Starry Sky Professional Directory 104
Chapter 104: Lost Treasure (In honor of Night Xun Alliance Leader)
Spring turned to autumn.
In the blink of an eye, a semester passed quietly.
Fang Xing gazed at the scenery outside the window, and couldn’t help but sigh.
Because he was wary of the Nascent Soul cultivator on the other side, he couldn’t go hunting recklessly… Plus, his appetite had increased significantly, and Spirit Rice and monster meat couldn’t replenish his needs in time, so his martial arts training speed had decreased somewhat in these past few months.
However, even so, it was an improvement that would be unimaginable for ordinary Federation geniuses.
He extended his right hand; his skin was as translucent as yellow jade, his five fingers incredibly long, without a trace of calluses, almost unbelievably the hand of a martial artist.
At this moment, with a thought, a dragon’s roar faintly echoed in the void.
A dragon’s might spread from him as the center, continuously expanding outwards, forming a “preliminary domain”!
If someone were standing here, they might even be dazed, thinking they had seen a cloud dragon’s scales and claws…
“Sure enough, after the Great Dragon Stake reached over half of the Master Stage, I grasped the preliminary domain…”
Fang Xing murmured to himself.
The fifth realm of the Martial Dao requires the spirit to influence matter, transforming the inner scene into the outer scene!
For the spirit to directly influence matter requires the complete filling of spiritual power in the Niwan Palace, naturally overflowing outwards.
Transforming the inner scene into the outer scene is achieved through a domain!
Since ancient times, the first step in comprehending the preliminary domain has stumped countless martial artists.
But for Fang Xing, after grinding the Great Dragon Stake to level 200 and above, he naturally comprehended the preliminary form of the Dragon’s Domain.
“This progress is considered normal… After all, that yellow-browed kid comprehended the preliminary form of the Light Domain during the Hundred Star Joint Examination, and coupled with his own light transformation ability, he can even fly… I still can’t fly.”
Of course, Fang Xing also knew that Gu Jian Tong was exceptionally gifted, and because he awakened a top-tier ability, he had an innate advantage in developing the Light Domain.
As for himself, as long as he showed his proficiency bar, he would have an innate advantage in any domain!
The difference between them was like the difference between a top student and a science-focused academic overachiever.
Undoubtedly, the yellow-browed kid was the one who was lacking in certain areas!
After a moment’s thought, Fang Xing took out his phone and called Lan Fei: “Lan Fei… I plan to immerse myself in cultivation during the winter break. Go buy a batch of New Year’s gifts and deliver them to everyone individually… You must visit Principal Lu Guangming, Teacher Xia Long, and classmate Gu Yun on my behalf…”
“Okay.”
On the other end, Lan Fei immediately agreed and went to work.
Fang Xing chuckled softly and went to his seclusion chamber.
A flash of silver light, and the figure disappeared…
…
The cultivation world.
A figure traversed the vast wilderness.
Several wolf-like monsters seemed to notice the figure and were about to take action.
Roar! Roar!
A preliminary domain enveloped the area, and a dragon-shaped form faintly appeared in the void.
“Woof woof!”
The wolf-like monsters seemed to sense a great danger approaching and immediately scurried away with their tails between their legs.
“Preliminary domain… how should it be applied? It can’t yet condense the dragon form into a solid entity… but scaring people with a dragon-shaped palm strike seems to be no problem…”
Fang Xing pondered silently as he found the ancient tree he had marked.
His hands were like the sharpest shovels, quickly digging into the earth; within a short time, he had dug a three-meter deep pit.
Clang!
A clear metallic sound echoed.
He grabbed with his right hand, lifting out a silver metal box.
After entering the password, the box automatically opened, revealing a screen inside.
On the screen were the monitoring logs from this period!
With a Nascent Soul cultivator appearing, Fang Xing naturally had to be extra cautious, but he couldn’t give up his advantage of having ‘all-seeing eyes.’
Therefore, although he had withdrawn a large number of drone puppets, he still had some deployed in several key locations.
For example, near Qinglinfang City, Five Scorpion Valley, and the underground camp.
This time, he learned his lesson and didn’t get close for reconnaissance; he only monitored the situation from several miles away.
Furthermore, each puppet had its own monitoring box, buried deep away from the underground camp, ensuring that no one could trace them back to him.
At this moment, on the screen, as the footage fast-forwarded, everything in Five Scorpion Valley was clearly visible.
“Sure enough… since that discovery, the Nascent Soul cultivator entered Five Scorpion Valley… three days later, there were results…”
Fang Xing murmured, his full attention on the surveillance video.
Due to the great distance, he could only see two streams of light flying out of Five Scorpion Valley, intertwined with each other…
“This is… internal strife?”
Fang Xing was somewhat surprised, yet not entirely unexpected: “Originally three streams of light, now it’s become two? Is the secret realm that dangerous… that even Nascent Soul cultivators perished within?”
Roar!
The entanglement of the two streams of light seemed to attract the attention of a third-order monster; a strange beast roar emerged from the distance.
And then…
A sprawling black shadow appeared…
A figure flashed among the two streams of light, countless spells like a torrent, and a strange flying hairpin treasure suddenly transformed into a phoenix burning with divine fire, colliding with the sprawling black shadow…
A pitch-black claw suddenly appeared, grabbing the divine fire phoenix.
