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    Chapter 149: Tianjian Sect (Subscription Request)
    2024-09-28

    Chapter 149: Tianjian Sect (Subscription Request)

    Beili Immortal City.
    Second-order cave mansion.

    Fang Xing’s cultivator clone sat cross-legged, silently cultivating the Huajin Jue cultivation technique, digesting the medicinal properties of a top-grade pill within his body.

    This pill, named the “Point Gold Pill,” was purchased from the Pill Pavilion in Beili Immortal City. It is one of the most suitable pills for Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators with a Gold Spirit Root to improve their cultivation.

    More importantly, after being nurtured in the Wanhuading (Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron), the toxicity had been reduced to almost negligible levels.

    If released to the market, its value would increase tenfold!

    With the help of the Point Gold Pill, Fang Xing felt that the spiritual energy in his dantian (energy center) was growing at a terrifying speed.

    In the cave mansion, spiritual energy gathered, forming a faint vortex.

    Half an hour passed unknowingly.

    Then, in his body, at the center of the spiritual energy vortex, another round “gold bead” appeared.

    This bead of liquid spiritual energy was smooth and lustrous, like a light gold relic, with a semi-solidified feel, quickly merging into the other liquid spiritual energy.

    “My spiritual energy limit has increased again. Now it’s thirteen drops of liquid spiritual energy…”

    Fang Xing opened his eyes, calculating silently in his heart.

    “According to the ‘Huajin Jue’, as long as the liquid spiritual energy reaches twenty drops, I’ll reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and can attempt to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment Stage…”

    “At this rate, within two years, I can reach the peak of the early Foundation Establishment Stage… As for bottlenecks? I have a Heaven Spirit Root, I have none… So it’s equivalent to breaking through to the mid-Foundation Establishment Stage?”

    “And the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment Stage should be around forty to fifty drops of liquid spiritual energy.”

    “Late Foundation Establishment Stage, around eighty to one hundred.”

    “Peak Foundation Establishment Stage, depending on the cultivator’s physique, between one hundred and ten to one hundred and twenty drops…”

    “At this cultivation speed, if I diligently cultivate for thirty to forty years, I can definitely reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage… and then in sixty years, around the age of sixty, I can attempt to form a Golden Core…”

    A Golden Core cultivator at sixty!

    In the cultivation world, this is considered an absolute genius.

    But for Fang Xing, it was a bit slow.

    He had been cultivating for less than ten years, and his main body already possessed the combat power comparable to a Golden Core cultivator.

    In a few more years, he would definitely be able to condense a Martial Dao Golden Core.

    “Indeed, cultivation is comprehensive, but too slow… Martial Dao is a step-by-step progression, the speed of improvement is frighteningly fast, but it’s also uncertain if one day a wrong step will lead to one’s death…”

    “According to my idea, to create the Immortal Martial Dao, the progress of cultivation cannot fall too far behind Martial Dao…”

    Fang Xing pondered silently: “To accelerate the cultivation speed, first, I can change to a top-tier sword cultivator technique!”

    The Huajin Jue, although a Golden Core cultivation technique, is quite ordinary in all aspects, and the cultivation speed is not fast.

    Some top-tier techniques have incredibly fast spiritual energy refinement speeds.

    “Second, is to pursue a cave mansion with more abundant spiritual energy, such as a third-order spiritual vein… This can greatly reduce the time spent absorbing spiritual energy.”

    “Third, is higher-grade pills… As long as I don’t mind wasting resources, using the power of pills to frantically improve my cultivation, the speed will also be astonishingly fast.”

    After some thought, Fang Xing left the cave mansion.

    Dressed in a silver robe and with his Foundation Establishment cultivation, he was considered average in Beili Immortal City.

    He blended into the crowd without being particularly noticeable.

    After walking through several streets, he arrived in front of a building.

    “Eight Winds Tower?”

    Fang Xing looked up at the signboard and nodded silently.

