Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 99 Heavenly Rank Spiritual Artifact
At this moment, about half a month has passed since the second closed beta test of "Ten Continents Chronicles". Apart from some casual players, most players have passed the level 10 threshold and completed the Qi Induction. Even among the Foundation Establishment players, aside from the few elders and NPCs disguised as cultivators who were directly boosted by Fang Xianyu, there are seven or eight.

If we include Huang Gong, who has been fed Taiyin essence by her, we can barely count him as a mid-level fighter. At least Huang Gong has been consuming Taiyin essence for so long that his cultivation level is close to that of the Golden Core stage.

For a sect to have disciples of such caliber, the only way to describe it is: utterly unbearable.

If a sect with such strength were to confront the Misty Immortal Sect, it could be described with another four words: overestimating its own strength.

Or to use another word: fanciful.

but--

Fang Xianyu has a cheat code; if he can't use it, why should he talk about martial ethics with his opponent?

More importantly, she now happens to need an opportunity to establish the authority of the Taiyin Sect. The Misty Immortal Sect was already on the kill list last week, so taking this opportunity to crush it in one fell swoop is the perfect opportunity!

Thinking about this, Fang Xianyu reviewed his data:

Name: Fang Xianyu

[Level: Golden Core Stage]

Race: Unknown

[Taoist Methods: Alchemy, Weaponry, Five Elements Taoism...]

[Points (Energy): 4533]

[Followers: Earth Immortal Huang Gong, villagers of Shenyou Village, disciples of the Taiyin Sect...]

[Faction: Taiyin Sect]

[Cultivation Technique Collection: ...]

4533 points of energy are certainly not enough to kill a Golden Immortal, especially since the opponent is a Golden Immortal who has lived for nearly a thousand years. However, as someone who has restarted the second playthrough, Fang Xianyu had once fought her way to become the number one Golden Immortal in the Ten Continents and Three Islands during the first playthrough. How could she be completely unaware of this Golden Immortal who was already on her death list?
In reality, this ethereal Golden Immortal and his younger brother, the Liquan Immortal Lord, had long been estranged. Just think about it: relying on his status as a Golden Immortal, he forced his own brother to become a breeding pig, just to "create" a natural body for Zhu Fukun, while countless of his own sons died as a result. Who wouldn't have a problem with that?

Even tigers don't eat their cubs, so how could the Immortal Lord of Liquan be willing to be manipulated by the ethereal Golden Immortal forever?

At least in the previous week, Immortal Lord Liquan had instigated many elders and disciples of the Misty Immortal Sect to defect, attempting to trap and kill the Misty Golden Immortal using the Nine Kill Seven Absolute Formation. Of course, a Golden Immortal is still a Golden Immortal, and the internal strife within the Misty Immortal Sect ultimately ended with the Misty Golden Immortal breaking through the Nine Kill Seven Absolute Formation and emerging victorious. Immortal Lord Liquan was also killed by his own sister, his soul scattered.

However, when Fang Xianyu learned about this, he was still cultivating in the Taiyi Qiankun Sect. He only listened to it as gossip and even foolishly expressed his indignation in front of Master Lao Deng...

However, it was precisely because of that internal strife that the affair between the Misty Golden Immortal and her son, Zhu Fukun, was exposed and reached Fang Xianyu's ears through some shady channels. Although the Misty Immortal Sect later claimed that it was a slander by the Liquan Immortal Lord, all the major sects knew perfectly well what was going on. At most, they would give the Misty Golden Immortal some face and acknowledge the slanderous claim.

Therefore, Fang Xianyu does not necessarily need to kill the Misty Golden Immortal. As long as he can suppress him, it would be best to beat him half to death. Then, it is still unknown who will win between the Liquan Immortal Lord and the Misty Golden Immortal.

Most importantly, Fang Xianyu had wanted to kill these bastards for a long time!
My mind raced through several thoughts, but in reality, only a dozen seconds had passed.

At this moment, Elder Hu was summoning his inner core, shielding Fang Xianyu behind him, and angrily shouted at Zhu Fukun: "You arrogant brat! You actually dare to commit evil under the nose of Lord Jiaomu! Are you really not afraid of death!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Fukun somehow figured out Elder Hu's background and said arrogantly, "You bastard fox, do you really think you're human? Trying to fool me by bringing up the Horned Wood Star Lord? My Misty Immortal Sect also has the Horned Wood Star Lord on its altar. Do you think he would bother to take care of a bastard like you?"

Unlike Elder Hu, who tried to delay and intimidate through various means, Fang Xianyu took advantage of Elder Hu's inability to use any tricks and threw out a handful of talismans first. "You little wench, you've got a lot of tricks up your sleeve!"