Three pitch-black streams of light flashed, causing the Nascent Soul cultivator wielding the flying hairpin treasure to reveal their form in a flustered manner; it was the Supreme Elder of the Qingxuan Sect!
She looked at the suddenly appearing black-ink colored蛟龙 (jiāo lóng – a type of dragon in Chinese mythology), a look of terror on her face. She was about to use some secret technique when a burly man behind her with tattoos all over his body roared, and the tattoos on his fists instantly came to life, transforming into a ten-meter-long double-headed monster serpent, biting towards her back…
“Spectacular! Truly spectacular!”
Fang Xing didn’t feel much about the thrilling battle between these Nascent Soul cultivators, after all, he was watching it through a screen.
Besides, it was a few months ago.
But being able to safely watch Nascent Soul cultivators and third-order monsters fight to the death was enough to make him applaud.
He watched the surveillance video and deduced a rough outline: “Three Nascent Soul cultivators explored the secret realm, one was trapped inside, and the other two fought each other after coming out… As a result, the fluctuations of Nascent Soul-level magical power attracted a third-order蛟龙… While these two Nascent Soul cultivators were resisting the monster, they were still stabbing each other in the back…”
Fang Xing continued to watch, and saw the old woman with white hair and youthful face scream, bitten by the蛟龙, her spiritual light dissipating, countless blood and flesh fragments dripping from the dragon’s teeth.
Seeing this scene, the burly man’s face was equally terrified; he chanted incantations, one arm suddenly exploded, and his entire body turned into a beam of blood light, escaping at an astonishing speed…
“Using some self-mutilating secret technique… escaped?”
Fang Xing adjusted the angle and connected to other drones.
Indeed, at the same time, the monitoring device hidden outside Qinglinfang City showed a blood-colored light streaking across the sky, not stopping in the city at all, disappearing in a flash. Not long after, a pitch-black蛟龙 followed closely behind…
…
“It’s finally over… the subsequent monitoring didn’t show any other Nascent Soul cultivators arriving…”
Fang Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
Of the three Nascent Soul cultivators, one was directly trapped in the secret realm, one died at the hands of the monster, and only one escaped with serious injuries.
The local’s dungeon-crawling mortality rate is too high!
He couldn’t help but secretly give himself a thumbs up in his heart. Not impulsively exploring the secret realm was indeed the most correct decision!
“However… now I can go pick up some scraps, right?”
Fang Xing stroked his chin, carefully reviewing the surveillance footage, focusing on the moment when the Qingxuan Sect’s Supreme Elder was ambushed, thoughtfully.
This Nascent Soul cultivator was naturally doomed, but the flying hairpin treasure, having lost its master’s control, wailed and fell to the ground.
The burly man was busy escaping and didn’t have time to pick it up!
As for the third-order蛟龙, it didn’t seem interested in it, and directly chased after the burly man…
“In other words… there’s a third-order treasure waiting for me to pick up?”
Fang Xing’s eyes lit up.
First-order artifacts, second-order spiritual tools, third-order treasures!
Treasures are used by Nascent Soul cultivators, requiring third-order materials for crafting, and are very valuable.
It can be said that even a tiny fragment might be more valuable than his Qinghong Sword!
“The key is that it’s been so long, and it’s not in the secret realm… not much danger.”
“Picking it up casually… should be okay, right?”
“If the Nascent Soul cultivator’s storage bag also fell nearby, that would be a huge windfall…”
…
Several days later.
“Damn… I’m such an idiot…”
Fang Xing pressed on his temples, feeling a sharp pain in his Niwan Palace.
He had arrived beneath the location of the previous battle.
But a hairpin fell from above, how large an area is that below?
Anyway, he felt like he was looking for a needle in a haystack.
If he didn’t have spiritual power and the assistance of drones, Fang Xing would have almost given up hope.
Even so, after a period of high-intensity searching, he only felt a splitting headache.
“Sure enough, although the spiritual power of martial artists is slightly stronger than spiritual sense and can be released… it’s ultimately not divine consciousness, it’s too much of a stretch…”
If he didn’t know that a third-order treasure was definitely extraordinary and had a strong energy fluctuation, Fang Xing might not have even bothered to look for it.
But a complete treasure, although its value in spirit stones is unknown, is definitely an astronomical figure!
Even if he couldn’t use it now, it would be great to auction it off later.
Fang Xing patiently prepared to rest for a while and continue his efforts.
“The remains of the Nascent Soul cultivator were scattered on the ground, most of which were found and eaten by the monsters… unfortunately, I also wanted to give the Nascent Soul cultivator a physical examination, even if it’s just a blood test, it would be great…”
He sighed, then his expression changed: “Monsters? Monsters!”
Aow! Aow!
Just as Fang Xing thought of something, one of the drones discovered a second-order monster!
It was a five-meter-tall golden-haired ape with four arms!
It stood upright, its two snow-white canine teeth protruding, but its eyes were extremely agile, with a hint of cunning.
Swish!
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed, and a golden-haired hand grabbed the drone.
The last thing Fang Xing saw was the monster’s ugly face and its saliva-dripping crimson mouth.
Whoosh…
The screen was filled with snow, and he stood up resolutely, his Qinghong Sword emitting a clear and resonant sword cry.
“I was just thinking of killing a second-order monster to test my skills… besides…”
Fang Xing’s figure flashed, immediately heading towards the direction of the four-armed ape.
(End of Chapter)
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