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    Starry Sky Professional Directory 137

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    Chapter 137: Two Pills (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

    Fang Xing had considered simply taking the inferior Foundation Establishment Pill and leaving.

    After all, with the Wan Hua Ding (a mythical cauldron capable of refining items), he could easily upgrade the inferior pill to a superior one!

    Then he could close himself off to cultivate and, once he became a Foundation Establishment cultivator, deal with the Zhou family ancestor.

    But that felt too slow, and he felt a sense of unease.

    “You let me leave with the Foundation Establishment Pill, aren’t you afraid I’ll come back for revenge after I successfully establish my foundation?”

    Fang Xing asked coldly.

    Zhou Yuantong was startled, then replied, “Not to mention that the success rate of an inferior Foundation Establishment Pill is far lower than that of a superior one, even if you somehow succeed, I’ll simply claim I performed poorly, then profusely apologize. I still have some connections and influence in Zi Yuan Immortal City…”

    Moreover, by then, the Zhou family might have two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

    “Indeed, cultivators are reckless, acting first and considering the consequences later…”

    Fang Xing smiled, “Fine, seeing as you still have some scruples, leaving me an inferior Foundation Establishment Pill, this time I’ll only kill you people here, and won’t go to Ziqing Pool to wipe out your entire family!”

    “You want to destroy my Zhou family?”

    A burly man at the peak of Qi Condensation stage roared, his high-quality purple thunder cone about to unleash its power, suddenly his expression changed!

    A crimson-red lightning bolt suddenly appeared from the alchemy room, sweeping across horizontally!

    The power far exceeded that of a first-order attack, making even Zhou Yuantong’s face change: “丙火神雷 (Third-grade Fire God Thunder)?”

    He waved his spirit-level fan, and a thick green light curtain instantly appeared, firmly protecting himself.

    Second-order – Third-grade Fire God Thunder Talisman!

    This was naturally Fang Xing’s doing.

    And it wasn’t meant to kill, but only to buy time and create a distraction.

    The lightning swept past, the alchemy room collapsing in a thunderous roar, countless bricks and tiles shattering!

    The alchemy furnace, however, also had a fiery red light curtain that blocked the lightning.

    Astonishing magical power fluctuations rippled far out, but were completely blocked and absorbed by the earth-yellow protective dome within the Zhou family compound… making it appear normal from the outside.

    “A second-order Third-grade Fire God Thunder Talisman? If this is your trump card, you are far too arrogant.”

    Zhou Yuantong lightly waved his fan, and wind blades and fire dragons appeared.

    The wind fueled the flames!

    The fire dragons became even more ferocious, clawing and biting at Fang Xing.

    Under the attack of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, any Qi Condensation cultivator would be reduced to ashes!

    Roar! Roar!

    Amidst the roar of dragons and tigers, the fire dragons condensed, then exploded, turning into wisps of smoke.

    “You…”

    Zhou Yuantong saw a youth in strange attire standing before Fang Xing.

    It was he who had swatted away the fire dragons with a single palm.

    “A second-order martial cultivator?”

    His expression immediately turned grave, and he produced a silver token: “Zhou has offended you greatly this time, and is willing to offer compensation, please, friend…”

    While stalling for time, Zhou Yuantong was also incredibly puzzled.

    He had clearly activated the ‘Thick Earth Array’ covering the entire Zhou residence, so where did this second-order martial cultivator come from?

    Why was there no trace of magical power on him?

    Such skill in concealing one’s aura was truly astonishing!

    Zhou Yuantong had already begun to regret his actions.

    With this lineage and a second-order martial cultivator’s protection, this Qi Condensation cultivator clearly had a powerful background. He had misjudged the situation, and shouldn’t have tried so many tricks.

    But it was too late, he could only hope to hold them off while his subordinates subdued the Qi Condensation cultivator, so both sides could still negotiate…

    Just as Zhou Yuantong activated the Thick Earth Array to suppress Fang Xing,

    Two sharp hisses rang out!

    Two laser beams pierced through the spirit weapon’s protection, vaporizing the heads of the two Zhou family Qi Condensation late-stage cultivators, leaving two headless corpses on the ground.

    “Sixth Uncle?”

    Zhou Xin cried out, never imagining that the family’s promising Foundation Establishment candidates were dead.

    *Shhh!*

    Under the power of firearms, all are equal.

    Fang Xing immediately fired another shot, opening a large wound on Zhou Xin’s chest.

    “Ah… you dare kill my descendants?”

    Seeing this, Zhou Yuantong’s eyes widened in fury, pouring all his magical power into the silver token, and lightly waved it towards Fang Xing.

    *Boom!*

    A yellow-brown mountain shadow appeared in the void, pressing down heavily on Fang Xing.

    He opened his hand, a second-order spell began to form, about to take Fang Xing’s life.

    “A mere mountain, dares to crush me?”

    A long laugh was suddenly heard.

    A golden light flashed on Fang Xing’s body, as if he were wearing golden armor, two points of golden light flashed in his eyes, and his back resembled a great dragon as he stood up majestically.

    Shouldering a mountain!

    *Boom!*

    The ground shook, and the surrounding array nodes emitted sounds of unbearable strain.

    “Quasi-third-order martial cultivator?!”

    Seeing this, Zhou Yuantong regretted his actions immensely. Why had he coveted this Foundation Establishment Pill? “Friend, please spare my life! I and Zi Yuan Zhenren are…”

    Roar! Roar!

    Accompanied by the roar of dragons and tigers, terrifying martial intent directly surged into his mind, causing even this Foundation Establishment cultivator to momentarily falter.

