Chapter 566: Rank 5

"I've reached the seventh level of Qi Condensation!"

Fang Xing casually struck out with a strand of magic power.

Hiss!

A baleful wind suddenly arose. The magic power, which had originally been formless and intangible, manifested directly in mid-air, turning into a series of agile green snakes that slithered about.

Pfft!

The bodies of the green snakes were like steel whips. With a slight flick of a tail, a piece of green rock that was swept by it instantly turned into fly ash...

"As expected... the seventh level of Qi Condensation, also known as the Late Qi Condensation Stage, is completely different from the previous few realms."

"A casual strand of magic power can easily suppress low-rank cultivators, and even if the latter use magic tools, they might not be able to bridge this gap..."

Fang Xing sensed his own Green Snake Baleful Qi magic power and smiled slightly: "My lifespan has also increased by twenty years in one go?"

"It's just a pity..."

He flicked his sleeve casually, and the green snakes came to the soles of his feet, lifting him three inches off the ground, though his movement appeared somewhat sluggish.

"Baleful Qi is still turbid; it's not suitable for flying..."

"Once I reach the eighth level of Qi Condensation and refine Heavenly Gang Qi, I will be able to easily lift myself and enter the blue void..."

"According to the Green Wood Art, what best matches the Green Snake Baleful Qi is naturally the 'Green Dragon Heavenly Gang Qi'... When the dragon and snake merge, it becomes the 'Primordial Dragon-Snake Qi'... It will be of some help for forging the Dao Foundation."

"Breaking through to the seventh level of Qi Condensation today is a good opportunity, so I might as well break through directly."

He looked at the attribute panel:

【Your Druid profession has been promoted to Level 5, gaining 'Eternal Youth'!】

【Eternal Youth: Your appearance will not age, and the rate of lifespan depletion is reduced by half!】

【Your various Druid talents have been improved!】

Thump-thump!

In an instant, Fang Xing seemed to hear the sound of his own heartbeat.

In his perception, the area around his heart was suddenly enveloped by a mass of green light.

This green light permeated the interior of his heart, then circulated through his blood to his entire body, bringing a feeling of rejuvenation.

"Eternal Youth!"

Fang Xing's heart stirred: "Is this the effect of Eternal Youth?"

His original body had been captured as a slave and had actually been tortured to the point of being on the verge of death. Even after several promotions in profession level and breakthroughs in realms, it had only slightly compensated for it.

When he was cultivating, he still had a feeling of deficiency, knowing that his origin had been damaged.

But this time, with the help of the lifespan accumulated from multiple small realm breakthroughs, and then fixed and amplified by 【Eternal Youth】... it was finally considered to have compensated for this part of the loss.

It was even enhancing his aptitude and benefiting his origin...

"My lifespan..."

On the attribute panel, the various data had changed again:

【Name: Fang Xing】

【Age: 21/129】

【Profession: Druid Level 5】

【Realm: Seventh Level of Qi Condensation】

【Talents: Natural Affinity, Wild Shape, Plant Growth, Toxin Immunity, Eternal Youth】

【Skills: Ten Thousand Hands (Master 158/400), Origami (Entry 55/100), Beast Taming (Proficient 66/200)】

"Lifespan 129? This already exceeds the vast majority of ordinary people and even Qi Condensation cultivators, right? Only the Dao Foundation Realm is stronger than me... However, once I obtain the 【Ageless Body】, I will definitely be able to easily surpass it..."

Fang Xing looked at the three major skills. His Ten Thousand Hands had already been pushed to the level of Thousand Hands, which was not considered weak even in the Blood Shadow Sect.

As for the art of origami, because he hadn't focused on it, it was still at the entry stage.

As for the final Beast Taming, because he had only practiced insect taming so far, it mainly displayed the rank of the insect taming technique.

While thinking, Fang Xing came to a mound in the bamboo forest.

This place was very strange. Within a hundred-meter radius, there wasn't a single spirit bamboo, nor were there any plants, poisonous insects, or snakes; there were only mounds of earth rising up.

Rustle!

Fang Xing whistled, and strange white ants crawled out from the sand dune fortress, spreading a thick layer on the ground, like white snow.

Even a small portion of them grew a pair of transparent wings on their backs and flew up directly.

"Cold White Ants... demon insects mainly based on the cold attribute, they love to eat metal, plants, and ores... and are mutually antagonistic to the fire attribute!"

Fang Xing checked them and couldn't help but nod.

These Cold White Ants were the result of his continuous cultivation and selection over the past five years.

Moreover, relying on his Wild talent and animal domain, he successfully induced a portion of the Cold White Ants to mutate into 'Double-Winged Cold White Ants', whose lethality was more than doubled.

He took out a red-skinned gourd and pulled out the stopper. The Double-Winged Cold White Ants immediately flew over and submerged into the gourd.

After filling a gourd with the strange insects, Fang Xing nodded with satisfaction and let the remaining Cold White Ants crawl back.

"I am now at the seventh level of Qi Condensation. Relying on such cultivation and this insect taming technique... I'm not considered weak among those at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Condensation, right?"

"And this doesn't even count the Druid profession bonus..."

"Below the Dao Foundation, there shouldn't be anything to fear... It's just a pity that my sense of security is still insufficient."

Fang Xing stared at the notification of his previous upgrade and came to the side of the wooden house.

"All Druid talents have been improved? As expected, talent types are the best because they will grow as the level increases..."

