousand Complete Hands (Proficient 1/100), Paper Folding Technique (Entry 23/100)】

"Has Ten Thousand Complete Hands already broken through to the Ten Complete Hands rank?"

"However, the most critical thing is Toxin Immunity... This scope is a bit general. Can I really be immune to some absolute poisons in the cultivation world?"

"Or, can I only be immune to toxins in the natural world?"

Fang Xing fell into deep thought. According to the natural knowledge he obtained, this 'Toxin Immunity' should be a growth talent. Perhaps it can only be immune to natural toxins now, but after the Druid profession level increases, most of the toxins in the world can be immune.