    This Eight Winds Tower is an intelligence organization, reportedly with branches spread across several nearby countries, even in chaotic places like the Five Sects and Ten Kingdoms. It mainly deals in various intelligence transactions.

    When he arrived at the tower, he had naturally changed his appearance, and even his nano-ancient clothing automatically changed color.

    “Welcome, sir!”

    The greeter was a Qi Condensation cultivator. Sensing the Foundation Establishment pressure emanating from Fang Xing, he immediately knew a big business was coming, yet he remained calm and invited Fang Xing into a private room.

    As soon as the door closed, a layer of restriction appeared, isolating the inside from the outside.

    Fang Xing looked at the exquisite refreshments on the table, nodded slightly, but did not touch them.

    A moment later, a charming woman gracefully walked in and bowed: “I am Wen Rou, I greet senior. I wonder what information senior intends to purchase?”

    “Tianjian Sect!”

    Fang Xing said coldly, causing Wen Rou’s expression to change slightly.

    “What? You don’t do business with Tianjian Sect?”

    “Sir is joking. As long as it’s information, the Eight Winds Tower will trade… I wonder if sir wants information about a specific person in the Tianjian Sect, or overall information? This information is graded, and has different prices…”

    Wen Rou resumed her charming expression and handed over a jade slip.

    Fang Xing swept his spiritual sense over it, expressionless: “Give me a complete set of data, the A-class…”

    Hearing this, Wen Rou felt relieved.

    Fang Xing’s actions didn’t seem like he was seeking revenge, but rather like a foreign force observing the king of the territory.

    In short… no trouble! It wouldn’t involve the Eight Winds Tower; this was the kind of customer they liked best.

    “Please wait a moment, sir.”

    She bowed and left the room, returning shortly with a tray.

    On the tray were several blue jade slips: “The general information about the Tianjian Sect is here… If sir needs detailed information about a specific person, additional spirit stones will be required…”

    Fang Xing nodded and with a flick of his hand, a pile of spirit stones appeared on the table.

    Seeing this, Wen Rou immediately smiled, and with a hand gesture, cast a spell, embedding a magical seal into the blue jade slip: “Please check, sir…”

    This was the Eight Winds Tower’s unique restriction. Once a customer snatched the jade slip without paying, they would ultimately gain nothing, and might even receive false information.

    Fang Xing picked up a jade slip and probed it with his spiritual sense, and saw countless words and pictures.

    “Tianjian Sect, located on the ‘Group Swords Peak’ in Qi Country, the mountain gate is a fourth-order spiritual vein…”

    “The sect has a long history, tracing back to the opening of the Shuhuang Land… It is said to be a branch of a large sword cultivation sect from the outer region. The founding ancestor called himself the ‘Free and Easy Old Man’, suspected to be in the middle to late Nascent Soul stage, and had long since passed away…”

    “It is a sword cultivator sect, fond of sword fighting, honing their sword edge with the blood of their enemies… breaking through on the verge of life and death, the disciple casualty rate is very high, the entire sect does not even have two thousand people…”

    “But surrounding these two thousand true sect disciples, tens of thousands of cultivators serve them, providing support in alchemy, formations, talismans, artifacts, wine, tea, and other various cultivation arts…”

    “Beyond the tens of thousands of cultivators, there are even more mortals… At the foot of the Group Swords Peak, a ‘Tianjian City’ has been built!”

    “Currently, the sect master of Tianjian Sect is ‘Broken Sword True Immortal’ Kong Fengge, a True Dan cultivator, with late Golden Core cultivation… The Supreme Elder, ‘Sky Sword True Monarch’ Chu Kuangtu, just passed his six hundredth birthday…”

    “Tianjian Sect has many affiliated sects and family forces, with thirteen families above Fake Dan stage…”

    Fang Xing remained calm and picked up the second blue jade slip.

    The first jade slip was a general introduction to the Tianjian Sect as a whole, while this one was detailed to the individual level.