Fang Xing closed his eyes slightly, then looked at a brown oak seed in his hand.

The seed fell to the ground and was enveloped by a mass of emerald light, immediately taking root and sprouting... growing into a sapling. Before long, it became as tall as Fang Xing and continued to grow vigorously...

"Plant Growth, the lifespan that can be catalyzed at one time has increased... and Toxin Immunity, I can be immune to more toxins... and I have more affinity with nature..."

"Besides that, there is an amplification for all forms of Wild Shape..."

He lunged forward.

Roar!

Amidst the tiger's roar, Fang Xing instantly transformed into a large tiger with a white forehead and hanging eyes.

This giant tiger was half again as large as before, and black energy dispersed around its body, carrying a kind of pressure.

One look and you could tell it was an extraordinary demon beast, not an ordinary species.

"Mountain Lord Form (Demon)!"

"I feel that my control over the wind is clearer, and I can also use the black mist to bind the souls I have killed... Is this the talent of 'acting as a tiger's accomplice'?"

The tiger that Fang Xing had transformed into ran wildly all the way, and suddenly leaped lightly onto a rock.

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An owl emerged, with a wingspan of over one meter, and it had also self-taught the wind blade technique.

He flew to the high sky and looked down, discovering that the terrain of Poison Dragon Slope at this time was somewhat similar to Taiji.

His bamboo forest and wooden house... were the eye of one of the yin-yang fish.

The position of the eye of the other yin-yang fish was naturally where the baleful cave on the East Peak was located.

"Not bad, not bad. It seems that my design back then was quite reasonable."

The owl dived down and landed in the swamp.

Splash!

A one-meter-long black-backed carp emerged, and two long dragon whiskers grew on the carp's lips.

It flicked its tail, and waves of water appeared, pushing it forward like a rocket.

"Fish Demon transformation, not only has the body size increased, but I have also comprehended several demon arts related to water..."

As the core form of 【Wild Shape】, Fang Xing paid the most attention to the Fish Demon transformation.

After all, the other Wild Shape forms would at most grow larger and become more powerful in the future.

But the core form could be continuously 'upgraded'.

At the very least, after he reached Druid Level 10, the 'Mountain Python Form' he transformed into would definitely be much stronger than the Green Snake transformation at the same Level 10!

Even if they were both snakes, there was a difference between dragon-blooded creatures and ordinary species!

Splash!

Fang Xing was immersed in the pleasure of transforming into a fish demon, swimming freely in the wild swamp.

This was also Druid cultivation.

Gurgle!

He dived into the bottom of a pool, and a thick black python emerged, swimming along with the dragon-whiskered black-backed carp.

Under Fang Xing's protection, this black snake successfully molted and truly ascended to a demon beast at the seventh level of Qi Condensation.

Fang Xing also comprehended the 'Green Snake transformation' from the other party and understood the method of gestating 'Snake Baleful Qi' from the snake body.

This could also be considered as providing convenience for his breakthrough to the seventh level of Qi Condensation; the two sides could be considered as mutually achieving each other.

Gurgle!

Fang Xing spat bubbles and swam into a green water lake.

The swamp here had long been expanded into a lake.

Even on the lake, there were fishing boats, each dividing areas and raising shellfish.

'Should have reached Green Water Bay, this is the territory of the Seven Righteous Ones of the Song family... The seven sworn brothers intend to establish the 'Song Family', and they even obtained a secret technique that can raise spirit shellfish...'

Fang Xing looked over and saw huge shells moving at the bottom of the lake.

Some shells opened and closed, revealing pearls the size of a fist.

Those pearls were not only round and flawless, but also carried wisps of spiritual energy.

"What a place to raise shellfish. A single such spirit pearl can sell for at least dozens of talisman coins, right? At the very least, the Prayer lineage likes this kind of thing very much..."

Fang Xing observed secretly.

He often swam through the entire Green Dawn Swamp in his Wild Shape form.

Even the Fei family had been there before, but they just didn't dare to go deep.

For the Fei family, even if they could discover an owl wearing a painted skin, they couldn't distinguish the owl transformed by Fang Xing.

Precisely because of this, Fang Xing was not exactly omniscient about the movements of the other four families, but at least he wasn't blind.

Of course, this was even more so for the five families located on Poison Dragon Slope.

"Brother Yun, you raise these pearls extremely well... I'm afraid they can sell for hundreds of talisman coins, right?"

At this time, on a fishing boat, a crisp female voice came, carrying the gentleness and tenderness of a Jiangnan pearl girl.

"Haha, the Master Qiao family caravan is about to arrive. When the time comes, I'll buy you a bottle of 'Beauty-Nurturing Pill'..."

A rough male voice replied, followed by some mushy love words.

Fang Xing heard this, but his heart stirred: "The Master Qiao family caravan is arriving again? That's right... this caravan comes once a year... the time since the last one is about the same."

"And, they go to Green Water Bay first, then Poison Dragon Slope... the news should arrive in two days."

Although the Green Dawn Swamp is dangerous, it is very rich in produce!

Especially after the five families joined forces to reclaim the land, they had contact with caravans.

These five families also knew the convenience of caravans, so they each put in their best efforts to find a suitable trade route.

The one leading to Poison Dragon Slope was still explored by Fang Xing relying on various small animals. Compared to the other four families who lost many people, he took a big advantage.

Of course, he also charged Old Lu and the others a fee; he didn't do it for free.

(End of chapter)