Chapter 608: Level 19

"Not good... when did the formation outside start?"

After Fei Yong and the others' hopes were shattered, their first reaction was naturally to run away.

But only then were they horrified to discover that the sect had directly activated the great formation, sealing off internal and external traffic.

It was clear that they were to be trapped here until they died!

"This Grass and Trees as Soldiers formation was laid out by them, so leaving a few secret doors is normal, right?"

Fang Xing now revealed his Yin Spirit True Person cultivation, and was the undisputed leader of this group of abandoned people.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the light green light curtains emerging, his face instead carrying a hint of a smile.

This Grass and Trees as Soldiers formation was the accumulation of who knows how many generations of their work, and he never thought of usurping it.

What Fang Xing had always been doing was starting a new stove!

By planting trees, he established a "Sacred Land in the Forest," suppressing and replacing the original formation!

He pulled out everything of Qingmu Ridge from the roots, and then started over, so naturally, he wouldn't be affected by anything.

"Killing Life Sect... destroying everything?"

Fang Xing walked in Qingmu Ridge, with dots of light green light on his body, like fireflies, flying around, occasionally falling into the ground.

Soon, those original buildings weathered and aged... as if experiencing the erosion of hundreds or thousands of years of time.

Vines, ancient trees, and wild flowers emerged one after another.

It was as if in the battle between man and nature, humans retreated, and nature made a comeback, encroaching on the original buildings and everything else...

Fang Xing measured the land of Qingmu Ridge with his own footsteps, his footprints almost covering every part of Qingmu Ridge.

Fei Yong and other cultivators didn't know why, and didn't dare to disturb him, so they could only look on anxiously from the side.

"Reluctance, attachment..."

"Has this land, this piece of nature, completely accepted me?"

Fang Xing's thoughts moved: "The Druid's plant domain, if it is too deep, is actually not good..."

For example, now, his instinct was driving him to leave the danger, while the Druid's sense of responsibility made him want to stay, to protect the nature here, everything here!

If it weren't for the "Flesh-Derived" divine ability, which made a backup in the outside world, no matter how good the Druid inheritance was, Fang Xing would definitely have left.

Even if he were to be hated by nature for this, so what?

He could still walk the path of the fallen Dark Druid!

The Druid profession, is it such an inconvenient thing?

【You have received a natural baptism and gained part of the "Natural Knowledge"...】

Accompanied by Fang Xing's deep contact with nature, the attribute bar's prompts kept emerging.

Perhaps it was a few days, perhaps it was a few months later.

The attribute bar shook, and a brand-new prompt emerged:

【Your Druid profession has been promoted to Level 19! Gained talent — "Natural Wrath"!】

【Natural Wrath — You can mark an enemy, making them an enemy of nature, bearing the wrath of nature!】

"Natural Wrath, huh? It can also be considered a large-scale natural ritual."

Fang Xing sighed.

Nature is actually very terrifying; the so-called wrath can be storms, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, or even earthquakes...

And this marked "Enemy of Nature," if it were just a mark, the wrath of nature borne would be average.

But if they really committed acts of destroying nature, and were then marked as an enemy, the wrath of nature borne would become increasingly terrifying, and in the end, it could even reach the level of a "Heavenly Tribulation."

"Finally... Level 19."

"Unfortunately... to want to upgrade to Level 20, time is still not enough."

Fang Xing sighed and glanced at the attribute bar:

【Name: Fang Xing】

【Age: 106/4379】

【Profession: Druid Level 19】

【Realm: Mid-Stage Yin Spirit】

【Talents: Natural Affinity, Wild Shape, Plant Growth, Poison Immunity, Fei Changqing, Thorns, Barkskin, Natural Healing, Point Tree Man, Tree Shepherd, Toughness, Combat Casting, Enlightenment, Regeneration, Ageless Body, Natural Summoning, Advanced Natural Healing, Natural Wrath】

【Skills: Wanquan Hand (Grandmaster 800/800), Paper Folding Art (Grandmaster 800/800), Beast Taming (Grandmaster 800/800), Breath-Concealing Technique (Grandmaster 800/800), Soul-Bewitching Technique (Grandmaster 800/800)】

"Oh? So my Yin Spirit cultivation is also improving?"

Fang Xing could be said to have obtained the true transmission of Qingmu Ridge, although the fundamental Great Dharma was taken away, he only needed the basic cultivation method.

The path after the Yin Spirit True Person was even more completely clear.

Therefore, there was no stagnation in his cultivation, and he broke through a small realm in one thought.

"The cultivation of a Yin Spirit True Person is very simple, it is just refining a bit of Yin Spirit into Pure Yang... as long as there is a bit of Yang, one can break through to the Yang Spirit Great Zhenjun, and the Yang Spirit Great Zhenjun is constantly cultivating the Yang Spirit, eventually becoming no different from a flesh-and-blood body..."

"I always feel that these cultivation paths are somewhat incomplete... they seem to be specifically transformed toward the incense divine path."

Whether it is Yin Spirit or Yang Spirit, as long as they obtain the imperial edict, the transformation into a local deity will be very smooth.

Of course, Dao Foundation, Qi Condensation, and even ordinary people can also be edicted, but the transformation will be difficult, and the power obtained in the end will not be much.