    For example, he knew that Broken Sword True Immortal was also a direct disciple, but later suffered a great defeat in a sword fight with a demonic cultivator, resulting in his clouded sword heart…

    While the ‘Sky Sword True Monarch’ was a prodigy, possessing a Heaven Spirit Root and ‘innate sword bones,’ his talent in the sword path was astonishing. He reached Foundation Establishment at twenty, ascended to Golden Core at one hundred, and further refined his Golden Core, with his subsequent cultivation even smoother, condensing a Nascent Soul at three hundred years old, and being called a True Monarch!

    Now, his cultivation is unfathomable, and he is implicitly considered the number one person in the righteous path nations.

    ‘Only six hundred years old, and hasn’t suffered any serious injuries…’

    Due to his own Spirit Root aptitude, Fang Xing was always cautious about this Nascent Soul True Monarch.

    ‘Possession cannot extend lifespan, it’s just a helpless choice when the body is seriously damaged… Nascent Soul lives for a thousand years, this Nascent Soul True Monarch still has four or five hundred years to live, and hasn’t suffered any serious injuries. If I join the Tianjian Sect, he shouldn’t make things difficult for me…’

    ‘Moreover, I plan to join the sect at the Foundation Establishment stage, and my aptitude won’t be tested…’

    ‘It’s just that I might not be able to enter the core, but as long as I have a better cultivation technique, or even a higher-order spiritual vein to cultivate in, it will be enough…’

    Originally, Fang Xing had planned to join a Golden Core sect.

    But in Qi Country, the Tianjian Sect was dominant, and other sects had intricate connections with it, making the difference negligible.

    After learning about some information about the Sky Sword True Monarch, Fang Xing felt that the risk was controllable, and immediately changed his plan.

    Tianjian City.

    This city is located at the foot of Group Swords Peak, and through the power of formations, it draws part of the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein, creating the effect of a third-order spiritual vein.

    If it weren’t for the fact that most of the cultivators coming and going were affiliated with Tianjian Sect, it might have become the number one immortal city in Qi Country.

    A flash of white light in the sky.

    Fang Xing landed gracefully, putting away the Fengxue Sword, comparing Beili Immortal City with this Tianjian City.

    “Tianjian City actually has no city walls!”

    “Indeed, they are confident…”

    He walked into the city, and immediately heard the piercing sound of swords.

    This was the sound coming from the ten duel arenas.

    Many Qi Condensation cultivators honed their swords for many years, hoping to make a name for themselves in the duel arena, and then join the Tianjian Sect.

    Although the disciples of Tianjian Sect were few, they were elite!

    Fang Xing’s arrival here was naturally because he had already inquired about the news at the Eight Winds Tower, and came before a building.

    “Tianjian Outer Hall…”

    “Outsiders, unless they are sword cultivators, want to join Tianjian Sect, they will all be arranged in the Outer Hall…”

    “Even sword cultivators need to pass the test of the duel arena… I felt the blatant discrimination of sword cultivators towards other cultivators…”

    Fang Xing muttered, walking into the Tianjian Outer Hall.

    “Senior…”

    A Qi Condensation disciple saw Fang Xing, and there wasn’t much arrogance on his face, but rather some respect: “I wonder why senior came to our Tianjian Outer Hall?”

    “My name is Fang Xing, I’m a lone cultivator, and I’ve luckily succeeded in reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage. I want to join the Tianjian Sect.”

    Fang Xing stated his intention frankly.

    “I see, I’ll take senior to find Elder Xue!”

    The Qi Condensation disciple didn’t take it seriously.

    There were many lone cultivators who wanted to join the Tianjian Sect, and generally, Qi Condensation cultivators were refused unless they had a unique skill.

    Most Foundation Establishment cultivators could pass, after all, being able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage meant they had extraordinary talent.

    However, compared to the importance placed on Foundation Establishment cultivators by those Golden Core sects, the Tianjian Sect didn’t care much for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

    (End of Chapter)

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