Several water talismans flew over first. Zhu Fukun, unaware of the talismans' power, scoffed and took out several amulet coins, placing them one by one against the talismans in an attempt to suppress them.

Upon seeing this, Fang Xianyu quickly channeled his spiritual power, causing the talisman to activate prematurely.

The water talisman, along with a rain-praying talisman and a cloud-traveling talisman, was pulled and torn apart by spiritual power, first pouring several waves of rain over Zhu Fukun's head—not harmful, but extremely humiliating.

The remaining ice-condensing talismans followed closely behind, but unfortunately, they were all hit by the curse coins, and didn't even touch the hem of Zhu Fukun's clothes.

Fortunately, Fang Xianyu had some foresight. At the same time that Zhu Fukun threw out the amulet money, she also scattered a handful of spirit talismans. For self-protection, she always carried thousands of spirit talismans with her. They were all high-grade spirit talismans that she drew in her spare time every day. Even though the most powerful ones were only Xuan-level, the sheer quantity made up for it!

Just as Zhu Fukun wiped the rain off his face and was furious, the next few lightning talismans flew towards him and exploded on his body.

In an instant, more than a dozen bolts of lightning struck Zhu Fukun, turning him into a giant light bulb!
This scene shocked Elder Hu so much that he cut off the incantation he was performing—such a powerful heavenly thunder would be enough to give even a Nascent Soul cultivator a hard time!

Zhu Fukun can die, but not at this moment!

However, Elder Hu was overthinking it.

"what--"

All that could be heard was Zhu Fukun's loud shout, which was not a painful scream, but rather a roar of anger and frustration.

Then, a powerful surge of spiritual energy and a violent gale arose around him. The dark clouds and torrential rain that Fang Xianyu's rain-summoning and cloud-traveling talismans had painstakingly summoned were instantly dispersed by the gale, and the spiritual energy extinguished the lightning on his body in an instant. If it weren't for his charred face and somewhat dull robes, everyone would probably have thought that everything just now was an illusion.

"You're very good! Very good! Today, Grandpa is going to skin you alive and pull your tendons out of your body!"

Zhu Fukun gritted his teeth and took out a spirit banner that was more than three meters tall from his Qiankun bag. The banner was white at the bottom, the characters were black, and there were countless strange patterns around it.

Fang Xianyu looked closely and realized that what they were were not patterns at all, but ghostly skeletons in various poses!
The moment the spirit banner touched the ground, the cries of ghosts filled the air, the sky and earth changed color, and sand and stones flew everywhere. All that could be heard was Zhu Fukun chanting: "Heaven has three wonders: the sun, the moon, and the stars. They penetrate heaven and earth, startling ghosts and gods. A thousand souls forge this banner, ten thousand ghosts form an army. What immortal will not be challenged, what god will not tremble! Rivers, the sun, the moon, mountains, seas, and stars are in my palm. I make them bright, and they are dark..."

Elder Hu was shocked: "This is a Heaven-Rank Spiritual Artifact! Quickly return to the mountain-protecting formation!"

The various crafting products used by cultivators are divided into two types: magic weapons and spiritual artifacts.

Most of the time, there is no absolute difference between the two. If we had to say, spiritual artifacts require spiritual power to activate, while magic treasures can be used even by ignorant children. So, strictly speaking, magic treasures have fewer restrictions than spiritual artifacts.

Heavenly-rank magic treasures are difficult to forge without mastering the art of weapon crafting. Even immortals and gods would find it hard to forge them if they knew nothing about it. Heavenly-rank spiritual artifacts are relatively simpler. After becoming an immortal and attaining enlightenment, spiritual artifacts within one's divine domain are practically given away for free—as long as the materials are sufficient, one can create as many as one desires.

But all of this is predicated on becoming an immortal and attaining divine authority!

Whether it's a rogue immortal without divine authority or a Golden Immortal, no matter how high their cultivation level, refining a high-grade Heavenly Rank spiritual weapon is extremely demanding. Not only are the requirements for various spiritual materials for refining higher, but the refining process is also very prone to failure. Therefore, while Heavenly Rank spiritual weapons are not as precious as magic treasures, they are definitely not something a Nascent Soul cultivator can easily possess!
Let alone Heaven-rank spiritual artifacts, even Earth-rank spiritual artifacts are extremely rare among cultivators who have not yet achieved immortality!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Fang Xianyu followed the elders of Guangcheng Sect back to the mountain-protecting formation. Then, she couldn't help but say, "He really has a good mother! She's willing to give him any treasure! I'm afraid that robe he's wearing is also a good thing, as it was able to keep him unharmed by more than a dozen heavenly lightning strikes!"

(End of this chapter)