"These major sects, self-proclaimed 'ancient traditions,' but after the Yang Spirit, they are somewhat lacking..."

Fang Xing vaguely heard that the Yang Spirit Great Zhenjun had a very high status in the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao and was a master who could open a sect.

Moreover, they all bowed to the Zhou Zhou Shenchao, willing to be hawks and dogs, just to obtain the imperial edict...

It seems that they can be promoted on the spot and become human demigods!

This is also the extreme power of the human world, and going further will not be tolerated by the human world, so they must ascend to the Heavenly Court. 'So, these ancient traditions actually have no future.'

'Cultivating hard for decades, a hundred years, nearly a thousand years... is not as good as an imperial edict from the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao? A divine grace promotion from a True God?'

Dots of green light were like starlight, surrounding Fang Xing.

He floated up, like a green sun.

A green sun shrouded Qingmu Ridge, and those evergreen trees he planted suddenly began to grow wildly.

Those hundred-year spiritual woods actually broke through to a thousand years in an instant.

Many old trees even turned into ten-thousand-year-old ones!

Especially in the direction of the Qingyu Garden, one could see an ancient tree rising to the sky, its canopy covering the sky and the sun, actually shrouding the entire valley within it.

"This..."

Fei Yong and the others looked at each other, completely unable to understand what was happening.

"Sacred Land in the Forest — Natural Barrier!"

Fang Xing, with his upgraded natural affinity and natural perception, instantly sensed the evergreen trees of the entire Qingmu Ridge.

(One error, one head, one hair, one content, one look!)

Countless tree roots immediately went deep into the earth vein, like strangling, crushing every formation flag, formation disk, and large formation instrument into powder.

A dark green light shield full of vitality rushed into the sky.

Wherever it passed, the original "Grass and Trees as Soldiers formation" shattered like soap bubbles.

On the attribute bar, lines of prompts emerged:

【You have built a "Sacred Land in the Forest," and all creatures within the Sacred Land range, radiated by your plant domain, will be affected as follows!】

【1. Natural Barrier! 2. Magic-Forbidden Domain! 3. Element Perception...】

【You are within the range of the "Sacred Land in the Forest," mana recovery speed increased by 1000%! You gain additional spellcasting ability! Your summoned natural allies will gain additional bonuses...】

【You gain the ability to communicate with the power of the four elements!】

A large number of prompts brushed down like a waterfall.

"As expected of the 'Sacred Land in the Forest,' boosting oneself, weakening the enemy..."

Fang Xing felt the so-called "power of the four elements": "According to the Druid's saying, the four elements are 'Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water'... Now that I have communicated with them, am I proficient in four-element spells? Not to mention throwing a fireball or water ball, even triggering storms and earthquakes is possible..."

"With my current strength, I am enough to rival a Yang Spirit Great Zhenjun."

"But the Late Stage of the Yang Spirit? Let's make contact and see first."

Fang Xing looked at the outside world.

At this time, Fei Yong and the other cultivators were already stunned by this sudden change.

"The Grass and Trees as Soldiers formation... broken?"

"Haha, my grandfather is indeed chest-full of plans."

Fei Yong laughed loudly, and saw paper cranes flying in.

These paper cranes were for passing information and intelligence between cultivators, and before, because of the Grass and Trees as Soldiers formation, they were all blocked outside.

Now they were swarming in; after all, these cultivators had families, and many friends and relatives.

Once the news got through, various exclamations rang out: "What? The Corpse-Driving Sect has already been destroyed?"

"Not only that, the Killing Life Sect's soldiers have arrived at Yunlai Marketplace... Not long after, they will definitely come to sweep away Qingmu Ridge!"

Fei Yong quickly approached Fang Xing, who had landed: "Grandfather Fang... what do you think?"

"Just soldiers come to block, water comes to cover... If any of you want to leave, leave immediately."

Fang Xing waved his hand and said to the many disciples.

"This..."

Several cultivators looked at each other, then immediately turned and left.

People might not be afraid of death when hot-headed, but after living in fear of waiting for death every day for this period of time, they still couldn't accept it.

Now that a path to life appeared, they naturally chose to leave.

Fang Xing didn't care.

He whistled, and a blue jade beetle he had cultivated himself appeared.

It was as big as a millstone, and then shrank to the size of a fist.

He liked this kind of demonic insect very much, and even chose it as one of his Wild Shape forms.

However, after being promoted to a Yin Spirit True Person, his Grandmaster-level Beast Taming had a new branch.

At this time, a wisp of Fang Xing's Yin Spirit directly attached itself to the blue jade beetle, making its body suddenly become illusory, and it flew into the high sky.

'This kind of attachment method is safer than transforming myself to investigate...'

Fang Xing now seemed to have two perspectives. He focused his attention on the perspective of the blue jade beetle and saw that outside Qingmu Ridge, several battles had actually occurred.

One side of the battle was naturally the cultivators who had just chosen to leave.

'Old Ancestor Qingmu wanted to leave before, and he needed people to cover him. You are leaving now... the outside world has probably become a copper wall and iron wall, right?'

Fang Xing complained, and then saw the Killing Life Sect vanguard who made the move.

They were in small teams, including archers, guards in black armor, and priests in black robes, each looking like they only had Qi Condensation cultivation, yet they could easily kill Dao Foundation cultivators...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 609 =====