    Fang Xing’s main body leaped forward, as if shrinking the distance, appearing before the Zhou family ancestor, his five fingers extended, and he struck with a palm!

    *Slap!*

    Zhou Yuantong’s true essence protective shield, condensed from his Foundation Establishment cultivator’s liquid magical power, shattered instantly.

    Fang Xing’s palm continued, striking the old fellow’s face, smashing his once youthful face inward.

    *Bang!*

    Zhou Yuantong’s body flew backward, crashing into a pile of wall debris.

    Silence fell.

    “Sigh… I just wanted to honestly cooperate on refining pills, why did you force me to act?”

    “The atmosphere of this world’s cultivators is truly unbearable…”

    Fang Xing shook his head and approached the alchemy furnace.

    After losing its owner, the brilliance on the furnace dimmed instantly.

    Fang Xing’s cultivator clone lightly probed, injecting a trace of magical power, causing the furnace to roar, revealing a hidden compartment, from which a sky-blue pill flew out—a superior Foundation Establishment Pill!

    He then patted Zhou Yuantong’s body, and took out the inferior Foundation Establishment Pill.

    “These two pills can be nourished in the Wan Hua Ding. Then I’ll have one perfect-grade pill and one superior-grade pill… I’ll take the perfect-grade one myself, and the superior-grade Foundation Establishment Pill is a valuable commodity anywhere… Didn’t you see a Foundation Establishment ancestor die for it?”

    Fang Xing sighed, and then began to work, or rather, to loot the corpses.

    The biggest haul was from the Zhou family ancestor; his storage pouch contained over a hundred mid-grade spirit stones, a mid-grade spirit-level fan, and the crimson-red alchemy furnace.

    “This second-order alchemy furnace must have cost a lot of spirit stones…”

    Fang Xing, a connoisseur, immediately took out his bronze ring and put the furnace inside.

    Otherwise, with the capacity of a normal cultivator’s storage pouch, it wouldn’t be able to hold it.

    In addition, the several Qi Condensation cultivators were also quite wealthy.

    They even had two storage pouches!

    “As expected of family cultivators, they are much wealthier than independent cultivators…”

    Storage pouches are rare items, and selling them could recoup a lot of spirit stones.

    In Fang Xing’s estimation, most of the Zhou family’s wealth was here.

    “Alas… this was not my intention.”

    After cleaning up the Zhou family residence, leaving not a single chicken or dog behind, he arrived at the gate, where a thick earth-yellow light curtain enveloped the entire mansion.

    “Second-order Thick Earth Array, known for its defense…”

    Fang Xing’s main body felt a little eager to try, wanting to punch it again to see if he could completely shatter it.

    But he thought the commotion would be too large, attracting law enforcement cultivators and even Zi Yuan Zhenren.

    Although he was justified in killing them, the local cultivators were unreasonable, only caring about strength and connections.

    His cultivator clone casually flipped through the items, taking out a silver token.

    After slightly inputting magical power, a large amount of information appeared.

    “Sure enough, this token is the control center of the Thick Earth Array…”

    Ordinary cultivators aren’t array masters, they only have the ability to set up arrays. To control them flexibly, they need a control token like this.

    After erasing the mark of the Zhou family ancestor, Fang Xing completely refined the token, giving him control of the Thick Earth Array.

    He immediately turned off the array, and dug around the Zhou family residence, uncovering three earth-yellow array discs and sixteen array flags.

    “Almost missed a treasure… This complete set of inferior second-order Thick Earth Array equipment is worth at least tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones…”

    After putting away the flags and discs, Fang Xing left the Zhou residence, feeling a sense of detachment.

    “Where to next?”

    He pondered, “Might as well… directly establish my foundation. After all, at Qi Condensation layer nine, I can begin. With the Foundation Establishment Pill and my heaven-grade spiritual root, it’s a sure thing…”

    If he went to another place, he might not find such an environment with a second-order spiritual vein.

    Fang Xing, with his main body and clone, went to the City Lord’s Mansion, where they rented caves.

    “Friend, do you wish to rent a cave?”

    The manager here, surnamed Wang, was at the peak of Qi Condensation stage, and was said to be a close confidant of the City Lord. In his youth, he had attempted Foundation Establishment once, but failed, suffering severe damage and ending his cultivation path, so he’d been managing the market’s rental business ever since. He was known for being shrewd and capable.

    “Get me a superior second-order spiritual energy cave.”

    Fang Xing threw out a few mid-grade spirit stones.

    “Friend, are you about to attempt Foundation Establishment?”

    Manager Wang’s heart skipped a beat, and he bowed, “I wish you good fortune in your Foundation Establishment.”

    “Thank you.”

    Fang Xing bowed, took the cave token, and went to the superior second-order spiritual energy cave.

    This cave was located near the City Lord’s Mansion, surrounded by misty spiritual energy, far superior to the first-order caves at the edge.

    *Boom!*

    Fang Xing used the cave token to open the thick stone door. Inside, the spiritual energy was even denser than outside, with living quarters, a cultivation chamber, a garden, etc.… although the furnishings were simple, they were very elegant and antique.

    After glancing around, he nodded in satisfaction and sealed the cave with the token.

    “Other cultivators would have to set up a protective array within the cave, but I don’t need to.”

    The cultivator clone looked at his main body and smiled slightly, entering the cultivation chamber to prepare for Foundation Establishment.

    If anyone tried to force their way in, they would only meet their end!

    Fang Xing yawned, and sat cross-legged, waiting for his clone to succeed.

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